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A super stitcher from Billingshurst is currently impressing judges as a contestant on BBC2 series 'the Great British Sewing Bee'.
On Tuesday night (March 4) viewers saw Lynda Lewis, who suffers from nerve deafness, proceed to the next round after she was successfully crowned the winner of the first task of the third episode.
The 58-year-old told the County Times: "It's been amazing, everywhere I go people are recognising me and saying such lovely things. "I get really choked up and I didn't expect it at all so it's been a really big surprise for me that people have reacted the way that have."
Despite having no intentions of entering the show, Lynda, who works as a learning support assistant for a deaf child with Downs Syndrome at Billingshurst Primary School, was persuaded by her eldest daughter to send in an application form and was told the following day she had been shortlisted.
"I was amazed," added Lynda, who moved to Billingshurst from Caerphilly in Wales two years ago to be closer to her grandchildren.
"The first thing I had to do was go to school and talk to my headteacher and ask if I could have the time off because there would have been no point even going to the interview if she wasn't happy and without her blessing I wasn't happy to do it. She was fine with it and it went from there."
The series is presented by Claudia Winkleman and now has eight episodes, compared to four in the first series, and sees finalists competing in three sewing challenges during the hour-long show which are then judged by May Martin, from the Women's Institute, and Savile Row's Patrick Grant.
Lynda grew up surrounded by all things sewing as her mother was a tailoress. She made her first dress when she was in junior school and currently loves nothing more than making things for her grandchildren.
It was also at a young age, around 11-years-old, that Lynda also realised that she was unable to hear properly. This was particularly so when teachers in class would turn their back to write on a blackboard and she wouldn't know what was being said.
At first she wasn't believed due to the fact she was able to speak so well and, despite numerous trips to the doctors with her mother, it wasn't until years later that she was diagnosed.
Lynda explained: "It wasn't until I was 23 that I said I was going back to the doctors and not leaving until they let me go to hospital because I've had enough of it. They gave me an appointment at the hospital and had my very first hearing test and they said 'oh you are deaf and you lip read remarkably well'."
Lynda was given one hearing aid before having to use two when her hearing gradually got worse. She is able to hear some sounds, but not which direction they're coming from, and she is unable to pick up the human voice. Without the hearing aids she can't hear anything.
But she didn't let her deafness affect her time on the Sewing Bee, and even went on to win garment of the week for her men's pyjamas in the second show.
"The first week was difficult because I don't think they realised how deaf I was and people forget because I talk okay, but they were brilliant," she continued.
"I had an interpreter with me all the time and she was great but also the people that were there, the crew, they would sign to me. They would ask the interpreter what things are and sign things like asking me if I wanted a cup of tea. It was really nice because everyone made an effort to communicate with me."
Lynda has been overwhelmed with the support she has received from her family, deaf organisations, on social media and when she has been recognised on the street including at a recent trip to Fisher's Farm Park where a little girl who wanted to show Lynda her handmade dress.
"It's been amazing, everywhere I go. People are recognising me and saying such lovely things. I get really choked up and I didn't expect it at all so it's been a really big surprise for me that people have reacted the way that have."
See how Lynda gets on in the episode of the Great British Sewing Bee which be shown on BBC2 at 8pm on Tuesday March 11.
Find Lynda on Twitter @SigningStitcher.
For our full feature with Lynda, see next week's WOW Guide (March 13).


