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|A High School Boy Just Sued Because He Has To Share Bathrooms With A Transgender Student
|Biology Isn't Bigotry: Christians, Lesbians, and Radical Feminists Unite to Fight Gender Ideology
|Conference Looks Beyond 'Crisis' of Catholic Colleges, Debunks 'Land O' Lakes Statement'
|Catholic college professor encourages student participation in cross-dressing event
|Professor will flunk students who refer to students as 'male' or 'female'
|The Berkeley Riot Expresses Dominant Anti-American Campus Culture
|Dossier From Georgetown Canon Law Suit Released, Reveals Extensive Concerns
|The Title IX Lives of Christian Colleges
|How Infantilized Campuses Threaten Our Nation's Future
|How to Build a Healthy Political Culture in America
|St. Thomas Aquinas College drag show nixed, sparks debate
|Professor will flunk students who refer to students as 'male' or 'female'
|Pro-life college student had enough with 'sex week.' So she organized her own.
|Professor Ignites Protests By Refusing To Use Transgender Pronouns
|'Coming Out Day' Still Celebrated at Catholic Colleges
|'I'm not a bigot' Meet the U of T prof who refuses to use genderless pronouns
|Colleges' War on Free Speech Continues
|Transgender Activists Need To Get Over Their Brophobia
source: http://thefederalist.com/2016/09/22/campus-activists-need-get-brophobia/
Campus transgender activists are fake 'progressives' who just want to replace 'homophobia' with their own brand of prejudice: 'brophobia.'
Mitch Hall's article in The Federalist about attempts to force a transgender agenda onto fraternities and sororities provoked a ferocious reaction from some of his fellow students at William and Mary, who attempted to cast him out as an unperson.
What really leaped out at me from this response was the following passage, which I suspect explains a lot of the motive behind this fanatically enforced orthodoxy.
All that "typical guy stuff" you hold so near and dear: have you considered that it's actually extremely alienating for guys who differ from antiquated masculine norms? Many men like me who are queer-identified and/or comfortable with their femininity do not relate to the dickswinging contest nonsense that (mostly straight and white) men in fraternities apparently find so sacred. Your perspective has led you to believe that these rituals are essential for all men, when actually, not all men relate to your sh—y brand of toxic masculinity.
So this enlightened progressive just derided another person's sexual orientation and gender identity as "toxic." Yay, tolerance!
In their crusade for "inclusion," these fake advocates of tolerance are actually installing a new social stigma in place of the old ones—a stigma against "antiquated" traditional masculinity. They replace "homophobia" with their own brand of prejudice. Call it "brophobia."
Ah, but I hear them argue, those swaggering frat-boy bros are a threat to the safety and delicate feelings of the transgendered and "queer-identified." So what they're saying, then, is that just because of someone's gender identity they assume he must be dangerous—that he must be a potential bully or rapist. Real tolerant and open-minded there. These people are so brophobic they can't even see their brophobia.
Spurred on by their irrational fear and hatred of the biologically male and traditionally masculine, these new campus bigots seek to shame people for their gender identity, accusing them of personal entitlement and "rape culture." In certain cases, they are eager to believe the gaudiest, most unbelievable accusations against them just because they are members of an "othered" group. It's virulent brophobia.
Obviously, I'm turning their own terminology and style of argument against them, in order to expose the basic dishonesty of their philosophy. This is the Left's usual pattern of pretending to stand above prejudice while actually just peddling a new and different system of prejudice. To be against "othering" the gay and transgendered, they assume they have to "other" the bros.
Brophobia has a long history, in many forms, including the "revenge of the nerds" variety which favors the geeky outsiders over the (presumably) shallow cool kids. But now this kind of schoolyard reverse cliquishness has been given a political meaning, and one with a nasty totalitarian edge to it.
The stoking of brophobia reflects the Left's basic problem with the concept of "tolerance." They use the word to mean "advocacy on behalf of groups we like and against groups we don't like," which is the exact opposite of its actual meaning. Tolerance is supposed to mean tolerance specifically of people you don't like. That's why you're "tolerating" them—you don't like them, but you've agreed to put up with them anyway, to recognize their right to live and speak, and to engage them in a civil way.
But see the reactions to Mitch's piece, particularly as you go down in the Facebook comments, most of which seem to be from fellow students. What you will find is that tolerance for the views of people who don't agree with them is exactly what the so-called progressive don't want and cannot handle. You see comments like: "I'm really disgusted that he was given a platform," "literally shaking I'm so angry," "SOS SOS SOS," and my favorite: "if this article was triggering for anyone I would not recommend delving into the comments—some readers/commenters use deeply offensive language and there is heavy support for the author's message." Boy, millennials really live down to that "snowflake" caricature, don't they?
This is absolutely typical of the rising generation indoctrinated on college campuses (and often earlier). Nobody you dislike, nobody who disagrees with you should ever get a hearing. Their views shouldn't even be allowed to assault your delicate ears.
It's important to remember that the contemporary code of political correctness emerged from an actual, literal totalitarian ideology. Karl Marx argued that all of culture—ideas, religion, art, everything—was just a "superstructure" built to disguise and perpetuate the real foundation of society, which was the economic relationship between labor and capital. Modern neo-Marxists turned this idea into the slogan "the personal is the political," which was the origin for the concept of political correctness.
In this philosophy, there is no such thing as an apolitical "private life," and everything a person does — his every preference, every aspect of his personal identity — can be judged for its political meaning and conformity to the right causes. But the new Marxists also conceived of the underlying "base" of human life more broadly: it was not just the struggle between the worker and the capitalist, but the struggles for power among social pressure groups based on "race, class, and gender."
Everything else, including all of that stuff about free speech and civil discourse and the exchange of ideas, is all dismissed as meaningless. The only real question is: which group do you back? If you back the right groups, if you're on the side of the LGBTQ (and whatever other letters are currently added to the acronym), then you are acceptable. If you are marked as being in a different group with different interests—such as a male heterosexual frat boy, i.e., a bro—then you are the enemy.
So despite all the posturing about being "inclusive," this is not and never was about tolerance. It's about a battle between rival in-groups, just with the groups reversed. That is also a prescription for never-ending conflict and mutual intolerance.


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A major stock exchange in the world, Hong Kong attracts not only money but any who try to manipulate the market. At the Hong Kong Police Force Commercial Crime Bureau, an operation is underway to infiltrate a trading company, Feng Hua International where a man, nicknamed "Boss" is the chief suspect. The team, led by Inspector Leung (Lau Ching Wan) together with Yeung (Louis Koo) and Lam (Daniel Wu) install interception devices to monitor the company's communications. When a crucial information on a surging share was intercepted, a moment of greed led the team in a cross fire between the Bureau and the boss.
1hr 40mins long
M Contains violence.
Louis Koo
Lau Ching-Wan
Felix Chong
Daniel Wu
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post3744288699706830727..comments2019-04-22T10:39:06.882-05:00Comments on driftglass: The Sad Bastard Divorce Chronicles of David Brooksdriftglasshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-75719199657484310442016-05-25T12:47:28.610-05:002016-05-25T12:47:28.610-05:00 What Chan Kobun said. -Doug in Oakland What Chan Kobun said.

