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Do These 7 Little Habits For Your Ideal To Be Achieved
Everyone must have dreams and dreams in his life. Ideals and dreams will certainly make it easier for you to determine where the direction of your life goals. But, of course, nothing is easy to achieve. It takes great effort, high discipline and strong consistency to make it happen. Well for that, you should start with the following small habits slowly to realize your goals and dreams.
1. Set your goals and goals
If you want to realize all your dreams, of course you must determine your goals and goals first. It aims to make things more focused. If your goals and goals have been set, you will not be confused anymore. It does not have to be a big target, just start from small goals first. Now, from the small goals you have done, develop it further. Do not forget to also make a note or a small note of your activities so you can see every development you have done.
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Your dreams and dreams will only be fantasy and imagination if you do not want to try to make it happen. Therefore many things you must do one of the ways by setting the time or deadline. The purpose of this deadline is to focus and your goals in reaching all your goals and dreams become more focused. Of course this also aims to make all your dreams materialized in accordance with the deadline that you have made before.
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In addition, it also aims that during the process to success many people say bad things to you, you remain confident with your dreams. Because surely there are aja deh people who will belittle you, scoff, say if you will not be able to make it happen. So keep thinking positive. Try your best inwardly, and always be confident in your ability to achieve the dream you want. Do not easily give up with all the obstacles that you will get later. You have to stay optimistic.
5. Give a small appreciation for yourself
Because reaching every dream is not easy, therefore rewarding yourself for yourself is important. You can reward every achievement you have achieved. You can provide it with a deadline. If you do succeed according to the deadline, you deserve to celebrate.
No need for excessive appreciation, simple things like watching a weekend movie, treating friends, buying things your wishes, or just a trip to the city park or to a place of recreation can also really you do. This celebration aims to motivate you and foster confidence in the achievements you have achieved.
6. Evaluate your achievements
After reaching the target, do not forget to evaluate yes. This evaluation aims to let you know how well your target is and so you will not feel satisfied and arrogant. You can search for references or ask the opinions of people who are competent and reliable to do a constructive evaluation of your achievements. However, do not be too diforsir ya!
7. Perform a healthy lifestyle with exercise, healthy eating, and adequate rest
In reaching all your dreams and dreams, of course, the time you use is very much and solid. Therefore, you should do a healthy lifestyle. How to exercise, eat and rest enough. With exercise, your mind will come back fresh.


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Friday, February 03, 2006
On rosy cheeks
Well, winters are considerably milder these days (although it was minus 30˚C in Estonia just a few weeks ago, but this is increasingly rare). And there is no need to ration your food so that at least half of the meat and grain would still be in storage on February 2nd - you can always pop into the supermarket. But this doesn't mean that you can't eat the traditional foods on that day - pork hocks, head or side, barley porridge, red beer and liqueurs. During the 20th century, red berries and fruit were added to the list of required foods of the day. I decided to skip the pork hocks and head, but made the other traditional dish of the day - barley porridge.
Most importantly, küünlapäev was a festive day for the women. This was the day when the rough Estonian peasant men were stuck in the kitchen and farm, doing the women's work. The women went to visit each other and then for a drink in a pub - kõrts. Not exactly a full-blown emancipation of women, but heading on that direction. You see, it was important to consume some red wine or liqueur on that day, so the women would have lovely - and healthy - rosy cheeks for the rest of the year.
A very simple barley porridge
(Sõmer kruubipuder)
200 grams pearl barley
25-30 grams of butter
600 ml meat or chicken stock
Wash the barley groats with hot water, drain thoroughly.
Heat the butter in a heavy saucepan, add pearl barley and sauté for a few minutes.
Add the hot stock, season with salt and stir gently.
Cover the pan with a lid and simmer on a medium low heat for about 30-40 minutes, until barley has swollen and is 'al dente' or almost soft, with a bit of bite. You can also bake the porridge in the oven.
To serve
75 grams cubed pancetta
2-3 small shallots
Slice the onion very thinly. Heat a non-stick pan on a medium heat and dry-fry the pancetta cubes until golden. Remove with a slotted spoon, add a splash of oil to the pan, if necessary, and reduce the heat to minimum.
Add sliced onion and fry very slowly until golden and caramelised (about 20-30 minutes).
There was also a small bowl of sliced salted cucumbers on the table, as well as some sour cream.
If you're brave and adventurous enough, then the porridge is best served with some soured milk, like kefir or buttermilk. We had the latter, courtesy of the recently opened Polish deli nearby.
Although extremely humble and cheap, the barley porridge is actually very nice. The groats have a nice crunchy bite to them, and the fried pancetta and caramelised onions add slight sophistication.
A simple cherry and chocolate tart
(Lihtne kirsitort)
As for the red berries, I served these in the form of cherries:) I tried a simple version of the Black Forest Cake, recipe courtesy of Jamie Oliver. But as the Estonian forests would have all still be covered in snow in early February, I made a white forest cake instead*.
A small loaf cake, sliced lenghtwise into 2 or 3
A tub of whipping or double cream
A dash of kirsch
A can of pitted cherries
A zest of one orange
Grated chocolate
Slice the loaf cake lengthwise into 2 or 3 layers, depending on the size. Lay onto a serving tray.
Drain the cherries slightly, add the kirsch and let the flavours mingle for a few minutes.
Whip the double cream until soft peaks form, add most of the orange zest.
Drizzle the boozy liquid from the cherries onto the cake base.
Cover with orange zest flavoured whipped cream. Cover with cherries, sprinkle with some orange zest and grated chocolate.
And to drink - a bottle of red wine. We don't usually drink much alcohol, but there were three Estonian girls around the table last night and we were just trying to follow old Estonian customs:)
* The 'black forest' cake was replaced with a 'white forest' cake mainly because I couldn't find a chocolate loaf cake in any of the shops on the way from work to home. Yes, I know that a true foodie would bake their own loaf cakes - and usually I would - but I had about an hour to prepare the porridge and the cake, so couldn't make it last night.
14 comments:
- Joaquim Amândio Santos said...
Well, greatings from Portugal and congratulations for your blog!
After reading it i'm straving!!!
and suffering because i'm on a diet!
- 2:13 pm, February 03, 2006
- Kalyn said...
The barley porridge looks wonderful. I personally feel that the day when winter is finally half over is a day well worth celebrating.
- 3:48 pm, February 03, 2006
- Clivia said...
It is so interesting to hear about Estonian traditions! I particularly enjoyed reading about rosy cheeks this day - rosy cheeks all year!
In Stockholm the snow and te cold winds are back after almost a week of higher temperatures so it really feels like mid-winter!
- 4:12 pm, February 03, 2006
- Alanna said...
What a spectacular meal, Pille!
- 4:35 pm, February 03, 2006
- MM said...
Oh the cake sounds scrumptious. And the mocca apple pie in your previous post too. You definitely have a knack for yummy desserts ... and writing. Am so enjoying reading about Estonian customs.
- 5:01 pm, February 03, 2006
- angelika said...
I love the idea of the women festive day. What good idea. We do not have it in Austria, but a women's day full of laughter and gigglig can be something hard to beat ;-) It`s admirable how much you can prepare in one hour only, Pille.... Hugs, angelika
- 11:01 pm, February 03, 2006
- Anna said...
Loistavaa perinnetietoa. Talven synkkä selkä vaatii tosiaan taittamista! Ja treenaan kielitaitoani tavailemalla eestinkielisiä reseptejäsi!
- 10:49 pm, February 04, 2006
- valentina said...
I love the barley porridge recipe.Very different from the porridge recipes I am used to. And the wonderful cake. Yum!
- 12:09 am, February 05, 2006
What an interesting tradition. I want a taste of the cherry & chocolate tart! I like better that you made a white forrest cake, instead! ;-)
- 6:56 am, February 05, 2006
- Gracianne said...
Lovely tradition. And thanks for the recipes, you make that sound so easy - just one hour you said?
Rosy cheeks to you, cheers!
- 2:10 pm, February 07, 2006
- Pille said...
Amândio Santos - thanks for visiting my blog, and sorry to make you hungry:)
Kalyn - I agree! Winters can seem so long sometimes, and celebrating every day that brings us closer to the spring and sun seems like a good idea!
Clivia - I sympathise with you - it's very cold and snowy back home as well! At least it's reasonably warm here in Edinburgh, above zero. But gosh, it's constantly so windy (keeps your cheeks rosy though)
Ak - I'm glad you like it!
MM - thanks for your kind words about my desserts. I am on a mood for desserts, it seems - I've been leafing through quite a few desserts books in the bookstore recently. Must be something in the air..
Angelika - when I move back home, I'll start a campaign to raise the profile of candlemas day, especially the bit about women drinking red wine and getting rosy cheeks!
And this was a very low-key dinner, so it was easily put together in a short time.
Anna - kiitos! Luetko Sa tosissani mun eestinkielisiä resepteja? Kiva! Ma luen teidän suomenkielisiä Taikinapoikan lehdellä:)
Valentina - do you think you gonna give the barley porridge a go? I really liked the porridge, and am surprised that it's considered a very humble and old-fashioned (and alas, non-popular) dish at home. I mixed the leftover porridge on a following day with lots of chopped parsley, and made barley-tabbouleh, which was delicious as well..
Paz - I guess cherries & chocolate loaf would have been even better combination, but it was incredible simple and good to keep in mind for these moments that you just have 5 minute to whip up a dessert!
Gracianne - well, I was drinking red wine on that day, so my cheeks are guaranteed to be glowing and rosy for the rest of the year! Thanks for popping by!
- 10:23 pm, February 07, 2006
- Niki said...
Wow - this all looks gorgeous, especially that cake!
Candlemas is one of the festivals we generally miss in Australia because we're in summer holiday time. It's a bit of a shame we miss all the things that happen in the traditional Christmas season because as soon as 26 Dec rolls around, we're sitting by the beach for the next month!! (however my group always does a concert of Christmas to Candlemas music just before Christmas each year just so we can at least sing some of the stuff before everything goes on holiday)
- 1:36 pm, February 09, 2006
- Pille said...
Niki - thank you for your kind words. I think I'd find Christmas without snow and frost rather weird, but some sun and warm weather soon after the New Year would be very much appreciated, thank you:)
- 1:12 am, February 12, 2006
Wow! Barley Porridge looks amazing! gorgeous n healthy looking dish :) must be very filling too, shall try it sometime, today am all set for the beet rasam from ur blog, I've been wanting to prepare from a long time.
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FREE parking is available just outside of the venue.
DIRECTIONS from the Visitor's Center off of All American Freeway:
Drive 0.3 miles on Sapper Street.
Turn Left onto Gruber Road.
Drive 0.6 miles and turn right onto Reilly Road.
The Conference Center will be 0.7 miles on the right, directly across the street from the Exchange.
NOTE...gps devices will not take you to the correct location. Please follow directions above.
Job fair scheduled on Bragg in March
" The DAV and RecruitMilitary will co-host a job fair next month for veterans, troops leaving active duty and spouses at Fort Bragg. The event will take place at the Iron Mike Conference and Catering Center on March 1-2 and will include more than 80 participating companies or organizations."
Military job fair held in Raleigh
"RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Hundreds of military veterans and their spouses are hoping to get hired after a free career fair expo Thursday. More than 40 local and national companies set up booths inside Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium to recruit employees and offer jobs immediately to people with military backgrounds. "
Job fair for veterans being held in Raleigh
"RALEIGH, N.C. - A career fair for veterans will be held Thursday at Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Companies like Home Depot, Lowe's and State Farm will be on hand to discuss opportunities with job seekers."
Veterans hiring fair - interview with Javon Chavis of TWC
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Fort Bragg Report: Veterans Job Fair in Raleigh on Thursday
"he DAV and RecruitMilitary, a military-to-civilian recruitment firm, are teaming up for a job fair for veterans in Raleigh tomorrow, Jan. 29. The All Veterans Career Fair will be held at Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m."
The Hire More Heroes Act is misguided. There is no veterans' unemployment crisis.
"Americans may be shocked to learn that there is no veterans' unemployment crisis. The unemployment rate in 2014 for post-9/11 veterans was 7.2 percent, the lowest level in seven years of tracking these veterans. "
What Government Should Actually Do To Support Veterans' Employment
"The latest crisis at the Department of Veterans Affairs has called into question again the proper role of government in the care of our veterans. Whereas healthcare is clearly in shambles, veterans' employment is another realm in which well-meaning government involvement has been inefficient at best and ineffective or counterproductive at worst. "
Employment and Returning Veterans
"Peter Gudmundsson talked about the availability of jobs for returning service members."
"Recruit Military" Job Fair A Hit In Raleigh
"Hundreds of military veterans from across the Triangle region and beyond packed a special job fair Thursday in Raleigh. This job fair at Carter-Finley Stadium was for veterans like Jimmy Hicks of Cameron, near Ft. Bragg."
Beyond Altruism
"Among the fondest memories Peter Gudmundsson '85 has of his three years as an active-duty U.S. Marine officer was the time in 1987 when, off the coast of Vietnam, he stood on the deck of a U.S. Navy ship looking up at the Soviet planes flying overhead. What was particularly memorable, he says, was not the plane flying overhead, but the reaction of the men in his platoon"
Money For Lunch
"Money for Lunch host Bert Martinez interviewed Peter Gudmundsson. Discussed veteran hiring."
Helping veterans overcome job search challenges
"Mike Rollins is featured on America Now. Recently, America Now visited a RecruitMilitary job fair held at the Hurst Conference Center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. "
Veteran Job Fair
"RecruitMilitary Veteran Job Fair in Raleigh"
Job fair aimed at finding work for veterans
"More than 1,000 veterans got to meet face-to-face with jobs seekers in Raleigh."
Veteran Hiring Event in Raleigh
"A special hiring event for veterans and military spouses was held at Carter Finley Stadium. The event was produced by RecruitMiltiary.com in cooperation with the American Legion. Hundreds of veterans showed up to meet face-to-face with veteran-friendly organizations."
TN veterans face tough battle to find employment
"By Naomi Snyder Terry Pack was an aircraft mechanic serving in the Army in Iraq, spending two of the last six years in combat overseas. Now that he's done his service for the country, he can't even get a job doing oil changes at Sears. "It's tough,'' said the unemployed Clarksville veteran, who was honorably discharged in January. "I've been looking for any job." A congressional hea..."
Veterans and Jobs
"Matt Murphy, RecruitMilitary's Senior VP of Business Development and Sales is a guest on Washington Journal to talk about a recent report that shows the jobless rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is over eleven percent. He talks about connecting employers, educational institutions, and franchisors to veterans because of their character, skills and training, diversity, and securi..."
Common Questions
What is a RecruitMilitary Opportunity Expo?
A RecruitMilitary Opportunity Expo is an event where transitioning military, veterans, and their spouses can meet with recruiters from dozens of companies. These events are free for attendees. To learn more, watch this video from one of our expos in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Who are the exhibitors?
