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enhabiten! You are the lucky winner! Send me an email at email@example.com with your address and I'll have the little guy in the mail to you this week. Yay!
So, let me just say holy cow. I'm more than thrilled at the amount of enthusiasm and blatant coveting you all have shown for my little spoon. You've made him blush. He's a bit shy and not accustomed to all this attention. So much attention, in fact, there was no way in heck I was about to spend hours writing down six-hundred numbers on pieces of paper for the drawing {no matter how much I prefer to do things the tangible, old-school way} so I used a random number generator plugin instead. Not as cool nor as satisfying as drawing a number out of a bowl, but alas. It did the trick.
that's a wrap! Thank you all so very, very much! I had fun, did you?
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Congratulations Liane! Enjoy your new beautiful spoon! :)ReplyDelete
Lucky winner! If one wanted to try there hand at it as well - is there a tutorial that you used to learn how?ReplyDelete
Is that a rug? Fabric? It's amazing.ReplyDelete
Congrats to the winner. I'm bummed my comment wasn't approved or disappeared. Not starting drama, it's not a huge deal.Replies
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So sorry about that! Absolutely my fault, of course. I think what happened what I got a few comments by people named Stefanie right in a row, and with so much to weed through it was tricky keeping it organized. I must have accidentally thought it was a double entry. I sincerely apologize for this :( I'll make sure to be more careful next time, promise!
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Thanks for the draw Ariele has been fun waiting. This morning I woke up excited to see if I was the winner and ... plufff! (I wish we mostrases as was the creative process for us also to make our own spoon).ReplyDelete
Liane Congratulations, enjoy it!
A hug from Barcelona.
no way! thanks so much. emailing you. xReplyDelete
Thanks for the opportunity Ariele, congrats Liane. Not winning has me looking up classes in woodworking and what hook knife I might need. There are glorious varieties of wood here in Australia. Most inspiring.ReplyDelete
Lucky Liane! Happy for you :-)ReplyDelete
I just came across your blog, and am so sad I missed this contest. I love wood spoons, and yours are great! You're really not selling them?!? ;)ReplyDelete
You're so lovely to give one of your spoons away! <3 Congrats Liane!ReplyDelete
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Bravo!!!! lucky Liane!!!! ;)ReplyDelete
I just stumbled upon your beautiful blog and have spent bits and pieces of everyday of the last week exploring your world. Your work is absolutely breathtaking - maybe someday I will be so lucky to own a piece of your art. Until then, I think I may have to settle for a trip to the restaurant - I hear pacific grove calling my name...ReplyDelete
Have just discovered your work and blog via The Red Thread - love what you do and looking forward to reading more! JaneReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 29, 2013
Your spoons are beautiful, and the way you wrote about making them reminded me of how much I love carving stamps (and how incredibly soothing I find it). And now I really, really want to make too many spoons. Did you just learn on the fly, or is there a book/guide/etc you can recommend? Or do all woodworkers just know how to make spoons?ReplyDelete
Thanks so much!
I just found your blog, how cool is this! Gotta see it later more, nice work. :) Can I follow this via bloglovin..?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2013
where can the tools be purchased to try this at home? I live in Cali- not sure if they can be found at a regular hardware store? thank you so lovely!!!ReplyDelete
Just thought I'd leave you a little note to let you know how inspiring your work is. You are fantastically talented lady. I found you through instagram (piperwinston) and your colour palette and composition are unbelievable. I love seeing when people who have creative talents translate that into stunning photography opportunities. Tangible, handmade product creation is a rare art these days and it's nice to see someone doing it in a fresh, unique way.ReplyDelete
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in some instances do you think skeptics come up with crazier answers than believers?
Posted 31 October 2009 - 06:58 AM
short ex: i was alone in my kitchen,2 other people were in the dining rook which is,obviously seperated by a wall but no door.as i was looking for something in a cupboard a good...15 feet away from the fridge i heard a sound(i didnt then think "ghost" i thought it was the fridge). i looked towards the fridge because the sound caught me off guard,and when i did a box of rice krispies,that was pushed securely back away from the edge,flew off the top of the fridge and landed past where i was standing BEFORE it hit the ground,and then slid almost all the way into the dining room.
the 2 people in the dining room heard the box hit and came to see what it was. i was still standing by the cupboard,top ramen in hand,and i told them exactly what i typed here.
could i explain what it was after inspecting where ti was?no
does that mean it COULDN'T have been something natural?no,im no expert of how fridges work,maybe they twitch, who knows haha.
was it a ghost or other paranormal "thing"i have no idea
now if you want to call em a liar,be my guest. the story is 100% true,i have no proof,but this stuff DOES happen and its the kind of stuff people base their belief/disbelief on.please,if you think it wasnt a ghost,feel free to say so.just dont say i or my tiny cat bumped into the fridge. didnt happen
please give examples of storys+what skeptics said
Posted 31 October 2009 - 08:40 AM
I mentioned in another thread that I feel it's best not to be 100% skeptical, or believer for that matter. You can believe in spirits but be skeptical of what it seems. If you can find no other rational cause for the activity it must be paranormal.
Posted 01 November 2009 - 04:42 AM
p.s. this goes double for cases that skeptics are there to experience said events and refuse to believe it COULD be something. one person may believe one thing,th eother may believe something else,and both could be wrong.
Posted 01 November 2009 - 08:24 AM
Just 4 examples seemingly unrelated, and the reasons why they might apply:
1. How full was the box of cereal? (That can affect its balance)
2. Composition of the countertop? (That affects the box's propensity to slide versus tip over)
3. Type of floor? (That affects how well it would slide versus roll)
4. Distance between counter and refrigerator? (Vibration possibilities here)
You get the idea. All or none of these might play a part and a serious investigation mst have questions seemingly unrelated addressed as well. Any good investigation must look into all possibilities before reaching any conclusions one way or the other.
Believers often condemn skeptics for asking seemingly unrelated questions, but keep in mind too that BOTH sides need to have supporting evidence. If for example I were to blame an air current for blowing that box of cereal off the countertp, then I need to explain where that air current originated and how that happened, just as I would expect you to provide proof that a spirit pushed it off. Works both ways.
Edited by CaveRat, 01 November 2009 - 08:27 AM.
Posted 01 November 2009 - 08:40 PM
It can be difficult being a skeptic trying to offer solutions, because we're entirely at the mercy of the inevitable biased recount of the storyteller. Any attempt of offering a mundane explanation will usually be met with ad hoc rationalizations.
Posted 01 November 2009 - 11:08 PM
One experience I had was hard jabs in my back one night. I was told they may have been back spasms....I don't think so, sorry. I've had back spasms before and this was no comparison. None what so ever.
I also had an experience where there were mulitple orbs in a picture I took. Not realizing the difference between orbs and orbs that are nothing more than dust (our home was built in 1880)...now I feel a bit more educated on that never-gonna-know-the-real-answer subject.
Then I had an experience where one of my sons toy car was going back & forth on the living room floor...back & forth witnessed by both me & my husband (full blown skeptic). I was told it was because of the electric wires outside my home...but this toy car had no batteries, just a broken toy car. The subject was dropped.
I am glad you brought up this post....will be very interested in others thoughts & opinions.
Posted 02 November 2009 - 08:43 AM
not necessarily asking for an opinion on my story, just a short and very undetailed example. what i'm asking is based on any personal stories you as a skeptic may have heard, and came to a conclusion , or even a personal experience you may yourself have witnessed and came to a conclusion, for believers basically im asking the same thing, but im asking for their own stories and what skeptics who experienced/heard them offered as an explanation that they personally thought made even less sense than immediately saying its a ghost. basically coming to a decision either without looking into the situation/asking questions at all, or following up on it, getting all the facts, not understanding what it could possibly be, and still giving an explanation that makes no sense.
honestly i based on the fact that youre asking questions leads me to believe youre not the kind of skeptic im speaking of here, you use logic, not just claim to use logic because youre opposed to the side who believes in ghosts and magic haha. also simply admitting that you dont have enough information to say "no way it was a ghost" is a good sign as well. and i agree with everything you said about more being needed to come to a conclusion one way or another.im singling out people who immediately believe its a ghost as well.well not necessarily, i dont judge people for believing something is or isnt a ghost, believe what you want, but more needs to be known to state an answer rather than a belief either way. ya know?
and to answer your questions just for the heck of it:
1. How full was the box of cereal? (That can affect its balance) the box of cereal was about 75-80% full, a bowl had been eaten and also some taken out and put into a cup for a kid to snack on earlier than day.
2. Composition of the countertop? (That affects the box's propensity to slide versus tip over) it was sitting on top of a doily like placemat/table cloth on top of the fridge. the box would have had to slide 5 inches just to topple off onto the floor.i can assure you it was hard to make the box slide without touching it yourself,i put it back up there and even bumped into it very hard, a couple of the tries i got it to fall down and even slide, but not half as far. keep in mind it landed near me before it touched the floor.i was about 15 feet away.
3. Type of floor? (That affects how well it would slide versus roll) admittedly i dont know what kind of flooring it is exactly haha.its tile and you can easily slide things on it, thats why the box did slide an extra 5 or so feet to the dining room doorway, where the carpet in said dining room slowed it down.
4. Distance between counter and refrigerator? (Vibration possibilities here) i was basically on the counter 15 feet away haha. but it does bend around the corner and get much closer to the fridge. still theres more than a foot wide gap between the fridge and the counter and all i was doing was grabbing a Maruchan Top Ramen© chicken flavored, that was easily reachable. i didnt like dig through it, definetly nothing violent enough to cause it to vibrate in a way that would cause that box to fly like that, especially since the other boxes didnt move at all.
and as far as the last paragraph you put up after the questions, i agree wholeheartedly.
keep in mind though while i do believe in ghosts 100% i do not claim that this scenario was a ghost, i claim it could have been and that to think it was isnt the most insane guess ever.
question:on a scale of 1-10 1 being 100% skeptic, 10 being 100% believer, what would you rate yourself
i know what you say is true, but remember i'm not asking for you to disprove my story, which by the way, im not 100% convinced was a ghost. id say more like 60% sure, only because i can think of no other answer and i have other reasons to believe there are(or could be) ghosts in this house. but thats neither here nor there in this particular discussion
i know we've never talked before this, but keep in mind i am reasonable and im in no way saying im always right or even saying that this was paranormal in any case. in fact my story is just an example to the entire idea of the post.
im saying there are situations, mine as an example, but also many other situations where there is simply no answer 1 way or another to prove it was or was not a ghost. it isnt limited to me or even to stories relayed to skeptics, it can be a situation where a skeptic was present. im asking for those kinds of examples, not validation of my own experience. personally i dont put much stock in proof of my own experiences, theyre my own, i have my feelings about them*not all of which are immediately and unquestionably leaning in the way of the blind believer) i have some situations i would love validated because they baffle me.but all and all, im more open-minded and thoughtful when i hear someones stories, i'll offer other explanations when i can, i'll say i have no explanation when thats the case, and if i think it sounds like a ghost, i'll say so.
i'm saying believers can be insanely rediculous.but im saying skeptics can be as well. not saying all of either group as a whole is rediculous. as i told caverat above logic is in his questions, and it seems in your statements as well. but in some cases with skeptics, as well as believers you get answers that are insanely unlikely or even impossible, even if they were present, rather than a simple "i have no idea"
p.s. i accept mundane offers as long as they are atleast possible and in most cases i'll put them to the test personally
i completely appreciate and respect a skeptics point of views myself, and their logic in most cases is far beyond a believers, i can say that being a believer and know its the truth. and though i am a believer in spirits and supernatural, im skeptical to events on a case by case basis. and i admiti have been given other ways to look at things by skeptic point of views, but i have also offered said points of views to believers myself. i have no problem with different belief systerms.
also while i dont blame you of exaggerating anything to make it more significant, this does happen. and skeptics have to take it into consideration. i get all of that completely. but what if theyre there to see it or know the person well enough to trust atleast what they believe to have happened? as long as its plausible, or atleast possible, i'll accept any answer as a possibility and look into it.
i havent have back spasms, but there is a state between rem sleep and waking or even while falling asleep that your body can feel a sensation physically because of your state of mind/ thought example: have you ever almost been asleep and feel like your falling? you know in fact youre not falling and youre in fact safe in bed, but the feeling of falling is real enough for you to brace yourself. im not at all saying this is what it was, nor do i know what state you were in as far as how tired/near sleep you were. just something to think about that you might find plausible
as far as orbs go, i've never personally bought in to them much. again note i said personally. i dont know what to look for in that particular case so i just write it off. but that doesnt mean it couldnt be something more than dust.
the last bit about the toy car, just weird haha. i couldnt tell you what it was but i know stuff like that does happen.
and thanks i thought it needed to be addressed haha
Posted 02 November 2009 - 11:43 AM
Below is a link to my personal experience story. Since you are asking for them.
I catch a fair amount of grief from people over my final outcome on this one. I feel it makes the best sense, but some disagree. I still allow for a chance that my explanation is wrong. I just have no evidence that it is.
"It is proper for you to doubt ... do not go upon report ... do not go upon tradition ... do not go upon hear-say." ~ Buddha
Posted 02 November 2009 - 05:52 PM
I do think most of the crazy explanations some skeptics give are either because they didn't take the time to consider all possibilities, or are simply so full of themselves they couldn't bear to say "I don't know".
And to answer you question regarding where I rate myself, on a scale of 1 - 10, with 1 being a total cynic, and 10 being a believer in anything, I would put myself about a 3. I question everything, believe nothing just on say so, but am convinced there are some things happening we haven't been able to rationally explain. That may be because they are paranormal, or it may be because we just aren't asking the right questions.
Posted 03 November 2009 - 06:37 AM
"I do think most of the crazy explanations some skeptics give are either because they didn't take the time to consider all possibilities, or are simply so full of themselves they couldn't bear to say 'I don't know'."
THANK YOU. this statement is the heart of what i was saying.not only believers get crazy based on what they believe/refuse to believe. and of course i dont think this is every skeptic, or every believer. just some who should either look at both sides of each statement or, believer or skeptic, spare the person asking the questions or relaying the story the trouble of reading/ hearing something clouded by your one sided way of thinking. it is possible for someone to be scientifically thorough, but utterly close minded.
and just for conversations sake i put myself at about 6 or 7.i believe there is definitely more out there than we know, ghosts included. but as far as most cases go i think people just get excited sometimes haha.that said i truthfully believe i have been in contact with a ghost. but since i cant prove it i will never use it against anyones belief system.
Posted 10 November 2009 - 02:31 PM
The three entities I saw were with me alone or, in the case of one of the experiences, my wife was asleep just feet away and I was wide away brushing my teeth preparing to go to work. The fourth was a door loudly locking itself while I was out in the garage.
The situation was that I had gone into the garage to get the screw-driver I needed. My wife was inside the house on the couch in the living room adjacent to the garage holding our guinea pig (that's where she was when I went out into the garage). My son was in the kitchen on the opposite end of the continuous room containing the living room, breakfast room and then kitchen without any kind of wall or barrier between the rooms. They were at opposite ends of the continuous room. My son was washing the rodent's food bowl in the sink in direct observation of my wife (he has the tendency to goof off on his chores).
Upon entering the garage, I closed the door behind me so my sdog wouldn't following me out. As I was bent over scanning the toolbox (I had yet to start seaching though the box with my hands), the dead-bolt lock on me with two deliberate clicks. Thinking it was my son, I finished what I was doing and went to the door, finding it definitely locked. My wife and son didn't hear the dead-bolt lock, but did hear the banging and cussing when I couldn't get the door opened. During the cuss storm, my son came over and unlocked the door,. I had heard my wife from the couch tell him to go unlock the doo after I started banging. He opened the door and as I rushed him and he fled into the living room, my wife yelled back that he didn't lock it because he was at the sink the entire time I was in the garage, which was about three minutes or so. My wife is not one to pull something like that without leting me in on the joke after a few minutes.
We discussed it afterwards. We even considered that the dogs had tripped the lock, though my dog is too short to reach. We even test-stretched her, but she came up really short, literally. The other dog, though being taller and totally capable of doing so, was ruled out because I heard no scratching on the door; only the dead-bolt locking itself, and apparently he was in the kitchen with my son. I don't see how a large dog could have jumped up and flipped the lock with his paw without scratching the door. Besides, he's scared of me. He avoids where I am or have been.
So I keep flipping that one over and over in my head. Others I have told consider the dog theory, but still scratch their head. I still ask my son from time to time whether he was telling the truth, even though my wife vouched for him. I can talk him out of a lie since he's functionally autistic and can be influenced to come around to the truth with steady questioning.
I have yet to have a true skeptic , or any kind skeptic for that matter, face-to-face consisder this one. There could be alternate explanations of which I have yet to conceive.
By the way, I am a believer with a skeptic's observational consideration. Unless it's what I consider obvious evidence, I am skeptical of the story, picture, etc.
Posted 11 November 2009 - 03:37 PM
Since I live close enough to an airport where several different types of airplanes fly over my house - both large and small craft, at various heights - this was pretty easy to do. However, I also asked for some help for this experiment, and several different people in paranormal groups from around the country helped out - so many different types of meters were used, both indoors and outdoors, and in differing weather. The result? Nobody had a single reading.
I'm not saying it isn't possible, but the point of the experiment was to see if it was probable. From the results (and the week or so that I personally did my own part), I'd have to say no.
Keep in mind that I was not trying to prove one way or the other if EMF meters show the presence of ghosts, merely if airplanes were a likely source of false readings.
Posted 11 November 2009 - 07:21 PM
Plus aircraft electronics are well shielded to prevent radiation of any fields which might interfere with other devices on the plane. Such radiation if allowed to occur could cause catastrophic results if it interfered with critical systems on board.
About the only EMF that may be generated would be an RF signal from radar or radio transmissions. These would be sporadic, present only if that particular system was actually in operation at the time. Most navigation equipment is receive only, (GPS, etc.) This by nature would not generate an EM Field beyond its immediate vecenity.
Posted 12 November 2009 - 07:56 PM
I suppose I could sit and watch on those mornings to see if my old meter trips each time an aircraft transmits through the radio. However I would have to guess that regular radio stations which broadcast at 50,000 watts nearby would give the same results constantly.
Edited by OMPRDave, 12 November 2009 - 07:56 PM.
Posted 13 November 2009 - 09:08 AM
Now suppose the frequency of the local oscillator is way off due to a defect, then the radio would tune way out of band. Possibly it may tune the aircraft band instead of the normal bands intended, thus you could be hearing aircraft transmissions.
The only way to check these posibilities is exactly as you planning; investigate using known methods and develop your protocol based on the results you obtain. There is no way anyone can say conclusively what is going on unless they are there and can view results from observations made on site.
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It is expected to be much greater than yarn.nm.liveness-monitor.expiry-interval-ms and yarn.rm.container-allocation.expiry-interval-ms. 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We begin our 2016 school year tomorrow. My how our time off has flown by! We've filled it with a great number of things, but we are truly ready to get back to our books again.. or at least most of us are. I'm looking forward to a year filled with adventure & learning, the same goal & hope I hold each year. While every day may not be filled with such beauty, each day is full of learning.
I'm curious to see how our newly glasses glad child will fair in certain subjects. He's never really loved the subjects, but realising he was seeing double, rivers, & a fair few other oddities certainly didn't endear the subjects to him I'm sure. He's nervous, & slightly grumpy, at the idea of getting back to business, but I keep reminding him that each year is a fresh new start & he has an extra special new start because he now has extra helps for the problems he was previously dealing with. As a note, all BookDepository links are affiliate links.
History: Both boys will be using Bookshark Reading With History 7. I've pre-read most of the books, all though we'll still read them together. There are so many deliciously wonderful books in this pack that I cannot wait for the kids to get to them. I know they will befriend many new characters, both fictional & real, & enjoy a great many journeys as we travel through time this year. We will be adding in a few books to this lovely set, merely because they fit, we own them, & they are totally worth reading.
Book Basket: Our book basket is loaded for Term 1. We'll be reading 90 Devotions For Kids throughout the year, or until we finish it. Do Hard Things was a book we acquired last year to read as our first "speak to me/theology" book this year.
Pinocchio was the requested next classic we're choosing to read & I'm eager to share the story with my boys. I have fond memories of Mom reading this book to my siblings & I from a glorious tall hardback copy that had beautiful illustrations in it. Our copy is equally beautiful, but it is not the same.
We keep a Horrible Science & a Horrible Geography book in our basket & read from one or the other depending on the day of the week. We have a minute amount of Raging Rivers left to go & then we'll move into Stormy Weather. We'll continue reading A Child's Geography, which we were enjoying late last year. We don't do any of the extras in it, as we're simply enjoying reading the information.
We'll be reading a few fictional science novels this year in our book basket, but for now we're starting with Fatal Forces & Robert Boyle. We never finished his biography last year so we're back at it. European History will pick up where we left off. Despite the odd name it's a lovely book & chock full of information, & we really love it. Elizabeth I is our first added in history book, but it's in the book basket as it's a no pressure extra.
The final books are 52 Weeks Of French which we were using last year. We learn a new set of words each week to practice using on each other or label the home. Foreign Language is not required here by law, so all our French studies are for fun! The last book is What To Do When You're Scared Or Worried which is part of our boys recovery process. He's doing so well, but still gets nervous in certain situations. So we continue to work with him.
Science: This year will be a variety of things. First on the list if working more with Bookshark Science 6. We started it rather late in the year & have only made it about 1/4 of less of the way through. So we'll start here for Term 1, all though we may dig deep into botany later. The boys will continue playing & experimenting with the Chemistry Kit we purchased; on the weekends with Mr S. There's an awful lot of laughter & craziness that happens with the kit, & much gushing of all the cool concoctions & such that they've created with it.
Writing: We're continuing with the same writing curriculum this year. I truly love Writing With Skill, & I always feel that's reasonably high praise because I'm incredibly picky & snotty about writing curriculum. My boy really loves this curriculum which is an added bonus, & it's quick, to the point, & sets the types of challenges he will face in University. He's about halfway through the book, or less, & will simply pick up where he left off & continue with the next volume when he's done.
Jayde will stick with Writing With Ease for a while longer still. I won't say he gushes praise for it, but he does enjoy the methodical pattern & knowing what to expect from it each day. He does, indeed, enjoy all the book choices they use for his narration & dictation which always makes it lots more fun. I'm curious to see if he'll have any added enjoyment with it now that he'll have his glasses & the book printed on his specially coloured paper.
Math: Math continues where we left off with MUS. Sadly each child had 5 lessons left in their previous books before we ended our old year. When Mr S has his 2 weeks holiday at the end of one year & into the new year, all books & pencils are officially put away so we can spend as much time enjoying doing things with him while he's home. Thus, both boys will pick up where they left off & then jump into their new books.
Grammar I debated jumping back into another Winter Promise Language Arts programme as we all ready own the next level, but for this term, at least, we're opting to stay simple & focus more on the writing & enjoy the slower pace of Grammar Ace. We'll use the optional School House Rocks! video, all though we'll probably watch the clips on YouTube are our DVD player is iffy at best.
Spelling: Nothings changed here as we continue forward with Sequential Spelling. The boys didn't have to do a spelling test with their Specialist this year which disappointed at least one of them. While he's always nervous spelling in front of others, he's made such huge leaps & bounds this year having his glasses normalised & working on his Ocean Blue paper that he felt prepared to tackle whatever she presented him with.
Bible: While we'll read through the New Testament this year {skipping around a bit} & read through a small portion of the Old Testament our Bible Study this year will be on John. We had intended to tackle it last year after finishing up 2 Timothy, but we went with something else instead because I was missing Book 1 in this series. Despite the fact that it's not in the picture, we actually do own it & will dig into the book of John this year!
Reading: Reading is a little different this year. As we're working through the Bookshark Core together I don't assign the readers as readers. We simply read them together. Morgan finished the reading programme we worked him through last year & has, with much hard work & determination, reached a point where we can grab books for him & assign them to him with the stipulation that he will need to take them at his own pace. He's not a fast reader, & very well may never be, but we don't mind.
He & I sat down together & picked out 8 books for him to work through this year, unfortunately I can't find several of them on the shelf & may only have them in storage in the USA. Thus he'll be waiting for the library to get a copy of his first book in while the rest of them come via the mail.
Jayde is a bit of a harder cookie when it comes to reading. His tastes are very defined in what he prefers to read & with the troubles he was previously exhibiting he labeled himself as, "Not that Guy" when it comes to reading. His Specialist & I both told him that he was "That Guy", but that he didn't have all the tools to accomplish the job. He now has those, & so picking books for him has been a wee bit difficult. I selected books I knew he'd love, but when I presented them to him he was able to tell me the stories of each of the books all ready. Ahh, that boy! Much like myself he can remember books for a long time afterwards.
It was back to the drawing table for me & I came up with another stack of books for him, a few of which {pictured above} he was not familiar with. The rest that I plan to stick in his stack I will need to order as well. My objective was to find books unique to his tastes {adventure, cliff hangers, & no mushy nonsense or obvious morals} that would hook him in. We'll see how that unfolds through the year.
Electives: This year our electives are equally pretty much the same. We'll all continue forward with French. I have one opposed to learning it in leu of something else, but my hope is to convince him learning a new language is easier with friends on board so you can practice it on each other. We'll see. The biggest hiccup some have had with learning it is getting past that first hurdle to realise letters don't make the same normal sounds you're use to. We'll tarry forward, & if you visit us & find our home labeled with odd words, just remember it's all part of the fun!
Programming will continue as normal. This is honestly something the boys do in their free time of late. Morgan has created a few games with his skills & had Mr S test them. What a laugh this has caused because it use to be the other way around! It has really intrigued Jayde to want to get into some of it & as Scratch is free we thought it might be the best way for him to start out.
We'll continue with some fun robotics, possibly inviting friends to join us. We're unsure on that portion yet. We've been debating having Morgan teach the "class" if this unfolds & he was a bit nervous about it at first until we reminded him that he knows these children & sees them often anyway. When he stopped & thought about it like that & he realised he didn't have to teach the parents he thought it might not be too bad. We, his parents, think it would be a great adventure in learning to speak in front of others, organised ideas & plans, & learning to work with others. We'll see what unfolds.
Music remains the same as they plod forward with Mr Hoffman. Mr Hoffman's latest release of the freebie for the StarWars Theme Song might have enticed a certain young man to consider trying some piano lessons. He's not sure because what he'd really like to try is drums, & between you & me, I think he'd totally rock at it {no pun intended}.. I'm just not sure if I could handle it. I don't do well with a loud beat, but I'm also all for encouraging my children in their passions. I'm pretty adapt with a variety of ear plugs & I suppose I could just gift some to my neighbors as well, right? Having said all that, the addition of a real piano {goal for 2016} might entice him more then the electric keyboard..
There will be a vast array of other projects happening this year for them too. We have a few household maintenance jobs they'll be learning how to do, cooking is on the books for them to take over a day each week to make meals on their own, & of course a few school related projects that I have up my sleeve this year.
We'll continue with our sweet little Art Club so long as classes are running, & in between we're looking at some fun little art classes on Craftsy. There's a few lovely ones several of us have been eyeing up, but I'll probably let the Drawing Master choose something to help refine his skills.
All in all it should be an awesome school year!


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Continent Eight necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Continent Eight based in Melbourne Australia
We're a cool web development company in Australia and we are rapidly expanding. We love what we do and it all started by saying "how can we help you?"
We believe in great design that puts the user experience first and foremost. We're looking for awesome designers to partner with us and make this journey more exciting and fun. This is our first iPhone app with 99designs and from browsing other projects the talent is definitely top notch! If we like you we will LOVE you and all subsequent design jobs will be coming your way...Seriously.
The target audience is people who like to take photos with their iPhone and have them rated by randoms. Probably looking at 16-40 year olds with an equal distribution of female and males. They'll be looking for something that looks great and is very easy to use.
We have designed the storyboard and functionality. I would like a designer to design 3 to 4 pages in photoshop and provide us with the photoshop files.
In addition to what was stated above,
- Design of an iPhone application
- Based off the example pages make it look awesome. We're looking for great icons and buttons, clear text, nice flow and Apple classy. If you think there are pages missing in the example and use your initiative to create them your chances will increase
- The app is for the experienced photo user. We are sure they would have been influenced by Apple and Facebook. They won't hang around if the app looks unpolished, the user experience must be put first. Again, they'll be looking for something that looks great and is very easy to use.
- The file must be developed in Photoshop so that we can incorporate the design into the entire app
- We already have a team of developers
- The storyboard is provided - this is purely design magic
- Any IP and title will be ours
- Please provide your contact details so we can contact you
- And finally, we have lots of love to give


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birkov needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 65 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
We need a logo for a new community and resources company and website revolving around - you guessed it - ecommerce. Colors, theme, style, etc. are up to you!
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We are positioning this company to target both new and seasoned ecommerce site owners. Prefer a professional (but not too "stuffy") look. Clean and elegant is preferred. Vector format is a huge plus. Â
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One Night Stand Gala
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's One Night Stand Gala celebrated the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts with a performance by Berlin's Max Raabe and Palast Orchester. Dinner, catered by The Duquesne Club, was served on the Benedum Center stage. Classic and contemporary intersected as Raabe performed originals from the 1920s and 1930s mixed with stylized covers of Britney Spears and Tom Jones. Thanks to U.S. Steel, co-chairs John and Becky Surma, and the 600 guests in attendance, a record $700,000 was raised for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Photos by Megan Wylie.Read More
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Origin #1 (Jetlag Cartoons):
At some point, hostilities developed between Denebria and Primus. Flogg's army was more powerful than anything on Primus, and he took advantage of their peaceful nature and launched a campaign to conquer the planet. However, Primus was protected by a planetary shield, kept up by the psychic energies of Primus's Inner Council. The shield was strong enough to stand up to Flogg's firepower, so he began to focus all of his attacks on the shield, eventually causing it to weaken and crack.
It was at this point that the people of Primus send an expedition to the past to find a hero with 'the power of the good and the way of the magic'. The expedition resulted in the arrival of two warriors from the past, He-Man and Skeletor. Just as the two new arrivals came to Primus, Flogg finally broke through the shield, and personally led an assault force down to the planet. Flogg and his Mutants attempted to attack the Primans, but were driven back easily by the newly arrived He-Man and forced to retreat. Flogg returned to the Mothership, but was joined by the other new arrival, Skeletor. Skeletor offered Flogg an alliance, and Flogg accepted, but wanted Skeletor to remember that he was the one in charge. Skeletor accepted Flogg's terms, and bowed before Flogg.
While Flogg was an effective military commander, he lacked Skeletor's intelligence and cunning. Flogg and Skeletor had an uneasy alliance at first, but Flogg soon came to rely on Skeletor's advice, and the two began to work together effectively as the leaders of the Mutants. Skeletor's plans often relied on manipulation, deception and cleverly thought out ideas, where as Flogg usually preferred to rely on the Mutants sheer brute strength. Skeletor's plans were ambitious, and soon Flogg himself wanted nothing less than to be 'King of the Tri Solar Galaxy'.
Due to a complex plan devised by Skeletor, the Mutants did, at one point, conquer and occupy Primus. The plan had Flogg sue for peace with Primus, and offer the Primans gifts in the form of small, adorable Denebrian creatures called Zeps. The Zeps were, in fact, powerful machines through which Skeletor was able to work his dark magic across Primus. The 'Ana-Droids', as they were called, attacked Primus from within, while the Mutant forces attacked from outside - the Primans were taken completely by surprise, and soon, the planet fell into the hands of the Mutants. Flogg and Skeletor landed on the conquered planet and stormed the council chambers in Onnor, capturing Master Sebrian in the process. Flogg was furious to discover that he still could not destroy the shield, as Sebrian had entrusted the key to the shield to He-Man, who had fled to the wilderness.
Flogg set himself up in Sebrian's home, organising the Mutant occupation of the planet. Soon enough, He-Man had formed a resistance against the Mutants, and Flogg and Skeletor's efforts were devoted to destroying it. Eventually, Flogg and Skeletor used the Mothership's new tractor beam to take the entire city of Levitan hostage, and demanded that He-Man surrender himself, or the city would be destroyed. He-Man finally surrendered at Levitan, and was brought before the Mutants in chains, but before Skeletor could execute him, the rebels made their move and attacked, having found the weakness to the Ana-Droids. The Mutants were forced to retreat to the Mothership, and prepared to tow Levitan into space, killing everyone in the city, but, unbeknownst to Flogg, the rebels had also found a way to reverse the tractor beam. Flogg was shocked when the tractor beams particles started reversing, and the bridge exploded around him - severely damaged, the Mothership was then thrown from the planet, and the remaining Mutant forces were driven back by the Primans. Flogg had been defeated.
Flogg then set about expanding his power base. On Skeletor's advice, he sent Crita to the planet Nekron to assist the evil Gleanons, who were at war with the Mytes. The Mutants hoped to make a deal with the Gleanons and gain control of their transium ore mines. The Mutants also began to attack other planets, such as Danzig and Equinos.
Despite his considerable power, Flogg was still restrained by the Galactic Council, and would often warn Skeletor not to cross them.
Some time later, the Mutants and the Galactic Guardians were summoned to take part in 'The Games'. Flogg, determined to defeat the Guardians in the games, travelled to the planet Crelus to enlist the help of the Yolt, the Blacksmith of Crelus. They fooled Yolt into thinking they were a force good, and he agreed to upgrade their weaponry. Flogg himself was one of the first to recieve a weapons upgrade, and had a powerful grappling hook installed into his armour, replacing his need for a laser whip.
The Mutants, however, lost the games. Humiliated, and having grown tired of Skeletor's plans, Flogg was ready to return to Nordor, but found out that He-Man and the Guardians were detained and imprisoned by the organisers of the games. This left the Mutants with a golden opportunity, Primus was undefended. Flogg ordered an all out attack on Primus, also summoning Crita and the Gleanons to assist in his assault. The Mothership and the vast armada gathered by Flogg overwhelmed Primus's defences, but ultimately, He-Man and the Guardians escaped and returned. Flogg was caught off guard, and separated from the Mothership - with the Starship Eternia hovering in front of him, weapons armed, he was forced to surrender.
Flogg had finally lost, and signed a treaty with Master Sebrian, ensuring peace with Primus. This enraged Skeletor, who was furious that Flogg had surrendered. Flogg blamed Skeletor for his defeat, and attempted to shoot his former ally, however, Crita knocked the gun from his hand. Condemning Crita and Skeletor, Flogg gathered his forces and left in the Mothership. The war was over.
Origin #2 (MOTUC Bios):
Before Skeletor passed through the Laser Gate and arrived in the Tri-Solar System, Flogg the Terrible was the commander of the Horde's Denebrian Space mutant goon squad. Directing operations either from his secret hideout in a Gorn Crater or from his camp city of Diobo in the Regula region of Denebria, Flogg launched raiding parties on the neighboring planet of Primus in the name of his Horde commanders. A vain and boastful bully, Flogg's favourite weapon is his laser whip which he calls The Sidewinder. Flogg has a nasty temper and agreed to join Skeletor as his humbled second in command in a secret bid to one day betray him and use Skeletor's power to take command of the Horde Empire for his own!
New Adventures Jetlag Cartoon Appearances:
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New Adventures German Bastei Comic Appearances:
New Adventures World I.P. Annual Book Appearances:
ALLEANZA : Space Mutants
SPECIE : Mutants
LUOGO DI ORIGINE : Planet Of Denebria
SESSO : Male
ARMI : Sidwinder Laser Whip, Grappling Hook


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Drug companies race to battle lung cancer
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Trump slams Mueller as senators work to shield him
FDA restricts e-cig sales to curb teen use
Paradise lost: What's left of a California town
At U.N. climate talks, Trump team plans sideshow on coal
May holds onto her Brexit plan and job - for now
Ford unveils its self-driving operation in Miami
3D masks used to improve facial recognition
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JCache to Miss Java EE 7
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In August 2011 InfoQ reported that JCache was "alive and going to be part of Java EE 7". That prediction was made by Terracotta's Greg Luck, who is one of the three spec-leads for JSR-107 - the JCache API. It was unfortunately not destined to be fulfilled.
Late last week Oracle's Brian Oliver, another JSR-107 spec-lead, announced that "unfortunately we've missed a few of the key delivery dates for JSR-107 to be included in Java EE 7" and, whilst noting that this was ultimately a decision for the JavaEE 7 platform group he added "it's only reasonable to notify everyone that it's now highly unlikely JSR-107 will be included in Java EE 7." Later Linda Demission, who along with Bill Shannon leads the Java EE 7 umbrella spec, confirmed that JCache had been dropped.
This announcement will disappoint many users. In December 2012, the Java EE Expert Group announced the results of their survey which was intended to gather a reading on JSR's the community would like to see included in Java EE 7. JCache was also seen as being very important as expressed with comments like: "JCache should really be that foundational technology on which other specs have no fear to depend on".
Oliver made it clear that "tremendous progress has been made in the past few months", and that "work is going to continue in earnest, and at the same pace."
JSR-107 Expert Group member Ben Cotton told InfoQ that "The decision to delay JSR-107's official inclusion in Java EE is not a barrier to application developers using JCache. JCache provides to the Java Caching community exactly what JDBC provided to the Java RDBMS community, a standard API. In the same way that you can use JDBC independently from the JEE provider, you can use JCache without a JEE provider, by just downloading the jars."
Java EE 7 is still expected to be a major release with a host of new features including WebSockets, JMS 2, JAX-RS 2, JSON-P, Java Batch, EE Concurrency, and many other features. Please visit Reza Rahman's SlideShare presentation for a look at all of the new features.
To keep up with the latest news about the next Java EE release and about JCache, please follow the dialogs at Java EE 7 EG and JCache EG. You are encouraged to provide your feedback.
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Parrott, L. (2000). Helping the Struggling Adolescent , Zondervan/YS. Isbn-13: 978-0-310-23407-4
Platt, D. (2010). Radical. Multnomah Books.
Platt, D. (2013). Follow Me. Tyndale House Publishers.
Powell, Griffin, & Crawford (2011) Sticky Faith. Zondervan.
Rahn, D. & Linhart, T. (2009). Evangelism Remixed. Zondervan.
Robbins, D. (2010). Youth Ministry Nuts & Bolts. Zondervan.
Thomas, Gary (2000), Sacred Marriage. Zondervan Pub. House. ISBN-13: 978-0310227960
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In Edwidge Danticat's fiercely beautiful new novel, "Claire of the Sea Light," a rose comes to life on the edge of the water.
Ville Rose is a fictional seaside town in Haiti, home to 11,000 people some 20 miles outside the country's teeming capital city, Port-au-Prince. Seen from the mountains that rise above it, the town's shape is that of a flower, "like the unfurling petals of a massive tropical rose," Danticat writes.
The main road in Ville Rose is Avenue Pied Rose, or Stem Rose Avenue, and the many alleys are called épines, or thorns, an apt metaphor for the complex relationships among the town's residents. In the end, the town is itself the star and protagonist of "Claire of the Sea Light," the fifth work of fiction from Danticat, the Haitian-born author of "The Dew Breaker" and the memoir "Brother, I'm Dying."
Ville Rose is a place where the more peaceful and less crowded recent past of Haiti lives on and where it collides with that Caribbean country's violent and overcrowded present. There are rich people in Ville Rose, as well as a crime-infested slum called Cité Pendue that is inhabited by gang members called "chimeras," or ghosts. The past lives on in the memories of the town's residents and in the verdant landscape and the many magical and tragic things that happen in the sea and the mountains that rise above the town.
The novel begins with 7-year-old Claire and her fisherman father, Nozias, at a crossroads. Claire's mother died in childbirth and Nozias is raising his daughter alone. He loves Claire but worries that he cannot provide her with a safe and secure future.
"He feared being lost at sea or getting hit by a car," Danticat writes. What's more, the girl is a "revenant," a child "who entered the world just as her mother was leaving it." In Haitian folklore, such children often seek to follow their mothers out of this world, especially if they stay close to the spot of their birth. The only solution is to give Claire away to the local fabric vendor, a woman of means who is also a widow.
"Claire of the Sea Light" begins on the day the fabric vendor consents to take the girl and raise Claire as her own. The novel unfolds as a series of interconnected short stories in which Danticat establishes death and love as a kind of "cosmic design" that's shaped the lives of not just Claire and her father but also of all the residents of Ville Rose.
Soon, we are stepping back in time, 10 years, and meeting more residents of Ville Rose, a town that also featured in Danticat's story collection "Krik? Krak!" With each new chapter, the book excavates another layer of the story of Ville Rose, some elements seemingly disconnected from the others, until Danticat links each one with some deft plotting.
Danticat spins the story of the fabric vendor, Gaelle, who lost her husband in a gang shooting; of the young man Bernard, whose naive ambitions helped trigger that shooting; and of his friend Max Ardin Jr., who is forced into a kind of exile in Miami. Max Ardin Sr. is the well-off director of the school where Claire studies; we meet many of Max Sr.'s lovers, including a woman who runs a talk show on the local radio station.
As Danticat takes us deeper into this world, her command of the physical details of the landscape and the history of Ville Rose grows ever more impressive. Ville Rose is a fictional place, but it's described here with the precision and exhaustive detail of a work of literary nonfiction. There is a lighthouse — built by the grandfather of one of the characters — and beyond that landmark, "the hills turned into a mountain, wild and green, and mostly unexplored because the ferns there bore no fruit. The wood was too wet for charcoal…People called this mountain Mon Intil, or Useless Mountain, because there was little there that they wanted."
The landscape of Ville Rose is as rich and varied as the Macondo of Gabriel García Márquez. Frogs explode during a heat wave, rivers flood and trees disappear. But as the story moves away from the plebeian seaside and up into the hills to take up more middle-class concerns, Danticat gives us a series of melodramatic plot twists involving gunplay and police interrogators, and sex and infidelity.
In the hands of another writer, the events recounted in "Claire of the Sea Light" might quickly devolve into a bad Haitian soap opera. Fortunately, Danticat is a prose stylist with great compassion and insight. And by shifting seamlessly in time and point of view, the sensational turns in her novel quickly lead us back to people who are struggling with concerns that are all too real.
Danticat's characters are caught between the hurt a poor country can inflict on its citizens and the love those citizens feel for their birthplace. "There were too many memories in this town to bind her and make her want to flee at the same time," she writes, describing one woman's attachment to Ville Rose, despite the loss of two people she loved to its violence.
In the end, "Claire of the Sea Light" brims with enchantments and surprises. Among other things, Danticat finds a way, in the book's final pages, to convincingly bring her diverse cast back to the Ville Rose seaside on the same fateful night at which the novel opens.
That final feat of writing brilliance brings "Claire of the Sea Light" to a place few novels reach: an ending that is at once satisfying and full of mystery.
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Edwidge Danticat
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I hate it. I don't like how it looks on me. I forgot the "hang factor" of cotton/cotton blends. This just grows and grows and grows. And I should have added shaping - because man the shape it leaves me in is not flattering!
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Like the project above, the blog will be going through some transistions. I will post finished objects and maybe a quick comment post now and then, but I will be taking a break at any attempt at regular posting. I tell you this so you will know to come by periodically to check on me and not have to be checking and checking wondering what is going on with the no posting. (there are others out there still checking on me right?) Now this does NOT mean I am leaving blogland. I LOVE blogland. Maybe too much - that all my time is spent surfing and commenting and that leaves me spent and no posting. You can always find me on Ravelry ; I am (of course) Flagdayknitter over there. See ya around.


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On the morning of your trip, all guests will meet at the Mountain Adventure Center (yurt located at main parking lot) Starting at 7:30am for registration, 8:15 orientation, then an 8:30 departure Time.
What happens if I cancel? 60 days prior to trip full refund with a $45 dollar service fee. 59 days and less you can reschedule, receive a credit that is good until the end of the next season to reschedule your trip on any available date, or put your balance on a gift card to use for mountain purchases. Please understand our cancellation policy and respect our mutual commitment. We are reserving seats on our snowcats for you and your group, turning away other potential guests on the day of your reservation. Powder Mountain reserves the right to cancel trips due to conditions beyond our control. If that happens you can reschedule based upon availability, receive a credit good until the end of the next season, receive a gift card, or a refund can be issued.
What ability level is required? You should be a comfortable advanced intermediate skier or above and able to ski in control in a variety of conditions. Wide powder skis are recommended. They will make the day more enjoyable and you won't tire as quickly. We have Salomon and DPS powder ski rentals available if you are interested. Our goal is to ensure that each guest has a great time; therefore, there are some ability issues that should be mentioned. In order to make sure that you don't hold up the group, please consider the following before booking the snowcat tour.
All guests should be in good physical condition. Skiing and boarding backcountry powder or springtime corn snow, demands a lot from your body.
No runs will be groomed.
Some of the best skiing is throughout steep, tightly spaced trees.
Plan on skiing lots of powder on every run. If you have never skied powder or shy away from it at your local resort, please do not sign up for this trip. Rather, we recommend you contact Powder Mountain's Snow Sports School for a half-day or full day lesson.
As with any day on the slopes, weather and snow conditions can change unexpectedly
What happens if some are better skiers/boarders are better than others? We ski as one group. This is why when filling out your reservation form you and your parties are honest about your skier ability and indicate accordingly. We will do our best to match each group with common skier ability levels. When there is a difference in abilities within the group, the sweep guide will do their best to find an easier route for those that are challenged. If you are concerned about holding up the group or are concerned that others might hold you up, consider renting the entire cat for your own private party (11 maximum). If you are familiar with the ability of everyone in the group, you won't worry about the pace. We want everyone to have a great time! Powder Mountain reserves the right to ask less proficient guests to sit out some runs if they are consistently holding up the group and impacting the experience for the other customers.
What if the weather is bad on the day of my trip? Unlike helicopter skiing, the snowcat can operate on snowy or cloudy days. It is possible, however, that the guides would make a decision to cancel a trip. Reasons include, but are not limited to, unsafe conditions, inadequate snow coverage or mechanical breakdown. Guests will have until the end of the next season to reschedule there trip on any available date.
What type of vertical can be expected? The average run is about 800 to 1,250 vertical feet.
What is the terrain like? 3,000 + acres of varied terrain are available. Expect moderate and steep pitches with large open bowls, gladded aspens and tight northeast facing evergreen groves.
How much snow do you receive? ?Powder Mountain averages 450 – 500 inches annually or more than 37 feet.
How many will be in the group? We run with a minimum of 5 guests and a maximum of 11.
How many runs per day? 9 to15 runs depending on the group's ability, snow conditions and desire.
Do we need to bring food? We supply the lunch, beverages and snacks. Please advise us if there are special dietary needs. We will accommodate your needs if possible. No alcoholic beverage may be consumed during the expedition.
How should we dress? Please dress for cold weather; however, it is possible that conditions will change throughout the day. Layering clothes is advisable so that extra layers can be removed. Select goggles with double lens and that are anti fog. Remember to pack an extra pair of gloves and sunscreen.
Where do you ski? The snowcat transports guests to 3,000 + acres of backcountry terrain owned by Powder Mountain Resort. Powder Mountain is 55 miles north of Salt Lake International Airport in Eden, Utah.
What is the schedule? On the morning of your trip, all guests will meet at the Mountain Adventure Center (yurt located at main parking lot) Starting at 7:30am for registration, 8:15 orientation, then an 8:30 Departure Time. ?Orientation will provide important safety orientation, which will include information about the weather forecast, avalanche hazard, snowcat safety, how to use of a beacon and backcountry protocol.
What are the age restrictions? No one under 12 years of age will be accepted.


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StrongMail today unveiled its rebrand as StrongView, a name designed to convey the company's ability to provide marketers a stronger view of their customers, a stronger view of how to engage them, and a stronger view of success.
The company has moved aggressively beyond its core enterprise email marketing roots, integrating mobile, social, Web and display into its digital marketing platform.
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Along with the rebranding to StrongView, the company in the past few months has further enhanced and broadened its email marketing and cross-channel marketing solutions to include the following: