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Episode 40 – Brewscuits – Petrina DiOrio and Kimberly Triol
This episode features Petrina DiOrio and Kimberly Triol of Brewsquits. "If it's not fun then why do it?" Kim and Petrina rescue dogs, foster dogs and take care of military family dogs. They are also home brewers. After brewing up a batch they took their spent grains outside for composting. This time all of the dogs started devouring it. They considered what they witnessed and said why not make a dog biscuit. They started from their home with a little oven. What they make is deliciousness for dogs. All Natural… Hand Made… No Preservatives… All made from spent grains from local breweries and distilleries. They are certainly having fun and doing it for good causes too.
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I ran with my sis in law Jeannine and friend Norine. We did a route around town that was different from last week, and I can't get over the difference in the two runs. Today there was zero humidity and it was cooler, the first four miles flew by, we threw in some decent hills for Boilermaker prep and for the second week in a row my ipod stayed off.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
I need input....and I'll tell you how to get free Toe Juice
I ran with my sis in law Jeannine and friend Norine. We did a route around town that was different from last week, and I can't get over the difference in the two runs. Today there was zero humidity and it was cooler, the first four miles flew by, we threw in some decent hills for Boilermaker prep and for the second week in a row my ipod stayed off.
18 comments:
- Running Through Phoenix said...
I say D. You want to run because it's fun, not because you're competing. Have fun! Can't wait to try to the toe juice on my blackened toenails.
- June 26, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- misszippy said...
I say either c or d, whichever your legs feel up to. Plans should be flexible for this kind of stuff, so don't beat yourself up about messing with it.
The toe juice, etc. sounds good. - June 26, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- J said...
Lets hope Boilermaker is NOT hot!! lol
I would say run the race and then run more the next weekend. You never know how hot it is going to be or how much the race will take out of you and you may not get out for the 6 extra miles. - June 26, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Unknown said...
I have the toe juice too and its great on my feet after I have been in shoes all day working.
I need to get on trying the Hog Wash too.
Sorry you couldn't sleep. Insomnia is the worst.
Have a great weekend! - June 26, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- Lucas R. Tucker said...
I'd go with D, under the run because it is fun premise.
- June 26, 2010 at 7:33 PM
- Unknown said...
Go for C or D. Run the race and enjoy it; then, pick up where you left off. Whatever you do, have fun!
- June 26, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- N.D. said...
Great job on the long run! I hate it when I can't sleep, ugh!! The toe juice sounds interesting - thanks for posting.
- June 27, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- Julie said...
Hi Molly,
That is a tough one. I don't know what to tell you. I am making modifications to my training plan because of races...it sucks! I am attempting to get in the suggested weekly miles or more. Today I had to cut my 11 miler into two runs...a six miler this morning and then later tonight I will go back out and do the other five:) It was just to damn hot! I will keep my fingers crossed that your race day will not be boiling:)
What plan are you doing?
What week are you in? - June 27, 2010 at 6:51 PM
- Black Knight said...
My idea is "D". About mosquitoes I put 2 bat boxes under the roof and I have a new killer at home (the geko) to fight those boring invasors. The Black Knight Army is a powerful mix of warriors and brave animals.
- June 28, 2010 at 3:37 AM
- Iron Mike said...
Aren't B & D the same thing?
I vote D, but if you can go for a walk later in the day, you'd be a winner.
Can you listen to music to fall asleep/drown out that snoring?
Back in my youth, I would fall asleep each night listening to Counting Crows, worked like a charm. - June 28, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Big Daddy Diesel said...
"After I got home I downed some chocolate milk and a banana, and doused my feet with some Toe Juice" Has my laughing
I would have picked A - June 28, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- karen@fitnessjourney said...
Insomnia is frustrating, isn't it? Hope after your long run that you'll have a good night's rest.
- June 28, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- ajh said...
I'm with D. Have fun at the race.
- June 28, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Emz said...
I really want Toe Juice. OMG that sounds horrible and I want some.
I pick A because I do whatever BBDiesel says. - June 28, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- Tracy said...
I would say b. As long was you are sticking to a good schedule a little less miles once is not bad.
- June 28, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- Jill said...
A. You'll run it harder than your long run and thus get more of an effort...and you have more long runs later. I've never heard of Toe Juice, but I'd love to try it, thanks!
- June 29, 2010 at 1:03 AM
- Jill said...
Actually, I meant B. :)
- June 29, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- Darlene said...
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(Success Story) Govind Jaiswal - The rickshawallah's son who cracked the IAS, Topper AIR-48
The 2006 competitive examinations for India's civil services is notable for the number of young people from non privileged backgrounds who feature in the merit list. For the first time, none from India's elite metros feature in the top ten.
We will bring you some amazing success stories in this special series. Today, meet a rickshaw vendor's son from Varanasi who is one of the IAS toppers this year.
Tears ran down Govind Jaiswal's face and refused to stop. Staring him in the face was the only thing he had ever wanted, and now that he had achieved it, he couldn't even reach out for the keys on his cellphone.
He waited till the tears dried up, till the news sunk in and made that one phone call on which depended the hopes of his entire family.
Govind, 24, the son of an uneducated rickshaw vendor in Varanasi, had grown up with cruel taunts like 'However much you study, you will still be a rickshawpuller.' He had studied with cotton stuffed in his ears to drown the noise of printing machines and generators below his window in a poor neighbourhood where small workshops existed cheek by jowl with tiny residential quarters.
He had given Math tuitions to supplement the paltry sum his father could afford to send him each month. His ailing father had sold a small plot of land to give Govind about Rs 40,000 so that he could move to Delhi which would provide him a better place to study.
Throughout his life, he had lived with only one dream -- to become an officer of the Indian Administrative Service. For him that was the only way. And when he broke the news to his family, that he was ranked 48 among 474 successful candidates in his first attempt at the exam -- it was the turn of his three sisters and father to weep with unbridled joy.
'Besides the Civil Services, I had no option'
Icould not afford to have any other career goal. My life would have been absolutely futile had I not made it into the civil services," says Govind, just back from his medicals in New Delhi, mandatory for the IAS.
"You must understand that my circumstances were such that besides the Civil Services, I had no option. I didn't have much of a chance with lower government jobs because they are mostly fixed, neither could I start a business because I had no money. The only thing I could do was work hard at my studies."
It was almost impossible for him to study in the one room he shared with his family. To add to his woes was the power cut that extended between 10 and 14 hours every day. The moment the lights went out, he had to shut the window to block out the deafening noise of generators in the many workshops around his home.
So in search for a quiet place to study, he briefly shared a friend's room at the Banaras Hindu University. Since that did not help him much, he did what many civil services aspirants in northern India do -- he moved to New Delhi.
His father sold his last plot of land for his son's dream
F or his son to make a fresh start in a city Govind had never visited before, Narayan Jaiswal, Govind's father, sold the only remaining plot of land he had saved after getting his three daughters married.
Working for ten years at the government ration shop, Narayan earned a living by weighing goods at the store. One day when the shop shut down, he bought one rickshaw and hired it out. He added three more and at one time was prosperous enough to own about 36 rickshaws.
That was a period of financial security and Narayan was prudent enough to buy three small plots of land. With three daughters to marry off, he knew he would need it in times to come. But bad times soon befell the family. His wife passed away when Govind was in school. For 10 years there was acute hardship. The rickshaws dwindled.
On his meager earnings, the uneducated rickshaw vendor with a hearing disability continued the education of his children. The girls were married after their graduation -- Narayan sold two pieces of land for the weddings, the last plot was sold to achieve his Govinda's dream.
Narayan gave his son Rs 40,000 to prepare for his Civil Services exam in New Delhi and pursue his childhood dream of becoming an IAS officer. For the next three years, he sent his son between Rs 2,500 and Rs 3,000 every month, sometimes foregoing the expense of treating the septic wound in his foot that continues to nag him till today.
Courier boys found his house with difficulty; now the fruitwallah will tell you where the 'IAS' house is'
Outside his narrow lane, opposite the Varanasi City railway station, where Narayan Jaiswal parks his rickshaws and spends most of his waking hours, he still walks barefooted with a bandage, one end hanging loose and scraping the dirty road.
"Beyond this year, my father could not have afforded to send Govind any more money. It was getting very tough for him. Govind was earning Rs 1,500 from tuitions, I don't know what he would have done if he didn't make it to the IAS this year. My father could not sleep for 10 days before the results came," says Govind's eldest sister Nirmala, whose son is almost the same age as her brother.
Now that he will earn Rs 8,000 as his starting salary during his two-year training period in Mussoorie, Govind says his first priority is getting good treatment for his father's wound.
"I want to look after him, I don't know if he will leave Varanasi but I will definitely move him out of this rented room that we have lived for 35 years."
If his son's new job dramatically changes things for the better, Narayan Jaiswal is quite unaffected by it. He is surprised by the scores of journalists and well wishers flocking to his house.
Until now, courier delivery boys found his house with great difficulty but now even the fruit cart-wallah, one-and-a-half kilometres away, will tell you where the 'IAS' house is.
"I like my work. I haven't decided about the future -- what could be a better place than Kashi? As long as my son looks after me, what else can one want?" he says, visibly uncomfortable with the media spotlight.
'My character will be put to the test, then I want to see what a real man I am'
Having lived his life in Varanasi, the holy city on the banks of the Ganga, Govind has given his home state Uttar Pradesh as his preferred region of posting. If he doesn't get UP, he is open to being sent to any state in India.
"Varanasi needs a tight administration. As for me, I want to be a good officer. We are the agents of change and I as an administrator would like to inform common people about their right to know, their right to information. The benefit should finally go to the people."
His hero is President A P J Abdul Kalam. Govind is reading the Hindi translation of the President's best-selling book On Wings of Fire and takes out a nicely thumbed copy from a plastic bag.
"After Gandhiji, President Kalam has given us a dream and the power to dream. His dream is of a developed India and he is a symbol of many common people's dreams."
In a time when the Indian bureaucracy has its drawbacks like a lack of accountability, corruption and perpetuating a system that was handed down by the British to rule a subordinate population Govind's thoughts are fired by the idealism of youth. He insists his idealism will not be watered down in future years, that he will not allow himself to be influenced.
"I am a product of my circumstances that has been wrought with hardships. When I go out as an officer my character will be put to the test, and then I want to see what a real man I am."
Courtesy: Rediff.com
mehanat marde madade khuda!
govind ur success is beyond limit of words !
Well done...!!!!!!!!!your effort is lesson for many. All the best
word of applaud....
i want from god , please gave me same courage .
i will try as u tried to sucess dude...now u r a responsible person,my ambition is also same as u,but i don't have any perfect support to achieve my dream...im living in andhrapradesh in tirupathi,!!!!!!!!!
Can any one guide me where the best coaching can be taken.....!..;-(
Mehnat ka koi Tod Nahi
congratulations!you have done a great job.Now with your sucess story financialy weaker students will not hesitate for Preparing UPSC IAS exam.
congratulations !!
after reading this story , i really burst into tears.....!! it provide tremendous energy to me to think...... hats off to u ..


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A Georgia man lied in his application for federal coronavirus relief aid and then used the majority of the money he obtained to buy a Pokemon card, federal prosecutors say.
The charges allege that Vinath Oudomsine made false statements about the number of employees at his company and his company's gross revenue when he applied for small business aid through the CARES Act in July 2020.
The following month, the Small Business Administration deposited $85,000 in his bank account.
Federal prosecutors say Oudomsine used a majority of that money — $57,789 — to buy a Pokemon card.
Those loans, meant for small businesses impacted by the pandemic, can be used for expenses such as payroll, sick leave, production costs, debt and rent or mortgage payments. But prosecutors say Oudomsine "unjustly enriched himself."
Authorities didn't say which Pokemon card Oudomsine allegedly bought with the federal funds, but rare Pokemon cards have been known to fetch tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars upon resale.
The two defense attorneys representing Oudomsine declined to comment for this story.
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From an American perspective, it seems that the White House has finally gotten serious about bringing the Iranian nuclear program to a halt. After President Obama's policy of engagement came up empty, the administration, pressed by Senate leaders, finally implemented sanctions against the Central Bank of Iran and the Iranian energy sector on Dec. 31 and then leveled more sanctions against the bank earlier this month. The sanctions have sent the Iranian currency into freefall.
The squeeze continues: This month, Congress pressured the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, which provides tens of thousands of financial institutions with a system for transferring money around the world, to block Iranian institutions from using the service. SWIFT announced last week that it "stands ready to act and discontinue its services to sanctioned Iranian financial institutions as soon as it has clarity on EU legislation currently being drafted."
From the American point of view, all this is a clear sign, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said recently that "The United States … does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us."
But for Israel, this still falls way short of the mark.
If you want to understand how the Jewish state sees the nascent Iranian nuclear arms program, you need to stop thinking like a superpower with vast resources that inhabits a virtual island several thousand miles from the Persian Gulf—and start thinking like a tiny state with limited resources, formed in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and within ballistic missile range of Iran. You're going to go along with your American patron as far as you can, but in the end, you're going to keep your own counsel.
Last month at the annual Herzliya conference, which brings Israel's top political, military, and security echelons together with their colleagues from around the world, the majority of Israeli officials and analysts I spoke with said they believe the sanctions have come too late. Perhaps five years ago, economic suffering might have forced the Iranian regime to reconsider its plans. But now with Iran enriching uranium to 20 percent, moving it closer to producing weapons-grade uranium, and even Panetta admitting that the Iranians are a year away from building a nuclear weapon, there are two choices: Either accept that the Islamic Republic has joined the nuclear club, or bomb the country's nuclear facilities in the hope of setting the program back, at least by a few years. If it's become increasingly clear to Israel that the Obama Administration is not going to take military action, the question is: When does Israel pull the trigger?
Some experts make the case that Israel's war against Iran's nuclear program is already well under way. "Over the last decade Israel has spent a lot of money to prepare for all sorts of options on Iran," David Wurmser, formerly Vice President Dick Cheney's Middle East adviser, told me this week. Such options include computer worms, like Stuxnet, and covert operations, like the assassination of nuclear scientists and sabotaging military installations, as well as possible commando raids and air raids.
Now the head of a consulting group called Delphi, which has a few sensitive projects in Israel, Wurmser says it is crunch time for Israeli leaders. He's seen a marked shift in Israel's security establishment over the last few months. Perhaps the surest sign is that President Shimon Peres, not typically perceived as a hawk on Iran, has begun warning that a nuclear Iran poses an existential threat to Israel and is "a real danger to humanity as a whole." Said Wurmser: "It's not just about Bibi and his historical legacy anymore. He doesn't need to be a leader in a Churchillian mode, because the consensus on attacking Iran is broad based."
Up until last summer, Wurmser told me, the overriding sentiment among Israeli leaders was to give the Americans time. "Some thought that the sanctions might work, while others merely wanted to be patient in order to manage the White House in the aftermath of an attack," he explained. But for Israel, there are other timelines to consider besides Iran's ability to manufacture a bomb. In addition to its own budgetary concerns, most significant for Israel is Iran's defensive capability, including advanced Russian anti-aircraft systems that the Iranians reportedly purchased a few years ago. Wurmser contends that "the Russians never actually sold that system to Iran, or anything that was significant." However, Moscow's decision to take a strong stand against the United States by backing Iran's client, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, indicates that Russia is moving more aggressively against Israel and the West—and Jerusalem is sensitive to such geopolitical shifts.
Wurmser is among the few analysts who thinks that Israel is capable of setting the Iranian program back. But he believes the operation isn't going to look like what people expect. Wurmser points to Israel's history of innovative warfare and says it wouldn't be a surprise to see the same pattern in a strike against Iran. "We might see really weird things, like one-way drones, Doolittle-raid type stuff, where pilots return but the planes don't. That would mean ditching some really expensive aircraft but you need to consider what are the out-of-the-box crazy things Israeli planners might think of. No one thought Entebbe was possible, or that F-16s could be used to attack Osirak [Iraq's nuclear reactor]."
That is, to understand what Israel might do, don't think like a superpower. "The American debate over Israel's ability to hit Iranian facilities is dominated by analysts who come from the U.S. Air Force," said Wurmser, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer. "There the idea is the utter destruction of infrastructure. And so their question is whether Israel can hit hardened targets. But you don't need to."
Instead, according to Wurmser, the issue is whether Israel knows precisely what targets to hit in order to destroy Iranian centrifuges. "If they're not powered down properly, the cascade is destroyed. So, presumably Iran has hardened the power supplies and put generators in tunnels. But you don't need to destroy the tunnels, only seal them off so that the lack of air shuts down the generators. It's sort of a sophisticated way of putting a banana in a tail pipe."
As Wurmser sees it, what Israel needs to make an attack work is not ordnance, but intelligence, which is what the Israelis have been gathering in their ongoing covert war against Iran, assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists and sabotaging military facilities. "The Israelis have mastered an intelligence loop," said Wurmser. "The intelligence provides a target, like a nuclear scientist; and the Iranians respond by hardening other sensitive targets, which restarts the intelligence process, like a constant interactive circle."
Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA case officer, is far less confident of Israel's ability to gather intelligence in Iran: "It is beyond Israel's capacity to sustain a team inside Iran. There are problems with visas, security. They could bring in people on a short-term basis, run conservative operations and meetings, and bring some supplies in, but I'm not 100 percent convinced that all the attacks can be traced back to some type of Israeli effort."
Some of the assassinations of Iranian scientists, Gerecht believes, were likely carried out by domestic opponents of the regime, perhaps working in tandem with Israel. And the major explosion at an advanced missile-research center in the desert near Tehran in November might well have been an accident. "The Iranians are extremely careless," he told me. "We know it by watching them at war, how they handle the production of machinery and war materiel, how they handle themselves in clandestine operations. What they have going for them is that they just persevere."
Gerecht says that the Israeli officials he's spoken with contend that the "unnatural events" occurring inside Iran are indeed a sign that the war's already begun, but Gerecht is skeptical. "In the big scheme of things, these operations are not that impressive, given how far advanced the Iranian program is. Like almost all covert operations, it's too little, too late: They don't have the scale to effect a program like this. In some sense, these operations signal the absence of war. They're not doing it to soften Iranians for a big attack. It's operational procrastination. When you don't want to get involved in a military conflict, you go to covert action and special forces."
Of course, it may also be that Israel's secret war is also a psychological operation, destined to drive the regime to distraction and force its hand. And of late, Iran has warned that it will take preemptive action if its interests are threatened. If the Iranians do act out,
Israel might enjoy the luxury of being well-prepared for a hot conflict it doesn't actually initiate.
Lee Smith is the author of The Consequences of Syria.
Lee Smith is the author of The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President (2020).


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Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission
ATMANO MOKSHARTHAM JAGAD HITAYA CHA, "For one's own salvation and for the welfare of the world". It was formulated by Swami Vivekananda.
Work as worship, potential divinity of the soul, and harmony of religions are three of the noteworthy ideals on which these two organizations are based. It is this ideal of service to man as service to God that sustains the large number of hospitals, dispensaries, mobile medical units, schools, colleges, rural development centres and many other social service institutions run the twin organizations.
Our Emblem
'The common emblem of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission is a symbolic representation of their ideology. It was conceived and sketched by Swami Vivekananda himself. The meaning behind this emblem, in the language of Vivekananda himself:
"The wavy waters in the picture are symbolic of Karma, the lotus of Bhakti, and the rising-sun of Jnana. The encircling serpent is indicative of Yoga and awakened Kundalini Shakti, while the swan in the picture stands for Paramatman. Therefore, the idea of the picture is that by the union of Karma, Jnana, Bhakti and Yoga, the vision of the Paramatman is obtained."
This symbol is the epitome of Swamiji's message of harmony and synthesis, leading to life's fulfilment.


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Thank goodness!! So happy!! LOL! I thought I would play with the new Pion Papers "The Songbird's Secret" and cut one of the images from the 12 x 12 "Perching Bird". I know, cut into a gorgeous piece of paper?!! GASP!!! 😱 Wasn't it worth it tho? It was the perfect fit for the Scrapiniec "Lavender Mist" frame. I love this new Marianne die simply called "Butterfly Border" - stunning isn't it?! It even comes with 2 separate butterfly dies which I thought was brilliant!! They are different sizes so you can either pop them onto the border like I have here or you could center the smaller die cut over the bigger one. I've done that too and it looks very pretty.
This is a new birdcage out from Joy - Little Happiness - and I embossed it using Stampendous "aged gold" embossing enamel. I added a chipboard bird, which I colored by tinting some white gesso with walnut stain distress ink. Then I covered it with Crackle accents to get that weathered look...ummm ya so that didn't work out the way I had in mind. Dang it! ha ha ha!
Well please stay tuned as I have another card to share with you tomorrow already. I'll give you a hint....masculine. OK OK that's it!! LOL!! Have a wonderful week and thank you so much for dropping by!


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On Monday, Disney announced that it is reorganizing its media and entertainment businesses so they can focus on its streaming services.
In a press release, the company said they would split the content creation into three distinct groups—Studios, General Entertainment, and Sports.
Effective immediately, the creative engines will focus on developing and producing original content to "further accelerate" their direct-to-consumer strategy with the success of Disney+ amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"Given the incredible success of Disney+ and our plans to accelerate our direct-to-consumer business, we are strategically positioning our Company to more effectively support our growth strategy and increase shareholder value," said Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company in the news release. "Managing content creation distinct from distribution will allow us to be more effective and nimble in making the content consumers want most, delivered in the way they prefer to consume it. Our creative teams will concentrate on what they do best—making world-class, franchise-based content—while our newly centralized global distribution team will focus on delivering and monetizing that content in the most optimal way across all platforms, including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and the coming Star international streaming service."
The restructuring will see the company's creative engines focusing on the original content and its legacy platforms. The distribution group will see over the commercialization and distribution of all global content.
Disney also announced that they'd promoted Kareem Daniel, the former president of consumer products, games, and publishing, to oversee the new media and entertainment distribution group.
The company has over 100 million subscribers on its Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus services.


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With a life that is rapid pace and hectic, it is really easy to lose sight of who we truly are. We serve others, we look after our kids, we worry about our parents, and we try to please others in hopes of building a better life. But at the end of the day we find that we really have not focused on ourselves enough.
Written by Julie Ostrowiski, today's article of the day spotlights practices that we can do daily to bring us closer to who we really are. My favorite tip is #5 because when you travel you are forced into a culture that is new and different than your own. It forces you to empathize with others and to realize that the American way of doing things is not the only way.
If I had one more practice to add this article, it would be to hang out with friends that you can totally be yourself with and not pretend that you are someone that you aren't.
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June 11, 2012
A stitch in time: Alumni survey confirms K-State is a quality education
Submitted by Communications and Marketing
Earning a bachelor's degree is time well spent for Kansas State University alumni, according to a recent survey by the university's office of assessment.
The survey polled 1,718 one-year alumni and 1,807 four-year alumni. Of those who responded, 98 percent of the one-year alumni and 99 percent of the four-year alumni stated they would recommend the university to prospective students. Also, 95 percent of respondents in both areas indicated that -- if given the opportunity -- they would attend Kansas State University again.
The university's vice president for student life and dean of students, Pat Bosco, describes K-State as an output school.
"We take great pride in taking our students as they are when they come into college and helping each one achieve success -- for some students their achievements are significant," Bosco said.
The university will use the information to improve the college experience for future students by identifying strengths and growth areas within the university's academic programs.
Alumni were asked to determine the skills they rely on most in the work force. Both groups of alumni reported that the top three demanded skills are problem solving and analytical reasoning, computer skills and working with a diverse group of people.
"We will use the survey results to continue our focus on developing highly skilled workers and building a connected and diverse culture of learning that will prepare students for their professional lives in line with our vision to become a top 50 public research institution by 2025," said April Mason, university provost and senior vice president.
Not only are Kansas State University students learning some of the most important skills for their careers, but 96 percent of survey respondents also indicated that their quality of life has been enhanced by their undergraduate experience at the university.
"The feedback is very important to me," Bosco said. "It shows alumni are not only extremely happy with their time and money spent for their K-State education, but more importantly they can directly associate their success to our faculty, staff and a classic college atmosphere. This represents the K-State brand."
Additional information on the alumni survey -- including a summary and full report -- is available at the office of assessment's website at alumni survey.


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Lobby Watch 23 December 2011
Update: StandWithUs "source" denies hearing words attributed to me
Alex Kane, staff reporter at Mondoweiss, has said he was in direct contact with Alyssa Lappen, the FrontPage Magazine contributor who quoted me allegedly making comments about "The Jews." Lappen denied she was even present at the 2005 conference.
Helena Cobban has also denied ever making the statements attributed to her by StandWithUs – which also provided no evidence for them. See Alex Kane's write-up at Mondoweiss.Original post
StandWithUs, the anti-Palestinian group that works closely with the Israeli government to smear, sue and censor the Palestine solidarity movement, attempted to smear me today but instead ended up with egg on its face.
StandWithUs issued a press release containing alleged quotes from a speech I made in 2005 to prove that I am a bigot. The press release was meant to attack and smear the national conference on boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) at the University of Pennsylvania next February at which I am speaking.
Press release alleges statements against "The Jews"
StandWithUs claimed that the "line-up of scheduled speakers indicated that this event would be filled with age-old bigotry and prejudice to incite hatred against Israel and foment bitter divisions on campus."
Their press release states:
Another invited speaker, Helena Cobban, has claimed that Israelis are "incapable of empathy and compassion for other people." (January 2009, Georgetown University) Keynote speaker Ali Abunimah has declared that "Ending the occupation does not solve the problem. The Jews do not view all human beings as equal. The 1948 borders were calculated to harm Christians, Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims." (Chicago Sabeel Conference, October 7, 2005) Speaker Susan Abulhawa resurrects blood libels, claiming that: "Palestinians are killed as if insects not because of Hamas or Yasser Arafat before them… Palestinians burn and bleed because they are the non-Jewish natives of that land. There is no other reason."
No evidence for its claim
When I asked StandWithUs via Twitter to provide and publish the source for the quote, which is not included in the press release, they eventually provided a link to an article by one Alyssa Lappen on FrontPage Magazine, the website of Islamophobic agitator David Horowitz.
I challenged StandWithUs repeatedly (the tweet conversation between us is reproduced below) to publish a recording of my remarks. I asked them if they had even heard such a recording. They never answered whether they had and claimed that the "reporter" must have one and said I should ask her myself.
But the quote went out in a press release bearing the name of StandWithUs. It's obvious from their statements that they don't have any recording, they haven't heard one, and made no effort to verify the alleged quotes.
StandWithUs claimed to have been present at my 2005 talk but hasn't identified who was there, nor even claimed that the person or persons representing them had heard me utter the words that appear in their press release between quotation marks.
Notorious racist is StandWithUs "source"
For those who have forgotten who Horowitz, the editor in chief and owner of FrontPage Magazine is, he has engaged in continuous campaigns against Muslims and African Americans. Ten years ago Horowitz notoriously ran ads in college newspapers across the country saying that black people should be grateful that their ancestors were slaves in America and in fact owed America a debt for slavery. The ads caused an outcry on campuses all over the United States.
More recently, Horowitz has defended Robert Spencer, another notorious bigot and inspiration for Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik, as "a man of great courage and decency."
No wonder StandWithUs was too embarrassed to identify their "source" in the press release!
Desperate for smears
Anyone who knows my work, would also know that I never make statements blaming "The Jews" for anything, and am always insistent on distinguishing between Jews and Judaism on one hand, and Israel and Zionism on the other, that claim to speak in the name of all Jews. Jews must never be held collectively responsible for Israel's ongoing crimes against Palestinians and other Arabs, and we must not confuse Judaism with Zionism as Zionists constantly try to get us to do.
Moreover, given that there are literally hundreds of videos of me speaking around the country available on YouTube alone, isn't it odd that StandWithUs would need to resort to a fake source from 2005 to prove my alleged bigotry? I'm assuming that StandWithUs has been trawling through these videos for years.
StandWithUs: a record of bigotry and violence
I haven't looked into the sources of the other alleged "quotes" from other speakers in the StandWithUs press release but given this organization's record of dishonesty, fabrication, collusion with the Israeli government, intimidation and violence against Jewish activists and others, everything they say should be treated with suspicion.
Claiming a fake victory against BDS conference
While smearing me and others was one purpose of StandWithUs' farcical press release, the main purpose was to declare a victory:
We are pleased to report that just a few hours ago, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) officially announced that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) national conference, scheduled to be held on their campus in February, 2012, does not have the university's imprimatur. Penn also stated unequivocally that it "does not support boycotts or sanctions against Israel." (See the university's official statement below.)
The fact that UPenn president Amy Gutmann has declared her University's opposition to BDS is no great victory. Many US university presidents have previously spoken out against BDS – just as they did against BDS when it targeted apartheid South Africa.
What is a victory is that the conference will be held at UPenn despite the university's opposition to BDS and despite efforts by groups like StandWithUs – working hand in glove with the Israeli government – to stifle this movement. It is above all a victory for the students and activists who are doing the work on the ground to make this happen.
I'm looking forward to the conference, and grateful to StandWithUs for the added publicity.
Tweet conversation
If any of these tweets don't appear, here is an image.
The same old crap
Permalink Dr. Mustaqbal replied on
Stand with Us tried the same crap with us when we hosted Norman Finkelstein in Seattle, but under their other group "Huskies for Israel". They took quotes completely out of context, and claimed that he was a holocaust denier. As Chomsky points out, a lie told often enough becomes truth.
It's been a bad week for bad hasbara.
Permalink Mick Stanfill replied on
First, former AIPAC-hasbarist Josh Block just got deep-sixed from the Truman Center for fraudulently smearing certain progressives as anti-Semitic (including M.J. Rosenberg). Now this. It seems that this "cry wolf" tactic has been so over-spewed, that the term has completely lost its electric charge as a career-destroying dog whistle. Well done, Ali.
"Frontpage Magazine, Horowitz,etc."
Permalink Brian Curdy replied on
Outside of the pale of the United States, its educational system, and the halls of Congress where corporate management strategies are manufactured, there are but very few of the minimally educated, informed, and emotionally stable population who accord any credit to such bigoted racist hysteria-mongering as may be found in the pages of garbage like "Frontpage magazine." It seems to be a characteristic, or at least a goal, of "the powers that be" to belittle the intelligence of the average person.
Permalink emwatcher replied on
I hope you are suing Alyssa A. Lappen and FrontPage magazine.


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A friend recently told me that she wished we could recycle more plastic. I think that is the cry of many householders in the UK! My friend is often left with plastic containers, trays, packaging and carrier bags that she cannot get rid of and she feels guilty about.
I shared with her some of the ways in which we have managed to reduce our consumption of plastic over the course of our zero waste challenge.
They require simple lifestyle changes and some forward planning, so why not commit to doing just one a week?
1- Hang loose
Buy loose fruit and vegetables from a farm shop, farmers market or supermarket rather than ones pre packed in plastic. The advantage of this is you can choose just the amount of food you need which might result in less food waste too.
The other idea is to sign up for a vegetable box scheme. You don't even need to leave your home and you'll get a fresh supply of local, seasonal goods delivered to your door.
Why not start to grow some of your own fruit and vegetables? You don't need a huge garden or a lot of time to be a little self-sufficient. Tomatoes and strawberries which often come in non-recyclable plastic boxes, can be grown in hanging baskets. Salad leaves can be grown in window boxes and herbs will enjoy a sunny kitchen windowsill.
3- Go to your local
If you buy meat from a local butcher, you'll be able to buy products like bacon, sausages and other meats wrapped in a thin plastic bag. This is much less packaging than supermarkets who use a thick plastic or polystyrene tray covered in shrink wrap.
4- Bake your own
By making your own bread you'll reduce on the amount of plastic packaging you send to the landfill each week. If you think you don't have time, think again! With a bread maker, all you do is add the ingredients, switch the machine on and leave. You can put it on before you go to bed and wake up to fresh bread in the morning.
5- Get a delivery
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10- Leave your litter.
You are entitled to leave any unnecessary packaging at the supermarket checkout. So if you have the confidence to do it, then make a statement to leave excess packaging at the till for the company to dispose of.
11- Be a savvy shopper
Instead of products such as mustard, honey, salad dressing and tomato ketchup sold in squeezy bottles, choose glass packaging instead. Many of these plastic containers cannot be recycled, plus you get loads left in the container that you cannot get to, resulting in food waste!


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November 21, 2017
Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106
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WASHINGTON – Farmers and ranchers take home just 11.4 cents from every dollar that consumers spend on their Thanksgiving dinner meals, according to the annual Thanksgiving edition of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Farmer's Share publication. The popular Thanksgiving Farmer's Share compares the retail food price of traditional holiday dinner items to the amount the farmer receives for each item they grow or raise.
"This holiday season, it's important for us to take time to recognize and thank the family farmers and ranchers who provide our Thanksgiving meals," said Rob Larew, NFU's Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Communications. "If you don't live on a farm or work in agriculture, you probably don't realize the tremendous difference between the price you pay for food at the grocery store and the prices farmers end up receiving for these products. While consumer holiday food costs have declined recently, incomes for American farm and ranch families have dropped precipitously. We're in the midst of the worst farm economic downturn in 30-40 years, and we're hopeful these numbers can help illustrate that fact to the general public."
On average, farmers receive 17.4 cents of every food dollar consumers spend, while more than 80 percent of food costs cover marketing, processing, wholesaling, distribution and retailing. For the 15 items NFU tracks for the Thanksgiving version, farmers received just 11.4 cents of the retail food dollar.
Turkey growers, who raise the staple Thanksgiving dish, receive just 5 cents per pound retailing at $1.69. Wheat farmers averaged a meager 6 cents on 12 dinner rolls that retail for $3.49. And dairy producers received only $1.47 from a $4.49 gallon of fat free milk.
Thanksgiving presents an opportunity to raise awareness about food production, including misconceptions about food costs, Larew explained. "Farmers and ranchers play the most valuable role in actually producing the food that is served at holiday dinners, yet they make just pennies on the dollar for their products."
The Farmers' Share is based on calculations derived from the monthly Agriculture Prices report produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, and compared to price points of common grocery food items at Safeway supermarket. The figure farmer's share of retail turkey sales is reported by the Contract Poultry Growers Association of the Virginias, as national data on farm prices for turkey does not reflect the amount turkey growers receive.
The Thanksgiving Farmers' Share can be viewed and downloaded here.
To download an audio file of Rob Larew's quotes, visit our website at nfu.org/audio.
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Last updated on February 23rd, 2016 at 03:04 pm
Ah, media. Through the years we've seen over and over (and over and over) that our words can't be trusted to be conveyed clearly, fully or accurately in the news. For half a decade I've avoided speaking with reporters for fear of them putting a negative spin to my words and reflecting badly on corset wearers at large. What often ended up happening is that after I declined to be interviewed, these reporters sometimes found another innocent starry-eyed corseter who ended up saying something on the extreme side, and that one unfortunate sound bite was misconstrued and given a negative tone.
This is why this year I decided to start speaking up and answering questions about waist training, tightlacing and corset wear – because I've been in this industry long enough to know a bit about corsets, I choose my words wisely, and I always keep a record of what I say and write.
A few days ago Emma Reynolds, writer for News. Com. Au, contacted me wanting to know more about the difference between waist training and tightlacing (which was still confused in their final piece). Of course, at the time I was contacted, I was never given any hint that the article would have a negative spin, or that my answers would be spliced and creatively paraphrased, or that the photos of some of my friends would be used without consent to be treated as side show attractions.
Since I didn't sign any NDA, I presume that it's fair to post the questions presented to me by Reynolds, and my unabridged responses to the Australian news source, which were deliberately made extremely detailed, with an emphasis on listening to one's body, being monitored by a doctor, and the community being body positive as a whole.
Also, before we get started: CORSETS ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR WEIGHT LOSS.
How did you get into tightlacing?
This is a long and winding story, but my initial goal was not to tightlace. I simply enjoyed making corsets for cosplay and re-enactment purposes, and later for back support when I was working up to 16 hours at a time. When I discovered that I was very comfortable wearing a corset for several hours at a time/ several days a week, I became interested in waist training and learned about the process through Ann Grogan of Romantasy. I think of it as a form of sport or slow, long-term body modification that can be varied, changed or reversed as one desires. Many people train in order to achieve a certain waist circumference or silhouette when not wearing the corset. However, my end goal was simply being able to close a size 20″ corset, I had no expectations for how I wanted my bare waist to look.
Why is it different/better than waist training?
Waist training is wearing a genuine corset for long durations (months or years) with some kind of end goal in mind, like closing a specific size corset or reducing the size of your natural waist. It's worth noting that within the corset community, the use of latex or neoprene fajas is not waist training in the traditional sense.
Tightlacing is simply wearing a corset that is notably smaller than your natural waist. For some people, a tightlacing corset is at least 4 inches smaller than your natural waist regardless of your starting size – while for other people, they only consider it tightlacing if you reduce at least 20% off your natural waist (which would be 6 inches reduction if you have a size 30″ natural waist, 8 inches if you have a size 40″ waist, and so on). Yet others will say "if the corset feels snug to the point that it's challenging but not painful, whether that's with 1 inch reduction or 10 inches, that is tightlacing to the individual." To this effect, an actress or model that never wears corsets except on set may be considered tightlacing. But what all of them have in common is that with tightlacing you don't have to set a goal, and you don't necessarily wear your corset for long durations.
Put more simply, waist training is a goal-oriented process, while tightlacing is simply an action. You can theoretically waist train without tightlacing (if you are wearing your corset at gentle reductions, but consistently enough to see results), and you can tightlace without waist training (wearing your corset with a dramatic reduction, but only on an occasional basis so your natural waist expands back to normal within a few minutes of removing your corset). Some people enjoy tightlacing on a regular basis with no initial goal in mind, but over time they will notice that their waist will be inadvertently trained smaller.
I wouldn't say that tightlacing is better than waist training. Not everyone can tightlace as easily as others; it tends to be easier for those who have a higher body fat percentage, and according to some, it can be easier for women who have already given birth. It can be a little more challenging for athletes with more muscle tone than average. Of course, I would recommend that one be in good health before they wear a corset, whether it's for tightlacing, waist training, or otherwise – and that they never lace to the point of pain.
How much does your waist size change and does it last?
When tightlacing, I am able to reduce my natural waist by 6-7 inches in a corset – but be aware that I have been wearing corsets off and on for many years. When I started, I was only able to reduce my waist by 2-3 inches. When I take off the corset, my waist expands back to normal within the hour.
When I was waist training several years ago, in the interest of staying comfortable in my corset for longer durations, I wore my corset on average 4-5 inches smaller than my natural waist, around 5 days a week, and up to 8-12 hours a day. The body responds best with consistency, so over several months even with this (relatively) lighter reduction, my natural waist went from 29 inches to around 26.5 inches out of the corset (even if I hadn't worn my corset in days), and I was comfortably wearing my corset at 22″ while waist training. If I then chose to tightlace, I was able to wear my corset at 20″ for shorter durations (a couple of hours at a time) once my body was warmed up. Once I achieved this goal, I realized that it was more extreme in silhouette than I preferred, which is why I chose to back off and now I wear my corset closer to 22-24 inches, which I feel is more proportional to the rest of my frame while still lending a retro silhouette.
What do you like about it?
When the corset is laced snug I can use it as a form of deep pressure therapy – essentially, it's like wearing a big bear hug that you can keep on all day and even conceal under clothing, if desired. At the time I started wearing corsets regularly, I was working in a STEM field and living away from home, working long and odd hours in a lab, with not much free time to socialize. I initially started wearing my homemade corset for posture support during those long hours, but I also noticed that it helped me feel more calm and relaxed. I was less anxious before and during presentations because I felt protected and held by a suit of armor. This calm, quiet confidence began to spill over into other areas of my life, and I became more sure about myself and carried myself more proudly even when I wasn't wearing the corset. At that point, it wasn't even about the appearance anymore.
What is the community like as a whole?
The international corset community is extremely varied, and that's part of why I like it. We come from all walks of life and have many different interests – with some people, the *only* thing I have in common with them is a mutual interest in corsets. Some people love history and the Victorian era, while some people take more to the 1950s New Look style and pin-up era. Some people wear corsets simply because they're beautiful and luxurious, some people wear them for medical or therapeutic purposes, and some people wear them as a challenging sport. Some are as blasé about putting on their corset in the morning as they are about putting on their socks, while some are excited about corsetry and consider it a fetish.
There are many online forums and Facebook groups to choose from, whether you're a beginner or veteran, whether you want to tightlace, waist train, or just wear them for fun, whether you want to buy and sell corset from collectors, or even if you want to learn to sew your own corsets. In the forums I frequent, the community emphasizes body positivity. While we support individuals for the waist training goals they have already chosen for themselves, it is extremely frowned upon to push someone else into wearing a corset if they're not interested – it's equally offensive to try and push another person to lace past their comfort level, or shame them for their natural body type.
What are your limits? Do some people take it too far?
My personal limit was closing a size 20″ corset. I found it a challenging goal that took 3 years to achieve, and once I reached it, I was over it. Of course there were the few trolls online who egged me to train further and called me all sorts of names when I didn't – but they aren't representative of the community. I always listen to my body and I'm always 100% in control of my laces. There are other people who can lace down less than 20″ but some of them are 6 inches shorter and weigh 20kg less than me – so while it may look extreme on my body, for a petite woman with a natural 23 inch waist, she might not consider a size 20″ corset to be tightlacing at all.
It's not my mission to put everyone in a corset, but for those who are interested in wearing them, whether for waist training or tightlacing (or both), I've spent the last 5 years creating hundreds of free educational videos and articles so that people can learn to choose a corset that's right for their body, and know how to use them properly and safely. I say over and over that pain is not normal. When a tightlacer hasn't put proper research into their practice, when they aren't open with their doctor, when they ignore the advice of more experienced lacers and ignore their body's signals, and they wind up hurting themselves, I know that it could have been prevented and it will end up reflecting badly on the tens of thousands of others who do wear corsets responsibly.
There will always be those who lace down faster than what I would normally condone, or smaller than my personal preference – but beyond offering free educational resources and ensuring that they are listening to their own bodies, that they are not in pain, that they are prioritizing their well-being, and that they have open communication with their doctor and have regular checkups, no one has the right to tell another what to do with their body. Their body, their choice.
This was the end of my correspondence with Reynolds, but if you would like to read some balanced perspectives on corsetry, both historical and modern, there are a few articles linked below.
Collector's Weekly: Everything You Know About Corsets is False
io9: No, Corsets Did Not Destroy the Health of Victorian Women
New York Academy of Medicine: Did Corsets Harm Women's Health?
Several articles on The Lingerie Addict:
Tightlacing 101: Myths About Waist Training in a Corset
"20 Bones", Broken Ribs, and Other Myths about Waist Training.
What Makes a Corset Comfortable?
Three corset articles on Kitsch-Slapped:
Part 1, historical medical "evidence".
Part 2, corsets viewed as "sexy".
Part 3, suffrage movement.
Yesterday's Thimble has two articles on corset myths. Part 1. Part 2.
Historical Sewing: Dispelling the Myth of the Itsy Bitsy Teeny Tiny Waist
A Damsel in This Dress: Corsetted Victorians and others – myths and reality
The Pragmatic Costumer: With and Without: How Wearing a Corset Affects You and Your Clothes
A Most Beguiling Accomplishment – A Difficult History: Corsetry and Feminism, Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Appendix.


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Asmat - all about travel - travelogues, photo galleries and information from all around the world. Section for divers.
Disclaimer: Owner of the server www.asmat.eu can remove any link from directory without any reason.