text:
Cadillac creeps closer to parity against Europe's high-performance luxury brands with the 2017 CT6 full-size sport luxury sedan.
Though there are likely to be some aficionados who yearn for the days of the Cadillac de Ville or Fleetwood, the company now is committed to alphanumeric designations -- just like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Jaguar, Lexus, and Audi. That's how it stays hip and also testifies that the venerable American purveyor of softly sprung land cruisers now delivers models that travel in the same grid with the best from Germany, Japan, and Great Britain.
It started in 2003 with the rear-drive CTS, which gladdened many drivers because it was the first modern Cadillac to butt bumpers with the German performance sedans. Since then it has gradually upped its game with overachievers like the CTS-V. But it has not totally abandoned the gentry who in days of yore drove their Fleetwood sedans majestically up to valet parking at the country club.
The company still produces the big XTS, with a personality that still carries hints of earlier times. It comes with front-wheel drive, as had most Cadillac models following the General Motors rejection of rear-wheel drive more than a decade ago.
Now the pendulum has swung again. To deliver a proper high-performance contender, rear-drive -- or, increasingly, all-wheel drive -- is mandatory. The 2017 CT6 qualifies. Depending on the model, it is available either way.
Tested for this review was the CT6 Platinum AWD, which parks at the top of the lineup. It had a starting price, including the destination charge, of $88,490. With options, it came with a suggested delivered price of $91,580.
As might be imagined, that sticker covers a lot of stuff, starting with a 404-horsepower, 3.0-liter V-6 engine with twin turbochargers that makes 400 lb.-ft. of torque. The power reaches all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic transmission with a manual-shift mode controlled by paddles on the steering wheel.
There's enough power to move this 4,370-pound sedan to 60 miles an hour in an estimated 5 seconds -- as long as you turn off the stop-start system that shuts the engine down at stoplights to conserve fuel. However, some slight turbo lag appears when you punch the pedal to downshift and pass at highway speeds.
Handling is enhanced by magnetic ride control and a rear-wheel steering system that makes turn-ins quicker on curving roads. But straight-line cruising, depending on the road, requires steering corrections. Loafing along on a smooth freeway is quiet and relaxing, though the ride can get lumpy on undulating pavement.
The CT6 is a big car, a couple of inches longer than its garage-mate, the XTS, and a few inches shorter with slightly less passenger space than the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series. Inside, it has ample space for four passengers, who sit on soft leather perforated to deliver heat and cooling.
The driver's seat is equipped to deliver en route back massages and the rear seats recline comfortably like those in upscale movie theaters. On the tested Platinum model, outboard rear seat passengers get their own entertainment screens nestled inside the front seatbacks.
A console containing function controls and cup holders divides the back seats. It can be folded up out of the way to expose a fifth seating position, but it's not worth the bother. Headroom disappears when you park your bottom on a hard cushion, and a giant floor hump eliminates foot space.
A panoramic sunroof is overhead. A large touchscreen resides in the center of the instrument panel, controlling a variety of functions with swipes and touches. There are no buttons or knobs, though a pad on the console supplements the touchscreen controls.
An unusual feature is a rear-view camera embedded in the inside mirror. It delivers a clear picture and a wide view behind the car. But it is mostly distracting because the driver's eyes must re-focus every time they shift to glance at the mirror, and double vision often results. Fortunately, the camera can be switched off for a normal view.
The power seat controls are mounted on the doors, similar to those on Mercedes-Benz models. They were awkward for me to use -- not as intuitive as controls mounted on the sides of the seats.
Overall, the new CT6 comes across with a personality more akin to that of a big sports sedan than that of a boulevardier like the XTS.
Copyright © 2013 Motor Matters
|Vehicle type
|5-passenger AWD sedan
|Base price
|$88,490 (as tested: $91,580)
|Engine type
|twin-turbocharged V-6 w/DI
|Horsepower (net)
|404 at 5700 rpm
|Torque (lb.-ft.)
|400 at 2500-5100 rpm
|8-speed automatic
|Overall length
|204 in.
|Curb weight
|4,370 lbs.
|Fuel capacity
|19.5 gal.
|Epa mileage rating
|18 mpg city, 26 mpg highway
Hundreds of one owner, off-lease cars, trucks & SUVs with low mileage at a great price!


text:
Last Call Review of draft-ietf-hip-dex-06
|Review of
|Requested rev.
|no specific revision
|Last Call Review
|General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) (genart)
|Other Reviews
Secdir Last Call review of -06 by David Waltermire
Opsdir Last Call review of -06 by Qin Wu
|Francis Dupont
|Posted at
|Reviewed rev.
|Review result
|Draft last updated
|Review completed:
I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. The General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) reviews all IETF documents being processed by the IESG for the IETF Chair. Please treat these comments just like any other last call comments. For more information, please see the FAQ at <https://trac.ietf.org/trac/gen/wiki/GenArtfaq>. Document: draft-ietf-hip-dex-06.txt Reviewer: Francis Dupont Review Date: 20180224 IETF LC End Date: 20180226 IESG Telechat date: unknown Summary: Ready Major issues: None Minor issues: None Nits/editorial comments: - ToC page 3: you use the US spelling of Acknowledgments in the ToC and the English one (acknowledgements) in the technical body. Even when it is not very consistent I believe this follows RFC 7401 choice so I am fine with this. - 2.1 page 6: please add/move to RFC 8174 which updates RFC 2119 fixing the keyword case silly issue. - 2.2 page 6: perhaps "sort" should be added here? - 2.3 page 7 (twice): (c.f. Section 3) -> (see Section 3) or simply (Section 3) - 18.104.22.168 page 16 (at end of line): e.g. -> e.g., - 5.3.3 page 25: I don't believe the critical property for random value is to be "uniformly distributed" (for instance I could have put "unpredictable"). I leave this to the security directorate who should propose a better wording if they don't like the current one... - 5.3.4 page 26: same comment. - 6.1 page 27: this section does not really explain what is the puzzle (it only stands the equation to verify) but I remember the explaination was before with a reference to 6.1 so I have no concern. - 6.2.1 sender 3 page 27: hidden dependency on the sort definition for HOST_g/HOST_l so gl/lg keys. Yes it is in 6.3 but 6.3 is after. - 6.3 pages and 30: sort is used page 29 and defined after page 30, this is why IMHO the question to move the definition to 2.2 notation is a good one... - 6.3 page 30: / is not associative so ceil(L/RHASH_len/8) is bad. The text shows it must be ceil(L/(RHASH_len/8)) (vs ceil((L/RHASH_len)/8)) - 6.5 1. page 31: Otherwise, it must drop the packet. -> MUST - 6.6 1. page 33: the system should process the R1 packet -> or SHOULD or (I prefer) the system processes the R1 packet - 6.6 8. page 34: The R1 packet may have the A-bit set -> can (not better from a language point of view but clearer and BTW used for instance in 6.10...) - 6.6 13. page 34: it may either resend an I1 packet -> MAY? (cf 11.) - 6.7 5. page 36: Otherwise, the system should process the received I2 -> or SHOULD or (better) processes (and drop -> drops) - 6.7 15. page 37: If the A-bit is set, the Initiator's HIT is anonymous and should not be stored permanently. -> IMHO SHOULD NOT or directly MUST NOT - 6.9 page 39: If a NOTIFY packet is received in state I2-SENT, this packet may be an I2 reception acknowledgement of the optional -> replace "may be" by "can be" or (better) "is" - 7 page 40: Please put "If a Responder is not under high load, #K SHOULD be 0." in its own paragraph (i.e. add a break before "If"). It makes clearer this sentence is a requirement when the text before is the rationale. - 8 page 40: " either supports HIP DEX or HIPv2 must be able to detect" -> MUST or "has to" - 8 pages 40 and 41: I think that the first and last paragraphs of section 8 say the same thing. Should you keep both? - 9 page 41: I'd like to see a formal proof of the DEX protocol. I believe you share this wish as you cite SIGMA. - 9 page 42: I'd like to go further and recommend (lower case) the use of a RNG (vs PRNG) when available (hopefully no longer an exception). - 9 page 42: Hence, HIP DEX HITs should not be use -> SHOULD or ought to? Thanks firstname.lastname@example.com

subset: commoncrawl


text:
COSTA MESA — The rain never materialized Tuesday afternoon at Jim Scott Stadium, but a brisk wind played a role in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 second-round girls' soccer playoff match.
Host Corona del Mar played north to south in the first half, with the wind, but never took the lead.
In the second half, visiting Esperanza made sure the Sea Kings' hopes were just gone with the wind.
Aztecs senior midfielder Nosa Ogiamien scored in the 62nd minute as CdM was shocked, 1-0, in a season-ending loss.
Esperanza (15-5-6), the second-place team from the Century League, plays host to Harvard-Westlake on Thursday in a quarterfinal match.
Corona del Mar (16-4-4), which won its third straight outright Pacific Coast League title this year, also had a streak of four straight years making the CIF quarterfinals. This year, its season ended a round earlier with a loss that was hard to take.


text:
Feeling slightly nervous as I have just booked my accommodation for the Advanced Clinic with Marty McGee Bennett in May. It's 4 nights long! That's a long time to be away from all the boys.
I'm probably a bit apprehensive about the clinic too. It didn't help that on Julie's Basic Handling Course she kept dropping statements like 'Oh, just to warn you, Marty gets annoyed if you don't have good herding technique.' I think I'm alright at herding but maybe I'm not good enough. I'm sure Susie and co will give me lots of practice before then.
Still. The place looks amazing and the clinic will be lots of fun.
Missing the boys may be really tough but I can call them three times a day.


text:
This is the day that we need to begin not tomorrow because you don't know what it will bring or even if you will be here tomorrow. Begin something whether it is your dream for your life, or it may be stepping out to finish a degree that you wanted to finish. Life is a beginning, a new day with its sunrise is a beginning and if you are alive then you should begin!
Just as the proverb says that "a trip of one thousand miles begins with one step", we need to begin. When God called Abram to go away from his country to a country that he knew not…he began with a step in that direction. When the Israelites were freed from slavery, they would never have gotten to the wilderness, let alone their promised land, without taking the first step.
In your life, every day, your day begins when you wake up. But…nothing gets done in the day until you begin it! You have to get up from the bed, put your feet on the floor and take a step, then another and another until you get to your destination. God knows His plans for you and they are plans to prosper you, but your prosperity doesn't come to you without stepping out on faith and doing something about it!
We all have to begin to do something every day, regardless of the situation because in this life things don't get done without a beginning! You can't eat without picking up the fork, you have to begin your meal with an action. Like picking up the plate and the fork and putting the food on it and then thanking God for what we have to eat. Even then, if you don't begin to eat with that fork, that plateful of food won't get into your mouth without you beginning to eat it.
The thing about beginnings, regardless of the type of beginnings they are, is that some kind of action is required. In a relationship with your wife or husband it has a beginning, just as life has a beginning. When we decide to live our lives for Jesus or rather WITH Jesus, that life has a beginning too. So where do you and your family or spouse begin? That depends upon where you want to end your journey. Any trip or journey whether in life or as a vacation has to have a starting point…a place to begin and an ending point. So consider where your journey should end or at least where you would LIKE for it to end.
Regardless of your beliefs, whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim or any of the other religions, there is always a place where your eternity also begins. For all of us, eternity begins when this life ends regardless of your beliefs. Some of you who don't believe in an eternity will find that contrary to your lack of belief, there really is a God and you will meet Him. When your eternity begins, where will you spend it? If you don't believe that there is one, then you will be surprised and not so happy about your eternity. If you are a Christian, then I need to ask this question:
Have you followed Jesus every day since you asked Him into your life?
Why do I make it that personal? Because a relationship, whether it is with Jesus or your family, is personal. To be in that relationship totally, you have to be present every day not just once or twice per week or once a month! How would your spouse feel if you treated her or him that way? Your relationship wouldn't last very long would it? If it isn't a daily walk with Jesus, then you might need to check with your pastor to see if you are saved! Sitting in a pew, reading a daily Bible verse, giving a tithe now and then, these are all good things but they are the motions that you can do that show others that you attend church…that's all. Your relationship only shows when you are in it for real! Don't be like the Pharisees were, so religious they couldn't have a relationship with their Messiah.


text:
To filter the sessions, select one or more options in one or more filters. Click on a filter or start typing to see options. Then click Search.
Location: R31
Instructor: Darol Anger (fiddle) & Andy Reiner (octave mandolin, fiddle)
Style: Bluegrass Blues Cajun Country Folk New England Oldtime Rock Swing Texas Western Swing World
Darol is stylistically sweeping, melodically magical, and rhythmically remarkable. All that and he's a nice guy, too. Bring your favorite tune or just play along with Darol, Andy, and the other hellions. Anything can happen - and will!


text:
Recipes from Around the World Volume 2 - Download Recipes/Ma
Bring the exotic tastes of other countries into your home with Recipes From Around The World.
You dont have to travel the world to get a taste of international cuisine. With Recipes From Around The World, you can open your mind and treat your taste buds to a world of fine cuisine-without leaving home!
Volume 2 of Recipes From Around The World contains over 500 recipes from Australia, Africa the Middle East, the Philippines and the Caribbean. Your family and friends will love this selection of recipes which includes exotic dishes such as Caribbean Pork With Pineapple Salsa, Lebanese Baba Ghanoush, Fragrant Pork Adobo from the Philippines, Aussie Shrimp On The Barbie With Orange Ginger and South African Curried Beef Gratin.
Packed with more than 1000 tantalizing recipes from far away lands, the 2 volume Recipes From Around The World set lets you serve and satisfy even the most sophisticated of cravings with inspired meals created fast and easy. Order your copies today!
Keywords: around;from;recipes;volume
File Size: 1116 KBytes
Widgets for your homepage
This widget is without your affiliate ID. Please log in/sign up, to get a revenue share.


text:
Australian Simmons scores history-making triple-double in fourth game
- Simmons is the only Australian to achieve a triple-double in the NBA
- Only Robertson and Williams achieved triple-doubles in first four games
Ben Simmons – the 21-year-old from Melbourne – has led the Philadelphia 76ers to their first regular season win with a triple-double in just his fourth game. The feat places him alongside basketball greats Oscar Robertson and Charles Barkley in the NBA history books.
Simmons is the first Australian to have a triple-double in the NBA, while only Robertson and Art "Hambone" Williams have achieved triple-doubles in their first four games. LeBron James, by comparison, took until mid-way through his second NBA season to achieve his first triple-double.
Simmons was superb in the win against the Detroit Pistons, with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the 97-86 win.
The Australian shrugged off the personal accolades and focused on his team's maiden win. "It feels great that we won," Simmons said. "Our team played well together and we played the right way. I'm just happy we got our first one."
Simmons also became the first player to achieve the feat in Detroit's new Little Caesars Arena and became the first 76ers rookie since Michael Carter-Williams to post a triple-double.
He is now also the first 76ers player since Barkley in 1987 to shoot more than 70 per cent from the field in a triple-double with eight of his 11 shots successful.
The 76ers, despite high expectations, opened the NBA regular season with losses in their first three games. Simmons and centre Joel Embiid, with 30 points and nine rebounds, were too strong for a Pistons squad that falls to a two-win, two-loss season record.


text:
Nora Vasconcellos Goes to Disneyland
Nora Vasconcellos has had one hell of a great year in 2017 so far. And not surprisingly (to us and skaters around the planet), but deservedly, she was promoted up to the pro ranks by her crew at Welcome Skateboards earlier this week. After the big surprise and celebration, what would she do? Where would she go? Well, the best answer to that is – Disneyland! Check out this report from Monster Children.
Comments are closed.


text:
Specialty Air, Inc provides heater and air conditioning repair, service, installation and services in Anaheim CA and surrounding areas. Check out what some of our customers are saying about Specialty Air, Inc Heating and Air Conditioning services.
Local Reviews
for Anaheim, CA
Peter A.
Repairing Air conditioning system in Anaheim
Near S Taylor, Anaheim, CA 92808
Peter A.
Repairing heating and air conditioning in Anaheim
Near E Ward Terrace, Anaheim, CA 92806
Peter A.
Repairing mini split system in Anaheim
Near Anaheim, CA 92805
Jeff A.
Performance check on furnace and to inspect new ducts we recently installed
Near E Sandalwood Ave, Anaheim, CA 92805


text:
Everyone falls into ruts. Even when it's the new year, your resolutions may not even start because of bad weather and holiday hangovers. Come on, the holiday season doesn't truly end until the Broncos lose the SuperBowl.
And lose it, they have. So Now, let's consider it time to really get those resolutions going.
Consider this, as the shortest month, February is perfect to change things. It won't last that long and so the pain of change can be limited. Plus, it the perfect timing to lay the groundwork for beach season. You want to take off your shirt in public this year, right, so abs take planning.
First, change your diet. Start reducing those carbs. It's quite simple, lose the sweet tooth and start eliminating mindless carb ingestion. Start taking your coffee with only cream. No more rolls with dinner. Dinner starts becoming more about protein and vegetations. Fruits? Start saying no to fruits…no OJ, no strawberries, no PB&J…no jelly whatsoever. It's not so hard once you get this stuff out of your system. Once your daily glycemic load goes down, eating less becomes easier and easier.
Second, booze. If you drink a lot, now is the good time to drink less. Sure, booze may have a zero glycemic index, but who knows, it sure makes people fat.
Third, change your workout. Everyone of us can run into routines that limit our progress. Even if you're following a basic texas method of building strength, maybe it's time to … once you hit basic strength standards … branch out your skills.
Here are some forgotten muscles and exercises that you can focus on to change things up:
1. Work on pull ups. For most of us, this is a strength exercise as you can only do less than 5. But you should be able to do 10-20. So, work on increasing your arm and back strength so that you can turn this into a cardio routine.
2. Move towards high intensity workouts. High intensity training (HIT) is where true athletic performance comes from. You don't win games by merely being strong or by being able to jog a few miles. You win by having sustained explosive speed. Also, HIT will help boost your testosterone, which is a good thing.
3. Increase your reps to build mass. Everyone loves mass.
4. Back muscles. Improving your back muscles will help improve your posture. This group of muscles seems to be ignored.
5. Change your cardio routine. Instead of jogging/running, try swimming. If you haven't done it in a while, throw in some yoga.
Resolved…let's get those resolutions running.


text:
The All-in-One Clinical Trial Data Management Solution
CompleClinical® is a comprehensive eClinical solution for trial data management. From step one, CompleClinical is designed for seamless implementation, practical use and straightforward control by enabling rapid setup with existing applications and hardware. From capturing and validating, to sorting and reporting, CompleClinical software ensures your global site data are accurate, secure and available on-demand through a single point of access.
Tired of juggling data logistics among multiple platforms? CompleClinical establishes one cloud-based platform to reduce the time, cost and risk involved with managing:
- Electronic case report forms (eCRF)
- Electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO)
- Physiological device data (such as spirometry and electrocardiograms)
- Laboratory data and radiological images
- Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS)
Don't design your study to work with someone else's software when CompleClinical has been designed to work for your study. From protocol design to data lock, CompleClinical can be tailored to your sites, project teams and data requirements to drive accelerated trial completion. Your trials happen in real time and so should your data entry and analysis — depend on CompleClinical for complete trials.
CompleClinical benefits include:
- Scalable and flexible to adapt to trials of all scopes and sizes — our software works the way your program does
- A single point of entry with one login
- Access and control of universal data in real time with cloud-based storage
- Multilingual support for clear communication of data input and retrieval
- Compatibility with existing equipment and technologies, ensuring prompt startup and streamlined data capture
- 24/7 live support by our team of U.S.-based, in-house help desk personnel via phone, email, chat or streaming
CompleClinical features include:
- Simplified, user-defined monitoring, review and sign-off tools for investigators and high-level personnel
- Capture, validation and reporting of all device and non-device data
- Web-based and voice platforms to support instantaneous data capture from sites, subjects and personnel located anywhere
- Support for steadfast compliance, patient randomization and accurate patient reported outcomes
- Secure automated and manual data transmission options
- Customizable alert options to notify you of predetermined events
Specialized data collection services include:
- FeNO (Fraction of Exhaled Nitric Oxide)
- Holter
- Methacholine challenge
- Exercise challenge
- Spirometry: Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Slow Vital Capacity (SVC), Inspiratory Capacity (IC), Maximum Voluntary Ventilation (MVV)
- Spirometry challenge
- Point-of-care lab data
- Pulse oximetry
- Radiological images
- Digital height and weight
- Blood pressure
Your program depends on complete data, so depend on CompleClinical to complete your trials.
Outfit Your Program with CompleClinical
Up for a Demo of CompleClinical?
Review our additional software solutions that simplify clinical trial data management.


text:
Hisham Matar's new memoir is The Return — "a riveting book about love and hope, but also a...
Become a Friend of 92Y with a gift of $100 or more and receive 10% off select talks, readings and concerts! Learn More »
Select donation amount:
Or enter another amount:
Your donation will be automatically billed to your credit card each month. At the close of each year, you will receive a letter recording your 92Y gifts for tax purposes. You may change or cancel your payments at any time.


text:
Carlos Ocana, treasury secretary, and Francisco Gonzalez, chairman of BBVA, Spain's second largest lender, yesterday expressed concern over a credit crunch for Spanish institutions seeking international financing.
According to EuroIntelligence, Spanish banks alone now account for 16.5 per cent of direct borrowing from the European Central Bank.
Spain has already had to bail out smaller lenders as a second credit crunch hits peripheral eurozone countries such as Spain, Portugal and most notably Greece.
The ECB has already had to print hundreds of billions of euros and extend its lending drastically amid uncertainty as to whether peripheral states will retain the single currency.


text:
Special to the Minden Press-Herald
SPRINGHILL McDonald's employees put on their friendliest faces as they welcomed community members to their grand re-opening Thursday afternoon.
Attendees played McDonald's trivia games for free gifts and held a few drawings, the grand prize being a card containing 25 free extra value meals.
While the newly landscaped exterior and freshly remodeled lobby were the most obvious changes, the thing that captured the most attention seemed to be their new ordering kiosks.
"They're [the kiosks] very user friendly," said McDonald's employee Charm Smith. "It's all touch screen and there's an assistance button on bottom if you need


text:
If we're ever going to share calendars, we have to insist on interoperability between them all.
Let's drain the swamp!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Arranging meetings via the Web, without online registration
Earlier today, Doug Kaye tweeted: "Is there a good online service for scheduling multi-person meetings and calls that doesn't require everyone to register?" Later on that day, he tweeted about two good possibilities: When is Good and Meet-O-Matic.
1 comment:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Beginning Letter Sound Sort
Beginning Sounds
Providing stories, ideas, and strategies for helping students with disabilities.
Beginning Letter Sound Sort
Love your blog! I am a homeschooling mom of a special needs daughter. I would love to have you check out my blog!
I'd love to download this file to use with my two preschoolers who I'm homeschooling. Google docs says only the author and editor can download. Would it be possible to change permissions so I can download? I would be most grateful.
I love the phonics tool you put together and was hoping to use it for my kids, but google will not allow me to download it. Would it be possible to obtain a copy?
Many Thanks,


text:
Open Sat&Sun noon-4:00-(confrim first if ice or snow)PRIVACY FENCE INCLUDED on really-large backyard.Brand New!Tiled shower,soaker tub in MBA,2 stone-to-ceiling fireplaces AND wet bar in !Elevated ceiling ht in basement,as well. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths,walk out basement in Oz North;all within walking distance to Grubaugh Pool and park!Tucked away with a quaint,country feel.Custom-built white cabinets in kitchen with granite counter tops,engineered,hard wood flooring thru liv/kit/din/hallways.Stainless steel appliances,2 living areas,& 3 car garage. Rich, dark cabinetry in baths,wet bar, and laundry.Tile in bathrooms and laundry room.Carpet in bedrooms and basement. Beautiful mixture of stone and brick front with brick mailbox included.Seller provides Standard Builders Warranty.
Go South on 65, East on 14, (Jackson by McDonalds) North on 3rd (shopping center) stay to the right then East on McCracken Rd, to 10th Ave,N past pool n park to 12th,rt
1625 E. Primrose St.
Springfield, MO 65804
1625 E. Primrose St.
Springfield , MO 65804
A real estate transaction is a multi-faceted process with many moving parts. That's why we offer a wide array of services to help you through the process. Whether you're buying your first condo or selling your third home.
Results from this calculator are designed for comparative purposes only, and accuracy is not guaranteed.
The data relating to real estate for sale on this web page comes in part from the Internet Data Exchange (IDX) of the Southern Missouri Regional MLS, LLC , Inc. Real estate listings held by Brokerage firms other than Murney Associates, Realtors are marked with the IDX logo and detailed information about them includes the name of the listing Brokers. The information being provided is for consumers' personal, noncommercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. The information being provided is not guaranteed, and all information should be verified by the consumer. Any representation that a web site contains all listings shall only mean that the web site contain all listing available to the public through the IDX data feed. There may be other properties offered through a REALTOR® that have not been displayed on this site. © 2019 Southern Missouri Regional MLS, LLC All rights reserved.
Last Updated: January 8, 2019 11:59 AM
Copyright Disclosure


text:
|➲ Sk'p "Astravel" // Label: Crazy Language // Released 06 January 2014 // Art: Sarge GrafX.
"Sk'p is a name that is instantly recognizable to those who are into some speeded up, playful, incredibly clean but detailed glitch tunes and not a stranger to chiptune madness as well. But that's just one side of him. A very prolific and active producer hailing from Belgium, he decided to release on Crazy-Language a very different output from what he usually does, being slowing things down while still retaining his trademark sound of beautiful immediate melodies, clicky beats and a very precise song structure.
Inside Astravel are half a dozen of smooth, slow-paced classic IDM compositions that take no time on getting a warm and fuzzy feeling out of you. It's simple, effective and very fun to re-listen time and time again, so you can start digging deeper onto all the nifty little details that are present inside. Complementing the six solid tunes Sk'p has to offer, you can still count on a couple of remixes from two of the label's finest: Huron and Enabl.ed. Fitting like a glove to Berlin's finest net label, Sk'p is already at home. (F.G.)"
// via Dreamt about Dreaming //


text:
With the solar eclipse approaching this Monday, August 21, 2017, we were antsy to figure out ways to watch the event. Being that this is the first time in 99 years everyone in the U.S. can view it, we were determined to make the most of it. Whether you are having a viewing party, or watching at home, try out these ways to safely watch the eclipse.
First and foremost, do NOT stare at the sun with bare eyes! Proper eye protection is key for this spectacle.
The first way to view this event is through ISO-certified solar eclipse-viewing glasses. If you're lucky you may be able to snag a pair for free at your local library. If not, they are available online or maybe even at your local gas station. Sunglasses are not safe enough to stare at the eclipse.
Can't get your hands on a pair of glasses? Don't worry, we have some DIY ways for you to watch! Pinhole projection is a method you can use at home that is super simple. It requires a makeshift projector and a screen, while you're faced away from the sun. The best part is that these are made entirely out of household items.
Making a pinhole projector out of paper plates is the quickest and simplest way to view the eclipse. Follow these instructions for this method.
You can do this with white cardboard, paper, or Cheeky plates like we'll be doing! A more advanced version of this would be using a cereal box like this.
Have a pair of binoculars lying around? They work perfect as an eclipse projector! Hold the binoculars up to the sun and aim the eyepiece on a white surface such as a piece of paper. This works the same way as the pinhole projectors; just make sure not to point the binoculars at yours or anyone else's faces to protect your eyes.
Want some more fun ideas? NPR says anything with a hole should work:
Happy eclipse watching!


text:
Gordon Bartlett has targeted five wins from Wealdstone's remaining nine Ryman Premier League matches to seal a play-off place.
His side begin their final month of the season with a tricky home clash against in-form Tonbridge Angels on Saturday before they travel to Harrow Borough on Easter Monday.
After watching his side win only their third league game of March at Maidstone United on Saturday Bartlett reckons 15 points from a possible 27 will guarantee his side a top five finish. However, he warned they can only afford a maximum of three defeats if they are to achieve their goal.
"I don't think we will be far away if we pick up six wins from ten," he said. "We have won the first one and now we have got to play a lot of teams who are in and around us. Seven of the last nine games are at home and we have got to make that count.
"But it is a tough run-in starting with a Tonbridge side who are flying. They went into the start of March in 19 th and they go into April in fifth."
Dean Smith (hamstring) is out for ther rest of the season while fellow defender Rob Fitzgerald (hamstring) is a couple of weeks away from a return.


text:
Craig L. Williams
Thomas Jones
Herb Kelleher and Southwest Airlines
A legend within the airline industry, Herb Kelleher has taken Southwest Airlines from a doodle scratched on a cocktail napkin to being the most successful airline in history (Brooker). When you start to sift through the numerous magazine articles about Herb Kelleher and even more about Southwest Airlines, you begin to see how this happened. Kelleher talks about "a unique corporate culture, which he believes is unquestionably the source of Southwest's success" Colvin). Kelleher has instilled this corporate culture into the very soul of the company which allows management at all levels to make decisions based this value (McCall and Kaplan, 48).
But what is this underlying corporate value. Very simply put, it's LOVE. Or LUV which is the company's stock
exchange symbol. Originally it
started as a marketing ploy because Southwest was founded out of
Kelleher, an attorney, was trained in the arts of Critical Thinking before his time at Southwest Airlines. For years, Kelleher argued for Southwest Airlines against the big, established airlines in court when he was the airline's General Council. His style suggests a Panning-for-gold approach (Browne and Keeley, 4). Always asking the critical questions and finding ways to even skirt around restrictive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lottery regulations during the air-traffic controllers strike in 1982 (Brooker), provides us with clues.
One of the best examples of a proactive approach to his company recently. Kelleher noticed an increase in non-fuel related expenses and took action to watch those costs. He stated that you have to "manage in good times so that you're ready for bad times" (Brooker). In McCall and Kaplan we read about do it sooner (56) which clearly outlines this style of proactive approach. In the long run, it also has helped Southwest Airlines turn a profit in every year since it's first. Especially these past few years which has seen the airline industry bleed some major amounts of red ink, Southwest Airlines continues to post profits. Another potential problem that Kelleher dealt with sooner than later. Putting into practice McCall and Kaplan's principle, "Act now and save yourself bigger trouble later" (56). Clearly the airline industry is in a lot of big trouble but Southwest Airlines continues to fly right through it. Never allowing themselves to get complacent during the good times.
Southwest Airlines has never had any layoffs. Kelleher believes that you are only going to have short term gains by laying people off. In the long term, you loss much more than you would have hoped to gain. With Southwest Airlines one of the most unionized airlines, you would think they would have issues with the labor unions. Teamster leaders never have to discuss job security for their members. They know it's not an issue. What Kelleher gains by this, is employee satisfaction, employee trust in the company and most importantly, employee loyalty. Something that is hard to put a price tag on in this (or any) industry.
is important to any CEO. Kelleher
makes it a point to get out and talk with the rank and file employee's. It might just be a flight back from
This New
Jersey-born Irishman loves battles, but especially he loves to win the
wars. Kelleher quoted General
Patton "War is hell, and I love it so" (Brooker). This passion for battle jumps right off
the pages of McCall and Kaplan "They love to win -- but wars, not battles"
(86). Even today as Kelleher steps
down as CEO but stays on as Chairman of the Board, he is looking forward to
continuing the "war" by fighting for Southwest Airlines in
I think I would sum up Kelleher's business methods as this:
· Treat your employees like your customers
· Manage in good times so that you're ready for bad times
These are at the heart of what Kelleher has left the airline industry. Even today, another new airline has taken to the sky. Jet Blue is using a familiar formula for success that helped Southwest get to where it is today. At 70, Herb Kelleher is very pleased with how his decisions have helped make Southwest what it is today.
Works Cited
Best Companies To Work For. (2001, January 8). Fortune. [Online]. Available:
http://www.fortune.com: (2001, November 26).
Brooker, Katrina. (2001, May 28). Herb Kelleher: The Chairman of the Board Looks Back.
Fortune. [Online]. Available:
http://www.fortune.com/mag_archive/2001/mag_archive.5.28.01.html: (2001, November
Browne, M. Neil. And Keeley, Stuart M. Critical Thinking: Asking the Right Questions. Special
Colvin, Geoffrey. (2001, November 12). Value Driven: What's Love Got To Do With It?.
Fortune. [Online]. Available: http://www.fortune.com/mag_archive/2001/mag_archive.11.12.01.html: (2001, November 26).
Department of Transportation. Air Travel Consumer Report. (2001, November 27).
Fortune 500. (2001, April 14). Fortune. [Online]. Available: http://www.fortune.com: (2001,
November 26).
McCall, Jr. Morgan W. and Kaplan, Robert E. Whatever it takes: The realities of managerial
2nd ed.
Southwest Airlines Fact Sheet. (2001, November 1). Southwest Airlines. [Online]. Available:
http://www.southwest.com/about_swa/press/factsheet.html: (2001, November 26).
We Weren't Just Airborne Yesterday. Southwest Airlines. [Online]. Available:
http://www.southwest.com/about_swa/airborne.html: (2001, November 26).
Works Consulted
Cosgrove, Gary. Personal Interview. 2001, November 25.
Editor's Desk: Herb's Muse. (2001, May 28). Fortune. [Online]. Available:
http://www.fortune.com/mag_archive/2001/mag_archive.5.28.01.html: (2001, November
Special Report: The Top 25 Managers. (2001, January 8). Business Week. 3714. [EBSCOhost].


text:
News Release
Investment in trails access04 June 2018
BAYSIDE (GNB) – The provincial government is making an investment to improve access to the Simpson Hill Wilderness Trail Network in Bayside.
A licence agreement and highway access permit will allow for construction of a small parking lot, providing visitors with entry points to the trails.
"We are committed to developing quality trails, parks and recreational facilities in the province," said Tourism, Heritage and Culture Minister John Ames. "We recognize the importance of trails like the Simpson Hill Wilderness Trails to our economic and community development, as well as to health and wellness initiatives."
The department will provide $7,500 through the Provincial Trail Infrastructure Fund to help with infrastructure and trail maintenance.
The trails overlook the St. Croix River, the town of St. Stephen and the United States border.
The New Brunswick Tourism Growth Strategy will invest $100 million in tourism over the next eight years, with a goal of growing tourism-related GDP to $2 billion by 2025. Tourism visitor spending is estimated at $1.3 billion, making it the third-largest service sector in the province.


text:
Iphone Vente Privee
Iphone Vente Privee is free HD wallpaper. This wallpaper was upload at February 21, 2019 upload by admin in .You can download it in your computer by clicking resolution image in Download by size:. Don't forget to rate and comment if you interest with this wallpaper.
Description wallpaper for Iphone Vente Privee
- Title: Iphone Vente Privee
- Author:
- Upload:
- Link: https://www.place4geek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Novodio-3D-Diamond-Violet-2.jpg
- Tag:
- Category: Uncategorized
- View: 0 View


text:
Only one complaint
My only complaint is that I have to take them off from time to time. Construction and style are great. Leather is delicious, color is rich, fit is delightful. (Not sure any of those are cowboy terms, but I'm trying to be polite). These boots are !&@! Amazing. -Bob


text:
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Oh, Frogger...how I miss you. I slept next to you last night like I do every night. Your urn isn't as comfortable in my arms as your body was...
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
This is the journey of my sweet son Owen, a brave little fighter trying to knock out medulloblastoma (an aggressive form of cancer of the brain and spine) and all of the side effects of chemo, radiation, and the many countless medications he is on. This blog is written by his mother, so, of course, will include her journey through this, as well.


text:
French fries. Popcorn. Peanuts.
All taste better with a sprinkling of salt. And all will make you thirsty.
Turns out that added salt might also make you hungry.
A recent study turned some scientific beliefs on their little salty heads, according to Dr. Jens Titze, associate professor of medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt University, and the report's senior author.
The results were published as a two-paper set in the Journal of Clinical Investigation earlier this month.
Working in collaboration with scientists in Germany, the Vanderbilt team looked at what happens in the body 18 to 24 hours after the intake of salt.
"Everybody believes that if you eat salty stuff, you'll drink more," Titze told Healthline. "But the body adjusts to a higher salt intake. Over 18 hours, there's water generation in the kidneys. The body produces more water, so you are less thirsty."
Read more: Americans consuming too much salt »
Salt and water
According to conventional wisdom, excreting dietary salt inevitably leads to water loss into the urine. As a result, there is a reduction in body water content.
Surprisingly, that's not what the researchers found.
Instead, they showed that the biological principle of salt excretion is actually water conservation and water production.
In essence, the body maintains its own water balance, Titze said.
Normally, he said, about 70 percent is excreted in our urine. The rest goes through the lungs or elsewhere.
"For instance, if it's warmer, you'd sweat more," Titze noted.
The researchers expect the findings might provide new insights into the Western epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
"We have always focused on the role of salt in arterial hypertension. Our findings suggest that there is much more to know — a high salt intake may predispose to metabolic syndrome," Titze said.
"We had a big problem with what we found," he added. "Nephrologists believe what goes in must go out. Yet urine output decreased."
Read more: What exactly is sodium chloride? »
Using cosmonauts for research
In order to study what happens to salt in the body, it is necessary to control what goes in and what comes out, something rather difficult to do in most populations.
So, between 2009 and 2011, the scientists conducted long-term sodium balance studies in Russian cosmonauts who were participating in a human space flight simulation program at a research facility in Moscow.
"We needed subjects where we could collect every crumb and every urine drop," Titze noted.
Unexpectedly, when dietary salt was increased from 6 to 12 grams per day, the men drank less water, not more. That suggested they conserved or produced more water.
A subsequent study in mice found that high salt induces a catabolic state driven by glucocorticoids that breaks down muscle protein, which is converted into urea by the liver. (Urea enables the kidneys to reabsorb water and prevent body water loss while the salt is excreted.)
In effect the body cannibalizes itself in order to provide more water.
That cannibalization naturally makes a person hungry.
In addition, increased levels of glucocorticoids are an independent risk factor for diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease.
Read more: It's not easy to reduce salt in our diet »
Reducing salt
Whatever other treatments come from this discovery, Titze is convinced people need to radically reduce their salt intake.
"It's easy to cut your food intake by 35 percent," he said. "If you eat only two-thirds of each meal that would reduce salt, too."
The one-third plan runs a bit contrary to what's happening out in the field.
Kristin Kirkpatrick, a registered dietitian and manager of wellness nutrition services at Cleveland Clinic, is author of the recently published book "Skinny Liver."
"I'd rather teach about what foods to eat than to just eat less of any food, but I can see the rationale in this advice as limited to 70 percent reduces all components of that food," she told Healthline.
For Kirkpatrick, the solution is to "Eat real food, and make your diet at least 70 percent plant-based."
"If you eliminate most foods from a box, you can avoid a lot of sodium in the diet," she said.
Nevertheless, Kirkpatrick found the study interesting. "It represented an aspect of sodium we had not seen before. Dehydration can be confused with hunger."
"I don't think it changes any guidelines for diabetes, heart disease, or obesity, however," she added. "There are plenty of studies from the past few decades that show that too much sodium in the diet increases chronic disease risk, especially heart attack and stroke. Perhaps if anything it may provide even more motivation for individuals with diabetes and obesity to limit sodium even further."


text:
Air is used to transport ionized air to the object for long range static neutralization or dust removal. Ionized air blowers are used for wide area and long range static neutralization. Air driven static eliminators extend the range of static control drastically. The HV electrodes are often used used to clean objects. Since static attracts dirt, the use of an air driven static eliminator cleans objects and keeps them clean for a longer time.
The use of ionized air plowers ensure powerful, long range, wide area static neutralization. They are widely used to neutralize moldings, winders, sheets and other large objects.
It is powered by 331 static charge eliminator.
Air Driven Static Eliminator


text:
*The community organizing group Acorn, battered politically from the right and suffering from mismanagement along with a severe loss of government and other funds, is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, officials of the group said Friday, reports the NY Times.
Acorn is holding a teleconference this weekend to discuss plans for a bankruptcy filing, two officials of the group said. They asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the news media.
Over the last six months, at least 15 of the group's 30 state chapters have disbanded and have no plans of re-forming, Acorn officials said.
The California and New York chapters, two of the largest, have severed their ties to the national group and have independently reconstituted themselves with new names. Several other state groups are also re-forming outside the Acorn umbrella, and will not be affected if the national organization files for bankruptcy.
Get MORE of this NY Times article HERE.


text:
In the market for a new home? For many people, buying a home may be the most expensive purchase of their lives, so finding the one you like in a neighborhood that's a good fit can be the difference between enjoying your home over the long term or moving again in just a few years.
Consider your needs and wants
To find your new neighborhood and home, think about which features and amenities are your "must-haves" and which are simply "nice-to-haves." Our home wish checklist can help you determine which home features are most important to you. In addition, the answers to the questions below can help to focus your search.
- Do you have children? If so, school ratings may be important to you.
- Do you want your children to attend public or private schools?
- Do you want to live near friends or relatives?
- Do you want to live close to work, or farther away?
- Do you have an idea of how long a commute would be comfortable for you?
- Do you need public transportation or good access to highways for your commute?
Personal Preferences
- Do you prefer a particular age or style of house or neighborhood?
- Do you have an important hobby or pastime – like running, for example, that would be easier to do near a greenbelt?
- Do you want to be close to stores, parks, and other community activities?
Think about financing and consult a real estate agent
After you've narrowed your focus, start thinking about home financing options. A home mortgage consultant can help you learn about your loan choices and estimate how much you might be able to borrow. Contact a home mortgage consultant today.
A local real estate professional can also help you learn more about potential neighborhoods and homes. Share your needs and your target purchase price with your agent and ask questions about his or her recommendations, including:
- Have home values in the neighborhood increased or decreased over the past 3, 5, and 10 years?
- What is the resale potential of homes in the neighborhood?
Watch for red flags and make an informed choice
Once you've found a neighborhood and a home that fit your needs, carefully evaluate the immediate area. A home is a significant purchase, so think about anything that might irritate or concern you later.
- What are the surrounding homes like? Are they in good condition? Do you see unattended pets, trash piles, or excessive visitors?
- Does the street have a lot of traffic? If this bothers you, a quieter neighborhood and a different home might be more suitable for you.
- Would it bother you to hear train or highway noise?
- Does the neighborhood feel safe? Plan multiple visits, speak to the neighbors, and if you remain concerned, ask the local police for neighborhood crime statistics.
- If local businesses are nearby, will the traffic, noise, or lights bother you?
By thinking about your needs and doing your research, you're likely to find a neighborhood and home you'll be happy to live in for years to come.


text:
Oh, so it's our fault. The media, I mean.
Glad we got that cleared up.
We're the ones who apparently invented this whole Terrell Owens-Jeff Garcia feud, and have continued to fan the flames.
And not only that, but we injected Owens with truth serum before that infamous Playboy interview, in which he hinted that Garcia was gay.


text:
There's nothing quite like those long summer holidays to disconnect from the stress of work and city life and reconnect with your loved ones in a faraway (or not so faraway) land.
Whether you are a family looking for mountain thrills or pure beach relaxation, Lightfoot Travel can help you design the perfect summer holiday for you and your family.
Bali: Enjoy a spot of surfing in the morning, temple-hunting in the afternoon and sundowners by the pool in the early evening. Bali is the ideal getaway for culture, adventure and relaxation, and enjoys the best weather during the summer months.
Maldives: Though very much perceived as a romantic getaway, there are numerous properties specifically catered to families. Splash around in the crystal clear Maldivian waters, make sandcastles on the beach, or take a catamaran and sail around neighbouring islands.
New Zealand: Head down to the Southern hemisphere and visit the 'Land of the long white cloud' for some crisp fresh air and great powder for summer skiing. No other country does luxury lodges overlooking snow-capped mountains better than New Zealand.
Europe: Culture, food, beaches, mountains… The Old Continent truly has it all. Trek through the Swiss Alps, sip wine in Tuscany or stroll through the lavender fields in Provence – the possibilities are endless!
Latin America: Culturally diverse, geographically stunning and with some of the coolest people we've seen, Latin America is just waiting to be explored. Take the family on a holiday they'll never forget to wonders ranging from Macchu Pichu in Peru, Patagonia in Argentina and the incredible salt flats in Bolivia.


text:
An investigation is underway at the United States Naval Academy into the illicit sale of drugs over the dark web.
It is alleged between 10 and 24 midshipmen are involved in the sale of cocaine, ketamine and LSD and the illicit drugs were paid for using bitcoin.
Naval Academy spokesman Commander David McKinney confirmed few details, but did reveal the school is cooperating with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and said the investigation began over two months ago.
McKinney did, however, admit the sale of drugs was exposed after one cadet informed school officials of the trade, but declined to say if the drugs were sold on school grounds.
"We are continuing to work with NCIS on these reported allegations. The Navy has a zero tolerance for drug abuse and takes all allegations of misconduct very seriously," McKinney wrote in an email.
The reports of alleged drug sales among cadets at the Naval Academy follow press accounts of the Department of the Navy looking into drug trade on the USS Ronald Reagan.
According to an early February story in The Wall Street Journal, Pentagon officials were investigating the sale, distribution and use of LSD, ecstasy and other drugs among 7th Fleet servicemen aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Although the probe is ongoing, it has expanded to include the allegation seamen sold drugs to local Japanese citizens.
Founded in 1845, the United States Naval Academy has seen its share of recent scandal.
In 1994, the school was rocked by a cheating scandal in which 24 cadets were expelled. Two decades later, the school finds itself still recovering from an incident in which a male instructor, a Marine officer, was removed from the faculty after it was revealed he has engaged in sex with two female students.
[Capital Gazette] [Photo courtesy AP/Patrick Semansky via NewsOK]


text:
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Amazing Grace
I felt tears hit my eyes. Last year this week my life was turned upside down. Pretty much my own doing, but I spent almost the entire year in a very dark place sorting things out within myself. I actually almost thanked God that He put me through that for nearly a year before allowing me to feel alive again. I realized a lot about Julie, I was humbled, I found a backbone, I maybe understood a little about God's grace. We will always go through tough times in life because good things end and bad things end. I almost wondered why God gives ME grace. I thought, Wow, I'm pretty special! We just don't realize it so many times in our lives because it's so easy to focus on the bad things. My stepmother told me Satan is the one who doesn't want us happy. We all know this, but do we really think about it?
I kept thinking back to a few things around me that just inspires me as a person to ask questions. You know we lost our sorority sister, Lindsay at age 28, well, her husband wrote something about how he had been praying to God he would get closer to him and then a few weeks later his wife passed away... Now, he had no idea this is how God would work for him to get closer. I was paralyzed by this thought. I sure didn't want to pray for my walk with God because I didn't want bad things to happen. Do I walk on eggshells when I pray then? What is the real answer? I do know with Gabe that God already knew when he prayed that prayer that everything in his life would change. Even from writing his blogs, I believe Gabe has already changed lives, meaning Lindsay has changed lives, meaning that prayer he prayed has changed lives. I am in no way saying it all makes sense; however, I am saying God's grace is working when we don't even understand it.
Another thing on my mind following these things is that life can unravel at any minute. Well, I know personally I am a product of that... and a product of survival. I had this three person "perfect" family... and we lost Mom and our worlds crumbled and somehow I was back at college in one week and here we sit 11 years later and we built a new book of our lives. There is this family one of our churches (Nick and I go to Lakeside Baptist and The Heights Baptist) we are very close to, the McBrayer family. They are the most perfect people I have ever seen... all beautiful, smart, son in college goes to Baylor, 16 year old sportster, Amanda, the young girl is sweet and adorable... parents are so kind and amazing... Anyway, Matt, the 16 year old thought he had a concussion and turned out he had a brain aneurysm and had brain surgery. He is in ICU and is recovering... quite nicely, but has a long road. My point here is that, of course, we had no idea to see this coming. Our portrait of our lives can change in an instant. They are such a strong Christian family that they look to God for all of their answers. They look for that grace and mercy to hold them up to walk this road.
I began a new adventure in life a few weeks ago. I am now a content writer at a pretty big company. I am enjoying it and truly loving the people surrounding me. It's always scary to start a new journey. I looked for this perfect niche for a while so when it came along I jumped on it. God knew what He was doing. Brenda told me you always have to wait for His timing. I had to wait for the need for me. I had to wait to polish more writing skills. I've been writing my entire life, but reporting and technical and creative writing all go in separate boxes. No one can change our lives without God. There is a verse in James talking about "keep oneself unspotted from the world," - KEEP ONESELF. The rest of the verse might be up to us about not staining ourselves with the world... but, the point the sermon brought is we must not do it ourselves because God is the only one that can help us. This is why I say all of this...
"My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9 -- We find that grace and we find our strength in our hard times. In everything we face our strength is polished. Sometimes I hate being so strong wondering why me as we all do... when I hear of my friend's grandmother turning 100 or a mom helping her daughter try on wedding dresses... and I grit my teeth... but, you know what... I've got so many blessings and God didn't just leave me alone. He surrounded me with so many angelic family members and friends. I'm guessing that is grace. That is mercy. "Twas blind but now I see," is what we shall say as we look back on our lives, our pains of the past, our lights at the end of tunnels... Amazing grace.
1 comment:
http://surveys.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?id=3400517#spy_kids_4_full_movie_free himym season 8 episode 10 online free [url=http://www.world66.com/member/omin1961_free_text#spy_any_mobile_phone_iphone]spy vs spy theme song download[/url] cell phone bugging remote cell phone spyware reviews download cell phone spy software http://surveys.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?id=3400093#how_to_locate_my_stolen_iphone_4 apple iphone spyware removal [url=http://everyoneweb.be/spymobile1975a181/#wild_planet_spy_gear_night_goggles_walmart]spy kids 3 megavideo hindi[/url] free mobile spy software download spy vs spy mad tv cell phone spy camera software http://everyoneweb.be/spymobile1981a177/#install_cell_spy_iphone mini wireless spy camera pc usb adapter [url=http://everyoneweb.com/spymobile1972a199/#does_cell_spy_now_really_work]spy gear watch review[/url] spy software for mobile phones free download text message spy app spy cell phone recording device
http://everyoneweb.com/spymobile1970a91/#cell_phone_spyware_remote_install [url=http://everyoneweb.com/spymobile1972a249/#text_message_saying_you_won_$1000_bestbuy_gift_card]spy vs. spy game boy rom[/url]
- February 7, 2013 at 6:12 AM


text:
The president of the private group Texas Psychological Association has just filed suit against the Texas psychology board, seeking a temporary restraining order to stop the board from moving forward with new rules which would have the effect of promoting more free enterprise in the area of psychology.
Continue reading "Texas Psychological Association sues Board of Examiners over competition"
"You can't make this stuff up," is a phrase that fits here.
This is the most remarkable law suit I have seen in the anti-trust area: A cartel suing the government because the government is limiting the power of the cartel.
One of the new rules would allow masters-degreed psychologists to practice psychology independently, without having to pay money to and be "supervised" by a doctoral-level psychologist. I consider this practice to be a "protection fee," in essence, and at a minimum an anti-trust violation. But the psychology board is proposing to do away with it, which is good. Dr. Grothues is suing to put a stop to this good development.
Dr. Grothues' letter to the members of the TPA is here and here or google "Texas Psychological Association" and scroll down.
I consider this a very good development for all helping professions because it shows the public how far the psychology cartel will go, including against "its own" state agency. At a minimum I believe the law suit will diminish the power of these professional organizations over state government.


text:
Well, there passes another season! Another season of 'Bantam Progressivism' (as The City Gent say). And what a season it has been, for Bradford City and for Bantams Banter.
Our beloved Bantams, guided by our messiah Phil Parkinson have delivered another memorable season; a season filled with the usual Bradford City ups and downs but more importantly those moments every football fan in the world dreams of.
I won't babble. You'll read season reviews elsewhere. We just want to thank you for listening to the podcasts and visiting the website this past season. Despite doing fewer podcast this year our downloads have hit record highs, the Chelsea episode has been our most successful single episode ever, with 120,00ish downloads at the time of writing. Of course, Bradford City creating more moments of history before our very eyes has contributed no end to our success this year, how lucky are we all to be alive, witnessing this stuff! Mind boggling really!
There are a few individuals/organisations we'd like to thank;
- Bradford City FC, what would life be without you? People at the club have made it possible for us to record at some of this clubs finest moments...we'll be forever grateful!
- Andrew Stanson, our jingles guy, he's the other voice you hear on the podcast. He's a voice artist based in London and a massive Bradford City fan. He records our jingles for free. We love him.
- Jaimie Dorwood and Bradford Disability FC; we're very fond of the lads and lasses at BDFC and for every bit of fundraising and support we've given them they've returned that support 10 fold. An inspiring set of people.
- Our writers; Daniel Crann, James Pieslak, Ellis Lee and others - thank you for keeping those articles and the website views coming in!
- Adam Hepton; The hidden jewel. This lad looks after the bandwith (Internet space) we use and if we ever have website trouble - he fixes it. No questions asked. He can be a bit weird - he adds sweets to fizzy drinks...
- This seasons sponsors, Alpine Glass, Sports Recruiting USA; without your financial support we wouldn't have been able to podcast during this seasons cup run. You've funded our new equipment and the extra bandwidth we needed. Thank you!
What a bloody season it has been. If only games were 85 minutes long...
Here are a selection of Bantams Banter pics from this season, in no particular order!


text:
The Cranbrook Snowmobile Club invites you to attend our general club meetings the Heritage Inn, 803 Cranbrook St North. These meetings are held at 7 pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from October to April, with subsequent meetings scheduled as required.
Join in on discussions about snow conditions, local club events, land management issues and avalanche course and conditions. We always welcome new members so bring along a friend and find out what your club is all about.
Our Mandate
Acting as environmental stewards, promoting backcountry ethics and awareness, and promoting safety within the snowmobile industry.
Remember: To preserve our riding environment we must protect our natural environment.
Memberships and Daily Trail Passes can be purchased at the meetings or at the following locations:
All Seasons Motor Sports, 333 Van Horne St S, 250-426-4009
Mulisha Small Engine Repair, 632 Industrial Rd #2, 250-426-2236
Peak Performance Motorsports, 2001 Kootenay St N, 250-417-3310


text:
|Message view
|« Date » · « Thread »
|« Date » · « Thread »
|"Milind Bhandarkar (JIRA)" <j...@apache.org>
|[jira] Commented: (HADOOP-224) Allow simplified versioning for namenode and datanode metadata.
|Tue, 16 May 2006 23:05:06 GMT
[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-224?page=comments#action_12412072 ] Milind Bhandarkar commented on HADOOP-224: ------------------------------------------ I am referring to exactly this kind of code: if (version > 3) { newField = in.readXXX(); } else { newField = YYY; } As more and more of such code gets added to the load and save method, it becomes complicated to follow. Such code is currently in the FSDirectory class, thus tightly coupling the abstraction of directory to the format used to store this data in the FSImage. If we instead separate this into a separate class, say FSImageReader, and as we make major changes to file format, introduce new classes such as FSImageReaderV2, FSImaageReaderV3 etc. A member in FSDirectory will hold a reference to current file format reader, of which, the "parse" method will be called by FSDirectory. If FSImageReaderV3 is the current version, and it is trying to read an image that it cannot read, it will call FSImageReaderV2's parse method, and so on. Since the readers will not have any real state, the parse methods will be static methods, to avoid overhead of chaining. So, as a first step, I could separate the loadFSImage and loadFSEdits into two different classes. Does it make sense ? > Allow simplified versioning for namenode and datanode metadata. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-224 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-224 > Project: Hadoop > Type: Improvement > Components: dfs > Environment: All > Reporter: Milind Bhandarkar > > Currently namenode has two types of metadata: The FSImage, and FSEdits. FSImage contains information abut Inodes, and FSEdits contains a list of operations that were not saved to FSImage. Datanode currently does not have any metadata, but would have it some day. > The file formats used for storing these metadata will evolve over time. It is important for the file-system to be backward compatible. That is, the metadata readers need to be able to identify which version of the file-format we are using, and need to be able to read information therein. As we add information to these metadata, the complexity of the reader increases dramatically. > I propose a versioning scheme with a major and minor version number, where a different reader class is associated with a major number, and that class interprets the minor number internally. The readers essentially form a chain starting with the latest version. Each version-reader looks at the file and if it does not recognize the version number, passes it to the version reader next to it by calling the parse method, returnng the results of the parse method up the chain (In case of the namenode, the parse result is an array of Inodes. > This scheme has an advantage that every time a new major version is added, the new reader only needs to know about the reader for its immediately previous version, and every reader needs to know only about which major version numbers it can read. > The writer is not so versioned, because metadata is always written in the most current version format. > One more change that is needed for simplified versioning is that the "struct-surping" of dfs.Block needs to be removed. Block's contents will change in later versions, and older versions should still be able to readFields properly. This is more general than Block of course, and in general only basic datatypes should be used as Writables in DFS metadata. > For edits, the reader should return <opcode, ArrayWritable> pairs' array. This will also remove the limitation of two operands for very opcodes, and will be more extensible. > Even with this new versioning scheme, the last Reader in the reader-chain would recognize current format, thus maintaining full backward compatibility. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
|View raw message


text:
Before a crazy blizzard (Snow in Nebraska in December! Crazy right?) buried everything for hundreds of miles around under a mountain of white, my Capstone class, The Creative Mind, was scheduled to end with each student creating and presenting a short version of a TEDtalk to share their take away from the class. When the presentations moved online, less than 24 hours before they were supposed to be given, I was still undecided which way I wanted to go and I had roughly developed two separate talks. (I know, I'm really on top of my homework this semester.) So I decided to sort of combine both things into one super long blog post with less pictures. Here we go:
"Just Do It: Nike was Right about Creativity"
"Are You My Mother? The Enormous Amounts of Creativity Required to do College as an Old Person"
"My Mother Does Not Wear Nikes Because She Has Weird Feet and Creatively Labeled Our Abandonment as Going Back to College"
My daughter has always said I am an ambivalent parent. This says less about my level of caring and more about the fact that I worked while my husband was the "at-home" parent for a lot of years and unlike most of her friends' moms, I am not a helicopter parent. In fact, I am the exact opposite of a helicopter parent, whatever that would be. A submarine parent perhaps? I sneak along under the surface doing my job, sending a periscope up into the world once in a while. Until I am threatened and then I turn deadly. I have nukes! I think that kids should be explorers, independently figure things out and I will be there when they need me. (This has led to only one severed digit, no broken bones or electrocutions to date, so I label it a success.)
So it wasn't a huge change in my four kids' lives when I decided to finish my college degree twenty years after dropping out of UNL. It was big change for my husband. Here are what I think were the biggest adjustments for him:
- He had to get a job. (He had been retired for over 12 years.)
- He learned to at least pretend to feel guilty about the pile of dishes and dirty house I find each Friday.
- His wife didn't come home in the middle of the night tipsy from her bartending job anymore. (Use your grownup imagination ;0 )
For my kids the adjustments happen when I am home- 2 ½ days each week and on breaks.
- I ask where they are going and when they will be home.
- I actually heat up the food I make and leave for them each weekend and put it on the table at semi-regular mealtimes.
- I control Netflix.
So where is the creativity in all this you ask?
- I learned to parent from 100 miles away; via text, Snapchat and phone. I know more about what is going on in my kids' lives and at school than most parents. I think this is because texting & Snapchat seems like lower stakes than actual talking so my kids reveal more.
- I figured out how to get my homework done during the week so I am fully present with my family on weekends. This is accomplished around work, and the extra trips home for school board meetings, band concerts and parent-teacher conferences.
- I found ways to not feel too guilty… special things on the weekend, bribes, hanging out with other people's kids.
Now on to the second half of the combined talk.
Everything we read, watched and learned this semester repeated that creativity is based in repetition and habit. Working on my independent study project I found this to be true but in a different way. I worked on a collection of short stories and was happy to have the time that I HAD to devote to my writing. I noticed a couple of things about how my creative habit works.
As much as I hate to admit it, I was at my most productive early in the morning. I hate, Hate, HATE getting up early in the morning but it worked the best for me to write every day, first thing.
I get a lot of work done in the car. This doesn't mean I spent my hours driving back and forth on highway 20 scribbling in a notebook in my lap, much.
Every weekend in September we went somewhere as a family and my husband drove. I got thousands of words written during these trips, I think partly because I couldn't self-edit as I went. I just wrote. I get terribly carsick so I couldn't go back and read what I wrote then fix it. I just had to keep going.
I work stories out in my head before I write. I do not like free writing. I did hours and hours of this while driving, in between, or at the same time as, I was trying to figure out why B94 is so hooked on playing Eminem's 20 year old song "Lose Yourself" and why Sam Hunt was always playing when I switched to the other station. Because my commute looks like this:
In conclusion, this semester I figured out to be creative I need to spin things to my kids, drive thousands of miles alone and get up early.


text:
McNeil Ridge
Sub-24 Hour Trips as a Necessity
I didn't have a full day off from the 28th of June until the 31st of July due to the running of the Tour de France and the daily publishing requirements that come with us covering a race. My one window was from the afternoon of the 21st until the late morning of the 22nd, and I took it. As with pretty much all of my short trips, I researched/planned/shopped/packed in the space of a few hours the night before. I haven't done much on the north side of Hood, so I headed for the Top Spur Trailhead with the intention of spending a night in Wy'East Basin.
The trip really was, at that point several weeks into a brutal run of work, necessary. I could parrot the same old studies and NYT columns that point to how time off increases productivity and that oh well in Denmark nobody is ever sad and they have four hundred paid days off a year… but I'll spare you. Not that they're wrong, or anything. When you don't have much of a social/recreational life for a month you kinda need to take what you can get to clear the head, get out of town and have some fun—the latter of which I don't think quite gets enough credit. Yes nature is restorative because Gaia's essential auras refresh your inner human essences and cool mountain air detoxes the stresses of the daily grind, sure, but it's not like I would drive out to the woods and walk around all day if I didn't think it was fun. That's, you know, why I do it. It's fun. Doing fun stuff makes it easier to do not fun stuff, especially when the not fun stuff helps you do fun stuff when you're not doing not fun stuff. My point I guess is that I'm not entirely sure there is anything particularly magical about the outdoors in the restorative sense, universally speaking. Like, if your thing to escape when you finally get that day off is to bake blueberry muffins all day, then yeah do it. Do muffin bakers have misty-eyed conversations about the power of individually-sized breakfast cake/bread things? What about hashtags, do they have hashtags for when they only have a single day off to work on their baking? #s24o #rei1440project I dunno where I'm going with this.
Ultra Rad Forest, Dude!
I was on trail by three, three-thirty? Not quite as early as I had hoped (twoish), but in the grand scheme of things pretty remarkable in how not that behind schedule I actually was. With sunset at nine and not too long of a hike ahead I was comfortable with the time, and after a liberal application of BodyGlide this little dude was hiking up the mountain. Saw a few folks at the junction of the Timberline and PCT trails about a half of a mile in, then a few day hiking folks on their way out. "It's gonna be cold!"
I frequently wish I was several hundred miles closer to the Sierra Nevada as they are the best mountains in the world, obviously. Not that I don't love Portland's local volcano and the other awesome hiking spots nearby, but between the Sierra's objective quality and the fact my formative backpacking trips occurred there, I'm not sure I'll ever love a range more.
That said, one thing the Northwest does a lot better than those mountains in eastern California is the woods. The first couple hours moving up through the forest towards McNeil point is some of the finest walking I've ever done through trees. Perfectly soft trail surface, just the right density of trees to allow views without feeling barren, cool and a little damp. Absolutely gorgeous.
I had no intentions of staying near the shelter itself (which shelter and a site or two around it were already occupied), instead aiming for the higher elevations up the ridge. I made it to the tiny little campsite near the end of the trail up McNeil ridge, and laid out a cowboy camp, took some selfies, ate some food, said 'hi' to some chillers that walked up from their camp down near the shelter, then read until sunset. And, notably, said sunset was fucking unreal. It was delightfully cold and breezy with ridiculous colors going off in every direction. Mt. Hood is a truly beautiful mountain and blue hour might be the most flattering time to see it, with that night probably being the best I've ever seen it. I passed out by 9:30, so despite cowboy camping I saw limited stars which is simultaneously disappointing and 100% unsurprising, since I punted any ability to stay up late in the woods about five years ago. Slept like a damn rock though, which was awful nice.
Early Bird Sits Behind His Computer for the Rest of the Day First
As I have now made my default hiking schedule, I was back on the trail by 7:00 AM or so. I've come to appreciate the early morning miles more than any other: cool temperatures, sleeping crowds, and a delightful stillness in the mountains make it my favorite time to hike. Getting started early also makes long days much easier, opening up plenty of options for trip planning. Generally speaking I've abandoned hot breakfast in lieu of a bar or some yogurt pretzels: packing up camp quickly and getting on the road works better for me, especially since I typically have a poor appetite early in the morning. Coffee is tricky, so I'll either do a boil with coffee and oatmeal after hiking for a few hours, or I'll quickly do one for just coffee in camp. Using clean water also saves a little time, as you don't actually need boiling water to make Via.
After moving down into the clouds and enjoying that great forest again for a few hours (and taking down every cobweb for six miles, something you grow accustomed to when hiking in the early morning), I found myself at the car around 9:15 AM where I had a lovely conversation with a couple heading out for the day.
A few hours later I was sat behind a big LCD screen, working. But I was quite a bit happier about it than I had been a day prior.
Having a bevy of high-quality trip options around ninety minutes away by car is a total joy. We're really lucky to have Mt. Hood here in Portland, though hopefully it isn't quite so barren next year. I've come to love the north side of the mountain; Timberline Lodge is a convenient option but it's nice having milder crowds, and I prefer the aesthetics of the north/west side of the mountain. Can't wait to be back.


text:
I don't remember much anymore. It's how I stay young. I don't think much of the future or the past. How did I spend seven years without health insurance? How did I live on less than $12,000 a year for seven years? Not by thinking of the future or the past.
I am not a member of the threatened middle class. The relentless appeals to the interests of this class do not reach me where I live. I have lived for so long in the condition that this group fears that I do not share its fears; I never believed what this group believes about the efficacy of its own efforts, or the worthiness and decency of the life they have earned to try to earn it for myself, and I have thus not earned it for myself, and thus I am not outraged when the promise has turned out to be false, and thus I do not believe it when a politician promises to restore this life in which I cannot believe, though I acknowledge its basic decency, or at least I see the extent to which it is intrinsically benign.
Neither am I a member of the liberal elite. Like them, my relationship to the life they observe and comment upon and for which they provide us the symbolic structures, as the sociologists would put it, to parse our experience, is mediated by book learning. Unlike them, I am not protected by earned position, recognized prestige, or inherited wealth, and unlike them, I do not feel guilty about the way that I am protected from life's cruel vicissitudes (because I am not protected) and thus I do not feel obliged, as they do, to clothe myself in an outward show of commitment to some principle -- any principle -- so as to convince the world, or most of all themselves, that they are in it for anything other than themselves, and the infinite expansion of their own self-regard.
Neither do I feel any solidarity toward people who make as little as I do. I am a model of bourgeois propriety and rectitude in all things other than earning a living, and the daily business of manipulating others to do my will voluntarily, and with the sense that they serve themselves by serving me, that is life under managerial capitalism -- I pay my debts, I live within my restricted means, I surrender to vice only in highly controlled and protected settings, I research every purchase to ensure that I get the best value for the least money spent, and I am sure that anyone can learn to discipline themselves in this way without the intervention of the state or a deity. In my neighborhood, if a voice is audible on the street, it is saying the word "fuck" -- I am just barely exaggerating when I say this -- and I know for a fact that this constant venting of rage is keeping my neighbors down at least as much as anything any Man has ever done to them; it is a small, quotidian form of collaboration in one's own imprisonment that one has no choice but to transcend, or failing to transcend it, there is no one to blame but oneself.
What kinds of appeals would reach me where I lived? They would not be political ones. With whom should I feel solidarity, if I were capable of this feeling?
I read an account of an Obama rally in Philadelphia in the New Republic. It ended by quoting an old retiree named Edith MacDonald:
"This is just such a happy place," she says, watching the crowd stream past. Brooks and Dunn's "Only in America" is playing again, and McDonald shouts over it to tell me that she's the last one left from her generation, born in South Carolina before migrating north. "I told my family, God left me here for a reason," she says. "So when I go up to heaven and see my family, I tell them" that the country had a black president.
And I wept at this. And what I wept for was not for anyone else, it was just for me, and me alone, because sentimentality is the mark of the person whose ability to feel -- in this case, the emotions of solidarity and hope -- has been fatally compromised. And what I mourned for was the person my own time hadn't permitted me to become: someone who could believe in a cause, and fight for it, and endow my life with meaning that wasn't either futile or actively malign.
I believe that Barack Obama is a good man and a capable one, and an intelligent one, and a person who knows things that lots of good, capable, and intelligent men who haven't been forced by the accident of their physiognomy, to know things about other people, will never be able to know. I also know that he is, in the end, a conventional Democratic politician operating within the limited and limiting framework of conventional Democratic politics. The one hope I can still muster is that like JFK, who was himself a conventional politician, something about the irrational and unjustified hope he arouses can itself awaken an appetite deeper than the one he can himself satisfy, and thus make possible things beyond himself. So here's to victory for Obama, and also to the hunger for something beyond.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Some autobiographical notes
Posted by wesley at 7:00 PM
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --One of the Valley's more beloved Mexican food restaurants is tinkering with tastiness once again.
El Premio Mayor is cooking up a "hot Cheeto taco" for taco Tuesday.
If you don't know what hot Cheetos are, ask any 11 or 12-year-old, they usually love them.
The chef's at El Premio Mayor are mixing the spicy, crunchy, very red snack into the tortilla dough to give the taco shells a little color and kick.
They say the inspiration for the hot Cheeto taco was boredom.
After perfecting the recipe, the restaurant put feelers out on its Facebook page.
Customers said they were willing to try the taco.
The tacos are available only at the McKinley location -- which is open until midnight.


text:
Gadebridge Park sits between Hemel Hempstead Old Town and the Leighton Buzzard Road. See a map of the park.
Gadebridge splash park is now closed for the season. It will reopen on Wednesday 1 May 2019.
There are also additional, seasonal toilets and a kiosk, which serves refreshments for visitors. These facilities are located next to the splash park.
So everyone can enjoy the splash park, please familiarise yourself with the splash park rules:
We currently have two play areas in Gadebridge Park. The first is located next to the Queensway car park and offers a wide range of equipment designed for children and young people aged from 2 to 15 years.
Our second play area, and latest addition, can be found next to the splash park. It boasts a host of features, including climbing frames, slides, swings and balance beams.
Located by the car park off the Leighton Buzzard Road, the skate park is equipped with five quarter pipes, a jump box, volcano, half pyramid, grind box, midi ramp and a grind rail.
For more information, please visit our public toilets page.
Cycle paths run along the main drive from Queensway (Bury Lodge entrance) to Piccotts End Road and through to the Leighton Buzzard Road underpass.
The Countryside Management Service (CMS) has devised a 5km (three-mile) walk through Gadebridge Park, up the Nickey Line to Howe Grove Wood and back. For more information, visit the Countryside Management Service website.
At present, we haven't authorised any personal trainers or boot camps to use Council land for commercial training classes. Those that do so are using the land without consent.
Provide feedback on this page
Rate this page
Please rate this page and/or enter some feedback!
Feedback failed. Please try again or
contact us
Get In Touch


text:
Chevy Chase, Md. is a community of approximately 9,400 people according to the last census, located in Montgomery County, Md. It is also considered to be part of the Greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Chevy Chase website: www.townofchevychase.org
In 2014 there were approximately 370 real estate and property transactions in the Chevy Chase, Md. area. This is a decrease of about 10% from 2013. Average sales price for all property types was $1,130,715 which is an increase over the previous year. Prices for property in this community are expected to remain steady or rise slightly over the next 12 months.
Curious about what your Chevy Chase home value? Call Paul HIllstrom today at 301-294-3000 to schedule a free, no obligation market analysis of your home.
Local Chevy Chase neighborhoods and subdivisions include Bradley Hills, Chevy Chase, Dunlop Hills, Kenwood, Kenwood Forest, Martins, Meadowbrook Village, Norwood Heights, Orchardale, Pinehurst Village, Rock Creek Forest, Somerset, Somerset Heights, Springhill, The Elizabeth and Willoughby
The zip code for Chevy Chase is: 20815
Public schools serving Chevy Chase include Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Westland Middle School, Chevy Chase Elementary, Rosemary Hills Elementary, and Somerset Elementary.
New Listing Alerts for Available Homes in Chevy Chase:
Receive Email Updates on Chevy Chase Homes as they go on the market!
Chevy Chase House Values. Free Market Analysis for your home in Chevy Chase:
What is YOUR Chevy Chase home worth in the current real estate market? Get a free over-the-web Home Value Estimate and find out how your house stacks up to others like it in your area.
Free Chevy Chase MD Relocation Information Kit:
Moving to Chevy Chase soon? Request a free no obligation Chevy Chase Relocation Kit.
Choose The Right Agent!
Buying or selling a home can seem like an overwhelming task. But the right REALTOR® can make the process easier — and more profitable. With years of experience and success, we can help you make smart decisions in a fast-paced, complex and competitive market.
Contact Paul or Helen Hillstrom, two generations of REALTOR® at 301-294-3000.
Paul & Helen Hillstrom provide service to both buyers and sellers of Chevy Chase real property, and also work with investors / landlords and perspective tenants in rental properties.
Hillstrom Real Estate
Paul & Helen Hillstrom
Email Paul & Helen


text:
"No matter how "put together" people appear, how much they seem to have going for them, everyone's got their baggage, everyone's trying to find their way. The more you get to know people, the deeper you scratch beneath the surface, the more you realize we are all the same: perfect in our imperfection. Instead of chasing an ideal or worrying about your limitations, you learn to be comfortable in your own skin."
— Erin Kennedy


text:
Which IRS Tax Solution To Resolve IRS Tax Debt Is A Fit For You in Quartz Hill 93586?
It's difficult to choose the best IRS Tax Debt Resolution for you, if only because they are all so different. When deciding on an IRS Payment Option for IRS tax debt are the Installment Agreement and the Offer in Compromise, the best-known options. http://taxsolutionslakewood.com


text:
Moderator, also known as Mod, are authoritative figures on Gaia Online.
The Moderators are people who moderate and assist in the Gaia Forums on the Gaia Online website. Most moderators work from their own home, and are volunteers. Their usernames are green with the word 'Site' 'Global' or 'Omni' Moderator under their username.
Although privacy and anonymity are important to Gaia, they are equally concerned with members who might try to conduct illegal activities, abuse, harass, or degrade the Gaia experience for others. In the event this happens, members are able to report to moderators, who can offer help when needed. Gaia has a large staff of site moderators whose job it is to enforce the Terms of Service and move - or when necessary, remove, items from the site that are counter to the stipulated rules of conduct. Moderators may remove and ban any members who do not adhere to the Terms of Service from the site.
To contact a Moderator users need simply send them a PM. To find the moderators using the [View Forum Moderators] link located at the top of each forum. It should be noted that due to the large volume of contacts, it may take several days to receive a reply. If a moderator feels that a question has already been covered and documented, she/he may refer you to the FAQ for answers.
Levels of ModeratorsEdit
Copied verbatim from a [View Forum Moderators] page- as of 2014 November.
Omni Moderators: Responsible primarily for account issues, hacking and scamming cases, as well as special projects related to account security and site safety.
If you need to report a Hacking or Scamming case, please use the Report a Hacking or Report a Scamming forms instead of PMing a Moderator.
Global Moderators: Responsible for Abuse and Harassment cases, as well as help oversee Terms of Service violations across the entire site. Global Moderators may have other special functions that are specific to a particular role.
If you need to report an Abuse or Harassment case, please use the Report Abuse/Harassment form instead of PMing a Moderator.
Site Moderators: Responsible for specific forums on the site, as listed above, handle Terms of Service Violations and thread move requests. These moderators also cover Gaia games, chat rooms, towns, and other features of Gaia.
Forum Assistants: (formerly "Helpers" and "Moderator Assistants") Responsible for thread moves only in specific forums they are assigned to. Forum Assistants DO NOT assist users with Terms of Service violations.
In order to apply to become a moderator users must meet these requirements.
- To be of age, (18+)
- Disclose real-life name in full.
- Have at least 300 forum postings (not-spam).
- Report at least 100 ToS violations.
- Account must be at least 6 months old.
External linkEdit
- Topic Report System, Mod Structure, PM System Overhaul! - Posted: Jakobo Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:18 am
- Topic New moderator and staff colors are launching today - Posted: admin Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:11 pm
- Topic Apply to become a Gaia moderator - Posted: admin Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:02 pm
- Topic Moderator Application FAQ - Posted: admin Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:18 pm
- Topic Interested in being a Moderator for Gaia Online? Apply now! - Posted: admin Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:36 pm
- Topic Looking for Forum Assistants - Join the team! - Posted: Sandokiri Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:59 pm
- Topic Looking for Moderators! - Posted: Zero Omega Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:06 pm


text:
March 19, 2014
- Catching the Wind wins national award
- Book Review: Message in a Body
- Author, Ex-Sr. Obama advisor to speak i...
- Review: We were winning when I was ther...
include('/home/oregonr2/blog_urls.php'); ?>
March 19, 2014
Welcoming a new baby into one's home can cost a pretty penny. Baby gear can quickly take over one's home. Stores market a whole lot of cute, color- coordinated things that we become convinced baby needs. We want our children to get off to a great start, but do we really need all of this stuff? The answer is no. And, two Oregon moms, Joy Hatch and Rebecca Kelley, have written a new book to help parents save money by parenting the green way. The book is called "The Eco-nomical Baby Guide: Down to Earth Ways for Parents to Save Money and the Planet."The authors focus on reduce, reuse, and recycle in a writing style that is humorous and straightforward. The safety and happiness of one's baby top Hatch and Kelley's agenda as they offer tips on shopping for new and used green goods, blending homemade organic food, and limiting the piles of baby gear that threaten to overtake the living room.
Here is but a sampling of the money and planet saving ideas in the book:
– Switching to cloth diapers will save you between $1,000 and $5,000, depending on how many children you have. Plus, for every child you swaddle in cloth, you'll be keeping a ton of waste out of the landfill.
– Try a "secondhand" baby shower. If almost everyone you know has had babies in the last few years, a secondhand shower can be an entertaining way to pass belongings from one family to another.
– If you're planning on having more than one child, consider buying gender-neutral clothes for your first baby. You'll be able to reuse everything with future children and can easily "accessorize" with hair bows or high tops if you want people to know your baby's gender.
– Making even a portion of baby's meals from scratch will save you money. Homemade purees cost much less than jarred food—and there are no containers to dispose of.
Hatch and Kelley also have a website, www.greenbabyguide.com, where they blog about their adventures in green parenting and provide more tips and informative articles.
### Erika Weisensee, a writer and native Oregonian, lives in Milwaukie and teaches journalism and communication courses at the University of Portland.
no comments yet
Copyright © 2019, OregonReport. All Rights Reserved. | Terms of Use - Copyright - Legal Policy | Contact Oregon Report
Stay up to date with the latest political news and commentary from Oregon Women's Report through weekly email updates:
Prefer another subscription option? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, become a fan on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.