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René Magritte
1898, Lessines, Belgium
1967, Schaerbeek, Belgium
Although widely associated with surrealist artists like Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst, René Magritte pursued a different goal, that of a heightened awareness of reality.
A graduate of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Magritte spent the bulk of his career in Belgium. His impassive, realistic style intensified the effect of his quietly strange renderings of familiar objects and situations. These often involve manipulations of scale (a giant comb; a tiny bed) or the confusion of opposites: interior and exterior, night and day, the human self and the inanimate object.
Magritte was particularly interested in the conventional, deeply engrained equation of material things with pictorial or linguistic representations. His works prompt us to resist our habitual response and to recognize the painted images before us as precisely that — images, and not the things they depict.


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A Game played among youths in which if one player looks another directly in the eye and says "Shakakah", the Shakakee must turn around 360 degrees.
*An unsuspecting youth casually walks along, then all of a sudden* Shakakah! (o)_(o) *the shakakee turns around
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phild wrote:Hmm testing in the Kimberleys, not all beer and skittles, I'll swap you jobs for a month....
My rack has arrived, hopefully will be assemble and test tomorrow, I'll post a pic of the completed install.
Thanks to George for your advice and prompt service, nice Kimberley Karavan you have there BTW, is it yours or a loaner?
Great to hear the carrier arrived Phil. I'm still around if you have questions. Everyone else has taken off and I'm here alone still getting orders out. You cannot begin to imagine just how frustrating this is.
I was serious about the trip being a bit of a burden. We have to travel along tracks that I don't particularly enjoy in order to get the sustained loads and vibrations happening in addition to lots of direct sunlight on new rubbers we have had developed. I don't know anyone who would say that the thousand kms of the Tanami to Halls Creek is anything but a chore. We're over the Kimberleys in winter too. The mood will brighten once we're in the Gulf though.
Yeah we purchased that van late last year. It's quite nice and a great base to explore from. Plenty of different options out there and quite a few new players in this part of the market that we have been engaged to develop product for. It's good for business but the passion is still for travelling light and unencumbered into the rough and tough. That's where the riding, driving and adventure is the most rewarding.


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I had to leave NYC for Napa and work on a cookbook, but will try to put some thoughts down on the Marco White event. I was expecting a thug savant who was a little full of himself (rightfully so or not), but in fact he was articulate and fascinating and compelling in a way I rarely find chefs anymore. A delight in fact. He said things I didn't expect. We went out after for chicken and carried on the conversation. Then he and his companion headed down to Del Posto (for a 19-course tasting, I hear), Bourdain and the facist went home to the bambina, and I went to drink whiskies with my brother in charcuterie (should we consider a follow up–yea or nay?), enough whiskies that I was thoroughly miserable for the five and a half hours in the air to SFO. But some of best fried chicken on earth awaited, so all was well. …more to come…
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I'm an author and journalist who writes primarily about food and cooking. On this site you'll find cooking techniques, recipes, and opinion on food issues.
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How To Brine Chicken (Quick Brine Recipe)
Corned Beef: How to Cure Your Own
How To Make Beef Brisket Pastrami At Home
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Friday Grilling: Easy Bearnaise Sauce
How To Prepare and Cook Beef Heart
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The "No Nitrites Added" Hoax
So You Wanna Be a Chef — by Bourdain
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The Splendid Table: How To Make Schmaltz
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Ad Hoc fried chicken. :::: sigh :::: Jealous.
You do have to admit, if you followed any of the BBC specials on Ramsay, and they way he followed White around like a puppy dog, White really came across as a bigger-than-life diva.
Does seem like he knows his chow though.
I know the weather sucked on Sunday – hot and humid – but glad you ate well (quite an understatement) in NYC.
Ad hoc fried chicken. Only a dream to me. Sigh.
I know the weather sucked on Sunday – hot and humid – but glad you ate well (quite an understatement) in NYC.
Ad hoc fried chicken. Only a dream to me. Sigh.
Bourdain and the facist… Nice touch Ruhlman, anyway as for MPW I highly recomend both his books for reading they are facsinating and to a chef, truly inspiring and motivating. He is truly captivating if you get a chance you tube marco pierre white and watch him in hells kitchen its great stuff. UMMMMM WHISKEY!!!! Just livin the dream, eh Ruhlman? Just livin the dream!
You had to leave New York City for Napa to work on a book…I want to be you when I grow up!
Do a follow up.
I'm doing two dry cured hams this fall. I would love to see more on dry cured sausage and meats.
Chris Hennes
Please, do a follow up! With more recipes for bratwurst! The CIA's Garde Manger has three or four of them, ya gotta keep up :). And maybe more focus on the complicated stuff: dry curing and cold smoking. Also, more technical detail would be appreciated: we've beat the book to death over at the eGullet forums and need another to feed the charcuterie frenzy.
Walt Smith
Hmm…Lets check the celler inventory. 5 sticks of pepperone, 2 proscuitto. 2 breseola and a salami….yep, I've got room, bring on the sequel.
I'd love to see a recipe for a good corned ham and a recipe for Bandiera sausage. And lets throw in a Spanish Morcilla for good measure.
Oh God, I hope your serious, after eating all this meat, my heart can't take any teasing.
The facist?
And I bought Charcuterie for my father-in-law, in celebration of his new smoker. We haven't seen him since.
Oh my goodness. I am so excited that I stumbled across your blog. I have been a huge fan of yours ever since I read "House."
In fact, I picked that book up off of a pile of books in my family's crumbling cabin in Northern Michigan, and tucked into it with a sense of glee and comaraderie (in addition to having the ancient cabin, my partner and I own a creaky ex-crackhouse bungalow in Florida we are rescuing one-project-at-a-time).
House woes aside, I really appreciate your writing because it is both immediate and accessible, while being utterly informed. And the fact that you are living in Cleveland (the town I grew up in) just ads to my fondness for a person I have never met.
Keep writing, I'll keep reading, and your Samuel Clemens-esque "rivalry" with Bourdain is hilarious…very well played.
*and* you go to the same farmer's market my mother does. I am probably the only person you will ever meet who says thinking about Cleveland makes me happy…
mike pardus
OK, shameless, self-promoting plug –
I have not had a chance to eat Ad Hoc's Fried chicken yet, but I have recently scored a "personal best" in that arena. You can check out the recipe and the story behind it at Bob DelGrosso's "A Hunger Artist". Here's the link:
I really need to get to Napa and Keller's restaurants one of these days. Colour me jealous!
Bob delGrosso
"and compelling in a way I rarely find chefs anymore."
Compel this (envision middle finger pointed at you) Ruhlman.
Chef Bob del Grosso 🙂
Bob delGrosso
"and compelling in a way I rarely find chefs anymore."
Compel this (envision middle finger pointed at you) Ruhlman.
Chef Bob del Grosso 🙂
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In the google "chefs" interview he seemed to answer all the questions with the same answer. "Let the food speak to you!" "Who was your mentor?" "Let the food speak to you!" "Talk about your food". "You have to let the food speak to you". I guess that's every Chef's secret dream. Become a fat cat, just point and pay. Live on your reputation.
Well, for some anyway.
Cannot wait for your additional comments on the discussion panel. I also wish that you would have heard Chef Grant Achatz's response to some of the words of Chef White. The passion in his words put a lump in my throat as he defended the true 'craft' of what he does (multi-course tasting menu to those who weren't there). I actually have it on camcorder video and would be happy to mail you a copy if you desire.
What I would really like to know is why the 2 of you (especially Bourdain who is never restricted with words) said nothing in defense of the tasting menu?
It was summed up in a former El Bulli stages comment to Chef Achatz on Tuesday… she said she was working at El Bulli when Bourdain did his 'Decoding Ferran' documentary and he seemed to be overly enjoying himself. Why not defend that… even in a brief closing statement?