 -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-5462394141668846332016-05-25T09:32:53.871-05:002016-05-25T09:32:53.871-05:00You got to admire the fact that Brooks is a genius...You got to admire the fact that Brooks is a genius of thinking up ever new distractions. 'Her hobbies, that's it! Now where did I leave Cokies' number?'Fritz Strandhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-12055299763766793382016-05-24T21:27:31.843-05:002016-05-24T21:27:31.843-05:00dev null? that sonofabitch owes me $5!dev null?
that sonofabitch owes me $5!driftglasshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-85253231959694425792016-05-24T21:22:02.451-05:002016-05-24T21:22:02.451-05:00I have left five internet comments in my life, and...I have left five internet comments in my life, and all of them have been here. Why? Because I can't help but praise driftglass for being so spot on, so fucking pissed, so fucking funny and so goddamn dirty hippie right since the day he started his blog. Thank you for your thankless work, driftglass.Qhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-23431797134369350432016-05-24T20:58:57.248-05:002016-05-24T20:58:57.248-05:00OH my fucking nonexistent god. Nobody fucking care...OH my fucking nonexistent god. Nobody fucking cares how much you hate the Clintons because they aren't your All-Encompassing Fantasy One-Way Ticket To Paradise.

And this goes for both the Bobos of the world AND the Purity Brigade people, both groups of whom let the Clintons, the Obamas, and other Not Pure Enough types live rent-free in their heads all the time.

Bobo, go weep miserably into another pail of premium ice cream while watching your home movies of yourself at every brown-noses-on-parade Beltway shindig and taking long pulls off a bottle of cheap hooch. And may the best doctors in the world hear of your case.

And for the Purer-Than-Thou types, go take another fucking bong rip and go cry into your body pillow. The adults are trying to keep a goddamned madman out of the White House and we don't need your emo garbage.

In both cases, just fucking shut up. The only thing worse than people giving Trump his own no-sales-pitch-required reality show are the people who can't stop bawling about the alternatives to him.

RUKidding has it exactly right - nobody gives a fuck how much you hate HRC; what matters is that we're seeing a level of insanity and inanity that should give everyone pause. HOBBIES?! Give me a fucking break! Women have to work twice as hard for 70% of the pay and none of the respect and - fucking HOBBIES?! AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FO' THAT!

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Fuck! Alright, incoherent rant over. Please send all complaints to /dev/null.Chan Kobunhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-43955375065646107172016-05-24T20:43:14.350-05:002016-05-24T20:43:14.350-05:00Can I borrow a feelin'? Could you lend me a ja...Can I borrow a feelin'?
Could you lend me a jar of love?
Hurtin' hearts need some healin',
Take my hand with your glove of love!

Whaddya say Republicans? Will you marry me...again?Approximation Prophethttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-14415648024171047282016-05-24T18:37:07.151-05:002016-05-24T18:37:07.151-05:00I do not know or care about what HRC does for fun....I do not know or care about what HRC does for fun. Despite this, I do not like her or her husband. I do not like the Clintons for two reasons. First, the Clintons (with the help of their corporate backers) took my Democratic Party and dragged it so far to the right that it is now unrecognisable to me. Second, the Clintons have worked tirelessly to implement middle-class destroying policies. They are pro-war, pro-deregulation, pro-"free trade", pro- Wall Street, pro-incarceration, and pro-"welfare reform".

Unfortunately, I understand the Clinton vision for America all to well. I oppose that vision and I oppose the Clintons.who?https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-65729352169792682082016-05-24T17:09:02.793-05:002016-05-24T17:09:02.793-05:00Well guys, you know, between the murdering, and dr...Well guys, you know, between the murdering, and drug-running, and pimping out Chelsea for cash, and lesbian flings with aides, and holding down women so Bill could rape them, and selling military grade secrets to the Chinese, Iraqis, Libyans, Yugoslavians, grease-haired big-nosed aviator-sunglass-wearing mobsters, as well as meetings with Hitler's brain, Walt Disney, JFK, MLK, ghosts, aliens, Atlantean psychics, Xenu, and Bat-Boy, I think HRC can hardly find time for any fun hobbies.

Besides, it's so hard getting in and out of that human skin costume, don't you know? Just not worth the trouble. I guess her main hobby is relaxing after a hard day in a vat of bubbling ammonia with a tall cool fetal tissue smoothie.

I know mine is!Lit3Bolthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-83384820661925207382016-05-24T17:03:14.593-05:002016-05-24T17:03:14.593-05:00"Hillary killed Vince Foster!" "Hil..."Hillary killed Vince Foster!"
"Hillary is bought by Wall Street!"
"Hillary works too hard!"

I can't even fathom choosing incorrectly from that list when asked "why don't people like Hillary?"steevehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-77985728722022254762016-05-24T14:43:18.403-05:002016-05-24T14:43:18.403-05:00Yeesh. Not the biggest Clinton fan, but really? Ho...Yeesh. Not the biggest Clinton fan, but really? Hobbies? THAT's the "problem" with HRC? Geezo. Where can I apply for Brooks' job bc it pays so well, and I could do it better with one arm tied behind my back.

Shit. Clinton is a woman of a certain age who worked her damn ass off to get to where she's gotten. I may disagree with a lot of her policies, but sheesh, it's damned impressive what's she accomplished. This is where rightwingnuts - observing a louche bigoted fool like Trump who was born on third base, uses the mob, hires undocumented workers for pennies on the dollar and still manages to go into bankruptcy numerous times - are oblivious to. But rightwingnuts only truck in fiction. Facts need not apply.

I've known many successful women Clinton's age who climbed various ladders, whether in corporations or law, and most simply didn't have time for hobbies. They just didn't. After working their bums off for 12 or 14 hours per day, they also ran their homes (doing more of the work than most of their husbands did), raised their kids, and then, you know, maybe got to the gym or a movie once in a while.

Hobbies schmobbies. What a douchebag, but sorry for stating the obvious.

What, pray tell, were Carly Fioriana's hobbies, other than her hobby of running for office in a spectacularly FAIL way (much like her spectacular failure as a CEO)? What, pray tell, are Michele Bachman's hobbies, other than being a pig-ignorant whackaloon married to an obviously gay man? I don't even want to contemplate Snowbilly Palin's hobbies, other than meth, booze and throwing backyard brawls with her loser family brood.

I'll stop now. The stupit, it burnz.RUKiddinghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-29508690870082983912016-05-24T14:31:45.010-05:002016-05-24T14:31:45.010-05:00Link fixed. Thanks!Link fixed.
Thanks!driftglasshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-75729057598350863812016-05-24T14:25:22.802-05:002016-05-24T14:25:22.802-05:00Chief, I regret to put before you that you forgot ...Chief, I regret to put before you that you forgot to link to the Wonkette piece; it was a second copy of the Salon link.Neo Tuxedohttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-83271720735911998342016-05-24T14:17:43.710-05:002016-05-24T14:17:43.710-05:00Fun, yet another subject David Brooks should never...
Fun, yet another subject David Brooks should never write about. David Brooks and Fun are a variant of Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment - open the box you have either Fun or David Brooks. They do not, can not both exist at the same time in the Universe. Robert Muirhttps://email@example.com


