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June 2, 2016
Keep the change: use Git with Unity
All of us, at some point in life, experience the grief of loosing work that is done. If it didn't happen to you, you're in the lucky few! But trust me, it's one of the worst experiences for a programmer. There are many ways you can protect your work with Unity, and I've tried a lot: the Asset Server, Dropbox, manual backups, you name it. Out of all, Git is the one to rule them all. It's extremely easy to use, MonoDevelop integrates with it wonderfully, and you can safely save all your code and your binary files! Here are the steps and the tools we use to keep our work safe and versioned with Git and Unity. I'm going to show you how to use BitBucket, so the first thing you need to do is to create an account there. Follow their instructions to do so. Then, download their very own SourceTree app, which is a very simple, lightweight and convenient IDE for Git. Follow their instructions to download the app and log into your account. Let's start by creating the Git repository. On the SourceTree app select "+New Repository" and then select "Create Local Repository" Choose a destination path of your liking, and a name for the repository. Make sure Git is selected on Type, and the "Also create remote repository" is checked: After that, you'll get the remove repository creation window. Again, make sure the Type is Git and the "This is a private repository" check needs to be checked. Otherwise your code will be public! You should end up with this: Now it's time to jump to Unity: let's start with an empty project. Make sure you select the folder for your local repository in Unity's new project window: Once your Unity empty project is created, you'll notice on SourceTree there's a number in black next to the "master" text on your repository's row. That means SourceTree detected new files and it's letting you know you are "ahead" the master branch. That means: you have changes that are not yet uploaded to BitBucket. Go ahead and double click the "MyFirstGit" row on SourceTree. You will get something like this: At this point we will be saving absolutely everything to Git, but there are plenty of files we don't need saved, such as temporary files. For that, Git offers what is known as a .gitignore file, which is basically a file in which we specify the files and folders we want to ignore. To access it, go to Repository menu -> Then Repository Settings -> Advanced Tab and you'll see a Repository-specific ignore list, and an Edit button. Click that button and type the following:
Save and close the file, hit "Ok". We now need to add our remote repository to this SourceTree local one. Go again to Repository Settings, but this time to the Remotes tab. Click the "Add" button and then click the world button to the right of "URL / path" textfield. You'll be presented with a list of repositories you have. Select the one you created before. In our case, "MyFirstGit". Enter a name as you wish. You can put "MyFirstGit" as well. Then hit ok to accept that remote repository, and ok again to close the repository settings window. And now we are ready to upload our stuff to BitBucket. On the repository's main window, there's a checkbox "Unstaged files", click on it and it will move all of our files to the "Staged" window:
# Unity [Tt]emp/ [Oo]bj/ [Bb]uild /[Ll]ibrary/ sysinfo.txt *.stackdump
# Monodevelop or VS [Ee]xported[Oo]bj/ .vs/ /*.userprefs /*.csproj /*.pidb /*.suo /*.sln* /*.user /*.unityproj /*.booproj
# Windows or MAC .DS_Store* ._* .Spotlight-V100 .Trashes Icon? ehthumbs.db [Tt]humbs.db [Dd]esktop.ini
Now, click the "Commit" button on the top left and you'll focus on a text area for you to type a commit message. You should type something meaningful about what you are uploading there, as it is what you'll see on the commit on BitBucket and on each affected file in the file list. For our case, you can type "Initial commit" which will suffice. In Git, you first Commit the files you want, and whenever you are ready, you Push them to your repository. Files are not uploaded until you Push them, so don't forget to actually Push. To avoid that mistake, check the "Push changes immediately to MyFirstGit/master", so you avoid the step of pushing. Then hit "Commit". That's it. Once the Commit and Push process is done, all your files are uploaded into BitBucket. Now, the process is the same for every change you make:
- You work on some feature
- Then you go to SourceTree and open your repository
- Stage your files
- Enter the commit message
- Commit and Push your files
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text: This daas wrote the following about 6 years ago, on April 6, 2004.Yesterday I went to get my pathetic car repaired and while waiting there, I started talking to a Pakistani young fellow. He asked me some questions about Sikhi to quench his curiosity and I asked him questions on Islam.He had "Jhulay Lal" written on his car screen and seeing it I asked him, "what is that written on the screen of your car?""Oh that! It says jhulay lal", replied he."What is jhulay lal?""Jhulay Lal was our bazurg i.e. a Sufi Saint we believe in. You must have heard of the famous song – Dama Dam Mast Kalandar. Ali da pehla Number"."I heard this one in my early years. I think it was sung by Runa Laila"."Yes you are right that it was sung by Runa Laila. Instead of 'Ali da pehla number', the original song was 'Sakhi Shahbaaz Kalandar'. They have changed it now", he complained.When I heard him say "Sakhi Shahbaaz Kalandar", I remembered that during the time of Siri Guru Arjun Dev jee, Sakhi Sarvars were very prominent in the Amritsar area and thousands of Hindus had converted to Islam, via the Sakhi Sarvar sect of Islam. Siri Guru Arjun Dev jee laid the foundation of Siri Taran Taran Sahib just to combat the Sakhi Sarvars, who were growing very rapidly. After the establishment of Siri Taran Taran Sahib, the Sakhi Sarvar sect got eradicated from Amritsar and Lahore area. Guru Sahib did massive parchaar in that area.It is so true that if it had not been for our Guru Sahibaan, the whole of Punjab would have been Muslim.I asked him about the Sakhi Sarvar sect and he replied that Sakhi Sarvar and Sakhi Shahbaaz Kalandar are two different sects but are very similar. I asked him what Sakhi meant. He replied that Sakhi means such person from whom all wishes are fulfilled. I knew only one meaning of Sakhi and that is - a friend. In Gurbani I as far as I am aware, Sakhi always means a female friend.I asked him if he knew what it meant by "Dama Dam Mast Kalandar, Sakhi Shahbaaz Kalandar". He did not know the meaning. Right then, I understood what this line means. I told him that it means that "Sakhi Shahbaaz Kalandar, the great Faqir (Kalandar) stays intoxicated (mast) in Allah through his every breath (Dama Dam)". Sufis too believe in remembering Allah with every breath i.e. Dam Dam. Gurbani too says "Dam Dam samalda".Then we started talking about our Rehit and other deep subjects. I told him about Sikhi rehit and he told me about his rehit.I learned a very important lesson from him. He told me that they do 5 nimaaz a day and a true Muslim is supposed to do their nimaaz (prayer) considering it to be their last nimaaz.I loved this idea. I thanked him for his suggestion and said to him that we Sikhs too have been told by our Guru Sahib to always remember death.If we do our nitnem considering it to be our last nitnem, how beneficial it can be to us. Imagine how much concentration, urgency, pyaar and with how great supplication we will do our nitnem. Imagine how great our abhyaas would be if we did it considering that it could be our last abhyaas.Guru Sahib kirpa karan.Daas,Kulbir Singh


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Solving music file and tag inconsistencies
May 19, 2015 in files and folders by Dan Gravell
Even in these days of streaming, plenty of music lovers still store their collection, or parts of their collection, locally as computer audio files. Importantly, metadata stored inside the resulting audio files identifies the music, but inconsistencies can arise between internal metadata and the names of the audio files. How can you fix this and keep it fixed?
Metadata is important. It is the way that the otherwise anonymous audio files in your music collection are identified, categorised and classified. Without metadata your music collection is near impossible to browse, search and playlist.
The most common and powerful way of storing metadata is within the music files themselves, within a section of the music file commonly referred to as a "tag". Generally speaking, most software will defer to the tags to decide what the album, artist, song name or genre of a music file is.
There is another place metadata can be stored. Music files have names and paths on your filesystem. The entire path, including filename, of a music file can be used to communicate information about that file. Indeed, in the very old days of computer audio, this was a common way of storing metadata. A path like:
The Beatles/Revolver/1-Taxman.flac
... clearly communicates the artist, the album, the track number and the track name.
There are several problems with this approach, but most of them are not the subject of this post.
The problem that is the subject of this post is one of duplication. You have metadata in the internal tags, and you have metadata in the file paths. That means duplication. And where there's duplication, there's the possibility that the metadata in both files and tags may begin to vary which leads to confusion and inconsistencies.
Why does this matter? It's because there remains occasions where file paths need to be consulted. For example, when files are copied when taking music "on the road" to listen to on a mobile device.
As an example of what might go wrong, say you have purchased the eponymous The Beatles album. When you ripped the album from CD, it may have been named it by its common name, The White Album. At this point, the ripper will typically name the audio files with the same metadata, organising all of the audio files from that album under the name The White Album.
If you later decide you prefer the canonical name "The Beatles", there's the possibility of introducing inconsistencies unless you change both the internal tags and the filenames. Of course, you can say that you should simply remember to change both, but best intentions don't always play out...
There are various points at which this can occur, and they are sometimes more subtle than the blatant example above. You might be:
- Padding track numbers with zeroes to avoid ordering problems
- Changing the case of an album
- Sorting artists ignoring prefixes such as "The"
Strategies for avoiding file path and tag inconsistencies
So how to (a) fix inconsistencies between music files and tags and (b) what are the best strategies to avoid this happening in the first place?
The first, obvious way is to fix it manually. This requires you to check each file path of each file and compare them to the tags shown in your music player. When they differ, you can change the file path
Which brings to mind a general word of warning. Music players generally identify music files by their paths. They store information about those music files (play counts, ratings) "keyed" by that file path. Furthermore, playlists use file paths to identify which files are to be played. If you change the file path, music players will most likely lose track of those files, and "see" the changed files and new files, losing existing data. Playlists will simply break and fail to find the music files.
Slightly easier is using semi-automated software. Examples are Tag&Rename, SongKong, and MediaMonkey. Here the software will align file paths with the internal metadata when instructed. This saves an enormous amount of time.
The final approach is to use automated software. This type of software will change music file paths for you when internal metadata is changed. iTunes is actually an example of this; the Keep music folder organized option will change file paths when you change metadata.
And of course my own software bliss is designed to fix file paths and keep them fixed! When bliss detects a change in metadata, whether made via bliss or via another piece of software, it can automatically change the file path to reflect the new metadata.
A final piece of advice. You can minimise the chances of inconsistency by minimising the amount of data your store in your file paths. It sounds obvious when you think about it, but the less information you have, the less maintenance you need to perform.
Thanks to jronaldlee for the image above.


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"Some suggest we are going to end up with what are called slime oceans, which are basically dominated by jelly fish, sponges and bacterial mats."
Understanding the Deep Sea
For most of us, our sea experiences end at the shore or on the surface of the ocean. But this is the world's greatest unexplored, unstudied region, and ocean scientists from around the world are now conducting research with the world's largest seafloor observatory, located here in the Pacific northwest. NEPTUNE Canada uses current technology and instruments to collect video footage and continuous data from the ocean floor, while scientists monitor this marine environment remotely from their world–wide offices. Rocketday worked with the NEPTUNE Canada team to create the visual design of the project's website. We caught up with ocean scientist and associate director of the NEPTUNE Canada project, Dr. Mairi Best, shortly after its public launch.
What led you to study the ocean?
I was six months old when my grandmother would take me down to the beaches in Scotland. By the time I was four, I was nicknamed 'Mairi Fish' because they couldn't keep me out of the water! As long as I can remember I've been totally fascinated by the ocean. I had some good advice when I was young, to follow the things that I was really passionate about. The oceans were very much front and centre in that, the natural world in general, traveling and languages. That whole combination ended up being a career in ocean science where I have been able to travel the world and study the sea.
Why is it important for us to better understand the ocean?
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Oceans make up 75% of the surface of the earth, but it's important to understand that oceans make up 95% of living space on this planet. Of course it's many interconnected ecosystems, and the more we look in the oceans we learn that it's a very complex place that changes quite significantly from one place to another. We tend to treat the ocean as one big bathtub — it's not.
I think that it's important for us to develop an intuition about this environment, because it really is the engine of the planet. Moving our elemental cycles around, moving our heat budget and driving our atmosphere. A lot of the biogeochemical cycles are inherently drivers that effect us on land as well, and we need to know how societies' actions might be interfering with those processes.
NEPTUNE collects a wide variety of data. What is NEPTUNE's involvement in earthquake research?
The seismometers that we've installed on NEPTUNE Canada are really key because there is not much information from the ocean floor. On the west coast of North America earthquakes come when you've got one plate running into and going under another plate, called a subduction zone. Being able to have seismometers on both sides of that collision helps us look at what is it actually doing — where are the forces, and how they change before an earthquake. It's still going to be tricky, but it might give us a better sense of when higher alert times are.
How is the ocean vulnerable to human activity?
We can effect the whole ocean in different ways. If we're changing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, the ocean at the surface equilibrates with the atmosphere. Also, density of sea life happens in coastal areas and in the surface of the oceans, because that is where the energy and nutrients are to drive photosynthesis for the microscopic plants that feeds everything else — the base of the food chain. If we change the amount of nutrients coming in from the land, we can change that balance. And of course greater effluence and runoff from agricultural areas or deforested areas increases how much sediment is being washed into the ocean.
How much we extract from the ocean can have a big impact. We've been fishing down the food chain — taking out some of the top predators, then we fish out the medium–sized fish and the ecosystem gets upset. It's not just that we've eaten up all the cod, it's that the cod may have played a role and changed that whole ecosystem. Some suggest that we are going to end up with what are called slime oceans, which is basically dominated by jelly fish, sponges and bacterial mats.
How will an increased understanding of the deep ocean effect future generations?
It will help us make better decisions about how we live on this planet, in particular how we interact with the oceans. It will help us better understand what resources are possible from the oceans and how to actually look at the ocean from a farming perspective. We essentially behave as hunter–gathers and we need to look carefully at the ocean, so we can sustainably extract food. Something like NEPTUNE Canada gives an ability to be there all the time and build up that intuition about how the oceans work in a way that we can't easily do otherwise.


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Gamma Chapter was founded in 1922 at the School of Business Administration
Delta Phi Epsilon is an International Business & Foreign Service Fraternity & Sorority founded in 1919 at Georgetown University. The Gamma Chapter at Boston University was founded in 1922 through the Questrom School of Business (previously School of Business Administration). The society fosters a community of professionals who want to pursue an international career in management, trade and development, economic policy, international relations, law, or journalism, etc. DPE helps students in their professional development as they grow into future world leaders and advocates of world justice, peace, and prosperity.


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Alphabet Soup for the Tormented Soul
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A is for Addiction…
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Discover the rest of these original horror stories from around the world. Each author chose a letter of the alphabet and was given complete artistic freedom to make something horrible happen. Some stories will be mysterious, others creepy or even profound, but all are crafted to thrill and terrify you to the last page.
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What it really meant was she was rotting away in a cage of her own flesh. The weight of her own body had crushed the flesh on her backside so that it had stopped circulating blood, had started to die. It meant that, after only twenty-six days of freedom, I had to go home and take care of her again. I came back to a familiar smell of piss and sweat and mold; but that was all mixed with a new taint, the sour and yet sickeningly-sweet smell of rotting flesh. She wasn't in her usual chair. Instead, I found her collapsed on a mattress in a bedroom she hadn't used for as long as I could remember, the springs creaking under her weight. She was dressed in a simple blue shirt, almost like a hospital gown, and lifting up the bottom edge, my eyes came level to where she was rotting.
– N is for Necrosis
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Ah, yes! Love
Is peaches and honey, and figs, and cream.
And wild grapes dripping beside the stream,
Humming birds,
And a young man's dream!
Ah, yes! Love
Is bubbles and beauty and lantern light,
Music and madness and dizzy height,
And a star-filled night!
Ah, yes! Love
Is oceans and azure, and infinite skies,
Rubies and ivory, and fathomless eyes,
Where the bluebird springs
And signs as he flies!
Ah, yes! Love
Is whispers, and flickers, and candleshine,
Glances and trances, and deep, red winde,
And the moon-dust that clings
To the gossamer vine!
Ah, yes! Love
Is kisses, caresses, and sweet desire,
Prickles and shivers, and flashing fire,
And melodies
From a throbbing lyre!
Ah, yes! love
Is silver, and roses, and gay champagne,
And the soft reprise of the April rain,
And memories
That will long remain!And here's my take...
Journaling reads: "In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two." Erich Fromm
This poem really doesn't describe the relationship that I have with my hubs... we are far from figs and cream and to do a layout that would depict that would really just hypocritical, I think. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, the poem did remind me of one of my favorite quotes, one I often attribute to our relationship and the love we have. Sometimes I wonder how it is that Brian and I could possible live together (we are just about polar opposites)... but most other times its not... that is our paradox.
And since its card and page Monday, here is a little vintagey Love card I have to share.
Thanks for stopping in today... I'd love for you to join us with this challenge. Its easy to play along, just upload your take on the poem and post a comment on the Scrap that Poetry blog linking back to your blog or gallery.


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Lithuanian Government established the JESSICA Holding Fund to offer an attractive financing scheme to support the improvement of energy efficiency in multi-apartment buildings, which were built prior 1993. At a later stage the scheme was extended to cover student dormitories and other buildings under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Science.
JESSICA loan (maturity up to 20 years at fixed annual interest rate of 3 %) is offered to the owners of apartments or other premises in a multi-apartment buildings, provided they commit themselves to implement energy efficiency measures which would result in (i) achieving at least 20 % of energy savings as compared to the baseline and (ii) meeting at least the energy efficiency Class D requirements. If these targets are met, the beneficiaries qualify for a "bonus" – an interest subsidy which equals to 15 % of loan principal. At the end of 2011 the Lithuanian Parliament introduced an additional incentive to compensate additional 15 % of investment cost, provided the overall calculated energy savings reach at least 30 % as compared to the baseline (the Law on the State Support for the Acquisition or Rent of housing and for the Modernization of multifamily buildings of the Republic of Lithuania amended on the 11th of October, 2011).
Currently the additional improvement of this program is introduced. By the amendments of the Law on support for buying or renting dwellings given by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, adopted on 17 January 2013, the municipalities are more involved in the renovation process of the multi-apartment buildings. The municipality appoints one responsible entity which may take the loan for renovation on preferential conditions. With these changes the additional incentives to compensate investment cost to citizens were introduced, the 15 % of loan is compensated from State's budged and 25% from the Special Programme for Climate Change if the 40% of energy saving was reached compared with baseline.
From 2013 till 2015 207 multi-apartments have already been renovated (in 2005 – 2012 were renovated 479), at present 1093 are under renovation and investment plans of 3 489 projects are being coordinated.
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I thought about getting a set of density blocks for a demonstration but in the end I decided to use computer simulations instead. Both ExploreLearning and Adaptive Curriculum have several great simulations covering density and buoyancy. PhET has one for buoyancy and another for density that are free, as is the Floating Lab.
You could also read Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick along with the first chapter of this book. The details of what happened when Archimedes figured out the principle named after him are in it as well as Fleisher's book.


text: Zulu time will (necessarily) be reckoned relative to Durban, South Africa (capital of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa) where the Zulu people live. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner at gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> sam at wa4phy.net 11/07/05 07:37PM >>> Peter Farrow wrote: > For those of us who live the promised land where GMT is absolute time > all the this "UTC" nonsense is of little concern.... > > Those of you across the water cant even bring yourselves to call it > GMT, you have hide behind the label of "UTC", it is GMT, Greenwich > Mean Time at Zero Longitude... <snip> How about Zulu time :-) That still works for me, and everybody else who has had dealings with the armed forces or U.S. Gov't (aside the politicians) -- Snowman _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated


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it's true that most of the trader in forex market emphasis on earning than learning. they want to be rich overnight without any hardworking. as a result most of the newcomer are loser in forex. if we emphasis on our learning first time then earning will be automatically done.
so i think every forex trader should be more serious their learning than earning at first. what do you think?


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The Natural Health Clinic
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Greater Manchester
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The Natural Health Clinic
133 Gatley Road
Greater Manchester
07954 434 840
As a Confidence Coach, I help people from all walks of life, to have confidence, trust and faith in themselves and their abilities. This empowers them to embrace a life that makes them feel alive, excited and fulfilled.
"Low self-confidence isn't a life sentence. Self-confidence can be learned, practiced, and mastered--just like any other skill. Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better." Barrie Davenport
The most important person you will ever speak to, is yourself. What you tell yourself can have a significant impact on how you feel and behave. If you find yourself having negative self-talk, you might be:
Do you identify with any of these statements?
If so, have you ever thought what life would be like, if you felt more confident in yourself?
The true meaning of confidence is about trusting yourself, no matter what. You don't need to find confidence, it's already there. Your confidence comes from within yourself and my role is to help you re-discover it (even if you feel you have never had any)
My confidence coaching will help you:
My story
I had experienced low confidence most of my life and everything both personally and professionally always seemed such a struggle.
Then, when my beautiful twin girls started to grow into toddlers, something shifted in me. I didn't want to stay the way I was, I wanted be something different. I wanted to strive to be a mum they looked up to and be proud of. I wanted to be a good role model and show them what it was like to have a love for yourself and face the world full of belief and confidence. And this is when my journey of change began!
I undoubtedly know change is possible, because I have grown so much and now have a belief that I AM good enough. I know that I am my own unique self and that I no longer need to compare myself to anyone else. I have developed my confidence so much so, that I no longer recognise the person I was. I am happy, excited, energised and I still regularly challenge myself and actively seek out opportunities to keep me growing.
My own experiences, along with being a part of so many other people's journey to greater confidence, is why I am so passionate about what I do.
How I work
I have a deeper understanding of the process, from both personal and professional perspectives. I bring my real self to the sessions and have a positive and inspiring attitude with a confident, fun and enthusiastic approach. I have a good level of self-awareness and I am extremely passionate about helping people live authentically.
I believe that you have the answers to every question or challenge you may come across in your life, even if those answers appear to be obscured, concealed or hidden inside. My role is to help you move beyond this. My skills are in knowing the right tools to give and the right questions to ask, that are thought provoking and help you to gain clarity and new perspectives.
Developing confidence, means practice and taking action. I will help you to actively seek out opportunities, supporting you throughout and holding you accountable in taking steps towards your goals.
I communicate in a way that connects me to the people I work with in a meaningful way, creating a level of understanding, trust and acceptance. I adopt an extremely loyal, stimulating, motivational and challenging approach that will help you travel beyond your barriers and confront issues that are holding you back. With this approach, you can allow yourself to create opportunities that will open up your mind and tap into your unique and exceptional resources.
I provide a supportive foundation, which above all is encouraging, humorous and inspiring and one that allows the coaching relationship to grow. This enables you to feel accepted and gives you the opportunity to express yourself freely.
I also firmly believe, that being a trained Counsellor as well as a Confidence Coach, is a real advantage to my work with you. If deeper issues arise in a coaching session that are blocking you in moving forward, these can be addressed in a more substantial way, to bring about more long term and effective change.
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Vicky has helped me move forward in my life, and gain confidence in myself, giving me the courage to carry on with my career, instead of giving up and retiring. I've even taken on a new role!
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You are a true inspiration and an amazing person, without this help and support, I do not know where I would be. Thank you for everything :)"
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With lots of love, more sweat and even more helping hands we took everything around the cafe apart and put it back together again in a new way. Our way.
The result really is cozy and completely according to our taste.
There are about 45 seats available indoors – partly on normal chairs, partly on wine boxes.
And on our terrace – which is located in a pedestrian precinct, so no cars but lots to see – there are around another 35 seats.
We really do hope that you are going to feel at ease here. We do!
Our tables we got form WoodArtist Felix, the wineboxes are from here, lots of stuff we bought on eBay and the more than wonderful Hofflohmärkten (backyard flee markets all over Munich). And we also got this and that from IKEA.
Put all of that together with some creativity, lots of handicraft and a hand full of ideas an "just like this" – your café is ready.
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New carnival 2010 tunes by Busy Signal leaked via his twitter account:
Busy Signal & Machel Montano – Wooeeii Gal WooeeiiI (download)
Busy Signal – Little Piece (download)
Neither the death of its greatest supporter, nor the financial problems and the official cancelation, nor the highjacking of an airplane at the same weekend were able to stop Jamaicans to celebrate a colourful mas with lots of soca music last weekend. Bacchanal Jamaica took place against great odds – it seems like the spirit of the late founder and supporter of the Jamaican carnival, Byron Lee, lives on and made this possible.
There were performances from the likes of Alison Hinds, Destra Garcia, Imij & Co. and Denise "Saucy Wow" Belfon on the Bacchanal stage.
Some beautiful photos can be found on toronto-lime [click!].
The Jamaica Carnival 2009 is the latest victim of the global financial crisis: the cancelation of the event that was about to happen next weekend (April 17-19) is now confirmed!
According to the organisation committee, 80% of Jamaica Carnival events depend heavily on sponsors and financial support. Due to the financial crisis it proofed impossible to raise enough funds for this year's carnival. Furthermore the Jamaican Carnival has lost its founder and one of its strongest supporters in person of Byron Lee who died recently.
The next Jamaica Carnival is scheduled for 2011.
Sources: BBC, The Lime


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Saturday, April 13, 2019
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Stephanie Scelza was born to a pack of wolves and left howling on the doorstep of a human family in 1983. Her family realized she was different when she started singing before she could speak, and whisked her off to vocal lessons at the age of ten. She narrowly escaped a life of professional opera-singing when she found a guitar, quit her studies, and eloped with a band.
Never able to take herself seriously as a human being, Stephanie found solace in the blues, when she discovered she was able to howl away with impunity.
Suspicious of human classifications, Stephanie is hard-pressed to describe her music as a blend of funk, blues, and folk. She has tricked a wide array of respectable human musicians into playing music with her, none of whom she can remember by name, because that kind of thing isn't important to wolves.
You can find her padding around the Portland music scene with no particular directive beyond survival, and the desire to find a quiet place for a good, long howl.
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Scope some fresh inspiration for the new season, plus the products you need to play.
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Spring beauty and fashion trends always feature a little '70s inspo. In the spirit of all things groovy, we're rounding up our fave influences from an era like none other.
Fashion week is over but our obsession for lust-worthy accessories isn't. We're recapping some of our fave spring side pieces. Pair with a peony kiss pout and sashay your way into the new season.
With all these exciting new makeup and fashion looks hitting the runways this year, do they really expect us to wait till fall? Check out what we're loving and working into our beauty routine asap.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Kale (Chips) Fail and Rajma Masala
However, it started with this:
I burned my hand on top of "The Ukrainian"'s stove while flipping some kale chips in his oven. It was my first attempt, and they came out pretty good.
How did I suddenly get into kale-chip making? Well, "The Ukrainian" bought a bag of kale from Trader Joe's. Not wanting to subject him to raw kale, I decided to make chips.
First, I rip the stems off the pieces. Stems = no good. If you are using one tray to bake them, you probably only need about 1/4 of the bag or less. Do NOT cram the kale on the tray, or else they will crowd and not crisp properly. Remember that greens shrivel up, so this doesn't make very much more than what I show at the bottom of this post. If you want more, bake two trays.
Then, a drizzle (1 tsp) of olive oil, a tiny pinch of salt, and a large pinch of nutritional yeast flakes. You can experiment with toppings (such as paprika), but do NOT overdo the oil. The kale should be very, very lightly coated. You can use tongs or your hands to distribute everything evenly.
"Bake" at the lowest setting your oven can go. For me, it was 170 degrees. If you have a fancy dehydrator, even better. I set the oven at a minimum of 30 minutes, though it may need longer. Dehydrators will definitely take longer. It's all trial and error. You don't have to toss or flip in the oven very often, though I do recommend it (without burning your hand!!!).
Here are the finished chips. They are crispy and don't cost $5.99 for a small bag!
To go with this, I made rajma masala from the Happy Herbivore cookbook. As you can see below, I finally bought proper garam masala from World Market (love!). This recipe is more like an Indian-inspired chili recipe. It cooked up VERY quickly!
When I added the garam masala, a wonderful, warm aroma wafted immediately.
I served it was a sprout salad with rice vinegar dressing.
For the dressing, I used 1 tsp of sesame oil, 1 tsp Bragg's liquid aminos, and 2 tsp rice vinegar.
For dessert that evening, I made some chia pudding. I will talk more about this soon enough. :)
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Funny, I made kale chips for the first time this week, too. Well, sort of. I bought a bag of frozen kale that I thought was pieces but it ended up being chopped. So, I made more of a bowl of baked kale with salt, pepper, and ketchup. But it still tasted good!ReplyDelete
Oh, and I've figured out the secret to iron for a sensitive stomach - take it before bed!
Ouch! Awful burn!ReplyDelete
That chia pudding looks great - I wanna know what's in it! :)
The chia pudding looks great! I tried the kale chips but felt like it was alot of effort (getting the kale off the stems) to have these leftovers that I had to toss. I'll have to do them again though and try w/ Nick.ReplyDelete
I don't know what this liquid aminos thing is but have heard it often.
I just made kale chips for the first time this week. I wasn't too impressed with them for some reason. I think I'll add nutritional yeast next time!ReplyDelete


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Labour leader Ed Miliband has kicked off his bid to become Prime Minister, as the countdown to the most hotly contested general election in decades gets underway.
Following the dissolution of Parliament on Monday, the leaders of the main three parties hit the campaign trail with the Doncaster North MP beginning by focusing on Labour's small business campaign.
Speaking on Twitter, Mr Miliband said if elected Labour would cut business rates for 1.5 million firms, act on late payments and establish a British Investment Bank to boost lending.
This year a total of 55 local council seats in 21 wards across the borough are up for election this year.
A total of 308 parish council seats in 55 wards are also up for election.
Nominations for local, parish and town council elections must be sent to Civic Offices in Waterdale no later than 4pm on Thursday (April 9).
The same deadline applies for those standing in the parliamentary elections in the Doncaster North, Doncaster Central and Don Valley constituencies.
The elections will take place on May 7.
Check next week's Free Press for an election special and visit www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk and www.facebook.com/DonnyFP for all latest updates.


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Here is a sneak peek at the three layouts we'll be making this Saturday at the "Super-Saver" free scrapbooking sessions. We'll be using the brand new "Quite Contrary" collection by My Mind's Eye, which produces some of the highest quality products found in the scrapbooking market!
Your cost for all three layouts? An unbelievable $9, the cost of your materials! To sign up, just give us a call to pre-pay the $9 fee and assure yourself a spot in one of our four sessions (10, 11:30, 1 or 2:30 on Saturday, March 6). Please call early. We generally have between 80-100 people at our Super-Saver sessions, and we don't want you to be left out!


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Suits for Seniors nonprofit to host free community event in Boynton
There will be a free community event Saturday, Aug. 20, at Boynton Beach High School held by Suits for Seniors, a nonprofit founded in 2015.
The nonprofit has completed its eight-week program at Boynton Beach High School. The program sets out to teach empowerment, leadership, healthy lifestyles and image to male graduating high school seniors, a news release says.
At the Saturday event, the leaders of the program will give each of the football players on the school's team a tailored suit.
Also, there will be a job preparedness program, a job fair and food, music and activities. More than 40 vendors will be at the event.
The event is 12 to 4 p.m.
Suits for Seniors was started by then 24-year-old Jervonte Edmonds of Lake Worth.
For information, visit www.suitsforseniors.org.
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Greetings. We have several requests for engine identification and things related. Our first letter comes from Mr. M. A. Godley, of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. Mr. Godly is trying to find out when his Bulldog stationary engine was made. The Number is 331224. It is a 2(?) H.P. horizontal, twin flywheel, water cooled (hopper type), governor weight on flywheel, fuel tank cast in base of engine. He is sure that this engine has been converted to high tension ignition and spark plug fitted. If possible, he would like to get the mug and igniter parts to bring it back to original condition. Mr. Godley has 6 engines and says that interest in gas engines in England is slowly growing. Can anyone help him out?
Mr. Frank Pantel of Muscatine, Iowa is trying to obtain a copy of the service manual for the small International Gas Engines. He has several that he is trying to restore.
A. G. Weyand, of Bucyrus, Ohio writes that the "What is it" in the November-December GEM looks like a Buda. The N.Y.C. R.R. had track motor cars with this type engine. They come in two sizes. He, Mr. Weyand, has repaired the smaller size, but does not remember the bore and stroke. They were friction drive and a nice car.
Mr. Rod Hill of Forest City, Iowa is looking for some help. Mr. Hill has in his collection of engines, an upright engine. It has 3 7/8 bore and about a 4 stroke. It has a 2 cylinder vacuum pump built into the crank case that runs off of the end of the crankshaft for operating a milking machine. It is a 4 cycle engine, one cylinder, throttling governor, high tension magneto, the mag was a Wico, square box type, push rod operated. The original owner bought it new in 1924 and was called a Pine Tree Milker. However, according to him, it was built by some other manufacturer. Mr. Hill has talked to several of the collectors around Forest City and at the different shows, but no one has seen one before or knows anything of its manufacturer or originality. Any information would be appreciated.
Mr. Franklin Weber of Manteno, Illinois is looking for a picture of a 22' Frick threshing machine made in 1914. He would like to paint it and stencil the lettering and striping. Could anyone furnish him with the details he needs?
Mr. William Graves of Florence, New York is looking for the make of a small, vertically-oriented engine. The engine is in running condition and was used this past summer to operate a Northwest Cement Mixer.
Mr. George F. Kempher, Emporium, Pennsylvania has a photo of a Linn tractor hauling 20 cords of chemical wood. Says George: "Hauled 6 miles in one hour and 45 minutes. 20 cords of 52 inch chemical wood. Weight of whole train was 46 tons. Net weight was 35 tons. This is the information as it appeared on the back of the picture I copied it from."
I suppose we all hope 1968 will be better than 1967. I hear this so much and find myself saying it too. I've decided that I'm going to change my wish to the one that 1968 will be as good as 1967. It could be so much worse. I guess what's important is that we all grow a little wiser, a little more patient and understanding, and a little more full of love during 1968. My wish is that we all make a few strides in this direction in 1968.


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- monthly subscription or
- one time payment
- cancelable any time
"Tell the chef, the beer is on me."
How does it feel to be a supreme human being?
Pretty good. I keep mixing up idioms and forget words in both languages, but it's nice.
When we forget to turn off a light:
C'est pas Versailles ici !
Hey, we're not in Versailles !
When we stand between them and something they want to see:
Et ton père, il est vitrier ?
Is your father a glazier?
When you are hungry but the dinner is not ready yet
Ben mange ta main et garde l'autre pour demain !
Well, eat your hand and save the other one for tomorrow !
What's for dinner ?
Des caillous.
When you lie too obviously :
Et mon cul c'est du poulet.
And my ass is made of chicken.
When you are in a bad mood :
Mange des carottes, ça rend aimable.
Eat some carrots, you'll be nicer
When you are throwing a tantrum :
Pleure un coup, tu pisseras moins.
Go on and cry, you'll piss less.
And the world wonders why we are so sassy.
welcome to the French language where tantôt means "earlier" AND "later"
And where tiédir means "to cool off" and "to warm up"
also when I found out that tout à l'heure can mean both 'a moment ago' and 'in a moment'.
I'd add that tantôt and tout à l'heure are pretty synonyms? but Belgian people use tantôt all the time whereas the French use tout à l'heure (it's not 100% acurate but it reflects my French language experience so far haha)
1. plug your nose
2. say sneep snop
try saying 'boopedeedoop' in a really deep, manly voice
Try and say 'bubbles' in the angriest voice you can
the last one will work I promise you
This whole post cheered me up and I didn't have to say a word
aphelion - the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is farthest from the Sun.
astral - relating to or resembling the stars.
caldera - a large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano.
celestial - positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.
constellation - a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern.
cosmos - the universe seen as a well-ordered whole.
equinox - the time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.
faculae - bright patches that are visible on the Sun's surface.
lunation - the interval of a complete lunar cycle, between one new Moon and the next.
interstellar - occurring or situated between stars.
nebula - a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
perihelion - the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the Sun.
synodic - relating to or involving the conjunction of stars, planets, or other celestial objects.
(Source: danscrotch)
the signs & untranslatable words
this is the only one that's real
It blows my mind that after all this time you've spent on earth, nobody ever bothered to tell you that your eyes aren't brown.
They are copper against honey and sage and when they water they glow, two perfect orbs the same shade as nature after it rains.
You're not as simple as they wanted you to be.
"you're not as simple as they wanted you to be"
This made me actually feel special
Is there a word that's a mix between angry and sad
malcontented, disgruntled, miserable, desolated
there are two types of people
- however
- although
- not to mention
- macklemoreover
I put 'Macklemoreover' as a transition in a research paper I was writing for school because I couldn't think of a good one at the moment but I forgot to take it out before I turned my paper in.
Why does everyone say "house-wife" or "house-husband" when "House-spouse" is not only gender neutral, but also RHYMES?
the prof asks the important questions.
Wait, spouse rhymes with house? I always pronounced it 'spooze' in my head /o\ WHY IS YOUR LANGUAGE SO WEIRD, GODDAMMIT!!!
Because English beats up other languages in dark alleys, then rifles through their pockets for loose grammar and spare vocabulary.
" Synonyms are weird because if you invite someone to your cottage in the forest that just sounds nice and cozy, but if I invite you to my cabin in the woods you're going to die. "— malkiewicz
" It's not friendship, it's bromance. It's not eyeliner, it's guyliner. It's not yoga, it's broga. It's not just silly portmanteaus, it's evidence of the hilarious fragility of masculinity. "— largeandlovely (via vvni)
"Tell the chef, the beer is on me."
"Basically the price of a night on the town!"
"I'd love to help kickstart continued development! And 0 EUR/month really does make fiscal sense too... maybe I'll even get a shirt?" (there will be limited edition shirts for two and other goodies for each supporter as soon as we sold the 200)


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Chios can be reached either by sea or by
air. The main connections are with Athens and Piraeus, and the islands
of Samos and Lesvos. There are also regular connections with some other
major Greek cities, including Salonika, Kavala, Alexandroupolis, and the
islands of Kos, Rhodes, Patmos, Lemnos etc. Most connections are served
by both sea and air.
Chios is also one of the few places in Greece from where you can visit Turkey. There is a year-around boat connection with the Turkish city of Cesme on the Asia Minor Coast, though it is more frequent during the summer period.
Summary of scheduled ferry services and ferries offered to and
from Chios.
Summary of flight services and airplanes offered to and from Chios.


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Nottingham's Crash Jacket have built up a strong local following over the past two years, incorporating dance, funk, rock and hip hop influences into their distinct sound. With their debut EP due to be released this year, M3 contacted the band to find out what they thought about the music industry…
M3 – First of all, could you tell us a bit about yourself, and what it is that you do?
Crash Jacket – We are Crash Jacket, a four piece Nottingham band, and we have been fusing elements of dance, funk, indie and hip hop to try and create something fresh sounding and shake up the local music scene. We play high energy gigs and put as much life and fun into the shows that we play as we can!
What inspired you to form Crash Jacket? What are your own musical backgrounds?
A conversation between the Vocalist and Bassist, we were both in bands which had pretty much run their respective courses, so we wanted to start something new and innovative. Our influences are as varied as you can get, which was kind of the point for us and it's reflected in the music we play, we didn't want to be pigeon holed into one genre. Some influences include, The Smiths, Rage Against The Machine, Tool, The Libertines, The Arctic Monkeys, The Police, My Dying Bride, Cypress Hill, Oasis, Mogwai, 65daysofstatic and Joy Division.
What would be your preferred medium to listen to music (eg. Vinyl, CD, tape, MP3 etc.), and why?
It's really about convenience, and depends where you are, if we're in the home then it's probably CD, if we're on the move then it's most likely MP3. Just totally because of ease of access. For quality and for the true connoisseur then Vinyl will always be king, but they are just totally impractical these days, they don't fit in your pocket so well!
Do you feel the idea of an album, as a piece of art that people will listen to from start to finish, has been undermined or forgotten about in the digital age?
An album for us defines a certain moment in the development of a band, 10 years ago buying an album would take you on a musical journey and would always have songs on it which wouldn't be appreciated at a first listen but would grow on you. Today though it is so easy to just download the one song that you like and ignore anything that doesn't grab you straight away. Music has become much more disposable and single songs reign supreme. It is difficult for bands to release an album that will sell, although this has had to make them work harder and really think about what they put out. The public is much more fickle, which does have some positives.
Much has been made of the supposed death of the record store in recent years. Do you believe the digital age has killed the record store, and if so, do you think that this is a necessary part of progression, or a tragic loss?
The digital age has totally destroyed the concept of the record store, with music becoming so much more accessible and having everything at your fingertips there is no longer a need for you to step out of your front door. From a nostalgic point of view this could be seen as tragic, but just as our parents lamented the death of vinyl it is part of the evolution of the music scene in general. Things change and we have to change with it. It has it's positive and negatives. The digital music store gives a much wider range of music and has allowed more raw unsigned talent the opportunity to get heard. But it has made music much more impersonal and throw away.
How useful do you think social media websites are for new bands?
It is essential, for us without things like Facebook or YouTube we would have not gotten the reach that we have. It has allowed us to market ourselves through friends for free, and has gotten us gigs in really high places like Rock City in Nottingham. That would have been pretty much impossible ten years ago without the backing of a record label.
Recently, there seem to be a large number of bands offering their releases for free via sites like Bandcamp. What do you think of this distribution method, do you think it is a realistic solution to the problem of illegal downloading?
It's not really realistic over the long term, for new bands it's perfect, it gets you out there and lets people hear you without having to invest any money. But to record and produce music properly costs a fortune so in the long term bands need to charge for their product. In terms of illegal downloading it will probably always be with us and we have to make choices as the consumer to support the talent we love. Unfortunately it is usually the easy, cheapest choice that is made.
Do you think traditional copyright laws are still enforceable in the digital age, or do you think we will have to rethink the concept of copyright itself?
Copyright was designed long before anyone even dreamed the internet was possible, sharing and passing things around for free has really blurred the idea of copyright. Lots of methods and changes are being talked about by governments, recently SOPA, but these ideas whilst trying to preserve intellectual ownership generally just ending supporting the big companies interests. The death of copyright could put the ownership back on the artist themselves and give them the power to control their music as they see fit.
What would you say are the main challenges facing an up-and-coming musician/band in today's cultural climate?
Funding is the biggest challenge, getting the money behind you to record decent demos, getting exposure isn't too much of a problem as long as you are prepared to put the work into your own marketing. Whilst it is much easier to reach the public you've got to be prepared to work for it and
be your own promoter a lot of the time. Also there probably hasn't ever been more unsigned bands vying for a place in the big time, so making yourself stand out having something no one else does. There is a lot of talent out there but you need to be able to work hard to get yourself heard.
Finally, what does the future hold for Crash Jacket?
The biggest question of all! Hopefully more and more exposure, we'd like to try and start reaching a world stage, playing more gigs around the UK and Europe. We hope to release an EP, through iTunes and then who knows? The ultimate goal for us is a sold out arena tour! Obviously that's well down the line, for now we're just gonna keep putting the hard work in and plugging ourselves in as many places as possible!
For more information about Crash Jacket, you can find the band on Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud.


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Delaware County attorney C. Scott Shields says Mayor-elect Michael Nutter`s "stop-and-frisk" proposal for getting illegal guns off Philadelphia`s streets is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Shields, the mayor of Rutledge Borough, plans to sue the city himself if Nutter implements the policy – just as soon as he gets done suing Upper Darby Township for what you might call its "take-and-keep" approach to gun control.
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Today's post is an exciting one for me. Like any young mother with children just learning to take some responsibility around the home can be a bit challenging and frustrating.
Over the past year or so, I have been slowly giving my young children some simple jobs to do around the house. I started out by just writing a simple list on some paper for each child and checking them off once completed.
One thing I learned rather quickly was that the Saturday job list was a bit different than the job list during the week. Saturday is when the home gets more of the deep cleaning done. Therefore, I needed more help from my children. After all, I am not the only one that lives here, right? I tell my children all the time that our family is a team working together to keep our home clean. Mom, isn't (or shouldn't) be doing all of the cleaning around the home.
The past several months I have been brainstorming about a way that I could come up with something that would help my children get their jobs done in a timely manner on Saturday so they can have plenty of time for play. And also, feel some sense of responsibility for their jobs.
This is what I came up with!
I did add some cute ribbon to dress it up a bit.
Simple instructions:
- Print and cut out the printable on card stock.
- Laminate the printable. ( I used the clear contact paper, super easy, less expensive and I didn't have to leave the house!)
- Place the printable on the clip board, add some ribbon and a dry erase marker, and there you have it!!
Boy Saturday Job Chart
Girl Saturday Job Chart
Simply click on the image. Do a save as, then print as an 8.5 x 11.
Print and enjoy!
Thanks for visiting today. Come back soon.


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Piano Man Dan
Dan Dombrowski – he's not only a great Michigan musician but a personal friend. He plays piano by ear and knows over 300 songs.
Matt Walch (Singing the Big Band Standards)
I've worked with Matt Walch once and he's a really cool guy that does a great job singing the standards. I wouldn't call him an impersonator as he does it his way. He's got a great high end sound system as well.
Rondo String Quartet
A breath of fresh air. I heard them playing (on strings) everything from Roy Orbison to Nirvana… very very cool!
LaCorda Ensemble
George and his team of pros will bring that element of pizazz to your event. I have heard them play many times as well.


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Heathcotes Norton House prepares for lift off!
6th Jun 2014
Over the last few months we have been keeping you up to date with the building works at our new Sheffield site. We are excited that our latest update brings you the news that Heathcotes Norton House is now finished and will be opening its doors as an operational service next week!
As we bring our latest specialist service on-line, we would like to celebrate this poignant date in the Heathcotes calendar and showcase all the hard work that has gone in to building this stunning specialist service. We therefore invite you to an Opening Day Event on Wednesday 11th June from 10am-3pm where you will be able to view this exceptional home and chat to our staff about Heathcotes and the specialist work we do. There will also be members of the Senior Management and Operations Teams on hand should you wish to discuss your individual requirements. Refreshments and a light buffet will also be provided throughout the day.
Norton House is a purpose-built service, providing residential placements and specialist support for adults with learning disabilities, mental illness, complex needs and associated challenging behaviour. We specialise in providing person-centred care that is tailor-made to the needs of the individual and place strong emphasis on promoting independence and social inclusion.
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Federal agents were investigating the late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and the late mayor of San Francisco George Moscone for alleged political corruption when both men were murdered in November 1978, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation files.
The man convicted of killing both men, then-Supervisor Dan White, was also the subject of a separate FBI political corruption probe before he gunned down Moscone and Milk at San Francisco's City Hall.
Agents in the FBI's San Francisco bureau were looking into whether Moscone and Milk had collaborated to "defraud the federally sponsored San Francisco Community Development Fund," according to documents obtained by San Francisco blogger and gay rights activist Michael Petrelis. (The relevant pages from those documents can be seen here.)
FBI officials were also investigating whether Moscone had received $10,000 "for favorable treatment in the building of a controversial McDonald's restaurant," according to the files.
White was being investigated for allegedly securing favorable treatment for an unnamed party in exchange for a deal involving San Francisco's Pier 39, a popular tourist venue where White leased space to operate a fast-food restaurant.
The memo obtained by Petrelis that discusses the investigations is stamped November 30, 1978, three days after White shot the two men. It notes that the "investigations should not be discussed outside the bureau."
Danny Nicoletta, who worked with Milk in a San Francisco camera store frequently shown in the 2008 movie Milk, said he wasn't surprised to hear the FBI had been investigating all three men.
"In terms of what the political climate was at that time, one would assume the FBI had looked into all of those gentleman," Nicoletta said, adding that Milk, the first openly gay elected official, was "basically a political maverick" who held office in a place and time when people were "antagonistic towards the government."
Tim Wilson, a librarian with the Gay and Lesbian Center at the San Francisco Public Library, noted there was division within the gay rights movement as well in the 1970s.
"Harvey was more grassroots, whereas others who were prominent, politically active gay men were part of the 'machine,'" Wilson said. "Their ways of getting political backing were more similar to the political establishment. Harvey, from what I understand, was more coming from the hippie side — not necessarily establishment, trying to give a voice to unvoiced folks. Within the gay movement there were different camps about how decisions should be made and who should get the nod for political endorsements."
Nicoletta added that he thought the White House "would have been highly curious about what was going on with LGBT issues in San Francisco at that time."
"I also think they would have been very happy to find something to destabilize [Milk]," Nicoletta continued, "but as I remember it he was pretty squeaky clean."
Special Agent Joseph Schadler, who works in the FBI's San Francisco bureau, said public corruption probes are one of the agency's "highest priorities," but cautioned that an investigation does not mean a crime was committed.
"At any point in time, in any major city, we have public corruption investigations," Schadler said. "Whether there's anything there is another matter."
Patti Hansen, a public affairs specialist with the FBI's San Francisco Bureau, said she could not speak to the outcome of the more than 30-year-old investigations, but said the FBI does not usually pursue investigations after the main subjects of probes have died.
"If they're dead, then there's nobody for us to prosecute," Hansen said.
Blogger Petrelis is still seeking additional files from the FBI about the probes. The files he has now, however, contain a document signed by Milk suggesting he lived on Henry Street around the time he was murdered, not above the camera store on Castro Street as the movie indicates.
The files also contain a statement (which can be seen here) made in 1983 by an unidentified person who said he had contacted White after reading a comment he made in newspaper articles in early 1978 and was invited by White to visit him in City Hall.
The person says he told White he wanted to pursue the possibility of recalling Moscone from office and White said not to worry because by the end of the year he would "get rid of three bastards," mentioning Milk, Moscone and a third person whose name was redacted in the document.
Roughly eight months later and several days before the murders, the witness reports having heard that "Dan White had gone mad."
"I couldn't sleep that Sunday night, November 26," he said, adding that he approached police officers at City Hall to tell them to "watch for Dan White and search him very carefully."
"All laughed at my statement, saying, 'Dan was a good cop and he's not going to hurt anyone,'" the witness said. The person left the building after stopping by the mayor's office and seeing "enough people there" that he or she believed the mayor would be safe.
Shortly after leaving the building, the witness, who claimed to be friends with the San Francisco Fire Chief and Assistant District Attorney, said they saw emergency vehicles racing to City Hall and learned of the shootings.
The FBI documents indicate the witness also claimed to be friends with the mayor of Jersey City, the U.S. Attorney for Northern California and others. The agents interviewing the person concluded he would not be a good witness in any court cases.
Michael Petrelis contributed research to this report.


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Happy 1st Birthday Design House Digital! This fabulous website is my home away from home so you KNOW I'll be there!
A HUGE sale, chats all day and fun blog posts! Why not come and spend the day with us?
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Just some more yummies to share
I have a couple fun layouts to share today. Isla is really starting to show her silly side lately and they have definitely been fun to scrap! Both layouts were created using products from Jessica Sprague!
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone! Check back after the holidays as I should have more festive layouts posted! :)
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone! Check back after the holidays as I should have more festive layouts posted! :)
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Monday, December 13, 2010
My Little Picaso
Last summer Isla went to a baby class where they had fun finger painting on a canvas. She had no interest in it except to smear it all over her legs and clothes. :) Now that she's a bit older she had a better aim at the canvas and loved squishing the paint with her fingers. However she still tried to eat the paint too! Either way she had a blast. I thought these Wax Paint Splatters from Jessica Sprague were the perfect elements for this layout!
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Friday, December 10, 2010
It's back! This is such a fun hour! Come chat n' scrap with us at Design House Digital! Are you up for the challenge?
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
So Not in the Mood today...
... to do much of anything. She's just getting over a cold so she's pretty sensitive right now. I bought these cute little antlers at the dollar store today with visions of adorable photos of her wearing them. So I put them on her head but she wanted NO part of it... I kept trying (bad mom I know) and this was what I got (served me right). Oh well... it's reality right? And it turns out I love the photos anyway. Maybe next year I'll get a different face... :)
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Watch this cute Asian elephant calf at Chester Zoo stagger to its feet seconds after being born.
The rest of the herd even comes over to help.
The baby boy was born to mum Sithami at the end of a 22-month pregnancy on Wednesday (January 18).
You can see her kicking up sand to stimulate her calf, but it does not take long for the little one to be able to stand up.
Chester Zoo is celebrating the second elephant born at the attraction in a month, after Indali Hi Way was born to mum Sundara on December 17. They also have a one-year-old half sister Nandita Hi Way.
Elephants team manager Andy McKenzie said: "Elephants are hugely sociable animals, so this is an incredible boost to the group.
"Mum Sithami delivered her calf onto deep, soft sand and her instincts immediately took hold as she started to stimulate him, encouraging him to get to his feet by kicking up sand around him.
"The rest of the herd then excitedly gathered around and within just a few minutes they had helped him up, which was great to see."
Keepers were able to keep track of the latest birth on CCTV to make sure everything went smoothly.
Asian elephants are listed as endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN's) Red List.
Chester Zoo CEO Dr Mark Pilgrim added: "Asian elephants are an endangered species, threatened by habitat loss, poaching, disease and direct conflict with humans.
"We hope that news of her arrival will generate more much needed awareness of these incredible animals and the pressures for survival that they are faced with in the wild."
Chester Zoo is part of a breeding programme coordinated by the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA) that is focused on sustaining the elephant population in Europe.
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SSCL is seeking a junior Korean teacher on Saturday mornings to teach Years 7-10 at their Smiths Hill High School Centre in Wollongong. The position is to commence immediately. If you're interested in the position, please contact Sana Zreika.
Aurora College is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from suitable candidates to teach Stage 6 Japanese Beginners and/or Korean Beginners courses. The positions are available from 29 January 2018 until 20 December 2019, with the possibility of extension (with the agreement of the home school principal).
Aurora College is the state's virtual secondary school and supports students in rural and remote NSW to access courses not available in their local secondary school. Aurora College offers a mix of online and residential school classes. Students connect with their teachers and classmates in timetabled lessons through a virtual learning environment, which comprises web conferencing software, a learning management system, and a range of cutting-edge online communication and collaboration tools. Aurora teachers also remain in their 'home school'.
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Please give me a moment to ask Jon Hilsenrath what the hell is he thinking. The WSJ's Federal Reserve mouthpiece penned a somewhat poison-pen letter to the American consumer chastising them for not doing their fair share to help Hilsenrath's "bosses" at the Fed with an economic recovery.
I use the term bosses, because Hilsenrath will post a 700-word story on Fed actions 2 minutes after the announcements. Either he is a fast typist or he is briefed on the play of the story in advance.
Anyway, back to the letter. Hilsenrath writes:
The sun shined in April and you didn't spend much money. The Commerce Department here in Washington says your spending didn't increase at all adjusted for inflation last month compared to March. You appear to have mostly stayed home and watched television in December, January and February as well. We thought you would be out of your winter doldrums by now, but we don't see much evidence that this is the case.
He can't be serious suggesting that a seasonal mood light is all the US economy needs at this point. The words clueless and out of touch seem to be very appropriate here. As I have been writing for sometime now, the dwindling middle class in America is in dire straits and no change in the start of day-light savings will save them.
The middle class aspired to grab a little something for themselves, when Fed chief Alan Greenspan unleashed low borrowing costs. By using cheap money from their homes to further their families they were doing exactly what the Fed wanted. Spend to pull us out of the dot-com bubble.
It was Wall Street banks that preyed on them with no-doc loans to binge on the subprime scam and fuel the tremendous bonuses on Wall Street, that created the dire straits the middle class find themselves in today.
And yet he belittles that aspiration, while ignoring the Fed's role in all this.
We know you experienced a terrible shock when Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and your employer responded by firing you. We know stock prices collapsed and that was shocking too. We also know you shouldn't have taken out that large second mortgage during the housing boom to fix up your kitchen with granite countertops. You've been working very hard to pay off this debt and we admire your fortitude. But these shocks seem like a long time ago to us in a newsroom. Is that still what's holding you back?
Countertops my ass, look at the value of Hampton's homes since these people put in "granite countertops," which they lost to foreclosure.
And in this passage he refers to his "bosses":
The Federal Reserve is counting on you too. Fed officials want to start raising the cost of your borrowing because they worry they've been giving you a free ride for too long with zero interest rates. We listen to Fed officials all of the time here at The Wall Street Journal, and they just can't figure you out.
Really, if that is tongue-in-cheeck no one is laughing.
And the Fed can't figure it out, because like Hilsenrath they are clueless to the plight of the middle class. The financial chasm between the 1 percenters and the middle class is humongous as compared to 2008. But how would Yellen and her cohorts — including Hilsenrath — know that, since they believe us poor folk don't like to go out in the snow.
So lets say ECB President Mario Draghi is little bit behind the easing curve since the Europeans started much later with fertilizing its imaginary green shoots.
Draghi sent the government bond markets into a selling frenzy with his comments.
It seems Draghi is up to 2009-2010 in Ben Bernanke's tenure as Fed chief. The former Goldman Sachs banker, Draghi pronounced that he sees inflation and his team expects consumer prices to rise 0.3% this year.
Another central banker attempting to jawbone the economy back to growth, just like Bernanke's "green shoots" and Janet Yellen's 2015 rate rise.
All these government yields will snap back to previous levels in short order, due to the market realizing there's no price inflation due to stagnant wages.
On yesterday's column pointing out the disconnect between the US 10-year note and the GDP, the 10-yr hit 2.4% as bond prices fell again.
This appears to me to be large banking institutions shaving their sovereign debt positions, knowing that interest rates in the US will remain zero-bound for sometime to come.


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Lots to write about, no time to do it, story of my life.
I haven't told you all about the fun bowling outing with Erin and Lance...and yesterday we had a great time at LumberJack Days in Stillwater, but now I'm prepping to leave for the North Shore in a few hours.
Here is what I do have to update you with before I go.
Andrew has been reading like a son of a gun lately. Yesterday alone he probably hit the books for over 2 hours, and that was squeezed around our day trip to Stillwater. Right now its just Garfield comic books, but he's read three of them, so I'm not gonna complain. Before that he read a book called Tut-Tut and he's been hitting the dangerous book for boys pretty hard too. He set up a little reading fort under my scrapbook table and I'm thrilled. He's close where I can enjoy him while I'm crafting (or staring at the blank page which is lately the case) but he's nice and quiet, except for an occasional giggle.) Heaven!
Here are the process photos of the 2nd Chrysalis being formed. You can see in the second photo that it is still wet. It happened while we were out on a walk yesterday morning. We figure we missed seeing the transformation by a couple of minutes. In the first photo the caterpillar is in the "j" position and you can see its inner juicy greenness ready to burst out. I took this just as we went out the door for our walk, and we were gone about 45 minutes...


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People don't listen to you.
They want to grab you and hustle you along.
They treat you like you are six.
They act as if you have no idea what you are talking about, and as if you are simply wildly self-indulgent and need a firm hand.
Ever see Bubba Ho-Tep?
It is based in reality.
I spent the day at the doctor's with my friend H, who is 87 and isn't willing to park herself on the back porch in a rocking chair quite yet.
Something is very, very wrong and they don't know what. A few weeks ago something foul blew through and set off everyone's allergies. H picked up a nasty bronchial and sinus infection and simply has not been able to get back on her feet. We get to go in for tests every week, and I am going to have to go into the examination rooms with her from now on.
H has a curved, diseased spine and a torn rotater cuff.
A nurse -- a trained professional -- insisted she lay flat on her back.
H can't. She at the very least needs to raise her knees to keep the pressure off her back.
The nurse -- trained professional, remember -- grabbed her and attempted to press her down.
The nurse -- who is trained and has a degree in nursing -- yelled at her and treated her like a six-year-old.
I had to go save her. One of the advantages of being a 6-foot Amazon is that I usually only have to walk into a room looking irritated and everyone straightens up.
It turned out that the test could be easily administered from a sitting position, and that it is possible for a nurse to apologize three or four times per sentence.
We have already requested a different nurse for next week's test, a four hour chemical stress test.
Since I just jumped up and bolted through the doctor's office, the office staff and regulars have assumed that I am a bodyguard, and that H must be someone. The groveling was funny, but the obvious speculation was annoying to the point that I did not clarify that the bulge in my waistband was actually a GameBoy.
Let 'em worry -- maybe they will make an effort to act like professionals.
It DOES Suck To Get Old . . .
People don't listen to you.
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- Dana said...
How horrible for H. We spend years and years acquiring knowledge, bettering ourselves, and growing. Somewhere along the line, our society has displaced the respect and honor our elders deserve.
Bless your heart, Amazon Body Guard with Gameboy. ;)
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A circus in Carrickfergus was evacuated this afternoon and dozens of people examined by paramedics.
Fire fighters attended the scene at around 3.45pm after receiving a report that someone claimed to have smelled smoke in the big top.
A spokesperson for NI Fire and Rescue Service - which dispatched two crews to the scene at Top Road - told the Times there was no fire, but a generator that had been inside the marquee had been switched off by the time emergency services arrived.
"A number of people complained of feeling sick and were referred to paramedics at the scene," he added.
Ambulance Service spokesman John McPoland said up to 40 people were being checked after suffering choking, but no one appeared to be seriously ill. He said fire fighters called for paramedics at around 4pm.
"We responded with three rapid response paramedics, one of our heart team, two A&E crews and a patient care vehicle," he added.
"The first paramedic on the scene gave us a situation report that nobody seemed too seriously ill as a result of the incident and he just wanted further personnel there to help him check everybody out," Mr Poland explained.
The Carrick Times heard from a Whitehead man who revealed: "I have a pregnant friend who was there and had to be checked out by paramedics."


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"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."- Stephen Hawking
How do you know when someone's really gone? It seems there are so many markers at first…empty rooms, meals alone, no one to share a good movie or concert with, to travel with, to ski with, a voice you don't hear, handwriting you don't see…the reminders are endless. And yet, none of them really mean the person is gone forever. It isn't until you can say the world has changed so much since they left that they wouldn't know the one we live in now. Global and local politics ruled by people my husband couldn't have imagined, stocks he might have hoped would rise on the market, but never have truly predicted, accomplishments of grandchildren grown to people he wouldn't recognize, all point to change beyond the world he lived in. We're in a different place he's never been a part of. That's how I know he's really gone.
Many years ago, I lost a dear friend in an accident when he was only 21. He was a dynamic person, and so, easy to hold onto in memory. Then, suddenly one day, I realized that I was thinking of him in the world we'd inhabited together, but that I had miraculously become twice the age he was when he died. Trying to have those conversations in my head with a 21-year-old friend when I was 40-years-old convinced me that he was really gone. The boy I was talking to had no knowledge of the world in which I lived, so we shared no commonality anymore. That's when I also knew I'd loosened his hold on me forever.
Does this happen to us with people who are still living within our physical realm? I'd never considered it before, but I realized, when talking with a group of old acquaintances recently, that while I could still carry on a coherent conversation with them, just as I had my 21-year-old friend who'd died in my adolescent years, they didn't know who I was or how I'd been living in my world, which was no longer theirs. It had no relevance for them (nor they for me, I might add), as I'd moved on to a new place. That made me understand that I, too, could be 'gone' in relation to others. Best to stop living with the nostalgia of a world that had included me and them, which doesn't exist anymore.
It's tough on our reality checks to be able to see people and hear their voices when they aren't there for us. And yet, I can tell it's best to move right along, as we must with people who've died. The world has turned, and they're stuck in a different place and time that isn't real for us. But it's hard.
Why should it be so difficult to acknowledge that the universe we resonate in doesn't contain them? Because it's so hard to move ourselves; to leave, or be left. I used to think being left behind was harder, possibly because I was the youngest in a large family and always trying to keep up. But now I know letting go and leaving others is even harder, because it's an action you must initiate entirely on your own. The world is turning and we must go with it. 'Moving right along' is the only way to live fully. I can remember being urged to do that by my grandmother, as I'd hang back to avoid something new. 'Let's move right along, young lady', she'd say. Reminding me just as often that, 'he who hesitates is lost'.
And so, you see I know how important it is to let go. It's even important to move right along when you've gone, without hesitation, leaving people behind you once knew who don't share your ethos anymore. It's important, but not as hard as I used to think if you stay true to your inner voice. Once you've realized and admitted that they, or you, have really gone, the movement starts. Once you see that the world isn't the same place it was when they shared space with you, it's suddenly a lot easier to 'move right along'.


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Shore Lawmaker, Mayors Push Solar Signals To Remedy Outage Traffic Woes
Of all the darkness that swept over the Jersey shore while Sandy was barreling through, perhaps none of it was as problematic as those traffic signals that stopped working. Assemblywoman Amy Handlin(R-13) and seven Monmouth County mayors see a solution in solar signals, and they're urging FEMA for funding.
Handlin's the main signatory on a message to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but also signing on the bottom line are Mayors Anthony Fiore of Middletown, Jon Hornik of Marlboro, Patrick Impreveduto of Holmdel, Michael Mahon of Oceanport, Frank Nolan of Highlands, Paul Smith of Union Beach and David Tinker of Hazlet.
"This is an investment in public safety," said Handlin in a prepared statement. "Solar-powered traffic lights would continue to operate in outages to keep traffic moving and allow police officers to respond to people who need help, instead of directing traffic for days and days."
Many intersections regionwide were unmanned, with drivers being advised to treat all of them as four-way stops. So-called "Jersey Barriers," those ubiquitous orange-and-white barrel-shaped markers, funneled cars at some high-speed junctions to try and reduce the risk of crashes.
The cost, says Handlin, is not only in time spent negotiating guesswork traffic patterns, but also in payouts to police and others involved in trying to channel cars safely, in some instances for weeks.
The idea isn't without precedent. Handlin cites the launching of New Jersey's first solar signal in Mantua Township, Gloucester County, in May 2011.
Enter this link for a look at the joint letter: Handlin letter to FEMA