RecruitMilitary Opportunity Expos are enhanced job fairs or career fairs with four kinds of exhibitors.
- Employers
- Franchisors
- Educational institutions
- Veterans associations and service agencies
What if my only interest is getting a job?
Even if you are not here to discuss continuing education, we recommend that you talk with the education recruiters.
- Today's institutions deliver learning opportunities in many ways other than traditional, full-time, daytime classes on a campus. So a few minutes of conversation may lead to an unexpected continuing-education solution that is right for you.
- In addition, most of the institutions at our Expos are also large employers and might have job openings at a campus near you.
- We have similar advice for job seekers who have not been thinking of going into business for themselves. Franchise opportunities are available in a tremendous variety of fields. Financing may be easier than you think, with surprising discounts for veterans.
Are the employers actually hiring?
Yes, and they have a number of different priorities and requirements. As a result, their recruiters interact with job seekers in a variety of ways.
- Some recruiters have "hot fills," job openings that they need to fill immediately. If you happen to qualify for a hot fill, the recruiter may take you to a separate area for a one-on-one interview.
- Other recruiters are looking for transitioning and veteran military to apply for jobs that are almost always open. That kind of recruiter might ask for a paper résumé and/or give you a business card and ask you to call.
- Some recruiters have positions that are not available right now, but will be opening up soon. These employers want to identify candidates and get them in the pipeline now so they can fill those positions as soon as possible when they receive hiring approval.
Why don't all employers accept paper résumés?
A federal regulation called the OFCCP Internet Applicant Rule tells certain government contractors how to gather and retain job applications via the Internet. Because of the Rule, many contractors require that applicants use their online systems and not submit paper résumés.
- OFCCP is the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, an agency of the United States Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration. The OFCCP enforces laws prohibiting employment discrimination by federal contractors.
- Some employers that are not bound by the Rule do not accept paper résumés simply because they have put their entire application process on the Internet. One great advantage to applicants is that large employers can easily route the online résumés of desirable applicants to the appropriate divisions, offices, plants, etc.
If they won't take my résumé, shouldn't I have stayed home and registered online?
There is great value in the time you spend talking to recruiters, even if you can't hand them your résumé.
- You have a great chance to make an outstanding personal impression. A person who presents himself/herself extremely well at a booth may even get an interview for a job opening that is not on the recruiter's list.
- You have a chance to learn about the recruiters' companies and their job opportunities.
- You have a chance to network with the recruiters. You can ask a recruiter what it's like to work at his/her company, and how best to navigate the company's application process. You can ask the recruiter to take down your name and phone number or email address, and ask for his/her business card so that you can follow up.
What if the employers are in industries that don't interest me?
An employer's primary industry or company name does not necessarily indicate what openings the company is trying to fill.
- A drugstore chain may be recruiting for positions in transportation and distribution.
- A brewery may be recruiting for jobs in information technology.
What time should I arrive?
Feel free to try and arrive a little early to get near the front of the registration line, or you can choose to arrive a few hours after the event starts and avoid the crowd.
If you have a question that is not answered here, email us at email@example.com.


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Scottish League Cup: Hearts reach final after shoot-out win over Inverness
A youthful Hearts side beat Inverness on penalties to reach the Scottish Communities League Cup final after 1-1 draw.
Last Updated: 27/01/13 9:05am
Inverness had taken the lead in the 49th minute when Andrew Shinnie finished off a move he had started himself, but Hearts fought back strongly and Michael Ngoo netted a debut goal 24 hours after signing on loan from Liverpool.
Robinson was sent off for a two-footed challenge in a full-blooded encounter that also saw nine players booked, but the Gorgie side held on for penalties and Inverness substitute Philip Roberts missed the final spot-kick to spark Hearts celebrations at Easter Road.
Both sides had opportunities to win the game before the 120 minutes were up but Inverness fans will rue a clearcut chance in extra-time when top goalscorer Billy McKay passed up an open goal as Caley Thistle suffered only their fourth defeat of the season.
Inverness were struggling to get forward early on but they had a great chance in the 14th minute when Andrew Shinnie sent McKay clean through but Jamie MacDonald saved well.
Inverness had settled down but Ngoo could not have come closer to getting off the mark in the 25th minute when he battled to meet a Wilson cross and got in a glancing header that came off the inside of the post and was cleared.
Inverness started the second half in the perfect manner when Andrew Shinnie's persistence paid off.
Shinnie had a shot blocked but he soon won it back from Driver and played it in for McKay. The striker held off Marius Zaliukas and neither could collect the ball, which Shinnie ran on to and slotted just inside the far post from 15 yards.
Inverness were defending well but Hearts levelled in the 66th minute when Andy Webster headed Fraser Mullen's deep free-kick back into the six-yard box and Ngoo volleyed home with his left foot.
Robinson was shown a straight red card in the 77th minute for a two-footed challenge on Owain Tudur Jones. The midfielder looked distraught and pointed to his instep before being prompted to leave the field by the referee.
McKay passed up a glorious chance in the dying seconds of the first extra-time period when Shane Sutherland's square pass presented him with an open goal. The prolific forward opted to take a touch and then laid it off to Andrew Shinnie after Hearts got men back to cover, but the goalscorer's shot was blocked at close range by MacDonald.
Inverness keeper Antonio Reguero was booked for delaying tactics immediately before Zaliukas scored the first penalty and there followed four more converted spot-kicks before McKay, no doubt under pressure following his misses, sent MacDonald the wrong way.
The successful conversions kept coming and Mehdi Taouil made it 5-4 before Roberts was handed the first sudden-death pressure shot and blazed over the bar to send the Hearts fans wild.


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Welcome to your fishing adventure of a lifetime. Step aboard one of Dream Weaver's world-class sportfishing boats for an unforgettable experience. The excitement begins just minutes from the harbor in the calm, fish-rich waters Cabo San Lucas has long been famous for.
In addition to Marlin, there are many other exciting big game fish, such as the beautiful Pacific Sailfish, Ono (Wahoo), the colorful Dorado (Mahi-Mahi) and Yellowfin Tuna just to mention a few. Cabo's variety of big game, blue water fish appeals to the experienced angler and the novice alike.


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Felida's name has an interesting origin. The first postmaster wanted to call it Lakeview, but there was already another post office by that name elsewhere in the state. Powley was also considered, in honor of an old settler, but the official paperwork came back with the name spelled Polly, and the Postmaster objected. The Assistant Postmaster had a valuable cat named "Thomas" and suggested the town be named after the cat. But settlers rebelled against such a name for their growing town. He then suggested that they look up the scientific Latin name for the classification family of cats and found it to be Felidae. The name was then shortened to Felida and the community approved.
Felida is located between Hazel Dell and Salmon Creek in northern Vancouver, Washington. What was once a farming community is now home to over 7,000 residents. Although there are still a few farms, recent rapid growth in Felida and Clark County as a whole, make it one of the fastest growing areas in Washington.
Many of the homes were constructed in the 1970's and range from smaller ranch styles to larger homes in gated communities. There are estates with views of Lake Washington, the Columbia River and the downtown Portland lights. Homes built in the 1990's and 2000's can be found in pockets of the neighborhood.
Felida consists of residential properties, farmland and parks. Residents can enjoy a stroll to one of the local bistros, but for a wider variety of restaurants, residents travel to nearby Salmon Creek and Hazel Dell. Both also feature an abundance of shopping and services.
