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This Indiana pumpkin patch is so much fun. From the 6 acre corn maze (with map!), to the corn box, Washoes, rubber ducky race, and then some…there's a lot to see and do.
The toddler was particular thrilled about the rubber duck race. He didn't so much care about the ducks but that he got to work the pump. Fun! little Indiana can't recommend Guse Christmas Tree Farm in Wanatah, Indiana enough. A great time was had by all.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has appointed Brandon Woolf as the state's new Controller. Woolf was named temporary controller in July after Donna Jones was badly injured in a car crash. Otter said at the time that Woolf would serve until the 73-year-old Jones returned to her job. Monday morning, Otter announced during a press conference that Jones had resigned from the position, and he named Woolf permanently to the post. His appointment is subject to approval by the Idaho Senate.

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Here are some scans from a particularly scurrilous bit of Monroesploitation from 1964. I mean, who wouldn't trust an author revealing him or herself only as "Her Psychiatrist Friend" & an artist named "Veno"?
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wedding planning // the dresses
If you follow me on Instagram (@emiliestorey) you know that I said yes to the dress this past Saturday! I am so excited to have found the dress I am going to wear on the day I marry Aaron <3
I met my mum at a great bridal shop in Cincinnati, Ohio called Bridal and Formal early on Saturday morning. I was very overwhelmed at first, due to the amount of people there (they were having a trunk show that day) and the number of dresses they had. We were matched up with a bridal consultant, named Lacrecia, who was AMAZING. She was so friendly, supportive, and knowledgeable...it made the entire experience that much better.
I went in thinking I was going to end up with one specific dress that I had seen online and fallen in love with...and it was in my final two that I had to decide between...but I ended up going with a different one that Lacrecia had pulled for me to try. It is so gorgeous...it is comfortable, romantic, and fits our mountain wedding vibe perfectly. I can't wait to share pictures with you all!
Since the wedding is going to be so small, I'm not having a traditional bridal party that is part of the procession and stands up with us for the ceremony. However, I did ask my sister and two best friends, Michelle and Roxanne, to still be bridesmaids and be in pictures, get ready with me, and help in all the other ways a bridesmaid does :)
I didn't want traditional, match-y dresses for them, so I went in search of something unique. We found these great dresses from ASOS and ordered them online. They were only about $80 a piece, which was awesome - plus I love that they are all different, but work together.
Finally, the last thing on the list is to find a dress for my step-daughter, Aubrey. Again, I want something unique...so I've been looking at Dollcake and Tea Princess. These are both Australian companies that make amazing bohemian-style dresses for young girls. I have yet to pick which one I am going to order, but these are the finalists...which ones do you like?? I'd love some opinions! xx
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Yay so exciting that you found your dress & had such a great experience! Love all of those flower girl dresses but I think the third one is my favorite.ReplyDelete
oh my goodness, i am obsessed with the first (second picture is the same, right?) flower girl dress. so pretty. and yay for finding your dress!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on finding your dress- so exciting! Your inspiration for the flower girls is just too perfect! xo, Biana -BlovedBostonReplyDelete
This is sooo exciting! I'm so happy for you! I can't wait to see your wedding dress! I'm sure it is absolutely stunning! I absolutely love the dresses you picked out for your girls and what a perfect price! I'm not much help on Aubry's dress but I think I like #2 and #3 the best! You have such great taste so I'm sure no matter what you choose it will all look gorgeous!ReplyDelete


