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What can you expect with a visit to Trinity Fellowship on a Sunday morning?
For birth through 5th grade, your kiddos will do some study, enjoy music, a craft, and have lots of fun!
Jesse or another member of the speaker team will offer some thought provoking insights as we deep dive into God's word.
Josiah and the worship team will lead us in a variety of songs spanning old hymns to modern praise songs.
Plenty of time to enjoy a cup of coffee, meet someone new, and learn about all the ways you can plug into the family of Trinity Fellowship.


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My tears are Silent
No sound heard
As they flow
Down my cheek
I keep moving
No time to stop
And wonder WHY
Standing still may sink
My mission
Take away my POWER
Give you victory
In your moment
of cowardly moves
So my tears are SILENT
of the limited
Bind you tried to confine
But I keep MOVING
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I am a Poet/Spokenword artist. Recently, For a total of 9 mos. I've departed the RealWorld~ my "real" job as an HR Professional, so I'm trying to find my balance. But trying to find the balance of your passion and sustaining financial stability…Seem near impossible! I have a passion to write, communicate, and touch people. I need to reach others to keep this dream alive. I need to BLOG… have conversations that strike a spark. I am passionate about truth, relationships, and life; I want to learn how to get my message out and have that reciprocated by receiving inspirations from others. I want to be MOVED! Thank you! <Gifted>
I am working on being MOVED! Complacency can lead to decay! I will be moved!
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Winterizing Your Garden and Lawn
During the summer we garden, landscape and spend a great deal of effort maintaining our outdoor living spaces. But what happens when the leaves start to fall and the weather man starts to use the words hard frost, or even snow? There are still things that need to be done before we are free of our outdoor maintenance routine for the winter. Click through the jump to see some wise words of wisdom from Martha Stewart on prepping your garden for the cold months ahead.
Thanks to our friends at Martha Stewart Living for the great tips.
Photo from Bill and Colleen's Garden Tour. Check out all their backyard handiwork here.


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Nasty Woman Bar Necklace {Rose Gold Stainless Steel 2016 US Election Jewelry}
It's no secret the 2016 US Presidential Election is a bit of a circus. Wear your nastiness with pride with this hand stamped Nasty Woman bar necklace!
The necklace is made of a thick 32mm x 5mm (1.25" x .19") rose gold plated stainless steel bar that has been stamped with "Nasty Woman". The bar has been hung from an 18" rose gold plated stainless steel chain. The letters have not been darkened on this necklace.
...That's Ms. Basset if you're nasty...
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Ford Explorer Sport
By Arman Barari on Mar 29, 2012 with Comments 0
Ford Explorer Sport is the new addition to the range of this successful American SUV. With all kind of sporty SUVs around, Ford needed a special model to keep the game up.
The Explorer Sport is powered by a twin-turbocharged EcoBoost® V6 engine making at least 350 horsepower and has four-wheel drive with a Terrain Management System. So it's a pretty capable car as far as functionality matters. For the 2013 model year, Ford Explorer Sport brings high-performance SUV power and projected fuel economy of up to 16 mpg in city driving and 22 mpg on the highway
But the Sport is more about looks and feel. So it also gets unique visual features and interior appointments. Ford Explorer Sport has unique 20-inch painted and machined wheels, features blacked-out headlamp and taillamp treatments, black roof rack rails, sideview mirror skull caps and a liftgate appliqué. Inside you get two-tone leather upholstery, sports trims and unique logos.
Ford press release:
The Ford Explorer Sport features a paddle-shifted six-speed SelectShift Automatic™ transmission with a unique 3.16 to 1 final drive ratio to provide the balance of responsive acceleration and economical low-rpm cruising for better fuel efficiency.
The chassis also has been specially reinforced, making Ford Explorer Sport stiffer and improving its handling.
Ford Explorer Sport also brings a solid-mounted electric power-assisted steering (EPAS) rack with a faster ratio, providing more responsiveness to drivers both on-road and off.
Ford's newest SUV comes standard with larger brakes for shorter stopping distances and better performance while towing.
Ford Explorer Sport also has received special terrain management settings for tackling sandy, snowy, rutted mud and hill descent.
"Upgrading to Sport specification enabled us to maintain the standards of traditional Explorer capability plus delivering the highest highway fuel efficiency among gasoline-engine-powered, high-performance, three-row SUVs," Widmann said.
Subtle, sporty design elements
Sport builds on Explorer's muscular, sculpted form with subtle cues to differentiate it from other models in the lineup. Available in four exterior colors – Ruby Red Metallic Clearcoat, White Platinum Metallic Tri-Coat, Tuxedo Black Metallic and Ingot Silver Metallic – Ford Explorer Sport has unique 20-inch painted and machined wheels, features blacked-out headlamp and taillamp treatments, black roof rack rails, sideview mirror skull caps and a liftgate appliqué.
The Ford Explorer Sport's special grille is a low-gloss Sterling Gray mesh, with contrasting ebony high-gloss bars. The black front lower fascia features a functional opening for additional cooling. Explorer logotype in billet-like black adds a bold identity statement. Subtle Sport and EcoBoost badges at the rear finish the liftgate.
Inside, the high-end feel continues. Charcoal Black leather-trimmed seating is available with and without contrasting Sienna inserts.
The interior design contrast was inspired by fashion, mirroring two-tones that are currently seen in leather accessories and apparel from design houses Balenciaga and Prada. Stitching is emphasized to lend a handcrafted appearance while highlighting Ford Explorer Sport's sculptured seats.
Ford Explorer Sport also has unique steering wheel stitching, a technical look to instrument and door panel appliqués, unique Sport-logo floor mats and illuminated scuff plates.
Comfort, convenience, connectivity
As the top of the Explorer line, Sport offers a robust array of standard and optional customer-focused technologies that make driving more comfortable, convenient and connected. These include:
- 4WD with Terrain Management System
- Dual-Zone Electronic Automatic Temperature Control
- 10-way power driver's seat with power recline and lumbar
- Six-way power passenger seat with recline and lumbar
- First-row heated seats
- Compass and exterior temperature display
- Rear view camera
- SYNC® with MyFord Touch® driver connect technology
- Sony® Premium Audio System with HD Radio™ and 12 speakers
Ford Explorer Sport can be tailored to individual preferences with the following options as well:
- Active park assist
- Blind Spot Information System (BLIS®) with cross-traffic alert
- Inflatable rear seat belts
- 110-volt outlet
- PowerFold mirrors
- Intelligent access with Push-Button Start
- Remote Start
- Adjustable pedals with memory
- Dual-panel moonroof
- Power liftgate
- Class III trailer-towing package
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Lyla had her first dance class last week. This is her second year of dance (tap and ballet), but we are at a different studio this year. She was super excited her first day! She has asked me everyday since her last class, "do I have dance today?"
And she is still into doing all her camera poses for me. Some are a little awkward looking, but so sweet :)


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By Julie Hanna and Reid Hoffman, Crowdfund Beat Guest Post,
In San Francisco, Teresa Goines is breaking down deeply entrenched cycles of poverty and crime, one bowl of peanut butter stew at a time. Old Skool Café, the 1940's supperclub she started, gives jobs to at-risk and former gang youth. When banks turned her down, 41 people she'd never met crowdfunded a $5000 loan, putting their faith and money in Teresa, a former corrections officer with no restaurant experience in a city where most new restaurants fail. Their bet paid off. She repaid her loan in full. Each year, 25 troubled young people, most who have tangled with the law, get their lives back on track. Today, Teresa has an even bigger dream of opening Old Skool Cafes across the nation and revitalizing communities everywhere.
As high-tech investors, both of us value high-impact, fast-growth companies that
attract massive global user bases. Companies like these can scale quickly, create thousands of jobs, and help the U.S. improve its export economy at a time when its share of global economic output is falling. We also recognize that most businesses are small. In fact, out of the roughly 27 million businesses in the U.S., 21 million are sole proprietorships. Of the remaining 5.9 million businesses, 4.6 million have nine or fewer employees.
Clearly small businesses are a crucial component of the American economy. Yet when
people like Teresa Goines try to create new businesses and jobs, banks shy away.