Felida Park is 14 acres and has two full-size soccer fields and one mini-mod soccer field which are used by the Salmon Creek Soccer Club. It also has a playground, basketball courts, picnic shelter and trails. Another park was developed in honor of Sgt. Brad Crawford who was killed in the line of duty in 2004. This 2.5-acre park has open lawn play areas, picnic tables, a playground and Memorial Plaza. Raspberry Fields Neighborhood Park is 4.3 acres and features open lawn play areas, a playground, trails and picnic tables.
Private mortgage insurance is an insurance policy that a residential mortgage lender requires of the borrower if the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of the home is greater than 80%. Mortgage insurance protects the lender from the risk that the borrower may default on the loan. Federal law requires lenders to notify borrowers when the loan-to-value ratio drops below 80%. Mortgage insurance premiums vary, but generally range from $1,000 to $5,000 a year for an average priced home.
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Date(s) - Sunday, October 7, 2018
12:00 am
Port Discovery Children's Museum
Mondays – Fridays: 2-4PM | Saturdays: 10AM -5PM | Sundays: Noon – 5PM
Entrance is included in Museum Admission, which is $15.95 for individuals two and up. Children under two and Members enter for free.
Explore new exhibits slated to open at Port Discovery Children's Museum in Previews, Pop-Ups and Prototypes space. Open now, this exhibit features looks at three new permanent exhibits currently in development for the Museum. Load containers onto a cargo ship and learn about currents in the interactive Ducks Overboard! activity! Work together – and have fun – as you send balls flying in a preview of a new SkyClimber. And, see a prototype of a future space-themed exhibit as you explore what's to come in future phases of Port Discovery's Capital Campaign.


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By Brittainy Perry, Madhavi Prasad, David Brown, Tanmay Wagh, and Jermaine Brown
Title: Foley's Department Store Records, 1845-2006
Predominant Dates:1900-2005
Primary Creator: Foley's (Firm)
Extent: 86.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 02/08/2007
Subjects: Advertising, African Americans - Segregation - Texas, Building, Dundas, Robert, Fashion - 20th century - History, Foley's (Firm), Foley's (Firm) - Finance, Foley's (Firm) - Marketing, Foley's (Firm) - Public relations, Parade floats, Storefronts - Exhibitions, Store hours - Law and legislation, Sunday legislation, Transportation
Forms of Material: Advertisements, Agreements, Annual reports, Architectural records, Bylaws (administrative records), Charters, Correspondence, Financial records, Legal documents, Memorabilia, Minutes, Newsletters, Newspapers, Photographs, Plans, Reports, Scrapbooks
Languages: English
Foley's Department Store Records comprise 42 record cartons, 16 oversized boxes, 32 bound ledgers and real estate records that are open to the public. In addition, there are 32 scrapbooks that are too fragile for public viewing. Records begin with the first stockholders' meeting held in 1911, preserved in a bound journal. Each year (primary organizational series) of the collection is divided into sub-series including Finances, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Publications, and Oversize.
Several topical motifs recur throughout the collection. One prominent area is architectural design, represented by the construction of the modern Main Street store in 1947, followed by expansion with suburban branches in the 1960s. Suburban expansion required studies of transportation, consumer habits, as well as architectural design.
Advertising is another major theme and covers fashion, appliances, furniture, and special events. Management and public relations records reflect issues of social concern including depression era issues, war bond sales during the Second World War, and desegregation during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Preserved newspapers reveal Foley's publicity and advertising, while photographs feature coverage of the parades, Christmas windows, desegregation protests, and construction and grand opening of the Main Street store as well as the branch stores.
Pat and James Foley opened their Dry Goods Company in 1900, moved three times, and by 1922, Foley's was the largest department store in Houston. Much more than a retail business, Foley's Department Store became a fixture of Houston's community, offering philanthropy, employment, entertainment, and fashion.
By 1927, Foley's store included an auditorium that that substituted for a civic center and served as a rehearsal hall for the Houston symphony. During the Bank Holiday of 1933, Foley's replaced patrons' personal checks with Foley's checks which were accepted at stores around town. When the banks reopened, and Foley's deposited the personal checks, every check cleared. During World War II, Foley's supported war efforts with bond drives and an overseas canteen. After the war, Foley's became the "store of tomorrow" with a new building at 1100 Main Street, the first store in the south with escalators. Designed by Kenneth Franzheim, Foley's signature store became a beacon for post-WWII consumerism.
In 1950 Foley's sponsored Santa's ride from Union Station to Foley's. The following year, it became a full-fledged parade (Thanksgiving) that continued for 44 years. Photographs from the Foley's collection include images of the segregated Fountain and civil rights protests at the Main Street entrance which was a major Metro bus stop. In 1961, Foley's opened its first branch store in Sharpstown. In 1970 women marched on The Men's Grill at Foley's commemorating 50 years of right to vote – and suddenly the name changed to "The Grill." Foley's has a long history of philanthropic effort in the Houston community, honored in 1996 by Sheltering Arms as the single largest corporate contributor in the non-profit organization's history.
Foley's history as a local community partner ended in September 2006, when Macy's assumed store operations and rebranded with the Macy's name and logo. Many Houstonians, however, will never forget the annual Thanksgiving Parades and the Foley's Christmas windows.
African Americans - Segregation - Texas
Dundas, Robert
Fashion - 20th century - History
Foley's (Firm)
Foley's (Firm) - Finance
Foley's (Firm) - Marketing
Foley's (Firm) - Public relations
Parade floats
Storefronts - Exhibitions
Store hours - Law and legislation
Sunday legislation
Repository: University of Houston Libraries
Access Restrictions: Open for research.
Use Restrictions:
Special Collections owns the physical items in our collections, but copyright normally belongs to the creator of the materials or their heirs. The researcher has full responsibility for determining copyright status, locating copyright holders, and abiding by current copyright laws when publishing or displaying copies of Special Collections material in print or electronic form. For more information, consult the appropriate librarian.
Photocopy decisions will be made by Special Collections staff on a case-by-case basis. Patrons are responsible for obtaining permission to publish from copyright holders.
Acquisition Source: Donated by Macy's South, LLC
Preferred Citation: Foley's Department Store Records. Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries


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What Can You Expect If You Take An MRI At The Coral Desert Imaging St George UT Facility?
The Coral Desert Imaging St George UT facility is also known simply as Desert Imaging St George UT and is well renowned for the quality offered. The clinic recently went through a major renovation and it is known even more by all people that need professional CT scans or MRIs. If you are thinking about having an MRI taken there, we need to congratulate you on the decision taken but it is important to know a few things before going there.
*** If you're traveling, and need a place to stay while in St. George, we suggest you check out http://stgeorgevacationrentals.com/. A lot more relaxing than a typical hotel room.
What to Do to Prepare for the MRI at Desert Imaging St George UT?
The good news is that you do not need to go through a special diet in most cases and you do not really need to go through specific preparations. However, there are cases in which such things are required. Your doctor will tell you what has to be known in the event that you need special attention. Also, when you need to have an abdominal or pelvic scan taken, there are special instructions linked to drinking and eating prior to the MRI.
It is really important that you talk to the physician and you tell him about all the medications that were taken. You will be forbidden to wear anything made out of metal during the MRI so leave jewelry and watches at home. The parents that want to stay with children also have to follow the guidelines.
Before the MRI procedure at the Coral Desert Imaging St George UT clinic there will be a medical history quiz that is taken together with going through minimal screening paperwork that is needed (Utah health insurance information, Utah State Insurance, etc.). This will happen on the same day as the exam. The assigned technologist will discuss with you when you arrive so that absolutely all questions or concerns that you might have can be solved.
