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Patterson, a licensed cosmetologist, pushes back the corner of a woolly hot-pink throw rug which matches her woolly hot-pink bedspread to expand the hair-cutting niche set up in her corner room on Ellingsons fourth floor. Barefoot, she drags her desk chair to a small area between the rooms two closets.
The tile floor, full-length mirror and black plastic gown she uses to cover me give the space a salon feel, while a nearby lamp with multicolored flower-shaped lights and the chatter of Pattersons friends remind me that I am in a dorm room.
Russian worship music plays softly in the background. Her parents sent her the record from Moscow, where they live. Patterson does not speak Russian fluently, despite the 12 years she also lived in Moscow, but she is interested in improving her language skills.
She smoothly pauses between snips of her specialized shears to discuss her Intermediate Russian course with a classmate waiting his turn for a cut.
Patterson became interested in cutting hair her sophomore year of high school when some friends enrolled in cosmetology school. She decided to take a year off before college to do something constructive that could help her for the rest of her life.
"I think it was the best thing in the world for me to be away from home for a year before I came to college, Patterson said. I just felt so much more ready to deal with the challenges.
Patterson spent that year living in Cary, N.C., and attending Mitchells
Hairstyling Academy, where she completed the required 1500 hours of training in 11 months. Patterson spent 300 of those hours practicing on mannequin heads and fellow students.
She spent the remaining hours on "the floor" at a clinic where students give manicures and pedicures in addition to cutting, perming, waxing and coloring customers hair.
Now Patterson practices on St. Olaf students, and estimates she has given between 15 and 20 haircuts since starting college. She has not done coloring, which especially interests her, because Northfield does not have a beauty supply shop.
"I think that if I hadnt come to college, I would have gone on to become a color expert," Patterson said.
Skin, however, is Pattersons primary interest. "If I actually did some professional work, Id be interested in working in a spa, where I could also work with skin. Im not too impressed with salons and their working atmosphere." Eventually, she hopes to become a registered dietitian and cut hair as a home-based business.
My haircut is finished, and Patterson moves on to her classmate. She keeps up an easy conversation with him as she trims away with her $300 shears. She explains that though the shears were expensive, the revolving thumb allows her to use special cutting techniques without having to switch between different shears.
"A lot of professionals do this," Patterson said, and she demonstrated by holding his hair with the comb and motioning with her shears. "This is called point-cutting and it prevents straight lines and just kind of lets the hair flow more naturally."
The shears also allow Patterson to cut hair with her left-hand, and they help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome, too. She is proud of her "special tools," the shears and a large-toothed comb, which she uses to do "any kind of haircut" on both men and women.
The fact that she finished her cosmetology training and final exam faster than most students is reflected in my even ends and her confidence. "This is my Vortex shears and my Cricket comb," she says with a smile, "and I can do anything with them."


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A Doodle on Google's UK homepage today depicts St. Pancras Railway Station in London. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, who was born on this date in 1811, the station is considered his greatest creation.
The Victorian era architect is credited as being one of the most prolific in Great Britain's history, having worked on or restored more than 1,000 buildings – projects that included schools, churches, cathedrals, asylums, workhouses, and more.
The special logo comes one day after Google's logo commemorating the 450th anniversary of St. Basil's Cathedral in Russia. Like St. Basil's, St. Pancras avoided demolition (in the 1960s) and has undergone a massive restoration, costing about £200 million ($321.4 million) after four decades of neglect.
Among his other accomplishments, Scott was awarded a Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1859 and was knighted in 1872. Scott died in 1878 and is buried in Westminster Abbey, where today he will be commemorated with a special service, which is a rare honor for an architect, the Wall Street Journal noted.
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text: I haven't got FT pro - just FT (I believe), and it may be an older release. As I would consider myself part of the 'recognise an FT map at 500 paces crowd' I would love to see a tutorial, however brief as to how you use the FT tools. I did try a while back, starting with a flat world, but the results were really blocky. I believe if you did a tutorial you'd have a lot of willing eyes here!


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Carolyn Poteet
Director of Faith and Mission
In her role as Director of Faith and Mission, Rev. Carolyn Poteet has the goal of fostering the spiritual formation across all aspects of the University community.
Rev. Poteet directs the Campus Ministry Program, leads chapel services, provides mentoring and leadership development for students, and helps foster partnerships throughout the campus community to integrate the University's mission of faith, learning and service. She also teaches in the Biblical and Ministry Studies department and is a member of the Senior Staff of the University.
With experience in parish ministry and at an international humanitarian organization, Rev. Poteet brings to the University a diverse background in servant leadership. When she joined the Waynesburg staff in the fall of 2013, she commented, "Most of my life has been dedicated to a life of faith, service and learning, and I am excited to explore with Waynesburg University how we can accomplish that mission together."
For most of the 1990s, Rev. Poteet worked for World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. She traveled to nearly 40 different countries on three different continents, developing and managing grant-funded programming as an international program development officer. Rev. Poteet acquired more than $100 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, World Food Program, UNHCR and UNICEF through her grant proposals.
Following her time with World Vision, Rev. Poteet sensed a call to address the spiritual poverty needs within the United States. She attended seminary at Duke University and worked at several churches in North Carolina, including Chapel Hill, Durham, and the Outer Banks. Prior to joining Waynesburg University, Rev. Poteet served for seven years as the associate pastor and minister for Christian education and young families at the First Presbyterian Church in Hendersonville, N.C., where she provided pastoral care, regular preaching, wrote and led Bible studies and helped start prayer ministries and new contemporary service.
Rev. Poteet also participated in the Presbyterians for Renewal, the Fellowship of Presbyterians, and has served on the board of directors for Theology Matters journal since 2009.
Rev. Poteet holds both a Bachelors degree in Political Science and a Masters of Divinity from Duke University.


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A judge ruled a Wayne family's lawsuit that claims the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats and others are responsible for the brain damage their son suffered during a Little League game will go to trial next month, according to NorthJersey.com
The trial is set to begin Sept. 10 in state Superior Court in Paterson, the report states.
Pitcher Steven Domalewski suffered brain damage during a 2006 Little League game when a ball hit back to him off an aluminum bat struck his chest exactly between heartbeats. His heart stopped beating for several minutes, depriving his brain of oxygen. He was 12 years old at the time of the accident.
Domalewski remained confined to a wheelchair for several months but has made incredible progress in the years since the accident. He at the annual Walk For Steven last year and attended his prom.
"In many ways, he is still the same person he was before the accident. He does understand jokes. He still has a sense of humor," Steven's father Joe said at the walk last year. "He still makes us laugh."
Residents and others have donated money to the family to help pay for Domalewski's medical expenses.
For more information about Domalewski and his ongoing battle, click here.
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this, was the number one song the day i was born.
i feel worse for the people born in mid-march of '88.
beginning of march? - george michael. dece.
end of march? - michael jackson. classic.
but … mid-march? rick astley. y'all got rickrolled on your birthday.
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January 26, 2006
Albany -- An Albany police officer who serves with the 48th Brigade of the Georgia National Guard, is back home from Iraq.
Police Corporal Jay Dent only got to spend two months overseas because he hurt his back while working on equipment. But he wishes he could have finished the job with his comrades.
48th Brigade Sgt. Dent shows pictures he made in Iraq. "These right here are made in Camp Stryker. The experience over there was a good one. I'm glad I went."
Dent is now back on the job as Albany Police Corporal. "It feels good, actually. I got a good welcoming home."
A heavy equipment mechanic, Dent went to Iraq in May, but suffered a back injury, and was shipped to Fort Gordon to recover. After six months of hospitals and therapy he is back on his regular job as a cop.
But he misses his National Guard comrades. "We're buddies, we love each other. I'm glad I'm home, I'm out of harm's way. Of course anybody would. They are over there, I think I should be over there."
Dent said the 48th's morale was high despite tough conditions. "It was hot. Dirty, sandy. We called the wind overthere 'Devil's Breath' because it was so hot when it blew."
Dent said there is no doubt the Georgia National Guardsmen are helping free Iraq, and protect America. "I think we made a big difference. We had to, We didn't have no choice. You know, We don't fail."
Dent wanted us to show the pictures of his buddies in the 48th, but talk of war and soldiers dying is still hard for him. "Yeah, it is. But I don't want to talk about that, if you don't mind."
Your buddies in the 48th, obviously you are still thinking about them a lot. "Oh, yes, everyday, everyday."
Jay Dent's National Guard days are finished because of his back injury, and he is glad to have his Albany Police Uniform back on. "I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't think they could pry my fingers from a car here," he laughs.
Dent says he can't wait until the rest of his 48th Brigade buddies get home, so they can all get together again. Dent says he keeps in touch with his friends in the 48th Brigade, and they tell him they should be heading out of Iraq soon.
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The CDC has released a first-of-its-kind report detailing the threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to our health and food supply. It is not pretty.
Within the report (you can read it here, it's very layman-accessible) lies threat assessments for a whole range of disease-causing microbes, from famous foes like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to lesser-known dangers like Clostridium dificile and drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (yes, that last one does exactly what you think it does).
Thousands of people are killed by such infections every year. They inflict billions of dollars of medical costs and lost wages. The drug-development pipeline for new antibiotics is almost empty. New tools like fecal transplants and phage therapy are hopeful but still experimental, and at least a decade away. So what do we do?
The CDC calls for safer use of antibiotics, both in hospitals and on farms, and increased screening and vaccination efforts. CDC director Tom Frieden put it plainly:
"If we are not careful, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era."
Unless we do something to reverse this trend, and fast, it's high time to tuck your head between your knees. We're either on a plane that's going down, or we're about to get paddled. The choice of metaphors is yours.
It's important that people are educated on the grave nature of this threat, because it is very serious. Make sure your doctors are informed and are prescribing antibiotics correctly, hold your elected officials accountable for safer food and farm policies … and for the budding biologists out there, we've got plenty of new problems for you to solve. We're gonna need your help.
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With her blonde octopus extensions in full effect, "Dancing with the Stars" pro Lacey Schwimmer left rehearsals on Thursday (left) rockin' a pair of interesting dungarees very similar to Jessica Simpson's infamous high-waisted mom jeans from 2009 (right).
It's safe to say Lacey won't get a high score for this.
That is NOT Lacey Schwimmer...
u sure thats not lisa marie pressley?
This is a load of crap! This has either been photoshopped or it is just a really bad picture. She just did a bikini photo shoot at the Hard Rock in Vegas in early August and looks amazing. Just image google Lacey Schwimmer at the Hard Rock and see for yourself. She might have some thicker thighs from dancing but you would be insane to call her fat. I think very few guys would say no to having this woman walk down the beach with them in a bikini.
That is not her. Come on!
Why does anyone, ever wear these pants?!!
Is Lacey that big? Or are those jeans just REALLY unflattering? She doesn't look this big on the show unless she packed on the pounds over the hiatus.
I don't get what all the fuss is about concerning a pair of jeans. I remember how the media foamed at the mouth when Jessica wore the jeans in the photo shown. Other than the fact high waisted jeans are not "in" at the moment, she looked fine. The other lady is over weight, but would she looked better if she had a big old muffin top spilling over a pair of low waisted jean? TMZ needs to get a life. Making a news story out of a pair of jeans is stupid.
Lacey has a nice body, this is not a good look at all.
This photo is messed up somehow. It looks like a midget elephant in a blonde wig.
I searched for Lacey Schwimmer fat pictures and couldn't find any. This picture, the clothing, the angle... agh. That is a horrible, horrible picture.
It's photoshopped. You can tell on her RIGHT leg between where the thigh protrudes out and her bag.
Lacey has had problems with weight for the last couple of years. Two years ago both her and Cheryl Burke were in the news because of their weight gains. I thought she looked a bit chunky last season.
Damn, she's not fat. Her stomach is flat. Get over it.
Some people need to lay off people that have battled with anorexia. She looks healthier now rather than trying to kill herself. Chances are I'm willing to bet a lot of the people commenting on here are the size of Jessica and Lacey put together.
Seems like she let herself go over these months since the show has been off. She's always struggled with her weight, she and Cheryl Burke both have. I don't blame her, after 8 hours a day practicing, I'm sure she wanted some time off to enjoy herself. She'll drop it once they get to practicing...
Wow! Something about this picture doesn't seem right. Why does she look cross eyed? I can't even take my eyes off of the first picture long enough to realize Jessica Simpson is in the other one. Why does it look like she's wearing a fat suit? That can't be real. If it is, that girl needs her thyroid checked.


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Montgomery a prime example of "how housing matters"
It's not often that 2 members of the Presidential Cabinet sit down for a morning chat before a crowd of several hundred spectators. Last week, however, at the National Building Museum's "How Housing Matters" Conference, Secretary Shaun Donovan of HUD and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the Health and Human Services did just that.
The keynote conversation, centered around the impact of the built environment on individuals' well-being and development, set the tone for a productive day of interdisciplinary discussion and debate. Throughout the event, leading experts from around the nation discussed the significance of housing and its role in education, economic development and public health.
The Washington area's own Montgomery County came up as a headliner during the panel on housing and education.
The Maryland county served as the setting for a recent study by Heather Schwartz, of the Rand Corporation, and based on Heather's findings, it may be a model for other areas in search of a new and effective strategy for raising educational standards.
In her study, Heather sought to uncover the impact of economically integrative housing on academic success among elementary-aged students. In short, she was able to track the progress of a cohort of highly disadvantaged elementary students whose families, previously tenants of traditional public housing, had been randomly assigned to low-poverty areas affiliated with low-poverty elementary schools.
Over a period of five to seven years, she was able to track significant improvements in math and reading scores among the transplanted population. Furthermore, not only did the students placed in low-poverty schools outperform their moderate-poverty peer group, but they had also played catch-up to their peers. By the end of elementary school, the resettled population had narrowed the achievement gap with their non-poor peers by one-half for math and one-third for reading.
While it may come as no surprise that placing kids into more stable environments and sending them to wealthier schools has an effect on their academic performance, the rate and consistency of academic improvement among kids in the study is nothing short of impressive.
Given the success and simplicity of the approach, it is astounding how uncommon it is for US cities or counties to implement such a strategy.
I had a chance to sit down with Heather following her presentation, and one of the first things that I asked her was, "Why Montgomery County?"
As it turns out, the DC suburb is currently the single largest community to feature a policy of inclusionary zoning, without which Heather's study could not have been possible.
Inclusionary zoning amounts to a set of laws that require developers to set aside housing for lower income families. In Montgomery's case, the Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) program means that approximately 15% of homes built are to be sold or rented at below-market value. More often than not, the right of first refusal to purchase the home falls to the Housing Authority. Nestled within otherwise affluent communities, these dwellings provide stable, high-quality housing and unrestricted access to community resources for families that would otherwise find themselves in poor public housing developments.
Although, as Heather pointed out, inclusionary zoning has been around since the early 1970's and many studies have indicated the model is highly successful, relatively few communities have embraced it in the same way as Montgomery County.
While there are likely many reasons that this is the case, one concern that may arise is whether integrating schools to include variable poverty levels may actually decrease the performance of students hailing from low-poverty homes. Heather's finding's indicate that no such trend exists, and that the effects of mixing up an elementary school population through inclusionary zoning yields only positive effects for the economically disadvantaged students.
Of course, inclusionary zoning policies are not limited to Montgomery County. Heather is following up on her original research with a new study that will examine 11 cities and over 15,000 addresses.
For the time being, effective and enforced inclusionary zoning is predominantly a highly local movement that lacks widespread popularity. With research initiatives like Heather's and forums like the "How Housing Matters" conference, coupled with growing, bipartisan alarm regarding the state of education and child welfare in the US, perhaps we'll see more interest and more implementation of inclusionary zoning in the future.
Sustainability and equity should be part of development
Making American cities sustainable is about much more than just greener buildings. Programs such as economic development initiatives can contribute to sustainability and need to incorporate equity for residents, said speakers on a recent panel at the National Building Museum.
The Penn Institute for Urban Research, along with the Urban Institute, Next American City, and the National Building Museum sponsored Tuesday's panel discussion on "Urban Sustainability Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities."
Speakers included Dr. Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development; Rolf Pendall of the Urban Institute; Anita Hairston of PolicyLink; Dr. Catherine Ross from Georgia Tech's College of Architecture; Paul Brophy of the Brookings Institution; and Eugenie Birch of the Penn Institute.
Instead of the typical focus of many sustainability panels on how designing, renovating or refitting greener buildings can bring jobs, panelists instead talked about how economic development itself can contribute to sustainability.
In older industrial cities, policymakers will have to find ways to make those cities more attractive to both attract and retain people. Without public policy actions, most people would otherwise settle in high-growth areas, putting additional strain on already-scarce resources such as water and land.
Neighborhoods in these cities (and elsewhere) also need to become attractive to bring in knowledge workers and help the low-income population. Besides the ethical value of helping low-income people, a large low-income population in a city increases negative perceptions of a region and hurts its global economic competitiveness.
To achieve this, all levels of government will have to think creatively about sustainability planning, given scarce financial resources. Communities will have to find ways to incentivize private actors, both for-profit and nonprofit, and link their self-interests and the interests of the whole community.
While places are important, making sustainable places is really about people, and allowing people to do what they need to in a place. Dr. Bostic gave an example of how local government employees find themselves priced out of living in the Southern California community where they worked. He argued that the people will ultimately be what allow a place to succeed.
The other speakers also referenced the importance of the people to the place. Dr. Ross contended that sustainability should be resident-driven, neighborhood-focused, and empowerment-oriented. Ms. Hairston said that demographic changes will produce big economic disparities in the country's metropolitan regions. Referencing his work in local government, Mr. Brophy argued that increasing regulation of federal funds (to decrease corruption, among other reasons) has made it difficult to attract creative people to work on those programs.
Mr. Pendall said policymakers need to recognize that there are different policy impacts and priorities for different populations. With regard to environmental concerns, the focus should be on the effect of larger housing lot sizes and vehicle miles traveled rather than only on increasing density and access to public transportation. Larger lot sizes result in more spread-out housing and other land use patterns, while many low-income families depend on private automobiles to travel to jobs, schools, or other opportunities outside their communities or inaccessible by public transportation.
Speakers referenced several HUD and nonprofit programs they felt were making a difference in communities, including Strong Cities, Strong Communities. But they also listed other challenges confronting urban regions, especially in light of the acceleration of processes and globalization. These problems include managing vacant urban land for rational use and dealing with the large number of single-family suburban homes that will be coming into the housing market in the near future as baby boomers move to different homes in retirement.
Economic development can provide a powerful tool for helping communities grow within their means. And the developments and other assets communities create today will likely be with them far into the future.
Support the CaBi CANstruction and feed the hungryIn this morning's Breakfast Links, we pointed out a sculpture of a Capital Bikeshare bike made out of cans. Builder Jorge Mayor wrote to us with more information about the project and how it helps the needy.
I was part of the team that built the Capital Bikeshare bike out of Amy's soup cans. We made a timelapse video and posted it on Youtube:
CANstruction benefits the Capital Area Food Bank (all food used is donated to the food bank). People can either go to the Building Museum and donate canned foods by voting for their favorite structure (one can = one vote), or they can go online and make a donation where $1 = one vote. It's a great event for a great cause, and we'd love for your readers to get involved.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A neighborhood development in Baton Rouge is adding more houses to its original plan.
Developer Richard Carmouche told The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/1dLH4Z9) that 100 lots are being added to The Settlement at Willow Grove, which is near Perkins Rowe and the Mall of Louisiana.
Original plans called for development of 300 lots.
Carmouche said sales in the original plan went more quickly than expected, sparking the plan to building more houses.
Construction crews broke ground on The Settlement at Willow Grove in February 2013.
To date, Carmouche said 225 homes have been built. The entire project is expected to be completed by 2017.
Its housing portion will include a mix of condominiums, townhomes, garden homes and houses. They will range from 1,300 to 7,000 square feet with prices running from about $292,500 to more than $1.5 million.
The development's commercial section will include four buildings. Tenants are being signed now.
"We're being picky on what we have to come in. We're hoping to build offices there. Hopefully, they primarily may be used by some of the residents who are attorneys, accountants, or in any other business," Carmouche said.
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Rock Stars And Shooting Stars
Driving home Friday night, I was blasting the local classic rock station and singing my little heart out. I'm one of those people who listen to the lyrics and find meaning in music. I always find it interesting that music can be interpreted so many different ways.
Take one of the songs I heard last night, "Shooting Star" by Bad Company. Now I know that song is about a man who had a dream to be a rock star, and his dream comes true and in the end his life is taken in the same way as many famous musicians.
But the chorus alone could easily be related to our beloved Cowboys, and that's how I chose to interpret it.
Here's my latest graphic…
"Don't you know that you are a shooting star
And all the world will love you just as long as you are."
~ Bad Company
excellent work
Love it. Inspiration is a wonderful thing.
Girl, as usual you have done it again. I am truly grateful I have a mutual friend that shares the same starry-eyed love and respect for not only the sport but our BOYS! Thank you for all your inspiration! Great job, my friend!
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Extending Word of Mouth
While this sounds like a perfect situation for on-line information like you find in NicaLiving, that is not the case. I know because I had based the idea for a web site on this assumption. I was wrong. This information is typically distributed only in face to face meetings. If you are not deemed worthy of such information, it will not be shared. This is the case with everything from farm workers to high-value professionals.
This system is built into the culture. It's just how things work in Nicaragua and in most of Latin America. What makes NicaLiving special is that it has facilitated word of mouth connections for people who would not have otherwise been offered such connections. Specifically, not living in Nicaragua and/or not having decent Spanish skills is not going to make traditional word of mouth connections available.
I am going to take my dentist as an example. I met him one day when I was walking my dog. I mentioned the meeting in my blog years ago. He said something like "this isn't the place for that kind of dog", in English. Some time later I needed some dental work and decided to give him a try. I have been happy with his work and have mentioned him on NicaLiving. I know of at least three clients he has thanks to my expanded definition of word of mouth to include an on-line community.
Is this good for him? Of course it is. But it is also good for NL members. While his English skills were only a significant advantage for one of the three I know of, it was information distributed to a much expanded word of mouth community.
Without doing much looking here is a short list of things NL has made available for people without traditional word of mouth connections:
- Connect you with good doctors, dentists and vets
- Offer information on typical (and legally mandated) wages and energy costs
- Offer legal information on immigration, importation, marriage, divorce, real estate and more
- Help you locate products such as hardware including an email connection to a person who will talk to you in English about hardware
- Offer help with banking, shipping and other commonly needed services
For those of you who live in Nicaragua, I expect you are aware of the alternative. Typically, you end up spending a lot of time standing in lines, having face to face meetings and getting Gringo-priced answers. If time, money or both are important to you, NL has likely helped you out. I know it has helped me.
Do you have a responsibility in return? I believe so and I believe it is to understand and respect this expanded idea of word of mouth. As a lot of information is here in NL, available to anyone, this makes the recipient of this word of mouth connection the one who needs to be the responsible party. That is, to live up to what would make you worthy in a traditional word of mouth connection. You need to treat these introductions, no matter how passively established, as if they are a favors done for you by a friend. Let me offer an example.
Omar Rugama connects real estate buyers and sellers. He is very good at this in the area he works (Estelí) because he is well known and respected. He gets paid by a percentage of the transaction price should a sale be made.
My responsibility in a traditional word of mouth connection is clear. I am not going to refer someone to Omar who is only window shopping. That would waste Omar's time and lower his respect with the sellers. Now, you should be able to find Omar but without a referral from someone he knows and respects you will have to establish your own credibility.
For those of you from a big city in the US, this will all seem pretty foreign. On the other hand, if you lived in a small US town, all this will sound familiar. Nicaragua is a small country with a total population of less than many cities. If you want the benefits of being part of this extended word of mouth community, you need to treat the expression "I found out about you on NicaLiving" as you would a personal introduction by a friend. If you don't, we will all lose these benefits.
It seemed like a sure thing...
I haven't quite known how to handle this, so since you all have started a discussion, which I am late to yet again, I'll drop a note here.
Personally speaking, I'd rather pay for service than rely on acquaintanceship and trying to fudge my way through, cadging a favor here and paying it back there. Paying is cleaner. More honest, but it helps a bunch to know someone first, and to know others whose thumbs you can look at. Up. Down. Sideways. You pay attention and do the calculations and then jump in.
I'm not good at Spanish. Not good enough to handle my own immigration process. The orchid lady kindly shared some thoughts, and both before and after asking her some questions I did a bunch of reading, both here and elsewhere. So I had an idea of what I needed.
There are some things that have never been clearly answered. And not being competent in Spanish, I figured I'd rely on the many recommendations and hire the attorney in Managua.
You know.
The one whom everyone says is dead honest, reliable, and all the rest. Four hundred up front, four hundred on completion.
I held off asking specific questions until I'd hired him. Fair is fair and all.
So once he gets my retainer I ask. Specifically. Four precise questions.
And he does not answer.
On the eighth day I ask again and get a vague, meaningless answer.
So I ask again.
And again he ignores me.
So after four or five days, for the fourth time, I ask again, and get the same vague, meaningless answer.
So my conclusion is that either this attorney is fraudulent, or he is incompetent. Or both. This is my opinion, based on my own, actual communications with him.
I know more than he does. I told him that when I fired him.
Bit it kinda makes no nevermind, really. I'm safe.
I didn't get far enough to actually have to depend on him, and for that I am truly grateful. And it really seems like Nicaragua itself may be too much work to bother with, with all the requirements that no one can define, and the consulates that aren't really there, and all the other things. There are other places that are more expensive, but better in every other way, and I'm looking at them now, seriously.
So I guess I have to thank him. But you might not.
Well, I'm glad you found out your threshhold....
Its best now than later.
Personally, my recent trip to Canada, before (visas) and during (banking and government) was more red tape than I had faced in 6 years here. But...boy was it worth it. One beautiful country.
Yes I am, My Dad was born in York Townships, Toronto
Visas were for Maria (US & Canada)
I had forgotten how beautiful that trip from Calgary to Vancouver was. Friends have now now retired in Blind Bay, Vernon and Victoria and my Kids (29 & 32!) are in Calgary
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Great post fyl, on a wonderful community website!
When I lived in the capital city of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, thirty years ago, much of the country still operated on the stone-age model. There were no cell phones, no internet, no television, and only one national newspaper and a good national radio system. There were landline phones.
No national road system connected Port Moresby with the rest of the country. Air planes were the only way to get around a country, where there were 785 completely different language groups spoken by approximately 3 million people. But ä few regionally shared "languages" such as Pidgin and Motu had emerged so speakers of the 785 different languages could communicate with each other. English, Pidgin and Motu are now the constitutionally recognized national languages of Papua New Guinea.
Yet, among those speaking the same language, called the won tok (one talk) connections, news from home spread to Port Moresby via the "coconut wireless" in less than 24 hours. A murder in the back bush country around the highland town of Mount Hagen would be known to all the relatives in Port Moresby, hundreds of inaccessible miles away, in less than 24 hours.
This could be critical information too far-flung relatives, as under traditional customs, if there was a murder carried out by one tribe on another, it could be "redressed" by a counter murder of any member of a clan, anywhere in the country. Some of my students in Port Moresby would have to go into hiding to avoid being murdered themselves because of a dispute which had taken place hundreds of miles away in the Highlands. The "won tok" was a vast communication system for a given language/tribal community group.
Loyalty to ones own clan or tribe was the supreme virtue (and sometimes vice when it came to government hiring practices, as there was an implicit duty to hire members of one's own language group first, the rules of the Australian imposed civil service system be damned.)
Nicaliving has created it own "won tok" system among ex pats living or interested in living in Nicaragua, and it is an invaluable community.
Nicaliving could be a model for local communities in the U.S. to survive the current economic crisis by giving people in various areas the information and connections they need to help themselves and everyone else survive. Indeed, maybe Craigslist does this already to some degree. But, if all communities in the U.S. could be connected by access to the internet to obtain information about jobs, transport, low cost food cooperatives, medical assistance, etc., maybe local "intranets" could give local communities the means of joining together to solve their mutual problems.
But, for that to happen, the internet must be made accessible to all and independent of corporate control. I'm hoping our wonderfully creative computer nerds can devise a system which will circumvent the squid-like grasp of Comcast and Verizon. That may be the only hope for everyone's ultimate survival, but will require universal internet literacy and access. We must all become literate in "ïnternetese".
At any rate, thanks fyl for a great topic and for being such a wonderfully creative computer nerd. The world needs more like you!
It's coming
You might enjoy following the smart city initiatives, also called the Intelligent Community Forums (ICF). The Canadians will like Canada 2.0. There are already test cities around the world but it's still early days. The plans are to have everything on-line, like the items you mentioned, with the entire city being a WiFi hot spot.
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this --and I agree, that's the only way to get much of the information you need in Nicaragua, is your intermediary will try to broker your business.
The $6K drilled well suddenly becomes $12K; the heavy equipment work doubles, with the "commission" going into the intermediary's pocket. I think of it as the Amway model . . .
I don't mind paying for information and service, but sometimes the cost is out of proportion to the benefit. The beach lot that the seller wants $30K for is now $60K, thanks to the efforts of the friend who made the introduction.
There's a bit of this built into any business. It's just in Nicaragua, I've had a couple of people try to latch onto me, and expect a salary for helping me buy cipro, or order lunch. If you find someone connected who can cut through the red tape, or who provides a real service, I don't begrudge this individual fair compensation. Many of us help one another without any thought of renumeration, but I would expect to pay someone to waltz me through the residency process.
Desk staff at your hotel whom you've used as your private reception service should be tipped handsomely, The attentive waiter or waitress should be acknowledged. These courtesies keep the world turning on a greased axle.
What's particularly irksome is when someone with whom you've already had a productive business relationship attempts to bend you over for a short term gain. I had a recent experience with this and I'll never use this gentleman's agency again. There's been any number of posts on NicaLiving addressed to this particular cultural attribute.
NicaLiving has been worth its weight in gold to me. Not having to re-invent every Nicaraguan wheel really puts you way ahead of the game.
One other comment re: Omar. Omar would probably appreciate establishing relationships with "window shoppers" as long as their intent is clearly disclosed. At some point many of these are going to be buyers, and they will naturally gravitate to Omar who they know and trust.
I know in my IT business I often deal with people for weeks or months, perhaps helping them in some small way. I may answer a million annoying questions -often at a time when I really don't have the time for them. Not all eventually do business with me, but many do, based on the relationship we've built. I'm dealing right now with a guy in Puerto Rico; I have to tell him to hit the enter key after each line of code. Suddenly, in the last three weeks, he's given me $1000, with the promise of more to come.
another angle
fyl is looking at this from another angle. In person, he could recommend a contact to someone within his circle of friends, expecting each party to treat the other well - because he knows both parties.
On NicaLiving, when we recommend a contact, we're recommending someone we know to just about anyone with an internet connection. So please, when you find contacts on this website, treat them with respect.
I agree
I like your point of view and clarification, Susan, personally I have been contacted for several people through NL, I am really happy for it, almost all of them were really nice people, and becomes to be my clients and friends. As I explain once to Phil, looks people who is coming through NL are more open mind as usual and as you said are treat Nicaraguan with respected. I understand is not easy to deal with another legal system, culture and etc., so this forum gives the opportunity to search in advance to move to Nicaragua. I myself posted and will be posting comments to do things easier in Nicaragua. However my comments are not a Bible to follow and people needs to be assisted by a lawyer, I explained some procedures but procedures o requirements as part of the bureaucracy changes some times; just as example a NL member read a link I posted which has been visited more 5,000 times: How can I bring my handgun to Nicaragua? http://www.nicaliving.com/node/12944, this guy imported three guns to Nicaragua, then called me when he couldn´t release the guns from the airport. If he would email me before of that – I don´t charge any fee for email advice – I would tell him and explain again -because in in the article- he just can bring 2 guns instead of 3, So legal assistance will be required my of any other lawyer, my articles are a guidance but not a 100% what someone has do to, again the procedure and even the law can change so is mandatory to confirm. I myself confirm and re confirm some procedure sometimes, another example will be MINGOB they changed in one year some requirements to do the registration of the Forging's NGO´s. That´s mean NL has been an extraordinary tool for thousands of people how leaves or want to leave in Nicaragua.-
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I wouldn't recommend anyone at this point
If I meet people and they seem reasonable after some time and they're interested in getting residency the way I did, I'll make some suggestions. Otherwise, enough gringos have come through that stiff people (three) that I don't want to mess up my relationships with people I know giving their names to people who I really don't know who might disrespect them or cheat them.
Everyone who shows up here asking for advice on how to handle a move to Nicaragua is not necessarily a nice person. Safe enough to give generic advice, but not introductions to specific people without meeting the people wanting the introduction first and asking the people you're planning to introduce them to if they want to be introduced. My dentists don't want medical tourists. Dentists who do want to deal with medical tourists are listed on line.
Ask Nicaraguans if they want to be advertised on a site like this before posting about them by name; ask people if they are willing to help someone before telling people that so and so can help you with that. The people giving the references should consider that their relationship with the people they're naming here depends on other people they don't know much about not being problems for their own friends and associates.
My relationships with Nicaraguan I rather like or who have given me good service, and expats who done things for me, are more important than what a random passing person I don't know wants.
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This thread was a really good read.
I am really looking forward to my first trip to Nicaragua in the beginning of September. This site has been so helpful to the way things work in Nica and have convinced me to just make this trip more of a pleasure trip and try to decide what areas I am really interested in instead of aggressively looking for property. I am going to spend a good bit of time around Matagalpa, Jinotega, and Esteli, so if you see a gringo that looks lost or out of place make sure to say hi!


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This was Johnson's second visit to Northfield this year. His company, based in Long Beach, did a residency with the dance department during October. Johnson returned, sans his dancers, to place a work on a group of seven dancers. The piece, titled "At last it's clear&" was first set on an Arizona company of seven women. Johnson originally created the piece in a week-long residency in Arizona, collaborating with a local DJ and composer.
Johnson's residency at St. Olaf involved an intense period of rehearsals for the seven dancers. They rehearsed several hours each day, learning large amounts of material. Johnson's movement is wide and sweeping, as well as highly energetic. One of Johnson's favorite methods for moving through space happens to be running, which made rehearsals aerobically invigorating.
The residency was a true learning experience.Dancer Elise Sande-Kerback '09 recounted: "I was really surprised to see how quickly I was able to pick up the movement and absorb all this material. I was using every part of my body, a really full, well-rounded experience."
Johnson's attitude in rehearsal also made an impression on the dancers. "His honesty and blunt personality made him fun to work with -- his sense of humor made the long rehearsals less grueling," Sarah Steichen '08 said.
Whereas Johnson's residency lasted only one week, choreographer Brad Garner spent the week of February commuting from Mankato, Minn. to Northfield twice a week. Garner is a familiar face, as he performed with Johnson's company at St. Olaf during first semester. As opposed to setting a previously-created piece, as Johnson opted, Garner has been setting a new work on the dancers. His movement is pedestrian in nature, unaffected and concerned with the movement of everyday life.
Garner's concern lies not with the physical line created by the dancer, but rather with the emotions his dancers are able to pull out of movement. "I want you to feel the movement; I don't care about the shapes as much as the story you are feeling and telling with your body," Garner instructed his dancers in rehearsal.
Much of the movement in the piece is actually created by the dancers: "He gives us material, and then we tweak it and make it our own, and then suddenly it becomes part of the piece," said Megan McDonald '08, a member of the cast. "It is really interesting. I've never worked with someone who is so open to students' material. It's amazing how things just come together in his process."
"He creates movement that compliments the dancer's skills," Jake Schlichting '09 agreed.
With the actual residencies over, the dancers will continue to rehearse the pieces without the choreographers. To help with this process, each piece has a rehearsal director who oversees rehearsals for the remainder of the semester. "I look forward to playing a part with the development of this piece, honing Brad's choreography, enhancing focus, qualitative aspects and different energies for the performance," said rehearsal director Taylor Carvey '09.
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Advocate Medical Group (AMG) is pleased to welcome gynecologic oncologist Amina Ahmed, MD to the Advocate Medical Group – Cancer Care Gynecologic Oncology location. She will be joining Dr. James Dolan and Dr. Edgardo Yordan at the practice.
From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Ahmed was a member of the clinical faculty in the department of OB/GYN at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill. Following that, she served as assistant professor at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, IA.
"It is my distinct pleasure to welcome Dr. Ahmed to Advocate Medical Group," said AMG president, James R. Dan, MD, FACP. "She is a nationally recognized leader in the field of gynecologic oncology. We're confident that her experience in this area will be of tremendous value to our patients."
Dr. Ahmed graduated from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Ill. and studied medicine at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Ill. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a gynecologic oncology fellowship at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
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Qaddafi's Death: The End of a Brutal Regime
One of the world's most ruthless and barbaric dictators is dead. Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, who has been on the run for many months, was killed during an attack on Qaddafi's convoy. His death marks the end of his 42-year reign - a dictatorship that focused on the repression and murder of thousands of Libyans - one of the world's worst offenders of human rights.
President Obama said the death of Qaddafi "marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya." Qaddafi, he said, "ruled with an iron fist" and used terror as a "political weapon."
Qaddafi was also one of the world's most dangerous terrorists responsible for the 1988 bombing of the Pan Am airliner that killed 270 people - including 189 Americans. Susan Cohen lost her 20-year-old daughter, Theodora, one of 35 students from Syracuse University, killed in the explosion over Scotland. She told FOX News: "I finally have justice thanks very much to the Libyan people. This is just a banner day. Today is a day we can all rejoice in." Cohen said the murder of her daughter changed her life forever. "He took her life away, and in a sense he took my life away. I have never been the same."
Even as his death was being reported, the Red Cross said that dead bodies are being found regularly in mass graves inside Libya - thousands of families waiting to find out what had happened to missing loved ones.
Qaddafi's death sparked celebrations throughout the country, but the fact is there are many challenges ahead in that country. With Qaddafi gone, the focus now turns to what the future holds in this strategic, war-torn nation.
Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said: "It's time to start a new Libya, a united Libya. One people, one future." Reports indicate that a formal declaration of liberation, that will set the clock ticking on a timeline to elections, would be made soon.
There's a lot to sort out in Libya. And, in the coming days, there will be more analysis and more predictions about the future of this nation. U.S. officials warn of a "steep climb" ahead in Libya with growing concern about extremist elements, a government in transition, and the whereabouts and security of thousands of very dangerous weapons.
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A Medical Emergency Team (MET), consisting of two specially trained nurses and a doctor, is prepared to provide a rapid response at a moment's notice, bringing expertise and assistance to nurses when their patients experience a sudden change in condition or a life-threatening situation. Talk with our nurses and they'll tell you that the MET is a source of real confidence when it comes to dealing with the higher-than-average acuity of UAB patients. UAB gives you the autonomy you need to be a strong nurse, but provides support when you need it most.
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It goes without saying that the physical security of the data centers where cloud services are hosted is a very important aspect of security to all of the customers I talk to. After all, if an attacker can gain physical access to the hardware hosting a service and storing sensitive data, that attacker has a range of malicious options available to them including attempting to steal or damage services and data. For cloud service providers, physical security is just as important as data security.
Mark Estberg is a senior director in Microsoft's Global Foundation Services and works in the group responsible for managing the security of Microsoft's data centers. I asked Mark about the physical security of the data centers hosting Microsoft's cloud services and he told me that in the data centers at Microsoft "we provide increasing levels of physical security from the outside perimeter in closer to the assets." Mark provided some very interesting details on data center security in this episode of Trustworthy Computing's Cloud Fundamentals video series. If you are interested in learning more about how Microsoft manages the physical security of its data centers, this short video will be helpful.
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Tadaaa. It only took me 10 or so replays. Looks pretty pro right? Now you know who to call if you need help taping up your knee. :P


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"The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up."
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"People don't understand that not only can they make a difference, it's their responsibility to do so"
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In general, the terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably. In ornithological practice, "dove" tends to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones, but this is in no way consistently applied, and historically, the common names for these birds involve a great deal of variation between the terms. The species most commonly referred to as "pigeon" is the Feral Rock Pigeon, common in many cities.


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Collection: World War One Collection
Building for health : Bureau of Social Education, Y.W.C.A.
Date: [1918]
Creator: Page, Marie Danforth, 1869-1940.
Description: Color poster of a woman holding an infant. The woman has dark hair worn in a bun, and wears a long yellow dress. In the background is a blue inverted triangle (YWCA symbol) with a caduceus (medical symbol) and book.
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Su gli argini del Piave, dove maestosa si erge la Storica e millenario Venezia, l'orgoglio Unno trova certo tomba per l'eroismo delle legioni alleati : On this side of the Piave, where the beautiful and ancient City of Venice stands, the haughty Huns will surely meet death from the hands of the Heroic and Allied Legions.
Date: 1918
Creator: Petronzio, G.
Description: Color poster depicts a battle scene with the British, American, French and Italian forces on one side of the river and the enemy on the other side. In the background there is a view of the buildings of Venice. A female figure wearing a crown and draped in a red skirt hovers over the scene holding an Italian flag and a sword. A large yellow star shines behind her and over the city. At her feet are the words, "Da qui non si passa" ("They shall not pass"). At the upper left hand corner are small portraits of "Generale Diaz" (Armando Vittorio Diaz of Italy), "Presidente Poincare" [sic] (Raymond Poincaré, President of France), "Vict. Emm. III." (Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy), "Re Giorgio" (King George V of England), and "Pres. W. Wilson" (Woodrow Wilson, President of U.S.A.). Beneath Wilson's portrait flies a bird bearing a banner, "Per la libertà dei popoli" ("For freedom of the peoples").
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Pour le retour, souscrivez : 4e Emprunt National, Crédit Foncier d'Algérie et de Tunisie, 43, rue Cambon, Paris.
Date: [1918]
Creator: R. P.
Description: Lithograph of a Mediterranean sea port. Numerous ships and boats are in the water. In the foreground are people standing along a sea wall, in traditional white Tunisian clothing, waving at a crowd of people on a large ship. In the background is a large city. Several airplanes are seen flying overhead.
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Halt the Hun! : buy U.S. government bonds, Third Liberty Loan.
Date: [1918]
Creator: Raleigh, Henry Patrick, 1880-1945.
Description: Drawing of an Allied Forces soldier pushing a German soldier away from a frightened woman who is holding a small child in her lap. The German soldier has blood on his hands. Red flames rise from the ground in the background.
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Souscrivez pour la victoire : Banque Nationale de Crédit.
Date: [1916]
Creator: Richard-Gutz, M.
Description: A winged female figure holding the flag of France flies over a field of fallen German soldiers and canons. Riding on the clouds behind her are armies of soldiers, many of whom are holding flags of various countries.
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Over the top for you : buy U.S. gov't bonds, Third Liberty Loan.
Date: [1918]
Creator: Riesenberg, Sidney H.
Description: A soldier in a combat uniform and helmet appears to be climbing a hill while grasping a large U.S. flag on a pole. His mouth is open as if he is shouting.
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2me Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : en avant, armée de l'épargne, c'est pour la patrie.
Date: [1916]
Creator: Robaudi, Alcide Théophile, 1850-1928.
Description: A crowd of people hands money to a woman draped in a blue, white, and red French flag and wearing a helmet. The woman stands in front of a winged statue of liberty ("La Marseillaise"). The stairs around her are littered with bills, coins, and money bags. A small cherub figure in a helmet sits near the woman's feet.
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Marne, Yser, Somme, Verdun : l'aurore.
Date: unknown
Creator: Royer, Henri, 1869-1938.
Description: At right, a French soldier in uniform and helmet holds a French flag. To the left and slightly behind him are two women, one wearing a traditional dress and bonnet of the Lorraine region and the other wearing the traditional dress and headdress of Alsace. The woman from Lorraine brings the flag to her lips as if to kiss it. The top section of the poster contains a portion of the title printed in red, which is partly obscured by laurel branches and a portion of the flag from the lower section.
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Pour le triomphe, souscrivez à l'emprunt national : les souscriptions sont reçues à Paris et en province à la Banque Nationale de Crédit.
Date: [1918]
Creator: SEM
Description: French soldiers of World War I march on the ground through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. From the clouds, a crowd of soldiers from past wars descend to join them. The figure of Bellona (the Roman goddess of war) of the "Marseillaise" sculpture on the arch appears to urge the soldiers on to battle.
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Pour que la France soit victorieuse! : souscrivez au 4ème Emprunt de la Défense Nationale, Crédit Français, 52_54, rue de Châteaudun, Paris.
Date: [1918]
Creator: Scott, Georges Bretin, 1873-
Description: Lithograph, of a black and white drawing of a cock and an eagle preparing to fight. The eagle wears a crown. The French cock appears to be standing over a miniature town. The imperial eagle is representative of the Central Powers and the Gallic cock is a symbol of France. The poster is bordered with a blue, white, and red stripe.
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Fish Recipes
Are you in the mood to spice up your meal? Try this fancy Friday recipe! Deliciously seasoned Red Snapper fillets, topped with baby spinach, decorated with juicy peaches and yogurt sauce.
Chef Nathan Gresham of Galatoire's Bistro cooked this dish during the Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off in 2009. A sautéed red snapper filet with creole tomoao and saffron butter sauce.
Red snapper is a great fish for this dish, but any will do. The head of the fish is optional. Fish should be scaled only.


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While summer is all about grilling, fall is all about baking. The onset of the extended holiday season means the kitchen gets a workout with flour-coated counters, mounds of chocolate chips, and spicy scents wafting through the whole house. For many, baking a batch of pumpkin bread or snickerdoodles brings back cherished memories of spending time in the kitchen with mom or grandma. For me, sitting on the kitchen stool while I stirred a batch of cookie dough in Mom's giant Pyrex bowl was pure heaven.
You can bring some vintage flavor back into your own holiday baking this season with our Vintage Housewares Collection. This Vintage Pyrex 4-Quart Bowl will hold the muffin mix while adding some sunshine to your kitchen with its zesty yellow finish. This hue comes from the Primary Color line of Pyrex dishes and the bowl measures just over 10″ in diameter. For smaller batches, check out the matching Vintage Pyrex Yellow 2.5 Quart Bowl which is eye-popping on your counter even when you're not baking!
For an updated version of these classic bowls, don't miss the newest offerings in our Porcelain Enamelware Collection. This Set of 5 Enamelware Nesting Bowls gives you a full range of sizes for everything from salsa verde in the small bowl to a hearty salad in the largest size. These American made bowls are hand spun from commercial grade steel then coated with porcelain enamel glass and baked to create a hard-as-nails finish that will stand up to years of use. Choose from seven brilliant colors for this nesting set.
Want more variety in your kitchenware? Then choose our Build-Your-Own Enamelware Bowl Collection where you choose five bowls in whatever size and whatever finish color you want. If you want five small bowls all in Jadite, you can do that! Or how about two small bowls and three large bowls in five different finish colors? The number of options are a mathematical challenge but rest assured these beautiful porcelain enamel bowls will outlast your kitchen!Read More
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Springtime got us in the mood to revive our gardens and summer has us wanting to play. From playing in the sprinklers in the back yard, frisbee in the front, or waxing the car in the driveway, this is the time of year to engage with the outdoors. If you're like me, the garage is the ultimate hangout. Many fond summer memories were created while sipping on a glass of lemonade as I watched my dad grilling just outside.Read More
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Vintage Industrial fever is taking over, and if you haven't caught the bug just yet, check out this endearing kitchen. From the over-sized, rustic "Grocery" sign to the distressed, perforated metal bins—every detail in this room has a story.
Barn Light Electric carries a variety of these vintage-inspired accessories that you can use to transform every room in your home. Our Industrial Home Utility category carries an assortment of utilitarian-influenced accessories including Decorative Metal Cabinet Baskets and Canvas Handled Wire Baskets.Read More
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Sam Levenson, an American humorist, writer, teacher, and journalist had this to say about time — "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." We think Sam must have written that on a Monday morning, not a Friday afternoon at 3:00pm when he'd been slaving in the cubicle all week! However, even Sam might be tempted to slow down and take a look at time passing on these beautiful vintage clocks. These are part of our rapidly expanding line of Industrial Decor here at Barn Light Electric in a collection we call Vintage Timekeeping. Taking inspiration from a variety of antique clocks, the Vintage Timekeeping line has a range of styles including classic, vintage, and retro in beautiful shades of cream, black, and red. You'll also find some classic wooden clocks!
The clocks in this photo are from our Retro Collection and were photographed recently at Rocket City Retro, a family-owned and operated business that serves the Cocoa, Florida area with expert interior designing and a line of high-quality furniture. The clock at the top left is our Bullit Mantel Clock which features a quirky design that would appeal to your college student or be a great desk accessory at work. Available in Gloss Red or Gloss Black, the clock features bold, arabic numerals and a continuous digital alarm sound.
The top right clock above is the Bubble Alarm Clock which comes in Gloss Cream, Gloss Red, or Gloss Black. The bold hands and arabic numbers against the printed white paper dial make for easy reading within the acrylic case and domed acrylic lens. And the bold red clock on the bottom shelf is The Metro Clock which also comes in a sleek Gloss Black. This retro wall clock has an acrylic case that gives it's vintage design a fun, modern twist and would look great in the kitchen or study. The dial has an aged appearance adding to its vintage charm!
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Looking for creative alternatives to the standard retail environment, most businesses are giving up the stark white setting for a blend of rustic and industrial elements. Although unique, this hybrid of nostalgic styles serves as a money saving way to create a one of a kind space out of many reclaimed woods and metals that would have been thrown away or sold for scrap. The perfect balance of recycled building materials and modern convenience is often a fine line to walk between the two styles, but when they are combined in the right combination they can bring an instant wow factor to any place of business. This ideal marriage of old and new can be seen in this latest photo that demonstrates the use of reclaimed wood, windows, and doors. Utilizing the natural stains from the aged wooden planks, a rich tapestry of browns come alive, highlighted by dark knots seated within the pine boards that frame the room and make up the walls of this stunning store. Separating the showroom from the main office is the use of an antique set of factory windows with a mixture of wavy glass and frosted windowpanes that create a faux wall, providing privacy and an open environment. With such a unique combination of styling, coming up with a light to accent this rustic, industrial environment is the key to completing this setting. To meet the needs of this store, the use of a series of galvanized Angled Sign Lights on the interior walls, allowing an ample amount of light to shine against the display wall and downward at the work area. To recreate this look in your home or office, the use of our 12†Angle Shades on HL-A Goosenecks can provide a cohesive look to any rustic or modern setting. This versatile American made light is available in a wide selection of finishes to meet any setting, with additional custom options for various gooseneck arms and wattages.Read More


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I am the parent of a middle schooler here at St James, my daughter has been very pleased with the education this school has given her. The teachers there are very understanding and everyone knows each other due to the small class sizes. Although these classes are hard and might not be the average standards for middle school, the teachers prepare the kids very well for high school. Over all it's a hard school but it's defiantly one where many memories are made, along with a good education.
My two daughters attend this school and I could not be more pleased with their academic achievement. As a teacher in a nearby district, I am only looking for the best quality education for my children. Saint James the Apostle goes above and beyond across the curriculum, with knowledgeable and friendly faculty.
My child started Kindergarten last year and by the end of the year was reading at a 1st grade level. In addition, my child is doing 2nd grade math. Excellent school!
My two oldest children have graduated from St. James and my other three are still attending. I am very satisfied with the academics that are taught at the school. The teachers, from grades pre-k - 8th, all put their heart and soul into their teaching. They care so much about every student learning. They are very open and approachable from the parent or the student. The faculty also volunteers to plan and run after-school events during the year. I also cannot say enough about the Christian values that are taught to the children. As in any school, there are conflicts that arise between the students, but there is always a faculty member available to help out. The priests also teach Religion lessons and have been available when my children needed to speak to them. I would recommend St. James to anyone and believe it is a top notch school.
St. James offered a good wholesome religious environment for our child. Academically, I would say there is need there. My son was within the kindergarten class and since there is no limit on enrollment he was within a class of 37 students and 2 teachers. He was not able to get the additional help that he needed and it was up to the parents to reinforce what was learned in the class at home. From a religious aspect, that was invaluable. He learned more about his religion and was anxious to learn more about it in school than he was at home. The higher grades are better rated scholastically than the kindergarten and appear to be on the same academic level as the public schools but your not going to get the amenities a public school has to offer. I have no regrets, but I can't afford the private education anymore.
I am not a parent but a present student. This would be my ninth year in this school and from information gathered about other schools, I believe this is one of the best available in the area. Most of the teachers I have grown to love and respect, and with the small classes, the teachers are able to form bonds with the students. Yet nothing is ever perfect. As much as I would love to say this school is the best EVER, it isn't. I know myself there is not much any one can do, but the older grades do not have lockers and instead recieve small shelves where their things are open for the taking. They have no sports teams, clubs and there is not much students are allowed to do at recess. As a former part of the student government I know it's given a substantial effort but could be worked on a little harder. When I was younger I wasn't sure I would be able to endure this school for much longer but over the years it has grown on me. My fellow students and teachers have become my second family, and the school, a second home. So overall I am very glad I have had the privilege to attend and soon graduate St. James the Apostle School.
The teachers at St James are of the highest calibre. However, I have found that if your child is bright or gifted, they will receive the utmost of attention, encouragement, support and care. If your child has trouble in one or more than one area they can fall between the cracks. They are not given the additional attention they need and are better off in the public school system in this school district where there are special programs that meet their needs and help the student to reach their full potential.
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12 Gleneida Avenue
Carmel, NY 10512
Phone: (845) 225-9365
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River Ridge - Local Area Photos and Information
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River Ridge is a populated place located in Clark County at latitude 38.379 and longitude -85.646.
The elevation is 604 feet. River Ridge appears on the Charlestown U.S. Geological Survey Map. Clark County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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"Ingenuity" Could Not Prevent Atom Bomb Espionage
When the internal history of the Manhattan Project was written in 1944, officials still believed — mistakenly — that the atom bomb program had evaded the threat of foreign espionage. Although the official history was declassified in July 2014, a single page was inadvertently withheld and recently released. The page presents a flattering view of Manhattan Project counterintelligence efforts, but in reality the skill and ingenuity was inadequate and not up to task, as the Project was penetrated by a number of Soviet intelligence agents and sympathizers.LEARN MORE
Why NATO Should Eliminate Its Tactical Nukes, Despite Russian Belligerence
In a new op-ed published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Director of the Nuclear Information Project, Hans Kristensen and Adam Mount, Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, write that with the upcoming NATO summit in Wales, it is time to revisit the question of what to do with U.S. tactical nukes in Europe. Despite Russian aggression in Ukraine and claims that these weapons are needed now more than ever, Kristensen and Mount argue that U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe detract from more useful defense initiatives.LEARN MORE
Worldwide Deployment of Nuclear Weapons
As of mid-2014, Hans Kristensen and Robert Norris estimate that there are approximately 16,300 nuclear weapons located at some 98 sites in 14 countries. Roughly 10,000 of these weapons are in military arsenals; the remaining weapons are retired and awaiting dismantlement. Approximately 4,000 are operationally available, and some 1,800 are on high alert and ready for use on short notice. In the latest Nuclear Notebook, Kristensen and Norris examine the storage sites of deployed weapons in the nine nuclear countries.LEARN MORE
Summer 2014 Public Interest Report
The Summer issue of the Public Interest Report is now online featuring articles on drones, missile defense and nuclear terrorism.LEARN MORE


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Keeping Up With the Backyardigans
instead of trying to stop kony why don't we focus our efforts on swiper that sneaky bastard
baby are you a post cause I like you
I changed my ringtone to the Doctor Who theme song but now I keep missing calls because I just listen to it happily instead of picking up the phone.
I'm still trying to figure out why Daleks were so dumb back in the day. It makes me want to find the classics.
Their stupidity actually makes them cuter.
plot twist: I get a life outside of the internet


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Lilac is a populated place located in Grayson County at latitude 37.549 and longitude -86.344.
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This handy dandy freehub body will allow you to run SRAM's XX1 10-42T 11speed cassette with any existing DT Swiss Ratchet System rear hub. It is completely swappable with your existing DT Swiss freehub body. No extra parts or pieces are need and you do not have to mess around with the wheel dish either. Simply swap the freehub body, install cassette, put the wheel on the frame, go ride. You need to choose from standard 135mm quick release, 135x10mm or 142x12mm through axle.
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I think I may have Asperger's Syndrome
With all this investigation in Asperger's syndrome, it looks like that I have got a lot of similarities as an person with Asperger's syndrome. I have though my history of when I can remember, and the following signs are definitely Asperger's Syndrome behaviour.
Typically, I don't really care for much emotional empathy for folks that I don't know. For folks that I know well, that emotional empathy is quite normal. This kinda shows that I have some emotional disconnect with the general population.
I am an engineer, a software engineer at that. Although I don't have an obsession with it, my interest is quite healthy.
I prefer to converse to other folks about objective topics than about subjective topics.
When I talk to other folks, I rarely look at them directly in the eyes. I would start to quite a little bit uncomfortable. I would usually talk to them with my eyes staring into the distance, and glanced at them on occasions.
The question is whether I should go for an official assessment. I don't really know. What would I achieve. I am just making some sense on this. I shall let you know how I go.


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Congratulations to Chris Hauer, the fourth educator to be named a Fox 9 Top Teacher and win $900 toward school supplies from Royal Credit Union and a Subway sandwich party for 100 friends.
Fox 9 Anchor Jeff Passolt had the pleasure of awarding Hauer at Olson Elementary School in Bloomington, Minn., on Tuesday.
Hauer was nominated by a parent of one of his students who said that Hauer has a huge heart and teaches his kids important life lessons as well as academic subjects.
"I love what I do, and I'm going to try not to get emotional, but I do. I love what I do. You guys make it special, so thank you, everybody," Hauer said.
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