According to Biz2Credit, an online service devoted to small business funding, big banks reject roughly 8 out of 10 loan applicants, and small banks reject 5 out of 10. Some estimates suggest that investment in small businesses has dropped as much as 44 percent since the Great Recession in 2008. That's tens of billions of dollars that fueled the economy and helped our communities thrive – gone, completely eviscerated. Meanwhile, 21 million people are underemployed or unemployed. Globally, it's far worse, with half the planet's population living on less than $2 a day.
While talent is universal, opportunity is not – even in the land of opportunity. The greatest threat to our long-term prosperity goes far beyond the financial crisis and the health of a few banks on Wall Street that have been deemed "too big to fail." The real threat we face is a global opportunity crisis. In both the developing and the developed world, billions of people don't have access to jobs and capital.
That's why we serve on the board at Kiva, the pioneer crowdfunding platform where citizen lenders invest small sums in micro-entrepreneurs all over the world. Nearly 1.3 million borrowers like Teresa Goines, living in 76 countries, including the U.S., have received more than half a billion dollars in loans. 99% of these loans have been repaid in full, flying in the face of traditional banking assumptions about credit and trust.
More important, Kiva is no longer unique. Today, an exploding crowdfunding sector is making billions of dollars of capital accessible to upstarts and entrepreneurs. Over 700 crowdfunding
marketplaces, led by the likes of IndieGogo, Kickstarter, and Lending Club, are democratizing access to capital, fueling entrepreneurship and innovation, and profoundly changing the face of philanthropy at unprecedented scale and impact.
Citizens Lenders Democratizing Access to Capital
One of the best ways to fuel widespread prosperity is by helping Main Street invest in itself. Crowdfunding relies on the wisdom of crowds to identify fund and unleash entrepreneurial innovation far more efficiently than the credit rules of banks can.
Call it the emergence of a "world's bank" – a system built by and for the people, delivering credit in America and across the globe in a radically decentralized, highly scalable, and crucially equitable way.
The World Bank funds institutions. The world's bank funds people. For decades, the World Bank has existed as a top-down mechanism to spur economic growth in developing nations. In contrast, the world's bank picks up with a nimble, bottoms-up model that is far more attuned to on-the-ground needs of micro-entrepreneurs and their communities worldwide.
The motivations for citizen-lenders run the gamut from altruistic to creative to financial.
Kickstarter and IndieGogo funders typically get some type of reward in return for their
capital. Kiva lenders are paid back by micro-entrepreneurs, albeit with no interest. Services like Lending Club offer lenders a way to earn interest on personal loans.
In the same way that citizen journalists have shaken up Old Media, citizen lenders may
upend Old Banking. Already, Lending Club has made $4 billion in personal loans in the
U.S. alone. Kickstarter lenders have applied over $1 billion to more than 60,000 projects in just five years. More than 60 projects obtained at least $1 million in funding, and one attracted over $10 million. There are over 1 million Kiva lenders residing in 196 countries. Finally, a new change in federal regulations has opened the market for equity crowdfunding, further empowering innovative entrepreneurs via marketplaces like AngelList and CrowdFunder.
Still, it's easy to underestimate the impact of crowdfunding. To dismiss these purpose-driven marketplaces as a simplistic way for do-gooders to easily support pet causes, yet incapable of driving massive structural change that can improve prosperity for all, not just a select few. The opposite is true.
The Surprising Sophistication of Crowdfunding Platforms
Crowdfunding can easily go where traditional banks cannot. Take Erastus Kimani, a 73 year old schoolteacher turned entrepreneur, who lives in a remote part of Kenya without indoor plumbing, much less indoor banking. Erastus attracted lenders from all over the world. They crowdfunded $1700 which allowed him to triple the production of his ceramic stove liner business. Using just his mobile phone, Erastus applied for, received, and paid back his loans in full. He did it all without bank officers, ATMs, or even a computer.
More broadly, crowdfunding is a sophisticated and pragmatic expression of democratic values and ideals. It recognizes that person-to-person connections are the essential fuel that powers the Internet. Just as Old Media behemoths struggle to keep up with the growth of people-powered content, traditional financial institutions can't scale like crowdfunding platforms can. Imagine what it would cost a traditional bank to hire enough loan officers to match the network intelligence that millions of citizen lenders provide.
As technology continues to virtualize money, brick 'n mortar banks have become as superfluous as traditional bookstores. Ornate buildings designed to convey trust and dependability just make loans look more costly. Meanwhile, the world's bank lending infrastructure is increasingly made up of people like Erastus Kimani and his mobile phone. His status as a dependable borrower qualified him to join a growing network of trustees and vouch for other micro-entrepreneur borrowers in his village of Maragua, Kenya.
Networks of Trust
Remember George Bailey from It's a Wonderful Life, the small-town banker who helped local entrepreneurs achieve self-sufficiency and resilience? Or the stories of Bank of America founder A.P. Giannini, who in the wake of San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake and fire famously made loans to distraught home and business owners on the basis of a handshake?
Crowdfunding multiplies George Bailey and A.P. Giannini. It uses early 21st century technology to return us to early 20th century ideals of loyalty, reciprocity, and community. The result is highly efficient trust networks based on reputation. It replaces credit score-based lending by faceless institutions with a person to person character-based lending model. It creates connections and stories that intermediary institutions are hard-pressed to facilitate. 34 individuals put their faith in Erastus Kimani. Not surprisingly, he paid back both of his loans in full.
Wall Street is evermore focused on creating increasingly exotic, abstract, and toxic instruments of speculation with little to no societal benefit. Our financial institutions are becoming less and less tied to producing tangible goods and services. In contrast, crowdfunding re-humanizes our economy. It makes the act of lending more fulfilling for both lenders and borrowers, brings meaning to commerce, and creates tangible social and economic value at a mass scale.
Philanthropy Exponentialized
While many traditional attempts to address poverty often set up recipients for a vicious cycle of dependency, crowdfunding platforms tie opportunity to innovation, accountability, and self-reliance. They create an ecosystem where debt, applied to entrepreneurial ends rather than mere consumption, can create value for people rather than simply becoming a millstone around their necks.
In the case of Kiva, lenders invest again when their loans are repaid. Over time, $25 has the impact of $250. $100,000 has the impact of $1 million. $1 million has the impact of $10 million. It's philanthropy exponentialized.
Google and a growing number of companies and results-driven philanthropists have begun creating multi-million-dollar evergreen loan funds that are tapping the power of this leverage. Imagine if the Small Business Administration, the Fortune 500, the World Bank, and even Wall Street followed suit and began directly supporting those three billion overlooked micro-entrepreneurs like Erastus Kimani and Teresa Goines through the world's bank movement. It would profoundly accelerate our quest to end the global opportunity crisis.
Every technology revolution has its early adopters and its laggards. The early adopters fueling the world's bank and democratizing access to capital understand that the true path to prosperity lies in recognizing the critical role that micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses play in establishing healthy and resilient economies. They understand that crowdfunding starts with individuals but quickly scales. First, it changes a borrower's life. Then, a family's. Then, a community's. Finally, it changes the fate of nations.
Julie Hanna is an entrepreneur, investor, and chairperson of Kiva. She is an investor in Lending Club.
Reid Hoffman is an entrepreneur, investor and board member at Kiva.


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6 Cool Film and TV Characters Who Are Actually Jerks
Everybody likes a well-developed character! In fact, most of us tend to like characters to whom we can relate. Then, there are those characters that are just so god damn cool, it doesn't matter if we can relate to them or not. Then, there are the jerks. Most of us tend not to like jerks. Seriously, when we see jerks in some sort of fictional story, we think of all the times when there was that one guy in high school who just seemed to be liked by everyone for some reason, yet we secretly hated his guts. And yet we let characters get away with it…
Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
Why We Like Him
If there's anyone that seems to know how to have a good time, it's this guy. Seriously, the guy skips one day of school and ends up with a giant adventure that was barely able to be contained on film. He goes out and manages to get into one of the finest restaurants in the city, he does karaoke for a crowd, and brings a friend along who normally doesn't get to go on adventures like this, how can he be such a jerk?
But In Reality...
There's a reason why his friend is stressing out all the time. It's because he was put in a situation he doesn't want to be in the first place. Ferris manages to convince him to take his dad's luxury car, even though he refused at first because he thought something bad would happen to it (which did totally happen, by the way). Seriously, after they get the car back home, they try everything they can to get the original miles back on it, but it all leads to Cameron getting so fucking pissed, HE KICKS THE CAR OUT OF HIS HOUSE!
With the car aside, most of the time, it doesn't seem like he was having a good time. He was going on through the movie being stressed, being annoyed with Ferris, while Ferris is just off having the greatest day in his life! What kind of friend puts his friend through shit like that? We can thank Ferris for ruining his life, because the next time we see Cameron, he's out robbing a bank in an episode of Psych. Speaking of which....
Shawn Spencer (Psych)
Why We Like Him
Shawn Spencer is pretty much the modern Sherlock Holmes, but, without the Asperger's. Not only that, but he is incredibly likable. How can you not like a guy who keeps his sarcastic humor even while being held at gunpoint? Aside from being consistent, he is funny, cool, and he's sexy looking.
But In Reality...
This guy has to be the worst best friend ever. Seriously, he makes his friend Gus go through so much crap! In the beginning, he forges his signature for the lease of the building that they own for their agency. Also, he breaks into Gus's house and it was pretty clear that Gus wasn't expecting that. Shawn also manages to make Gus do a lot of things that Gus really didn't want to. Shawn volunteers him to deliver an animal even though he has no prior experience. He also never calls him by his real name when he is introducing him. Also, the magic head thing was also kind of a dick move as well!
His jerkiness doesn't end with his best friend; in one episode, he calls one of his older dates that he ditched. It's kind of implied that he picks up a lot of girls, because even while his friend is being held hostage in a band and shit is about to go down, on his way to save his friend, he stops right in the middle to talk to a random girl before getting called to his attention that he's got shit to do.
Johnny Storm (The Fantastic Four)
Why We Like Him
Johnny Storm is arguably the coolest character in the Fantastic Four. Just by shouting "FLAME ON!" his whole body turns on fire. He is also able to shoot fire and fly. He is also the character who still seems to like to have a good time. He's pretty much the party animal of the Fantastic Four.
But In Reality...
There's a reason why the Ben seems to be annoyed all the time, other than the fact that he found out he had to be in those two shitty Fantastic Four movies.
One thing, Johnny Storm picks on him a lot. Even in the movies, he pretty much just shows off how cool his powers are compared to Ben's. Also, being a party animal has its perks of being kind of a god damn douche bag. He picks up a lot of girlfriends, but then just dumps them just because they probably became boring. Nobody likes people who can pick up whoever they want.
Jim Halpert (The Office)
Why We Like Him
Out of all the people in The Office, Jim seems to be the most sane person there. He was also a pretty relatable character towards the beginning of the show, with him and his crush on the receptionist. Also, he's the only person that seems to like to bring life to the office by keeping people on the edge of their seat!
But In Reality...
And when we say keeping people on the edge of their seat, we don't mean he helps throw constant parties for everyone. In some parts of the show, Jim can be the meanest guy in the office. He victimizes Dwight a lot with all of his practical jokes. And most of his practical jokes are on Dwight anyway.
Dwight isn't the only victim in the grand scheme of his pranks. In the first episode, he puts his boss's coffee mug in jello. Also, when Andy is introduced as a character, he does the same thing to him! Not only that, but he also tosses his cell phone in the ceiling and keeps calling it so he would go crazy trying to figure out where his phone was. And when we say "go crazy" we don't mean him just looking everywhere in the office, he goddamn punches a hole in a wall!
You might be saying "Well, these guys kind of deserve the pranks they are getting" but let's be honest. If these pranks were directed at you, would you like Jim as much as you do now? Even the prank where he has Dwight hit himself on the head with his own phone?
The Good Witch (The Wizard of Oz)
Why We Like Her
Saying the Witch is one of the good guys in the story is like saying that the Wicked Witch of the East is wicked. Just the fact that she has "Good" in her name pretty much keeps her being the good guy.
But In Reality...
We've harped on this person before as not really being who she seems, but there's still so much to be said. Even though she's the "Good Witch" and does have magical powers, she practically does nothing to help Dorothy on her adventure at all. Because of this, Dorothy has to go through a bunch of trees that throw apples at her, a wizard who really doesn't help her at all, and she dances with death towards the end when she is captured by the wicked witch. You might say "Well, this is for her personal benefit, this is a learning experience" but all she really wanted was to go home.
Yoshi (Super Mario World)
Why We Like Him
Yoshi has to be the coolest dinosaur that ever lived (or not lived, we guess). Not only does he make a viable opponent on Super Smash Brothers, but his cuteness can be matched with his ferocity!
But In Reality...
Yoshi is never full EVER! At least, that's what is implied in the Super Mario World TV show. So, anybody who is 5 feet away from Yoshi is in danger of being eaten alive. Also, he'll just swallow you whole. That means, you'll be alive while his stomach is still trying to digest you. Ok, so, what if he swallows you, and you turn into an egg? Well, for the people who played Yoshi's Island, you know that you're going to be used as a weapon. So, you're just trapped in a shell, waiting to be thrown so you can end it all.
"But!" cried you while you were playing Super Mario World "The eggs seem to not contain the enemy when they are thrown" So, it can be implying something else. Those eggs he's throwing could be his unborn children. But, we guess it would have to be a girl Yoshi for that to happen. But that doesn't matter, because there is still a lot about a male Yoshi that needs to be said.
For instance, Yoshi's pretty evil, because most of the time he jus-OH MY GOD! LOOK AT HIM, HE'S SO ADORABLE!
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Seafood Crispy Bites:
- puffy pastry sheet
- seafood mix
- tomato
- fresh basil, chopped
- garlic paste
- Add olive oil to the pan
- Sauté seafood till translucent
- Add diced tomato, chopped basil and garlic all at once
- Sauté till seafood is cooked
- wrap the cooked seafood in 2'' by 2'' puffy pastry squares
- bake at 350F for around 15 min
These are perfect for appetizers, side dish or served as a quick treat! The pastry is fluffy but the seafood is juicy. Enjoy :)


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Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
|The Dark Knight
|Release Date
|July 16th, 2008
|Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
|Christopher Nolan, Steve Gehrke, Nilo Otero
|Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson
|Production Companies
|DC Entertainment, DC Comics, Legendary Entertainment, Syncopy, Warner Bros. Pictures
|Production Countries
|United Kingdom, United States of America
|Plot Keywords
|dc comics, crime fighter, secret identity, scarecrow, sadism, chaos, vigilante, joker, superhero, based on comic, tragic hero, organized crime, criminal mastermind, district attorney, super power, imax, super villain
Christian BaleBruce Wayne / Batman
Michael CaineAlfred Pennyworth
Heath LedgerJoker
Gary OldmanJames Gordon
Aaron EckhartHarvey Dent / Two-Face
Maggie GyllenhaalRachel Dawes
Morgan FreemanLucius Fox
Monique Gabriela CurnenAnna Ramirez
Ron DeanMichael Wuertz
Nestor CarbonellMayor Anthony Garcia
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As you are getting ready to do your taxes this year, you may be wondering what the changes made just before Christmas will mean for you. (At least I am hoping you know that there are several changes that will affect Canadian families.)
I am hoping that you already know about the Family Tax Cut, the elimination of the end of year child tax credit amount, the enhancements of the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) benefits, the increase in the children's fitness tax credit, and how the child care expenses deduction has increased; but if not, here's a little primer for you.
The Family Tax Cut
This is a limited form of income splitting. It is a federal tax credit that allows a high income earning spouse to transfer up to $50,000 of taxable income to spouse in a lower tax bracket. This gives these families some tax relief up to a maximum of $2,000. This is not a universal credit, you do have to have a child under 18 to take advantage of this program, and you cannot be separated or be confined to a prison or similar institution. You must also both file your taxes and neither spouse can be bankrupt.
The Elimination of the End of Year Child Tax Credit Amount
As of the end of the 2015 tax year, the amount for children under the age of 18 that you get simply for having minor children will be eliminated. Even with the child amount gone, most families will still see more money thanks to the enhanced UCCB benefits.
Enhanced UCCB Benefits
Effective January 1st, 2015, the Universal Child Care Benefit increased from $100 to $160 per month for kids under the age of 6 and there is now a new benefit of $60 per month for kids age 6 to 17. You may be wondering why you haven't seen any cheques yet? There haven't been any cheques so far. You will receive a retroactive payment in July, even though the enhancements have been in place since January.
Increase in Children's Fitness Tax Credit
The government has doubled the children's fitness tax credit for the 2014 tax year from $500 per child to $1000 per child. For the 2015 tax year and beyond, this will become a refundable tax credit.
Child Care Deduction Increased
Effective as of 2015 the maximum dollar amount that you can claim for your child care expenses have increased by $1,000. So that means if you have a child under 7 the new maximum deduction is now $8,000. If you have a child 7-16( or infirm child over 16) the maximum deduction. is now $5,000. The limit for disabled children is now $11,000.
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Aidan Turner has been the lead in Poldark for four years.
The hunky hero has stripped off numerous times for the role, and has become something of a sex symbol as a result.
Aidan, 34, recently addressed a Radio Times article, which argued men and women "should both be able to confidently express desire for the other sex".
He spoke on BBC News earlier today, speaking about the notion of a "double standard".
Aidan said: "It seems like there is a double standard, yeah, it does seem that way.
"But I try not to get involved in [that debate]."
He went on to explain: "I've never felt objectified. I think sometimes other people want to feel that for you, which can be quite a strange thing.
"But personally I haven't. You say objectify, but it sounds like [journalist, Mariella Frostrup] was sort of admiring that character of Ross Poldark or physically how he looks or whatever."
Aidan added how he doesn't have a problem seeing a shirtless Ross on the covers of newspapers, explaining how context is key.
"These photographs were stills from the show, so in context it makes sense.
"When you pull them out and stick a photograph on the front page of a national newspaper it becomes something very different."
He continued: "Were not doing anything in our show that… I mean, Game of Thrones probably has far more nudity, or Vikings, or any of these shows, than we would have.
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This comes after Eleanor Tomlinson revealed she wasn't allowed to audition for her role of Demelza.
Eleanor won a legion of fans when she appeared on television screens as Ross Poldark's (played by Aidan Turner) wife.
However, it has been revealed that the actress was originally going to play a very different role in the BBC drama.
The 26-year-old has noted that bosses actually wanted her to play Ross' former lover Elizabeth (Heida Reed).
"Initially they had been down as Elizabeth," Eleanor confessed to Red Magazine.
"They told me they couldn't see me as Demelza at all."
Poldark continues Sunday on BBC One at 9pm.


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Volume 1, Number 1 June 1998
"The Hostess with the Mostest" is the female ESFJ; the "Family Man" is the male ESFJ. These are generous givers of time, talent and wealth - expending all for family, desiring that family celebrations and customs be maintained through the generations.
These, too, are the original "rescue the perishing" people, thinking that if enough time, enough energy and caring is given, anyone can be "saved". They trust their ability to persuade and will act upon their beliefs that they can, indeed, persuade to "do better". They can handle multiple projects with ease and, as their ESTJ compatriots, do not mind interruptions when need comes calling - as sure as the sun rises, the need will come calling at the ESFJ door.
There is a "mother hen" quality about the ESFJ, nurturing, shepherding and - may it be said in truth - MANAGING. ESFJs can, indeed, be said to attempt to manage what they cannot persuade. They are SJs, after all, which means, of course, that they like to organize - people as well as things.
They appear to be tireless in serving, as though they "owe" it and they do it with a relish and a tireless and true spirit of altruism that serves as a model for other types. These are not the grudging, complaining spirits. These are generous spirits. I heard it said of one of these: "I didn't know such people as you existed anymore."
Their feelings can be easily hurt - particularly if they feel they are unappreciated - and they will find an ear in which to unload and, if one is available, a shoulder to cry on. If burdened enough, they can become emotionally unstable. They truly are generous and giving, but they - as do all caretakers - need moral support and a generous heaping of stroking.
They enjoy a bounteous table and are always willing to "set another place", seemingly always to have plenty on hand - whether from a well-stocked freezer or a ready pot filled with more than the household could eat in one sitting. They enjoy the creature comforts that make life zesty and do not relish feeling or being impoverished. They enjoy owning this world's goods but enjoy sharing their bountifulness with others. If not with others and for others, what would life be, they feel. They are, however,
to be taken for suckers. They will definitely
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ESFJs are so facilitating that there is something which catches others off-guard: ESFJs WILL - I repeat - WILL let you know if they are rubbed the wrong way or if they perceive you to be derelict in one of their "SHOULD HAVE DONES" [well, after all they ARE SJs, the natural "should" types!] So here is this dilemma: certainly everyone enjoys a well-prepared meal, lovely surroundings, lots of laughter and plenty of people; BUT if a lecture comes with it...well, there may be some trepidation, some hesitancy about joining the party. ESFJs
do some serious confronting!
This may be forgiven if all could realize that ESFJs put themselves through the "wringer", too, as they seek to resolve inner conflict - painful for them because they like harmony [within and without] and, perforce, will wrestle all, themselves included, in order to achieve that elusive state. "We WILL have peace, we WILL have fun, we WILL all enjoy ourselves if we ALL just WORK at it!!" Conflict and disharmony are painful things for ESFJs. They like to be liked and they like to like and they really do want everyone else to like each other, too. They are so warmed when they can sit back and watch everyone - and I do mean EVERYONE [they are vigilantly watching to see who ISN'T enjoying themselves and will then make it the present mission to see if that can be turned around, hopefully IMMEDIATELY] - laughing and talking and eating and enjoying pleasantries with one another.
They work at making things "go right" - the family's health, wealth, manners, scholarship, piano lessons, responsibilities-to-humankind, the dog's care, the church's mission, the PTAs direction, the kids' education, their prospective jobs, behaviours, interests, protecting the family name, honouring father and mother, dressing "right", ...you get the picture. They are so conscientious, so kind, so vigilant. Seems impossible for them to relax. They give so much and need so much.
But they are fun and funny. A carefree day with an ESFJ is an enjoying experience - for they do know how to enjoy - shopping, dining out, attending shows, fun time with friends. If not too overburdened, ESFJs really know how to plan a cornucopia of good things to enjoy for all who come to visit or to share the day. Life can be very, very good with an ESFJ at the helm if they are relaxed and comfortable with the way things are going for they are inclusive people and keep an eye out for the "outsider", drawing them into the circle for nurturing and caretaking. They are found inordinately caring for the elderly and the lonely for they do not like to see someone "left out".
They are friendly, warm, nurturing, caring, sociable, dutiful, loyal and more. They
"Well done, good and faithful servant." That's them. ESFJs.
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
A Little Birdie
Inspired by Geninne's Art Blog: For June, I used it as a guide for my own drawing. Since imitation is the highest form of flattery, I hope she doesn't mind me trying to improve my drawing skills by mimicking hers. She draws and paints the most beautiful birds on all sorts of substrates.
Because I like the look of art on top of a printed page, I decided to use a page from an old encyclopedia for my base. I love the fact that the text camouflages the errors in my drawing! :) Of course, I see all sorts of flaws in my end result, but it was fun to do.
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Edinburgh also holds a special place in our hearts as this is where Ben proposed to me, romantically in the castle and so this truly was a special weekend all round.
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Productivity insights that are powered by MyAnalytics are becoming broadly available for Office 365 users. Learn more about the experiences that users will get in each plan.
Use these tips to learn how to spend your time better and focus on what's important in your work. Not all tips are for everyone. What you can and should do always depends on your role and the organization you work in.
Use Insights in Outlook
Would you like to know how many people read a specific email message that you sent? Check out the Insights Outlook add-in to see how many people have read, replied to, or forwarded your email.
To see information about an email message and general insights into your use of time
- In Outlook, open an email that you've sent or received.
- Select Message at the top, and then select MyAnalytics. If the MyAnalytics panel is not already open, it opens now.
