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Sunday, October 9, 2016
Cutting for 3............
The same stripes that are in the blocks are used for the sashing between blocks.
One last call for my colorwash class at my house in Sandwich IL. It will be held on Wed. and Thurs. Oct. 19 and 20. Email me if you are interested: exuberantcolor2 (AT) gmail (DOT) com.
8 comments:
- Shasta Matova said...
I put this block on the list of quilts I want to make last year. Your fabrics are wild and fun.
- October 9, 2016 at 6:37 AM
- Linda Swanekamp said...
Such fun fabrics! Blocks are going to have a lot of POW! power. Wish I lived closer, would love to take your class.
- October 9, 2016 at 6:51 AM
- Hedy Hahn said...
I really like the fabrics you have laid out for the blocks, this is going to be another Wandaful quilt. I sure wish things were different and I could just drive up there for your class, I'd love to see you again and take that class.
- October 9, 2016 at 7:16 AM
- Karen - Quilts...etc. said...
that is a neat block that you are using for this newest quilt. I hope you have a full class - if only I lived closer!
- October 9, 2016 at 7:55 AM
- Becki @ the beach said...
Nope, California is just a little too far.....sad to say!
What is that black & white fabric?
- October 9, 2016 at 10:16 AM
- Mystic Quilter said...
Love the background colour with your wild fabric and don't the stripes look amazing. I managed to cut out four feature fabric last evening, busy on kaleidoscope during the day.
- October 9, 2016 at 3:42 PM
- Quiltdivajulie said...
I wish I could be there for your class -- I really do.
- October 9, 2016 at 7:59 PM
- ckrut said...
When I saw you were in Illinois, I thought maybe I could do this. Nope. You're 4 hours away. Darn! Love your style.
- October 11, 2016 at 1:16 PM


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On a list of acid trips I'd rather not take, Thumper is one of them. On a list of most impressive PSVR games I've seen thus far, Thumper is one of them. The rhythm based nightmare is available with a VR option although it's not required to experience what I would imagine a caveman would experience had he suddenly been thrust into the present day!
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Dr. John J. Cannell, Executive Director of the Vitamin D Council, sat down with Purity Products. Here he explains how much vitamin D is recommended per day.
Nutrim Daily, New from Purity Products
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|Before I moved to Denmark I used HSBC for fifteen years. Their online banking system was adequate initially, and has grown better over time with improvements to its functionality and speed. But its amazing what you take for granted when you are forced to use an alternative.
My bank here in Denmark, though not Danish, is courteous and helpful in the physical world but digitally they are atrocious. Their online banking system is a world apart from HSBC and I can only think its because of an overtly paranoid view of security.
I cannot name the bank, as I would fear some sort of American Airlines sacking, but somebody has made a technical decision which just makes it such an arduous task accessing an account.
To gain access you need to download a Java application, install it within your browser and then download an access key which is unique to the machine. It makes your home pc become something like a bank terminal. Even the interface makes you feel like you are in the mainframe.
What needs to happen is to bring trust at the interface, the screen where the bank's customer interacts with the bank. it is no different from the teller window and yet rather than seeing the human face of a smiling cashier we are faced with rows of numbers, that are bland and confusing.
A different approach
The interface need not, and should not, reflect the banks own internal processes and culture. The place for that is in the headquarters and offices, not in front of the customer. Mint and Wesabe both have capitalized on this gap in the market. The gap in which banks have turned their backs on the customer's experience and preferred to adopt an IT approach to delivering a system that a customer is expected to work within.
Meanwhile these sites have realized that people need to see their numbers differently to how their bank manager sees them. Not on a spreadsheet but a chart with meaning, a saving scheme with a human name and relevance to them. This is what makes me want to return and use a bank. Show me how my money can work harder, where I can save or invest and do it in a way that is educational and even fun.
My online banking experience at the moment is dull, because I don't want to use the interface. All I can do is either find a better bank or use Wesabe or Mint to download my transactions and render them in a way that is understandable and useful to me.
Tenets for online banking
There are four areas we can take as tenets for what an online bank should deliver for the customers.
Ensure that from the visual design down to the language used, to the terms and illustrations, every single entity on the page is as clear as possible. This is how it looks , how the user would interact and use the system to ensuring the user understands exactly what is going on in every page. Iconography, help text, customer service contacts, all need explanation and immediacy for the user. The online bank must provide a service and the customer needs to grasp this instantly. Any marketing or jargon that gets in the way is a huge problem to its usefulness.
Whatever the customer wants to do in their accounts enable them to do it – if it is a product being offered. If they want something new make sure it is just a click away. Also show them the holistic view of their money and enable them to drill down into specifics whilst giving them a way to navigate around. Visualizing data that is easy to understand is so important to those people who are turned off by numbers, it allows a deeper comprehension and a better understanding of their financial situation.
Never make a customer download a piece of software to unlock the gate to let them into the bank. A barrier to entry on a system that holds their money is maddening for a user. It must be accessed through a browser and by mobile devices, even the TV. Online banking should be easy and stress free. Downtime may be unavoidable but warnings to customers and active support needs to be employed during these times.
Finally, allow the customers to take control by offering them the tools to manage and create accounts easily. Flexibility in the way they can manage their money will just give them a much more enjoyable banking experience. Akin to being listened to when they have a request and a feeling that something is being done. Showing their figures in real time and allowing the movement and creation of savings all go some way in giving them the feeling that this is their money, their accounts and importantly a bank they want to belong to.
Competitive threat will enforce change
I hope banking will be different soon. One bank will lead the way in defining an experience the others will follow. It hasn't happened yet because of constraints, politics, the credit crunch, institutionalization and corporate lethargy. But it will change, and with products like Wesabe's Springboard around, it will be sooner rather than later.


text: McNamara earns the AGRiP 2017 Award for Excellence in Leadership Tweet © The Association of Governmental Risk Pools Board of Directors has selected Lynn McNamara, executive director of CIS (Citycounty Insurance Services) in Oregon as the recipient of the 2017 AGRiP Award for Excellence in Leadership. AGRiP will recognize McNamara's excellence in leadership at the 2017 Governance & Leadership Conference. It was her commitment to ongoing education and skills development of CIS' 67 employees that caught the attention of AGRiP's Board of Directors. McNamara focuses on inclusivity and professional development, offering CIS employees the opportunity for challenge and growth and providing mentorship along the way. Examples of this environment are readily apparent within CIS' executive management team. "Each one of us has the opportunity to prepare Board agenda materials and prepare the Board packet of materials," says Scott Moss, P/C Pool Director. "She gives us an opportunity to have direct contact with the Board and learn how to build those relationships." McNamara is heralded as being strategic and forward thinking, with an entrepreneurial spirit and a keen eye for innovations that will ultimately benefit CIS' public entity members. She guides her staff teams and supports her Board of Directors in regular strategic exercises, welcoming novel processes and new ideas. "The CIS Board of Trustees was excited, and not all that surprised, to hear about this award," said CIS Board Chair Scott McClure. "Lynn is an outstanding executive director who has earned the praise of the Board, CIS members and the greater pooling community. CIS is a great organization, led by a great leader." McNamara has implemented a number of new initiatives during her CIS tenure, including the Oregon Public Entity Excess Pool, which saved CIS and its members approximately $100,000 in its first year, and the Hire-to-Retire employment risk program to provide human resources consultation to members. McNamara has spearheaded CIS in capitalizing on technology innovation through creating unique underwriting and claims systems. Founded in 1981, CIS is a service program of the League of Oregon Cities and Association of Oregon Counties. It provides risk management and risk financing services to 343 Oregon cities, counties and public entities. McNamara joined CIS in 2002. She became the deputy director in 2005, and was named executive director in 2010. She has more than four decades of experience in municipal government through her years at the League of Oregon Cities, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, and the Town of Trumball, Conn. Prior to her governmental career, McNamara covered municipal government as a journalist for what is now the Connecticut Post. McNamara earned her Master's degree in public administration from the University of Hartford, and her Bachelor's degree from Sacred Heart University. She currently serves as first vice chair of the NLC Mutual Insurance Company, and as a member of Oregon's Management-Labor Advisory Committee for workers' compensation. An avid gym rat, McNamara is married to Phillip Fell, and has two stepdaughters and two granddaughters. McNamara is known in the pooling community for her thoughtful commentary, her commitment to do right by the public entities she serves, her support of the pooling industry, and her willpower to not eat dessert. AGRiP's Award for Excellence in Leadership recognizes individual contributions to the intergovernmental pooling field by someone directly affiliated with a pool. It honors the contributions of these individuals through their transformative leadership, exceptional professional development, and mentorship to others that has resulted in enhanced service within the pooling field. Back to news


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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
International Blog Hopping Day!
Teaching Blog Addict will be celebrating International Blog Hopping Day with all of their loyal blogstalkers. They will be posting linky parties all day long so you will have plenty of opportunities to satisfy your addiction and explore teaching blogs throughout the web. Hop on over to participate!
Posted by Mrs. Karen at Tuesday, July 05, 2011
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I agree with you as a teacher of pre-school children it it great to use different things for art and creative expression. My children and I were out on a walk oneday, we found a big tree branch and created a giraffe. We used yellow paint to paint the branch, brown paint and the children's fingerprints for the spots. A paper plate for the head and face and black fringed paper for eyelashes.ReplyDelete
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Adam Lambert, the hot and glamified world famous pop star, almost tossed his cookies when he watched the newest film adaptation of Les Miserables. Lambert was struck down with a case of "OMG" when the miserable cast showered one another with sweet-for-nothing vocals and OTT set pieces. Not only was Lambert tres miserable on Twitter, but he also lashed out at the actors in the film. He tweeted, "Les Mis: Visually impressive with great Emotional performances. But the score suffered massively with great actors PRETENDING to be singers. It's an opera. Hollywood's movie musicals treat the singing as the last priority."
Say what you want – Lambert isn't one of the best singers in the world for nothing. The man's got more vocal chops than Christina Aguilera in a horror house. He continued in his rant, "I do think it was cool they were singing live, but with that cast, they should have studio recorded and sweetened the vocals. . . The singing was so distracting at times it pulled me out. The industry will say 'these actors were so brave to attempt singing this score live,' but why not cast actors who could actually sound good? Sorry for being so harsh but it's so true!"
Luckily Lambert lauded Anne Hathaway for her "breathtaking" performance and gave her a golden star, a Noddy badge, and a heap of love. (She plays a dying prostitute if you didn't know.) Well, well, Lambert, perhaps you should first try your hand at film acting before berating others? We never knew your middle name was Roger Ebert. Should the film suck when we go watch it, we'll send you a "thank you" card and an apology, but until then, we can't really have an opinion on Lambert's opinion – or can we?
Meh. It's too much trouble to critique a critic.
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Episode #: 6174K
Taped: 10/10/2012
Five Price Tags: Maria LOSES (Mazda Sport).
Range Game: Danaya LOSES (Kawasaki Ninja).
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Grand Game: Peter LOSES (Lost going for $1,000).
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TPiR Recap: 10/17/12
Episode #: 6173K
Taped: 10/9/2012
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TPiR Recap: 9/25/12
Episode #: 6032K
Taped: 8/27/2012
Golden Road: Lambe LOSES (Won: Picnic totes, hot tub — didn't win Audi A7).
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It's In The Bag: Dora LOSES (Lost on the fourth bag).
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TPiR Recap: 9/24/12 (Season Premiere)
Episode #: 6031K
Taped: 8/27/2012
Lucky $even: Puett LOSES (Chevrolet Camaro).
Plinko: Jacquelyn WINS (Won $20,100)!
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Showcase Showdown #1: Olivia wins with a final total of $0.60!
Freeze Frame: Patricia LOSES (Outdoor Kitchen Island).
Gas Money: Mary LOSES (Bailed out with $3,000 going for Dodge Dart).
Safe Crackers: Megan LOSES (Trip to Miami).
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Showcase: Olivia wins! (Diamond ring, trip to Yosemite, Ford Fusion) A showcase ARP of $40,811 and a total of $47,135 in cash and prizes!
TPiR Recap: 11/29/11
Episode #: 5732K
Taped: 8/17/2011
Pay the Rent: Kristine LOSES (Lost on the 2nd floor).
Money Game: Crystal LOSES (Mazda 6i).
Squeeze Play: Jacob LOSES (Trip to Montreal).
Showcase Showdown #1: Jacob wins with a final total of $1.00! ($26,000 in bonuses!)
Easy as 1-2-3: Gaston LOSES (Washer/dryer, iMac, kayak).
Double Prices: Martha WINS (Pair of motorscooters)!
Switcheroo: Marianito LOSES (Scion xB ).
Showcase Showdown #2: Gaston wins with a final total of $1.00! ($1,000 in bonuses!)
Showcase: Jacob wins! (Caribbean cruise, Jeep Wrangler) A showcase ARP of $37,423 and a total of $64,913 in cash and prizes!
TPiR Recap: 11/28/11
Episode #: 5731K
Taped: 9/6/2011
Side by Side: Kevin WINS (Trip to New Orleans)!
Hi Lo: Erica LOSES (Ski-Doo snowmobile).
That's Too Much: Racheal LOSES (2012 Ford Focus SE).
