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A Wrinkle in Time
It happened unexpectedly, just a few days ago: I was digging through some old notebooks of mine, and came across an art journal I had started shortly after I moved to Mexico in 2006. It was a combination of painting and writing, and one of the things I had noted down was a line from the German poet Rilke: "The future must enter you long before it happens." And I thought of my very first trip to Mexico in 1979—which was to Mexico City and Puerta Vallarta—and how I was struck by the colors of the country. Somehow, the United States for me was dull, mostly green and gray, whereas the houses in Mexico were pink, and the clay pots with plants that were lined up on the terrace of my hotel were brilliant, brightly colored. I think that's when my future—which is what Mexico became—entered me, entered my bloodstream. Ten years later, I came back, and spent about ten days in the City, going from museum to museum. At that time, Coyoacán was a village beyond the city limits—you had to take two buses to get there—and I wandered the streets, soaking it all in. I went to the Frida Kahlo Museum, never imagining that 25 years later I would be living five blocks away. But Coyo entered my bloodstream as well. Without realizing it, I was becoming a chilango.
I also thought of a conversation I had in the early nineties with a science fiction writer in Seattle, who told me that he was writing about imaginary worlds because, unconsciously, he was describing a state of mind to which he aspired, wanted to have. And I wondered: Am I doing that as well? It seemed to me that I was.
Where does inspiration come from? Certainly not from the conscious mind. If your work is motivated by a feeling of necessity—that this is something you must do—then somehow, it comes from the future (whatever that means). And the future can include not only a consciousness you aspire to, but also people you aspire to be like, or emulate. For me, Gandhi was such a person. I remember seeing a photo of what he left behind—his sandals and his glasses—over which was superimposed something he said toward the end of his life: "I have no message. My life is my message." I am hardly someone most people would want to emulate, but when I saw that photo, I realized that if that quotation were to be true of me even to a very small extent, I would feel that my life had been worthwhile.
But what was my life? What was anybody's life, beyond the sum total of what they had done? Sartre believed that we make our lives through our choices, and of course that is true. But it is also too simple, because in the case of the major "choices" I made in my life, I have the impression that "I" wasn't doing the choosing. Somehow, my future was making the decision, and thus there really was such a thing as fate. It seems hard to imagine, but I couldn't come to any other conclusion.
And yet, I didn't really believe that our destiny was carved in stone, "written down" somewhere, waiting to be discovered. The whole science (well, art) of divination was based on this: Tarot cards, ouija boards, the I Ching, astrology, and so on. These things have been used to get a jump on the future, so to speak; to tell us what's going to happen, so we might know what we need to do.
Three quotations come to mind at this point:
-"Know thyself" (Solon, later Socrates)
-"Character is destiny" (Heraclitus)
-"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars/But in ourselves" (Shakespeare)
All of these suggest that the future is within us, rather than outside of us, if only we were smart enough to figure out who we are. That is why everybody's future is unique. If you know who you are, know your essential character, you can make a reasonable guess as to where you need to go—what's "pulling" you, so to speak. So we are the captains of our souls, but not in the way that phrase is usually meant.
But we don't make our fate entirely on our own, of course; we are not living in a social vacuum. A good example of this is that brilliant film of some years back, Sex, Lies and Videotape, in which the college buddy of a successful lawyer suddenly shows up on the latter's doorstep, and through the force of circumstance inadvertently manages to turn his former friend's life, and that of his wife, upside down. The three of them make choices, but there is also a sense of inevitability about it all. By the end of the story, the marriage, which had largely been a sham, falls apart, and the wife is now paired off with the stranger who came to stay. All three of them do come to know themselves, in a dramatic way, and character does prove to be destiny. But character doesn't exist in a bubble; our character collides with other characters, and in this way the future becomes the present.
This kind of strange logic operates at the world-historical level as well, but that is a topic best left for another essay. My concern here is with individuals, and how they know (or don't know) what they are doing. The quote from Rilke is indeed interesting. He didn't say, "The future enters you long before it happens." No, he said it must enter you, essentially telling us that this is something we are called upon to do. But how? It's doubtful that he was referring to divination. Another famous quote of his is, "You must change your life"—again, must. And how are we supposed to do that? Rilke believed that the answers will come if we are willing to "live in the question," as he put it; just sit with the uncertainty, in other words. The idea being, I suppose, that by doing so, one allows the future to enter us, and thus change our lives.
Learning this lesson was very long in coming, for me, because it requires trust, and that was something I found very hard to do. The world, after all, is a pretty scary place; rationally speaking, trust may not make a lot of sense. Who, or what, am I placing my trust in? But Rilke, of course, was not talking about reason; he was talking about deliberately stepping into the unknown, as an act of will. Not even Gandhi was comfortable with that.
My point here is not that "Life is a mystery"; that would be an easy out. It seems more a question of letting life come and get us, as it were; of letting the universe seize us, shake us up, do what it wants to do with us. Then life is not so much a mystery as it is a miracle, a kind of Blakean adventure. This is of course an ideal: there is something very reassuring about routine, and I doubt any of us can walk around in a state of star-struck wonder 24/7. But it must also be said that a life completely devoid of unpredictability probably wouldn't be much of a life.
I recall seeing, a few years ago, a film called Kirschblüten (Cherry Blossoms) by the German filmmaker Doris Dörrie. It's about an older married couple, Rudi and Trudi, who live in a small Bavarian village. He has a boring job in a garbage-processing plant, and follows the same routine every day. He has no real interests or aspirations; his view of life is narrow, restricted. She, on the other hand, has always wanted to go to Japan and study Butoh, an iconoclastic type of dance technique designed to awaken the true nature of the self. When she unexpectedly dies, Rudi is bereft, but decides to visit Japan as an homage to his deceased wife. There, he "accidentally" meets a teenage Butoh dancer, a poor, homeless girl who lives in a tent, and they become friends. By the end, before he dies (he is terminally ill without knowing it), he begins to understand why his wife had been interested in Butoh, and to see life as a cherry blossom—fleeting and impermanent. He acquires new eyes, and grasps the notion of the eternal present that Yu, the homeless girl, was trying to show him through the dance. She is his future, at least for a short time, and he lets her teaching enter him, such that he manages to experience wonder before he dies.
It often takes a major event, such as the death of a loved one, to shake us up, and allow the future to enter us. Doris Dörrie's point is that miracles do not exist elsewhere, in some sort of supernatural heaven; it is, rather, a matter of allowing oneself to "go out of time"—i.e., out of linear, predictable time. An additional point is that if a stick-in-the-mud like Rudi can do it, then anyone can. Dum spiro, spero, wrote Cicero; so long as I breathe, I hope.
©Morris Berman, 2015


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After a tender process, IBERDROLA and Areva Wind have entered a preferred turbine supplier agreement for the Wikinger offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea, with construction scheduled for 2016 and 2017.
Under the terms of the agreement, AREVA Wind will support IBERDROLA on foundation and tower design optimization, project logistics, installation concept and project certification with regulator Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH).
The Wikinger offshore wind project, currently being developed in German territorial waters of the Baltic Sea, will have approximately 400 megawatts (MW) installed capacity.
The M5000, the first 5MW wind turbine designed exclusively for large-scale offshore wind farms, will be manufactured at Areva's facilities in Bremerhaven (Germany). When signed, the contract will also include equipment transportation, installation, commissioning and maintenance.
This will be the first time that IBERDROLA installs 5 MW turbines at a wind farm, representing a great technological leap forward for the company. The turbines will be located some 35 kilometres off the coast of the German Island of Rügen, covering an area of 34 square kilometres in the Baltic Sea. The wind farm will produce enough green clean energy to power 350,000 homes.
IBERDROLA is also considering using as a complement to the facility the new offshore wind turbine being developed by Gamesa.
Final investment decision will only be made if economic and technical feasibility studies, currently being performed by the company, show positive results. IBERDROLA's offshore wind project pipeline in Germany stands at over 2,000 MW.
IBERDROLA, committed to offshore wind energy
IBERDROLA is committed to fostering the development of offshore wind technology , key to the company's future growth. It is advancing in this industry with the necessary caution that any large investment demands.
With offices in Glasgow, London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, the Offshore Business Division of IBERDROLA is developing a project pipeline of over 11,000 MW across Europe. Key projects are located in the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
It is one the most challenging renewable energy programmes in history, through which some 40,000 new jobs will be created, thus boosting economic development in the areas where projects are being developed.
West of Duddon Sands, developed jointly by IBERDROLA and Dong in the Irish Sea, will be the first offshore project to begin construction. With an installed capacity of 389 MW, the facility will create 500 construction jobs and will be commissioned in 2013.
Among the long term projects, East Anglia offshore stands out for its size. When completed, it will be the world's largest offshore wind farm, with 7,200 MW capacity, enough to supply 5 million homes.
East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW), a 50-50 joint venture between Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, has formally submitted a planning application for the first phase, a 1,200MW offshore wind farm off the coast of East Anglia. The development, known as East Anglia One, will require up to 325 wind turbines covering an area of 300 km2 in the southern North Sea. The project will be able to power the annual electricity demands of around 800,000 homes.
Also, the consortium led by IBERDROLA and Eole-RES is conducting geotechnical feasibility studies at its 500 MW offshore wind project in the area of Saint-Brieuc, off the coast of Brittany, in France.
With renewables operations in 23 countries, IBERDROLA is the world leader in its sector by both installed capacity, with over 14,300 MW at the end of September 2012, and output, with over 23,300 million kilowatt hours generated in the first nine months of 2012.

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The Office for Women's Careers (OWC) is a branch of the Office of Gender Equity in Science and Medicine. Our purpose is to foster a gender equitable environment to assure that women faculty succeed in research and clinical careers at Mount Sinai.
Office for Women's Careers Initiatives
OWC offers opportunities for women faculty to network across departments and disciplines; serves as an advocacy and mentoring resource; and provides a forum for support, education, and discussion. OWC programs include:
- Women in Science and Medicine (WiSM), which actively advocates for women at all career stages in academic science, biomedicine, and medicine. OWC is a founding member along with Women in Science (WIS), representing our graduate students and postdocs, and American Medical Women's Association (AMWA), led by our medical students.
- Monthly meetings, called Just Desserts, to celebrate and learn from various successful woman scientists and/or physicians for our faculty and trainees.
- Individual match-making for mentees and mentors.
- Opportunities for participation in nationwide leadership training programs like the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) and those sponsored by the American Association of Medical Colleges.
- Semi-annual keynote presentations and networking opportunities.
- WiSM listserve, which you can be added to by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com, provides information on a broad spectrum of career issues with an emphasis on those that affect women and junior faculty.
In addition the OWC works for policies and programs that create a work environment where all members of our community can succeed, advance, and thrive. These include flexible and family-friendly policies; extended timeframe for promotion or tenure to accommodate personal obligations relating to significant events such as childbirth, adoption, or care of an elderly parent (Faculty Handbook: Adjustment of the Academic Clock); and a part-time track (Faculty Handbook: Part-Time Faculty); the Parents Group; and daycare.


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People With Parents Who Fight Are More Likely To Have Mental Health Problems In Later Life
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- May 28, 2009
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- BMJ-British Medical Journal
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- People with parents who were violent to each other are more likely to have mental health problems when they grow up, reveals new research.
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People with parents who were violent to each other are more likely to have mental health problems when they grow up, reveals research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Researchers looked at what impact interparental violence had on people as children by observing their mental health outcomes in adulthood.
A child being exposed to interparental violence is a form of maltreatment with consequences for a child's development, but in some countries it is only seen as a risk factor for later problems with no specific outcomes.
The authors studied 3,023 adults in the Paris metropolitan area in 2005 by carrying out at-home face to face interviews.
People who agreed to take part were found from a population based cohort study in Paris held by the National Institute of Health and Medical Research.
The researchers measured current depression and lifetime suicide attempts, intimate partner violence, violence against children and alcohol dependence.
They also asked people about childhood adversities such as parental separation, divorce, parental death or imprisonment, alcoholism and physical and/or sexual abuse, as well as asking about social level stressors including poor parental health, housing problems, prolonged parental unemployment, and financial troubles.
Among the group of people interviewed, 16% said they had witnessed interparental violence before the age of 18 and this was far more common in certain situations. For example, it was up to eight times more likely in cases where parents had been alcoholics.
Other factors were also relevant and witnessing violence was more common in families with financial problems, serious parental diseases, housing problems or unemployment.
After adjusting for family and social level stressors, the researchers found that people who were exposed to interparental violence had a 1.4 times higher risk of having depression, were more than three times more likely to be involved in conjugal violence, were almost five times more likely to mistreat their own child and 1.75 times more likely to have a dependence on alcohol.
The authors concluded: "Intensification of prevention of and screening for domestic violence including interparental violence is a public health issue for the well-being of future generations."
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Recently, Cisco disclosed the existence of four serious security flaws in their routers that use iOS and iOS XE software. One of the four, CVE-2020-3227 is rated at a severity of 9.8 out of 10.
It allows a remote attacker without credentials to execute commands to the operating software without proper authorization, which in turn, allows a hacker to take complete control over the system.
One of the other security flaws announced, CVE-2020-3025 is a command-injection vulnerability in Cisco 809 and 829 Industrial Integrated Services Routers, and in Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers. Here, the vulnerability is that since the software doesn't adequately validate signaling packets, a determined hacker could send malicious packets to the device to gain control of the Virtual Device Server (VDS). From there, they can compromise the entire system.
The third and fourth issues are being tracked under CVE-2020-3198 and CVE-2020-3258, and again targets the company's 800 Series Industrial Routers. This allows hackers to execute commands to the device, causing it to crash and reboot. Like the first one we mentioned, this one scores a severity of 9.8 out of ten.
The fourth bug is somewhat less serious, scoring only a 5.7 out of ten. A That one allows an attacker to modify the device's run-time memory, overwriting system memory and executing arbitrary code on an impacted device.
The good news is that the company already has a fix for all of the security flaws outlined above. So if you use any of the devices mentioned earlier, head to the company's site to be sure you've got the latest security patch. Just to be safe, if you use any type of Cisco Industrial Router, now is a good time to double check to make sure you've got the latest security patches installed. A few minutes checking could save you thousands of dollars and spare you from a great many sleepless nights.


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Melody Just Breathe Chiffon Kimono in Grey - Online Only
Perfect for any fashion-forward woman looking to add a touch of elegance to her wardrobe. Made from high-quality chiffon material, this cardigan is lightweight, breathable, and comfortable to wear all year round.The loose fit design of this cardigan is perfect for layering over any outfit, creating a flowy and effortless look. The kimono-style sleeve lengths add a touch of sophistication and unique style, while the open front allows for easy wear and maximum comfort.
- Pattern type: Solid
- Style: Beach, Casual, Chic
- Features: Basic style
- Neckline: Open front
- Length: Regular
- Sleeve length: Three-quarter sleeves
- Sleeve type: Regular sleeves
- Sheer: Yes
- Material composition: 100% polyester
- Stretch: No stretch
- Care instructions: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.
- Imported
- Models are wearing sizes S/M and L/XL.
- Product measurements:
S/M: bust 44 in, length 31 in, shoulder 16.5 in, sleeve length 17.5 in
L/XL: bust 46 in, length 31 in, shoulder 17.5 in, sleeve length 18 in
2X/3XL:bust 48 in, length 31 in, shoulder 18.5 in, sleeve length 18.5 in


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There are more biographies devoted to Charles Spurgeon than to just about any other Christian figure. The first were written before his death (including his own autobiography) and hundreds have been written since. In the two years following his death, new biographies were published at the rate of one per month! One would be justified in asking, then, why we need another one. Arnold Dallimore answers this question in the preface, saying that in his studies he discovered no definitive volume. He found, for example, that no other biography gave a satisfactory account of Spurgeon's ability as a theologian or the methods he used in leading souls to Christ. Also, his character was often made to appear weaker than it really was. And so Dallimore sought to remedy these faults in his volume which was first published in 1984.
