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The border crossing from Mauritania to Senegal should be one of the worst borders in West Africa. We had the border crossing Rosso or Diama to choose from and after some reading on the world wide web we decided to go for Diama as it should be calmer then the Rosso border. Our previous border crossings was anything but calm. Me getting hit by cars two times at the border to Morocco. Our passports almost blew away in the strong desert wind crossing the border to Mauritania, a procedure that took us tree hours. Calm was what we were after now.
Finally reaching the border it was not what we expected. There was just no people to be seen. No long lines of folks waiting to cross. After biking the sandy roads in a nature reserve on our way to the border without a single car in sight we had almost started to dream about an easy crossing but didn't dare to hope. Step one was pass control. Since the numerous gendarmerie posts along the way have eaten up all our passport copies we had no copy left to give them which mean we had to wait. They were having lunch. All of them at the same time. We waited for maybe 15 minutes and then someone looked at our passport for 10 seconds and directing us to the next building, the police. No line there either. They took our passport and went into another room for a while and we got them back with stamps declaring we had left the country.
We paddle over the bridge, which is a history in itself. Full of goods people seem to left there because they were declined to take them with them over the border. Everything from piles of fishing nets, new sofas to bags of who knows what. On the other side we had to pay a fee for using the bridge before they let us over. We payed 10 euro and when asking for a recite the guy writing them was praying and no one else of the tree workers knew how to do that. We tried to complain, claiming our recite but they got really angry and said they were nice letting us pay for only one person instead of two since we were on bicycles. That explanation was just bullshit and so is corruption and we don't like to contribute to that. But we already had spent enough time in the burning sun that day and decided not to argue anymore and continue. After convincing them we wouldn't make a big deal out of it they open the gate for us.
Finally over on the Senegal side. It was time to get our Visas. Also really smooth, we didn't pay anything to anyone, there was no line just the two of us and it went super quick. We got photographed, they took our fingerprints (I scared them when I took of my bandage with my hurt finger) and that was it. A guy with civil clothes and headphones in his ear from his phone approached us saying we should take this way, pointing us in one direction. We stated that we are going this way, but thank you anyway. After a discussion we realized he was with the custom services and he wanted to search our panniers. We unpacked almost everything while the man asked what everything was. And I mean everything. "What is this?" "It´s a case for my glasses…" "And this?" "A flashlight…" "This?" "binocular". If we would have had something with us we weren't suppose to have we could just have said it was something else because this guy had no clue. He seemed happy with us showing all our stuff even though he was looking in the binocular more then in our panniers after showing him that. Luckily he didn't figure out how to use it and we got to keep it. All this took us exactly an hour. Way smoother and faster then we expected.
We celebrated by biking to St Louis, checked into a hotel and drank beer.
Per spent the next three days in the bathroom. A great reminder of the meal he shared with the military the day before. Read the post about what lead up to a meal invitation here.


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Many of you have probably heard of or are already using Spelling City for practicing spelling words in your classroom. I used the free version this past year with my first graders and it became a staple in my reading centers. The activities are fun and engaging, and it's extremely easy to sign up and create your weekly lists. Plus, if you link it to your classroom website, you may have better luck getting students to practice their words at home.;)
Have you ever thought about or tried having your students take their weekly spelling test online? With Spelling City, students can take the test at their own pace and have words repeated and read to them in a sentence multiple times. If you have a technology lab, cart or are 1:1, all of your students could take the test at the same time. If you just have access to a few computers or iPads at a time, you could have students take the test in a center or take turns testing.
If you simply can't get your entire class online in one day, you may just have the kids who have a different list from the rest of the class (i.e. modified or challenge) take the test online. That way, you don't have to read off two lists at the same time, which is something I always hated doing!
Here is what the students see when they are taking the spelling test. They can click the "Say It" and "Sentence" buttons as many times as they need to hear the words repeated and read in a sentence.
Once they are done, students can see their score one of two ways. This is the spelling report, which can be printed and send home.
This is an adorable certificate that can be printed and brought home as well.
In an effort to conserve paper, I'm using this form that I made for my fourth graders to fill out so their parents can see how they did.
I personally am looking forward to no more reading off multiple lists, repeating words several times, and the best part of all... NO MORE GRADING 25 tests every Friday!


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The work of Harry Bruce...
MACKAY Show Society will receive only the promised $5 million from the State Government after it was announced there would be no more funding allocated.
IT'S time for councillor Dave Perkins to master those chopstick skills and put on a bamboo hat in preparation for his ratepayer funded trip to China.
YOU can help ground any plans for a 100 per cent fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workforce by signing a petition and becoming part of the campaign against the proposal.
MACKAY'S sparkling Pioneer River and calming mountain views will form part of the redeveloped hospital's treatment plan, as will its private rooms with ensuites.
THERE were a few tired and frustrated faces at Mackay Airport yesterday morning.


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Remember the Michaels grab bags I posted about here? The wreath was pretty, but not really my style. Plus, I need something practical I can use more than once a year. So I gave the wreath new life by turning it into Valentine's Day decor. I started by pulling off all the pieces on the … [Read more...]