Tips for meetings
Fewer meetings, shorter meetings, more focused meetings. These are options you can choose to save time spent in meetings.
Send recaps instead of invitations
Email isn't always a time-waster. It can be a useful way to decrease attendance at meetings while still keeping people in the loop. If you have colleagues whose decision-making input isn't needed at a meeting, you can email them an update after the meeting to let them know what was decided.
Shorten your meetings
A recent survey of executives showed that 25 to 50 percent of time spent in meetings was wasted. Some companies have introduced standing meetings. While not appropriate for all forms of meetings, a standing meeting will by necessity be shorter and more efficient than a typical sit-down meeting. Alternatively, consider shortening or consolidating recurring meetings, especially if there are more than 10 attendees.
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A common productivity tip is to "spring-clean" your calendar. Try canceling all recurring meetings for a week and then, as needed, re-adding the ones that are truly missed. This has been shown to reduce the number of team meetings by ten to thirty percent.
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You might notice that some participants aren't fully engaged during big status meetings. Multitasking is a common indicator that the person isn't fully needed in a meeting. Can you send a recap instead?
Discourage "business tourism"
The term "business tourists" has been used for people in a corporation who "make a point of attending all the meetings they can, just so they feel they are in the loop." Successful meetings require dynamic input and focus from all participants. Disengaged attendees can significantly detract from meeting effectiveness. When you organize a meeting, try to limit participation to a more focused group so that you can reduce distraction and ensure adequate contribution.
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Before sending an email at all, consider these insights: An organizational simplicity task force found that reducing executive email output by 54 percent resulted in a 7 percent productivity increase throughout the company. A management-tip column supported this approach by urging executives to "pick up the phone." Often, phone calls are more efficient than back-and-forth email conversations, and they allow for questions to be answered in real time. Skype for Business and Teams are also good options.
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We define focus time as at least two consecutive hours of time without meetings. Focus time is meant to represent enough time so that you can focus on deliverables or complete other important tasks.
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On December 13, 2003 the PSX was released in Japan. The PSX was essentially a Sony DVR with a PS2, and PSOne built right in. It also boasted some serious specs (for 2003), supported many file formats, had up to a 450GB HDD, and came equipped with photo, audio, and video editing software.
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[وَقَالُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الاٌّرْضِ يَنْبُوعًا - أَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ الاٌّنْهَـرَ خِلَـلَهَا تَفْجِيرًا - أَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْمَلَـئِكَةِ قَبِيلاً - أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَى فِى السَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابًا نَّقْرَءُهُ قُلْ سُبْحَـنَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إَلاَّ بَشَرًا رَّسُولاً ]
Surah Israa' 17: (90. And they say: "We shall not believe in you, until you cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us;'') (91. "Or you have a garden of date palms and grapes, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst abundantly;'') (92. "Or you cause the heaven to fall upon us in pieces, as you have pretended, or you bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face;'') (93. "Or you have a house of Zukhruf, or you ascend up into the sky, and even then we will put no faith in your ascension until you bring down for us a Book that we would read.'' Say: "Glorified be my Lord! Am I anything but a man, sent as a Messenger'')
The Quraysh try to Bribe Allah's Messenger
Ibn Jarir recorded from Muhammad bin Ishaq, "An old man from among the people of Egypt who came to us forty-odd years ago told me, from `Ikrimah, from Ibn `Abbas, that `Utbah and Shaybah -- the two sons of Rabi'ah, Abu Sufyan bin Harb, a man from Bani `Abd Ad-Dar, Abu Al-Bakhtari -- the brother of Bani Asad, Al-Aswad bin Al-Muttalib bin Asad, Zam`ah bin Al-Aswad, Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, `Abdullah bin Abi Umayyah, Umayyah bin Khalaf, Al-`As bin Wa'il, and Nabih and Munabbih - the two sons of Al-Hajjaj As-Sahmin [the men of Quraysh], gathered all of them or some of them behind the Ka`bah after sunset.
Some of them said to others, `Send for Muhammad and talk with him and argue with him, so that nobody will think we are to blame.'
So they sent for him saying, `The nobles of your people have gathered for you to speak to them.'
So the Messenger of Allah came quickly, thinking that maybe they were going to change their minds, for he was very keen that they should be guided, and it upset him to see their stubbornness. So he came and sat with them, and they said, `O Muhammad, we have sent for you so that nobody will think we are to blame. By Allah we do not know any man among the Arabs who has brought to his people what you have brought to your people. You have slandered our forefathers, criticized our religion, insulted our reason, slandered our gods and caused division. There is no objectionable thing that you have not brought between us. If you are preaching these things because you want wealth, we will collect some of our wealth together for you and make you the wealthiest man among us.
If you are looking for position, we will make you our leader. If you are looking for kingship, we will make you our king. If what has come to you is a type of Jinn that has possessed you, then we can spend our money looking for the medicine that will rid you of it so that no one will think we are to blame.'
The Messenger of Allah said:
«مَا بِي مَا تَقُولُونَ، مَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِمَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهِ أَطْلُبُ أَمْوَالَكُمْ، وَلَا الشَّرَفَ فِيكُمْ، وَلَا الْمُلْكَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيَّ كِتَابًا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ لَكُمْ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا، فَبَلَّغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ، فَإِنْ تَقْبَلُوا مِنِّي مَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَهُوَ حَظُّكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَإِنْ تَرُدُّوهُ عَلَيَّ أَصْبِرْ لِأَمْرِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُم»
(My case is not as you say. I have not brought what I have brought to you because I want your wealth or to be your leader or king. But Allah has sent me to you as a Messenger and has revealed to me a Book and has commanded me to bring you good news and a warning. So, I have conveyed to you the Messages of my Lord and have advised you accordingly. If you accept what I have brought to you, then this is your good fortune in this world and the Hereafter, but if you reject it, I shall wait patiently for the command of Allah until Allah judges between me and you.) or words to that effect.
They said, `O Muhammad, if you do not accept what we have offered you, then you know that there is no other people whose country is smaller, whose wealth is less and whose life is harder than ours, so ask your Lord Who has sent you with what He has sent you, to move away these mountains for us that are constricting us, to make our land wider and cause rivers to gush forth in it like the rivers of Syria and Iraq, and to resurrect for us those of our forefathers who have passed away.
Let there be among those whom He resurrects Qusayy bin Kilab, for he was a truthful old man, and we will ask them whether what you are saying is true or false. If you do what we are asking, and they (the people who are resurrected) say that you are telling the truth, then we will believe you and acknowledge your status with Allah and believe that He has sent you as a Messenger as you say.'
The Messenger of Allah said to them:
«مَا بِهَذَا بُعِثتُ، إِنَّمَا جِئْتُكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ بِمَا بَعَثَنِي بِهِ، فَقَدْ بَلَّغْتُكُمْ مَا أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ، فَإِنْ تَقْبَلُوهُ فَهُوَ حَظُّكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَإِنْ تَرُدُّوهُ عَلَيَّ أَصْبِرْ لِأَمْرِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُم»
(I was not sent for this purpose. I have brought to you from Allah that with which He has sent me, and I have conveyed to you the Message with which I was sent to you. If you accept what I have brought to you, then this is your good fortune in this world and the Hereafter, but if you reject it, I shall wait patiently for the command of Allah until Allah judges between me and you.)
They said, `If you will not do this for us, then at least do something for yourself. Ask your Lord to send an angel to confirm that what you are saying is the truth and to speak up on your behalf. Ask Him to give you gardens and treasures and palaces of gold and silver, and to make you independent so that you will not have to do what we see you doing, for you stand in the marketplaces seeking provision just as we do. Then we will know the virtue of your position with your Lord and whether you are a Messenger as you claim.'
The Messenger of Allah said to them:
«مَا أَنَا بِفَاعِلٍ، مَا أَنَا بِالَّذِي يَسْأَلُ رَبَّهُ هَذَا، وَمَا بُعِثْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَنِي بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا، فَإِنْ تَقْبَلُوا مَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهِ، فَهُوَ حَظُّكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَإِنْ تَرُدُّوهُ عَلَيَّ أَصْبِرْ لِأَمْرِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَك»
(I will not do that, and I will not ask my Lord for this. I was not sent to you for this reason. But Allah has sent me to you to bring you good news and a warning. If you accept what I have brought to you, then this is your good fortune in this world and the Hereafter, but if you reject it, I shall wait patiently for the command of Allah until Allah judges between me and you.)
