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What is your ideal raid group?
Mine is a group of highly competent people who enjoy each others company (or at least tolerate each other), are progression-minded, and have the drive to get things done while treating each other with respect. The question is – do raids like this exist? Am I expecting too much?
I think there are two basic categories of raid groups: family style or business style.
The family style raids are the ones where everyone gets along and has fun with what they're doing. Some people may not have the absolute best dps or raid awareness, but these raids work with what they've got because they're more concerned with the people than the progression.
The business-style raids focus on results rather than people. If your dps is too low, if you die in the fire one too many times, you're out. These guilds are not tolerant of mistakes and poor performance, no matter how likable the person making the mistakes is. Do your job or step aside for someone who will.
Of course, these two raid styles are very black and white and I think most raids (including every raid I've ever been a part of) fall somewhere in the middle. I assume that getting bosses down in a timely manner is something most people hope for, but it doesn't always happen. What separates raid groups is how problems are addressed.
No raid aims to progress slowly and wipe to silly things multiple times, but many will not take the steps necessary to reduce the chances these things happen. How do you reduce the chances these things happen? There's proper preparation – well thought out strats that are shared with the guild pre-raid and discussed and tweaked until they work. There's proper class balance to make things as smooth as possible. And then there's the people you choose to bring to raids.
Other people are both the best and the worst thing about raiding. I've met a lot of fantastic people and made a lot of friends through raiding. I've also come close to being overtaken by homicidal urges towards some people I've met through raiding.
I'm a progression-minded raider. I'm competitive. I'm not perfect but I do everything I can to be the best healer I can be – to heal all the things and stay out of all the fires. At the end of a raid I want people to think to themselves "gee, I wish Jasyla was in the raid all the time, she makes things easier." If they're not thinking that, I'm not doing my job.
So what happens when the progression-focused, competitive raiders come across people in their raids who don't have the same level of motivation, understanding and skill? What happens when you run into raiders that make you think "gee, I wish this person weren't here"? In the guilds who are all business these players will be dealt with. Their performance will be called out and if they don't improve they'll be replaced. But in most guilds it's not so easy. These people stick around for one reason or another. It could be because the raid leaders really have no other choice because there's no one to replace them. It could be because they're popular in the guild, no matter what their raid performance is like. It's hard to tell someone they're not good enough.
There are more cutthroat guilds out there, who can be ruthless about who they take to raids to ensure the best progression possible. These raids are like a well-oiled machine, killing bosses left and right and getting those server and world firsts. Sounds fantastic. But if you look a little closer, those raids aren't all sunshine and ponies either. Take the BlizzCon live raid for example. Though Blood Legion's run of Firelands looked perfect, according to everyone who listened to the raid with voice streaming Vent was full of people screaming profanities and racial slurs. That really taints an otherwise pristine run.
I'd like for the people I raid with to be friends, but at the same time I wonder if that negatively affects progression. Personal feelings create biases and skew perceptions. You need distance to accurately evaluate a raider and decide whether or not they deserve a place in your raid.
Can these things be reconciled? Can you have a group of people who enjoy raiding together and respect each other while still having the determination to cut out the weak links in order to get ahead?
Would guilds benefit from saying flat-out what type of raid they're trying to run so everyone's expectations are set?


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By Sara Shipley Hiles
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Like wildebeest on the Serengeti or salmon in the Pacific Northwest, monarch butterflies take part in an epic migration.
Each fall, hundreds of millions of monarchs sweep down from eastern Canada and the United States to the mountains of central Mexico, where they spend the winter clustered in fir trees. The following spring, they turn northward again. Researchers don't know how such small organisms can travel so far, or how the butterflies navigate during their journey of up to 3,000 miles. Do monarchs fly along certain routes? How does weather affect them? And, most importantly, why are their numbers declining?
Through the Monarch Watch program headquartered at the University of Kansas, thousands of volunteers across the butterfly's range are tracking the migration to help understand and protect these elegant insects. The volunteers capture migrating monarchs and tag them with small identification stickers. A tag recovered in Mexico earns a reward of 50 pesos (about $5).
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Become a Defenders' Wildlife Guardian—your contribution helps save wild animals like monarch butterflies.
But since Monarch Watch director Chip Taylor founded the program in 1992, the size of the winter colonies—measured by the amount of land the butterflies occupy—has shrunk significantly, from just over 22 acres to just under 15 acres. "I find it alarming," says Taylor.
Habitat loss is a major problem for monarchs, which need milkweed plants to lay their eggs and nectar-producing plants for food. Development paves over 2.2 million acres of land a year in the United States, Taylor says. The use of herbicide-resistant genetically modified soybeans has eliminated another 100 million acres of habitat since 1997. In Mexico, illegal logging has eliminated some overwintering sites. And then there is climate change, which threatens to disrupt the monarchs' temperature-sensitive life cycle. "How much more can we lose without having a significant impact on monarchs?" Taylor asks.
To help replace some of this lost habitat, Monarch Watch created the monarch waystation program in 2005 to encourage people to plant milkweeds and other butterfly-friendly plants in their backyards. Meanwhile, an army of volunteers fights to keep the migration going. Monarch Watch's educational outreach program involves more than 2,000 schools and other organizations, and more than 100,000 people help with tagging each fall. Tagging kits cost $15. Participants receive instructions, small ID stickers and a data sheet. The migration lasts from August to November, advancing southward about 25 to 30 miles a day.
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Fun facts and a video about monarchs
Naturalist Corinne Mastey led a group of volunteers in tagging monarchs last September at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Clermont, Kentucky, near Louisville. Armed with a mesh net, Mastey waded through a sea of grasses and plants, capturing her quarry with a quick flick of the wrist, saying, "If you chase a monarch with a net and you miss it, it probably won't give you a second chance."
Carol Hyatt, a butterfly enthusiast and retired occupational therapist from Louisville, who "tagged" along, was amazed at Mastey's skill. "I couldn't believe she said she was going to tag butterflies," Hyatt says. "It's hard enough to tag a bird."
Contrary to popular belief, Mastey says, touching a butterfly won't hurt it, demonstrating how to remove a butterfly from the net and place a small round sticker about the size of a pencil eraser on its hind wing. Soon the butterfly fluttered on its way.
Migrating monarchs live for eight or nine months, compared to just two to five weeks for monarchs at other life stages. The butterflies conserve energy by gliding on air currents, stopping to sip nectar for energy. Monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains migrate to the California coast. Those east of the Rockies travel to Mexico.
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Learn about Defenders' efforts to safeguard habitat for imperiled creatures like monarch butterflies.
Mountain forests there provide an ideal microclimate. Temperatures hover just above freezing, letting monarchs slow their metabolism to a semi-dormant state. Sunny days warm the butterflies enough so they can briefly leave the roost for nearby water sources.
In the spring, monarchs mate and begin the return trip. Females lay eggs on milkweed plants as they fly northward, beginning a recolonization of their former range that will take two generations to complete. It will be their great-great-grandchildren that return to the Mexican wintering sites in the fall, where Taylor has witnessed massive numbers of butterflies dying of sheer exhaustion after arrival.
"Talk about the drive to replicate that nature demonstrates," he says. "This is one of the most graphic, most amazing things I've seen."
See how you can participate in monarch butterfly tagging or learn how to plant butterfly-friendly plants in your backyard.
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Did you know Paul Wroclawski, also known as n4N and Sasha Iman, passed away on June 15th, 2014; see this link http://www.walkerfh.com/obituaries/89261
A very great shock. I see he was only 48 years of age. Paul was without a doubt the most dedicated researcher into all things Oak Island, who refused to rely on secondary sources, and always went back to the original documents. In doing so, he shattered many cherished Oak Island myths, such as:
1. The date of discovery of the Money Pit was 1795. Paul showed the true discovery date was almost certainly in the 1780s.
2. The Pit was discovered by three boys out on a lark. Paul showed that the discoverers were adult men, and two of them were already settled on Oak Island at the time of the discovery.
3. Oak Island was uninhabited at the time of the MP discovery. Paul showed Oak Island was first granted to two New York Fish Agents in the 1750s, was surveyed in the 1760s, and settlement began soon after the intial survey, probably late 1760s and certainly no later than the 1770s.
He also made numerous discoveries of previously unknown early records of Oak Island including:
(a) The Brown Report of about 1867, which concluded that the Money Pit was a natural sinkhole.
(b) The work diaries of the Oak Island Association which excavated the Pit in the early to mid 1860s.
(c) Numerous newspaper reports on Oak Island from the 1850s - 1870s timeframe.
Now that Paul is deceased, I feel I can reveal he confided in me a few months ago that he had obtained permission from the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia to research their records and archives of early freemasons in Nova Scotia, to amplify the work I and others had already done on the masonic links to the Money Pit. When I last heard from him a few weeks ago, it sounded as if he had not got very far with this latest research initiative. A great pity as I was looking forward to him finding out a lot about the masonic career of Jotham McCully and others.
Condolences to Paul's partner, children, and wider family.
Dennis King.


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As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday's planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators.
The Herald received reports of walkouts taking place at high schools from Valley Stream to Long Beach, Bellmore-Merrick, Glen Head and Oyster Bay, as well as at universities like Hofstra.
At Kennedy High School in Bellmore, dozens of students streamed onto the football field. "This tragedy serves as a wakeup call," said senior Jessica Rosen, speaking of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. "It's an impetus to start working towards a change. It's the final straw that told us that we can't sit idly by anymore."
The scene was similar at nearby Wantagh High School, where students marched out of the school carrying a yellow-and-black banner that read, "Wantagh Stands With Parkland." "I've never seen anything more beautiful in my life," said senior Samantha Walsh.
At North Shore High School in Glen Head, many students brandished signs saying they had had enough of gun violence. Senior Danielle Fosset said, "I think it's important that our demographic and generation becomes increasingly active and involved in social issues in the current political climate, especially in regards to our lives and our safety. That's why I participated in the walkout. We have the power to inspire change."
The group Women's March Youth Empower acted as a national organizer of the walkout, which took place not only in the United States, but also at schools in Europe and Australia.
The event was called simply #Enough.
It began at 10 a.m. Students walked out of their schools for precisely 17 minutes — one minute for each of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas victims.
According to a post on its Twitter feed, Women's March Youth Empower is seeking:
• To enact a resolution declaring gun violence a national health crisis.
• To ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
• To expand background checks on all weapons.
• To pass a federal gun violence restraining order.
• To pass an act "to demilitarize" law enforcement.
School districts are prohibited by law from advocating for political positions, so district officials said they could not condone the walkout. At the same time, many are saying they support their students.
"This is not a school-sponsored activity, but the district certainly supports our kids," said Bellmore-Merrick Superintendent John DeTommaso. "We support kids in every way that we can, and we're going to do that in this case. We're going to be sure that it's as controlled an event as possible, with as little disruption to the day as we can."
Kennedy senior Justin Dynia said, "Every so often there comes a time when it's up to the students to rise to the occasion and be the proponents of change. This is that time."
Classmate Azaria Vargas said the walkout "is of paramount importance in showing that, as students, we have voices and can make them heard."
A number of school districts, such as the Valley Stream Central High and Lynbrook school districts, held school-sponsored memorial services in remembrance of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas victims. Others held assemblies. Still others allowed students to walk out, without fear of punishment. There were reports of a handful of Long Island districts that treated the walkout as a cut.
At West Hempstead High School, students took part in a lock-down drill in the hour before 10 a.m. to emphasize the importance of school safety. The building was silent throughout the exercise, said Superintendent Patricia Sullivan-Kriss. "I'm incredibly proud of the students," she said. "It was an amazing phenomenon."
After the lock-down drill, students returned to their classes to sit for 17 minutes silently to reflect or to write. A small number of students left their classes and sat in the high school's rotunda, Sullivan-Kriss said.
The superintendent noted that the high school's field is under construction, so students did not have anywhere outside of the school to gather. When asked whether students were permitted to leave the school, Sullivan-Kriss said, "It's an if that did not occur. The students participated in our plan."
"It is the vision of this high school to nurture an environment that develops responsible citizens in a global community," West Hempstead High Interim Principal Dr. Robert Hanna wrote in a letter to parents before Wednesday. "It is important that we provide all of our students with the opportunity to analyze and think critically about the world around them. The administrative team is working with our teachers to develop a variety of ways in which we can more effectively engage all of our students in current events on a continuous basis."
Nassau police said ahead of the walkout that security was stepped up at high schools across the county, but would offer no further details.
On its website, Women's March Youth Empower states that the walkout came about because of "Congress' inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods."
"We need action," the site states. "Students and allies are organizing the national school walkout to demand Congress pass legislation to keep us safe from gun violence at our schools, on our streets and in our homes and places of worship."
Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and Education Commissioner Maryellen Elia, in a joint statement on Wednesday, called the walkouts a "peaceful, yet powerful display of unity and civic engagement."
"This is a national movement; it is real, and it is being driven by our students," Rosa and Elia said. "As educators, we often talk about 'teachable moments.' These young people, united in peaceful protest to demand action buy our Congress on gun violence, are turning tragedy into a teachable moment for our federal lawmakers."
Erik Hawkins, Alexandra Brinton and Zoe Mailin contributed to this story.


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This may be my favorite project of the year. My niece was having her birthday, and I thought she deserved a dress of her own. So, I set out designing an age appropriate semi formal dress. I had this beautiful lace that I bought from Fabric.com, and had intended to use for scarves, but it just wasn't the right weight for scarves, so it became a lovely lace overlay for a skater dress.
The pattern is self drafted, and I used a half circle skirt for the skirt of the dress. I've been hanging onto an oversized lavender zipper, and it was the perfect detail for the back of the dress.
Unfortunately, I didn't factor in enough seam allowance to account for the structure of the lace. I ended up haven't to make the seam allowances quite a bit larger, which made the bodice quite a bit smaller. Unfortunately, the dress didn't end up fitting my 10 year old niece, but fortunately, she has two younger sisters, and it fit her petite 8 year old sister perfectly.
I'm glad that someone gets to wear it, and I just might have to make myself a matching dress. It's just too cute.


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Teacher: Latosha Rowley, IPS Center for Inquiry,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Grade Level: Fourth and Fifth
Topic: Let Freedom Ring
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Background Information:
Ms. Rowley believes that having choices of what to read helps
students really engage with the literature and enjoy what
they are reading. Within the curricular focus of American
history with the theme, "Let Freedom Ring," she offers her
students a range of titles designed to help them experience
various historical events and expand their thinking on what
freedom is and what it looks like while acquainting them
with historical examples of struggles for individual and
collective freedom.
During this lesson, students make comparisons between life
in the 1800s, during the Civil Rights movement, and today
in order to explore how things change and how they remain
the same. Ms. Rowley encourages her students to make personal
connections while they are developing their understandings
of both geography and American history. In addition to the
core texts that the students read with their literature circles,
Ms. Rowley often reads topically relevant picture books such
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The Secret to Freedom, or Eve Bunting's Smoky Night
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by a particular area of study.
If you are interested in learning more about ways in which
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West Virginia water ban lifted in parts after chemical spill
300,000 people affected by contaminated water
Safe tap water gushed from faucets and shower heads in West Virginia on Monday, a welcome sight and sound for a small fraction of the 300,000 people who have not been able to use running water since a chemical spill five days ago.
- West Virginia chemical spill: water ban could last days
- West Virginia chemical spill a blow to the economy
It could still be days before everyone in the Charleston metropolitan area is cleared to use the water, though officials said the water in certain designated areas was safe to drink and wash with as long as people flushed out their systems. They cautioned that the water may still have a slight licorice-type odour to it, raising the anxieties of some who believed it was still contaminated.
Residents still hesitant
"I'm not going to drink it. I'll shower in it and do dishes in it. But I won't drink it. I don't think it's (the chemical) all out," said Angela Stone, who started the 30-minute or so process of flushing her system out soon after the ban was lifted.
Officials were grateful to give the green light on Monday to about 6,000 to 10,000 customers. Gov. Earl Tomblin made the announcement at a news conference.
"We are finally at a point where the 'do not use' order has been lifted," Tomblin said.
We are finally at a point where the 'do not use' order has been lifted.- Earl Tomblin, Governor of West Virginia
The water crisis shuttered schools, restaurants and day-care centers and truckloads of water had to be brought in from out of state. People were told to use the water only to flush their toilets.
"Finally," said Stone's husband, James Parker. "I can finally take a shower, do dishes and cook some regular meals."
Parker uses a cane and his wife, Angela Stone, is paralyzed on one side.
"We have mobility issues so it was hard going out and getting free water," he said.
Officials were lifting the ban in a strict, methodical manner to help ensure the water system was not overwhelmed by excessive demand, which could cause more water quality and service problems. An online map detailing what areas were cleared showed a very small portion in blue and a vast area across nine counties still in the 'do not use' red.
Customers were credited with over 3,500 litres of water, which was likely more than enough to flush out a system. The average residential customer uses about 12,500 litres per month.
Some people said they weren't worried about the odour.
"It's not going to bother me as long as we know it's clean," said Peter Triplett, a state library commission worker whose home is near the first area allowed to use water. "It's been rough going."
The first area cleared was downtown Charleston, the state capital and its largest city. Hospitals were flushing out systems there and schools Superintendent James Phares said he hoped the largest two school systems could reopen Tuesday.
The water crisis started Thursday when a chemical used in coal processing leaked from a Freedom Industries plant into the nearby Elk River.
Odour complaints
Complaints came in to West Virginia American Water about the odour and officials discovered the source was the chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol that spilled out of a 151,000 litres tank.
In all, state officials believe about 28,000 litres leaked from the tank. Some of the chemical was contained before flowing into the river and it's not clear exactly how much entered the water supply.
Federal authorities, including the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, have opened an investigation.
Over the past few days, tests have showed that levels were consistently below a toxic threshold, and in some samples, there was no trace of the chemical at all.
In need of a reminder
Some people put plastic bags around faucets so that they were reminded not to use the water. Others have left town to take a shower and find an open restaurant.
Steve Graham, who works at Union Mission in downtown Charleston, said they handed out more than 150 pallets of bottled water packs since the weekend. Graham said the water ban slipped his mind Monday night.
"I got that mouthful of water in the middle of the night just waking up, and instantly you got that candy taste in your mouth," he said.
Graham said he rinsed his mouth out with bottled water and was fine.
Only 14 people exposed to the contaminated water were admitted to the hospital, and none were in serious condition. No fish kills were reported and there was no impact to aquatic life or wildlife, state officials said.
The chemical, even in its most concentrated form, isn't deadly. However, people were told they shouldn't even wash their clothes in affected water, as the compound can cause symptoms ranging from skin irritation and rashes to vomiting and diarrhea.
Company president Gary Southern held a brief news conference Friday night, but otherwise company officials have declined to comment.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) disclosed a holding in Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) in a wager that the telecommunications company will benefit after buying out its partner in the largest U.S. wireless business. Verizon posted the biggest increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Berkshire held 11 million Verizon shares as of March 31, Buffett's company said yesterday in a regulatory filing. The investment is valued at about $530 million.
Verizon acquired Vodafone Group Plc's minority stake in Verizon Wireless in February, allowing it to it stop paying a dividend to its partner. The $130 billion deal is a bet that there's still room for growth in the U.S. even though a majority of customers in the country already have smartphones. The company has forecast higher adjusted profit margins this year on a 4 percent increase in revenue.
"Verizon has an attractive dividend and an enviable position in the wireless market," said Kevin Roe, an analyst with Roe Equity Research. "It's good ballast for investors in a choppy market."
The telecommunications company is the 24th-highest payer of dividends in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, with a yield of 4.4 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Bob Varettoni, a spokesman for New York-based Verizon, declined to comment on Berkshire's holding. The deal with Vodafone was announced last year.
Buffett, 83, has long championed a concentrated approach to stock investing. More than half of Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire's $118.5 billion equity portfolio at the end of March was in four companies: Wells Fargo & Co., Coca-Cola Co., American Express Co. and International Business Machines Corp.
Combs, Weschler
The Verizon investment was probably taken by one of his backup stock pickers, Todd Combs or Ted Weschler, based on its size, said Richard Cook, co-founder of Cook & Bynum Capital Management LLC. The deputies each oversee about $7 billion for Berkshire and have gotten more funds from Buffett since being hired in 2010 and 2011.
Berkshire also said in the filing that its stake in General Motors Co. (GM) declined by 25 percent to 30 million shares. The holding of DirecTV fell to 34.5 million shares from 36.5 million three months earlier. Buffett has said that both picks were made by his deputies, who outperformed the S&P 500 in 2012 and 2013.
GM slipped 2 percent to $33.68 at 9:40 a.m. in New York trading. DirecTV climbed 0.3 percent.
"It is very interesting to follow what Todd and Ted are doing," said Cook, who manages about $310 million, including Berkshire shares. "They're smart investors, and they've had some home runs already."
Buffett's Approach
Bringing on Combs, 43, and Weschler, 52, was a cornerstone of Buffett's succession plan. The Berkshire chairman and chief executive officer has said they will jointly oversee all investments once he's no longer leading the business he built over the past five decades from a textile maker into one of the most-valuable companies in the world. Its market capitalization surged past $300 billion this year for the first time, buoyed by gains in the stock portfolio and earnings from dozens of operating businesses.
That track record has earned Buffett a following among investors, who study Berkshire's stock picks for clues about strategy. His major equity purchases can often send a company's shares higher. When Buffett reported a $3.7 billion stake in Exxon Mobil Corp. in November, the world's biggest oil explorer gained 2.2 percent the following day and closed at its highest level in at least 33 years.
Wal-Mart Stake
Verizon advanced 1.8 percent to $48.81. Its largest shareholders include Capital Group Cos., manager of the American Funds mutual funds; BlackRock Inc.; and Vanguard Group Inc., each with more than 200 million shares, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson yesterday disclosed a stake of 8.7 million shares.
Berkshire also boosted its stake in one of Buffett's investments, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., by 17 percent to about 58.1 million shares, according to the filing. The holding in the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is valued at more than $4 billion. Wal-Mart climbed 0.7 percent.
"In terms of what's going to move the needle for shareholders, Buffett's very large investments still dominate" the Berkshire portfolio, said Cook.


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Another goodies for my daughter to bring to school last week. It was for her Science subject and everyone loves this so much, even the teacher asked whether she can bring this again to school for the Children's Day next month...^^
It's a simple but very very delicious cupcakes that I found from a book, "Beautiful Cupcakes" by chef Kevin Chai. I love his books, all the recipes turn out beautifully!! Anyway there were some changes in this recipe because I was lacked of some ingredients stated in the book....:p
225g butter
200g sugar
225g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
120g peanut butter
120g dark chocolate (finely chopped)
Topping (which I didn't apply):
60g peanut butter
50g butter
2 tbsps fresh milk
~ Preheat overn at 175'C, place some cupcakes paper casing on tray. It calles about 20-22 small cupcakes.
~ Combine butter and sugar and beat till light and fluffy.
~ Add in eggs one after another then fold flour and beat until smooth.
~ Stir in peanut butter and chopped chocolate until well combined.
~ Spoon batter into prepared cases and bake for 20 minutes.
~ Remove and cool on rack.
~ For the topping, combine peanut butter and butter, beat until light and fluffy.
~ Add the fresh milk and beat until well combined.
~ Make decoration on top of each cupcakes as you desire.
Soft and fluffy and so yummy! Love this so much!!
While the cupcakes were baking in the oven, my whole kitchen was filled with the smell of peanut butter and chocolate. If you are a peanut butter and chocolate lover, you cannot miss this!!


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Concerns in Brachycephalic Breeds
Veterinarian Reviewed on November 1, 2007 by Dr. Janice Huntingford
"Brachycephalic" literally means "short-face" or "short-head," and is a term used to refer to dog breeds with facial features that include a compressed upper jaw and a short muzzle. Common brachycephalic breeds include the Pit Bull Terrier, Pug, Shih Tzu, Bulldog, Boxer, and more. There are a number of health concerns directly associated with this anatomical feature, and dog owners must be familiar with the special needs that are associated with these breeds.
Because of the compressed airway associated with having a short face, all brachycephalic breeds have certain degrees of respiratory difficulties, a condition known as brachycephalic respiratory syndrome. Specific problems that may result in breathing difficulties include narrow nostrils, elongated soft palate, and tracheal stenosis (narrowed windpipe). Since dogs rely on panting to dispense excess heat, the breathing problems in brachycephalic breeds also make these dogs more susceptible to heat stress.
Brachycephalic breeds can also have eye problems since their eye sockets are very shallow. Shallow eye sockets increase the risk of eye proptosis, or dislocation of the eye, which needs surgical repair. Their eyes are also susceptible to irritation since many of them cannot close their eyelids completely, or have inward eyelids.
Other concerns related to brachycephalic breeds include dental problems, skin infection in the folds of the face, and possible complications during birth because of their broader heads. In addition, obesity carries a greater concern in brachycephalic breeds since it increases the likelihood of heat stroke and heart diseases, of which they are already more susceptible.
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Diagnosing these breed-specific problems can usually be done at a young age, as symptoms are quite prominent. It is usually a question of how much the physical structure is impairing normal daily function. For instance, the snorting and snuffling sounds made by these breeds can be a sign of breathing problems if they cause distress, however all brachycephalic dogs will snort to some degree. In dogs with more severe respiratory problems, collapsing episodes and an intolerance to exercise may occur.
Eye irritation and other problems can present as localized inflammations, persistent teary eyes, and pigmentation on the eye surface.
If the problems are deemed detrimental to the dog's general wellbeing, they can be surgically corrected. However some concerns such as susceptibility to heat strokes, tendency to have eye infections, and higher risks associated with anesthesia, are directly related to the anatomy of these breeds and cannot be fully avoided. Each individual dog will have unique needs and concerns related to its own physiological features, and the owner must be aware and work with the veterinarian closely to alleviate these problems.
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Fresh blueberries and almond extract are added to my Grandma Meme's easy pound cake recipe for one seriously delicious dessert!
One of my Grandma Meme's go-to dessert recipes when I was a little girl was pound cake.
I can picture it right now, sitting in it's covered glass cake stand on the middle of her kitchen table.
Growing up in Oklahoma, my grandma was the kind of grandma that didn't just make dessert for special occasions. Well unless you consider every meal a special occasion, which I do because eating is pretty much my favorite thing!
We had milkshakes and cookies and cakes and pies. Oh the life of a child growing up across the street from a southern grandma. Oh yes, it was so good!


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Frontier Day Lives Again at Abilene State Park
Outdoor Event Also Marks 20th Anniversary of Buffalo Soldiers Program
TUSCOLA—A one-time popular annual event celebrating 19th-Century life on the rugged Texas plains, Frontier Day is again a part of Abilene State Park and scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 3.
From noon to 4 p.m., park visitors can enjoy booths, activities, displays, re-enactors and demonstrations that highlight the daily routines and challenges experienced by settlers and soldiers who called this area home during the 1800s. Activities and programs scheduled for the day include a vintage baseball game, an authentic chuck wagon, a buffalo hunter, archery, Old-West re-enactors, 1870s military soldier demonstrations, animals from the official Texas State Longhorn herd, the Game Warden Operation Game Thief trailer, dulcimer music, flint knapping and more. The park friends group will also have snacks and drinks available for sale.
"They used to have a Frontier Day event at Abilene, and we decided to bring it back," said Dawn Capps, park ranger and peace officer at Abilene State Park. "It's important to show people what life would have been like so many years ago, and how people would have survived on the frontier. Things are, of course, dramatically different today, but we want to make sure that these stories and traditions don't get lost. And Abilene is a perfect place to host this event; the area in and around the park was a strategic and leading edge to the frontier, because of the buffalo passageway, water and trees that have always been here."
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(photo courtesy of cousin Gina)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wordless Wednesday - Aunt Lillian
Posted by Leslie Ann at 4:31 PM
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This is a GREAT photo! Do you know when it was taken? It looks like something right out of one of those wild west shows!ReplyDeleteReplies
You're right Cynthia. She does look like a character straight from the wild west!Delete
Unfortunately I have no date for this photo, but it looks to me like she is probably around twenty years old so I am going to guess it was taken sometime around 1930.
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– James F. Taulman, former Editor-in-Chief of the first independently licensed website to offer stock reports and services based on the CAN SLIM® investment system.
NOTE: Today's watch list can be found here.
U.S. stocks ended lower yesterday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average halted a four-session winning run, while tensions over the U.S. and China's trade fight sapped investor's appetite for equities.
"Never depend on single income, make investment to create a second source."
– Warren Buffet
This morning, U.S. stock futures are considerably higher with the Dow's up +100 points.
European markets opened higher. Stocks in Asia ended the session mixed.
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Over the years, there has been just a handful of these professionals who have stood out from the rest, and who I would highly recommend to anyone who is looking for professional guidance.
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I ran my routine stock screens early this morning. yet did not find any new stocks to add our watch list.
We still have 10 stocks which we will be watching for the next buyable breakout – see here.
One stock in particular is WEX. This payment services leader just recently reclaimed its 50-day moving average and is now about -3% from its TRIGGER PRICE.
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Volume on the breakout. A stock that is breaking out through resistance, with an increase in volume of +50% above the stock's average volume (50 DAV), is showing more conviction and more demand. This is not saying – all lower volume breakouts will fail. Actually, we've seen many continue higher. If you have found that you did buy a stock that showed lower daily volume or volume under 50%, going forward – simply treat it a regular trade.
Earnings BreakOuts. Many stocks from our watch list will break out during earnings season. Earnings breakouts can be more rewarding, however, these trades carry much more risk then traditional (non-news) breakouts. One needs to also consider – the strength/weakness of the fundamental news that was just released along with the forward-looking guidance the company gave, investors response to the conference call, etc. For anyone who is not familiar with – buying earnings breakouts – I suggest that they sit through a few seasons to study, paper trade, and show some profits, before applying actual capital.
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Do these mean the same thing? The first sentence makes me think of the action of putting something away, but the second sentence makes me think that the action has already been done, and those things are already in the pocket.


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Modern cities create vast quantities of waste. But rather than causing a crisis, could these overflowing landfills help create urban landscapes of the future? In the third of Building Tomorrow's expert viewpoints, urban designer Mitchell Joachim looks at ways our trash can be turned into treasure.
Cities were invented for a multitude of purposes. First was the need for the concentration of vital resources in a given region - then came their role as places for worship, trade, governmental control and military defence. But in our modern age, urban spaces were conceived and shaped primarily around mass market industrialisation.
Today the consequences of the post-industrial city have had an incredible impact on the environment. It is widely accepted cities impinge on areas well beyond their borders. Waste streams in cities are the leading factor in pollution of the areas outside their geo-political boundaries.
Urban waste must be reconfigured – our time has run out. Reports of garbage problems from Naples in Italy to Beijing in China underscore the size of the problem. Landfills are filled and incinerators have the potential to release poisons such as dioxin. We must have a new strategy towards refuse in urban places, one that includes the design of consumables in the first place. Many concepts exist already, but what are some of the most radical solutions to our wasteful ways?
Recently, the planet reached 400 parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere for the first time since modern humans evolved. Reversing such wasteful habits will require tremendous effort, as minuscule changes will not alter this course. Humanity has reached its peak of one-way consumption.
Now is the time to design waste to regenerate our cities. What are the possibilities for urban environments after our aged infrastructure is recalibrated? How might bigger cities and waste mix? One key idea is that waste is not recycled through infrastructural mechanisms but instead up-cycled in perpetuity.
All over the globe municipal waste is on the rise. In China, the amount of municipal solid waste produced is rising by 6% per year. It has kept pace with the rapid urbanization in China. Many parts of South America are also rapidly urbanising and their waste has grown with it. Brazilian cities have had a steady 10% increase in waste headed for landfills. India will see a 500% increase in e-waste – materials from cell phones, TVs, refrigerators – destined for urban landfills. A lot of it is imported from developed countries. South Africa and China will also have to deal with 400% more garbage from foreign e-waste.
Mankind will have to solve our waste problem in cities. If we don't, it'll be the end of us. There are a number of possible solutions, and some of them are already being adopted.
Super-sized waste
The first credible step is to reduce trash by considering the life cycle of objects we make. Things that are designed for obsolescence should be outlawed. Additionally, products must be manufactured with the intent to reuse, disassemble, take back or upcycle. For instance, instead of tossing out bottles we could adapt them for use as planters, lighting fixtures, building wall elements.
Other cities have highly organised systems to solve these problems. In Zurich, the city requires individuals pay handsomely for waste that is simply discarded, while thorough recycling is encouraged by free citywide collection services. Therefore well over 90% of municipal waste inside Zurich is recycled and sent to incinerators to produce energy. Burning waste is not the answer but it does have opportunities in the mid-term. It requires substantial need for enforceable regulations, comprehensive industry controls, economic feasibility plans, and the latest ultra-expensive technology such as plasma gasification plants.
In similarly developed cities - Malmo, Tokyo, or Copenhagen – it makes sense to use a waste-to-energy processes. These prevailing urban populations are stable and easily taxed to support such a system – not so easy in developing cities such as Lagos or Jakarta.
Outreach programs that invite the public to observe civic waste systems as a spectacle are instrumental in spreading awareness. The Hangzhou Environmental Group in China has over 10,000 tourists a year visiting its landfill facility. Freshkills landfill in New York will be transformed into the largest public park in over 100 years that will showcase engineered nature from waste. Cuba, an island nation that has been cut-off from trade imports, has conserved almost everything through carful recycling of parts - from 1950's cars to eyeglasses, nothing is wasted.
Look at how such a system might affect the US. America is the lead creator of waste on the earth, making approximately 30% of the world's trash and tossing out around three-quarters of a ton per US citizen per year. It seems value has devolved into rampant waste production: mega-products scaled for super-sized franchise brands, big-box retail, XXL jumbo paraphernalia and so on. The US mindset is typifying a throwaway consumer culture. Where does it all end up? Heather Rogers said in her investigative book Gone Tomorrow that throwing things away is unsustainable. The first step we must take is reduction – meaning a massive discontinuation of objects designed for obsolescence. Then we need a radical reuse plan. Our waste crisis is immense. What is our call to action?
New York City is currently disposing of nearly 33,000 tons of waste per day. Previously, most of this discarded material ended up in Fresh Kills on Staten Island, before operations were blocked. Manhattan's inhabitants discard enough paper products to fill the Empire State Building every two weeks. Terreform ONE's Rapid Re(f)use and Homeway projects strive to capture, reduce and redesign New York's refuse infrastructure. The initiative imagines an extended city reconstituted from its own junked materials. The concept remakes the city by using all the trash entombed in the Fresh Kills landfill. Theoretically, the method should produce, at minimum, seven new Manhattan Islands. New York City's premier landfill was started by the divisive urban planner Robert Moses and driven by apathetic workers and machines. Now, guided by a prudent community with smart equipment, we must reshape it.
'Smart trash'
How could this work? Outsized automated 3-D printers could be modified to rapidly process trash and to complete the task within decades. These potential automatons would be entirely based on existing techniques commonly used in industrial waste compaction devices. To accomplish this job, nothing drastically new needs to be invented. Most technologies are intended to be off-the-shelf. Instead of machines that crush objects into cubes, compaction devices could benefit from adjustable jaws that would craft simple shapes into smart 'puzzle blocks' for assembly. The blocks of waste material could be predetermined, using computational geometries, in order to fit domes, archways, lattices, windows, or whatever patterns would be needed. Different materials could serve specified purposes: transparent plastic for fenestration, organic compounds for temporary decomposable scaffolds, metals for primary structures and so on. Eventually, the future city would make no distinction between waste and supply.
If you think this sounds familiar, it is. Think back to the 2008 Pixar animation WALL-E. At approximately the same time that Rapid R(e)fuse was initiated, the movie was announced. WALL-E's name is an acronym: Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth Class. Left behind by mankind, he toils with trillions of tons of non-recycled inner-city trash. He tirelessly configures mountains of discarded material. Why pyramids of trash? WALL-E's daily perpetual feats seem almost futile. The film omits exactly why he is programmed to pile refuse; and there is the shortcoming.
There's a deeper motivation for stacking refuse. What if the rubbish was refabricated to become real urban spaces or buildings? If it is plausible to adapt current machinery, how much material is available? At first sight, any sanitary landfill may be viewed as an ample supply of building materials. Heavy industrial technologies crush cars or to automatically sort out garbage are readily available. 3-D printing has exhausting capabilities if adjusted to larger scales. This is where Terreform ONE's city began.
The envisioned city would be derived from trash; not ordinary trash, but 'smart refuse'. A significant factor of the city composed from smart refuse is 'post-tuning' – and we would have to adapt this raw material for use. Integration into the city texture would be a learning process. In time, the responses would eventually become more attuned to the needs of the urban dweller. This new city may be built from trash, but it will also be connected via computers. The buildings blocks will learn.
Cities, unlike machines, are similar to a complex ecology. Ecology is capable of achieving a continuous harmonious state, or even further, a positive intensification. If ecological models are productively everlasting, urban models can logically follow.
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Most of us have been there. We come to the end of a long relationship with a person we trusted and loved and then -- boom -- just like that it's over and we feel like someone dropped us flat on our faces. There's a period of mourning that occurs after a relationship ends, but instead of seeking solitary confinement and sitting in a quiet room reflecting on old times and trying to move on, some of us pursue...uh, more social activities to try and cope with our anger and sadness.
I'm talking about sex, folks. Rebound or revenge sex, to be more accurate. According to a recent study of 170 college-age students, one-third of people have revenge sex within one month of breaking up with a partner. Ah well, if you're going to jump into that fire, at least make sure you're following a few rules and doing it right.
I'm not an advocate for rebound sex, especially when it comes to women and rebound sex. It is totally sexist - I KNOW -- but I'm friends with several women who are as badass as they come and can eat sharks for lunch AND STILL had their hearts broken because they jumped into another sexual dalliance so soon after a bad break-up.
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Stamford boat fire remains under investigation
STAMFORD -- The cause of a fire that resulted in the sinking of two boats Wednesday night, lighting up Stamford Harbor and sending plumes of smoke through the city, remains under investigation.
Several people had to be rescued from the dock as thick smoke billowed around them, and four had to be treated at Stamford Hospital for smoke inhalation, said Assistant Fire Chief Trevor Roach.
It was the first test for the city's new 34-foot fireboat that is capable of pumping 2,000 gallons of water a minute. The boat went into service late last year.
The sunken boats were to be raised Thursday so investigators could begin looking into the cause of the fire. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection also had crews on the scene Thursday trying to minimize the flow of diesel fuel into the West Branch of Stamford Harbor.
The fire was reported at 8:18 p.m. Wednesday at the marina at the Avalon on Stamford Harbor, 150 Southfield Ave.
Roach said the fire appears to have started on a 40- to 45-foot powerboat and then spread to a nearby sailboat tied up on the same dock. It took nearly two hours to bring the fire under control, said Chief Fire Marshal Charles Spaulding.
One man, who said he witnessed the start of the fire, said one of the boats was unoccupied when the flames ignited, but the other boat that caught fire had one person aboard. The man, who declined to give his name, said the person on the boat got out safely.
Roach said the acrid smoke given off by the Fiberglas hulls was reported north into downtown sections of the city.
"Fiberglas is extremely noxious for us and gives off all kinds of gases," Roach said. "The smoke was spreading fairly well and we had all kinds of calls for smoke throughout all sorts of sections of the city."
Four engine companies responded, Roach said in addition to the new $610,000 fireboat. The vessel pumping capacity is five times more than the department's previous fireboat.
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Even institutions at the very top of their field have room to innovate significantly. Case in point: The Cleveland Clinic, which "is gaining new renown for innovation in improving the quality of care while holding down costs," according to this editorial from The New York Times. "In its most fundamental reform, the Clinic in the past five years has created 18 "institutes" that use multidisciplinary teams to treat diseases or problems involving a particular organ system, say the heart or the brain, instead of having patients bounce from one specialist to another on their own," the newspaper writes. On a recent visit to the Clinic, The Times says, its staff observed a team of a neurosurgeon, a neurologist, a neuroradiologist, a neurologist with advanced training in intensive care, a physical and rehabilitation doctor, a medical resident, a physical therapist and a nurse. "As they made rounds from patient to patient, they had a portable computer that displayed electronic medical records so that the whole team could see how the patient was doing and plan the course of care for the day," according to The Times. "This team approach can improve the quality of care because all the experts are involved in deciding the best treatment option, which can save time and money." As others have pointed out, the Clinic " has strong leverage to drive such reforms because its staff physicians are salaried and are granted only one-year contracts and subjected to annual performance reviews." The Times says the Clinic also sets the pace in data analysis to evaluate how well treatments work. "For instance, the Clinic analyzed outcomes for heart surgery patients and found that those who had received blood transfusions during surgery had higher complication rates afterward and a lower long-term survival rate," according to the editorial. "As a result, it has adopted strict guidelines that limit the use of transfusions." The Clinic's progress in restructuring itself, says Michael Porter, a Harvard professor who analyzes health care delivery and organizational change, is "light speed" compared with other institutions. He tells The Times that the Clinic is "a model of where we need to go. Not perfect, not done, but far along."
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Independence Police Department
223 N. Memorial Drive
Independence, MO 64050-3013
Public Information Office
Officer Tom Gentry
(816) 325-7258
News Release
For immediate release: May 9, 2014
Police Memorial Invitation
This is an invitation for everyone to attend the annual Police Memorial Service in front of Police Headquarters, 223 N. Memorial Dr. Independence, MO 64050 on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at 3 p.m.
There will be special guests, Scottish bagpipes, the playing of Taps, honor guard and a color guard as part of the memorial ceremony.
This is truly a special occasion to honor all of our fellow officers who gave their lives in the line of duty, and their families who are still members of our greater Independence Police family.
We hope you can be with us to honor and show your support for the officers who have given the ultimate sacrifice of their lives for us, and their families whose lives will always feel the emptiness because of their loss.


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Charity to Cover Govt. Cuts to Scholarships for Iraq, Afghanistan Vets
(JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla.) -- A Florida-based charity announced Wednesday that it will cover the funding cut from scholarships for children of military members who died fighting in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars caused by sequestration.
ABC News reported Tuesday that scholarships were being cut by as much as $2,133.81 per recipient this year because of automatic budget cuts to the Department of Education included in the sequester legislation.
The Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation, a Jacksonville Beach organization that helps children of military members who perished while on active duty to finance their education, said it will use funding from private donations to cover the gap left by sequester cuts.
"We work with our children any way to find them all available funding and grants towards college," Executive Director John Coogan told ABC News Wednesday.
Coogan said the organization dedicates every dollar of donations to identifying children of the fallen, advising them on how best to find grants and scholarships for higher education, and covering whatever costs are left over.
The foundation is nonpartisan, but Coogan said the announcement about sequestration triggered an increased sense of responsibility to help out in this respect.
"I think, generally speaking, it's important for us to stay focused that the children of these fallen patriots aren't affected by policy disagreements," Coogan said.
The challenge for the organization is finding these children – be they infants or just reaching college age – so they can help. Coogan said the organization had already enrolled 1,800 children, but he estimated there were about 15,000 who had lost a parent in the line of duty.
"We're really looking to increase the number of children that we've identified so that we can be sure we're doing what we're supposed to be doing as an organization," Coogan said.
In speaking Wednesday afternoon, Coogan said the group had already begun the process of reaching out to families of those Marines killed in a training exercise in Nevada on Tuesday.
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan
Description: This action plan articulates the most significant ecosystem problems for the Great Lakes, and describes efforts to address them. The five areas are toxic substances, invasive species, health and pollution, wildlife and habitat preservation and restoration, and finally a component that covers accountability and evaluation.
Date: February 21, 2010
Creator: United States. Council on Environmental Quality.
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