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Versatile Black And White Kitchen Designs
Black and white kitchen designs are popular and versatile. They can be made to look retro or modern, fun or sophisticated. How you decorate your black and white kitchen designs depends entirely on what look you are going for. For instance, modern black and white kitchen designs, use an all black-and-white color scheme with stainless steel for a sleek and modern look. Black stone counters with a shiny finish will pop against glossy white cabinets and paint. Alternatively, use black cabinets against white walls or white cabinets against black walls. Black or stainless-steel appliances will keep the kitchen streamlined and sleek looking. Keep accessories to a minimum to stay true to the clean lines and minimalist look of modern decor. Glass or stainless canisters to hold necessary counter items are OK, though anything you can store in the pantry or cupboards should remain out of sight. A simple plant or clear vase filled with fresh fruit can add a hint of color to the kitchen.

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This morning, Venueseeker hosted our monthly breakfast event at the world's largest urban history museum, the Museum of London, giving us the honour of being the first event ever to be held in the Heatherwick Gallery – home to the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron
Guests were treated to a delicious breakfast by Create Food and Party Design in the Heatherwick Gallery which houses the now iconic London 2012 Olympic Cauldron. Treats were in store as we enjoyed mini smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels, smoothies and rhubarb pastries were served before being taken on tours of the event spaces and finally having an exclusive, private look at the current Sherlock Holmes exhibition 'The Man Who Never Lived And Will Never Die'.
Museum of London is a perfect venue for dinners, receptions, summer events and, with their suite of daytime spaces, conferences. If you are interested in hiring the Museum of London for your next event or if you would like to attend future breakfasts please get in touch.


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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Hi everyone!
Here in the High Desert Spring is really starting to show. Our Joshua Trees are starting to bloom and soon all the desert will be covered in beautiful yellow and purple wild flowers. Of course the cactus will begin to bloom with it's vivid colors, along with all of us around here who suffer from allergies.
I had wanted to bring some of that easy carefree feel to my Mother In Law who is just to sweet for words! So I made this Lantern from Crisp Days of fall Kit from SVG cuts and turned it into a spring lantern will butterflies from the Breezy Meadow butterflies set.
I used the shapes menu from the Sure Cuts a Lot program and got swirls from there then just played with them moving them around till I found a combo I liked. Leo has great instructions on the blog about how to weld in the plain lantern.
I had some difficulty with the butterflies cutting, as the Cricut just doesn't seem able to do very much intricate work. which really frustrated me but that is a whole other story. I glittered the butterflies I made with Art Glitter that is ultra fine.The color is crystal, a very versatile glitter and almost always looks great on whatever you put it on.I cut the bottom of the butterfly out of vellum I colored with ink. I use card stock vellum from Stampin up it cuts great and I just love it. Now if your lucky to have a sizzix eclips you can color it with your machine or so I hear... anyway check it out on the Facebook page for SVG cuts.. Have a great day and Happy Craftin'. I am off to learn all about Key's Ranch today here in Joshua Tree National Park.. and to have a lovely picnic with my Honey! Blessings to you all, Sharalyn
SVG Kits and Collections Used:
Crisp Days of Fall SVG Kit
Breezy Meadow Butterflies SVG Collection
Supplies Used:
American Craft Card Stock, White, Pool
Card Stock Vellum, Stampin Up
Art Glitter, Crystal Ultra Fine Translucent Glitter
Jewelry Wire, Walmart
Flower Centers, Michaels
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You Would Probably be Better Off Just Calling Me!!
Steven Gamvroulas
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
What Can a Lie Detector be Used For?
People often ask me about what situations a polygraph can be used. The easy answer to that question is: "whenever there exists a need to verify the truthfulness of a person." Even though for decades a polygraph was called a "lie detector", I prefer not to refer to it as such. A polygraph is merely a device that records physiological changes in our bodies as we are confronted with a series of questions. I prefer to refer to a polygraph as a "truth detector". Most people who come to my
"I insist on watching the test"
I received a phone call a few days ago from a young man who wanted his fiancé to take a polygraph test. Understandably, he wanted to make sure he was making the right decisions. Relationship lie detector tests are very private and sensitive. During telephone consultations, details regarding the situation that someone is calling about are not discussed in detail out of respect for the caller's privacy. However, it is important to get an understanding of the underlying issues to determine if a
I think if I had conducted this lie detector test the results would have been different. Remember, those polygraph test you see on TV are not accurate. A polygraph needs to be taken seriously. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5386759/amp/Time-traveller-2030-PASSES-lie-detector-test.html
The Upside Down Truth - Not polygraph related but very cool
Warden Duffy
Clinton Duffy was the warden of San Quentin State Prison between 1940 and 1952 and a prominent opponent of capital punishment. He was well known for his efforts to rehabilitate the men in his prison. Not only was his father a guard at San Quentin, but also his father-in-law. It is rumored that one of his critics said to him, "You should know that leopards don't change their spots!" Duffy replied "You should know I don't work with leopards. I work with men, and men change every day." What
The First 2018 post
Happy New Year. I hope all of you had an enjoyable Christmas Season. Unfortunately, some people don't because of a multitude of problems they face in all areas of their lives. If you were one of those people, I sincerely hope and pray your 2018 changes for the better. In my last post, I talked a little about the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). Just before Christmas, I received a call from a local business owner who wanted to have two of his employees take a polygraph test.
What is the Employee Polygraph Protection Act????
The Employee Polygraph Protection Act was signed by President Reagan in 1988 and established the rules for the administration of polygraph tests. These are a set of restrictions that apply to private employees unless exemptions exist. Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 Employers who administer polygraph tests to their employees are restricted in their use by the Employee Polygraph Protection Act. Enforcement falls to the Department of Labor. Generally, the act keeps employers from
Thank you
As we approach the end of 2017 I want to wish you ll my best wishes for you and your families in 2018. Thank you to my clients and those I have been able to serve this past year. I hope you all enjoy a healthy and prosperous New Year!!
Why Do I Believe in the Polygraph and Why do I Believe in You?
Why do I do this? That's a good question. Before becoming a polygraph examiner, I had only a limited knowledge of what lie detectors do. My experience with it was having to take one for my position with the Utah Department of Public Safety, and what I saw on TV or the movies. This was one of my favorite scenes featuring a lie detector: After becoming a practitioner of the polygraph, I saw the value that it can bring to people. We are all fragile creatures, we make mistakes, and we act
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THE HOME A three-bedroomed semi-detached 1920s house in Epsom, Surrey. WHO LIVES HERE? Claire Palma, who runs her own interior design company, her husband José, who works for a shopfitting firm and their daughter Daisy, two.
WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME? 'The kitchen – I think we got it spot on,' says Claire. 'I like the fact that it's light, warm and a great space to work in. It's lovely when we have people for dinner and they are sitting in the lower section and I'm in the top, cooking, because I can still have a conversation.'
HOW DID YOU ORGANISE THE WORK? 'We followed all the rules – started at the top and worked our way down. We gutted the house from top to bottom and everything was done: new windows, central heating, all the floors have been up and every single room has been decorated and carpeted.'
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We are in charge. We have a choice to impact our health in a positive way or a negative way. So, if we could make a slight adjustment in the way we do life, it makes sense to do something that will reap the greatest benefit.
My thoughts today are concerning stress. Stress is a terrible thing. From Mayo Clinic research, here are some of the consequences of stress:
•Muscle tension or pain
•Chest pain
•Change in sex drive
•Stomach upset
•Sleep problems
•Lack of motivation or focus
•Irritability or anger
•Sadness or depression
Compare two scenes. In the first you are taking the periodic table chart test by memorizing all 118 elements. In the other, you have been given an open book test on the same subject. Which scenario will cause more stress? Most likely the one where you are memorizing all the elements and remembering them during the pressure moments of taking the test.
These types of scenarios play out all day long. Some people try to memorize everything that comes their way. They try to remember to do this, to buy that when they go shopping, to meet with a certain person at a specific time, to say something when they meet with that person, etc. Trying to remember all these details produces stress. We mentally fatigue ourselves by trying to take the test without the book. What makes remembering all these details even more stressful is that new information is continually coming in and needing to be processed in your brain. —AHHH–it becomes so stressful. (Now why was that string around my finger ?).
Our best option is to form habits of writing notes down on paper, or using our phones to remember what we do not want to forget. It does not make sense to to keep adding more and more details in our minds when we could just put "our notes" somewhere for an "open book" test.
Try this easy practice. Begin writing everything down that you need to remember and notice the stress-relief this brings. I believe it will be a "freeing" experience.


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This is a bench I made for my office at work. I recently moved offices, and lost my visitor's chairs in the process, so this was my solution. Base is white oak and maple, and the top is curly maple. The top is attached to the base using screws with elongated holes in the risers to allow for movement.
Firsts for me include sliding dovetails on the risers, as well as the "floating" top design. The base is finished with lacquer and wax. The top is finished with shellac and wax to bring out the grain. All in all, I'm pretty happy with the results. This was one of those projects where I had a loose idea of what I wanted, but didn't build it in sketchup or draw it out first. I think if I do another one, I'll either taper, or put a slight curve in the legs, and will probably stick with the same species for the base. I'm also not sure I like the way the legs rise above the stretchers.
Thanks for looking, and have a great day!
-- Albert Einstein - "I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right."
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#1 posted 08-01-2016 08:50 PM
nice bench. I do think I agree with you about using the same wood on the bottom, but I do like the way the legs rise up, looking almost like they're holding up the seat…good job on the design and work!
-- One good turn deserves another!
#2 posted 08-02-2016 11:44 AM
Very nice execution. I think there's a little mismatch with the thick and sturdy base compared to the floating top, which is made to look extra light/thin with the bottom camber. A thinner base or thicker top might be more congruent. Still, very nicely executed.
#3 posted 08-02-2016 07:56 PM
Thank you both! Your comments and critiques are very much appreciated.
-- Albert Einstein - "I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right."
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The growth of commercial banking in Wichita, KS
Subscribing to the solutions of a professional lender is one of the best ways of attaining the benefits of commercial banking in Wichita, KS. It not only helps you to raise investment, but makes your company economically strong and sublime. Some company owners believe that professional funding is only limited to multinationals and that medium business firms do not need such investments. This assumption holds no value because the entire economical structure of USA is currently being supported by such professional funding. Commercial banking in Wichita, KS is now improved and organized in order to serve businesses in a far better way than before. Commercial economical institutions in USA manage millions of applications on a regular basis. These applications are generally from every sector of the society and the deserving candidates get their share of commercial aid. Let us understand the importance and role of professional commercial banks in the business sector.
The process and the system of a commercial bank are in contrast to that of investment or retail banking institutions. Although, many large scale commercial banks offer investment and retail banking solutions, there is still a good amount of difference in these specific functions. Noticeably, this distinction has been pointed by the recent Glass-Steagall Act, a law which ensures commercial banking is a part of a business process and nothing else. Retail economical institutions tend to reach directly to the consumer. These offer economical solutions and economical facilities to the common people and are subjected to process personal retail loans for consumers. Commercial banking in Wichita, KS has a broader scope and hence do not qualify in the category of retail and investment banking.
Although commercial banks offer economical solutions to companies, it does not mean they are not perfect for small business houses and individuals. Commercial bank entertains many small scale firms and individuals who wish to reap the opportunity of loaning amount. These banks offer great schemes and discounts in interest to small scale firms. A secured mortgage is one of the most attractive offers of commercial banks. You can get a good amount of loan on a certain security. The offers of commercial banks usually are better than personal loans and can help lower your expected expenses.
The progression of economic recovery has brought positive results in the US market and people are not hesitating in investing big money. The positive changes will keep flourishing if and when the business houses of this country trust their banking sector in order to achieve great heights.
Commercial Banking Wichita, KS – Finding a bank with commercial banking services specially designed for small scale businesses can be difficult. But for Wichita, KS resident, the Southwest National Bank is like a gift. They have No monthly service fee and No minimum balance for small business and organization.


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Canidae's focus has always been on a trusted network of suppliers and farmers providing the freshest ingredients for their pet foods. That focus led them to take things a step further and start growing their own fresh ingredients straight from Canidae Farms in Kansas. Fresh meat or fish is always the first ingredient in all canidae products with real home grown vegetables and grains from Canidae Farms. With grain-free limited ingredient formulas in the PURE line, grain-free formulas in Under the Sun, and nutritionally dense meat and fish meals in the All Life Stages formula, every dog and cat will find exactly what they crave and need to live their happiest, healthiest life with Canidae.
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Geum Urbanum
Geum urbanum is a member of the genus Geum, a genus of hardy plants (Rosaceae). Not usually used decoratively, their five-parted flowers being borne singly at the ends of much-branching stems. The leaves are generally odd-pinnate, often with small leaflets scattered among larger ones. The style is persistent in the fruit and is often plumose, as in the purple avens (G. ciliatum), which has violet flowers. The white avens (G. canadense) has a prickly receptacle, as has the G. flavum. Among the most common species are the yellow G. strictum and the G. vernum, both found in shady, damp places.


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I ran into this store at the Garden State Mall, bought this on recommendation from the sales rep and didn't have high hopes honestly. I couldn't have been more wrong, the scent is amazing and so relaxing! I couldn't be happier as its long lasting as well, came on the site to order a few more!
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Shelley Kanther sued her former CBS Radio male colleagues for severe sexual harassment
Shelley Kanther from Lawnside, New Jersey, a former CBS Radio employee, has claimed she suffered "severe" sexual harassment while working for the network – and was fired for speaking up.
Shelley Kanther said male colleagues guessed her bra size and slapped her on the behind while she worked as the director of marketing communications at KYW Newsradio between April 2009 and August 2010.
Her co-workers at the Philadelphia station said she was probably "fiery in bed" and addressed her as "baby", a law suit filed against CBS claims.
Shelley Kanther, 36, also complained about the "toxic" atmosphere of the office, where the men allegedly told her to wear skirts more often, considered offering her money to kiss another worker and spoke loudly about their sexual conquests.
When Shelley Kanther complained about the comments to management, her pleas were allegedly ignored – until they "illegally" fired her for speaking up.
Shelley Kanther is now seeking unspecified damages for the alleged treatment, which is reminiscent of the sexist work atmosphere of television show Mad Men, set in the 1960s.
"The sexual harassment, sexually laced innuendos and comments were of a severe, pervasive and continuing nature, were degrading and extremely upsetting to Ms Kanther and persisted unabated until she was illegally terminated on August 6, 2010, in retaliation for her numerous complaints to management," the lawsuit states.
"The CBS Philly management was well aware of the severe and pervasive sexual harassment in the workplace, but did nothing to stop it."
The suit claims that the discrimination caused Shelley Kanther suffering, including anxiety, humiliation, emotional distress and lost pay and benefits.
"It was egregious what happened. It was terrible," Shelley Kanther's attorney Samuel First told the Philadelphia Daily News.
The suit claims Marc Rayfield, CBS Radio Philadelphia's senior vice president was "one of the worst offenders".
It alleges that during a business trip to Atlantic City, Marc Rayfield talked about wanting to kiss Shelley Kanther.
He sang Stay with Me Tonight during a karaoke session while "suggestively dancing in front of her, uncomfortably close", the Daily News quotes the suit as saying.
Marc Rayfield talked about sex acts in a loud voice with his office door open, Shelley Kanther claims.
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The first one to add is the Ginger Pear Butter. It came out really flavorful and I finally finished the last jar of this butter last month. The ginger was great with the pears and the consistency of the pear butter was smooth and silky. Enjoy!
Ginger Pear Butter
10 pears diced
1/2 cup apple juice
1/2 cup apple juice
1 t. lemon juice (bottled)
2 cups sugar
1 T. diced candied ginger
Combine all the ingredients in a stainless steel or enameled dutch oven. Cook 60 minutes at a simmer till everything softens. Continue to cook another 1 to 2 hours stirring occasionally to watch for a thick consistency. Using a food mill or immersion blender smooth out the mixture and re-add to pot. Once it is thick like applesauce, fill sterilized jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles, refill to headspace if necessary. Wipe rims, add hot lids/rings and process in water bath for 10 minutes once the water has returned to a full boil.


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From this view one is looking at a landscape that has been in constant transformation for over 300 years. This scene reflects the changing topography of the Park - royal gardens, a landscape for military parades, site for patriotic celebration, revolutionary anger, and as the city's recreation grounds - in addition to the metropolis that now surrounds the Park's perimeter.
In this short stretch of ground, one can read a remarkable history that takes in the fears (not once but twice) of a nation facing invasion, and the preparations for war; the meeting place between Royal splendour and popular politics; the blurred boundaries between the city and the countryside: the forcing ground of experiments in the aesthetics of the Picturesque; the Great Exhibition that displayed the wonder of the Industrial world in 1851; and a former tea house that today shows the finest contemporary arts. Through this scene winds a lake, the Serpentine, which was sculpted in the 1730s by Queen Caroline and has been the site for mock battles and victory celebrations, Olympics sports, public activities and Christmas Day traditions.
The two buildings - the Serpentine Gallery and the new Serpentine Sackler gallery- complement each other, albeit from different eras: one an interwar pleasure house, the other a picturesque villa from an earlier time. Both places highlight the joys of being in the Park, of exploration and unexpected discovery; places to be chanced upon by happenstance or a final destination. The bridge that spans the short distance between the two is a theatre that interweaves history, art and adventure.
1. War
'Preparations are making for erecting in Hyde Park a magazine of gunpowder much more extensive than the present one. The building is intended to stand in the nook between the northern bank of the Serpentine River and that part of Kensington Gardens which projects in the form of a half-moon. The basement will be formed of stone, and the upper parts of brick.'
So announced the "Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure" in October 1804. At the time London was in a panic. The 1802 Treaty of Amiens with Napoleon had not brought peace but a pause between wars as each side prepared for the next bout. Throughout 1803 the Duke of York had predicted a French invasion upon the southern coast of England; and the whole nation had done their best to be alert.
An army of reserves was mustered to bolster the standing army; militia from around the country were called to arms and drilled into readiness. In London, every company and guild rallied to the flag, each with their own officers and badges so the city itself resembled 'an immense garrison'. Throughout the year, troops had been garrisoned at Hyde Park, on the western fringes of the city, and here had practiced their drills. On 26 October, the King George III - along with 50,000 spectators - had watched 27,000 volunteers marching through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.
Further afield, across the southern coast, simple stone defences – Martello Towers and forts -were built to defend the beachheads; a system of telegraphs organised to warn the capital of the invasion. If the French made it onto land, there were plans for naval stockades across the Thames; an evacuation policy for all livestock and foodstuff that might aid the invaders. If they ever got as far as London itself, they would not find the city gates open to them. In Parliament, the former Prime Minister William Pitt, rebuked his opposite number who called for calm by saying 'while they have 80,000 seamen on board their fleet and have such an army as is now on foot, it [is] necessary to fortify the capital'.
Up to this point a gunpowder store had stood in the Park, as drawn by Paul Sandby in 1790, in a bucolic scene within a glade, encircled with wandering cows. The capital had another powder store at the Tower of London, to the east; but as the speaker of the House of Commons pointed out, this store sat directly underneath the Record Room and just a spark threatened 'the most ancient records of England'. So it was decided to construct a new, and safe, Royal Military Depot within Hyde Park. The architect for the Pavilion was never noted down, although some have suggested that it may have been James Wyatt, who was Surveyor General at that time. The plans that today sit in the National Archives were signed by Hugh Debbieg, the high ranking general in charge of the royal engineers based in the Naval port of Chatham. He was responsible for all the naval defence building along the coast.
2. The Magazine
It was to be a modest, simple single-story building, constructed in brick to denote its purpose. Set as a symmetrical square with two main rooms on the east and west, that were later named as 'the storekeeper's office' and, to the west, a 'shifting room'. The southern facade was sparsely decorated to give the impression of a rural villa in the neoclassical style, with three bays in creamy Portland stone. Perhaps the most elaborate feature of the whole building was the guttering with hopper heads dated 1805, with the Royal cypher.
The first person to work there was a Mr Walter, whose day-to-day tasks were defined by parliamentary act. In return for £100 a year, and an added £12 expenses for 'candles and coal', he was expected to guard and keep dry all gunpowder and ordnance stored within. He was also charged with refusing entry to strangers or drunks and to ensure that no iron tools or instruments are used near the site that could cause a spark, and to maintain the fire fighting equipment. Visitors to the store were requested to take off their shoes and put on 'magazine pumps' so as not to cause a fire. His daily employment was arduous:
'It was a situation of hard work, incessant attention, and requiring the most perfect steadiness and sobriety. . . part of it consisting in separating the serviceable from the unserviceable powder with a copper shove, and this without help.'
3. The Serpentine
Nine years later, in 1814, England was nearing the end of the long war with Napoleon and in April the French emperor had been defeated and sent into exile. However, Britain was fighting a new war against the United States and in August that year Rear Admiral George Cockburn had sailed up the Potomac River and razed Washington D C to the ground. This aggression would have after effects felt in Hyde Park as Mr Croker, of the Admiralty, requested that a 'strong oak post railing' be put around the park to make it safe against any American invasion. After some questioning, the Admiralty concluded that it was unlikely that American frigates would even venture as far as the Serpentine by any route, especially as the original source of the lake, the Westbourne River, had been blocked off seventy years before.
Nonetheless there was much activity on the river that summer as it became the location for a series of celebrations to mark the end of the European war. The lake itself had been created seven decades earlier by Queen Caroline, wife of George II, in an attempt to compete with Louis XVI's Versailles. Caroline envisioned yacht racing, dolphins and sea horses to ornament her bucolic scene; yet all she got in the end was a lake, painstaking designed to appear naturalistic, named the Serpentine, but completed with only one curve in finished design. According to the London Gazette: '"Two hundred men were employed on the work. A dyke or dam was thrown across the valley of the Westbourne, and with the soil dug out of it was raised a mound at the south-east end of Kensington Gardens, on the summit of which was placed a small temple, revolving on a pivot, so as to afford shelter from the winds'.
4. The Bridge
The lake itself divided the royal grounds of Kensington Palace from Hyde Park to the east. Once royal hunting ground, the parkland had been used by Londoners since the reign of Charles I as a place for fashionable display, sports, and even duelling, as well as regular martial exercises. Since the 1790s, the more formally laid out Kensington Gardens had been closed to most traffic except at the weekends, between spring and autumn, when a small entrance fee allowed only the respectably dressed inside, banning even liveried servants and dogs. By the end of the decade the Palace became the home of the young Princess Victoria.
It was not until the 1820s that the carriage way was built that created a new boundary line between the Park and Royal Gardens. This was part of widespread renovations to the park at the hands of the architect Decimus Burton, on behalf of the Royal Office of Works, who made his own improvements to the Magazine and worked with John Rennie on the Serpentine Bridge that crossed the water in front of the building. The road itself was created by James McAdam, the inventor of Tar Macadam (Tarmac).
Decimus Burton was the son of the hugely successful builder speculator, James Burton who had made his fortune putting up houses in Bloomsbury and elsewhere. He had given his son his first commissions, creating the impressive Cornwall Terrace and Clarence Terrace as part of John Nash's plans for Regent's Park in 1821. Four years later he was hired by the Office of Woods and Forests to work on Hyde Park, bringing a regal touch to the southern edge, today Hyde Park Corner. In particular he created the positively grandiose Wellington Arch and austere neoclassical screen to connect Green Park with Hyde Park.
5. A Tasteful Classical Building
His work on the Magazine itself was on a less opulent scale. Nearby he also designed the Receiving House of the Royal Humane Society, 'a tasteful classical building', designed for the storage of safety equipment and the recovery of people from swimming accidents in the waters. The society also ran a number of boats and watchers to make sure that the swimmers were safe; in winter the same watchers observed the iced lake for the safety of skaters. The footman William Taylor swam here regularly in the 1830s and counted '347 [bathers]; therefore I should suppose there is about 15 or 16 hundred men and boys in the Serpentine on a Sunday morning.'
Work on the Magazine went hand in hand with the development of the Serpentine Bridge. The southern facade of the main building faced out towards the head of the bridge, forcing the road to curl around the perimeter wall. The bridge itself was a signal of the changing shape of the park as the city started to engulf the park that was no longer at the urban fringes, but becoming subsumed by the urban expansion westwards. As London grew, Hyde Park was no longer the outside but - in the words of Prime Minister William Pitt - the 'lungs of the city'.
John Rennie, who worked with his brother George on the Serpentine Bridge to replace the former crossing and cascade, was the son of the leading Scottish engineer who had practised in London since the 1790s and was responsible for the designs of Waterloo, Southwark and London Bridges. The bridge itself, completed between 1825-8, is constructed in Bath Stone, of five broad arches. Rennie would later become the engineer who worked with Stephenson on the Liverpool to Manchester railway.
The crossing received mixed reviews when it was completed. For some it represented the extent of rapacious urbanisation that had now reached impossible extremes, devouring the farmland that has once stood around. For another correspondent to the Times: 'The impropriety of a bridge of such magnitude and cost, thrown over a piece of water so obviously a mere pond held up by a dam must occur to every reflective mind.' Nevertheless it soon became the only visible dividing line between Park and Gardens, which slowly melded into a single place of retreat for the city. Here the metropolis, art, politics and the people mixed in ever-eddying configurations.
It is significant that the view from the Serpentine Bridge towards the city is considered one of the most important in London. In recent proposals to preserve the historical beauty, The London Plan, the view from here towards the world heritage sites at Westminster and the Houses of Parliament, must not be disrupted by new, tall buildings. The addition of the new structure to The Magazine, the Serpentine Sackler building designed by the world-leading architect Zaha Hadid brings this panorama up to the present, showing how the architecture across the centuries is embedded within the landscape.
6. Industry and Empire
As the Park became circumscribed by the surrounding city that was described by William Cobbett in the 1820s as 'the Great Wen' or sewer, so London became a theatre for many different urban dramas, a new kind of meeting place for the modern pleasures of the industrial city at the heart of a burgeoning Empire. Here the fashionable walked along Rotten Row every morning, taking the cleaner air, to get away from the bustle of urban life, and perfected the metropolitan art of watching others and of being watched. This was given added impetus in 1851 when Hyde Park became the promenade for the whole world as millions visited Joseph Paxton's crystal palace at the heart of the Great Exhibition.
Following the royal opening on May 1, over 6 million people wandered the glass and steel halls constructed out of 550 tons of wrought iron, 3,500 tons of cast iron, 900,000 square feet of glass and 600,000 feet of wooden planking, 202 miles of sash bars and 30 miles of gutters. The Park thus became the showcase for the Industrial Revolution and cabinet of wonders for the English Empire.
Yet the exhibition was not just the temporary of heavy manufacturing and ingenious works. Here also the finest of English arts were set alongside the latest inventions in everything from steam powered machinery, daguerreotypes and even an early telegraphic fax machine. A W Pugin displayed his own explorations in Gothick within the medieval Court, as well as a myriad of artworks and sculptures from across Britain and around the world. The 1851 exhibition also laid the foundations to Albertopolis, the collection of museums, colleges and universities that were set along Exhibition Road after the Crystal Palace had been dismantled.
In contrast to the pleasure seeking crowds of the Great Exhibition, the open spaces of Hyde Park were also a public forum for political protest. In 1855, Karl Marx wrote following the anti-Church Movement demonstration in the Park, that 'the English Revolution began yesterday in Hyde Park'. The Reformer Tree within the park soon became a rallying point for the Chartist movement until it was burned down in the 1866 protest by the Reform League. The charred stump remained a symbol for free speech, and by 1872 Speaker's Corner was designated as a place for open-air rallies and speeches.
As time has gone on, the Park has increasingly taken on the identity of the people's park, a place to come together. In August 1918, four years into the First World War a war shrine was set up at Hyde Park Corner and over 200,000 people came to pay their respects. The suffragettes held numerous meetings here to call for the vote for women. The park was also the final destination for the thousands of London labourers who marched on May Day each year and in 1932 was the arrival point for the hunger marchers from the North who walked to the capital to protest about work condition and jobs at the beginning of the Great Depression. Celebrating the liberation of Europe after World War Two, it was reported that the quieter corners of the park had become a 'vast battlefield of sex' as joy overflowed. In 1969 the Rolling Stones played a free concert to nearly 500,000 fans. (When they played in July 2013, they charged a minimum of £99).
7. A Place to Meet the Unexpected
The Park has consistently been a laboratory of social ideas and unexpected admixture. Here in Kensington Gardens, the eighteenth century garden designer William Kent planted a dead tree in his pursuit of a 'natural' landscape. The parkland itself is the ideal setting for art that both celebrates martial glories - such as Achilles statue by Richard Westmacott near Hyde Park Corner to record the Duke of Wellington's victories - or places of public memory such as the Albert Memorial, the Diana Memorial Fountain and the newly opened memorial to the victims of the July 2005 bombing.
In addition, the park has been the setting for contemporary work such as Henry Moore's Arch that now stands beside the Serpentine, close to the Magazine; Anish Kapoor's 'The World Upside Down' 2010-11; and Peter Fischli and David Weiss's 'Rock on Top of Another Rock' that balances in front of the Serpentine Gallery itself and Ian Hamilton Finlay's tribute to Diana Princess of Wales.
The Gallery itself was originally a 1934 tea room, that was possibly built on the site of Price's refreshment Lodge, later called the Cake House, that once offered a cornucopia of 'syllabubs, Pigeon-pie puffs and cheese cake'. Designed by J. Grey West, chief architect for the His Majesty Office of Works, it was a pavilion with a large central room for well to do sippers, close to the river that still remains popular with swimmers all year around. In 1932 the Daily Mail even reported that the Police were to patrol the lake, as certain women had been reported for wearing 'flimsy swimwear' that was beyond the bounds of decorum.
In 1970, Labour Minister for works, John Silkin, called for the Tea House to be converted into a gallery for contemporary arts and run by the Arts Council. From the outset it was an exciting place, open through the summer months, committed at the beginning to show only artists under 35, staffed by fellow artists. It immediately gained the support of significant British artists, such as Henry Moore, Richard Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Eduardo Paolozzi and Michael Craig-Martin and within five years started to show international artists such as Jasper Johns and Brice Marden. The gallery not only explored new artists but also showed curated exhibitions for sculpture, video, performance, painting, photography and graphics.
In 1991, Julia Peyton-Jones was put in charge of the gallery, and was determined to continue the tradition of the gallery being a meeting place for contemporary arts, but a place "necessary to everybody, not just the art world". By the Millennium, the gallery also became a location for architectural speculation with the launch of the first Pavilion commission by Zaha Hadid. The project was originally a temporary structure for the 30th anniversary Gala but this developed into an annual architectural exploration, introducing the work of a world-renowned architect who had not built in the UK before.
In 2001, the Pavilion was designed by Daniel Libeskind, and following that commissions have come from Toyo Ito, Oscar Niemeyer, Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura, Rem Koolhaas with Cecil Balmond and Arup, Frank Gehry, SANAA, Jean Nouvel, Peter Zumthor, Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Mueron and Sou Fujimoto.
In 2006, Julia Peyton-Jones invited Hans Ulrich Obrist as co-director of exhibitions and programmes. Before this Obrist had been curator at the Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Obrist has been instrumental in making the gallery an international meeting place by curating the Serpentine Marathons that have run every year since 2006. In that first year Obrist and the architect Rem Koolhaas conducted a series of interviews with leading figures from across the all walks of culture, philosophy, science and art over 24 hours. Subsequent events have included the Manifestos, Poetry; Maps; the Garden and Memory.
In 2009 the Royal Parks agreed for the Serpentine Gallery to bring the Grade II* listed 1805 Magazine building, which since 1963 had been given over to the Park's maintenance depot, into public use for the first time. Preserving the exquisite original building in its unique setting, the new gallery also includes an extension that flows along the west side of the building, designed by Zaha Hadid, nestling into the landscape but visible from the Serpentine Bridge. The new exhibition space will expand the Serpentine Gallery's programme of exhibitions, restaurant and social space.
The new gallery is named after Dr Mortimer and Dame Theresa Sackler, whose foundation has made the project possible through the largest single gift received by the gallery in its history. Major funding was also awarded by Bloomberg in its continued relationship with the organization.
The new gallery is a place that has been at the centre of a fascinating history for over two hundred years and with the opening of the Serpentine Sackler Gallery once again establishes itself as one of the crossroads of the city. It is a place where history and the present meet, where the finest in contemporary arts can be encountered within the landscape of one of London's most beautiful parks. This truly is a meeting place for everyone, a forcing ground of ideas, inspiration and culture.
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JACKSONVILLE - This past Friday was the final day of the high school football regular season. And Jacksonville senior quarterback Dontrail Session picked a great time to have his best game of the year.
The Indians quarterback was 13-for-16 for 370 yards and 7 TD (all in the 1st half). That big performance helped Jacksonville to a win over Nacogdoches and clinched a playoff spot for the Indians.
That 7 TD performance was a school record as well, breaking the old mark of 5 set by former Jacksonville star Luke McCown. Session says McCown was in the stands on Friday night and that it was special getting to break this record in front of the former NFL quarterback.
Session says, "My quarterback coach came up to me after the game, he said, you know what you just did, you broke Luke McCown's record. I was like, oh snap, that's crazy, and they said Luke was in the stands, slapping hands, having a good time because I beat his record."
Session is the 11th and final American State Bank player of the week this year. All 11 weekly winners will gather in January to find out who this year's American State Bank player of the year will be.


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Early morning at an almost empty Bondi Beach. Rubbish is removed by local council workers and volunteer lifesavers check their gear, allocate safe surfing areas, and practise their lifesaving skills.
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Life Savers on Bondi Beach is an excerpt from the film Surf Beach (18 mins), produced in 1965.
Surf Beach: A summer day on the beach in Sydney. Beginning and ending at Bondi, this film captures the essence of Australian beach life – the bodysurfers, boardriders, sunbakers, families, tourists and, of course, those iconic Aussie lifesavers.
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Bondi Beach in Sydney is one of Australia's most famous beaches. The beach, roughly a kilometre long, is enclosed at the north and south by headlands. Every day of the year lifesavers patrol the beach between the yellow and red flags.
In summer it is very crowded. The beach also attracts a lot of tourists. Sometimes tourists don't understand the meaning of the flags. Nor do they realise there are dangerous currents and rips where the flags are not placed. Other swimmers may be aware that the beach has dangerous currents but they do not know how to read the sea and manage a situation if they get swept out suddenly by a rip. Bondi Beach needs its surf lifesaver patrol.
It is also a beach area where music, arts and sporting activities occur, especially in the summer months.
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One of the keys to writing a good book is making sure your manuscript contains the best of ideas or story you want to convey. That means you need to make sure you include all the main ideas and supporting concepts for a nonfiction book and all the key plot points and characters in a fiction book.
Brainstorming before you begin writing can help you capture scattered thoughts and explore new ones you might not have considered. You can brainstorm about your book in general to get started, or you can brainstorm something more specific, such as a particular character, the setting of your story, or a chapter. There are several brainstorming techniques that are useful for writers. Here are a few to try that could help make your book even better.
Ask Questions
Instead of focusing on the answers and what you know, think about questions you could ask about your topic or plot or a character. "What if" is a great place to start. What if the character was from another planet? What if no one spoke the same language? What if you wrote a workbook to accompany your non-fiction book? "What if" can lead to a number of new ideas.
Another way to approach this technique is create a sheet that has six categories: who, what, when, where, why, and how. Then start writing down questions that need to be answered. Who are the antagonist's allies? What is the one thing the main character cannot live without? Where will the story unfold? Give yourself a time frame, and write down as many questions as you can. At the end of the brainstorming session, dig deeper into some of the interesting questions that arose.
Create a Mind Map
To expand your basic idea, try the technique known as mind mapping. Mind mapping is a technique used to organize your brainstorming ideas. Start with a circle in the center of a blank page (use a large sheet of paper, a whiteboard, or even a sidewalk and chalk). In the middle of that circle, write your main idea or initial thought, and then branch off from there. Draw other circles branching from the first one, filling them in with related ideas or subplots. Continue expanding on each subsidiary idea and then on ideas subsidiary to the first sub-idea. Continue quickly, creating more branches and associations. At the end, your page will be filled with a mind map of ideas that will help you develop your story.
Make a List
The first two brainstorming ideas are intended to create a breadth of ideas around a topic, but making a list will help you explore the depth of a topic. To start set a number as your goal for your list. It could be ten, or 20 or 50. The number doesn't matter as much as the commitment to create the list. Then write a statement or idea at the top of the page. For example, at the end of the book, the main character will ______________. Then start making a list of all the possible things that could happen to the main character. Most of the ideas on the list won't be viable, but the goal is to just open up your thinking to find that one really killer idea on the list. Don't worry about the quality or order of the items you are listing, just get them out onto the page. Then go back and review your list when you are done. You will probably be surprised at some of what you listed, but look for that one idea that can make your book really special.
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I found this diagram showing the spacing of the holes for various Swedish Mauser target sights.
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You will need:
1 large eggplant
1 egg
8oz container of Greek yoghurt (If you use the American stuff, you'll need to strain it in cheesecloth over night to drain the liquid)
Parmesan cheese
Greek oregano
Olive oil
salt and pepper
a mid sized casserole dish w/lid
Slice eggplant in .5" slices and lightly season with salt pepper and Greek oregano allow eggplant to marinate a while in the seasonings (30 minutes or so)
Lightly coat slices with Olive oil (Toss or use Olive oil cooking spray)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Layer slices in casserole dish, cover and bake for 20 minutes
While the eggplant is baking mix 6oz of Greek yoghurt, 6tbs grated Parmesan, a dash of black pepper, Greek oregano and the egg together to form your sauce
Remove sliced eggplant from oven pour yoghurt sauce atop and return to oven lowering temperature to 325 and bake for an additional 40 minutes.
The top will be bubbly when you remove it, allow it to cool and thicken before you slice and serve.
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Tofu Guisadas
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4tbs recaito per 5oz extra firm tofu (frozen overnight, thawed and drained)
small red potatoes skins in tact
2 sprigs cilantro
6 threads fresh saffron
2 gloves garlic, crushed
2tbs olive oil
1 16 oz can organic tomato sauce
white rice
Saute recaito and finely diced cilantro sprigs,saffron threads and garlic in olive oil
Cube potatoes
add half of your tomato sauce and 2 oz water to the oil followed by the potatoes
Continue to cook on medium flame in a covered sauce pot until potatoes are tender
Add lightly seasoned (salt & pepper)tofu and remaining sauce
Slow cook 30-45 minutes or until tofu cubes are saffron hued through and through.
Serve over white rice
Recaito is a staple in Puerto Rican cooking. I make it in large batches and freeze it...A covered ice cube tray is a great storage idea that way you can add 'cubes" to your soups and stews.
2 large yellow onions
1/2 bunch cilantro
4 leaves recao or 1/2 bunch parsley
1 large green bell pepper, seeds removed
6 cloves garlic
2tbs olive oil
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29 Sep Frequently Asked Questions About Bankruptcy-Part Four
I've been posting about bankruptcy questions asked most frequently by my clients, and I've dealt with questions about the pre-bankruptcy process, procedural issues, and Chapter 13 issues. But almost all my clients want to know about life after bankruptcy. Once again, I cannot over-emphasize the importance of consulting your own bankruptcy lawyer because circumstances can differ and change these answers.
1.How long will my bankruptcy appear on my credit report? A bankruptcy can be reported for 10 years. The length of reporting in individual cases can differ, though, because your creditors don't have to report for that long.
2.When will I be able to get credit again? This is one of those questions that depends on the type of bankruptcy as well as other factors such as whether you continue to pay mortgage or car loans, your income, and a host of other factors. It also depends on what kind of credit you are looking for and what you are willing to pay for it. Rather than focus on when you'll be able to get credit again, ask yourself why you care. If you have a home you want to keep, and you are driving a vehicle that will last you a few years, maybe your focus should be on saving so that you won't need credit. If you are living on a fixed income, you probably shouldn't be planning on using credit at all. If you are planning on purchasing a new home, I understand that you will need credit, but your savings will still have an impact on your eligibility for a mortgage in the future. Many people are eligible for credit fairly soon after bankruptcy, within a few years, but it really should be approached with thoughtfulness and planning. One other important step to take is to monitor your credit report to make sure that your credit report properly reflects the bankruptcy discharge, instead of write-offs or accounts in collection.
3.Will I be able to keep my bank accounts? One of the first things I advise most of my clients to do is to close bank accounts if they owe the bank any money, including overdraft protection accounts, and open an account somewhere else, where you have not borrowed. That's because banks who are creditors can set off the money in your accounts. If you don't owe the bank any money, I don't know of any reason you can't keep your bank accounts open during and after bankruptcy.
4.Can I pay the debts I owe my doctor, or my family members? Yes, you can. After your bankruptcy is over you can pay anyone you choose to pay. The point of the bankruptcy discharge is that your creditors cannot try to make you pay. You can pay anyone you want to pay if you choose to do so. But note that I said after banrkuptcy. Don't think that you can pay those folks just before bankruptcy. That's called a preferential payment and it will buy the folks you pay a lawsuit by your trustee.
5. What will I have to pay after bankruptcy. That's another of those "it depends" questions. To give you an idea, if you are going to keep your house or car, you'll have to make those payments. If you owe many types of taxes, those will survive the bankruptcy discharge, as will almost all student loans, child support and alimony payments. There are certainly other types of debts that can survive bankruptcy, but that's what your experienced bankruptcy attorney is for–to advise you what will be discharged, what will survive discharge, and what may have to be decided by the court.
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A federal judge has ruled Texas will continue to need oversight of how it cares for vulnerable children, even after sweeping legislative changes last year.
In a 116-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Janis Jack ruled on Friday afternoon that Texas leaders will remain under the watchful eye of appointed special masters for three years as they implement more policies for how abused and neglected children are protected. That direction is necessary, she said, because the state has failed to address the system's problems "despite decades of awareness and extensive reports."
"Years later, the system remains broken and [Department of Family and Protective Services] has demonstrated an unwillingness to take tangible steps to fix the broken system," Jack wrote.
Hours after the ruling, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, filed an appeal.
"The judge and the special masters acted outside of their legal authority and ordered a plan that is both incomplete and impractical," Paxton said in a statement.
The ruling comes more than two years after Jack initially ruled that the state's foster care system violated children's civil rights. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services officials have been working with federal appointed special masters to evaluate how the state does with overseeing the child welfare system.
The ruling is a major blow to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and legislators who rallied to come up with numerous child welfare bills during the 2017 Legislative session. Abbott, Paxton and state lawmakers have previously expressed dismay about federal interference — and were adamant that the state does not need oversight to overhaul the Department of Family and Protective Services.
"Texas has a solemn responsibility to care for children removed from their homes due to neglect and abuse of all kinds, and last year the Legislature approved landmark changes in the foster care system," Paxton said, explaining why the state will fight the ruling. "When unelected judges improperly assume control of state institutions, Texas officials cannot make the policy they've been entrusted to make."
That appeals process is likely to take at least a year, and in the meantime, the state must comply with the court's orders.
Paul Yetter, a Houston-based attorney and lead trial counsel for the foster youth, called the state's appeal hasty and misguided.
"This case is all about the children, and the state is focused on politics," Yetter said. "We have faith in the 5th Circuit that this careful ruling will be upheld."
The ruling ordered the state's Department of Family and Protective Services to make a top-down overhaul of the way it works with children and families, and then report on its progress to the federal court. Changes include giving caseworkers a limit of 14 to 17 caseloads; staggering the number of caseloads for new hires, and hiring more staff.
The department was also ordered to see top-priority children within 24 hours of when they were taken by Child Protective Services; mark in children's records if the children have been sexually abused; write a policy on what constitutes child-on-child sexual abuse, and no longer have children sleep in CPS offices overnight. If any children do spend a night in an office, the agency will be required to log it for a monthly report to the special masters.
DFPS referred a request for comment to Paxton's office.
Madeline McClure, CEO of the advocacy group TexProtects-Champions for Children, praised the ruling.
"The court has provided a roadmap for needed fixes — now it's time to implement it," she said in a statement Friday. "We must put the safety of our children first."
State leaders and legislators have faced continued criticism for how they've handled the agency's troubles. Headline after headline described a state child welfare system stretched thin, with children sleeping in state offices and, in some cases, dying on the state's watch.
In October 2016, Abbott, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, pressured both the department and legislators to make long-awaited changes to how the state helps children recover from abuse and find better living situations.
Legislators rallied with funding and bills. They gave the agency $150 million in emergency funds in December 2016 to offer higher salaries and hire more caseworkers. For the 2018-19 state budget, the Department of Family and Protective Services received $4 billion — up from $3.5 billion for the previous two-year cycle. That includes about $300 million to continue pay raises for caseworkers and another $88 million to more than 1,000 caseworkers over the next two years.
The department also has $95 million to boost payments to foster care families and other providers. The agency has touted that the extra funding has boosted morale among workers and helped them see more children in a timely manner.
Abbott expressed confidence when he signed a series of child welfare bills in May that Jack would "look at what Texas has accomplished" with the legislation and improvements the department had made.
Jack wrote in her ruling that officials' remedies "are indeed admirable." But, she wrote, "policies not practiced are of no value, and voluntary conduct of a defendant after the beginning of a suit cannot deprive a court of the power to order relief."
She also wrote that state officials have "taken minimal steps" to work with special masters to craft policies and were "limiting their participation to providing requested information."
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/19/federal-judge-orders-texas-fix-its-broken-foster-care-system/.
The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.


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As the number one Hyundai dealer in New England, we also offer a variety of other services to help keep your Hyundai vehicle in tip-top shape. If you live in the Raynham, Brockton, Attleboro, Taunton, Plymouth, or Fall River areas, we warmly invite you to service your vehicle with us. We offer a variety of services, including tire maintenance!
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The Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice seeks to bridge social and political barriers to bring together people of all ages and philosophies to work toward the common goals of peace and justice. The College of St. Scholastica is proud to offer this important resource as a service to our region. The public is invited to participate in Center activities and to utilize the resource center. Suggestions for future events are welcome.
The Alworth Center for the Study of Peace & Justice is funded in part by the Manitou Fund, the Global Awareness Fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and Reader Weekly.
These lectures also have received special support from the DeWitt and Caroline Van Evera Foundation and from Mary C. Van Evera in memory of William P. Van Evera, former trustee of the College.
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Now in its fourth observing campaign, the Kepler spacecraft continues to operate wonderfully since beginning its new K2 mission in May 2014. Data collected for Campaigns 0, 1 and 2 have been made available to the public through the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). Campaign 3 data will be processed with a scheduled delivery to MAST in June 2015.
K2 began its fourth campaign on Feb. 8. The Campaign 4 target set includes nearly 16,000 target stars, which can be searched for exoplanets and examined for an array of astrophysical phenomena. This field includes two notable open star clusters—Pleiades and Hyades, the nearest open cluster to our solar system. Both are located in the constellation of Taurus.
As expected, the team continues to make improvements in the spacecraft's K2 operations, improving the pointing performance, conserving fuel, extending the observation periods and increasing the number of observed targets. The team currently estimates that the onboard fuel should last until at least December 2017.
While data collection has concluded for the prime Kepler mission, the team continues to analyze the full four years of Kepler data. To-date the Kepler team, together with the global science community, has identified more than 4,000 candidates and verified 1,023 as exoplanets, planets that orbit other stars. For the latest Kepler exoplanet and candidate statistics, visit the NASA Exoplanet Archive.
At the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 2015, the Kepler team made two noteworthy announcements:
•Dr. Fergal Mullally described the delivery of the sixth Kepler catalog, including 554 new Kepler candidate planets, bringing the total number of Kepler candidates to 4,175. He also announced eight new small, habitable zone candidates – six around sun-like stars.
•Dr. Douglas Caldwell announced eight newly validated planets – marking Kepler's 1000th verified exoplanet. Among these were three small planets securely in the habitable zone, two of those likely to be rocky.
In late February, William Borucki, visionary and science principal investigator of the Kepler mission, was inducted as a NASA Ames Research Center Fellow. The Ames program recognizes a distinguished few for their national and international reputation of scientific or engineering excellence to NASA. Borucki is only the 12th person to receive the center's highest honor in Ames' 75-year history.
On March 25, the Kepler team was honored by the presentation of the 2015 National Air and Space Museum Trophy for current achievement at a ceremony in Washington. For a full listing of previous awardees, along with a video about Kepler's award, visit the museum's trophy award page.
In March the team achieved another milestone—this time in the realm of data processing. Using the first uniform processing of the four-year Kepler data set, the first uniformly vetted catalog of planetary candidates and false positives was delivered to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Since this catalog was generated by automated software, the detectability of each planet candidate can be quantified, thus enabling reliable occurrence rate calculations to be made over the full range of period and radius for the first time. The data was made available on April 1.


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A unique, edgy and thoughtful pop-rock band with a darker side. Winding guitar lines, satisfying vocal hooks and anthemic drums will have you looking deeper into the intricate concepts of the story woven by pop-punk alt-rockers Daedalus' Right Eye.
Working closley with the Bath/Bristol based band Daedalus' Right Eye, I created the bands new logo, along with their self titled EP artwork and band merchandise, some of which can be seen below.


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Arthritis is the inflammation of a joint or multiple joints in the body. It is usually accompanied by pain and stiffness. This disease name comes from the greek word arthro (joint) and suffix -itis (inflammation). Arthritis not only occurs in humans; it is common in dogs and other animals as well. There are numerous form of arthritis. In dogs, the main forms are as follows:
- Osteoarthritis (OA), also called Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
- Immune-mediated arthritis (polyarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis)
- Infective arthritis (bacterial, viral or fungal)
Of these main types of arthritis, Osteoarthritis is by far the most common. Therefore, this article will focus on information about osteoarthritis.
What is Canine Osteoarthritis?
Also known as degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease that affects one or more joints in the body. The cartilage within a joint acts as a kind of buffer between the bones. Softer and more flexible than bone, cartilage absorbs shock during joint movement and helps provide joint lubrication. As this cartilage wears away, the bones begin to rub against one another. The bone-on-bone friction causes destruction to the bone, abnormal bone regrowth, and swelling of the soft tissue around the joint. All of this leads to chronic pain and stiffness in the joints. The most commonly affected joints are the hips, knees, elbows, hocks, shoulders, carpi (wrists) and spine.
Osteoarthritis is a chronic progressive condition, meaning once it begins it will continue to worsen. There is no cure for arthritis, but there are many treatments available that can slow the disease progression and lessen the discomfort it causes.
Causes of Arthritis in Dogs
Degenerative joint disease is the result of long-term stress on a joint. Most commonly, arthritis is seen in older dogs, as a lifetime of wear and tear on the joints leads to the development of the disease. When osteoarthritis occurs in younger dogs, there is often another factor. An old trauma or injury might have caused initial damage to a joint, leading to arthritic changes. Also, abnormal joint development, a congenital joint deformity or an inherited joint condition (like hip dysplasia) can begin the disease process. In addition, obesity puts excess stress on joints, possible causing early onset of osteoarthritis. Keeping your dog at a healthy weight is one of the best ways to prevent osteoarthritis, slow its progression, and lessen the pain it causes.
Arthritis Symptoms in Dogs
The symptoms of arthritis in dogs vary from mild to severe. If fact, many owners do not even realize their dogs have arthritis until it becomes severe. This does not mean those dogs do not feel mild to moderate pain in the early stages, just that they do not show it the way a human might. Remember that dogs tend to hide their discomfort as part of their survival instinct. This is part of the reason routine veterinary exams are so important, especially as your dog ages. A vet might detect subtle signs of arthritis during an exam that could otherwise go unnoticed at home. The following are the most common symptoms of arthritis in dogs:
- Lameness/abnormal gait
- Stiffness, especially after waking up
- Reluctance to go up stairs, run or jump
- Difficulty jumping into car or on furniture
- Difficulty sitting or standing
- Decreased interest in walks, games or participation in other types of exercise once enjoyed
- Withdrawal from family members
- Licking area of a specific joint or joints
- Sensitivity and soreness when joints are touched (in severe cases, pet may cry out or even snap)
- Changes in behavior and/or attitude
- Trouble getting comfortable/restlessness
- Sleeping more than usual
- Creaking or grinding of the joint when moved (called crepitus, this is usually noticed on veterinary exam)
Be aware that some of the above symptoms can be signs of other health problems as well. If you notice these or any other signs of illness, be sure to contact your veterinarian.
Diagnosing Arthritis in Dogs
Your veterinarian may diagnose your dog with arthritis using a combination of diagnostic tools. Often, diagnosis begins with the history you provide. Your vet will listen as you describe your dog's symptoms, which act as clues to your dog's condition. A through examination will then take place, during which your vet will manipulate the joints and feel for stiffness, swelling and crepitus (a creaking/grinding sensation felt when joints are manipulated). For confirmation or further details, your vet may recommend radiographs (x-rays). These will allow your vet to actually see the affected joints, pinpoint changes to the bones and determine the severity of the arthritis.
Once a diagnosis has been made, your veterinarian will talk to you about the treatment options. There are also some lifestyle and environmental changes you can make to help your dog. While there is no cure for osteoarthritis, there are fortunately many ways to treat and manage the disease and its symptoms.


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It was not until August 1991 that the world wide web became available to the public .This was the beginning of the internet boom in the 90s that gave us a taste of connectivity in a virtual world. Then in the 2000s social media came to a head and changed the landscape for both marketers and businesses. Everyone from mom and pop shops to fortune 500 companies began utilizing social media to engage customers and increase profits.
Now, the Internet of Things (IoT) is changing how we interact with technology. Ordinary tools are becoming "smart". This area is where I believe there will undoubtedly be another boom for marketers and businesses. We can define IoT as traditional objects that are connected to a bigger network which allows devices to "talk" with each other and people. Your devices would be connected to the internet and linked to make life easier for you the customer. The infographic below gives an idea of how IoT would work.
Instead of a fridge where we can update our Facebook and Twitter, it seems much more useful for a fridge to alert you through a text message that you need milk etc. Another example is your car being equipped with sensors that are connected and alert you about an ice or snow storm. It could just be an alert or the car itself changes gears to go through the snow ahead. The IoT is much more different than anything we have encountered before. It fosters creativity and allows traditional businesses to get back into the game and make their tools smart. This smart technology will not be isolated to particular industries but instead be beneficial to all of them. Some of these ideas may be years away but we do currently use IoT to make life easier. FitBit tracks our physical activity and the Nest smart thermostat for remote temperature control are successful devices that have been fulfilling our needs today.
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Recall: Toys "R" Us Bruin Infant Wiggle Ball Toys
On 2017-10-05, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a recall regarding Toys "R" Us Bruin Infant Wiggle Ball Toys due to a potential choking hazard. This product sold new beginning in June 2016 for about $13.
About 30,000 units are involved in this Toys R Us ball toy recall. Learn more and find out what to do if you own this product below.
This was the 5th recall of products in the Other Miscellaneous Toys category in 2017.
Since 2005, there have been approximately 30 similar recalls,
involving about 6 million product units.
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Company Contact Information:
Website: toysrus.com
Phone: 800-869-7787
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What is the problem?
The wiggle ball's rubber knobs and plastic back can detach, posing a choking hazard to infants.
How can I tell if I own this product?
This recall involves Bruin Infant Wiggle Ball toys also called a giggle ball. The blue ball has textured bumps for gripping and has orange, green and yellow rubber knobs around the ball. The ball wiggles, vibrates and plays three different musical tunes. It has an on/off switch and requires 3 AA batteries to operate. The recalled wiggle balls have model number 5F6342E and Toys "R" Us printed on the product.
These items were sold new+ at Babies "R" Us and Toys "R" Us stores nationwide from June 2016 through January 2017 for about $13.
What should I do if I own this recalled product?
First, stop using the item.
Then, add the item to a free, private Items I Own account. This will enable you to easily access the CPSC and recalling company's remedy instructions as well as track your progress toward getting the item returned or fixed. Click "I Own THIS Item" to continue.
The CPSC provides the following remedy information:
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled balls, take them away from babies and return them to Babies "R" Us or Toys "R" Us for a full refund.
Toys "R" Us at 800-869-7787 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at www.toysrus.com and click on Product Recalls for more information.
Incidents & Injuries Reported as of Recall Date
The firm has received six reports of rubber knobs breaking off, including four reports of pieces of the product found in children'smouths.
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I hope you had a wonderful December, celebrating with your family and friends. Before we look forward to 2014, I thought I would take a moment to recap some of my favorites from this last month of 2013.
My most popular post this month has been my Nourishing Chicken Broth post.
And my most popular recipe has been my Chocolate Almond Date Bar recipe.
And the cutest thing I shared from Amazon this month has got to be these:
I want to thank the following bloggers for including my recipes in their round-up posts:
Homemade, Health, Happy - for including my yogurt tutorial and my smoothie recipe in this post - Probiotic Power
Don't Waste the Crumbs - for including my egg nog recipe in this post - Homemade vs. Store-bought Eggnog
Live Simply - for including my egg nog recipe in this post - Christmas Morning Recipes
Homemade for Elle - for including my marinara recipe in this post - 37 Ground Beef Recipes
And here is a list of my favorites, from around the web:
Chicken Piccata (also Gluten Free) from Real Food Whole Health
Beauty/Personal Care Products:
DIY Homemade Blush from Live Simply
DIY Homemade Blush from Live Simply
Natural Cleaning Products:
How to Make Wool Dryer Balls from Hobo Mama - this looks easy and would make good gifts!
How to Make Homemade Disinfecting Wipes from Live Renewed
How to Make Homemade Disinfecting Wipes from Live Renewed
Do you have a budget for groceries? This is the first part of a great series on creating a frugal grocery budget, from Don't Waste the Crumbs.Miscellaneous:
Here's a great article from How We Flourish on the topic of fertility and getting off the pill. This is good information for all women, regardless of whether you're married and/or trying to get pregnant.
Are you, "just" a mom? Then please, read this article from Healthy Roots, Happy Soul
Are you, "just" a mom? Then please, read this article from Healthy Roots, Happy Soul
Is Your Child's Brain Starving? Kristin, from Live Simply, has written an excellent article about her son and about how real food addressed developmental issues.
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Rocky Mountain Diving Club (RMDC) offers recreational Learn-to-Dive and, pre-competitive programs for all ages. Our goal is to provide quality technical springboard and platform diving instruction at the introductory level in a safe, controlled, and fun environment. We incorporate trampoline and dry board training, as well as dry land strength and flexibility conditioning into all lessons.
Participants begin developing skills on one and three metre springboards and progress to three and five metre platforms as skills improve. RMDC emphasizes the importance of physical conditioning and correct basic fundamental diving skills as a base for progression in the sport. Our coaches are nationally (NCCP) or internationally certified instructors with experience in coaching and diving.
Rocky Mountain Diving Club programs are conducted at Repsol Sport Centre (formerly as Talisman Centre), a world-class public sports facility, home to many of Calgary's elite athletic teams. This facility features a 15 foot deep diving tank with five one metre and three three metre springboards as well as three, five, seven and ten metre platforms. RMDC features two one metre dry boards with surrounding pit mats, gymnastic trampolines with safety rig and spotting belts, mirrors, exercise stations and a bubble machine (to soften new dive entries). The dry land equipment allows divers to learn new dives in safety harnesses before attempting them on the diving boards. Our programs are also offered at the SAIT aquatic centre. SAIT offers two one metre springboards and a three metre springboard. SAIT also has mats for dry land training and strength conditioning. The SAIT facility is great for those traveling from the North of the city as it is located more centrally than the Repsol Sport Centre.
Rocky Mountain Diving Club is also a novice talent identification program for Dive Calgary, Calgary's only competitive diving club. Rocky Mountain Diving Club participants who exhibit diving talent, a strong work ethic, and a positive attitude will be invited for evaluation with Dive Calgary. Evaluations are ongoing through out the year.