They said, `Then cause the sky to fall upon us, as you claim that if your Lord wills, He can do that. We will not believe in you until you do this.'
The Messenger of Allah said to them:
«ذَلِكَ إِلَى اللهِ، إِنْ شَاءَ فَعَلَ بِكُمْ ذَلِك»
(That is for Allah to decide. If He wills, He will do that to you.)
The Insults begin...
They said, `O Muhammad, did your Lord not know that we would sit with you and ask you what we have asked and make the requests that we have made He should have told you beforehand and taught you how to reply to us, and informed you what He would do to us if we do not accept what you have brought to us. We have heard that the one who is teaching you this, is a man in Al-Yamamah called Ar-Rahman. By Allah, we will never believe in Ar-Rahman. We are warning you, O Muhammad, that we will not let you do what you want to do until you or we are destroyed.'
One of them said, `We worship the angels who are the daughters of Allah.' Another said, `We will never believe in you until you bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face.'
When they said this, the Messenger of Allah got up and left them. `Abdullah bin Abi Umayyah bin Al-Mughirah bin `Abdullah bin `Umar bin Makhzum, the son of his paternal aunt `Atikah, the daughter of `Abdul-Muttalib, also got up and followed him. He said to him, `O Muhammad, your people have offered you what they have offered you, and you did not accept it. Then they asked for things for themselves so that they would know your position with Allah, and you did not do that for them. Then they asked you to hasten on the punishments with which you are scaring them. By Allah, I will never believe in you unless you take a ladder to heaven and ascend it while I am watching, then you bring with you an open book and four angels to testify that you are as you say. By Allah, even if you did that, I think that I would not believe you.'
Then he turned away from the Messenger of Allah , and the Messenger of Allah went home to his family, grieving over having missed out on what he had hoped for when his people had called him, because he saw that they were resisting him even more.''
Surah Israa' - tafsir ibn Kathir;


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Have you seen this speech by Dan Meyer? If not you must stop and take a look. What he has to say about maths instruction is powerful and may change the way you teach maths forever!
Living maths is essential! Memorising algorithms is not the solution. Children need to be taught the deeper understanding behind their maths. That is what i strive for with my own children. We don't achieve it perfectly, but i feel we are well on our way.
You can see our Math Progression here. I love that Miquon is discovery/inquiry based. It doesn't spoon feed the children the algorithms. That can sometimes lead to frustration but with a little encouragement i find it ultimately leads to them figuring out the solution all by themselves and truly knowing and understanding what they are doing and why.
By adding living maths books such as Life of Fred and Charlesbridge Math Adventures i'm trying to help them see maths in everyday situations. I've also just obtained Kitchen Table Math (it literally just arrived in the box, can't wait to look at it!) and i'm hoping that will inspire us for Mini Math Monday.
I whole heartedly agree with Dan Meyer that problem solving is the heart of maths. We incorporate plenty of word problems into our daily maths and will be doing more hands on problem solving moving forward, especially where we can incorporate it into a STEM project.
What do you think about what Dan Meyer has to say?


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List of Toronto Blue Jays no-hitters
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 1977, they play in the American League East division. Pitchers for the Blue Jays have thrown one no-hitter in franchise history, which was accomplished by Dave Stieb on September 2, 1990, after losing three no-hit bids with two outs in the ninth inning.[1] A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) retires each batter on the opposing team during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings".[2] No-hitters of less than nine complete innings were previously recognized by the league as official; however, several rule alterations in 1991 changed the rule to its current form.[3] A no-hitter is rare enough that one team in Major League Baseball has never had a pitcher accomplish the feat.[a]
The umpire is also an integral part of any no-hitter. The task of the umpire in a baseball game is to make any decision "which involves judgment, such as, but not limited to, whether a batted ball is fair or foul, whether a pitch is a strike or a ball, or whether a runner is safe or out… [the umpire's judgment on such matters] is final."[4] Part of the duties of the umpire making calls at home plate includes defining the strike zone, which "is defined as that area over homeplate (sic) the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the kneecap."[4] These calls define every baseball game and are therefore integral to the completion of any no-hitter.[5]
The manager is another integral part of any no-hitter. The tasks of the manager include determining the starting rotation as well as batting order and defensive lineup every game.
No perfect games, a special subcategory of no-hitter, have been thrown in Blue Jays history. The franchise came closest on August 4, 1989, when Stieb gave up a double to the Yankees' batter Roberto Kelly with two outs in the ninth and he later scored by the next batter.[6] As defined by Major League Baseball, "in a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game."[2]
List of no-hitters in Blue Jays history
|Indicates a perfect game
|Pitcher was left-handed
|Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|Final score
| Base-
|Plate umpire
|September 2, 1990
|Stieb, DaveDave Stieb
|Cleveland Indians
|Borders, PatPat Borders
|Coble, DrewDrew Coble
|Gaston, CitoCito Gaston
See also
- a The only team without a no-hitter in franchise history is the San Diego Padres.[8]
- ↑ "Toronto Blue Jays Franchise History". ESPN. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- 1 2 "MLB Miscellany: Rules, regulations and statistics". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ↑ Kurkjian, Tim (June 29, 2008). "No-hit win makes no sense, except in baseball". ESPN. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- 1 2 "Umpires: Rules of Interest". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ↑ Bronson, Eric. Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box, Pgs 98–99. ISBN 0-8126-9556-9. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Toronto Blue Jays". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ↑ "September 2, 1990 Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Indians Play by Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ↑ "No Hitters Chronologically". Retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved November 22, 2010.


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DVOC Main Page > Meetings / Programs > February 16, 2012 Minutes
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Minutes of the DVOC
February 16, 2012
President Art McMorris called the meeting to order at 7:33 PM. Twenty-four members and fourteen guests were present, including a large contingent from the Haddonfield Historical Society.
The minutes of the 2 February 2012 meeting were approved as submitted.
President Art McMorris welcomed and introduced Mrs. Elizabeth Billings to the club.
Bob Billings Big Year:
President Art McMorris presented information about and origin of the Bob Billings Big Year Award and introduced Bob's Billings's widow Mrs. Elizabeth Billings to the club.
As described on the DVOC Website: http://www.dvoc.org/Committees/BillingsAward/BillingsAward.htm
"John R. ("Bob") Billings was a member of DVOC for 44 years, from 1965 until his death in 2009. In his will, he left the club $2,000 to be invested, with the interest being used to give an annual award of $200 to the person who recorded the largest number of birds in the calendar year. He left it up to the club to determine the rules for the competition. The club has raised additional funds, aided by a $1,000 matching challenge from Hart Rufe, to add to the investment, so that the award can be given annually in perpetuity."
Art went on to note that 2011 was the first year of the Bob Billings Big Year Competition. Participants in the competition included Mike Fritz, Ken Tischner, Steve Kacir, Steve Mattan and Sandra Keller.
Art presented the 2011 Bob Billings Big Year Award and a check for $200 to Mike Fritz who won the competition with an impressive total of 363 bird species seen within the Delaware Valley as defined by the DVOC territory described within the current DVOC Delaware Valley Birds Checklist.
Congratulations go to Mike Fritz on winning the first Bob Billings Big Year Award.
Paul Guris took photos of Mike Fritz, Liz Billings and President Art McMorris, which can be seen on the DVOC website.
President Art McMorris announced that DVOC Council had approved membership for Adam Hymans of Philadelphia, PA; Ann Marie Morrison of Absecon, NJ and John C. Thele of Harleysville, PA. Our three newest members to the club were welcomed in absentia.
Editor Dave Long announced that the next issue of Cassinia will be a double issue, so that all previous submissions can be printed. Currently Cassinia is 4-5 issues behind, and Dave is looking to get the publication back on track. Anyone with articles or other submissions for Cassinia should speak with Dave or email him.