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Doomed / by Chuck Palahniuk.
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- Publisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., [2013]
- Copyright: ℗2013
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| Sequel to: Damned.
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| Madison Spencer, the liveliest, snarkiest dead girl in the universe, continues the adventures in the afterlife begun in Damned. Having reluctantly escaped from Hell, she now wanders the purgatory that is Earth as a ghostly spirit, seeking her do-gooding celebrity parents, fighting the control of Satan, recounting the funny encounter with her grandfather in a highway rest stop in New York, and climaxing in a rendezvous with destiny on the new, plastic continent in the Pacific called Madlantis.
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Lonesummer - I Hope You Miss Me Now, Because I Want You to Know How Much that Hurts
Wintersleep - Dead Letter and the Infinite Yes
Squarepusher - Stadium Ice
Neptune Project The Inside
Shiny Toy Guns - Fading Listening
AWE - Eagle Soul
Ino Hidefumi - +2°C
Frank Ocean - Thinkin bout you.
This. I can't wait for my copy of the 2005 demo reissue. Now if only they reissued the s/t demo.
Zedd - Slam the Door (Spotify)
Also wins an award for one of the strangest music videos I've seen for a while
Ensiferum - From Afar
andymori - Transit in Thailand
Aphex Twin - Rhubarb
QOTSA - Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Carpathian Forest - Hymne to døden
Captain STEEZ - Bonified Loving
This beat is sex.
Rustie - Ultra Thizz
DyE - Fantasy
The Decemberists - June Hymn
[url]just stumbled upon this group a few weeks ago and I have been very much enjoying them.
LukHash - ALPHA
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mladic
So far it's fucking glorious.
when you believe
The Flaming Lips - A Machine in India
LukHash - 65536
沼泽 - 第四回
Nirvana - Tourette's
This is immensely chilled out
I was reading about him, and then I saw that he recorded music... I kinda like it, at least his music isn't Uber racist like him
KMFDM - Megalomaniac
Pavarotti "nessun dorma"
I know like all of their songs off by heart :D
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
These guys
Fucking Avantasia so good.
First time I heard this, It sent a strong chill down my spine. Really. So fucking amazing.
Evile - We Who Are About to Die
Miami Horror - Moon Theory
Disclosure - Latch feat. Sam Smith
Black Sabbath- Changes
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Iron Maiden Guitar
Following the post on the Iron Maiden Guitar auction in the last post on Playing Rock Guitar Lessons, the auction has finished. It was only open to Fan Club Members.
The guitar had just 10,000 views. The winner of the guitar was LoneWolf127 with a bid of £16,691 sterling. Over 19,000 euro or over $26,000. It originally cost $1300. That bid was placed last Tuesday a week before the auction end. I don't know who the winner was, found someone on the net, a 48yr old religious women from the US with that username. Don't think it was her.
The bidding for the other two items went on till the end. A signed poster for the Iron Maiden movie Flight 666 went for £925 (over 1000 euro or $1500). I thought this person may be from India and had seen Maiden in Bangalore.
The third item a personalised Flight 666 framed platinum DVD disc went for £2091.66 (US $3270 or 2400 euro). This belonged to Rod Smallwood Iron Maiden manager for sales of the disc of over 100,000 in the US. This person looks to be a big buyer on the net, busy on EBay and other forums.
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Traveling Luck for Sverdruphamaren, Svalbard (general), Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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The timezone in Sverdruphamaren is Arctic/Longyearbyen
Sunrise at 10:09 and Sunset at 14:20. It's Dark
Latitude. 78.2167°, Longitude. 15.5667°
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Geographic features & Photographs around Sverdruphamaren, in Svalbard (general), Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- valley;
- an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.
- Tverrdalen (1.9km)
- Vannledningsdalen (1.9km)
- Blomsterdalen (2km)
- Gruvedalen (2.2km)
- Longyeardalen (2.2km)
- Endalen (5.1km)
- Bjørndalen (5.7km)
- Lille Bjørndalen (7.9km)
- Mälardalen (8.5km)
- Ugledalen (9.2km)
- Hanaskogdalen (9.2km)
- Louisdalen (9.6km)
- mountain;
- an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
- Næssfjellet (1.9km)
- Platåberget (1.9km)
- Gruvefjellet (2.4km)
- Nordenskiöldfjellet (4.6km)
- Lars Hiertafjellet (5.7km)
- Teltberget (6.6km)
- Adventtoppen (6.8km)
- Pilarberget (7.5km)
- Hiorthfjellet (7.7km)
- Grønberget (9.6km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Longyearelva (2.3km)
- Adventelva (4.9km)
- Endalselva (5km)
- Bjørndalselva (5.7km)
- Hanaskogelva (7.5km)
- Todalselva (7.9km)
- glacier(s);
- a mass of ice, usually at high latitudes or high elevations, with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues, or masses.
- Larsbreen (3.7km)
- Longyearbreen (3.9km)
- Dryadbreen (7.8km)
- Bogerbreen (9.5km)
- hut;
- a small primitive house.
- Svalbardhytta (6.5km)
- Tredalshytta (9.4km)
- Førstehytta (9.7km)
Accommodation around Sverdruphamaren
- point;
- a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.
- Adventpynten (3.7km)
- Vestpynten (4.8km)
- Revneset (7.5km)
- spur(s);
- a subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation.
- Sverdruphamaren (0km)
- Lindholmhøgda (5km)
- camp(s);
- a site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use.
- Sverdrupbyen (2km)
- Moskushamn (5.1km)
- peak;
- a pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature.
- Trollsteinen (5.7km)
- Bingtoppen (9.4km)
- lakes;
- large inland bodies of standing water.
- Isdammane (4.2km)
- monument;
- a commemorative structure or statue.
- Jermakstøtta (4km)
- airport;
- a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
- Svalbard Lufthavn (4.4km)
- peninsula;
- an elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water.
- Hotellneset (4km)
- lagoon;
- a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature.
- Moskuslaguna (4.9km)
- interfluve;
- a relatively undissected upland between adjacent stream valleys.
- Bayfjellnosa (7.5km)
- bog(s);
- a wetland characterized by peat forming sphagnum moss, sedge, and other acid-water plants.
- Dammyra (6.4km)
- capital of a political entity;
- the capital of the country or state.
- Longyearbyen (1.5km)
- ridge(s);
- a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.
- Sarkofagen (5.7km)
- fjord;
- a long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts.
- Adventfjorden (5.8km)
- mountains;
- a mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges.
- Fuglefjella (8.2km)
- house(s);
- a building used as a human habitation.
- Sysselgarden (3km)
- plain(s);
- an extensive area of comparatively level to gently undulating land, lacking surface irregularities, and usually adjacent to a higher area.
- Fivelflyane (9.7km)
- road cut;
- an excavation cut through a hill or ridge for a road.
- Skjeringa (1.9km)
- lake;
- a large inland body of standing water.
- Isdammen (4.3km)
Wikipedia entries close to
- Svalbard
- Longyearbyen city city m
- Svalbard Airport airport airport
- Barentsburg city city o
- Svea Airport airport airport
- Pyramiden (Svalbard) city city n
- Spitzbergen isle isle
- Geography of Svalbard country country
- Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben airport airport
- Koldewey-Station city city n
- Ny-Ålesund city city n
- SvalRak landmark science
- Barentsøya isle isle
- Polish Polar Station, Hornsund science
- Edgeøya isle
- Wahlenbergfjord waterbody
Airports close to Sverdruphamaren
Svalbard longyear(LYR), Svalbard, Norway (4km)


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Married teacher has sex with 17-year-old student in his home and watches her in the showerBy Mason White 7:16 AM September 23, 2016
|Cerys Shore
By: Feng Qian
A married teacher was arrested after being accused of having sex with his teenage student, according to police in the United Kingdom.
However, the Crown Prosecution Service decided not pursue a case against 30-year-old Richard Shore of Cardiff, after claiming that he just allowed the girl to take showers in his bathroom and denied having sex with her.
His case went before the Fitness To Practice Committee, and they ruled that Shore will not be allowed to teach. Shore's wife, 28-year-old Cerys Shore, testified against her husband at the committee.
She and Richard were married for one year before learning about the affair. She revealed that her husband confessed to having sex with the 17-year-old girl multiple times.
The teacher fell in love with the girl during a school trip to California. Richard went jogging with the girl, and became attracted to her.
When they returned to the United Kingdom, their relationship grew. They began having sex in the girl's home and his home.
Richard was a teacher at the Radyr Comprehensive School.
Cerys believes that the affair lasted at least five months. When social workers interviewed the girl, she told them that she was in love with her teacher.


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Credit goes to WinxClubRUS for sharing this news first!
The Nuremberg Toy Fair began today, and Witty Toys will be showing off new dolls based on World of Winx. According to ToyNews, those dolls will be the Dreamix collection, which will feature all six Winx, and a light-up Action-Spy doll that comes with a "special roleplay glove."
ToyNews also reported the latest dolls Witty Toys launched (Tynix) were "the best-selling fashion doll[s] in Italy in November, based on revenue." Go, Winx!
(Heads up: I'm gonna take another short break from talking about World of Winx, unless there's big news.)
UPDATE: Animation Digital Digest posted a high-quality image of the Flora Dreamix doll. (Credit to WinxClubRUS again for finding it first.)


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Have you tried the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English? This dictionary shows whether its countable, uncountable or both. For example, see money [uncountable].
Student or Learner
I have been searching for an online dictionary which shows whether the word searched is uncountable or countable, namely Longman, Cambridge, Free dictionary.......etc. But they all do not show what I want. An anyone help?
Thank you.
I would suggest Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 8th editon.