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Did you know that units outperformed houses in 2017?
Probably not quite a result to fit the prevailing narrative!
But the combined capital city unit price rose by +5.1 per cent in 2017, comfortably outperforming house prices at +4 per cent (with the usual lengthy disclaimers about methodology, margins for error, and mile-wide variations across sub-markets).
Typically capital city units saw stronger yields too, so on a total return basis outperformed in notching +9.3 per cent for the calendar year compared to +7.3 per cent for houses, the reasons for which may vary.
House prices in Sydney and Melbourne have outperformed units through this cycle, but house prices in Sydney certainly softened the second half of the year.
Around the traps
Early in the year Sydney's inner suburbs were characterised by some borderline insane auction bidding, but this had petered out by the final quarter as APRA's cooling measures took hold.
Thus, while housing market data providers no longer focus on seasonally adjusted figures, as it turned out the fourth quarter was a weak one anyway.
Over the full year Sydney's median unit price increased by +5.4 per cent to $774,100, while the median house price tapered off in the final quarter of the year to be just +2.1 per cent higher in 2017.
With rents increasing in 2017, CoreLogic reported that Sydney's yield had edged up to a 12-month high by the end of the year (if indeed 'high' is the right word for something that is, in fact, low).
Hobart was the clear outperformer in 2017, with the median house price rising by +12.9 per cent to $424,250, with further gains in 2018 all but assured in this extremely tight market.
In Melbourne there was strong growth in both the median house (+9.1 per cent) and unit price (+8.4 per cent) over the year.
In the resources capitals Perth (-2.6 per cent) and Darwin (-5.3 per cent) house prices declined in 2017, but a range of indicators suggest that brighter times will eventually lie ahead.
Percentage gains in Brisbane and Adelaide house prices have tended to dovetail quite closely over the past decade-and-a-half, and these markets once again saw house prices rise by +3.1 per cent and +3.3 per cent respectively.
Brisbane's beleaguered unit market recorded a moderate -1.2 per cent decline in its median price to $383,750, though gross rental yields of +5.3 per cent may attract more interstate investors while population growth is now steadily picking up.
Ripple effect
Across regional Australia many markets were rather flat in 2017.
But some of the stronger markets included those located within striking distance of Sydney and Melbourne, as the ripple effect took hold.
The main outperformers of note were Newcastle & Lake Macquarie (+11.7 per cent), Southern Highlands & Shoalhaven (+10.3 per cent), and Geelong in Victoria (+9.7 per cent).
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Writers Block
Hello lovelies.
Those of you who follow me will have noticed i've not blogged in over a week, something which is quite unusual for me as of late.
There are a few reasons for this:
1 – I've been struck down by the plague… all thanks to my germ ridden sister who passed it to my son… who then passed it to me…
2 – I don't know what to write.
This isn't hugely important as oftentimes what I do write is absolute gibberish and I find that getting all of my nonsense out and onto a blank page is wonderfully therapeutic. However, I don't just want to serve you drivel. If you are kind enough to follow me, I want to be able to give you food for thought when you visit my page. Whether that's to try a new product I've been loving or just to feel like you're not alone with your thoughts.
So in a bid to overcome my "writers block" I've taken to brainstorming words and ideas that are just coming to me.
A lot of it's crazy… like full on 'what is going on in my head' crazy… But a lot of it has been super useful and so this is how I'm going to try and move forward.
I hope you keep reading along and I appreciate each and every one of you for your support.
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The club was founded in 1994 with the aims of stimulating the interest
of members in gardening, of providing an opportunity to exchange
information and ideas on gardening and to arrange visits to interesting
gardens, both in the locality and other parts of the country.
A yearly
of Winter and
Spring talks is arranged on a wide range of horticultural and gardening
subjects. A social evening is held in December followed by a buffet
In the Summer months
the club arranges a full day Saturday coach outing to one or two
gardens of special significance. There are also two evening visits to
interesting gardens in the village or within easy travelling distance.
A Plant Sale in the Village Hall is held in June where specialist
plants are available. This event is particularly popular with the
general public.
Membership of the
club is open to anyone resident in East Bridgford and neighbouring
villages. Each year an Annual General Meeting is held where members may
vote to elect members of a committee. The committee comprises of:
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary and up to eight
other members.
The club meets
monthly from September to April in the WI Hut, normally on the fourth
Tuesday of the month. Expert speakers both from the local area and from
further afield give talks and answer questions on a variety of subjects
ranging from garden design and plant cultivation to the history of
The current annual membership fee of £9 covers entry
to these talks whilst guests and non members are welcome to attend on payment of
£2 which includes tea/coffee and biscuits. A small charge is made for refreshments which are served
after the talk followed by a raffle. As well as information given out
at meetings members are also kept informed of club activities by
distribution of a twice yearly bulletin.
Forthcoming events are also
publicised in the Parish magazine.
For more information contact Viv Bailey
01949 20570
or email
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What's New in Azure Cosmos DB (Feb 2018)
Presented by: Kirill Gavrylyuk, Scott Hanselman |
Kirill Gavrylyuk returns to Azure Friday to update Scott Hanselman on what's new in Azure Cosmos DB, such as the Cassandra API for applications that are written for Apache Cassandra, updates to the Azure Table storage API, the Apache Spark Connector, the Graph API, partitioned collections, 99.999% (five 9s) SLA, and more.


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Co-Written by Elena Chan, Director of Community Development and Shannon Schafer, Operations Director
One of our core values at Adelante Thrift is developing people. We believe that developing individuals to reach their potential in the workplace is a critical part of community transformation. We also believe that sharing life with people on a personal level is a major part of that development. I would like to introduce you to two of the strong women leading Adelante Thrift: Elsa and Marleny. Both women have stepped up to the challenge of becoming assistant managers at Adelante Thrift and have propelled the store forward.
Elsa has worked for Adelante Thrift for almost two years. She came to us with previous retail sales and thrift experience, and we hired her as a Lead Sales Associate. It quickly became evident that Elsa is a natural leader and has a talent for merchandising, and she was promoted to Processing Supervisor. Elsa continued to shine in her leadership skills and in her ability to envision and execute improved ways to process and display our products. This past July, we promoted her to Assistant Manager, and in this new role, Elsa has made a huge impact at Adelante Thrift, and she works diligently to further develop her leadership and professional abilities.
Besides being intentional about her professional development, we deeply care about Elsa's personal aspirations. Earlier this year, we discovered her desire to become an American citizen. With support from Mission Adelante, she was able to take the necessary steps to apply for naturalization and prepare for the civics test. On September 15th, after about a six-month process, we celebrated with Elsa as she became a U.S. citizen!
Marleny has worked for Adelante Thrift for about a year and a half. Prior to working with us, she had diverse work experience, including a recent supervisory position in the foodservice industry. We hired Marleny as a Lead Sales Associate to supervise our cashiers and oversee the clothing departments. She flourished in this position and was promoted to Sales Supervisor. She gradually took on and excelled in greater responsibilities, including staff scheduling, payroll preparation, and the coordination of pickups and deliveries. This past July, Marleny was promoted to Assistant Manager, where she continues to grow in her leadership abilities, accepting new challenges and working closely with the management team. Marleny is a great asset to Adelante Thrift with her ability to gracefully handle customer concerns and provide mature guidance to the cashiers.
We recently had the opportunity to share life with Marleny on a more personal level. She is expecting a baby girl this month, and some staff decided to throw a baby shower for her. On September 16th, together with her friends and family, we surprised Marleny with a baby shower! We had a great time of delicious food and fun activities as we showered Marleny's family with love and support.
We are so thankful to be a part of the lives of these strong leaders in both their personal and professional lives. And we are grateful for their passion and commitment to the store's mission and for their leadership.
- Are you interested in combining your love of the arts and disciple-making? Mission Adelante is launching Adelante Arts Community in January 2018 and is looking for volunteers to help! Visit www.missionadelante.org/arts for more information.
- You're invited to the Mission Adelante Thanksgiving Open House November 11th from 2:30-6:30pm. Stop by and enjoy a relaxed afternoon at the Meeks' home meeting members of the Mission Adelante staff and community, celebrating culture, and giving thanks for God's faithfulness.


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What the Ladybird Heard – Pavilion Theatre – Review by Pia Maltri
If you are unsure whether a traditional panto may fit the bill of your children's Christmas entertainment, then I highly recommend "What the Ladybird Heard" at the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire.
The show is the theatrical transposition of the popular picture book by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. The book is one of those happy combinations of beautiful drawings and smart text, almost as appealing to adults as they are to children. While the visual part features very colourful images, the story is told in pleasantly rhyming and rhythmic verses.
Clumsy robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a plan to steal the farmer's fine prize cow. But a little ladybird tries to stop them from accomplishing their misdeed, calling upon the help of all the farms' animals.
This musical version, produced by Kenny Wax in the UK and travelling the world from the West End to Singapore, manages to keep all the visual appeal of the book thanks to a very sympathetic set and costume design (Bek Palmer), which used the consultancy of none less than the book's illustrator Lydia Monks.
The show leverages the actual rhymes from the book and alternates nice tunes, puppetry, some live music, fine acting and comic gags, as well as metatheatrical elements with audience interaction aplenty.
The show offers various degrees of understanding and enjoyment for the different ages. The youngest ones will be captured by the colours of the production and by the creative representation of the different animals through unexpected objects. Older children will better understand the story and interact more with the show. Finally, the adults will certainly appreciate the multiple skills of the actors: while the men (Edward Way as Hefty Hugh and Benedict Hasting as Lanky Len) displayed quite a good amount of physical acting, the women (Emma Breton as the Farmer and Emma Carroll as Lily / Ladybird) showed good singing and instrument playing (flute, recorder, violin, etc.).
What surprised me the most is that my seven year old, already in Harry-Potter-Land and usually disdaining younger children's fare, was totally captured by the show. He seemed to enjoy most the humour of the two robbers' performance and defined the show as 'very funny' and 'brilliant'. Surely all the audience must have thought the same, judging by the eager children's participation and frequent laughing.
This is graceful, refined children entertainment, and makes for a perfect introduction to theatre.
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Christmas can be a tough time for people for all kinds of reasons. If that's your situation, then you wouldn't be the first person to discover that there is "no room at the inn" – a certain Saviour had a rocky start to life on Christmas morning with a cattle trough as a bed and his mother had to place her very pregnant self upon a donkey and travel for miles with no midwife attending to her! Whether it's just that financially you can't afford to indulge this year or whether it's that you are spending Christmas alone, it might comfort you to know that there are options available to you where you can spend time celebrating with good people. Here are some options for Christmas Day you might like to consider:
All Areas
Contact your local Salvation Army or your local churches to find out whether they are providing a free lunch to the community (they often are in locations right across the country), eg. Whangarei Salvation Army
Other free community Christmas meals to people of all ages:
Christmas Day Lunch with Auckland Single Parents Trust
"Christmas Leftovers" Grey Lynn RSA
East Auckland Salvation Army Dinner
Auckland Hikers Meetup Group: BBQ and Short Hike
Tauranga Free Christmas Dinner at St Peters Church on Spring Street
Whanganui/Palmerston North Area
Marton Community Christmas Dinner
All Day Christmas Party on the Beach
Richmond Community Christmas Dinner
Mayor's Christmas Dinner for Senior Citizens
You could also get into the spirit of Christmas and volunteer at a Christmas Dinner for those in poverty or give to families in need
If you know of a free Christmas event happening on Christmas Day 2015 that you'd like to share with us, please contact us and we will add to our list! 🙂


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Arrive at the Seychelles International Airport or Aéroport de la pointe Larue on Mahe Island and complete all immigration formalities. Our representative will meet you at the airport and escort you on the shuttle to Cat Cocos Jetty, where you board your ferry to Praslin Island, the second largest island of Seychelles and your base for the first leg of this Seychelles tour package.
On arrival at Praslin Island, proceed to your hotel for check-in. Relax, rest in your room, explore the neighbourhood and enjoy an early dinner before retiring for the night.
Overnight in Praslin Island
After breakfast, you are at leisure to enjoy the day as you please. No particular activities are planned for today. Explore the Praslin Island on your own: this island is a paradise for nature lovers and is so picturesque that General Gordon (of Khartoum) determined it as the original Garden of Eden!
Pristine white sandy beaches and cobalt-turquoise waters surround the lushly green interiors. Set out to explore the densely forested interiors and you will come across wonders such as the largest nuts in the world, enormous coconuts 'coco de mer', insect-eating pitcher plants and some of the rarest birds on earth including the Seychelles bulbul, fruit pigeon, and the black parrot. The scent of the vanilla orchards will enchant you and the sight of the sun-soaked beaches lined with heavily laden coconut groves will make you want to drop a mat on the sun-soaked white sandy beach and doze off in the warmth of the sun.
Water-sports lovers will find innumerable opportunities to indulge themselves. However, beware of entering the water, as there have been several reports of shark attacks less than 100 feet from the shores in the recent weeks.
Overnight in Praslin Island
After breakfast, you are free to enjoy the pleasures of Praslin Island on your own. No particular activities are planned for the day, leaving you free to relax and rejuvenate yourself in the scenic surroundings. You can also book optional tours and enjoy hopping tours to nearby islands such as La Digue Island, Cousine Island, Curieuse Island and St. Pierre. All these islands are spectacular and feature exquisite white sandy beaches and rare animals and birds. Curieuse Island, in particular, is protected as a place for the Giant Tortoises to thrive unharmed from poachers.
Overnight in Praslin Island
After breakfast, checkout from your hotel in Praslin Island and proceed to the jetty to board your ferry to Mahe Island. On arrival at Mahe Jetty, continue to your hotel for check-in. You are free to relax and enjoy exploring the neighbourhood. No other activities are planned for today.
Overnight in Mahe Island
After breakfast, relax at any of the two most beautiful beaches of the Seychelles Islands – the Fairyland Beach and the Beach of Anse Royale. Explore the island and enjoy its scenic vistas.
Overnight in Mahe Island
After breakfast, enjoy a full-day tour around south of Mahe by Air-conditioned Deluxe Coach. The tour includes Lunch. After the tour ends, return to the hotel in the evening.
Overnight in Mahe Island
After breakfast, checkout from your hotel in Mahe Island and proceed to the Seychelles International Airport to board your flight back to India or the next destination with sweet memories of your trip with WishClicknGo, an Outbound Tour & Travel venture of Jetways Travels Pvt. Ltd.!!
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More than the Congress leaders, it was Praja Rajyam Party which has reacted strongly to Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu's comment against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling him a sadist.
PRP president Chiranjeevi castigated Naidu for his "cheap language" against the Prime Minister. "A senior politician like Chandrababu Naidu should not have made such cheap remarks. It looks very silly to listen to such comments from him. He should have control over his tongue while speaking about a statesman like Manmohan Singh," Chiranjeevi said, speaking to media in Tirupati.
Another PRP leader and former ministerial colleague of the TDP president, Kotagiri Vidyadhar Rao came down heavily on Naidu for calling the Prime Minister a sadist. "He has degraded the prestige of the entire Telugu people, who would never forgive him. Everybody knows Naidu himself does not give appointment to his own party leaders. He should tender an unconditional apology," Kotagiri demanded.