What Happens During the Actual MRI Exam?
The procedure is not at all difficult and you will surely enjoy having it done at the Desert Imaging St George UT clinic. You just have to lie down on a comfortable table. The technologist does not stay with you in the room but there is an intercom system that is used in order to maintain contact. You'll be back to playing golf at Coral Canyon Golf Course here in no time flat.
There are 2 main MRI machine types that are used. The first one is traditional and looks a lot like a large tube that you will move through. It is similar to the one that you usually see in movies. The second one is the open MRI machine.
The technologist from the Desert Imaging St George UT clinic will tell you that it is normal to hear thumping and humming sounds coming from the scanner as it is operating. You do not have to be concerned about that as it is 100% normal. In most cases the MRI procedure will last 30 to 45 minutes. Only some will be around 60 minutes. It is really important that you try to be as still as you can and that you relax so that the imaging that is obtained is not blurred. When blurring occurs, the procedure needs to be repeated and this leads to a much longer scan.
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"Where's Papa going with that ax?" You may recognize this question as the first line of one of the most beloved children's books of all time.
"Some Book!" In a Publisher's Weekly poll, Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year) was the undisputed #1 choice of librarians, teachers, publishers and authors. The poignant tale of an articulate spider who tricks silly humans to save the life of her porcine pal still delights readers of all ages. Some 200,000 copies are sold every year, and the novel has been translated into 35 languages.
Besides eloquent barnyard chatter, this 184-page masterpiece weaves together a web of so many themes including friendship, loyalty, the magic of childhood, mortality within the cycle of life, the human condition, and the fact that there are redeeming qualities in everyone, even Templeton the rat, the only character who can carry Charlotte's egg sac to safety, though he does so for selfish reasons. Wilbur the pig protagonist promises Templeton that he will let him eat first at the trough for the rest of their lives.
The power of self-fulfilling prophecies abounds and, in this book, carefully selected webby words save Wilbur from slaughter. "If I can fool a bug," thought Charlotte, "I can surely fool a man. People aren't as smart as bugs." Only gullible humans embrace everything they see in print. That's why the Enquirer remains so successful. Wilbur becomes "Some pig!," "Radiant" and "Terrific" because the townsfolk fall for the clever spider's scheme and believe the messages in Charlotte's web; yet, more so, because Charlotte inspires Wilbur to believe in himself.
"Some Writer!" Elwyn Brooks White (1899 –1985), better known as E. B. White, was an influential American essayist, long-time contributor to The New Yorker magazine and coauthor of the widely-used English language guide, The Elements of Style, besides being famous for childrens' books. His other kids' classics are Stuart Little and Trumpet of the Swan.
White's facination with nature began early. According to a 6/3/11 article in Smithsonian magazine, White was the youngest of seven siblings, frail and painfully shy. He was always more comfortable in the barn and woods of his boyhood home, in the company of farm animals and all sorts of critters.
White once wrote of himself, "This boy felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people."
When his wife (a fiction editor for The New Yorker) announced she was pregnant with their first child, White was struck speechless, so he wrote a letter to her "from" their pet dog Daisy, describing the excitement and anxiety of the dog's owner. His voice often hid behind animals. That voice has a hypnotic, Zen rhythm, especially in Charlotte's Web.
Two animal encounters may have been White's inspiration for Charlotte's Web. In 1947, he wrote an essay in the Atlantic Monthly about staying up several nights caring for an ailing pig that he had originally planned to butcher. "[The pig's] suffering soon became the embodiment of all earthly wretchedness," White wrote. Had the pig survived, it would have been doubtful whether White could have carried out Plan A. "The loss we felt was not the loss of ham but the loss of pig,"
White wrote in the essay.
In 1949, White walked into his barn in Maine and noticed a spider making an elaborate web that glistened with dew. Later he spied an egg sac, but no spider. When he had to return to his magazine job in NYC, he couldn't abandon the spider's children so he took a razor blade, cut the sac out of the web and put it in a candy box with some air holes. He left the box on his bedroom bureau.
Weeks later he was delighted to discover hundreds of spiderlings exiting the box. He allowed them to make tiny webs from his hair brush to the mirror until the cleaning lady complained.
"Some Spider!" The dramatic irony of Charlotte's Web is that the miraculous one is the unobtrusive spider rather than the prize piglet. This point is never lost on children. I was first mesmerized by the book when my second-grade teacher began reading it to us on the first day of school. We would come from the playground, put our heads on our desks and soak up the language that sailed before us, like the barn rope swing, to a magical meditation we never wanted to end.
When I became a teacher, I read the book each year to my own second graders. Charlotte's vocabulary remains top shelf. "Salutations" instead of "hello;" her balloonist arachnid cousin is an "aeronaut," to name a few choice words.
Year after year we savored every word, but I must confess I would sob when I read the next to the last chapter aloud, so it became tradition that I'd temporarily trade classes. My colleague would read the words that I could never blubber out as Wilbur carried her egg sac in his mouth, and Charlotte bid him adieu on page 171:
"Good-bye!" she whispered. Then she summoned all her strength and waved one of her front legs at him. She never moved again. Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses were being loaded into vans and the entertainers were packing up their belongings and driving away in their trailers, Charlotte died….Nobody, of the hundreds of people who visited the fair, knew that a grey spider had played the most important part of all. Nobody was with her when she died."
I beg to differ with the wonderful Mr. White. Every person who has ever cherished his beautiful prose has learned a lasting lesson about true friendship. Each reader has been with Charlotte, his heroic spider, when she died.
Pets for Adoption: Our poster pets represent two shelters. Now at Last Hope Dog Center, 3300 Beltagh Ave. in Wantagh (631-946-9528), "Abby," a two-year-old Shepherd/Aussie mix hails from West Virginia where she spent most of her life in an outdoor kennel before her owner moved without her. Abby loves to catch tennis balls and Frisbees on a fly and a bounce. She is very bright and, with training, would be a great dog for someone who would like to participate in fly ball, obedience, rally or agility.
More Last Hope dogs: "Bounce" eight-month-old Shepherd/Collie pup; "Haven" female Beagle; "Coco"- male Beagle/Chesapeake Retriever; "Ronnie" handsome Foxhound; "Boo" fluffy Shepherd mix; "Louie" Puggle.
"Freddy" #2-19 is a handsome longhaired tuxedo cat who has been at Babylon Town Shelter, 51 Lamar St. in West Babylon (631-643-9270) since January. He is a lovable lug in the lobby.
More Babylon Shelter pets: "Cody" #2-57 orange tabby; "Valentino" #12-200 Hound mix; "Blondie" #12-21 Pit/Lab caught in a humane trap in St. Charles Cemetery in Jan. Blondie loves to give kisses.
•Don't forget the plant sale/flea market at Last Hope in Wantagh Sat. 5/5 from 10-2 p.m. Great for Mother's Day gifts.


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Headed for your real estate closing? No matter which side of the table you'll be on, have a Plan B.
That's because a new study of real estate agents found that one-third of home-purchase transactions in September, October and November were postponed or went south. The study said 13 percent failed for mortgage-related reasons, a number described as "hefty" by Inside Mortgage Finance, the trade journal that sponsored the survey.
The 2,400 agents surveyed attributed the jump in mortgage-related problems to tighter underwriting standards and the elimination of many once-popular mortgages. The biggest problem, the agents said, was that their clients' credit scores were too low to qualify for loans.
Home-buying 101
The Chicago Public Library is hosting two sets of free programs on home buying at various branches around the city.