Showcase Showdown #1: Racheal wins with a final total of $0.90!
Magic #: Loni LOSES (BBQ grill, hot tub).
Master Key: Christopher D. LOSES (Wipeout: didn't win dinnerware, dinette set, 2012 Fiat 500).
Freeze Frame: Christopher C. WINS (Gym equipment)!
Showcase Showdown #2: Christopher C. wins with a final total of $0.95!
Showcase: Racheal wins BOTH SHOWCASES after being off by a total of $99! (Computer, 3D HDTV, Jeep Compass PLUS trip to Cabo San Lucas, Sea-Doo power boat) Her showcase ARP was $24,349 and her total (including Christopher C.'s showcase) was $55,969 in cash and prizes!
TPiR Recap: 11/23/11 (Thanksgiving Edition!)
Episode #: 5723K
Taped: 10/18/2011
Punch a Bunch: Lindsay LOSES (Bailed out with $2,500, smart move!).
Lucky $even: Darryl LOSES (Jeep Wrangler).
Clock Game: Mary LOSES (Won sofa, didn't win theater system).
Showcase Showdown #1: Mary wins with a final total of $0.95!
Double Prices: Gladys LOSES (Trip to NYC).
Grocery Game: Carmen LOSES (Range).
Money Game: Brian LOSES (Chevy Aveo).
Showcase Showdown #2: Gladys wins with a final total of $0.60!
Showcase: Mary wins! (Dining room group, Thanksgiving meal for 20, Dodge Journey SE) A showcase ARP of $26,712 and a total of $28,561 in cash and prizes!
TPiR Recap: 11/22/11
Episode #: 5722K
Taped: 8/17/2011
That's Too Much: Nicholas LOSES (Mazda 3).
Switch: Janine LOSES (Hot tub, pair of kayaks).
Bonus Game: Teresa WINS (Trip to Bermuda)!
Showcase Showdown #1: Nicholas wins with a final total of $0.90!
Shopping Spree: Gina LOSES (Washer/dryer, shuffleboard table, Macbook Pro, HDTV).
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Possible Debt Collection Harassment From Reeds Jewelers Credit Card or Comenity Capital Bank
Reeds is a jewelry company that provides the best prices on diamonds, engagement rings, wedding bands, charms, watches, gemstones, gold jewelry, and more. The company has been around for more than 70 years and has recently begun offering a credit card for customers to help improve customer loyalty.
The Reeds Credit Card is a rewards-based credit card that is designed for giving cardholders special benefits. With the card, members are eligible to receive such benefits as no interest if paid in full within 6 or 12 months or 9.99% APR for the cardholder's choice of 24, 36, 48, or 60 months.
The credit card is managed by Comenity Capital Bank, one of the leaders in providing rewards-based credit cards. However, the company is being sued for their debt collection harassment practices.
What Credit Card Companies Cannot Do
Credit card companies like Comenity Capital Bank are not allowed to engage in specific behaviors that can be deemed harassing in any manner. Such behaviors include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Contacting you at any and all times of day, including very early in the morning and very late at night
- Coming to visit you at places they are not allowed to access, such as your home or residence or place of employment
- Making threats to you, including threats of harm
- Verbally abusing you over the telephone or via text
- Threatening legal action not relating or pertaining to your specific case
- Communicating information relating to your debt on social media, like Facebook and Twitter
- Creating paperwork that falsely resembles and implies that your debt is now in the hands of the police or the judicial system
- Offering you ways to pay off your debt, such as taking another line of credit or selling your home
- Misrepresenting their identity and posing as an officer of the court or law
- Threatening to have you arrested or taking away your property
- Practicing unfair and unethical practices, like depositing a post-dated check before the date it is due
- Trying to collect any interest or fees on top of the about of debt you owe before collecting that debt if the amount is not sanctioned by law
- Calling from bank numbers to make phone calls relating to debt recovery in the case of a bank loan
- Intentionally providing you with misleading information about the amount of debt you owe and misrepresenting the truth of your debt
- Telling information pertaining to your specific, personal, and confidential debt to other individuals not authorized on the account, such as friends or family members who answer the telephone in your place
- Not providing their identity when they are calling you
- Not informing you that the responsibility of collecting your debt has been given and passed on to a specifically debt collection agency
Any and all of these matters are reflections of credit card debt harassment. If you have a Reeds Credit Card managed by Comenity Capital Bank and have experienced any, or multiple, of these harassing pursuits, then you could benefit from working together with Rights Protection Law Group to win in your case against your debt collection harassment.
As you are protected by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or FDCPA, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, Rights Protection Law Group will help guide you through the forms of legislature and will navigate you through the legal processes to help you win against your debt collectors who are harassing you unlawfully.
Possible Comenity Capital Bank Debt Collection Harassment
Comenity Capital Bank is known for engaging is harassing phone calls toward cardholders in the case of collecting credit card debt. The collectors often call from the following phone numbers: (614) 729-6090, (303) 255-5349, (303) 255-5352, (303)255-5354, (614) 212-5293, (913) 563-5511, (720) 456-3687, (913)563-5510, (614) 729-6087, and (614) 729-560. Many of the calls from these phone numbers are often automated. Cardholders might also receive text messages from these numbers in relation to collecting a credit card debt.
If you are receiving unwelcome and unending communication from Comenity Capital Bank in relation to your Reeds Credit Card, you might be a victim of credit card debt collection harassment. If the communication you are receiving from Comenity Capital Bank is causing distress and trauma for you, then you are enduring harassment.
Here for You
We pride ourselves on treating all of our clients with the utmost respect and our quick and efficient working and responsive attorneys are ready to defend your consumer rights. Here at Rights Protection Law Group, we are ready and willing to help you defeat your credit card harassment today. If you are suffering from the harassment you are facing on a daily basis, we are here to solve your case and bring you the peace of mind and ease of joy that you
deserve, free from credit card harassment.
Our highly-experienced team of top-notch lawyers and attorneys provide you with effective legal representation to stop harassing phone calls from Comenity Capital Bank. Our entire team is dedicated to you and your success. We are loyal to helping you in every manner we can because when you succeed, we succeed. Together, we are committed to preventing consumer fraud from debt collectors.
If you are facing debt collection harassment from Comenity Capital Bank because of your Reeds Credit Card, this could be considered a violation and you are entitled to monetary damages because harassment is against the law and we here at Rights Protection Law Group will help you get the funds you deserve.
We are ready to get your started on your way to ending the harassment against you and we are ready to get you help today. Give us a call today at 844-574-4487 (844-5-RIGHTS) or visit our website rightsprotect.com where a free consultation is available 24/7.
Contact us today to finally put an end to the credit card debt collection harassment you are facing.


