text: Last week, I wrote about how different Monday Night Raw from LA. It was Hollywood magic with strong action and a different feeling then had been done in years past. However, this week's show felt the wrath of the European tour with a little bit of jet lag as we had a lot more talking segments. I don't blame the WWE writing a lot more talking and filler on this week's episode. The grueling European tour always takes a lot out of talents and staffers. And sometimes they get to taping television everyone is exhausted. Not to say that the show was bad. Far from it. There was solid action, good build to the May 1 Payback pay-per-view and an overall sense of logic to the show that carries over. With all the variables you can not ask for much more than that. The overall thing that caught the most intriguing from the Internet was the seeming reunion of AJ Styles, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows. The former Bullet Club members had the interaction that many wanted on television. And added a special layer of intrigue to the Roman Reigns-AJ Styles feud playing into the good brothers connection. I love the logic of making Anderson and Gallows attack the Usos and the debut playing into Roman's paranoia being justified. The question is which way will they go? Will the Phenomenal One and former leader of The Bullet Club rejoin his friends or is this a swerve? And could a former friend in NXT champion Finn Balor be joining them as well? The rest of the show felt solid but if you missed it you didn't really miss much else other than good matches. The Vaudevillians and Enzo and Cass advance in the tag team title tournament and. Natalya gets a tap out victory over Charlotte and Kevin Owens and Dean Ambrose had a solid main event. The show had a lot of tag team matches trying to get a build to the pay-per-view going and it did a good job. Although I'm not sure Owens had to close the show. It feels like you could've made the AJ Styles stuff later in the show. The card for WWE Payback is without a doubt one of the stronger post Mania pay per views in company history. Sami versus Kevin Owens is a match that goes without saying how awesome it will be. Dean Ambrose versus Chris Jericho will be a great back and forth. I predicted last week that The Hitman would be added to The Women's Title Match and sure enough he was. I would still make it a submission match considering the tap out finish. Again in Chicago given the history with Bret. It writes itself. The Vaudevillians versus Enzo and Cass is always a solid battle. This showcases a brand-new base for the tag team division. Although I did want to see New Day defend the title on the pay-per-view. But I appreciate giving these new faces their own showcase. I'm still unsure about The Vaudevillians as characters right now. Enzo and Cass are over like a mother. Cesaro and the Miz will be a good solid show. Hopefully this is the rise of the Swiss Superman. Although I do love the new character with his lovely wife. So there's a lot to love there. The company continues to build the equity in Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin. I'm not sure if they're building the guys in the right way. I think you need to at least in the case of Crews get him into an actual feud. The Social Outcast storyline has run its course. Baron Corbin and Dolph should be fine as The Show Off will make him look like a monster. Overall, WWE had a solid showing in London. We will see how Smackdown continues the ball rolling. Tweet


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Navas leaves Manchester City
Manchester City have announced that Jesus Navas is to leave the club after four years at the Etihad Stadium.
The 31-year-old is one of a number of senior players whose contract is due to expire in the coming weeks and he has been linked with a return to Sevilla.
Reports in England this month suggested that manager Pep Guardiola was prepared to offer Navas a new one-year deal after being impressed with his versatility in a season during which he has played as a winger and a full-back.
However, City confirmed on Thursday that Navas is to depart.
"Jesus Navas' four-year spell at Manchester City has come to an end with the club confirming he is to leave this summer," read a City statement.
City director of sport Txiki Begiristain told the club's official website: "Working with Jesus has been a pleasure. His hard work, dedication, professionalism and desire to win have been apparent every single day.
"He showed his versatility numerous times this season, operating at full-back and doing so with distinction.
"I wish him all the very best with his next move."
Navas, who signed from Sevilla in 2013, won the Premier League and two EFL Cups in his time in England.
He follows full-back Gael Clichy in leaving the club, with the France international's exit having been confirmed earlier on Thursday.
.@JNavas leaves #mcfc. #ThankYouJesus-- Manchester City (@ManCity) May 25, 2017
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17 Reasons to Attend P(EAR)
As you may or may not know, Local Poets Guild runs a series of talks about poetry, craft and aesthetics, that happens monthly at Acequia Booksellers. We've had some fabulous speakers already, the next one promises to be even more seductive.
At 3 pm on Sunday September 4th at Acequia 4019-4th ST. NW, we've got Barbara Rockman from Santa Fe who will be joined by Reed Adair Bobroff. They are going to surprise us! Both will address aspects of the work of poetry that matter to them: whether content, craft, aesthetics, vision, whatever their personal take on their talk I know this will be insightful and inspiring and get all of us in the audience thinking about what language and poetry means to us. I hope you'll come join us in this free event and discussion.
Reed Adair Bobroff is Todich'ii'nii (Bitter Water) Navajo which he is close to but is only a portion of his Spanish speaking; French, German, Russian, and Polish, mutt heritage. Born in Menlo Park, California and happily forced to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico at his young age of 4. He began writing poetry two years later and continues through to this day; where he is a 17-year-old slam poet attending the Native American Community Academy. He has competed on youth slam teams since he was 13 (starting at NACA); one of those teams being the 2010 Abq Unidos Poetry Slam Team which took third in the Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam and was featured on HBO's Brave New Voices. Now a leader of the Duke City Youth Poetry Collective (a collaborative of Youth Poets based in Albuquerque), Reed believes firmly in the power of writing. At it's best it prompts thinking, challenges the current narrative of thought, and instigates positive change.
Barbara Rockman, raised in western Massachusetts, lives in Santa Fe where she leads poetry workshops and teaches at Santa Fe Community College. Her poems appear in numerous journals and anthologies including Bellingham Review, Calyx, Cimarron Review, and Spoon River Poetry Review. She is editor of the anthology, Women Becoming Poems, and founder of "Community of Voices," a reading and music series for emerging artists. She has received the Southwest Writers Prize, the New Mexico Discovery Award, The MacGuffin Poetry Award and Baskerville Publishers' Prize. She earned her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is the author of the poetry collection, Sting and Nest, 2011.
Please join us. This promises to be a unique and fruitful conversation. And the 17 reasons to attend? there are well over 17 reasons to come out, but Reed is 17, and this is a chance to learn about his trajectory early and witness him grow into opportunities.
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with Barbara Rockman and Reed Adair Bobroff
3 pm Sunday Sept 4
Acequia Bookseller 4019 4th St. NW


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THANK YOU to firemen Mike Craff and Josh Chance of Sparky Claus for your generous donation to First Resources. Because of donations such as this, we are able to make the holidays a little brighter for the people we serve. Sparky Claus is in its 7th year. This year they...Read More
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Luke 17:18 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?" (NIV)
Worship is giving thanks to God. Today we tend to take things for granted. There is a lot of teaching today that we should always have anything we want as long as we ask God and believe for it. This attitude is why we live with disappointment. 10 lepers were healed. Apparently 9 of them were Jews and 1 a gentile. It was the gentile who returned to give thanks to Jesus. There are 7 different Greek words for thanks. All of them denote thanking in open love. Our question is do we only worship God with thanksgiving when we get our way or do we live in a state of thankfulness of worship to God in all circumstances. We might say the only reason that 1 man came back to thank Jesus was because he was healed. We have all been healed. We've been healed from sin which is a death sentence. We are healed to eternal life. What more do we need to constantly be joyfully giving thanks in worship to the God Who sent Jesus and healed us from that death sentence from sin?


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With diabetes on the rise and the global insulin market estimated to be worth more than $32 billion by 2018, demand for GEA technologies for the production of this life-saving drug is already high and set to increase, particularly in new markets and emerging economies.
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GEA produces and supplies process systems for the production of liquid products for the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries, and has a proven history of successfully installing plant for the production of insulin, including the engineering, delivery, commissioning and qualification of entire ultra-pure media systems as well as various process equipment and cleaning installations.
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Indian Americans launch White House petition to save Kulbhushan Jadhav
The petition requires at least 100,000 signatures before May 14 to qualify for a response from the Trump administration.india Updated: Apr 24, 2017 20:33 IST
A White House petition has been launched seeking US intervention to ensure Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former Indian naval officer sentenced to death in Pakistan for alleged spying, "doesn't get punished for the act which he never committed".
The petition that started on April 14 needs 96,984 more signatures by May 14 to qualify for a response from the administration. Reports have said that the new US administration is mulling the very fate of this practice of petitioning the White House, which was started by President Barack Obama in 2011.
None of the petitions launched since President Donald Trump took office have gotten a response. White House communications director Mike Dubke told US News the fate of the practice was "under review".
If the Trump administration does decide to continue it and with the same rules, the Jadhav petition will need 100,000 unique signatures in 30 days from the day of its launch to get a response from the White House, which may or may not accept the demand.
This petition, "To save Kulbhushan Jhadav from death sentence awarded by Pakistan millitry (military)", was started by an individual identified only by the initials "S.S", who doesn't indicate if he or she is Indian American, and says it seeks "justice" for Jadhav.
"I humbly request appropriate and capable authorities to intervene in the matter and make sure that Mr Kulbhushan Jadhav doesn't get punished for the act which he never committed. I also United Nation(s) to look into this matter."
India called the charges against Jadhav "farcical". In a demarche issued on Monday, New Delhi has said, "If this sentence against an Indian citizen, awarded without observing basic norms of law and justice, is carried out, the government and people of India will regard it as a case of premeditated murder."
"The proceedings that have led to the sentence against Jadhav are farcical in the absence of any credible evidence against him. It is significant that our high commission was not even informed that Jadhav was being brought to trial."


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Secretary of U.S. Army makes stop in Rocket City to tour Redstone
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Secretary of the U.S. Army stopped by the Rocket City Friday and toured Redstone Arsenal.
Secretary of the U.S. Army Patrick Murphy was just appointed by President Obama in January, and this was his first trip to the Arsenal since taking this leadership role.
The technology he saw was almost like something from a video game, but it's all used to help train soldiers. "We train like we fight, and those simulators, they're doing everything to keep our soldiers safe so they can go home to see their families," said Murphy.
That readiness is what Murphy says is their number one priority. "We need to make sure that we are ready to fight tonight against any adversary out there whether it's Russia, China, North Korea or ISIS, and the technologies that are happening here in Huntsville are second to none," he said.
But with a dwindling budget, cut by nearly 40 percent since Secretary Murphy was in Congress five years ago, they're trying to do the same amount of work and stretch every dollar. And he says Redstone is doing just that.
"They are making sure that we are being innovative, that we are using every dollar possible to save not just soldiers' lives, but to make sure we can save some money so we can put it towards readiness," said Murphy. "This is a place that's really special to me because the work these civilians are doing for our war fighters is saving their lives."
He says we can expect to see more cutting edge and technology come from Redstone, to help protect our soldiers and bring them home to their families.


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Starting September of 2017, TAM and Lyft began offering a $5 off discount for all "Lyft Line" rides to and from SMART stations in Marin County. Through the promo code "GETSMART17" passengers using Lyft's ride sharing service, Lyft Line, will receive discounted rides to and from SMART stations.
The program is designed to support access to and from Marin's new SMART stations, and encourage carpooling options in order to reduce congestion and pollution. Lyft Line is part of the rideshare company's application that matches passengers taking a similar route. The technology provides an effective, real-time way to encourage and enable carpooling for first and last-mile access to Marin's new fixed rail service.
TAM has partnered with local nonprofit Whistlestop to ensure this service is available to all users, including providing rides with wheelchair accessible vehicles.
How the TAM Lyft Ride Program Works
To receive the up-to $5 discount, participants must:
- Download the Lyft App and Register for an Account.
- Use Lyft Line option on the Lyft app, allowing passengers on a similar route to share the ride.
- Enter the promo code GETSMART17 to receive up-to $5 credit on up to 40 trips a month.
- For those without smart phones or those who need a wheelchair accessible vehicle, call Whistlestop at 415-454-0998 to arrange for your Lyft ride. Rides are encouraged to be scheduled in advance. Be sure to mention the GETSMART17 program.
- Begin or end the ride at a SMART station in Marin County during the SMART hours of operations Monday through Friday.
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By serving on a team, you are given opportunities to grow with God, self, and others. We seek to exemplify hospitality (Romans 15:7), connection (Romans 12:5), and service (Matthew 20:28) through our teams. Check out our teams below and pray about which one you would like to join!
The Welcome Kiosk is Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa's hub of information. Team members will interact with new and returning guests to help them get connected through groups, events and teams.
Greeters will stand at the entrances to the campus and welcome new and returning guests to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa.
Ushers are vital for helping the services run smoothly. They welcome people at the doors, help guide guests to the perfect seats, and collect the offering.
Coffee team members do the great work of keeping the church caffeinated! Some will work at the coffee cart and others will prepare and serve the complimentary coffee.
Team members will help with cooking and serving breakfast to the behind the scenes people who plan our Sunday services.
Team members will be available following each Sunday morning service to pray for people in need and be equipped to lead people to Christ. They will also be asked to help at outreach events throughout the year.
This is a team that helps with the various special events that CCCM hosts during the year. Tasks include helping with setup, teardown, registration, greeters, and hospitality.
This is a team that is available to pray every night of the week from 10 PM - 8 AM. Each night has three shifts, 3 1/2 hours in length each.
This team helps with various tasks and crafts for the women's ministry as well as other church events. They typically meet once a month as needed. No special skills needed!
This team is geared toward ministering to the body and evangelizing those in need. Our focus is to assist our widows, orphans, elderly, single parents, disabled, and those in our local community.
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Live birds will soar freely through a William Woods University gymnasium later this month, when the WWU Biology Club hosts an event designed to educate the audience about birds of prey.
"Reaching Out for Raptors/Raptor Awareness" will be held at 8 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Anderson Arena of the Helen Stephens Sports Complex. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be presented by the World Bird Sanctuary.
A speaker representing the World Bird Sanctuary will discuss different birds of prey and their history, and tell how to identify them in the wild. The audience can expect to see falcons, owls, hawks and vultures, with some birds flying freely throughout the event.
The World Bird Sanctuary is an organization dedicated to securing the future of threatened bird species in their natural environment. Located in Valley Park, Mo., the organization fulfills this goal with education, propagation, field studies and rehabilitation.


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text: ? Episode 301 Google is taking on Facebook with another new social networking product called Google +. This time they say it's for real. Many beta testers are talking about the product and how it differs from Facebook. Google + breaks down features into what they call Circles. Each type of circle does something different. You can put all your friends in one or more circles, there is an IM chat feature, and a way to upload photos and videos to a private album. You can then share your info to whomever you want. This could be a great innovation to many people who live by social networking, but Facebook does have a huge head start. A QR code is a series of boxes that when you scan a smart phone or tablet over, will download or run a program. Recently a tattoo artist in Paris live streamed tattooing a man with a QR code onto his chest. When he finished his work he scanned the QR code with his iPhone and a video started to play on the phone. This could easily be used to track or scan a person to find their name, address, phone number, or any other information that the QR code is linked to. Right now it's all good fun, but in the future this could be used for scary purposes. In preparation for its IPO, Groupon sent out e-mails to its users this weekend about changes it has made to its privacy statement and terms of use. Among the most notable changes is more information about the Chicago-based social buying start-up's collection and use of mobile location information. "In short, if you use a Groupon mobile app and you allow sharing through your device, Groupon may collect geo-location information from the device and use it for marketing deals to you (and for other purposes listed in the "How Groupon Uses Personal Information" section of the Updated Privacy Statement)." In other words, if you let them, in order to improve the experience and make the Groupon Now app more useful, you're being tracked. A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service this week. Kyle McDonald used the built-in cameras on Macbooks and other Apple products to capture images of about 1,000 people as they examined new Apple computers. His computers, iPod and digital storage devices were confiscated as authorities conduct their investigation. Over the course of three days, McDonald installed his homegrown software, which captured photos every minute and sent them to his server. Reports said that McDonald did this across computers at nearly 100 stores. He said he had the permission of Apple security guards. So if you have been shopping for an Apple product, your face may be among those who were captured and put online. Apple Inc. (AAPL) filed a patent- infringement complaint against HTC Corp. (2498) at the U.S. International Trade Commission that seeks to block imports of the Taiwanese phonemaker's phones and its new tablet computers. Apple accuses HTC of infringing five patents related to software architecture and user interfaces in portable electronic devices, hardware for touch screens and movement sensors, according to the complaint filed July 8 in Washington. The patents cover "groundbreaking technologies developed by Apple in conjunction with the development of its innovative iPhone, iPad and iPod touch products," Apple said in the complaint, its second against Taoyuan, Taiwan-based HTC. Google on Monday announced the iriver Story HD, the first e-reader to be integrated with its open Google eBookstore. The iriver Story HD will sell for $139.99. It goes on sale Sunday at Target stores and on Target.com, Google said in a blog post. The Story HD allows browsing, buying and reading of Google eBooks through the reader and over Wi-Fi instead of requiring downloading and transferring them from a computer to an e-reader with a cord, as Google already allows with more than 80 devices. At least one country is embracing Google's surveillance technology. Google Street View-equipped vehicles have been spotted in earthquake- and tsunami-damaged parts of Japan, where they are recording and posting online in real time the effects of the March disaster. Google is earning brownie points in Yahoo-dominated Japan by using Google search and surveillance tools to help relief efforts, the New York Times reported. According to Adweek, Japan is one of the few markets where Google trails Yahoo, accounting for less than 40 percent of all search page views compared to Yahoo's 50 percent. But Yahoo has also taken heat for privacy violations in China, something on which Google can perhaps capitalize, the Times said. "I know we'd have nothing to worry about with these people," Shigeru Sugawara, the mayor of tsunami-damaged Kesennuma, said about Google. "I'd like them to record Kesennuma's streets now, [and] then I'd like them to come back, when the city is like new again, and show the world the new Kesennuma." Soon you'll be able to feed your Facebook addiction without breaking the bank. The HTC Status, aka "the Facebook phone," will be available via Best Buy stores and online on July 17 for $49.99 with a two-year contract. Pre-orders are now being accepted. The HTC Status (known overseas as the "ChaCha") is a small Android 2.3.3-based smartphone with a dedicated Facebook logo button at the bottom of the keypad. Press this to immediately update your Facebook wall with words, photos, and URLs. The phone features a 5-megapixel, rear-facing camera and a front-facing camera which you can use for Facebook's new, Skype-enabled video chatting, though this will require a Wi-Fi connection (the bane of Apple FaceTime users). Facebook integration runs deep. When a friend calls, you'll immediately see their latest status updates. Facebook chat and email messages are pushed out alongside your regular email and text messages. The interface also features a Facebook chat widget that shows who's online; tap their name to initiate a Facebook chat. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official acknowledged the persistent threat of pre-existent malware on imported electronic and computer devices sold within the United States, sparking renewed interest in a problem the federal government has been trying to mitigate for some time. Calling the threat "one of the most complicated and difficult challenges we have," Greg Schaffer, acting deputy undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for the DHS, said that he is "aware that there are instances where that has happened," although he did not go into specifics about those instances. Indeed, the cybersecurity supply chain requires securing the multiple steps of the supply chain--product assembly and acquisition, data sharing among partners, governance, and more--to ensure components of devices such as laptops and smartphones aren't already infected by malware before they're sold. This makes it a difficult problem to manage, not that federal officials aren't trying, Schaffer said. Smartphone adoption is growing in many demographics, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. The Pew poll estimates 35 percent of American adults own a smartphone device. The data is based from a survey conducted in May, which found that 83 percent of U.S. adults have a cell phone, and 42 percent of those people have a smartphone. The types of people adopting smartphones vary, but Pew found the highest concentration of individuals range from "financially well-off and well-educated; under the age of 45; and African American and Latinos." email from listeners: Henry from Seattle asks "Are all Android smart phones the same as far as the operating system and functions are concerned?" Broadcast Sunday, July 17th, 2011 Right-click this link and choose 'save-as' to download the mp3 directly


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- When: November 27 - 30, 2012
- Where: HaLong city, Quang Ninh province
The government of the northern province of Quang Ninh, in coordination with Vietnam Airlines, will launch Halong Tourism Week 2012 from November 27 to 30 along with a number of other events to woo visitors from the EU.
The event is expected to welcome around 140 guests who are representatives of tourism companies, travel agencies and reporters from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Britain. Vietnam Airlines is in charge of taking the guests to Quang Ninh.
The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the event would include other activities allowing visitors to go sightseeing and experience overnight accommodation services in Halong Bay. The province will also arrange exchange meetings for Vietnamese and EU tourism enterprises.
According to the department, Quang Ninh welcomed over 5.9 million travelers from January-October, a year-on-year rise of 10%, with the number of foreign arrivals amounting to 1.98 million, surging 7% year-on-year. The majority of visitors going to Quang Ninh visited Halong, and total tourism revenue was put at VND3.66 trillion in the period, up 18%.
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Immaculate home in nice neighborhood. Newer kitchen cabinets, newer countertops, newer carpets, new appliances, large deck and storage shed. Cheaper than rent, this is the perfect place to call home.
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Our program provides a range of planned and spontaneous learning experiences each day. They aim to provide a balance of experiences including:
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Learning experiences are planned based on the children's interests (individual and group) and their individual strengths and abilities. These are identified by staff via observations of each child, through our conversations with families on home experiences & expectations, and through our educator's reflections on improvements to the curriculum. Learning experiences are play-based which we believe encourages exploration, curiosity and creativity. According to The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) for Australia (2009) 'play-based learning is a context for learning through which children organise and make sense of their social worlds, as they engage actively with people, objects and representations'.
The EYLF is a guiding document used to support our educators in their assessment and planning of experiences for the children. The document encompasses Principles and Practices, which are based on contemporary theories and research highlighting how children's learning occurs during the early childhood years, along with 5 Learning Outcomes which guide the program of learning (refer to Figure 1: Elements of the EYLF).
In addition to this, our preschool is assessed through the National Quality Standard (NQS), applicable to all early childhood education and care services Australia wide. As such, these standards guide many decisions and practices which occur in the preschool and underpin a continuous approach to quality improvement in the preschool. The 7 Quality Areas of the NQS are:
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Our educational program aims to develop the whole child, and includes experiences across all learning areas. It is our aim to prepare each child as a confident independent learner, who is curious and creative, develops problem solving abilities through questioning and investigating, shows persistence in their play, can transfer their learning across contexts and resource their own learning. This type of learning is evident across the day as the children participate in projects, explore and create with "loose part" resources that can be used in a variety of ways and for different purposes.
To allow children uninterrupted periods of time for their learning, exploration and development, our preschool adopts an indoor / outdoor flexible routine, allowing children autonomy in their movements throughout our environment. This strategy allows children the opportunity to expel energy through gross motor and sensory experiences when the need arises, and supports their active engagement in other experiences requiring a deeper level of thinking or when challenging themselves with new skills and abilities.
Our Transition to School Program begins the moment your child enters preschool, regardless of age. Experiences are offered within our daily program, seeking to equip each child with the social and emotional skills they require to make an easy transition into the school environment. Pre literacy and numeracy concepts are included throughout our play based program, with an aim to equip each child with awareness to be built upon on starting Kindergarten.
Children also participate in a daily group time program focused on developing children's listening, attention, literacy, numeracy, communication and inquiry/questioning skills at 9.30am daily. It is important that your child arrives for this key learning period, where many skills and concepts are taught at this time. Getting used to arriving on time to preschool as a set time will also help to prepare your family for arriving at school in time once they start Kindergarten.
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Each child's progress is closely observed, monitored and documented by staff. This documentation is available to families to view via the HubHello Educate web based program. Families will receive a login email to activate their account, and once completed, will receive email notifications when new documents are posted to view. These include observations, cycles of planning or follow up learning experiences and the preschool program outlining all experiences on offer to children across the week. A comment feature is provided within each document, and we encourage families to provide your thoughts or ideas to assist in our planning, but also to engage with the educators about any questions you may have about your child's progress and learning.


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I simply like black beans and complex flavors and this meal just popped into my head. I have eaten similar meals with barley made with chicken stock but this time I had a cup of cooked brown rice made with no flavoring or salt so it could easily be accompanied by strong flavors. Since it was a vegan start and I hadn't defrosted any meat, I decided to stick with the genera.
The starting point was the red beans and brown rice which I had done a while back. In that recipe, I had started with uncooked rice and used vegetable broth instead of water and cooked it all day. I also used less spices. This time I only had about 5 hours which is enough for canned beans and cooked rice. Well the meal was full flavored and complex, I loved it but only ate about half of the cooked beans and tomatoes. The rice was 200 calories and the rest of the pot was less than 800 so I only had about 600 calories and was very comfortable. Even if I had eaten all, it would have ended up at less than a 1000 calories for dinner.
Vegan Black Beans and Tomatoes with Brown Rice
1-2 T of olive oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 T minced garlic
1 T thin sliced ginger
1 medium onion rough cut
1 thin slice scotch bonnet hot pepper
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp oregano
1 package Sazon (optional)
1 can Black Beans
1 can diced Tomatoes
1 cup cooked brown rice or barley
1. Put all ingredients in the coffeepot and cook covered with a piece of foil for about 2 hours.
2. Add the Beans and tomatoes and all of the liquid to the pot.
3. Stir and let cook for another 2 hours.
4. Microwave cooked rice for 3 minutes.
5. Serve and Enjoy!!!
The most amazing epiphany I had with this meal is that 600 calories would really satisfy me. When I started my lifestyle change, I used to consume as much as 5000 to 6000 calories a day. including food and beverages and couldn't concieve of a meal without meat.
Without thinking about it yesterday, I ate 1/2 coconut which has 700 calories, small amounts of celery probably less than 100 calories including dip, dinner 600 calories and wine 1000 calories or 2400 calories. I also walked 3 miles and worked in my yard for a few hours. Pretty much, I act like this everyday and I have lost all the weight I recently gained on vacations (about 10 pounds). I am now at 172 pounds with a 37 inch waste. That is down from 265 pounds with a 56 inch waist at my peak and 245 pounds with a 47 inch waist at the the start of my commitment to a lifestyle change.
Imagine that meatless days by choice and no perceived sacrifice. Amazing!!!
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ELLSWORTH — A giant Canadian lobster dealer has come up with the proverbial better mousetrap.
Early this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent to Clearwater Seafoods Limited of Bedford, Nova Scotia, for a camera-based imaging system that will, the company claims, let it determine the stage in the molting process and the approximate meat yield of a lobster held in storage.
The system, which includes both hardware and software, can be used to grade lobsters as they move along a conveyor belt in a processing facility.
According to the patent documents, the Clearwater system incorporates a camera that photographs the lobster using a combination of visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. By comparing the patterns established with these images, the software can determine a lobster's molt stage.
Determining how far along a lobster is between molts helps the processor to determine which lobsters are most suitable for shipping or storage and better "assess anticipated mortality rates" of lobsters throughout grading and processing.
Clearwater claims that its new system will also help determine just how much meat each lobster will yield.
Generally, lobsters with hard shells are assumed to yield more meat than lobsters with softer shells, but that isn't always the case. Shell hardness is "unreliable as a means to determine meat yields," according to the patent documents and is "difficult to implement as a non-invasive measure on a production line."
Processors have used both blood protein analysis and "pleopod staging" involving examination of the swimmerets beneath a lobster's tail in an effort to determine meat yields, but both methods are invasive and, ultimately, inaccurate.
Other tests, such as ultrasound or X-ray scans, can be unreliable, or are difficult to implement, according to Clearwater's patent filings.
The new patent covers both the camera system and the software that uses images from the camera to predict molt stage and can be used to examine shipments coming into a processing facility as well as lobsters in storage. The system can also be used as a standalone application on a smartphone.
Clearwater is one of Canada's largest seafood companies and, according to its website, "the largest holder of shellfish licenses in Canada." The company harvests, process and sells a broad line of fresh and frozen seafood products including lobster harvested in Maine and Canada, langoustine (Norwegian lobster), snow crab, northern shrimp, sea scallops and clams.
The company has processing facilities in both Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and maintains a fleet of nearly a dozen factory freezer ships devoted primarily to harvesting and processing scallops landed off Canada and Argentina.
In September, Clearwater reported sales in excess of $607 million (Canadian).


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How big data is transforming public services – expert views [theguardian.com]
What is big data?
It's a bit of a misnomer: "Ex-Guardian writer Simon Rogers once said, 'Big data is data that is one bit too much for you to be comfortable', and this is probably the best definition I've read.
"The volume of data is not irrelevant, but not as important as it sounds. More important is the ability to link diverse datasets with each other."
– Giuseppe Sollazzo, senior systems analyst at St George's, University of London, and member of the open data user group
It's about time we dropped the "big" jargon: "It's just data. Data volume and velocity is exponentially increasing, but has always been too big to easily store and process … One thing that has changed in the last few years is the recognition from decision makers – not just analysts – that data is a valuable resource."
– Tom Smith, director of the Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion
Why is it important for government?
"Joining up public sector data sources can make government more efficient, save money, identify fraud and help public bodies better serve their citizens."
– Claire Vyvyan, executive director and general manager of public sector at Dell UK
"Data can enable government to do existing things more cheaply, do existing things better and do new things we don't currently do."
– Tom Heath, head of research at the Open Data Institute
via How big data is transforming public services – expert views | Public Leaders Network | Guardian Professional.
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Maisha (pronounced 'May-sha') means "life" in Swahili. The staff at Maisha Fitness work with the aim to encourage and inspire our whole community to live life in good health and with vitality.
Whatever your goals – whether they be improving your general fitness and increasing your energy levels to get through your day, or you have specific needs within your chosen sport or work, we have experienced staff that can help you to reach them and get results.
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SUMMER PLAYGROUND 2019Monday – Thursday, 9am to 2pm June 3rd ~ July 25th (closed July 4th) Make new friends at Middlesex Township's Summer Playground! Playground is back, changed in registration procedure. Change in the REGISTRATION PROCEDURE: Middlesex Township residents may register early March 25 – 29 Registration will continue April 3 for anyone. $35/week for Residents $45/ week for Non- Residents Early registration is suggested to ensure space.
If you child has never attended our Playground Program, your completed registration must be dropped off at the Township Office. A quick parent/guardian meeting with the Director is required.
Playground hours are 9am – 2pm Monday – Thursday with NO playground on Fridays.
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How to make rye meal/chops/flour?
I like to bake dark German-style rye breads like pumpernickel, Vollkorn, etc. and I always start with rye berries that I milll in my stone mill attachment.
The recipes I use (mostly from Hammelman's great book) are typically based on various combinations of whole berries, very coarsely milled rye chops, finer rye meal, and dark fine rye flour. But I am having some trouble sifting the milled grains. I can set the mill's coarseness, of course, but I always get some fine flour mixed in, even with the coarser settings. In other words, I never get uniformely coarse chops, nor uniformely grond meal, etc. There is always a non negligible percentage of more finely milled flour mixed in.
Can anyone suggest a method to sift the flour *out*? I realize this is pretty much the opposite of what mesh strainers are tipically used for, so I am a bit hesitant in investing in a set. But perhaps that's the only method?
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"The Best Japanese Food in Newcastle City Centre"…
…is what the website blurb says. Shijo Newcastle (Unit 4, Haymarket Hub, NE1 7PF, or) "at the back of the Haymarket" is a small place, you've probably skipped past it and not even realised. It's nearly always busy with students.
With a short takeaway/sit-in menu, and most things about a fiver, I don't think it's particularly authentic. It is nice change of pace for lunch though, especially when you need something hot. And with the summer seemingly just a memory…
I usually get a katsu curry of some sort, which isn't blow-your-mind-good, but it's not a bad interpretation of the classic. You get loads, and the chicken is always fresh fried. Sometimes, it's all you need. It's gonna make you happier than that Greggs sandwich, and hell, it's better than Yo Sushi's stingy effort.
There's not a great deal of variation – you're here for rice/noodles/miso soup, and you just get carrots and beans with everything. Which is OK, pretty basic but OK. I reckon they could easily chuck in a few spring onions or some chillies.
There's gua bao/steamed buns too. Here's the chicken and salmon, and while the bun and filling are as fresh as, I don't think swimming in Hellmans and mixed leaves is where they should be at really ? Where's me pickles, peanuts, or hell, even a sickly sweet vaguely-Chinese sauce? For £2.80 ea. it's not something that transports you Taiwan, or something I'd get again.
Shijo also does do yakisoba/noodles to go, which is harder to find in Newcastle than you'd think. Again, you'll get it with salmon, or chicken, or there's tofu, sometimes pork meatballs, or beef. Things come and go from the menu with no rhyme or reason – there's eel on there at the mo, and sushi, though I've never actually been able to get any of it. Whether it's sold out or what, I dunno. Does it come from Chinatown? Or Nudo Sushi Box? ?
And again, with the yakisoba, you'll get noodles and meat, but they're annoyingly light on "the interesting bits".
There's miso noodle soups, which do have unctuous & fatty pork slices, but not much else. Still kinda tasty, but for £5.50 a bit of extra love in the shape of some seaweed or egg or mushroom or something would be better. And that's about it really, it's pretty basic.
If you're passing – have a chuckle at the trinkets for sale by the till, and the customer graffiti on the wall. It's somewhere a bit different for lunch, so give it a whirl if you'd missed it.
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Just as the game of golf has evolved over the years, putting green turfgrasses have changed significantly with time and technique. An example of this evolution is ultradwarf bermudagrass. Born out of the desire for faster, firmer, and more consistent putting surfaces, ultradwarfs entered golf's picture only about 25 years ago and are now the fastest growing variety of putting green grasses in warm season and transitional locations.
The History of Ultradwarfs
The short history of ultradwarfs begins with the bermudagrass Tifgreen, released in 1956. This breakthrough turfgrass owes its origins to Dr. Glenn Burton, who used USGA funding to cross-pollinate African and common bermudagrasses, producing a hybrid with traits that set the new standard for greens. Tifgreen's drawback – and lasting legacy – was its prolific tendency to mutate genetically, creating new and varied plants, many with appealing characteristics for putting greens.
James B. Moncrief, director of the USGA Green Section's Southeast Region at the time, collected a naturally occurring mutation of Tifgreen that became Tifdwarf. Released in 1965, Tifdwarf possessed a darker green color and the ability to tolerate lower mowing heights.
This pattern of development continued for some thirty years before the first ultradwarfs premiered. The 1990s saw the introduction of the varieties that continue to be today's major ultradwarf stars. MiniVerde and Champion were both selections from naturally occurring mutations in Tifgreen, and TifEagle was created from the process of mutation breeding.
All three possess characteristics that established even higher standards for putting green quality. Finer leaf blade, greater density, increased upright growth, and tolerance for still lower heights of cut differentiated ultradwarfs from their predecessors and delivered smoother, firmer, and faster greens.
Selecting among the ultradwarf choices for new and renovation projects requires consideration of multiple variables. Climatic conditions, geographic location, shade, and water supply all matter, as do the maintenance budget and superintendent skill level. Realistic assessments of these factors need to be combined with a clear understanding of the benefits and limitations of the varieties. TifEagle is the most popular of the ultradwarfs and boasts the best shade tolerance of the three, but produces more grain and is the least cold tolerant. Champion has a high-density shoot growth pattern, which results in an excellent putting surface, but has a more shallow root system causing problems for turf managers during times of stress. Champion also performs less than optimally on greens with heavier organic content. MiniVerde tends to have the deepest roots and the fastest green speeds but is not especially shade tolerant.
Managing Off-Types
An ultradwarf concern affecting all three varieties is the possibility of mutations and off-types. This issue should not be a surprise considering that all ultradwarfs are the product of mutations, either naturally occurring or through mutation breeding. Some off-types produce little or no effect and fail to thrive due to low heights of cut and other maintenance practices. However, many off-types create concerns through noticeable differences in color, growth rate, or texture compared to the original turfgrass.
As ultradwarf varieties matured and off-types emerged, attention began to increase. Dr. Jim Brosnan, turfgrass weed scientist at the University of Tennessee and his graduate assistant Eric Reasor launched a study of the problem.
"Considering the amount of ultradwarf grown in the Southeast and its increasing demand, this is a good place to focus research," said Reasor. "Off-types are a fundamental weed management problem."
Collecting over 50 off-type samples from 21 golf courses across the Southeastern United States, the team included sources of every type: old and new greens, renovations and new designs, intensive and minimal management programs, and varying maintenance budgets. Results showed that all of the off-type samples were within the Tifgreen-derived cultivar family, and none of their particular samples were cross-contaminants from other areas of the golf course.
"All ultradwarf varieties exhibit various forms of self-contaminated off-types," Reasor said. "Ultradwarfs were derived from mutations themselves, and no variety is immune to off-types."
Accurately sourcing the origin of off-types (contamination in the production field; on-site contamination from collars, roughs, or fairways; or genetic mutations developing on-site) is not simple, but precautions can be taken. At the onset of a project, buying turfgrass from quality sources with a proven record of providing clean material is key. Reasor also recommends visiting production fields as well as courses that have grown the desired variety for some years.
For projects where off-types are occurring, the second part of Brosnan and Reasor's research comes into play.
"We are looking at off-type responses to growth regulators and nitrogen, both commonly used to manage putting greens," said Reasor. "By studying rates and dosages and preferable management practices, our goal is to provide superintendents, architects and the entire turfgrass industry with solid data and research-based strategies to successfully manage off-types."
The Newest Ultradwarf
The quest for ever better quality and easier managed putting greens continues. The newest commercially available ultradwarf bermudagrass is gaining popularity. Sunday Ultradwarf Bermudagrass was selected for its dense growth canopy, lighter color, and reduced seed heads. NTEP trial results show positive advantages in establishment, ball roll, fall color retention, and recovery from injury.
Shannon Easter, director of golf maintenance and environmental consultant at The Broken Sound Club in Boca Raton, Florida, became familiar with Sunday long before its commercial release. In 2003, he joined Craft Farms in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where the Sunday greens were already 18 years old. In his seven years there, he did not experience a single mutation.
"During my career, I've managed Tifgreen, TifEagle, Champion, Tifdwarf, and Floradwarf greens," said Easter. "Sunday greens were the first in my experience where I did not see mutations."
Moving to Broken Sound in 2012, Easter wanted to see if Sunday would perform as well in South Florida. He planted a large test green last summer and implemented identical maintenance practices as the club's two courses featuring TifEagle.
"Sunday outperformed TifEagle in cool season color, height of cut, and green speeds and has two-thirds more root mass," said Easter. "Sunday also recovers better from verticutting and aerification, and requires less fungicide."
Based on the test results, Easter will lead Broken Sound in the conversion to Sunday greens on its Club Course in 2018.
As ultradwarfs continue to advance and research brings about more effective maintenance practices, opportunities for ever-improving golf greens do not end. The evolution continues.
John Holmes, president of Atlas Turf International, has worked in the golf and turf industry for over 25 years. He assists clients around the world with turfgrass needs for golf course and sports field projects.


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Genius Palin-basher thinks "Black Friday" is RAAAAACIST
Ah, the wit and wisdom of Joy Behar.
She has called homeschooled children "demented."
She has called me a "selfish bitch."
She has called Sarah Palin "dumb" and "not coherent."
Last week, the genius View co-host seriously suggested that "Black Friday" is RAAAACIST.
It was left to economics professor Whoopi Goldberg to explain what "in the black" means.
You can watch it all at Newsreal.
File Joy Behar's brain under "black hole."
Posted in: Hollyweird,Race Hustlers,Race relations,Sarah Palin
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Wilson7b needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Our website targets online daters/singles. The site reviews and ranks dating sites as well as provides a dating/relationship guide.
Don't have much for this just looking for creativity. Something less affiliate looking...maybe links/buttons at the top somewhere rather than all down the side but don't really know.
The homepage should welcome or introduce visitors to our site and we want a table of some sort ranking the best dating sites withing the first paragraph or two. Besides that, we are looking for something to look a little less like an affiliate site and more like a setup for a guide to dating. We need something in the homepage to include some reviews and specified dating sites or at least a place where we can link to those pages.
Too much affiliate appearance.
Looking for creativity as well as usability for visitors looking to find a dating site as well as a guide to online dating.


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I'm writing you a letter today. Granted, it's an open letter. But hey, any letter is better than none. And I really just need to clear the air here. I've let you bug me far too much and it's time to let it go.
Of course, you're never going to read this. That's OK. Even if you happened to read it, you probably wouldn't catch on that it's you I'm writing about. That's OK too. I'm not writing this letter for you. I'm writing it for me.
See, I've really resented you. A lot. And I've held grudges, held them in, and let them simmer. Until I finally exploded. And you know what? I've realized something. By sitting on that negativity and letting it simmer I was giving you power over me. That's done. I'm a wife, a professional, a woman, a working mom. I don't have time to spare on you.
Why did I even let you bother me? I guess because you embody so many of my pet peeves. It's amazing, really, that almost ALL of my pet peeves can exist together in one body. You should pat yourself on the back for that one. It's quite an achievement.
So, what are they? The pet peeves I mean. Aren't you curious? If you're not I don't really care. You're going to hear them anyway. Here we go.
• Your self-importance. In casual conversation, you refer to yourself as 'generally average.' But that's not what you really think. I've heard you praise your vast intelligence, superiority over other women, and even taste in reading material many times. You've even gone so far as to say that people can become 'an annoyance.' Just the superior tone of that one comment makes me bristle. Who do you think you are? Obviously Someone.
• Your (again) self-professed Grammar Nazism. That actually could be a good thing. I can be a bit of a Grammar Nazi too. But what gets me is that you feel the need to brag about your habit of correcting others' grammar (yes, adults') when your own writing tends to be full of grammatical errors and typos. Walk the Talk, Chiquita!
• Your intentional over-use of British-isms. Come on, honey. You grew up in Texas and the Midwest. Not the UK. Yes, I love Downton Abbey and Dr. Who as much as the next Anglophile, but I don't make an effort to substitute good ol' American words. On this side of the pond, it's 'math.' Not maths. We drive people 'crazy.' Not mad. Etc. Etc. Etc.
• The way you tend to flaunt your lifestyle, as if you are somehow more privileged than, as you put it, 'people who work.' Your Spouse works countless hours to enable you to sit home eating bonbons and handcrafting various items while your offspring
educate take care of themselves. Remember, these are the kids who told me that they love being homeschooled because, "Mom forgets a lot and we don't have to do school every day." That's the choice you made – great. But the rest of us don't need our noses rubbed in your superiority.
• The fact that you've got your family snowed. Convinced that your college degree is 'unmarketable' in the job world. Um, it's a college degree. That means that, with any small degree of effort and a measure of work ethic, you could find a job. Even a part time one.
Do I sound jealous here? I admit it – I used to be. But the more I thought about it, the more I started feeling sad for you. Why? Because I've spent enough time working on me over the last year to recognize some patterns here.
It's obvious that you are incredibly insecure. Why else (unless you truly are a More Evolved Specimen of Humanity) would you constantly feel the need to talk yourself up? Affect fake ways of speaking? Remind the rest of us of your innate abilities? Correct others? Rationalize your choice to be a SAHM? Heck, you wanted to be a professor and aren't. Maybe this is your way of making yourself feel better about not achieving that particular goal. I don't know. And it's not my job to try and find out. But I feel sorry for you. And I'm REALLY working on not getting irked at all of the little things.
So what's next? Well, since I'm working on cleaning my side of the street, I need to let all of my pet peeves go. And pray for you. Yep, that's right. I'm going to start praying for you. And no, I'm not going to start praying that someone really tells you off or that you suddenly realize how annoying your habits are. That would be totally missing the point.
No, I'm going to pray for peace, enlightenment, and open-mindedness for you. Among other things. But that's a start.
And you know what? I feel better already.
Category Archives: Relationships
Dear Nemesis…
I'm writing you a letter today. Granted, it's an open letter. But hey, any letter is better than none. And I really just need to clear the air here. I've let you bug me far too much and it's time to let it go.
Filed under honesty, Personal growth, Relationships
The Big V-Day
Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon here and post a bit of my thoughts on today. Valentine's Day. It's kind of a double-edged sword around my house. Don't worry – if you're wondering, you know I'm gonna tell you why. Cause that's how I roll.
See, growing up Valentine's Day was kind of a big deal. Especially in high school. Not because of all the loot I pulled in – heck, no. Remember – I'm the girl who ended up selling Cokes at Homecoming while my date danced with his mom. Secretly I hope he somehow reads this and cringes at the memory – but that's another story. No, it was all about the romantic dreaminess of the day for me. Somehow I always wondered if there was someone who would just – completely out of the blue – have a card or other mushy V-Day stuff for me.
Haha. I was the dork, remember? Never happened. Even in college, when I actually dated someone up to the beginning of February. We broke up and the guy had the nerve to send flowers on V-Day. Because he felt bad that I didn't have a date. Guess what? I didn't call him to thank him for the roses. Shocker.
And then I met the Spouse. Oh my. He was The One. I was thrilled and giddily swooning at the thought of V-Day. He was one of those teddy bear romantics on any given day, so I had high hopes for the Big Day. I'd worked out a complicated plan to swipe his keys, sneak into his apartment and decorate his room. Went off without a hitch.
And when he came over to my place for dinner, he walked through the door and said, 'I didn't get you a Valentine.'
Yeah, right. I knew he was playing me. Only – he wasn't. He was telling the truth. He REALLY hadn't done anything, not even scrawled 'Happy Valentine's Day' on a piece of scrap paper (and believe me, there were plenty) in his car. Seriously.
I was crushed. Absolutely crushed. I'd finally found The One – and he dropped the ball on V-Day. WTHeck?? I tried to hold it in, but eventually the filter came off and I let him have it.
Needless to say, V-Day was a Really Big Deal the next year. And for a few after that. And then I got tired of the commercialism. Honestly, how sad is it that we let the media and commerce convince us that we need one day in the year to celebrate those we love? So we dialed it back. Now we celebrate with cards and a nice dinner. Remember, a 'nice dinner' is relative these days. Usually it means going to a restaurant that doesn't pass out kids' menus and crayons. But it never fails – we always get seated next to a family with eighteen kids, all screaming, yelling or texting. Irony. Every time.
So today it's something different. We're cooking. At home. After the minions go to bed. A meal that doesn't involve mac 'n cheese, chicken nuggets or ketchup in any way.
But part of me got snippy and felt slighted last night when it hit me that nothing sparkly, silky or shiny will be coming my way today. What's up with that? We've had this deal for a few years now. It was enough that I took off the filter and mentioned our first V-Day and how he still owes me for mental distress, scarring, you name it. PMS anyone?
Huh. Guess my awareness of media campaigns doesn't make me totally immune to them. Bummer. I always thought that enlightenment and awareness would help me evolve past stupid immature reactions.
Not this time. But since it's the 20th anniversary of that infamous first V-Day, I'll cut myself a break. And focus on the other 364 days of the year.
But something sparkly and shiny sure would be nice…
Filed under Family time, life lessons, Relationships, Uncategorized
I Yam What I Yam…
Popeye said it best. Remember the movie with Robin Williams? The Spouse scoffs at its awfulness, and he's probably right. The main reason I remember it is that it was the first movie I ever saw on a VCR. One of the huge Beta ones. In third grade my friend's mom RENTED one for her birthday. Remember those days folks? It was amazing. Not the movie, but the idea of seeing a movie at home with no commercials. Can you tell we didn't have cable?
Anyhoo, it's Friday. That means a few things around here. I teach my weekly tech training class at work – and the head honcho made an announcement that no phones are allowed. Yippee! That should eliminate the nonstop texting that distracted me in last week's session. Bowling night for the spouse (we're so Honeymooners) means fam movie night with the minions. And I guarantee that a VCR won't be involved. Are you kidding? The minions would die without the Scene Selection feature!
And The Big Sleepover is tomorrow. Coolness. Minion #1 had his birthday dinner last night, and surprisingly chose Napoli. Local neighborhood pizza joint with no crowds and yummy food. So the festivities have just begun.
Back to the topic. I Yam What I Yam. I'm just me. And I'm getting a bit exhausted – mentally and physically – from trying to be all things to make all people happy. I'm just me. See, I've got a friend or two – old and dear friends – that I've been really trying to maintain connections with. And it's not working well. Whether they're just extremely busy, have life stuff going on, or have decided that our relationship just isn't worth maintaining – connecting is becoming more and more scarce.
I've tried. I've really tried to keep up the email – texting – Facebooking connection. I've tried the lighthearted reminder. The funny email. The from-the-heart supportive message. I've tried to say the kinds of things I think would maximize the conversation, the content and the connection. And guess what? It ain't working, folks. I've mentioned the honesty factor. As in, if you'd rather not connect right now, please let me know. That ain't working either. Yes, I know that ain't ain't a word, as my fourth grade teacher used to say. Until we showed her that it was in the dictionary. She was stymied.
So basically it comes down to me just being me. And – for once – not apologizing for it. I'm a smart person. I love to learn. But I also like to take a break with mindless escapism now and then. I enjoy fashion. I'm a girl. That doesn't make me less of a person. And, being female, I can also be moody, crabby and a bit vindictive now and then. I'm tired of trying to hide it. Take me for what I am. Not perfect, but worthy of attention in my own right.
"Take me baby, or leave me." Amazing vocals aside, that pretty much sums it up. And if you haven't heard that song from Rent, do. If for no other reason than the amazing female vocal talent that's required to pull it off.
So yes, I am a mom. A woman. A wife, mom and person in my own right. What I choose to do – or not do – makes me me. Working towards accepting that, as much as I may want them to, my friends just may not want me in their lives right now. I'm just gonna be me. And let them make their own choices.
Of course, it would be nice if open and honest communication let me know what those choices are. But that's not on me. It's out of my hands. Know what I mean??
How's that for a deep Friday post??
Filed under honesty, Moms, Relationships, Rent, Self esteem, working moms
Monday. Blah. Working while the Spouse is off. Lucky guy. And my parents are in town, kids are off. Hmph. It's a living, right?
We actually had a lovely weekend. Weather was nice, lots of outside time with the minions, shopping with my mom in the 'burbs, dinner out. Lots of fun. And now back to the grind. Whee.
So what should I talk about today? Something that's been on my mind a lot this weekend, and something seriously lacking in today's society.
See, I'm all for being honest. Sometimes bluntly, sometimes gently – but honesty is always the best policy, in my opinion. Because I truly believe that most people would rather hear the truth up front, however much it might sting at the time. Really. Just think of all the problems it would solve. Job interview? It would eliminate days or weeks of anxious waiting for a callback. Fashion choice? Any woman would much rather know up front that yes, it really does make your butt look fat. Something in your teeth? Oh, please just tell me now so I can fix it. Fly down? ASAP notification is a requirement. Relationships? It hurts to find out that a friendship is over, but again – I'd much rather know right away, deal with it and move on. Forget the 'I'm just so busy right now,' or 'I know it seems like I'm avoiding you but – ,' or 'I'll support you no matter what.' Please. All of those statements give false hope, whether that is the intention or not. Like I said, yes, the truth may hurt in the short term – but that's nothing compared to months/years of trying to rekindle a friendship only to be met with vague excuses and promises. Really. And that goes for any age – kids or adults.
Why bring this up now? Because I've worked really hard to be bluntly honest with myself. Seriously. Blunt. It's hard. I don't like it most of the time. But it really does make a lot more sense than continuing to delude myself about abilities, situations and realities. And since I've bitten the bullet with self-honesty, I find it that much harder to deal with outside people and situations. I've said before that I tend to over analyze and read too much into things. That's because most of us find it too hard to be honest with each other. Especially with those we care about. It's easier to be vague, try to 'let others down easily' or – especially in the digital age – use email and/or texting as a major method of communication. Without the facial expressions or tones of voice of others, words can just go out into the cyber void without thought. And I'm speaking from personal experience. It's easier to be dishonest through email. Not proud of it, but it's reality.
So do yourself and others a favor. Just be honest. Even if it's hurtful. Short term hurt is much easier to face and doesn't fester like long-term false hope. Really.
Filed under Communication, honesty, life lessons, Relationships
It's All About the Pants – Again
If you've read any of my recent posts, you may remember last week's battle of the pants. Not Battle of the Planets. That was one of my all-time favorite cartoons as a kid. No, the Pants Situation was huge in our house. In fact, that post actually generated some interesting comments and almost started a debate on parenting in general. I'm pretty darn proud of that. But I'm realizing that the Pants Situation has spilled over into other areas of our family life.
And it's not about pants. It's about control. Who has it, who keeps it and who doesn't.
One of our family things is our weekly Saturday night dinner. We don't eat out during the week, so Saturday is our one time to head out for a meal. If you're like me, you're thinking – score! Diverse Big City equals unlimited dining options!
Wrong. That was before we had kids. Now, in an effort to be fair, we rotate each week on who gets to choose the restaurant. That plan has totally backfired. Why? Well, in a city where you can literally get anything from Colombian to Indian to Moroccan to Mongolian to Sardinian (all in a four-block radius), the picky-eating minions have sentenced us to The Cursed C's.
Chili's, Carinos and Chuy's. Blegh. Mediocre chain restaurants on a good day. (Although I will go to Chuy's just for the jalapeno ranch. Seriously, it's that good. Try it.)
Yes, I know what you're thinking. We opened that can of worms, we're the adults and we created the monster. We should just put our feet down and put on the pants, right? Sure. And every Saturday night – scratch that, Saturday from noon on – would turn into a poutfest, whinorama, drama-king performance. No thanks. So on those occasions we turn over the pants to the minions with the (slim) hope that we can get them to at least try a few grains of fried rice, pho or kebab one of these days.
But speaking of pants, the control situation doesn't end there. The Spouse and I had this debate early on in our relationship and again in the first weeks of our marriage. Bottom line – I grew up in a household where the Alpha Female wore the pants. Unequivocally. And, just to be clear, I was most definitely not the Alpha. I didn't like it, but I decided early on that I wasn't cut out to be the kind of wifey who never wore pants and hung on Hubby's every word with bated breath for the next command. I saw that in action more than once. When a male friend sat down at the table to a fully cooked meal, then turned to his wife (who was trying to get the kid's plate ready and fill a bottle for the baby at the same time) to say, 'Babe, how am I supposed to eat this without a fork,' I threw up in my mouth a little. Took all my self control not to scream 'Dude, turn around, reach six inches to the drawer and get it yourself. She's freaking busy right now!!'
I kept my filter on and didn't say it. Luckily.
Now the Spouse's take on this has always been that we should share the pants. As he says, it's more fun that way. Haha. Insert innuendo here. And for the most part, that works out well, except in certain situations.
- If I try to comment on his driving. He actually hogged the pants one time and shot back that comments on his driving "would not be tolerated." That's a quote. I love you honey, but that one threw me for a loop.
- And on the flip side – if little things get left out around the house – I've been known to steal the pants and issue commands and ultimatums about cleaning up after yourself.
Either way, it works for us. But my question is – how are some people able to completely manipulate their kids/significant others/coworkers into just letting them wear the pants 24/7?? We're talking major life and work decisions here. Things like 'I refuse to work because I don't want to, and you will support me in this,' or 'Starla and Magnus must go to the private school whose minimum tuition is $50K.' Seriously. I've heard it. And, being exposed to the Stepford Wives' club the way that I have, all of that and more happens.
WTHeck??! Like I said, sharing the pants works for us, but really? Part of me wonders what these others have that I don't – if I even tried that level of manipulation the Spouse would just laugh and then school me on how miserable I would be if I got away with it.
Hmph. Guess I've got too much conscience for that.
Filed under Alpha person, kids, Parenting, Relationships, School, Working
Many Partings
"I've heard it said
That people come into our lives
For a reason, bringing something we must learn,
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them,
And we help them in return."
— 'Wicked'
Ok, so I'm stealing a title from Tolkein today. Not exactly proud but it fits. I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about people and relationships. Lots and lots of thinking. See, it's coming up on a year – tomorrow, in fact – since a lot of people that I considered close friends disappeared from my life. That was a hard life lesson to learn – the fact that just because you consider someone a close friend doesn't necessarily mean that they are one. Or that they feel the same way.
My naive little self just never realized that. And it was hard. And hurt a lot. Still does. A dream the other night about one of these people brought it all back, so that's where my brain has fixated. Lots of introspection, and most of it not fun.
But then I have to look at all of the new, and positive, influences and individuals who've crossed my path since then. So many. Connections and reconnections who have helped me to grow more than I ever thought possible. I've learned so much about myself and my priorities that I can't write it off as coincidence.
Ok, now I'm waxing sentimental. But you know what? I don't believe in coincidence anymore. There is a grand plan. And I've learned to accept and welcome the fact that I don't know what it is. All I can do is take the next step on my path. And that's a good thing.
So I guess my question is, why are relationships so transient? Why do people drift in and out of our lives with such ease these days? Remember when you were a kid and you swore that you'd be Best Friends Forever? It seemed so normal and you never questioned that it would be that way.
Life doesn't work that way, does it?
Filed under friendships, Growth, life lessons, Relationships, Role Models
Filed under Identity, Introspection, Labeling, Personality, Relationships, Self esteem


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Adnan Dželihodžić PhD Dissertation Defense
In partial fulfillment for the requirements for the degree of PhD of Technical Sciences in the Field of Information Technologies, Adnan Dželihodžić will defend his PhD Dissertation titled:
"Domain-driven Credit Risk Assessment using Data Mining Techniques"
Date: 17. 07. 2018
Time: 14:00
Location: B-Block; MOTIF Room
Faculty, students and the general public are welcome to attend.