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Dual USB Charger to suit Car/Vehicle Cigarette/Power Socket
Red LED Display when powered
Screen scrolls between Input Volts, Output Volts and Output Amps
Compatible with all 12-24v vehicle cigarette/power sockets
Charge 2 devices at the same time
Suitable for use with mobile phones, cameras, small battery chargers and many other USB charging accessories!
This USB car charger is capable of charging 2 devices through a dual USB charging port and is also able to read the Input Voltage, Output Voltage and Output Amps. This USB charger is portable so it is able to used in multiple vehicles and has no installation time.
The car phone charger also displays the Voltage and Amps. This will provide critical information about the power remaining in the battery and can be used to monitor the battery levels.
Combing a USB outlet with a Voltage and Amp monitor enables you to use this product in a large range of versatile scenarios weather it is in the car, 4x4, caravan or boat.
Unit type: Dual USB
Input: 12v - 24v
Output: 5v 2.1A
Face Size: 34mm Diameter
Length: 61mm
Fits all standard automotive Cigarette Power Sockets
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Postage Collection for Paper Players #156
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I just LOVE this, Anne Marie! I haven't seen this cute little set used too much and I love your bold color combination! The layers and embossing add so much to this elegant creation! Thanks for making my sketch look great! Glad you were able to spend some quality time with your friend!ReplyDelete
Oh that little bicycle is so sweet! Love all your layers and the embossed detail at the bottom is a great touch! So glad you got some fun crafty time in this weekend! ((hugs))ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous, Anne Marie! I love the black and vanilla combined with cherry, just stunning, especially in the patterns you chose. There's nothing more fun than stamping with a friend!ReplyDelete
Wonderful card! Love all the layers!ReplyDelete
Ann Marie this is so cool. Love the DSP with embossed scallops... so clever! Of course Red/White/Black is looks FAB too. hugsReplyDelete
Ann Marie you took the simple look of Black, Vanilla and Red and stepped it up and UP! But still maintained a crisp sharp look. Very well done!ReplyDelete
This is wonderful! The patterns give this such an elegant look and the pearls pair with them so well! Gorgeous card!ReplyDelete

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The olive trees, just like the rest of the weeds around the property are prolific. It will be years of management to reduce them and even then I think it's realistic to say that we will never eradicate them completely.
It's seriously demoralising thinking that we'll get the upper hand on them when we find trees with yields like this below.
I'm intrigued by the olives though. There seems to be quite a diversity in the varieties that I've found. They range from very small and early to turn black through to larger and only turn black very late in the season.
I'm wondering if anyone has any good advise or references that I can use to identify varieties?
I'm tempted to have a play with this seasons fruit. I want to have a go at brining them. I have low expectations of the end result, but I do love a good experiment. Let's face it, worst case scenario is that I've removed a few kilos that might otherwise fall on the ground and re-seed!
My other experiment this year is to dry some of the olive wood, chip it and play with it as a smoking wood in some recipes.


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- Measurements: 12" W x 108" L
- Material: Taffeta Pintuck Design
- How to Care: Hand wash only. Hang dry, don't use dryer.
- Seamless, 1 pc design. Edges are serged.
- Works beautifully with our tablecloths
- For table runner only, table covers and other decorations are sold separately.
- Uses: Home, Birthday, Party, Event, Banquet, Restaurant Decoration


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Session 13 of the European River Symposium 2021 presented the current stakes and objectives of water management in agriculture, illustrated by some case studies from several stakeholders. A discussion time together with the intervention of the European Commission was also the opportunity to address how the future CAP and Green Deal could help achieving these, for a sustainable agriculture that preserves water.
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University rankings and sport
Sports often make interesting metaphors for discussing internationalisation. Being a semi-serious sports fan and a long distance runner, I was intrigued by the recent article by Maria Yudkevich, Philip Altbach and Laura Rumbley in Times Higher Education. The authors saw many parallels between university rankings and the Olympics. Having watched the IAAF Athletics World Championships over the last week, I could not help but add to, but maybe also counter, some of points they made.
The article drew a parallel between Olympic athletes and universities, but also between countries or systems related to sports and higher education. Doping and academic misconduct were seen as similar phenomena and universities were suggested to be like Olympic athletes in pursuing the centre podium – ie the top positions in global rankings. Countries boasting about the quality of their universities was likened to what they do to athletes.
The real difference
I would argue that there is one key difference between global university rankings and Olympic sports. In the latter, success can be clearly measured and there is often very little dispute as to who was the best on any given day. After all, when Usain Bolt clocked in at 9.79 and Justin Gatlin at 9.80 this past week, there was a clear winner – albeit with the smallest of margins. Both athletes started through the heats and semi-finals and went head-to-head to see who the fastest man was. But universities are not like athletes; there is no 'stopwatch' to indicate the best university. If the International Association of Athletics Federations used the same methodology as some university rankings do, up to 50% of the Olympic final would depend on votes by fellow athletes, coaches, and even the spectators.
Some rankings only look at the research performance of universities. What would that mean in the world of sport, I wonder? Wouldn't it be like only measuring the first jump in the triple jump competition? Or handing out the medals after the first day of the Women's Heptathlon and forgetting the second day altogether?
In the world of rankings we have seen a proliferation of what I will call 'sub-rankings'. Universities in BRIC countries, universities that are less than 50 years old and even most innovative universities have their own lists. We have also seen lists of best business schools and universities with the most CEOs. This, too, is something you see in the world of sports. You have your Special Olympics, World Senior Games, Asian Games, not to mention some fairly peculiar events in my own home country of Finland, such as Wife Carrying World Championships and Swamp Soccer World Championships. Can we expect to see a global university ranking for the most left-handed students? Or one for the largest collection of bird eggs? If you do not stack up in the global rankings, do you get to just create your own?
It is easy to agree with Yudkevich, Altbach and Rumbley; not everyone should focus on Olympic-level competition or their university-ranking equivalent. If you do not qualify for the Olympics, should you give up sport altogether? Surely not! But while creating your own games for the sport you just invented can be fun, it is little more than that.
What is a good university?
So far, rankings have failed us in being able to provide an answer to the question: What is the bottom line for universities? What constitutes a 'good' university? How much ahead is Harvard from the rest of us? Maybe it is the 1/100th of a second between Bolt and Gatlin. But maybe it is more like Bolt and Tashi Dendup, who clocked in at 12:15 in Heat 2 on 23 August. Even so, it is worth noting that Tashi is probably the fastest guy in his country, and also a serious athlete.
Before electronic timing and photo finish were invented, the winners of Olympic events were timed manually, which in many cases gave false results. This most likely meant that the fastest person did not always win gold. Where university rankings are concerned, I think we have not even invented the stopwatch yet. It seems that we are announcing winners looking at tea leaves or, at best, calendars. And, just maybe, we are only looking at the first 30 meters of a 100 meter race.
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most folks get when they're kids, I have a soft spot for kids with chronic illnesses. I also have a blog that some people do, on occasion, read (especially when I'm ranting about Urban Fantasy, apparently).
My boss's son, Jude, has been suffering from an undiagnosed neurological condition that looks a lot like epilepsy - but all the tests have come back negative, and the drugs for epilepsy don't work. It sucks even more in this case because it's a kid, and it's tough for a kid to tell you what's wrong/what he's experiencing. They have spent many years, many doctors, and many, many dollars trying to figure out what's wrong with him and if there's anything they can do to help control his episodes. You all who've followed my frustrations over health insurance claims and benefits and dollars over the last four years may have some idea of what that's been like for them.
I know SF/F circles move in and out of health offices quite often, being the sorts of people prone to chronic conditions and terrible health (one of the reasons we turned to SF in the first place, come now).
Please take a look at Jude's story and pass it on if you're so inclined. Getting the latest cat picture to the top of Digg is all very well and good, but it's helping out people like this that is the real power of social media. Let's see if somebody knows somebody who knows somebody who can help.
You can contact David and/or learn more at his blog.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
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Straw flowers were used by the Egyptians to decorate the statues of their gods. Greeks used straw flowers mixed with honey to soothe burns and in the Victorian era ladies would decorate their homes with lovely arrangements. The lovely red, yellow, orange, pink, white or purple colors make them ideal for beautiful, colorful arrangements.
Via Martha Stewart
Straw Flowers can be planted from seed indoors in March or outdoors after all danger of frost is past. If the middle part of the flower is broken in half, it will reveal the seeds, which can be planted again.
One of the least demanding plants to grow, straw flowers thrives in poor, well-drained soils with little attention.
If you like to make your own indoor flower arrangements harvest the flowers by cutting them for drying before their yellow centers are visible. Take off all the leaves. Wrap the stems with a rubber band and hang them upside down in a dry, airy, shaded place. It takes about two to three weeks for the flowers to dry.


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I'm writing a thing for Monday and it's going to be awesome but as a result it's all I think about so I can't really be bothered to write a gameday post today. Here's a quick one since you're so GD demanding:
1) The Kings are trading for Vinny Lecavalier. Isn't it funny that we were all hoping Anze Kopitar would become Vinny Lecavalier one day and now he has and we're all disappointed? Wait, that's not funny at all.
2) Jack Johnson may not play so Randy Jones will probably instead. According to Quisp this may be a good thing but I can't see it.
3) The Ducks signed Jonas Hiller, they're not trading Bobby Ryan*, and Ryan Getzlaf is fucking dumb as hell.
*Why the fuck would the Ducks trade Bobby Ryan? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
4) I am a little hungover.
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I am writing this at 8:44 Wednesday evening after one of the most remarkable days I have experienced. For two weeks, I periodically just broke down sobbing. I think what sets me off is thinking that Mr. Floyd called for his dead mother as he knew he was being murdered. His body was put beside her in the cemetery. I rage and rage with fury and pain. I think "he was murdered because he looks like me." Every Black person in this country thinks that.
Emmett Till was another Black man who was killed by racists. After his death, his mother insisted—let's hear it for mothers—that his casket be open when mourners went by. She wanted to make sure all of Chicago and the world knew what had been done to her baby. His murder in 1955 ignited the modern civil rights era. Mrs. Rosa Parks, a trained activist, stood her ground on a bus in Birmingham Alabama that December.
To me, Mr. George Floyd is a martyr as was Mr. Till. It is so profoundly sad that most of white America had to witness a Black man being murdered in front of their eyes by a police officer before they believed what we Black people have been telling them for 400 years about racism on these shores. For the first time since 1968, when I was a freshman at Northwestern, there is national talk about systemic racism. People are actually talking about CONCRETE changes that can be and indeed must be made in the status quo.
Well yesterday we watched the California Assembly debate the issue of restoring affirmative action, a very concrete way of dismantling structural/systemic racism. About 70 members of the Opportunity for All Coalition, the organization that is spearheading the repeal effort, chatted on Slack as the hearing progressed. I had a number of observations. First, the legislators of color all felt very empowered to tell their truth. We heard from people who were the first in their families to go to college. Assemblyman Miguel Santiago could not study because he had to support his family, yet he graduated magna cum laude from UCLA. Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer talked about the overt racism in saw when contracts were awarded in Los Angeles. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez talked of how an affirmative action program at Stanford that resulted in her being admitted, changed the trajectory of her life. There were so many powerful stories.
We were told by some legislators that they would make up their minds on how to vote when they heard the statements from their colleagues. You could feel the presence of Mr. Floyd as well as the spirit of the hundreds of thousands of protestors around the world who said "Enough" to American racism. Legislators who had told us they were going to vote No, voted Yes. There was a palpable sense that we cannot keep turning a blind eye to racism—that we must DO something.
Well, Mr. George Floyd, your little daughter Gianna was right when she said, "My Daddy changed the world." He certainly changed Sacramento.
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In Flower This WeekA weekly news-sheet prepared by a Gardens volunteer
Numbers in brackets [ ] refer to garden bed 'Sections'.
Take time to view the unusual yellow Tasmanian Waratah, Telopea truncata [Section 235], which displays its flower on top of the upright shrub. While in this area, spot Eastern Water Dragons, Physignathus lesueurii howittii, sunning themselves on the rocks.
Enjoy the myriads of colourful flowers along the Banks Walk. View Prostanthera magnifica [Section 221], an open shrub with bugle flowers shaded mauve and tan, next to the Visitor Centre building. Flannel Flowers, Actinotus helianthus Federation Star [Section 172], with soft velvet foliage and large white flannel daisy-like flowers can be seen in many areas of the Gardens. Leptospermum Silver Fantasy [Section 210] seen high on the bank, has a covering of warm pink open-petalled flowers over this neat, rounded shrub. Close to the waterfall, Grevillea johnsonii x wilsonii [Section 210] is tall with fine, pinnate leaves and spikes of bright waxy red open flowers.
Along this road, Melaleuca fulgens Hot Pink [Section 126] bears well-named bottle-brush-like flowers. Across the road, a large open shrub, Grevillea Poorinda Leanne [Section 124] has apricot-shaded spider flowers while close by, Grevillea Framptons Hybrid [Section 1214] has long lateral branches of pink toothbrush flowers. Falling over the corner wall, Bauera rubioides [Section 124] is a double flowered pink form with downturned flowers. Almost opposite, Melaleuca densa [Section 10] is a dense shrub covered with fluffy lemon flower balls.
Take the small path opposite Grevillea sericea [Section 117] which displays its cerise coloured flowers, towards the Gymea Lilies, Doryanthes excelsa [Section 8] with red flower clusters on top of elongated stems. Find Orthrosanthus laxus [Section 8], an iris-like plant, dense with fine strap-like leaves and spikes of china blue flowers rising above the leaves. Thelionema grande [Section 8] is another tufted plant with grass-like leaves that presents deeper blue flowers with bright yellow stamens. Kangaroo Paw cultivar Anigozanthos Bush Glow [Section 8] reveals its yellow paw flowers and Anigozanthos Bushranger [Section 8] shows off its deep red flowers. A waratah cultivar, Telopea Dougs Hybrid [Section 30] continues to produce its large red flower clusters over the large shrub.
Thomasia pauciflora [Section7] is dense, low and spreading, covered with pink-mauve cup-shaped flower sprays. Alyogyne huegelii [Section 30] stands upright and alone, its stark white hibiscus flowers quite startling. Callistemon Austraflora Candle Glow [Section 30] is quite a dense shrub bearing many soft lemon bottlebrush flowers.
If returning on the Main Path, a shrub, maybe the plant of the week, Kunzea obovata [Section 11] is really a beauty. Of medium size, this well-manicured shrub is covered in profusion with soft pink fluffy globular flower heads very nice! Likewise are the tiny brown scrub wrens and the more colourful blue fairy wrens seen scratching in the litter.
Flowers, flowers, lovely flowers
Barbara Daly.
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Meet the Whatcom Museum's newest staff members of 2019
We've added some new faces to the team in the second half of 2019. As the year comes to a close, here's a brief introduction to the newest Whatcom Museum staff members. Be sure to say hello if you see them on campus!
New staff members at the Whatcom Museum
Susan Buck, Family Interactive Gallery (FIG) Supervisor
As the Family Interactive Gallery Supervisor, Susan Buck ensures a safe, welcoming, and educational space for our guests. This includes managing Museum staff and working with the educational team to support programs and curriculum in the FIG.
Before joining the Museum, Susan worked in education. She originally studied Communications at the University of Georgia. After a few years in corporate communications, she decided to go into education. She received her teaching degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver and her Master's in Elementary Mathematics at Walden University.
Before settling in Bellingham, Susan lived throughout the country, including Fresno, California; Rochester, Minnesota; Austin, Texas; Marietta, Georgia; Denver, Colorado, and more.
Moving forward at the Museum, she says she's excited to see the FIG evolve with the needs of the community. She also looks forward to seeing the Museum's new exhibits.
When she's out of the office, Susan enjoys going to the theater, gardening, kayaking, and hiking with her family.
Maria Coltharp, Curator of Collections / Registrar
As the Curator of Collections and Registrar, Maria Coltharp is responsible for the development, care, and safekeeping of the Museum's collections and all objects borrowed in the course of producing exhibitions. She works closely with the Curator of Art and the Director of Exhibitions to handle exhibition planning and logistics.
Prior to joining the Museum, Maria spent four years as the Curator of Collections and Registrar at the University Art Museum at California State University (CSULB), Long Beach. There, she had the chance to coordinate conservation projects aimed at preserving the mid-century sculpture collection. Prior to CSULB, she worked at the Broad Art Foundation for six years and traveled the world as a courier for the Foundation's contemporary art collection. She also worked as an exhibition registrar at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
She says she's excited for exhibition rotations, from dispersing and collecting loans to installations and planning. "The energy, adrenaline, and teamwork it takes to tear it down and start again with something new is a really rewarding part of this job – it's a cycle that never allows boredom to creep in."
Originally from Long Beach, California, Maria studied Art History at UC Berkeley before interning at the Berkeley Art Museum, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and others.
While Maria can't pick a favorite artist, she says she loves Sophie Calle and Cecily Brown. In her spare time, Maria enjoys hiking with her family.
Stephanie Douglas, Museum Store Purchaser
Stephanie Douglas is the newest Museum staff member to join the team. As the Museum Store Purchaser, she works with vendors and local artists to bring in all the merchandise and artwork sold in the Museum Store. Before joining the Museum, she worked at Village Books/Paper Dreams as a buyer and bookseller and previously worked for two libraries.
Stephanie has a degree in English with a Creative Writing focus from Western Washington University. As a self-professed bookworm, she's looking forward to expanding the Museum Store's selection of local guides and books. She's also excited to connect with local artists and provide another space for the public to discover their work.
Although Stephanie was born in Longview, she spent most of her life in Anacortes before moving to Bellingham in 2010. When she's not sourcing merchandise, she and her husband play in a band called Separatr. She is also a voracious reader, usually reading more than 100 books every year.
Katherine Everitt, Education and Engagement Manager
Katherine Everitt recently joined the Museum staff as the Education and Engagement Manager. In that role, she manages the Museum's docent program and works with the education team to develop engaging, innovative programming for children and adults. Katherine says she's eager to see the three pieces on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. "We have put a lot of work into programming surrounding these three masterpieces, so seeing them in real life will surely be a breathtaking moment."
Before joining the Museum, Katherine worked as a teacher at the Annie Wright School in Tacoma where she taught courses on global politics, US history, world history, and Model UN. She earned her BA in Government and History at Georgetown University before earning her Master of Science in Global Politics from the London School of Economics.
Originally from Los Angeles, Katherine moved to Vashon Island at the age of 16. She now lives in Bellingham and is an avid reader, kayaker, and pianist.
Marianne Graff, Digital Marketing & Administration Manager
Marianne Graff joined the Museum in June as the new Digital Marketing & Administration Manager. In this role, Marianne oversees the Museum's social media channels, website, and general email marketing. She also handles administrative duties for the Museum and assists Executive Director Patricia Leach. She's excited to continue to grow the Museum's social media accounts and promote exciting programs and exhibitions, such as "The Global Language of Headwear."
Before joining the Museum, Marianne spent seven years as an editor at the daily Skagit Valley Herald in Mount Vernon, Washington. It was there she honed her skills in social media management, design, and communications. Marianne holds a degree in Journalism from Western Washington University.
Originally from Tacoma, Marianne now lives in Bellingham with her husband and their socially awkward cat. When she's not working, Marianne enjoys hiking, photography, and getting lost in a good book.


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Bly Manor: Houses of Horror | Art Print
Welcome to Bly Manor, a perfectly splendid LGBTQ+ friendly space here. The + also means all ghosts are welcome. Especially you, Oliver Jackson.
Enjoy a peaceful walk through our freshly manicured garden, or a swim in the lake. If you enjoy some late night festivities, this is the manor for you! The rest is confetti.
Style: Matte textured print
Size: 8" x 10"
Shipped in a bend-proof envelope.
Created by Lively Ghosts.


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We are taking today off
Wow, that is something rare. Since our little business started 4 years ago it is rare that we take time off from the work of producing the soap, hand dying the silk, blogging, writing, taking photos or setting up at events.
Well today we are taking a rest to drive to a family reunion that is very meaningful. Steve's step mom invited us to her reunion, in Steubenville Ohio and explained that she is concerned that her generation is fading away quickly. She is one of only 2-3 left of her generation. Her family has a long history in this country, with stories of heros from the civil war, and tales of involvement in American history that date back quite a while. Some of these are stories we have faintly heard about, and want to know more about. Steve's step-mom has been a family historian, keeper of the tales and events, and organizer of details that would otherwise be lost to time and memory. And she has expressed her need to pass on this knowledge, share the information, and ensure the continuity of the family history.
So it is our honor and our joy to drive down, and meet with family that we faintly know, celebrate a legacy and kindle new friendships. And to make new moments in history.
As I write this Steve has been cooking up a storm for the reunion. He smoked and prepared pulled pork, and the eggplant lasagna is bubbling in the oven and almost ready to travel in our hot box. The dogs are fed, watered, and have been jumping and playing in the back yard, ready for their rest while we are gone. The car is full of gas, tires and everything checked, and we appear ready to go. And yes, we did pack some soap, mostly for gifts.
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Fearless leader has entered the sixth circle of SEC Media Days wi-fi hell. As such, I'm filing this on his behalf. All wordsmithing is his own.
So this is how Steve Spurrier does Media Days, First, he opens by covering the good stuff--SEC East championship, solid season, achievements, blah blah blah--and then immediately mentions how bad the Gamecocks special teams were. He then says he'd like to win a game one day by blocking a punt, which both you and I know he is saying to be funny because Steve Spurrier would prefer to win games by 35 points or more, take a knee, and then celebrate by teeing off straight from the sideline in the direction of the nearest muni course. [Click clack.]
Then, when asked why he's been more patient with Stephen Garcia than he's ever been with any player, he says "I guess we can't kick him off for stupidity," and then uses the word several more times in discussing his potential starting quarterback. When asked about oversigning, Spurrier frankly discusses scholarships as a year-to-year contract, admits to oversigning, and then shoots a bottle rocket into the middle of the press section without looking or caring who it hits. (A sunburnt and emotionally scarred Pat Dooley falls to the ground holding his eye: "WHYYYYYYY STEEEEEVE--"
But as if the magnificent display of complete disregard for how anyone does anything else isn't fully obvious to everyone at this point, Spurrier is asked about Mike Slive's suggestion that scholarships in the SEC be honored as multi-year agreement. He pauses, cocks his head to the side, and then says "Mr. Commissioner, I think that would be a terrible idea," and then throws Mike Slive into the Spanish language announcer's table while pouring beers on him and shooting the middle finger to the crowd.
All in all, a satisfactory performance lacking only the sound of breaking glass and an ATV exit to to earn the full 10/10 on the Spurrier Ain't Curr-at-all Scale.


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In my last email I let you in on my ultra-secret New Zealand source for web design/layouts that convert visitors to clients at a very high rate.
I even gifted you a rare chance to have him "scour" your website for free:
One of the things that immediately lept out at me when I first discovered Bnonn Tennant is how well he employs one the four "magic" action drivers of email I cover in my book Stealth Email Secrets:
For example, he doesn't shy away from celebrating several aspects his country's "lore", noting that he lives just 30 minutes away Hobbiton (the set built for the mythical village in the Lord Of The Rings movies)…and using the acronym FRODO in distilling his web-visitor-converting ways.
One of the tips I learned from Bnonn in that fateful web critique he did for me 10 years ago is to bestow your "buy now buttons" (or buttons for any other action) with a TACTILE quality.
This means that when someone hovers over your button, it should feel clickable.
It could change color.
It could morph in shape.
Or it could be as subtle as a slight shift in the image.
(If you go to the link above and place your cursor over the blue 'enter the draw' button, you'll see what I mean.)
Point being, images that are static have less touch to them…
…And are therefore less likely to get clicked.
(Also, the Kiwi pronunciation of the word 'tactile' is so cool it should be all the incentive you need to enter the draw.) 🙂
Anyway, that's just a hint of what you'll discover should your name be pulled from Bnonn's hat.
For your chance to win a free web critique with my New Zealand secret (a $299 value) go here:
We haven't set a formal deadline, but Bnonn won't be keeping this page up forever.
(At some point soon he'll need to pull it down and do the draw.)
So if you're interested, act now.
Happy Converting,
Conor Kelly


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Slate Impressions
Wood Plank. Slate look concrete
Open Cast pattern paving
Cobble wave
Flagstone ,with a brick slate look border
Ground level trampoline and concrete sleeper retainer wall.
Concrete sleeper retainer wall and hole for a ground level trampoline
The concrete sleeper retainer wall is 2m charcoal coloured concrete sleepers with gal H beams.The hole you see the form work in is for a ground level trampoline 4.9m x 2.7m with the depth being formed to Olympic standards.At the bottom of the hole there is in place a pit ( for the submergible pump ) a 40mm high pressure pipe (for pumping out rain water ) and the conduit has been placed for po
Slate impressions concrete and sleeper retainer wall.
This slate impressions concrete was poured after we installed the redgum sleeper retainer wall.The retainer wall is redgum with gal H beam uprights.We left a 500mm garden bed and placed 2 x 2m concrete steps to gain access to the lower level.The concrete has a little rain water beading on the surface but the picture allows you to see the scope of works that were undertaken.
Pattern; Walkway. Colour,Bluestone Base, light blend,rust/grey.
Pattern 600 Slate Tile Colour Bluestone, Blend little red
This is our 600 x 600 Slate Tile pattern with a cobblestone boarder. The base colour is bluestone with a little blend of red and a black releasing agent.The slate tile pattern gives you a tile or paver look.It can be done in all colours and gives a nice flat surface with the look of slate on each paver or tile.


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What Makes a Workplace Human
This DATIS blog article, "What Makes a Workplace Human", was originally posted by Steve Boese's HR Technology, on April 25th, 2016 and was reposted with permission.
Remember the classic Marvin Gaye song, 'What's Going On" from 1971?
Sure you do. In the song Marvin lays out a kind of meditation on many of the issues and problems facing America in the early seventies. What is interesting about the song to me is that 'What's Going On' is not phrased as a question, as in, 'What's going on?', but rather it is presented as a statement, i.e. this is what's going on.
I am taking the same approach to this post, 'What makes a workplace human', in that I am not asking, but rather I am going to try and make a statement too, at least a statement on what a human workplace means to me.
If I think about all the places I have worked, and the attributes from each of those places that were the most human, three things come to mind, (there are certainly more that three 'humanizing' elements in workplaces, but I kind of think they all can be abstracted into three main categories).
So what are the three common features of a more human workplace?
1. Respect for the person - The most human workplaces and experiences that I have had in my career were with organizations, or more accurately, within work teams where people were respected and treated with dignity at a basic, simple level. These were teams that were made up of smart, high-performing individuals, and led by demanding leaders, but they never forgot that the organization was not some abstract entity, but rather was made up of individual, and real people. How do you know if your organization respects and values people as real people? Check the 'official' response when a team member has a personal crisis, a family emergency, or in the worst case, a death in the family. Does the team rally to support the person in need? Or do they worry, (primarily), about project deadlines, insurance forms, and leave of absence policy compliance? A human workplace treats people as people, not as cogs to keep in line.
2. Respect for the mission - The other side to the organization caring for its people as real human beings, is the people caring for what the organization stands for, and the larger mission that the organization exists to try and fulfill. The most human organizations consist of real people who (at least most of the time), feel energized by the mission and purpose of the organization, and can invest emotionally in doing their part to see that the mission is successful. When people can genuinely invest at an emotional level in a cause that is greater than just making sales or earning a profit, the 'humanity' of the organization increases dramatically.
3. Respect for the community - Every organization exists as a part of some kind of community, whether it is a small, local business that sits on a main street in town, or a global organization that operates in hundreds of locations. Either way, every organization makes an impact on its community, however that is defined. The most human organizations never forget the influence that they have over these communities, and the best organizations attempt to make their communities better places. Organizations that have a strong commitment and demonstrate caring to their communities are likely the same organizations that are going to be more human in their interactions with their people too.
The inspiration for this post is the upcoming Work Human Conference presented by Globoforce that is taking place from May 9-11 in Orlando. The event is about increasing the engagement of the organization, releasing the energy of your people, and helping you and your organization reach your potential. I will be attending and you can join me by using registration code WH16SB300, at the following registration link http://bit.ly/whstbotw and receive $300 off the current registration rate.
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1. He was hitting on my wife's married sister at my wife's funeral.
"He was hitting on my wife's married sister…
…at my wife's funeral."
2. He fucked my wife.
"He fucked my wife."
3. He started bullying me when we started high school.
"He started bullying me when we started high school."
4. He (a schizophrenic) went off his meds again and killed his own dad.
"He (a schizophrenic) went off his meds again and killed his own dad."
5. She always had bullied me, copied my homework, and told me I was stupid.
"She always had bullied me, copied my homework, and told me I was stupid. Was so depressed I tried killing myself, she told the entire school what I did."
6. When a close friend of mine died, he joked about it.
"When a close friend of mine died, he felt that he didn't need to support me at all and decided to joke about it. Haven't spoken to him since."
7. He didn't invite me to his bachelor's party.
"Got invited to his wedding, all night long I heard about how awesome the bachelor's party had been and asked why I hadn't come along—because I wasn't invited or told about it."
8. I let him move in and I found used syringes IN MY FUCKING SHOES.
"Let him move in because of issues at his home. Started missing money and found used syringes IN MY FUCKING SHOES."
9. She told me she was friends with me only out of pity.
"She bailed on plans I had already paid for without an apology or anything, told me she didn't 'owe me an explanation,' told me she was only friends with me out of pity, and then threatened to call the cops if I dropped her stuff off in person instead of having a friend do it. All within a 15-minute text convo."
10. She directed her friends to rape me when I was passed out.
"I was partaking in some festivities (of the druggish nature) and when I passed out, she proceeded to take advantage of her fucked up boyfriend and other best friend, direct them to play with my body and give me oral live on chat roulette all while I was passed out. I shouldn't have to mention to friends "Hey, if at any point I'm not conscious and can't give verbal consent, don't rape me please.". The other two participants were very remorseful when they found out what they did, she thought it was hilarious and told us after we were all sober. She was a very emotionally abusive person in general, so when she told me what happened and was laughing, it wasn't out of the question that she was just making it up to provoke me, so for about a year I went around thinking it was a joke. A fight broke out between one of the participants and one of my roommates and when I protected him I was hit with 'WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU PROTECTING HIM, HE FUCKING RAPED YOU,' then I spent the day with my world turned upside down because I couldn't believe I maintained these 3 friendships for a year, completely clueless. I spent the day confirming and getting the whole story…it fucking sucked. To this day she doesn't think she did anything wrong because she didn't participate in the actual rape. I think what she did was much worse."
11. He's the flakiest, most unreliable person I know.
"Long story short: I love the guy, I wish we saw each other more often, but he's the flakiest, most unreliable person I know. He treats everyone like they're barely worth his time. Make plans with the guy and it's a coin toss whether he'll even show up. I've known him for 10 years and it's only gotten worse, but I learned long ago that it's a waste of time to chase him."
12. He was gay for me and made it super weird.
"He was gay for me and made it super weird. I didn't mind (I wasn't gay) but he sure did and reminded me every day. I went insane and long story short we don't speak anymore."
13. I lost my friends when my son died.
"I lost my friends when my son died. Instead of being supportive, they harassed me to come out drinking, or go to the bar. Like I had just been through a breakup and needed to go out. No, literally 24 hours ago I buried my baby in the ground ya fucks.
What is even more fucked, I said "I know you guys mean well but I don't want to leave the house right now, my child just died. I am losing my mind. You can come over or even watch TV with me." No one came, no one called. I was a bitch for shooting down going to the bar. Literally, the four girls I knew my whole life, bailed on me when I needed them the most.
It hurt. It hurts still but fuck them is all I can say. People's true colors come out when you go through a tragedy and it sucks."
14. He was hitting on my GF and then I caught both of them together.
"He was hitting on my GF and then I caught both of them together. Yeah. Never talked to either of them."
15. His junkie girlfriend who was on probation stole $300 from me and abused my cat.
"His junkie girlfriend who was on probation stole $300 from me and abused my cat. He refused to believe she could do such a thing and got pissed off at me about it. Free blowjobs and housekeeping outweighed 20+ years of friendship."
16. Walked in on him moments after he was finished fucking my (now ex-) girlfriend in my room.
"Walked in on him moments after he was finished fucking my (now ex-) girlfriend in my room.
Karma was nice, though: he blew out his knee and can no longer play his sport professionally, I lost a lot of weight, and she found most of it."
17. She never initiates conversations.
"'I feel she doesn't want to talk to me…what would happen if I stop initiating conversations?'"
Many months later, haven't heard a single word from her."
18. I told her the truth about her boyfriend cheating on her, but she believed his lies instead.
"I deserve this one.
I set a good girl friend up with a close guy friend. Ngaww.
Then he started cheating on her. He thought since I was his mate he could tell me and I wouldn't tell her. Except…she was my friend too. I ended up basing my decision on a personal experience where an ex had cheated and everyone knew except me, how devastated and betrayed I had felt.
So I told her the truth.
She confronted him and his reply? 'Shit. Don't listen to her. She's just fucking jealous. Just played matchmaker to get closer to me.' Etc.
She believed him. So did my circle of friends on her side and his side."
I never quite got over that.
19. I needed emotional support during a very tough time and she wasn't interested in helping.
"We grew apart. I needed emotional support during a very tough time and she wasn't interested in helping, so I ended it."
20. She'd only really message me if she wanted something.
"She'd only really message me if she wanted something.
If she was down I'd try my best but if I was upset it was 'oh I'm really not in the right place right now, talk later' which is fair enough but I always tried to help her.
She'd also message me screenshots of the argument with her boyfriend, they're a shit couple and my advice is always either 'dump him' or 'talk it out' which is never what she wants to hear but what am I supposed to do about it? I guess she just wants validation she's right to be annoyed but she can be really unreasonable sometimes.
Oh and then she asks for money under some bullshit pretense and then buys weed. I know I shouldn't fall for it and I've stopped now but y'know."
21. He slept with my girlfriend and sold his sister's virginity to a guy for $100.
"He slept with my girlfriend and sold his sister's virginity to a guy for $100. She was mentally unhealthy and immature on a diagnosable level, and he talked her into it telling her it was normal and that it would make her less anxious around people, and of course she believe him because he was her older brother."
22. The drugs they give him make him a completely different person.
"He was taken to a mental hospital, and the drugs they give him make him a completely different person."
23. My best friend ghosted on me.
"My best friend ghosted on me. We met in 3rd grade and were thick as thieves until I went to college. While I can recognize I wasn't the greatest friend always, it was 100% her choice to stop being my friend. I admit—it still hurts nearly a decade later. I never got closure, and I doubt I ever will. I'm not sure she has thought out why or would give me the honest truth if I asked. She should have been my maid of honor, and it makes me really sad when I think of that. I try to remind myself that she caused drama for me—she was really passive aggressive and wouldn't talk to me when I did something to bother her. She also never opened up to me about anything bothering her in other aspects of her life. I don't need that back in my life. But I do miss the great times we had—all the inside jokes, the way we knew what was on each other's minds—we absolutely killed at the game taboo!—and I have never gotten that close with anyone again. But I did read a really beautiful sentiment recently, which I will try to capture here. The people you have in your life grow and occupy space in the tapestry that makes up your life. When they are gone, it makes a hole where they used to be. The memories and love are still there and may always be there. So don't look at your tapestry as filled with holes—look at it as your own unique lace pattern. The pattern isn't over, but it is constantly changing. The pain of loss doesn't ever really go away, but it does lessen over time."
24. He became a domestic abuser. No thanks.
"He became a domestic abuser. Started hitting his girlfriends in high school. No thanks."
25. She's an eternal party girl, she just never grew up and now we can't connect.
"She's an eternal party girl, she just never grew up and now we can't connect. She still runs around with young 20somethings and gets trashed for entertainment. I met up with her for lunch about 5 years ago. She showed up late, hungover, and wearing the clothing she wore partying all night which was drenched in booze and stunk."
26. I realized that I only talked to him because I had no one else to talk to.
"Because I realized that I only talked to him because I had no one else to talk to. I say that but honestly he was the only one to talk. Didn't care about what I had to say.
Ended that 'friendship' really quick. Moved schools, met a new group of friends and haven't looked back since."
27. She was never able to talk about anyone but herself.
"Being around her became very draining.
She was my best friend since kindergarten. She was never able to talk about anyone but herself, and eventually, the only jokes she'd make were severely self-depreciating (about her weight, her depression, all her flaws—serious things that I could not laugh about and brought the mood down every time). She had social anxiety so we were never able to go out and make new experiences together, and while I tried so, so hard for so many years to keep her actively included in group activities, she just did not cooperate—but complained when I didn't do it. All of our conversations ended up "remember when we did this?", half-laughing at stale, decade-old in-jokes, and playing single-player video games that she wouldn't share; I was supposed to think watching is just as fun (it worked like this our whole lives. We're 20 now.). Her goal is to never leave her parents' house and be on welfare the rest of her life (they enable this).
I basically ghosted when we graduated high school. I feel terrible, but I felt worse when I had to look after her."
28. She dropped me because of a boy.
"She had just gotten a boyfriend and started work. Obviously these are big things in a person's life, so I assumed that we wouldn't be as close as we were once. But she took it to the extreme, her boyfriend was her life.
He worked FIFO, so when he was away she would finally come and see her friends, except I wasn't included in her friend group anymore. Her work friends were her only friends.
I messaged her (only because she was 'too busy' to meet up with me) and asked her if there was something I did wrong. She said no, and although I didn't really believe her I didn't let it bother me and just strived to be the bestest friend I could be.
I started to get really fed up when the rare times we caught up, all she could talk about was her boyfriend. Which was okay, but I couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Eventually I never saw her anymore. This was five months of not seeing or hearing from her. We had a seven-year long friendship, and to see it end like this really fucking hurt. I still think about how we met—I walked her home because the school bullies were following her around and threatening her. I was always there for her and to see her drop me because of a boy and a job at fucking Target is so fucked."
29. Dropped me at the first sign of a boyfriend.
"Dropped me at the first sign of a boyfriend. Lied to a guy about the paternity of her unborn child. Several abortions because she couldn't be asked to manage her contraception. Borrowed money and never paid back. Had a new boyfriend every week. Cheated on every guy she got into a relationship with. Refers to herself as a 'princess' and a 'brat'—at nearly 30 years old.
I just don't need that shit in my life.
I want a friend on a mutual maturity level, with some morals, and their own money—I didn't work my ass off while you bummed around, to get a good job, to then finance her!"
30. He was a drug-addicted loser who owes me like £3000 pounds.
"Drug-addicted loser that didn't pay any rent or bills for like six months 'I'll pay you back soon dude, I swear' while simultaneously buying hundreds of pounds (£) worth of drugs, not talking to me unless he wanted something and leaving the house an utter shithole.
Asshole owes me like £3000 pounds, I wrote it off as my cost of getting rid of him when I moved out, he never would of payed it back anyway. We were friends for 10 years, haven't spoken to him since."
31. She was always one-upping me, comparing us and making herself feel better about her appearance.
"She was toxic. Always one-upping me, comparing us and making herself feel better about her appearance, always leaving me for other 'best friends' and telling them all of my personal shit…the list goes on."
32. I found out my ex had been cheating the entire time with her.
"My best friend in high school. We were inseparable. I cried really hard when she moved away just before senior year. I kept in contact with her constantly.
Then we grew apart a little. Life happened, and then after I got out of a very abusive relationship I found out my ex had been cheating the entire time with her. I told her what had happened with the abuse, and she didn't believe me.
Our relationship was damaged, but I didn't cut her out. It wasn't until she joined some kind of religious garbage that I finally cut her out. She began posting some vile things against Obama during the whole Hobby Lobby fiasco, and I reminded her that bc pills weren't used for just birth control. I used mine to control ovarian cysts, and it wouldn't be right to cut so many women off by removing it from insurance. She responded that babies were far more important than me developing another large cyst, because they were "innocent" and I was not.
I told her to fuck off permanently after that.
I should clarify that they cheated emotionally. They sexted often as I was told."
33. She got into a super SJW crowd.
"She got into a super SJW crowd…we used to be able to talk candidly about anything and now it's like walking on eggshells talking to her. She also made no effort towards the friendship the last couple of years, but would text me every 3 months or so 'I'm so sorry I'm such a shitty friend, thanks for being there for me' so I stopped responding with an 'it's alright, life can be hectic' and instead just replied with a 'yep.'"
34. He cut me out of his life.
"He cut me out of his life.
He was my best friend for 15+ years. We had grown a bit apart due to different lifestyle choices, but we always spoke at least once a week and found time to spend with each other.
He was constantly talking about feeling stuck in our home town and wanting to explore the world, but worried about paying for it. About two years ago I helped him get a job with my company. It was not a very exciting job, but it paid twice as much as he was making before, so I figured it would help him save up for traveling.
About six months into the job, we were working together and got into an argument. We had fought a few times in our friendship and this did not seem any different than other times; I was over it by the time I went home.
He missed the next 2-3 days of work, then emailed our manager saying he quit. He removed me from all of his friends lists, and will not respond to phone calls, text messages, or emails. I admit I am not the easiest person to get along with at times, but after a 15-year relationship I would have liked to at least said a proper goodbye.
It has been 18 months since he's talked to me. He was my guy and now most days I feel alone."
35. She enjoyed belittling me whenever we argued over something.
"She enjoyed belittling me whenever we argued over something and not only put details of said arguments online, she twisted it to make me look like I was 100% at fault and painted herself as the victim. She did that to everyone, and she probably still does. She picks fights over such minor things and involves herself in things she shouldn't.
The last straw, however, was her insulting my fiancée. Once we both blocked her, she found out via a different account that she had made it public as she always does. We then started getting threats from her, which just confirmed we made the right decision in kicking her out of our lives. I had wanted to leave for years but I was too scared to go.
I knew her for eleven years. She's nine years older than me (33) yet her maturity levels are way behind for someone of her age. During the years we were friends, she didn't mature in the slightest and I don't believe she ever will. Part of me feels sorry for her actually."
36. He would put me down in front of other people.
"He was nice, when it was just us two,
But a prick, when others came too,
I thought he liked my presence and company
Only later did I see, his need to belittle me
I mistook his putdowns as acts of friendship
and thought it was me, who was just supposed to take it
I was the fat guy and him the fit
Looking back, it did seem odd, a tad bit
I moved away to study more
He stayed put, to take in drinks galore
I thought it was a farewell, goodbye
But little did I expect, to completely forget the guy
For true friends did I really meet
People who were just nice and not for a treat
Way past the need for love and fame
They wouldn't care, even If I was lame
Joked and laughed till we cried
Wouldn't regret even if that second we died
They showed me what was true bro love
Made me feel, like a finger in a glove?
Looking back, I wonder if it was a waste
A friendship that I had taken as the best, in haste
No matter now, time has flown
I'm sure, even he has grown
With friends like mine, I'm in the best of it.
For they wouldn't hesitate to say, this poem is shit."
37. I realized that I was the only one really giving my all in our friendship.
"I realized that I was the only one really giving my all in our friendship. She didn't care and didn't bother, I was sort of a filler friend to her. The worse part was she laughed along when someone else made fun of me! Sometimes I kinda miss the times we shared but I guess I needed to be better to myself :')"
38. He told me to break up with my girlfriend, then started hitting on her.
"He told me to break up with my girlfriend at one point and when I did he hit her up and started hanging out with her."
39. He got rejected by a girl and suddenly became very depressive and shut in.
"He got rejected by a girl and suddenly became very depressive and shut in. We tried to support him but he didn't want to go out, or have any relation with our group of friends. With time things gold cold and we barely speak to each other anymore. He's 27 and still living with his parents and doesn't work or study, and barely walks out his house. It's sad but we got tired of trying to drag him out."
40. She became addicted to heroin.
"She became addicted to heroin. I tried to help her but she just became a totally different person…stole from me, amongst other things. I miss her :("
41. He was massively rude to my girlfriend.
"He was a massive dick and was massively rude to my girlfriend over a weekend and completely blanked her after inviting us over before he got massively drunk and passed out, leaving us downstairs with his fiancé, so very awkward. The last time I spoke to him I told him I wasn't going to be his best man anymore at his wedding, which was last May, I sometimes miss seeing him as a friend but there's no excusing blanking someone like that, it's just rude."
42. She turned out to be a crazy, paranoid bitch.
"She turned out to be a crazy, paranoid bitch. Was 100% convinced that the intelligence agencies were spying on her, that her phone was tapped and that they were following her. I'm like honey you are not that interesting. She was anxious, depressed and refused to get help. Fought constantly with her therapists until they all sacked her as a patient. At this time, I was undergoing my own fight with newly diagnosed bipolar disorder, so hanging out with her was setting back my own progress (dissing my taking medication, telling me seeing a psych was a waste of money etc.) so I cut her off."
43. He tried to get me into a threesome with his girlfriend—against her wishes.
"This happened fairly recently and he still tries to contact me like nothing's wrong.
His girlfriend rings me up, asks if I'd be up for a threesome. Sure I say (major dry spell on my part and she's cute as hell), just so long as you and he are 100% OK with the idea. No problem, they've spoke in detail about it I get told.
He starts organizing it like it's a staff meeting at work, even tried setting up for 10am on a Tuesday. Not a fucking chance. It doesn't work like that surely, just get drunk one night and see if it happens right?
Few days later I get another call from his girlfriend, she's freaked out by all this organizing he's doing, I know the feeling and we talk for a while, right up until the point when she confines into me that she isn't and never has been 100% consensual if this whole thing and that he's forced her into this.
I'm sorry, what?
I flipped. Hard. This guys supposed to be my best friend and he nearly convinces me to have sex with a girl that ain't fully committed, fully aware of the fact that she isn't fully committed. In my eyes that's just rape.
Haven't spoken to him since."
44. She fell into the wrong crowd. I didn't.
"We were best friends in school, but then something happened and we were sent into separate schools. She fell into the wrong crowd. I didn't."
45. I was sick of having a one-sided relationship.
"I was sick of having a one-sided relationship with my best friend. She would call all the time to complain about her life (and get irate if I didn't answer right away, even when I was tending to my sick child), but I wasn't allowed to have any problems. On the few occasions I tried to talk to her about an issue I was having, she would ask me why I was complaining about anything, since my life was so "perfect" (never mind that the last time I tried to confide in her it was because my mom had had a heart attack… but nope, not allowed to complain)."
46. EVERY time he found out I was interested in a girl he would try to chat her up or sleep with her.
"EVERY time he found out I was interested in a girl he would try to chat her up or sleep with her, even if he'd previously said she wasn't attractive before realizing I liked her. He did this at least six times."
47. I became a Buddhist and she became a fundamentalist Christian.
"I became a Buddhist and she became a fundamentalist Christian. I tried but soon realized keeping her at a distance was the healthiest and most compassionate thing I could do; eventually she realized I would not engage her when she started trying to convert me and talking badly about my spiritual choices and we just faded out. It something I feel sad about as we were very close friends."
48. She wrote a letter apologizing for all the 'sinning' she did in college.
"She wrote a letter apologizing for all the 'sinning' she did in college.
Drinking underage, having sex with guys at parties, her body piercings… etc.
I didn't need a letter. She didn't force me to have fun with her. I didn't regret our college fun. Just seemed pretentious and waaaaaaay too far down the religious rabbit hole for me to continue."
49. I left the cult we were both in.
"He was my best man at my wedding, and I was at his. We no longer talk because I left the cult we were both in. I finally was able to break the chains of blind faith, but he was not. He was conditioned to think non-cult members are Satan's tools."
50. He convinced my girlfriend of two years to break up with me and date him.
"He convinced my girlfriend of two years to break up with me and date him. In the end he did me a favor but how can I trust him with anything after that?"
51. He became a huge pothead and I became a huge drunk.
"He became a huge pothead and I became a huge drunk. Kinda funny how those can separate us."
52. I got him a job, and he stole from the company.
"We'd been friends for 14 years. He was in a really tough place after breaking up with his then girlfriend. I was working a steady job and suggested we hire him. Everything was going really well. A few months pass and they train to become a bartender. A couple days after his training shifts they realize money went missing from the safe. (Only bartenders and managers know the combo) There was video proof of him going into the safe and stealing $100. He also lied to a coworker and got her to give him $50. I felt like absolute shit. Thought everyone at work hated me. I apologized to the girl he "borrowed" money from and my managers so many times. He didn't reply to my texts for almost two weeks. When he finally did, his reply was "shut the fuck up. You know you can't stay mad at me. We've been friends for too long. Shit happens. They'll get over it" Spoken to him once since that conversation. He texts me but I don't reply. Sucks but I can't have someone like that in my life."
53. He became a right-wing evangelical Christian.
"He became a right-wing evangelical Christian. This was the guy that introduced me to George Carlin, The Beatles, Metallica, Weird Al and the Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was a gifted writer that focused on dark comedy and loved learning new things about the world. He was my best friend from the time I was 6 until we graduated college.
He grew up in a Southern Baptist church; after he got his masters he moved back home and became indoctrinated. Now he listens to Christian music only, believes the earth is 6000 years old, thinks gays are disgusting and that science is mostly wrong. It kills me to think about how much he has changed."
54. He wanted me to be jealous of him as if life was some kind of competition.
"Every time I'd talk to him he'd gloat about how awesome his life is and how much better he was doing than me.
It was pissing me off because I could tell he wanted me to be jealous of him as if life was some kind of competition.
My wife started to notice it too so she told me he wasn't invited to our wedding. After I didn't invite him we fell out and haven't spoken since."


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Select one of the essays by an art critic on Meaning and Critique. Take a look at the artwork that the critic is writing about. Analyze the critic's essay according to the types of criticism discussed in Artforms and the requirements below. make your own judgement of the artist's work and the critic's assessment. You must use MLA style in text citations for quotes from the critic's review. Include these points: Determine the extent to which the critic uses formal, contextual/sociocultural, or expressive analysis Describe how the critic uses description, analysis, interpretation and judgment Analyze the critic's discussion of the visual elements and principles of design Assess the critic's judgment of the work. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WFPPiTePAvW4hyPQVj0JQOtOU_L5jM4Kdsn4x1nEwYg/pub?start=false&%3bloop=false&%3bdelayms=3000&slide=id.p5 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZK_Pfbm1EJ0I8lH6covG26naaKZsbPZp7atUVxneA9Y/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p4
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I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote
- Herman Melville
Now we're in the thick of it.
Everest season is in full swing, and before long it'll be over. On top of the hundreds of successful summits, the mountain has claimed a number of lives, been the scene of costly body recoveries, and been scaled at a blistering pace. (more…)
Mountaineers Cory Richards and Adrian Ballinger are back on Everest.
The 2016 Spring season on Everest ended last week.
13 climbers, including nine Sherpas from different teams, have summited Everest this week after a two-year gap of no summits.


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Chorizo Taquitos
Prep Time: 15 Min | Cook Time: 30 Min
- 1 12 Corn Tortillas
- 2 8 oz. Fresh Chorizo
- 3 1/4 Cup Onion, Finely Chopped
- 4 1 Tbsp Butter
- 5 1 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 6 1 Potato, Cubed
- 7 1 Tbsp Char-Griller Original Seasoning
- 8 1 Tbsp Paprika
- 9 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 10 1 tsp Salt
- 11 1/4 Cup Cilantro, Chopped
- 12 1 Cup Shredded Colby Jack Cheese
- 13 Oil for Heating Up Tortillas
- 14 Queso Fresco and Cilantro for Garnish
- 16 1/2 Cup Sour Cream (Cilantro Lime Sour Cream)
- 17 Juice of Half a Lime (Cilantro Lime Sour Cream)
- 18 1 Tbsp Cilantro, Finely Chopped (Cilantro Lime Sour Cream)
Skip the freezer taquitos and make this Chorizo Taquito recipe at home! Fresh, delicious and super easy, these are sure to become a favorite for game day and beyond.
1. Light grill for indirect heat and heat grill to 350
2. In a medium sized skillet, heat chorizo up thoroughly
3. Place on a paper towel lined plate, to drain access fat
4. Place butter and vegetable oil in the skillet
5. Add onions, potatoes, seasonings, and cilantro into the hot oil, stirring frequently until potatoes are crispy
6. Add chorizo and shredded cheese and stir until combined and melted, remove from heat
7. Brush both sides tortillas with oil (to make it easier, you can spray each side lightly with an olive oil cooking spray) and place in a dry clean pan or directly on the grill grates from a few seconds on each side
8. Place a spoonful of chorizo mixture into each tortilla and roll up tightly without breaking the tortillas.
9. When all tortillas are rolled up with filling, place them on a small greased cookie sheet
10. Place pan on grill for 30 minutes, flipping the taquitos halfway through
11. While taquitos are cooling, mix together all the dip ingredients in a small bowl
12. Serve taquitos drizzled with sour cream mixture, topped with queso fresco and cilantro


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Earlier this summer, we published a map of high school graduation rates by district across the United States. We're now breaking it down and exploring trends in different states and regions.
When you look at our national high school graduation rate map, it's impossible to miss how low graduation rates are in the Deep South. These states don't have the worst graduation rates in the country. That dubious distinction belongs to Oregon, New Mexico and Nevada.
But still, taken together, Southern states are a long stretch of low-performing districts, with very few bright spots. Alabama is the only state with any districts whose graduation rates are above 95 percent, and it's only got six of them. (Most of those are small and hard to see. More on that in a moment.)
The abundance of green on the map — indicating a district with a graduation rate of 75 percent or lower — isn't surprising when you consider that Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida all have statewide rates that low. So I changed the scale to see if any new patterns emerged:
Now, we can start to see some divisions between areas and important distinctions between the states. Let's start with the not-so-good news. Mississippi and Florida both have more districts with a graduation rate below 60 percent than districts above 90 percent. In fact, Florida only has one district in the northeast corner of the state where 90 percent of students get their diploma within four years. So does Louisiana, along its border with Texas.
Among southern states, Alabama has the largest number of high-performing districts, particularly in its northern half. There's also a curious pattern of city districts outperforming the surrounding larger counties. Let's zoom in:
My first thought was that some of this might be explained by demographics. We know that fewer low-income students graduate from high school than their wealthier peers. Maybe students in Alabama's cities are more affluent, while county school districts have more poor students?
But here's a look at the percentage of free and reduced-price lunch eligible students in each district compared with the graduation rate. In theory, the colors should match up somewhat. Districts with high-poverty populations should have low graduation rates and vice versa.
You can see that the northern cities do generally have fewer low-income students than the surrounding districts. But the comparison raises other questions. In the southern half of the state, home to most of the high-poverty districts, there are several examples of districts with the highest percentages of low-income students having above average graduation rates. What are these districts doing that is working well?
Much of the success can be chalked up to careful collaboration among staff, according to Molly Killingsworth, a regional support coordinator for the state. She works with Perry County Schools, where 93 percent of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2013 and 87 percent graduated. Counselors monitor grades, teachers stay on top of interventions and administrators contact parents when needed.
"That should be occurring in all places, but sometimes it takes low numbers or high-poverty schools or something to shine a light to say, 'This is what we've got to address,'" Killingsworth said. "In the districts that have been successful, they have a finger on the kids."
Keep checking back as we examine other regions of the United States in the weeks to come. Offer suggestions on places or trends you want to see covered in the comments or on Twitter: @sarahbutro or @hechingerreport.
This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about high school reform.


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Random Acts of Kindness: A pre-planned event where you give money or something with monetary value to an unsuspecting person.
Micro-philanthropy: The act of an individual giving small amounts of money ($1-$25) rather than larger amounts to support a cause or person.
Community: A group of people committed to one action, one belief, one commitment.
Here's the truth: People LOVE to see random acts of kindness.
Here's the second truth: People WANT to give to random acts of kindness…they want to keep the momentum going. It gives them HOPE.
We go out and perform random acts of kindness through donations we get from micro-philanthropists, because the third truth is: You don't have to be rich to give. You can make an impact even now.
The negativity in this world is stifling and a random act of kindness is like a breath of fresh air.
Welcome to Mailbox Money. Mailbox Money Community Foundation is a nontraditional nonprofit. We provide an easy, convenient, and affordable way for you to give towards random acts of kindness that we believe will make the world a happier, kinder and more generous place.
Mailbox Money is battling the negativity in this world through kindness! Are you ready to join the fight?
Mailbox Money is not your average nonprofit. We don't commit to one cause.
Instead, we give back to unsuspecting people and causes through random acts of kindness.
We brand these acts of kindness with our official Golden Envelope, which plays a big role in our giving!
Check out the links below to learn more or see how we give in action.
• Meet Kim: A Grandmother who was just released from the hospital after beating
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• Three Unsuspecting Graduates: We gave $500 each to unsuspecting high school graduates after their ceremony!
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We believe in a world where everyone can be a giver by participating in organized micro-philanthropy thereby creating a happier, more generous, kind and united society.
We make it easy and convenient for people to give, no matter what their income. We empower like-minded individuals to scale their giving by participating in a community based platform of micro-philanthropists. We give to unsuspecting people through random acts of kindness in nontraditional ways to inspire a ripple effect of generosity through our collective efforts.
Mailbox Money gives a minimum of eighty cents of every dollar donated. With your support, we intend to raise this number as time goes on. We ARE the how and we need you to make it happen. You don't have to be rich to give.
100% of the people we give to are unsuspecting! Regardless of income, race, orientation, status, etc., anyone can be a recipient. Some think you should only give to those in need, but we intentionally give to unsuspecting people because we believe everyone deserves a little kindness.
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While we encourage members from all over the world, we want to talk to our U.S. citizens right now. You know our country needs more kindness and unity, so we hope you will join us as we give forward together!
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Sometimes you just need to invest in a piece of tech that has been on your list of desirables for quite some time. Whether you own an iPhone 7 or iPad Pro, there's something for you here in today's tech deals of the day package. Of course, our daily tech deals go way beyond that, meaning that we have a number of hardware items at extremely reasonable prices for you to choose from.
Let's first address the iPad Pro accessory in here. Apple Pencil, which works on both 12.9 and 9.7-inch iPad Pro models, is available today at a discounted price. While the discount might not be much, it's still better than grabbing it at full price from Apple.
Next is an accessory which is suitable for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus users, It's a pair of noise-canceling wireless earphones which also happen to be sweatproof making them perfect for a jog or workout session. Down from $70 to an amazing $16, they are a must-have for all iPhone 7 users out there! Next we have is a USB Type-C hub from Anker, perfect for those who are investing in a MacBook or MacBook Pro. Last but not the least is the ChugPlug portable battery power bank for the 11 and 13-inch MacBook Air, and the previous-gen 13-inch MacBook Pro models.
As always, all the deals listed here are available for a limited time period only, or till stocks last, whichever happens first. If there's a product in the list here that you have your heart set on, make sure you act quickly before the offers expire. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy the savings!
Noise Canceling Sweatproof Bluetooth Earphones ($15.99, usually $66.99)
If you're after a pair of extremely comfortable earphones, that are noise canceling, sweatproof and perfect for those workout and gym situations, then these little beauties could be worth serious consideration. The secure fit Bluetooth earbuds are perfect for those active individuals who need something that is as lightweight and versatile as them. And what's better is that they've actually been reduced by around 75%. If you are a iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus user wanting to go wireless, this is for you!
Buy: Noise Canceling Sweatproof Bluetooth Earphones from Amazon: $15.99 | Original price: $67
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If you've ever been after a power accessory for mobile devices, then the chances are that you will have heard of Anker as a company. The company likes to point out that more than 10 million individuals use its products, which includes this USB Type-C hub that is capable of delivering instant data connectivity and power to multiple connected devices. Smartphones and tablets alike can be connected directly to this little piece of kit with minimal fuss. If you have a 2015 or 2016 MacBook, or are willing to get 2016 MacBook Pro, you'll need this for connecting your legacy USB devices.
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External Battery Pack For MacBook Air And Previous-Gen MacBook Pro ($12.95, usually $74.99)
This is very useful if you own a 11-inch or 13-inch MacBookAir, or one of Apple's previous-generation 13-inch MacBook Pros. A two hour charge time on this little piece of kit should put you in a luxurious position of being able to get an additional four hours of uptime out of one of the aforementioned MacBook models. Perfect for those situations where you need to be productive, but just can't be constrained to a power outlet. Oh and at this price, it's a steal!
Buy: ChugPlug External Battery Pack for Apple MacBook from Amazon: $12.95 | Original price: $75
Apple Pencil for iPad Pro ($94.99, usually $99.00)
When Apple initially introduced the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, it also brought the accompanying Apple Pencil to market. It's essentially an Apple branded stylus that offers a lot more precision and power than a standard capacitive pen. It offers Bluetooth and Lightning as means of connectivity, and interacts directly with the iPad Pro (12.9 and 9.7-inch) range to give owners the ability to draw directly into first and third-party apps.
Buy: Apple Pencil for iPad Pro from Amazon: $94.99 | Original price: $99
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American Barbell Rack 36
The American Barbell Rack 36 features 3x3 11 gauge steel and 3/4" hardware, with modular functionality and a wide variety of customization options. Plastic protection on both sides of the J-Hooks helps protect the bar and uprights from scratching and wear. This rack is an excellent starting point for a variety of training options and a great choice for garage gyms and sports and performance training centers alike.
- Construction: 3x3 11 gauge steel with 3/4" hardware
- Modular design makes it easy to expand and reconfigure
- Band Compatible
- Modular (and expandable) storage for plates, bands, chains, and other accessories
- Includes Pull-Up bar and J-Hooks
- Unit must be anchored to the floor
- 7'5" Standard Height
- 48" Wide
- 36" Deep
*Ships in about 2 weeks
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- Unit has holes on the front and back sides of the uprights (only).
- Pipe Spotter bars are not included. They must be purchased separately.
Olympic Bars, Weight plates, and accessory exercise items pictured within the Rack product photo are not included and must be purchased separately.
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Lehigh Valley, PA (PRWEB) January 15, 2015 -- Discover Lehigh Valley's 2015 Lehigh Valley Official Visitors Guide is packed with fun, information, coupons, a new Stay & Save promotion aimed at families, in-depth articles on perennial favorites and brand-new hot spots, and so much more.
This year's brochure includes a special feature on Allentown's rebirth, including a striking cover image of the new PPL Center in the city's downtown area. The PPL Center is home to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League, and has already been the site of concerts by the Eagles and Tom Petty and family shows such as Disney on Ice. The PPL Center is the centerpiece in Allentown's renaissance, surrounded by high end and family restaurants, arts, attractions, and propelled by the Center City Investment Corporation.
The guide's first pages feature just what makes up Lehigh Valley, including interesting and historical city facts for Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton as well as important items, such as transportation and airport information.
The strikingly redesigned guide also features sample itineraries for the perfect trip to Lehigh Valley, tips on where to get the best brews in town, and ways to save money when in the area.
New icons throughout the guide make it easier to find locations that are ADA compliant, have meeting space, and are group tour friendly.
Other sections include:
• Bottoms Up – Find out more about the all-new Lehigh Valley Ale Trail and which spots in Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton serve your favorite pints.
• The Perfect Trip to Lehigh Valley – Whether you're planning a romantic getaway, a trip with the family to the Crayola Experience™, or a summer weekend at Musikfest, we've got you covered with some fun ideas.
• The "Dish" on Our Local Favorites – Discover Lehigh Valley staff members share their favorite dishes in this fun piece.
• ArtsQuest™ Center at SteelStacks™ – Find out how the nation's former largest brownfield was transformed into Lehigh Valley's center for arts and entertainment.
• The Karl Stirner Arts Trail – Not to be outdone, Easton's resurgence is surrounded by the beautiful Karl Stirner Arts Trail, which showcases local and regional artists along the Bushkill Creek.
• Lehigh Valley Sports – Lehigh Valley has it all, from professional hockey with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to professional baseball with the Triple A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, to indoor football with the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks and even world-class cycling at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, you'd be hard pressed to find a sport that wasn't played.
The "Stay & Save" section of the Official Visitors Guide details the area's five most popular travel packages which include:
• Stay & Create (Crayola Experience™) – This brand new package gives visitors access to a special 25 percent discount off attraction tickets that can't be found anywhere else.
• Stay & Ski – (for winter 2015-16) Includes overnight accommodations and a voucher for your choice of skiing, snowboarding or snow tubing at Blue Mountain or Bear Creek Mountain Resort.
• Stay & Scream (Dorney Deals) – While package prices and features vary by hotel, some include tickets to Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, while others offer park tickets at a discounted rate off the gate price.
• Stay & Investigate – Paranormal investigating has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity and Discover Lehigh Valley has partnered with local destinations to accommodate paranormal enthusiasts and skeptics alike.
• Stay & Game – The Bethlehem Steel inspired Sands® Bethlehem features slots, live table games and upscale dining. The hotel on site is home to more than 300 rooms, including 16 Executive Suites, six Presidential Suites and 12,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. The Outlets at Sands® Bethlehem is home to more than 30 premium, brand-name retailers. And, the Sands® Bethlehem Event Center brings in the best in music and comedic acts. Experience all Sands® Bethlehem has to offer with any one of these special package options.
Other sections include an Events Calendar, Coupons, and Maps as well as Play, Stay, Shop, Eat, Travel Support, and Discover, highlighting the best Lehigh Valley has to offer.
Discover Lehigh Valley corporate sponsors, denoted in red listings throughout the guide, include Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Alvin H. Butz, Inc., C.F. Martin & Co., Clear Channel Airports, Coordinated Health, Crayola, Inc., Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, EBC Printing, The Express-Times / lehighvalleylive.com, Just Born, Inc., Lehigh Valley Health Network, Morning Call, National Penn Bank, PPL Corporation, Sands® Bethlehem, and St. Lukes University Health Network.
The 2015 Lehigh Valley Official Visitors Guide is complimentary and can be requested by calling 610-882-9200 or 1-800-MEET-HERE or visiting DiscoverLehighValley.com. A downloadable PDF version is available on the site. Guides are also distributed at more than 70 brochure racks located in hotels, visitors centers, and at select attractions throughout the region.
About Discover Lehigh Valley
Discover Lehigh Valley is the designated destination marketing organization (DMO) of Lehigh and Northampton counties. Its mission is to promote and develop Lehigh Valley as a leisure and business travel destination. Created in 1984, Discover Lehigh Valley assists in promoting regional tourism, an industry that generates $1.9 billion in annual revenue and accounts for more than 22,000 jobs in Lehigh Valley. For more information on Discover Lehigh Valley and its activities or to request a Lehigh Valley Official Visitors Guide, call 1-800-MEET-HERE, or visit the official tourism website of Lehigh Valley at DiscoverLehighValley.com.
George Wacker, Discover Lehigh Valley, http://www.discoverlehighvalley.com, +1 (610) 882-9200, [email protected]
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