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August 29, 2013
KELLY STOETZEL and LEE STOETZEL, Plaintiffs,v.NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, Defendant.
FREDA L. WOLFSON, District Judge.
Defendant, New Jersey Turnpike Authority ("Authority" or "Defendant"), moves for summary judgment on Plaintiffs', Kelly Stoetzel and Lee Stoetzel ("Plaintiffs"), claims for negligence and loss of consortium, respectively, which stem from Ms. Stoetzel's slip and fall in an allegedly icy rest area parking lot operated and owned Defendant. Defendant contends that it is immune from liability by virtue of common-law snow removal immunity and by the weather-related immunity codified at N.J.S.A. 59:4-7. For the reasons set forth below, Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.
The following facts are drawn mostly from the parties' undisputed statements of material facts. At approximately 7:30 A.M. on January 5, 2011, Plaintiffs stopped at the Woodrow Wilson Rest Area to get a cup of coffee. (NJTA's Statement of Undisputed Material Facts ("Defendant's Statement"), ¶¶ 2-3). The Woodrow Wilson Rest Area is owned by the Authority, which is responsible for maintenance of the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. Id. at ¶ 7 The Authority licensed the use of the facilities at this rest area to HMS Host ("HMS"). However, the Authority explicitly retained responsibility for snow removal in the parking lot area.[1] Id. As Ms. Stoetzel walked through the parking lot, she slipped and fell on ice formed by the melting and refreezing of snow the Authority had plowed and piled. Id. at ¶ 5. As a result of the fall, Ms. Stoetzel allegedly suffered ankle injuries which required hospitalization and surgery. (Deposition of Kelly Stoetzel ("Stoetzel Depo."), 65:15-69:24. The fall did not occur on the blacktop, but on one of the concrete islands located in the parking lot. Id. at ¶ 6.
On March 30, 2012, Plaintiff Kelly Stoetzel filed a complaint for negligence against the Authority. She alleged that Defendant owed to her, as an invitee and customer of the rest stop, a duty of care, and that Defendant breached this duty of care by failing to properly maintain the parking area of the rest area and allowing ice to accumulate on the walking surface. ( See Complaint). In addition, Plaintiff Lee Stoetzel, Ms. Stoetzel's husband, filed a loss of consortium claim. Id. Defendant moved for summary judgment on the ground that it is immune from liability by virtue of common-law snow removal immunity and the weather-immunity provision of the Tort Claims Act, 59:4-7.
Courts will enter summary judgment only when "the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law." Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(a). An issue is "genuine" if supported by evidence such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict in the non-moving party's favor. See Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 251-52 (1986). A fact is "material" if, under the governing substantive law, a dispute about the fact might affect the outcome of the suit. See id. at 252. In determining whether a genuine issue of material fact exists, the court must view the facts and all reasonable inferences drawn from those facts "in the light most favorable to the [non-moving] party." Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986).
A party moving for summary judgment "bears the initial responsibility of informing the district court of the basis for its motion." Celotex v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323 (1986). The non-moving party then carries the burden to "designate specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.'" Id. at 324. Moreover, the non-moving party may not rest upon the mere allegations or denials of its pleading. Id. at 324; Maidenbaum v. Bally's Park Place, Inc., 870 F.Supp. 1254, 1258 (D.N.J.1994). The non-moving party must "do more than simply show that there is some metaphysical doubt as to the material facts." Matsushita, 475 U.S. at 586. A mere "scintilla of evidence... will be insufficient." Anderson, 477 U.S. at 252.
Common law snow removal immunity was first recognized in Miehl v. Darpino, 53 N.J. 49 (1968). There, the court noted that, in the absence of immunity, the only way a municipality could avoid liability for accidents related to inadequate snow removal would be to "broom sweep all the traveled portion of the streets, driveways and sidewalks where natural snowfall has been disturbed by any removal of street snow." Id. at 53-54. Such an undertaking "could make the expense of any extensive program of snow removal prohibitive and could result in no program or in an adequate partial program. Patently, some cleaning of snow is better than none." Id. at 54. According to the court,
The unusual traveling conditions following a snowfall are obvious to the public. Individuals can and should proceed to ambulate on a restricted basis, and if travel is necessary, accept the risks inherent at such a time. To require the individual members of the public to assume the relatively mild additional danger presented by accumulated piles of snow resulting from street snow removal is a minor sacrifice to exact when the alternative could be municipal failure to eliminate the far greater danger caused by permitting snow to remain as deposited by natural forces. The public benefit arising from snow removal far outweighs any slight, private detriment which could accompany such a municipal act.
A later New Jersey Supreme Court case further elaborated on the reasons for the continued existence of common-law snow removal immunity, noting that snow-removal activities, by their very nature, leave behind "dangerous conditions, " and that it could not imagine any other "governmental function that would expose public entities to more litigation if this immunity were to be abrogated." Rochinsky v. New Jersey Dept. of Transp., 110 N.J. 399, 413-14 (1988).
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Communications Officer Lieutenant Uhura
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In Star Trek's 20th Anniversary Voyager Magazine, the Winter edition states "Women were still rare as leading action characters and the the typical kickass female combined her toughness with youth and a subtext of sexual availability."
So along comes Star Trek Voyager in 1995 with Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) with her "abrasive authority" and squeaky nasal voice. Janeway is strong willed and sound provided she gets her high intake of coffee, black. So was Janeway the first woman to kick butt in Star Trek?
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1987 Proof: Beverly Crusher was on the scene only feet away
So lets rewind to 1987- Star Trek The Next Generation warps onto our TV screens. In the 23rd episode "Skin of Evil" CMO Dr Beverly beams down with the Away Team - Data, Geordi, Riker and Chief of Security Tasha Yar to Vagra II in 2364. Here Beverly is on the front lines and meets a terrifying Armus. - I mean this dude was BIG and SLIMY and it SPOKE! You can bet all your trekkie autographs, toys and memorabilia the landing party were totally freaked out! Well maybe not Data.
"Data, somethings got me!" "Touch him and he dies!"
Ship's Counsellor Deanna Troi - "I felt her die".
Meanwhile, the ships Betazoid, Counsellor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) is trapped/held prisoner in her crashed Shuttlecraft by Armus while Yar is instantly killed by a flick of the creatures power.
Chief of Security Lieutenant Tash Yar
In my book, it takes nerves of steel and expertise to cope with hostile lifeforms like Armus. But did Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) cross the line? I remember how shell shocked trekkers were when Yar died. It looked pretty hopeless because lets face it, it was. Yar's death was tragic and meaningless. She even says so herself in Yesterdays Enterprise.