I quote again from the preface: "I trust that, at least to some extent, this book provides a more satisfactory account of the great Spurgeon…I have endeavored to understand and present something of the inner man – Spurgeon in his praying, his sufferings and depressions, his weaknesses and strengths, in his triumphs, his humor, his joys, and his incredible accomplishments."
Dallimore succeeds admirably. He presents Spurgeon as more than a great and powerful preacher. He presents him as a man who was the product of a long line of believers, a man whose life was filled with struggles and a man who emerged victorious. Above all, we see a man who was specially gifted by God and used those gifts to the fullest. Spurgeon's legacy is nearly immeasurable in souls won, in faith strengthened and in his influence over other preachers. He truly earned his title as the Prince of Preachers.
While not a definitive treatment of Spurgeon's life (it weighs in at a mere 244 pages while other biographies have been many times that length), this book is a wonderful starting place to learn to appreciate one of God's most humble servants. As with any good Christian biography, this book will serve to strengthen your faith and will turn your thoughts not to the man, but to the God to whom the man dedicated his life. I give it my wholehearted recommendation.


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Electricity helps make our lives easier but there are times when we can take its power and its potential for fire-related hazards for granted.
Electrical malfunction is the leading cause of home fires year after year. Here is everything you need to know about protecting your home and your family!
Home Electrical Fires- Did You Know?
- There are more than 45,000 home electrical fires every year
- About half of these involve lighting equipment and home electrical wiring
- Home electrical fire deaths peak between midnight and 6 a.m.
- Peak months for electrical fire deaths are December through March
Important Safety Tips
- Plug only one heat-producing appliance (such as a coffee maker, space heater, or microwave) directly into a wall outlet at a time.
- Extension cords should only be used temporarily. Have an electrician install additional wall outlets where you need them.
- Never use an extension cord with a heat-producing appliance.
- Don't overload extension cords or wall outlets.
- Check your electrical cords. If they are cracked or damaged, replace them. Don't try to repair them.
- Use light bulbs that match the recommended wattage on the lamp or fixture.
- Electrical work should only be done by a qualified electrician.


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Microsoft recently rolled out security updates to Office 365 for business and home users. These enhancements aim to increase safety when sending or receiving an email in Outlook, sharing links in OneDrive, and alerting users of possible malware infection.
Files Restore in OneDrive
Previously available only to Office 365 business users, Files Restore allows users to conveniently recover files in OneDrive within the last 30 days. Home and personal users can now easily retrieve and restore all their files at a specific point in time, which is useful in instances where files are accidentally deleted, corrupted, or compromised by ransomware or other malware.
Ransomware detection notification for Office 365
You receive notifications and alerts for a variety of things on your PC or mobile devices, but rarely for something as immensely important as a ransomware attack. Office 365's ransomware detection and recovery feature sends desktop notifications, email alerts, and mobile alerts in case of any possible ransomware attack on your system so you can act fast.
Aside from being notified about a detected ransomware, you'll also be guided on how to recover your files before they were infected, based on the timestamp recorded by Files Restore.
Password-protected link sharing in OneDrive
Whenever you share a link — whether to a file or folder — in OneDrive, there's no guarantee that it won't be shared to unauthorized users. A password-protected feature solves this dilemma by giving you an option to set and require a password for every file or folder you share.
Email encryption in Outlook
Intercepting email has become many cybercriminals' preferred method of stealing critical information, so it's more crucial than ever to ensure email safety. With Outlook's end-to-end encryption, users can rest easy knowing that the email they send won't be easily intercepted after all.
Email encryption works by requiring non-Outlook email recipients to choose between receiving a single-use passcode or re-authentication to open an email from an Outlook email sender. On the other hand, an Outlook-to-Outlook email exchange — whether Outlook on desktop, mobile (iOS and Android), or Windows Mail app — doesn't require any further action for the email to be opened.
Prevent Forwarding
This function restricts email recipients (both Outlook and non-Outlook users) from forwarding or copying email. It also provides an option to prevent certain recipients from opening an attachment from a forwarded email, which will come in handy when a person needs to send an email to more than one recipient, but wants to restrict access to an attachment to just a few recipients.
These new capabilities greatly reduce the effort to secure your files and communications, and Microsoft is sure to roll out a few more soon. If you want to optimize these Office 365 security features or explore other productivity tools' security features, call us today.


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Arugula & Baby Swiss Chard In The Homemade Greenhouse
It's spring salad season - and it's not too late to plant! Did you know you can go from seed to salad bowl in less than a month no matter where you live? Just check out these links on my kitchen garden blog:
Sublime Salads For Those Short On Time, Space, & Sunlight
Growing Your Own Gourmet Lettuce Is Easier Than You Think
How To Grow Your Own Swiss Chard From Seed & Why You Should
© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where one of us loves lettuce a lot more than normal people (and even eats it for breakfast) - yet somehow never got around to planting any this spring (and is blaming it on lambing season). Thank goodness for Swiss chard and arugula!


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BUCKFAST, England — The hair shirt worn by St. Thomas More as he contemplated a martyr's death in the Tower of London has been enshrined for public veneration.
The folded garment made from goat's hair was encased above an altar in Buckfast Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in southwest England.
St. Thomas, a former lord chancellor of England, wore the shirt while he was incarcerated in the Bell Tower of the Tower of London while awaiting execution for opposing the Protestant reforms of King Henry VIII.
He was beheaded July 6, 1535, after telling a crowd gathered on London's Tower Hill that he was "always the king's good servant, but God's first."
Benedictine Abbot David Charlesworth told Catholic News Service Nov. 21 that the shirt had not been shown in public before.
He said that although the shirt was a secondary relic, he believed it was of greater significance than a body part, or primary relic, because it was directly linked to the religious convictions of the saint.
"What this relic represents is St. Thomas More's faith," Abbot Charlesworth said. "This relic says something about who Thomas More was as a Christian … it is a major relic. It is linked to his life of conversion and his identification with the sufferings of Christ."
Abbot Charlesworth said St. Thomas was a man of conscience who was "standing up for freedom" against a tyranny that was trying to dictate to people what they could or could not think.
Bishop Mark O'Toole of Plymouth, the diocese in which Buckfast is situated, said he hoped the shrine would become an international pilgrimage destination. He said there was a huge cult dedicated to St. Thomas in countries as diverse as Germany and South Korea.
The bishop noted that St. Thomas also had global significance as the patron of statesmen and politicians, a title bestowed on him by St. John Paul II in 2000, as well as patron saint of lawyers.
St. Thomas was a man who manifested "huge integrity" and faith at a time of crisis, Bishop O'Toole told CNS. He "gives us a pattern of what individuals can do through personal integrity and through the living out of their faith in very concrete and practical ways."
St. Thomas is recorded as wearing a hair shirt when he was testing a possible vocation to the monastic life at the London Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery, when he was in his early 20s.
The rough uncomfortable cloth is meant to encourage self-control, to serve as a penance for past sins and to unite the wearer with the passion of Christ.
Although St. Thomas went on to marry and father four children, he continued to wear the shirt in private, sometimes beneath his robes of high office.
He gave up public office when King Henry asserted supremacy over the church in England so he could annul his marriage to Queen Catherine of Aragon and wed Anne Boleyn, his mistress.
St. Thomas was condemned for high treason after he refused to take an oath attached to the Act of Succession, which recognized any children of the marriage of Henry and Anne to be rightful heirs to the throne.
The day before his execution, the saint gave his hair shirt to Margaret Giggs, his adopted daughter, and it remained in her family until 1626, when it was bequeathed to a community of exiled English Augustinian nuns in Louvain, Belgium.
The nuns later relocated to Devon and, when their priory closed in 1983, they handed the shirt to the Diocese of Plymouth.
In 2011, now-retired Bishop Christopher Budd of Plymouth asked the monks of Buckfast to put the shirt on display so it could be venerated by the public. In October, the shirt was placed in a sealed case in a side chapel in the abbey church.


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Both the adult and the immature (nymph) stages of this insect can cause problems. The adults damage holly leaves while feeding. This can range from leaf distortion, wilting, or discoloration of young leaves to blotches on the underside of older leaves. Adult spittlebugs may feed on grasses. This results in chlorotic stippling of the blades. The nymphs suck sap from the stems of grasses. Centipedegrass and St. Augustinegrass are the preferred hosts. Heavy feeding damage makes the grass look unhealthy.
The dark brown to black adult spittlebugs are wedge-shaped with distinct red eyes and legs. Most adults have two distinct red or orange lines across the wings and a narrow band across the thorax. Unbanded adults occur as well. Adults are about 0.38 inch long. The adults spend much of the day hidden in hollies and other shrubbery. They are most active at night and may be attracted to lights.
Spittlebug nymphs have a cream-colored body and a brown head. The eyes are red. The nymphs produce a white, frothy liquid that covers them and provides protection as well as a high humidity environment, which is needed for proper development. The nymphs spend most of their life near the base of the grass plant. When they are ready to molt to the adult stage, they move to the tips of the grass. The spittle mass dries around them and the final molt takes place within the mass.
There are two generations of spittlebugs in South Carolina. Spittlebugs spend the winter in the egg stage. The eggs are found in hollow stems, under leaf sheaths, and at the base of the plants in moist litter and debris. Most of the overwintering eggs hatch in March and April. Adults begin to appear in June. A second generation is produced and peak adult activity occurs in August and September. Damage from the second generation is usually much more serious.
Spittlebugs cause the most damage to grass when there is a thick thatch buildup. Cultural management includes dethatching and topdressing when appropriate. Insecticide treatments should be directed toward the nymphal stages. Susceptible turfgrass should be monitored closely, especially in July. Mowing and irrigating several hours before an insecticide treatment will enhance control. Treating late in the day is preferred. Use an insecticide labeled for spittlebug control on turfgrass.
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Water conservation in the home...
1. Check faucets and pipes for leaks
A small drip from a worn faucet washer can waste 20 gallons of water per day. Larger leaks can waste hundreds of gallons.
2. Don't use the toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket
Every time you flush a cigarette butt, facial tissue or other small bit of trash, five to seven gallons of water is wasted.
3. Check your toilets for leaks
Put a little food coloring in your toilet tank. If, without flushing, the color begins to appear in the bowl within 30 minutes, you have a leak that should be repaired immediately. Most replacement parts are inexpensive and easy to install.
4. Use your water meter to check for hidden water leaks
Read the house water meter before and after a two-hour period when no water is being used. If the meter does not read exactly the same, there is a leak.
5. Install water-saving shower heads and low-flow faucet aerators
Inexpensive water-saving low-flow shower heads or restrictors are easy for the homeowner to install. Also, long, hot showers can use five to ten gallons every unneeded minute. Limit your showers to the time it takes to soap up, wash down and rinse off. "Low-flow" means it uses less than 2.5 gallons per minute.
You can easily install a ShowerStart showerhead, or add a ShowerStart converter to existing showerheads, which automatically pauses a running shower once it gets warm.
Also, all household faucets should be fit with aerators. This single best home water conservation method is also the cheapest!
6. Put plastic bottles or float booster in your toilet tank
To cut down on water waste, put an inch or two of sand or pebbles inside each of two plastic bottles to weigh them down. Fill the bottles with water, screw the lids on, and put them in your toilet tank, safely away from the operating mechanisms. Or, buy an inexpensive tank bank or float booster. This may save ten or more gallons of water per day.
Be sure at least 3 gallons of water remain in the tank so it will flush properly. If there is not enough water to get a proper flush, users will hold the lever down too long or do multiple flushes to get rid of waste. Two flushings at 1.4 gallons is worse than a single 2.0 gallon flush. A better suggestion would be to buy an adjustable toilet flapperthat allow for adjustment of their per flush use. Then the user can adjust the flush rate to the minimum per flush setting that achieves a single good flush each time.
For new installations, consider buying "low flush" toilets, which use 1 to 2 gallons per flush instead of the usual 3 to 5 gallons.
Replacing an 18 liter per flush toilet with an ultra-low volume (ULV) 6 liter flush model represents a 70% savings in water flushed and will cut indoor water use by about 30%.
7. Insulate your water pipes.
It's easy and inexpensive to insulate your water pipes with pre-slit foam pipe insulation. You'll get hot water faster plus avoid wasting water while it heats up.
8. Take shorter showers.
One way to cut down on water use is to turn off the shower after soaping up, then turn it back on to rinse. A four-minute shower uses approximately 20 to 40 gallons of water.
9. Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush
There is no need to keep the water running while brushing your teeth. Just wet your brush and fill a glass for mouth rinsing.
10. Rinse your razor in the sink
Fill the sink with a few inches of warm water. This will rinse your razor just as well as running water, with far less waste of water.
11. Use your dishwasher and clothes washer for only full loads
Automatic dishwashers and clothes washers should be fully loaded for optimum water conservation. Most makers of dishwashing soap recomend not pre-rinsing dishes which is a big water savings.
With clothes washers, avoid the permanent press cycle, which uses an added 20 liters (5 gallons) for the extra rinse. For partial loads, adjust water levels to match the size of the load. Replace old clothes washers. New Energy Star rated washers use 35 - 50% less water and 50% less energy per load. If you're in the market for a new clothes washer, consider buying a water-saving frontload washer.
12. Minimize use of kitchen sink garbage disposal units
In-sink 'garburators' require lots of water to operate properly, and also add considerably to the volume of solids in a septic tank which can lead to maintenance problems. Start a compost pile as an alternate method of disposing food waste.
13. When washing dishes by hand, don't leave the water running for rinsing
If your have a double-basin, fill one with soapy water and one with rinse water. If you have a single-basin sink, gather washed dishes in a dish rack and rinse them with a spray device or a panful of hot water. Dual-swivel aerators are available to make this easier. If using a dishwasher, there is usually no need to pre-rinse the dishes.
14. Don't let the faucet run while you clean vegetables
Just rinse them in a stoppered sink or a pan of clean water. Use a dual-setting aerator.
15. Keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge.
Running tap water to cool it off for drinking water is wasteful. Store drinking water in the fridge in a safe drinking bottle. If you are filling water bottles to bring along on outdoor hikes, consider buying a LifeStraw personal water filter which enables users to drink water safely from rivers or lakes or any available body of water.
Water conservation in the yard and garden...
16. Plant drought-resistant lawns, shrubs and plants
If you are planting a new lawn, or overseeding an existing lawn, use drought-resistant grasses such as the new"Eco-Lawn".
Many beautiful shrubs and plants thrive with far less watering than other species. Replace herbaceous perennial borders with native plants. Native plants will use less water and be more resistant to local plant diseases. Consider applying the principles of xeriscape for a low-maintenance, drought resistant yard.
Plant slopes with plants that will retain water and help reduce runoff.
Group plants according to their watering needs.
17. Put a layer of mulch around trees and plants
Mulch will slow evaporation of moisture while discouraging weed growth. Adding 2 - 4 inches of organic material such as compost or bark mulch will increase the ability of the soil to retain moisture. Press the mulch down around the dripline of each plant to form a slight depression which will prevent or minimize water runoff.
For information about different mulch materials and their best use, click here.
18. Don't water the gutter
Position your sprinklers so water lands on the lawn or garden, not on paved areas. Also, avoid watering on windy days.
19. Water your lawn only when it needs it
A good way to see if your lawn needs watering is to step on the grass. If it springs back up when you move, it doesn't need water. If it stays flat, the lawn is ready for watering. Letting the grass grow taller (to 3") will also promote water retention in the soil.
Most lawns only need about 1" of water each week. During dry spells, you can stop watering altogether and the lawn will go brown and dormant. Once cooler weather arrives, the morning dew and rainfall will bring the lawn back to its usual vigor. This may result in a brown summer lawn, but it saves a lot of water.
20. Deep-soak your lawn
When watering the lawn, do it long enough for the moisture to soak down to the roots where it will do the most good. A light sprinkling can evaporate quickly and tends to encourage shallow root systems. Put an empty tuna can on your lawn - when it's full, you've watered about the right amount. Visit our natural lawn care page for more information.