Please consider that I state these words with full respect to Chef White who is an icon (and who also was going against the grain of the culinary scene in his heyday). I would still consider it an honor to have my ass kicked by Chef White in the kitchen. I know I would be a better chef for it.
I am just now reading The Devil in the Kitchen. Going into it, I knew very little about Marco other than how he was one of the best chefs of his time but also sort of out of control. I am only halfway through the book, but I'm not getting the "out of control" part at all! In fact, he seems to be quite a disciplined individual. I know he worked with a writer on the book, but he seems very articulate and well spoken (or written, I guess). I mean, he's not a writer but he does well for someone without that background. It's interesting to hear that your opinion of him over the weekend was similar. I wonder if mine will change at all as I finish the book.
A follow up to Charcuterie? Zomg in heaven. Oh and madeleine…I too think of Cleveland and smile. In fact I miss it terribly…even the gray slush. Oh to be able to eat at Tommy's anytime I wanted again.
Ruhlman…please do more than just consider a follow up you guys should jump on this right away 🙂
Seriously this book introduced me to a whole new world of culinary adventure that I would not have otherwise encountered. I think you can count on your readers/bloggers to help you evangalize the product!
Another 'yea' vote for a Charcuterie follow up. As a book store owner who sells only titles related to food I can tell you that the first one you wrote flies out the door, we can barely keep it in stock. Then we get requests for more, because they all have the first one. There is a definite hunger for more information on this subject.
So, YES, please give us another book on charcuterie, we will sell the &%^%$ out of it…
Yes, we all need a follow up.
Thanks for the fried chicken. It looks great. I will test it tomorrow.


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'Venus and Serena': From Tennis Court to Hospital Bed
A documentary about Venus and Serena Williams turned out to be something the filmmakers hadn't figured on at all
Maiken Baird and Michelle Major spent almost four years talking to Venus and Serena Williams's agents in an effort to convince the tennis stars to participate in the first-ever feature-length documentary about their lives.
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Maholm, Braves hope to spoil Marlins' home opener
Lefty Paul Maholm tries to make it two straight strong starts to begin the season when the Atlanta Braves visit Miami on Monday to begin a three-game series with the Marlins' home opener.
Maholm, who joined Atlanta from the Chicago Cubs last season, opened 2013 with 5 2/3 scoreless innings of six-hit ball with six strikeouts in a 9-2 win over Philadelphia on April 3.
The 30-year-old was a first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2003 and pitched with the Pirates through 2011. He joined the Cubs to start 2012 and was 9-6 in 21 games for them last year before going 4-5 in 11 starts with the Braves.
Maholm had two wins and a no-decision in three starts against Miami in 2012 while allowing just three runs on 14 hits in 21 1/3 innings.
He opposes Texas-born right-hander Kevin Slowey, who debuted with a tough-luck 3-0 loss at Washington after allowing four hits and a run in 5 1/3 innings.
Slowey was a second-round pick of the Minnesota Twins in 2005 and was with the team through 2011 before being traded to the Colorado Rockies in December 2011. He was then dealt by Colorado to Cleveland a month later and made eight starts in the minors, going 3-3 with a 5.14 earned run average at Triple-A Columbus.
He signed with the Marlins as a free agent on Jan. 15.
Slowey is 1-1 in two career starts against the Braves with a 5.91 ERA in 10 2/3 innings of work.
On Sunday in Atlanta, Ramiro Pena hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning and Tim Hudson fired 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball in the Braves' 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs in the finale of a three-game set.
Hudson (1-0) fanned seven and surrendered just three hits and two walks for Atlanta, which swept the series.
Dan Uggla smacked a solo homer and scored twice in the triumph.
"A lot of good things happened on the homestand, great pitching again," Uggla said.
In New York, Marlon Byrd's two-run single in the ninth inning gave the Mets a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Marlins in a rubber match.
Steve Cishek (0-1) was on the mound in the ninth and got the first out, but then nicked Ruben Tejada with a pitch. Kirk Nieuwenhuis then dropped a single into left field that saw Tejada move to third and Nieuwenhuis take second on Juan Pierre's throw to third.
With the infield in, Byrd ripped a pitch down the third base line and past a diving Chris Valaika, scoring both runners for the victory.
Jose Fernandez, who won't turn 21 until July 31, became the youngest Marlin to ever start a game. He gave up just one run on three hits with a walk and eight strikeouts over five innings, and was in line for the win until the ninth- inning collapse.
Donovan Solano went 3-for-5 with an RBI while Justin Ruggiano and Valaika each added two hits and an RBI for the Marlins, who came into this season having been swept by Washington.
The Braves won 14 of 18 games between the teams in 2012, including seven of nine in Miami.


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Am asking because am at a point of deciding which one works for me and sticking to it for the long-term. At this point in time, I feel that Modern Orthodox is the best fit for me, I feel more connected to Ohel Leah in Hong Kong.
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Boys' lacrosse has grown by leaps and bounds in Section 9 since Kingston became the area's first varsity team in 1990.
Boys' lacrosse has grown by leaps and bounds in Section 9 since Kingston became the area's first varsity team in 1990.
Cornwall and Rhinebeck have added teams this season, swelling Section 9's ranks to 21 programs.
Still, it's the youth programs — or lack thereof — that determine how teams from the mid-Hudson Valley fare against those from lacrosse hotbeds on Long Island and in Western New York.
Mike Byrne has been playing lacrosse nearly his whole life. The senior defender for Minisink Valley first picked up a stick when he was in fourth grade.
Many of his Minisink Valley teammates have similar stories. Coach Chad Lakeman says he has only two players on his roster who did not play youth lacrosse.
As popular as the sport has become in Section 9, local teams are still playing catch-up with the rest of the state. A Section 9 team hasn't won a state tournament game since James I. O'Neill won in the first round of the Class C tournament in 2005.
"On Long Island, if you start in third grade, you're two years too late," Byrne said. "That's what we have to have up here."
The Mid-Hudson Youth Lacrosse League has served as a feeder program for many Section 9 varsity teams, which has been a tremendous help to coaches such as Lakeman, who is in his 10th season coaching the varsity at Minisink Valley.
"When we started, no one had played before. We played club for two years before (varsity), but we spent half the practice teaching the kids how to put the equipment on. They didn't know how to put their helmets on," Lakeman laughed. "We're a long way from learning how to put equipment on."
Other varsity teams have also seen the benefits of youth lacrosse.
At New Paltz, coach Ron Constable and Eric Brandt, who works at the school, teamed up to develop a winter-league team in the offseason to build what Constable called a "permanent lacrosse culture in our town."
Highland coach Tom Schlappich says his town's youth program has him excited about the future of the varsity program.
"We have over 60 boys involved in second through eighth grade," Schlappich said. "This year we will be starting a program for boys in kindergarten and first grade. We are now just beginning to reap the benefits of this feeder program, as we are beginning to see boys coming up to the varsity level with a much higher lacrosse IQ. The experience they gain at the youth level is priceless."
Jeff Krasulski, coach at Delaware Valley (Pa.), which is now playing in the Wyoming Valley Lacrosse League instead of Section 9, says the youth program there has helped his varsity program grow.
"Our youth team participation has grown each year and has helped build a lacrosse culture at DV," he said.
Most of all, local youth leagues have given the players a head start on high school lacrosse.
"It starts kids young and gives them a feel for the stick," said Minisink Valley senior attackman Jake Levins. "We have more control with our sticks because we start young. It's just that we have to expand to where we have lacrosse before we started."
Not every team in Section 9 is on equal footing when it comes to having the benefit of youth lacrosse programs.
Middletown and Newburgh do not have feeder programs of their own, which means the coaches in those programs are often dealing with players who are competing — and simply, learning about the sport — for the first time at the varsity and jayvee levels.
"As a coach, we're definitely at a disadvantage for not having a youth team," said Middletown coach Scott Cantara. "We have to teach guys how to catch and throw. If you look at one of these teams that has a youth program, they might not be very good athletes, but they can all catch and throw. They're learning that at the low levels.
"All the other programs are getting better, too, with their youth programs. We're keeping pace and we're closing the gap, but five years down the road, if we don't have a youth program, it's going to be hard to keep pace."
At Newburgh Free Academy, coach Lee Cobb does not have a jayvee or modified team or any assistant coaches. He's solely in charge of 39 varsity players, spending much of his time teaching them the basics.
"I love the sport and I love the kids and that's why I do it," Cobb said. "With all the economic issues and all that, it gives you a few more gray hairs, but it's worth it in the long run just to give the kids the experience. I'd like to coach a sport like baseball or basketball where the kids are learning everything from 5 years old and up and all I have to do are my Xs-and-Os and not everything else."
It's not that Middletown and Newburgh are hurting for players, as both schools have seen plenty of interest in the sport.
Damien Colon, a senior attackman at Middletown, was a football player in middle school before then-jayvee coach Michael Stolt opened his eyes to lacrosse.
"I started watching videos and I got interested," Colon said. "I bought a stick and I started playing in my backyard. I came out and tried out and made the team. I fell in love with it really quick."
Colon hasn't been playing the game since elementary school, but he's been trying to make up for lost time. Middletown participated in fall and spring tournaments and many players also attended camps or played on travel teams in the offseason.
The Middletown players also try to follow Major League Lacrosse and the big college games online and on television.
"The more lacrosse you watch, the more you get into it," said Middletown junior attackman Eduardo Hernandez.
Like many of the suburban school districts in the area, Minisink Valley has seen interest in lacrosse explode over the last decade.
A big reason for the team's recent success — the Warriors won the first Section 9 title in program history last spring — are the youth programs.
"It's been a real value to us and obviously a disadvantage to Middletown and Newburgh and the teams that don't have it," Lakeman said. "We do open up our youth program to anybody and the other teams do, too. It's not like we're exclusive. If a Middletown kid wanted to come over and play with us, he could.
"We want to grow the game in the section and make the section competitive at the state level. I think this is a huge part of that. When we have kids who have been playing four or five years in high school, rather than teaching them to pass and catch, we're teaching them offensive formations, how to do a lot of these other things. Eventually, that will get us to that level."
One challenge that remains for districts with or without feeder programs is coaching. Since many parents in the area do not come from lacrosse backgrounds themselves, it's been tough to find people willing and able to teach the game at the lower levels.
"It is a family thing. Most of their parents probably played baseball in the spring," Cantara said. "But these kids are going to have little brothers and sisters and that's starting to trickle down. When they have kids, their kids will play lacrosse. It will naturally do that, but if you go to Syracuse and Long Island, it's been there for generations.
"The whole section is starting to close the gap, I believe. We're starting to compete. Our best can play with anyone, I think."


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A type of alcoholic drink that tastes so good you'd swear there was no alcohol in it. Created by a man in CT USA known only as HoR.
That isn't your mommas fruit punch, that's Horzor baby.
by HoR January 20, 2005
An exploitive usually used the following morning after drinking many horzor's. One would fin him or herself upside-down in a lawn chair 4 houses away from your car, covered in dew and sunburn, tufts of animal hair in between your fingers and a feeling like your inards have been replaced with oily rags.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Contemporary Art Abstract Landscape, Coastal Landscape Art "Sunset Beauty" by California Contemporary Abstract Artist Joyce Poisson
24"x12"x1.5" Gallery Wrapped canvas
This painting was created for the San Clemente, North Beach Association City Banner Project, and will soon hang on El Camino Real Road.
Prints are available Here
Commissions are welcome.
To view more of my work, visit http://poissonfineart.com
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You don't have to be a brown-noser to give your kid a leg up in class this year. But alienate your child's instructor, and it'll be harder to communicate about his progress and problems. Luckily, there is a happy middle ground. Here are twenty-eight tips from teachers around the country on how to make yourself an A-plus academic advocate. Surprise: an apple on her desk is nowhere on the list.
1. Make attending parent-teacher conferences a priority
It's one of the few opportunities to really learn about your child's progress.
2. Make the first move
Try early on to have a short word with your child's teacher at orientation or after school. This will open up an avenue of communication well before your scheduled teacher-parent conference.
3. Skip the chit chat
She really doesn't want to know that you're thinking about changing the color of your hair from caramel to copper. Save chitchat for your gal pals, husband, or therapist. If a teacher sees you as someone who "dumps" stress on them, they may avoid you — and that's not a good thing for your kid.
4. Keep it short
There are other parents waiting to talk to the teacher — and he/she might want to get home to their own kids, trivia night at the local bar, Pay-per-View, whatever. A quick hello is plenty.
5. Don't judge a book by its cover
Think a new teacher looks too young, or too old, or the wrong gender? Great teachers come in all shapes, sizes, and ages — just like parents.
6. Don't cancel last minute
Just like with a date, a last-minute cancellation or being a no-show gives the impression that you don't care — in this case, about your child.
7. Be nice
Obviously, if the teacher has good will towards you, it may carry over to your child. But don't obsess. Being courteous and following the Golden Rule is good enough.
8. Don't be shy
Being open and honest is not only good for your marriage. The teacher can't help you or your child if he or she doesn't know there is an issue.
9. Share background information
Not only will the teacher be more sympathetic to your child, but she'll also feel like you recognize that she has an important role in your kid's life.
10. Honor thy classroom supply sheet
Assume there's a good reason for using two- instead of three-hole punch binders, and the teacher's not just out to make supply shopping into a time-consuming scavenger hunt.
11. Speak up
Also, if you have something similar to a requested item, ask the teacher before substituting.
12. Help with homework
If you can get them over a hump and up to speed with the lesson, this prevents the teacher from having to privately tutor your child in a full classroom.
13. But don't do homework
You are only hurting them. Not only will they learn less, but they won't think they can do it on their own (and they might be right). Seriously, if you're not planning on going off with them to college, don't start now.
14. Don't bring kids to a parent-teacher conference
You'll be distracted, the teacher will be irritated, and the children will be bored. Hire a sitter, or leave your spouse at home with the kids and report back.
15. Supply your school
Particularly with ongoing budget costs, many teachers spend their own money to supplement classroom supplies. Beginning-of-the-year donations or holiday gifts of supplies will not only help the teacher, but also your child.
16. Give your time
Volunteer in the classroom, be a lunchroom monitor, work at the school store, or chaperone a field trip or dance.
17. Listen to both sides
Of course you want to believe your kid if he's complaining about school — that's natural. But get a clear picture of a situation before you react.
18. Give thanks
A simple and sincere "thank you" is always appropriate. Presents are nice but not needed. If you do give a gift, food is usually an inoffensive option. Everyone's got to eat.
19. Give the teacher some space
And don't be upset if the teacher does not respond immediately to a note, email or phone call. With cutbacks and growing class sizes, teachers are overwhelmed. If you get no response, write again or follow up with a phone call — but be polite.
20. Keep in touch the teacher's way
Email is often preferred because you won't catch him or her at a bad time or get involved in a frustrating game of phone tag.
21. Know when to call instead of email
It tends to dampen or heighten emotions like anger and frustration. Plus, if a legal situation arises you might have to make your correspondence public.
22. Speak to the teacher first
If nothing gets resolved, then go to the principal or headmaster.