Our good Dr Crusher beams Yar's broken body back to Sickbay and desperately tries to microvolt her brain back to life. Sadly Yar's injuries were too great but what a grand exit. "That thing just sucked the life right out of her."
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
The Strange Case of the £3.99 Double LP and Micky Bubble's Slippers.
The Harbinger Sound Sampler
Harbinger000 DLP
Mark Wynn
Steve Ignorant's Slice of Life
Sleaford Mods
Consumer Electronics
Phil Julian
John Paul
Future Commuter
Circuit Breaker
Sudden Infant
Mark Durgan
Pain Jerk
The Urinals
The Lowest Form
Chaos UK
Mark Wynn - A Tenner? I'll do it Myself.
Beau Travail/In a Car. 7"
If you were to purchase either of these releases [and I do urge you to do that, your life would be all the better for it] which one would cost you the most? A double LP versus a single? No contest. Except that the double LP has been released by Harbinger Sound with the words 'Pay no more than £3.99' on it. Words not seen on a vinyl release, by me at any rate, for about thirty five years and the heyday of certain indie/punk labels who didn't like middle men making money out of their music and, more importantly, wanted to get their music to the fans as cheap as possible.
Record labels are businesses after all and like all businesses their aim is to make money and maximize their profit margins. That means charging as much as possible without the consumer thinking they're being ripped off. I don't mean all record labels of course, just those housed in shiny buildings run by people in suits who have no interest in music. In the early 90's when the quest for CD World Domination began in earnest the sight of a new release costing £17 wasn't that unusual. A release whose manufacturing costs ran to about 50p with the artists getting what? Certainly not as much as the record company. Now that CD's are on their way out and vinyl is the new thing witness the ugly sight of the £40 LP. Plus ça change.
The answer to all this of course is to put out a double LP for less than the price of a pint. And as hard as it is to believe, word reaches these ears that Harbinger Sound actually made a measly few pence profit on each copy sold, profit that no doubt disappeared instantly on advertising and beer for all those involved. If you love the music it can be done and Harbinger really do love the music. As do the people on this double LP who no doubt gave their music for free with the promise of free beer, or free records, or slots on tours ringing in their ears. Feel the warmth. Hate the £40 LP.
For £3.99 you get 20 artists and bands to listen to and investigate. Bands and artist that cover a vast sweep of Harbinger Sound from its very early days to its most up to date so you get a track from Jap noise supremos Pain Jerk, [or if you prefer PainJerk] to today's gob slobberers Sleaford Mods. So that's everything from Jap noise to electroacoustic experimentation courtesy of Mark Durgan to Phil Julian's modular synth work to current German Post Punk practitioners Pisse and Karies to Swiss Post Post Punk Improvisers Massicot to Steve Ignorant's delightful [despite my earlier reservations] acoustic tunes to I still don't like them despite everyone else liking them Circuit Breaker to vintage UK punks Chaos UK to speaker shredders Consumer Electronics to Sudden Infant to hardcore merchants Lowest Form. Punk too from Berlin screamers Toylettes and long running French outfit Frustration. York's very own Mark Wynn has a track called 'Michael Bublé's Slippers' and there's a synth outfit I've never heard of before called Future Commuter who we must assume are future signee's. Fun also in the shape of John Paul, last seen enunciating Notts style over certain Sleaford Mod intro's with 'Sissy and Ada [Red Version]' and if those words mean anything to you then you know you're in the right spot. Worth getting just to hear John Paul call Jackson Pollock, Jackson Bollocks. Harbinger faves and L.A.'s original 1978 punk band The Urinals get a slot just because their Harbinger Sound faves and not because they've featured on the label and that's what you can do when its your label.
Harbingers subtle aim is to introduce those who bought this release purely for the exclusive Sleaford Mods track Fat Tax [and very good it is too] to the delights of lots of other bands and genres of music they probably never knew existed. Its an excellent pressing too which makes the £4 price tag even more laughable. More please from John Paul who has the chutzpah to make it and Future Commuter whose online presence is minimal. As ever with Harbinger Sound the future looks bright.
This being Harbinger Sound though there has to be grit in the oyster and the 'curse' has struck once again. Not a sinking gig or a double booked venue or a busted exhaust when you've got a gig 250 miles away and three hours to make it in but a mix up in the labeling department meaning that the Durgan/Julian tracks don't match the vinyl. Hey ho. Keeps you on your toes. There's no download either obvs, or CD version or limited C90 for those who can't get their head around the fact that cassettes are nothing more than quirks in the space time continuum and with these all being exclusive tracks there's bound to be some pissed off punters. Just remember this costs but four quid. If you think that's grounds for moaning you've got serious problems.
On the twice as expensive seven inch comes the Mighty Wynn with 'A Tenner? I'll do it Myself' which by all accounts is walking out of German record shops unaided and gaining Wynn a wider European audience in the process.
Wynn is the stick thin DIY punk troubadour in a child's tiara giving you a moody stare. Stripped to the waist in skinny black jeans he sings and talks catchy existential songs that mention Dewsbury, Batley, Manchester, charity shops, Lidl and hair. Listening to the five songs here I can't help feeling that in a different era he'd have been selling thousands and would've been on Top of the Pops every month. 'Massive Song' is one of his best [and at 3.38 one of his longest] and may be about a builder turning up to do some work one afternoon. I can see him now in a tent at Glasto winning over a small but enthusiastic crowd, his songs coming in quick burst to the accompaniment of a backing tape, making the audience shrink back and then lean forward accepting him in to their hearts. Those pubs in his home town of York might have seen the last of him.'Sex Legs' has a full on spazzo guitar solo, 'Michael Makes a Phone Call' lasts a mere one minute and one second and is an acoustic strum-a-long song about Michael making a phone call. As with every other Wynn release to pass through these hands every inch of the sleeve is covered with his own handwritten stream of consciousness thoughts as well as photos of himself gurning and posing half dressed, this time with a parasol. An instant classic. Even if it does cost twice the Harbinger comp.
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The end of the road is here! Since I have already finished the adventures only the add-ons are left to review. These include mini adventures, magic items, monsters, even a religion! They were meant to compensate for all the delay and the adventures Brave Halfling Publishing never delivered. There are seven add-ons and three extras, so let's start the reviews instead of wasting characters on more empty blather.
Since some people were confused, I think I should nention that I haven't received these in print either, with the sole exception of The Shigish, which is on the back of a paper I've got when the Ruins of Ramat were sent to me the second time.
Pages are digest size, except Add-On #7 and Extra #3, which are Letter size.
