text: A high-profile benching, Maple Leafs have finishers on the left, hot starts for Crosby and Ovechkin and lots of line juggling in Scott Cullens latest NHL blog. 1. Oilers RW Nail Yakupov scratched Saturday night at Toronto and Monday at Washington. Back-to-back healthy scratches for a player that didnt miss a game as a rookie last season. No one gets a free pass in the NHL and when youre a scorer that isnt scoring (Yakupov had no points in four games to start the year), its understandable enough that he would come under criticism. At the same time, his most common linemates were Boyd Gordon and Jesse Joensuu, not exactly proven offensive performers. The contrast, compared to expectations in the offseason, is that Ales Hemsky is still getting prominent ice time -- Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins are his most common linemates -- which leaves Yakupov outside the proverbial top six forwards. It would seem outrageous for the Oilers to move Yakupov so early in his career, but theyve made a bold statement already with back-to-back healthy scratches. The message has been sent and if Yakupov doesnt perform better quickly, its going to be difficult to watch this play out. While were on the subject, here some other notable healthy scratches early in the season: Young defencemen Dougie Hamilton, Adam Larsson, Ryan Ellis, Brendan Smith, Tyson Barrie and Jake Muzzin. Old defencemen Derek Morris and Andrej Meszaros as well as veteran wingers Dustin Penner and Pierre-Marc Bouchard. 2. Amid early-season disappointment in Edmonton, rookie C Mark Arcobello (0 G, 5 A, +4, 6 GP) is making a smooth transition to the league. The 25-year-old scored 88 points in 91 (regular season plus playoff) games for Oklahoma City in the AHL last season, which figured to earn him an NHL look. With Sam Gagner suffering a broken jaw in the preseaon, Arcobello not only made the team, but hes skating in an offensive role, playing mostly with Jordan Eberle and a rotating cast of left wingers. When Gagner returns, there may not be the same kind of room for Arcobello, but hes playing too well to just get shuffled into a depth role. 3. Part of the reason that the Toronto Maple Leafs have defied the advanced stats projections (all of six games into the year) is that they have players who finish at a high percentage. Left wingers Joffrey Lupul and James van Riemsdyk have combined to score 10 goals on 47 shots (21.2 SH%). Lupul has 16 goals on 66 shots over the last two seasons (24.2 SH%), the best finishing rate of anyone with at least 10 goals. Dallas Alex Chiasson, who has nine goals on 24 shots (37.5 SH%) just missed the cutoff. Part of the deal with high percentages, however, is that they are difficult to maintain, so it will be interesting to see if Lupul and JvR can maintain a higher shooting percentage over the long haul. 4. Philadelphia is having problems at full strength, but now they are missing Scott Hartnell and Vincent Lecavalier for at least a week due to injuries. Tye McGinn was called up from the AHL and immediately inserted onto a line with Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek, which is obviously a plum assignment for McGinn, but also a better chance for Voracek to be reunited with Giroux. 5. Detroit shuffled up lines recently, moving Todd Bertuzzi to the right wing with Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, dropping Justin Abdelkader to play with Stephen Weiss and Johan Franzen on the second line and Daniel Alfredsson to skate with Joakim Andersson and Dan Cleary on the third line. Alfredsson still gets first unit power play time, so its not as if the change in role will altogether eliminate his value. On the other hand, it was easy enough to overlook Bertuzzi before, but anyone skating with Datsyuk and Zetterberg deserves consideration. 6. Penguins C Sidney Crosby (5 G, 5 A, +1, 5 GP) is tied for the league lead in scoring with Capitals RW Alex Ovechkin (6 G, 3 A, minus-4, 6 GP), great starts for two of the biggest names in the game. Crosby has better points-per-game production (1.80 to 1.50) and a lower percentage of power play points (44.4% to 66.7%), so he may be more likely to sustain this start. Whats at least a little bit interesting is that both have relatively low on-ice shooting percentages, so they havent been so outrageously fortunate, at least not at 5-on-5. 7. Lightning LW Alex Killorn (2 G, 4 A, plus-2, 5 GP) has been a quality secondary scoring option for Tampa Bay, ranking fourth among the teams forwards in ice time (17:54 per game), but exercise caution. His possession numbers arent good and his on-ice shooting percentage (16.0%) is due to regress. 8. Avalanche D Andre Benoit (0 G, 3 A, plus-5, 5 GP) was the big offseason addition to the Colorado blueline and the journeyman with 41 career NHL games to his credit prior to this season has played 21:41 per game, falling just between Jan Hejda (21:47) and Erik Johnson (21:39) for most ice time on the team. Benoit does have an offensive track record, scoring 80 points in 107 AHL games in the 2012-13 and 2010-2011 seasons combined and he was a productive scorer in his junior days with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, but his early puck possession numbers dont suggest that he should keep getting this much work. 9. Blues LW Alexander Steen (4 G, 4 A, plus-5, 4 GP) has taken well to his spot on the number one line, playing with David Backes and T.J. Oshie on a unit that tends to take on the toughest defensive assignments (zone starts, quality of competition) while also producing offensively. While their on-ice shooting percentage is unsustainably high, it never would be reasonable to expect Steen to keep scoring at a two-points-per-game pace. What their success should indicate, however, is that the trio could have some offensive value in addition to strong defensive play. 10. Stars RW Rich Peverley, who missed time in training camp due to an irregular heart beat, has replaced Erik Cole on the Stars top line with LW Jamie Benn and C Tyler Seguin. Good opportunity for a player who had a terrible 2013 season, but has scored as many as 55 points in a season. 11. Ottawas defensive play has been a disaster thus far, allowing 43.0 shots against per game. Dallas (36.2) and the New York Rangers (35.8) are next highest. LW Clarke MacArthur and C Kyle Turris are the only Senators that have been on for more shots for than against when it comes to 5-on-5 play. 12. Hurricanes LW Jiri Tlusty (0 G, 0 A, minus-3, 6 GP), who had a breakout season alongside Eric Staal and Alexander Semin last season, is off to a slow start this year, with horrific possession numbers underlying the lack of overall production. Thats cause for concern, because it could get him bumped from that spot. 13. Anaheim has been leaning on rookie defencemen. Hampus Lindholm (0 G, 2 A, +6, 3 GP) and Sami Vatanen ( G, 1 A, plus-3, 5 GP) are both playing more than 19 minutes per game. 14. Odds would have been pretty high coming into the season that, at any point, Oilers C Boyd Gordon would be the teams leading goal-scorer. On a team with lauded young scoring forwards, Gordon leads with four goals in six games and, with injuries down the middle, has seen enough time with scoring wingers. At the same time, Gordon has never scored more than eight goals in a season and his 1.50 shots per game is merely near the best of his career, so hes much more likely to have regression hit and hit hard rather than have a dramatic offensive breakthrough in a season during which he turns 30-years-old. 15. Wild D Jonas Brodin was praised heavily in his rookie season, for handling tough assignments alongside Ryan Suter and playing like a seasoned vet. He also scored 11 points in 45 games, which didnt plant the seed for big offensive numbers. His start to this season, however, includes two goals and five points, with a plus-3 rating in six games, while playing a couple minutes more per game, upt to 25:11. Hes had some good fortune, relative to his defensive teammates, but its also fair to say that, with as much as he plays, that Brodin could score enough in his sophomore season to have fantasy value. 16. The revolving door at left wing on the Anaheim Ducks top line has opened for Patrick Maroon, the latest to get a shot with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. Marron has two goals and four points in 20 career NHL games, but hes a power forward who has 79 goals and 172 points (with 327 penalty minutes) in 196 AHL games over the last three seasons. 17. In an attempt to shake up their forward lines, the Boston Bruins have flipped Reilly Smith and Brad Marchand, taking Marchand off the wing with Patrice Bergeron and Loui Eriksson. Marchands ice time (15:36 per game) is also at its lowest level since 2010-2011. 18. Edmontons woes arent only attributable to goaltending, but theres no denying that Devan Dubnyk (5.43 GAA, .829 SV% in 4 GP) has struggled early and that will prompt change if it doesnt turn around dramatically. Jason LaBarbera is a veteran backup, who has played more than 40 games once in his career, so if Dubnyk isnt the answer, the Oilers will likely have to find an external solution. 19. Minnesota has given Nino Niederreiter a chance to play with Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu on the top line. After being buried in the minors last season, Niederreiter has three points, and a minus-2 rating, in six games so far this season. Thats not terribly exciting on its own, but with first line minutes, El Nino could be much more interesting. 20. The line shake-up in New Jersey has seen Dainius Zubrus joining Patrik Elias and Jaromir Jagr. Zubrus and Jagr arent winning a lot of races at this point in their respective careers, but both have such great size that they should be able to control the puck once they get it. 21. Trying to get Mike Ribeiro (0G, 3 A, minus-2, 6 GP) going, the Coyotes have been playing him on the wing with Martin Hanzal and Radim Vrbata. 22. Injuries to James Neal and then Beau Bennett have opened the door for Chuck Kobasew to join Evgeni Malkin and Jussi Jokinen on Pittsburghs second line. 23. The Jets have moved LW Evander Kane (3 G, 2 A, plus-3, 6 GP) to the top line in place of Andrew Ladd with C Bryan Little and RW Blake Wheeler. Kane has 30 shots on goal in six games, including 15 in the last two games, so hes doing what he needs to in order to have a big offensive season. Ladd also has three goals, but only 10 shots on goal; his 1.67 shots per game is his lowest rate since 2005-2006 when he was a rookie, and hes been getting eaten up, possession-wise, at even strength. 24. One player getting hard minutes, in terms of defensive zone starts, is Montreal RW Daniel Briere (35.7% O-Zone starts). Expectations had to be limited coming into the year, given his drop in production last year, but if Briere isnt getting a favourable tilt towards the offensive zone, its hard to imagine hes going to be productive. 25. Gord Miller tweeted this Tuesday, setting off the latest advanced stats debate online. My position on advanced stats is probably known well enough by now, and I may get into it more tomorrow (when I dont have NHL Power Rankings to write) but, at the very least, I appreciated this comment by Arpon Basu, of LNH.com. FIRST NHL GAMES Michael Raffl, LW, Philadelphia - The injuries to Hartnell and Lecavalier which prompted the recall of McGinn, also brought up Raffl, the 24-year-old who was signed as a free agent out of Swedens Allsvenskan league (one below the Elite League), where he had 46 points in 49 games with Leksands last season. 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"I will probably just put it with my collection of medals I really like. "This is my first major Games. Its awesome to win, for sure and its a good preparation for the Olympic Games, obviously.dddddddddddd. Its not like Ill be walking into a Village for the first time at the Olympics, its the perfect warm-up." Navjot Navjot Kaur of India and Hannah Rueben of Nigeria won bronze. Gill, from Surrey, B.C., beat Indias Satywart Kadian by decision in the final after the match finished tied 4-4. "It was tough, really tough," Gill said. "(Kadian) moves his hands really well so its hard to score. "This means a lot. It means a lot to my family, It means a lot to me, it means a lot to Canada." Englands Leon Rattigan and New Zealands Sam Belkin won bronze. Canada has had a run of success on the mat at the Games. Erica Wiebe and Korey Jarvis won wrestling gold medals Tuesday. Also Wednesday, Jill Gallays of Saskatoon and Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos of Pickering, Ont., won bronze medals. Gallays won bronze in the womens 53 kg, beating Christelle Lemofackletchidjio of Cameroon. Stone-Papadopoulos defeated Cameroons Edwige Ngono Eyia to win bornze in the womens 58 kg. Canada has eight total medals in wrestling: five gold and three bronze. ' ' '


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My two-year-old is definitely my daughter.
Well, except for her fear of cupcakes. That part is pretty weird. She certainly didn't inherit that from me (if the 50+ lbs I gained during this most recent pregnancy is any indication).
And everyone tells me she's the spitting image of Mr. Brice. Which is flattering, of course, since I think he's a cutie. But it would be nice to see at least some of my features in her. When she still had blue eyes at 7 months old, we thought she might have inherited my eye color, but no. She's definitely a brown-eyed girl now. Which I guess isn't terribly surprising since she's half Asian.
But she did inherit the storytelling gene.
This was a conversation from the other day in the car --
Her: Speciant Oso!
Me: You want to watch Special Agent Oso?
Her: Yes, Mommy, yes!
Me: We'll be home soon, and then you can watch.
Her: No, Speciant Oso baby!
Me: Special Agent Oso is a baby?
Her:No, Mommy. Baby Alex!
Me: What about the Baby Alex?
Her: He watching, Mommy. Baby watching Speciant Oso!
Me: How can he be watching TV? We're in the car.
Her: No, Mommy. Wanting to watch.
Me: Baby Alex wants to watch Special Agent Oso?
Her: Yes, Mommy! He does. He does, Mommy. He does.
Me: Are you sure it's not you who wants to watch?
Her: (with wide innocent doe eyes) No, Mommy. Baby wants to watch. He does.
Two years old and she's already figured out how to blame things on her baby brother. A girl after my own heart.
I'm sure she'll say he told her he wanted to watch TV. Maybe that's what "ah-goo" means.
And then there was this gem from two nights ago. We were cuddled up in bed and she was flipping through a book, "reading" the story to me. Here's how it went:
"Girl named Amber. Is princess. Want go ballerina class. Mommy said 'oh no.' 'Oh yes.' 'Oh no.' 'Oh yes.' 'Oh no.' 'Oh yes.' Okay. Go ballerina class and dancing. Dancing. Dancing. Princess dancing. Go home and go night night. The End. I read it again, Mommy?"
(OK, so she really said "barina class" but I decided to translate for you to make it easier to understand. But all the rest was as it happened.)
I have to admit, I shed a little tear. The girl might even have a better sense of structure than I do. Did you see the conflict? The emotion? The HEA?
I think it has New York Times Bestseller written all over it. I might have to let her write my blurbs from now on.
Right now is when you're thinking, "She must have been 'reading' one of Amanda's books." One of these, right?
After all, that would make sense. But you'd be wrong. It was this.
She clearly has quite the imagination to have gotten all that from her daddy's old quantum mechanics textbook. I don't think she even realizes that I write, let alone that my books are about "ballerina class."
Speaking of an active imagination, lest you think I'm the mean mommy in the story who doesn't want to let Princess Amber go to ballerina class, this is what she does every weekend.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Quantum Ballerina
Posted by Anonymous at 12:01 AM
10 comments:
- Pintip said...
Adorable! Thanks for putting a smile on my face!
- March 16, 2012 at 7:49 AM
- Diane Gaston said...
Amanda, she is as cute as it is possible to be!!! Both inside and out. So clever. And you are right. She told a very coherent story!
- March 16, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- krisgils33 said...
she's adorable. but, beware of the innocent-seeming ballet class. that's how it started for my daughter at age 2. she is now just shy of 10 and in a dance company whereby i proceed to spend all my money on classes (14 hrs a week), competitions with travel (5 a season, plus the week long nationals), costumes, and everything else that goes with it. :-)
- March 16, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Ha, krisgils, I fully expect it will be the same here because you just descibed my own life from ages 10 until I started college!
Thanks Pintip and Diane!
- March 16, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- Robin Kaye said...
So sweet, and it brought back so many happy memories of my own ballerina. When Twinkle Toes was that age, she would get irritated that everyone wasn't doing what they should be doing--following her lead. Now at 16, she's teaching ballet and making sure everyone does what she says. She could be a drill instructor (in France of course) which is not surprising when you consider she left home before her 14th birthday to live, breathe, and eat ballet--oh, and go back to real school. Sigh. I don't know which was harder, her leaving home, or her returning.
- March 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM
- Anna said...
*squee* Love that title!
- March 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Ohmigosh, the tutus, the ribbons, that smile... you almost killed me with the cuteness!
- March 16, 2012 at 11:47 AM
- Bev Pettersen said...
Aw, Amanda. Thanks for this lovely post. She's adorable. And soon maybe she'll be co-writing your books:)
- March 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM
- Jenn said...
She's adorable. Just think of it. One day you could write mother/daughter mysteries. :)
- March 16, 2012 at 4:09 PM
- Anita Clenney said...
How adorable, both the story and the video. You must be so proud. It brings back memories of my daughter, who's 11 now and very creative. She writes little stories all the time, and now she'll write plays for her friends at school. She wants to be a singer but I hope she's a writer. :)
- March 17, 2012 at 9:05 AM

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Learning Circles
What is a Learning Circle (LC)?
A Learning Circle is a small group of faculty (4 - 10 maximum) who meet three to six times throughout the academic year to work together on a specific issue or concern related to teaching and learning. This task can be attained either face-to-face or virtually.
Why join a Learning Circle?
There are many good reasons for creating or joining a Learning Circle, such as the opportunity to:
- collaborate with other faculty on a specific topic or project that will have an impact on student learning.
- learn together and share ideas around a common theme or question pertaining to teaching and learning.
- create a stronger sense of community.
- continue to develop professionally.
How can I apply for a Learning Circle?
Complete the online application form. Funding is based on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to approval by the Center for Teaching Excellence. For further information, or to discuss a possible topic for your Circle, contact Leslie Johnson at 483-9731.
What are some possible topics for a Learning Circle?
Learning Circles provide an opportunity to share good teaching and learning pedagogy and to teach more effectively. The listing of former Learning Circles below provides examples of the many possible topics:
- Inquiry Based Teaching and Learning in Science
- Reflections on Teaching: A Case Study of To Teach With Soft Eyes
- Use of Technology in Child Development and Early Education
- Horse Sense: The Equus of Teaching as Leading
- Exploring Models of Writing Assessment
- Learning from Experience
- Critical Evaluation of Current Teaching Practices in Dance
- Documenting Your Teaching Journey
- Implementing the Lexical Approach
- Using the History of Mathematics and Physics in Teaching
- Teaching/Learning/Managing/Leading in Ensemble and Circle
- Teaching Hybrid Classes
- Bringing Soul Back into the Higher Education Classroom
- Intersections in Mathematics, Music and Art
- Globalization and the Flat World
- Foreign Language Pedagogy
- Teaching Writing Online
- How to Engage and Promote Critical Thinking in Students
- Gamifying Foreign Language Instruction
What are the guidelines for forming and maintaining a Learning Circle?
Learning Circles can be formed from August (beginning of Fall Semester) through April (end of Spring Semester) of an academic year. Once a Learning Circle is approved, the facilitator will meet with a CTE staff member to review the parameters of the Learning Circle. If the Learning Circle has not begun meeting within four to six weeks of this initial meeting with the CTE staff, the Learning Circle will be disbanded.
All faculty and staff may participate in a Learning Circle. Students may be invited to participate in a Learning Circle at the discretion of the Learning Circle faculty members.
Learning Circles can be either face-to-face or online and membership can be from the same discipline or may be cross-disciplinary.
Each Learning Circle must have a specific focal topic, issue, concern, question, project, or problem (see the examples above) that it will spend the semester and/or academic year addressing.
Each group will receive $500 from the Center for Teaching Excellence to support their activities. Please see the document, "Guidelines for Utilizing Learning Circle Funds," for specific information on appropriate ways the funds may be used.
Who leads the Learning Circle?
Someone must agree to facilitate the group. This person will arrange and announce any virtual (e.g., discussion forums, chats, etc.) and/or face-to-face meeting times, dates, and locations; manage the group's finances, i.e., the $500.00; and make any necessary arrangements for the group's activities. The facilitator is also responsible for submitting a one-page "Learning Circle Meeting Report Form" after each meeting that lists the members who attended and summarizes the meeting in a few sentences. Additionally, the facilitator is asked to write a two-to three-page final report summarizing the group's work.
Learning Circles may be invited to share the results of their projects and discussions with colleagues and are encouraged to consider developing programs, papers, or articles for dissemination beyond LCC.
What are the responsibilities of the participants and facilitators?
Learning Circle participants are asked to:
- Attend all of the meetings and to stay for the entire time, if face-to-face, and/or participate in the discussions, chats, etc., if virtual.
- Assist in setting the Learning Circle's goals.
- Prepare for each meeting by completing any "assignments."
- Write a one page synopsis of what was learned during the Learning Circle, and how it can be applied in their courses.
Learning Circle facilitators are responsible for:
- Submitting the Learning Circle's application form.
- Arranging, facilitating, and focusing any face-to-face meetings and/or organizing and monitoring virtual meetings.
- Making sure everyone has the opportunity to provide input.
- Monitoring the Circle's budget, which covers such things as: books, conference fees, etc.
- Writing a brief summary of the results from each meeting within three working days.
- Writing a two-to three-page final report summarizing the group's work.
How can I form a Learning Circle?
Ask colleagues in your department and/or other departments if they would like to form a Learning Circle based on a teaching and learning topic you would like to pursue.
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Venezuela's foreign minister says his country has not yet been in contact with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, despite its offer of asylum.
Elias Jaua says he expects to consult on Monday with Russian officials. Snowden is believed to be in the transit area of a Moscow airport.
Jaua's comments came Saturday during a Caribbean summit in Trinidad and Tobago. They were distributed by his office.
President Nicolas Maduro announced Friday that he would grant asylum to Snowden, and he repeated the offer by Twitter Saturday, saying Venezuela is ready to protect Snowden "from the global persecution of the empire."
Bolivia and Nicaragua have also offered asylum. But it is not clear if any of them have provided him the documents he would need to travel.


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This is the second of four exercises that were part of the LiveCycle best practices lab at MAX
Implement Field Validation
Open EX2 Validation.pdf in Designer
- Preview and click the "Submit by email" button to validate the form
- Notice:
- Errors are reported with message boxes.
- Selecting the error message in the listbox highlights the error field
- Tabbing out of the listbox will set focus to the selected error field.
- Change the form properties to customize error handling to: "Don't show any message boxes"
- Modify the (propagated) validationState event under the root subform:
- On error: color fields and modify the toolTip value
- Else: revert field color and toolTip
- Bonus:
- Add a change event to the phone number to restrict entry to digits
The solution file is: EX2 Validation (Solution).pdf
Reverting changes to fields:
To write re-usable code for changing values back to their original state, we should never hard-code the changes. E.g. we should never revert a color by writing: Field.fillColor = "255,255,255". The original color may not have been white.
Rather, after modifying an element, we can revert by removing the changed element. Removing an element forces the XFA processor to use the original value found in the form template.
E.g. Change the font color by modifying the font.fill.color element:
Field.font.fill.color.value = "255,0,0";
Revert the change by removing the color element:
Or by removing one of the ancestor properties:
Changing/filtering keystrokes
- In the change event, xfa.event.change holds the contents of your key stroke (or paste buffer)
- E.g. force all input to upper case:
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92Y Fashion Illustration for 11-14 yrs
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July 24th - 28th 2017
Price: $595.00
Check out the 92Y website for more details on my summer class and to register. Space is limited.
(Shown above: Illustration for Chloe by Design, the young adult book series I illustrated and a snapshot of my 92Y classroom!)
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Hello! i am a beginner in the sport of kiting and in need some advice.
I took some kitesurfing lessons 2 years ago on water, since then i had a couple of sessions on water and snow also.
I only have a 10kvm Cabrina Switchblade to use, and i need another kite for lesser wind conditions. I need some advice about what size of kite i should buy as my second kite.
My 10 Switchblade is for use in 7-9 m/s, if im right? I could use a kite i would ride in wind conditions about 5-7 m/s, should i go for a 12kvm? or a 13-15kvm? Preferably i would like to ride in conditions of 5-9 m/s.
Im a small guy and only 172cm height and 61kg weight.
- Nikolai


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Over 30,000 copies of Mid North Coast Now have been included in ten of Fairfax Media's newspapers along the Mid North Coast – from Gloucester to Bellingen and everywhere in between but you can read it by clicking here.


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This color full-resolution image showing the heat shield of NASA's Curiosity rover was obtained during descent to the surface of Mars on Aug. 5 PT (Aug. 6 ET). The image was obtained by the Mars Descent Imager, known as MARDI, and shows the 15-foot (4.5-meter) diameter heat shield when it was about 50 feet (16 meters) from the spacecraft. This image shows the inside surface of the heat shield, with its protective insulation. The bright patches are calibration targets for MARDI. Also seen in this image is the MEDLI hardware attached to the inside surface. At this range, the image has a spatial scale of 0.4 inches (1 centimeter) per pixel.
This is no science-fiction movie or UFO hoax: It's a real picture of the heat shield falling away from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover, snapped by a camera on the rover's underside just a couple of minutes before Sunday night's landing. We've already seen a low-resolution movie clip of Curiosity's descent, as recorded by the Mars Descent Imager (a.k.a. MARDI). This is the first high-resolution MARDI imagery to be sent down.
Eventually, hundreds of frames will be transmitted to Earth and combined to create a high-res movie showing the rover's-eye view of Curiosity's touchdown on the Red Planet. "This is the good stuff," said Mike Malin, who heads up the MARDI team.
The imagery has already been compared with pictures taken by satellites orbiting Mars to figure out exactly where Curiosity ended up. Still more of Curiosity's high-resolution cameras are due to get up and running in the days ahead.
This picture, showing a field of dark dunes running across the red Martian soil inside Gale Crater, is just part of one full-resolution frame: For another version of the wide-angle view, sweetened with a little extra image processing, check out Emily Lakdawalla's post on the Planetary Society blog.
Stay tuned for the rest of the movie from Mars. I have a feeling it'll have a happy ending.
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In this wide-angle view, the disk-shaped heat shield from the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft can be seen falling away against the backdrop of the Red Planet's Gale Crater, less than two and a half minutes before the Mars Curiosity rover's landing on Sunday night. This image is part of a full-resolution view provided by the Mars Descent Imager, a camera mounted on the bottom of the rover.
Mike Malin, a member of the Mars Curiosity rover science team, unveils imagery showing where the rover's ballasts hit the surface — as well as a high-resolution view of the rover's heat shield flying away during descent.
Update for 2:30 p.m. ET Aug. 8: I've added the super-amazing flying-saucer close-up at the top of this item, as well as a video featuring Mike Malin of Malin Space Science Systems, explaining the MARDI image as well as some of the attractions seen from orbit.
More amazing sights from the Curiosity mission:
- Orbital photo spots rover and its trash
- Curiosity sends color snapshot from Mars
- Rover video looks down on Mars during landing
- Mars orbiter spots rover in midair
- NASA's Mohawk Guy marvels at his fame
- Curiosity rover scores touchdown on Mars
- Video: Highlights from rover's first two days on Mars
Hat tip to Doug Ellison at UnmannedSpaceFlight.com and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Bobby Shriver -- the oldest child of R. Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver and nephew of President John F. Kennedy -- announced Tuesday his candidacy for the Third District seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
The former Santa Monica mayor made the announcement in front of a sun-splashed Will Rogers State Beach off Pacific Coast Highway. The district covers the western part of Los Angeles County, including the Westside, most of the San Fernando Valley, the Conejo Valley and the Santa Monica Mountains to the Ventura County line.
"I'm running because I want to shake things up," said Shriver. "I want to get things done on time and on budget."
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Former state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, West Hollywood Councilman John Duran and former Malibu Mayor Pamela Conley Ulich have declared their candidacies for the seat. Incumbent Zev Yaroslavsky is barred from seeking re-election because of term limits.
On his website, Shriver said he plans to continue working to deliver "first-class police and fire protection, clean up Santa Monica Bay and the beaches, create and maintain parks, and house the homeless, especially military veterans."
Shriver's father was the founding director of the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity and Democratic Party vice presidential nominee in 1972. His mother founded Special Olympics, which organizes year-round athletic training and competition for disabled individuals.
The 59-year-old Shriver is co-founder and chairman of DATA and (PRODUCT)RED. DATA, an acronym for Debt AIDS Trade Africa, lobbies governments on the issues of debt, AIDS and trade policies as they affect Africa. (PRODUCT)RED encourages prominent businesses to offer (RED) branded products and invest a significant portion of the profits in programs intended to eliminate AIDS in Africa.
Shriver co-founded both organizations with Bono, singer for the rock band U2.
He also is a former chair of the California State Parks and Recreation Commission. He was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.
Shriver produced the first prime-time television program on the Special Olympics World Games and nine "A Very Special Christmas" records, which have raised more than $100 million to support Special Olympics organizations around the world.


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A 1918 law standardized the start and end dates of daylight saving time, but the law does not require states or territories to observe daylight saving time. People living in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas Islands won't need to change their clocks this weekend.
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Fairtrade supports marginalised farmers and workers, enabling them to build a better and more secure life for themselves, their co-workers and their families.
Fairtrade is about creating a real, positive difference in people's lives, from the farmers and workers growing crops and producing raw materials, right through the supply chain to the place where you buy the end product.
What is this difference we speak of? Well, we're glad you asked!
In 2014 the purchase of Fairtrade products by people like you, together with the support of businesses working with Fairtrade, made all sorts of change possible…
Because it guarantees a Minimum Price for what they farm, Fairtrade is helping growers of cocoa, coffee, tea and other crops, to have more financial security - making them less vulnerable to poverty. In many cases, Fairtrade certification enables farmers to negotiate a higher price for their product than the conventional market price.
Additional income earned through the Fairtrade Premium is often used to support better farming practices to improve crops and soil. It enables farmers to invest in strengthening their businesses, improving their local communities and to plan for the future.
Investment of the Fairtrade Premium in community development projects like improved health facilities, access to education for children and adults, and sources of clean drinking water and adequate sanitation, is improving the quality of lives of people in rural communities. This, combined with support in deepening gender equality sees farmers and workers who choose to participate in Fairtrade feel a real sense of control over their future, with greater power and voice.
Fairtrade provides real support to farmers and workers so that the environment can be protected. We help farmers adapt to the world's changing climate, supporting long-term and positive ways of dealing with unpredictable weather patterns. Fairtrade Standards also regulate substances used in farming, including pesticides and other chemicals. Waste management is another vital concern in an all-round mission to care for the natural world.
So what does this look like in the lives of farmers, workers and their communities? Here's one example.
Keto Tapasi
Coffee-farming community Keto Tapasi, is an association of 3000 farmers in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The members have seen many benefits since they began selling their high quality coffee beans on the Fairtrade market in 2010.
The organisation comprises of farmers from eighteen villages and eight clan groups. They come from different tribes and speak different languages. What unites them is a belief in high standards and their satisfaction in seeing the benefits from Fairtrade reach more than 4,500 people in the local community.
In its first year as part of Fairtrade, Keto Tapasi sold 8.5 metric tonnes of green bean coffee to its exporter, Monpi Coffee Exports. By the end the following year that quantity had increased to 42.7 metric tonnes, with this figure continuing to increase every year since.
Fairtrade Impact
Keto Tapasi has used funds from the Fairtrade Premium it has earned to acquire 11 new coffee pulpers to help with a vital part of processing. The farmers have built a new warehouse to store the coffee and have been able to hire a vehicle to transport their coffee from members' coffee gardens to the processing mill increasing productivity and outputs.
The farmers are planning to invest future Fairtrade Premium funds in tackling the high levels of illiteracy among adults — the result of the very long distances to the nearest schools and the price it costs to attend. This investment will mean it will soon be possible for a far greater amount of community members to have a formal education.
The organisation also has plans in place to improve on the current health services available to them: by increasing medical supplies and generating greater awareness of the risks of HIV and AIDS and how best to manage the conditions.
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HAMPTON BEACH — Idaho is the home of the World's Largest Baked Potato, Utah has its Giant Pink Dinosaur and apparently Hampton Beach is where you go if you want to take a photograph of the Giant Pirate.
HAMPTON BEACH — Idaho is the home of the World's Largest Baked Potato, Utah has its Giant Pink Dinosaur and apparently Hampton Beach is where you go if you want to take a photograph of the Giant Pirate.
The 27-foot tall, 15-foot wide pirate statue at Buc's Lagoon mini-golf on Ocean Boulevard was recently highlighted as one of the top 50 American Original sites in a July 25 Parade magazine article entitled "15 ways to enjoy summer."
One of the recommendations on how to enjoy summer — made by the nationally circulated magazine — was to visit an American Original. The pirate made the list of 50 sites at number 41.
"It was a surprise to us to see it on the list of things to go see," said owner John Schertell, who heard about it after a neighbor showed him a copy of the magazine.
"We never really did any promotion on it. I guess it's just been showing up in people's photographs for so long that it's finally catching some attention."
Schertell said the pirate has been a Hampton Beach landmark for more than three decades.
It was originally a part of the mini-golf course that was on Ashworth Avenue and came along for the ride when the then-owners moved the course to its current site.
Schertell said he purchased the course in 1997 and remodeled it, highlighting the pirate.
"We named him Buc after buccaneer," said Schertell, who said they added all things pirate including caves, waterfalls, palm trees, pirate flags, skeletons with patches over their eyes, and a few shrunken heads.
Buc, he said, became the centerpiece of the 18-hole, mini-golf course with his wooden leg blocking the final hole.
"It amazes me how many people come to the course just to take their picture with the pirate," Schertell said. "It's got to be one of the most photographed things around at the beach."
Schertell said there was even a couple who had their wedding photo taken underneath the massive structure.
The pirate's body is composed of a pipe frame, with steel crossbeams and a fiberglass outer shell.
The structure is so big that a person can walk inside it with ease. "It's pretty large and has taken some beatings over the years," Schertell said.
Schertell said there was a point when he thought about getting rid of the pirate.
In 2004, it toppled over onto the golf course after 50 mph wind storm and the estimated cost to repair it was more than $10,000.
"He fell on a whiskey barrel used to plant flowers in and cracked his good leg," he said.
"While we thought about letting him go, so many people came out and said we have to bring back the pirate."
Schertell said he started a fund-raising campaign similar to when the orange dinosaur at the Route 1 mini-golf in Massachusetts toppled over.
While people came out of the woodwork to repair the dinosaur, the pirate didn't garner the same reaction.
"While they wanted him back they didn't want to pay for it," Schertell joked.
But Schertell said he's glad he made the investment.
"I think back to that moment and I'm glad we repaired it. If we didn't we would never caught all this attention," Schertell said. "It's a part of Hampton Beach."


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Ken McKinlay of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) has just sent me this call for proposals -
"The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) is seeking proposals for presentations at its 19th annual conference, September 20-22, 2013 to be held in Ottawa at Library and Archives Canada.
The focus this year will be on Ireland.
Proposals for other presentations besides those on Ireland are also invited as well as proposals for workshops or seminars on the Friday (September 20, 2013).
Details on writing the proposals can be found at www.bifhsgo.ca under the Conference heading. Please send your proposals to
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Department of Justice officials toured the Baltimore City Detention Center on Wednesday amid complaints about conditions for juveniles held at the facility, officials confirmed.
Agency officials would not comment on what they observed during the tour. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat, said in a statement that the visit was "urgently needed and if any unsafe or unsecure conditions are found, they must be immediately remedied."
Cummings wrote to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division this month, after The Baltimore Sun highlighted the increasing concerns of attorneys and youth advocates about conditions for juveniles who are being held at the jail on adult charges.
State officials have said the claims are unfounded or exaggerated.
Rick Binetti, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, did not know what monitors found on the tour but said they have recognized improvements in the system in the past. He noted that a specific section on "protection from harm" was deleted from the state's oversight agreement with the government.
Federal monitors "believe those kids are secure and safe. All these other issues are related to process," Binetti said, pointing to remaining areas within the oversight agreement covering grievances, discipline, out-of-cell time, and staffing of juvenile units.
DOJ monitors last visited the jail in November 2010 and determined around that time that the state had not achieved "substantial compliance" with a 2007 agreement. Officials said that the agency had "no authority" to review conditions as they worked on an extension that was ratified this past April.
During that time, the jail underwent a major shift in how it detains juveniles, from youths being held two to a cell to a dorm-style arrangement that puts up to 32 youths in a room. Justice Department officials have not responded to questions about whether they were aware of the change.
At several court hearings in recent weeks, attorneys representing juveniles held at the facility have successfully petitioned a city judge to have them moved to the Juvenile Justice Center. They said youths were being regularly attacked by other detainees and did not have adequate supervision or medical care.
The state corrections agency wants to build a new facility for youths detained as adults, saying it would vastly improve the agency's ability to provide adequate services. Funds for the project were frozen last year, amid complaints from youth advocates that the money should be spent on alternatives to detention and that the state should focus on broader juvenile justice reform.
One of the chief complaints from detainees' attorneys was that the extreme heat and lack of air conditioning in the building where they were being held was exacerbating medical problems. The juvenile detainees within the detention center complex were then moved into a different building that has air conditioning.
Binetti said that while the state maintains it has been in compliance, "the department believes the recent movement of the juvenile population to the Wyatt Building will better meet their needs and help ensure that the Department is in compliance with the remaining issues."
Cummings said the state "needs to come into full compliance with any outstanding requirements and DOJ needs to ensure that compliance is achieved."
Binetti said the state believes it is positioned to do that.
"Overall, as evidence by the progress made since the original agreement was signed, the department fully expects to be at minimum substantially compliant with all of the provisions" in the extension agreement, which is due to expire in April 2014, Binetti said.


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Choosing wedding favors can be a challenge. You want your guests to find their wedding favors unique, thoughtful, and as a way to remember your wedding day. Wedding favors traditionally symbolize love and tie into your respective wedding theme. However, a new trend in wedding favors has emerged. Instead of choosing Jordan almonds or mint satchels, brides are now selecting unique wedding favors that are as original and imaginative as they are. From playful placeholders, piggy banks, and back again, unique wedding favors from LittleThingsFavors.com are a great way to infuse your wedding with creative flavor or appeal to your sense of humor, while still being thoughtful.
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I hate Facebook games with the fire of a thousand g-type main-sequence stars. But, I managed to put all that aside when I heard that NASA just released its first stab at a social network app, which gives you the chance to best other geeks in space trivia to earn meaningless rewards that I suddenly must have.
Space Race Blastoff is a trivia game that you play on Facebook against two other random people. Choose your character, join the queue, and start answering questions about NASA, spacecraft, astronauts, science, history, math and the universe (among other categories). Some of the questions are fairly simple, but I fancy myself a space buff and I was stumped by more than a few. Like, did you know that armalcolite is a mineral found on the moon and named after Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins?
You get points for getting questions correct, and extra points for being the first to answer, so there's a little bit of stress thrown in for good measure (if you want to win). At the end of a set (10 questions long), you get a bonus question, which comes in the form of a video from real live astronauts or NASA scientists. With all the points you've accumulated, you can buy badges commemorating things from each category: I'm currently rocking X-48B and Mars Global Surveyor badges and I plan to go back for more. Bring it on, nerds!


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Easily create retro ornate frames and vintage style banners! These placards are also great for creating Victorian era style advertisements or signage. Editable vector shapes can also be used to create vignettes or badges for logos, websites, or print.
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Apple Orchard Fragrance Oil – Fragrance Oil Spotlight
With this fresh apple scent in the air, it will be as if you were visiting an apple orchard. Bursting with the crisp and unforgettable scent of just picked apples, Apple Orchard Fragrance Oil is perfect for anytime of the year. This best selling fragrance is mouth watering and works extremely well in homemade products. Simply adored by all apple lovers, many of Natures Gardens clientele feel this is the perfect apple scent that they have sought after. Used straight or as a mixer, this fresh apple scent is considered a 5 star keeper! If your customers are looking for a fresh and fruity scent that reminds them of the sun kissed days of summer, this fresh apple scent is it.
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Hotels and accommodations in the area do their best to add to the beauty and friendliness of the city. Darayonan Lodge, found at 132 National Highway in Brgy. 1, Poblacion in Coron, is one of the places where guests may get a satisfying stay.
Darayonan Lodge is charming and cozy with its rustic décor and appearance. It immediately gives a homey feeling once you step inside. It also gives a feeling of culture and history with the antiques and wooden sculptures in their gift shop.
They a pool and a kiddie pool with a poolside bar and a restaurant, as well as a coffee shop that serves delicious food. They have 24-hour room service, 24-hour front desk, laundry and dry cleaning service and ironing service. WiFi is available in all public areas.
Darayonan Lodge's rooms are as cozy as the whole hotel's setup. Each room as air-conditioning, cable TV, a writing desk, closet, safety deposit box, a toilet and bath with hot and cold shower, and a veranda.
It is a 20-minute drive from Francisco B. Reyes Airport.
Recommended places to visit nearby are Maquinit Hot Spring, Rocksteady Dive Center, and Nepture Dive Center. Restaurants to try are Sinugba sa Balay and Brujita Bar and Restaurant. (Show More) (Show Less)


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Eric's Favourite Rye-A Classic Deli Rye
Yesterday I had the chance to do a bake of Eric's Favorite Rye following Floyd * Baking Eric's Favorite Rye * and Andy's suggestion *here* that it would be a nice way to honor the memory of Eric Hanner. Eric was a great guy and friend so of course I wanted to make any sort of contribution I could towards that. Reading through Eric's formula and procedure for the first time in quite a while I remembered why I'd never baked his bread before....caraway...lots of it! Nevertheless, this bread was going to be made, I'd just dial the spice back a bit to suit my tastes. Other than that I wanted to stick as closely as possible to the original formula and procedure and produce what I feel is a classic deli style rye bread. In the original post http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/5076/eric039s-fav-rye#comment-25620 Eric leaves no doubt as to how he intended to use the bread, namely for corn beef sandwiches and I'm sure his home cured and smoked pastrami as well. I can tell you that now I've made the bread and made a CB sandwich from it I'd be hard pressed to come up with a better bread to use for stacking warm slices of corned beef on top of. In fact I couldn't. This is incredibly tasty bread, with a soft but slightly chewy crumb and crust, and loaded with flavour from the preferment, the onions, and yes the caraway. I like Eric's Rye so much I've decided it will be the bread for my corned beef and pastrami sandwiches from here on.
Thanks Pal!
A few notes about the formula (below) and procedure:
As mentioned I stayed as close as possible to the original formula and procedure, trying to make the bread as Eric outlined in the link above. There were a few minor exceptions however that I want to mention.
Because of scheduling the preferment was left for longer than the 8 hours indicated in the original procedure, going for 12 hours total. The bread didn't taste overly sour to me, just slightly tangy.
The onions used were fresh, slightly caramelized on low heat in a covered pan. I don't have anything against dried onions, I simply didn't have any on hand.
Before the final mix the bread flour and water had a 40 minute autolyse.
The caraway was reduced to 1.8% from 2.5%
The baking temps and time varied slightly in that I started the bake (with steam) at 450F/232C for 10 minutes, reducing the heat to 385F/196C for the remaining 25 minutes. The bread was baked to an internal temperature of 210F/98.8C.
Other than the autolyse I can't think of anything that would improve upon the original procedure that Eric wrote up, so as a good friend of mine says "not for changing!"
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City and Borough of Juneau
Historic Preservation in Juneau
Gallery of Historic Photos of Juneau -- Treadwell, Alaska
Main Historic Photos Page | Treadwell 1 | Treadwell 2 | Treadwell 3 | Treadwell 4
The majority of the photographs presented here are from the collections of the Alaska State Library. They may only be reproduced if the Alaska State Library is credited and if the collection number is included (PCA number). Photographic quality reproductions may be ordered from the Alaska State Historical Library. There is a charge to obtain these copies. When requesting further information about individual photographs, please include the complete description of the photograph given in these web pages, including the collection name and number (PCA). Permissions for other photographs must be obtained as indicated.


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Last night I worked at the bar again, my Sunday night money maker. I spent the majority of the day prior to work working on laundry and watching the pathetic, disgusting Patriots/Dolphins game. I left the house already in a pissy mood.
Apparently that left my customers last night with the assumption that I was fair game to be complete and utter assholes to me and to the other bar patrons.
-- one customer got so drunk that he decided he was going to fight me about his bill. Forget the fact that he bought 2 rounds for the ENTIRE bar, plus shots for himself and a few others. Apparently he thought I was trying to cheat him. I don't think so. I told him if he continued to be belligerent and demeaning I was going to ask him to leave (his ride wasn't there yet, but I didn't give a damn)
-- one guy decided the mens' room wasn't clean enough for him. According to him it was disgusting and smelled bad and there were flies. I had news for him; it's mid-September and there are flies everywhere, even at my house. He decided that he was going to be an ass and complain as loudly as possible. He kept saying the health department would shut us down if they were there. I called my boss (who too his first day off in 3 months) because he was being such an asshole and I was losing my patience. I had the kitchen helper clean the bathroms....again, because they were just cleaned that morning.
-- this jerk wasn't done though, because after Boss Man calmed him down on the phone, he decided to target me directly, making comments about my cleavage, my choice in men (he thought he could and I quote "fuck the hell out of me better" than my husband) and the fact that I was usuing my education to be uppity. Oh yeah, sorry I use big words, loser. He then proceded to try and get sordid details about my private sexual life. I told him in no uncertain terms it was none of his business and if he was going to treat me like trash he could leave. I may be in the service industry, but that doesn't give him the right to treat me like a two-bit whore.
-- THEN this SAME ASSHOLE decided to pick a fight with one of our regular and most laid-back patrons, who he had some sort of beef with. They were yelling in each other's face and I truly thought I was gonna have to call the cops for a bar fight. Thank Goddess that the usually calm guy took the high road, and walked out to cool off. Shortly after the argument "Asshole" left.
-- later on, or maybe while the Asshole was there, some guy and his ex came in. They were there almost all night. By the end of the night, she was getting really pissy, and while the Boss Lady (Boss Man's wife) and I were making out (code word for smoking, fyi) outside, they came out and he asked if either of us had ever met the guy before. I knew I hadn't and made a point to say so, as did Boss Lady. Well the chick went back in, finished her beer and proceeded to make a big stink to the guy as he left. They then started to exchange text messages after she drove away. The guy told me that the chick (his ex) had made up her mind that he was screwing me. I had a good laugh at that, but it pissed me off because 1. I'm married and I KNOW I said that to her several times during the night, and 2. this guy was WAY below my standards and 3. Even if I WAS single, I don't screw patrons because that could end up losing business for the Boss Man and lastly 4. she's not his girlfriend, so what fucking business of hers is it anyway if I WAS screwing him??. At one point after she left she texted him saying that she knew he hadn't left because he could see his truck still. I looked across the street, and sure enough, this bitch was stalking him parked under the light of the church parking lot across the street. I went back inside. I didn't need any more drama.
so yeah....that was my night. I got home about 1:30 and finally to sleep about 2am. I am friggin exhausted and didn't make as much in tips as I would have liked.
I guess last night was my day to deal with the assholes of the world. *le sigh*
Today better be better, because I'm tired and cranky and I deserve a good day after last night!
Monday, September 22, 2008
What goes around comes back around...
Last night I worked at the bar again, my Sunday night money maker. I spent the majority of the day prior to work working on laundry and watching the pathetic, disgusting Patriots/Dolphins game. I left the house already in a pissy mood.
This Fire Sparked by Cissa Fireheart at 9/22/2008 07:58:00 AM
Labels: Life, People, Stupid Stuff, Work
2 flame(s) added to the fire:
- Lex Valentine said...
The cemetery is not looking so bad after all... Sorry you had such a crappy night with shitty customers.
- Anonymous said...
Somebody needs a huuuuug...


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New York City FC chief executive Ferran Soriano believes he is building "a truly authentic New York team" and that the signings of Frank Lampard and David Villa will help football's popularity grow further in the U.S.
- Parker: Lampard's arrival anticlimactic
NYCFC will enter Major League Soccer in 2015, and former Barcelona CEO Soriano promised that they would play "beautiful" football.
The newly-formed club is an offshoot of Premier League champions Manchester City, but Soriano was keen to stress his determination to establish a very different identity on the other side of the Atlantic.
He told ESPN's Men in Blazers podcast: "We want to be New Yorkers. We are building a truly authentic New York team. This is not a Manchester City team or a brand play or a marketing trick -- this is real. This is a team that's going to play beautiful soccer in New York.
"It happens to be part of a City family where we will be able to help. We will be able to help in what matters, in bringing good players, coaching methodology, technology -- everything to help this New York team succeed."
Soriano said both he and Lampard had noticed how football had moved into the mainstream in the U.S.
He added: "I have been coming here for soccer for 10 years. You can see it changing every year. Every year is better than the previous one. I think it's unstoppable.
"No matter how you look at it, soccer is the No. 1 global sport and there is no reason for it not to be growing in the U.S. It's not a promise any more, it's a reality.
"Frank Lampard was telling me that only five years ago he could walk on street in New York and nobody would recognise him. Now he can't."
Lampard, Chelsea's record goal scorer, and Villa, a Champions League finalist with Atletico Madrid in May, both chose to sign for a club that has yet to play a competitive game.
Soriano believes the infrastructure NYCFC have, courtesy of Abu Dhabi-based owners and the English champions, helped persuade the designated players to join.
He also suggested City may loan up-and-coming players to New York, explaining: "One of reasons David Villa and Frank Lampard decided to come to New York is because they know who manages and who owns the club.
"We have some very bright star players, young players in Europe. We might ask them to come to New York to play before they play at Manchester City. There are all sorts of advantages. I think this will raise the bar for the whole league and others will follow."


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For those that didnt see the post on the general forums or notice it in their summary page or see it in the menu to the left, Eric made some pretty cool upgrades for our little group.
1 - We now have a STREAK menu item to the left. So if you post your runs to RA, you should hopefully be in there. This means no updating the spreadsheet. I will still leave the spreadsheet up because I know some of you dont post your runs on RA.
2 - Your log page should now load faster because he updated hte way it loads the streak totals.
3 - The streak total on your Summary page should now also show the total streak miles on it as well (the STreak chart to the left also shows the miles)
4 - Also, I hadnt noticed because my current streak is also my longest. But if you are on a current streak but have had a streak earlier that was longer (ie - if you had to start over for some reason) the streak widget now shows your current streak as well as your longest streak which is pretty cool as well.
I am pretty excited about this. I had asked for the menu item to the left quite a while ago, but was honestly perfectly happy just to get the streak widget that we got. And I noticed that a lot of other people out there use it as well, not just our group members.
Sincere thanks to Eric for all his work
I was so excited when I saw the change and then immediately thought what a numbers geek I am. I'll have to check out the other changes as well. I think I need to add an RA donation to my bills next month. Yay Eric!
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I think I need to add an RA donation to my bills next month. Yay Eric!
I think I need to add an RA donation to my bills next month. Yay Eric!
+1 as soon as we are caught up from Christmas - hopefully by next month.
This really is very cool. I'm restarting my streak (yet again) after an injury set back, and the new widgets are providing a lot of motivation!
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I just noticed that if you are looking at our new STREAK reports (either the current or longest one) and you hover your mouse over the number of days it actually shows you the dates of that streak. Wow, this just gets cooler everytime I look at it.


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Continuing the Nick-attempts-sunset-photos series, here are a few pictures I took from the plane back from Oslo this evening. (More blogging of this to follow.) This is a cropped but otherwise unmodified picture from the window. The glass was a bit dirty unfortunately. This was taken slightly later, but I've used the "auto levels" tool […]
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Sunset photos attempt 2
Tried again to take photo of sunset. Found a low-light mode on the camera and fiddle with some settings. Much better this time! Admittedly I cheated a bit and used the GIMP to remove a few artefacts from the foreground.
Photos of sunsets
I can see some lovely sunsets from the window here, but my attempts to take photos of them have been a bit of a failure. If I leave the automatic settings on it comes out either very bright or very dark, but generally fail. Experiment! Set the ISO setting very high and made these: Lots […]
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February 24, 2015 - Lucca, Italy
Insurance and Reinsurance Firms Automate Solvency II Reporting with Tagetik Software
Pre-packaged application reduces risk and ensures compliance with January 2016 deadlines and future EIOPA requirements
Tagetik, a visionary leader in global performance management software solutions, today announced a significant increase in momentum for its pre-packaged Solvency II application in the 4th quarter of 2014.
With this solution, firms are able to compile data to report specific disclosure requirements set by Solvency II including data-entry forms, reports, calculations, a narrative template and the XBRL output for automated, computerized filings to adhere to the January 2016 implementation requirements.
"We expected strong demand for our pre-packaged solution for Solvency II but the final results for 2014 were well above our expectations. The realization that the January 2016 deadline is virtually set in stone has stimulated many companies to take action," said Manuel Vellutini, co-chief executive officer, Tagetik.
Today, more than 40 insurance companies spanning many European countries including The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Slovenia, Norway and Sweden rely on Tagetik to automate Solvency II compliance reporting. Recent additions or fully implemented customers include: Assicurazioni Generali, Credemassicurazioni and Credemvita, Protector Försikring ASA, Talanx, Companhia de Seguros Açoreana, DSW, ONVZ, Unigarant, Menzis,Unive', Dina Försäkringar, Zavarovalnica Triglav and Nacional de Reaseguros.
Tagetik was one of the first software companies to work directly with insurance companies todevelop a pre-packaged solution for Solvency II. One of those first customers was TVM in theNetherlands. "With Tagetik's solution in place, TVM is proud to be the first European insurance company with an integrated and standardized statutory, and Solvency II-compliant reporting process," said Emile Kaal, finance director, TVM, back in 2012.
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Take the frustration out of hiring with an innovative testing procedure
Inevitably, it will happen. A key employee quits, leaving your business in a bind until another person can be found. In the process of finding a replacement, you have to worry about identifying a person who will be a good fit with you and your other employees and hopefully have some longevity at your farm.
It can be a long, challenging route to locate a new hire. Piles of resumes to sift through, interviews to perform and references to check—the process can be overwhelming. When it is all said and done a new worker will be added to the staff, but do you really know anything about them?
"When it comes to hiring, really what we have is a jigsaw puzzle," explains Aoife Lyons, director of educational initiatives at Alltech.
Resumes, references and interviews are the traditional pieces to the hiring puzzle, she shared during Alltech's 30th Annual International Symposium in Lexington, Ky.
The fourth piece to the jigsaw is psychometric testing.
Psychometric testing isn't an intelligence or ink blot test. The test doesn't delve into childhood memories. Instead, Lyons says psychometric testing allows businesses to discover what a potential work style will be like. The test looks at various areas including motivation, goal orientation, achievement, creativity and the ability to be a team player.
The testing method has been quite popular for large corporations during the hiring process. Lyons says 85% of companies in the Forbes 500 use psychometric testing. "Companies such as Kellogg's, Ford, Chevron and Coca-Cola are using this as one more piece to that jigsaw puzzle. One more piece of information to make that hiring decision," he says.
Alltech has been using psychometric tests for more than 10 years to help prevent employee turnover and reduce the costs incurred through rehiring.
"If someone leaves a company, [the rehire cost] is actually twice the amount of what that person's salary was," Lyons adds. "If you hire someone for $25,000 per year and they end up leaving, it has actually cost your company $50,000. This is a huge, huge risk."
Those additional costs, besides salary, come from lost time spent looking for a replacement, missing deadlines because of a reduced workforce and the loss of specialized knowledge that particular employee had.
Psychometric tests are not cheap—each test is approximately $1,500 to have it outsourced to a clinical psychologist. Alltech has been able to pare the cost down to just $10 per evaluation because Lyons is a clinical psychologist, but there are several other options for employers looking to keep expenses down.
A Myers-Briggs Type Indicator questionnaire can be taken online for about $50. It determines personality type, strengths and areas of personal growth.
For Alltech, the tests are also helpful in the international level hiring process. Psychometric test can be formed to fit different cultural differences and are available in 37 different languages.
"A person can take the assessments in their native language, and the person doing the hiring will get the results back in their native language," Lyons says.
The true potential of psychometric testing comes from finding employees who can fill roles that might not even exist right now. Potential growth in the company or technological advancements could present the opportunity for an employee to move into a new role. To find those employees you need to find their soft skills.
Soft skills are traits such as creativity, flexibility, foresight and ability to problem solve.
"They are difficult to teach and also very difficult to assess in an interview," Lyons says. "Psychometric testing can help us take a look at some of those soft skills because hiring is the biggest risk that you have at your company, but it is also your biggest opportunity."


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Smyrna, DE 19977
Used 2016 Lance 865
An easy camper to carry on your short bed Toyota Tundra, Nissan Titan, or F-150/1500 series truck is this Lance 865 truck camper. It offers a spacious wet bath, u-shaped dinette, and full size residential queen size bed.
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On our visit to Parkview RV, we spent well over an hour with one of their Sales Associates who explained everything about purchasing a RV and how it would fit our lifestyle. He was so detailed, and he exhibited such excellent Customer Service. He had our attention.
He showed us several motor homes on the lot, and then he gave us a tour of Parkview, introduced us to each of the Service Technicians, ... More » - Anna
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Exterior Color: WHITE
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Since 1965 Lance has been building America's most popular truck campers. And today, many of them are still on the road – a true testament to the company's philosophy that Quality Comes First. Now Lance is making its mark with travel trailers that are the new towable of choice.
Based in California – the nation's most demanding state for building safe products – Lance manufactures from a State-of-the-Art Production Facility – a 141,000 square foot, 22 acre campus – campus because Lance continues to learn from its dealers and from every single customer who provides ongoing feedback for improvement and new product design.
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