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Milltown Artisan Fair
- a juried selection of fine handmade goods -
Sunday, November 11, 2018 - 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
West End Event Space, suite 160, at Eastworks
116 Pleasant Street
Easthampton, MA 01027
The first Milltown Artisan Fair brings 20 talented artists and makers together on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Eastworks, in the West End Event Space (suite 160), from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Find the perfect gift and support local artists.
Exhibitors include:
Three Posies - Jewelry, cards & prints, and assemblage art – odd, mysterious, and strange. Collections of vintage rosaries and old jewels, discarded things and curiosities are reassembled into new and unique pieces that whisper and tease of lost stories. Created by Bronwen Hodgkinson in Easthampton. Three Posies on Facebook
Free Ramblin' Kids - Handmade footwear and toys for young children made from upcycled felted wool sweaters, created by Katie Cavacco. https://www.facebook.com/Free-Ramblin-Kids-104756482911631/
bucktoothwhale - Oddities, curiosities, critters and creatures made with local antique found objects. Pieces are created to be explored and uncovered…peeking under lids, moving levers, discovering hidden surprises. https://www.instagram.com/bucktoothwhale/?hl=en
My Monster Hat - Fleece monster hats, monster scarves monster catnip cat toys, potholders and tea towels, tree ornaments, kitty postcards, finger monsters, hand-drawn pins, kid-friendly minicomics, and other small items created by Anne Thalheimer. . https://www.etsy.com/shop/mymonsterhat
La Boa Brava - Mixed metal artisan jewelry created by Hannah Staiger. Pieces are crafted out of sterling silver and brass with the occasional gemstone and patina brass, using simple hand-powered metalsmith tools. https://www.facebook.com/laboabrava/
Cindy Bow - One-of-a-kind decoupaged switch plates using illustrations from found books.
BMcVintage Design - Upcycled antique silver plated serving dishes, powder coated in bright, food safe colors, making the antique contemporary, in an exclusive process developed by Beth McElhiney. Also, a brand new clothing collection of custom designed pieces created with images of graffiti. www.bmcvintagedesign.com
Carol Ostberg - Hand painted upcycled furniture; art: paintings, illustrations, note cards, and ornaments. www.carolostberg.com
Amy Thompson Avishai - Photographer. Cards, photographic prints, framed photographs and photographic prints mounted on bamboo. Silver gelatin and pigment prints, all archival. www.amythompsonphotos.com
Heather Beck Designs - One-of-a-kind custom jewelry and magical objects in fine metals. www.heatherbeckdesigns.com
Emma Rose Artwork - Prints of original drawings, hand-colored with colored pencils, matted, mounted on hangable woodblocks, or matted and framed. One-of-a-kind hand-drawn and colored pins, made with artist pens and colored pencils. www.emmaroseartwork.com
Peter Cangialosi Art - Original woodcut and monotype prints along with smaller prints and handmade notebooks. www.petercangialosi.com
Judy Scott Novak / Judy Kahooti Designs - Handmade, hand-sewn tea towels printed with original designs from images taken from the artist's sketchbooks. Ornaments from vintage materials. https://judykahooti.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/judykahooti/
Daniel Chiaccio - Printmaker - Etchings printed from copper plates which the artist has designed and etched, printed onto fine rag paper. https://www.instagram.com/danielchiaccio/?hl=en
Mardelle Nietupski - Mardelle Makes - Tote bags, purses and bow ties for humans and pets from whimsical cotton fabrics on patterns from scratch. https://www.instagram.com/mardellemakes/
Lisa Blacher Ceramics - Hand-created ceramics from red earthenware clay. One-of-a-kind hand-built tiles, boxes and vessels depicting narrative imagery of interior and exterior landscapes. http://portfolios.risd.edu/lisablacher
Frank Wilda, Jr. - Wildaness Woods - Woodturner: ornaments, bottle stoppers and openers, honey dippers, pens and more.
Nina Dodge - Sky Clad Quilts - Modern quilts, wall hangings, and pillows out of various types of cotton fabric including those dyed by the artist. https://www.instagram.com/skycladquilts/
Marcia Hayden Hendrick - Outfits By Marcia - Handbags, wallets, scarves and other accessories. Bags and wallets are constructed of leather and/or fabric; scarves are hand-painted silk. https://www.outfitsbymarcia.com
Tracie Beasley - Handmade bracelets, key chains, necklaces and anklets with hand-stamped custom messages.


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Branding: Sara Rieth Photography
Sara Rieth and I connected on the Facebook group for the Rising Tide Society when she was looking for an updated logo for her photography business. She wasn't looking to completely rebrand, but wanted to show more of her personality through her logo and visual brand.
Sara wanted to refresh her logo, which was only in white. She wanted to add feminine colors and some sparkle, but wanted to keep the cursive element.
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We offer free flights between Norwich Airport and Cambridge Airport. These are available to families who live in the Norwich/Norfolk region. Our 25-minute flight includes a taxi from Cambridge Airport to Addenbrooke's Hospital.
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text: Article Photo 5 Ways to Maximize Your Website Content in Less than an Hour Improve your nonprofit website with these quick and easy steps Adam Walker - August 17, 2018 Websites are made up of content, and that content defines them. A website with a great design and bad content is a bad website. Alternatively, a website with a bad design and great content may not necessarily be a bad site. Consider Reddit or Craigslist — both sites have lackluster designs, but the content is extremely valuable.Websites exist to deliver content, and people visit them to receive that content. Therefore, maximizing your website content is important if you want to help your organization deliver results.In this article, you'll learn five ways that you can maximize your website content in less than an hour.MANAGE YOUR WEBSITE1. Get a Full Overview of Your Current Website Content and Look for GapsStart with a content audit. If your site isn't enormous, it won't take long. Click through every page of your site and write down the title of the page and a description of what the content on that page covers. This exercise will help you to see in what areas your content is robust and where it may be lacking.For example, if you have five pages about the history of your organization, but only two covering the services you offer, you have found a gap in your content. You might also realize there are entire pages of material missing, such as an FAQ page or Staff page.2. Check the Length of All of Your PagesIf a page is too long, visitors might get bored and leave your site. If a page is too short, it's likely people won't have enough context about the page topic to fully understand it. Also, a short page doesn't help your website be ranked highly in Google's search results.Most pages need to be between 350 and 1,000 words. If a page is longer than this, consider splitting it up into multiple pages. If a page is shorter than this, consider combining it with another page, or creating more content.3. Review Your Competitors' ContentA competitor is someone in your space with content similar to yours. This might not be a true competitor, but another organization that can attract the interest of your website users. Take a look at their website. What are they doing with their content? How is it focused? What is their writing style?Learn all you can from their site and bring that knowledge back to yours as you make improvements. Often, a review like this will help you to find more gaps in your content, encouraging you to create new pages.4. Add ImagesToo many sites with good content are missing good images. Images are a way of helping the reader break up the monotony of the text, drawing them down the page. Images also give context to what a user is reading and help them to engage more deeply with the content.Ideally, add images that are yours, unique to your organization and website. If that is impossible, consider interesting and artistic stock images from sites like Unsplash and Pexels. The images on these sites are completely free and tend to be higher quality.5. Format Your Content So It Is ScannableThe reality of the modern website user is that they scan everything. Pages of dense text that are stacked into long paragraphs are daunting. Consider breaking up your content into lists, short paragraphs, and some pull quotes for the more important points you are trying to make. Also, consider bolding some key sentences to make scanning easier and draw the user's eye to them.Each of these tactics can be done in less than an hour per page and will have a huge impact on the effectiveness of your website content. Always keep in mind that your content is competing to hold a user's interest. If a user is reading your website content, they are not reading another site, such as a news site, sports site, or Facebook. They are taking the time on your site, and your content has to compete with each of those huge sites to entice them to stay.A website exists to deliver content to users. Better content means a better user experience, which means better user engagement with your organization. Better user engagement means more donors, volunteers, people to serve, and more. It is worth your time to make sure your content is the best it can be.MANAGE YOUR WEBSITEAdditional Resources: Nonprofit Website TipsWatch our free webinar on 27 Ways to Improve Your Website Immediately.Discover 5 Steps to Improving Your Website on a Tiny Budget.Learn How to Choose a CMS for Your Nonprofit.See how to go about Finding and Using Images for Your Nonprofit This work is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.