Add-On #1: The Green Orb
A six pages long adventure (with one empty, one for the OGL, and one for an illustration). Rule of
thumb: whenever they say adventure in the extras they really mean "one-shot" or "encounter". The background tells the story of an old wizard, who travelled through the planes to learn how to control the Green Orb, an artifact which can animate plants as malign creatures. Then he got murdered in a small cave by thieves. That's an epic failure for a planeswalking wizard if you ask me. The rest of the booklet tells in lengthy details how the plants, roots, fungi of the cavern will animate and harass the players who take shelter there. There are some ideas about expanding the adventure, and making it harder. The latter includes such marvelous ideas like throwing in more monsters, but my favorite is making the whole place only 5' tall so the PCs can't use their weapons. A good challenge is exciting, it tests the player's abilities, who will feel satisfied once they have earned victory. Taking away the (often hard earned) abilities of the PCs isn't a challenge, it's just a cheap punishment. Also, who the hell takes shelter in a cave where it's impossible to stand up?
Add-On #2: Gifts of the Only
A four pages long adventure (with one for the OGL). This is an encounter with a pool that during the night changes how magic works. On moonless nights the pool becomes a gate to the an alien plane, thus making it possible for the Only to enter our world. Combat against him is futile, but he will grant a wish for a sacrifice. There is a neat chart with bizarre ideas how those wishes may manifest, and a small detail that makes this weird faceless creature even more interesting: the sacrificed creature recovers on the other side of the pool, because the Only (nomen est omen) only wants some company, since he is the sole creature on his plane. Thus a sacrificed player might return later. Confrontation with a former comrade you sacrificed sounds fun! I was pleasantly surprised by how unusually imaginative this little encounter was compared to most of the line.
Add-On #3: The Perplexing Disappearances in Brambury
A six pages long adventure (with one empty, one for the OGL, and one for an illustration). The title is much cooler than the adventure itself. Cultists of Cthulhu lost an intelligent cave octopus. He grew up in the nearby lake and started hunting villagers during the night. The players will have to face him to stop the disappearances. The first half feels more like an outline for an adventure. The second part is about handling knee-deep-in-rwater combat, and increasing the difficulty by adding smaller octopi, hungry gars, or introducing cultists who returned for their property. If all of these were collected and worked out this could become a decent adventure, but as it is it's worth as much as scrap papers with hastily written ideas at the bottom of an average Judge's drawer. The cave octopus stats and description were fully copy-pasted from the DCC RPG rulebook, which is the epitome of laziness.
Add-On #4: The Untimely End of Scaviolus Hitherhill
A four pages long adventure (with one for the OGL). Another pompous title. Did I mention I like pompous titles? This is a decent encounter in dense reeds with the ghost of a former soldier. I like his background, but unfortunately it's unlikely the players will learn the details of his demise. I also like that he can't be beaten: unless his wedding band is returned to his widow he will return evey day to haunt the area. There is some advice at the end again about making the adventure tougher. You won't believe it, but it tells you to add more monsters to the battle. Creative.
Add-On #5: Vance's Merry Men
A four pages long adventure (with less then one for the OGL). There is nothing vancian here, the title is just a trick to grab your attention. This module describes an inn and a band of robbers. The longwinded explanation of their scam was needless, especially the part about how they behave if the adventurers let themselves get robbed. Have you ever seen a D&D party that surrendered to mundane robbers? Me neither.
Add-On #6: Room and Boarded
A four pages long adventure (with one for the OGL). It describes an encounter with dimensional pirates who travel on flying ships. Imagine the following situation: you are sleeping deep in your inn room after a tiring day of adventure, then suddenly the roof explodes and goddamn blueskinned pirates slide down from above and attack. They even have a wizard who can silence spellcasters or enlarge the leader. I like this one! It's an idea with a lot of potential, and also some really good non-monetary loot: the possibility of capturing a spelljammer drakker, and a cool magic amulet.
Add-On #7: Grimic
A four pages long description of a religion (with one for the OGL). Grimic is the most overused gimmick of old-school D&D's history: the red flat sob from the cover of the AD&D1e PHB. This time he is a god of humanoids and savages. There are battle rites described, a simple encounter with worshippers, and of course some rules about tampering with the idol. There are no new spells or even abilities that could replace the turn unholy his clerics lack, there isn't even a spell list. Strangely there are no lizard-men mentioned in the document. This left me cold, mostly because I'm bored of all the reuses of the idol. I think the community should give Trampier finally some rest instead of making him roll in his grave with more weak homages to his iconic image. The only good one I can recall was Kenzer & Co's monster entry in one of the Hacklopedias.
Add-On Extra #1: A Lesson From Turtles
A one and a half pages long description of a weird lake. The player characters can learn arcane knowledge from intelligent turtles, find the leaking facility of the Old Ones, and get murdered by giant clawed mushrooms. It reminds me of Carcosa and some of the better Wilderlands hexes. Short but cool idea for sandboxes.
Add-On Extra #2: The Sigish
A one page long description of tubular otherworldly monsters that grow from 1/2 HD to 3 HD by eating everything they can. Once there is nothing left to devour they break down into small larvae. Their description ends with ideas about using them as random encounter, spell mishap, or trap. An interesting monster I might use in the future with some changes - eg. not limiting their growth to 3 HD. My only gripe with this is the lack of illustrations.
Add-On Extra #3: Laro Chelle the Ring Bearer
Two pages long, with one for OGL. Another third page is wasted on title and header. The rest is about an immortal and ancient halfling who bears a magical ring: the Gift of Death. If the ring is removed from his finger the dead will reanimate in it's one mile radius, and they will be drawn toward it. Furthermore, day by day the radius doubles. This is the kind of NPC-item combo that will be either ignored, or will mess up the setting.
That's all folks! A bunch of unambitious notes, with some rough gems among them. Like the adventures of the Appendix N Adventures Toolkit line most of these are unaware too of what Appendix N or being written for DCC RPG means. These add-ons should've been released as articles in a fanzine, or as a series of blogposts.
Tl;dr: The Add-Ons are a mix of some good, and a lot of mediocre ideas, barly worked out more than the notes you take during a dump. You can buy some of them on DriveThruRPG.
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Recent History: In 2006, the Environment Court ordered a negotiated Plan Change for the flat land at Matiatia. During the litigation, Mayor Dick Hubbard negotiated a purchase of the land from Waitemata Infrastructure Limited (WIL) which gave ownership to the Council. While this brought WIL's plans to a halt (boutique hotel and other developments that seemed out of character in the prime transport gateway for the island), the rules for 10,000 m2 of development on the land are exceptionally broad. A developer could do almost anything, and there would be no place for submissions, as the case had already been argued and settled in 2006.
Present Neglect: The Council has done nothing with the land except to respond to various private parties who lease existing buildings for activities such as car and bike rental, accommodation booking, etc. The car park demand is increasing as more mainland workers move to Waiheke and commute to the city. Most would agree that while it is better than what might have happened, the gateway is shabby, ramshackle and dysfunctional as a gateway.
