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Painted fire red shrimps in pearl grass plants
Let me share some more photos I made recently in my 10 gallon painted fire red shrimps (neocaridina davidi) growing tank.
This tank is full of pearl grass plants, look at some shrimps sitting in 'the bushes'.
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Marcia Gay Harden Filmography
(April 2001)
We at The Toast have been big fans of the very talented Marcia Gay Harden since we first saw her in the little 1991 science fiction movie Late For Dinner. She was marvelous in playing a young wife in her early 20s and the same woman 30 years later. We were absolutely beside ourselves with pleasure when she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film bio Pollock (2000)!
We don't watch broadcast TV much but starting in the fall of 2001 we did watch CBS on Sunday nights. In the series The Education of Max Bickford, Ms Harden plays a history professor at a prestigious Eastern college and the former student of Max (Richard Dreyfuss), another teacher and the head of her History Department. The reviews have been enthusiastic and The Toast heartily agrees!
Update 2002: Well, enthusiastic reviews and The Toast's hearty endorsement does not a successful TV series make. It seems Max got educated and maybe cancelled and perhaps we'll all have to move on. It was a good show, honest – but after the first three or four episodes, we found ourselves watching just to catch a glance of Ms Harden.
Update 2015: Hey, our favorite Ms Harden has a new television show; "Code Black" where she is a teaching ER physician with a passel of new doctors learning the ropes in a very active emergency room. We can only wish Marcia Gay Harden the best of luck and the hope that her new TV venture is a big success.
Below is a Marcia Gay Harden filmography. Greater detail, of course, can be found at the unbeatable Internet Movie Database
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High School Sports
Ransom girls' seeking first state title in track and field
Debbie Ajagbe started collecting championships at the first major meet of the track and field season Friday.
Ajagbe won the shot put on the first day of the Louie Bing Invitational at Traz Powell Stadium.
By season's end, Ransom Everglades is hoping to have an entire squad it can call state champions for the first time.
While the Raiders have come close in recent years, this year's squad may be deep enough to join Miami-Dade County's elite on the medal stand.
The county's girls' elite haven't changed since last season.
Miami Northwestern remains the standard in the state with another loaded group that should come away with a state-record ninth consecutive state title and 14th overall.
Southridge, a state runner-up last year in 4A, looks strong enough to come away with its first state title since 2008 and seventh overall. Sprinter Symone Mason leads a stellar group of seniors, who include Kayla Johnson, Shaniya Williams and Courtney Gibson.
Northwestern should not have a problem locking up another state crown.
The Bulls, led by legendary coach Carmen Jackson, return a strong core of seniors led by jumper Taranique Alexander, hurdler De'Andreah Young, and sprinter Twanisha Terry and thrower Kaylah Clark.
But team state titles among Dade private school girls' teams have been historically rare.
The last came in 2001 when Dade Christian prevailed and only two others — St. Brendan (1977) and Gulliver (1998) — have ever accomplished the feat.
Ajagbe, a University of Miami signee and two-time defending state champion in the shot put in Class 2A, could be the catalyst for Ransom this year. Ajagbe, who has a 3.4 GPA, picked up the sport in the sixth grade at Ransom and finished in the top six at state since that year. She's slowly became one of the state's best, catching the attention of numerous colleges, including the Hurricanes.
"Debbie had never done track before the sixth grade," said longtime Ransom Everglades coach Mike Becker. "She picked it up so fast and has steadily improved. She's a stellar student and truly a hard worker."
Ransom also returns senior Annie Gutierrez, a state runner-up in the pole vault last season, sophomore Jatana Folston in the 400 and 800 meters, senior distance runner Beatriz Ruan and senior high jumper Jackie Kirk.
But the difference-maker could be Ransom's sprints and relays, which should get a boost from freshman Vashti Claybrook. Ransom must contend with several contenders in Class 2A, including Jacksonville Bolles, Plantation American Heritage, Hallandale and Miami Jackson, which returns versatile star jumper/hurdler Tiara McMinn.
Columbus has had plenty of strong squads in the past, but a state title has eluded the Explorers.
That might change this season, however, as Columbus returns one of the fastest squads in the state led by seniors C.J. Henderson and Trajan Bandy, juniors Joshua Jobe and Tyler Harrell and freshman Xavier Henderson.
They'll be complemented by senior pole vaulter Chris Bentley and distance runner Deshay Fernandes.
Through Saturday: Louie Bing Classic at Traz; Westminster Academy Relays; Feb. 25: Spartan Invitational at Southridge; Ferguson Falcon Invite; Walter Dix Relays (Coral Springs); March 3-4: Sam Burley Invitational at Southridge; Hallandale Invitational; March 10: Calvary Christian Invitational; March 11: Dade Christian Crusader Invitational; Bill Wilson Invitational; March 18: Youth Fair Invitational at Tropical Park; Bob Hayes Invitational (Jacksonville); March 22: GMAC North and South qualifiers; March 24-25: FSU Relays; March 25: GMAC championship at Traz Powell; Miramar Relays (Ansin Sports Complex); March 29-April 2: Texas Relays; March 30-April 1: Florida Relays (University of Florida); April 7: Dade Christian Last Chance Invitational; April 10 -13, 17-22: District championships; April 24-29: Regional championships; May 5-6: FHSAA State championships at IMG Academy in Bradenton.
Girls—4A: Bradenton Lakewood Ranch; 3A: Miami Northwestern; 2A: Jacksonville Bolles; 1A: Gainesville Oak Hall; Boys—4A: Longwood Lyman; 3A: Tallahassee Chiles; 2A: Plantation American Heritage; 1A: St. Petersburg Admiral Farragut.
1. Columbus, 2. Northwestern, 3. Belen Jesuit, 4. South Dade, 5. Southridge, 6. Booker T. Washington, 7. Ferguson, 8. Dade Christian, 9. North Miami, 10. Coral Reef.
Trajan Bandy, Columbus, Sr. (sprints); Chris Bentley, Columbus, Sr. (pole vault); Thomas Burns, Northwestern, Jr. (hurdles); Joshua Collins, Belen, Jr. (distance); Tyrese Cooper, Norland, So. (sprints); Kameron Davis, Southridge, Jr. (hurdles); Tyler Harrell, Columbus, Jr. (sprints); Christopher Henderson, Columbus, Sr. (sprints); Milton Ingraham, Dade Christian, Jr. (shot, discus); Jessi Jeudi, South Dade, Sr. (triple jump); Joshua Jobe, Columbus, Jr. (sprints); Tiondre Toomer, Northwestern, Sr. (sprints, middle distance).
Others to watch — Belen Jesuit: Don Chaney, Jr., Fr. Sebastian Roa, So.; Braddock: Jason Reese, Jr.; Eli Torres, Jr.; Carol City: Nayquan Wright, So.; Cameron Davis, Jr.; Johaun Bekesford; Central: Nathaniel Wheeler, Sr.; Coral Gables: Cavan Wilson, Jr.; Columbus: Deshay Fernandes, Jr.; Xavier Henderson, Fr.; Ferguson: Guillermo Rojas, Jr.; Chad Spencer, Sr.; Liam Ackerman, Sr.; North Miami: Terry Lynn, Jr.; Northwestern: Nigel Bethel, Jr.; South Dade: Jamaal Wiggins, Sr.; Southridge: Rodney Scott, Sr.; Andre Foster, Jr.
1. Northwestern, 2. Southridge, 3. Ransom Everglades, 4. Gulliver, 5. Jackson, 6. Lourdes, 7. Mater Academy, 8. North Miami, 9. Carol City, 10. Coral Reef.
Debbie Ajagbe, Ransom Everglades, Sr. (shot, discus); Taranique Alexander, Northwestern, Sr. (jumps); Kaylah Clark, Northwestern, Sr. (shot, discus); Ayoola Gbolade, Northwestern, Jr. (distance); Annie Gutierrez, Ransom Everglades, Sr. (pole vault); Symone Mason, Southridge, Sr. (sprints); Tiara McMinn, Jackson, Sr. (jumps, hurdles); Jinah Mickens-Malik, Mater Academy, 8th (distance); Daesha Rogers, Jackson, Sr. (distance); Jazmyn Smith, Gulliver, Jr. (jumps); Twanisha Terry, Northwestern, Sr. (sprints); Ulani Toussaint, Northwestern, Jr. (sprints); Natalie Varela, Gulliver, Fr. (distance); De'Andreah Young, Northwestern, Sr. (hurdles, distance).
Others to watch — Doral: Maria Fernandez, Jr.; Lourdes: Calyope Ortega, Sr.; North Miami: Charity Johnson, So.; Javenique McDowell, Sr.; Northwestern: Chanel Dawson, Jr.; Dascha Robinson, Jr.; Ariayanna Val, Sr.; Palmer Trinity: Autumn Jade Stoner, So.; Ransom Everglades: Jatana Folston, So.; Beatriz Ruan, Sr.; Jackie Kirk, Sr.; Southridge: Rahyah Andressohn, Fr.; Troyesha Davis, Sr.; Shakyra Garnett, Sr.; Courtney Gibson, Sr.; Diamond Griffin, Sr.; Jonae Harris, Jr.; Kayla Johnson, Sr.; Shaniya Williams, Sr.; Westminster Christian: Samantha Rodriguez, Sr.
NOTE: For complete team outlooks, go to www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school
BELEN JESUIT (Coach Victor Arrieta, 9th year, 142-0). Last year: 19-0 (District champions). Top athletes: Joshua Collins, Jr. (1600, 3200); Don Chaney, Fr. (hj, lj, 100, 200); Sebastian Roa, So. (1600, 3200); Javier Fraga, Jr. (300h); Henry Souza, So. (1600, 3200); Carlos Vela, Jr. (400).
BRADDOCK (Coach Alex Shaw, 2nd year at BR, 10th overall). Top athletes: Jason Reese, Jr. (100, 200); Eli Torres, Jr. (1600, 3200); Steven Stallings, Jr. (100, 200); Steven Hernandez, So. (hj); Andres Alderete, Sr. (100, 200); Anthony Perez, Sr. (1600, 3200).
COLUMBUS (Coach Fred Foyo, 33rd year). Last year: Fourth at state. Top athletes: Chris Henderson, Sr. (100, 200, relays); Tyler Harrell, Jr. (200, 400, relays); Joshua Jobe, Jr. (100, 200, relays); Trajan Bandy, Sr. (100, relays); Deshay Fernandes, Jr. (800, 1600, 3200, relays); Chris Bentley, Sr. (pole vault); Xavier Henderson, Fr. (400, 800, hj).
FLORIDA CHRISTIAN (Coach Paul Howell, 13th year at FC, 27th overall). Top athletes: Tim King, Sr. (hj); Isaac Sullivan, So. (hj); Cleyton Howell, So. (discus); Isaiah Llanes, Jr. (tj).
GULLIVER (Coach Rav Maisonet, 3rd year at GP, 6th overall). Top athletes: Dewayne Terry, Sr. (tj); James Jackson, Jr. (100, relays); Jason Guillou, Jr. (lj, 400); Anton Hall, Fr. (lj, 200); Michael Garcia, Sr. (800, 1600).
SOUTHRIDGE (Coach Rodney Wright, 14th year, 295-0). Last year: 8-0. Top athletes: Kameron Davis, Jr. (110h, 300h); Rodney Scott, Sr. (300h); Andre Foster, Jr. (high jump); Keith Harris, Sr. (discus).
SUNSET (Coach John Hammontree, 42nd year at SUN, 52nd overall, 125-38). Last year: 2-3. Top athletes: Sno White, So. (sprints); George Spratting, Jr. (sprints); Nicholas Schmid, So. (hurdles); Aaron Ortiz, Jr. (distance); Jamal Horne, Jr. (sprints); Leo Linares, Jr. (shot put, discus).
VARELA (Coach Mayra Sasso, 2nd year). Top athletes: Jovanny Valdez, Sr. (100, 200, lj, relays); Giovanny Matos, Sr. (lj); Irving Baez, Sr. (300h); Juan Diaz, Jr. (100); Nicholas Parham, Sr. (400).
CARROLLTON (Coach Liz Orlin, 2nd year). Top athletes: Sophie Polenghi, Sr. (200, 400, 800); Tatyana Minnis, Sr. (400); Alexa Dickinson, So. (300h, tj, lj).
FLORIDA CHRISTIAN (Coach Paul Howell, 27th year). Top athletes: Sydney Pereira, Sr. (100, 200, relays); Natalia Esparragera, Jr. (hj); Gaby Rodriguez, Sr. (pole vault).
GULLIVER (Coach Mike Ward, 2nd year at GP, 25th overall). Last year: District runner-up. Top athletes: Jazmyn Smith (lj, 100, 200); Natalie Varela, Fr. (1600, 3200); Antonia Spencer, Sr. (300h).
RANSOM EVERGLADES (Coach Mike Becker, 13th year at RE, 37th overall). Last year: Third at state. Top athletes: Debbie Ajagbe, Sr. (shot, discus); Jatana Folston, So. (400, 800); Annie Gutierrez, Sr. (pole vault); Vashti Claybrook, Fr. (200, 400); Beatriz Ruan, Sr. (3200); Jackie Kirk, Sr. (hj).
ST. BRENDAN (Coach Carlos Maymi, 6th year). Top athletes: Noemi Kerjean, Fr. (1600, 3200); Nikki Martinez, So. (800, 1600); Gabriella Gutierrez, Sr. (1600, 3200); Julia Villena, Sr. (400, 800).
SOUTHRIDGE (Coach Erin McCray, 2nd year, 2-0). Last year: 2-0 (State runner-up). Top athletes: Symone Mason, Sr. (100, 200, 400); Kayla Johnson, Sr. (400, 800); Shaniya Williams, Sr. (100, 200); Courtney Gibson, Sr. (lj, tj); Rehana Henderson, Jr. (tj, 300h); Diamond Griffin, Sr. (800, 1600); Ryah Andressohn, Fr. (1600, 3200).
VARELA (Coach Antonina Gorban, 3rd year). Top athletes: Sofia Naya, Sr. (300h, 400); Melissa Santiago, Sr. (800); Arielle Ho, Fr. (hj).


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I feel dizzy; my thoughts are foggy and there are occasional bursts of tears. Sad or happy tears? I wouldn´t know how to tell the difference, by now. For someone who lives outside reality – the reality of the majority -, coming to terms with reality is a mess I try to avoid at all costs.
You can run but you can´t hide, baby!
I am comfortable inside my dance, my choreographies, my writing, my teaching, my shows, my CREATIVE world, my bubble where everything is kind, beautiful, pure, passionate and incredibly stimulating. I love my own world and it takes a LOT to push me out of it.
I´m not that comfortable with practical stuff. Paying the bills, shopping, waiting in line to have my teeth fixed, those regular things regular people have to do. They´re painful to me; they kill me. The problem is I also have teeth, bills, shopping lists. I believe they´re a waste of my productive/creative time but I can´t escape them, unless I win the lottery and I hire people – regular people who actually enjoy doing regular things – to do those boring chores for me. Teeth fixing included (don´t ask). Now THAT would be a dream come true. Let me free to think, feel, dance, study, see, travel, get inspired, observe, create without the burden of regular life tasks. Ah, bliss! All is possible.
The first volume of my new book is practically finished. Oh, boy. Such a long way. I tremble when I think of it- it´s done; I don´t dare saying it out loud, with fear that it´s all a dream and my voice will wake me up.
By finished I mean completely re-written (from ground zero), edited by me and my editor, cleaned and ready to publish. Last details – like the choice of titles and subtitles, Arabic words translation notes – will be solved between today and tomorrow. Small stuff, I hope, when compared to the writing process.
Here we go again: I feel like celebrating. And crying. It´s such an emotional thing, having accomplished so much and learnt more than I thought I could along the way…it´s work but it´s personal. I know I´ll have my beloved detractors pointing their fingers, blaming me for being "too personal". Let them write their own (unpersonal?) books and let´s see the result. Then, only then, we can talk.
Scared. Excited. Afraid, not sure of what. Still 2 or 3 volumes of the same book to go. Oh, yeah. I´ve finished the 1st volume. There are more.
Right now, I don´t want to think about the next ones. Those are new lessons to be learnt, new adventures to enjoy. At the moment, I want to celebrate this one, proudly finished. And take a breath, a well deserved breath.
For a change, I want to enjoy my achievements, instead of running to the next mountain. Me, my editor (without whom I could never have done it) and the 1st volume of my new book – together, with a
glass of champagne cappuccino and a bouquet of roses. I deserve it. We deserve it.
I could say this was the hardest thing I´ve ever done but that would be a disrespect towards so many incredible things I´ve accomplished so far. I prefer to think of it as a new door that I´m opening. New doors – more than old, as you would expect – are always a little rusty -hence the difficulty. The best thing? I know I can nail this. And so much more.


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I was a very lucky girl this Christmas Time. For the good old 21st I received some great gifts and amongst those were some gadgets. Taking photos is a major hobby of mine whether it be on a disposable camera, a digital one or stealing my sister's fancy cameras. So The Two bought me this lovely white Fujifilm bridge camera. It's insanely pretty!...and because of that, I've kind of just been staring at it. A day of figuring out how to use it to the best of its abilities needs to be done.
I'm a woman obsessed. I got an iPhone 4S and never have I been more protective over something in my life. This pretty cover from Accessorize helps me not break the screen when I forget I leave it on my lap.
To continue with my obsession of photographing most things around me, I've become an Instagram fanatic. So, follow me! My username is ciaraaaharte. I'd love to have a creep on your photos.
I've been brave and started to post some outfit posts on there. I don't know why but the thought of just taking pictures of myself by myself showing off what I'm wearing freaks me out a little. But I do love looking at other peoples outfit photos so I'm slowly getting used to the idea.
If anyone has any cool apps that they enjoy and would recommend, please do inform me.
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Today I want to talk about my quilt "Ha, The Breath of Life". Not only did it take 2nd place at MQS in the Theme category, but it has deep personal meaning to me. The easiest way to explain it is by giving you the show description.
First I dug into my stash of Burmese silk I started collecting also a couple years ago. I was so prepared for this quilt, just didn't know it! The bottom roll is Burmese silks, the top fabric I added for more color variety.
Next came all the background filler pieces. Each color is quilted differently. Bobbin and safety pen are placed for size perspective.


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I have a message to all companies ! If you haven't invested yet in a mobile site, please do ! !
I still don't understand with all development on mobile and tablets that companies are staying behind with mobile sites. We can download all kind of application, but still in 2015 I run into bad mobile sites.
For example ; last week I was searching information on Google, like a lot of people do, and I found the site that I was looking for but I couldn't read the information because the screen was blocking when you where trying to open the information, next to that I saw half of the information and I couldn't make it bigger of shove the screen. And no, it's wasn't my phone…I have a perfect working Iphone 5, so is not the problem.
In a study of Sitecore they say that consumers are far less likely to engage with a brand that doesn't offer the same easy to use and intuitive experiences on a mobile or tablet as they do on a desktop. With the explosion in the penetration of smartphones on the European market, it should come as no surprise that more and more people are moving away from the consumption of content on traditional devices.
Also on recruitment we see more and more focus on mobile. On one of the most popular job board site in the Netherlands we see that 30 % of there traffic is generated from mobile phones and two years ago it was only 15 %, so it had been doubled ! (study CBS).
It's no news that people are consulting and searching on there mobile to information about almost everything. In 2012, a google research, already said that 72 % of the consumers said that they want mobile-friendly sites and that if a site works well on a mobile phone there are more likely to return to that site in the future. So mobile sites are important ! They generate traffic, engagement and often a first impression !
So now it's 2015 and I ask the question to myself : Why don't all websites have also a mobile version ?
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- 13 mars 2015 à 15h30
You are so right!
Almost every web research starts on mobile and if it is relevant, people continue on desktop!
That is the it goes in 2015!


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Everyone hopes that they'll leave a mark in the world. This desire is often even more common within certain fields. Architects, for example, have the chance to leave an amazing legacy to the world. New buildings and construction projects might well be a part of people's lives for generations to come.
But even in that illustrious group, some voices are heard more clearly than others. The recent recognition of Robert Ivy shows just why one should always strive for the peak of one's profession.
Because Robert Ivy isn't just an architect. And this can be seen quite clearly from the nature of his lifetime achievement award. The award isn't coming from any of the architectural institutions one might expect. He's actually the very first architect to ever receive it.
The award comes from the Institute of Arts and Letters Mississippi. And Robert Ivy's receipt of their Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award places him in good company. Figures as prestigious as Morgan Freeman and Eudora Welty have received it in the past. However, one would be quite right in noting that this is a rather eclectic grouping. At first glance the figures might not seem to have much in common.
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But they all share two traits. The first is counting Mississippi as a home and inspiration. And the second is artistic passion. This trait in particular is what makes Robert Ivy such an inspirational figure. Most architects hope to leave a firm legacy. But Ivy has created amazing artistry within his physical structures. And he's managed to create a number of influential social connections as well.
This influence is one of the reasons he's so deserving of a lifetime achievement award. He's obviously tremendously influential within the field itself. Nancy Laforge, head of the MAIL, stated it quite succinctly. She noted that no other architect has made the field more accessible to the general public. One of the more notable examples of this comes from his biography. It helped to not only explain his choices, but also helps others to pave their own way in life.
And to many, this is the true legacy of Robert Ivy. And it's a trait shared by most of the award recipients. The reward isn't about simply meeting one particular goal or qualification. It recognizes when someone has laid a foundation for success that other people in Mississippi can build upon. This is why he's honored alongside so many artists and performers.
His award isn't simply for excellence in his field. It's for bringing an exceptional artistry to those works.
Robert Ivy as CEO of AIA receives different awards. Like Master Architect, Crain Award and others. He graduated in Tulane University. He works as Vice President of McGraw Hill and Editor in Chief of Architectural Record.
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ERIC Number: ED198422
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1980-Sep
Pages: 27
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Forms of Treatment for the Symptomatic Child: A Review and Critique.
Levant, Ronald F.; Haffey, Nancy A.
There are four general approaches to treatment for the symptomatic child. In individual child psychotherapy, the child is seen alone and play therapy is often utilized to help the child become aware of his feelings and express them more appropriately. In conjoint parent-child psychotherapy and counseling, the child is seen together with one parent, usually the mother. The focus may be on the child, the parent, or both. A third form of treatment, parent therapy and counseling, involves one or both parents without the child for therapy or counseling. In some approaches parents are taught therapeutic techniques and child management procedures. The final treatment form is conjoint family therapy in which the entire family is seen. The principal focus is usually on the parents, and children are often ignored. Each approach has strengths but is incomplete as a treatment mode when used alone. An integration of child and family therapy is recommended which includes approaches which work within the framework of conjoint family therapy, combining techniques of family therapy with play therapy, and other approaches which provide concurrent child and family therapy. (NRB)
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Reports - General; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (88th, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1-5, 1980).


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Whilst not a particularly accomplished runner, I do enjoy a couple of laps around our place of work at lunchtime - I think it makes Chris feel better about himself while I puff and wheeze my way around before he sprints off for yet another lap! What I lack in athleticism, I try to make up for in programming and web site creation. I've created a number of sites over the past few years, under the guise of adBurst and IT Help Limited. When Chris suggested I lock myself away in my office for months coding Running Diary I was out of breath (see above) and I don't think he quite heard me cough "no" - so here it is.... enjoy :o)
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Director of Business Services- Griffith
Director of Business Services
St Edmund's College, Griffith
St Edmund's College Canberra is a Catholic day school educating boys from Years 4 – 12 since 1954. We are an inclusive educational community, with a broad offering across academic and Co-curriclar areas, building the student's sense of self value, of place and of their social responsibility in the world. The College is part of Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA).
Applications are called for a Director of Business Services commencing in 2014 from suitably qualified and experienced persons.
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This is a Senior position within the College and is a part of the School Executive.
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Release Name : Twink EP
Release Artist : Ato Rodriguez,Daniel De Roma
Release Genre: Deep,Tech House
Release Catalog Number:SJRS0066
Release Date:10.04.2015
Ato Rodriguez returns on Secret Jams Records after his successful first release with us named "Day 4"EP.
With "Twink" EP Ato presents 4 thriller deep and dark tracks,included in the release is also remix of the main title "Twink" by our founder Daniel De Roma.
Twink gives a shout about long layered music making experience of Ato Rodriguez and the exact idea he want his music to sound on.Daniel De Roma (known as Danny L.) involved more than 10 years by now in underground music and last 4 years as a producing artist is happy to collaborate with the remix on 'Twink",and declares once more with it,the music he is up to with this new alias.
The release brings quality of various groove build ups and dark basses and atmospheres.
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How do you feel about an advertiser, in essence, paying for you to play a game that revolves around an advertised subject? As Gareth van Zyl has found out, adver-gaming is not only prevalent amongst big global companies such as BMW
An example of an adver-game is the BMW M3 challenge game that came out last year, and many of us have at one stage or another played other adver-games. An adver-game, therefore, is a game in which the advertisement becomes the main subject of the game play.
If done well and if it has good gameplay, then adver-gaming can really help in terms of creating a stronger brand presence. On the flipside, like a free lunch, it's a free game and the verdict is out about whether anyone cares if it's an effective form of advertising or not.
Adver-games development exists in the Middle East as well however. I was recently sent some information about adver-gaming in the Middle East by a company called Hyzonia. What Hyzonia do is that they develop 'adver-games' through which the company says advertisers can reach and engage specific target audiences based on their intersest, location, age and gender; and then monitor these results in real time.
Hyzonia develops virtual worlds that offer light weight games that could be played from anywhere with an internet connection; and the company has got a lot of attention in so far as it received the 'Microsoft Technology' and 'Best Strategic Entertainment Online Portal' awards at the recent 2009 'Pan Arab Web Awards'.
This, in particular got me thinking about what all this means for the advertising industry as whole. With publications closing down all over the world, video games are proving to be the one resilient medium that could reel in advertisers, especially free video games.
The fact is that gaming is growing and not just appealing to the lonely teenager in his bedroom anymore. When I was at a press event recently that unveiled this year's GAMES 09 Trade Show in Dubai; it was quite clear that even the organisers of this event are targeting a wider audience to include families as well.
And with a recession that is clearly not going to be shaken off easily, the reality is that people are still going to be staying at home a lot more and looking to find alternative means of entertainment. Now is clearly the time to be in the Games industry, even adver-gaming.
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Capstone 2
Spring 2019
Taught By: Caroline Dionne
Section: A
Credits: 3 OR 6
The Design Studies Thesis (PGDS 5210) is the culmination of the student's experience in the MA Design Studies program. The M.A. thesis is a 80 – 100 page paper that demonstrates original, previously unpublished, research in an area of Design Studies. With the previous approval of your advisor and program director, alternate thesis projects that may include 50% writing (40- 50 pages) and 50% practice-based outcomes (such as a documentary video, or multi-media) may be submitted. Students will have formulated a thesis topic during the course Advanced Thesis preparation in consultation with faculty member/s who will serve as the thesis advisor/s. To write a thesis, a student must have met the requirements for the Thesis Petition and have had their petition approved. Each student will work directly under the supervision of an assigned thesis advisor and may also consult with other faculty as required by their topic. Students are expected to work independently under the supervision of their advisor, and to meet with the advisor on a regular basis during the semester.
College: Parsons School of Design (PS)
Department: Design Studies (PGDS)
Campus: New York City (GV)
Course Format: Seminar (R)
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By: Gerardo Hernandez-Sosa*, Ralph Eckstein, Tobias Rödlmeier, Uli Lemmer, Material Matters, 2016, 11.2
Gerardo Hernandez-Sosa,1,2* Ralph Eckstein,1,2 Tobias Rödlmeier,1,2 Uli Lemmer1,2,3
1Lichttechnisches Institut, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie,
Engesserstrasse 13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
2InnovationLab, Speyerer Str. 4, Heidelberg, Germany
3Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie,
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Recent progress in the area of solution-processed functional materials has led to the development of a variety of thin-film optoelectronic devices with significant promise in the industrial and consumer electronics fields.1,2 These devices are becoming core technologies for the development of novel applications in sensing,3 energy harvesting,4 and energy conversion, exhibiting a unique combination of mechanical flexibility and light weight.5 Optical sensor research is growing in the area of organic photodiodes, with a special focus on the development of high-performance multilayer device architectures printed on a variety of substrates.6,7 We present the fabrication of printed organic photodiodes (OPDs) based on bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) active materials utilizing zinc oxide (ZnO) hole blocking layers deposited from nanoparticle (NP)-based ink. In contrast to sol gel or precursor-based layer deposition, the use of NPs offers great benefits with regard to processability and, in particular, the ability to precisely adjust the electronic and optical properties of the NPs without influence from the required conditions of thin film deposition.
Organic BHJ photodetectors and solar cells generally have the same device architecture and material set. However, they differ in application focus which requires the optimization of different figures of merit. While solar cells are generally characterized by the short circuit current density (JSC), open circuit voltage (VOC), fill factor (FF), and device efficiency (η), photodiodes are characterized by the current On–Off ratio in reverse bias, specific detectivity (D*), bandwidth (BW), and spectral responsivity (SR). SR is given in amperes per watt (A/W) and is analogous to the external quantum efficiency (EQE) in solar cells, as seen in Equation 1:
where Iph is the generated photocurrent per wavelength λ, q is the electron charge, c the speed of light, and h the Planck constant.
Unlike solar cells, photodiodes are generally operated in reverse bias in order to achieve a larger collection of photo-excited carriers. The On–Off ratio of photodiodes is defined as the ratio between the measured current under illumination and dark conditions at a certain bias voltage. The dark current density (Jdark) can be used to estimate the electrical noise (Snoise), which is dominated by the shot noise of the OPDs, as seen in Equation 2. A lower Snoise compared to the obtained SR will result in a higher D* as evident from Equation 3. D* is a figure of merit of photodetectors which characterizes the smallest detectable signal of the device.
The dynamic response of the photodiode is characterized by its BW, which can be obtained by a transient photocurrent measurement or by varying the frequency of the excitation source. BW is usually defined by the cut-off frequency at –3 dB, which corresponds to a power drop of ~50%.
In practice, the main leverage for increasing the On–Off ratio and, consequently, D* of a photodetector is the reduction of the dark current. This can be achieved by introducing interlayers that selectively block electrons in the device architecture in order to avoid charge recombination at the active layer/electrode interface and simultaneously adjusting the energy levels of the electrode to the active material. ZnO NPs have shown exceptional electron transport properties within optoelectronic devices.8,9 The photodiodes presented in this work were fabricated in an inverted device architecture onto indium-doped tin oxide (ITO)-covered glass or PET substrates. The electron transport layer (ETL) using ZnO NP dispersions was fabricated by spin casting, inkjet printing, and aerosol printing. A thermal treatment at 120 °C for 5 minutes was applied to fully dry the ETL. The active material comprising P3HT (poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl)) (Prod. Nos. 698997 and 698989) and PCBM ([6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester) (Prod. No. 684457) diluted in dichlorobenzene (40 g/L) was blended in a ratio of 1:0.9 and was spin cast, resulting in a ~200 nm thick layer. A 20 nm thick poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) layer was spin cast and used as the hole transport layer (HTL). Afterward, the samples were transferred to a nitrogen-filled glovebox and thermally treated at 145 °C for 15 minutes on a hotplate in order to remove humidity from the PEDOT:PSS layer and improve BHJ morphology.
The 100 nm thick silver top electrode was thermally evaporated through a shadow mask in a vacuum system with a base pressure of 10–7 mbar. For the aerosol-printed OPDs, an active layer of poly({4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy] benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl}{3-fluoro-2-[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyl] thieno[3,4-b]thiophenediyl}) (PTB7, Prod. No. 772410) was blended with [6,6]-Phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC70BM, Prod. No. 684465) using a ratio of 1:1.5 (10 g L–1 in 1,2-dichlorobenzene) with 3% volume of diiodooctane printed on top of a PEDOT:PSS/AZO cathode. The film was then dried in a vacuum (15 mbar) for 15 minutes. The conductive transparent top anode was aerosol-printed using a diluted PEDOT:PSS dispersion and finally dried in vacuum (15 mbar) in an antechamber, then transferred into a glovebox. All devices were encapsulated with an adhesive barrier foil to avoid the penetration of oxygen and moisture into the device.
The OPD architecture and the relative energy level arrangement of the materials is shown in Figure 1A. Atomic force microscope (AFM) measurements were conducted on inkjet and aerosol-jet printed ZnO nanoparticle layers on ITO as shown in Figure 1B. Inkjet-printed ZnO using N11 Jet (Prod. No. 808202) formulation and aerosol-jet printed ZnO using N11 Slot (Prod. No. 808199) produced the best results. Both techniques delivered a very homogeneous ZnO dense layer with a Root Mean Square (RMS) roughness on the order of 2.7 to 3 nm.
The J-V characteristic of devices with spin cast (SC), inkjet (IJ), and aerosol (AJ) printed A) aluminium-doped ZnO (AZO) and B) ZnO nanoparticlebased layers are presented in Figure 2. The device characteristics can be found in Table 1. A dark current density on the order of 10–4 mA/cm2 at –1 V was observed for the spin-cast AZO and ZnO layers, demonstrating the suitability of these ETLs for photodiode application. IJ-printed AZO layers show results as good as the spin-cast AZO layers; however, Jdark for AJ-printed ZnO, and IJ- or AJ-printed AZO-comprising devices is increased.
This suggests that some low resistant pathways are formed during drying of the printed films. In both digital printing technologies, a sequential printing path is used. A local inhomogeneity of the surface energy on the ITO substrate can lead to incomplete wetting and even to pin holes in the ZnO layer. The layer thickness of the spin-cast ZnO and AZO layers is ~30 nm, while the necessary thickness of the IJ and AJP ZnO/AJP layers is below 50 nm. In the case of inkjet printing, the layer thickness was adjusted by the drop spacing or the NP concentration in the ink. Film thicknesses of AJ-printed ZnO layers are adjusted through a variety of parameters including the mist density, printing velocity, atomizer, and sheath gas flows. Further information about the aerosol working principle can be found elsewhere.10 All devices showed solar cell efficiencies >3%, with fill factors exceeding 53% as shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Inverted solar cell parameters of devices comprising SC, IJ, and AJ-printed ZnO and AZO layers.
|Jsc (mA/cm²)
|Jdark @–1 V (μA/cm²)
|Efficiency (%)
|Fill factor (%)
|N21x SC
|N21x IJ (Jet)
|N21x AJ (slot)
|N11 Sc
|N11 IJ (Jet)
|N11 AJ (slot)
Fully AJ-printed semi-transparent photodiodes are presented in Figure 3. The inverted device stack, shown in Figure 3A, comprises a transparent conductive PEDOT:PSS/AZO bottom electrode printed on PET foil. PTB7:PC70BM was used as the active material. Conductive PEDOT:PSS was AJ-printed in a similar manner as the top electrode. Figure 3B shows a device that achieved a 2 mm bending radius; smaller bending radii led to irreversible deformation of the device due to delamination of the barrier foils. The EQE and SR of the device under bending conditions and in normal state are shown in Figure 3C. In stress-free conditions the fully printed OPD showed an average SR of ~0.25 A/W from 400 to 700 nm at –3 V reverse bias. The bended device showed only a marginal reduction of <5%. The D* for both cases was found to be ~1011 Jones, with BW on the order of 200 kHz.7
We have presented the properties of printed organic photodiodes utilizing ZnO nanoparticle-based ETLs. The ZnO nanoparticles allow low dark currents and specific detectivities comparable to spin cast devices, regardless of whether they were produced by AJ or IJ printing. We also showed that the devices can be processed on flexible substrates and can be operated under mechanical stress. These results highlight the applicability of nanoparticle-based inks to flexible printed thin-film electronics and the potential use of organic photodiodes as optical sensors manufactured by digital printing technologies.
The authors acknowledge financial support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research via project FKZ: 13N13691.


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I think I should take a break from reading ARCs. I swear that this is the nth ARC I've given a less than 3 star rating this year. And it makes me feel guilty because most of the ARCs that I've reviewed are debut novels. It's like I am the Grinch, hellbent on crushing the dreams of new authors. >,<
Though the House of Ivy & Sorrow was a pretty decent read, the calculator side of my personality wouldn't just give in. There are so many reasons for me to enjoy this book but things were just off. I was bored the whole time I was reading it. Halfway through the book, I was merely skimming… feeling distant and uncaring.
I really tried my best to like the characters but I just couldn't. It seems that there's an invisible force blocking me from connecting with them. Josephine, our protagonist, isn't a bad character but the thing is, she isn't remarkable either. And towards the end of the story, I was feeling contemptuous about her. She rose to power in an implausible manner that has my eyeballs almost popping out from their sockets. Throughout the story, I haven't "seen" the girl practicing spells or doing admirable feats of magic on her own and suddenly, there she is concocting a brand new, extremely complicated potion to save her friends and family from getting the Curse (The name of the curse that has plague and killed witches for centuries and was proven to be incurable until Josephine's potion). I bet my arm and leg that even Albus Dumbledore or let's just say, Hermione Granger, couldn't achieve such deed without experimenting first. Very convenient, eh?
Even the other characters exuded an aura of "meh." Winn, Gwen, Kat, Joseph, Nana Dorothea, Levi…the whole lot of them. Le sigh. And the villains (renowned for their cruelty; and for defeating other powerful and seasoned witches) were just so lame that they were easily defeated by 6 witches in which 4 of the latter are a bunch of amateurs. Seriously???
Things could have still been saved if the relationships of the characters have just been developed wonderfully. But alas, it wasn't. First, we have the friendship between Jo, Gwen, and Kat. That could have been outstanding, with girl power and all that. Second, we have a romance between Jo and Winn. Sure, it didn't become overbearing but the thing is, I can hardly feel any spark between the two. And third, we have a father-daughter relationship that felt forced and rushed. Gaaaaah!
The plot of House of Ivy & Sorrow was simplistic, hence, my boredom. I mean, admit it or not, witches are already overused nowadays and authors should try harder to make stories about them interesting. I know it's unfair but if you grew up reading Harry Potter books, you're bound to make your standards higher. Another sigh.
I don't despise House of Ivy & Sorrow for there are still some things about it that made my inner sorcerer happy. I adore the magical system created by Natalie Whipple. It wasn't really new but it was realistic. It ought to remind us again that magic is not without its price. :D Additionally, the author was able to paint some scenes that are truly gross that turned the insides of my stomach into a knot.
Summing it up, House of Ivy & Sorrow is a fast paced read perfect for those readers who are just starting to know the world of witches. There's a good chance that others might enjoy this more than I did. Well, that is if they're able to let go of their nit-pickiness.


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This is how my mind works. Scary, I know.
I had three big ticket items on my wish list pre-Biltmore. A S-hackamore, boots of some sort, and my new Advantage saddle.
The S-Hackamore costs roughly $200 for the set up I wanted. Part one begins with my last ride with S when I tried one on Gem and couldn't make it fit for the life of me. It was huge on her. But there was a smaller version available on line as well and my heart was still set on getting the bit out of Gem's mouth.
But after this ride, I threw that idea out the window. Some claim a hackamore has more stopping power than a snaffle, but given her mind set of galloping the entire thing I would not be comfortable or feel safe without that bit. So given the size issue and the training issues, the hackamore idea has been tossed out the window. Maybe we will revisit it later on down the road, but why fix something that isn't really broken?
Boots for Gemmie have been on my brain for the last year. Up north she didn't need them, but there are enough rocky and gravel roads during rides down here that I think they would be a benefit. I still want her bare out in pasture and for all conditioning rides, so shoes are not an option. Anyway.... Renengades were my favorite and they cost roughly $400 for a complete set. EZ boot gloves or epics were a close second. Having no idea how to choose I put out a plea on Facebook for anyone going to Biltmore who would be willing to swing by my camp and look at Gem. A wonderful lady (who rides Mustangs by the way :) stopped by Friday night and brought along both Renegades and Easyboot gloves. Long story short....they don't fit. At all. The shape of her hoof does not match the shape of the boot and even using her wide boots her toe does not reach the end of the boot. Her feet are too vertical. I probably could shove her foot into the boot and hope they stay on, but I am not shelling out that much money just to lose them on the trail.
- $400
Advantage saddle. So this requires an entire post on its own. But....the end of the story is why re invent the wheel? The demo saddle that I have been riding in for the last 7 months has performed beautifully, so why not just buy it and scrap the new saddle idea?
- $700
See...doing endurance is not expensive. In fact it saves you money!!!


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a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent
something resembling an island, especially in being isolated or having little or no direct communication with others
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safety island
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double bar
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to present (a proposal, resolution, etc
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suitable for serving at a table or for eating or drinking:table grapes
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text: We made it! We are so grateful to God for getting us here. To express our appreciation for being alive in this beautiful and safe place, we will paint the whole village shades of blue. Blue is the symbol of divinity in ancient Judaism, being the colour of endless sky and bottomless ocean. Observant Jews are required to have a blue thread in their prayer shawls, so that we are enveloped in divinity when we pray.


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|They put fish out to greet us when we walked in.
Talk about a family reunion! We had at one time 9 people in a three bedroom villa (kitchen, dining room, family room, patio, laundry room) with 5 true beds and one pull out couch. Made for interesting sleeping arrangements. But it was the best too because we could make our own dinners. My grandparents really liked that.
|Making a traditional French yogurt cake for dessert at the Old Key West Villa
One of the nights was spent at a Victorian New England Sea side resort- The Beach Club (oooh, doesn't that sound fancy now).
I took the girls out for a High Tea in the Grand Floridian. If you've never done it, you are truly missing out!
|Walt Disney World's Grand Floridian Resort Lobby- dripping in elegance, isn't it?
They had live music- first a pianist playing classical, pop, and rag time, then a Glenn Miller-esque big band came on and serenaded us. I expected Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Gail Russell or even a young Queen Victoria to come around the corner any moment.
Here's a look at the service:
|This was the second course- scone, clotted cream jam and a raspberry tartlette. I loved the velvet tea cosy. For tea, I chose the Garden View Blend- a triple black tea. And, yes, they served sparkling wine too. So yummy!
|Thia was the dessert course. I chose the swan ( apple mousse in a pastry) and the tiramisu. On the right in a bowl was the raspberry trifle. All were fantastic!


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BIRC5, also named as API4 and IAP4, is a component of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC), a complex that acts as a key regulator of mitosis. The CPC complex has essential functions at the centromere in ensuring correct chromosome alignment and segregation and is required for chromatin-induced microtubule stabilization and spindle assembly. Isoforms 2 and 3 do not appear to play vital roles in mitosis. Isoform 3 shows a marked reduction in its anti-apoptotic effects when compared with the displayed wild-type isoform. The complex with RAN plays a role in mitotic spindle formation by serving as a physical scaffold to help deliver the RAN effector molecule TPX2 to microtubules.BIRC5 may play a role in neoplasia and counteract a default induction of apoptosis in G2/M phase. The antibody can recognize all these isoforms of BIRC5.


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The plan was recently revealed by Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou. The facility will be located on 520 hectares 1,285 acres of disused coal mines in the northern city of Kozani. Costing more than 600 million euros $807 million, the plant's construction will be overseen by state-owned energy company Public Power Corporation SA Athens, which will release a tender in the coming months. PPC hopes to find a large international partner for the project by this summer, with the project expected to be completed in just one year, by mid-2012.
The Kozani project will be capable of producing 260,000 megawatt-hours MWh of electricity annually, offsetting 300,000 tonnes of carbon emissions per year.
Greece is going through its worst-ever recession, and new energy projects are seen by the government as one way of stimulating new jobs and growth in the economy.
"This photovoltaic park is a defining project in our drive to change the Greek development model and attract innovative investment," commented Prime Minister Papandreou.
Arthur Zervos, chief executive of Public Power Corporation, added: "This is a great step toward the fulfilment of a viable energy policy for our country, as well as a new growth prospect for the local community. As a public company we chose to launch an international tender for the Kozani project in order to ensure full transparency."
In related news, London-based Nur Energie, through its NUR-MOH Heliothermal joint venture, has received the green light from the Greek regulatory agency to construct a 38-MW concentrated solar power CSP plant on the Greek island of Crete. The plant will use the LPT 550 solar power system from BrightSource Energy Oakland, California, which will produce electricity for approximately 13,000 homes and reduce carbon emissions by 35,000 tons annually. The system uses thousands of small mirrors, known as heliostats, to reflect sunlight onto a boiler on top of a tower to produce high-temperature steam, which is then piped to a conventional turbine to generate electricity.
"After careful consideration, we selected BrightSource's LPT 550 energy system because of the technology's superior performance, low-impact environmental design and ability to be customised to Crete's unique energy load profile," said Kevin Sara, founder and CEO of Nur Energie. "When completed, this will be the largest tower installation and the most technologically advanced CSP plant in Europe."
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This is me and the Itty Bitty Brewster this morning:
I look like crap. (At least in my opinion.)
And the reason I look like crap is that I had just spent a good 15-20 minutes crying hysterically.
Why was I crying when I had such a cute armful of baby? Well, I'll tell you.
I was crying because I get angry and frustrated at being stuck at home with a tiny tyrant when I'm used to being able to go to work and do productive, adult, nurse-y things without worrying about anyone but myself. Because IBB has been really grumpy the last few days and I've essentially been living for when she's napping or eating because otherwise I have no flaming clue what to do with her. Because I have no motivation to get anything done and I don't want to bother anyway because the clean stuff will just get dirty and the clutter will just reappear and the clothes will just need to be washed again. And because I've been trying to run and eat right and I haven't lost any weight beyond my pre-pregnancy level.
And I was crying because I get myself so freaked out that Itty Bitty is going to be needy and whiny and bossy all the time. And that not only did we ruin things by having another kid but we extra super ruined things by having one who is hard. And it's somehow my fault and if I were a better mother I could fix her and make her an easy happy baby. Which is crazy, I know, because she's 7 weeks old. She's still brand new.
And I was crying because the last straw was that I baked something in the oven and some grease on the bottom burned off and it stunk up the house. And that's just the universe being cruel.
The problem – as I see it when I can step back to see it (or when it is pointed out to me) – is that I've not really accepted where the Itty Bitty and I are on our journey. She is little. And she does need lots of cuddles and holding and time with me. And I need to accept that my days right now are drastically different than they used to be (and how I would prefer them). Maybe I spend most of the day on the couch, with a sleepy baby on my arm and Best Fiends on my phone. Maybe IBB has a day where she's content to watch me sweep and mop and fold clothes from her bouncy seat and I get to feel more traditionally productive. Maybe both scenarios are good ones and I need to be a little easier on both of us.
Motherhood is hard. And I don't care if this is your first time, your third, or your tenth. Mothering a teeny tiny baby is really hard. And social media and society and my own inner voices telling me that I should be able to do it all and have a clean house and a fit body and a perfect family 7 weeks postpartum need to shut the hell up.
So my goal for today is to work on acceptance. And cuddle Itty Bitty without acrimony. And beat the next level on Best Fiends.
I think that would qualify as a productive day.


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What's on during half term on the Isle of Wight
In our 50th episode we talk through all the great things happening on the Isle of Wight during the first school holiday of the year. We discuss special events along side the best way to enjoy the Isle of Wight at a low cost.
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In the News
In this weeks' news Tony has the chance to talk first and gives a summary, and some controversy on the results of this years Pickle Wars. Ali gives an update on all things female with news of the up coming inaugural Venus awards, and a Facebook group for influential women, GO GIRLS!!!
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In the food and drink segment Ali, a self proclaimed coffee snob talks through her latest visit to Love coffee in Newport
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This article will be split into two posts. To read our introduction to this Retirement Series, click here. To read part one, click here.
Failing to rollover IRA funds within 60-days
If you receive funds from an IRA and want to roll over the money to another, you have only 60 days to complete the rollover in order to escape paying taxes on transaction. In general, failing to complete a rollover from one IRA to another within the 60-day window has significant tax ramifications. If the funds are not rolled over within this timeframe, the amount is considered taxable income, subject to ordinary income tax rates. And, if you are younger than age 59 ½, you will pay an additional 10 percent tax.
The distribution may also have state income tax consequences as well. (Note: Rollovers from traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs are taxable, regardless of whether they are completed within 60 days). A direct, trustee-to trustee transfer involves your funds being rolled over from one financial institution to the other, avoiding the 60-day requirement since you never received the money.
Also, you can generally only make a tax-free rollover amounts distributed to you from IRAs only once in 12-month period. As such, you cannot make another rollover from the same IRA to another IRA (or from a different IRA to the same IRA) for one year without the amount being subject to tax. However the trustee-to-trustee transfer is not subject to the one-year waiting period.
Make Roth IRA contributions after age 70 ½
If you continue earning income after reaching age 70 ½, you can continue contributing to your Roth IRA, on top of not having any RMD requirement. Therefore, you continue to accumulate tax-free savings. If you have earned income, and your financial and personal situation allow, consider continuing contributions to your Roth, building up tax-free money when you withdraw the funds.
Failing to name an IRA beneficiary
Don't make the mistake of neglecting to name a beneficiary for your IRA. IRAs do not pass by will, but rather pass under the terms of an IRA Beneficiary Designation Form. If you have not named a beneficiary of your IRA, such as your spouse or child(ren), the "default" beneficiary usually is the account holder's estate. Where there is no named beneficiary, distributions from the IRA must then generally be made as a lump sum or within five years after the owner's death.
When you designate your children as the IRA beneficiary, the rules regarding distributions differ from those that govern IRAs held by a surviving spouse beneficiary. Non-spouse IRA beneficiaries must generally begin taking required distributions over their life expectancy or within five years after the IRAs owner's death. Although taking required distributions, the undistributed IRA assets continue to grow in a tax-deferred manner. On the other hand, a surviving spouse beneficiary may elect to treat the IRA as his or her own, or take minimum distributions as a non-spouse beneficiary would.
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Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be George Sherrill
July 22, 2010 by Gabe Zaldivar
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Things are pretty bad in Dodger land. The owners are in the middle of a heated divorce. Manny Ramirez is hurt, again. They lost their first six games after the All Star break. Now they are looking up at the top of the NL West from fourth place. If all that weren't enough, they still pay George Sherrill to come in a pitch for them. What was lost in the debacle the other night is that Sherrill was the one that gave up a two run double in the ninth. He always gives up runs. That is just what he does. They could have done a lot better signing a leper to a $10 contract. Their ERA would be similar and you wouldn't have to look at a silly goatee.
In this recession how can anyone pick up a paycheck for such ineptitude. You don't see me going into my coworkers offices and just taking dumps. That's what Sherrill does. He goes out there and just poops. Then Torre has to go out and clean up after him. Its just nauseating. Well I don't blame Torre, the front office, or the like. I blame the parents. How people could raise such a lack of production is just beyond me. So please, parents, read to your children. If you don't they will grow up to pitch like George Sherrill.


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4th Global literary Festival 2018 Renzushah's two Kashmiri 2018 novels honoured at prestigious 4th Global Literary Festival amidst High commissioners, literary luminaries ,chancellors & vice chancellors
Kashmir based prominent Author & Novelist Khawaja Renzushah was honoured with Award of honour while his two 2018 version of his distinguished two novels written in Kashmiri Language, "oosh te Khoon" (Tears & blood) "Aaab Chu Dazaan"(water on fire) were released at most global literary platform in 4th Global literary Festival 2018
The High commissioners of Uzbekistan one of the literary partner of the Global literary conference ,High commissioner of Azerbaijan, High commissioner of Mongolia, Chancellor of Media university and head of Marwah Film institute Mr. Sandeep Marwah ,Chancellors of various universities present and retired vice chancellors, Supreme Court luminaries, prominent Authors of English, Frech, Persian, Sanskrit, Bengali ,Hindi,Undu,Tamil and other global linguistics participated in this conference
While delivering his key note address as Kashmiri Author of twelve books translated in maximum languages including Pahari and Gojri, Khwaja Renzushah expressed his gratitude to organizers of Global Literary festival for acknowledging importance of kashmiri language and it's high civilizational value.
He said that Kashmir has 5000 years of its proud past enriched by purity of Sufi Awaliyas, spiritual saints with their remarkable contributions. He said our Silk route known in Kashmir as Shahrah-e-ibrahim was fulcrum of Kashmir to Kashgar trade and civilization and present conundrum as well as lamentable tragedy is that Kashmir has been deprived of our own jugular vain.
He said our Shahrah-e-ibrahim was route of love ,literature, and civilization. He said like pioneers of art of spiritual scripts, literature and history ,our old chronicles that it is Kashmir which had honour of giving first solar calendar to world but exploiting innocence and infirmity of their art of projection being land locked abode , some western travelers stole this idea and presented as western achievements.
He said any one can research that our original terminologies of months like cheeth, Haar, Grashim etc as well as planet oriented names of each day which are still in vogue provide enough proof of paramount richness of our oldest civilization of world
Renzushah said that arrival of our Great Sufi Awaliya Hazrat Bulbulshah (RA) and his vision of establishing Nizam e sufiyat and converting most powerful king of Kashmir Hazrat Sultan Saader-ud-din Rinchenshah to Islam was based on fundamental principles of mutual love ,brotherhood and respectability for which Kashmir is still known throughout globe
Renzushah said that Kashmir literature encompasses realities of Sufiyat, Panasonic beauty of nature ,and love of humanity. During golden era of Distinguished Sufi king Zain-ul-Abideen Tibet, Kashmir and Kashgar were string of pearls but unfortunately today each pearl of our string is lost .
He further said while addressing August gathering that our literature not only Zaberwan, Kohie Maraan, Tosamaidaan, ,Takhat-e-Sulaiman and other heavenly ranges of valley decorating celestial pages of our literature but our Sufi Awaliyas ,saints ,Reshies ,literary luminaries ,poets ,wizards ,scholars ,musicians have enriched literature of Faraghan valley ,projected Himalayas Mysteries ,and it's countenance in most efficient styles .
Today echo of their mesmerizing songs enthrall each part of this fractured civilization alike he said amidst emotional chairs from entire August audience in historical 4th Global literary conference


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This is an excellence remake of 1990, Total Recall by Paul Verhoeven starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, futurist thriller is a new version of the famous Philip K Dick short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. Now it is Colin Farrell playing Doug Quaid, the ordinary guy work in robo-factory, in a future world where a cramped and deteriorating urban society depends on exploiting the mineral reserves of subject colonies. He got a beautiful wife, played by Kate Beckinsale – the role was memorably taken in 1990 by Sharon Stone – and in this movie Doug's wife is a far more important character, killer action all the way through. Doug is bored and unhappy, haunted with bad dreams which drove him to visits a company called Rekall for a mind-trip, Quaid decides to implant a "spy adventure" memory as a vacation, but only this triggers a chain of shocking events, which question the reality of his own life.
Quald finally knew he was a super-spy for The United Federation of Britain, the ruling global empire exploiting a place called "The Colony" which is today known as Australia. In the Quald realized that his moves and plots was programmed by the Britian to ambush, freedom fighters's headquarters, they branded as 'terrorists'. The CGI works is superb and doesn't lose it grips of reality. The action is breath-taking and amazing.
I would say, Total Recall is a great combination of Fifth Element (1997), V for Vendetta (2005), and Unknown (2011). Since Malaysia's general election is around the corner, the opposite party supporters might love this. I watch this twice before posting this review!


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Growing Up Hockey with San Jose Sharks Logan Couture
Getting in the game early is often the first stride toward NHL success. Of course you need to skate before you can play, but those two skills were glove and glove for San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture.
"I first started skating when I was 3," said Couture. "My parents put me in right away, I just loved the game early and carried on from there. I played a lot of road hockey growing up, but the first time I skated, I was 3."
While he may have loved the game early, it wasn't love at first sight for the Ontario native.
"The first time my parents put me on the ice, I started crying and refused to stay out there," said Couture. "I got off right away and hated it the very first time. They sent me out there the next week and my second time out, I stayed out and enjoyed it. But my very first time out, I just cried and hated it."
Like many that have skated before him and many that skate beside him, Couture credits his parents for their support throughout his career. They are now, and will always remain his biggest off-ice inspiration. While off-ice support is the greatest tool a player can have, it's often the players you grew up on that fuel the biggest on-ice dreams. For a young Couture, following the "Great One" helped spark his dream to succeed in the NHL.
"Wayne Gretzky, because he's the best player to ever play," said Couture. "To see him or ever skate with him would be pretty cool."
The road to success is a long one, with triumphs and difficulties lining the rink of dreams, it's a positive mindset that gets you through.
"With hockey, it's probably just never get too high, never get too low," said Couture. "It's a tough game so it can be frustrating, there can be a lot of good times, but a lot of bad times. So, try and stay even keeled, don't get too excited and don't get too frustrated or down on yourself."
Harvesting his talents within the Ontario Hockey League's [OHL] Ottawa 67's put Couture even further on the map within the hockey community. Playing junior hockey with the 67's was a huge factor in Couture's growth as a player on the ice. However, it was his Head Coach Brian Kilrea that played an even larger part in Couture's on and off ice development.
"I'd rate the Coach Brian Kilrea as a big reason why I'm in the NHL right now," said Couture. "The four years I spent with Kilrea was huge, he taught me a lot. Not just as a player, but as a person, I really grew up in those four years that I spent around him."
Four years in the OHL helped bring Couture's game to the next level. In 2007 San Jose decided to make him part of the Sharks family when they took him ninth overall in the NHL Entry Draft. The 2009-10 season proved to be a beneficial one, when Couture joined the Sharks American Hockey League affiliate in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 42 games, he tallied 20 goals and 33 assists earning him a spot on the AHL all-rookie team. Couture's talents transitioned to NHL ice during the 2010-11 season, where he debuted nicely as a rookie, notching 32 goals and earning him a Calder Memorial Trophy nomination. The achievements continued to come for Couture. In 2011-12, Couture traveled back to where his junior career began, this time as a member of the NHL All-Star team that faced off in Ottawa for the NHL's annual All-Star Game.
With accomplishments and experiences a plenty at just 24-years-old, some memories stand above the rest.
"There's been a lot of good memories, the best so far, I scored in Game 7 a couple years ago against the Red Wings and we ended up winning that in the playoffs, so that's up there," said Couture. "Getting picked to play in the All-Star game and then the overtime winner I scored this year against the Kings. The three of those are probably the best moments."
Eventually playing in the big show at any capacity is the dream above all dreams for a hockey player. While the dream is now a reality for Couture, a component often lost in the dream is the possibility to become beloved by the fans you play for.
"It's been great, the fans out in San Jose definitely love their team and they appreciate players who work hard and bring it night in and night out and that's something that I try and do. I think that's one of the reasons that I guess I've become one of the fan favorites."
Despite being seen as a non-traditional hockey market, the undeniable support of the fans doesn't go unnoticed by players within the organization.While the fans may peg the team as the best thing in the Bay Area, Couture has a different view on what makes San Jose, in his eyes, the best in the league.
"The fans, I think we've sold out over 160 straight home games out there," said Couture. "Then the atmosphere, it's one of the loudest buildings in the NHL. I don't think a lot of people realize that because it's out in California and it's the pacific time zone, so people don't stay up and watch those games. But it's an awesome place to play. For me personally, I love going to the rink everyday in shorts and sandals and a t-shirt and playing in front of 17-18,000 people."
Playing for 17-18,000 people every evening can be exhausting, but it's the in-season grind that players truly enjoy. Preparing players for another season and a chance at glory, the off-season brings a slightly slower paced schedule.
"Wake up, eat some breakfast, go to the gym," said Couture. "Then try to go to the golf course."
In a world where athletes are constantly in the news for crazy antics, hockey players are often deemed the tamer, down to earth and more relateable of the group. Couture's off-ice personality mixes nicely with that definition.
"Most of the time, pretty quiet, laid back, I'm a homebody," said Couture. "I don't really do too much. I like to relax during my time off."
The changeover from off ice to on can leave fans with a skewed perception of ones personality. A players character can easily be misinterpreted at times, Couture has wrongly fallen into that category.
"Maybe being cocky?," said Couture. "People might think that about me, but you have to be confident to be an NHL player, confident in your abilities."
The confidence that Couture exudes on the ice has proven beneficial to the Sharks franchise, despite making an impact in the playoffs, the cup has yet to be hoisted during Couture's time. A frustrating fact, yes, but that only makes the drive to succeed stronger. Opening night brings another chance for 30 teams to enter Lord Stanley's season long gauntlet.
"It's a brand new year, just another opportunity to win the Stanley Cup," said Couture. "Once this Finals end and the trophy's up for grabs again, I'm looking for the opportunity to win it."
Sharks love feeding frenzies, but not free agency frenzies, slated to become a restricted free agent at the conclusion of the 2013-14 season, management had a different idea. According to reports, fans can look forward to #39 bringing his determination and abilities to the ice for another 5-years. Couture will reportedly be given a lengthy and well deserved extension.
With the extension comes a reassurance that he's exactly where he belongs. A young Canadian hockey player has seen his dreams come true. Happily ensconced in the San Jose community and Sharks system, Couture will look to add continued excitement for seasons to come.