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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has put information at people's fingertips about the wait times for emergency room service at its hospitals.
The information, which is updated every two minutes, can be accessed by visiting a website or by texting for an automatic reply. Methodist is the first hospital system in the Mid-South to provide the service.
The system went online last Thursday. The website is www.methodisthealth.org/ER. People without Internet access can obtain the same information by texting ERwait to 46786 on a mobile phone.
"It does hold us accountable," said David Cummings, corporate administrator of patient care operations for Methodist. "We want to provide safe, efficient, high-quality patient care. We need to do it somewhat quickly."
The average wait time is for the period from when a patient walks into the door of the emergency room until that patient is seen by a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant.
Patients with life-threatening situations such as heart attacks, stroke symptoms or traumatic injuries receive priority in emergency rooms. The service is intended for those patients, but for non-critical situations.
"This is really for folks who have a choice," Cummings said. "They might be between two hospitals."
He gave the example of someone with a sprained ankle needing to know which hospital had the shortest wait time.
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Other hospital systems that have implemented real-time posting about emergency room wait times include Atlantic General Hospital in Maryland, Scottsdale Healthcare in Arizona and TriStar Health System in Middle Tennessee.
In recent years, average wait times at emergency departments have been on the rise nationwide. The average wait time nationally is 60 minutes, Cummings said, quoting information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's a 32 percent increase from 1996 to 2006.
One factor for the rise is that the number of emergency departments has decreased from 4,019 to 3,833.
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Dr. Joe Holley, medical director of Shelby County Emergency Services, said he thinks the technology implemented by Methodist will also be useful to paramedics. First responders can share the information with non-critical patients as they select a hospital.
"That's extremely helpful information," he said. "I sort of pushed on Methodist to do this."
Longer term, he sees the potential for an inter-connected system between all Memphis-area hospitals. Such a system would be beneficial in the event of a public health emergency such as an earthquake or pandemic, he said.
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For Palm Sunday, I decided to get a craft together for Claire and her little buddy, Logan for church. The children in our church are with the parents in worship, for the most part, but in the last year or so, a few volunteers have put together a short Sunday School class for the kids during the sermon. Thus far, we have put all the kids together, but I thought I might pull the littles out for a Palm Sunday Story and craft. Pinterest to the rescue. I found a easy, cute craft for the kids using their handprints to make palm branches. We read the story and practiced saying "Hosanna!" (Which is really cute with 2 year olds) and made our branches. I know they are "getting" everything but I keep working to build this foundation. Our house didn't look like a house when it was a concrete slab but without the slab, it's not a house. So for me, Palm Sunday was about teaching my little one that there's only One fit to worship.
The rest of the week I tried making sure we talked about the crucifixion (age appropriate of course). We read the story out of her story Bibles a couple times. She's known, "Jesus died on the cross because He loves us" For a while. She associates the cross with Him, for sure. We were coming up on a Methodist Church which a huge cross on the steeple and she just about went ballistic from the backseat not long ago. "Look mommy, look! Cross! Jesus" Apparently, this is all sinking in, which is good. So for the resurrection, I thought I might go ahead and do Resurrection rolls with Claire and see how it goes. I knew teaching the Resurrection to a small person who really doesn't quite understand death was going to be interesting but I decided to do it anyway and reminded myself of the whole "building a foundation" thing. I've been having her help with cooking dinner, lately, and thought she could also get a cooking lesson out of it as well. So Saturday night we started after dinner. These are so, so easy. I pulled out the marshmallows and melted the butter and put cinnamon and sugar in a second bowl. Told Claire that we were going to pretend the marshmallow was Jesus. She seemed okay with this. So we continued. "Now when Jesus died on the cross, they took his body and put oil on it, since that's what the custom was in the place He lived. Can you take our pretend Jesus and roll Him in the butter." "Oh, yes, mommy!" So she took the marshmallow and rolled it up and got butter all over it. "Then they took Jesus and put spices on Him so he wouldn't smell in the tomb, can you roll Him in the cinnamon and sugar?" "Okay, mommy" and she rolled the marshmallow in the cinnamon and sugar. So far, so good, right?! Then I gave her a triangle from the package of Crescent Rolls. "Okay, this is going to be our tomb. They put Jesus' body in the tomb and sealed the tomb up tight" And together we sealed up our marshmallow (I helped with this one since it doesn't work well if the marshmallow isn't completely covered). We put the rolls in the oven and talked about how His body was in the tomb for 3 days. After the allotted time (12 minutes, I recall), we took the rolls out and I gave one to Claire. We opened the roll up and "voila!" the marshmallow had vanished. Perfect object lesson. Empty tomb, Jesus isn't there's He's risen from the dead. Claire's first response: "Where's my marshmallow?!" "Honey, Jesus has risen! He's not in the tomb!" Claire looked at me quizzically. Then, with a big smile she said, "Oh, yeah! Yay!" Then the smile disappeared and her concerned look returned. "But where's my marshmallow?!" I think she asked for that marshmallow a good 10 times. So, she got a marshmallow and a Resurrection Roll that night and when to bed a little sugared up. I kept telling myself, "You're laying a foundation, you're laying a foundation" and got a great memory out of the whole thing.
was pretty surprising to me to find her squealing like crazy and jumping around in the bounce house with her cousin, Marisol, who joined us that morning for church.
After naps everyone came over for dinner. I made my first ham, which really wasn't that hard but it was one of those things that made me feel like an adult. You know, have the whole family over for a major holiday and cook the main dish meat. Maybe it's just me. But, everyone said it turned out grade. I did a shank, made a glaze, stuck cloves in it, the whole bit.
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Apocalypse Sign: CBS' Johnny Cam
One sign that the athletic apocalypse is upon us has to be CBS' installation of the "Johnny Cam," a camera whose only purpose is to follow Johnny Manziel exclusively through last Saturday's Alabama-Texas A&M game.
Manziel is the poster child for the disparity between a player's value and allowable compensation under NCAA rules. By Texas A&M's own calculation, Manziel generated $37 million in media exposure. He receives an in-state scholarship at A&M valued at just over $20,000 per year.
It is hard to conclude that this is either fair or equitable. While a large number of people are arguing that he is amply paid by a "free education," clearly the landscape has changed since the artificial construct of NCAA rules regarding prohibited compensation were put in place.
Big-time college athletics long have been essentially professional operations that handsomely reward coaches, athletic directors, conference commissioners, bowl directors and others, but not the players generating the revenue.
And that revenue has become obscene and has colleges changing conferences and abandoning rivalries to chase a larger share of it. And yet players are not allowed to profit from their own likeness or signature, unlike other U.S citizens. Already video games and the NCAA are being sued for using players' likenesses without either compensation or permission, a lawsuit that many experts believe the NCAA will lose.
I'm not suggesting that players be paid, but it's high time to adjust the restricted covenant to which they are subject. I frequently hear people exclaim, "This will be the end of college football" if players are allowed to sell autographs or otherwise trade on their success.
It probably won't end college football, but it may indeed look different.
But fears of losing something we mightily enjoy are not a good enough reason to perpetuate what is becoming a serious injustice.
The argument is not enhanced by Johnny Football being the face of it; he is not an entirely sympathetic figure. Most people in sports are sure he lied about accepting money for autograph-signings last winter, but there was no proof to seriously penalize him. And he seems to go about his business without much concern about how his behavior looks or affects his team or school.
But you only can guess what the value of the Johnny Cam will be to CBS or Texas A&M, and Manziel may never enjoy a lucrative pro career as his skill set may prove to be best-suited for the college game.
I don't believe that student athletes have some right to break the rules after signing up for them through the letter of intent, but the rules themselves are antiquated, unjust and need to be addressed. * The University of Hawaii will open its MWC season in Reno this Saturday at Nevada in Reno.
While that never has been a place where UH has had much success, it may have a few things in its favor this time.
The Rainbow Warriors should be at their best in terms of health with injured players expected to be sufficiently healed for the game. Running back Joey Iosefa, defensive lineman Kennedy Tulimasealii, tight end Jordan Pu'u-Robinson and safety Marrell Jackson all are expected to play.
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Lecture at the Long Night of Sciences in Berlin 2016
At the Long Night of Sciences in Berlin on June 11th at Charité Berlin, project A02 presented their recent work with a poster.
Thi Minh Tam Ta gave a lecture with the title "Transcultural Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Psychiatric-psychotherapeutic care for vietnamese migrants".
Both the lecture and the poster exhibited at the stand of the subproject referred to special challenges and psychological burdens that arise in the course of specific migration experiences. The interdisciplinary team of the subproject A02, which examines the different migration paths of actors in Vietnamese Berlin and the resulting efforts, answered the questions of visitors to the Long Night. In addition, a video on the observation of non-verbal forms of expression provided a vivid example of the possibilities of ethnographic methods in this field. An interactive game on expression, recognition and naming of emotions was enthusiastically accepted by visitors and generated interested questions.
For the research project, the Long Night of the Sciences 2016 was thus a complete success, which made the topic dealt with and the research network visible to an interested audience from outside the field.


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Motivation is what stimulates all human behavior. The process of motivation is initiated by the tension an unsatisfied want creates. An individual makes all possible efforts to reduce that tension. The needs or motives which are at the root of the motivation process are of different types. Physiological needs or primary needs include the need for air, water, food, clothing, shelter and sex, while psychological or secondary needs include the need for affection, status, security, etc.
It is very important for the marketers to know the motives influencing the consumer as they initiate and direct all human behavior (including consumer behavior). Many psychologists such as William McGuire and Henry Murray have tried to list human motives; the motives listed by them are relevant to a marketer in studying consumer behavior as well. While McGuire used a four point model to explain marketers that a consumer is affected by a combination of needs and not a single need, Murray tried to list 27 motives and stated that people have a similar set of needs, however they prioritize them differently.
Theories of motivation also help marketers in understanding how consumers' consumption is influenced by their needs. Abraham Maslow tried to arrange such significant needs into a hierarchy of five levels, depending on the relative importance of the needs to a person. The five levels of needs given by him are 1) physiological needs, 2) safety needs, 3) social needs, 4) egoistic or self esteem needs and finally 5) self actualization needs. The trio of needs (another theory of motivation) deal with three kinds of needs viz., need for power, need for affiliation and need for achievement. These needs play an important role in influencing consumer behavior. Motivational conflict is a concept which deals with the conflicting motives of the customers. Here the marketer tries to project the product as a solution to such conflicts.
With motivation being such a major influence on consumption pattern of the customer, there is a strong need to study it as part of marketing research. Qualitative techniques of observation, focus groups and in-depth interview and analysis are used to understand the latent motives of a consumer. The level of involvement (how interested the consumer was about a product) determines the degree of motivation a consumer had to buy that product. The source of stimulation and the particular situation the consumer is in when he or she comes into contact with the product also determine the level of involvement.
It could vary in degree, i.e. the customer's involvement could be at the basic stage (it could be passive or low); on the other hand involvement could be active or high. The marketer has to understand how interested his consumer is and accordingly formulate strategies and advertising. To conclude, the marketer who understands the various needs that motivate a consumer in purchasing a product or service and is able to design and showcase his products accordingly will be successful.
Big marketers, at times, may also employ a full market coverage strategy, which may further be differentiated (different marketing mix for different products) or undifferentiated (single marketing mix for all products). Sometimes marketers adopt too many micro segments, which later become redundant. In such a case, all segments are clubbed together with a single marketing mix (counter segmentation).
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In our business we work with many specialty trades, and one of my favorites is blacksmithing. It is a macho cool thing to take steel and heat it and fashion it into usable parts, and a special talent to be able to reproduce old parts so that they look authentic and function appropriately. Good blacksmiths see their predecessors works like handwriting forgers see a signature: they can tell you if the previous blacksmith was right or left-handed, and how they used their tools.
Below, nails pulled from an Eastlake sofa-bed. Had this been a museum project, nails might have been reproduced, and these placed on display. Nails can become fatigued, so that even if you straighten them, they cannot be used again. (A bit later I will post "N is for Nails.)
We have worked with a few blacksmiths over the years, and we look for those that honor the old tradition. We met Stephen during the Oregon Caves National Park project, when we had to strengthen a Mason Monterey chair to withstand kids and even adults from sliding into the comfy seat over the top of the arms, as is demonstrated by the NPS curator, below. These struts were not originally part of this style chair, and this may be why there are so few of them around, as this was one of the earliest models of Mason produced. We studied some of their later chairs, and Stephen helped us to design struts that look as if Mason would have had them on the chair, down to matching hammer marks created by Mason's blacksmith. We painted them, as Mason did so often, and now the chair has a structural strength previously lacking.
As aside, and a glimpse into the thinking process of how conservators, whose intent is to preserve history and value for antiquities, must look at changes such as the structural struts. We researched other cases whereby conservators had had to perform restoration, versus conservation, by adding an entirely new piece in order to save the historical item. We found an excellent precedent in the U.S. Senate Desks, and were able to show our curator that this type of restoration was done for preservation considerations. In the Senate desks, which are both historical and used daily by senators, the feet were disintegrating. They had a blacksmith fashion replicas of the carved wooden feet to slip over the wearing original stumps, to preserve the overall desks for another century. (I've provided you two links if you are interested. The second will take you to images!)
Visiting Stephen's shop is an artist's treat for me; many tools we don't use in our studio, all old and hammered on! Sketches from a visit, below.
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My True Lover
Although it is true that my real center is the heart of the individual, it is helpful for my lovers to come together and think and talk about me.
Harmony And Cooperation
All can love me. I want to create the head and the heart in balance.
Guruprasad Memorial
This memorial will remain vital and therefore holy, by the works of love His lovers do in His Name. It will be a place where those who do not come to ask, but to offer themselves to the Beloved, will have their prayers granted.
On Baba-Group Meetings
Mani has read this letter and said: "This reminds me of Beloved Baba who would often say, 'I want one heart with many hands to work in my Cause'."
It Has Never Been Truer Than In The Spiritual Cause That History Repeats Itself
Andhra Meeting, Part 1: What follows is my attempt to portray the general proceedings of this momentous ineffable meeting [at Rajahmundry, India, 1954].
Every Baba Lover A Baba Center
Andhra Meeting, Part 2: Let every lover, whoever and wherever he may be, be Baba's centre in telling people Baba's message that God alone is real and everything else is unreal and that therefore all should love Baba.
Don't Try To Bind My Lovers
Let them have free scope and free play.
A Semblance Of Harmony
I like to think of disagreement as a 'tread' necessary for a vehicle (or a footwear) while going up a steep incline, helping to increase our 'grip' and preventing a 'slipping' into carelessness but disagreement should never grow into dissension.


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#BookRelease Keeping The Faith by AM Leibowitz #LGBT #Fiction @amyunchained
The lovely A.M. Leibowitz is on the blog today with her latest book, Keeping The Faith. Check it out
Slowly, hands shaking, he opened the second letter and withdrew it. In spite of the tears threatening, he chuckled when he started reading.
Dearest Micah,
Remember how we met? I'll bet you don't know what a wreck I was that summer. Holy shit. I wanted you so bad. I was like a teenager with his first crush. I did everything I could to be near you, even though I was sure we could never make it work. This one time, I waited in my living room just so I could watch you get the mail. I might even be able to excuse it if I was looking at your ass or something, which is what I tried to tell myself I was doing. And don't you dare pretend you weren't ogling mine because I caught you at it all the time. Anyway, nope. I wanted to see things like, did you look through the pile first and pick out the good stuff? Or did you take the whole stack inside without peeking? I tried to imagine you putting it on your table and opening it one by one, and I wondered which ones would be most important. Did you know you can tell a lot about a guy by how he sorts his mail?
I'm not sure I learned anything that day except that I was lying to myself. I pretended I only wanted to peek because you were hot and I was curious. Except that's when I figured out I wanted more than to fantasize about you opening your mail. Wait…that sounds bad, but I think you know what I mean. I wanted all of you, and it scared the piss out of me.
The letter was long, and Cat shared with Micah things he'd never said out loud. He'd talked about why he was afraid to get attached, but he'd never mentioned the little details of his internal dialog as they slowly made their way toward each other. It was strange and yet somehow not to see the events through Cat's eyes. His words brought back all of Micah's memories of that summer.
By the time he was done reading, Micah was laughing and crying at the same time. This seemed to confuse Thomas, who chirruped and hopped off Micah's lap to go find a less emotional sleeping spot. Micah set aside the letter and picked up the key to insert it into the lock box.
The latch sprang open, and he lifted the lid. Micah stared at the contents. There lay Cat's most personal and intimate belongings, items Micah had either not known about or had searched for before assuming LR had them. Cat's rosary, his MedicAlert tags, an old-fashioned metronome, his pot leaf earring with its mate he never wore and magnetic ear cuffs, and a pair of sunset orange lacy bikini underwear. The last one made Micah blush, laugh, and choke up, in that order.
He closed the lid and his eyes, leaning back in his chair. For several minutes, he didn't move, allowing himself to absorb everything he'd seen and read over the last half hour. When he opened his eyes again, he knew what he was going to do. A slow smile spread across his face as he turned it over in his mind, knowing exactly how he wanted to craft the story.
His laptop was still sitting on the table, and he pulled it closer. He closed the project he was working on and started a new one. His fingers hovered as he contemplated a title, but he couldn't think of anything that fit, so he simply typed, Love Letters. For a moment, he hesitated, and then he began to type.
Title: Keeping the Faith (Faithfully Yours #3)
Author: A.M. Leibowitz
Publisher: Supposed Crimes
Publication Date: November 1, 2017
Length: 238 pages (~84k words)
Genre: Literary fiction/romance
Categories/Tags: Bisexual, transgender, grief & loss, spirituality, Christianity
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36086132-keeping-the-faith
Purchase Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764ZQMJP
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0764ZQMJP/
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Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/keeping-the-faith-16
It's been three years since Micah's spouse, Cat, passed away at the age of thirty-six. In the process of cleaning his house, Micah discovers a series of letters Cat hid before he died, in which he made one request: that Micah empty his life of Cat as a way of moving on. Micah has been able to work through his sorrow, but he's unable to fulfill Cat's last wish. He can't see a way past his loneliness despite all the caring people around him.
Enter two new friendships. Jude, Micah's vivacious new coworker, brings joy back into his life. But she has a big secret about her family, and the truth will rock Micah's understanding of who she is. Chris, the new minister at Cat's former church, intrigues Micah. Unlike Jude, Chris is an open book, from his musings on theology to his work as a trans advocate and activist. His gentle manner and deep faith become safe space for Micah to open up about his loss.
Through them, Micah becomes involved with the town's new community center, where he offers a creative writing class. Using Cat's detailed letters, he fictionalizes their love story to share with his students. In doing so, he at last begins to sort through his complicated grief. Micah learns he doesn't have to erase his life with Cat in order to make new memories. He may even be falling for Chris, despite their vastly different spiritual views. With a little help from family and friends, Micah will need to open his heart to love completely again.
Content warning:
This book is about loss and grief, particularly the death of a long-term partner. There are scenes of character death, funerals, and reactions to loss. There are also numerous references to spiritual trauma, lgbtqia antagonism, abusive family members, and previous suicide attempts. There are no graphic or detailed scenes of the content, however they are mentioned throughout. It may bring up strong feelings in readers. It is not meant to describe every person's experience nor give advice.
Author Bio:
A. M. Leibowitz is a queer spouse, parent, feminist, and book-lover falling somewhere on the Geek-Nerd Spectrum. They keep warm through the long, cold western New York winters by writing about life, relationships, hope, and happy-for-now endings. In between noveling and editing, they blog coffee-fueled, quirky commentary on faith, culture, writing, books, and their family.
Social Media:
Blog: http://amleibowitz.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amymitchell29
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/UnchainedFaith/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amyunchained
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8544236.A_M_Leibowitz
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00OIC158W
Google: https://plus.google.com/110630726075749472970
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/amyunchained


text: Hi, Running ISP config for a while now, i´m now ready to put it in live action. Main thing stopping me right now is that i´m unhappy with it running on port 81. Some of my (te be) customers are sitting behind a proxy that won´t allow this port. Can i just run the update that has just been released (is there a simular setup or a series of upgrade steps?) or is can I just change it in the apache config for ISP config and maybe someplace else? I would like to run it on the proper 443 port, I know it will cost me an IP address. Gr, Zokahn


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United States Embassy Manila, Philippines
Weather Alert – U.S. Embassy Manila (December 3, 2019)
Location: The Philippines
Event: Typhoon Kammuri (local name Tisoy) made landfall over Sorsogon at 11:00 p.m. on December 2 and continues to maintain strength while moving westward at 20 kph, with maximum sustained winds of 155 kph near the center and gusts up to 235 kph. Residents in the affected storm path may experience strong winds and heavy rains, with possible flooding, landslides, and dangerous driving conditions.
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will be closed on Tuesday, December 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. as a safety precaution. Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) officials said the resumption of operations may be earlier or later than 11:00 p.m. depending on the strength of the typhoon.
Actions to Take:
- Avoid travel to typhoon affected areas until the storm has departed the Philippines.
- Monitor local media for updates.
- Notify friends and family of your safety.
- Review your personal security plans.
- Have travel documents up to date and easily accessible.
- Have evacuation plans that do not rely on U.S. government assistance.
- Seek secure shelter in heavy wind and rain.
- Monitor the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration website at http://bagong.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/.
- Check with airline carriers for flight information.
- U.S. Embassy in the Philippines
+63 (2) 5301-2000
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- State Department – Consular Affairs
888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between children's lifestyles and health-related quality of life and to explore whether this relationship varies among children from different world regions.
STUDY DESIGN: This study used cross-sectional data from the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment. Children (9-11 years) were recruited from sites in 12 nations (n = 5759). Clustering input variables were 24-hour accelerometry and self-reported diet and screen time. Health-related quality of life was self-reported with KIDSCREEN-10. Cluster analyses (using compositional analysis techniques) were performed on a site-wise basis. Lifestyle behavior cluster characteristics were compared between sites. The relationship between cluster membership and health-related quality of life was assessed with the use of linear models.
RESULTS: Lifestyle behavior clusters were similar across the 12 sites, with clusters commonly characterized by (1) high physical activity (actives); (2) high sedentary behavior (sitters); (3) high screen time/unhealthy eating pattern (junk-food screenies); and (4) low screen time/healthy eating pattern and moderate physical activity/sedentary behavior (all-rounders). Health-related quality of life was greatest in the all-rounders cluster.
CONCLUSIONS: Children from different world regions clustered into groups of similar lifestyle behaviors. Cluster membership was related to differing health-related quality of life, with children from the all-rounders cluster consistently reporting greatest health-related quality of life at sites around the world. Findings support the importance of a healthy combination of lifestyle behaviors in childhood: low screen time, healthy eating pattern, and balanced daily activity behaviors (physical activity and sedentary behavior).
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01722500.
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Fiona Gillison
- Department for Health - Professor
- Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
- Centre for Motivation and Health Behaviour Change
- Centre for Qualitative Research
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Deputy Dean
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The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything the health care industry has seen in our lifetime. As organizations navigate these unprecedented times, data and analytics can provide clarity and support for clinical and operational decision-making.
For example, real-world clinical data that can be shared among researchers is essential to testing and validating the therapies needed to treat COVID-19 patients. To help clinical researchers fight this pandemic, Cerner is offering eligible health systems free access to a COVID-19 data science workspace for academic projects.
These are some of the other ways Cerner is providing health care organizations with actionable insights.
1) Identifying at-risk patients
What if health care organizations could identify and engage patients at-risk for severe COVID-19 complications before they become sick? Cerner is collaborating with Lumeris on a model designed to help health care organizations identify individuals at risk for unplanned hospitalizations. The COVID-19 Hospitalization Index model – available at no cost – is incorporated into Cerner HealtheIntent® solutions. The use of the COVID-19 Hospitalization Index helps organizations prioritize outreach to people in the community, identify and address emerging medical or psychological issues and schedule follow-up telehealth appointments.
2) Preserving critical resources
Health care organizations across the globe are experiencing a shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) supplies like N95 masks, gloves, gowns and eye protection amid the COVID-19 outbreak. There's also a need to conserve providers' time and energy as they work tirelessly to provide high-quality care to patients. Data and analytics are helping organizations better manage these critical resources.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina is using the Cerner enterprise data warehouse, HealthEDWSM, to give its pandemic task force and care teams consolidated COVID-19 reports. The provider's analytics and informatics team uses dashboards that leverage data from across the organization's acute and ambulatory electronic health records (EHRs) to provide networkwide transparency to COVID-19 testing results.
Using these reports, the Roper St. Francis Healthcare Command Center can coordinate resources across hospitals, provider practices and the community. Care teams are using the same data to identify patients who test positive and remove patients from isolation who test negative, which helps conserve PPE.
To help clients implement similar strategies, COVID-19 screening and symptoms dashboards are built into the Cerner HealtheAnalyticsSM application to summarize and display trends for patients who have been screened or presented common COVID-19 symptoms.
As more clinicians get exposed to COVID-19 and are ordered to self-quarantine, hospitals and health systems need a way for their workforces to keep up with the demands of the pandemic. Cerner quickly deployed a simple staffing projection tool and made it available at no cost to health care organizations as they plan for workforce shortages ahead of patient surges. The tool focuses on staffing ratios and expected absentee rates, allowing organizations to assess how they may need to adjust their workforce plan.
3) Predicting surges
Data sources from disparate sources are necessary to help hospitals understand when a surge might hit their community. The Cerner Surge Forecasting tool provides health systems with peak use predictions and potential shortages based on reported capacity on a county-by-county level. This publicly available dashboard combines multiple public sources of COVID-19 reporting data for a more accurate prediction of surge peaks throughout the U.S.
4) Reducing the reporting burden
Mandated reporting puts a strain on health care systems during a time of overload and crisis. To ease this burden, Cerner is working with the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) to serve as an information gathering and reporting hub.
Cerner, in collaboration with Tyler Technologies, established a one-stop survey tool for hospital capacity reporting. Participating health systems and hospitals can use this tool to provide one report that meets state-level requirements as well as the regulations of NHSN, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The data is aggregated on the health provider's behalf and populated in a site-specific dashboard that's powered by the Cerner Command Center Dashboard. The tool is shared with providers at no-cost during the pandemic. This streamlining of data reporting will ultimately help the government better understand existing hospital capacity to inform the potential reallocation of regional staff, patient load, ventilators and PPE.
5) Accelerating data access
Health care organizations are worried about many challenges that stem from COVID-19, such as expanding ICU capacity, rationing PPE supplies and the bottom-line impact of reductions in elective procedures. Cerner's delivered system updates can help our customers solve some of these challenges.
Nuvance Health in Lagrangeville, New York is using Cerner Lights On Network®, an enterprise-level data analytics tool, to get a comprehensive view of incoming COVID-19 EHR updates. This information can help providers accurately and efficiently screen, treat and care for patients. For example, Nuvance implemented dynamic filtering to quickly identify all patients on a unit who have positive COVID-19 isolation orders.
"The tool's user-friendly layout with listings by solution makes it easy for us to stay updated on critical features as we try to handle the rapid demands of this pandemic."
— Melinda Heady, RN, MSN, CPHIMS director, IT acute clinical systems, Nuvance Health
Many health systems have replaced in-person visits with telehealth to facilitate COVID-19 screenings while preventing exposure risk to the broader patient population. Lights On Network ® offers analysis of Cerner Video Visit volumes and duration so health care organizations can forecast demand and gauge usage across facilities, specialties and individual providers.
6) Preparing for recovery
Leaders at CoxHealth in Springfield, Missouri are using data and analytics to create an organizational readiness score to determine the organization's ability to reopen services for high priority procedures or appointments. The algorithm considers data such as the amount of available PPE, staffing, percentage of COVID-positive patients, admissions and medications. The health care organization also plans to continue using the tool to monitor readiness in the event of additional COVID-19 cases.
As the industry enters the recovery phase, health care providers must consider operational and care delivery preparedness, as well as how to prioritize backlogged non-essential appointments and procedures. Cerner is committed to equipping providers with the data and analytical tools they need throughout the COVID-19 pandemic fight.
Cerner provides analytics and reporting solutions designed to deliver the right information, to the right user, at the right time. Learn more here.


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Remember how last month Chevron spilled more than 100,000 gallons of oil off the coast of Brazil? The oil industry likes us to think that spills like this are no big deal: They'll clean that right up! But this spill's not following that script. The company tried to plug the offending well with cement, but Chevron had to admit yesterday that the well is still leaking.
The company continues to insist that seriously, no sweat! We'll have that under control …"some time in the future." We're just not sure when. But soon! Please, please let us keep drilling?


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Retailers Enjoy Success with PureCare By Fabrictech Sleep Products
PureCare by Fabrictech has experienced enormous growth with mattress retailers throughout North America. The secret behind its vibrant growth is the PureCare philosophy of creating satisfied consumers and successful retailers with products that address consumers' health, wellness, safety and comfort needs.
When selling mattress protectors, Fabrictech has shifted from the usual claims of bedbug protection to a powerful story of creating an overall healthier sleep environment while protecting against dust mites, allergens, bedbugs, mold and moisture. Over the past few years the company has emerged as "The Leader in Health and Wellness in the Sleep Essentials Industry" with the expansion of PureCare protectors featuring aromatherapy, Celliant fibers, antibacterial silver and their complete line of PureCare Plush pillows and mattress toppers.
PureCare by Fabrictech offers retailers flexible options that address a full range of consumer wants and needs in the bedroom with each of their product lines. The company has not strayed from this concept since the creation of the successful "good, better, best" mattress protection program that can now be found in retail locations all over North America.
Mattress Mattress Canada has been carrying the PureCare by Fabrictech mattress and pillow protection line for two and half years. Chad Buchfink, Director of Retail Operations, explains that, "the Fabrictech protectors have made a huge difference for us. This simply is a better way of selling for us." The PureCare Antibacterial Silver ion story "has been great… We find that middle-aged and older customers in particular are very in tune with the anti-bacterial properties and the health and wellness story we offer them. We try to sell add-ons with every sale. With the PureCare by Fabrictech line up, we now have an add-on ratio of 70–80 percent."
In addition to mattress and pillow protectors, PureCare provides retailers with a complete line-up of PureCare Plush pillows in a variety of sizes, shapes, densities and materials. This pillow program is offered to retailers with specific comfort levels, eye-catching graphics and point of purchase display gallery options to draw in the consumer and enhance sales and margins for the retailer.
President David Mizrahi and Sales Manager Joe Graziano have been carrying the PureCare Plush pillows in their Best Mattress retail stores for eight months, saying that this line has "helped us turn pillows into a profit center." The stores feature four different pillows: two memory foam, one latex and one synthetic down. "We comfort test and match our customers with a pillow," Graziano explains. "They test the beds with the pillow they've already chosen. The PureCare Plush line is not an afterthought or even an add-on; it has become a part of the mattress sales program in terms of meeting the needs of the consumer."
PureCare also recently introduced the fresh PureCare Aromatherapy line of protectors featuring easily replaceable scented sachets of Lavender, Mandarin, Sandalwood, Eucalyptus and Jasmine. The Mattress Factory has been carrying the PureCare by Fabrictech Aromatherapy mattress and pillow protectors since the last Las Vegas market and owner Andres Ramos says that the line is turning more dollars. "It is a little bit more expensive, but honestly people are not batting an eye."
Southern California's Sit 'N Sleep stores have been marketing mattress protection for over 10 years and recently started selling Fabrictech products. "Our customers are very aware that the dust mite, allergy and bedbug issues are real," President Nelson Bercier explained. "This has been a real success for us with a closing rate up to a 70 percent attachment sale rate. Our average ticket is up $30." Bercier's sales people are very excited about selling aromatherapy. "They love add-ons to the ticket. They see this as an opportunity to close a bigger sale." He noted that the health wellness story "resonates so powerfully with consumers" that it has enhanced sales of the entire mattress, bedding and top-of-bed category. "It has brought us in hundreds of thousands of additional revenue."
Visit www.fabrictech.com.


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Marcus Brinkmann <address@hidden> writes: [...] > and abstract point of view here. A German newspaper had a project running > before election, where you could invest into shares of the political > parties. After the election, you would get a percentage of the total money > on the market according to the result in the election (eg, if the shares for > Green party where traded at 8.3 EUR, and the result for the Green party would > be > 8.5%, it would be to your advantage to buy shares). > > The results were pretty good. Despite the total mess of this year's > election, the general trends and approximate percentages where predicted > correctly by the market. The results had been even better in earlier > projects like this. [...] > If the theory is correct (under which conditions?), then it mightbe feasible > to have a distributed VM system with an economic market model. There could > be a price for pages, and the price might change depending on the demand. > Of course, thinking this through requires a lot of more work. But it is an > interesting idea nevertheless, I think. Although I'm totally unqualified to deliver any comments on the technical aspects of this idea, I think you have to take into consideration that the most important "code" in the trading system you described is the human mind. I assume that emulating the way the latter one works would be unimaginably complicated, if not impossible. Johannes -- ~/.signature under construction
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You are reading this today because I was not aborted by my late mom despite external pressure.
To me, abortion is personal and it is a matter of faith. My views on this subject is not based on politics or popular opinion.
This post is for the mom considering aborting her unborn due to financial constraints or difficulties. I hear you and I see you.
This post is for Christians who are okay with abortion because our earthly governments do not really care for the unaborted ones. I hear you and I see you.
I hope you will see me, the one who was on the line for abortion.
Motherhood birth in me the need to reconnect with my late mom. I wanted to know more about her. In the process, I asked questions and did some reflections on the few years we lived this life together.
You see….
My mom was a Muslim woman who stood by her convictions. The last time I visited her, she was a janitor. She cleaned up a bank. She was once a trader too. Selling in an open marketplace. In utero and after I was born, she did not have the financial means to provide the life she desired for me. My paternal grandmother advised her to abort me, but she refused. Her own mother was supportive. My maternal grandmother was the one who told me about the abortion suggestion. I remembered she said in Yoruba "Why would a woman tell another to do such a thing.."
I wonder if my paternal grandmother's words made my mother feel rejected by the family she was birthing into. I wonder what my father thought of my conception.
The hero here is my mother. She chose not to abort a child she had insufficient financial means to care for. I wonder if her faith and supportive mom made it possible for her to choose what was right- keeping her unborn child alive. I wonder about many things, and I have a strong conviction that a fetus is another human waiting to be fully present in the world. For a cell is the smallest unit of life. Life on earth begins once a child is conceived.
I have a strong conviction that abortion is not God's will. It is murder and how we reword this act does not change what it is.
I have a strong conviction that I am not called to condemn those who choose to abort and those who support them.
I have a strong conviction that my duty is to be there for those who have chosen not to abort their children by providing financial support when it is in my power to do so.
I hear people say there is a special place in hell for women who do not support another woman's right to do whatever she wants with her body, including aborting a child. I hear people say supporting another's choice is an expression of love. I hear you and I see you. I love you and I am praying for you.
If I love my neighbor as I love myself, I would not encourage them to do what I would not do to myself. Hence, my lack of support for abortion indicates my love. I will not support that which can harm another woman and her child.
To the Christians who are okay with abortion because the government does not adequately provide for children. We need to go back to being the Church, having all things in common and caring for our neighbors (Acts 4:32). Yes, God can use the government to provide. Yet, our trust and care should never be left in the hands of an earthly government. Let's represent heaven's government here on earth by taking care of our neighbors. We have to press in for God's best. Our state of mind and perception of life must differ from the world. We must represent Jesus. Wake Up!
Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. Romans 12:1-2
What would Jesus say to a woman considering abortion? I am certain he would not say "go ahead, it's your choice".
What would Jesus do? What would Jesus say? That's what we should ask ourselves.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. Psalm 139:13
To the Christians being censored or canceled for speaking the truth, I hear you and I see you. I am kneeling with you.
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. John 15:18-20
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:11-12
Would you like to become a member of God's family? Please say the prayer below and let me know about it here.
Say this: Heavenly Father,
I acknowledge that I am a sinner. I believe you exist and you sent Jesus to die for me. I receive your love and forgiveness. Reveal yourself to me. I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Amen
Welcome to God's family!


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Please come have a look at my new post at the Harvard Business Review Blog.
It looks at the new VW ad, the one that shows a guy slapping hands with everyone he passes.
Look for a cameo appearance (in the post and the ad) from Shirley Ellis.
The post asks whether this ad defines a new approach to cool hunting for the corporation.


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Value Your Trade
Please complete the online Trade-In Evaluation Form below with as much information as you can provide us about your trade-in. Victory Lotus will begin a complimentary evaluation of your vehicle. A representative will be in touch with you promptly to assist you further. Or call to arrange an appointment at our state-of-the-art facilities.


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Next to a tasty bit of fish and an hourly belly rub, a litter box is the most important thing pet parents can provide their feline friends. Might as well get a box that keeps the mess off the floor! The Catit Cat Pan with Rim has high sides, a raised back, and a rim that keeps litter from being kicked or tracked out of the box.
Key Benefits
Deep base and high sides to prevent litter from being kicked out
Rim keeps litter in place
Attached litter bag anchor keeps bag open
Large enough for multi-cat households
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Nurture your adult cat's sensitive stomach with Merrick Purrfect Bistro Complete Care Sensitive Stomach Recipe. It features deboned chicken as the 1st ingredient for an easily digestible protein your pal can purr about. The grain-free formula contains prebiotics and probiotics to help support his digestion. This low-calorie diet helps support your feline friend's healthy weight, and its L-Carnitine content helps support his healthy metabolism. Plus, the delicious kibble is made in the USA with antioxidants to help support your pal's healthy immune system.
Key Benefits
Deboned chicken is the #1 ingredient for an easy-to-digest protein, perfect for cats with sensitive tummies.
Grain-free formula includes prebiotics and probiotics to support your adult cat's optimal digestion.
Crafted with easily digestible proteins, making it the perfect meal for cats with sensitive tummies.
Antioxidants are added to help support his healthy immune system, plus it's great for a low-calorie diet.
Dry cat food cooked in the USA with L-Carnitine for your cat's healthy metabolism.
PETKIT Cat Water Fountain, 68oz/2L Automatic Pet Water Dispenser Fountain with Intelligent Auto Shut-Off Pump, Ultra-Quiet, LED Light for Water-Shortage and Filter-Change, Quadruple Filtration
Do you know that pets need to drink 1 ounce of water for each pound of body weight, to stay hydrated. Research shows one way to improve your pet's health is to get him to drink more water. Water is essential for supporting your pet's vital organ function.
Litter Boxes
Two speeds, low speed for gentle airflow for small pets and powerful airflow for thick coated pets.
Insulated for quiet operation for noise sensitive pets.
Four nozzles-fluffing nozzle, cone nozzzle, brush nozzle, and slot nozzle.
High velocity dryer for pet grooming.
After decades of use by professional groomers, B-Air is excited to bring this proven and tested dog dryer now to all dog owners with the next generation Fido Max-1 as part of the Cesar Millan Premier Grooming Collection.
The B-Air Bear Power Dryer I offers powerful drying capability in a lightweight, easy to carry size. Constructed of high-impact ABS plastic for durability, the Bear Power I weighs in at only 7.8 lbs. The two-speed motor is insulated for quiet operation. The high RPM on the turbine motor warms the air by approximately 20 degrees Fahrenheit without a heating element. Rubberized feet keep the unit stable during operation. Removable filters are washable for easy cleaning and keep the unit free of pet hair and debris. The Bear Power I comes with a set of three nozzles. The slot nozzle is for long coated pets to prevent knoting while drying. The cone is used for the deepest drying and is great on very thick coated dogs. The brush nozzle is designed for deshedding the coat. This is a compact and light weight with a built-in handle, the Bear Power I can go anywhere making it the perfect high velocity pet dryer for all types of pet grooming. C-ETL-US Approved. Specifications 2 HP, 115V motor 33,000 FPM 7.4 amps Two speeds 7.8 lbs 6 foot hose 165 CFM 10 foot cord
Dry Cat Food
Water Fountains
Canned Cat Food
Serve up the kitty version of a cowboy favorite for your pal with the Merrick Purrfect Bistro Grain-Free Cowboy Cookout Morsels in Gravy Canned Cat Food. It's packed with high-protein morsels of tender beef, mixed with tasty potatoes and peas, and cooked in whisker-licking, hydrating gravy. Loaded with antioxidants to support immunity, omegas for a healthy skin and coat, plus vitamins, minerals and taurine in every bite, it's sure to fuel all your kitty's adventures, and then yum! Plus, it has zero grains, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives so you can let kitty dive right into his bowl.
Key Benefits
Grain-free recipe features protein-rich beef as the first ingredient for the nutrients to support healthy muscles and energy.
Formulated to provide a complete and balanced diet for cats and kittens, with targeted blend of vitamins, minerals and taurine.
Packed with antioxidants for immune health and omega-3 fatty acids to support a healthy skin and lustrous fur.
Made with a delectable gravy that's great for picky eaters, and provides essential moisture to keep your pal hydrated and healthy.
Made in the USA with zero grains, wheat, corn, soy, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives and contains yucca schidigera to promote gentle digestion.
Keep your house smelling clean and not like a litter box with Fresh Step Scented Non-Clumping Clay Cat Litter with Febreze. This non-clumping formula uses activated carbon to eliminate odors and weighs 30% less than other clay litters. It absorbs liquids quickly and traps odors by filtering them out. This low dust formula also makes for cleaner surfaces and air while leaving a paw-activated fresh scent every time your furry friend uses her box. Cleaning up after your furry friend doesn't have to be a hassle with Fresh Step Scented Non-Clumping Clay Cat Litter with Febreze.
Key Benefits
Scented litter contains activated carbon to eliminate odors.
Absorbs liquids quickly and traps odor by filtering them out.
Weighs 30% less than other clay litters for easy cleanup.
Paw-activated fragrance after every time your paw-tner uses the box.
Low dust makes for cleaner surfaces and air.
Cat Litter
Below are products that i regularly use for my cats and kittens and where you can purchase these items. These are also the items that most of the kittens have grown up with and and used to when they go home. I have tried many different products in the past and i have found these to be among my favorites.
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Sunday, May 27, 2018
Express Yourself
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AAA, I am so surprised that writing wasn't a passion for you before sixth-grade, but I agree that getting to "know" writing is an essential way to become a writer. Love your thoughts! Love this post! Thank you for writing a post!ReplyDelete
I am smiling away over here, mulling over names for this adorable notebook! Your question reminds me of Cynthia Rylant's book THE OLD WOMAN WHO NAMED THINGS. Hmmm... How about Googly? :) You are so right that often when we come to know something, we appreciate it more. How fortunate you and your students are to have Ms. Haseltine in your lives. My sixth grade teacher was a life changer, and my life still ripples from his teachings. Peace and gratitude for your post. xxReplyDelete
I am arriving late to the notebook-naming party, and I suspect you already have a name for the place for your words (with eyes peeping out to the world). I love how we personalize the places where we keep our stories and poems and doodles and more, and hope your notebook becomes your faithful companion.ReplyDelete
-- Mr. Hodgson
Sixth Grade Teacher
Western Massachusetts


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CategoriesNancy Fraser
Legitimation Crisis?: On the Political Contradictions of Financialized CapitalismTuesday, November 18, 2014, 4:30pm
Numerous phenomena suggest a serious crisis of democracy: for example, declining electoral turnout; the rise of extremist parties; widespread disaffection with the European Union; steep narrowing of real policy differences between competing parties as nearly all rush to placate "the markets"; increased capture of public powers by private interests; growing geopolitical irrationality, reflecting the decline of US hegemony. No wonder, then, that diagnoses of political crisis proliferate: we hear now of "post-democracy," "de-democratization," "the crises of democratic capitalism," and "façade democracy."
Fraser suggests that these phenomena are best understood as expressions, under historically specific contemporary conditions, of a general tendency to political crisis that is intrinsic to capitalist societies. She elaborates this thesis in three steps. First, a general account of "the political contradiction of capitalism," without reference to particular historical forms. Then, Frasier reconstructs Jürgen Habermas's 1973 book, Legitimation Crisis, as an account of the form this political contradiction assumed in one specific phase of capitalist society, namely state-managed capitalism. Finally, she argues that democracy's present travails express capitalism's political contradiction in its current phase of financialized, globalizing capitalism.
This event is co-sponsored by 3CT, the Social Theory Workshop, the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.


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- From: Paul Leach <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 19:50:11 -0800
- To: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, 'Dave Kristol' <email@example.com>
- Cc: email@example.com
> ---------- > From: Dave Kristol[SMTP:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Sent: Monday, March 23, 1998 1:45 PM > To: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com > Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: comments on draft-ietf-http-authentication-01.txt > > Here are some comments on draft-ietf-http-authentication-01. > > Dave Kristol > ====================== > Substantive stuff: > > General > (Formatting) On a number of pages (e.g., 5,7,9), the text runs > into the footer. > > The spec. is incomplete in its description of whether auth-params > are case-sensitive. For example, "realm" and "stale" are mentioned > explicitly. I think it would be simpler to say the > attribute/parameter/directive (see below) names are > case-insensitive, but that the values may or may not be > case-sensitive. > > What should a client do if it receives unrecognized attributes? > Ignore them. I thought that was the "HTTP way" and needn't be expliclty stated. > What should a server do if it receives unrecognized attributes? > Ditto. > 1.2 Access Authentication Framework > credentials = basic-credentials | auth-scheme #auth-param > > I think this should now read > credentials = basic-credentials | digest-credentials > | auth-scheme #auth-param > Fine with me. > The term "protection space" gets used without a definition (here), > but the spec. describes how a client can reuse credentials for such > a protection space. I think we should say that the description of > any auth-scheme must describe the rules for deciding when two > objects are in the same protection space. In particular, a client > must be able to tell, so it knows whether or not to send credentials > unprompted. > Why does it need to tell? If it's wrong, by either sending incorrect ones or not sending any, it'll get a 401 to tell it what to do. As far as I can see, for Digest it's only an optimization. (For Basic, you don't want to send your credentials to the wrong place...) > Sect. 3.2.1, The WWW-Authenticate Response Header > [domain attribute] > If this keyword is omitted or empty, the client should assume that > the domain consists of all URIs on the responding server. > > This behavior is different from Basic. If we want Digest to be > a more or less drop-in replacement, shouldn't the default > behavior mimic Basic? > As you point out below, there are implementations. As I point out above, it shouldn't matter. If I were writing a browser, I'd guess that I should reuse the key obtained from a previous 401/WWW-Auth until I left the server -- that way, I minimize the extra roundtrips. In any case, this behavior is backwards compatible with Basic. Net-net: no compelling reason to change. > Furthermore, this paragraph constitutes the equivalent of a > description of the Digest protection space, but it never calls > it such. It would be helpful to be more explicit. (There's > additional related information in section 3.3.) > I'm not sure it is. > Sect. 3.2.2, The Authorization Request Header > [cnonce attribute] > RFC 2069-compliant implementations might break upon receiving this > new, previously unknown attribute. > Then they would be broken. Unknown directives are supposed to be ignored. > [nonce-count] > The grammar for nc-value says > nc-value = 8LHEX > but the examples all show four-character nc= values, as in this > section. The examples ought to be compliant. :-) > Sure. > Also, why have such a restrictive syntax? Why not 1*LHEX? > It was 4LHEX, and I didn't think that 16 bit counter was enough, so I bumped it to 32; 1*LHEX is OK by me. > [description of calculations] > If the "qop" value is "auth": > Shouldn't this read > If the "qop" value is "auth" or "auth-int": > Yes. > Sect. 3.2.3, The Authentication-Info Header > What should a client do if the rspauth=response-digest information > is wrong? > Not accept the response. > > Isn't there the risk that an intervening proxy could change the > status code? > ... Authorization header for the request, A2 is > A2 = Status-Code ":" digest-uri-value > and if "qop=auth-int", then A2 is > A2 = Status-Code ":" digest-uri-value ":" H(entity-body) > Well, the status code isn't a header, but there's a general proscription against needlessly changing headers in 13.5.2. Maybe the status line contents should be explicitly added to that list. > Typographical nits, etc.: > As soon as can be done. Paul
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As expected, Apple has today announced iOS 12, macOS Mojave, and watchOS 5 at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California. While there had been rumours of some hardware announcements also today, when Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the McEnery Convention Center to kick off the keynote he soon dispelled any such rumours by saying that today would be all about the software, and indeed it was!
The big reveal of the day was of course iOS 12, with Cook handing over the reins to Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering for the in-depth look at the new software.
The first impressive detail to be announced by Federighi was that iOS 12 would have exactly the same support base in terms of devices as iOS 11, meaning that if your old iPhone or iPad worked on iOS 11, it will still work on iOS 12. We'll be covering all the announcements in-depth tomorrow, not just for iOS 12, but also macOS Mojave, and watchOS 5, but some of the highlights include new augmented reality features, as well as improvements and lots and lots of new features for Photos, Siri, News, Stocks, Voice Memos, iBooks, and CarPlay.
In addition, Apple has added a whole suite of new features to help you focus and concentrate more on your work, as well as manage how much time you actually spend using your device with Screentime.
If you're an Animoji fan you can look forward to lots of new Animoji, as well as the addition of tongue detection and Memoji, where you get to create your own Animoji.
FaceTime gets Group FaceTime, where up to 32 people can participate in one Group FaceTime chat, a very popular move judging by the applause that greeted the announcement!
Stay tuned for in-depth details on all the iOS 12, macOS Mojave, and watchOS 5 announcements tomorrow.


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So, it's day #4 of my "24 days of Christmas" already. And I'm a bit scared about the traffic today might generate on my server… because today I couldn't really make up my mind, so I ended up selecting six images. If you ever needed a piece of sky as replacement for your images, you might want to have a look. A few nice clouds, something moody, a sunset and a rainbow. I hope everyone can find something in this. 🙂
To download the images, just right-click and save them – or click on them to see them large and save from there. Feel free to use the images in both, personal or commercial works. If you want, use them as part of new designs or your own stock work. I don't require attribution or a link back (though it is always nice, of course).
The only condition is that you can not upload and offer those images for download elsewhere, not for free nor on stock libraries.
PS: You can still download the files from day #1, day #2 and day #3.
PPS: I obviously appreciate if you like or share this and/or follow me on Facebook. I am also happy for every follower on Instagram. 🙂


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Let's Get Your Creative Juices Flowing!!!
8 CHEAP & EASY Mixed Media Art Ideas I Haven't Tried Yet! [Stenciling & Stamping Techniques]
Need NEW mixed media art ideas? Whether you're a mixed media beginner, or a seasoned mixed media artist like me, flipping through a gorgeous art book is one of THE BEST THINGS you can do for creative inspiration.
In today's art video you'll get a sneak peek at one of my favorite mixed media art books, followed by a demo of the 8 CHEAP & EASY stamping & stenciling techniques this book inspired me to try for the first time in my own mixed media sketchbook!
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Today's mixed media art book review is of 101 Mixed Media Techniques, by Walter Foster.
This book is jam packed with 128 pages of mixed media art techniques. It's an excellent addition to any art book collection and will definitely get your creative juices flowing.
What I really love in this book are the "Artist Tip" boxes that you'll find scattered throughout. I actually think these little pointers are better than most of the book content!
Each chapter of 101 Mixed Media Techniques is written by a different artist so you can really get some unique perspectives. The tip below came from a section in the book about stenciling and stamping techniques. It got me thinking out of the box, motivated me to take a little field trip around my house looking for new mixed media ideas to try, and inspired today's entire video!
I easily found eight random objects lying around my house just waiting for me to experiment with in my mixed media sketchbook.
The first item I decided to test out is actually the inside squeaker of a dog toy that was headed for the trash! How funny is that?!
Check out the whimsical polka dots I created when I ran this ball through some acrylic paint and upcycled it into a stamp!
The next item I decided to try as a stamp was a shot glass!
Lots of mixed media artists have done videos using empty toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls to stamp circles onto their canvases or art journal pages. What I don't love about these empty rolls is they can bend, and don't make perfect cirlces.
I decided to try stamping circles onto my art journal page with a shot glass. Look how great that turned out!!
Simply grab a glass from your kitchen that you don't care about, or pick one up at a thrift shop, and turn it into a mixed media stamp for yourself!
Ages ago, I bought a spongey toilet scrubber from the dollar store and set it aside to try as a paintbrush or stamp. Today was the perfect day to bust it out!
I dabbed the scrubber into 2 colors of acrylic paint and stamped it as hair around an old face doodle in my art journal. Look at how amazing THIS looks!! Total win!!
This next object I decided to try was a slotted spoon. I tested out a couple of ways to turn this into an upcycled mixed media stencil, and love the effect I got when swiping over the negative space with a sponge covered in acrylic paint.
As I mentioned, I LOVE creating the look of polka dots and circles. I have a zillion of these utencil holders from Ikea (below), and the bottom of each just happens to have the perfect pattern to try as a stencil.
I like how that worked, but still might love bubble wrap even more! I'll show you that technique at the end of this demo.
While I was in my kitchen, I noticed my napkin holder could be a two for one win as a stencil, with the unique patterns on the bottom and the sides!
Check out how amazing this looks (bottom right corner) when I added two colors of acrylic paint to a sponge, and swiped that sponge through the side of my napkin holder!
Another object I tried using was a fragment of the pouch my clementines came in. I tried it this material as both a stamp and stencil, and found I really loved the subtle effect it created as a stamp the most.
HOT TIP: Whatever you do - do it everywhere so it looks intentional.
My last stamping technique wasn't necessarily inspired from today's video because I've been doing it for years, but in case you haven't tried this before - you've GOT to save the next sheet of bubble wrap that comes through your door!
You can get the most gorgeous pattern from applying acrylic paint to the corner of some bubble wrap, and turning it into a mixed media stamp.
Click over to the video to see my favorite places to stamp with bubble wrap!
Thanks for hanging out with me today!
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