Risk: Matiatia is a hot spot. What that means is that until something permanent is planned and built on it, it is at risk of exploitation based on the policies of the day within Auckland Council and its CCO's. At any time, the Council can decide that the land should be sold to the highest bidder.
Landbank: To read the Council's thinking on Matiatia in 2009, click here.
Move to the Front Foot: It is time, before the Council turns active attention to Matiatia, for the communities and people of Waiheke Island to open a dialogue on what should happen there. This would have three stages:
- Develop a framework that sets boundary conditions
- Develop a plan
- Implement the plan
Below is a suggestion for a framework. Note a framework is a way to start a conversation, and it is intended to generate light, not heat.
The importance of Matiatia
When one steps off the boat, off the wharf and arrives on the land, in the middle of the foreshore, there is a picket fence. It surrounded the grave of Ropata Te Roa, the freed Taranaki slave who was given as Tuku, the lands of Matiatia by Wiramu Hoete, the kaumatua of the Ngati Paoa whanau living in Hangaura/Church Bay. Ropata owned ships and he transported the food and fuel from Waiheke that fed and warmed Auckland. When he died, he was buried just above the foreshore, and while all other evidence of Maori presence on the western landscape has vanished, except in records and memory, his grave remains... remembered, honoured and visible.
So let us consider this as a possible framework for Matiatia.
- Invite Tangata Whenua and the Piritahi Marae in a partnership to build an educational marae at Matiatia.
- Educational means that instead of international visitors having to go to Rotorua, visitors to Auckland can cross the waters of the Hauraki and experience their introduction to Maori culture on Waiheke.
- The marae would provide jobs that have a connection to the traditional Maori arts, including waka building, furniture making, fabric weaving, food production
- The marae would provide visitor accommodations, including communal sleeping as well as more conventional rooms
- Part of the marae would include permanent affordable accommodations to ensure the staff and educators would live on site with a balanced economy
- The marae would also serve as an aquaculture and native bush service, both educational and practical, as sustainable practices of water and land management would be demonstrated
- Adjacent to the marae provide a series of shops and services.
- A whare kai restaurant serving the much broader range of traditional Maori food than what is served today at a hangi
- A shop selling Waiheke made goods, foods and wine
- Services such as car, bike and ebike rental
- This one will be controversial, but think about it... Ask the real estate companies to move out of Oneroa where they are dominant on an otherwise wonderful village, down to space at Matiatia to cater to newcomers. Then for them to set up a second office in Ostend to serve existing residents.
- This one is more radical, but let's toss it in the conversation:
- Move most of the cars out of Matiatia.
- Put a narrow gauge rail that goes in a loop, up on the southern side of the wetlands and of Oceanview Road, tunnel under Mako St into Allison Park.
- Make a stop there at the park's edge near Oneroa. Return to Matiatia on the northern side of Oceanview Road.
- Make the train free, side entry, drop down curtains for bad weather, and contract it to be run by a group of narrow-gauge train enthusiasts
- Under Allison Park, where the land dips down, build a 3 storey, underground carpark that is then covered in topsoil that levels the park landscape.
- Convert the service lanes on the south side of Oneroa into the prime exit from the carpark, so Oneroa village no longer suffers hourly ferry traffic.
- Having moved the cars out, except for the drop off and pickups, handicapped, taxis and buses, the carparks at Matiatia are eliminated.
- Set aside the land closer to the foreshore, except for tapu urupa land, for festivals. The best jazz festival ever was the one in tents at Matiatia even when the cyclone hit
- It should be noted that Gulf News (28 July 2005) reported the bore at Matiatia has very special water. Unlike all surface water, it has no post Hiroshima radioactivity. It is ancient water. It may also be thermal. Not sure what that means, but it's worth exploring.
- It also should be noted that Gulf News recorded a visit by internationally renown dowser, Hamish Miller, who reported the largest energy line found in New Zealand runs right up the middle of Matiatia. Again, not sure what it means, but Miller reported it as there.
In essence, this is an idea for an educational and economic theme for eliminating the hot spot at Matiatia, but where the architecture is beautiful, with character and authenticity by referencing the traditional pre-European designs. When visitors come to New Zealand, they are fascinated by the existence of a living indigenous culture, not a historic artifact, but also not totally assimilated into the bland, franchised culture that has spread world-wide.
Waiheke has an interesting history in this. According to a witness when the marae at Blackpool was first mooted, the vast majority of supporters were not Maori, but residents who felt the island needed a marae for all peoples, regardless of ancestry or race. The role of tangata whenua in New Zealand changes the character of the nation to one of kaitiakitanga - that we are of the Earth and have an obligation to care for her and preserve her life-giving qualities for future generations.
This is a message that can be powerful for not just our nation, but the visitors who come to our far distant islands. At present, those visitors must go to Te Puia in Rotorua to get a glimpse, or the commercial enterprise of the Tamaki brothers. Both tend to be more photo opportunities than learning experiences.
At Matiatia, the first learning opportunity one experiences on approach by the sea is the Atawhai Whenua reserve, planted by pakeha Don Chappell. Imagine a visitor experience that includes some guided walking of the reserve, and when needed volunteer weeding and planting.
Beyond the educational, the gateway needs to be linked to the rest of the island commercially. Some of the Oneroa shops expressed concern that a development at Matiatia would take away business. This is a question of design. Some businesses make sense at the waterfront, but the key is to have an attractive linkage that then draws people up the hill. Building an open-sided (with drop-down weather protection) narrow-gauge rail that takes people to Oneroa will draw them up. Providing an ebike rental at the ferry will move others up the hill. Placing the rental cars underground in Alison Park will ensure the visitors walk over to Oneroa, but not tie up the streets. It's all in the design.
Of paramount importance is the design of the buildings and landscape. Late 20th century Kiwi architecture is cheap and uninspiring. For the most part, it is temporary... flat panels, box-like with too much money spent on paperwork and not enough on materials. The 21st century technology opens up whole new worlds in design. This is the community's front gate, it needs to be beautiful, with a local character that says Waiheke.
Is this the right idea for Matiatia? That will be for the community to decide. This web site welcomes other ideas and will post them as conversations as well.
- WIL's 2003 idea was for a boutique hotel, a playground for the emerging comfortable class of Auckland. That is not unprecedented; a hundred years before WIL's idea, Matiatia was leased by the New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
- Other folks have proposed low-income housing down there. Drawback with that one is that the site is cold and damp and probably a poor use of strategic space.
- Perhaps it could become a permanent site for the pop-up Globe Theatre although the ferry fees might render that idea as commercially untenable.