Michaels Grab Bag Fun!
Today we went to Michaels and found two huge bins filled with $2 grab bags. They were their regular store bags filled with all sorts of random things, including a ton of Christmas decor. Since the bags were fairly transparent it was easy to see what was in each bag. I figured why not spend a few … [Read more...]
Tutorial: Cardboard Box Turned Fabric Covered Bin
I don't know about you, but I can always use more storage around my house. I had been saving empty baby wipe boxes just for this project. They're the perfect size and super sturdy. For the fabric I used a tablecloth I found on clearance. Anytime I find quality tablecloths or bedsheets for less than … [Read more...]


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The Plain Truth: The External Hard Drive Recovery Options You Have
Before there where computers we had scrap books and photo boxes full of past memories.
Now personal data is put into different drives and folders for information. Like many people your internal hard drive got to big so you started to move information over to your external hard drive. Storing more information on to drive more drive has become a bigger responsibility in the modern day. With all the moving parts and internal mechanisms they are someday going to fail over time.
Even though hard drives have changed over from being spinning drives in your computer to solid state drives this doesn't mean there 100% reliable. Remember nothing lasts forever. External hard drive recovery is a daunting task to say the least. A word of caution if you're not comfortable with taking apart a computer then taking apart an external hard drive to fix should not be done. Here are a few tips that should help you actually help you with hard drive recovery…
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Otty Lake - State of the Lake Report
In 2004 the Otty Lake Association (OLA) and its members began the process of developing a lake management plan (LMP).
A LMP is a long-term action plan that is developed and applied by the lake community to protect the special character of Otty Lake.
The first step in the process was to recruit volunteers from the lake community to form the Otty Lake Management Planning Committee (OLMPC). One of their many tasks was to develop and distribute a survey to identify what the lake community valued about the lake. Once the issues and concerns of property owners and lake users were identified, OLMPC volunteers set to work collecting information and learning about the issues.
Decision makers and property owners need to know the current condition of the watershed before recommendations to protect the lake can be developed. The Otty "State of the Watershed Report provides a summary of what is currently known about the Otty Lake Watershed and how that information relates to the issues that are important to people on the lake. This information will be used to make recommendations about land use policy and stewardship action to ensure the long-term health of Otty Lake.
The Otty Lake Watershed (all of the land that drains into Otty Lake):
- Is one of 14 subwatersheds of the larger Tay River watershed
- Includes 7 small lakes in addition to Otty Lake, and many wetlands
- Contains generally poor agricultural land and is covered primarily in forest
Otty Lake has:
- A rocky shoreline with thin soil cover and steep slopes
- An average depth of 9 m (30 ft) and maximum depth of 27 m (90 ft)
- 5 streams flowing into the lake: 3 seasonal, 2 year-round
- 1 slow outflow (Jebbs Creek): the annual inflow of water is 15.69x106 m3 (55.41x107 ft3) therefore it takes 3 to 4.5 years for all the water in the lake to be flushed out and replaced with new water.
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There are various types and sizes of whole house water filtration systems available to address potential water quality issues experienced in Medway town water or well water. Selecting the ones that address the water quality issues that have been identified and that you are concerned with is the task at hand. Not only is matching the right technology important, but also sizing the system to meet the water usage demands of your home is very important. Additionally, a professionally plumbed system is also critical as well as maintenance of the system throughout the years to optimize the useful life and proper functioning of your new equipment.
While symptoms of water quality issues such as bad odors & taste, staining of laundry, bathroom fixtures, etc. are indicators of problems, the preferred starting point is to get a water test to identify the minerals or contaminants in the water and at what quantity they exist. This will lead to an effective system recommendation and route to providing your home with excellent water quality. While certain minerals & contaminants can be tested on-site (iron, hardness, pH, total dissolved solids, chlorine level), health threat items like radon in water, arsenic in water, nitrates and others should be properly sampled and brought to a certified laboratory for testing that requires specialized equipment.
A water softener is a type of whole house water filtration system that is designed for removing hard water minerals (magnesium & calcium) as well as dissolved iron and manganese from the water. For water with high levels of iron or manganese ("the stainers"), an "up-flow" water softener is recommended to prevent mineral build-up in the bottom of the water softener. Also, high efficiency water softeners that are more efficient with both water and salt usage are preferred. If the main concern is chlorine levels, bad taste & odor, a system which looks similar to a water softener but contains activated carbon media inside will address this problem and improve water throughout the home .
WHOLE HOUSE WATER FILTRATION – Radon & Arsenic in private wells
Other contaminants found in New England well water include Radon and Arsenic. A water softener will not remove these health threat contaminants. Radon in water is safely removed with an aeration system that agitates the incoming well water, releasing the gas from the water in a sealed chamber. This gas is then safely vented to the outside ambient air.
Arsenic in water can be removed at the point of entry into the home by installing tanks filled with arsenic specific resin that captures the arsenic before it can get into the home's water supply. Point of use systems for drinking water can use reverse osmosis technology to effectively remove arsenic as well. Speak to a water treatment professional to decide which system is right for you.
In addition to the above systems described, there are many other types of systems to remove bad tastes & odors, sediment and many other objectionable minerals and contaminants in the water. Starting with a water test will dictate the right approach. For more on bad odors & taste in your water, see the link at https://h2ocare.com/bad-odor-taste-water/.
The most prevalent cause of rotten egg smell in water in this region is hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless gas that can exist naturally in groundwater. Sulfur-reducing bacteria present in groundwater use sulfur as an energy source to chemically change sulfates to hydrogen sulfide. The bacteria use sulfur from decaying plants and other organic matter in oxygen-deficient environments. They can occur in deep or shallow wells, and reside in plumbing systems. Hydrogen sulfide can reveal itself in other ways too. Hot water heaters that have a magnesium rod used for corrosion control can chemically reduce sulfates to hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide also can enter surface water through springs as well. It is most common in shale and sandstone. The occurrence of hydrogen sulfide gas has been associated with groundwater with low pH and/or groundwater with high levels of iron and/or manganese (typical water quality issues in New England). Hydrogen sulfide has a pungent smell at low concentrations and most people can detect concentrations above 0.03 ppm. There is no Maximum Contaminant Level established by the United States EPA. While there are a number of technologies available to remove the rotten egg smell in your water, it cannot be viewed in a vacuum. A water test to determine pH level, iron & manganese levels, as well as other contaminants present in the water must be evaluated for an effective, comprehensive solution to this issue.


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Congratulations Miss Trayers at NotJustChild'sPlay!
Also, here is something fun that I grabbed from Pinterest. Dr. Seuss is one of my all time favorites! I love what is at the bottom:
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Hi Michelle! I got to your blog through the Fascination Awards. I love Dr. Seuss too! I'm thinking of doing a Dr. Seuss Center this year when I return to kindergarten. Over the years, my friends have given me puzzles, puppets, and lots of Dr. Seuss books. I can hardly wait!
If you have a second, I would love it if you could stop by my blog for a visit. I have many freebies! And comments make my days happy! :)
Oh, and I'm your newest follower!
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Jill Ciment: Act of God
Wednesday March 18, 2015
07:00 pm
|Photo Credit: Arnold Mesches
Acclaimed author Jill Ciment read from and discussed her new novel, Act of God.
About Act of God
Jill Ciment's books have been hailed as "stunning," "powerful," and "provocative." Alice Sebold has called her works "beautifully written." Now the author of Heroic Measures ("Smart and funny and completely surprising . . . I loved every page." —Ann Patchett; "Brave, generous, nearly perfect." —Los Angeles Times) has given us a contemporary noir novel that starts out a comedy of errors and turns darker at every hairpin turn.
It's the summer of 2015, Brooklyn. The city is sweltering from another record-breaking heat wave, this one accompanied by biblical rains. Edith, a recently retired legal librarian, and her identical twin sister, Kat, a feckless romantic who's mistaken her own eccentricity for originality, discover something ominous in their hall closet: it seems to be phosphorescent, it's a mushroom . . . and it's sprouting from their wall.
Upstairs, their landlady, Vida Cebu, a Shakespearian actress far more famous for her TV commercials for Ziberax (the first female sexual enhancement pill) than for her stage work, discovers that a petite Russian girl, a runaway au pair, has been secretly living in her guest room closet. When the police arrest the intruder, they find a second mushroom, also glowing, under the intruder's bedding. Soon the HAZMAT squad arrives, and the four women are forced to evacuate the contaminated row house with only the clothes on their backs.
As the mold infestation spreads from row house to high-rise, and frightened, bewildered New Yorkers wait out this plague (is it an act of God?) on their city and property, the four women become caught up in a centrifugal nightmare.
Part horror story, part screwball comedy, Jill Ciment's brilliant suspense novel looks at what happens when our lives—so seemingly set and ordered yet so precariously balanced—break down in the wake of calamity. It is, as well, a novel about love (familial and profound) and how it can appear from the most unlikely circumstances.
Jill Ciment was born in Montreal, Canada. She is the author of Small Claims, a collection of short stories and novellas; the novels The Law of Falling Bodies, Teeth of the Dog, The Tattoo Artist, and Heroic Measures; and a memoir, Half a Life. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, among them a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, two New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, and a Guggenheim fellowship. Ciment is a professor at the University of Florida. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, and Brooklyn, New York.


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Chelsea have been here before, selling high-value squad members and coming away from the deal looking better off.
Romelu Lukaku should be no different from Juan Mata and Kevin De Bruyne. We know where Jose Mourinho stands with the Belgian forward. If the Chelsea manager was telling us one thing publically, Lukaku was confirming that there was no inconsistency with what the Portuguese was actually thinking: he wants to move on the current Everton loanee.
It's being reported that Chelsea will offer Atletico Madrid the option of Lukaku in an attempt to sweeten their bid for Diego Costa. In fairness to Chelsea and, as good as Lukaku has looked over these past two seasons, Atletico would be better off taking the £32 million rather than reducing that fee and taking Lukaku as a makeweight.
It's highly unlikely Chelsea would offer the Belgian as well as pay Costa's buyout clause in full.
But it's no loss for Chelsea. The club spent £18million on Lukaku in 2011 and will at least get that money back, possibly from a rival Premier League club. That means they break even on a player they never really used, nor, likely, had any intention of using. Anything above that figure and Chelsea have completed another shrewd piece of business. They'd be hoping Uefa are watching, I'm sure.
There is, of course, an argument to say Chelsea would be that much stronger if they retained Lukaku next season to play backup to Costa. It's not set in stone that all three of Chelsea's current strikers will be sold, and regardless of how underwhelming they've all been throughout this past campaign, any of them staying on as a third choice would further fuel the club's drive towards the Premier League title.
It's just incredibly difficult to see that scenario playing out. There doesn't appear to be a working relationship between Mourinho and Lukaku, and it's unlikely they'll develop one over the next few months. Stamford Bridge has been soured for the Belgian due to the assumption he'd get very little playing time.
He's clearly ambitious in the way he speaks and prepares ahead of games. Sitting on the bench for prolonged spells doesn't suit him. Internationally, there's a lot to contest with considering the attacking options in the Belgium squad.
Chelsea have a lot backing up their advertisement of Lukaku this summer – provided it comes to that. Most hold the opinion that the 21-year-old is good enough to be a central figure in a title race and at the very least an effective forward in top European competition. Lukaku is the perfect blend of what most clubs are looking for in the Premier League, which makes it all the more odd that Chelsea, and Mourinho specifically, see no future with the player.
If Chelsea get their money back on Lukaku – and all signs indicate that they will – it will make up for much of the fee spent on Costa, and let's not forget that Chelsea will then need at least one more forward to fill out the squad.
They're losing a potentially world-class player, but they're gaining one too. And on the financial front, the sale of Lukaku plays to the same tune of the last two major sales at Stamford Bridge.
Bottom line: excellent business.


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Samsung made official their Series 5 Ultrabooks – that's right Ultrabooks, not Chromebooks – in South Korea. While not the thinnest or lightest, they pack some mouth-watering specs.
The Series 5 Ultrabooks come in two sizes, 13″ and 14″, but the difference between them is more than just an inch.
The 14″ model has a body carved out of aluminum that is 20.9mm thick and weighs in at 1.8kg. The screen has 1366×768 pixels resolution and anti-reflective coating (hooray!).
The internals are pretty impressive – an Intel Core i5 CPU (no info on the model, unfortunately), up to 8GB of RAM, AMD HD7550M GPU, 1TB HDD, 16GB SSD for Samsung's ExpressCache technology and an optical drive. The 14″ model also features an assortment of ports – USB (no idea whether its 2.0 or 3.0), Ethernet, VGA and HDMI.
The 13″ model has a screen with the same resolution and coating, but drops the dedicated GPU (relying instead on the CPU-hosted Intel GPU) and optical drive to reduce its overall dimensions to 14.9mm thickness and 1.4kg of weight.
You still get a Core i5 CPU and up to 8GB of RAM. The hard drive is 500GB big, but it's still paired with a 16GB SSD for ExpressCache. The 13″ model has the same USB, Ethernet, VGA and HDMI ports.
ExpressCache was introduced in the Series 7 laptops and uses the SSD to speed up the performance of the hard drive – waking from hibernation takes just 7 seconds with this technology. Another technology, FastStart, wakes the ultrabook from sleep in 2 seconds.
The Series 5 Ultrabooks will be available in South Korea by the end of the this year for $1300 for the 13″ model and $1170-$1340 (depending on configuration). There's no info right now if (and when) the two will be available outside of Korea.


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Yes, you read that right: MAGICAL Cheesy Kale Bites. These little pieces of heavenly goodness are so so delicious. We've got a whole bunch of kale growing right now. It's my favorite veggie… and now that it's in chip form…. it's my favorite chip (well, I don't know if anything can really beat salt and pepper potato chips dipped in pepperoncini cheese dip, OHMAGAH). Even though these tasty morsels are considered chips, I'm calling them bites. There's just too much awesome happening there for it to be just a 'chip'.
So, you're probably tired of my babbling and want to get onto making this snack. Fine. Here you are:
Cheesy Kale Bites
Recipe found here on The Delicious Revolution.
– 1 large bunch of Kale
– 1 cup of raw cashews, soaked for 2 hours
– 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
– 3 or 4 Tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice
– 1 teaspoon of honey
– 2 Tablespoons of nutritional yeast (the 'cheesy' part of this recipe)
– 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
– 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
– 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste (I used himalayan sea salt)
– Wash and completely dry your kale. I recommend washing the kale early, and let them sit on a paper towel in a bowl for a couple hours in the fridge (if you have a salad spinner, use that instead). Remove the thick stems, then tear up the kale into smaller bite sized pieces.
– Cover your cashews in a bowl of water and let sit for 2 hours.
– When the 2 hours are up, place all remaining ingredients + cashews into a food processor and blend until smooth. This is your cheesy blend!
– In a large bowl, use your hands to get in there and mix together the kale and cheesy blend.
– Place the cheesy kale on your dehydrator trays and dehydrate overnight, or until completely crispy. I had a few 'thicker' kale bites that needed about 3 hours longer than my first round. NOTE: I have heard of people using an oven to make these, instead of a dehydrator, but I've never tried.
– I'm not sure how long these bites keep…. since we ate them too fast. I recommend eating them within the week. TIP: To keep moisture out of your chips during storage, store them with a bit of rice. I made little fabric pouches, filled with rice, for each jar I traded at my most recent canning club meeting.
I put these rice pouches and the yummy kale into some jars and added a special label. Ready to go! If you'd like these labels for any upcoming canning projects, check out the links below to get your own free labels! Click on the size you want, right-click + save, cut out and place under canning lid ring. Done.
– Chelsey
P.S. I use affiliate links.
Tags: bites, chips, dehydrate, dehydrator, kale, nacho kale chips, recipe, snacks


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What if he tried to blow up the plane at the beginning of the flight?He's responding, of course, to the new rule that will prevent people from standing or going to the toilet or having anything in their lap during the last hour of a flight. The rule is a response to the alleged effort to blow up a plane from Amsterdam as it neared Detroit.
Look, we're doing this backwards. We invest our energy, resources, and ingenuity in preventing what already occurred, or failed, rather than stopping the next thing.
- 1993: A car bomb in the underground garage at the World Trade Center. We beef up security in underground garages.
- September 2001: Some 19 men use box cutters to seize control of airplanes and fly them into the World Trade Center, the Penatagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. Underground garage security didn't help. We make it harder to take box cutters on airplanes.
- December 2001: Richard Reid tries to blow up airplane with explosives in his shoes. We begin searching shoes for explosives.
- December 2009: Farouk Abdul Mutallab allegedly tries to blow up airplane with explosive sewn into his underwear. To do this, he stands up near end of flight. We prepare to search underwear and force people to sit near end of flights.
The suicide terrorists, whether they're part of a network or just random crazies, work forward. They abandon what didn't work before and come up with a new plan. That's the whole point - they keep us on edge because we don't know what will happen next.
The TSA security gurus, on the other hand, work backward. They look at what didn't work before and devise systems to ensure that it won't work next time, either. The result inconveniences and annoys. It doesn't make us safer.
I've written before of the man who asked me, after a talk I'd given questioning the wisdom of racial profiling and of TSA confiscating nail clippers as a means of preventing terrorism, what I would suggest instead that would make him feel safer on airplanes. I said (more politely than this, I hope) that as a lawyer rather than a psychiatrist there was probably nothing I could offer for his mental health, but that the issue wasn't about feeling safer but about actually being safer. The distinction isn't subtle, but accepting it may be.
Each time someone whispers "terrorist," we cede a little more. Nail clippers and tweezers, shoes, belts, water bottles (the dangers of Aquafina cannot be overstated), pillows f'rgodssake. As Scott Greenfield notes, next they'll make us fly naked.
Scott sees this as silly. We'll all fly (naked) with our eyes closed so that we needn't look at the ugliness of our fellow passengers. Actually, it may be brilliant. If we have to fly naked, far fewer people will fly. With no passengers, we can be sure that the only passengers will be terrorists. We can then refuse to let them on the planes. With no one to fly, the planes will be grounded. AND THEN THEY CAN'T BE BLOWN UP IN THE AIR!
Oh, sure, it'll kill the airline industry. But that's a small price to pay for preserving freedom. And for protecting us against something we're far less likely to experience being attempted (unsuccessfully, by the way) than we are to be struck by lightening.
Anyway, it'll be great for developing the teleportation industry.
Beam me up, Scotty.


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During the 2014 Burn, the large majority of attendees identified as White. Burners who identified as non-white mostly identified as Hispanic, Asian, and/or Other (in descending order, including respondents who selected more than one race).
Over the past three years, participation among whites has fallen slightly and participation among non-whites has shown a corresponding slight increase. Levels of non-white participation in 2014, however, fell short of 2012 rates.
Though non-white selections comprised 20.3% of total 2014 responses, 7.7% of participants considered themselves people of color and an additional 8.0% considered themselves people of color sometimes. This indicates that burners identifying as people of color or people of color sometimes identified as multiple non-white races and/or burners identifying as a minority race did not consider themselves people of color.
Comparing BRC's ethnoracial makeup to that of large US metropolitan areas[1], Black Rock City has a much larger white only population. Only the Boston urban area comes close to BRC's 81.1% with 77% of Boston metropolitan residents identifying as white alone. BRC's black population in 2014 was significantly lower than any major US metropolitan area (San Francisco, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, and Boston). Even though most burners live in California, BRC has a larger proportion of white only residents and a much lower proportion of black residents than the state as a whole.
[1] All information was taken from the American FactFinder (retrieved from: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml)
By Rebecca Mason
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Republicans dug in deeper against adding tax revenues to any deficit reduction package Monday, suggesting that just voting for a debt ceiling increase qualifies as "shared sacrifice" and even taunting President Barack Obama by saying that if he feels compelled to pay more taxes, "he can write a check anytime he wants."
That last remark came from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who has pushed past Speaker John Boehner as the public spokesman for the House GOP in recent days while also reasserting himself in negotiating sessions on the debt issue at the White House.
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Cantor said it was "laughable" to suggest that Republicans aren't prepared to deal with the nation's deficit and insisted the real distinction is: "We don't want to go and raise taxes on people in a tough economy. That is what it comes down to right now. The president and his party do."
The tone was more polite at an afternoon White House negotiating session, where Cantor used color-coded charts to present his vision of how to get almost all the way to $2.4 trillion in 10-year savings without added taxes. But that's still far less than what Obama is seeking, and Cantor didn't hide the fact — yellow marked caution — that he was pushing the envelope beyond what spending cuts had been agreed to in prior talks with Democrats and Vice President Joe Biden.
Talks are to resume Tuesday, and Obama said he will keep calling congressional leaders back each day until an answer is found. But the president's frustration was apparent: "I do not see a path to a deal if they don't budge, period," Obama said at a morning press conference. And he risks seeing the whole process unravel as allies like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid show increasing impatience with the GOP's stand.
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BSkyB CEO Jeremy Darroch on Thursday discussed the U.K. pay TV giant's relationship with HBO and competition from Netflix.
A day after HBO announced it would launch a stand-alone online service, an analyst on the company's earnings conference call asked about the relationship between the firms, which have collaborated on showcasing HBO content on the Sky Atlantic network in Britain.
"We extended our relationship with HBO just this year, by the way also including things like a co-production," Darroch said before addressing how Sky Italy and Sky Deutschland, which BSkyB is set to acquire next month, are set up. "My understanding is that it is pretty similar for Germany and Italy. It gives us exclusivity across the territory."
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Meanwhile, CFO Andrew Griffith said BSkyB was pleased with acceptances for the firm's offer to Sky Deutschland minority shareholders so far and expects to end up getting a high level of acceptances. The proposed deal was accepted by majority shareholder 21st Century Fox for a small premium to Sky Deutschland's stock price, with BSkyB saying it would also simply be happy to take over Fox's 57 percent stake.
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He didn't share BSkyB's plans for next year's auction for the English Premier League soccer TV rights, which is expected to once again see telecom giant BT bid against BSkyB.
Read more 21st Century Fox, BSkyB Make Further Investments in Roku
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Monday, October 10, 2016
Duluth, 2016
26 comments:
- Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...
We stayed in Duluth for a week or so on an RV adventure ... hadn't meant to stay that long, were surprised to find as much of interest as we did (this often happened when we traveled that way,.... one of the joys of traveling with no particular goal in mind and no timeline.). The sparkling water looks good ))
- October 10, 2016 at 12:41 PM
- Poetic Shutterbug said...
I really enjoyed the diversity and beauty in all of your shots. I have never been there so this was very interesting and seems like a spot I would enjoy. Thank you for sharing.
- October 10, 2016 at 4:21 PM
- carol l mckenna said...
Beautiful place and gorgeous photos ~ sounds like a great time ~ thanks.
Wishing you a special week ~ ^_^
- October 10, 2016 at 4:40 PM
- DJan said...
Magnificent shots, as usual. I especially love that translucent mushroom. :-)
- October 10, 2016 at 5:43 PM
- likeschocolate said...
So perfectly captured. Lovely!
- October 10, 2016 at 8:08 PM
- Lady Fi said...
A wonderful series of shots.
- October 11, 2016 at 1:26 AM
- baili said...
Duluth is really worth visiting. Your hubby must be very energetic person.
Loved the beauty of this place revealed through your lenses
- October 11, 2016 at 3:42 AM
- Carol @Comfort Spring Station said...
I've never been to Minnesota but it looks beautiful.
- October 11, 2016 at 5:02 AM
- theartofpuro said...
So beautiful :)
- October 11, 2016 at 10:57 AM
- Findlay Wilde said...
That looks like a great place to visit one day.
- October 11, 2016 at 12:23 PM
- Fun60 said...
What an interesting place. The sparkling waters would be my favourite part.
- October 11, 2016 at 1:53 PM
- Ruth Rieckehoff said...
Well, at least your husband is able to skate in a pretty place. In that way, you can walk around and do your own thing ;0)
- October 11, 2016 at 8:11 PM
- Breathtaking said...
A great series of shots. I have only visited Washington in the USA, but this looks like a great place to visit.:)
- October 12, 2016 at 4:21 AM
- Mandy 'n' Justin said...
I love the fisheye look of the high school! Hilarious! And it looks fun! Also, I had no idea those piles of rocks were called cairns. Thanks for the insight! Looks like you had a great time in Minnesota! :)
- October 12, 2016 at 10:49 AM
- Van B. said...
Canal park seems so lovely - I love the light house!
- October 12, 2016 at 11:49 AM
- Lauren on Location said...
Looks like a really lovely place to visit! And so cool that your husband has been participating in the marathon all those years! What a tradition to have :D
- October 13, 2016 at 2:29 PM
- eileeninmd said...
Hello, lovely images from your visit. I love the first lighthouse photo. Thank you for linking up and sharing you post! Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!
- October 15, 2016 at 9:07 AM
- DUTA said...
Kudos to your husband for his participation in the Marathon, and Kudos to you for your excellent photos!
I also like to look both up and down; at the sky, trees, and architecture, and at the waters, pebbles, and flowers.
- October 15, 2016 at 10:35 AM
- Powell River Books said...
They sure don't build high schools like that anymore. - Margy
- October 15, 2016 at 12:37 PM
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
Beautiful photos! I've never been there but it looks like a pretty place to visit! Hugs!
- October 15, 2016 at 4:05 PM
- Anni said...
LOVE the 'fish-eye' image of the tower!!
Thanks so much for joining in with us birders this weekend at I'd Rather B Birdin'....it's always a pleasure.
- October 16, 2016 at 8:31 AM
- Jeanne said...
Love Duluth area and hoping to come visit that part of the world next spring
- October 16, 2016 at 1:47 PM
- Stewart M said...
Ah, local gin! What a treat!
Nice post.
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
- October 17, 2016 at 1:58 AM
- Mona lisa said...
Excellent place and beautiful photographs ~ sounds like an incredible time..I particularly cherish that translucent mushroom...thanks for share...
- October 17, 2016 at 4:03 AM
Beautiful details of this area. Have been in Minnesota once, when it was 30 below! It's neat you take the trip each year! Many thanks for sharing your experience with ALL SEASONS!
Hope you have a photo of your hubby skating:) In Holland, my country of origin, ice skating is as important as soccer!
- October 17, 2016 at 2:20 PM
- NC Sue said...
Beautiful shots.
Thankyou for linking up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/10/springtime-memories.html
- October 21, 2016 at 7:46 AM


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My 16 year old, bipolar son verbally abuses me. I am having difficulty communicating with him because he will not listen to what I have to say. He name calls, uses profanity towards me and will physically push or grab me if I try to give consequences(ie. take his computer away). He is vindictive and threatens me. I have even called the police. I don't know the best way to handle this. He doesn't see his behavior! We have been in therapy for years and he is on Depakote. He is also in a substance abuse program. Please help!
Thank you,
Hi Caryn
Its difficulty for me to know exactly whats happening, but it is possible that your child is not stable. Are these behaviors bound to a mood state? Many children only behave aggressively when they are manic? DO you understand the signs and symptoms of his mania and depression? Is he able to identify his mood states? Is he actively using? All these issues seem relevant.It seems like you also may need to work with your therapist to have a clear safety plan. It is never okay to feel threatened or to put up with that kind of behavior, and if necessary you need to look to the outside for help when it becomes dangerous.
Good Luck
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These sad little air plant corpses are the latest victims in the long line of casualties that has made up my horticultural career. The time has come to admit to myself (and to all of you), that I, Jennifer Hunter, am a plant killer.
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When college student Tree (Jessica Rothe) is woken up by the sound of her cell phone ringing, she's surprised to find herself in a strange dorm room, greeted by a young man named Carter (Israel Broussard). She makes her way home in her party clothing, where her roommate advises her to switch to water next time and reminds her not to be late for her own birthday party.
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Instead my eyes were gritty when I woke up. And I feel groggy as I write this blog.
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The long-term threat of debt
Interesting FT column by Satyajit Das.
Two important factoids:
- By 2008, $4-5 of US debt is required to create $1 of GDP growth; and
- China now needs $6-8 of credit to do the same.
There was a time for both countries (US in 1950s and China at end of Cold War) where $1-2 of debt would do.
Then an almost Marxian critique:
Debt became a mechanism for hiding disparities in the wealth distribution within many societies. Increased credit availabiliby allowed lower income groups to borrow and spend, encouraging housing booms, in order to deal with the underlying problem of stagnant real incomes.
A bit skewed in its causality. Credit has always been the mainstay of growth in a capitalist society. Reducing its function to "hiding disparities" is a very narrow view.
The stagnant real incomes problem is hardly universal in this current era of globalization. It is felt primarily in the West, where jobs easily cordoned off from global competition now suffer it greatly. This is the "cost" of letting so much of the world into the global party called globalization. We can decry this, but the cost of our privilieged standard of living in the past was the vast exploitation/disconnection of much of the world, or the have/have-not divide that Europe begat in its previous extension of colonial-globalization.
Is it worth to me to live in a far more just world to suffer this income stagnation?
As a Christian who believes I'm not just here to hoard and tell others to go f#$K themselves, yes, it is worth it.
Did we get addicted to cheap debt in the vast transaction strategy we ran with the world so as to spread the international liberal trade order already deeply embedded in these United States (this multinational economic union)?
We sure did.
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18th Jun 2010, 08:22
I own RX330 2004, current mileage 60,000. Took care to dealership because car did not pass state inspection due to catalyst system and evaporative control system were not ready. Dealer cannot find out the problem. Did anyone have the same experience?
18th Jul 2010, 19:56
I have been having an issue for 3+ years on my 2004 AWD RX330. I've had it since new.
At speeds over 55 MPH the vehicle has shaken violently and the brake pedal gets hard. It feels like the front left wheel is going flat while driving at highway speed. I have to pull over on the highway to make it stop.
Lexus dealership never finds a problem. I did all their recommended suggestions: wheel alignment, new tires and cut the rotors. I recently replaced the brakes and rotors which helped a bit, but the steering is still shaky and highway speeds.
Oh and at 60000 I've also been having these tranny issues as well. At times it feels like the car doesn't want to move!
20th Nov 2010, 11:38
I own a 2004 RX330. The tranny failed today, no speed more than 40 MPH and no reverse. The car has 70000 miles, no trans oil change as recommended by manual.
Are a new tranny or refurbishing it the only options..?
10th Mar 2011, 15:27
I own a 2004 RX330, and the past few weeks when my car is cold, it squeals loudly for about 15 seconds when driving down the road. I have noticed the steering is harder to steer; almost like I'm steering a go-cart or no power steering. Have checked the power steering fluid and it's fine. After reading some of the other comments, I am afraid to find out what could be the cause. Any suggestions?
9th Sep 2011, 20:13
Have a 2004 RX300, 94K miles. Had it for 5 years now, and over the past couple weeks the transmission has really begun to slip. In the past it was tolerable, but now it's really noticeable. Took it in today, and Lexus said there is fluid in the transmission, and recommended a new transmission at a cost of $5600. Selling/trading it in as soon as I can. My other car, a 1998 Toyota 4-Runner, has 170K miles and runs like a champ.
12th Oct 2011, 02:44
Oct 11, 2011.
Wow, have we been lucky. Bought our RX330 with 10,000 miles on it. Have had no problems with the transmission.
Came with Michelins that lasted until 60,000 miles. Bought the same tires for replacements at Costco, and will be replacing them again with the same tire next week after I take my car in for its 120,000 mile service.
One problem we did have that someone mentioned, is that the right rear small triangle window molding blew off.
We plan to keep it until 180,000 miles, unless the transmission troubles you all mention pop up.
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2nd Sep 2012, 18:02
I have the same problem. Did you ever find out where the whining sounds come from? I'm assuming something related to the transmission?
14th Jan 2014, 09:29
I've proud owner of a 2004 RX330, and currently have 275,000 miles on it. I've experienced all of your issues and managed to fix them myself.
Vibration & shake on the road at more than 50 mph - if you change the brake & rotor and that helps a bit, then have someone check the wheel bearing; it makes a terrible loud noise in excess of 40 mph.
Squealing at cold temperatures - this happens and is normal when the temperature drops below freezing. The solution is change the steering fluid to a synthetic version (Mobil 1 transmission fluid will work). This helps a lot, and it only squeals at start up when the temperature is below 20 degrees, and only lasts a few seconds.
Slippage transmission - had the issue at about 70,000 miles, and have since added nearly 180,000 more already. The first models, almost 90% will experience this issue where the tranny feels like a stop and go. I don't think you can resolve this issue without a new tranny (a bit of an expensive solution). I would suggest a simple fix by changing the transmission fluid - make sure it's synthetic, and I've found a fuel filter replacement to help a bit.
Yes, at some point, some of you will have a power steering line break due to rust. You will notice this by hard steering and loss of power steering fluid. If no loss of fluid, just change it to synthetic fluid, which will solve your problem. If you need a new line, just go to the dealer, it's $110.00, and with a little jack and some mechanical experience, you can do this yourself and save $950 (dealer quote) to replace the line.
Hope this helps everyone. Ron.
8th Feb 2014, 18:50
Possible causes: low pressure from P/S pump, P/S gear failure, P/S system restriction, worn out/stretched P/S belt.
17th Jun 2015, 21:18
It happened to mine too, a Lexus RX 330 2004. Got a slip in gear when shifting 2nd-3rd.
2nd Sep 2015, 06:09
How did you fix this problem? Please share as I have the issue.
4th Oct 2015, 15:29
Hi, I have a 2004 RX 330. It has a bad vibration at about 25mph, and after that a low hum. I had someone tell me it's my front section of my drive shaft, the u-joints are bad, and the drive shaft has 3 sections, each attached by 2 support bearings; is this common, or is it the bearings? The u-joints don't seem loose to me.
22nd Nov 2017, 06:07
Awesome review! My '04 has just hit 161K with minimal issues (knock on wood). I hope it lives a long life like yours!!


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I finally got my act together and made some paper stars (and then two weeks later I finally got my act together to write a blog post about it). I first posted about my desire to make these lovely stars in December. For Christmas, I received kite paper (a waxy-stiffer kind of tissue paper) from not one but two different people (thanks!)– so I've got lots and lots of paper to make stars with. But after making the stars, it's pretty clear to me that you could just as easily use tissue paper for these stars.
The most important thing is color. White tissue paper wouldn't give you the effect that you're looking for. It would be a fair amount of work for not a lot of wow. And I think in craft projects like this you want the ratio of work to wow to be even if not more wow than work.
These stars are lovely when the sun is streaming through. The colors bleed and overlap. I especially like the rainbow start for the bleeding-overlapping-kaleidoscope effect. I also like the fact that these are easy to make and very satisfying. I haven't gotten to see much of the sun streaming through because I've been getting up before the sun and coming home in the dark but I am sure that during the day when I am at work and they're here in my apartment they are lovely.
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