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Enjoy the college town with a city vibe in Midtown! See local spots like Hattie B's, Broadway Brewhouse, Winners, Losers, and San Antonio Taco Co. This small piece of Nashville is sure to not disappoint!
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Three days early, the new "Guns N Roses" (here's the ' – please place the apostrophe wherever appropriate, I never quite know where it goes) is playing through my headphones right now. And I put the band name in quotes because, as we all know, it's GnR in name only, but, unlike many others, I don't give a dump. Is it good music or bad? So far . . . surprisingly good. Call it GnR, call it The Axl Rose Show, I don't care. If it's good, I don't give a rodent's scrote who is the name that takes claim for the music.
Is it a decade and a half of work good? What would be? I'll view it like any other album – it came out this year, and if I keep listening to it, I like it. I think I'm going to keep listening to it – it's at least as good as the best parts of Use Your Illusion I & II together. And guess what? It's actually fun. Chuck Klosterman agrees.
Oh, and the absence of Slash? Not really all that big of a deal. Keep this quiet, a little secret, you know . . . but between you and me, there are lots of really, really good guitar players out there – some are even better than Slash! Shocking, I know!


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Laos, Vietnam: Mobilization to Kill Hmong
The Lao Peoples Democractic Republic (LPDR) regime, in cooperation with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), have issued a new order and drafted a comprehensive strategy to mount a major military offensive to exterminate thousands of Hmong in hiding in the jungles and mountains of Laos, including thousands of unarmed women and children.
(PressZoom) - The Lao Peoples Democractic Republic (LPDR) regime, in cooperation with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), has issued a new order and drafted a comprehensive strategy to mount a major military offensive to exterminate thousands of Hmong in hiding in the jungles and mountains of Laos. The offensive will involve special battalions of troops and special operations commandos from Vietnam who are now being deployed to the closed military zones of operation. The reported object is to eliminate and exterminate some 15,000 Lao Hmong in hiding in key areas of Laos by the end of April 2008. Hmong in Laos are bracing for these new anticipated attacks by Laos and Vietnam which are expected to be massive and ruthless.Â
Reliable sources from inside Laos have stated that on March 23, 2008, the LPDR regime under the direction of President Choummaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh as well as Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Douangchay Phichit, who is also a Member of the Politburo and Major General Asang Laoly ordered the implementation of a comprehensive and deadly plan to intensify and expand military operations to attack and kill thousands of dissident unarmed Hmong civilians and opposition members in-hiding by the end of April 2008, stated Philip Smith, Executive Director of the Center for Public Policy Analysis in Washington, D.C. These new and ominous military actions, in cooperation with senior generals in Vietnams Ministry of Defense, against unarmed civilians and the continued use of food as a weapon to kill thousands of unarmed Lao-Hmong people constitutes a clear violations of international law and rises to the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity to which these individual military leaders in Laos and Vietnam will need to be held accountable and brought to trial, especially General Douangchay Phichit, Smith concluded.Â
Amnesty International has issued numerous reports about war crimes in Laos, including a March 2007 report about the Lao militarys attacks and mass starvation Hmong civilians and dissident and opposition groups. Independent humanitarian and human rights organizations as well as journalists including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the New York Times, Time magazine (Asia-Edition), Le Monde, Al Jazeera and others have documented the attacks by the Lao military on Laotian and Hmong civilians, dissident and opposition groups in Laos.
The Lao Peoples Army (LPA) is reportedly mobilizing significant battalions of fresh combat troops in key areas of Laos, at the direction and command of PAVN units from Vietnam, and with the support of vintage, Soviet built MI-8 helicopter gunships equipped with rocket launchers and machine guns to launch ethnic cleansing operations and military attacks against thousands of unarmed Lao Hmong civilians at Phou Da Phao, Phou Bia Mountain area and elsewhere, Smith stated. Two MI-8 helicopter gunships were reportedly deployed again by the Lao military for several weeks to attack and kill the Lao and Hmong people seeking refuge and sanctuary in the Phou Da Phao area, Smith continued.
We condemn this new military campaign, and these cruel attacks, atrocities and war crimes by the Lao military and Vietnam on unarmed Hmong in Laos; we urge the international community to provide emergency intervention to seek to draw attention to this crisis and to stop this new round of upcoming military attacks which we understand will me massive in terms of the troop levels and the intervention of Vietnam to assist the Lao regimes efforts to wipe out and exterminate some 15,000 Hmong civilians in Laos, stated Vaughn Vang, Executive Director of the Lao Human Rights Council.
Mr. Tong Pao Yang and Mr. Nou Mang Chang issued the following statement and joint appeal from inside Laos to the international community:
It is important to note, that the LPDR regime has reportedly suspended Colonel Kham Xeng Yang, a communist officer in the Lao Peoples Army (LPA) because he failed to complete the brutal order issued by the Lao Minister of Defense Lao Deputy Prime Minister & Defense Minister Douangchay Phichit, who is also Member of the Politburo, to kill or capture all Lao-Hmong civilians and dissident Hmong groups in-hiding in key areas inside Laos. The Lao regime is using Hmong soldiers to kill and commit war crimes against their fellow Hmong people, which they are sometimes not capable of doing. These are terrible crimes against humanity being committed by the military of Laos and Vietnam now against thousands of unarmed Hmong civilians that are surrounded and under attack.
Most importantly, however, on behalf of many thousands of Hmong groups now hiding from ongoing LPDR military attacks in Laos, we are appealing to the United States, U.S., U.S. Congress, United Nation, European Unions, ASEAN and the international community, to demand the Lao PDR regime to stop its current military offensive and ongoing attack helicopter and air force bombing. Major military units, and fresh battalions of troops, of the Lao military and Socialist Vietnam are now mobilizing for a new, upcoming planned ground offensive which seeks to massacre all Hmong in hiding groups which our information indicates will likely begin in early April of this year. We are innocent civilians, women and children and we do not want to be killed or captured by the Lao PDR government troops. All unarmed Hmong civilians, especially women and children have the right to life, liberty and the rights for a life free from persecution, torture and brutal human rights abuses currently be directed against our Lao and Hmong people by the communist regime of Laos and Vietnam.
Tong Pao Yang and Nou Mang Chang continued their statement from inside Laos and joint appeal to the international community:
Our information and field intelligence sources indicate that they have appointed Colonel Boa SaVan as one of the key commanders of the Lao PDR government to carry out this deadly operation which includes plans to continue to encircle, trap, kill and starve to death thousands of Laotian and Hmong civilians. The Lao PDR government has given the order to Colonel Boa SaVans troops to slaughter or capture all remaining Hmong groups in hiding by the end of April 2008. Civilians will not be spared. A food is being used as a weapon to kill and starve our people who only seek to live in peace and freedom.
Mr. Tong Pao Yang and Mr. Nou Mang Chang concluded:
The LPDRs Colonel Boa SaVan has already worked to order new air attacks and the deployment of ground troops in Xieng Khouang Province to prepare for new attacks on Lao-Hmong groups in Phou Da Phao, Phou Bia and in Vang Vieng province. His military trucks have begun carrying his troops at night to the locations where Hmong groups in hiding are located and are standing by to launch fresh military attacks against these innocent Hmong groups in hiding in Vang Vieng Province. Large numbers of troops from Vietnam are also being deployed now to attack and kill our people.
In response to these developments, Vaughn Vang, Director, of the Lao Human Rights Council made the following four point statement:
We the Lao Human Rights Council propose the following four points to end the genocide, ethnic cleansing war, human rights violation, and mass starvation directed against some 15,000 Lao-Hmong civilians now hiding from attack and persecution in key jungle and mountain areas in Laos:
 We urgently appeal to the United States, United Nations, the world community, European Union, ASEAN and international human rights and humanitarian organizations, to investigate and stop the communist Laos governments ethnic cleansing war, genocide, oppression and human rights violations, and campaign of mass starvation directed against dissident Lao and Hmong civilians and religious and minority opposition groups; and to press the LPDR regime to immediately end all military attacks from ground and air troops against the innocent, unarmed Hmong civilians, women, and children in-hiding in the jungle of Laos.
 We urgently appeal to the United States, United Nations High Commission for Human Rights and the international community, International Human Rights Commission (independent commission) and other international human rights organizations to investigate and stop the ethnic cleansing war, human rights violation, and genocide, against the Lao-Hmong in-hiding in the jungle of Laos;
 We urgently appeal to the United States, United Nations, the International Red Cross and international relief agencies to send food, and medical supplies, and to provide other basic human needs to the 15,000 Hmong who are being attacked daily and facing mass starvation, ethnic cleansing war and human rights violations against them in the jungle of Laos;
 Finally, we urgently appeal to the United States, United Nation, and ASEAN Nations to bring true peace, democracy, human rights, stability and national reconciliation to Laos and the Lao-Hmong dissident and opposition groups who seek an open and free society.
Vaughn Vang continued : Some 15,000 Hmong civilians, women and children, trapped and surrounded by Lao and Vietnamese military units that seek to kill them are now urgently appealing to the United States, U.S. Congress, United Nations, and the international community to intervene in an emergency manner to save their lives. Without emergency intervention, the Hmong in-hiding in the jungle of Laos will continue to be starved to death, killed and subjected to atrocities, torture and war crimes by the Lao PDR government regimes by the end of April 2008.
This cry for help continues to come from the mountains and jungles of Laos due to the LPDR regime and Vietnams continued brutal persecution and killing of freedom-loving Laotian and Hmong people. Your immediately attention to the desperate lives of these innocent, unarmed Hmong civilians, women, and children in-hiding is demanded and necessary to give them the life, liberty and human rights they all, as human beings, deserve, Vaughn Vang, said in conclusion.
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Building a case for devolution? What is the argument for decentralisation? In addition to the LGA's main publications on devolution, these resources and evidence can be used to understand what can be achieved through devolved powers and funding.
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Unleashing Metro Growth: Final Recommendations of the City Growth Commission
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Tom Walker, Director of Cities and Local Growth at DCLG, on the elements which make for a strong case for devolution
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An independent report for the LGA.
A report for the LGA on approaches to pooling resources for public service transformation.
Financing English Devolution - Independent Commission on Local Government Finance
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Roses, trees and lawns, are all part of the household domicile that fall under gardening. When it comes to gardening, it can sometimes be easier to simply leave it to others to work on it, but for those people who try to make their garden unique, they can find the benefits very rewarding. Growing your own patches of flowers and vegetables can be very rewarding and you can use some of the tips that are outlined in this article.
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Don't Wanna Grow Up (two parts)
Two part, high energy song for primary school choir and piano.
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Meet the Barrozas
When I moved to Washington, D.C. in June 2012, Elaina and Aaron were two of the first people I met. We got to know one another while participating in a Baha'i study circle as I did my best to learn more about my husband's faith. I am not exaggerating when I say that once you meet either one of these two, you're going to want to be their friend.
It's been a delight to get to know them over the past four (!!) years as our lives have changed in so many wonderful ways. From our weddings to home buying in Hyattsville to having babies (well, almost for them!), we've celebrated some of our most memorable moments in life together.
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On wednesday, I was lucking to see the finals of the KSP world tour in almost perfect conditions.
My pictures do not reflect the quality of the event, but you can have an "On site" feeling.
Saw Kai Lenny, Mitu Monteiro, Roby Naish and Pete Cabrinha, Top Hat , etc...
|Sea of Kites
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|Pete Cabrinha's interview
|6+ Sets
|Slashing waves like metronomes
|Lanes was pumping as well
|Winner's podium, Kai Lenny - local champ - on the right.
Looking at this event, you can tell that Kitesurfing is miles away from Surfing in term of popularity, at least on the Pro Tour. Less than 100 persons were watching, even if that was a week day.
The action is cool, but the level of those guys makes it very difficult to read. It looks like a choreography that repeats itself over and over.
Pick the wave, Bottom turn, Slash, Repeat.
It is too perfect to be true, or interesting, in a competition perspective.
Still impressive, of course, when you know how difficult it is to perform at your / my actual skill level.
In any case, it was funny to hang out in the middle of the pro crowd.
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We recently talked to one of our partners from Schachclub Vaterstetten-Grasbrunn and co-organizer of the Chessimo Chess Cups. An interesting conversation about his love for chess, the game's benefits for young people and an unusual concept for tournaments, part one:
Mr. Schmitt, to start off with, a question that is almost obligatory: how did you come to play chess?
I've got to admit that I really was a late bloomer in that regard. Even though I had already been curious as a child and had tried to teach myself to play chess with a manual from a collection of board games, I had failed in this endeavor and subsequently lost interest. When my daughter discovered her own love for chess five years ago, she kept improving her skills at a local community college (in a class that was taught by a member of the Vaterstetten-Grasbrunn chess club, by the way) and then pushed me to get back into it. We spent a lot of time together during that period and I turned from an eager player into a huge fan of the game. That is mostly due to the remarkable and positive developments that can be seen in children who play chess – not just for school, but for life in general.
The crucial effect that I have noticed not just with my daughter, but other children as well, is that their level of concentration in school is much higher. Thanks to this concentration, they absorb the subject matter immediately and can cut the time needed for homework in half. More time for more pleasurable things is an added bonus, of course. I can tell you about children whose performance in school became much better when they started playing chess. This was also confirmed by a study that was conducted at Trier-Olewig elementary school.
What other positive impacts can be seen in children and youths who play chess?
Longer games improve the ability to concentrate as well. They teach children how to focus on one thing for hours on end. Self-esteem also plays a big role, especially for the girls. What could possibly be better at this age than beating the boys? (laughs)
The positive social aspect that players solidify by taking part in classes or tournaments should not be ignored either. Children play against adults with the same skill-level in our club and that teaches them how to get along with people of all ages and heritage. Competing in events like the Bavarian Championship, team competitions or a chess summer camp builds a strong sense of community and positive relationships. That's something that many people have lost sight of: chess is often a team sport!
Does the Vaterstetten-Grasbrunn chess club specifically foster children and youths?
Exactly! That's why our club is one of the few to have a paid volunteer who teaches chess in local schools. The costs are completely covered by the club, since we're convinced that anyone who's interested in the game should have the chance to join a workshop.
That's also why children can join our club for only 9€ per year. We thereby make sure that anybody can afford a membership, no matter their financial background. That fee does not only cover regular events and training, but we also pay their starting fee for external competitions.


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'Thanks, doc,' 3 Doors Down guitarist said before drugs killed him
The beginning of the end for former 3 Doors Down guitarist Matthew Roberts came on Aug. 17 when he texted an Alabama doctor and friend he referred to as "Snelly."
"Hey, doc," the Escatawpa native wrote, "I'm having the honor of playing a show for the Air Force in Milwaukee on Saturday night and fly out on Friday am. Is is ok for me to visit you first thing in the am around 7:30ish or would you rather me come in late in the evening? I heard your office in (Spanish Fort) turned out really nice btw."
The doctor texted back and told Roberts to come to Spanish Fort at 6:30.
"Golden!" Roberts responded. "Thanks doc."
The texts, a drug addiction that had taken hold by 2003, the doctor's willingness to prescribe drugs for Roberts and his death Aug. 20 in a hotel hallway are all described in a sworn statement from Michael H. Burt, special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The statement is filed in U.S. District Court in Mobile, along with a five-page indictment that charges Dr. Richard Snellgrove, an internist in Fairhope and Spanish Fort, with six counts of unlawfully prescribing controlled substances to Roberts.
On five occasions, the prescriptions were written to relatives of Roberts, the charges say, including his father, brother and a cousin. On the sixth and final occasion, the 38-year-old Roberts, who lived in Spanish Fort, secured prescriptions after texting Snellgrove.
Drugs he took
The agent lays out the story in his affidavit.
Snellgrove claimed he had prescribed fentanyl patches for Roberts to help with arthritis in his hands. The doctor also is charged with unlawfully prescribing Roberts other painkillers in the opioid family of drugs and benzodiazepines, which are used to treat anxiety.
Roberts picked up his last prescriptions Aug. 18 from Snellgrove — one for the painkiller fentanyl and a second for Norco, also an opioid.
The musician filled the Norco prescription at a pharmacy across the street from Snellgrove's clinic in Spanish Fort, but the pharmacy did not have the 50-microgram fentanyl patches Snellgrove prescribed. The pharmacist was wary of filling a stronger, 75-microgram prescription when Roberts said he could get one from Snellgrove.
So Roberts took the new prescription to a different pharmacy and got the stronger patches. The doctor had advised Roberts to apply one every 72 hours.
Roberts and his father, Darrell Roberts Sr., flew Aug. 19 to Milwaukee, where Roberts was playing as a celebrity guitarist with the rock band Nix in a benefit concert for veterans.
When they landed, the two went to the band leader's house.
"Several people noted that Matthew seemed very tired, somewhat off, confused, and had a slightly slurred speech," the agent's statement said. "However, no one reported seeing Matthew ingest any drugs or alcohol …"
Final hours
On Aug. 20, the band rehearsed until 1 a.m. Roberts and his father returned to adjoining rooms at the Hampton Inn in West Bend, Wisconsin. Matt Roberts seemed "intoxicated or high," the agents' statement said.
Roberts and his father bought snacks in the lobby at 1:30 a.m. Darrell Roberts' key card wasn't working, so his son went to the lobby to get him another.
The hotel desk clerk said Roberts seemed disoriented. He told her, "I'm sorry. I'm delirious." She pointed him to the elevator.
His father went into his room and fell asleep. A hotel guest reported someone sleeping in the hallway at 7:28 a.m. next to a backpack and guitar case. Officers who responded said Matthew Roberts looked as if he had been dead for several hours.
Two prescription bottles in the backpack contained painkillers and anxiety medication. Roberts had a fentanyl patch on his right side and adhesive from a second patch on his back.
After reviewing a toxicology report, a medical examiner concluded Roberts had overdosed on fentanyl, hydrocodone and alprazolam.
Struggle with drugs
People close to Matthew Roberts, whose names were blacked out of the DEA agent's statement, described his struggle with drugs. One person said he held Roberts through the night "like a baby" in 2003 while he was going through withdrawals.
Another said the musician's problem was "painfully" obvious during a 3 Doors Down tour of Europe in 2012.
"After the tour," the statement said, "the band broke up and Matthew went to rehab in Tucson, Arizona."
Roberts' father told the Sun Herald on Wednesday he would not dispute what the charges against Snellgrove say. He said he didn't want to talk about the case because he does not want to compromise the investigation. He has, he said, talked at length with investigators.
The agent's statement indicated Matthew Roberts used various ruses to talk family members into acquiring drugs for him from Snellgrove.
"He was my son and always will be," Darrell Roberts said. "He will always be loved and missed."
Darrell Roberts is proud of what his son accomplished. The guitarist grew up in the little town of Escatawpa, with no connection to the music industry, and managed to become world famous with his Escatawpa bandmates after their single "Kryptonite" hit the charts in 2000.
Fame jolted Matthew Roberts, who suffered from severe anxiety, his father said.
"They're reaching out and screaming for help," he said, "but most of the time, we don't see that."
Drugs masked the anxiety.
"As he attained success," his father said, "he got in with doctors who would write prescriptions for whatever he wanted.
"The only thing I'm interested in is my son, and no matter what they do at this point, it won't bring him back."


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Yes, I am still standing and organizing at age 71. You remember Reies Lopez Tijerina, Corky Gonzales, Cesar Chavez (aka The Four Horsemen) and Las Veteranas Emma Tenayuca, Virginia Muzquiz,, Olga Villa, Maria Hernandez, and many, many others who have deceased?
I am organizing in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas because it is the poorest MSA in the country! We must begin again from the bottom up across the Rio Grande Valley, on to the rest of Texas and the Southwest, and finish the entire country in twenty years. The Bernie Sanders for president got me out of retirement because what he stands for on the issues is the Raza Unida Platform. What he espouses is the substance of FDR's Second Bill of Rights which never saw legislative light because he died. I want democratic socialism to compete in the public arena with corporate conglomerate capitalism on issue and positions.
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Lyman Persico, Assistant Professor of Geomorphology at Whitman College, will be giving a talk about the geologic history of one of our national treasures--Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone means many things to many people. Towering geysers, bison, super volcanoes, waterfalls, and wolves are all images that are conjured when thinking about Yellowstone. But what really is Yellowstone and what makes it special? In this presentation, Lyman Persico will describe the unique geologic circumstances that have set the stage for Yellowstone and discuss how the geology, biology, and climate of Yellowstone are intimately connected. Finally, he will end with a discussion of what climate change means for the world's first National Park.
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Federally regulated mines can be investigated and fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for safety violations involving non-mining operations, a federal appeals court held on Monday.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated more than $500,000 in fines that OSHA imposed in November 2009 against Cranesville Aggregate Cos, a sand and gravel mining company doing business near Schenectady, New York.
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Join us in an event we are co-hosting with Oxford PPE Society - Professor David Heymann is kindly joining us from the London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene to speak on the future of disease epidemics in our changing world, and what this means for global health. He has a huge breadth of experience in the field of eradicating diseases and controlling new outbreaks, from working on smallpox in India to helping contain the recent Ebola outbreak. Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating talk, with the opportunity to ask questions afterwards!
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Merry Christmas Pat! Husband took us to see "The Princess and the Frog". There's a little Cajun lightening bug in the movie named Raymond (goes by Ray, heavy Cajun accent). The frog prince tells him he is from far far away and Ray goes, "Oh! You folks are from Shreveport!?" Everybody in the theater laughed.
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This array of fabrics has made it into one of the front windows of the shop. I love this koala bear fabric which is complemented by the others. I think it would look great in a child's quilt. It's a little bit different and a little bit of fun.


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28915 / 43769 Adverts
Gîte - Self Catering - Charming Country House Detached, single storey, separate entrance, in a charming property
from £91/Night (rates)
4 people 4 adults
2 bedrooms
3 roomsLiveable floor area : 750 Sq.ft.
Ground surface : 2,150 Sq.ft.
2 bedrooms
3 roomsLiveable floor area : 750 Sq.ft.
Ground surface : 2,150 Sq.ft.
ParkingBaby chair
- View : Village, square
- Setting : Picturesque
- Mountain range at 1.25mi.
- Spa, Horse riding, Culture, Fishing
- Exposure : South-west
Meublés de Tourisme : 4 stars Touristic region : discover Portes du Soleil - Chablais
Advert No. 72953
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Clos des FontainesAdvert 72953Thonon-les-Bains - Upper Savoy - France
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Assets House
Parking : Parking uncovered : 1 reserved bay.
baby equipment : Baby chair
Interior Charming Country House with View: village, square
Receive up to : 4 person(s) (4 adults)
Liveable floor area : 750 Sq.ft.
Interior layout : 3 Room(s), 2 bedroom(s), 1 bathroom, 2 WC, sitting room 130 Sq.ft., separate kitchen, tv room
Sleeps - bed(s) : 1 double bed(s), 2 single bed(s), 1 baby cot(s)
Guest facilities : T.V., wifi, wardrobe, cupboard, hair dryer, Curtains, Double glazed
Appliances : Crockery/cuttlery, kitchen utensils, cafetiere, electric coffee maker, electric kettle, toaster, fondue set, electric hobs, oven, micro-wave oven, extractor hood, refridgerator, dish washer, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, iron, ironing board
Exterior Gîte - Self Catering in Setting: picturesque
Ground surface : 2,150 Sq.ft.
Outside accommodation : Balcony 32.5 Sq.ft.
Outside setting : Garden
Outside amenities : Garden table(s), garden seat(s), parasol, garden seated area, 4 chaise(s) longue(s)
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Payment balance : on handing over the keys
Deposit required : £273*
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Cleaning charge levy on departure : £68*
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Leisure, Surroundings, Location Charming House 72953
Leisure Thonon-les-Bains - Upper Savoy - Portes du Soleil - Chablais
Specific activities on site or less than 5 km/ 3 miles :
HORSE RIDING Upper Savoy
FISHING Portes du Soleil - Chablais
SPA Thonon-les-Bains
CULTURE Rhône-Alpes
Leisure activities less than 20 km / 12 miles : Snowboarding, dogsledding, bathing, pedalo, snorkelling, scuba diving, water skiing, windsurfing, sailing, kite surfing, canoeing, canyoning, rafting, riding school, pony club, coastal/forest paths, hiking, climbing, mountain bike (path), paragliding, glider (club), boat trips, horse-drawn carriage, skate board (ramps), go-karting, ten-pin bowling, acrobranch, fishing, angling, pétanque pitch
Supervised : Ski school, childs ski area, sailing school, dive school, tennis school, riding school
Attractions and relaxation : Bar/pub, discotheque, restaurant, cinema, open air summer cinema, park and garden, leisure park, exhibition centre, museum, theatre, opera house, festivals, antiques & bric-a-brac, local craftshop, cellar and wine tasting, casino, natural spring baths, thermal baths, sauna, steam baths, health farm, beauticians, fitness centre, Bio farm
SurroundingsCountryside - Portes du Soleil - Chablais
COUNTRYSIDE HOLIDAYS Touristic region : Portes du Soleil - Chablais
Locality :
Ski slopes
Heated swimming pool at 660'
Sandy beach at 3mi.
Shingle beach
Nudist beach
Public swimming pool at 660'
18 hole golf course at 4.5mi.
Watersports centre at 0.62mi.
Waterfall at 6mi.
Mountain range at 1.25mi.
Marina at 0.62mi.
Via ferrata-alpinism at 9mi.
Amenities :
Village centre
Town centre at 0.3mi.
Bus stop / bus station at <165'
Bike/mountain bike hire
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Location AccessHouse Thonon-les-Bains
1, Avenue des Ducs de Savoie
74200 Thonon-les-BainsRhône-Alpes
GPS coordinates of the city
Latitude 46°22'13.152"N
Longitude 6°28'41.988"E
Access routes Gîte - Self Catering 72953
at 18.5mi.
Airport Genève
Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
at 6mi.
Motorway (junction) A40
Thonon-les-Bains, Upper Savoy, Rhône-Alpes, France
Towns close by
Annecy (37,3mi.)
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This web page will calculate the severity grades of postoperative complications based on the accordion severity grading system.
|Revised Accordion classification
|Requires only minor invasive procedures that can be done at the bedside, such as insertion of intraveneous lines, urinary catheters, and nasogastric tubes, and drainage of wound infections. Physiotherapy and anti-emetics, antipyretics, analgesics, diuretics, electrolytes, and physiotherapy are permitted (case 1,2).
|Requires pharmacologic treatment with drugs other than such allowed for minor complications, eg. antibiotics. Blood transfusions and total parenteral nutrition are also included (cases 3,4).
|No general anesthesia: requires management by an endoscopic, interventional procedure or reoperation without general anesthesia (cases 5,6).
|General anesthesia or single organ failure (cases 7,8,9).
|General anesthesia or single organ failure or multisystem organ failure (>2 organ systems)(case 10).
|Postoperative death (case 11, 12).
Definitions of Organ Failure for Accordion Classification of Postoperative Complications
• Cardiac: Need for any of the following medications:
• Norepinephrine > 0.1 µg/kg-1 · min-1
• Epinephrine > 0.1 µg/kg-1 · min-1
• Dopamine > 15 µg/kg-1 · min-1
• Central nervous system: Glasgow coma scale = 6
• Hematologic: Platelet count < 20 x 109/L
• Liver: Need for FFP to correct INR in patient with serum bilirubin >12 mg/dL (205 mMoles/L) OR INR > 2.5 in patient with serum bilirubin >12 mg/dL (205 mMoles/L)
• Renal: Need for dialysis
• Respiratory: Need for mechanical ventilation for > 24 h in a patient who requires reintubation after surgery OR need for mechanical ventilation of > 72 h in a patient who is not extubated on the day of surgery
"Modified" Accordion Classification reference:
J AM Coll Surg 210;286-98, 2010. The Accordion Severity Grading System of Surgical Complications


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The NHBA Ethics Committee produces two types of work product. Opinions of the Committee (below) analyze and apply the Rules to specific situational inquiries submitted to the Committee. Ethics Corner / Practical Ethics articles analyze and apply the Rules to issues or situations determined by the Committee to be of general interest to the Bar. Both receive equal consideration, are the work product of the Committee rather than its individual members, and are received and reviewed by the Board of Governors of the Bar Association.
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Many people consider fitness to be an important goal. It may, however, be difficult to find the information you need as you begin to learn the basics of good fitness. The following article will give you a lot of the information you'll need to accomplish your goals. Learn more 8 packs abs workout.
When you're getting ready to start a fitness routine, you should always get yourself into the doctor for a checkup. Your physician's opinion can be vital, especially if getting healthy is going to be especially challenging for you. You may be in good shape already, but tour doctor can still provide some great advice.
Try to refrain from eating immediately prior to working out. Food might not correctly settle in your stomach if you exercise after eating. This can lead to nausea and vomiting. Try eating a light meal with water after exercising.
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The summer transfer window closed at 11pm on Wednesday and personally I wish they would close it for good.
However, already people are talking about doing business in the even more ridiculous January transfer window.
So if a player does not get the wages/signing fee he wants in August, he will then wait till January when clubs in danger of relegation are even more likely to panic buy.
Inflated transfer fees and wages are all a consequence of the "transfer window" as is panic buying on this last day as teams agree ridiculous wages and fees just to get a player signed, even if he was not high on their original shopping list.
An alternative is to allow transfers to take place at any time during the season, up to, say, an end of March cut off point.
In my opinion all buying and selling of players should be done in the period between the last day of the season in May and the first day of the new season in August.
Clubs then have around ten weeks to rebuild their squad.
The players you have to start the season with are the ones you have, whatever happens during the season.
However, I suppose the same will occur in terms of increasing demands for transfer fees and wages as the opening day of the season looms and panic sets in, but at least it will be just for the close season.
I don't know what system will control the inflated wage and transfer fee demands for, let's be honest, average players.
As Big Ron once said, "you might as well give the game to the players because they have everything else".
You can almost hear all the agents talking about market forces etc as justification for their obscenely high financial demands.
I believe shutting the January window will help.


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Herbal Healing Salve Uses
Humans have practiced the art of healing with herbs for millennia. In the modern world, it is hard to envision a time when there were no drug stores and patented pharmacological medicines. But when the world was a simpler place, apothecary herbalists and botanists harvested roots, berries, seeds, leaves, bark and flowers to make the concoctions needed to soothe an irritation, heal a wound or cure an ailment.
Herbal healing salves: a time-honored remedy
Herbal salves are simply infused herbal oils combined with some type of wax – usually beeswax – to thicken them into a solid state at room temperature. Some salves can contain finely ground or pulverized components of the herbs themselves. These salves are for treating local conditions; the effects target the area of the body on which they're applied.
Our skin is absorbent but it is selectively absorbent, meaning it is particular about what gets through its layers and into our bloodstreams. Because the main ingredients forming herbal salves into a solid at room temperature are oil and wax, these soothing remedies sit on the skin and are not as quickly absorbed through the skin's layers.
Uses for healing salves and balms
Herbal healing salves are the time-honored first line of defense for first-aid treatments a family looks to for soothing burns, scrapes, wounds, bruises, diaper rashes and other such maladies. Some popular uses for these treatments may include:
- Treatment of poison oak, poison ivy or sumac reactions
- Cracked, dry skin.
- Hives, psoriasis or eczema.
- Insect bites, stings, sores including bed sores in the elderly or inflamed bunions.
- Minor burns and sunburn.
- Blisters, boils, abscesses and other skin ulcers.
- Rashes of various types, including fungal infections such as ringworm.
- Minor wounds, scrapes and cuts.
Make your skin the best it can be
If you're concerned about chemicals and preservatives commonly found in retail skin-care products, herbal salves and balms may be just what you're looking for.
Salves and balms are the thicker, most nourishing option when moisturizing the skin, so it is not something you'll want to use under makeup. Many salves and balms are also usable on lips and on dry or rough spots all over the body.
Bee Happy Essentials handcrafts a variety of healing herbal salves. These therapeutic herbal salves are handcrafted with organic herbal infused olive-oil, organic butters & oils, organic essential oils & resins and organic beeswax.
- AFTER SUN SOOTHER – Cocoa & Shea butter along with aloe vera gel and calendula and chamomile infused olive oil help soothe, settle and heal sunburned skin – $9.00 (CUSTOM ORDER)
- ITCH RELIEF SALVE – A powerhouse combination of plantain and arnica flowers & calamine sooth itches & bug bites – $8.00 (CUSTOM ORDER)
- CALENDULA SALVE – A soothing and skin-softening salve crafted with calendula-infused organic olive oil and lavender essential oil- $8.00 (YEAR ROUND)
- CREAMY COMFREY SALVE – Comfrey and plantain infused olive oil and nourishing shea butter aid in the healing of various bruises, sprains and painful muscles – $8.00 (CUSTOM ORDER)
- ESSENTIAL SOOTHING SALVE – A great all-purpose salve infused with chamomile and plantain for a variety of skin irritations, cuts & scrapes, dry skin and more – $10.00 (YEAR ROUND)
- BABY BUM SALVE – Gentle Lavender and Frankincense tears are perfect for
- calming and healing diaper rash and heat rash – $9.00 (CUSTOM ORDER)
- HERBAL BLACK DRAWING SALVE – Herbal black drawing salve is a blend of ingredients that create an ointment used topically to help heal skin inflammation, boils, insect bites and splinters. – $8.00
- HEADACHE BALM – Get natural headache and migraine relief through a blend of botanical ingredients, castor oil, magnesium and essential oils, historically used for reducing pain and swelling, soothing nerves, alleviating tension and creating a sedating effect. These ingredients, combined with organic coconut oil and beeswax create a balm that relieves headaches and migraines. – $10.00
Highlight on Ingredients
• Shea butter is a favorite of mine because it adds just the right thickness while helping treat any skin irritation and aid in cell regeneration.
• Benefit-rich coconut oil is a phenomenal antibacterial properties it contains.
• Calendula-infused olive oil ~ Calendula is an amazing flower that offers true antibacterial benefits. The acids that are found within the oils of the calendula plant are both antimicrobial and antiviral.
• Activated charcoal helps remove toxins from the affected area while reducing any itchy feeling.
• Vitamin E oil since it is the perfect healing agent, reducing inflammation while speeding up cell regeneration.
• Tea tree oil makes a great partner with loads of antibacterial benefits and can help prevent any infection.
• Peppermint (Mentha x piperita) has natural pain relieving properties and promotes mental clarity.
• Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) has many benefits including: loosens mucus, eases headaches, and is antiseptic.
• Castor oil is great for relieving mild aches and pains because of castor oil's anti-inflammatory properties.


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Still pretty quiet out at Lollingdon, the most notable was a Woodcock flushed from a ditch almost the same spot as last winter.
Fewer thrushes around than earlier in the week but still 5 species noted.
A Kingfisher, 9 Yellowhammer, 30+ Linnet and a couple of Bullfinch, 6 Buzzard also noted.
A Barn Owl still present along the Bunk line and a Peregrine took a Song Thrush in the same area (per TW).


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At Childgarden Preschool we are committed to providing an inquiry - based program that is welcoming, fun, exciting, stimulating, creative, and safe .
Through the educators dedication to observing the interests of the children a curriculum is created reflecting your child's interest and knowledge while extending their learning. We believe that children learn best when the playful curriculum is motivating and meaningful. We provide your child with the opportunity for group learning, developing social skills, problem solving, and learning to work together. With respectful guidance from educators, children gain independence and practice self control. Children develop a sense of personal and social responsibility, as it relates to each other from within our preschool; from there it naturally flows into our larger community and beyond.
We believe learning through play creates a variety of experiences to enhance the cognitive, physical, emotional and social growth of your child. The children have the opportunity to explore and play with materials that are presented in an interesting, provoking and inviting manner.
Your child is supported in their learning journey. Through discussions, we are able to find out what your child already knows, what they are learning, and what they wish to know. These discussions are revisited individually and at group gatherings. Their learning is strengthened and their intellectual need to construct their understanding of concepts is met and reinforced.


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Creating OCI SHA-256 Keys (SSH/API access)
Having delivered a few OCI workshops, I noticed that a lot of people struggle creating the correct SHA-256 key pairs. If you want to connect to a linux console using SSH, you need to specify SSH keys. If you want to use the OCI APIs, CLI or my OCI iPhone APP you need a different… Read More »


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Egyptian police have killed seven people in connection to recent violence against Christians that included three church bombings and a shooting which left around 100 people dead, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Police found militants hiding in a desert training camp "as part of the ministry's efforts to track down fugitive terrorist elements involved in violence witnessed by the country recently, including targeting the Christian community and their places of worship," it said in a statement.
Security forces attempted to arrest the men who opened fire. Police returned fire and have so far found seven bodies as well as weapons, a motorcycle, and military uniforms.
In April, 29 Coptic Christians were killed in their bus by masked men who opened fire at close range.
A month earlier, more than 45 people were killed following two church bombings targeting the Christian minority. All the attacks were claimed by the Islamic State.
Egypt conducted airstrikes near Derna in eastern Libya targeting militant training camps which the Egyptian authorities claim were used by the attackers.


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We took Austin to the Freightliners Farm in Islington on Saturday. It's a cute little farm not far from Islington/Highbury station. It's free to enter (woohoo) and has a heap of different animal displays. I have a sneaky feeling that as summer gets closer there will be more on display but even in the middle of winter there was still lots to oggle.
Austin led the way (as he does) charging from one area to the next. Ducks. Hens. Cows. Goats. And the cat. This was by far the most interesting (according to his reactions). There were no horses (sorry people, my blog title is a bit misleading), but plenty of birds, sheep and rabbits rounded out the animal displays nicely.
Babycinos and cake before we left made for one happy little boy at the cafe. But with no card facilities and a decent walk to the closest ATM it's probs best to bring cash (yep, wish we had the heads up on that one).


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Live it slow, live it right.
Live it slow, live it right.
As I sit here in Barefoot Garden Café, I am happy to be in Colombo. Is the place a tad pretentious and slightly overpriced by Colombo standards? Yes it is, no doubt about it. But it's also completely and utterly delightful: scattered wooden chairs and tables, plenty of potted plants, tall trees growing in between stone tiles, dappled sunlight falling through large tropical leaves, brightly striped tablecloths, eye-catching canvases hung on walls, a bloom-laden hibiscus tree hanging over a small green pond, and a general sense of space and calm….
Yet, it isn't all bright and sparkly. Faded, broken wooden and stone statues dot the perimeters of the café courtyard, old-world wooden chests and cabinets line the corridor, and the shingled roofs are heavy with fallen leaves. The new and colourful meets the old and slightly ruined: the overall effect is charming. Mellow strains of music (mostly an instrumental blend of local and Western influences, with an occasional Enya number thrown in) play in the background, while constant chatter fills the air.
There's a mix of the usual suspects sitting at the tables: groups of expat catching up over a late lunch, Colombo's well-heeled out for coffee, bookworms sitting with a novel and a smoothie, and those like myself – armed with a laptop and enjoying a quick bite while working on something or the other. The café has free Wi-Fi for customers, which makes life for us Internet junkies so much more convenient.
The service is unexceptional – a few waiters are friendly and smiling, others appear rushed and not particularly eager to take orders. Westerners do get quicker service and wider smiles – perhaps an inevitable result of sizable tips in dollars compared with tips in local currency. However, this is certainly not limited to Barefoot Café or even to Colombo – nearly all tourist-heavy destinations in the subcontinent are characterised by a distinct preference for Western customers. (If you've been to Pushkar, Old Manali or the northern beaches of Goa, chances are you've come across this already.) Call it racist or economically expedient – there's no escaping it!
The menu is a single-page affair, and not particularly inspiring: there are plenty of beverages, but the food options are limited. Pick from a couple of sandwiches, salads, and side orders like potato wedges or falafel with pita bread; all food items on the menu are in the range of LKR 200-700. A cup of (excellent) cappuccino is for LKR 300, while the fresh juices and milkshakes are priced between LKR 280-400. Make sure to check the daily specials if you're going for a meal. Some of the dishes are delicious albeit pricey. I highly recommend the grilled prawns with rice! The desserts are all between LKR 400-500. (Please note, all menu prices are inclusive of 10% service charge and government taxes.)
The café is entirely open air, so there's no air-conditioning. However, the sea breeze and the shade of the trees ensure that it's nearly always pleasant, even on a hot summer day like today.
Adjoining is the large Barefoot store, which, amongst other things, stocks a collection of select titles. There are plenty of Michael Ondaatje's novels – Sri Lanka's favourite home-grown, English-language author, settled in Canada for the last several years. There is also a huge range of funky local handicraft items, including furniture, toys, and home décor items. The pricing is inconsistent and a little difficult to comprehend: I picked up a beautiful pen-stand cleverly created out of old newspapers and splashed with pleasing shades of green for LKR 200 (something a Delhi boutique shop would charge at least thrice as much for); on the other hand, a painted mug is inexplicably priced at a LKR 2000.
There's also a small art gallery that's accessible through the café courtyard. You can browse through the painting at leisure – and don't forget to sign the guest book on your way out!
As I watch the water lilies swaying in their big stone pots and sip my coffee, I am filled with a strange sense of nostalgia and possibility, all scrunched together. I now have a phrase to assign to this feeling: "barefoot in Colombo".
Who can say where the road goes, where the day flows, only time.


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Free CNA Classes in Hastings, Minnesota
Are you a high school student seeking for an opportunity in the healthcare field? Augustana Care Hastings Health and Rehabilitation in Minnesota is offering full scholarships for a CNA training. If you want to make a difference in other people's lives while earning a decent income, this opportunity is right for you.
Augustana Care Hastings Health and Rehabilitation is an independent, assisted living, long-term care facility that provides quality nursing services to its residents. High school students who are in their senior year or those who are at least 16 years old can apply and start a career in this health care institution.
Augustana Care Hastings Health and Rehabilitation will provide an approved CNA training which runs for a couple of days. Individuals who completed the program will become eligible to sit for the state certification exam and will be offered a full-time employment with excellent compensation benefits. However, interested applicants must pass the criminal background check, drug screening, and physical examination.
Information on the class schedule and location will be provided once the number of students for the free CNA training is achieved. Applications for this program can be submitted at Augustana Care Hastings Health and Rehabilitation at 930 16th St W, Hastings, Minnesota, 55033, USA.


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Heirloom and Shell Bean Salad
LET THE FARMERS' MARKET BE YOUR GUIDE. Select a variety of fresh beans and peas to throw into this salad (as well as into resealable bags to freeze for winter months). You can also use canned or dried beans. I love to order dried heirloom offerings like Moros and Christmas Limas from Rancho Gordo of Napa, California. The only must for this recipe is to mix at least three varieties.
Serves 6 to 8
1/2 cup dried scarlet runner beans
1/2 cup dried black calypso beans
1/2 cup dried cranberry beans
1/2 cup dried Florida butter beans
1/2 pound French green, Roma, pole or wax beans (or a combination)
Kosher salt
1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded and diced
1 jalapeno pepper, cored, seeded, and diced
3 handfuls arugula
10 fresh mint leaves
10 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Rinse the dried beans and place in a large pot with enough water to cover by about 4 inches. Bring to a low boil and cook until just tender, but not mushy, about 1 hour. Drain, rinse and cool completely. Place in a large bowl.
2. Remove the stem end of the fresh beans. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add salt and blanch each variety of fresh beans separately. To blanch, plae the beans in the water until they turn bright green or yellow, about 1 minute. Remove from the water with a strainer and immediately place into ice-cold water until completely cooled. Drain thoroughly and place in a large bowl, season with salt and pepper to taste and toss to mix.
3. Add the red pepper, jalapeno, arugula, mint and basil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour the vinaigrette over the beans, toss to mix and serve or refrigerate in an airtight container until ready to serve.
To make this salad with fresh beans and peas, replace the dried beans with fresh and blanched butter beans, field peas, green peas or any type of pole beans, small French green beans, wax beans or green beans. You will need about 1/2 pound of 3 to 5 different varieties.


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Kelly Alexander, 27, 8900 block of Taylors Ferry Road, Oak Grove, was charged with first-degree theft of property. Bail was set at $15,000.
Tuscaloosa Police
Vehicle break-ins
A 1997 Toyota 4Runner was broken into in the 4200 block of Old Greensboro Road between 9:30 p.m. Friday and midnight Saturday. Nothing was reported taken.
A 1994 Chevrolet Z71 was broken into in the 700 block of Skyland Boulevard East between 2 and 3 p.m. Friday. Nothing was reported taken.
A woman told police that cash was taken from her at a residence in the 3500 block of 21st Street at 1:15 p.m. Saturday. The money was taken and the woman was pushed to the ground. The woman was not injured.
A checkbook, PlayStation game system, two cell phones and a Palm Centro were taken from the 400 block of 38th Place between 9:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. Friday.
Clothing, an Apple ibook, a TV and DVD player were taken from a residence in the 3600 block of 7th Avenue East between 1 p.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday.
A residence in the 3400 block of 12th Avenue East was broken into between 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Nothing was listed taken.
A residence was broken into in the 1800 block of Links Boulevard between 11 a.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Nothing was listed taken.
A residence in the 700 block of 31st Avenue was broken into between 10 a.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday. Nothing was reported taken.
tuscaloosa county sheriff's office
A television, lawn mower and antique clock were taken from a residence on Oakview Lane in Cottondale between 7 and 11 a.m. Sunday.
A leaf blower, two 100-foot extension cords, 13 rods and reels and a tackle box were taken from a location on Lock 9 Road in Fosters between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday.
A Dell laptop, laptop bag, three schoolbooks, a camera bag with Sony digital camera and two voice recorders were taken from a location on 21st Street Northeast between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday.
A Smith and Wesson handgun wa
s taken from a location on Sixth Avenue East between 8 p.m. Nov. 14 and 1:30 a.m. Nov. 15.
A Honda 4-wheeler and black toolbox were taken from a location on Old Greensboro Road between 7:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
A dual touch-screen radio and an audio amp were taken from a vehicle on Highway 69 South between 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday.
Northport police
Approximately $150 was taken from a silver Ford Escape in the 3600 block of 17th Street between 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Sex Offenders
For information in your area, see the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office Web site at www.tcsoal.org (follow the 'Sex Offender' link on the left side of the page), the Tuscaloosa Police Department's Web site at www.tuscaloosa.com/index.asp?NID=503 (click the 'Locate Sex Offenders' link on the right side of the page) or search the state's registry at http://community.dps.state.al.us.
32 calls on Sunday
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Call Your Senators: Vote No on Devos
ACTION ALERT: If one more Republican Senator votes against Trump's far-right education pick Betsy DeVos, we'll defeat her confirmation!
Billionaire DeVos has said never attended a public school or sent her kids to one. She's funded anti-LGBTQ groups, questioned whether kids with special needs require federal protection, and said we need guns in schools to protect from grizzly bears!
Here are the Republican Senators most likely to vote against DeVos. Call them using our the script below as a guide -- we've tailored it specifically to appeal to Republicans!
Sen. Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania): (202) 224-4254
(If his mailbox is full, leave some comments on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/senatortoomey/)
Sen. Jeff Flake (Arizona): 520-575-8633
(If his voicemail is full, post to his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/senatorjeffflake/)
Sen. Dean Heller (Nevada): 202-224-6244
Sen. Dan Sullivan (Alaska): 202-224-3004
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia): 304-347-5372
Sen. Jerry Moran (Kansas): (316) 631-1410
Here's the script (if you don't live in the state that a senator represents, you DON'T have to give them your address or tell them which state you're from). If you don't get through to a staffer, leave a message!
My name is ________ and I'm calling to ask the senator to vote against the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary. DeVos has taken a number of stances that will hurt kids with special needs and hurt rural families.
DeVos has displayed an alarming lack of knowledge when it comes to protecting disabled students and students with special needs such as autism and Down Syndrome. She has also questioned whether the federal government should enforce the crucial Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
I'm also worried that DeVos will create federal voucher programs, which would make it harder for rural families to access high-quality education. Understandably, many rural voters are worried that if the federal government stops focusing on public education, it will hurt kids in areas without access to private or charter schools.
For special needs students and rural families, I urge the senator to vote against Betsy Devos for Education Secretary. Thank you.
When you're done, fill out this form to record your action!


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I read the following post Schadenfreude and as much as I didn't want to reply, I couldn't help myself, but given that I knew my reply would resemble a post, I decided I'd simply do just that.
As a child born out of wedlock, I've often wondered what it would have been like to have never known my father. Actually, had mother had her way, I would have done just that and probably gone through life thinking my step-father was my father even though he's light-skinned of mixed Jamaican and Chinese heritage. She'd pulled off that lie for five years until my father found her/us.
After coming to know my father and two of the eight total children he'd fathered, I was both happy and confused at my existence since I didn't fully understand the full life dynamics that come with 'external' children…My father was married at the time of my conception. My father was good to me and my two siblings, but I didn't realize there were still five more of us whom I'd yet to know or meet. That would come about well into my adulthood. Correction, I met my oldest and now deceased eldest brother when I was about 13. He was a nice guy and was saddened by his passing because I never had the opportunity to really know him unlike the two immediately above me.
During the years I'd spent shuttling back and forth to my father's house, I came to see and know a man I actually disliked. He had an affinity for women making it rather difficult for me to form a bond with any of them since I wasn't quite sure they'd be around from one weekend to the next. The two above me no longer lived with our father, so I ended up being there with him or whatever woman was in his life at the time.
Unlike, the father(s) mentioned in the referenced post, my father acknowledged all of his children; however, he was still no real father in the true sense of the word. He ruled with an iron fist with the "it's my way or the highway" mentality and imposed strict and sometimes unrealistic expectations of his children. He disowned my brother above me because his children they were bi-racial and to date has yet to acknowledge their existence. He additionally refused to allow my brother into his home because my brother grew locks and my father vehemently disapproved of this hairstyle. My sister, the eldest of the three of us was disowned for the same and additional reasons.
As I got older, I questioned and challenged my father's actions toward his children because it was wrong. My father was and remains a devout member of the Pentecostal church and prescribes to its many dictates; well, those accordingly to how he wants to interpret them. I've read the Bible, conferred with those who are also of his particular sect of Christianity, in addition to other pastors and nowhere in the Bible or in my conversations does it say it's okay to disown ones children due to one's personal beliefs, prejudices, or thoughts on life/society.
To date, I've met all but one of my siblings and maintain a relationship with three of them. To date, I am the only one of my father's children that speak or have a relationship with him. He has successfully estranged himself from his children with his bull-headed, rigid, and often down right insulting ways. It's a crying shame that a man; a father would treat his children with such disdain and disrespect. His actions have also distanced him from his grandchildren.
Some irony to my father's antics is that he has embraced my daughter who is also bi-racial, which I gave him some serious grief over. Of his children, I'm the only one who does not have his last name and I'm the only one who he has a relationship with. I have and continue to argue and challenge things he says because I'm not afraid to call bullshit. I'm also the one he calls when he wants something that's out of his limited budget. For someone who's pushed just about everyone away, he's the one who needs someone close to him the most – He lives in Jamaica and I'm in the US. The two of his children that reside in Jamaica have nothing to do with him.
I have limited respect for my father as father because he's failed so miserably at being a good one even when he had the chance to be. I still wonder what it would have been like to have never have met or known him. He came into my life when I was 5 and I left the UK when I was 15, so he was only actively in my life for 10 years. I saw and spent time with him upon my return in 1986 and we maintained a long distance relationship for a while until he once again pissed me off and after that time, we were estranged for about 10 years. It wasn't until 2007 when he and I actually started communication again and I was 39 at that point. So, here I am pushing 47 and have had a short and somewhat strained relationship with the man who help put me in this world. I can't say I love the man and I can't say I hate him. I maintain feelings of a familial connection and wish him no harm. Somewhere deep in his abyss is a sad, hurt, and broken boy who never healed and he took his pain out on his children, wives, ex-wives, girlfriends and ex-girlfriends, and most importantly himself and lost some of the absolute best relationships he could have had in life. I allow him to take no credit for my successes in life. What I do, do is credit him for some traits and qualities he's passed on be they good or bad. I couldn't choose who my father was and I accept who he is, but what I can't and won't do is minimize the negative effects both his presence and lack thereof caused. Fortunately, I've long since resolved and moved on in order to stop carrying the emotional baggage I had.
Sadly and unfortunately, there are no lessons or training for being a parent; though I wish there was. I further wish that men who help create children take care of them in every way possible. Children need their fathers as much as they need their mothers and any man who fails to live up to the responsibility that comes with his title is a poor and lame excuse for a man.
Yea, I said it!