- It could of course continue to be an ever-expanding, ugly car-park, or see the council put up a multi-floor monument to the automobile.
Use the contact tab to set your conversation in motion.


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of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
containing or yielding sugar.
very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.
Origin of saccharine
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excessively sweet; sugarya saccharine smile
of, relating to, of the nature of, or containing sugar or saccharin
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How to make our home a NO YELLING area
My first blog post on yelling with title "Stop yelling and start understanding kids" received a lot of comments where many moms disagreed with me that it is not possible to stop yelling.
I replied to each query, stating that it is possible to lessen yelling with small steps.
So here I am, with my suggestions that I have applied with my little daughter, and now I yell rarely.
1. Health: I know it's easy to say but difficult to take care of self, when we have kids to look after. But yes, there's a way. I always pour milk in my glass too when I am pouring it for my daughter. I cut one fruit for myself when I do it for her. I put 2 bananas when we leave for her skating classes. I take her to park early morning with me where we get fresh air and her sleep flows away too. So, I don't have to take out extra time for myself, which is impossible. We can get innovative to combine our healthy food along with theirs. I believe that when I am happy and healthy, I am aware of my actions and I keep a check on my yelling.
2. Limiting screen time: When our kids are in bed, it's time for us to see whatsapp, facebook, TV etc. We are so exhausted in our role as a mom for the whole day, that we really enjoy this free time. My personal experience is that more screen time at night leaves me all the more tired, and I get up exhausted next morning too. Also, I have stopped seeing my mobile first thing in the morning. Green tea and 10 minutes breathing yoga works wonders, if we can try.
3. Limiting the negative activities: I remember a chat with a lady once, who complained about her kids, about school, about her household chores, water problem and so on. That day when I came home, I felt vulnerable. "Oh My God!! I have so many problems in my life. My daughter doesn't listen to me, I have to work so much, I get so tired and never get 7 hours of sleep" that's what my mind was saying. So I made a commitment to avoid talking to her. Negative activities drain out our energy that we should use for self care, kids, and important daily chores.
4. Mutual check: Both my daughter and me keep a check on each other's yelling. Whenever I yell, my daughter response is "I'll listen only if you'll speak softly with me." Whenever she yells or hits someone, I say "Remember we have a promise to talk politely and no hitting, no matter what happens." These mutual checks serve as continuous reminders that work as an excellent tool to keep check on both of us.
5. Stop pleasing everyone: It took me years to understand that no matter how much I do, I am never going to be good enough. So, I chose to get out of that struggle. Now I want to live happily for my kid. Pleasing everyone is never going to give us happiness, and it leaves us too tired and exhausted to be present for our kids.
6. Pause: Even after keeping checks, we might feel the urge to scream. Those moments require a pause. I say to myself in these situations "There is no emergency". In the beginning, nothing happened when I said this to myself. But gradually, I felt its power. I started seeing the whole situation from much calmer eyes. "Yes there is no emergency" my mind replied. We all can choose a statement that calms us down. Find one for yourself....
All of us are humans, and mistakes happen. That's okay. I have changed so much in my journey of positive parenting, still I yell some times. Then, I sit quietly and find the reason. Tiredness/hunger/someone else's frustration/negative activities/excess screen time - are the answers. I say sorry to my daughter, and then I move on with a commitment to try again, no matter how many times I make mistakes.
Disclaimer: I am not a parenting expert. I am a stay at home mom. My daughter has brought me to this journey of positive parenting. I love to read books on positive parenting. Whatever methods I share through my blogs are the ones that I have applied with my daughter and seen positive changes in our relationship.
I hope these methods give us a stronger mom-kid relationship. All the best to all the lovely moms!!
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EN: Warning: This post is over two years old, so it's possible that the views, opinions, links or instructions reflected on it do not correspond with the way I think now or the way things currently work. I have evolved (and so have the World and the Internet), so it might be advisable to just take this entry for a glimpse into the (my) past. 🙂
ES: Atención: Este artículo tiene más de dos años de antigüedad, de modo que los puntos de vista, opiniones e instrucciones que se vierten en él pueden no corresponder con cómo pienso ahora o cómo funcionan las cosas en la actualidad. He evolucionado (y también lo han hecho el mundo e Internet), así que probablemente lo más recomendable sería entender esta entrada como un simple reflejo del (de mi) pasado. 🙂
I am soooo tired :dead: I just come from Vigo (no nothing to do with Mortensen :mrgreen:, I wish! :luv:) with my mother were we were shopping at El Corte Inglés. No, I don't work for them or anything, but it's the most important, powerful and whatnot department store network in Spain and Portugal, and if any of you want to know a bit more about Spanish idiosyncrasy, you should hear about it 😉
I am tired but I am glad as well… Well, all the glad that last Thursday attacks allow :eh:
I'm glad because there's going to be an important change in the Spanish government, and even though I fear the winning party might have some problems due to their lack of absolut majority, I'm sure they cannot do it much worse than J.M. Aznar administration :doh:.
And I am also glad because today I've fininshed my Pedagogy Course practice period (I had to teach Spanish to high school students for 3 weeks), and the truth is that I have enjoyed it a lot, and I dare to say that my pupils have enjoyed themselves in my class to :geeked:. But it's been really tiring :P.
Anyway, now I must focus in the pile of stuff I still have to do. I'm going to write it down here just to remind it to myself each time I come to the Internet to check messages and so on 8-). Here it goes.
— Write the report about the Pedagogy course.
— Spend one whole morning in my Faculty Library fotocopying articles for my pre-doctorate thesis in order to read them in Norway.
— Polishing up my database for the already mentioned thesis.
— Talk to my uncle… I mean: my tutor 😉 About the two last points written above.
— Phone my private lessons pupils to rearrange our timetible.
— Prepare my week-end trip to Salamanca (that includes several other actions).
— Getting prepared for my supertrip to Norway :dance:, which includes phoning K., his parents and buying some stuff.
Iva, thinking about the last has made me remember you and your visa problems :???:. I really symphatise with you, and do do hope that you will soon be able to travel without all those impediments again, I really wish it.
I'm doing most of all that stuff in Santiago, so I'd better be going, because I'm catching one of the morning trains to Santiago and I need a bit of extra sleep…
Boas noites… 😉
2 Comments on GLAD & TIRED
You will LOVE Norway! When and where will you go?
Wish you all the power you need for those chores! 🙂
😉 Danke!
I'm going to Molde and hopefully other places between the 31st of March and the 14 of April. My friend says it's beautiful and so on, but that it is really like a hole in the middle of nowhere: too much space for few people. Anyway, I need some vacation, and I'm looking forward to this trip to Salamanca and the other one to Norway… I specially need the last one 😀