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Just picked up on this again, remember seeing a couple of pics a few years ago.
Does anyone know if it actually ever saw the light of day ?
I will copy some of the text as well and paste up here from this thread.
"The Sachs MadAss 500 Concept purports to use the Royal Enfield engine made in India. It's a low-tech carbureted 22 horsepower engine with five speed manual transmission and a top speed of 70 mph on a good day, down a hill, with a tail wind"
From The Scooter Scoop
So yes by the looks of things it's an Enfield motor, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Firstly, they do about 80mpg, which I know isn't the be-all and end-all but it looks like it has a tiny fuel tank...
Secondly, they do versions of the same engine with about 30bhp, so the estimate above may be pessimistic, which should be nearer 100mph. And hop-up kits are easily available to bring nearer 40-50bhp and 600cc+
Thirdly, they sound cool Laughing
And with that frame, I'd expect engine swaps to be a doddle


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Collaborative Fund
The food revolution may have just needed a cup of Blue Bottle
Each massive exit in the tech ecosystem usually follows the same cycle: an upstart becomes a huge business, it goes public or sells for a huge sum of money, many of the best people that built it take off and then they use their newfound wealth to start companies. But in addition to tech, the venture community has its own pet project: coffee. Read More
Sawyer, a software platform for kid classes, raises $6 million, including from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Sawyer, a two-year-old startup that aims to become the OpenTable of children's activities, has raised $6 million in new funding led by Advance Venture Partners. Others that contributed to the round include Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, 3311 Ventures, Female Founders Fund and earlier backer Collaborative Fund, as well as unnamed investors from the company's $1.5 million seed round. Read More
Outschool goes to Sesame Street and picks up $1.4 million for its K-12 online learning marketplace
Now kids can potentially take a class to find out how to get to Sesame Street, thanks to a fresh $1.4 million in new funding for Outschool and its online learning marketplace from Sesame Street's venture partnership with Collaborative Fund. Read More
Long Game raises $6.6 million for a savings account that doubles as a lottery ticket
Long Game is a bank account, with a twist. Every dollar saved can go toward winning a lottery. The personal finance app allows users to play games and win cash prizes. It may sound like a gimmick, but these are FDIC-insured accounts backed by Blue Ridge Bank in Virginia. And now Thrive Capital and Collaborative Fund are betting $6.6 million that Long Game will provide a windfall. Read More
Sesame Street's VC fund makes its first investment in tutoring app Yup
A venture fund formed by Sesame Workshop and New York-based Collaborative Fund early this year has made its first investment in a tutoring platform called Yup. Specifically, Yup (formerly known as MathCrunch) has raised $4 million in a seed extension round led by Collab+Sesame, in which Sesame Ventures is a limited partner, bringing the company's total capital raised to date to… Read More
Line, the newly public messaging app, has funded at least 9 U.S. startups
Line, the popular Japanese messaging service that went public last week on both the NYSE and in Japan, partnered on a fund a couple of years ago with the New York-based venture firm Collaborative Fund in order to gain more of a foothold in the U.S. According to a Dealbook story that announced the pairing, the fund planned to invest less than $10 million and to focus on very early-stage startups. Read More
Yep, Sesame Street Now Has A Venture Fund
Collaborative Fund is bringing on a pretty big partner for a new seed-stage fund focused on improving children's lives — and it's not someone you'd expect to get into the venture capital game. Craig Shapiro's venture is launching a new $10 million fund that's tied to Sesame Workshop, creator of Sesame Street and other children's programming. The fund… Read More
CircleUp Raises $30M For Its Consumer Brand Crowdfunding Platform
CircleUp, an AngelList-style crowdfunding platform that consumer retail businesses like food companies use to raise money from outside investors, is announcing some funding of its own today. The company has raised a Series C round of $30 million — growth money it intends to use to build out its platform and product teams. Specifically, the company is working on new tech to make… Read More
Collaborative Fund Raises $70 Million For Its Third Fund
When Craig Shapiro and his team at Collaborative Fund are making investments, they don't exactly ignore the devil on their shoulders. They look for companies that fall somewhere in the nexus between companies that will address the broader interests of the world around them — but also generate a return on their investment, Shapiro says. Read More
FeeX, Which IDs Hidden Fees In Financial Products, Scores $2.75M In Fresh Funding
FeeX, a free service that sniffs out hidden fees in retirement and savings accounts, announced that it has raised $2.75 million in new funding. The round was led by Collaborative Fund. Read More
Backed By $3.5 Million, SnowShoe Debuts Clever, Plastic "Stamps" That Unlock Content On Mobile Phones
Imagine being able to touch a toy figurine to your phone's screen in order to see the character transported into your video game, or touching another small piece of plastic to the phone in order to unlock exclusive content, like a new video or iTunes download. A startup called SnowShoe has developed technology that does just this – it has created clever, plastic… Read More
Collaborative Fund Raises $33 Million Second Fund, Adds Nexon Founder Jay Kim As Venture Partner
It's been three years since Collaborative Fund was founded to invest in startups in the collaborative consumption and adjacent fields. Today it's announcing that it's raised $33 million for its Fund 2 and adding Nexon founder Jungju (Jay) Kim as a venture partner. Read More
P2P Learning Startup Skillshare Gets $550,000 From Founder Collective and SV Angel
Peer-to-peer education startup Skillshare, which just launched in April, raised a $550,000 angel round, according to an SEC filing. Investors in the New York City startup include Founder Collective, SV Angel, Collaborative Fund, David Tisch, and Scott Heiferman. Skillshare is a community where people can offer classes to other members. People sign up online, and meet in person for real… Read More
Groundcrew Offers a Platform to Help You Mobilize Your Team of Do-Gooders
Last week, we covered the launch of the Collaborative Fund, angel investor Craig Shapiro's new seed fund aimed at supporting for-profit startups with a social mission. Specifically, Collaborative Fund is investing in companies that apply emerging technologies to peer-to-peer collaboration—like sharing, bartering, trading, and organizing—in order to benefit the greater good. Read More
Collaborative Fund Aims To Seed Startups That Compete On Values And Crowdsourcing
Angel investor and entrepreneur Craig Shapiro is starting a new seed fund based in Los Angeles with the help of friends and advisors like YouTube founder Chad Hurley and Kiva co-founder and Profounder CEO Jessica Jackley. Investors in the relatively small $6 million fund include GM O'Connell, Nicholas Negroponte, Jason Krikorian (co-founder of Sling Media), Ben Goldhirsh (founder of… Read More


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View Thread: Adding Subs to the videos anyone?
Just to Clarify,
I didn't mean translate the videos into another language. I meant sub them in English in order for international viewers, whom English is a second language to get a better idea.
From there people can translate them to whatever or read the transcripts incase there are parts they don't get or can't hear.
Thank you for the Link Loadsgood...nice to know people already done some transcripts and hope to contribute something soon.


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Learn how to create your own well-written articles!
A Web marketplace made to order
Many people begin their road to their dream of Web wealth by putting up a website and trying to sell a product they created themselves. They may have written an e-book, recorded a CD of original songs, or published some great recipes accompanied by beautiful pictures of appetizing dishes.
Enormous volumes of hype have been published with the claim that the Web is an easy, if not mindless, way to create wealth. The Web is now a global advertising grid, and millions of people surf each day for things they would like to buy, learn about, or discover. They search for the proverbial needle in an electronic haystack that suits their fancy for the moment. And adding to this convenience is the reality that shopping online has become reasonably safe.
The first problem is, how will shoppers with their credit cards in hand and the urge to buy find your website? According to a Google blog post published July 25, 2008, there one trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique URLs on the Web at one time! That was just over 3.5 years ago at the time of this writing, so that number is likely to be much higher today. So getting exposure for your little website that promotes recipes to prospective customers may take a little work.
Simple + informative = attractiveness
Search engines use complex algorithms (mathematical formulas) to determine if the content of a website matches its owner's claims. Self-proclaimed experts who follow this route for exposure must research every day to ensure their success. The search engine companies themselves keep their algorithms secret to avoid unscrupulous marketers taking unfair advantage of the whole internet shopping and surfing experience.
So what is a recipe seller to do? Search engine experts can charge upwards of $25,000 to guarantee that your site might be the first to be found when someone enters a search. That's a whole lot of appetizing recipes. Some very easy and free methods are available to drive traffic to your website. One of them is writing simple articles. You're reading one such article right now, aren't you?
Hundreds of "article directories" exist on the Web just for this purpose. The main and simplest thing people search for on the Web is information, because they want to know about something, and often a good place to find a snippet of information is in an article directory. Thousands of 500-1500 word articles have been written and published online, and people love to read them. If they are short and informative, they will become popular to read, and not too time consuming.
Start writing to attract visitors
Then once your website is up on the Web, write a brief, helpful article about your product. Target the style and content of your writing to suit your friends and customers, as well as yourself. The average newspaper is written for a grade 9 level reader, and tabloids are written for a grade 6 level or lower. Writing on the internet runs the whole gamut of education. Explain a problem that needs to be solved, and at the end provide a solution. Sales copy is more involved than this, but an article should be entertaining, or fit the parameters of a possible search.
The most important part of the article besides the content and the attention grabbing headline, is a live link to your website in the author's box at the bottom. More often than not, the reader will click that link – if it is live – to see what other information might be available on the particular subject. This link must lead straight to your recipe website. A reader is less likely to copy and paste your website address into their browser if another similar article is listed in the directory.
Write a short paragraph stating your expertise with cooking and recipes, and invite the reader to visit your website. This will be your "author's bio". If someone does read the whole article, they are often curious about who wrote it, if it covers the subject they are interested in. Most article directories will accept html code in the author's bio box.
Submit articles and traffic will come!
Search for the words "article directory", and make a list of as many as you can. Most directories are free to read and submit your articles to. Registration is usually necessary, with your email as the username. Get another free email address to use specifically for article submissions to avoid any trouble with spam.
After you have submitted your article, it may take a few days for publication. Check back to the directory to see if your article is published and your link is working. Then do it all again. The articles will stay published forever, or as long as the directory exists. Over time, people will continue to read your article, and click back to your website. If you submit your article to 20 directories, and 40 people interested in recipes read it, that's 800 more potential customers from one article. If you have the time to write 20 little articles and submit them to 40 directories, and 40 people read each one over time, well you can do the math.
Article submission is one of the easiest ways to direct some website traffic your way. Although not necessarily the quickest, it is guaranteed to get results at almost no cost. Give it a try, you may be pleasantly surprised.
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Janice Anderson, president of the TYPA board of directors, said that the school version is cleaned up a little bit, and some of the adult language and situations have been removed from the original Broadway version to make it suitable for a younger cast and audience. The topics of teen pregnancy, smoking, and drinking have been glossed over in the school version of the musical.
"There won't be any hickeys from Kenickie," Anderson said.
The Turlock Youth Performing Arts senior company held auditions for the play at the beginning of June. Anderson said that the company tries to cast as many actors as possible, but of the 100 or so children who audition, they typically cast between 25 and 40 parts. Senior Company actors are between the ages of 12 and 18.
The actors have been rehearsing the musical twice a week for an hour and a half each session. A week before show time, the young actors will start rehearsing nightly. Tech week is the time when the production all comes together, and performers start rehearsing the full production all the way through.
Costumes, lighting, and other behind the scenes functions are taken care of by parents, volunteers, and board members. Anderson said that occasionally some of the seasoned veterans of Turlock Youth Performing Arts will return to direct backstage activities and help with the more technical aspects of production.
The Turlock Youth Performing Arts also has a junior company for performers between 8 and 14 years of age. The Junior Company recently wrapped up their production of "High School Musical," and will be casting for "Alice in Wonderland" in January. The two companies typically take turns producing plays and musicals. Anderson said there used to be overlap between the two groups, but they are easier to manage when they perform back-to-back instead.
"Grease: The School Version" will run Aug. 28-30. Evening performances on Friday and Saturday will start at 7 p.m. and matinee shows on Saturday and Sunday will start at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at Yonan's Jewelers, Mariachi's Restaurant or by phone at 537-5227.
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In a famous Seinfeld episode, the Elaine character had a fight with her boyfriend that ultimately led to a breakup when he did not use an exclamation mark in a message he left her about her friend having a baby. Clearly, he could have been helped by some guidance on exactly what the rules are for proper exclamation point usage. Fortunately, this guide below should save your relationship from a similar fate by helping you learn just when and how to use an exclamation point to punctuate your sentences.
An exclamation point is a type of punctuation mark that goes at the end of a sentence. Other examples of related punctuation marks include periods and question marks, which also go at the end of sentences. An exclamation point, also called an exclamation mark, essentially looks like a period with a vertical line over it: !
Although exclamation marks were introduced into the English language in the 15th century, exclamation marks did not even exist as a separate key on standard typewriters until the 1970's (apparently, people just weren't as excited back then!). Fortunately, exclamation points now have a (somewhat) prominent place on computer keyboards right above the number one key--- yes, you have to hit shift to get it, but it's on the number 1!
Exclamation points were originally called the "note of admiration." They are still, to this day, used to express excitement. They are also used to express surprise, astonishment, or any other such strong emotion. Any exclamatory sentence can be properly followed by an exclamation mark, to add additional emphasis. After all, isn't it a lot more exciting to say "I am excited!" then to say "I am excited."
They are commonly used after interjections (words or phrases that are used to exclaim, command or protest). Interrogatories include words such as "oh, wow, and boy" For example, Wow! This grammar stuff is interesting. Boy! I wish I'd learned it before. Oh! That's right, I did.
When used in a quote, exclamation points should be inside the quotation marks: Joe said, "I like pizza a lot!"
Exclamation points go at the end of sentences. Typically, only one exclamation point is used. In informal writing, many people often use one (or many) to emphasize their excitement. For example: "No!!! I told you metal can't go in the microwave" certainly gets the point across and has a lot more impact as you run for the fire extinguisher. Exclamation points can also be used with question marks to express shock, protest or dismay. For example:What do you mean you forgot the plane tickets?!?!?!!?
There is some dispute in regards to whether exclamation points belong in formal writing or not. Most conventional grammar rules and grammarians say that they really don't belong, or at a minimum that they should be used sparingly. All sorts of arguments have been made against the exclamation point- everything from the fact that the writing should create its own emphasis to the belief that an exclamation point will distract the reader. However, some prolific writers do use exclamation points freely in their work and one best selling author, Tom Wolfe, is known for being a big fan of the exclamation point.
Comic books frequently use exclamation points for emphasis and to add excitement to their pages. Certain famous brands have branded the exclamation point right along with their name- for example Jeopardy! Is a lot more exciting then just Jeopardy, and Yahoo! Really has to have to that exclamation mark accompanying it.
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Wrap it up and unwrap good times! The Bandito Pockett is here!
If you were to name some things you dread and liked them to be wrapped up as soon as possible, what would that be?
UPDATE 19 March: KFC has confirmed the Bandito will be a permanent item in the menu!
Being stuck in some bad traffic jams and running late for work, meetings that lasted for hours, or boring lessons that you had difficulty keeping awake? Wouldn't it be great if you can just have them wrapped up as soon as you could?
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You can enjoy it in a meal that comes with a medium Fries and a regular Pepsi at $6.50 or simply order a Bandito Pockett Buddy Meal.
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Homemade Cranberry Orange Bagels
Sarah over at Maison Cupcake has started a blogging challenge, "Forever Nigella". Each month there will be a new theme and anyone participating chooses a Nigella recipe from any of her books or her website. The first challenge is "Seasonal Sensations". Recipes that would suit either Christmas or New Year.
I didn't own a single Nigella book. I'm more of a Martha Stewart girl. I think Nigella is the Martha for British people? I did see she had one recipe in the December Food Network magazine. Luckily Sarah recommended which book I should go for.
I bought Sarah's recommendation How to be a Domestic Goddess. I figured I would use it again anyway in other upcoming challenges. Ten quid on amazon isn't bad at all and there are lots of recipes in there. I would say that getting the book is probably worth it. The recipes on the website weren't very inspiring in my opinion.
I'm a terrible photographer so I don't think these pictures capture how delicious these bagels are. The bagels in the UK are not really bagels. Bagels are supposed to be slightly chewy and the bread should be "tight" not crumbly. Every time we go to the US my husband makes us go to Panera everyday for breakfast so by the time we get back I don't want another bagel for a whole year.
I thought jazzing up Nigella's plain bagel recipe would be great for a Christmas idea. I added a few things to the recipe to make it cranberry orange. I won't post the whole recipe here as per the rules but list where I have made changes. I've added a few things but otherwise the method has remain unchanged.
I Added
1. 150g dried cranberries to the flour mixture (more is better as some of these will fall out during the kneading process)
2. 1/2 cup of brown sugar to the flour mixture
3. Zest of 1 large orange to the flour mixture
4. Juice of zested orange to the warm water mixture
1. Check the pack of the yeast your using. Quick action yeast can be added to the flour. Other yeast will need to go in the water mixture and activate for a few minutes before use.
2. When poaching the bagels they will at first sink to the bottom. They're ready to be taken out when it rises to the top. I didn't bother flipping mine either.
3. Use a spatula to take the bagel in and out of the boiling water. I used tongs at first but this caused the joint that made the ring to break.
4. Only a machine will make perfectly formed bagels.
I chose to make bagels because baking with yeast is way outside of my comfort zone. I almost threw this batch in the bin too! I thought they had ended up all doughy in the middle but after they cooled I cut one in half and they looked like a bagel in the middle! I was pretty impressed with myself. The only other yeasted thing I have made successfully before are donuts.
These bagels are divine. The slight tartness of the cranberries and the sweetness of the orange zest taste amazing with the slight saltiness of the butter on top. They taste better toasted and the butter gets all nice and melted. These scream Christmas and should absolutely be used to make a turkey sandwich!


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And then, there was cow.
If you walk into La Esquina Criolla and order a "parillada completa" (rough translation: complete grilled Argentine cow), you'll receive cow–specifically, a salty, fennel-y beef sausage–as an appetizer. That's the grill man's version of a culinary warning shot.
Ten minutes after the beef-sausage warning shot, the grill man completely opens fire: three more types of cow sausage, accompanied by cow skirt steak, cow flank steak, cow kidneys, cow hearts, cow sweetbreads, cow intestines, and random pieces of cow gristle, all on a sizzling metal grill powered by a few hot coals.
It's hard to go wrong with grilled cow, especially when the cow has been prepared by Argentines, who are arguably the world's foremost experts in tasty cow preparation. Each part of the cow—even the unidentifiable gristly chunks—was marinated and grilled to perfection. The skirt steak was particularly delicious, and I became a fan of an unidentifiable organ meat—kidney, I think—which was whitish and ludicrously tender, and reminded me of non-rubbery, non-fishy grilled scallops.
(Wait, what's that? You don't want your grilled cow to remind you of grilled scallops? OK, fine. It reminded me of tender, flaky white-meat cow. How's that? Better?)
For a mere $39.90, our massively delicious mountain o'cow was accompanied by roasted yellow potatoes, a salad (yeah, I know—why bother with salad when you have four kinds of beef sausage?) freshly grilled bread, and a spectacular Argentine chimichurri sauce, made with garlic, olive oil, and craploads of minced parsley. The meal is designed for two people, but we struggled to get through the last few chunks of sausage and innards; it was just too much food, despite the fact my dining companion is from Rochester, and regularly eats the legendary Rochester garbage plate (macaroni salad and fried potatoes, topped with two cheeseburgers or two hot dogs, then covered in a spicy meat sauce).
So yeah. Rochester dude can knock down something called a garbage plate, but can't handle his half of the Argentine grilled cow. Good job, Argentina. Final score: Argentina 1, Rochester 0.
Since my Rochester pal was such a wuss, I didn't invite him for ice cream afterward. As it turns out, there's an Argentine ice cream shop called Cones, located on an expensive-looking street in the West Village.
Cones, like most ice cream shops in Argentina, features a creative array of flavors, including grapefruit sorbet (which tastes like beautifully bitter grapefruit), ginger sorbet, and Johnny Walker ice cream, made from a blend of scotch and macerated kumquats.
But I was particularly excited about the yerba mate ice cream. Yerba mate, in case you aren't already a fan, is a fabulously strong green tea popular in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Apparently, it doesn't actually contain caffeine, but instead contains a delicious, amphetamine-like stimulant, which is particularly appealing if you're slightly drunk from scotch ice cream. I've always loved yerba mate, though it sometimes makes me act like this guy.
And yerba mate blended into ice cream? One mildly overpriced bowl ($6.95 for a large) kept me awake for three nights straight, and it gave me the energy to run the Indianapolis 500 without a vehicle. OK, so maybe I'm making that last part up. But it was a perfect antidote to a cow-induced food coma.
La Esquina Criolla
9467 Corona Ave., Queens
Subway: Junction Blvd. (7 train)
272 Bleecker St., Manhattan
Subway: W 4th St. (A, B, C, D, E, F, M trains) or Christopher St-Sheridan Sq. (1 train)


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3 Reasons I'm Saying No to the Summer Reading Program
3 Reasons I'm Saying No to the Summer Reading Program
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have said this a few years ago!
As soon as my oldest could read, I was chomping at the bit, just waiting to sign him up for the summer reading program. I had such fond memories of being rewarded for something I loved to do as a child, and wanted to share that with him.
The year my now four year old turned one, I credit the summer reading program with encouraging me to read more to him. I had sorta slacked off a bit in that department, and now, he really has developed of love of books and reading.
So really, summertime has always been about the summer reading program for us. (It's almost the most exciting thing about summer around here, since temperatures can reach 115 or higher!) And if you've followed my writing here, you know how much I love the library. So what gives? Why am I saying "no" this year?
My children already read quite a bit!
We have weekly trips to the library, and I really feel like we are in a good place with keeping our book selection fresh and relevant to their interests. I try to encourage them to read the books that most appeal to them, whether they are comic books, or favorite authors, or even cartoon characters they like. Also, I try to keep an eye out for books they might like, and when I see something, I quickly request it from the library and pick it up at our next visit. There is a hush that falls on our home after each library trip, and weekday mornings are usually spent quietly perusing books. It seems we have a pretty good thing going already without giving our children incentives.
All the STUFF
I'm not complaining, necessarily. Our library gives out pretty cool prizes for the children who reach the reading milestones (like passes to the local pool, little toys, and books they get to keep). But multiply that by four children, and you quickly have a lot of things to keep track of. Since I began trying to cultivate a more minimalist lifestyle, my attitude toward little prizes and papers has certainly changed, and I have tried to curtail the influx of clutter as best as I can.
They don't want to read if they HAVE TO!
Want to ruin a love of reading? Make it mandatory! Stick a reading chart in front of someone and say, "you MUST read for 20 minutes to earn a sticker", and they might just start putting stickers in place for each (very slim) picture book they read, asking you (before your feet have even touched the floor in the morning) if they can do their reading after their screen time, and declaring that maybe they don't need a pool pass as a prize after all (as if earning a pass from the library is the ONLY way they'll get to visit the pool this summer!) Not that this happened in our home or anything!
All that being said, if they want to and they are willing to keep track of their reading on their own, without complaint, then sure. We can participate in the summer reading program. And I will applaud (but possibly inwardly cringe) at every little toy earned along the way.
Have you had a summer where you decided not to utilize the summer reading program? Did you regret it, or did it work out better for your family?
Becky is a wife of nine years and stay at home mom to four young children. She aspires to encourage women in Biblical truth on her blog, Happy Christian Home


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Salar Juni Woven Leather Shoulder Bag, $810 via Luisa Via Roma
By the very nature of this job, I end up writing about a lot of bags that couldn't be further from my personal style. And that's ok, because it's part of being successful in the fashion industry: The ability to see the value in things beyond your own narrow point of view. But sometimes, a bag like the Salar Juni Woven Shoulder Bag pops up and presents itself as exactly the type of bag that I'd love to carry, and those are always exciting days for me. You have to take pleasure in the little things, people.
Although I'm generally drawn to brightly colored bags, my love for black is deep and abiding. Particularly black leather, which appeals to the teenage punk who lives inside of my head and the Rick Owens lover that I've turned into as an adult. And despite the fact that it's difficult to do things that are new and exciting with a black hobo, this design seems fresh and edgy. It's the kind of bag that I wish Alexander Wang made more often. The soft leather gives the bag a ton of texture when it's woven into a loose crosshatch, but the shape and color ensure that it stays functional and neutral. If the leather's as nice in person as it looks in photos, the bag is well worth the price. Buy through Luisa Via Roma for $810
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It's not true to say Microsoft is only a software company because, of course, it's sold the Mouse for aeons, makes keyboards and Xboxes and other stuff too.
And now it's underlined that fact by buying a Sunnyvale privately owned company called Canesta.
Canesta makes 3D sensing technology aimed at natural user interfaces. The company, which only has 60 or 70 employees, confirmed it had entered an agreement to sell its products, technology, IP, customer contacts and the rest to Microsoft for an undisclosed amount.
Jim Spare, president and CEO of the company, said that Microsoft is committed to natural user interfaces and he's confident Canesta's technology will spread across many applications.
Canesta makes 3D input tech using small CMOS based sensors, used in cameras. It has 50 patents under its belt.


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So, I went a little crazy during the steam sale and ended up buying about 13 games (if you include the combos like ME1&2). So as I sit here staring at the folder I have all the launch icons in I'm having a hard time choosing. Do I want to finish off my restart of Skyrim (I never did the main quest and now I have Dawnguard), play some matches of Black Ops 2 (Yeah yeah, I know CoDlol, but meh. I had someone gift it to me for gold) or play through Mass Effect 1 and 2?
My problem is I can't play 2 games at once, esp if they are heavy story games. I want to beat through one before moving on to the next.
My question is are you like this? Or can you balance multiple games at once and play what ever you like?


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It would appear that the Glazer's have given Raheem Morris a vote of confidence or atleast the plan was given a vote of confidence. In a prepared statement released by Buccaneers co-chair Joel Glazer late Monday night, which read as follows "We are committed to the plan that we began 12 months ago with Coach Morris, and we look forward to building on the pieces that were put in place this season."
It was initially reported last week by Jason La Canfora of NFL.com, the Bucs were willing to dump Morris only if they could get an "A" list type candidate. Apparently with Cowher's asking price or level of control too steep. it's entirely possible that after exhausting all efforts, to gauge interest from "A" list candidates. The Glazer's conclude that they wouldn't be able to make a huge upgrade over Morris, thus the reason for such a quick statement.
If you remember back to late March, Joel Glazer spoke to Rick Stroud, of the St. Petersburg Times at the NFL owners meeting, in which he stated, that his families core belief, was being patient – building through the draft. Then he later reiterated that the plan won't change, and continued to utter such words as disciplined and patient several times throughout the interview, but more importantly is looking far beyond just quick fixes and is more worried about the teams long-term, sustainable success beyond just the coming seasons.
So, if what Joel stated vehemently about being patient, disciplined and not wavering from the plan back in March holds true. Then the one liner released late Monday, which was cryptic in nature and not necessarily a solid backing of Morris, but rather a backing of a plan. Don't look for a swoon of free agents to have brinks trucks backing up to their houses to entice them to sign on the dotted line, but a team that will continue to build through the draft and identify talent from within to build a solid foundation upon and a core nucleus to achieve long-term, sustainable success.


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[SOLUTION] The VPN client was unable to setup IP filtering
In the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client my user would get "The VPN client was unable to setup IP filtering. A VPN connection will not be established." and "AnyConnect was not able to establish a connection to the specified secure gateway. Please try connecting again."
This happened after being infected with malware (ZeroAccess trojan to be specific). After cleaning, it still wouldn't connect to the VPN. Thanks to a hint here, I found that the cause was because the trojan deleted the Base Filtering Engine service.
I got it back by following the instructions from my preferred antivirus company, ESET.
If you can't find the SubInACL.exe, get it from Major Geeks here.
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One of the best moves center Denise Lawrence made last year wasn`t a reverse layup in traffic. It was moving to Wheaton.
The 6-foot-4-inch Lawrence, who had attended Thornwood, transferred to Wheaton North and has become the leading scorer for one of the Chicago area`s top teams. ``We were lucky enough to get her,`` said Wheaton North girls`


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(WARNING: Extreme sappiness ahead…)
Jodi and I just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary, and we're more in love than ever! But no matter how much our love grows and deepens, our wedding day will always be one of the most special days of our lives.
We spent over a year planning it, making sure that every detail represented us and our love–from the setting (a mountaintop outside of our house in Jemez Pueblo, NM) to our wedding "cake" (actually a pie, which we prefer) and of course the song playing while we walked down the aisle: "Never Saw Blue Like That" by Shawn Colvin.
Besides being a beautiful song musically, the lyrics fit perfectly: describing the feeling of falling in love and how it makes the whole world come alive and shine more brightly, and how it feels like coming home–exactly how I feel about Jodi!
While I love all of the song's lyrics, I think my favorite lines are:
"And even now, I'm so amazed
It's like a dream, it's like a rainbow,
It's like the rain."
I especially love the words, "It's like the rain."
Pretty much everyone recognizes that dreams and rainbows are special–magical, fleeting, elusive flashes of beauty. But so often we take for granted the everyday miracles, such as rain.
But if you take even a moment to contemplate this amazing phenomenon, you'll see that it's nothing short of miraculous: Rain falls from the sky, nurturing plants and all living things, providing drinking water that we require (since most of our body is water)–and then it becomes invisible, gets cleansed, and floats back into the sky where it forms beautiful clouds. And then the cycle begins again.
Talk about a mind-boggling miracle!
Yet, perhaps because it's an everyday "mundane" occurance, we often fail to see the magic in something as common as rain.
How often do you take time to appreciate everyday miracles in your life?
Aside from rain, what are other everyday miracles in your life?
- Other natural phenomena, such as the rising and setting of the sun.
- The miracle of your body–with all of its complex physical functions, intellectual capacity, and emotional sensitivity.
- Love and friendship.
- Life itself.
Just because these (and so many other everyday miracles) aren't rare doesn't make them any less valuable, precious, and worthy of appreciation.
Rainbows and Rain
Yes, it's very nice to have "rainbows"–those special moments of rare, fleeting beauty: weddings, anniversaries, major life accomplishments, and other significant moments of celebration.
But what makes up most of life–and makes it so special–is the "rain," the everyday miracles: a hug, a conversation that helps you feel understood and supported, a sunset, the very act of breathing in and out, giving love and feeling loved in return.
I know that, thanks to the wonderful woman who shares my life, I will never stop appreciating these everyday miracles…every day.
What are some of your favorite everyday miracles? How do you appreciate them? Maybe your comment will help others to appreciate the everyday miracles in their lives as well!
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What does capillary refill mean?
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capillary refill(Noun)
The refilling of empty capillaries by blood
capillary refill(Noun)
An assessment of the rate of refilling of blood capillaries after having applied pressure; used as a diagnostic procedure
Capillary refill
Capillary refill is the rate at which blood refills empty capillaries. It can be measured by holding a hand higher than heart-level, pressing the soft pad of a finger or toe until it turns white, and taking note of the time needed for the color to return once pressure is released. Normal refill time is less than 2 seconds. In newborn infants, capillary refill can be measured by pressing on the sternum for five seconds with a finger or thumb, and noting the time needed for the colour to return once the pressure is released. The upper normal limit for capillary refill in newborns is 3 seconds. The capillary refill time is a common indication of dehydration and decreased peripheral perfusion. It is generally accepted that the test can be highly variable between different patients, and therefore should not be relied upon as a universal diagnostic measure. It is however very useful as supporting evidence for a positive sign of poor perfusion to the extremities. The CRT test is often referred to as the Nail blanch test. A CRT can also be assessed in animals by pressing on their gums as opposed to the sternum which is generally covered with fur or inaccessible.
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The numerical value of capillary refill in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
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The numerical value of capillary refill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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rosepedal79 wrote:I seen this one very good, I dont have it on tape yet. I'm waiting for it to come on again so I can record it. I'm waiting patiently. Was it Shannen really singing in this movie. If so she has a great voice.
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"In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach"
– Bob Dylan, "My Back Pages"
We hear a lot these days about the new economy, the post-industrial economy, the creative economy.
We're regularly lectured about the need to encourage entrepreneurship, increase our support for R&D and improve STEM education — science, technology, engineering and math, for those not entirely current on their acronyms.
We're told not to look back to the economy of our childhood, but forward to the economy of the future.
Given the current mess in our labor market, financial markets, fiscal affairs and health care system, this all sounds good, but what the heck does it mean? What exactly is this brave new world we're supposed to embrace so eagerly?
The only way to embrace a future we don't understand is to contrast it sharply with a past we understand all too well.
In my view, post-native Maine has had three distinct economic eras, and for the past generation we've been struggling to enter a fourth.
The first era was mercantile imperialism. Portuguese and later French and English sailors crossed the Atlantic to plunder the seas and forests. They took fish and dried them; they took trees and limbed them; and they took everything back home to Europe for consumption. The central skill was extraction, and the model workplace was the staging area.
Maine's second economic era was settlement. English imperial victory followed by Revolutionary War land grants made Maine the "Wild, Wild East" — the frontier of an infant nation to be settled and domesticated. The central skill was domestic husbandry, and the model workplace was what has become our romantic ideal — the quaint village with water wheels, grist and shingle mills surrounded by saltwater farms and fishing docks.
Maine's third economic era was industrialization. Piracy of intellectual property from English textile mills combined with more efficient use of water (and later electric) power and a steady flow of eager workers (many from Franco and Maritime Canada) fueled a century and a half of growth that moved from sector to sector — textiles, to lumber, to food, to shoes, to paper, to machinery, to electronic components, to call-centers to (in the last stumbling gasp of 20th-century industrialization) hospitals.
For each, the central skill was assembly for mass production, and the model workplace was the giant, town-dominating brick mill building. Nowhere is this better depicted than in Monica Wood's evocative memoir, "When We Were the Kennedys," about growing up in Mexico-Rumford in the 1950s and 1960s.
OK, we all know that past. And we all know the continuing spread of the industrialization process across the rest of the globe, combined with our higher standard of living and our near-zero rate of population growth, has brought our traditional process of industrialization to a fitful end, leaving most of our traditional skills and role models obsolete.
So what is the next era?
The answer, I think, lies in imagining the model workplace and central skills of the 21st century in contrast to those of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
From staging area, to domestic village, to mill town, to what?
From extraction, to subsistence, to assembly, to what?
The answer that emerges for me is that the model workplace of the 21st century is the Google playroom — a combination dorm lounge, cafeteria, artist studio, laboratory and playground. And the central skill is creativity — making connections and seeing the unknown, the perplexing, the out of order, the unexpected as challenging and fun.
The last century was about standardization and mass production. The next is about individualization — of both product and production.
Google's business model for its glasses-embedded computer is to give thousands away and ask people to find cool things to do with it. Instead of centralized control, the goal is crowd-sourced direction.
Here in Maine, the model is The Jackson Laboratory, which wants not to cure cancer, but to cure your cancer by designing avatar mice with your genetic structure, for which individualized drugs will provide the cure.
And the most significant conclusion for Maine is that this new economic era will be far less dependent on geography and far more dependent on human ingenuity — a factor much more subject to our own public decisions.
Charles Lawton is chief economist for Planning Decisions Inc. He can be reached at:


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The wrestling star—real name Terry Bollea—recently demanded Linda Bollea undergo a full evaluation after she claimed to have caught her ex "rolling and smoking joints" with their daughter Brooke's boyfriend. Her test came back negative but Hogan insists the results are not valid because the exam wasn't legally supervised.
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Re: 21 Sons of Wm & Nancy Chunn Killebrew
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Yes, we have been told that we are of native american descent.We have always believed it to be the Shoshone tribe, but have more resently discovered that we may also, or instead, be of Cherokee descent.The name Susan, however, does not "ring a bell".From Nancy Jane, I have very little info, except that her father was supposedly J. R. Killebrew, married to Sarah E. (?) and her grandfather was supposedly William Killebrew, married to Nancy Chunn ( or Chun).However, because the name Killebrew is not a so called "common" name, perhaps we are indeed kinfolk some where down the line.I would be very interested in having a copy of your family line.If you would like, please e-mail and we can perhaps compare notes.Thank-you for posting note.I wish I could get a reply from original person who posted this message; Charlotte Rowden.However, as of this date, I have heard no more from her.Our Nancy Chunn Killebrew also had 21 sons, so, I am sure we are kin to Ms. Rowden some where down the line.Again, thank you for your posting.


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Auction Rooms
Address: 103-107 Errol St, North Melbourne 3051
Phone: 03 9326 7749
Website: http://www.auctionroomscafe.com.au
Twitter: @auction_rooms
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Foodie Partners: Ting Tangy
Back in October 2011, when I first wrote about Auction Room, they were voted the 2011's best cafe award. Fast forward 1 year and 10 months, they've been announced as Best Cafe for 2013's Good Cafe Guide.
Bearing the chilly Melbourne weather, Ting Tangy and I travelled to North Melbourne to revisit Auction Rooms. The moment I entered into Auction Rooms, memories started flowing back. I paused and scanned around the cafe. Lots of hustle and bustle and was able to spot a familiar face or two :)
To start off with, Ting Tangy and I decided to have a flat white – Candyman blend – one of their seasonal espresso blend. It's light-medium bodied and left a sweet taste the moment it hit my taste buds. Very creamy and great after taste.
Ting Tangy and I quickly settled on two dishes – Tea Smoked Salmon with quinoa potato hash, braised kale, poached egg and bearnaise sauce, and the slow braised beef cheek with horseradish, roasted parsnip puree, fried egg & heirloom beetroot salad.
After 10-15 minutes our first dish, Tea smoked salmon with quinoa potato hash, braised kale, poached egg and bearnaise sauce arrived, but the second dish was nowhere to be seen.
Ting Tangy and I decided to start eating our first dish and wait out for our second dish, but sadly it never arrived. We asked the waiter (it was his first day) who was extremely apologetic and advised that he misheard us and was happy to place our order for the second dish. As we were close to full we decided to order a less heavier dish and decided on the winter fruit salad dish.
Anyway, back to the first dish – this is definitely a must order dish.
I took my first bite of the braised kale and it was simply delicious – buttery in taste and felt like it was going to melt in my mouth.
Auction Rooms' take on the potato hash is absolutely delicious and not to mention healthy – It's not just any potato hash, it was a quinoa potato hash. We all know that quinoa has its different health benefits, so having that added to the potato hash made it healthier and great texture. The quinoa potato hash was fried until crispy golden, yet moist and fluffy in the inside.
As for the tea smoked salmon, it was cooked perfectly. Crispy on the inside and slightly rare on the inside. It has a very subtle tea taste but not overpowering.
Aside from the above three components of the dish, the dish was made completely with a perfectly poached egg and the bearnaise sauce.
I dont think this next dish needs much of an introduction – the humble and healthy fruit salad.
This fruit salad really refreshing and sweet (except for that one random piece of grapefruit that made me scrunch my face).
The roasted sesame was really flavoursome, crispy and not overly sweet, and the creamy vanilla yoghurt binded all the fruits together. I generally don't like vanilla yoghurt, but I particularly liked the taste of this yoghurt.
Sadly the chia didn't really do much for the dish, but it did make it look interesting.
Aside from the dish muck up, the service was very quick and attentive.
It's busy as usual and yes, there is a waiting list. Ting Tangy and I sat near the door and was rather freezing.
The dishes are innovative and I love the dishes that they have to offer. Would definitely revisit in the future again to try their other dishes!


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|Reviews for Nostalgia
| 3M2R chapter 1 . 11/7/2010
Nicely written. short and to the point. idea is conveyed clearly. Just... Is this supposed to be a poem? Because if it is, then the bracket doesn't fit. We don't usually use brackets (in fact, this is the first poem -if it is- I see using brackets)... It just distorts the flow.
I love the line, 'a media blemish, a man who's now free'.
It just grabs the eye, don't ask me why!
Keep writing! (:
| lymli chapter 1 . 11/3/2010
I really felt a split of nostalgia in this.
| Punslinger chapter 1 . 9/5/2010
Beautiful and inspiring. You are fortunate to have such a mother. I don't know if Mother's Day is observed in England, but it would be a nice gesture if you put this poem in a nice card and gave it to her.
| instant bliss chapter 1 . 9/5/2010
I love the structure of this piece, the way you bring it around full circle - it really makes an impact. I also really like some of the language you use, like "moon-maker" and laughter "rolling out of her body". This is great work.


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The Yuyuan Gardens is probably one of the most visited places in Shanghai. You can also say that it really deserves to be visited. It is in the old quarter of Shanghai and it a cluster of elegant Ming dynasty buildings complete with garden as the name implies. However, it is more like a shopping center than a garden. Sure there is a small pond with a zigzag bridge, but this place is really crawling with tourists. I don't see what is so great about shopping here anyway since most of the stuff will probably be overpriced.
I don't think the restaurants here are that good either, although there seems to be this dumpling place which has a perpetually long queue outside the store. I didn't really hang around the Yuyuan Gardens that long since it was quite frustrating to be bumping against loads of people. It would be better if one visited on a weekday as the entire Shanghai seems to come here on weekends.
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NE Mpls Guinness Book of World Records; four churches on one block.
Merriam Street Bridge is recycled from where?
Oct 16, 2014
When the Broadway Avenue Bridge was reconstructed in 1987, one span was preserved and moved to Nicollet Island.
Name the oldest continuously operating church in Minneapolis...
Oct 15, 2014
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Built in 1854, this is the oldest continuously operating church in Minneapolis.
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