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Our Natural Hair Conditioner is made with 10 Natural Oils & Butters, 15 Hair beneficial Herbal Extracts and essential oil blend, which condition, nourish and leave Hair glossy and smooth. Chock full of phthalates, petrochemicals, parabens, sulfates, triclosan and aluminum, it's no wonder that most commercial conditioner could feel good for a while but regular use damage Hair permanently and problems like Hair fall/thinning, itchy scalp and dandruff etc. Enriched with vitamin B-5, an essential vitamin for hair growth, Vitamin-E, Honey and Aloe-vera, thereby nourishing your hair follicles.
Benefits of Lavender Oil: The lavender Oil can be a significant source in promoting healthy hair growth. Lavender Oil is great for germ killing. A mix of thyme, rosemary, lavender and cedarwood oils were shown to improve hair regrowth experiencing hair loss. The combination is highly useful to arrest hair fall and stimulate hair growth.
Benefits of Tulsi(Basil) Oil: Basil oil has stimulant properties and can be applied topically to increase blood flow. The increased blood flow is theorized to help hair growth. One of the major causes of hair loss is dandruff and dry scalp. Tulsi helps to improve the blood circulation and keeps your scalp cool reducing itchiness and dandruff and thus promotes hair growth. Regular use of tulsi oil in your scalp energizes you and your hair.
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1920s Dancers
The 1920s Dancers for Hire Offer Ultimate Entertainment for Your Parties
If you would like to add the Blitz party entertainment to any event or occasion you can contact the Swing Patrol troupe who offer 1920s dancers for hire. Yes, Swing Patrol is one dancing troupe that has dedicated themselves to the yester era dancing styles like Great Gatsby, Blitz or Gangster themes that are very much popular during the 1920s. If you want the same fun and entertainment of that era you can find dancers who are experienced in Lindy Hop, Solo and Balboa dancing styles that make you feel nostalgic about those dancing styles. Swing patrol offer exclusive packages for Blitz party entertainment where you can simply relax while they take care of all the arrangements right from helping you find a suitable venue for the party, choose the bands and DJs, MC services, arrange full bar and fill the floor with mood dancers. They also offer you expert 1920s dancers for hire who rock the floor to vintage party tunes offering ultimate entertainment to your guests. They also bring in hair and makeup artists so anyone interested to transform themselves into that style for a vintage look and take one or two dancing lessons from the dancers then and there to shake their leg on the dance floor. They also run competitions for the guests and also arrange photo booths so that one can share their memorable night direct to the social media platforms for others envy.
It is not just performances in the corporate events but the 1920s dancers for hire can also be contacted for team building days, weddings and hen parties, school workshops and other festivals out outdoor events to offer great entertainment to the audience. Swing patrol not only just offer their services for performance but they also conduct dance classes in the vintage style to all those enthusiasts who would like to learn dance at any stage of their life. One can join the dance classes based on their skill levels and become experts in a dancing style to perform at parties or in the swing patrol shows. The swing dance is not just a dancing form but surely uplifts one's spirit to release their energy and stress in a fun manner and also make a great workout for those who would like to reduce their calories. To join the swing patrol dance classes you can simply go through their portal for the venue and pay the fees to enhance your dancing skills to become the 1920s dancers for the joyous music style.


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Home is where the work is
Flexibility in the workplace can create happier staff who get more done.
Мarissa Mayer, chief executive of Yahoo, sparked quite a row with her recent ban on working from home.
One Irish businessman who would disagree with her diktat is Barry Rice of ShutterCo, a household shutter designer. The family business, set up in 2006, employs 10 people. Half of them work on the factory floor; the other half can, more or less, work from wherever they like.
"Production staff have to be onsite, obviously, and we like to have one or two in the office overseeing things during the day, but other than that people can work from home, on the road, wherever," said Rice.
He tries to do as much as he can from home, including research and development, accounts and business development. Technology makes home working not only possible but also highly efficient, he says. "For example, prospective customers can send their details to us via our website using Google Docs. I can pick these up at home, contact the customers and, using Google Calendar, see what appointments our sales people have free for a home visit."
The firm uses Dropbox, a cloud-based way of sharing files, so it does not even need its computers to be networked. Its sales reps do not even have desks in the office.
The business has been profitable since 2010 and revenues grew 20% in the past 12 months. It will soon need to take on more staff.
Rice reckons the opportunity to work from home will be an important part of the benefits package he can offer when recruiting. "All that matters to me is that they are getting results," he said. "After that, I don't mind if I never see them."
Dermot Rice, Barry's uncle, is managing director of Priority Management, a company that provides training for businesses looking to work "smarter". He also believes in the value of home working.
He sees Mayer's move as a step backwards. "Our experience is that people who have the flexibility to work from home do more work, not less, yet still manage to benefit from having a better work-life balance."
Work-life balance is not such a hot topic as it was before the downturn but is still hugely important to both employees and employers, he has found. If anything, the recession makes it more important. "Employers have no money to give pay rises, so flexibility in relation to working from home has become an important way to keep staff, and a way of giving them recognition." Certain rules of thumb apply. "It can't be done for everybody, it can't be done 40 hours a week, and it can't be done on an ad hoc basis. To protect yourself and your employees, a written policy is vital."
Employers reluctant to formalise the practice should bear in mind that technology has probably made many of their "loss of control" fears obsolete already.
For Cathal Divilly, managing director of Great Place to Work, which assesses corporate environments from an employee perspective, home working should be a relatively straightforward issue. "Basically it comes down to whether or not [managers] trust the people working for them," he said. "If that trust is there, we see more and more people working from home."


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The Mint Imperial is a lovely 57 foot long canal boat set on a private mooring in a peaceful and calm part of the Lancaster countryside. Whilst the boat is moored, she can be taken out for excursions around the lock free canals of the area, with her easy to use diesel engine.
Before your holiday begins, training will be provided until you are very comfortable with operating the boat. If you do not feel up to it, or do not wish to take her for a trip down the canal, Mint Imperial's private mooring is a great base to explore the area by foot.
Mint Imperial includes a modern interior fitted to a very high specification. She sleeps four people in two double beds; one in the bedroom and the other being converted from the dining area. A fifth person can be accommodated with the camp bed in the lounge.
It includes a fully fitted kitchen area containing a fridge with freezer compartment, an oven and a hob; and lots of storage space throughout the boat. All bedding and kitchenware is supplied as well as a flat screen TV and DVD player for those rainy days. The boat can be used all year round as she has a multi-fuel burner as well as central heating.
She is a boat perfect for all kinds of holidays, from romantic getaways to fun family boat trips. The interior has a ash finishing, matching the naturalness of the surrounding countryside.
The nearby countryside is perfect for rambling walks, picnics, and is the epitome of peace and tranquillity. There are some good gastro pubs nearby offering delicious food and local ales. All of this is just a 30-minute drive away from the Yorkshire Dales, the Fylde Coast and the Lake District.
So, if you need a break from it all, and want some time to relax and enjoy the peaceful English countryside, this canal boat is a unique way of doing that.
Please note that we offer the following rental periods: 1) 4-Night Weekday breaks from Monday to Friday2) 3-Night Weekend breaks from Friday to Monday morning3) 7 night Week breaks from Friday to Friday 4) 7 night Week breaks from Saturday to Saturday
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In what has been hailed as a major breakthrough in Software Development, the Irish Eco Agency yesterday revealed details of a new state of the art IT system which is believed to be the first of its type to be delivered on time, on budget and totally bug free.
IT Professionals worldwide are said to be stunned by this unprecedented success.
This comes against a background where the Irish Eco Agency has been at the receiving end of major criticism, some would say unwarranted, at its policies regarding Rainbows.
While the worldwide debate on the existence of pots of gold at the base of rainbows reaches fever pitch, rainbow sceptics continue to argue that rainbows are a natural phenomena caused by light refraction due to dust particles in the Earth's atmosphere.
This off course flies in the face of scientific evidence published in Nobel Laureate, and nearly President of the US, Al Gore, in his book "An Inconvenient Truth"
Mr Gore supported by the majority of the State funded Scientific Community and Rainbow Warriors argues strongly that there is indeed a pot of gold at the base of every rainbow and if we could embrace this known fact, a solution to our current global financial credit crunch could be remedied quickly and painlessly.
Rainbow sceptics continue to disagree and are firm in their belief that this is a convenient myth rather than a substantiated fact.
The Irish Eco Agency have strongly aligned themselves with Mr Gore and his band of Scientists and have positioned Irish fiscal policy to reap the eventual huge rewards that this phenomena offers.
Seeking to capitalise on potential revenue from the Rainbow, the Irish Eco Agency some 3 years ago enacted legislation that would require all Leprechauns to be licensed and subject to a Leprechaun Levy so that decisive regulatory control could be achieved to protect the National interest.
This meant that any citizen with Leprechauns in their garden hoping to cash in on a Rainbow landing in their property would have to obtain the necessary Leprechaun license and donate half of their windfall to the Eco Agency should their Leprechaun be successful.
This policy led to fierce demonstration throughout Irish Society as there was outrage at the thought that innocent Leprechauns could in effect be taxed as never before, the Irish Garden Gnome Movement even went to the European Court and successfully obtained an exclusion from the Legislation as they argued that they were in no way related to Leprechauns.
A deadline of 2008 was set for the Leprechaun Levy to come into force and The Irish Eco Agency set about developing their new regulatory system later to be come known as the Irish Rainbow Integration Programme or IRIP for short.
There then ensued a lengthy tendering process, surprising it took so long as their was only one applicant, but in the end the contract (well not really a contract, more a bit of a nod and a wink) was awarded to AirWare International, a bespoke developer of non-functioning software.
There was some scepticism at awarding the tender to AirWare as many suggested that their past performance was indeed an indicator of future performance but the Irish Eco Agency defended their decision citing the newly formed Software Testing Department as their champions of managing supplier's quality and delivery, this new and bold strategy would ensure the success of the project.
Again the critics remained defiant as the concept of Testing was somewhat new to the Eco Agency and totally foreign to the non-existent procedures of the selected supplier, AirWare.
In a brash step to expedite the delivery, AirWare negotiated that development of the product would commence immediately without the agreement of any requirements as they considered their expertise in this area would suffice.
Surprisingly this somewhat risky strategy initially looked as though it would pay dividends when AirWare unexpectedly announced the delivery of the first module some 3 months ahead of schedule.
The excitement was however short-lived when a brief exploratory test of the system revealed that while it was working quite well, the system was more applicable to a fuel derivative analysis tool which curiously AirWare had previously delivered to the Eco Agency.
Not to be deterred, Senior Eco Agency Management decided that that this major failure was a result of having no documented requirements which was clearly the responsibility of the Test Manager who was promptly fired.
Soon after a new Test Manager was sourced and though her previous position as an East German Stasi Official did not seem to qualify her for the job, she immediately got down to the task in hand.
Recognising that the problem had been caused by the lack of expertise in testing, the rest of the test team were promptly executed.
The new test strategy demanded that a larger and more importantly, a hand picked squad of experienced test personnel were needed, action was decisive and a new team of 20 ex Stasi Officials were recruited to replace the previous team of 3.
Key to the success of this new strategy was the formulation of a new approach to non-functional testing, in a nutshell, the trick was to have as many non-functioning testers creating vast arrays of non-functioning tests, this would ensure that no defects would ever be found in the new system and it would therefore be able to meet it's aggressive deadlines.
As a further modification to the delivery cycle it was also agreed that all future releases would be named by their planned monthly date, the year of release would however be encrypted at AirWare's request so as not to put their developer (I mean team) under too much pressure.
The project continued apace but while the deliveries were frequent, the defect rate was somewhat higher than originally expected and there was a degree of concern when initial testing found that 120% of requirements were failing, this was somewhat of a first in Software Development circles.
On foot of this, a further review took place and identified 2 major issues, the first being that some requirements would need to be de-coupled and normalised (some maintained this was really de-scoping) and secondly, that at least a further 50 testing staff would be needed as well as 10 non-functioning Test Managers.
The project which was now 3,500% over budget managed to acquire a further cash injection of £20 Billion, given the clearly demonstrated business case of the Leprechaun Levy, justification was easily secured.
Now that the full test team was in place they were finally in a position to really start writing their test scripts in anger, it's a pity to this day that they were ever allowed write these in a little known Stasi code called Gibberish.
While productivity seemed high among the team there was now little confidence that the tests being written applied to the system that wasn't being developed, this condition later became known as Rainbow Syndrome.
With the deadline of the Leprechaun Levy fast approaching, the project undertook some radical steps to bring everything back online - recognising that the major cause of defects in the software was a result of the software having to do something, it was decided to remove all functionality from the system.
This unprecedented approach certainly had its merits, it meant that development could now cease (it had done anyway, as the Developer had been on maternity leave for 2 months), all defects could now be closed and the unveiling of the brand new system could be planned.
Some questions still arose about potential performance problems of the new system in that while it was known that the system could cope with one user doing nothing, it was not certain that it would continue to non-function if 1000's of potential users sought to do nothing.
To allay these concerns the project decided to purchase a state of the art performance testing tool at vast expense, a further series of blank scripts were then developed and a successful load test was achieved.
Moreover, unlike any other software application in the world performance for the new Eco Agency system remained constant no matter what load was applied, it is believed that the radical design change of removing all functionality was the key to this never before seen software behaviour.
Other huge savings were made by the removal of the planned server farm to be replaced with an Amstrad 64 while the need for load balancing was also eliminated as no transactions were possible.
Following a final program review, the Eco Agency reported that an overall saving of 20% of planned budget had been achieved by dispensing with the development and testing phases of the project, this surplus has now been earmarked to produce a full Disaster Recovery solution.
While the Project Management element and Conference costs had consumed over 80% of budget, this was robustly defended given the complexity of the delivery and the price of tea and biscuits.
Meanwhile, it was sadly reported that the death of former nearly President Gore had occurred, it is understood that he walked over the side of a cliff while following a Rainbow though there are those who say an Irish Leprechaun pushed him.
Back in the Emerald Isle, the Leprechaun Levy has been described as a huge success, netting billions for the Eco Agency.
AirWare International has now become the preferred software supplier to all EU Governments and their share price has soared though the recent appointment of several Eco Agency Directors to the AirWare Board has raised a few eyebrows.
While the Rainbow Sceptics continually point out that not a single pot of gold has been found to date, the Rainbow Scientific community's latest theory is that they have all been swallowed up by a black hole following a crazy experiment led by the Swiss, rumour has it that the same black hole is where all the world's money is gone, but that's only a rumour!


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HydroServe Technologies, Inc. has been in business since 1993 and through our acquisition of Aqua White Engineering, We have become a company that always strives to meet the needs of our clients. These multilevel tasks range from providing solid guidance on system's problems to providing products that the client can feel comfortable utilizing without any hesitations.
It has been our goal to provide quality water treatment products and services to the general public for Commercial and Industrial uses over the years. We have become known for solving technical problems utilizing specific solutions that has created trust throughout our client base. We would like to invite you to look around our website and get a sense of our commitment to doing the best job possible in every step of the way.
Through the years we have put the client at the forefront of our daily activities providing an atmosphere that is both productive as well as pleasant. The fact that accomplishments can only be consistent if each part of the puzzle is in place and stays in place has the utmost effect on the way we approach each challenge. We pride ourselves on being known for our technical expertise as well as our attitude in getting to the solution of problems. It is with this mindset that we have enjoyed growth each and every year that we have been in business and with continued support from our client base we see no end in sight.
"Thank you to our clients, you are making dreams come true for all of us here at HydroServe Technologies, Inc."
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Lucid in the Art of the Unlikely by Kindlingrecords
Space is the Geometry of Luminosity by Kindlingrecords
Special Mechanism for Universal Uncertainty by Kindlingrecords
|Special Mechanism at Art Gallery of SA
suite of 10 cut-poems by Sandra Selig with accompanying recordings by Leighton Craig.
Exhibited at Before and After Science: 2010 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, February - May 2010 (review) and Milani Gallery, Brisbane, November 2010.
(We are discussing a set of prints with lathe-cut record - wishful but possible!)


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I was recently sent several books from LeRue Press to review and my favorite one was called Pick Me, Pick Me by Elizabeth Horton. It is a delightful story about a little boy, Miguel, who knows all the answers and wonders why his teacher doesn't call on him for every answer. It is a great book to help students understand how they have to wait their turn and that every student needs a chance to answer questions. As a former teacher and a parent, I really loved the message in this book. My two daughters loved this book as well. They have asked for me to read it with them several nights in a row! You can find Pick Me, Pick Me by Elizabeth Horton on Amazon. You can also order directly from the publisher LeRue Press and the illustrator will draw a picture of Miguel and sign the book, too.
You can see an interview with the author, Elizabeth Horton, below:
LeRue Press also offers other great books. Below are summaries I received from the publisher. You can find more information on their website.
Naming Your Baby by Ruby Szudajski
Naming Your Baby will appeal to many parents even if they already have a name for their child. It includes the top 1000 names as compiled by the Social Security Administration, limericks using many of the names (not the bawdy, naughty type…these are all family friendly) and some meanings of name also. Written by an 86 year "young" great-grandmother, it's a fun book and will be followed with a new edition for next year.
Bad Hair Days by D.C. Paull
What a great way to spend an afternoon, reading the escapades of Sara Blake. In her first novel, Go Girl Friday, we were introduced to Sara Blake an unlikely candidate to journey beyond Reno, NV and get into all kinds of trouble! D.C. Paull, in a Janet Evanovich style takes you with Sara while she gets into mischief.


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Stirn Hall
Gates Mills, Ohio
Status: Plan
Website: http://www.hawken.edu/stirnhall?rc=0
Our proposal for the expansion and renovation of a private school sited on a former agrarian estate in Northeastern Ohio strives to maintain a contextually rich relationship to its history, while giving expression to a highly progressive educational vision. Inspired by the site, we posed the question of what it means to define an artisanal education, using an agrarian sensibility, while discovering historically underutilized landscapes on the campus. This line of thinking pushed us to consider the educational mission and the site in three main categories: Making, Sharing and Inquiry. We organized each of the learning types against varying landscapes; Making [biology, science and fabrication labs] orienting to the woods and creek; Sharing [commons, auditoria, and social spaces] enjoying long views of the meadow to promote intellectual grazing; and Inquiry [classrooms, offices and humanities] orienting to a new Orchard, which also serves to consolidate parking and drop-off.
We drew formal inspiration from the historic barns on the estate, which burned in 1977. These structures set a precedent of scalar manipulation by eschewing conventional openings and floor plates. Furthermore, mining the barn typology, we developed an exterior shell independent from interior programmatic relationships in our effort to design a building free from the tyranny of corridors.
In a community which is almost exclusively white-on-white Western Reserve style, we chose to clad the building in vertical terra-cotta of varying degrees of reflectivity, allowing the structure to pick up the wide natural variation in color and light of the landscape. The result is a massing and image appropriate to the history and scale of the site, with spatial continuity both vertically and horizontally through the building; generating multiple opportunities to gather and socialize in a decidedly authentic contemporary architecture.


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Do you, sometimes find yourself thinking that if only you could just be normal, things would be better?
For instance, you'd be able to stop at your favorite fast-food restaurant, order a quick meal, go home and relax rather than take the time and expend the energy that you really don't have to prepare dinner?
Believe me, I understand, I've felt, thought and said all of these. There are times when I still do. But, when I stop and think about it. I wonder if what I'm wishing for is really beneficial to me.
Yes, it would be easier, to do those things. But, when you stop and look at what we call normal. Is it really? Or is it simply the convenience that we've become accustomed to and normalcy has nothing to do with it.
Also, when we focus on being "normal," it affects us detrimentally by creating obstacles that get in the way of achieving our goal of living a healthy, high-quality life.
Three ways desiring to be normal can hinder you:
1. You find unhealthy items deceptively appealing.
Much of what we get at most fast food restaurants, for instance, isn't really food. It's food-like but it isn't food. Then, if you're dealing with food allergies, it becomes even more difficult to find a nourishing menu item. So, although convenient, it isn't healthy.
2. You find unhealthy behavior tempting.
Perhaps, there are times when your allergies and sensitivities cause you to feel tired and require more rest. Yet, you wish to be "normal" so you can function on less sleep like you imagine others do. (Studies show that most Americans don't get enough sleep and would be better off with more.)
3. You miss out on what will actually nurture your unique self.
Delicious, healthy, energizing food that can be prepared rather quickly and the exhilarating feeling of having gotten enough rest eludes you.
We are all unique. God created us that way. Many times when we endure special circumstances that don't fit into what's conventional, we are forced to recognize we aren't like everyone else.
Perhaps, if we changed our mindset, we wouldn't feel marginalized at all but empowered. Empowered in knowing that we can be ourselves and live a healthy, joyful life.
So, why not embrace your unique "normal"?
- If you have food allergies, embrace them and set about exploring the plethora of tasty, nutritious foods that aren't allergens for you.
- If you need more than the average amount of sleep each night, embrace that fact, look at your schedule, and determine when you can include a nap, or what can be adjusted so that you can get to bed earlier.
- If you have environmental sensitivities, embrace them and set about finding out how to transform your home into a nurturing, safe haven.
What are some things that you do to embrace your unique "normal"?


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Bluffton High's wrestling team continued a strong start to its season Dec. 28 by claiming the title in the Seahawk Duals at Hilton Head Island High School.
The Bobcats went 7-1 over two days to finish first among nine teams in the annual holiday tournament, which included county rivals Hilton Head, Whale Branch and Battery Creek.
Fielding a more complete lineup this season, Bluffton built on its third-place at North Myrtle Beach's season-opening 18-team tournament last month.
Bluffton, which has three former state qualifiers in seniors Levi Joly, Michael Meyerink and Llotd Williams, opens SCHSL Region 8-AAAA competition at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Summerville.
The Bobcats' next tournament is the Dreher Invitational in Columbia on Friday and Saturday.


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Have you noticed that I have installed FEEDJIT, a little live feed tracker on the right side of this page, just under "About Me? It shows where the readers of T. in the Burg are located at any given moment. I pop in every now and then, just to see where my readers are located. I am always astounded to see that I have blog visits from places that I have never even heard of!
Here is what my feed looks like as I am writing at this very moment.
The next time I look at my feed it will be completely different. I almost always have a viewer or two from Texas, but none right now. Hey, Ladies in Texas! Where are you today?


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Welcome to the Website of Bohnet GmbH
Bohnet GmbH is an international provider of multimodal heavy and oversized cargo transport with over 50 years of tradition and experience. This website is intended to give you an insight into our business and core competencies.
From automotive presses and wind power plants to distillation columns, from autoclaves and transformers to crawler excavators, we are able to realize almost every imaginable heavy transport scenario due to the combination of our know-how, our highly skilled employees, and our high-tech truck fleet.
We would appreciate the opportunity to convince you of our know-how and efficiency regarding heavy cargo transport.


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Ask the experts
What home strategies can help mite allergies?
Doctor's response
Home measures that have been proven to be useful in improving mite-related allergic conditions (such as asthma and eczema) include strategies that are designed to avoid exposure to the mites. Mattress encasement in semi-permeable plastic, such as those made from high-density polyethylene fibers of Tyvek, and carpet removal have been proven to be helpful.
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Elise Corner TV Unit
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We love This idea from Riccardo Tamiazzo, we're big fans of all about modifying IKEA furniture to improve it. Not everyone starts with a cabinet from 0, and this can help us to create new things recycling in a somewhat different way, thanks to IKEA hacking 🙂
This is the unit with which Riccardo began working, the typical expedit shelf from IKEA, and giving it a 90 degree turn he has created a cabinet for the TV. Basically he has placed it over its side as if it were a table, and he has covered it with wooden planks from a pallet, he has even added a glass top and 2 little doors.
The coating work involves cleaning and sanding the wooden planks, cuting them with the appropriate measures, glue them to the surface of the cabinet, and finally varnish the surface generously. As you can see the result is quite good. The added glass the furniture more clean, and the small doors are more laborious but embellish the whole piece.
Also Riccardo has added a fluorescent behind the TV, in order to give indirect lighting to the living room, something completely optional.
Do you like this pallet furniture for the living room? Do you want to look for more pallet tables?


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Have you ever noticed that the number of bald women is far disproportionate to the number of bald men?
I don't see many bald women, but I know lots of bald men. Maybe it's because, as I progress through my 30s, my own hair line is receding at a far quicker rate than I'd like, causing me to have a special sensitivity to these things, but I see bald men everywhere I look. And it isn't just my imagination. Studies show that half of all men will lose their hair by the age of 50.
Science has an explanation, of course. (Doesn't science always?) The male body converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, which causes hair to turn loose and disappear. (And, I suppose, suddenly reappear in ear lobes and nostrils, but that's unconfirmed.)
Because the female body's testosterone levels pale in comparison to the average male body, science tells us, there is far less dihydrotestosterone, thus far less hair loss.
Blah, blah, blah.
I have an alternative theory: you women are hogging the shampoo.
Guys, I don't know how it is at your house, but at mine, there are dozens of hair-care bottles in the shower. Have you ever knocked off a loaded bottle of shampoo onto your toe? When I'm in the shower, I'm like an octopus in a mine field. Everywhere I turn is potential disaster. There are bottles to pre-condition the hair, bottles to wash the hair, bottles to condition the hair, bottles to moisturize the hair, and et cetera.
Either the people at TreSemme have been selling you ladies a load of manure, or all that shampoo is keeping hair on your head. Because, generally speaking, us men need only one bottle: regular, old-fashioned shampoo.
And it's a good thing, because we aren't allowed to spend as much money on our hair as women are on theirs. And when I say "we," I'm referring primarily to "me." Because it may not be the same in your house, but in my house, my wife's hair has always been more important.
I learned early in our marriage that I was not to use her shampoo. I've never shopped for shampoo in my life, but I know that Biolage costs more than $20 a bottle, because that's what I was always told when I dared to use the stuff in the shower.
"Don't use my Biolage! It costs too much!" What she might as well have been saying was, "Don't use that high-priced shampoo on your hair; it's just gonna fall out anyway." Consequently, 15 years later, I'm the one with the receding hair line.
One of the first lessons of my married life was that there would be two types of shampoo in my house: Biolage for her, and Suave for me. Hers cost $25 for a 32-oz. bottle. Mine cost 69 cents a gallon. And smells like fruit.
I'm all about cheap, but as I watch commercials for Axe and American Crew, I'm reminded that I've never seen a Suave commercial with some good-looking woman running her fingers through a man's hair and saying, "I love the smell of your strawberry-kiwi mane!"
Because I know my place in life, I never complained. I used the cheap stuff and doomed myself to an eventual life as a hairless senior citizen.
But there are benefits. I won't save much money when I no longer need Suave shampoo, but at least I'll no longer have honeybees dive-bombing my head every time I venture outdoors.


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An array of aesthetic advancement, this rigorously researched and hand-illustrated diagram documents the progression of Graphic Design from the Victorian era into the modern digital age. Each memorable style of graphic expression is delineated here by its respective design elements and corralled into movements tracing back nearly 200 years. From the finials and fronds of
The Chrome team is excited to announce Google Translate support for Emoji built directly into Chrome for Android and iOS. You can now read all your favorite web content using efficient and emotive illustrations on your phone and tablet.
Sketching means a lot for graphic designers, even if the final design is supposed to be placed on the web. Most of creatives prefer to spend hours with pencil before translating the design into reality with editing software. Even a typeface starts with a tiny sketch, in fact, every great type starts with a single
The Social Media Guard takes the "social" out of media and puts it back into your life. Did you know that the world spends 4 millions years online every month? If you're watching this video on your mobile phone, it's time to put it down. Look around you, there is probably someone special you can
Several automotive companies have begun replacing traditional controls in their cars with touch screens. Unfortunately, their eagerness to set new trends in hardware, is not matched by their ambition to create innovative software experiences for these new input mechanisms. Instead of embracing new constraints and opportunities, they merely replicate old button layouts and shapes on
The dramatic increase of online shopping has fanned the flames of competition between shipping companies. Which is why, using thermal-activated ink, DHL figured the best way to advertise just how fast and efficient its shipping services are was to trick its competitors into doing it for them.
When it's going well, design is a pleasure. But we all know what it's like to experience a bad day: nothing works the way it should, colors clash, type mumbles, the message is lost altogether. It's worth remembering that everyone has their bad days. Here are some of the most inspirational quotes we've found online
As one of the core design principles, typography can really make or break a website design. Despite recent advances in web type technology we're still fairly limited when it comes to creative typography layouts, meaning image replacement techniques are still common, but these days we have massive choice when it comes to selecting fonts for
Today's web design showcase is for all you designers who share a passion with both the web industry and cars & motorbikes. Websites from the automotive industry are typically amongst the ugliest out there with interface designs straight from the late 90s. There are some hidden gems to be enjoyed though, such as these 20
We started our "Best of 2013″ series with the Best Free Fonts of 2013. For this week, we've went back through all the UI PSDs that we've covered over the past year and picked the ones that really stand out. Because there are so many very good ones to sift through, it's always a difficult
The start of a new year is always an exciting time for businesses to look ahead and wonder what the coming year will bring. There are a lot of changes in store in 2014, especially for people who work in technology and web design. 2013 saw a slew of new trends, some of which have
When it comes to lettering, there's something about a handmade project that just stops us in our tracks. In this day and age, with so many beautiful fonts accessible to us at just the press of a button, the fact that there are still amazing designers willing to go above and beyond the norm and
When properly applied, the negative space effect can result in a clever and elegant logo. Negative space is the empty space between the main elements of a design and good designers know how to take advantage of this to create something that is memorable and captures the imagination. So, today we gathered some inspiring examples
Smithsonian Magazine has just announced the (absolutely incredible) finalists in what is now their 10th annual photography contest. Here are some of our favorites; they'll take your breath away. via: gizmodo
One internet year, one illustration, 20 things: can you spot them all? To help you along, clues are shown from 2 Feb. Win Tweet this page with the hashtag #20things and you could win a limited edition poster signed by illustrator Niark1. via: syzygy
Some artists got that kind of talent that transports us to a world of complete awe, making us not believe that someone would be so much talented like that. That's exactly the case of Shintaro Ohata, an artist from Hiroshima. via: abduzeedo
Check out what happened to this crew on a photoshoot for the EcoBubble washing machine. They were near Manning Park, BC.


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Whether players want to catch up on 2012's The Walking Dead for the first time, revisit the series on another platform, or perhaps share the experience with friends and family, it's never been easier to do so. Episode 1 – A New Day, Season One's first chapter of Lee and Clementine's story, is now free on Xbox Games Store worldwide.
Telltale Games' The Walking Dead series is now available via digital channels and also as a complete retail package, courtesy of Avanquest Software. Of course, it's only the digitally distributed edition that allows gamers to download the first episode for free, but the retail package allows gamers to use the same save data and continue from where they left off.
The first chapter of The Walking Dead, Episode 1 – A New Day is available to download for Xbox 360 without charge now, and PlayStation 3 gamers in North America can also download the first chapter for free from PlayStation Network. Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with all the latest details on Telltale Games' The Walking Dead series, including the upcoming second season.


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So you recycle, right? (We hope so!)
But are you making the largest impact you can?
We're huge fans of the Green Youth Movement, a group founded by a teen who agrees that youth like us can make a difference for the future of our environment. They have some awesome ideas for making sure we're making the most positive impact through reducing, reusing and recycling. The following are some of the tips I'll be following myself this year:
Buy products with less packaging. This one is tough, because I usually think more about the product than the packaging. But the more materials are used in packaging, the more energy has been used to produce it. Even if the packaging is recyclable, it's better to use less (remember that "reduce" part?).
Use less AC and heat. I like to be comfy, but it's critical that we reduce our energy consumption to help our planet. Throw on a hoodie instead of cranking up the heat, or drink a glass of ice water to cool down rather than using more air conditioning.
Choose "washable" over "disposable". Forego paper plates for reusable ones, replace paper towels with cloth napkins, and use a travel mug for coffee and tea rather than disposable cups. These small everyday actions will reduce the amount of materials we add to landfills.
Recycle electronics, too. Paper and plastics aren't the only items we can recycle. Find an electronics recycling day in your hometown, or see if you can donate your unused phones and other electronics to a local charity organization.
Plant a tree. This action is both fun and rewarding: trees help clean our air and they're beautiful, too. You can do this action on your own, with friends or through an organization like Trees Atlanta.
For more tips, check out GYM's recommendations here.
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Nicki Minaj helped open the VMAs with a performance of "Anaconda." Here were Kim Kardashian and Rita Ora watching from the audience.
If they looked a little jealous it's because they probably were. Weren't you? Weren't we all? No shame.
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Someone called me after my bedtime and worried aloud about the country, a worry that also has preoccupied me lately. Many months ago when an Obama presidency became more and more certain, I steeled myself for disappointment that was sure to follow.
Obama appointees seem to have been tax evaders. Obama will pull out of Iraq as promised, but is stumbling toward a worse quagmire in Afghanistan. Obama economic gurus were part of the finance industry that got us into this mess. Obama closes Guantanamo but allows the possibility of secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to countries that torture. CIA to keep renditions tool.
Here are some reality checks:
• Radical reform bubbles up from the grassroots when people are ready for it. In the civil rights revolution, John and Robert Kennedy responded to demonstrators in the street. Civil rights for women resulted from gentler pressure, and today civil rights are slowly coming for gays, as those "on top," the so-called leaders, dare to do what's right because ordinary people want it. And we're beginning to see Obama's administration responding to grassroots revulsion over greedy grasping by financiers.
• Obama is trapped in an intricate web of government that preceded him. The most powerful man on earth has to dance to the tune in place or he won't be powerful for long.
• The global economic system depends on myriad factors mystifying even to those who navigate it daily.
• Obama is human, influenced by those around him. I'd like to think he understands that and seeks input from ordinary people for that reason. So we need to comply with the administration's requests, and we the people have to raise the consciousness of the nation.
• Good things already done include a declaration that diplomacy trumps militarism, appointing George Mitchell special envoy to the Middle East, decisive moves to protect the environment, moves away from torture and away from past preferences for polluters and the obscenely wealthy.
There is hope, as I was reminded suddenly in church yesterday morning. I fought tears when we sang the phrase, "Healer of our every ill," and realized I'd again fallen into worried despondence, thinking it was up to human individuals to save the world.
Hoping for what we cannot see means awaiting it with patient endurance.
Romans 8:25
Hope is a thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings a tune without words
And never stops at all. Emily Dickinson


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In this project, we would like to conduct the colour forecasting of the brand, Marc Jacobs. The collections from 2003 to 2009 S/S are picked up for the analysis.
At the initial stage of the semester, without a little knowledge to the colour theory, i found that it is hard to undergo the analysis. Since lots of colour, which look almost the "same", are applied on the whole collections for every years, i felt confused. It seems that every years are the same and no specific outcome can be concluded.
However, when time goes, i learn more about the colour theory, knowing that hue and colour are different! For hue refers to a pure color, while colour can be a same hue of different tint, shade, value, saturation! I started to analyze the collections differently, not only by how many hue, but also focus on the differences on value, saturation, tint and shade. I analyzed the 2004 and 2009 S/S collections, by applying the colour theory to make conclusion. I extracted the colour palette from the clothing and plotted the colour on the colour wheels to show the distribution of the colour each year. It is interesting to notice that some patterns can be observed, such as complementary, analogy etc. I learn how to apply colour harmoniously for the whole collection base on these theory now.
Before the presentation of the group researh, we wrongly thought that black, grey and white are the colours that Marc Jacobs likes to ultilize. In fact, it seems to be a MUST in every other brands too. It is because the brand need to care about each of its customers for the commercial reason. Some people may feel awful to accept a new colour combination, or they just want to locate at the safety point. As a result, i found that achromatic colour is less worthy to analyze and turned back my focus to the colour with saturation.
While predicting the F/W collection of 2009, i also found that not only the data collected can have effect on the colour forecasting, but also the social culture, designer background, countries etc. Also, while predicting the colour, we should also think of what we want to express. It should be lots of consideration, like" Why i choose this colour?", "What colours i am using?", "How to combine the colour in one single outfit or even a whole collection?", "Which tone should i use in a single hue?", " Who should i design for?", "In which occassion they will dress?"............. Also, we have to deal with the relationship and ratio between each colour since it can affect the whole feeling of the collection. For more detailed, please see the post "Colour forcasting of fashion trend of Marc Jacobs 2009 F/W Women RTW (1) & (2) on 8th & 27th November.
In this collection, i would like to bring out a feeling of sedate. It is sure that the economic crisis have the big impact on the globe. So that the people would be down for the coming year. For the fabric, knitted wear are mostly used to show the the feeling of sedate. However, i would like to use warm colour to show the optimist towards this challenge. Also, flare is used for each single outfit to balance the feeling of sedate. Therefore, complementary are used in this collection for the harmony of colour.
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Dire Wolf Pelvis
In Box 14 of Project 23, we have uncovered what appears to be a Canis dirus (dire wolf) pelvis, with all three parts still associated (together). The right and left innominates (hip bones) and the sacrum (the piece of the spine that connects the other two) are oriented together nearly the same as they would have been when the animal was alive. Usually, we here at Rancho La Brea find these three bones separate in the tangled jumble of our typical deposits, where skeletal disarticulation and mixing of bones from different individuals is the "norm". This is why we're so interested in these particular fossils, because it is most likely that these are from one individual dire wolf. However, we'll have to wait until the bones are fully excavated and cleaned to be more sure.


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Ampthill ran in four tries in the second half to secure a bonus point victory against Blayford at Dillingham Park.
The clash was the first ever game between the clubs at first XV level on a bright, dry late summer afternoon with perfect playing conditions.
The Amps squad saw one change in the backs and two on the bench; Keven Barrett coming in at scrum-half with Gavin Williams reverting to the bench and prop Lewis Brunger replacing the ill Billy Walker beside him.
After a very competitive first half Amps made the game safe with three tries in a nine-minute purple patch, with Blaydon responding in the last 20 minutes.
The game started with a bang with Amps scoring a second-minute try through Barrett, converted by left wing Elliott Clements-Hill after the former England 7s captain had sniped after a 5m lineout drive had stalled.
From the kick-off the visitors drove deep into A's 22, securing a 10m lineout. A catch and drive saw the hosts penalised for bringing own the maul and a penalty try awarded, converted by their fly-half.
Fortunately the spectators had some time to get their breath back as it took 25 minutes for the next points to trouble the scoreboard as both sides settled down and the game became a very competitive forward battle both at the set piece and in the loose.
On 30 minutes open side Matt Howling finished a catch and drive after a fine move with both backs and forwards involved earned a red zone lineout; Clements-Hill adding the extras from wide out before adding another three points from a 35th minute breakdown penalty.
Neither side was able to threaten the line before half-time leaving the score 17-7 at the break.
The second half belonged to the home side with four further tries from captain Maama Molitka (49 minutes), fly-half Joseph Tarrant (53), full-back Karim Lynch (58) and Clements-Hill (75) who converted the latter two.
Blaydon, never having given up, had their best spell of the game in the last quarter with more territory and possession producing a 65th minute try for their lock and making Ampthill defend for much of the time but without threatening the line.
Ampthill head coach Paul Turner said: "A great win against a very good team; to be 17-7 up at half time against a strong wind spoke volumes. We talked about being ruthless at half-time and executed well, it was a great squad effort where the bench played their part."


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Where to start? For months, I've wanted a forum to vent. Somewhere where I might just put down in words all of the awful things in my brain hoping that someone, somewhere out there might understand.
I'll start here: I go in cycles. My brain will be pretty good for weeks, and I'll lead a relatively normal life. But then something will happen. Just one thing. Something I didn't expect or didn't want. Then starts the anxiety. Everything short circuits and I can't function. I hold up my obligations – I still go to work, but I'm nothing but a festering crucible of compounding terror on the inside. It's hard to focus. I'm not interested in eating or bathing. My only release is when I drink myself so stupid that my brain shuts off.
I've been doing that a lot lately. It makes me not sleep so well, but at least for a while I can feel like everything's okay. I want the freedom of a clear mind, I just wish it didn't come with the price of waking up at 3 AM in the Lovesac covered with the beer I had been drinking.
I've thought of suicide in the past few weeks more often than I have in the past. I don't want to kill myself, but I can't keep going on like this.
I came close once, when I was 19. I actually loaded the gun and put it to my head. I couldn't do it, though. I wanted to – I was so sad and angry and unhappy and nobody believed me. They all thought I was just being dramatic. I kinda wish I would have done it; maybe then they'd believe me.
I recognize that suicide is one of the most selfish things that one can do. It is a completely self serving action. But once you've reached that point, you don't care. You just want a means of relief. I guess that's why I'm writing here, I want a means of relief. I hope, I PRAY, that there's someone out there that will see this. You don't have to say anything, just read and listen.
I speak dramatically, but I've actually got it kind of good. I'm getting married in two weeks. She makes me happy. I don't work at a job that tries to kill me anymore. That used to be a big problem. My car (a huge source of stress) is OK. It wasn't always like this, though. Actually, I rarely used to be anxious at all. I had a very worry free childhood. The real anxiety didn't come until college, and that first panic attack was a real doozy.
I'm at my worst when she's not here. I really shouldn't be left alone. My demons come out to play and they feast upon my insecurities when I'm by myself. When she leaves, she's always gone for weeks, leaving me to wither and desiccate.
Enough background – Let's talk about today. I woke this morning to the sound of my alarm and immediately knew I needed more sleep. After snoozing several times I forced myself out of bed. I got dressed and went to work, where I was greeted by a mountain of pending work to do. Don't you love when other people make a ton of work for you? Well, I'm struggling to keep my eyes open and my head up and it's only 9:30.
If you've read this, thanks. Don't worry about me; I've made it this far, and, though I talk about suicide, I won't do it. Just thanks for listening.


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This recipes is for the chocolate lovers out there (Mom and Reta Ann!). I made them last night and they are amazing!
Chocolate Truffles
Makes 32 truffles
This dark, rich confection is the perfect treat for true chocoholics. Feel free to adjust the level of sweetness to your own taste. If you prefer a creamier consistency, just add and extra 2 tablespoons of cream.
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons heavy (whipping) cream or coconut milk
8 ounces unsweetened bakers' chocolate
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup agave
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup pecans
1/2 cup dehydrated shredded coconut, unsweetened
1. Place the heavy cream in a heavy saucepan on your stovetop's lowest heat setting. Break the chocolate into smaller pieces and add to the cream. Add the butter, agave nectar (dark or light, both work), and vanilla. Continue heating the mixture, stirring constantly, until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth.
2. Place the mixture unto and 8 inch square pan and chill in the refrigerator for about an hour or until the chocolate mixture is firm.
3. While the mixture is chilling, spread the pecans on a baking sheet and toast lightly under the broiler. Watch them carefully and remove the nuts as soon as they begin to brown. Place the nuts in a food processor or choppers and cup until finely minced. Set aside in a small bowl.
4. Place the coconut in a separate small dish.
5. When the chocolate mixture is firm, remove it from the refrigerator. Using a teaspoon, scoop walnut-sized portions of chocolate from the dish. Then, roll each scoop of chocolate into small bite-sized balls. Roll half the balls in chopped pecans and half in the coconut to coat. Store, covered, in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Remove about an hour before serving for creamier consistency. Tastes best at room temperature.


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Sunday brought the threat of big storms to SE Michigan. I happily steered clear of the elements to stay home learning all about pie making. The smell of sweet potatoes, cinnamon and nutmeg wafted through my apartment while the wind howled through the cracks in our windows all afternoon. I stood by nervously crossing my fingers that our power wouldn't go out.
In the end, power was spared and this pie was enjoyed during a movie night (The Count of Monte Cristo) with friends alongside Puppy Pop and Ginger Lemon Hot Toddies.
Sweet Potato Pie
a mash up of Smitten Kitchen's all butter, really flakey pie dough and Food 52's Fall Harvest Sweet Potato Pie
from Smitten Kitchen
2 1/2 cups flour (I used whole wheat pastry flour.)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, very cold
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2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
1/4 cup plain yogurt
3/4 cups dark brown sugar ( packed)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
6 egg yolks
pinches salt
1 cup chopped roasted pecans (I used walnuts.)
2 tablespoons maple syrup
- Do-ahead: Mix and refrigerate your pie dough before rolling it out. Deb at Smitten Kitchen offers several great pie crust tutorials on her website, as does #pieweek's emcee Kristen at Comfortably Domestic.
- Boil and peel cooled sweet potatoes, and then process them in a blender or food processor.
- Once smooth, mix the sweet potato puree, yogurt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, egg yolks and salt by hand or in a standing mixer.
- Pour the sweet potato filling into an uncooked pie shell and top with drizzles of maple syrup and pecans.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes in the oven at 350 degrees.
Looking for a new holiday pie recipe? There's a great sampling of classic pies with a few modern spins in this year's #pieweek line-up:
Monday 11/18
Kirsten / Comfortably Domestic – Mile High Apple Pie
Katie / The Hill Country Cook – New Mexico Apple Pie
Anne / From My Sweet Heart – Cranberry Cherry Ricotta Pie
Haley / The Girlie Girl Cooks – Coconut Cream Pie
Tuesday 11/19
Jeanne / Inside NanaBread's Head – Black and White Coconut Tart
Mads / La Petite Pancake – Pineapple Pie
Monica / The Grommom – Papaya Pie
Wednesday 11/20
Carrie / Bakeaholic Mama – Chocolate Cream Pie
Kat / Tenaciously Yours – Grandma's Chocolate Pie
Kirsten / Comfortably Domestic – Maple Sweet Potato Pie with Toasted Swiss Meringue
Thursday 11/21
Shanna / Pineapple Coconut – Boozy Pumpkin Egg Nog Pie
Carrie / Bakeaholic Mama – Sweet Potato Tartlets
Christina / Buffy and George – Deep Dish Apple Pie
Friday 11/22
Madeline / Munching in the Mitten – Sweet Potato Pie (me!)
Allison / Decadent Philistines - Refrigerator Pumpkin Porter Chocolate Pie with Toasted Pumpkin Marshmallow "Meringue"
Lauren / Climbing Grier Mountain - Mini Butternut Squash Pie Stacks with Marshmallow Frosting
Saturday 11/23
Megan / Country Cleaver - Biscoff Pie with Whiskey Mallow Fluff
Shanna / Pineapple Coconut - Persimmon, Pear and Brandy Pie with Vanilla Bean Crumble
Kirsten / Comfortably Domestic – Very Berry Cherry Pie


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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Time to blog
This is an experiment. It works for housework, so perhaps it will work for blogging and I have so much in my head that needs to be put down in words I have to try something or I'll explode. So I'll repeatedly set my kitchen timer to 30 minutes and start writing. There will be a theme - the uses and abuses of data in education.
But then I took a photo and spent time looking for the power lead for my laptop and then I checked my email - look there's an article called the "unreasonable effectiveness of data" I must read... isn't that funny I've just reread Wigner's seminal article "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences" and I've only got two minutes left and I've got to upload the photo yet...
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