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Blonde bombshell Alexandra Tikerpuu poses for Madame Air France's April/May 2014 issue in warm weather-themed nautical suits.
The Madame Air France spring editorial takes a step away from conventional flowers and girly prints to embrace masculine suits, minimalist color and structured detail. The garments featured in the shoot are a mix of monochromatic blazers, trousers and over-sized shorts paired with chunky, silver necklaces and subtle nautical anchor embroideries. Tikerpuu rocks a silver smokey eye with her hair slicked back in a side part that beautifully juxtaposes the masculinity of the suits she wears. The pointed-toe high-heeled sandals Tikerpuu wears also add a feminine dynamic to the shoot.
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4 simple actions leading to successful Workforce Logistics in remote area. Find out as 25 years experienced aviation advisor, Michael Nagel (MBA – X )....10 April, 2018 No comment
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The first thing to do when you're trying to stay warm on the road is to dress properly. Starting with a light under layer, and a fleece mid layer, you'll want to make sure that you've got several barriers between you and the cold. To help you strike a balance in your comfort, you should find a vented riding jacket that can be opened up to help prevent overheating, as you probably won't want to strip off layers to manage being too warm.
Having the right helmet will also make a big difference. If you're riding in the morning chill a half helmet may leave your nose a little too exposed for comfort, so find a helmet that provides ample wind protection for your face to help you stay more relaxed while you ride.
Evaporation is one of the most potent cooling forces you'll come up against on the road, so if you get wet, you're going to wind up cold. To help you remain plenty dry, invest in a good rain suit for those damp days. Our Harley-Davidson rain gear is made to provide the best possible fit and protection from the rain and spray on the road with better waterproofness, superior durability, and plenty of great rider friendly features like non-slip pants seats so you don't slide in the saddle, and heat resistant pant legs so you won't melt your rain gear on a hot exhaust.
Your bike can do a lot to help you stay comfortable while you ride. First off, the wind is going to sap heat from your body pretty quickly, so outfit your bike with an HD® Detachables windshield and keep the chill in check. Whether you're riding a Softail or a Sportster, we can help you find a detachable windshield that fits your needs, your bike, and your style! Outside of having a little extra wind protection, you can pack those extra layers for a cold ride using some of our Harley-Davidson cargo accessories, including HD detachables saddlebags and sissy bars that give you plenty of storage space for your cold weather gear, or your rain suit. Finally your bike can help you fight off frozen digits with a set of easy to install heated grips, which come in a range of styles to compliment your ride.
For some slightly more technological solution to your cold weather woes, pick up a set of heated riding gear! We've got heated riding pants and jackets that come with portable, or plug-in power so you can find a set that matches your needs. If you're saving up for some heated grips but want to keep your hands from freezing in the meantime, then pick up a box of hand warmers (like skiers use) and tuck one in each glove, and a couple in the interior pockets of your jacket. Another old-school trick is get a traditional hot water bag and tuck that inside your jacket. It won't do much for your fingers but it will keep your core warm!
For more information on winter riding or Harley-Davidson motorcycles in general, come on down to Dallas Harley-Davidson and let our knowledgeable staff walk you through our huge selection of motorcycles and accessories for sale!


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I am thankful for your organization, my parents and their concern and love and laughter, interesting jobs that ignite my creativity, joshs love and sweetness that excites my core and joshs family for such support and welcoming arms!!!!
I am so thankful for all of the beautiful and inspiration Christ followers on instagram… this morning on my way in, I read a post by naptime
"I almost cried at about how faithful God has been. I look in her eyes and see hope and I see HIS grace. He has given us more than I could have ever even fathomed. Sisters who are struggling with infertility or the desire to adopt…I pray you make Christ your everything and make him the greatest desire of your hearts. Oh how I mourn with you and how I know exactly how you feel. I also know the Gospel and I know God has beautiful plans for us, so we need to be obedient to his word and cling to the cross. Choose Joy friends and keep on choosing it."
Cling to God and the bible. Lord God, THANK YOU!!! I want You and want to cling to only you!!!! HIi beautiful plans are incredible and I want nothing more than to align my wants and desires with His. Lord God, guide us!!! Keep me under your wing. Forgive my sins. I choose Joy and I choose the light because I belong to the Light!!!
thank you so much, Lord God. You know… you KNEW what I needed and you always do.
Boredom. Apathetic feeling toward work and even frustration. TOday has turne dthat around already. THANK YOU. Please grow my faith…. strengthen it. Help em water it and love it and nurture it!!!!!
I am so so thankful for a dad that works tirelessly and scrapes/cleans off my car. What a treat. Our sidewalks and drive are always so well taken care of and so much care and love is shown.
thank you for Connie! she is such a blessing to our team and moral!
thank you lord god for the talents you give me. a lot of people are receiving their invites and it feels so good to hear they think they are pretty! i had so much fun doing them! thank you for placing me in a job that i love with people i love surrounding myself with things i love. thank you!!
what a fantastic weekend!!!
valentines day was friday… came home to joshers bein all cute. he hadnt looked in the frig yet so i showed him his "will you BEER my valentine" 6 pack and he drank up. we baked pigs in blankets that we hadnt eaten for the superbowl and opened gifts while we cooked. ohhhh his card. "on a knee, your soon-to-be-husband. WHOA." He got me honey by Marc Jacobs (smells so clean and not too sweet or old-lady-like) along with THE PROPOSAL typed out, designed and FRAMED. how thoughtful and sweet!!! Its above the stairs and its one of those things that now its there, that spotted NEEDED it! Its perfect. What a blessing Josh is. Thank you, Lord God!! I got him movie gift cards with a quote of Philipians 2 (taking interest of others over your own) because I used to say I dont like movies but if Josh wants to go to them, I will and i'll love being alongside him! In a season of our lives that we are feeling bad about doing extra things, this was the perfect gift so we have 3 nights of tickets for us. We headed to Front Row with Denny and Joey to watch Mike and Jason. It was a lot of fun to give them their wedding invite! Fun night afterward…..!
Saturday night, Josh headed out early for Skywalk Golf and I went to Nevada to play with McCoy. Gosh was he cuddly!! He slept on my side/stomach for 2 and a half hours!! I rushed home to change quickly and head out to an undisclosed place for dinner. Barattas it was and WHOA was it amazing!!!! We started with calamari (amazingly large and amazing piping hot breading, great La George pinot noir, bread, salads with creamy garlic dressing and then pasta! Spinach and cheese tortellini with amazing chunky veggie marinara sauce for me and chicken carbonara canelloni for Joshers.) we took our time and enjoyed every single bite. It was perfect and we left feeling completely satisfied and not full. We headed back across town wanting a movie. While we were at Redbox we grabbed a mcflurry and a shamrock shake and Captain Phillips. It was a perfect night…. Josh lit a fire and the candle and we cuddled in and were in bed by 10:30 so we could head to church the next morning.
Church and back to Joshs to make quiche, blueberry muffins, and bacon! WOO! We did some little things around the house ( i prepped our last wedding invites and josh gathered his taxes) and then headed out for errands. josephs (i bought joshs rings for $405 and they took mine to get sized and the euro shank right), mailing invites, getting cider, going to home depot and lowes for lights for my closet and a new fan for the bedroom or our bedroom. it was so fun! its just easy with josh and productive and kind and perfect. we had left hy-vee but had forgotten the cider so he rushed back and in came back out with a rose!!! a black rose!!! and an avocado and lime juice because I had wanted them but made a comment that there are some things that I just need to wait for now. so so so sweet. we made soup when we got back to his place and spent the rest of the evening online looking at honeymoons and the registry. we added lots of great things after not really touching it for the past month/since we did it. we ended the night with popcorn (from the whirley pop!) and breakfast club. Lord God, thank you for Joshela. THANK YOU.
Josh is the best travel partner…. MAN Am I excited to be his team mate and travel buddy!!!!
3 years tomorrow….
I remember wondering how he was single. not being familiar with 50th street or mi mexico. i remember sitting down before he had the chance to stand. i remember being scared of alcohol because of my accutaine. i remember going to his place. i remember being impressed by his home. i remember not being sure when we'd hang out and Id check my phone a few too many times. I remember going to Energy games, getting a hug from the back at martin sextons show at the state fair, I remember cuddling on the couch nearly every night, i remember making enchiladas at our townhouse (during a tornado warning!), i remember being on our deck, i remember being on his deck, i remember walking to 80-35 from our place, i remember going to the farmers market and bein so thankful the couple times he'd come along with me and now (2 summers later he is the one who wants to go or goes with his sisters) I remember playing chess and scrabble and puzzles, i remember grilling….. I cant wait to travel with joshers
Josh inspires me because he is such a man of action!
My mom asked me whether or not he donates blood because there is a shortage. I asked Josh and thee next day (when we met with our DJ and then went to The Cab in Johnston) he had already gone and donated! The inspiration was used as a boost to get so much done over lunch. Ran to the movie theater to get joshs gift card, dropped of Vivi and Kate's valentines day card and get movie treats for part of joshs gift, went to the bank, and then dropped off the 6pack at joshs. a flexible lunch is so wonderful!!
I am so thankful for a safe drive in (18 cars in the ditch!!!! and my gas tank was clicking down from 49 miles down to 19miles left on my tank) and the non stress of having to fill up with gas and BEING ABLE TO fill up with gas without considering my bank account. Thank you, Lord God, for supplying my channel with funds with predictability. I've really noticed in the last couple months, after much prayer, that I feel an extra burst of gratitude and dedication when cracking my eyes open the first time in the morning. I was beginning to feel slightly depressed and low… always searching and scheming for a reason to sleep a little longer….. get to work late…. and I prayed about it.
God provided.
like always.
God highlighted Josh who is dedicated, hard working and always. ALWAYS. goes the extra mile. I am to model that and be the same inspiration for him. We are a team and will officially be a team in 2 months (from today) and I need to him to KNOW in his core that I am reliable and it comes down to things as simple as getting up for work every morning.
God also provided a jolt of gratitude and excitement. I am blessed to be able to have a job to go to. I am blessed to have coworkers I enjoy being around. I am blessed to be safe and warm while I work. I am blessed for variety and flexibility. I am blessed with flexible lunches. I am blessed to have a fair compensation that allows me to live freely and pay off debt. God blesses me so! Thank you, Lord God.