23. Don't be a "helicopter parent"
Let your child represent himself with his or her teacher, particularly in high school. Dealing with teachers when they need to get extra help or to discuss other problems will prepare them for interacting with professors at college — when, presumably, you won't be there as an advocate.
24. Don't tell a teacher how to grade
If you're confused or think it's unfair, ask for an explanation of the criteria or for the teacher to defend a grade.
25. Keep your kid organized
While it might seem outdated, having a tidy book bag and passing "binder tests" is important. Kids get embarrassed and teachers get annoyed when lessons are brought to a halt by missing materials.
26. Make copies of report cards and tests
It's up to you to keep track of this stuff. You may have a few children to keep track of, while the teacher may have over a hundred.
27. Follow school food rules
While your child's favorite birthday treat may be peanut butter bars, there are a lot of allergic kids out there. Many schools have outlawed treats like baked goods, especially anything containing nuts.
28. Work as a team
There are probably a few reasons why you're not homeschooling your kid. One? Teaching is hard. If you can work together with your child's teacher, both of you will have an easier time of things.


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Any definite period of time is a symbol of a whole lifetime. If we live them consciously, the mythic forty days of Lent take us on a journey that reflects every process in our experience. We begin, we falter, we recover, we learn from mistakes, the feeling of success alternates with that of failure. Hopefully at the end we emerge with an integration that indicates a higher level of consciousness, a way of seeing that effortlessly goes beyond success and failure.
Many people are as frightened of success as they are of failure. A person in business who is promoted to a higher position, one that everyone envies, can be filled with anxiety and self-doubt even while everyone jealously applauds him or her. As long as it remains an ambition to be achieved, success is enjoyable. Once arrived at, however, it challenges our self-estimation and can easily generate fears, for example that we will not prove capable of the new role we now find ourselves in. What often keeps people in the race for success is merely the fear of how they will be seen by others if they reject what everyone else desires. As soon as you are seen not to be 'hungry' in modern corporate life you become the prey.
In this state people have in effect lost themselves - but in the wrong way. They have actually lost the ability to lose themselves. And they may have to wait until the wheel of fortune turns against them for that capacity to be restored – if, of course, they can still recognize it.
Only working in the spirit of service and responsibility to others avoids this trap. So, the emptiness of "success" is a precious lesson about the nature of the spiritual work. We have hardly begun the work of meditation until we have at least recognized and then begun to let go of the desire to succeed at it. What at times might feel like success in meditation has to be renounced immediately. The ego always clings to what it knows best – success as the supremacy of the individual I. But the ego must be eased into going beyond spiritual desire, even the desire for God. Only regular practice, steady, deepening fidelity, makes this happen.
Laurence Freeman OSB
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Mouth Of Hell
Posted by Rot at 12:29 PM
Labels: 2006, allen's halloween page, atmosphere, hell, hellmouth, old school, prop
4 comments:
- Ghoul Friday said...
Thank goodness they put the sign there so people would know what it was ;)
"What do you think it is, Norman?"
"I don't know, Nelly, but looks to me like the opening to hell. Either that or the septic tanks is about to explode again"
- September 23, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- Johnny said...
What a cool and original idea!
Love it.
- September 23, 2009 at 3:47 PM
- ShellHawk said...
So THAT'S where my ex-husband came from!
- September 23, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- jay's shadow said...
I have one of those in my back yard,they told me it was for my well water....no wonder my water tastes funny
- September 23, 2009 at 5:56 PM
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Corsair 550D Case Review
I'm back with yet another case review; it seems like I have my own store to sell cases here anymore. We just took a look at the 300R from Corsair, a not-so-impressive lower-end case with a high price tag. Today we are moving up in ranks in the same form factor as we take a look at the 550D from the Corsair Obsidian family. The 650D from this series just recently replaced my 600T from the carbide series as my day-to-day review rig. So when it's not being swapped case to case, it does have a home.
Corsair has grown on me a bit over time with each new case. The 600T first won me over with the easy-to-close side panels. The 650D to replace it won again with the same panels and better cooling. The 550D we are looking at today looks to be another winner as well. Although it doesn't have the same handles to mount the side panels, it does have a neat little hidden back button to hold them in place. There's no need for thumb screws and getting the panel back on after making changes isn't a pain in the arse. Before I give away too many lovely features of this case, let's go ahead and start getting a closer look of it ourselves…
Closer Look:
As usual, I'll start with the box pictures as it showed up on my doorstep. If you are familiar at all with the Corsair cases then you know the packaging style; brown box, black text, and drawings of the case with specifications and features outlined. If you don't know the style all too well, just take a glance at any Corsair review in the last couple years – it's a standard that I've come to know as the "Corsair" box and still remains as one of my favorite box printing styles.
The front of the box insures you are receiving the chassis you ordered, in big bold lettering it reads "Corsair Obsidian 550D". Once you are sure the delivery guy didn't bring you the wrong package and that your order has been filled correctly you can happily bring it inside knowing what you have. The back side of the box shows a blown-out view of the case showing key features including: revolutionary combination of noise and cooling, superior airflow, the silent treatment, and the concepts of being built by builders for builders.
The sides of the box are, well, the sides of the box. You get a couple sketches of the case from the front and a side panel removed. It honestly depicts the case rather well just in an inverted color manner. The specifications and features are listed in rather fine print in order to include multiple languages. Corsair's products have always seemed to be a friendly offering of understanding worldwide.
Cutting open the box like I've told you a million times is the best moment. The product is finally being released to my hands – either a good thing, or a bad thing depending on what it is and how good it is. I'm pretty happy with the packing, as most things coming here come across the entire United States, so getting here in one piece is always impressive. Two foam caps, a plastic bag, and extra cardboard scraps protect the case all the way here.


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IT WILL be weeks before the world gets a handle on the full scale of devastation and death wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan, which ripped through the central Philippines last week, but it's clear from initial, incomplete accounts that the impact has been staggering. Millions of people have been affected, hundreds of thousands displaced and untold thousands or tens of thousands killed. Widespread looting has been reported, and the threat of more disorder is real.
International organizations are gearing up for what will be a vast, complex and challenging relief effort. It's essential they get priorities straight and the resources to do the job.
Although initial news reports have focused on the horrific destruction in the provincial capital city of Tacloban (pop. 220,000), 360 miles southeast of Manila, there are many fragmentary dispatches from rural and remote towns and villages suggesting a widely dispersed calamity. That means huge logistical problems will need to be resolved to carry out an effective relief effort that reaches people and places victimized by the storm, which packed sustained winds of nearly 200 mph, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane. Regional airports must be repaired and roads and bridges rebuilt and cleared in a hurry—all this in a country where transportation infrastructure was already inadequate. Electricity is out over an enormous area, as are communications systems.
Equally important is averting a public-health disaster. That will mean distributing food, clean water and medical supplies. With homes, public buildings and infrastructure flattened across hundreds of square miles, tents, blankets, field hospitals and generators are desperately needed, as is equipment to rebuild communications networks, the power grid and sanitary systems. Not least, it is critical that bodies are buried quickly.
The United States is furnishing transport aircraft, as well as surveillance planes and helicopters, to help with search-and-rescue efforts that can save lives in the crucial coming days. U.N. entities, including UNICEF, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, are mobilizing. So are dozens of nongovernmental organizations and nonprofit groups, such as the Red Cross.
Still, the scope of destruction is daunting, and there are worrisome signs that the international community faces an uphill struggle to mobilize for it. UNICEF said in a statement Monday that as many as 4 million children in the Philippines have been affected by Haiyan. In the same statement, it said a UNICEF warehouse in Copenhagen was sending supplies — water-purification tablets, soap, medical kits, tarps — for just 10,000 families.
Certainly, more aid and material will be forthcoming from UNICEF and other key agencies. Fundraising drives are under way, and about two dozen countries have announced relief efforts — though the efforts planned by some, such as China's pledge of $100,000, seem grossly inadequate.
By contrast, the U.N.'s humanitarian affairs office quickly released an initial $25 million from the world body's emergency fund. That suggests more realism about the scale of the tragedy. Still, speed is essential.


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Tray55 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
media quicky (Come for News Stay for Conversation)
We're launching soon a very clean site similiar to the CLEAN design of (99designs) and hulu. The culture of the company will be very google-ish meaning having fun. You get your media quick! Don't waste time. Our visitors will stay to conversate with others
Our target audience is sleek/ hip & cool.
The design of the logo should be very clean. we want to play with it throughout the year like google on BIG days so logo should be engaging yet leave us room to always have fun with it on big events. see attachment and yahoo.
We love Nip/Tuck how they have the " / " that splits ...
We also love the NEW nexus one logo - very clean
we also LOVE how apple keeps it simple yet cool ...
We also want something that once you see our logo or favicon like apple/google you know it is our site.
Our main goal is to be modern / fun/ cool/ simple yet it will STAND out amongst the giants!
see attachments of some logos we like - you don't have to be like them be creative!!!!! more jobs in the future that is for sure!!!!
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not saying you have to use the icon but it'd be interesting to see - if you use the icon - i'd love to see with & without
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El Cerrito Plaza Station
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Poo likes his new shirt
So last Thursday night I was asked to be a judge at the SF Air Guitar Championships alongside Marc Hawthorne of the Onion, Jennifer Maerz of the Weekly, and Zach from Rogue Wave.
This is last year's New York champ and this year's MC... The world championships are in Finland (they started the world air guitar championships) and they win almost every year. Doesn't it seem like the US should be reigning champs?!
Watch the video and check out how the audience turns on us... I'm sure we were completely retarded considering the amount of alcohol we all drank. We had two full pitchers at all times and a waitress who brought the shots of whiskey... Hope the audience enjoyed our slurring verbal abuse.
This is Ryan who asked me to be a judge.
Nat who is one of the organizers and friend... doesn't he look like someone you know?
sellout crowd.
the whiskey bringer
So we had these tablets to write our scores on to show to the audience. We were also encouraged to heckle the performers to some degree. Example: you write 'Joe Sucks' when that guy comes out to air guitar Joe Satriani... Who the fuck air guitars Joe Satriani?!
I'm sure that tape is full of "hey, camera guy!!! Hey, camera guy, turn around. turn around so I can get your photo!!! HEY! HEY, camera guy!"
Mission Creek Music Festival is going on right now! You going to any shows? Jennifer is.
Haven't seen Lisa and Matt for a long time.
Jeremy leaves his shell/ house... He and The Nightowlcoholic will be in Germany wearing lederhosen speeding down the autobahn jamming David Hasselhoff... Not kidding. The blogging for that wil bring tears to your eyes. Wonder if they'll run into the Saint Pauli girl.
The Cookout and the Groshong
I'm telling you, wearing blankets is in right now.
Hightower rules. The played at Softball Sunday on the nicest day of the year.
Softball Sunday
Afterwards we went to Cha Cha Cha and ran into holy Nicolas Cage.
Mr. Franklin
Joey and I
Visited Shawn Connley at MILK and ran into brothers. Sean's brother and Ed Davera's brother.
Sam was the best corner store guy ever.
I bought this guy a beer. If I were making a movie, I'd have to ask him to be in it.
Ok, so it's Sunday night at it's the warmest/ nicest night of the year so far... I don't want to go home, so I just rode through the panhandle and came across the guys below who happen to work at Trader Joes... They invited me in for some beers and when I went for the photo, shirts flew off... aaaallllright. Sweet helmet dance party.
Thanks for the beers. You guys are good times.
Head Butt
and then to the park at who knows what time it was... and then in happened. The sun came up. Wow, that hasn't happened in a long time.
Those were fun times, and now, back to work.
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Justin Bieber's Lawyers Release Statements Following His Arrest
Justin Bieber's lawyers have issued statements following his arrest over the weekend with charges of assault and dangerous driving after his ATV crashed with a mini van.
"Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez's peaceful retreat in Stratford this weekend was unfortunately disrupted by the unwelcome presence of paparazzi," Brian H. Greenspan, Justin's lawyer, said to People of the accident involving Selena and Justin. "This has regrettably resulted in charges of dangerous driving and assault. Mr. Bieber and Ms. Gomez have fully cooperated in the police investigation. We are hopeful that this matter will be quickly resolved."
Justin's other lawyer, Roy Black, also criticized, saying, "Justin, like many celebrities are continually harassed by police. Their privacy is shredded and these incidents can become dangerous. While the public is not particular sympathetic, they must realize how difficult these cameramen make their lives. So I am not surprised there is a conflict," he said. "It happens quite often, and as long as the paparazzi are highly paid for their photographs, they will continue."


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Douglas HERBERT
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Putin and Assad: Blood Brothers
Le 04-06-2012
The real reason Putin is unlikely to bend on Syria – ultimately forcing Western powers to find a way to bypass the Russian roadblock – has to do with Putin's own vision of himself as the sentinel of a mighty Russia that doesn't take moral lessons from the West...
For those of you wondering what it might take for Western leaders to persuade Vladimir Putin to take a tougher line on Syria, a little Google search is instructive.
Type in the keywords "Putin talks tough", or "Putin slams West" and you generate millions – yes, millions - of results in which Russia's paramount leader is seen heaping opprobrium on shriveling, hypocritical Western powers.
Enter the words "Putin bends", by contrast, and you still get several million results.
Except most of them involve Putin bending others, both people and objects, as in: "Putin bends cooking pan with bare hands".
When it comes to Russian diplomacy in the post-Arab Spring era, Putin is like obsidian, a hard black volcanic glass that can fracture to create very sharp edges.
These qualities make obsidian a prized element in surgical scalpel tools.
Much has been made of Russia's economic and strategic interests in Syria in order to explain – even justify - Putin's intransigence on Syria.
To be sure, Syria is a long-standing ally of Russia and its only firm foothold in a Middle Eastern region of shifting allegiances.
Sentinel of a mighty Russia
It is also, as Hillary Clinton reminded the world last week, a reliable client for Russian weapons (even if Putin denies that any Russian arms are used to fuel civil conflict in Syria or any other country).
The real reason Putin is unlikely to bend on Syria – ultimately forcing Western powers to find a way to bypass the Russian roadblock – has to do with Putin's own vision of himself as the sentinel of a mighty Russia that doesn't take moral lessons from the West.
Putin has made little secret of his nostalgia for the defunct Soviet Union.
For him, the collapse of the USSR was the greatest tragedy of the twentieth century. The man he holds responsible for the debacle - Mikhail Gorbachev - is, in the Putinian worldview (and one shared by an alarmingly large number of his compatriots) a historic bungler of epic proportions.
All of Putin's foreign policy initiatives have played to this sense of wounded pride.
Much like Bashar Assad, Putin perceives himself, and his country, as misunderstood victims of a pernicious Western plot to subvert and undermine the values of an eternal Russia that he holds dear.
There is little that Assad has done to suppress the uprising in Syria that Putin hasn't already tried on his own home front.


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UN experts call for rebuilding Zimbabwe's health, food systems
22 December 2008 – Four independent United Nations human rights experts today called on the Government of Zimbabwe and the international community to do more to rebuild the country's health system, end the worst cholera epidemic ever recorded there and ensure adequate food for all people as millions face hunger. FULL REPORT>>
Flood-stricken Papua New Guinea receives UN assistance
16 December 2008 – The United Nations is sending a disaster assessment team to Papua New Guinea after severe sea swells hit the northern shoreline, affecting up to 60,000 people, according to government estimates. FULL REPORT>>
In northern Kyrgyzstan, UN refugee agency funds school and sanitation projects
28 November 2008 – The United Nations refugee agency is supporting school and sanitation projects in rural areas of northern Kyrgyzstan that have served as home to former refugees from neighbouring Tajikistan. FULL REPORT>>
Ban alarmed as humanitarian conditions worsen in Zimbabwe
25 November 2008 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced alarm at the deteriorating humanitarian conditions inside Zimbabwe, where an estimated 6 million people could soon require food aid, a deadly cholera outbreak is spreading and health-care, education and sanitation services are collapsing. FULL STORY>>
UN-backed scheme gives 3,000 Kenyan prisoners clean water and sanitation
24 November 2008 – Some 3,000 prisoners, staff and their families in Kenya will have access to clean water and basic sanitation thanks to a new United Nations-backed programme. FULL STORY>>
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18 November 2008 – Boosting the standard of sanitation in poor countries worldwide is a matter of basic human dignity, and yet 40 per cent of the global population still does not have access to toilets, a United Nations rights expert said today, calling for donor investment to be stepped up to save lives and reduce the spread of diseases. FULL STORY>>
Experts discuss water and sanitation access to millions in Asia-Pacific Region
13 November 2008 – The three-day UN-supported 2nd International WASH Practitioners' Marketplace and Fair ended on Thursday, 13 November in the town of Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh. It was organized by ESCAP and STREAMS of Knowledge - a global coalition of resource centres engaged in capacity development in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene. FULL STORY>>
UNICEF ambassador voices concern for Central Africans on lack of clean water
6 November 2008 – The United States rock singer and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador Joel Madden has voiced concern for the thousands of children in the Central African Republic (CAR) whose lives are threatened by tainted water diseases after completing his first visit to the impoverished, strife-torn country. FULL STORY>>
UN seeks $17 million to assist Honduran flood victims
30 October 2008 – United Nations agencies and their non-governmental organisation (NGO) partners today appealed for more than $17 million to provide food, shelter, health care, water and sanitation over the next six months to some 270,000 people affected by severe floods in Honduras. FULL STORY>>
Millions lather up to save lives as UN observes Global Handwashing Day
15 October 2008 – Nearly 200 million people from over 70 countries participated today in United Nations events marking the first ever Global Handwashing Day, held to raise awareness about how a lack of effective sanitation and poor hygiene practices can bring death and disease. FULL STORY>>
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15 October 2008 – Ban Ki-moon took the opportunity on the 1st International Day of the Rural Women, to pay tribute to the valuable contributions made by rural women, including indigenous women, to agriculture and development. The Secretary-General also emphasised that improvements in roads, health care, water and sanitation systems and environmental protection will elevate not only women but society as a whole. FULL STATEMENT>>
UNICEF Ambassadors, The Wiggles, use jingle to encourage kids to wash hands
10 October 2008 – Popular Australian children's entertainers and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassadors, The Wiggles, have created a catchy tune to help motivate millions of children worldwide to transform the mundane act of handwashing into an enjoyable habit, thereby improving hygiene and reducing the risk of disease. FULL STORY >>
International Day for Disaster Reduction (Message by the Secretary-General)
8 October 2008 – The observance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction for 2008 takes place in a year that has seen more than its fair share of natural calamities, and falls on the third anniversary of the earthquake in South Asia. Now more than ever, when we are trying to accelerate national and international efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, disaster risk reduction needs to be acknowledged and incorporated as a key plank of that work. Only by investing in tangible risk reduction measures can we reduce vulnerability and protect development. FULL MESSAGE >>
Urbanization must not come at expense of environment, say UN officials
6 October 2008 – Top United Nations officials have marked World Habitat Day with a call to ensure that the rapid urbanization of towns and cities – which the majority of people today call home – is accompanied by decent living conditions and efforts to preserve the environment. FULL STORY>>
Tajik leader calls on UN for urgent assistance on water-related issues
25 September 2008 – The leader of Tajikistan today called on the General Assembly to take urgent action to boost the supply of water to meet development challenges. FULL STORY>>
Guinea-Bissau: UN agencies maintain fight against deadly cholera outbreak 25 September 2008 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) continue to help authorities in Guinea-Bissau combat an outbreak of cholera that has claimed at least 133 lives since May and forced thousands of others to be hospitalized. FULL STORY>>
Remarks on sanitation and water supply "One World One Dream: Sanitation and Water for All"
24 September 2008 – Speech of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during the High-Level Event on the Millenium Development Goals at the United Nations Headquarters about the recent situation and trends on sanitation and water supply . FULL STORY>>
Ban urges accelerated efforts to expand access to safe drinking water
24 September 2008 – Warning that a world without water will be very unstable, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a three-pronged strategy to ensure that the poorest inhabitants of the developing world have access to clean water and basic sanitation within seven years. FULL STORY>>
UNICEF brings relief to hurricane-ravaged Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands
13 September 2008 – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) staff in Cuba are rushing to provide clean water and sanitation to the areas hardest hit this week by Hurricane Ike, the fourth deadly tropical storm to batter the Caribbean region with torrential rains and heavy winds within the past month. FULL STORY>>
New UN report 'sounds strong alarm' on gaps in achieving development goals
4 September 2008 – Trade and aid are still major barriers to achieving the anti-poverty goals that countries committed themselves to achieving by 2015, despite significant progress in debt relief for the poorest States, according to a United Nations report launched today by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. FULL STORY>>
Greater efforts needed to provide safe water for more than 1 billion people, says Ban
1 September 2008 – More than one billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said today, calling for greater efforts to achieve the water and sanitation targets set by world leaders in 2000. FULL STORY>>
UN agencies join forces to combat environmentally-related diseases in Africa
26 August 2008 – A United Nations-sponsored conference that aims to tackle the environmental causes of diseases that claimed almost 2.5 million African lives each year begins in Gabon today. FULL STORY>>
Marking World Water Week, UNICEF calls for boost in sanitation
18 August 2008 – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has stressed the importance of sanitation and hygiene in schools as events are held around the globe to mark World Water Week, which began yesterday. FULL STORY>>
Five-year development road map agreed by UN and Timor-Leste
8 August 2008 – The United Nations and Timor-Leste's Government have embarked on a five-year programme to reduce poverty, consolidate democracy and provide basic social services for the people of the nation which the UN helped shepherd to independence in 2002. FULL STORY>>
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17 July 2008 – Despite recent progress, more than 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation, while nearly 1.2 billion people defecate without sanitary facilities, posing a major health threat to their communities, according to a report released today by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO). FULL STORY>>
UN issues call for $33 million to help earthquake survivors in China
16 July 2008 – The United Nations launched an appeal today for $33.5 million to help victims of May's devastating earthquake in China, which claimed nearly 70,000 lives, injured hundreds of thousands of people and left more than 5 million homeless. FULL STORY>>
UNICEF joins forces to launch water and sanitation project in Uganda
1 July 2008 – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union today launched a joint, four-year initiative to improve water and sanitation facilities in 21 districts across rural Uganda. FULL STORY>>
Water and sanitation vital to achieving other development goals, UN official says
13 May 2008 – Improving access to safe drinking water and decent sanitation worldwide will be critical to resolving many other challenges relating to sustainable development, such as desertification, rural health and ensuring that agriculture in poor countries is more effective, a United Nations official said today. FULL STORY>>
Business leaders with UN Global Compact urge action on water crisis
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Unclean water threatens health of one million Central Africans, UN warns
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UN food aid reaches tens of thousands of Ethiopian flood victims
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Android is like an Software Stack which provides the facility to develope, to deploy and to execute an application. Software Stack means more than one software includess.
In short, Android is Linux based open source mobile application development platform or say mobile based operating system.
There are two types of mobile operating system:-
- Propritate OS
- Open Source
I O.S. and Blackberry
Open Source OS means you can change the operating files and we don't have to take license for developing application in that OS.
One of the best thing in android is that it is open source so that we don't have to pay to create application in this or to use its API's.
To be Continued...........


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podcast: Postnatal depression - Louise's story
Louise is a young mother who developed postnatal depression (PND)
following the eventful birth of her first child. Here, she
discusses with Raj Persaud her experiences, and what it was like to
be admitted to a Mother and Baby Unit.About this leafletThis leaflet is for
anyone wants to know more about postnatal depression (PND for
short). We hope it will be helpful to:
The leaflet describes
Postnatal Depression is a depressive illness which affects
between 10 to 15 in every 100 women having a baby. The symptoms are
similar to those in depression at other times. These include low
mood and other symptoms lasting at least two weeks. Depending
on the severity, you may struggle to look after yourself and your
baby. You may find simple tasks difficult to manage.
Sometimes there is an obvious reason for PND, but not
always. You may feel distressed, or guilty for feeling like
this, as you expected to be happy about having a baby. However, PND
can happen to anyone and it is not your fault.
It's never too late to seek help. Even if you have been
depressed for a while, you can get better. The help you need
depends on how severe your illness is. Mild PND can be helped by
increased support from family and friends.
If you are more unwell, you will need help from your GP and
health visitor. If your PND is severe, you may need care and
treatment from a mental health service.
The timing varies. PND often starts within one or two months of
giving birth. It can start several months after having a baby.
About a third of women with PND have symptoms which started in
pregnancy and continue after birth.
You may have some or all of the following symptoms:
You feel low, unhappy and tearful for much or all of the time.
You may feel worse at certain times of the day, like mornings
or evenings.
You may get irritable or angry with your partner, baby
or other children.
All new mothers get pretty tired. Depression can make you feel
utterly exhausted and lacking in energy.
Even though you are tired, you can't fall asleep. You may lie
awake worrying about things. You wake during the night even when
your baby is asleep. You may wake very early, before your baby
wakes up.
Appetite changes
You may lose your appetite and forget to eat.
Some women eat for comfort and then feel bad about gaining
Unable to enjoy anything
You find that you can't enjoy or be interested in anything. You
may not enjoy being with your baby.
Loss of interest in sex
There are several reasons why you lose interest in sex
after having a baby. It may be painful or you may be too tired. PND
can take away any desire. Your partner may not understand this and
feel rejected.
Negative and guilty thoughts
Depression changes your thinking:
Most new mothers worry about their babies' health. If you
have PND, the anxiety can be overwhelming. You may worry
You may be so worried that you are afraid to be left alone with
your baby. You may need re-assurance from your partner, health
visitor or GP.
When you feel anxious, you may have some of the following:
You may avoid situations, such as crowded shops because you are
afraid of having panic symptoms.
Avoid other people
You may not want to see friends and family. You might find it
hard to go to postnatal support groups.
You may feel that things will never get better. You may think
that life is not worth living. You may even wonder whether your
family would be better off without you.
Thoughts of suicide
If you have thoughts about harming yourself, you should ask your
doctor for help. If you have a strong urge to harm yourself, seek
urgent help (see below).
Psychotic symptoms
A small number of women with very severe depression develop
psychotic symptoms. They may hear voices and have unusual beliefs.
If this happens, you should seek help urgently (see below).
Depressed mothers often worry that they might do this, but it is
very rare. Occasionally, through utter tiredness and desperation,
you might feel like hitting or shaking your baby. Many mothers (and
fathers) occasionally feel like this, not just those with PND. In
spite of having these feelings at times, most mothers never act on
them. If you do feel like this, tell someone.
Women often worry that if they tell someone how they feel, their
baby may be taken away. Actually your GP, health visitor and
midwife will want to help you get better. This will mean that you
can enjoy and care for your baby at home.
Having a baby is a time of huge change. It is common to
feel many different emotions. Not everyone gets a depressive
Over half of new mothers will experience the 'baby blues'. This
usually starts 3 to 4 days after birth. You may have mood swings.
You may burst into tears easily. You can feel irritable, low and
anxious at times. You may also over-react to things. It
usually stops by the time your baby is about 10 days old. Women
with baby blues do not need treatment. If it continues for more
than 2 weeks, tell your health visitor or GP. They can check
whether you have PND.
Depression and anxiety are the most
common mental health problems in pregnancy. They affect 10-15 in
every 100 women. Depression in pregnancy can be helped in much the
same way as postnatal depression. Women also experience a range of
other mental health problems during pregnancy, just like at other
See our leaflet on mental
health in pregnancy.
This is the most severe type of mental illness that happens
after having a baby. It affects around 1 in 1000 women and starts
within days or weeks of childbirth. It can develop in a few
hours and can be life-threatening, so needs urgent treatment.
There are many symptoms that may occur. Your mood may be
high or low and there are often rapid mood swings. Women often
experience psychotic symptoms. They may believe things that are not
true (delusions) or see or hear things that are not there
This illness always needs medical help and support. You may have
to go into hospital. Ideally, this should be to a specialist mother
and baby unit where your baby can go with you.
Women who have had previous episodes of severe mental illness,
particularly bipolar
disorder, are at a high risk of postpartum psychosis.
Women, who have had a severe episode of illness following a
previous delivery, are also at very high risk. Let your doctor or
midwife know about this. You can discuss with them ways to increase
the chances of you staying well.
Although puerperal psychosis is a serious condition, the vast
majority of women make a full recovery.
You may have had a mental illness before pregnancy. Your
symptoms may get worse or return after your baby is born. Just as
at other times, women can experience many types of mental health
problems. If you are worried about any type of mental illness,
discuss this with your GP. They can make sure you get the help and
support you need.
Many possible causes for PND have been suggested. There is
probably no single reason, but a number of different stresses may
add up to cause it.
You are more likely to have PND if you:
There may be a physical cause for your depression, such as an
underactive thyroid. This can be easily treated.
PND can start for no obvious reason, without any of these
causes. Also having these problems does not mean that you will
definitely have PND.
We don't know enough about PND to prevent it in the first place.
The following suggestions seem sensible and may help to keep you
The first thing is to recognise you have had a depressive
illness. Don't dismiss it as the 'baby blues'. Don't assume it's
normal to feel like this when coping with a baby.
There are lots of reasons why women delay seeking help. You
Some women worry that their baby will be taken away. In
fact, you are doing what is best for your baby and for yourself by
getting help for your PND. Doctors and health visitors want to get
the care you need so you can look after your baby.
People are now more aware of depression in general. This means
PND shouldn't be missed so often.
Doctors, midwives and health visitors usually ask new mothers
about their mental health. They may ask you to fill in a
questionnaire or ask the following questions:
It is important to answer these questions honestly so that you
can be offered help if you need it. If your answers suggest you
might have PND, you should see your GP. Your GP will need to ask
more questions to confirm the diagnosis.
The help and treatment you need depends on how severe your PND
is. Your GP and health visitor can help you decide what kind of
help you need.
Everyone can try the self-help suggestions below. If this
is not enough, you might benefit from a talking therapy. For more
severe depression, you may need medication, with or without talking
therapy. Your GP can advise you about these treatments.
A small number of women will need help from mental health
services. In some areas, there are perinatal mental health
services. These are specialist services for pregnant women or
women with a baby under a year old. Your GP can refer
you. This is usually only needed for women with more severe
Only a few women will need to go into hospital for treatment of
PND. In that case, you should usually be admitted with your
baby to a specialist Mother and Baby Unit.
If you cannot look after yourself or your baby, or if you have
plans to harm yourself, you should be seen
urgently by:
See our Partners in Care leaflet on Postnatal Depression.
Most women will get better without any treatment within 3 to 6
months. 1 in 4 mothers with PND are still depressed when their
child is one-year-old. However, this can mean a lot of suffering.
PND can spoil the experience of new motherhood. It can strain your
relationship with your baby and partner. You may not look after
your baby, or yourself, as well as you would when you are well. PND
can affect your child's development and behaviour even after the
depression has ended. So the shorter it lasts, the better.
The treatment you need depends on how unwell you are. You should
be told about all the likely benefits and risks of treatment so you
can make the best choice for you.
Treatment includes:
Talking about your feelings can be helpful, however depressed
you are. Sometimes, it's hard to express your feeling to
someone close to you. Talking to a trained counsellor or therapist
can be easier. It can be a relief to tell someone how you feel. It
can also help you to understand and make sense of your
Many general practices now have a counsellor. rained health
visitors can offer counselling at home in some areas.
There are also more specialised psychological treatments.
Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy can help you to see how some of your ways
of thinking and behaving may be making you depressed. You can learn
to change these thoughts which has a positive effect on other
symptoms. Other psychotherapies can help you to understand the
depression in terms of your relationships or what has happened
to you in the past.
Some counselling and psychotherapy services will see you more
quickly if you have recently had a baby. Ask your GP or health
visitor about services in your local area.
Talking treatments are usually very safe, but they can have
unwanted effects. Talking about things may bring up bad
memories from the past. This can make you low or distressed.
Psychotherapy can put a strain on relationships with people close
to you.
Make sure that you can trust your therapist and that they have
the necessary training.
Another problem with talking therapies is that they are still
hard to get in some areas. National guidelines state that women
with PND should be seen within a month. In reality, there are often
long waiting lists. This means you may not get any treatment for
quite a while.
If you have a more severe depression, or it has not improved
with support or a talking therapy, an antidepressant will
probably help.
There are several types of antidepressants. They all work
equally well, but have different side-effects. They are not
addictive. They can all be used in PND, but some are safer than
others if you are breastfeeding.
Antidepressants take at least 2 weeks to start working. You
will need to take them for around 6 months after your start to feel
Make sure that your doctor knows that you are breastfeeding. For
many antidepressants, there is no evidence that they cause problems
for breastfed babies, so breastfeeding is usually possible.
However, the decision is an individual one for each
woman. Some antidepressants have been used in breastfeeding
for many years. There is less information about newer
medications. You doctor can provide up-to-date information
and advice.
To decide whether to breastfeed when taking an antidepressant,
you need to think about:
Hormones have been suggested as a treatment for PND. However,
there is little evidence that they work, and they have their own
dangers, particularly if you have had thrombosis (blood clots in
their veins).
St John's Wort is a herbal remedy available from chemists.
There is evidence that it is effective in mild to moderate
depression. It seems to work in much the same way as some
antidepressants, but some people find that it has fewer
One problem is that St John's Wort can interfere with
the way other medications work. If you are taking other medication,
you should discuss it with your doctor. This is very important if
you are taking the oral contraceptive pill. St John's Wort might
stop your pill working. This can lead to an unplanned
There is not enough information to say that it is definitely
safe in breastfeeding. Only small amounts get into breast milk, but
do not assume that because it is 'herbal', it will be safe. Discuss
the risks and benefits of treatment in breastfeeding with your
and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service
guidance. NICE CG192 (2014) National
Institute for Health and Care Excellence: London.
Musters C, McDonald E, Jones L (2008) Management of
postnatal depression. British Medical Journal, 337,
Dennis CL, Hodnett ED (2007) Psychosocial
and psychological interventions for treating postpartum depression.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Oct.
Issue 4.
Association for Postnatal
Helpline: 020 7386 0868. Provides telephone helpline,
information leaflets and a network of volunteers who have
themselves experienced PND.
Tel: 020 7407 7584; email: email@example.com
Information, support and understanding for
people who suffer with depression, and for relatives who want to
help. Self-help groups, information, and raising awareness for
Helpline: 08451 228669. Provides self-help and support for
families with excessively crying and sleepless and
demanding babies.
Tel: 020 7254 6251. Support and practical help for families
affected by mental illness, including 'Newpin' services - offering
support to parents of children under-5 whose mental health is
affecting their ability to provide safe parenting.
Tel: 0800 068 6368. Support and practical help for families with
at least one child under-5. Help offered to parents finding it hard
to cope for many reasons. These include PND or other mental
illness, isolation, bereavement, illness of parent or child.
National Childbirth
Helpline: 0300 330 0700. Support and information on
all aspects of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. Local groups
and telephone helplines.
A website offering support and information on pregnancy and
parenting. There is a specific section on offering support. There
is also information on local resources and support groups.
An organisation that helps individuals and their families
with pre- and postnatal depression advice and support. They also
offer support to families in the antenatal period. Helpline (open
9am to 8pm): 0843 2898401.
24-hour helpline 08457 90 90 90 (UK) or 116 123 (Ireland);
Email: email@example.com.
Confidential emotional support for those in distress who are
experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including suicidal
Tel: 0300 100 1234. Relationship support including couple and
family counselling. Face-to-face, telephone or online
The Wellspring Charity Foundation: Fighting UK
Produces an ante-natal and post-natal information pack.
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Motability at Lookers Volkswagen (Newcastle).
It's more than just a drive.
If you rely on Motability, you can rely on us
The Motability scheme enables people who receive a government-funded mobility allowance to buy or lease a car. We have a wide range of cars available with nil advance rentals or small, affordable advance rentals. Our Motability specialists will guide you through your options and find the right car for your needs. Once exchanged, you'll have a brand-new car to enjoy worry-free motoring. You'll even benefit from a brand-new car every three years, insurance and road tax, servicing, maintenance and repairs plus breakdown cover.
So, how do I qualify?
Whether you're the driver, a passenger or a child, you can use any of the following allowances towards the cost of a motability car: A Higher Rate Component of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) A War Pensioners Motability Supplement (WPMS) A Personal Independence Payment (PIP) An Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP).


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CRESTVIEW � Sharon Jackson wants to enhance the city�s musical offerings with her gift of a Wurlitzer electronic organ.
CRESTVIEW � Sharon Jackson wants to enhance the city�s musical offerings with her gift of a Wurlitzer electronic organ.
The organ had been in Jackson's family for years.
"We had it a long time. It's a beautiful organ," Jackson said. "It's a family piece. I used to play it. I had a couple grandkids who'd play on it once in a while."
However, because of lack of space in their home, Jackson's family moved the organ to their covered porch, and protected it with a plastic sheet.
Jackson called city clerk Betsy Roy in mid-May and offered the instrument to the city for use in Warriors Hall.
Roy had the organ transported to the Stillwell Boulevard auditorium, and contacted the Friends of the Arts to see if the group could evaluate the organ and contribute toward its maintenance if the city accepted it.
The organization provided and maintains the Warriors Hall grand piano and produces arts events benefiting improvements to the facility.
Mary Mancini, a Friends member and former music storeowner, is having the organ evaluated by a trained technician, Friends President Rae Schwartz told the City Council at a May 21 meeting.
Schwartz said she would present the council with the technician's evaluation of the organ.
"If it's reasonable, we will certainly take it on and maintain it," Schwartz said.
Roy said if the organ is in good condition, it will enhance services offered by the auditorium.
Jackson said she hopes children might take organ lessons on it.
Her son, Chris, said the family is at peace knowing the instrument will keep making music.
"We were glad to see it go to someone who can use it," he said. "We were afraid with bad weather coming it would get ruined sitting on the front porch."
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.