New Bins for New Birders (NB4NB):
Chairperson Paul Guris announced that the committee has received two new requests for donations of binoculars that still need to be discussed in committee before any further announcements can be made.
Chairperson and Vice President Phil Witmer announced that the Pennsylvania House and Senate have passed a Marcellus Shale Bill. The bill will provide some money to environmental organizations, but was described by Phil Witmer as not being a good bill. Phil suggests that all interested parties should contact their state legislators and the PA Governor and let them know of their dissatisfaction with the state's position on exploitation of the Marcellus Shale.
Phil Witmer announced that National Audubon's Audubon Camp in Maine on Hog Island is accepting applications for scholarships for both teen and adult programs. The deadline is March 1. More information is available online:
Field Trips:
Committee member Bob Horton conducted the trip reports and trip announcements:
Trip Reports:
February 5 – Delaware City, DE: A trip around the freshwater ponds of Delaware City. Colin Campbell led this trip and they reported a good diversity of ducks and some Bald Eagles.
Trip Announcements:
February 18 – Indian River Inlet and Points North, DE: This DVOC trip is a joint field trip with Wyncote Audubon and consists of a search for wintering waterfowl, gulls, seabirds and other late winter visitors. Besides birding Indian River Inlet and Rehoboth Bay, the trip will stop at Silver Lake, Cape Henlopen State Park, Prime Hook and Bombay Hook. Leader is Martin Selzer.
February 20 – North Shore (NJ) President's Day Field Trip: This trip will explore the North Shore of New Jersey focusing on coastal species such as Razorbills and Black-headed Gulls. Leader is Sandra Keller.
February 25 (rescheduled from Feb 4) – Photography Field Trip to Barnegat Lighthouse State Park (NJ): This trip was rescheduled due to conflicts arising from a pelagic seabird trip. Leader is Steve Kacir.
March 4 – Pinelands Birding, Franklin Parker Preserve, NJ Field Trip: This trip will explore the NJ Pine Barrens and look for winter specialties. Leader is Tony Croasdale.
Vice President Phil Witmer announced the upcoming programs.
On March 1, Frank Windfelder will present "The Fabulous Ipswich Sparrow"
On March 15, Keith Bildstein will present "Movement Ecology of Scavenging Birds of Prey."
On April 5, Matthew Halley will present "Multiple Male Feeders at Nests of the Veery – a new perspective on the nesting behavior of Wilson's enigmatic thrush."
On May 3, Steve Kacir will present "Bush Camping and Spotlighting: A Queensland Adventure" about his trip to Australia.
A tentative date of May 17 has been set for Dr. Edwin Scholes III to present a program detailing his studies of New Guinea's Birds of Paradise.
On June 7, Terry Master will present "Riparian Songbirds: Canaries in an Aquatic Coal Mine."
Paul Guris announced that Wes Biggs will be leading tours of the Dry Tortugas with three April trips and 2 trips in early May. The trips will be about $200 less than the nearest competitor and Wes has said he will knock off another $100 for DVOC members who sign up within the next week. The trips will explore Florida, Key West and pelagic birding around the Tortugas. Target species include Bridled Tern, Audubon's Shearwater, Sooty Tern, Brown Noddy, Red-footed Booby and Frigatebirds. More information is available at: http://floridanaturetours.net/
Bonnie Witmer announced that on Saturday Feb 18 an Environmental Summit at John Heinz NWR will be led by PA State Representative Gregory S Vitali. The Summit begins at 9:15AM and will detail legislation about backed by Governor Corbett dealing with run-off, climate change, composting and other environmental issues.
More information can be found on Representative Vitali's website: http://www.pahouse.com/Vitali/
Or at the website for Delco Concerned Citizens for Environmental Change (DCCEC): http://delcoenvironmental.tripod.com/
Nancy Bilheimer announced that there will be a protest in favor of a moratorium on Marcellus Shale exploitation.
Edie Parnum announced that on February 18, the Friends of Heinz and PA Young Birders are organizing a Great Backyard Bird Count at John Heinz NWR starting at 9:00AM. More details here: http://www.facebook.com/events/102526839871541/
Local Notes:
Lamar Corlis reported that a Pileated Woodpecker was seen and heard at his school in Delaware County, which is near Media and Ridley Creek. The school's horticulture teacher photographed a pair there last Spring.
Gregg Gorton reported that Shortridge Park near Narberth and Wynnewood has had a number of raptor species over the years, but a third or fourth year Bald Eagle flying over the park last Saturday was the first recorded for the property and was species #140 for the site.
Al Bilheimer announced that the Core Creek Bald Eagles were
on their nest.
Linda Widdop announced that a wing discovered at Peace Valley Park in Bucks County, PA was a Ring-necked Pheasant wing not an owl wing.
Paul Guris summarized the results of his See Life Paulagics winter pelagic trips, noting that the waters had been unseasonably warm. The trip out of Belmar, NJ had 40 Dovekies less than 12 miles offshore, Common Murres which have become a common sighting in the Belmar area though that species is a former NJ Review species and still on the NY Review List. The trip out of Freeport, NY found 86 Common Murres. Hundreds of Razorbills were tallied for both of those trips, and the Freeport trip has around 400 Razorbills including one at the inlet. Paul noted that the NY Bight area has been especially good for alcids in recent years, including the rocky bottom a few hundred yards offshore at Shrewsbury Rocks and the Hudson River Valley. More and more alcids have overwintered in this area each year. The trip out of Cape May, NJ encountered over 700 Dovekies, 18 Atlantic Puffins, Northern Fulmars and Black-legged Kittiwakes. Usually these trips find Dovekies at the temperature break, but this year the water was so warm that the Dovekies were scattered and became harder to find around forty miles offshore where they normally are just beginning to be encountered during a pelagic trip. The trip out of Lewes, DE tallied around 400 Dovekies and an adult Thayer's Gull, while never being more than 28 miles offshore.
George Armistead announced that Todd Fellenbaum found a female Black Scoter behind the Walmart at Columbus Blvd in Philadelphia.
Chris Walters reported that a Dovekie was on a small rock in sight of Montauk Lighthouse recently, and that the bird was picked up by birders then released. Paul Guris noted that Dovekies found under similar circumstances are usually sick or starving, adding that during the Cape May trip Dovekies were seen being eaten by Great Black-backed Gulls and that a dead Dovekie being picked at by a Herring Gull was netted and brought on board the ship. During the Lewes, DE trip a Great Black-backed Gull went after a Dovekie and grabbed it off the surface of the water. Steve Kacir added that he has photos of a Northern Fulmar eating a Dovekie. Mike Fritz added that he photographed a pair of gulls engaged in a Dovekie tug-of-war. Mike noted that usually the Dovekies are not found inshore but that the warm water has them inhabiting inshore waters that are used by gulls, putting the Dovekies in contact with the gulls. Paul Guris noted that the wintering gulls usually are attracted to scallop boats. Art McMorris noted that the Dovekies would be looking for plankton, and Paul Guris commented that the temperature break is usually key for winter plankton blooms.
Ornithological Moments:
Chairperson Rob Bierregaard introduced tonight's Ornithological Moment speaker, Art McMorris. Art McMorris presented "Snowy Owls: Age, Sex and Plumage."
Main Program:
Vice President Phil Witmer introduced tonight's speaker, Nate Rice. Nate Rice presented "Field Work in Vietnam."
During the preamble for his talk "Field Work in Vietnam," Nate Rice mentioned that 2012 is the Bicentennial of the Academy of Natural Sciences, noting that the Academy is the oldest Natural History Museum in the Western Hemisphere and that it is older than some European museums. In June will be Bird Month for the Academy of Natural Sciences, and will feature a bird weekend on June 9-10, collections and study skins on display as well as study skin demonstrations. Nate announced that he would like to have the DVOC involved with collection items contributed by Witmer Stone and a DVOC table at the weekend event. Art McMorris let Nate know that DVOC is definitely interested in pursuing such opportunities.
More details on the Academy's Bicentennial Celebrations can be found here:
Nate Rice also mentioned that the Academy of Natural Sciences is now part of Drexel University. Nate is getting staff and hopes to be able to be more involved field work and with the DVOC in the future.
The rest of Nate's presentation detailed his fieldwork in Vietnam.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Stephen E.T. Kacir, Secretary


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Calcium-sensing Receptor (CaSR)
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Alfie's Story
Calcium is not just about teeth and bones, it is essential to life. But when your baby has a rare calcium condition, treatment is not always immediate or straightforward.
For Alfie Jeary, seizures began at three weeks old but diagnosis took an agonisingly long time. He was transferred to three hospitals before his condition was identified and stabilised. Blood tests revealed low calcium.
Alfie's mum, Jennifer Lofthouse, says, 'I remember thinking, 'Oh it's only low calcium,' and we were given tablets and told he would live a normal life on this medication.
But weekly blood tests, calcium injections and infusions couldn't prevent his calcium from persistently falling too low and Alfie would have frequent seizures. Eventually, he was diagnosed with a rare calcium–sensing receptor mutation in his parathyroid glands, meaning his body can't regulate calcium levels.
Today Alfie has a pump, which injects parathyroid hormone when needed. Although he still gets very ill if he catches a bug, life has changed for the better for Alfie and his family – especially now he has a waterproof pump and can go swimming!


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Quick Summary
Context diagrams are a time-tested method for using simple symbols to illustrate a system's boundaries, benefits, interactions, and data flows. Simple sketches can aid discussions of project features and scope, and detailed graphical interface specifications can improve communication and understanding with non-technical stakeholders.
What this is
Context diagrams graphically depict a system's boundaries, the information that flows in and out of the system, and the other systems and people that will use it and benefit from it. Representing the system as a single black box process interacting with its environment, context diagrams provide a picture of project scope.
Context diagrams can be very simple sketches or detailed graphical interface specifications, depending on what you need for a given communication or interaction.
Why it's useful
Any system exists in order to respond and provide services to the world around it. The context model describes how the system relates to its business environment. It depicts the boundary, scope, and benefits of the system in a simple, intuitive format that non-technical stakeholders can easily understand.
Context diagrams provide several additional benefits:
How to use it
Read the guideline for detailed discussions of how to use a context diagram appropriately, and step-by-step instructions for developing one. Use an appropriate level of detail for the circumstances. In a quick conversation with a stakeholder, show only those details relevant to your discussion. When creating a comprehensive specification to begin your system analysis, be sure to include all the details you can think of and use a rigorous naming convention. Be sparing with additional notations; don't muddy up the concepts by adding too many objects or using fancy clip art.
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What a beautiful day to start the 2016-2017 school year!
What do you start the school year with in STEM? Digital Citizenship of course! The way the schedule works out I see K-5 everyday for 35 minutes and every 6 days I will have had the whole school. VERY different than what I have taught for the past 23 years.
After Digital Citizenship what better way to see what they learned than playing one of those Lab Activities from SMART. The kids loved it!!
Didn't matter if they were 5th graders or 1st graders they LOVED the desks and yoga ball seats. Definitely a WIN!!
The classes loved the touch screen feature of the SMART board. It was like second nature for the kids.
In my introduction to STEM, yes that is a Buncee, I talked about what STEM means after all it is a new special area. These are kindergarteners and they were amazing! Yes it was the very 1st day of school. They were soaking it all up. Too amazing and love, love, love this!
I created a Beginning of the Year Buncee to find out a little about my students.
I gave them some information on me and then showed a picture that I left up for a minute and then asked some detail oriented questions to see how observant they were and found myself smiling throughout the days.
Well the end of the day came and I made it. 6 introductions to STEM class. We talked about what the year would bring science, technology, iPads, robots, building, Legos, math, measuring and do you know what they perked up the most at hearing...robots! Oh the robots and coding I have in store for these otters! Check out Bryce and that smile.
By the way they don't even know that I was lucky-blessed:) to get an #edcampimpact grant. I attended #edcampmagic and #edcampvolusia. I attended a session on robots where Bryan Miller from Wonder Workshop talked about Dash and Dot. There is a team robotics competition and I was hooked. My grant will purchase 2 more Dash & Dot robots with accessories, a Sphero, and an OSMO coding kit. Robots oh yes we are going to code and learn so many things. I can't wait!
Here is one of my friends from last year modeling how to hold the iPad the proper way when traveling around the room. She was an excellent model to help teach the others about proper care and responsibility. We have 768 students using these iPads and I am so proud of their actions. I can't wait to share projects throughout the year using various apps and how I am using Seesaw with the whole school. I am still working through this and how to share with parents. I know one mountain to climb at a time.
What is Tanner doing? Holding an egg in a blue cup of course. Let me explain, Kayla Delzer is a rockstar teacher and this is her post on the Great Egg Test. Kindergarteners are new to our school since we do not have a Pre-K program and our 1st graders had some experience on the iPads last year but what better way to teach everyone the importance of iPad responsibility. I talked to each class and sent them on their way with an egg in a cup. See it represented an iPad in a case and the class was responsible for caring for the egg and we would talk about their progress.
I had to include this photo. Some background: 4th grade, talked about being a digital citizen, and then play the SMART Lab game for review. Do you see that cutie in the middle? He was so excited and so competitive AND totally engaged...all of them! I captured this moment and I just know it is only the beginning for what this STEM classroom/lab has in store for our future.


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PEORIA — Beloit had a one-run lead at the end of the first inning Wednesday night at Dozer Park and then took advantage of an error to score what proved the deciding factor in the fifth inning of a 4-3 Midwest League victory over the Chiefs.
Peoria tied it at 3 in the third inning when Scott Hurst's single drove in Elehuris Montero, who had walked and advanced to third on a wild pitch and a fly out. The hit gave Hurst a six-game hitting streak.
Johan Oviedo (2-6) threw 95 pitches in five innings for Peoria, which dropped into a second-place tie with Quad Cities a game behind Clinton. Peoria is also tied with Quad Cities for the wild-card spot at 36-30 with four games left in the first half.
Game-changing moments
* In the top of the fifth, Beloit's Trace Loehr struck out swinging but reached when Oviedo's pitch was wild. He advanced to third on Logan Farrar's base hit and scored when Montero's error allowed Jack Meggs to reach safely.
Chiefs briefs
The victory pushed Beloit ahead by a game (222-221) in the teams' all-time series. The Chiefs are 13-9 this season in one-run games. Montero's two hits make him the team leader with 21 multi-hit games.
Thursday's game
Beloit Snappers at Peoria Chiefs, 7 p.m., Dozer Park
Parent clubs: Beloit: Athletics; Peoria: Cardinals
Probables: Beloit, RHP Wyatt Marks (3-5, 4.66) vs. Peoria, Alex Fagalde (1-2, 2.76).
On tap: Game of Thrones Night with post-game fireworks; Baumgarten Distributing Beer & Brat Thirsty Thursday with $2 domestic cans and sodas, $3 craft drafts and margaritas and $3 brats.
Tickets: Box seats $13, field seats $11, lawn seats $8. Students with a valid college ID can purchase $5 lawn seats.
Listen/watch: online at www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive or www.tunein.com. See the game via MiLB.tv.


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Bah...I am not very good at this blogging thing again. I've gone back to work and I am exhausted!! Oh, and I have a kid that I have to share a computer with and I think that I definitely come out on the short end of that.
But....here I am on this Saturday with a layout to share. It's a miserable, rainy day and I have a little one fighting a cold so it might be the perfect afternoon to scrap some while she rests on the couch.
Anyway, here is a page I did a little while ago.
Created using Bo Bunny's Block Party collection
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy weekend everyone!


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When I was a beginner to foodie blogs and especially the baking part, I saw a post in a foodie blog and got fascinated by seeing those baking essentials like Measuring Cups and Spoons, Cookie Tray, Baking Tins with different shapes such as Floral and Bundt pans, Muffin Moulds, colourful Ramekins, Cookie Cutters etc.
Baking Essentials - When I got some confidence after checking out my baking skills, I thought of buying baking essentials. It was a hard task to find a shop where I can buy baking accessories. I enquired in lot many shops and bakeries regarding baking accessories. On a christmas day my hubby succeeded in finding out the shop and here is my Christmas gift :).
Piping Bag and Nozzles: