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I usually steer clear of any desserts that contain fruit- such a health freak, I know. One fruit I absolutely love in baked goods though is blueberries. I can sit and eat a punnet of blueberries very easily, but this can prove to be an expensive habit. The great thing about Tuesdays with Dorie, is that there are so many recipes that call for blueberries (or can be replaced with blueberries). At the moment, we haven't got the best tasting blueberries, which is a shame. You can find this week's recipe at Sihan's blog- Befuddlement (thanks for choosing a great recipe).
Well, as you probably guessed, I loved this cake. I knew that it would be a hit in our house, so I even made the whole recipe (shock horror). Even though this cake would have looked ridiculously cute in my mini springform tins, I resisted temptation. I found that baking it in a pyrex square dish resulted in much more cake to crumble ratio, which worked perfectly together.
I did find the cake a little on the dry side, but I think coffee cakes usually are. Either that or I slightly over baked it- which I am absolutely anal about NOT doing. So this cake would be perfect for morning or afternoon tea. Or as a snack. Or for breakfast. Or for dessert in our case. Heck, this cake would be good anytime of day. Please bake it. For your own good.


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Here are some photos to show local residents enjoying each other's company.
Thankyou everyone for making it such a great occasion..and bringing such a lot of lovely fresh food!
|Working off the Big Lunch by planting out hanging baskets for the neighbourhood !
|Special thanks to Di Dray for all the kitchen duties!

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100+ Marketing Ideas For All BusinessesPosted by Charles Brown at Wednesday, January 28, 2009
I found a very interesting article on Findlaw.com that was posted for lawyers wishing to market their law practices. However, since the article is actually a list of over 100 marketing ideas that were originally posted by the Small Business Administration, I think all business people will find it helpful.
The article can be found at 100+ Marketing Ideas.
Some of the ideas you may find helpful are:
- Get a marketing intern to take you on as a client; it will give the intern experience and you some free marketing help.
- Produce separate business cards/sales literature for each of your target market segments (e.g. government and commercial and/or business and consumer).
- Photocopy interesting articles and send them to clients and prospects with a hand-written FYI note and your business card.
- Join a list-serve (online group) related to your profession. You can find hundreds of such groups on Google groups or Yahoo groups.
- Never let a day go past without engaging in at least one marketing activity.
- Publish a newsletter for your prospects and customers (the article doesn't specify, but I would recommend an email newsletter which is free to send out).
- Test a new mailing list. If it produces results, add it to your current direct mail lists or consider replacing a list that's not performing up to expectations.
- Rather than sending direct mail in plain white envelopes, use colored or oversized envelopes to pique recipients' curiosity.
COPYRIGHT © 2009, Charles Brown
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3 Good Reasons to Meet with Your Springfield, IL Cosmetic Dentist Today
November 9, 2015
Few people have the beautifully white, straight teeth and perfect smile they desire naturally, and often, cosmetic dentistry services are needed to help individuals achieve the look they desire. However, some people think that cosmetic dentistry services in Springfield, IL will cost too much money, will take too much time or may even been painful in some way. While each individual may have their own reasons for avoiding visiting a cosmetic dentist, there are clear benefits associated with scheduling these services as soon as possible.
Improve Your Physical Appearance
Everything from yellow or discolored teeth to crooked, misaligned or even missing teeth can impact your physical appearance. Some people may avoid smiling or talking to others when they are not happy with the way their smile looks. Cosmetic dentistry services can be used to whiten teeth and improve the look of teeth. You can even schedule services for gum contouring, which can alleviate issues related to a gummy smile.
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While many people will go to a Springfield, IL cosmetic dentist to improve their physical appearance, a dental professional can also improve the functionality of the teeth. When teeth are crooked or misaligned, for example, everything from talking to eating and more can be difficult. Through services like veneers, dentures and bonding, the functionality of teeth can be improved.
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While some people may be concerned about a very specific aspect of their teeth and gums, others may have multiple issues that they would like to improve. A smart idea is to contact a cosmetic dental professional for a consultation. Through a consultation, you can discuss your specific concerns with a dentist, learn about the treatment options available and get a quote for the services that will help you to overcome your issues and concerns.
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At roughly 4:30 PM yesterday, as we exited the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Edgar made a proclamation that he was hungry. Well, "proclamation" probably isn't the right word. ""Display" might be better. He assumed a supine position on the sidewalk and screamed something to the effect that he was STARVING! and the only thing that could possibly stave off his current affliction was a lollipop. I let him know that a lollipop was not the best, most filling choice and added that the only chance he actually had for food was to get up and walk in the direction of the car.
Moving toward us at this moment was a thin, bearded man and his well-mannered albeit rather small daughter. The little girl was immediately and understandably intrigued by Edgar's histrionics–as intrigued as her father appeared annoyed. She stared at Edgar who was less in turmoil and more in performance mode when the following exchange took place:
Me (to the little girl and her father): "Take note of this moment. One day when he has his own show you can say you knew him when . . ."
Father (to me): "Yeah, you go ahead and keep telling yourself that."
I don't often get to use the words "supercilious" and "officious" in everyday conversation, but those were the two that sprung to mind after receiving his rather snippy retort. But what I really wanted to say to this father in response to his comment was "Thanks, I will."
As a parent, aside from maintaining a substantial and unflappable sense of humor, it seems to me vital to put a positive spin on as many of the iterations of our children's personalities as possible. If your child is stubborn, show them how to channel that trait in effective ways. If your child is talkative, teach them how to use that talent to help others. And if your child has a flair for the dramatic, suggest–both seriously and in jest–possibilities of how they can best work it.
This father's comment presupposed that I might be in some kind of denial (and not just being funny or attempting to defuse the situation) about my son. His comment also assumed that there was something "wrong" with Edgar's behavior. And while I understand we were on Harvard's illustrious campus, and the chances of this man's IQ being roughly double mine are good, I would challenge him to remember that children–including his daughter–will rise to the expectations set for them. Or sink.
There will come a day when his daughter isn't quite so well-mannered, or reveals some human foible or weakness. For her sake, I hope he can hop off his high horse, laugh, redirect, and channel. For her sake, I'll keep telling myself that.


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Lydia turned 29 yesterday and we had an amazing party! Lucy, Lydia, Mama Theresia, Aunty Millicent, and Aunty Portia were cooking all morning long. The food looked amazing and by 4:00 pm, everyone was ready to dig in!
Everyone got dressed up, gathered underneath a big canopy and we all listened to music, drank sparkling juices, ate, and danced. It was an amazing day!
So, even though I am too exhausted (probably from all the food and fun!) to write much today, I just wanted to write this post to wish Lydia a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Birthdays BIG!
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25 Holiday Mishaps: You'd Better Think Twice [video]
Tis the season to be . . . clumsy. Ho ho ho. Ha ha ha. Some of these clips of holiday mishaps are hysterical.
Have you ever slipped down the stairs dressed as Santa, or been crushed by a fully loaded Christmas tree? Next time, make sure a family member is just standing around with a video camera to catch you in your moment of embarrassment! We love it when someone else makes a fool of himself, and is a good enough sport to share the silliness.


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10/52 A classic.
The dump truck. A timeless childhood toy. Made even more fun when it's filled with sand at the beach!
And since I'm talking about the beach, I couldn't leave out the results of a sand bucket, another timeless toy!
And since I'm talking about the beach, I couldn't leave out the results of a sand bucket, another timeless toy!
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- Tracy said...
This looks like a GREAT place to be right now!! Cute photos!
- March 13, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- allison said...
I had fun looking through your blog! Love the perspective on the beach shot!
- March 13, 2011 at 10:59 PM
I can almost feel the sand, great shots! It makes me want to find a beach and PLAY! Love your DOF and perspective!
- March 14, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Team Jaeski said...
Oh how funny! My husband has really been lamenting the fact that we can't find a classic dump truck toy for our son. His inner child would be so jealous of your picture! Love the sand castle pic too, we were just at the beach making sand castles yesterday!
- March 14, 2011 at 11:11 AM
- Mrs. Fun said...
Man I miss the beach, I can't wait to get back there. These are such fun shots.
- March 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Kathy said...
Great photos! Ahhhh, the truck. We have about 50 of those at our house too. :)
- March 14, 2011 at 3:14 PM
- Michelle said...
Awesome perspective! Great job!
- March 14, 2011 at 9:28 PM
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We left Hanoi at 5am, after waking at 4, arriving nice and early at the airport. Lucky lucky as our flight had been re-scheduled and we were now scheduled to leave at 5.30pm - ahhhhhh!!! However as we were there early I went immediately to the Vietnamese Airline counter to see if there was a possibility of getting on an early flight to Danang. We were told that all flights were full but to wait 5 minutes and they would see if there were any no shows on the 6.45am flight. So lucky we were but I needed to pay there and then in cash, needed everyones passports, but thankfully a trip to the bank the previous evening ensured I had millions of Dong, and could pay up quick (I was told to hurry!!) - there was lots of running around and getting passports, money, lots of chaos, and getting on the plane, through security - all in a few minutes - but we did it.
We arrived in Hoi an not knowing if our pick up would eventuate, but everything fell into place, and we were soon whisked away to Hoi An.
Upon arrival at our hotel, we were taken to the restaurant for breakfast - OMG - everything you could want and more!!! We are all going to be sooooooooooooo fat when we leave this hotel. And the rooms, DIVINE, all for US $50 per night - though Rob is complaining that it's not as good as the Dubbo motel for AUD $65! (that was vile!)
We are all in heaven - and there are shops everywhere - double heaven, though shame about all the Christmas cheers and carols, though it is sooo nice I may even be nice for Christmas this year - and also go to the spa for some pampering. Better go - shops are calling!


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A lot of it was Amy talking to two different guests and discussing spring cleaning and recipes. We will stick to more of the family things that people ask about that you might be interested in.
Amy hooks Jeremy up for summer sailing
*Amy's first guest was a ship captain that gives sail boat river tours from Portland. Amy told him Jeremy would love to do that. Captain Shane said he would welcome it because they are always looking for people to help in the summer who will work for free or cheap. Amy said Jeremy would love the experience of it. She was excited for Jeremy.
*People asked about Matt's health and results from the tests he posted about. Amy said Matt's health gets dramatic on Facebook, but he has had some issues lately with soreness in his hips. He's also been having heartburn and wondering if something is going on with his heart, so he wanted to get checked out, but he's doing good and keeps moving and doing things. Matt is spending most of his time with the big dirt project.
Jeremy and Zach's room
*Zach is currently down in Los Angeles doing a project for a very good friend. Amy is somewhat nervous that he's travelling by himself.


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Sampson Not Upset About Players' Complaints
By Amy Shipley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 18, 1998; Page B8
SAINT-JEAN D'ARDIERES, June 17 A day after his players criticized his personnel and strategy decisions, U.S. national team Coach Steve Sampson said he didn't mind the complaints and said, in the long run, their dissatisfaction could prove helpful to the team.
"I think they were very angry and that's okay," Sampson said today. "It's more important how they play than what they say to journalists. At this point, even though they talk, it's important to stay upbeat and respectful."
On Tuesday, several players questioned Sampson's decision to rely heavily on eight players without World Cup experience in the team's 2-0 loss to Germany on Monday. A few players also questioned the effectiveness of the formation Sampson recently installed with three defenders, six midfielders and one forward. World Cup veterans Tab Ramos and Eric Wynalda were the most outspoken.
"Definitely anger and disappointment needs to be managed," Sampson said. "I think this is a much more mature [American] team than four or eight years ago. I think we all understand everyone needs to vent in their own way. It has to be done in the proper way. If it does become cancerous within the team, it has to be shut off."
Sampson said he has always advocated including strong personalities on his teams even though they can be "discipline problems."
"I'm sure Frankie Hejduk and Eric Wynalda were not model citizens growing up," Sampson said, referring to the free-spirited Hejduk and the opinionated Wynalda. "But they bring that energy and excitement" to the field.
Sampson clearly does not apply this philosophy in all cases , though. In April, Sampson cut two-time World Cup midfielder John Harkes, who was then team captain, for reasons that included a lack of discipline and leadership.
In other news, Sampson raised the possibility that he might abandon or adapt his 3-6-1 formation to provide for more scoring opportunities in Sunday's match against Iran in Lyon, France. "We're going to consider everything," he said.
Sampson could drop a midfielder and add a second forward, which would suit Ramos who complained Tuesday that the lone forward in the 3-6-1 was overburdened. Ramos said he preferred the 4-4-2. In any event, Sampson said changing the system wouldn't hold the key to victory Sunday.
"Attitudes, at the very least, must change," Sampson said. "No matter which system we go with, the attitude must be to advance and go forward."
Though Sampson hasn't formally announced his starting lineup, he told Ramos on Tuesday that he would start (then reprimanded Ramos for leaking the information to reporters). Sampson also strongly indicated he would start Hejduk at wide midfield in place of Mike Burns. Another possible change would be putting Roy Wegerle into the lineup either alongside Wynalda or in place of him.
Ernie Stewart, who started at midfield Monday, didn't train today because of a bruised knee. That suggests that Ramos could move into his position in central midfield.
The U.S. team still carried the residual effects of its post-defeat funk during this morning's training session, the first since the match. Ramos, however, said the players' spirits improved by the end of the workout. The defeat to Germany proved demoralizing because the U.S. team never challenged and, early in the match, looked downright outclassed.
"This is a tough day for us," Ramos said. "It's the first day of practice together again. Some players are down we all are down about the game on Monday. But really, it's time to forget about that game. . . . By the end of practice, I sensed that people were starting to forget. I think by tomorrow, we're are going to be fully ready to concentrate on the next task."
Both Iran and the United States lost their first-round opening matches, with Iran falling to Yugoslavia by a 1-0 margin on Sunday. Both need a victory to maintain a realistic chance of moving onto the second round.
Said Ramos: "We need to use the way we played against Germany as motivation to do better our best."
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Monday, September 8, 2008
While on my kick of making new work I ran into my friend Claudia (claudiaveizaga.com) on the train. She's a photo kid herself and respected my need for photo speed. Claudia agreed to a shoot and we got right down to business. I've recently been assisting photographer Greg Thompson (gregthompsonphoto.com). His mastered use of gels was the inspiration for the lighting. Claudia came over, with a ton of cloths and we started taking pictures. We had a few set backs involving 200 feet of orange extension cord but after the dust settled I had some great photos. Here is an out take and as usual you can check out my website for more images from my time with Claudia.
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Spanish tortilla amazes me in the way that such basic and humble ingredients work together to create this delightful dish and I have to say, that for me, no tapas menu is complete without this included. Also Spanish tortilla makes one of my favorite sandwich fillings so if there are any leftovers you know what to do. If you like you can add bell peppers or chunks of chorizo to the potato mix. The tortilla will need to be turned at least once so make sure you have a plate that is larger than your pan to hand to help you flip this omelet.
Spanish Tortilla (makes one 8"tortilla)
Vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free
Around 400g/14oz Potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1 Large onion, thinly sliced
2-3tbs Olive oil
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
Salt and Pepper to taste
Flat leaf parsley to garnish
- In a pan or skillet that is roughly 8"/20cm in diameter so that you get a nice thick tortilla, add 2tbs of the oil and heat over a medium heat. Lay the potatoes and onion on the bottom and layer them up as the amount of onion and potato should be around three layers deep in this dish. Cook over a medium low heat until the potatoes are tender and soft when stabbed with a sharp knife. You will need to keep turning the potato and onion mixture for a while so that they all get a turn on the bottom and none of them brown too much.
- Once the potatoes are cooked remove from the pan and allow to cool. Once the potato and onion mix is cool add the beaten eggs and salt and pepper, bearing in mind that this dish can take quite a bit of seasoning. In the same pan add the remaining tbs of oil and heat over a medium heat. Once the oil is hot add the potato and egg mixture and flatten slightly to get a smooth top. Continue cooking over a medium heat. Gently ease the sides away with a spatula or fish slice and allow any egg mixture to run down the sides.
- Once the bottom starts to brown, after around 7-8 mins, you will need to turn the tortilla. To do this you will need to place a plate over the top of the pan and using oven gloves gently invert the pan so that the tortilla ends up on the plate. Put the pan down and slowly slip the tortilla back into the pan, uncooked side down. Cook for a further 8 mins or until the tortilla is browned on both sides and all the egg has cooked through. Serve warm with a sprinkle of chopped parsley as garnish.


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Somehow, Nifflas's latest combines discrete chapters and an open, explorable map, and makes that seemingly impossible combination work. And it's pretty funny.
Knytt Underground is a side-scrolling, open adventure set in a subterranean environment in what seems to be the future. Forgive the term, but it's of the "Metroidvania" variety, meaning you can go anywhere you want if you have the right ability. It stars Mi Sprocket, a mysteriously mute sprite accompanied by two fairies, and Bob, a bouncing ball ... thing ... with eyes. Mi can climb walls, and Bob can bounce, as well as grapple from certain enemies. You get the ability to switch between these two characters at will, and their base abilities are enough to get you around most places. Movement is quick, and the platforming physics have a good feel to them, although the ball character can get out of control really quickly. Thanks for that, physics.
What you'll find as you explore the 1,800 rooms is a mysterious story of two factions called the "Myriadists" and the "Internet," a weirdly sarcastic script that changes depending on which of your two fairy companions you choose to let speak for you, and a lot of secret paths hidden in normal-looking walls.


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A good laugh now and then does a body good
Beau Shelby
January 12, 2011
Celebrating 25 yrs. of stealthly avoiding that "one" Bossa Nova guitar strum required by "Jazz Police" everywhere!....What an outlaw, huh?-LOL No,REALLY ! Unless it's 1.Specifically called for or requested, or 2. some experimentation reveals it's actually "the" best choice of all the workable ideas you've tried in a given instance, why "go there" !?!?~Beau


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Yesterday's sewing was both a win and a fail. I got a good start on the dress, but then totally failed at basic bloomers.
I started by transferring all of the Vogue pattern pieces onto wrapping paper. Since, if this pattern works out well, I plan on making as many of these as I have fabric for, we thought it would be best to use something a little sturdier than tissue paper.
First, came the bust pieces.
Next, came the front piece.
Finally, there were the back pieces.
After the bodice pieces, I started cutting out the skirt panels. Panels because I didn't have a choice if I wanted my pattern to be facing the correct direction. The only annoying part was that the pattern pieces really were just giant rectangles and if I'd realized this sooner, I would have just cut giant rectangles at the correct length and just left the pattern pieces in the bag.
When all of the outer fabric cutting was done, this was all I had left. I'm thinking of making a bag out of it.
Now, the fail came after I decided to take a break from the Hawaiian dress. I set it aside, thinking I could quickly make a pair of princess print bloomers to wear to Gaskells. Well, it didn't work out as well as I'd thought. I forgot to add ease in the hips to the point that I could just snug them on and the inseam was set so low it was half way to my knees. *sigh* So, now I need to make yet another trip to the fabric store to rebuy my fabric and get it right next time…
Also, today I determined the base pattern for a new petticoat which I will finish (hopefully) before the next Gaskell.


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The running thing was a figure of speech. The two High School friends are in chronic pain, and I totally don't remember all the reasons. Not everyone runs, and I know that. I do that though. Also my niece Marilynn with the type 1 Diabetes is not able to do all she would like. So appreciate the days where you don't have chronic pain. Everyone likes to do different stuff. Do it with all your heart, and enjoy.
There is reading, art, walking, Yoga, skiing, you know all sorts of things, Education too. I didn't want you to think running is the end all of everything, but appreciate all you can do, because some are less fortunate, and cannot do what you can.
That was really all I meant.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. :)
xo's!!! :)
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How to Be…Dramatic
by Lindsay Timmington
When I was little, and I didn't get my way I'd find the nearest wall, slam my body against it, throw my forearm over my forehead and begin a slow descent down until I landed on the floor. This was usually accompanied by a wail and probably the reason we never had windows open in our house. Either way you spun it, from a young age it was clear that somewhere within my genetic code was a tiny little swirl of DNA that flashed jazz hands at every chance.
I've been called dramatic plenty of times in my life—sometimes as a compliment, sometimes an insult. In my experience, if the moniker is followed by "ass," "bitch" or "queen" you can go ahead and assume that either a) your actions have exceeded what is considered a "normal" response to a situation or 2) you're talking to a big fat jerk. With # 2, you can go ahead and chuck that glass of water/wine/beer in said jerk's face because, after all, once you've called someone a drama ass/bitch/queen you better expect a Tony award winning performance in return.
If I'm being entirely honest though, I've never really thought of myself as an overly dramatic person.
Sensitive? Sure.
Artistic? Absolutely.
Passionate? A-men.
Stubborn? Sing it.
…But dramatic?
You have mistaken me for someone else.
Cut to-the massive uprising from the people who are closest to me, and their peals of laughter and pointed fingers in my direction. They'd echo what I'm slowly discovering to be true.
I might be a teeny-tiny bit on the dramatic side.
If I really think about it, the signs were there from the beginning. As a teenager, I lived in a bedroom without a door. The door to my room sat just outside, propped up against a wall. This apparently was a consequence to repeated door slamming.
Now normally, you have a dramatic kid and you think–we'll find an outlet to that madness–plug that sucker into some acting/singing/dancing lessons, and God love my parents–they tried. Signed me up for figure skating–I LOVED the outfits, but the skating part was really cold. They put me in dance–I LOVED the butterscotch candies we got after class and the barrel rolls we did down the hill behind Miss Eva's School of Dance/House but the dance part kinda terrified me-I mean she walked around with a yardstick and I thought for sure if I messed up she'd take me out at my knees.
Also, these activities posed a couple of other problems.
a) I couldn't be the star with that many other kids in class.
2) I wasn't good enough to be the star given my focus on butterscotch candies, spandex ice skating skirts and NOT the skating or dancing itself.
3) I needed more than a boring ballet choreographed by an old Czechoslovakian ballerina to get my creative juices flowing.
So the drama–unreleased in appropriate settings–seeped out in peculiar ways. When I was nine my parents grounded me for (I'm sure) something I did not do but I accepted my punishment. However, when I felt that the suitable amount of time to be grounded had passed I began to protest. Which got me nowhere. Which made me mad. Which led me to find the phone and dial 911 to alert them to the life-threatening situation I was in–that my parents had grounded me for too long.
It wasn't until I was a freshman in college that I stepped foot onstage. The very first role I ever landed was as the fairy godmother in the children's production of "The Frog Prince." I have NO idea how I got the part, given that I had no acting experience but I didn't dare ask. With the smallest part in the show I crammed that character so full of "stuff" that she ended up resembling a very drunk Gladys Kravitz covered in glitter. I was so hungry to release all these emotions, imaginings, stories and people that it felt like lived inside me that I dumped all that stuff onto one poor character. I'm lucky I continued to get cast in shows after that.
What began as a whoosh of dramatic release tapered off to a steady stream as I found myself in different roles and I found, when I'm engaged in an artistic project I feel most balanced in my real life. Given a suitable avenue for expression I can, it would seem, behave like a fairly normal human being. When I'm in between projects I find myself simultaneously gasping for air and desperately trying to exhale. The need for expression, bigger than what society deems as acceptable is overwhelming. As I've realized what happens when I am not focused on something creative I have had to learn, as silly as it sounds, how to turn down my reactions, perceptions and emotions in order to see a situation or person clearly and accurately. Or to always be working on something.
The methodologies of acting and theatre contribute to this malaise. As an actor you're taught that the bigger the choice, the better. A strong emotional reaction is always more interesting to watch and therefore encouraged. Unfortunately, this does not hold true in real life and it's a difficult task, this navigation from performer to person and back again.
But I'm getting there. Each time I find myself stepping back and re-assessing a person, a situation, an event that I'd usually have an immediate and emotional reaction to I count as a success. Each time I pass a wall and don't slide down it, I figure I'm coming along. But the drama is as much a part of who I am as anything else–and sure it needs to be kept in check, but I'll tell ya, call me a dramatic ass/bitch/queen and I'll call 911.


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I came across these in the supermarket today. I immediately took a photo with my mobile and sent it to the keenest Elvis fan I know. I wanted to know if even the official merchandise had gone too far or if she wanted me to purchase some for her.
Turns out it wasn't her idea of Elvis. There are some things that just can't be put in the oven. She remained unconvinced when I texted that it was quite fitting for those who worship at the Elvis, The Church, who believe he is the Saviour and Protector--even from burns inflicted by hot cookware. Not every deity offers that kind of certainty.


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Wow, I can't believe it has been 10 years!! It has been an amazing 10 years. I really, really can't believe that it has been 10 years already! It just doesn't seem like it has been that long! I guess that is a good thing. ;)
Honestly, I've been staring at the computer screen for quite a while trying to figure out the right words to describe how I feel about being married to the best husband in the world for the last 10 years. I apparently don't write "sappy" very well. When I go back and read what I type, I think it sounds corny and don't think anyone will believe me so, I delete it. Now, it is getting late and I've got to be well rested for some 10th anniversary celebrating tomorrow (oops tonight). So, if you think I'm sappy, that's fine, I'm not writing it for you.
Spencer, I love you very much and marrying you has been the best thing that I have ever done in my life. I thought that I knew you pretty well and thought you were pretty cool when I married you 10 years ago, but now I have a much deeper understanding of the kind of person that you are and every day I feel even so much luckier and blessed that you are mine. You are an amazing person and you have made me the happiest wife in the world. Thank you.
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Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and its game development chairman Khaled Mahmud Sujon expressed his optimism about faring well in the upcoming Sri Lanka series, stating that the way they played in last two away series if they could maintain it there, the better result will then be possible.
"The upcoming series in Sri Lanka is not only challenging but also important for us. I think we have been playing a good cricket. In New Zealand tour, Bangladesh played so good cricket. Even we finished Test in India in solid vein. Perhaps the result has been different," said Khaled Mahmud.
But if we look at the process, then I say, in where we were correct sans a little bit errors. But such has been done because we used to play Test after a big gap in the past. Actually these were a good exposure for us in the last two consecutive series in New Zealand and India," Sujon told media yesterday.
"Now we have series in Sri Lanka that is very important for us. I think we are up to the task. We all believe that we will play better cricket and I hope good result will be possible in Sri Lanka," he added.
He admitted that they will stay ahead of Sri Lanka in terms of experience but he also said that they have to keep in mind they will
play against them at their home yard.
"Definitely, the experience at international level is important. We've Shakib, Tamim, Mushfiq and Riyad like players, who all have been playing since a long time for us. We will be ahead of them in terms of experience but we have to keep it in mind we will play in Sri Lankan home condition," the former skipper said.
Later he said that they are enough capable of winning the series against them. He hopes they will play better cricket than them in three formats. The team they have they can win against them.
Mahmud defended Shakib what he said during the historic one-off Test against India that he will continue his game maintaining his own playing style otherwise he will not be the same.
"I think he is right. That's not a bad decision," Sujan said, adding that he will play the game on his own game plan, technique and style but in such situation he has to control himself. He has to control his emotion and analysis the situation."
Supporting Mushfiqur Rahim, Khaled said that he will continue his wicket-keeping until he enjoys it.
"Mushfiq is very important for Bangladesh in three formats. It is up to Mushfiq how he feels workload more on him or not. But I think Mushfiq is enjoying wicket-keeping. He loves it. He could continue it whenever he likes," he said.
"In any case, if he feels his workload more on him, then he should first talk with team management first and the board. Along with that, coach can say he will take a new keeper in place of him," he also said.
When asked about Mustafizur Rahman, the BCB director said that they should handle him with care.
"I believe Mustafiz is ready to play in three formats. But we have to keep it in mind he is a key player of the team. He came up from a big injury layoff. Now we should have to handle him with care," he said, adding "We have to decide what number of matches he could play properly being fit. It is important for us to ensure so that he could give his service for a long time."
"Basically I feel proud to give my service to Bangladesh team. When the board wants my services for the team task I will be with them but when they don't feel I will also not be. But I want to stay with the team whether it is short-term or long-term," Sujon told in response to a query.
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June 22, 2011 |
Mr. Revolver, Jerry Miculek Wins USPSA Area 5 Regional Title
Miculek, who shoots for the Smith & Wesson shooting team, won seven stages and outpaced the defending champ, Matt Griffin of Louisville, Ky., by 54 points with his final score of 1421.5422 points.
"Nobody runs a revolver like Jerry Miculek and beating him in competition is probably the single most challenging task in the sport of practical shooting. That's why it was no surprise to see his name atop the leader board at the conclusion of the Area 5 Championship," said Gary Stevens, the USPSA Area 5 director.
Griffin finished second with a final score of 1367.3229 points and four stage wins. Third place went to Mike Carmoney of Mitchellville, Iowa who won one stage and finished with 1302.7398.
Rounding out the top five were Sam Keen of Ramer, Tenn. and Chad Rausch of Powell, Ohio who finished fourth and fifth with 1187.6715 and 1187.5044 points respectively.
The Area 5 Regional Handgun Championship was held June 16-19 at the PASA Park ranges in Barry Illinois. The match drew 359 shooters from across the U.S., including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin, the states that make up the Area 5 region.
The Area 5 match is the second of eight regional events on the USPSA competition calendar. The next regional event is the 2011 USPSA Area 1 Regional Handgun Championship, Presented by Springfield Armory which takes place June 22-26 at Albany Rifle and Pistol Club, Shedd, Ore.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741788211392855224.post1970956740565038030..comments2018-06-07T08:50:47.205-07:00Comments on Catholicism on the Rocks: Annulments email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741788211392855224.post-6043251787723935132017-01-22T17:49:21.583-08:002017-01-22T17:49:21.583-08:00How ironic. I was pondering the annulment process ...How ironic. I was pondering the annulment process and thought of you and found your post.
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I agree that RC marriage annulments are absurd. I've been divorced 15 years and only since our son turned 18 have I given it any sort of thought. I don't expect to be part of the RC church going forward but an annulment might loom if I meet a RC woman.... But I stopped there bc I don't see going back.
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It is my opinion that Pope Francis is merely the confirmation that the RC no longer exists. He is breaking down the barriers between RCism and various protestant and liberal dominations by selling out. Annulments are one example. He has eased the process and in fact, the recent discussions (ala the Malta bishops) are that a formal annulment is not even necessary as long as the couple is at peace with God and works it out with their local bishop.
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What is important to keep in mind about RC marriage annulments is that it refers to the Sacrament of Marriage not the legal marriage. Not long ago, Pope Francis remarked that most RC marriages were probably not sacramental even for those who were married in the church (bc no one was brave enough to turn couple away).
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Your brief overview of your situation is spot on target. You both had reasonable qualification (otherwise the Church should have not let you do it). If such qualifications are not adequate, than what are? One never really knows the temperature of the water until you dive in. Most of the time, things eventually warm up. But apparently, the lifeguards have not been paying attention.
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I would much rather see the RC Church attempt to reconcile marriages than go through totally destroying them via annulments.
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Perhaps you could sue the church for Fraud if they grant an annulment for your marriage. If they weren't paying enough attention, maybe they are liable for damages (eg, child support) and pain & suffering.
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I would think that the RC Church would realize that in the long run, annulling marriages is bad business bc congregants will lose confidence in the integrity of the church (eg, what other sacraments are also void?).fREDhttps://email@example.com


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This is my first commissioned illustration. It's for an article in Good Taste magazine (no, not Taste magazine) about something to do with wine and aliens. Using the powers of mental aerobics and putting to use years of tertiary study, I managed to think up a picture to illustrate the article using those two elements – I would draw an alien drinking wine! Awesome.
I did two other illustrations for the current issue, which comes out today. So look out for Good Taste magazine (no, seriously, it's not Taste magazine, it's Good Taste magazine, it was around before Taste.) I also write book reviews for Good Taste – so if you would like proof that I'm actually a writer, check it out. (If you want proof that I'm actually an illustrator, check it out too.)


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Regardless of how often we've actually met in the last 18 years due to our mixed fortunes, a victory against our nearest and least dearest neighbours still painfully eludes us. At least today we never rolled over in quite the same abysmal and gutless fashion as the last two Valley fixtures, but that's scant consolation, we wanted the win so badly, there's no point pretending otherwise.
And it could have been such a glorious end.
Oh George! I can imagine that you, like me and many other Addicks, will struggle to sleep tonight, tormented by what could have been. So close...
Having seen it again, I wonder if Tucudean thought the job was done when he chipped the ball over Forde deep into injury time. Instead of simply walking the ball into an empty net and carving his name in Charlton history forever, the much-maligned Romanian was chased down by Millwall defenders before being left face down in the Valley turf. Perhaps if we'd scored from the resulting corner nobody would have thought about it again.
But we didn't. Our best chance had gone. Yet another disappointing derby result.
Perhaps the draw was a fair result. The stats would certainly suggest so. And yet I can't help thinking that this was an average Millwall side who were there for the taking. Both sides grafted in the manor in which you'd expect for a game of this importance, and at times it was decent enough to watch, but ultimately neither side could find that bit of magic in front of goal. I do wish Big Bob had started with two up front. I'm never keen on five in midfield at home, especially when the lone striker is still not 100% fit.
Sadly, tonight at least, this draw feels pretty close to a defeat. As I said earlier, we wanted the win so badly.
Maybe tomorrow the positives will make things a little easier to accept. Gudmundsson, Solly and Coquelin were all superb. In the case of the latter, I can only hope we can secure the services of the Arsenal loanee for longer, especially with a busy Christmas period fast approaching. Young Pope stepped up from the bench in Henderson's absence and dealt with everything that was thrown at him, claiming a number of dangerous high balls into the box in the process. Harriott came on for the injured Buyens and proved once again why he can be both exciting and excruciatingly frustrating to watch. His desire to make something positive happen outweighs the downsides for me...just.
I wonder what might have been had the ref played the advantage when Igor managed to shake off a heavy challenge to put Wilson through on goal late on. It was a poor decision from the official, and very bad luck on Charlton. We just don't get the luck in these games, do we?
Charlton remain unbeaten at home and despite dropping a place in the league, remain within touching distance of a play-off place. I would imagine Big Bob will be on the blower to Mr. Duchatelet tomorrow to gently remind him about our need for a new striker...


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Non B or business visa is very common for foreigners who would want to stay in Thailand for 1 year just to travel around. Normally you would be required to have a Thai employer to be able to apply for this visa but there are companies providing services to assist you with the process.
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It is going to depend on what type of visa you want - the fee for a retirement visa is 1900 baht - if you want multiple entry add another 4000 baht - but to get a retirement visa there are requirements, both age and income - 50 and either an income statement or a deposit of 800,000 in the bank.
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There recently has been a debate on whether microwaving your food results in losing some of the nutrients. The claim is that when you heat up your food, the nutrients from the food seems to be removed from the "micro-waves".
The straight answer?: NO.
In a recent article from CNN Health got the answers from a certified food scientist:
"Whenever you cook food, you'll have some loss of nutrients," says registered dietician and certified food scientist Catherine Adams Hutt. "The best cooking method for retaining nutrients is one that cooks quickly, exposes food to heat for the smallest amount of time and uses only a minimal amount of liquid."
This then comes around to who claimed microwaves removed foods nutrients?
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Continuing on from Part Four - Our color mixtures for these steps is going to be Van
Dyke Bown with a touch of Cerulean Blue. This color should be a dark "greenish-grey"
in apearance.
You'll want to this this mixture a bit by adding a drop or two of a painting medium.
"Medium" is the term used for the fluid that surrounds the pigment and facilitates its
application to a surface. In the case of oil paints, the "medium" consists of a "binder"
and a "thinner" and to a lesser degree, "additives" such as varnishes, resins, drying
agents, textual materials. Classifications of the "mediums" are:
Binders: The binder is the most important element in a the medium as this is what adheres
to the painting surface, holding the particles of pigment within it and drying to form the
paint film. Oil paints, by definition, have a drying oil as the binder and the tubes of paint
that we buy contain the pigment already ground in just enough binder to secure its
storage and ease its transfer from tube to palette. In some cases, you'll need to add
additional binder to the paint on the palette to make them workable with a brush. The
most common binders include: linseed oil, raw linseed oil, refined, cold-pressed and
sun-bleached linseed oils, walnut, poppy and safflower oils.
I use the refined linseed oil. Been in use since the eighteeth century, refined linseed
oil is the standard binder in most tubed paints.
Thinners: If paint is diluted with oil alone, it may wrinkle, become yellowed, or take
too long to dry - so a "thinner" is sometimes mixed with the binder to help aid the flow
of paint. The thinner does not remain in the paint film as it evaporates from the surface.
Common thiners are: distilled turpentine, Artist's mineral (white) spirits, and odorless
thinners, often called "Turpenoids."
Once the paint and medium is mixed, we'll use the corner of a #2 Fan Brush to "block in"
the formation of the foreground trees and banks below the distant tree-line. (See Photo 1)
Moving forward in the painting, continue "blocking in" the remainder of the landmasses
and bushes. (See Photo 2)
At this stage of the painting, we're not too worried about "details" as when we come back in the finale, Part Six, our next layers of paint will bring this "blocking in" segmentto life. You'll see that with a few simple brushstrokes, we can add an amazing amount of details to complete our painting. Our color palette for Part Six will include all the Cadmium Yellows, Burnt Sienna, Sap Green, White, and of course, Cerulean Blue.
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Yesterday Tami Roman defended her friend/co-star Jackie Christie over the backlash she receive on social media about the her daughter's Takari Gofund Me page on the 'Wendy Williams' Show.
Jackie demands folks to put some respeck on her name and responds to the ongoing backlash on the gram. The reality star also claims she is a high profile" Celebrity "with a huge Target on my back, at which some people are going to hunt me and try to discredit who and what I stand for but no weapon formed against me Shall Prosper..
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Had to repost my response to a comment on your page made by what I like to call a confused Fan of sorts…. She stated she seen a clip about me a few years ago….and it warrants her feeling like my motherhood is in question?….. ~~~
💅How I feel….✨ your choosing to be hateful childish and just silly you don't know us or her biz so why not relax fall back and butt out, its obviously got you all the way up in your feelings, I've spoken so take it or leave it. but you really should stop focusing on me and mine and go get ready to vote! that's the bigger topic here…this is 4plus weeks old news, sure you and all of the ones like you know that;) if you really feeling that upset why not go to a peer group meeting and discuss with like minded folks feeling like you,? misinformed spreading bogus propaganda and bandwagon jumping! You know that crab in a bucket type thing k sweetheart, you guys are kind of boring now with this silly ignorant behavior, trying to tear folks down based off your jealousy of their status or who they are its time as a people…we wake the up and break this decades old cycle of preying upon others for self satisfaction and purely to raise ones own self esteem by slandering & lying and spreading vile bs on the net at the end of the day I know that I'm a. High profile Celebrity with a huge Target on my back, at which some people are going to hunt me and try to discredit who and what I stand for but no weapon formed against me Shall Prosper…… JC 🍷😍


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Most people in physics today know that quantum Entanglement is wherein multiple particles can essentially influence each other simultaneously regardless of distance. Einstein dismissed this seemingly impossible connection as "spooky action at a distance," but numerous experiments have proven quantum entanglement is real, and it may serve as the foundation of advanced future technologies.
What they don't know is that social reality works this way and has been even before they discovered how it happens ~ quantum entanglement. Which looks from a birds eye view like this - a fractal.
Social reality is a fractal as in a constant exchange of information ~ social interaction. Now, most of think that social reality exists only on a physical plane but it actually happens in the mind ~ the locus of society as Cooley would say. We are information entangling with other information affirming or confirming that which is agreeable and then stored as memory.
We don't realize that there is an enormous amount of energy involved as in electrical explosions taking place in our brain necessary for processing information and storing it. Brains are instruments of minds. Our brain stores information in the mind which behaves as a kind of cyberspace as in a cloud and looks like a fractal design of entangled particles.
We understand that quantum entanglement means that particles in one place influence others in another place. We think that thoughts are limited to the person next to us or with an immediate group. But on the quantum level, there is a vast distance between us and the person next to us. Yet, we influence their thoughts with our thoughts, our gestures, our facial expressions. And, that information travels.
Our thoughts are socially acquired which means that no one has his/her own thoughts but participate in a larger consciousness. Our thoughts are entangled as thinking beings... effectively, without social interaction, we would not be thinking human beings. Our thoughts make us who and what we are as an individual and as a group.
Have you ever had an idea and then read in the news that someone had that idea and did something with it. Does it mean we think the same or is that we are just entangled? Essentially- both. Nothing is real until there is achieved 'agreement' reality as in a collapse of the wave 'particle' function. Until then, there is only potentially something. Social interaction is this experience and once agreement is reached, we have something. When we agree upon information that has been exchanged, we agree that it is agreeable in that it works in the situation at hand or for a longer time. Since, agreement takes place in the mind, it means that thoughts are no more than bits of shared information as in entangled between us.
On the quantum level, information never dies, or goes away. How could there not be a resurrection?
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" John 11: 25-26
*We are information and all information will be resurrected. For those that recognize and embrace this quantum possibility, there will be eternal light.


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When Sophie says things clearly Dustin will tell her, "Good talkin', Sophie!"
This morning she chose her cereal for breakfast. I said, "You want froot loops?" she responds, "Yes. Good talkin', Mom!" :)
She makes me laugh. :)
How precious. These kinds of posts are the best to look back on in a year or so. Love it!
Hahahah, SOO CUTE!!! :)
I just love that she complemented your talking!! That's awesome.
that is so sweet! if only we all thought that way. As if it were possible for humans to fly...we just lack wings. ha ha she's so cute! both your girls are so beautiful alisha! but can we expect and less from you?! :)
Haha, get that girl some wings! What a cutie : )


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By Ankit Varma:
The recent controversy over Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' has forced the intellectuals of the society to deliberate the difficult questions. Are sexuality, foul language and unfiltered violence acceptable?
Before getting judgmental it's important for us to take into consideration the changing realities with respect to the dynamics of the society and the mindset of the youth today. Youth forms the largest part of the cinema going audience. And as every producer invests for commercial success, approval of the youth is important for commercial success of any venture. It's important that the films appeals to the modern school of thinking. Also, films in some ways are a mere reflection of the society. For example, there have been times in the history of Indian cinema when even the dialogues with a sexual over tone were considered obscene and this was in complete alignment with the boundaries of the society. As the times changed, the society became more tolerant towards intimacy, movies were probably the first reflection of this shift towards a liberal mind set. So movies today are no longer about running around trees and singing melody on mountain tops. The reason being the youth today does not subscribe to that school thinking. As today's youth is largely influenced by western ways life a smaller differential can be observed between Bollywood and Hollywood story lines.
Another major debate was whether the use of harsh language is justified and does it have any influence upon the youth. This debate is an extension of the much controversial topic of allowing smoking on screen. But no matter how ugly it is, it's the reality of the society and it brings the element of reality in the film. For instance, how can one depict Winston Churchill without the pipe or Devdas without alcohol? The violent ways of characters in Gangs of Wasseypur was not an entertainment ingredient. It is the ground reality no matter how vulgar or harsh. Most importantly it's the viewer's choice; if you have issues with the content you should not watch it. Passing the onus to the film-makers violates his right to expression and restricts his creative thinking.


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Grizzly is the most powerful unmanned vehicle in its class. Clearpath Robotics is thrilled to unveil their newest robot, the Grizzly Robotic Utility Vehicle. Designed for the most aggressive of agriculture, mining and defense robotics research programs, Grizzly is an ATV-sized robotic platform built to perform like a tractor with the precision of an industrial robot. It can pull a plow, carry a massive 600 kg payload, and mount a wide range of standard utility vehicle accessories.
Ever wonder what would happen if you combined four 26″ all-terrain tires, a solid steel chassis, 48V at 400Ah of power, front axle articulation, and a mean looking bullbar? You get a monster robot. We call it Grizzly. Grizzly is easily customizable and offers users incredible strength, an unbeatable control system, and front axle articulation that keeps the vehicle grounded and stable on even the most challenging terrain. In combining power and precision, Grizzly defines a new category of robotics, the Robotic Utility Vehicle (RUV). With 26" all-terrain tires, 400Ah power capacity, four high-power motors, front axle articulation and a maximum drawbar of almost 1700lbf, Grizzly has a likeness of a tractor. Combine those features with high precision wheel encoders, onboard current and voltage sensors, IMU, GPS, and any other sensors you could ask for, and you have a precision machine made to do the heavy work.
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Clearpath Robotics has quickly gained international recognition as the go-to provider of rugged, user-friendly robots for rapid prototyping, as well as complicated custom robotics and automation projects. Researchers want to spend their time gathering valuable data and furthering the field of robotics, not constructing and testing a base platform. That's where Clearpath Robotics comes in. We design and fabricate dependable robotics platforms with an eye towards both academic and industrial research and development.
Clearpath Robotics is a Canadian startup company founded in 2009 by four graduates of the University of Waterloo's Mechatronics Engineering program. Clearpath has found early success, winning the FuEL (Future Entrepreneurial Leaders) Award, TiE Quest's New Entrepreneur Award, the Shopify Build a Business Award, and taking first place in the 2011 CBET RISE Business Plan Competition. High profile clients such as the Department of National Defense, Canadian Space Agency, US Navy, MIT and Carnegie Mellon University are proving Clearpath really is "Your Unmanned Expert".
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Growing up, my Aunt Rosie lived 4 houses down the street. Her house was my get away. The quaint yellow house became my learning playground. Crocheting, rummy, sewing, and the art of laughter. The sound of a good belly laugh seemed to pull me down the street and into a vinyl 1950s seat. Soon with a glass of Hawaiian Punch in one hand and a deck of cards in the other, my lessons would begin. She passed away shortly after seeing my high school graduation and I never got to tell her how influential those days were.
Our little Miss E, now in first grade, has developed a unique, memorable laugh. It's a good thing in her short educational path that she's experienced teachers appreciative of her giggly, rolling laugh. Aunt Rosie would be proud. When pregnant with E, I longed to give her a part of Aunt Rosie's name as a tribute for her shaping my life. None made the cut. Little did I know, that she's still around. Just hidden in my daughter's sweet sassy laugh. Aunt Rosie would surely be chuckling at the little spitfire and I'm sure they would have tight.
A direction change – The task for my students this week is to write about a significant artifact. Describing an object important to his/her life. This year I'm attempting to write alongside the class and show a writer in action. I do think of myself as a strong writer nor do I call myself a writer. More than likely I fall into a "thought layer". I view my writing as laying my thoughts down. But now I've digressed.
Back to Aunt Rosie. A year before her passing, she started the process of labeling her most precious items for her nieces, nephews, brother, and sister. See Aunt Rosie never married, so the nieces and nephews were her children. She had a small hand held labeler with bright red tape. I spent some weekends following her and labeling the goods. It was some of my most memorable days with her. Aunt Rosie filled me with history; of our family, the cherished pieces, and of her life. For items too small to label, she told who was to receive the goods. At the end of our adventure, I was to pick a treasure. Roaming around, I saw her sewing machine, where I first learned to craft doll clothes. No I couldn't pick that. The machine was Aunt Rosie, I couldn't imagine sewing without her by my side. Instead I chose a large, beautiful cedar chest. Today it holds doll clothes she once made for my Cabbage Patch kid, quilts crafted by hand, and many crocheted pieces big and small. My label still remains inside.
For helping sift through the house, she commented look around and find something else. As a newly minted driver, I had my heart set on her cinnamon brown car. That car, like the sewing machine, was Aunt Rosie! I vacationed to Traverse City in the back seat. I rode shot gun to my brother's basketball games. Many memories lingered in the seats and smells. I wanted that car. My name, on the candy apple tape, was stuck in the glove box. It was still in there when the car was sold to my older cousin after my Aunt's passing. No one wanted to listen a teenager's teary plea. With the car, Aunt Rosie's laughter and smell was gone.
I cannot recapture her smell that always seemed to calm my fears and warm my heart, but I've found the laughter. It's living inside a sweet six year old who I tuck in every night under Aunt Rosie's crocheted petal pink and white afghan. And I know that her spirit lingers on.


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Sunday, July 26, 2015
Gathering steam
My fundraiser is nearly over and there are still spaces available for the self-striping yarn club as well as other goodies. If you're interested, please check it out and share with your friends.
The cats seem to have settled in very nicely here, even with the limited space. I made sure to give them a lot of places to hide and to climb and I've checked to make sure that their climbing spots are stable (Aurora does have a tendency to fall if anything is even slightly wobbly). There are still things that I want to be able to do for them, like one of those cool towers, but it will have to wait until I save up more money.
I have rearranged things several times so far and am still not quite happy with the flow of the room. One plan that is in the works is a loft bed with shelves. After talking it over with my dad, I feel confident that I can build my own loft bed with the tools that I have. He pointed out things that I could do to make sure everything is stable and I'm hoping to start construction within the next 2 weeks. That will open up more floor space for me and will also give me more places to store my business supplies (because it's no fun having to open cardboard boxes to get to the shipping labels and envelopes). I can't wait to show you guys pictures!
There is a new baby in my small family! Anthony's sweetheart gave birth to a little girl and she's one of the sweetest babies I've ever seen. Even though the technical term is "step-dad", Anthony's the kind of man who leaves the "step" part in the dust. I am so very proud of him and his decision. My tiny Triforce family has facets growing on two sides now. Between Brianna bringing one person in and Anthony bringing 3 people in, it feels pretty darn special!
My kids... oh, how I miss them sometimes! They are both doing well and I'm hoping that I'll be able to see them before long. In the meantime, there are already 2 care packages planned out for them.
I have a lot more to write, but today is mostly my resting day so I want to end this now with a blessing for joy to you all.
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Counting conflict
How do we conceptualize conflict? Before even attempting to count conflict, or gauge its impacts, we must first define what conflict encompasses. According to the Igarapé Institute, conflict metrics "should proxy for the frequency, intensity and related pain and suffering generated by warfare" and are important to tell the stories of people affected by violence.
Yet, there are currently no official global standards for measuring or tracking conflict.
In the absence of an internationally accepted measure, conflict data is overwhelming provided by international research institutes, each with their own conception of what constitutes conflict and the best metrics to measure this understanding.
This diversity, argues Kristine Eck, author of A Beginner's Guide to Conflict Data, can cause confusion for those unfamiliar with the field.
To help understand what metrics are out there, we looked at four prominent sources of conflict-related data, their methodologies, and the concepts used to inform these.
1. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program has recorded ongoing violent conflicts since the 1970s, and its data has been harnessed extensively throughout the research community.
The program defines conflict as "a contested incompatibility that concerns government or territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a state, results in at least 25 battle-related deaths", and definitions for other concepts related to conflict are exhaustively outlined.
There are a number of datasets available for download in CSV, Excel, SQL, SHX, R, and KLM formats, indicating:
- Individual events of organized violence (phenomena of lethal violence occurring at a given time and place) geocoded down to the level of individual villages, with temporal durations disaggregated to individual days
- Armed conflict where at least one party is the government of a state in the time period 1946-2014, with variables containing information on conflict/dyadic onset and incidence at country level
- Specific start- and end- dates for conflict activity and means of termination for each conflict episode
- Intentional attacks on civilians by governments and formally organized armed groups
- Communal and organized armed conflict where none of the parties is the government of a state
- Battle-related deaths in the conflicts from 1989-2014
- Conflict actors
- Peace agreements signed between at least two opposing primary warring parties in an armed conflict 1975-2011
- Existence, type, and provider of external support for all warring parties
- Measures taken by third parties in low-intensity intrastate dyad-years in the time period 1993-2004
- Third party interventions in conflict dyads in Africa between 1993 and 2007
Each dataset is offered with a codebook that explains the variables and definitions used to derive its data.
In addition, data can be explored via an interactive visualization, and the program also publishes annual charts and graphs.
Image: The program's exploratory visualization.
2. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project codes the dates and locations of all reported political violence and protest events in over 60 developing countries in Africa and Asia.
As of early 2016, ACLED has recorded over 100,000 individual events, with ongoing data collection focused on Africa and ten countries in South and Southeast Asia. The data can be used for medium- and long-term analysis and mapping of political violence across developing countries through use of historical data from 1997.
Drawing upon political violence and protest metrics, rather than conflict per say, the project uses the following definition:
Political violence is the use of force by a group with a political purpose or motivation, as indicated by constituent events, the intent of which is to produce a comprehensive overview of all forms of political conflict within and across states.
ACLED collects information on nine distinct events that, together, capture the activity that occurs within political violence. These include three types of battles, violence against civilians, remote violence, rioting (violent demonstrations) and protesting (non-violent demonstrations), and three types of non-violent events. Battle type are distinguished by whether control of a location is unchanged as a consequence of the event; whether a nonstate group has assumed control of a location; or whether a government has resumed control of that location. Battles make up approximately one third of the dataset. Violence against civilians comprise another third of the collected data; non-violent headquarter and base establishment is under 1%; non-violent activity including recording incidences of looting, peace talks, high profile arrests, recruitment into non-state groups etc. account for 6%; non-violent takeover of territory is also under 1%, riots assume 7.5% and protests 14%.
3. The Armed Conflict Database
The Armed Conflict Database (ACD), maintained by the International Institute of Strategic Studies, provides detailed information on more than 70 conflicts worldwide.
The ACD covers the world's international, internal and terrorist conflicts, whether active, subject to a ceasefire, or halted by a peace accord. Users can generate reports and download data as well as browse year-by-year analyses and fact sheets.
Statistics are available from 1997 onwards, when applicable, and cover fatalities, refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Reports can be generated for several years and across regions.
Image: ACD.
A detailed definition for each indicator and term is provided alongside the database.
The ACD currently monitors conflicts in Central America's Northern Triangle, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, China, Cyprus, Kosovo, Turkey, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, the Sahel, Yemen, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, West Papua, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Cote D'ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and worldwide terrorism.
Yet, unfortunately, for the time being ACD data is only available via subscription.
4. The Correlates of War project
Founded in 1963 at the University of Michigan, The Correlates of War Project seeks to systematically accumulate scientific knowledge about war.
As of April 2016, the Project offers a large number of free to use datasets covering:
- Lists of wars
- Militarized interstate disputes
- National capabilities
- Alliances
- Territorial change
- Direct Contiguity
- Intergovernmental organizations
- Diplomatic exchanges
- Bilateral trade
Of particular noteworthiness, the Project's data touches on more subjective concepts related to conflict, like power. In this case, six indicators - military expenditure, military personnel, energy consumption, iron and steel production, urban population, and total population – are used to create a composite indicator of national capability, as a means of representing the amount of power welded by any one nation.
Image: An example of how the project's more unconventional metrics can help gauge power distributions.
To further understand the research and concepts behind the Project's datasets, it offers a comprehensive bibliography and extensive list of conflict data resources.
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People are either born hosts or born guests.Max Beerbohm
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.Bible
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.Tom Peters
Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.Karl Barth
If you look at the media now all of the hosts of these other shows are interviewing themselves. The guests are a prop for the hosts on these cable networks. The guests for me are always the paramount.Larry King
For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread.Rebecca H. Davis
Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers Sweet courteous things unsaid. We two have talked our hearts out to the embers, And now go hand in hand down to the dead.John Masefield
Some steam process should be invented for arranging guests when they are above five hundred.Benjamin Disraeli
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were.Unknown
In every human being one or the other of these two instincts is predominant: the active or positive instinct to offer hospitality, the negative or passive instinct to accept it. And either of these instincts is so significant of character that one might as well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there.Robert Grosseteste
The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it.Unknown
Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.Dr. James C. Dobson
Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions. But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them.Fannie Hurst
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I wish my desk looked like that! I love to be organized but sadly, rarely am :)
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The other part of the equation, of course, is keeping on keeping on doing what they do. That takes an orchestrated effort of getting the most out of their people and processes. In order to do that - it will require that folks take a look at what they're doing - and being able to do it better and with more efficiency.
If you sum it all up into a single term - that means that everyone will want/need to be more productive. More productive, and therefore more efficient, in all aspects of their business. This means that the salespeople need to do better - but it also means that product development, customer service, support, marketing and all the other moving parts be enabled to do what they do - better, smarter and faster.
Then I came across an article in CIO Insight that talked about Business Process Improvement (BPI) - and it just confirmed my thoughts and gut instincts:
The top drivers for improving processes were quite similar during good times and bad, but IT executives signaled more urgency during more trying climates. For example, during good times, respondents cited productivity boosts as a top overall goal for business process improvement: 34 percent for companies with less than $500 million in annual revenue; 24 percent for companies making $500 million or more.
During a downturn, however, that number skyrocketed to 73 percent across all companies. Similar spikes were seen in other drivers, such as reducing costs, increasing revenue and keeping up with competitors.
So - that's all good and everything - but what the heck are you supposed to do about it? The answer is: technology.
When you're forced to more with less the only way to do it - is with smarter, better, more flexible technology - because at the end of the day - there's still only 40 hours in a work week.
That means that NOW is the time to "fix" those processes that are "broken." If you have internal or customer-facing systems that aren't up to snuff - it's time to take a look at where you can get the most "bang for the buck" - and change/enhance those systems.
Those changes can be small, or be large, depending on where you want to go with your business. It might mean additional reports to give managers more real time information into how the business is functioning - or it might mean adding a SaaS (Software as a Service) offering to your customers who want to "rent" rather than "buy" your application.
Either way - you need software tools that are flexible, fast, scalable and allow you to take advantage of multiple delivery methods (native client, browser, mobile) - with as little re-coding as possible. The last thing in the world you want - especially now - are tools that are complex, hard to debug and slow to roll out.
The key is to get these improvements in place quickly. It's not going to do you any good to start building stuff that can't be in the field within 2-6 weeks. Granted, if you're re-writing your core application to add SaaS capabilities - it's not going to get done in that time frame, but for other, internal applications those are the time targets you need to strive for.
If you are going to add a SaaS offering - try to offer a "lite" version of your current main application. This will allow you to potentially add to the top line growth by getting new customers into your ecospace. It will also allow your smaller customers the ability to stay with your software rather than jumping ship to a competitor who offers a more slimmed-down version of the same basic functionality and meets 80% of their needs at a much lower cost.
It's time to have a sit-down with your folks and discuss where things are "broken" - and to come up with ways to maximize their productivity (and hopefully make their jobs easier). The last thing you need in a down economy is unhappy, overworked, frustrated people on your team. Now and for the foreseeable future - it's all about productivity.


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What perfect presents I received for Christmas! Too many to mention - lucky me, but here are the highlights (in no particular order)
A 'Grow Your Own Anfield Pitch' from Jamie and Breanna, for Mum, the Liverpool supporter from childhood, with three sons and a husband who are not the slightest bit interested in football!
Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries II from Tim - for Mum the meal-preparer who idolises Nigel Slater and his food philosophy and covets his kitchen. (This book is FAR too beautiful to risk greasy fingerprints and getting splattered with food!)
A Little Miss Sunshine Wallet from Laurie and Irene, for Mum, who DOES try to spread sunshine and this made me smile until my cheeks ached.
A beautiful hare print from David and Gilly, for me whose daemon is a hare.
This autobiography from Pete, for me, the writer who adores Jeanette Winterson and finds daily inspiration from her way of being.
And, of course, lots of horsey presents for me the horse-rider...
I feel so blessed and cherished and understood. So much THOUGHT went into these gifts.