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Many say that you either learn about Andalusia through Flamenco or you learn Flamenco through Andalusia.
There are endless places where to go and experience 'Flamenco'. Hotspots in Costa del Sol for Flamenco and it's culture, here are some great places where to experience some real Flamenco!
Malaga (City center)
Kelipe is a very small, underground type flamenco venue. And it literally is undergound, in the basement of a building. This is a good place to see flamenco in first person without a big stage, etc. to separate you.
Address on Google maps
Sala Fortuna
Benalmadena (Malaga Province, nearer to Fuengirola)
Located in the town of Benalmadena, Sala Fortuna offers flamenco shows on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights. The show is by Carmen Mota with a very high production level and a large number of performers. The location is right on the water although you won't see much from the venue.
Address on Google maps
Click here to book some Flamenco, cultural, wine and tapas routes!
Arte y Sabores de Cordoba
The setting is a former Arab bath which holds about thirty people. Outside the bath there is a typical patio where they slow cook a vegetarian rice. This is a cool little place to see a show with dinner at a reasonable price.
Address on Google maps
Tablao El Cardenal
It's hard to miss Tablao El Cardenal, with a location just a few meters from the Mezquita. In warm weather, this place has two different patios which can serve as the backdrop for the show. In the winter months they occupy an historic hall in the same building which also has its charm! There are several performers who have won national prizes for flamenco.
Address on Google maps
La Taberna Flamenca
Jerez de la Frontera
From Tuesday through Saturday nights (during summer and early fall), you can watch a show at La Taberna and even eat at a reasonable price.
Address on Google maps
El Laga del Tio Parrilla
Jerez de la Frontera
This flamenco venue is located in and old part of the bodega where they used to squash the grapes. The family who owns it is well known in the flamenco world, with several members being part of touring groups with the today's most famous flamenco performers.
Address on Google maps
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I wonder if rows of swiss chard lined the Garden of Eden? In my imagination this brightly colored, nutrient packed, tasty leaf would be right at home in God's perfect garden.
After all, swiss chard is super easy to grow… God would have plenty of time for working on the rest of Creation.
In my (less than perfect) garden, swiss chard also found a home. Due to the tiny nature of my patch of earth, my swiss chard took up residence behind the air conditioner.
I purchased Bright Lights Swiss Chard seed from Johnny's Seeds and hoped for the best. By mid-summer, I was in awe of the light show behind my a/c.
Here are three great recipes we enjoyed last year using swiss chard from our own garden:
- Salmon and Swiss Chard Quiche
- Greens with Carrots and Feta
- Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Swiss Chard and Pecorino Cheese
Swiss Chard is great raw in salads, tossed on top of a piping hot pizza, sautéed and seasoned with red pepper flakes, shredded and made into a slaw with raisins and nuts, or mixed with your favorite grain–rice, quinoa, couscous, pasta, whatever!
Of course, the finest swiss chard experience takes place in the garden, when the chard is young and tender. Just snip and eat right there. It doesn't come any fresher and appreciation for this beauty won't be any greater.
But don't wait till summer standing around in your garden to eat swiss chard! Eat it now. Grocery stores are selling swiss chard in bunches–often there are two or more varieties to choose from. It's a great winter vegetable, and can be found in winter farmer markets along with other leafy wonders such as kale and spinach. It's a good time to try (or retry) swiss chard and think about adding it to the garden this summer.


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Prices for tomorrow's gameAdults can watch Latics' home npower League One game against Yeovil Town on Tuesday, April 16th from £19.
Ticket prices are £20 for adults in the Main Stand Upper with over-65's, under-16's and students all £10.
In Main Stand Lower the prices are £19 and £9 respectively.
Prices for the Chaddy End and The Verlin Stand (Rochdale Road) are £20 for adults, £10 concessions with under-16's in both stands £5.
Yeovil fans will be accommodated in the small section of The Verlin Stand.
Students are reminded they must hold Oldham Athletic student membership which is available from the ticket office.


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MONMOUTH COUNTY - Monmouth County Democritic Party Chairman Vin Gopal today announced his candidacy for State Senate, challenging Republican incumbent Jennifer Beck.
Born in Neptune Township and raised in Freehold Township, Gopal says that it is time for new leadership to tackle New Jersey's grave fiscal problems. A successful local small-business owner, Gopal previously served on the Board of Directors for the now Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce where he chaired the Chamber's Government Affairs Committee. He is a past-President of the Hazlet Township Business Owners Association, and a past-Board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County.
Gopal previously served as a volunteer EMT for the Colts Neck and Freehold First Aid Squads, responding to hundreds of 9-1-1 emergencies. Gopal currently volunteers with the Long Branch Fire Department.
Gopal is also the Founder and President of a 501c(3) organization dedicated to helping local charities and individuals in need.
Gopal volunteered his time as the Democratic Party Chairman in Monmouth County where he helped place the focus of local campaigns on the crushing property tax burden placed on Monmouth County homeowners. He will resign this week from his volunteer position as party chair in order to focus his time speaking with the residents of the 11th Legislative District.
"Today, I am announcing my candidacy for State Senate in Monmouth County's 11th Legislative District," Gopal said. "As a small business owner, I know what it's like to build a business from the ground up and to create jobs - to go without taking a paycheck in order to make payroll. I know what Monmouth County residents are going through."
He added, "I've felt the impact that Trenton's over-regulation, suffocating taxation, and red-tape has on the Monmouth County economy and on the ability of families to make ends meet. And I understand that the selfish backroom dealing of Trenton insiders like Senator Jennifer Beck - who has repeatedly changed her vote on critical issues to serve her own political interests - have had a detrimental impact, not only on Monmouth County, but on our state for far too long.
"Monmouth County needs a Senator who will battle with the insiders in Trenton, not just show up and act like a puppet," Gopal said. "We need a Senator who will spend every day fighting to lower property taxes, one who will work constantly to eliminate the red tape imposed on small businesses. And we need a Senator who is going to do what's right in funding women's health care policies, not use the Senate to fulfill their own personal wishes and ambitions. As your Senator, I will spend every day fighting against Trenton insiders and fighting for the needs of working people. That is my pledge to the residents of Monmouth County."


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Reply To: Brain fog prior, and during detox phase…supplements
Home › The Candida Forum › Candida Questions › Brain fog prior, and during detox phase…supplements › Reply To: Brain fog prior, and during detox phase…supplements
raster;38820 wrote: I wouldn't eat mushrooms if you are fighting a fungal infection.
The probiotics and antifungals make your die-off worse while some of the other supplements you list will make it better. You basically need to support your liver and kidneys to make the die-off tolerable.
As I pointed out to MrsCandida, these products are meant for phase two of the diet, not for the initial detox cleanse. Might you have a suggestion of when to introduce these into the program? During the detox, is it safe to say that the Molybdenum Amino Acid Chelate would be about the only supplement that I would need? Or would some of the other above mentioned items be recommended along with the Molybdenum Amino Acid Chelate?


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Title: No Estimates: Alternatives to Estimates
Convener: Woody Zuill
Participants: There were approx. 45 participants
Discussion: We asked the question: Why do we think we need estimates?, and collected post-it notes with the reasons we "think we need estimates"
We then grouped them, and found the following groupings:
1 – Predictability (about 3/4 of the notes collected)
2 – "Go or No Go" decisions
3 – Prioritization
4 – "Fill" a Sprint with work
This led to a second rhetorical question: Why do we need predictability?
- We decided that a "5 whys" exercise should be done to get down to the bottom of the real reasons we insist that estimates are needed. We discussed the idea that MUCH of the training in the Agile field is about estimates, prioritization, sprint planning, release planning and so on, and yet there is nothing in the Agile Manifesto that points to the idea that estimates or this type of planning is needed or important. At this point we asked for discussion on possible alternatives to estimates.
A few were discussed:
- Kanban
- Pull discrete pieces of work
- Early and often delivery of working software
Some time was spent addressing the idea that "we still have to do estimates to be able to make software".
Conlusion: While there are some people working without estimates, there are still many unanswered questions about how to go about doing that. It was observed that there are many different environments and while "no estimates" might work in some, it might not work in others. In other words, we had no "conclusion", but we did have a lot of ideas we can explore when we get back with our teams and daily work.


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The Face Behind the Fashion: Hanan Babar
Moving to a new place is daunting and although usually scary, can mark a new beginning as it was for today's January fashion featured individual, Hanan. He moved right in the middle of high school from the town of Edison to the much smaller area of Matawan, New Jersey. It was tough, really tough, and for the most part of his sophomore year in Matawan, Hanan remained quite, but when junior year and wrestling rolled around, he began to come out of his shell. Even though coming to this new town presented a challenge of its own, this was not the first time he had moved. At least the second time around, it wasn't from another country.
Edison and Matawan have their differences. For one, Hanan points out, Edison was a lot bigger with more people making it harder to feel like an individual. He also comments that there was a lot more drama in Edison compared to a much more mellow and easy going Matawan. At first, Hanan did really miss Edison, and his first days in Matawan High School dragged along slowly. However, with wrestling came a new medium to make friends and get settled. Everyone was very kind to him, and thus his shyness slowly faded away. Although adjusting to Matawan took a couple of months, it was nothing compared to Hanan's first move from Pakistan.
Coming to the United States from Pakistan, where he had lived a majority of his life, was a great undertaking. There was a different culture to adjust to, a different language and accent to learn, and different kinds of people. America did have its quirks, but Hanan mentions, he did feel a whole lot safer living here. Pakistan's education also contrasted to that of the public school Hanan attends now. Back in Pakistan, English was learned as a second language, there were uniforms, and boys and girls were separate. Besides a better schooling in the United States, Hanan sees that his parents also moved here for a wider variety of opportunities for him and his brothers. After having moved a lot, the advice he's given is to not let the situation get inside your head too much.
Looking Suave in Black and Tan
For a bit of winter fashion inspiration, Hanan is rocking the black and tan colors for a casual look as he poses along the cliff overlooking the Keyport Waterfront. Beginning at the bottom, Hanan is wearing a suave pair of men's beige Chelsea boots. Then, he has on a pair of classic black jeans and a black v-neck tee. These darker colors contrast nicely to his final piece of apparel, a light tan, hooded jacket to go along with the shoes. Altogether, Hanan has made a not too complicated but well-structured outfit for the mild winter days.


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To bake gluten free, I've had to take everything I know about baking and toss it out the window (along with 8 or 10 batches of cookies that were so horrible I wouldn't have fed them to Cookie Monster…and he loves cookies…like, all cookies). I'm proud to say I'm getting better, and these tasty treats are vegan, gluten free, and pretty delicious.
gf cookie bars
- 1 c self-rising gluten free baking mix (I use Bob's Red Mill pancake mix)
- ½ c unsweetened flaked coconut
- ½ c coconut sugar (or any kind of unrefined sugar)
- 2 egg replacers (I use Ener-g)
- ¼ cup Spectrum Organic Shortening
- ¼ c canola oil
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 t almond extract
- ½ c chocolate chips (I used grain-sweetened vegan ones)
- ½ c chopped macadamia nuts or almonds (or any old nut, whatever you fancy)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- You sort of have to half mix (with a wooden spoon) and half knead (with you little hands) all of the ingredients (minus chocolate and nuts) until it's like a really crumbly dough.
- Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.
- Press the cookie dough evenly into a lightly oiled 8×8-inch baking pan (and yes, I used my hands!).
- Bake on a center rack until the bars are set and golden brown- about 20 minutes- depending upon your oven and altitude.
- Careful not to overbake these, you want the edges to be light, light brown,and the top will still be quite pale, but they're done!


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When it comes to taking care of your beloved lawn, you rarely compromise with quality. Starting from removing the weed to buying a string trimmer for mowing, you do the best you can. We are concerned of this extra care for lawn of yours and we've did something to make you even better.
Starting to Mow Your Garden
Like it or hate it, mowing is one of the most essential care for your garden.
As a lawn or garden owner, mowing is one of your regular duties. To keep the grasses neat and shiny, you may use a string trimmer or something else that has mechanical perfection in it.
But when it comes to the question that how often you have to do that, most of us get confused and make our own theories. Irregularity and too much frequency- both can harm the quality of mowing and your lawn health as well.
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Basics of Lawn Mowing Height: The One Third Rule
The growth and height of the grass if your lawn depends on the grass type. Of course, the grass of a golf course won't be the same to a home lawn. But with the proper placement of cutting heads of a string trimmer, you can reduce the grass height into whatever you want to. But the ideal proposition is to cut down one third of the grass. Gardeners call it The One Third Tule and if you do any more or less, it would harm the quality of the lawn.
Here are some seasonal definitions of how often you should go mowing-
- Early Spring
During early spring, you should do mowing less often than the other seasons. As long as the growth of grasses are less in these days, it would take more time to grow up and ask for cutting down a bit. Cutting fortnightly is quite okay until the seasons warms up at late spring.
- Late Spring and Summer
When the spring ends, it's almost like the summer. Both the rains and sunlight are more during then and grasses grow up quite fast. So, if you keep mowing less frequently, the One Third Rule will be broken. So, you should mow something like 'Twice a Week'.
Cutting Lawn Grasses at The Right Height
Although, it's all up to your personal preferences and choices, but there are some ideal values. To make the calculation easy, we have researched out three options of cutting heights based on the preferences-
- Usually, if you want your lawn to look neat and tidy, keep the grass height at 2.5-4.5cm range.
- Sometimes, in the patches that are likely to get more wear and are used heavily, you can go for little bit more like 4-5cm grass height.
- Also in cases of grasses that are under shades or something, you can go for longer heights of 7-8cm.
How to Adjust the Cutting Height
For now, we are taking that you use a string trimmer for cutting grasses. So, based on the season and grass height, you can change the Nylon line and cutting head that cut the grass. For each season, change the height of the blade at the start and end of the season.


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Run all day and celebrate fun
Casting out all doubt and fear!
The Limerick is a sort of nonsense poem with a more musical rhythm that makes it light and enjoyable. They were first recognized when published by Edward Lear (English artist, poet, author) in his Book of Nonsense in 1846. Since then, the poem style has grown quite popular and serves as a fun pastime for lovers of short, simple, often humorous writing.
Limerick Day is celebrated on May 12th in honor of Lear's birthday. The typical limerick involves 5 lines of prose where the first and second lines rhyme with the fifth, and the third and fourth lines rhyme together. Or, the "AABBA" rhyme scheme. More traditional limericks involve a specific person and place and are more moderately obscene in nature; but just like any form of poetry, there are no real rules to follow when creating your own prose.
To celebrate Limerick Day, consider writing some of your own! They are easy and quick, and can offer quite a bit of humor for yourself, friends, and family as this unofficial holiday swiftly approaches.


text: article BIG-IP deployments using Ansible in private and public cloud Updated 25-Aug-2017•Originally posted on 13-Jun-2017 by Payal F5 article ansible application delivery big-ip cloud dccloud17 devops icontrol playbook F5 has been actively developing Ansible modules that help in deploying an application on the BIG-IP. For a list of candidate modules for Ansible 2.4 release refer to the Github link. These modules can be used to configure any BIG-IP (physical/virtual) in any environment (Public/Private or Hybrid cloud) Before we can use the BIG-IP to deploy an application, we need to spin up a virtual edition of the BIG. Let's look at some ways to spin up a BIG-IP in the Public and Private cloud Private cloud Create a BIG-IP guest VM through VMware vSphere For more details on the ansible module refer to Ansible documentation Pre-condition: On the VMware a template of the BIG-IP image has been created Example Playbook: - name: Create VMware guest hosts: localhost connection: local become: true tasks: - name: Deploy BIG-IP VE vsphere_guest: vcenter_hostname: 10.192.73.100 //vCenter hostname or IP address esxi: datacenter: F5 BD Lab //Datacenter name hostname: 10.192.73.22 //esxi hostname or IP address username: root //vCenter username password: ***** //vCenter password guest: "BIGIP-VM" //Name of the BIG-IP to be created from_template: yes template_src: "BIG-IP VE 220.127.116.11.0.249-Template" //Name of the template Spin up a BIG-IP VM in VMWARE using govc For more details on the govc refer to govc github and vmware github Pre-condition: govc has been installed on the ansible host Example Playbook: - name: Create VMware guest hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: - name: Import OVA and deploy BIG-IP VM command: "/usr/local/bin/govc import.ova -name=newVM BIGIP005 /tmp/BIGIP-22.214.171.124.0.249.LTM-scsi.ova" //Command to import the BIG-IP ova file environment: GOVC_HOST: "10.192.73.100" //vCenter hostname or IP address GOVC_URL: "https://10.192.73.100/sdk" GOVC_USERNAME: "root" //vCenter username GOVC_PASSWORD: "*******" //vCenter password GOVC_INSECURE: "1" GOVC_DATACENTER: "F5 BD Lab" //Datacenter name GOVC_DATASTORE: "datastore1 (5)" //Datastore on where to store the ova file GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL: "Testing" //Resource pool to use - name: Power on the VM command: "/usr/local/bin/govc vm.power -on newVM-BIGIP005" environment: GOVC_HOST: "10.192.73.100" GOVC_URL: "https://10.192.73.100/sdk" GOVC_USERNAME: "root" GOVC_PASSWORD: "vmware" GOVC_INSECURE: "1" GOVC_DATACENTER: "F5 BD Lab" GOVC_DATASTORE: "datastore1 (5)" GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL: "Testing" Public Cloud Spin up a BIG-IP using cloud formation templates in AWS For more details on the BIG-IP cloud formation templates, refer to the following Github Page Pre-condition: Cloud formation JSON template has been downloaded to the Ansible host Example Playbook: - name: Launch BIG-IP CFT in AWS hosts: localhost gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Launch BIG-IP CFT cloudformation: aws_access_key: "******************" //AWS access key aws_secret_key: "******************" //AWS secret key stack_name: "StandaloneBIGIP-1nic-experimental-Ansible" state: "present" region: "us-west-2" disable_rollback: true template: "standalone-hourly-1nic-experimental.json" //JSON blob for the CFT template_parameters: //template parameters availabilityZone1: "us-west-2a" sshKey: "bigip-test" validate_certs : false register: stack - name: Get facts(IP-address) from a cloud formation stack cloudformation_facts: aws_access_key: "*****************" aws_secret_key: "*****************" region: "us-west-2" stack_name: "StandaloneBIGIP-1nic-experimental-Ansible" register: bigip_ip_address - set_fact: //Extract the BIG-IP MGMT IP address ip_address: "{{ bigip_ip_address['ansible_facts']['cloudformation']['StandaloneBIGIP-1nic-experimental-Ansible']['stack_outputs']['Bigip1subnet1Az1SelfEipAddress']}}" - copy: //Copy the BIG-IP MGMT IP address to a file content: "bigip_ip_address: {{ ip_address}}" dest: "aws_var_file.yaml" //Copied IP address can be be referenced from file mode: 0644 Above mentioned are few ways to spin up a BIG-IP Virtual edition in your private/public cloud environment. Once the BIG-IP is installed then use the F5 ansible modules to deploy the application on the BIG-IP. Refer to DevCentral article to learn more about ansible roles and how we can use roles to onboard and network a BIG-IP. Included is a simple playbook that you can download and run against the BIG-IP. - name: Onboarding BIG-IP hosts: bigip //bigip variable should be present in the ansible inventory file gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Configure NTP server on BIG-IP bigip_device_ntp: server: "<bigip_ip_address>" user: "admin" password: "admin" ntp_servers: "220.127.116.11" validate_certs: False delegate_to: localhost - name: Configure BIG-IP hostname bigip_hostname: server: "<bigip_ip_address>" user: "admin" password: "admin" validate_certs: False hostname: "bigip1.local.com" delegate_to: localhost - name: Manage SSHD setting on BIG-IP bigip_device_sshd: server: "<bigip_ip_address>" user: "admin" password: "admin" banner: "enabled" banner_text: "Welcome- CLI username/password to login " validate_certs: False delegate_to: localhost - name: Manage BIG-IP DNS settings bigip_device_dns: server: "<bigip_ip_address>" user: "admin" password: "admin" name_servers: "18.104.22.168" search: "localhost" ip_version: "4" validate_certs: False delegate_to: localhost For more information on BIG-IP ansible playbooks visit the following github link Average Rating: 4.9 Log in to rate this content Print Download Share Comments on this Article Comment made 15-Jan-2018 by KernelPanic 169 What are the various software compatibility dependencies for getting ansible f5 to work? 0 Comment made 01-Feb-2018 by Mani Gadde F5 @kernelPanic bigsuds & f5sdk pip install bigsuds pip install f5-sdk for more details - including solution overview & technical White-paper: www.ansible.com/f5 0


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