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Iberostar Varadero
Situated in a prime location on stunning Varadero beach, the Iberostar Varadero is the ideal place to unwind, relax and absorb the stunning tropical surroundings. With a wide range of activities for families and couples, fantastic food and a vibrant atmosphere, Iberostar Varadero is a Fabulous choice for your Cuban break.
All Inclusive Package
- Buffet-style breakfast, lunch and dinner (late riser continental breakfast also available); three à la carte restaurants (dinner only, one reservation per week at each); snacks served at selected times; room service (11am-11pm); ice cream available; afternoon tea
- An unlimited amount of hot, soft and alcoholic drinks (including some international brands and cocktails) served for a minimum of 12 hours per day; mini-bar restocked daily with water, soft drinks and local beer
- Activities usually include aerobics, aquaerobics, archery, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, darts, football, French bowls, kayaks, pedaloes, pool table, sailing, scuba diving, snorkelling, table tennis, tennis, waterpolo and windsurfing ◦Frequent daytime activities and evening entertainment usually includes dance classes, shows, Spanish lessons, pool and beach games and live music
- Gym; sauna; whirlpool
Facilities and activities shown above are subject to change/withdrawal. Any facilities and activities that are not part of your All Inclusive package may incur an extra charge.
Room Info
Rooms (up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children) have 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds, air conditioning, cable TV, coffee-maker, iron, ironing board, hairdryer, full bathroom and balcony or terrace. Also available: Double rooms for sole use. Junior suites are slightly larger than standard rooms and have one king-size or two queen-size beds and a sofa bed. Spa junior suites are located near the spa, have free access to the spa's whirlpool and sauna, spa credit of $50 per room per stay, beach towels in room, bottle of Cava upon arrival and concierge service. Family rooms (two adults and one or two children) are located near the kids' waterpark and include a welcome gift for children, snacks and juices in the minibar and bathrobes for adults and children.
A local charge may apply to facilities and activities shown on this page, unless they're advertised as free or included in the description of an All Inclusive package (if applicable to the hotel/board basis you are choosing). All facilities and activities on this page are subject to change/withdrawal.
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Entertainment pool
- Spa pool
- Whirlpool
- Sun terrace with sunloungers
- Pool/beach towels
- Main buffet restaurant
- International, Japanese and Mediterranean à la carte restaurants
- Swim-up pool bar
- Beach snack bar
- Snack bar
- Lobby bar
- Disco bar
- Cigar bar
- Windsurfing
- Introductory scuba lesson in pool
- Pedaloes
- Archery
- Basketball
- Beach volleyball
- Football
- Tennis
- Water polo
- French bowls
- Aerobics
- Aquaerobics
- Gym
- Sauna
- Massage
- Beauty treatments
- Darts
- Pool table
- Table tennis
- Regular evening entertainment, usually including live music and theme nights
- Mini-market
- 24hr reception
- Wi-Fi (selected areas)
- For children: Hotel-run kids' club (4-12yrs); kids' waterpark (4-12yrs); kids' pool; playground; playroom
A local charge may apply to facilities and activities shown on this page, unless they're advertised as free or included in the description of an All Inclusive package (if applicable to the hotel/board basis you are choosing). All facilities and activities on this page are subject to change/withdrawal.
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A few things you may not have known about Valentine's Day
Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
From the Editor
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I can't do this anymore. This feels so contrived.
Valentine's Day is here again. It's the day when all men have to do something for that special someone in their life for no logical reason other than it's an official holiday on the calendar and our culture tells us we have to.
First of all, here are a few facts:
- Eighty-five percent of people who give valentines on Valentine's Day are women, according to CBS News.
- Hallmark reports Valentine's Day is the second-largest card sending holiday of the year, after Christmas.
- The first American to mass produce Valentine greeting cards was Esther Howland.
- The tradition of exchanging Valentines began in the 1600s.
The beginnings of Valentine's Day, however, go back much further. It started with a man named Valentine.
How did Valentine's Day begin?
Valentine was a third century Roman priest who would secretly perform marriages for couples (or possibly more than one priest). You see, the reigning emperor at the time outlawed marriage.
The emperor wanted single men to be soldiers in his army. If they were married, he figured the men would be distracted.
Eventually, Valentine's secret marriage ceremonies were discovered. The emperor sentenced him to death and put him in jail.
While in jail, Valentine fell in love with a woman who happened to be his jailor's daughter. She would visit him on a regular basis. She would send him love letters.
Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day?
Prior to his death, Valentine had written a letter to this woman affectionately signed, "From Your Valentine." This greeting would forever establish him as one of the most romantic figures in history, which is why Valentine's Day is a day of romance.
Christians would later name Valentine a saint.
The fact that Valentine's day falls on February 14 is also significant. It happens to be the day Valentine was executed. It was also the date of an old Pagan fertility festival, in which a group of priests would get together and sacrifice a goat.
In case you didn't know, a goat was believed to symbolize fertility.
The Roman priests would take the hide of the goat, shave it into small strips and slap their women around with them. (No joke!)
The women considered this a special honor because it meant the following year would be more fertile for them.
And as we all know, nothing says I love you like a good slap across the face. On that note, Happy Valentine's Day.

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I'll be using Sir Kensington at #NYWFF Burger Bash! Get the Secret "George Burger" Recipe @6PM Friday
This is the opposite of standard choice in ketchup with a colorful story and efforts above and beyond in each and every jar of Sir Kensington's Scooping Ketchup. I might add the word gourmet to the description; with attention to making a difference in the ketchup experience with vine-ripened per tomato puree, agave nectar and raw brown sugar as its ingredients. Sir Kensington serving suggestions, two servings per jar. It's that good. I say more than just ketchup.
Available at fine specialty food shops like Dean and Deluca.
Classic Flavor: modeled to be a highly-evolved natural variant of the ketchup taste you know. The magnum opus of sauce – a classic reborn with a perfect balance of sweet and salty.
Spiced Flavor: infused with chipotle peppers, cilantro, lime juice, agave nectar, honey, and coriander. Spicy enough to entertain your taste buds without overpowering, it packs a pleasant punch.


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Daily Theme – May 16th
Hello Influencers!
You know by now that the newest issue of the Toluna magazine is out- but we didn't want to leave it at that. We wanted to celebrate even further and give each and every one of you reading the magazine 1000 points if you decide to participate in this daily theme!
Just read the magazine and share you honest feedback on toluna.com
Here's how this will work:
– Create a topic, with the title "Toluna Magazine"
– You must include a relevant photo in your content (any post without a photo will not be considered valid for the incentive) together with your personal opinion.
– You will receive a bonus on your content of 1000 points.
The magazine can be accessed here:
Canada: http://e-mag.toluna.com/books/fict/
The US: http://e-mag.toluna.com/books/dfln/
*This contest will be open until May 21st, 2018 at 11.59PM EST.
See you soon,
Toluna Team
*Promotion rules: Only one topic per person will be rewarded. The topic must have the title as given by the Daily Theme Contest post, and must be created within the time frame. Open to US and Canada only. Members will earn a 1000-point rank up bonus or direct credit to their account. Points will be awarded to winners on the 22nd of May 2018. Posts must not contain any language that is obscene, insulting, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, untrue, misleading or invasive of someone else's privacy. Toluna reserves the right to review all posts for content, and withhold bonus points from any user violating the rules mentioned above


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Lost Lake Farm, MI
Jenna Weiler
Tell us about your project, what do you do?
Lost Lake Farm is a small-scale, sustainable farm raising mixed vegetables and pastured pork. The farm is run by my husband Nate Cornell and I (Carissa Savage). The past few years we farmed on just a couple acres of borrowed land, but we recently purchased our own forty acres in Benzie County, Michigan. We are in the midst of moving our farm to the new land, located sixty miles away. We see this transition as an opportunity to drastically cut back on our outside work, as we dive full-time into expanding the farm.
We raise over thirty varieties of vegetables with organic practices. Our non-GMO heritage breed pigs are an integral part of our farming operation, eating our excess vegetables and fertilizing/tilling our future fields. We currently sell our products at Farmer's Markets and through a Farm Credit CSA model, where members invest in our farm and then order whatever vegetables and cuts of meat they want throughout the year. We love that our members are getting exactly what they like and will actually use; our customers love the flexibility of the program!
How did you get into this business? What introduced you to and made you passionate about what you do?
When we met, Nathan was a decade into his culinary career. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and had traveled the country working at fine restaurants. He has always been inspired by what is fresh and available at a particular place or season. As he became increasingly interested in the quality of the ingredients he was cooking with, and where those ingredients came from, he decided to investigate the local food movement from the inside and switch gears to farming. He then spent two years apprenticing at organic vegetable farms in Oregon.
Meanwhile, I was a recent college grad with a passion for community organizing and social justice. I worked for a non-profit that facilitated community gardens and a youth-run farm in low-income neighborhoods. I led children's garden clubs and cooking classes, and helped start a community-run laying hen cooperative to provide organic eggs for the neighborhood, gaining valuable experience managing the seeding and plant-start programs for the gardens.
After a few years spent gardening and farming, we decided to move back to Nathan's hometown in Northern Michigan and start our own farm. Land prices in Oregon were out of reach for us, and we saw a need for more fresh, local food in the small communities in Michigan.
What are you most excited about right now? What are some of your future goals?
We are most excited about the potential to expand our farm on our new land! We will be able to provide so much more good food for our community with our additional space and plan to expand our sales to grocery stores and wholesale outlets. Our farm also has a good bit of hilly acreage, so we are considering adding sheep and/or a small orchard to the mix.
We've waited to plant perennials until now since we didn't have a permanent home for our farm, so we look forward to planting asparagus, berries, fruit trees, etc. We strongly believe that diversity is vital for economic and environmental resilience, especially on small farms,.
What frustrates you most about your work or the current food culture at large? What do you wish to change the most?
We are frustrated by a lot of national food policies that are shaped by lobbyists and large corporations. Policies that allow sugary breakfast cereals to be promoted as healthy food options; subsidies of mono-crops like corn, that may not even end up as food; and policies that discourage labeling of GMOs so people can't make educated decisions about their food.
We want to bring transparency to food production, so people can know exactly how their vegetables and meats were raised. We want to promote healthy, whole foods instead of cheap processed "foods." It is extremely challenging to do this at a price point that is viable for the average customer and also provides a living wage to the farmer, but we're trying our best to get there.
Any recent moments of optimism? Things you see changing for the better?
We are encouraged by the efforts people in our community have made to purchase healthy food and support their local farmers. We know it is not always the easiest or most convenient choice to join a CSA or go to the farmer's market to shop, and we are grateful for those that do.
The reality of the modern consumer is part of why we make our Farm Credit program so flexible. There's no complex rescheduling if members are out of town for a week, no waste from vegetables they don't like or don't know what to do with. We want to make it as easy as possible for people to purchase good, clean food. And to actually EAT the food they get!
Up until now, we've been growing at such a small scale we haven't marketed any of our produce wholesale, but we are encouraged to see local food hubs forming so farmers can join forces to sell into larger institutions like hospitals and schools. The more we can get local food into grocery stores and other places where people routinely shop and eat, the better!
Favorite vegetable to eat, grow or wear?
It's hard to choose a favorite! There's something special about sugar snap peas though. They are one of the first vegetables we harvest in the spring other than greens, and it's so wonderful to have something raw, green, crunchy, and sweet after a long winter! Our customers love them, and they are our absolute favorite harvest snack.
Anything else you want us to know? Anything you want us to help you spread the word about?
You can find us at www.lostlakefarm.net, and on Facebook and Instagram.


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WHS sponsors a broad program of interscholastic sports and co-curricular activities including Student Government, different school-sponsored special-interest, active clubs, service organizations, broadcast journalism, yearbook, marching band, drill team, pep squad, community involvement, and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) sports.
ABC Unified School District programs, activities, and student clubs are available to all persons without regard to actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code.
Clubs are considered active when they meet at least once per month, participate in at least one community service project each year, and hold at least 2 activities per quarter.
- Class Pages
- Arts2Cure
- Association of Latin-American Students (ALAS)
- Beyond The Books
- Builder's Club
- California Scholarship Federation (CSF)
- Chess Club
- Chinese Club
- Club Kaibigan
- Digital Media Club
- Ecology and Wildlife Club
- Fashion Club
- French Club
- Girl Up
- Harvard Model Congress
- Japan Quiz Bowl
- Jesus Club
- Jr. National History Club
- Junior Statesmen of America
- Key Club
- Kokora Kara / Japanese Honors Society
- Korean Club
- Masquerade Club
- Mock Trial
- Nami (National Alliance on Mental Illness / Health)
- National History Club
- NHS - National Honors Society
- Pen on Paper (PoP)
- Pre-Med Club
- Red Cross Club
- Robotics Club
- Shanti Club
- Ultimate Frisbee Club
- Visions Thru Song (VTS)


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Under is a partial record of medicinal plants discovered on Flack Family Farm, either propagated or rising naturally. The medicinal plant is a protracted-stemmed member of the sunflower household found within the wild all through the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Understanding the therapeutic properties for numerous herbs and plants is something humans have been doing around the world for 1000's of years.
In truth, an individual who is allergic to any plant should assume twice before attempting herbals for dry pores and skin. As well as, there are natural dry skin merchandise that are meant to be ingested. sixteen. Schippmann U., Leaman D.J., Cunningham A.B. Influence of cultivation and gathering of medicinal crops on biodiversity: international trends and issues.
Direct makes use of of medicinal plants and their identification; p. 39. The juicy, thickened base of the leaves is used as a result of that is where most important oil is found. Historically the leaf juice of Inula cappa is been used locally for the treatment of jaundice.
The present assessment outlined the traditional info together with the main phytochemical compounds obtained from the listed plants which may be answerable for their traditional values within the chosen examine space. Utilizing herbs I've been ready assist my aged mom remove her want for prescription pain killers, blood sugar and anemia.
1988 Jan-Feb;51(1):136-41.Native American meals and medicinal crops, eight. Water-soluble constituents of Lomatium dissectum.VanWagenen BC, Huddleston J, Cardellina JH 2nd. You'll be able to develop your medicinal herbs from seed or purchase seedlings from your local nursery.


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Very excited to welcome back Strange Machines to The Acoustic. Come see one of the tightest jam bands on the scene. Tweed will be hitting the stage first so get here early and get ready to rage!!!!
Doors 8pm Music 9:30pm $10 at the door
Boston-born quartet Strange Machines have been steadily making a name for themselves in the Northeast jam scene. What started as a band focused on rock and reggae has slowly melded into a true melting pot of musical fusion, with sounds catering to heavy rock, funk, livetronica and a multitude of other genre's, all while stringing them together seamlessly to create a fluid and captivating live performance. Their original songs are nuanced by creative composition, practiced precision, and a looseness that allows them to truly explore the music they create.
They have shared the stage with national-touring acts such as Dopapod, Twiddle, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Turkuaz, Kung Fu, TAUK, Deep Banana Blackout, John Brown's Body, and more. Strange Machines have carved out their own niche in the east coast music scene and show no signs of slowing down.
Philadelphia's funktronica powerhouse, Tweed, is filling dance floors with their high-energy fusion of funk, rock, and electronica. Just as their namesake fabri...c of mingling colors and textures, Tweed has interwoven a psychedelic web of high energy performance and improvisation. Their collaboration can take listeners from multi-layered visions through the psyche to sweaty, raging disco dance parties driven by their own incessant beat. With several national tours, and a uniquely cohesive sound, they have proven they can bring the fun anywhere they go.


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Media celebrity Malaika Nnyanzi is set to join Kisementi based, 91.3 Capital FM. Word on the street is that she is joining the station to replace Sophie Tatu who quit her job last month.
On Friday, the sexy presenter signed out of KFM after two years. She had been the co-host of D'mighty Breakfast alongside Brian Mulondo and the duo really worked their way to expectation.
Our snoops understand the former Urban TV presenter will be joining Capital FM and she is going to be hosting an evening drive show according to Joel Isabirye, a renowned media personality.
"Now that capital radio has snapped malaika nyanzi from kfm, it points to something I talked about in my post a few weeks ago, that the system, the ownership, the management, and the structure of capital radio always finds solutions to short term challenges and always rebounds to excellence. it is a station built to last…since 1994. but malaika who is likely to reinforce their evening drive (overdrive) show needs a dominant male to complete the picture along with jimmy who is also doing a good job…", Joel Isabirye claims
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All or nothing. This project will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Fri, October 25 2019 10:44 PM UTC +00:00.
Shepherds and Wolves
A handcrafted strategy board game of cat and mouse, where wolves try to capture sheep and shepherds protect sheep by capturing wolves.
Shepherds and Wolves
A handcrafted strategy board game of cat and mouse, where wolves try to capture sheep and shepherds protect sheep by capturing wolves.
All or nothing. This project will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Fri, October 25 2019 10:44 PM UTC +00:00.
Shepherds and Wolves is a handcrafted board game for 2 players. It's easy to learn and tests your defensive and offensive game strategies.
This game is great for the young, old, and in between. My 5-year-old daughter loves playing the game.
Gameplay takes place in a lovely meadow. Shepherds work to rid the meadow of wolves. Wolves work to rid the meadow of sheep.
The shepherds are slow, but they are persistent. They can move at most three spaces as they try to remove all the wolves from the meadow. The wolves cannot harm them. Once the last wolf is removed from the board, the shepherds have won.
The wolves move fast and work in a pack. They can move up to 6 spaces as they try to eat all of the nine sheep. Once the last sheep has been eaten, the wolves have won.
The Basic Game Set is built from more economical materials and contains everything you need to play a full game of Shepherds and Wolves. The set features a custom designed card stock box, custom game board, and wooden figures. It does not include the handcrafted folding wooden box. Both sets function the same.
The Basic Game Set is the custom designed game board box and all the pieces needed for game play.
What you get:
1 Custom Designed Card Stock Box
1 Custom Cardboard Game Board
4 Wooden Shepherd Pawns
4 Wooden Wolf Pawns
9 Wooden Sheep Pawns
1 Black Six-Sided Wolf Die and 1 Red Six-Sided Shepherd Die
1 Z-Fold Instructions Booklet
1 Cotton Game Satchel
The Hand-Crafted Folding Wooden Board Set is handmade in my workshop and contains everything you need to play a full game of Shepherds and Wolves. The pieces are not handmade; they are the same as in the Basic Set. The set features a foldable board that opens up to become the game board. The pieces and instructions are stored inside the box with a magnetic clasp. Both sets function the same.
What you get:
1 Custom Designed Card Stock Box
4 Wooden Shepherd Pawns
4 Wooden Wolf Pawns
9 Wooden Sheep Pawns
1 Black Six-Sided Wolf Die and 1 Red Six-Sided Shepherd Die
1 Z-Fold Instructions Booklet
1 Cotton Game Satchel
Decide which player will be the wolves and which will play the shepherds.
Wolves roll the 6-sided black dice first.
Shepherds roll the red dice numbered 1-3.
Wolves and Shepherds alternate rolling turns.
Wolves go first. Roll the wolf dice once and move in any direction moving one space at a time for every number rolled on the dice (numbered 1-6). The ultimate goal for the wolf player is to take all the sheep off of the game board.
Shepherds roll. Roll the shepherd dice and try to reach any wolves within your roll or if the wolf/wolves are too close, use your roll to protect your sheep! The ultimate goal of the shepherds is to take all the wolves off of the game board by landing on them.
Sheep pieces do not move. They stay in one spot as the shepherds try to protect them.
Wolves can move diagonally, sideways, or up and down. Numbers rolled on the dice can be split between different pieces. As wolves attack, each sheep they land on is taken out of the game. Wolves cannot jump over shepherds or sheep.
Shepherds can move diagonally, sideways, or up and down. Numbers rolled on the dice can be split between different pieces. They cannot jump over sheep. They must go around them. As shepherds attack wolves, each wolf they land on is taken out of the game.
Shipping and handling for the games will be calculated after purchase, but below I have a close estimate of the final cost. Both game boxes would easily fit inside of a first class priority mail box. The wooden box would have a slightly higher cost for shipping.
The Basic Set
Shipping is not included in the pledge amount and will be added after the end of the campaign.
Shipping within the United States - $15 per set
Shipping to anywhere else in the world - $35 per set
Hand-Crafted Folding Wooden Board Set
Shipping is added at pledge time for Hand-Crafted Folding Wooden Board Set. Set is made of premium materials and therefore slightly more costly to ship.
Shipping within the United States - $20 per set
Shipping to anywhere else in the world - $35 per set
My name is Jimmy Tim Fry. I live in upstate New York with my wife and two children. I'm a metal sculptor/artist, woodworker, and elementary school teacher. I love playing board games, gardening, hiking, reading, building things and learning about new materials. I've worked in many different fields including marketing, book publishing, baking bread, assisting a ceramic artist, and teaching. I love teaching because it is different every day and making learning enjoyable for kids is just a pretty awesome thing to do for a living. I've mass produced bookshelves for a Montessori school, sculptures, projects for kids in camps, and have shown my artwork in various galleries in the Northeast. I've been metal sculpting for 20 years, woodworking for 10, and teaching for 15.
The design, drawings for the box and woodworking in this project are all the fruits of my own two hands. My grandfather was an auto mechanic and I loved being in his home because everything in it was tweaked a bit by him. The gate handles, latches, air conditioner, tools, door knobs, were all redesigned after small component failures. If something stopped working, he would first try to fix it. His life was DIY. This project is a bit of my desire to be more like my grandpa.
My biggest competitor has been my 5 year-old daughter. She prefers playing the shepherds and I had to tweak the dice for the game after losing to her more often than I could handle.
One reason this project has been so fun for me is that metal sculpture cannot be mass produced easily. Making a metal sculpture is an expensive process which means the cost of my pieces must be high. To buy a metal sculpture, you have to have a large enough property or house to install it and you must have a lot of money on hand to be able to justify buying a large piece you like. If I wanted to "make it' as a metal sculptor, I'd need to market to the high end buyer. Not being a high end buyer myself, this rubs me the wrong way. I'd like to make things anyone can enjoy. I'm excited about this project because it adds all my passions into one package that can be shared by anyone. I can make this project affordable to anyone who wants to give it a try.
What's next? I have other games I'd like to make. Last month I came up with another board game I'm excited to work on. It's a 2-4 player game that has a circular design instead of a square. I have a list of other board game ideas bubbling up in the cauldron as well that I'd like to get out there.
The idea for Shepherds and Wolves came to me when I was preparing a summer camp for elementary age kids called DIY Board Games. In the camp, I taught students about simple probability, gave each one of them a blank wooden board as a game canvas, and used the game I made (Shepherd's and Wolves) as a teaching guide to help them design their own games. The camp was pretty awesome. I've been working on developing it for a year now and feel it is ready to go. I have played the game with friends, family, co-workers and my students. In the end, I've gotten a ton of enjoyment making the game, experimenting with tweaks and alterations, and researching how to make the game happen on a larger scale.
I wanted a game on a grid board like a chess board, but where the goal was to go to the center of the board instead of to the sides. A chess and checkerboard are 8 x 8. If the board has too many tiles, the shepherds can be outrun too easily. Since the board has four sides, four shepherds and four wolves made the most sense. The number of sheep was another story and needed some play and experimentation to figure out.
The first step in making this game was how many tiles to have on the board. The original game board was a 12 x 12 grid. I made sheep pawns and started playing around. If you wanted to have game pieces form a square in the center of a a 12 x 12 board, the center square would have to have a side with on even number to fit on the board. So, I could have a board with 4 sheep (2 x 2) or 16 sheep (4 x 4). 4 sheep would be too easy for the wolves to capture with a dice that went up to 6 and 16 sheep would be too challenging. A board with 16 sheep would also need to be increased to 14 x 14 tiles to make room for the shepherds and wolves to move around. So, I made a 13 x 13 board. This allows for the center square to have an odd number of sides and 9 sheep (3 x 30 seemed like the perfect fit. There is room for the wolves and shepherds to move as they jockey for position to attack or defend the sheep.
I next worked on the dice and game play to make the two sides of the game fair. The dice, of course, add a bit of the random to the game. The game allows for different strategies and you can switch sides to test your skill a bit more.
This project has the option to buy the cardboard game or the wooden box design. The wooden box folds over and has a space on the inside for the pieces and directions. The original board was a flat ½ inch piece of plywood. I wanted a folded box version because it's just a nice feel. I did look into outsourcing a laser cutter to add my font and artwork to the wooden box, but the price was just too high for my liking.
Risks and challenges
The biggest challenge to this project is finding the time to make the handmade wooden boxes. That's why I'd need the summer of 2020. I'm a teacher and could use the summer months to finish up this project.
Hand-making anything allows for slight differences in each box created. Personally, I like a little bit of the unique in life. It's what the Japanese art of Wabi Sabi is all about. The wooden boards would have individual differences as every piece of wood is slightly different.
I have two children under the age of 6 and a full time job from September to June. I would produce most of the hand-made boards the summer of 2020. The kids would have a babysitter or camp for the summer so I could mass produce the boxes.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter


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PowerCube Extended USB 1.5m Extension Plug & Cable (7400)
PowerCube Extended USB 1.5m Extension Plug & Cable (7400)
This is the most extensive version of the PowerCube. It has a 1.5 metre extension cord fitted to it, so it can be mounted anywhere to have a power outlet within reach.
To do this, a stick-on dock is included. An ideal location is your desktop: there is no more need to duck beneath your desk to plug in your laptop! This PowerCube also includes a powered Dual USB port, so your mobile devices (including tablet computers!) can be recharged from your desktop.


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By Jackie Davis
May 20, 1988
Date the first issue was published
Anita Willis (Editor, Cottage Life West, 2014 to 2016) on her favourite story
"Our feature about taking your cat to the cabin ('The Kitty Contingent,' Early Summer '16). Most fun for me were the cottage-cat stories and photos we solicited from readers. As the submissions rolled in, I spent hours poring over adorable cat photos and anecdotes at work."
David Zimmer (Editor, 1997 to 2000), on the cover that freaked him the heck out
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NEW YORK -- DowDuPont, born last September from the merger of U.S. titans Dow Chemical and DuPont, sees Asian markets as crucial for building fine chemicals, the new entity's executive chairman told The Nikkei.
The merged company targets the first half of 2019 for a planned split into three businesses specializing in the fields of agriculture, materials science and specialty products, in pursuit of market leadership, said Andrew Liveris, who served as CEO of Dow Chemical. Edited excerpts from the interview follow.
Q: How do you intend to approach Asian markets?
A: Our strategy has been very simple: Build the big commodities in places that have low-cost feedstocks, like Saudi Arabia or the U.S., but inside markets in Asia, build the fine chemicals, the value-added chemicals.
We have had very low market share in Asia because we've not had the capacity to supply the markets there for a long time. In the last seven years, we've added the Sadara [Chemical, a joint venture with Saudi Aramco] facility, but also U.S. facilities. That gives our Asia operations the chance to grow faster using materials from Saudi Arabia. We are moving product very quickly into Asia. Half of the output of the facility in Saudi Arabia will come to Asia.
Q: What impact do you see from China's environmental regulations?
A: I was just in China with President Donald Trump's visit, and I listened very carefully to ... the Chinese side on their prioritization. I think sustainable urbanization and sustainable agriculture are two imperatives of the current Chinese leadership, which means the word "sustainable" is very key to them. Blue skies, clear waters and green forests are what President Xi Jinping talks about. I don't think they're going to go backwards on that. I think you'll see more closures, more modernization.
You'll see the Asian chemical market increasingly decommoditize, from high volume to high value. There are supply-side issues in China, which are structural, but also in the rest of Asia -- Taiwan, South Korea and Japan have this issue of making commodity products off of imported oil, and it is not affordable. You'll see structural changes occur, and the best examples of the early stages of that are in places like Singapore, which are going to high-tech, high-value chemicals.
Q: Why is DowDuPont splitting into three companies, and when will the process be complete?
A: To the second question, the timing is based on the separation of two balance sheets to create three, across the world, with the complexity of legal entities and information technology systems and the extraction of synergies. Let's say the first half of 2019, roughly. We will know a lot more by the time we get to Q3-Q4 of '18, because much of the separation of the balance sheets into their different credit structures will be clear.
As for "Why?" -- because, in today's global economy ... to grow and grow faster than the market, you have to have focus and deep capability in different markets, and to be No. 1 or No. 2, you have to have that focus on scale.
Today, the public markets in the United States, and elsewhere actually, are demanding more short-term returns, because of uncertainty. The world is getting more uncertain. Wherever you put your money to invest, you need to feel comfortable you can have a return over a period of time. That period of time is becoming shorter and shorter, so instead of five or 10 years, it's now three years, or even one year. To get short-term returns, you have to have speed, agility and focus -- not massive diversification.
Driven by uncertainty and cheap monetary policy, the pressure on owners to have returns, or on pension funds, is increasing. Enterprises that, like ours, are owned by the pension funds have to respond to it.
[To run such an enterprise] today, you have to be an excellent portfolio manager. After this merger is finished, we at Dow will have changed 70 percent of our portfolio in seven years.
Q: Some have described this administration's trade policy as protectionism. Does that accurately describe what President Trump is trying to do?
A: A few years ago, I wrote a book called "Make It in America." In that book ... I said there is no such thing as "free trade." There's such a thing as "fair trade." And what this president is saying is that one of the reasons the U.S. has been an open economy for four or five decades is that, in essence, it used its consumption ... and opened up its borders so that goods could come from anywhere in the world.
The unintended consequence was that the U.S. investment base went down, U.S. factories went down and manufacturing as a percent of the economy went down to 11 percent, from 25 percent. The job losses in the United States in manufacturing over the years 2000 to 2010 were over 5 million. If I want free access or fair access to your market, that is not protectionism; that is fairness.
Q: Do you think the U.S. does not need to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, that it should pursue bilateral trade relations?
A: I think a multilateral agreement can go to the lowest common denominator easily ... In the TPP, there were several exceptions -- like pharmaceuticals, or biopharmaceuticals in particular -- that were difficult, and each country had its exception list. I never saw the full details of TPP; they were not made available to businesses. But I got the strong impression that the negotiators went to the exceptions, the lowest common denominator, and each industry had an issue with different parts of it. It was complicated. In the sense of simplicity, I would think bilateral [dealings] would make better sense.
With the U.S. and Japan, it's very clear what trade is. It's very clear that Japanese companies like to invest in the U.S. Many have done that. So then, what are the two or three things that have to be solved between the U.S. and Japan? That's a much simpler conversation than introducing China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia or New Zealand.
Especially if you look at [economies with which the U.S. runs a trade deficit]: Don't worry about the ones that are even; go to the ones that have an issue with deficit. I think that's the approach [the U.S. government is] using.


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So I have been kind of introspective lately, looking back at my journey in pastoral life. I am coming up on 10 years in service as a pastor, which is a little mind-boggling , but I thought off and on I would jot down a few thoughts and observations, sharing on a few things that I have noticed, and a few things that I have learned over the years. This is by no means an exhaustive list or a conclusive list, but I think it is helpful to observe and reflect on recurring themes and patterns, and in the same way, I think it's helpful to give a look behind-the-scenes, to pull back the veil as it were, and hopefully these thoughts will be helpful!
I have the ability to see into the future. I know, I know, you are wondering what spiritual gift I am actively using to discern these times, and you are wondering what internship or school of ministry I attended in order to pick up these seemingly supernatural abilities. Try as I must, I cannot seem to overcome the urge within me to answer your query with a cliche. I did not learn this seemingly supernatural skill at a School of Supernatural Ministry... I learned this skill at the School of Hardknocks (See what I did there?)
I have noticed over the years that one's spiritual health and one's headspace is often directly related to where they choose to sit at church. At this point, you are thinking about where you sit at church, and you are wondering what where you sit at church actually says to me, and that sounds like an amazingly satirical post, which may happen sometime soon (you know something like: WHAT WHERE YOU SIT AT CHURCH SAYS ABOUT YOU or WHAT WHERE YOU SIT AT CHURCH SAYS TO EVERYONE ELSE), but for now, let me explain what I mean.
I grew up in a church where my parents were so faithful, so regular, so consistent, that even in a packed auditorium the ushers would literally save my parents seats to the latest moment possible because they were in and of themselves somewhat of an institution within the institution. The ushers assumed that there was no possible way they were actually, so they held their seats thinking that they must be working on something else in the building and would be arrive at any moment, but I digress.
Let's say you normally sit in the third row. That's your spot. You love the third row. You have your place. And when you don't get to sit there, things just don't feel right. That spot is your jam. What you might not realize is that others all around you will soon begin to recognize that as your spot as well... But wait... there's more. I notice it as well.
That's right, the preacher knows where you sit, why? Because he looks at you week after week sitting in that exact spot. So... when you move from that spot, and you change up your location, that simple action speaks, and to me, it speaks loudly. When people are struggling with something, either publicly or privately I have noticed that they begin to withdraw. For some reason it just seems safer to pull back and curl up in the fetal position holding on for dear life. Guess what... when you start withdrawing internally, there is an external manifestation of that internal turbulence: you start withdrawing from church by changing seats. It may be as simple as moving from the third row to the fourth, it may be a more substantial jump back. Regardless of where you move to, where you sit starts to speak to me.
Like clockwork, the further back that person sits the further they withdraw.
At this point, you are still thinking about where you sit and what that says about your personality and you are wondering whether or not I am judging you on it... I'm not, but I have to ask, if you feel that guilty about it, what are you saying to you right now that maybe you should be paying attention to.
The next thing that you are feeling is a blend of desperation and maybe even a little bit of anger.. You are actively reacting to the seeming nonchalance with which I mention this theory and you are wondering what I actually do about this problem. You are hoping that I jump into action and pour my heart and soul out to this people. You are hoping that I chase them down, and shake them back to life... you are thinking about your friend and wondering what I'm not doing more to help... or maybe you just leaned back in your church, put down your beverage, crossed your arms and said, "huh," running through a list of names and faces of those who did or do sit beside you at church.
So what do I do about this blaring obvious situation you might ask?
Are you ready for this?
I do the same thing I always do. I go over, say hi, ask about their family, talk about their life, if we haven't connected recently (Desiree and I currently try and connect with two families a week, for dinner or some kind of activity, on top of our 'normal' schedule) I try and plan a date to connect. It is during this conversation that my suspicions are either confirmed or outright denied. What I am hoping for is that my suspicions are confirmed. That means we are able to get involved. That means they are willing to talk about it, and they are welcoming whatever help we (and when I say we I mean we as we the church - in this case speaking of us and our team) can offer.
The real problem comes when my suspicions are denied. When we engage in casual small talk, try for weeks on end to find a time to connect (not always an indicator, some people are busy but some are hiding) and ultimately skirt whatever issue they are working through. I watch the withdraw unfold before my eyes, week after week as they fade and withdraw from community with their seating location screaming at me weekly as an indicator of the condition of their heart. The third row becomes the fourth, and then the sixth, and the pattern continues, with their frequency of attendance becoming increasingly sporatic, their arrival time getting later and later, until finally you stop seeing their faces when you scan the crowd.
Inevitably, you hear through friends or if we're being honest, you hear through Facebook of their struggles, and as a Pastor you stare at the screen heartbroken, re-evaluating every conversation and every interaction.
If you really want to know what's going on inside a Pastor's head, then keep reading, but if at this point you would like to superimpose your story onto this post and you are hanging and hurting at leaders or the church for not doing enough for somebody, then I would encourage you to take a moment to breathe. Step away from the screen, clear your head, and put down your phone. Once you've cleared your head, and open your heart and mind to another perspective and to another side of the story.
I have performed the relationship autopsy one a handful of these situations. More often that not, we are able to work through life situations, and see people bounce back, but there is still a fair percentage that end up fading out into the distance, and honestly, most of these people end up drifting. Drifting in their faith, drifting from church to church, or no church at all, and it is incredibly painful to watch if you are sitting on my side of the fence.
As you can see, my ability to gaze into the future is directly connected to a subconscious physical manifestation of someone's internal turmoil. Most people I have chatted with have never noticed the pattern, and have never connected it to their situation, but this last piece generally seems to confirm my suspicions. The families who we are able to work with through their situation often return to their original spot, or find a completely new spot within one month of resolution, and may I add, without any prompting or any comment from me in regards to their seating at any time during our exchange.
So... now that I've let you in on my little secret, I was thinking that we could pivot. Instinctively, I want to start a new post, and let this one hang there like that, without any form of resolution, but I figured, that wouldn't do this post any justice.
One of the hazards of the job is that times pastors can get labelled as evil incarnate. You get viewed as someone who didn't care enough, didn't do enough, or as someone who is only power hungry and just doesn't care at all. I realize that there is a potential for me to become the face of someone's frustration, because, at times, all most of us are looking for is someone to bear the brunt of our anger and become the embodiment of the struggle so that we can find some sense of resolution or restitution by taking out our anger on someone of something... this is also why people become mad at "the church" or they become hurt by "the church" because it's easier to be angry at a nameless, faceless entity with no emotions than it is to angry at a person, although, we have to realize that the institution didn't hurt you, a person did.
But I would like us to consider for a moment one thought...
Most of this post as revolved around my perspective, but I think there is something that each and every one of us can extrapolate from my observations. Here are some quick takeaways for you:
1) BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS - Who do you sit beside? Who sits near you or around you? Do you have "a spot" or do you roam? If you have a spot do you know the others who are regulars in your section?
2) CONNECT - If you sit in the same spot, but only can think of faces and not names in your section then it is time for you to connect. Say hi, re-introduce yourself, it may seem awkward, but there's a good chance they don't know your name either. It is better to burst the bubble than live in yearning silence.
3) OBSERVE - Is there someone who regularly sits in your section, and has for a while, but now no longer sits there? Are they sitting further back? Are they constantly sitting further back?
4) ASK - Ask Jesus (that's code for 'prayer') to increase your awareness and concern for those around you. Ask yourself to become more connected to those around you. Give yourself permission to go for lunch, go for coffee, and to have a meaningful conversation with the people in your section
5) ASK - I know, I know, I already said that. But here is my request, ASK FOR HELP. If you are going through something, if you are in the midst of a struggle, ASK FOR HELP, ASK FOR SUPPORT, ASK FOR PRAYER. Most people I deal with, wait to ask for help until the situation is in need of miraculous intervention. While I love miracle stories, I love it when we can support people in the small things, to help stop a bigger thing from ever happening
6) TAKE RESPONSIBILITY - The church isn't a nameless, faceless entity or corporation with a strategic leader at the helm who is employed by said entity to take care of all your needs. YOU ARE THE CHURCH. I AM THE CHURCH. WE ARE THE CHURCH. That means that you shouldn't just leave it somebody else. It means that the best thing that you can do is get involved in the lives of people around you. You will discover that those very same people who you connect with now, when things are going well for you, are the very same people who will carry you through your next storm... IF you let them.
7) STOP HIDING - Small talk is ok, Real Talk is essential. Although your actions will ultimately betray you (I believe your seating pattern, as discussed, is your subconscious asking for help). If you just come and get what you need and go home, you will be satisfied, for a while. Then you will ultimately find yourself, upset, hurt, or in a tough spot with seemingly no one to turn to. This will lead you to possibly to leave your church or community and start the process somewhere else which will signal the beginning of this cycle again. Community is a two-way street. If you are looking for connection, then you have to be willing to ENGAGE
8) PRIORITIZE - Here is a bonus secret for today: Pastors & Leaders do not schedule events for the sake of having events, there is a method to the madness. We schedule stuff to give you the opportunity to CONNECT. There are two ways that you can hide. You can hide in plain sight, by going to things but keeping to yourself and not talking to anyone or you can hide by not attending. If you are feeling disconnected you need to prioritize your connectivity. Attend as many things as possible, break out of your comfort zone by actually talking to someone else
9) OWN IT - Your connectivity is up to you. I can plan, schedule, meet, talk, pray, and preach with you, for you and at you, but if you don't prioritize your own connectivity then you will find yourself alone and disconnected in a sea of others who are also desperate to connect. Did you know that most others are looking for the same thing that you are looking for, but the greatest lies are the ones that you keep using as an excuse to not have to engage. You might think that everyone is alright or everyone is too busy, or that everyone is so abundantly popular that they have no time for you. But what you have to realize, is that most of us are looking for somebody to connect, and most of are going through the same mental anguish of working up the courage to actually connect. So there you go... there's your first talking point, talk about how hard it can be to talk to new people!
10) LEAN IN - In the most difficult seasons of life we tend to withdraw and hide. Can I ask you a question, how has that been working for you? Chances are, not great. And yet we continuously repeat the cycle, finding new scapegoats along the way to embody your disenfranchisement with the institution. The hard lessons begin we realize that I AM, YOU ARE & WE ARE that institution. It's not just some entity, it's us! In the midst of the most difficult seasons of life, LEAN IN to your community, REACH OUT for connectivity, LOOK UP for direction and BE INTENTIONAL about building meaningful relationships and not hiding in a sea of humanity.
BONUS THOUGHT: You might think that you can only get lost in a big church community, not true. Some of the easiest places to hide are in plain sight in a small to mid-size community. It's easy to be a familiar face that nobody really connects to
Hey! Thanks for reading! I'm gonna plug away at this series of blog posts, probably in a sporatic fashion, but hey, now you know! I recently wrote a book that I believe will help you immensely! So if you liked this post, then you are gonna love my book, Hope Not Hype! It's available on Amazon, Kindle, and many other online retailers, even Barnes & Noble, but the best deal always come through me, so click the link below!
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Why plastic is (often) not a problem
2018 seems to be the year against plastic. Social medias are full of videos from different organisations raising awareness against the dire consequences of our disposable plastic consumption. Oceans are the particular focus on most of these campaigns as the threat of plastic is becoming more known and new studies keep on showing every few months that plastic dumped in the oceans comes back to us in many creative ways, in our food most notably. Here from Greenpeace Australia, if you don't like to read that much, here is a documentary for you… And since we are at it, check this out about the plastic continent.
It is also very trendy in the zero-waste/eco-conscious community to rain down hell on plastic, to worship the vintage glass jar, to hail the bamboo disposable fork. This, however won't save the planet. It might even destroy it faster than plastic.
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Glass is made mainly of sand, also used quite widely to make concrete. We are already over-extracting sand from the environment and a radical increase in the global demand (as a large shift to glass jar would require) would only further increase the destruction of marine life, marine coastlines and everywhere else we get our sand from. Plus, on a very practical matter, have you ever held a jar in your hand? These bad boys are both very fragile and extremely heavy. The amount of extra energy necessary to transport such jars around the globe would probably increase their carbon footprint very significantly. I am therefore pretty sure glass jars have a much higher carbon footprint than plastic containers all the while being less practical.
Alternatives to Styrofoam cups, plastic plates and cutlery have been popping up everywhere in the Western world. Nowadays, you are not a respectable, hipster coffee shop or "healthy" fast-food joint if your paper napkins are not brown, your cutlery made of wood or bamboo and your plates of cardboard (hello Exqi and the likes!). The thing is though, wood is not recycled and neither is paper and cardboard that has been covered in oil and food stains. So while it might not become a microparticle that will kill birds or come back in our stomach when we eat fish, it still takes up to several months to biodegrade, requires a lot of work to be moved around to where it can do just that and stays very much a garbage that will pile up somewhere and cause problems.
Oh, yeah, here is also a fun fact. It is better to give a plastic bag to people showing up at your store or conference than a trending tote bag. Tote bags have a much higher carbon footprint and the point is that you shouldn't need or get two billions of them, a couple are enough. So while it makes you feel good, it does more harm than good. So, really, ditch it and find a better way to protect the environment.
Changing our habits around waste
The reusable bag frenzy and why it is backfiring is actually the perfect example of what the problem really is. It does not matter what material we use as long as we are still in the habit of throwing it after one use. Single-use items create enormous amount of problems and waste, both in terms of trash and money. We spend billions producing, distributing, cleaning, moving, sorting and storing our trash every year. I mean, we used to ship part of it to China until this year… For real?
If we suddenly banned plastic cutlery and simply replaced all of it with wooden alternatives, what do we think would be left of our forest? How do you expect nature could meet that enormous demand? Instead of an ocean full of plastic, we would have a world without trees. Does that seem better to you?
Going back to the tote bags/reusable bags, if we keep getting 10-20 or more every year, we are actually having a worse carbon footprint than our former habit of plastic bags. If people always forget to bring the bag they bought the last time to do their shopping, if they end up buying new ones every time, things are worse off than they were.
This is why it is our single-use habit that needs to change in order to meaningfully impact our environment in a positive way. As long as we focus our energy in pointing fingers to easy targets, we won't be able to evolve into a more sustainable society. Until we gain the awareness to ask ourselves the right questions about our habit of polluting and creating waste, we won't really make a difference. If we cannot forgo some of our comfortable but perilous habits, like not planning before shopping, we can try to get rid of any particular material and replace it with a more neutral one, it will still be a problem to deal with.
Take (a small) action now!
So how about this? How about you prepare a shopping bag, one full of plastic, tote or whatever bags and containers you might need when you shop. Always put it back together when you're done sorting your shopping at home, always take it with you when you go shopping. Hang it by the frontdoor if you think you'll forget about it.
How about you make a lunch box, with some cutlery from your kitchen, a washable napkin, a cup so that when going to eat in your favorite place, you don't have to repeatedly use single-use items?
There are another one million things you can anticipate and do to starve off your single-use item addiction and honestly, are the two I just mentioned really a bother?


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You get more done when you work less, says Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a Silicon Valley consultant. Go ahead, scoff.
But the guy managed to write two books in three years. Working only four hours a day and daydreaming the rest of the time. In a review for the New York Times, Arianna Huffington called Pang's "Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less" a "valuable book."
He also created The Restful Company, which helps busy professionals become highly productive by taking time off.
We picked his brain about what everyone from 9-to-5ers to stay-at-home parents can do to benefit from the concept of "rest more, work less."
Pang's comments were lightly edited for space and clarity.
What resting is not
In today's world, we see rest as a negative space defined by the absence of work. It's not passive, sitting on a couch with a remote and a bag of snacks.
Active rest is more restorative than passive rest. It offers more detachment from work, and a more fulfilling use of our time.
The right way to rest
The people I describe in the book practiced what I call deliberate rest.
They organized their days so their rest followed immediately after periods of focused work: a long walk after a morning in the laboratory, or a vacation after a hard few weeks.
How to overcome rest guilt
When you practice deliberate rest, your subconscious is still working on problems, and you're rebuilding your energy and resilience. As a result, you'll be more productive and engaged
Rest is not sitting on a couch with a remote and a bag of snacks
For stay-at-home parents and those juggling two or more jobs…
When you have the chance to switch off and rest, do so as completely as possible. That means switching off your phone, not checking work email or voicemail and having a hobby or other activity that will occupy your attention and energy.
Mental rest while at work
Military reservists who come back from a week of training can be as psychologically restored as someone who's been on vacation.
A weeklong vacation every three months
You reach peak vacation happiness after a week, and the benefits of a vacation last about two months.
Pang's own example
When I'm working on a book, I'm working hard for about four hours a day, and giving my mind lots of time to wander.
Using this practice I've written two books in three years
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Here's the formula for finding what Pang calls "deep play," a restful activity that will complement your job. "For instance, lots of scientists and CEOs are mountain climbers. They love the analytical, problem-solving part of climbing plus the discipline needed to reach the summit," Pang says.
Deep play = Rewards of work – job frustrations + different medium + personal angle.


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Once you understand the importance of Digital Business and decided to take action, it is important to have clear goals for your Digital Transformation activities. There are three kinds of opportunities with Digital Transformation: make your business operations more efficient, transform your operations and add more value to customers, and find new business models with digital avenues. You need to decide what your goals are to achieve the expected results. Here are some keys to navigate the challenges you will encounter once you set clear goals and set off activities to transform your business to Digital Business:
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Before I was a mama to four little ones, I thought all babies were the same once born. However, now that I specialize in posed newborn portraiture, I can attest this is anything but true. Newborns are absolutely perfectly, wonderfully and fearfully made. They are all unique, individual and even from the first few days old, have their own spirit setting them apart.
This inspires me to focus on macro images in all of my posed sessions. You see, having a soulful final gallery is of the utmost importance to me. I set your galleries apart by including unique color schemes, cozy wrapping, newborn safety, and also focusing on spectacular macro photos of your precious bundle of joy.
Parents often ask, "what's a macro image?" The answer is simple! Macro images are a type of photography. The skill is photographing the objects very close to the lens, thus showcasing all of the special details. You use a special kind of lens for this, as a typical portrait or telephoto lens cannot do the trick. Here's the Canon 100 mm f/2.8L professional grade I keep on hand in my studio.
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