The first, Money Smart, is offered by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to explain the process of home buying:
*Feb. 2, 1 p.m, at the West Englewood Branch, 1745 W. 63rd St.
*Feb. 2, 2 p.m. (in English and Spanish), at the Humboldt Park Branch, 1605 N. Troy St.
*Feb. 9, 10 a.m. (in English and Chinese), at the Chinatown Branch, 2353 S. Wentworth Ave.
*Feb. 16, 11 a.m., at the Legler Branch, 115 S. Pulaski Rd.
*Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m., at the Archer Heights Branch, 5055 S. Archer Ave.
The second, Law at the Library, a monthly series on legal topics presented by the Chicago Bar Association, will focus on how to avoid common mistakes in buying and selling a home:
*March 4, 7 p.m., at the Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave.
*March 8, 2 p.m., at the Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted St.
*March 24, 12:15 p.m., at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St.
Visit www.chicagopubliclibrary .org or call 312-747-4300.
Panning for gold
Peter Pan's home is for sale.
That would be the London home where author J.M. Barrie wrote the classic children's stories featuring Tinkerbell, Capt. Hook, et al., starting in 1902.
The six-bedroom Victorian adjacent to Kensington Gardens, where a sculpture of Peter Pan stands, is listed for about $13 million.
*The Fine Living Network wants to hear about "rental disasters," in Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington, San Francisco and Los Angeles -- and don't spare the details. The cable network, however, asks that you limit your saga to one paragraph (though you can include photos). Send it to firstname.lastname@example.com.
*With her home in foreclosure, an Ontario, Calif., woman began trying to sell it piece-by-piece on CraigsList.com. The San Bernardino County Sun said city officials quickly stepped in with a court order to stop the sell-off of baseboards, fixtures, tile, grates, a sink and other parts of the home, which has a historic designation.
*Field & Stream magazine surveyed America's top fishermen to determine the best places for anglers to live. No. 1 went to Glenwood Springs, Colo. No Illinois towns hit the Top 10, though Traverse City, Mich., and Minocqua, Wis., placed third and fifth, respectively.
*A real estate trade group in Spain says that fully half of that nation's real estate agencies folded in the last year as its booming housing market slowed down.
The Superior Council of Real Estate agents announced that its membership had dropped to about 40,000 companies now from 80,000 at the beginning of 2007. About 100,000 employees lost their jobs.
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I couldn't resist sharing a few of the wonderful treats we enjoyed at our Christmas dinner. Having a baker for a mom makes these holidays extra special…and fattening!
Of course, we enjoyed some of the leftovers from my holiday candy making.
My neighbor pal, Katie, also exchanges a few goodies with me each year too. This year she made my hubby's fave, pretzel's with chocolate and M&M's and those cute little reindeer cookies.
She also shared a few of these chocolate pretzels…YUM!
My mom made her always fabulous chocolate dream pie.
Complete with chocolate shavings!
My mom knows that Derek is a choco-o-holic so she tried out a new cheesecake this year…
Marbled chocolate cheesecake. It was fantastic! And yes, she fretted about the crack. Perfectionist I tell ya.
And finally, she took the sugar coma right over the edge and brought up these pretty pumpkin rolls.
Pumpkin is a squash. Squash is a veg. We're all good in the hood then, right?
To say that we were all unbuttoning the tops of our jeans is an understatement.
More like, "Who's putting on their jammies first? I dyin' here!"
I love the holidays. Gluttony.
Good thing we bought Just Dance for the Wii to work off those extra calories.
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So ingrained is the narrative — company announces search for new home, local authorities respond with tax-incentive package, bidding war ensues, best is hoped for — that, when Petaluma, Calif.–based Lagunitas Brewing Co.'s founder, Tony Magee, met with Chicago city officials about his expansion plan, financial incentives were immediately put on the table, he tells the Chicago Sun-Times. Only he hadn't asked for them. Nor, even, did he want them.
"I was like, I don't want any of it," he's quoted as saying. "We don't need it … so why ask for it?"
"I'd rather they have more midnight basketball and fill potholes. Don't give it to me."
What he did want reduced was municipal red tape. "I need an expedited process because I have to add this capacity because the brewery in California is growing so fast," Magee, a Chicago-area native, recalls telling the City Hall delegation, according to the Sun-Times. A city official, according to the Sun-Times report, said no corners had been cut.
Still, according to a WGN-TV report, Magee was able to construct in less than a year's time a brewery that has immediately become the largest in Illinois and possibly the largest craft-beer facility in the country.
As well as its being his hometown — "From the beginning we have been a Chicago brewery in northern California," he tells the Sun-Times — Magee cites transportation links and proximity to Lake Michigan and its "lots and lots of good water" as reasons for having chosen Chicago for Lagunitas's expansion. (The local NBC affiliate quotes Magee as saying the lake "just might have the best brewing water in the country.")
Constructed in a repurposed steel mill on the west side, the Lagunitas facility, together with an adjacent movie studio, mean "literally thousands of jobs," says Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.
The brewery will ultimately have the capacity to produce up to 1.6 million barrels of beer annually, according to Lagunitas.
The on-site tap room opens next week.
— Tim Rostan
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Digiarty's Mass Christmas Giveaway Finale: iPhone iPad Video Software Pack
"Today is the first day of the finale of mass Christmas Promo 2012 launched by Digiarty Software, who promises to award every visitor going in for New Year cheer with iPhone iPad video software pack before Jan.3, 2013."
Digiarty Software Inc., the leading multimedia software based distributor, promises to award every visitor going in for New Year cheer with award-winning iPhone iPad video software pack through its mass Christmas promo across all countries from today to Jan.2, 2013. This is the second yet final round of biggest annual holiday celebration of the company straight after the DVD copy software presentation that has just finished.
As the bell rings out the old year and rings in the new year, the company cheers the big holiday with the world by giving away WinX DVD iPad Ripper, WinX iPhone Video Converter and WinX iPhone Ringtone Maker, which together constitute a software pack for converting videos and DVDs for playing on Apple devices. Everyone is entitled to, unconditionally, back up favorite DVDs, create ringtones, convert all prevalent videos for iPhone, iPad, iPod, iTunes and Apple TV.
Any comer will be awarded with a 3-in-one holiday gift pack worth $89.85 for DVD/video to Apple conversion at http://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/
The main functions of the Christmas freebies for reference:
* WinX DVD iPad Ripper: rip various DVDs to any Apple device, and convert DVD to MP4/H.264, supporting DVD discs and folders;
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The free Christmas software pack is the up-to-date gift, contributed to the recent updates made for, for example, new gadgets including iPad Mini, iPad 4, iPhone 5, iPod touch 5, etc. Besides the one-step shortcut to enjoy various videos free on iOS devices, Digiarty also features up to 75% off holiday discount and multi-license special offer for gift sharing.
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For the biggest, baddest boulder problems around.
With more than twelve square feet of landing space, the Black Diamond Mondo Crash Pad has your back when you hit up some of the tallest and scariest boulder problems. Black Diamond made the exterior out of an extremely durable nylon to protect it from the harsh punishments boulderers inflict on their pads every time they head up the mountain. Black Diamond also gave the top a PU coating for water-resistant and abrasive protection, and the bottom has an EPO treatment for waterproof protection that also prevents the pad from slipping underneath your feet. Inside the pad, you get two thin layers of closed-cell PU foam on the top and bottom that dissipate the force of your fall, and you also have a thick layer of high-compression PU foam in the center that keeps the pad sturdy and ready to catch you for many years.
The Mondo features padded shoulder straps and a waist belt for your comfort while you hike, four handles (one on each corner) help your buddies move the pad underneath you while you climb, and two extra stowable shoulder webbings add convenience. This pad folds down small for easy travel, and hooking buckles keep the folded pad secure and ready to go.
- 1000D nylon exterior with PU coating and EPO treatment
- Closed-cell PE foam (1in) bottom and top interior
- High-compression PU foam (3in) center interior
- Padded shoulder straps and waist belt
- Four handles (one on each corner), two extra stowable shoulder webbings
- Hinge-style fold
- Hooking metal buckles
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Mondo, Indeed
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I'm a big fan of this pad. It's big, and bulky, which is what I like to see when I'm topping out, and looking down. I've got the drop zone, too, which is very confidence inspiring on its own, but pairs nicely with the mondo.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Bomber and weight is well distributed while on back.
New and Improved
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
So far this pad has been great. It provides a large fall zone, packs up well, and seems to be made to handle all the abuse. Time will tell, but I don't think you can go wrong with this pad.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Versatile pad - whether you're bouldering, sitting around the campfire, or stuck on a desert road with a flat tire. You can pull this pad out and get a nice landing spot anytime.
Black Diamond changed up their crash-pad interior foams a few season ago, now they are much more durable and don't lump-out overtime.
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So far, so good
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I bought this crash pad because of its generous size and great specs.
One of my favorite things is how quickly and comfortably it folds back and turns into a backpack. I am small (5'4") and the straps adjust perfectly to my size. When it's on, it feels stable and pretty light.
The foam felt very hard at the touch and i was concerned about it being too stiff, but when i jumped on it from some height to test it, the foam gives just enough to make it a comfortable landing.
Even though the pad is as large as they come, i would suggest considering 2 pads if you boulder by yourself. When it's open below you and you start moving higher or away from the center, it will feel very small, and you don't want to fall half on/half off.
I wish the pad came with a cover, that is my only negative remark.
Note size on photo on scale with me (and again, i am small at 5'4").
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I love the Mondo, It is a great pad! The foam in the mondo is great and you can take falls up higher and not feel like you bottom the pad out. I take this pad everywhere with me. It is definitely worth the money for all of the area it covers on the ground beneath you. I climb a lot by myself and it is nice having the mondo to cover a lot of space so I can feel safe climbing with less pads!


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Fight for families
With more than one out of every five students in Auglaize County and two out of every five students in the state qualifying for reduced-price school lunches, a U.S. legislator started a push this week to have Gov. John Kasich approve more Summer Food Service Program sites in Ohio.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown said the number of children qualifying for reduced-price school lunches and breakfast tells the tale of the economy as 22 percent of Auglaize County residents and 40 percent of Ohio students qualify for the program.
"These are statistics of families struggling to get by and children are so often helpless victims in a struggling economy," said Brown, who wanted parents and guardians to be aware of the summer food program availablity. "Some 800,000 children receive free or reduced-price meals at our schools. These meals provide the nutrition these children need to thrive in the classroom.
"The problem is summer break often means a summer break from good nutrition," he said Wednesday during a media teleconference. "Only 10 percent of children who receive nutrition assistance — free and reduced-price lunches and breakfasts during the school — participate in summer feeding programs. The Summer Food Service Program is a critical program that can help stem the crippling cycle of food insecurity that can provide children with breakfast, lunch or a snack during the summer."
Brown said many of these children often participate in summer activities including sports and other leisure-time activities. Last year there were 1,456 sites around the state, but as of now there are just more than 1,000 approved by Kasich.
In Auglaize County, there are two sites. Cridersville Elementary School, 501 Reichelderfer Road, is an open site, while Wapakoneta Middle School, 400 W. Harrison St., is a closed enrolled site.
To date, 33 Ohio counties have no summer feeding site including nearby counties such as Champaign, Mercer, Ottawa, Putnam and Shelby.
Brown said he hopes Kasich increases the number of sites in the coming weeks.
The Summer Food Service Program is administered by the Ohio Department of Education and is run locally by approved sponsors, including school districts, local government agencies, camps, or private non-profit organizations.
The National School Lunch Program provides free, nutritious meals to children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the poverty level and reduced-price lunches between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty level.
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks, supports Brown's efforts.
"Certainly, the continuing fallout of the Great Recession not only has had an adverse effect on our families but it is severely straining our state and local budgets and is resulting in cuts to summer youth programs which is then having a negative effect on children and food service programs," Hamler-Fugitt said. "Currently, we have 36 (33) Ohio counties without a Summer Food Service Program site and those students will not only lose educational ground but there health will be at risk.
"We really want to raise awareness and issue a call to action to help us address the growing childhood hunger problem," she said. "We need to get the word out to low-income families about the Summer Food Service Program."


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Who Profits from the Recession?
Reading Google News this morning, I noticed a headline:
Or, to quote my wife, "People talk about Main Street vs Wall Street. It should be Main Street vs the Beltway."
Whatever I feel like talking about.
Reading Google News this morning, I noticed a headline:
But anyone who actually reads Adam Smith also knows that he went on and on about that "fair and open" part! Especially how excessive disparities of wealth and income destroy competition. Unlike today's conservatives, who grew up in a post-WWII flattened social order without major wealth-castes, Smith lived immersed in class-rooted oligarchy, of the kind that ruined markets, freedom and science across nearly 99% of human history. He knew the real enemy, first hand and denounced it in terms that he never used for mere bureaucrats.
"This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect, persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments."
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Regarding the invasions of Iraq and Aghanistan, she said, "Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God."


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April 23, 2012
By Karen Parrish
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama today announced a strategy to strengthen the U.S. government's ability to foresee, prevent, and respond to genocide and mass atrocities, and extended U.S. troops' efforts to do just that in Central Africa.
During a visit to the Holocaust Memorial Museum here, Obama said preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility for the United States.
"That does not mean that we intervene militarily every time there's an injustice in the world," the president said. "We cannot and should not. It does mean we possess many tools, diplomatic and political and economic and financial and intelligence and law enforcement, and our moral suasion."
Obama's strategy calls for the Defense Department to develop doctrine and increase training and planning efforts emphasizing mass atrocity prevention and response.
Obama announced the creation of the Atrocities Prevention Board, which will include Defense Department representatives as well as those from the departments of State, Treasury, Justice, and Homeland Security; the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S.
Mission to the United Nations, the office of the director of National Intelligence, the CIA, and the office of the vice president, according to White House officials.
The board will help identify and address atrocity threats, and will oversee institutional changes to make the U.S. government "more nimble and effective" is response to such threats, administration officials said.
The strategy also increases diplomatic and intelligence efforts to identify and respond to atrocities, they said.
Obama said the United States over the past three years has helped to counter mass atrocities in Libya, South Sudan and Cote d'Ivoire.
The military mission to help counter the Lord's Resistance Army, a terrorist group in central Africa led by Joseph Kony, demonstrated how U.S. forces can support national and international efforts to quell atrocities, Obama said.
About a hundred U.S. military advisors, mostly from the Army's Special Forces, have been working since October with the militaries of Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan to capture or kill Kony and other LRA commanders under an Obama executive order.
When he announced that mission, the president directed the National Security Council to review its progress after 150 days.
Today, Obama said, "I can announce that our advisers will continue their efforts to bring this madman to justice and to save lives. It is part of our regional strategy … to end the scourge that is the LRA and help realize a future where no African child is stolen from their family and no girl is raped and no boy is turned into a child soldier."
The LRA is composed mostly of kidnapped children forced to execute Kony's terrorist tactics over the past 20 years, administration officials have said. Tens of thousands of people have been murdered and as many as 1.8 million have been displaced by the LRA, they said.
Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby told reporters today the U.S. advisors in central Africa have had "a significant impact … improving the capabilities of indigenous forces there to put pressure on the LRA."
The advisors' role, Kirby emphasized, is training and assistance, not combat. He added that the U.S. assistance is helping.
"We've seen indications that [Kony] and his followers are less active and less effective," he said.


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Wow, another challenge!
C'mon guys, the challenge ends TOMORROW!! Please, if you're gonna enter, make it quick!!
Okay, so in this challenge, all you have to do is draw a character dressed up as someone else!
Pretty simple, huh?
Okay, like always, there are rules!
1! Don't copy off a picture that already exists!
2! Follow theo's rules!
3! Be creative!
4! Have Fun!
1st place: A coloured sketch and an Ecard
2nd place: B/w sketch and an ecard
3rd place: An Edcard
Here's some examples, no copying.
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- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2013)
2013 (Freshman)
Jordan Ackerman redshirted his first season at Nebraska.
Before Nebraska (Southeast HS)
Jordan Ackerman is one of two Lincoln Southeast products in the 2013 class of walk-ons. The 6-3, 240-pound Ackerman was a versatile player for Coach Ryan Gottula and the Knights, and he could line up on either side of the ball at Nebraska. As a tight end he caught six passes for 69 yards and a touchdown. Defensively, Ackerman had 38 tackles, including 15 solo stops and 3.5 sacks to help Southeast to the Class A state quarterfinals in 2012, Ackerman earned honorable-mention all-state accolades as a senior from both the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star. He was also a first-team all-city and all-conference choice. As a junior, Ackerman was part of the Knights' Class A state championship team.
Ackerman is the son of Gary Ackerman and Jenni Teel, and was born on May 4, 1995.


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Under Sterett, the Enterprize captured the French privateer L'Amour de la Patrie and fought to a draw against a heavily armed French lugger manned by a crew of more than 150 men. The end of hostilities with France, however, prompted a reduction in size of the Navy with the Enterprize enjoying the distinction of being the sole ship of her type to be retained under the Peace Establishment Act. Her sailors were paid between $5 and $14 a month, depending upon their skills, and lived on a diet of beef, pork, bread, cheese, rice, peas, and distilled spirits.
Continuing depredations by the Barbary Corsairs reinvigorated the sea service. On 1 June 1801, the Enterprize , still with Sterett in command, sailed for the Mediterranean. Off Tripoli on 30 July, Commodore Richard Dale, in command of the American forces blockading the port, ordered Sterett to proceed to Malta, "there to take in as much water as you can possibly bring back," then to "make every Exertion" to return as quickly as possible. He cautioned Sterett not to "chace [sic] out of your way" en route to his destination, owing to the fact that the schooner's own water supply would not be great. Furthermore, the commodore instructed Sterett to be "particularly attentive to the Laws and regulation's of the Place, and not suffer your officers or People to get into any scrapes with the people on shore, or elsewhere."
Should anyone pose questions concerning the American squadron, Dale enjoined the Enterprize 's commanding officer to simply tell them "that the Bey of Tripoli has declared war against the United States, that two of the Frigates [are employed] in convoying the Merchant Ships, of the United States to and from Different ports in the Mediterranean, that the President and your Vessel, at present are cruising between Tunis and Tripoli." If the Enterprize were to encounter an American vessel taken by the Tripolines while en route to Malta, Sterett was to take her into port and leave her there in charge of one of his officers and a few men. If encountering a captured American vessel, the Enterprize was to bring her along. "Should you fall in with any of the Tripolian Corsairs that you are confident, you can manage, on your passage to Malta you will heave all his Guns Over board Cut away his Masts, & leave him In a situation that he can Just make out to get into some port."
If on the other hand the Enterprize should encounter a corsair on her return voyage, Dale enjoined Sterett to "bring her with you if you think you can doe it with safety but on no account run any risque of your vessel or the health of your crew." Dale also directed Sterett to "use any colours as a deception when necessary, but on no account to fire under any but your Owne."
The ship, with four officers and 90 men on board, set out on her voyage and soon encountered the Tripoli and her crew of 80 about 21 miles west of Malta. After the Americans showed their true colors and opened the engagement, the Tripolines loosed half a broadside to no effect, and the action became general, continuing for three hours.
Three times the Tripoli closed to board, but each time was driven back by the Enterprize 's fire. Lieutenant of Marines Enoch S. Lane's Leathernecks proved "eminently useful" in their marksmanship. When the Tripolines struck their colors, the Enterprize 's crew gave three cheers of victory only to see their adversaries renew the battle. That happened twice more, the third and final time provoking the exasperated Sterett to order his gunners to fire until the Tripoli sank. Ultimately, Rais Mahomet cried out for mercy. Sterett, "listening to the voice of humanity, even after such perfidious conduct," ordered Mahomet to come himself or send some of his officers aboard the Enterprize . The Tripolitan demurred, saying that the polacca's boat had been shattered.
Sterett eventually sent a boat. The schooner's men soon discovered the dreadful carnage their guns had wreaked on board their adversary: 30 killed, including the second lieutenant and surgeon, and 20 wounded, including the captain and first lieutenant. The Enterprize 's gunfire had shot her sails, masts, and rigging to pieces with the Tripoli taking 18 rounds between wind and water. Shortly after the Americans had taken possession, the mizzenmast toppled over the side into the sea.
Sterett saw to the wounded and, in accordance with his orders, left the Tripoli with only a spar for a mast and an old sail, then sent her on her way. "With heartfelt pleasure," Sterett later wrote, "I add, that the officers and men throughout the vessel, behaved in a most spirited and determined manner, obeying every command with promptitude and alertness. We have not a man wounded, and we have sustained no material damage in our hull and rigging."
Commodore Dale, when learning of the action, declared to James Leander Cathcart, a former U.S. consul to Tripoli, "[Y]ou see we make your promiss good to the Bey — that the Americans will fight — the Bey is much mortified, that so small a Vessel should take one of his corsairs." Writing to Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith on 18 August 1801, Dale called Sterett "a Good Officer, [who] Deserves well of his country."
After further duty blockading Tripoli, the Enterprize sailed for home with Commodore Dale's dispatches. On 3 February 1802, Congress honored the gallantry of Sterett and his Sailors and Marines by asking that the President present the Enterprize 's commanding officer with "a sword, commemorative of the aforesaid historic action." It also requested that all the ship's men be allowed a month's pay in recognition of their services that day.
Sterett returned to the Mediterranean in the Enterprize for a second cruise, sailing for home in April of 1802 and turning over command to Lieutenant Isaac Hull. Later, under the command of Lieutenant Stephen Decatur Jr., the Enterprize captured the ketch Mastico. Renamed the Intrepid , commanded by Decatur and manned by a crew of volunteers, the ketch daringly entered Tripoli harbor and destroyed the frigate Philadelphia in what Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson called "the most bold and daring act of the age."
The Enterprize , rerigged as a brig and upgunned, served in the War of 1812, fighting a celebrated 1814 battle with the British brig Boxer , which neither of the opposing commanders survived. A musket ball felled Lieutenant William Burrows of the Enterprize early, and Captain Samuel Blyth of the Boxer was decapitated by a shot. Ultimately, the Enterprize hunted pirates closer to home in the West Indies, and there she ended her days, running aground off Little Cura c ao Island in July 1823. Part of her good fortune, however, continued to hold. She had lost not a man in her demise.


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