21. Water during the early parts of the day; avoid watering when it's windy
Early morning is generally better than dusk since it helps prevent the growth of fungus. Early watering, and late watering, also reduce water loss to evaporation. Watering early in the day is also the best defence against slugs and other garden pests. Try not to water when it's windy - wind can blow sprinklers off target and speed evaporation.
22. Add organic matter and use efficient watering systems for shrubs, flower beds and lawns
Adding organic material to your soil will help increase its absorption and water retention. Areas which are already planted can be 'top dressed' with compost or organic matter.
You can greatly reduce the amount of water used for shrubs, beds and lawns by:
- the strategic placement of soaker hoses
- installing a rain barrel water catchment system
- installing a simple drip-irrigation system
Avoid over-watering plants and shrubs, as this can actually diminish plant health and cause yellowing of the leaves.
When hand watering, use a variable spray nozzle for targeted watering.
23. Don't run the hose while washing your car
Clean the car using a pail of soapy water. Use the hose only for rinsing - this simple practice can save as much as 150 gallons when washing a car. Use a spray nozzle when rinsing for more efficient use of water. Better yet, use a waterless car washing system; there are several brands, such as EcoTouch, which are now on the market.
24. Use a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways and sidewalks
25. Check for leaks in pipes, hoses, faucets and couplings
Leaks outside the house may not seem as bad since they're not as visible. But they can be just as wasteful as leaks indoors. Check frequently to keep them drip-free. Use hose washers at spigots and hose connections to eliminate leaks.
Water conservation comes naturally when everyone in the family is aware of its importance, and parents take the time to teach children some of the simple water-saving methods around the home which can make a big difference.
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The location:
The Cabin in the Everglades |
What is it supposed to be on the show?
A. A drug pusher's
hidden cabin.
Q. Where is it supposed to be on the show? A. Deep in the Florida Everglades. On Dexter's GPS navigator, it is listed as "661 Lehigh Drive, Naples, FL 33048", but that's not a real address. ( Naples is
near the Everglades, but the street doesn't exist, and the zip code
- 33048 - doesn't even match the city - or any other U.S. city,
for that matter. ) Q. When did we see it on the show? A. Often. We first see it in Episode 8 (of Season Two), "Morning Comes", when Dexter follows Santos Jiminez from his bar ("The Swamp") out to his cabin in the Everglades, where he finds that Jiminez is still dealing drugs. Dexter kills
Jiminez there. But Sgt. Doakes tracks Dexter to the cabin and realizes
that Dexter is the "Bay Harbor Butcher". He tries to take Dexter
in, but instead Doakes winds up becoming Dexter's prisoner. Hence, the cabin
appears in all of the episodes following Episode 8. Subsequent scenes at
the cabin include various confrontations between Dexter & Doakes, a
scene where Doakes escapes the cage (only to run into a gang of drug smugglers),
the rather spectacular finale (in which Lila shows up and raises hell),
and the aftermath when the police come to investigate the explosion. Q. What is it actually in real life? A. A public
garden and lake, where the producers built a temporary cabin - and it's
not in Florida. Q. Where can I find it in real life? A. The cabin itself was just a temporary set, but the surrounding park and lake are very real. You can find the spot at the South Coast Botanic Garden, at 26300 Crenshaw Boulevard, in Rolling Hills Estates, CA (on the way up the Palos Verdes peninsula). Some of the
big trees were fake (most notably the rooty cypress trees they pan up at
the start of Episode 10, "There's Something About Harry"),
and they brought in some extra plants and hung some moss around to make
it look more like the Everglades. They also built a small wooden pier nearby
(where Dexter docked his boat), and occasionally added a touch of fog for
atmosphere. You catch a short glimpse of that lake on the first night shot of the cabin. But you get a good look at it in the daylight scene where Doakes flags down the smuggler's airboat (in Episode 11, "Left Turn Ahead"). The lake is east of the main garden entrance. They built the cabin on a clearing, on
what appears to be the northern edge of the lake/lagoon at the garden,
so the cabin was facing south/southeast. (You can find a .PDF file map
of the park here. The garden itself
is a man-made creation. Until 1961, the area had been a landfill (and before
that, an open pit mine). The county (and local volunteers) did a marvelous
job of converting what could have otherwise been an eyesore into a lush,
tropical Eden. Most of the garden isn't swampy, of course - beyond the
lake, they have rose gardens, white gazebos, grassy lawns, a children's
garden with nursery rhyme cottages, a cactus garden, a gift shop, flower
shows, etc. (They also have their own website, at southcoastbotanicgarden.org. To find the garden, from Pacific Coast Highway in Torrance, just turn south up Crenshaw and go less than a mile up the hill. The entrance to the garden will be on your left (east) side. Keep an eye out for it, it's easy to miss. As of 2008, admission to the garden was $7.00 ($2.50 for kids). (One word of caution: Pay attention to the map they give you when you come in, and the paths you take - or bring a compass. At 87 acres, it's not a huge garden, but it's still fairly easy to lose one's sense of direction here, if you aren't careful, and to wind up wandering around looking for the exit.) Here is an aerial
photo of the garden, with the lake location marked. And here is
a map
link. I
shot the photos below in August 2008
Q. How the heck did you figure out where it was? A. Normally, I might have written this one off as an impossible location - at first glance, it looks like it might have actually been filmed in the Everglades of Florida, and if not, it still doesn't look anywhere like Los Angeles. But I had luck on my side this time. I have a friend who happened to be visiting the South Coast Botanic Garden, and saw that they were filming something there. He spotted the fake swampy trees they had trucked in, and the cabin they had put up by the lake. Knowing of my interest in filming locations, he asked someone what they were shooting, and learned that it was "Dexter". So naturally, he passed on the info to yours truly. It made perfect sense. I've been to the South Coast Botanic Garden before, and I knew that the lake there has always had a rather swampy look to it, with tall rushes growing out of the water, and tropical palms visible in the background. If you were looking to recreate the Everglades in the South Bay, that lake would be a pretty good place to start. So I went to investigate. But by the time I visited the garden myself, the filming crew had finished and pulled up roots, and there was no sign that the cabin had even been there... But it was obvious where they had most likely built it - there is only one major clearing at the edge of that lake (on its north side) - most of the lake's periphery is blocked off by rushes and other vegetation. (Oh, about that
white egret you see in one scene? It's really there. You can
see it above, perched in the tree to the right, in one of the photos I
shot at the lake.) ( I found out
later that they filmed one more, brief scene at this garden: one of the
last shots in the final episode of season 2, where we Dexter, Rita and
her kids running in slo-mo across a wide, green
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Why cannot I log in to the web management page of the CPE?
After installing CPE, sometimes you may encounter the problem that can't log in the web management page to configure CPE. There are many different reasons may cause this issue. We have listed four common reasons as below:
1. Topology hardware connection problem
2. IP address of CPE and IP address of PC are not in the same subnet
3. Special Firewall or anti-virus software blocks Web Pages
4. Other browser problem on your PC
According to the above reasons, we made some simple steps. You can refer to these steps to troubleshoot.
1. Topology hardware connection problem
Please confirm the topology among CPE, PC and PoE Adapter. The correct topology is shown in the figure:
I. LAN0 port attaches to POE port of POE Adapter
II. PC attaches to LAN port of POE Adapter
III. POE Adapter attaches to power outlet
If the topology is connected correctly, then CPE can be powered up normally.
For detailed installation steps, you can refer to the following page, please click Setup Video to watch the installation steps.
2. IP address of CPE and IP address of PC are not in the same subnet
You need configure IP address of PC and CPE in the same subnet.
For IP address of PC
Due to the IP address of CPE is 192.168.0.254 in the default factory setting. So the IP address of PC should be configure as 192.168.0.X(X is 2-253). You can refer to FAQ710 to set up the PC's static IP.
For IP address of CPE
The default IP address of CPE is 192.168.0.254. If you have configured the static IP address for PC, you can test the connection between PC and CPE via Ping command.
If you don't know how to ping on PC, please refer to this FAQ.
3. Firewall or anti-virus software on your PC
Sometimes, some special firewall or anti-virus software may block our login page. The browser may show you that your Internet access is blocked.
So when your browser shows you such warning, you may try to disable anti-virus software and check the firewall rules on your PC, and then enter 192.168.0.254 in the browser to login to the web management page again.
4. Browser problem on your PC
If you have completed the above steps, you have built the correct topology, and PC also can ping 192.168.0.254, but you still can't log in the management page of CPE. Then we suggest that you can follow the following steps.
We suggest that you could change browser, clear cache and enable privacy mode.
The browser has a privacy window mode. In privacy mode, the browser are not affected by caches and cookies when we are browsing the web, you can try to log in to CPE by privacy window mode.
Let's take Firefox and Chrome as examples.
If the above steps can't help you log in the management page, you can reset your CPE, and repeat the above steps. If CPE still has the same problem, you can contact our technical support. We will help you.
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Key Insurance Company Selects Accenture to Help Drive Product Development and Expansion
Key Insurance Company Selects Accenture to Help Drive Product Development and Expansion
Personal Lines P&C insurer will use Accenture Duck Creek Software to support rating and quoting for underwriters and agents
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Accenture (NYS: ACN) announced that Key Insurance Company has selected Accenture Duck Creek Rating property and casualty (P&C) policy software to support their product development and expansion initiatives. The insurer offers personal automobile coverage in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nevada, Arizona, and Alabama and will use Accenture Duck Creek as its core rating system.
Key Insurance will also use the Accenture Duck Creek Express platform to support web-based quoting for their expanding agency network. Express is Accenture Software's user interface configuration tool that enables companies to easily deploy multiple, tailored user experiences. Rating, product definition, and the user experience are all managed with a common toolset - a single point of change. This capability gives Key Insurance greater product development flexibility and helps accelerate the product implementation process as they move to write in additional states.
"Our focus is on providing the best service to both our customers and agents," said Ed Sitz, IT Manager, Key Insurance. "We had two priorities in our software selection - making product development and maintenance easier and giving agents faster and more direct access to those products. Our extensive vendor evaluation process made it clear that no other product in the market could deliver these benefits as well as Accenture Software."
"We're pleased that our software was selected by Key Insurance to help support their product development and geographic expansion goals," said Michael A. Jackowski, global managing director of Accenture Software for P&C Insurance. "With its high velocity rating and rules engine, Accenture Duck Creek Rating can help insurers move quickly into new markets by providing outstanding support to both internal and external users."
About Key Insurance Company
Key Insurance Company was chartered in June of 2007 as a Kansas domiciled, admitted carrier to insure private passenger automobiles. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Med James, Inc., a Managing General Agency and Wholesaler located in Overland Park, Kansas. Med James, Inc. has been providing dependable products and excellent service to its private passenger automobile policyholders since 1991 while operating as a Managing General Agency writing through fronting carriers. The establishment of Key Insurance Company completes our evolution to a linear organization, which includes a field marketing staff, a dedicated in-house information technologies department and specialized claims services required to operate profitably in this class. Key Insurance Company is licensed in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nevada, Arizona and Alabama, with plans for expansion in the near future. Its home page is www.keyinsco.com.
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It's been a tough year for high school seniors figuring out how to pay for college. That's because the bungled rollout of this year's FAFSA, where the Free Application for Federal Student Aid means they'll have less time to fill it out and then calculate how much college will cost. The delayed FAFSA is making the process more complicated not just for students, but also those trying to help them. From GBH in Boston, Kirk Carapezza reports.
KIRK CARAPEZZA, BYLINE: Surrounded by many college pennants, counselor Caitlin Serna puts in the long hours assisting students struggling with college expenses. She meets with them one-on-one inside her cramped office at the Henderson Inclusion School here in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.
CAITLIN SERNA: Why don't you just open up the doc?
UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT: Which one?
SERNA: The doc, the supplement doc.
CARAPEZZA: The delayed and troubled rollout of this year's FAFSA has left Serna scrambling to help her seniors fill out these forms before they make their college decisions in May. First, the government came out with a new form at the end of December, three months later than expected. Then, once it was out, it contained a big mistake calculating how much federal aid students would get. It didn't account for inflation. Fixing that blip could now delay award letters until April at the earliest. Serna says trying to help dozens of students complete all of this paperwork by colleges' financial aid deadlines has been time consuming and frustrating.
SERNA: I want to provide the best college and career support for my students that I can. I'm only one person. And we only really have, like, the school day. So it's just time is limited, and working one-on-one with students is the most effective way to reach them. And I fear there will be some students who fall through the cracks.
CARAPEZZA: Some students might not get the attention they need filling out the notoriously complicated form and just give up. Others might not choose to go to college at all if they don't know what kind of federal aid they qualify for soon. This all comes as fewer Americans are choosing college straight out of high school, in part because they say it's unaffordable.
BOB BARDWELL: It's a huge mess.
CARAPEZZA: Bob Bardwell is executive director of the Massachusetts School Counselors Association. He says students in wealthy suburbs tend to have more college advising, whether it's public school counselors or paid private advisers.
BARDWELL: They're definitely going to be haves and have-nots, but it's just poor timing.
CARAPEZZA: The three-month delayed release of the FAFSA could result in fewer students enrolling. Brendan Williams is a vice president with the nonprofit uAspire, which works with school counselors. He points out most students in the U.S. need to know what college will cost before committing.
BRENDAN WILLIAMS: It could force them to make decisions that they didn't really want to make because most folks cannot afford to pay out of pocket for college.
CARAPEZZA: The Education Department announced recently it would provide additional funding to help high-need colleges hire more staff to process applications more quickly. Speaking to reporters, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the new form, although late, is transformational.
MIGUEL CARDONA: We know some colleges will struggle with this more than others. We're determined to get it right. We must, and we will.
CARAPEZZA: The strategy, though, won't directly help high school counselors on the front lines.
SERNA: Please, only seniors in here allowed.
CARAPEZZA: Back at the Henderson School in Dorchester, Caitlin Serna is the only college counselor for about 70 seniors. Most of them say they plan to go to college, so that's a lot of paperwork.
SERNA: Were you able to get some work done on the Fitchburg (ph) supplement?
I'm trying my best out here to get almost like 100% completion rate, but it's still really just me.
CARAPEZZA: For now, the messy FAFSA rollout has left students like Hari Ramlochan in limbo.
HARI RAMLOCHAN: You want to go to a school that offers, like, good money, but also you're getting a good education.
CARAPEZZA: With the delayed FAFSA, though, he'll have less time to decide where to go to college and how to pay for it. For NPR News, I'm Kirk Carapezza in Boston. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Welcome to Easymove Removals. If you care about your furniture and precious belongings and you are looking for a first-class furniture removalist and a cheap furniture removal quote to make one of the most stressful days in your life an absolute breeze, you have come to right place. Let Easymove Removals give you the best cheap furniture removal quote and make your next move the best move you ever make.
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Second Pentacle of Jupiter + 72 Names of God Bracelet Gold
Second Pentacle of Jupiter (side 1)
The Magical Seal for acquiring glory,honors, riches, & tranquility of mind.
"Wealth and riches in his home and his righteousness endures for ever."
72 names of God (side 2)
This formula is called the 72 Names of God. 72 sequences composed of Hebrew letters that have the extraordinary power to overcome the laws of nature in all forms, including human nature.
The 72 Names are each 3-letter sequences that act like an index to specific, spiritual frequencies. By simply looking at the letters, as well as closing your eyes and visualizing them, you can connect with these frequencies.
The 72 Names work as tuning forks to repair you on the soul level. It means, practically speaking, that you don't have to go through some of the more physically demanding tests in life, you can tune your body and soul with the spiritual frequencies your eyes do not perceive.
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Caddy Shack
"Some people just don't belong." Caddyshack, a golfing sports comedy, was released in 1980, and the sequel, Caddyshack II, was released in 1988. The original starred a big-name cast: Chevy Chase as Ty Webb, Bill Murray as Carl Spackler, Rodney Dangerfield as Al Czervik, and Ted Knight as Judge Elihu Smails. The movie received mixed reviews back in the day, although more positive than negative, and the film was a financial success. It is an 80's cult classic these days, and considered to be one of the funniest sports movies released. The sequel, although it has its moments, was not a critical or financial success, even though many of the original cast members starred in it.
In the original movie, Danny Noonan is a caddy at a fancy country club. Trying to raise money to go to college, Danny caddies for some big name players, including Ty Webb (Chase), and the club's co-founder, Judge Smails (Knight), who happens to be director of the club's college scholarship fund. The golf course is overrun with gophers, and the club enlists Spackler (Murray) to handle the situation.
Danny ends up landing the scholarship after winning the Judge's trust by taking the fall for ramifications from a confrontation between the Judge and Czervik (Dangerfield), but the feud between the Judge and Czervik rages on, culminating in a golf tournament between the two with high stakes. When Czervik tries to feign injury and cause a draw, the officials refuse, and tell Czervik he must find a replacement. Czervik asks Danny to step in, and even though the Judge tells Danny he will revoke the scholarship, Danny decides dealing the Judge a blow would be of more value. Danny's last put, the one that would win the game for Czervik, teeters on the edge of the hole until Spackler detonates an explosive in his effort to kill the gophers. This causes the ball to drop in, and Czervik's team to win the match, and the $80k bet.


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Before they were Trek Bicycle shops, our New Hampshire locations were owned and operated by a legendary figure with a lasting impact.
Goodale's bike shop was founded 101 years ago, when Walt M. Goodale opened his first location in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Walt's son Roscoe eventually took over the family business, and in 1966, he took a chance on a 12-year-old boy who was walking past the shop on his way home from school—offering him a job at Goodale's starting that Saturday.
That young man was Brad Hill, the 6'3" most recent owner of Goodale's, with a legacy even greater than his towering frame.
Brad had worked at the shop for about five years when Roscoe decided to retire. A natural salesman, Brad convinced his parents to invest in the shop, and the 16-year-old got to work turning Goodale's into the well-renowned retailer it is today.
Brad quit high school, took up a second full-time job to cover costs, and slowly transformed the small shop and nine bikes he started with into three thriving locations in Nashua, Hooksett, and Concord.
Over the years, Brad has become a legend in the world of independent bike retailers, known for his considerable height, colorful language, and bright red suspenders.
It wasn't long before John and Dick Burke took notice of this lofty entrepreneur. Brad's shops were located in a relatively small city, but they were pushing huge volumes.
The Burkes flew Brad out to Trek HQ in Waterloo, WI, and their relationship began. Over the years, Brad has been an integral part of countless conversations, offering advice and input on Trek's own retail locations and the cycling industry as a whole.
So it only made sense that, when it came time for Brad to hand over the keys, he'd turn to the Burkes to carry on his legacy.
"I'm the second owner in 101 years, and I think the Burke family is gonna have it for the next 101," Brad says about Trek's acquisition of Goodale's.
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Copenhague Dining Table
HAYThe Bouroullec brothers originally created their Copenhague Dining Table for the University of Copenhagen, but its design offers enough practicality, comfort, and warmth for a range of settings. A beveled edge and angled wood legs ensure there's room for everyone to gather throughout the day. Available in a choice of finish options.
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On the first night of the 2021 NFL Draft, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence was selected as the first overall draft pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Lawrence will likely take over as the Jaguars' starting quarterback this upcoming season after the Jags finished the 2020 season with a 1-15 record.
Thursday marked the first time the Jaguars held the No. 1 selection.
Lawrence was a three-year starter at Clemson, where he won a national championship in 2019 as a freshman. He threw for 10,098 yards and 90 touchdowns over his three collegiate years.
Clemson will join up with first-time head coach Urban Meyer, who was named head coach of the Jaguars in January.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Musings: Following the Anti-GMO Money, Part 1
26 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Are you going to do the same expose on the Chen Companies?
- March 15, 2017 at 7:00 AM
- Joan Conrow said...
The "chem companies" aren't claiming to be grassroots, public advocates, nor are they operating under the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. What's more, they actually disclose their lobbying expenses.
- March 15, 2017 at 7:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
7:00am The Chen Companies? Have they all been acquired by the Chinese? The companies you are probably referring to all publish annual reports and file 10K's with the SEC- in a more timely fashion than CFS. Don't be a slacker; go look for yourself.
CFS expends a disproportionate amount of it's annual booty on its Hawaii office highlighting its need for policy "wins" and the better likelihood that they could gain them here than in a state with real "big ag". This is possible when so many people who have no experience at all with Hawaii's sugar/pineapple era have flooded in from urban areas importing their own peculiar anti-agricultural prejudices and baggage. Poipu, the north shore and other gilded enclaves are full of them. And Hawaii has always had a high gullibility rate when it comes to fast talking outsiders like Lukens whether they be missionaries or invidious bullshitters like her and Hooser . You can find a cozy little nest of them in the list of advisory members to the CFS Hawaii Office.
- March 15, 2017 at 7:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
Just because CFS bullshitters claim to be grassroots advocates doesn't make pesticides safe. Conrow logic is getting more like Kellyanne Conway logic more and more each day.
- March 15, 2017 at 9:15 AM
- Joan Conrow said...
@9:15 It appears you have either a thinking disorder or a reading comprehension problem.
I have NEVER argued that pesticides are safe.
And this post isn't about pesticides. So quit trying to change the subject. - March 15, 2017 at 9:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
Come on Joan, you have a lot of good points, but your overall message seems to always side with the large seed companies. All good if you are getting paid, but you claim pesticides have to be used in modern agriculture. I want to start a blog where I espouse gmo technology as somehow being good for the greater good. I am no scientist, but just looking at who owns the seed companies(chemical company) makes me not trust their intentions.
- March 15, 2017 at 10:41 AM
- Joan Conrow said...
@10:41 I often find myself in defense of the seed companies because they are the ones being attacked by the anti-GMO activists. And if these attacks result in policies limiting biotechnology development and deployment in agriculture, then it most definitely will set back GMOs that are being developed for the greater good. These include projects in the works that would infer drought and salinity tolerance, improve photosynthesis, reduce the need for fertilizer inputs, eliminate aflatoxins and reduce pesticides. Though public sector scientists are working on many of these projects, some of them involve technology owned by the same companies that run Hawaii's seed farms. These companies are increasingly releasing the patents on some of their technology so it can be included in these public good projects, with the seeds available at low cost to locally run seed cooperatives. An example is the WEMA project.
Also, I have never claimed that "pesticides have to be used in modern agriculture." They are a tool that is useful in controlling pests and diseases, and they have been effective in improving yields and reducing hand labor, which is in short supply across the globe. One reason I support GMOs is that many of the seeds currently available actually reduce pesticide use.
If you're interested in a blog that espouses gmo technology as being good for the public good, then please visit the Alliance for Science. I'm a frequent contributor, and public sector GMO research is primarily our focus.
- March 15, 2017 at 10:56 AM
- Anonymous said...
Science is the only thing that will save us from ourselves; not religion, or politically correct thinking.
GMOs will help save the world from starvation.
- March 15, 2017 at 12:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Science will save us until it kills us
- March 15, 2017 at 1:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
I accidentally drank some roundup out of a waterbottle that was not labeled. I probably swallowed about 2 ounces of pure roundup. I drove myself to the hospital but after vomiting in the parking lot I felt fine. I decided that day that roundup is fine. I spray it along all my fence lines and use it to kill scrub trees. Just remember, toxic to plants but you can literally drink the stuff. Chill out fistees.
- March 15, 2017 at 4:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
CFS = Big Organic Lobbyist. Game plan: Fear = record sales // 43 billion? What a game plan, next time someone says its organic ask them what makes it organic? Or why is organic better? The answer will prove that the BOL's are winning.
- March 15, 2017 at 4:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
- March 15, 2017 at 4:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
Roundup will be banned in the next 10 years, guaranteed, and a lot of you mouth pieces will be singing a different tune.
- March 15, 2017 at 8:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
Roundup is the only savior of western civilization. You ever try pulling weeds? That is hard
- March 15, 2017 at 8:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
@ 4:59 PM - It's interesting that all of the negative statements insinuating harm from the use of glyphosate all use hedge words like:
might cause cancer
records suggested
indicated that
some disagreement
people who claim
probable carcinogen
It's funny that with all the money and all the research that the anti-GMO crowd pour into their big cause, they still can't use words like "will" or "does". - March 15, 2017 at 9:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
The science is clear. But not in here......
http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/03/pesticides-the-science-is-clear-the-solution-more-complex/ - March 16, 2017 at 12:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
Roundup replaced the use of more toxic products, if you get rid of it, people will go back to using more toxic products again.
- March 16, 2017 at 6:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
You know what is funny@9:54 you obviously didn't read the link but think you know it all. "The court documents included Monsanto's internal emails and email traffic between the company and federal regulators. The records suggested that Monsanto had ghostwritten research that was later attributed to academics and indicated that a senior official at the Environmental Protection Agency had worked to quash a review of Roundup's main ingredient, glyphosate, that was to have been conducted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services." Monsanto knows "will" and "does" and knows your addiction to Doritos along with paying everybody off can keep that a dirty little secret for a bit longer,
- March 16, 2017 at 6:40 AM
- Anonymous said...
@12:20 you do realize that this blog and its commenters are smarter than a doctor don't you?
- March 16, 2017 at 6:44 AM
- Joan Conrow said...
@6:44 Says an acolyte of Dr. Oz....
@ 6:40 "The records suggested" --- and the suggestion was denied. - March 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
Maybe organic farmers have it right. If you abandon "science farming" and dictate organic faming, then production will severely decrease and there will be worldwide starvation. People will die off and populations will decline, which is really the root of most of the earth's problems ... overpopulation. The only problem is the poorest people will perish first. I guess that's the new world order. The new caste system will feature these rich activists at the top of the food chain. It's a sad day when scientists and researchers are persecuted for trying to advance food for the world.
- March 16, 2017 at 7:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
@6:29. the decline of Roundup has already started with resistance water hemp, horse weed, and Palmer amaranth. I have friends that are 100% Liberty link soybeans. I'll be down from 100% RR beans last year to 60% this year. other farmers are trying dicamba soybeans.
@ 7:18. there are plenty of farmers that will continue to produce crops conventionally... raising a fourth to half a crops isn't as fun as running the combine bin over before you can reach the end of the field.... also, hand weeding sucks and is expensive. tillage destroys the soil and increases erosion..... So, those rich activist can buy their food elsewhere and farmer like me will take up the slack.
It's amazing how much organic food and grains we import from 3rd world countries because of their cheap labor. then we turn around and sell our cheap grains to those third world countries because they can't afford that over priced organic food. what a waste of fossil fuels, but the laws of economics make that system more profitable... There will come a point when those 3rd world countries will become self sufficient. To prevent being buried in a glut of grain, animal agriculture is exploding on the mainland, because it's more economical to export meat than grain. plus, we keep the manure here, which reduces fertilizer input cost. in addition, we have the jobs and tax revenue too. The next 30 years in agriculture are going to be really interesting. - March 16, 2017 at 12:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
@6:44 AM having an M.D. does not confer the an equivalent knowledge of agricultural sciences, in and of itself. Look up Dunning-Kruger syndrome.
And Joan, great blogs, love the expose of Ashley Lukens as a fear-mongerer. Maybe we should start printing up "I'm not a frog in a wheelbarrow" t-shirts. - March 16, 2017 at 1:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Rather counter-intuitively, starving populations are currently increasing the fastest. Just check the UN statistics. The most disadvantaged areas don't have the consistent access to modern contraceptives that more developed areas do.
Population growth rates have taken a dive where girls are educated, where disease rates and infant mortality rates are low, and where there's enforcement against human trafficking, slavery and child marriage. Food security is a part of general security. Secure people have access to contraceptive technologies and choose to use them. - March 16, 2017 at 3:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
Glad that CFS is alive and well. Mahalo to the institutes, companies and private donors for keeping it going. We need to have the side that will take precautions---isn't this what a democracy is all about. If you think that CFS is being untruthful and persist just to make money, then that's your take-----we need two sides of every story! Let the debate go on!
- March 17, 2017 at 10:35 AM
- Anonymous said...
To 10:35 AM:
No, we don't need "two sides". Not when one side is a total fabrication.
This is not a "story"; this is real life. We can't afford a lying "side".
- March 18, 2017 at 10:12 AM


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The word breastfeeding typically conjures up soft-focus images of mom/baby blissful, peaceful togetherness. The baby is still, looking up into mothers eyes, or perhaps drinking with eyes closed. Mother has a dreamy look on her face as she enjoys the warmth and glow of oxytocin. It is a beautiful, serene picture.
As you baby grows, things may change. You will still get those sweet, sleepy nursing times. But when awake, your older baby will want to move. She may even want to move while she is attached to the breast. She may put her foot in the air. Or on your shoulder! She may want to nurse standing up or upside down. She will want to see the source of the noise across the room. She wants to interact with big sister without letting go of your precious breast. And often, she doesn't seem to realize that the breast is attached to YOU! We often call this "acrobatic nursing."
Some older nurslings will find it absolutely necessary to keep at least one hand busy throughout the nursing time. Your baby may want to play with your hair, your necklace or a toy. He may even want to hold the other breast. Even though all of these behaviors are perfectly normal and developmentally appropriate, I'm the first to admit they can be annoying.
Breastfeeding is a relationship between 2 people. If there is something going on during breastfeeding that is painful or you simply don't like it, it's perfectly ok to say so! When your newborn baby didn't latch correctly and it hurt, you broke the latch and tried again. If your toddler is amused by pinching your belly fat while she's nursing and you don't like it, you can let her know it's not ok. It's completely appropriate for you to set limits. It's your body! If, on the other hand, you find your nurslings acrobatics amusing and cute, by all means, enjoy!
One of the truly wonderful and often overlooked benefits of nursing toddlers is the immediate pain relief it provides. Toddlers fall—a lot. They bang into things. They get frustrated by what they can't do yet. A quick dose of your milk will often cure whatever has made your toddler dissolve into tears. Whether it's rage or pain, nursing is nothing short of miraculous.
Enjoy your nursling. This time is short. Soon he'll be running around having fun with his friends and will simply be too busy to cuddle with mommy. Oh, ok.. maybe just a little!
See also, "Breastfeeding and Biting: Tips to Avoid Those Teeth!" And "Weaning: What's Normal?"


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Happy New Year!!!!!
Welcome to our first blog hop of 2015! There are so many amazing new products coming this year & it was so hard to pick what fun things to use today so I went with my favorite DSP from the Occasions catalog- the Stacked with Love paper stack. The black & white patterns make it so versatile & the heart designs are super cute too!
The new heart border punch makes the perfect size heart to add to the "twitterpated" stamp.
And since it is getting ready to be my favorite time of the Stampin Up year, I couldn't let you leave without sharing one of the most beautiful stamps in the Sale-a-Bration collection- Lotus Blossom.
I had the pleasure of meeting with my team for a little play date on Monday & we all fell in love with this set. It's a 3 step stamped flower & we used Blackberry Bliss because for one it's the best color EVER & two it is so intense that doing the double stamp off still makes for a beautiful look. Ok I am soooo uber excited to see what the other girls made so let's get to hoppin'!
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Scarlett was hanging out by the pool at this motel I was staying at after a hard night of drinking. She was going through the classifieds trying to find some employment. I approached her, started some small talk and got her comfortable enough to ask her if she would be interested in making some quick cash is she just hung out with me in my motel room. She was a little hesitant at first but I think she felt comfortable knowing the cleaning ladies were making their rounds and if anything bad started to happen she could always scream out for help. She took the gamble. She stripped down to her bra and panties for 200 dollars and still saw a nice big wad of cash in my hand so she said she would fuck me for the rest of the cash. They say great minds think alike and I guess that can also be applied to horny, greedy minds. Her tight pussy gripped my cock and yanked the cum right out.
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