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An easy exercise that you can do with a journal and crayons, markers, or colored pencils and your child will feel cherished, filled up, and reminded of Who They Really Are. Remembering and embracing Who You Really Are is crucial, it is the main ingredient in having Unconditional Self-Love.Read More
When our precious children lash out due to parental chronic illness
The children of people with chronic illness sometimes have complicated emotions. Spiritual Parenting and Inspirational Health Author Emily Filmore discusses ideas of how to deal with them, as a family.Read More
Chronic Illness, Myositis, and Depression
The following are the comments I gave to a support group about my book, The Marvelous Transformation: Living Well with Autoimmune Disease and how one can use the messages within it to deal with the mild, acute, hopelessness, sadness, and even depression that sometimes results from flares of chronic illnesses like myositis.Read More
Conversations with God teaches, "There is no such thing as right and wrong," no sin or soul's punishment for anything we do, because we have perfect free will and are all indivisible, yet differentiated parts of the Divine. For many, being one with God means that they choose to personify love and light in the world. Even without fear of punishment, they have decided not to hurt others because "We are all one," and in hurting another, they know they hurt themselves.Read More
Inspirational Hearts to give your children
Do you want to use Valentine's day (or any day!) to inspire and encourage your child? Here are some ready made hearts to print, cut out, and post around the house/in your child's bedroom to celebrate how amazing you think he or she is! I've also included a couple of blank ones for you to personalize. Your child will delight in feeling so appreciated!Read More
Intimacy and chronic illness, an article on The Mighty
Please read Emily's new article on The Mighty here:
Parenting with Conversations with God in this political climate
The United States has a new president-elect, with the Electoral College having certified the election. I've personally struggled with much of what I saw occurring during this long election campaign, and with the division in our country that I have observed over the past several weeks since the outcome.
How did anger, hatred and vitriol all across the political spectrum come to play such a role in our politics? What happened to progress and love? I thought there were certain ethical boundaries that were impenetrable when it came to America's democratic process.Read More
Winter Poems to enjoy
Winter Poems, Frost Bite and Let's Go Again!Read More
Voting- about disability
Over the next few weeks I'm going to explore the issues as presented by the candidates for president through the lens of conscious and spiritual living. Since many of my fans have illness and/or disability in common I thought I'd start with that.Read More
Choosing consciousness over convenience
For me, it's very important to remain conscious in all of my decisions, so I try not to make blanket statements such as the one in the school's posting (read one article explaining the rationale here) because it takes the consciousness out of the individual decision-making in a potential situation.Read More
Broke in Love: A Modern Family
Our kids, ten-year-old daughter, Sage, and 23-year-old nephew, Rick, and I were discussing my practice of finding appreciation for the little things in life; a practice that annoys my daughter to no end. This is a prevalent theme in our family, as my husband, Scott and I, navigate life riddled with the ups and downs of my twenty-two years of chronic illness, complete with various doctor visits, medical procedures, treatments, and resulting medical bills, credit card debt, and stress.Read More
Compassion from within, going out: A Poem
I was moved to write this poem about all the current struggles for fairness and equality in the world. I send my love and thoughts out to all who are suffering.Read More
I love all people...but today, I really want the people of color in my life to know, I love you, I see you, you matter to me. I stand with you, I feel for your fear, and I do not accept this as the way of life. I will not be silent.Read More
Sometimes stopping bullying takes asking a simple question, that seems hard.Read More
Yet another thing stolen from me by dermatomyositis...my bicycle
A message for my friends with chronic illnessesRead More
#40DaysofGratitude #Countdownto40
My birthday is coming up in a few weeks, and it's the big 4-0! What is one to do when age starts to feel a little overwhelming, yet one lives a spiritual life? I decided to turn it around by concentrating on the things for which I am grateful!Read More
ICEKAP Headache and Migraine Therapy - A Product I Love
It is vitally important to find products that help with the symptoms of chronic illnesses. I've dealt with migraines for over 20 years along with my Dermatomyositis and often have a type of headache called Aseptic Meningitis as a side effect to my IVIG treatments. My husband gave me the ICEKAP Headache and Migraine Therapy cap for an early Mother's Day present today, and it was not one moment too soon, as a migraine headache hit within hours...Read More
Helping family members understand the merry-go-round of chronic illness from a spouse's perspective
By Scott and Emily Filmore
A recurring topic of conversation in health support groups is the difficulty spouses, partners, parents, siblings, children, or friends of people with chronic illness show in understanding and accepting the realities of their loved ones' health situations. This is often compounded for people with the so-called invisible diseases such as myositis, fibromyalgia, MS, chronic migraines, and other autoimmune diseases because no matter how bad patients feel on the inside, no matter how weak their muscles, no matter how much fatigue they struggle with, they often look normal to the outside world....
...Scott Filmore, Emily's partner of thirteen years, weighs in on what he does to help create a successful marriage even as they face the daily struggles of her multiple health issues.Read More
Sports and "Quitting" - Excerpt from Conversations with God for Parents
Excerpt from Conversations with God for Parents by Neale Donald Walsch, Laurie Lankins Farley and Emily A. Filmore on the concept that There Is No Such Thing As Right And Wrong and how it relates to "quitting."Read More
Parenting, spirituality, and competitive athletes
The last thing I ever thought I would be, as I meditated and yoga-ed my way through pregnancy, was a competitive athlete's mom. But part of being a conscious, aware, attached, and spiritual parent is listening to the soul's yearnings of your child - and my daughter, and her soul, proclaimed loud and clear: "I want to be a figure skater." Before she ever thought I would strap a pair of blades to her feet she was "skating" across the bare floors of our home in makeshift skates of socks, empty tissue boxes, and anything else that would slide; whether I thought it was safe or not!Read More


text: OK, I'm new to this forum but have lurked around here for a couple of years getting inspiration for my own project and it is almost finished. A problem I have is with smudges on my new aluminum skin. The aluminum seemed to have a thin film of manufacturing oil on it an I got sweaty while bending and fitting it and now I don't know how to get rid of the sweat smudges. I tried detergent but to no avail. Anybody got any ideas?

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3 RV Parks near Glendive, Montana
West Glendive, Montana 1.32 miles W
Wibaux, Montana 26.69 miles SE
Beach, North Dakota 36.42 miles SE
1301 Snyder Avenue Glendive, Montana 59330 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Jul 2016 - $28.00
This is an amazing treasure of a state park. As you pass through a small Montana town you drive into a diverse and amazing landscape.
Aside from the beautiful landscape the camp ground was easy to navigate, clean and well maintained. Staff was courteous and extremely friendly. - CO_Clarks
Sep 2015 - $15.00
Have stayed here numerous times and for the area it is my favorite, but I'm fine with no hookups or showers . Always have stopped here late September to early October so the lack of shade isn't a problem, would guess it to be very hot in the summer.
Main reason I like it is the badlands vista and lack of traffic. I'm sure the fact that its well past peak camping season adds to this .
This campground or Sully Creek in Medora are routinely my first night from, and or my last night on my way home from an annual trip to the Beartooths, Yellowstone, Tetons, etc. - Twinpups
Jul 2008 - $12.00
This is a great vista, badlands setting and the views are great. The downside is that there is no water or service of any kind, except vault toilets. The RV area is asphalt with only one spot that has any shade to speak of and if that is occupied (which it was when we were here) you will fry in the other spots. It is horribly hot in the summer on the asphalt, but would likely be super in the spring and fall when the heat wasn't so oppressive. There are water pump jack spigots, but for whatever reason they were not turned on. Also, it is unfortunate that no one has planted trees to offer shade. The view is great, but you need to decide if primitive camping is for you, especially in the extreme heat of July. The primitive camping isn't bad, however no shade in the heat of the day is a booger. Were it not for that or if we could have been in the only spot with trees we would have stayed more than one night. - marker82
201 California St Glendive, Montana 59330 (map) | Click To View Phone
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May 2018 - $22.00
We received the weekly rate. Weeds everywhere, a million dandelions. They made a pitiful attempt to mow it down but only got less than half of them. There appears to be no full/part-time park host. You register at the hotel in front of the park. The sites and roads are gravel. With a little up-keep, this RV Park could be ok. - Jumping Around
May 2018 - $40.00
Grass is about 12" high everywhere, their website claims cable TV. No cable and TWO OTA channels. Saw no facilities, but did have water, electric, and sewer hook ups at the front of the site. Way expensive for what they have. If you don't know it is behind the Motel, you will miss it. Check in is at the Motel. - MnTom
Sep 2016 - $28.00
This Park has been closed for a few years & just re-opened in July, 2016. At this time they have no advertising in any of the RV directories or along the highway. We only stopped there after having stayed there 10 years ago. The brother of the property owner runs the facility and has his office in the hotel immediately in front of the Park. Be careful driving into the Park as the gravel street (on city property, not Park property) has extreme ruts! The manager has indicated that he will not be running the campground after this year and assumes a resident manager will be hired. Call ahead! - kurtk
124 Green Valley Ln Glendive, Montana 59330 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Sep 2018 - $25.00
Getting to the camp ground from the highway is not difficult but you have to go down a moderately steep hill and cross two sets of RR tracks and the second set is just before you turn into the campground. The campground access road while not long had several pot holes. No one was in the office so we drove around and picked our own site. Paid a man who I assumed is the owner cash when he drove up in his pickup. He was not particularly friendly but OK. Our site was very level. There were many permanent tenants some with messy sites. We could not connect to the WiFi but there was a good Verizon signal but no cable or OTA TV. - MarkandMarty
Jul 2018 - $25.00
The park is very old and not well taken care of. The bathrooms were not cleaned once during our 4-day stay. There are abandoned RVs and vehicles throughout the park. They advertise laundry, but there was a closed sign on the door every day. The playground equipment was very old and unsafe. The sling seats on the swings were rotten by the sun. The stairs up to the bathrooms were uneven. - Carla H
Jul 2017 - $25.00
This rv park isn't the Ritz, but it is clean, quiet, has plenty of shade and is reasonably priced. It's great for overnight after a long day of travel or for several day stay over. The owners are friendly and helpful. We've stayed here twice; both times were quiet and uneventful. Exactly what we wanted! - TravelerNeilSam


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The Rite of Cristian Initiation for Adults aims to bring adults into the into the fullness of the faith whether they seek Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation, Eucharist and Confirmation, or Confirmation.
The program is done in conjunction with St. Mary of Hills Parish here in Milton. We seek to accompany adults as they begin their journey of faith through catechesis and the sharing of experiences of faith by those administering the program. The progress of the candidates is marked by a series of ceremonies until the reception of the sacraments during the celebration of the Easter Vigil Mass. RCIA usually begins in September.


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Long Live Michael Savage!
Prior to Jacqui Smith's resignation Michael Savage gave an interview to BBC which has about 2 million listeners in the UK - You can hear the interview with BBC HERE - Michael Savage refutes all the false accusations from Jacqui Smith in the BBC interview and the now resigned British Home Secretary came out as being an untrustworthy oppressor of free speech who advocates thought-crime.
A battle is won, but not the war against the Orwellian thugs, Neo-Marxist and modern day Gestapos from the 'socalled left' which has infested our nations destroying our freedoms.
From World Net Daily
Don't mess with Savage! U.K. home secretary quits
Jacqui Smith banned radio talker, he sued, now she's stepping down
In the wake of scandal over personal use of taxpayer funds and her controversial ban of talk-radio host Michael Savage, British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will resign, according to the London Telegraph.
Smith has indicated she will step down when Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffles his Cabinet after this week's local and European elections, the British paper said today.
The Telegraph noted Smith faced humiliation over her husband's submission of a receipt to the House of Commons for watching adult films. She also claimed her family home as a second home under the Parliament members' allowances plan while staying with her sister in London. In addition, she allegedly charged a number of personal items as office expenses.
But on a BBC radio program today featuring Savage, a barrage of callers reflected public anger over Smith's surprising decision last month to ban the popular American talk host from entry into the United Kingdom along with murderers and terrorists.
Savage said the morning show had planned to take callers for only five minutes, but the segment went on for 30 minutes as phone lines lit up. Callers included a Muslim who said he was opposed to Smith's ban of Savage.
Don't be silent! Sign the petition to block government attacks on freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
As WND reported, the talk host hired lawyers in London last month to issue a defamation complaint against Smith.
The official complaint arrived at the home secretary's office yesterday.
A spokesman said Smith would not back down.
"As the home secretary has already said, [Savage] was excluded for engaging in unacceptable behaviour by making comments that might provoke others to serious criminal acts and foster hatred that might lead to inter-community violence," he said.
Any legal proceedings "would be robustly defended," the spokesman asserted.
"We stand by our decision to exclude this individual," he said. "Coming to the U.K. is a privilege that we refuse to extend to those who abuse our standards and values to undermine our way of life."
Smith is one of numerous Parliament members embroiled in the expense scandal. Three other MPs in her Labour Party also announced today they will resign at the next election.
Smith contended upon announcing the ban of Savage May 5 that the talk host was "someone who has fallen into the category of fomenting hatred, of such extreme views and expressing them in such a way that it is actually likely to cause inter-community tension or even violence if that person were allowed into the country."
Savage also has sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, asking that she call on the British government to withdraw the ban.
The complaint against Smith notes the home secretary's office said in a press release that the "controversial daily radio host" is "considered to be engaging in unacceptable behavior by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence."
The allegations are "entirely false," the complaint asserts.
"At no time has our client provoked or sought to provoke others to commit crimes or serious criminal acts."
Savage hosts the nation's third most popular radio talk show in the U.S., with an estimated 8 million listeners a week on about 400 stations, according to his syndicator, the Talk Radio Network.
Savage told WND after the ban was announced last month that his message for Smith and the people of the U.K. was, "Shame on you. Shame that you've fallen to such a low level."
"It's interesting to me that here I am a talk show host, who does not advocate violence, who advocates patriotic traditional values – borders, language, culture – who is now on a list banned in England," Savage said. "What does that say about the government of England? It says more about them than it says about me."


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Free Arts
Artistic expression builds confidence and self-esteem.
Free Arts programs inspire hope in the lives of children who have experienced abuse, neglect, poverty and homelessness through innovative creative arts programs and positive interactions with caring adult volunteers.
Free Arts envisions a society of individuals from different communities, cultures and life experiences connecting through the healing power of art to interrupt the cycle of violence, create understanding, build self-esteem and nurture better lives.
The philosophy behind Free Arts programs is simply that art heals.


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When I arrived in Chatel, the village was fairly quiet, with only the local (mainly English) barflies hanging out at the Avalanche Bar waiting for the season to start.
Over the weekend though, there was a noticeable influx of cars with British number plates and new and different people. I guess I am one of them but because I was here two weeks ago, I am counting myself as a local.
I was having a beer the other night with my new best friend 'Pi** Head Paul' and although we are delighted that the punters are coming, it means that we don't have the bar to ourselves anymore, at least not until May.
It's snowed again and is apparently going to for the rest of the week. Speaking to my Ski School director Earnst earlier on today, it looks like the Morgins lifts might be open for some skiing this weekend.
I've spend most of the last week helping varnish the wood for the new deck at the Morgins Ski and Snowboard School. A new bar and terrace is going into their new building and we've still got a lot to do to finish everything off before the season starts.
My wife arrived in Chatel on Saturday after working her notice period at her job in the UK and is just looking to finalise some work out here for the winter. Perhaps we will be able to take some of the stress out of job searching by doing some skiing at the weekend.
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Yamaha have been crafting pianos since 1887, building a long-established tradition for quality, design and craftsmanship. Their 'Kando' objective aims to synchronise technology and passion in order to create a superior product. All of the major parts for Yamaha pianos are made in their own workshop, by master craftsmen to guarantee a perfect quality and balance. It is this ethos, reputation and masterful execution that have led to such a high uptake by the musical world, with celebrity musician ambassadors such as Elton John, Jamie Cullum and Norah Jones, all choosing to use Yamaha pianos.
The depth and range of Yamaha's catalogue means they cater for pianists ranging from the budding student to the experienced master, with a range of grand and upright pianos meaning there is a Yamaha piano for anyone.


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Ask around and everybody will tell you that the EPA mileage numbers on the window sticker and on the web are unachievable in the real world. But the truth is, the testing happens at tracks designed to mimic real world conditions. The problem isn't the cars. It's the drivers.
EPA chides automakers' fuel economy test drivers for being 'too good'
What To Expect In This Course
When you're done with this course, you won't be the "average" driver anymore. You'll know more about how your car works. You'll know what wastes energy and how to avoid it. You'll be able to not only achieve EPA test numbers, but beat them without driving like grandma, breaking the law, or taking stupid risks.
In this course, you're going to learn about how your car works and uses gas, and learn some ideas on improving the situation as you drive. Then, you'll learn some techniques you can use to minimize your waste. Finally, you'll learn how to get even better mileage by making your drive better.
There's a lot of information to take in, but don't be afraid! You can read and learn at your own pace. Also, don't try to do it all at once. Learn one thing and do it well, then add another. Some techniques and tips work in some situations, while others work well in others.
There are quizzes at the end of each lesson, but they're optional and not required to go on to the next lesson. Feel free to come back and use this course as a reference!
Getting To Know Your Car
Reducing Engine and Motor Losses
Reducing Transmission and Driveline Losses
Techniques For Saving Energy
Choosing Roads and Lanes On The Highway
Choosing Times and Local Routes
Predict The Road Ahead (Anticipation)
Upgrading For Even Better Mileage


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I'm sure you've heard me talk about my desire to become a SAHM (Stay at home Mom) or WAHM (Work at home mom). My heart is to be close to my monkey and spend the days with her instead of at my desk and she in daycare. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, and love her school. I love what she's learning and the friends she is making but I want to be a part of it with her. I think both SAHMs and moms that work outside of the home have a tough job, neither is easier or better, I just have been a working mom and now it's time to work towards being an at home mom.
So to help me achieve this goal I of course started Texas Monkey Boutique which has been doing wonderfully but just at a place to allow me to do it full time and stay at home. To help me get their quicker I have decided to add another endeavor to my resume.
I am starting a new venture called Macaroni Kid. It is a free weekly e-newsletter and website that lists all the upcoming happenings and events for kids in and around North East Dallas. I launched my first newsletter two weeks ago and will continue to use Thursdays as the day when my newsletters will be emailed out.
As a new mom, I found it difficult to find out about so many of the great events that go on in my community without having to search all over and I think that my new newsletter will be a huge help! The newsletter is free and we have a privacy policy in place (we don't sell or give away names or email addresses).
So this is where you come in for help. I'd love to add you as a subscriber to my little newsletter. The more people I get to subscribe for this free service, the better my chances are at gaining paying advertisers, free vacation offers for my subscribers, and more, thus allowing me to become a SAHM or WAHM if you will. I want to continue to help my family out financially and my goal and desire is for this adventure to allow that.
This week I'm running a giveaway, free movie passes to the movie of your choice just for getting the most subscribers. Pretty easy and we all love the movies!
I realize that not everyone may live in the NE Dallas area but I know a lot of us travel to the Dallas area for mini vacations, shopping, eating, etc so this can help you as well. And if you live too far to visit then maybe this will be incentive to come see me. :) If anything you will have access to ideas to look for in your own community as well as great parenting articles, tips, ideas, crafts, recipes, freebies, and fun giveaways.
At the very least you'll be helping me out by being a subscriber.
And if you aren't in the NE Dallas area but think this is something that your area would benefit from then talk to me about it and you can start your own little website and become a publishing mom like myself.
If you have a business and looking for some really cheap advertising rates and want to know exactly who your target audience is, then please talk to me about it. I am targeting parents with children ages newborns through high school and moms and dads who are the decision makers in their households, so if you advertise with me there's no wasted time or money on readers who aren't with children. Make sense?
If this is something you don't mind helping me with, just put a yes in the comment section and I can add your email to my list. Or simply go to the Sign Up page and enter your info. Again, nothing will be shared with anyone or anything. And when it is emailed to you on Thursdays, all I ask is you click through it, maybe visit my site every once in a while. And this week you'll automatically be entered into 2 giveaways.
Also I know you know many parents and I would love your help spreading the word to them! So feel free to forward this to every parent you know. J
I don't want to take up any more of your time and I apologize in advance for the multiple blog posts, tweets, and facebook posts you are about to see from me but in order to get this off the ground and get me to be a SAHM I've got to get the word out. And remember it's totally free.
Thank you for your help and also know that you can submit tips, recipes, and more and if I feature yours you will win a great prize!
I really appreciate your help, I know we all get tired of the vote for me posts, and tag me, and follow me, and subscribe me, but in order for some of us to meet certain goals it takes the whole village to help us get there. And I love my village of readers! So if there's something that I can do to help you in something you are passionate about then please let me know so I can begin to repay the favor to you.
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It is the start of a new beginning in Marin County. Thursday night, the Marin Energy Authority voted to dump PG&E and sign a new contract with Shell Energy North America.
Under the new deal, PG&E will still transmit power to Marin County customers, but Shell will provide it. Roughly 25 percent will come from renewable energy sources, which is nearly double what PG&E currently provides.
"I just wanted to say thanks. Beautiful job," said Barbara George from Women's Energy Matters.
Environmental advocates could not be happier with the board's decision.
The Marin Energy Authority says rates will remain the same unless customers request that more of their power come from renewable energy sources. Customers can also opt out and remain with PG&E if they want to.
"There's a lot of support in Marin and my guess is that there'll be a low opt-out rate to stay with PG&E because your power rates will stay the same," said Jonathan Leone from the Marin Energy Authority.
But PG&E is playing hardball. It is threatening not to deliver the electricity over its power lines. It is also funding a June ballot initiative that would make it harder for any municipality to do the same thing in the future.
"We just want to make sure that our customers have a voice in that decision. And we want to make sure their hard-earned tax dollars, especially at a time when those are falling short, are in fact invested in the way they want it to be," said PG&E spokesperson Katie Romans.
Many Marin County residents are not buying it. They are urging PG&E to back off.
"Stop, if you think this is such a disaster, let us try, let us fail and back off. We're like 1 percent of your market," said Bolinas resident Megan Matson.
Barring the unexpected, customers will be getting their new electricity as early as May. It will affect all of Marin County except Corte Madera, Larkspur, Novato and Ross.


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Alpacas 5D3-0490 - Alpacas, which are members of the camelid family of animals that includes the llamas, guanacos, and vicuñas of South America and also camels of the old world, thrive in the wild on the South American altiplano - the high plains of the Andes Mountains that are more than 4,000 metres above sea level. The first alpacas to be exported from their homeland were sent to the USA in 1984, and when, in 1989, a group were sent to Australia, a new agricultural industry was born. These Suri alpacas were photographed on a farm near the Queensland city of Bundaberg.


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Soil Retention with Magnacore Anchors
Earth retention systems are constructed to provide support where deep excavations are made or slope stability is a concern. The design of these systems must consider movement control, stability during construction and wall drainage.
Magnacore SDA's can be utilized for jobs specified for:
- Slope Stabilization with Soil Nails
- Soldier Piling & Lagging with Tiebacks
- Tieback Anchors
Tieback Anchors
A tieback is a horizontal rod used to reinforce retaining walls for stability. With one end of the tieback secured to the wall, the other end is anchored into the earth with sufficient resistance.
By utilizing Magnacore SDA's for Tiebacks, you can save time and money with quick, efficient, all-in-one installation. Magnacore has high production capabilities, with minimal vibration or displacement of soil during installation. You can determine instant load capacity and continuously monitor torque with Magnacore Tiebacks. Because of Magnacore's unique design, they can be used as earth shoring in areas of limited access.
Soil Nails for Slope Stabilization
Soil Nails are steel reinforcing members that are installed in a uniform grid pattern and grouted to unify the soil into a cohesive mass
Magnacore Soil Nails require less underground easement than conventional tie-back anchors. By utilizing Magnacore for your soil nail wall, they can be installed directly underneath an existing structure to maximize space for adjoining construction. There are no height limits, with minimal vibration or displacement of soil during installation. A decorative Facing can be installed in front of Magnacore Soil Nail Walls.
Soldier Pile & Lagging
When excavations occur near existing structures and utilities, Soldier Pile & Lagging is often required, especially when deflection tolerances are stringent and when excavations are greater than 20 feet.
Soldier Pile and Lagging is an earth retention system consisting of steel piles driven or placed in drilled holes. After the soldier beams have been installed, the earth is excavated along one side of the beams to expose a cut face of earth and to partially expose the front faces of the beams. Then lagging is installed with either timber or sprayed shotcrete to hold back the soil.
Depending upon the geometry of the wall and soil conditions, Magnacore Tiebacks are installed to provide additional lateral resistance. Tie backs are most commonly required when excavations occur near existing structures and utilities especially when deflection tolerances are stringent and when excavations are deep.
Why Intech Anchoring for Soil Retention Products?
In addition to materials and service, Intech Anchoring will provide continual support through the entire project, including: engineering/design, on-site support, load testing, installation expertise, competitive pricing, and rental equipment.
For more information on Magnacore SDA's including specifications, visit here – Magnacore Self-Drilling Anchors, or to view information on our equipment rental and purchase options, please visit here – Magnacore Equipment.
To download our Magnacore Self-Drilling Anchor brochure, visit here. Call us at 888-262-7797 for more information.


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The eighth grade art students of teacher Sherry El-nashaar learned first-hand about the connections between art and music at Elkington Middle School Tuesday. Students focused intently on creating pastel and charcoal drawings while the Orchestra's String Quartet played music of different moods and styles. "We've never done anything like this in class before," said El-nashaar. The art and music theme continues this week with the Brass Quartet performing at Grand Rapids' MacRostie Art Center on Wednesday afternoon, along with a special presentation by Ashley Kolka. The event is open to the public and begins at 5pm.
View more photos from our residency in Grand Rapids on our Facebook page.


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When you think of a 49 year old man, certain things come to mind: Mid-life crises', awkwardly flashy sports cars, expandable waste bands, hybrid bicycles, leisurely rounds of golf. Probably the last thing anyone would associate with a 49 year old man is professional athlete. On April 18th, Jamie Moyer became the oldest pitcher to win a Major League Baseball in a 5-3 Rockies win over the San Diego Padres. Six of the Padres players he beat that day were not even born when Moyer started his professional career. It is refreshing to know that it's not downhill from 30 after all.
A career spanning 27 years and eight different teams (including a three year stint with the Texas Rangers from 1989-1991), one would think that needing Tommy John surgery at the end of last season would have been a reasonable time to retire. But to the surprise of many, Moyer tried out and made the Colorado Rockies spring squad. Moyer is quoted saying, "It was my choice to come back. I didn't want to come to spring training to be a dog-and-pony show. For me, it was, 'I'm here to compete for a job and see what I could do.'" At a certain age, you stop caring about what people might say or think about you. Obviously Moyer didn't return for the 2012 for the money or breaking the record of being the older pitcher to win a game. This kind of self motivation and pride come from deep within, and we are all lucky to be witness to it.
While his fast-ball has topped out at underwhelming 78 miles-per-hour this season, Moyer has never been an over-powering pitcher. All pitchers who have long careers learn that speed isn't everything. Pitching is a game of chess with every batter. With supreme control and wily tricks that only come with age, many pitchers have late career success. The best season of his career was in 2003 pitching for the Seattle Mariners with 21 wins and an ERA of 3.21. Not many athletes or even baseball players have their best season 13 years into careers. Knowing this, it's less surprising that he is still pitching…wait, no its not. The guy is 49!
Other timeless wonders who come to mind are Kenny Rogers, Charlie Hough, Julio Franco, and Nolan Ryan. Is my Texas Rangers fandom skewing my perception, or is Arlington perhaps the fountain of youth? It is stories like Jamie Moyer's inner drive and love of the game that make baseball such a special sport. There is no other American sport where players can compete against guys half their age. Father time catches everyone eventually, but for now Moyer is one step ahead.


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– Confucius.
Every day at Kuleana Education, exciting things are happening in every classroom! Our students engage in 21st Century learning environments that prepare them to be globally competitive. Our students are highly motivated to participate in cross-curricular, thematic lessons that allow each child to experience hands-on, individualized learning. Kuleana Education uses Research Based Standards to provide a consistent, clear guideline of what students are expected to learn. Class sizes are kept small to ensure that meaningful and quality lessons are tailored to the holistic development of every student at Kuleana Education.
At Kuleana Education, we recognize that teachers of the highest caliber, a world-class curriculum and even the most advanced technology are not enough to prepare our students for life outside the classroom. It also takes something else. We refer to this additional piece as character development. And while the details of this essential lesson are not outlined in any textbook, it is reinforced by every teacher, at every grade level.
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text: /* Written 5 Nov 12:00am 1997 by drunoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx in igc:reg.burma */ /* -------------" Thai Businesses, Refugees and SLORC "--------------- */ THAI BUSINESSES, REFUGEES AND SLORC *********************************** While there appears to be a range of Thai business interests currently within Burma - from Tourism Operations to Oil Explorations - our main focus of concerns in relation to refugees are that of logging and fishing ventures. The request has been sent to Royal Thai Government to raise the issue of Burma's refugees at this UNGA, the siutation in Thailand as of today is quite confusing because the current Prime Minister, General Chavalit, is reportedly tendering his resignation. Nonetheless, our concerns for refugees and the request to Royal Thai Government will still stand. GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS THE GOVERNMENTS' PLACE ****************************************** One of the major difficulties in raising concerns for refugees at the UN General Assembly has been the absence of an official avenue for refugees. To my understandings, a legal framework to resolve the Burmese refugee problem is unlikely to emerge if the Royal Thai Government do not make efforts to raise this issue formally with the United Nations. The absence of such legal framework may, again, leave the refugees in Thailand into a vicious circle of neglect and oppression without the protection of UNHCR. The Royal Thai Government, at all level, must be urged to raise the refugee issue at this UN General Assembly. I certainly have sent my appeal to Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Thai Ambassador to the United Nations. IMPLICATIONS OF THE PIPELINE **************************** According to the Economist Intelligence Unit report (1st quarter -1997), Thailand must pay a compensation of US$470 million to TOTAL Group if the gas delivery is not made by mid-1998. It is of no doubt that the Royal Thai Government in recent years was drawn into securing the pipeline; which partly explain some of the RTG's treatment to Mon and Karen refugees around the pipeline area. Our principal concern regarding the gas-pipeline is the possibility of large amount of money flowing into SLORC's coffer. The best solution, to my opinion, in regards to this problem is the United Nations to seize the monies and then use in refugee/humanitarian programmes in Burma. In order to do this, the Thailand must firstly allow the UNHCR to protect the Burma's refugees. DOING POLITICS IS NOT ABOUT SIMPLY MAKING PROTESTS ************************************************** Everyone has own interpretation about 'Doing politics' and the meaning of 'Unity in a political struggle'. In above mentioned situation of the sale of natural gas to Thailand, the political struggle is to control the flow of money to SLORC's coffer. If we can prevent the money going into SLORC's coffer, it is a Plus(+) for our struggle. More, if we can divert such money to the use of our people, it is a BIG PLUS(+ + +) for our struggle. Of course, myself, just one of the individuals within the movement, has only limited resource and influence. However, the Burma democracy movement in overall spectrum - whilst still in need of much consolidations - does have good influence to bring some positive results to the struggle. The unity in politics means that the meaningful co-operation between groups and individuals for the same cause/results. More co-operation amongst groups and individuals are still much required. With best regards, U Ne Oo. /* Endreport */


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Nice to be back in the land of the Internet, though it's a bit flaky. There was a message on the Roving Canal Traders Facebook page regarding intimidation by the local businesses here, to a trader. So we boycotted the Shroppie Fly and the Mill. Managed to follow a boat down 11 of the locks and moored up behind John Jackson in the long pound. So we took this opportunity to buy a couple of bags of coal. His boat was full of coal, and the Shroppy is shallow. He got stuck and had to push the boat out. Here he is trying to get the gang plank onto the boat so that he can get back on.
I have done a series of cards for sale on http://www.misi.co.uk/shop_info.php?domain=HandmadebyBrenda This is one where you can chose your own sentiment and colour scheme.
It is a white 6x4" card with a white dry embossed panel matted onto blue card with a blue spotted ribbon tied around the bottom. The sentiment is printed onto a die-cut oval and matted onto a blue scalloped oval.
The cards can be bought through Misi or direct from me here if you drop me a line. You can pay by PayPal.


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The beautifully designed and practical notebook case provides ideal protection for the corresponding Moleskine notebook with subtle Leica branding. The case also offers room for further utensils. For instance, loose notes can be kept safe inside both the front and back of the cover. The case also provides two integrated pockets for credit cards or business cards and two slots for SD memory cards.
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2008 Young Native Writers Essay Contest A Resounding
This year marked the third annual Young Native Writers Essay Contest program, and a most successful week in Washington, D.C. for our five student winners and their teachers.
The 2008 Young Native Writers Essay Contest winning essayists and their teachers are:
Simone Greenleaf
(Minnesota Chippewa)
Alyssa London
Stormy Sagmoen
(Dena'ina Athabascan)
Christina Tsosie
Jalea Walker (Yurok,
Smith River Tolowa, Hupa, Tutuni)
The week in Washington, D.C. included a series of historical and cultural seminars led by the following individuals:
The students and teachers toured the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian with a cultural interpreter.
The group also visited the Museum's Cultural Resource Center in Suitland, Maryland, home of one of the premier facilities in the conservation field for work with Native American ethnographic and archaeological materials.
An informal reception for the winners and their teachers took place at Capitol Hill. Many thanks to U.S. Representative James Oberstar's office for hosting the reception, and to all of the staffers from various Representatives' offices who delivered greetings. Some Members brought their constituents back to their offices for photos and a meeting.
Gratitude to Steve McHugh (Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C. office) who filled-in for Congressman Oberstar while he voted on the floor.
On Thursday, June 26th, a public Honor Ceremony was held at the Potomac Atrium within the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. The ceremony was opened by Museum Director Kevin Gover. Gerry Sikorsky followed with remarks about Holland & Knight's pride in the winners and teachers.
Hundreds of onlookers from the main floor and each tier of the Museum watched and listened as the students' works were celebrated in words and music. The ceremony was followed by a reception at which Gerry Sikorsky announced the top scholarship recipient, Alyssa London of Bothell, Washington.
Kathleen Nilles (Holland & Knight Washington, D.C. office) opened her home on the Piscataway River on Thursday evening and arranged for a kayak trip for the students and teachers. The kayakers were led by professional guides who pointed out Indian lands along the way. Afterwards, Kathleen served a delicious dinner and made everyone feel at home.
During the week, the students and teachers were delighted by a trip to the Kennedy Center for an evening of laughter at a performance of Shear Madness. During the week together, they found time to visit other Smithsonian museums and also viewed several of the monuments.
Our last lunch together was held at the Hard Rock Cafe. The parting comments heard as we met this final time told us that this program must continue. "I had the most wonderful week of my life." "Thank you for inviting us into the Holland & Knight family." "I learned so much and feel so better prepared for the future."
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nations of gratitude …
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Time Travel movies. If you leave the future to visit the past, usually some paradoxical conundrum results. Or not at all depending on whether you subscribe to the fixed linear theory of time or the parallel time/reality theory. But we've seen 'em all before. Starting with the grandaddy of them all THE TIME MACHINE and moving through other titles like BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, TIME AFTER TIME, TIMECRIMES, PRIMER, TIME COP, LOOPER, SOURCE CODE and more, the CineFiles give their thoughts – past, present and future – on this enduring film genre (and, no, we don't talk about BACK TO THE FUTURE, TWELVE MONKEYS or THE TERMINATOR. We discussed 'em already in other episodes).
And by the way: have you checked out our new podcast? We've already got ten episodes uploaded and more to come. Go ahead and give us a listen. Then rate/comment on us on iTunes. The best part of it is you don't need to time travel just to find our archived shows. They're all there for your listening enjoyment.


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BAGHDAD, April 12 (UPI) -- The young man did not want to leave Fallujah where he has been fighting American troops for a week. But as the oldest son, he was responsible for getting his mother and grandmother out of the besieged city and the current cease-fire offered the chance to get the family's women and children out of harms way and into a relative's home in west Baghdad.
It took the family five hours to cross what is normally a 35-mile trip down a modern highway east to Baghdad because they had to swing wide through the desert. Despite the cease-fire, they had to avoid U.S. military checkpoints because the Americans were not letting men of fighting age out of the city.
And Ahmed, not his real name, is a member of the Army of Mohammed, the Fallujah-based Sunni insurgent group doing battle with U.S. Marines in and around the restive city of about 200,000 people. The siege is a week old and came after the brutal killing and mutilation of four U.S. security contractors.
But Fallujah has always been a problem for U.S. troops and its been long understood that most of the resistance effort in and around Baghdad comes from the Army of Mohammed, which formed from a combination of former Baath Party members and military officials as well as Sunni religious followers who had a shared goal to rid Iraq of American forces.
Ahmed wears a gold silk dishdasha -- or traditional Arabic robe -- that belies the family's wealth. He claims to be unemployed, which might be true but between the garments and the comfortable house that his family has taken refuge in, it's clear that at least under the old regime this family did well.
Ahmed is only 21, his identically dressed younger brother looks five years younger, but both have been fighting the Americans since shortly after the war ended. Their eyes have a tired look more suited to old men, not near adolescents.
Before her son -- appointed as the spokesman for the family -- can even speak, his mother begins wailing. She has been watching her children and husband fight for months and the last week has been even more than she can bear. In the family's perception, the unconfirmed reports of hundreds of dead civilians are more than just reports. They represent neighbors, friends and family.
"Shit on Bush," she screams bordering on hysterical, the emotional release of having escaped the brutal urban fighting -- the worst since Iraq was invaded over a year ago. She and her children are safe now -- at least the four youngest that can bee seen. Her husband is still fighting and both her older sons will return later today to join him.
"Shit on Bush because he made this crisis," she continues. "What does he want? Why have these people come all the way from America to do this to us? Why is he doing it?"
"Did we knock on his door," she asks. "Bush comes and barges in to our house and we're not to fight?"
Ahmed hushes his mother and tells the story of the last week. After Sunday when U.S. forces cut Fallujah off from the rest of the world, the fighting came quickly and seemed to be everywhere.
"There is no place in Fallujah without a fight," he says. "The Americans have snuck snipers all over Fallujah and everyone can be hit anytime. We only can work at night, but during the day, they kill the civilians. I saw them shoot a family just for trying to run to a car to leave part of the fighting."
"Once they blocked the roads, they began throwing bombs anywhere in the city," the mother interrupts. "They came from the towns outside (Fallujah, which is surrounded by small farming towns populated by staunchly anti-American residents) where they had taken one after another, killing all of the towns."
While the coalition military statements deny any targeting of noncombatants, this family and virtually every person that has come out of the city during the siege says that the Americans were treating every resident as an insurgent out of revenge for the killings of the contractors.
"I have seen their snipers kill women and children," Ahmed says.
"The hospital is full of their bodies, all shot in the heart or the head," the mother adds. "The hospital isn't even a hospital, it is mosque where we treat the hurt and tend the dead," the mother adds.
When asked why he started fighting, Ahmed says it is his duty and a desire to return to the previous regime.
"If we didn't have the women, we would have never left. Even the children will fight. When it began, we formed the Army of Mohammed. We didn't care who the leader of Iraq would be, we just wanted the Americans out," he says. "We don't want the American's freedom, we don't want democracy. We prefer a dictator. Now we know what we lost when Saddam was gone. But the Americans said they wanted Saddam. They got Saddam, now why don't they leave?"
Sitting under a picture of the mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, Ahmed interrupts the conversation and points to the television, which is on Al-Jazeera, the Arabic news channel. On the screen is a montage of President George Bush with the leaders of various Arab leaders and with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
"All of them are Jews, spies and traitors," he rails. When asked which is which on the screen, he replies he was only talking about the leaders of the Arab countries, not Bush and Sharon.
He's angry that the other Arab countries have not come to the support of the insurgents. But there are foreign fighters in Fallujah from around the Muslim world, and Ahmed won't talk about them.
In another interview the previous day, a wounded fighter told United Press International about the role of the foreigners: He was wounded helping them and had to be evacuated to a friend's house in Baghdad.
Calling himself "Abu Freedom" or "Father of Freedom" -- a wry joke pointed at the Americans -- the 20-year old fighter was hit while trying to save two Syrians that had been fighting with his men, also in the Army of Mohammed.
Surrounded by 15 of his brothers in a house used as a safe house by the resistance, Abu Freedom is wounded in his torso and legs.
"We were sitting in a house waiting to be given an operation," he explains. "Then orders from our chief came that we had two Syrian Fedayeen fighters in a house, one wounded and one dead. We were sent to rescue them."
"Nearby the house, an American sniper was using (a) minaret of a mosque to shoot people," he says. "When the commanders issued the code word, someone killed the sniper, then it was my job to hit the minaret with my (rocket propelled grenade) so the Americans couldn't use it again."
"Nearby we found the Syrians," he continues. "The dead one, the Americans had desecrated his body. They cut off his hands, head and took his eyes out and left him in a bag. So we helped the wounded guy and took the bag with us to bury him."
"As we ran out of the house, someone said they saw a tank," he says. "I heard a tank and a boom and was injured. Two others I was with got wounded; two were dead."
When asked why he fought, Abu Freedom is clear.
"Because I hate the Americans and hate the invaders," he says. "I don't want to see Americans in charge of my country."
In the other house on Monday, Ahmed is more eloquent on how the fighting can end and peace can come to Iraq.
"God willing Bush will fall down by the hands of Fallujah," he says, combining military and political rhetoric. "If John Kerry wins the election and withdraws the Americans troops from Iraq, and maybe just leaves a few in bases, then we will not fight. But Bush we will always fight."


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Sunday, January 25, 2015
A new year, a new story.
Two big boys have moved out and three little girls have moved in and we are all living in a great big old house on a hill with a view over the city and an attic and a secret staircase and our same lazy dog who is not quite sure what to make of the whole thing. When the sun goes down we can watch the bats soar across the darkening sky from our bedroom balcony. It is a house I have always dreamed of living in. A house of stories. And when the kids all go back to school next week I plan to start something new and magical, starring three little girls, a boy, a dog and a big old house on a hill.
But 2014 wasn't all about moving house and collecting children. I have been working, too. Promise. Here is the proof of it, above. A new Billie series. (What, Billie again?) No, this is for younger readers. Picture books. Illustrated by the wonderful Alisa Coburn in her inimitable warm and groovy style. Inspired by Where The Wild Things Are my favourite book of all time, Billie arrives at kinder each morning and immediately leaps into her imaginary world of the day: underwater wonderlands, sandy deserts, tangled jungles and has to confront whatever scary monster or catastrophe she finds there. Of course she does all this with aplomb, always getting back in time for fruit snack.
I loved writing this series. While a picture book text is limited by word count, the vocabulary can be as lush and evocative as poetry. The original Billie and Jack series - and even the Mysteries, to some extent - were very much written with the emerging reader in mind, so every word had to be the simplest, every sentence structure as clear and concise as possible. After four years of writing within these strict parameters, it felt like a real luxury to be able to use words of more than two syllables and sentences of more than five words again. The first two books will be released in March this year. Then another four books over the next twelve months.
Last year saw me become involved in another exciting venture, too. Which is kind of completely different to children's books, but not altogether as far removed as you might think. It is a performance space that packs away into a bike. A roving story-teller's tent, hand-sewn and lovingly constructed by my beau. It is a true work of art, born from a crazy idea and a sketch on the back of an envelope. You can find out more about it on Facebook under The Story Peddlers. A website is on its way.
Other than picture books and story tents, I have loved accompanying Kulja Coulston on 3RRR's The Grapevine. I had no idea how much I would love radio, especially being the one to ask the questions after years of being in the hot seat myself. We have another fabulous year of children's book people lined up (well, at least our first guest is confirmed) and I will strive to remember to post my monthly segments on Facebook for anyone who isn't able to tune in on a Monday morning. If there is someone fabulous (and local) in children's books or publishing you would like to hear from, let me know, and I'll see what I can wrangle.
Lastly, my favourite summer read would have to be We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler, though admittedly I am not alone in this nomination. Now I have just started The Woman Upstairs by Clare Messud, which came highly recommended by a friend, and so far, only a couple of chapters in, I feel like I am reading a description of MYSELF. Spooky. I would love to hear anyone's else's tips for books I can't go past. I plan to make up for having fallen off that bandwagon last year. Well, not to be too hard on myself, it was a BIG year and something had to give.
Happy happy 2015. May you never find weevils in your muesli.
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You, too, happy 2015! Sounds wonderful for you. Go, Sally, go, go! Best wishes, SadamiReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Sadami. I hope its a great year for you, too.Delete
Sally Rippin. Could you please write another Billie B Brown series? I love them. I've read all the Billie B Browns and now I am reading the mysteries, but I only have 3 left and I don't know what I will do when they are finished. When I first found Billie, I couldn't read very well, but now I can read 1 Billie book a day!!! I had the idea toReplyDelete
write my own Billie B Brown book, but the problem is, then I will know what is going to happen, so it won't be the same! Please write more! From Maya (7 years old)Replies
Hi Maya - great to hear from you. That's wonderful you have read so many of my books! I think by the time you have read all the Billies and all the Billie Mysteries, you will be pretty much ready to read ANYTHING! When I was your age, I loved Roald Dahl, Charlotte's Web, short stories by Joan Aiken and the Dolls House series by Rumer Godden. They might be still be a little challenging for you to read, but maybe Mum could help you out.Delete
Right now, I am busy writing some more books with different characters, so they won't be ready for a while, but you might like to read my Our Australian Girl books, or Angel Creek. Or - I think writing your own Billie tries is an excellent idea! good luck - and keep up with your good reading!
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My favourite types of books are billie b browns. I LOVE books so much that I am setting up a book shop outside my house! I just want to tell you one more thing - I am your biggest fan, love VALENTINA������ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Valentina! That is such a lovely thing to hear. I hope your book shop went well.Delete
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Hello Sally Rippin, I absolutely love reading Billie B Brown books I have 14 Billie B Brown Books.Now I am reading some Billie B Brown mystery books I've read 2 mystery books already. Can you give me some tips to help me write my own Billie B Brown Books. From Gracie (I am 7 years old).ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Gracie - thank you for your lovely comment. I am giving a talk at the Melbourne Writers festival this year about writing Billie Mysteries. Maybe you could come along? http://mwf.com.au/session/sally-rippin-mysteries/ It should be lots of fun!Delete
Hello Sally, I was so excited to see your reply! I would love to hear you talk at the writers festival but I live in Sydney. Is there any chance that you will do one here in Sydney soon? I got another Billie B Brown book today The Night Fright. I read it in all in one go! From Gracie.ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh sorry! Yes, I do go up to Sydney a couple of times a year at least. Maybe you can ask mum to keep an eye on my Facebook page as I post this kind of information pretty regularly there.Delete
And good work with your reading!
could you write some more books, because I love your books. from Caoimhe Aged 6!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Caoimhe! I am very busy writing more books at the moment. I hope you will like them too. :-)Delete
Hi Sally Rippon , I just wanted to thank you for your Hey Jack series. I have a very reluctant reader (he is a 10 year old boy with learning difficulties related to Epilepsy) and we have tried so many many books and none have gripped him. The Hey Jack series work so well as the vocabulary is simple, the stories short but the character is real and the situations are what a sensitive child in particular can identify with!ReplyDelete
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I've had a bad week between trying to fix a virus that has metastasized throughout every file I have ever posted to my blog and having pre-cancerous spots zapped off my face. You know what would turn this week around? If you buy a ticket to my show at the State Theatre in Portland. Friday, August 17th.
My own parents aren't coming. But that's not surprising. They didn't come to my college graduation either. Or my first job interview. Or when I lost my virginity.


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Whether you're going on a honeymoon, looking for a function venue, or just grabbing a couple of days out from your hectic schedule, choosing a hotel is one of the most important decisions in ensuring you have an enjoyable time. Despite the importance of finding the right hotel, it can often be quite difficult to strike a balance between quality and price, and often those hotels which appear more desirable are less than affordable.
So what should you look for in selecting a hotel, and where should you go to try and find that perfect accommodation, whatever your needs? The Giacomo Hotel is what you need. The Giacomo is 39 rooms of true elegance combined with exemplary service. The Giacomo Lounge opens daily at 5 PM. The multiuse building also features 24 upscale residential apartments. Located within walking distance from the brink of Niagara Falls and other major attractions, join us for the premier luxury experience in Niagara Falls, NY.
Thegiacomo.com is nicely designed, filled with a lot of quality content and it's very intuitive for it's users. The website works well on any resolution and in all major web browsers. So, I really encourage you to check them out.


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The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean nation that shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti to the west. Though known for its pristine beaches, all-inclusive resorts and golfing, it has a varied terrain comprising rainforest, savannah and highlands, including Pico Duarte, the Caribbean's tallest mountain. It has Spanish colonial history going back 500 years, and passionate merengue is its official music and dance.
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A passport is required to travel to the Dominican Republic. If you do not already have one, go ahead and get one. Visit the Travel.State.Gov website.


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About Me
- LeniGirly
- Miami, Florida, United States
- I enjoy the world of beauty and discoverying different ways of accentuating the female beauty through makeup, fashion, and fitness. To view the tutorials to achieve the different looks seen in the photos below checkout my page at: www.youtube.com/user/LeniGirly
Saturday, July 2, 2011
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hi Leni. in your last post you wrote that you blow dry your hair without heat - you have sth like "cold" setting.. how is it possible? sorry, my only one blow dryer it's an old one by phillips haha. i think blow drying your hair this way makes all process lasts longer.. am i right?
- July 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- LeniGirly said...
Hi Nereida! The blow dryer that i have has a cold setting so that's why I used. Using cold hair to blow dry your hair will take extra long. It took me almost an hour to dry my hair with cold hair and even when I finished it wasn't completely dry.
- July 3, 2011 at 12:10 PM
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Keeping up with the latest trend of Triangles and Hexagons, we have decided to have a challenge here on the same theme. Create a scrapbook page or card with triangles and/or hexagons on it. Yup, as simple as that!
And for some DT inspiration...
A gorgeous notecard by Shruti Menon
An easel card by Irene Retuya
Donna Espiritu made not one but two cards - one with hexies and other with triangles
And a scrapbook page by Neelu
A summary of what you have to do: -
Make a Scrapbook Page or Card with Triangles and/or Hexagons
(The project has to be new: made after this challenge was posted)
Share it in our Challenge #7: Triangles and Hexagons Album in our Facebook Group
Deadline: August 15, 2012
Prize: AED 25 gift voucher to our store


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COBWEB CORNERS: The Rio Grande's line to Manitou
By Mel McFarland
The Denver and Rio Grande built through Colorado City to Manitou in 1880. There is no mention of a Colorado City depot at first, but a year or so later we know that the Rio Grande was stopping somewhere near the present-day intersection of Cucharras and 25th streets.
Colorado City did not really need much of a railroad station until the late 1880s. In 1886, the town was starting to change, thanks to the building of the Colorado Midland. This led to development of the area south of Colorado Avenue, as far south as a half mile!
It also led to a problem. Midland railroad workers spent their money in the saloons on the south side of Colorado Avenue and along Cucharras. Passengers did not want to get off the Rio Grande trains at the Cucharras-and-25th stop! Colorado City asked for a depot farther east, at 22nd Street. The Rio Grande owners resisted because they didn't like moving away from the center of town, but eventually they located a fine new station there. Colorado City had several freight customers by then, and the passenger business was still good. A plaster mill, beer warehouse, and other freight customers would expand the railroad's business. At the Rio Grande's peak, it was running six passenger trains to Manitou and back during the day, mainly in the summer, most of them stopping in Colorado City on their way. A train of up to three cars was pulled by a locomotive known as "Uncle Sam." Occasionally it would carry a private car from back east, or even General Palmer's private car, "Nomad," to Manitou. At night the tracks served the freight train that sometimes went as far as Manitou.
The D&RG station lasted until 1931, when it was lost in a fire. The last Rio Grande passenger train to Manitou was in 1930. Freight trains ran up into the 1970s. Cucharras was still a busy street, but only a few businesses needed freight deliveries. Clark's service station in the 2600 block of West Colorado was the last regular shipper, getting its gasoline in a tank car. Nowadays, the former D&RG roadbed from America the Beautiful Park to 21st Street is the Midland Trail.


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Focus Home Interactive will launch The Next BIG Thing on Thursday 2 June, the company has announced.
The quirky point-and-click game, successor to the hugely successful Runaway series, will be available for download only from the game's official website, the Mac App Store and Steam.
The first game developed for Mac by Pendulo Studios, The Next BIG Thing focuses on charismatic heroes Dan Murray and Liz Allaire.
It is described as "a modern, funny adventure packed with hints and references made to popular movies and TV shows".
The game boasts HD visuals offering resolutions up to 1,920x1,080 and highly detailed characters and backdrops.


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A portrait of Chance as a young man.
Chicago's YouMedia has been acknowledged for its role in fostering the city's rich hip hop scene. Chance the Rapper, Mick Jenkins, Vic Mensa, and other Chicago artists who are now well-known across the country used to flock to the arts center for a weekly open mic. Earlier this week, the YouTube account GOAT Videos uploaded an interview with a 15-year-old Chance that was filmed at YouMedia.
Young Chance speaks with his friend J-Emcee about a song he wrote called "Beddy Bye."
"I'ver known Justin since I was 8 years old," he said. "My dad was Barack Obama's campaign manager for a long time and he recently moved to D.C. and I found out that I was moving too, and we wrote 'Beddy Bye' a little while ago. It's definitely real, it was a hard song to write. I think I rewrote it 8 or 9 times."
Watch the interview and check out Chance in our collection of rappers rapping before the fame.


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When controlled properly, debt is a valuable tool. Loans allow us to buy houses, cars, and educations. Lines of credit make spending more convenient. And payment plans save us from having to dealing with major expenses, such as out-of-pocket medical costs.
A Guide to Managing & Getting Out of Debt
While debt is often necessary and useful, it can easily become a burden and we can quickly find ourselves in a hole that seems impossible to escape.
In many respects, loan structures and minimum credit card balances are designed to keep us in that hole. As long as we're paying interest, banks and credit card companies make billions of dollars.
However, as soon as the hole gets deeper, our lives begin to fall apart and once you're in too deep, it doesn't seem like there is any way out.
Because debt can feel like a bottomless pit, many fail to take action, remaining in the dark about their options. Sometimes this is true for years.
People attempt to survive under increasingly impossible stress, and unfortunately, the breaking point comes at the expense of relationships and personal well-being. There's always hope. The sooner you take action, the sooner you can end the vicious cycle.
Steps You Can Take to Get Out of Debt
When debts first become unmanageable, often we take the wrong kind of action. Rather than facing the reality of our situation, we go to extremes to cover it up. Sometimes we create our own misguided debt management plans that involve working two jobs, skipping necessary payments, or allowing balances to grow.
Or we do things such as taking out payday loans or additional credit cards, pawning things, and making sacrifices that amount to poor health or interpersonal decisions. Our own debt management plans might involve hiding cash, telling lies, and even fighting with loved ones.
Without knowing the proper steps to take, we make the situation worse, and at the same time, everyone in our lives begins to suffer. We fail to recognize that the only real solution at this point is to get professional help.
Taking matters into our own hands, we ignore debt relief options for years before it finally dawns on us that none of this is working. Knowing that your own debt management plan is probably not going to work and that real help is available, is your first step. After you've accepted that, many more options open up.
Step 1: Gather All Your Financial Information
Although you might want to speak anonymously with a debt consultant first, assessing your situation accurately and completely requires knowing exactly where you stand with your debts and finances.
Early in the process, you should begin to gather all your records of bills, loans, creditor information, collections, payments, income history, and bank accounts. The more information, the better, and ultimately you will need all of it to create a viable working plan.
Step 2: Meet With a Debt Consultant or Credit Counselor
Once you know that you can accurately describe your situation, speak with a non-profit debt consultant or credit counselor. Non-profit agencies can provide free information and do a free, confidential assessment of your financial situation.
They'll let you know what they think the smartest course of action is and get you started on it. Sometimes just knowing you have to take action, and knowing that simple steps are available, is the first form of debt relief you'll experience.
Step 3: Validate Debts and Speak with Creditors
Before you do anything else, you might be advised to speak with your creditors about hardship plans or other arrangements that will allow you to pay back debts on your own. It really depends on your situation.
Another early step is to validate your debts, which can slow down the collection process, provide needed documentation, and verify any debts that seem questionable to you.
Step 4: Decide Between Debt Management and Debt Elimination
When you speak with a non-profit debt consultant or credit counselor, you'll get free advice on how to proceed next, which might involve one of two approaches: either a debt management plan or a debt elimination plan.
While both of these types of plans can have a similar goal, there may be differences depending on your situation. For example, you might be able to sustain and manage certain debts while eliminating others, or you might need to focus on becoming completely debt free.
Step 5: Compare Debt Relief Programs
Among the different types of debt relief programs are various options that work best in particular circumstances. Sometimes different programs can be combined with a comprehensive debt management or a debt elimination program. Other times they are best used individually.
These options include personal budgeting, debt consolidation, debt negotiation or settlement, and as a last resort, bankruptcy. Everything depends on your own circumstances, but counselors and consultants will work with you to come up with the right plan.
Step 6: Take Action and Get On With Your Life
Once you have a plan, it's time to commit to it. Out of everything you've done so far since you've been in debt, this step takes the most discipline and commitment. Debt relief programs only work when you follow them, and usually, they take a couple years, so you have to be ready to stay dedicated to the path you've chosen.
The result will be a brighter, easier future, so taking action has its rewards. Once you begin to see the results of your hard work, and once your debts begin to finally disappear, you'll be ready to get on with your life.
Debt Relief
No matter what type of debt you're in, there is always a way to get relief and get your life back on track. One of the first steps is to recognize the problem and accept help. Whether you're dealing with consumer debt, medical debt, multiple bills you can't pay, or collection notices, there are solutions.
Eliminating Stress and Taking Action on Your Own
Non-profit debt consultants will work with you to analyze your situation. They'll advise you on debt relief steps that you can take and they'll help you cope with stress and take simple actions that may provide immediate relief.
They'll explain the inner workings of debt collection, junk debts, debt validation, and your legal rights. They'll also give perspective on the debt relief industry, allowing you to take an objective look at the various options that might work best for your situation.
Consumer Credit Counseling
When you have too many payments you can't meet, you might qualify for a debt management or debt elimination program. Consumer credit counselors can provide free educational materials about various strategies and programs for which you might qualify.
This could be a combination of budgeting and debt consolidation, or it could entail a debt settlement program. It all depends on the nature of your debt and your unique financial situation.
Debt Consolidation, Debt Negotiation, and Debt Settlement
When you meet with a credit counselor or debt consultant, you'll learn about a variety of debt relief options. Among them are debt consolidation, debt negotiation, and debt settlement. Each has its pros and cons, and you'll learn about the benefits and hazards of each potential solution.
You'll be given warnings about various scams to avoid, but also told about amazing success stories. You'll learn how various programs work, and how they might work for you.
Below is a list of topics you can explore on this website, and which you might discuss with a credit counselor:
- Debt consolidation companies
- Debt relief companies
- Debt validation
- Legal recourse after debt settlement
- Medical debt
- Settling debts with the original creditor
Take Action to Turn Your Life Around
Dealing with unmanageable debt can make it impossible to live a happy, healthy, and productive life. When you're in debt, bad financial patterns tend to snowball and everything gets put on hold.
However, debt relief provides many solutions. All you need to do is take action and accept help. Speak with a free credit counselor or debt consultant today and make the move to get your life back on track.


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Course Title: Intermediate listening and speaking skills for discussions
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2012
Course Code: GEDU5489
Course Title: Intermediate listening and speaking skills for discussions
School: 360T Education
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C3211 - Certificate III in Spoken and Written English
Course Contact : Jennifer Chamberlain
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9476
Course Contact Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course Description
This module/course covers the skills required to understand and participate in spoken discussions in order to function in community, work and further studies contexts. The discussion would be on oone issue or topic of relevance to the learners.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title:
CSWEIIIF Intermediate listening and speaking skills for discussions
Demonstrate understanding of a spoken discussion
Performance Criteria:
1.1 Identify the topic
1.2 Identify the speakers' viewpoint
1.3 Identify supporting evidence which supports speakers' viewpoint
Participate in discussion
Performance Criteria:
2.1 Participate effectively in a discussion
2.2 Express a viewpoint and substantiate viewpoint with supporting evidence, agree/disagree
2.3 Use appropriate interactive strategies to sustain discussion, eg provide feedback, seek clarification
2.4 Use vocabulary and grammatical structures appropriate to setting and register
2.5 Pronounce key vocabulary and utterances with suffiecient sound clarity and stress to be intellibible to the interlocutor, or respond to requests for clarification
2.6 Use pausing, stress and intonation to communicate meaning
Learning Outcomes
The outcomes described in this unit relate to:
Performance criteria of 2 learning outcomes
The ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors 1+-2
Details of Learning Activities
Evidence may be gathered through
- verbal an/or written questionaing
- audio and/or video recordings to assess performance
- observation by classroom teacher
- checklists
Teaching Schedule
This is a 20 week program:
Program dates: 16th July- 14th December, 2012
Term break: Fri 21st September - 5th October, 2012
Public Holiday: 6th November, 2012 (Melbourne Cup Day)
Your program is made up of:
• Orientation
• Learning activities
• Guest speakers
• Excursions
All students will be inducted. The induction includes
AMEP handbook outlining student rights and responsibilities, grievance procedure and services information about student services, rights and responsibilities is contained in student diary.
Orientation to RMIT Libraries (library tour & on line catalogue introduction) and campus facilities
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Other Resources
There are no set texts in this course learning materials are provided by the teachers
but it is recommended that you bring
• Display folder with plastic sleeves
• Notebook or loose leaf paper
Writing materials
Overview of Assessment
This course is part of a full-time integrated program. Learner performance is assessed against specific criteria that describe a standard of performance. The criteria allows the learner to participate actively in the assessment process. The learner is given as many opportunities as practicable to achieve each outcome.
Learner is clearly informed that assessment is taking place and feedback on performance is given for each assessment.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.
An assessment charter (http://mams.rmit.edu.au/kh6a3ly2wi2h1.pdf) summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.
Your courses assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described and referenced in a single document: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=ln1kd66y87rc
Assessment Tasks
Assessments may be gathered through
- verbal an/or written questionaing
- audio and/or video recordings to assess performance
- observation by classroom teacher
- checklists
Assessment Matrix
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The comma is an extremely frustrating piece of punctuation for many students. Come and learn the fundamentals of proper comma usage and how to correct the most commonly made mistakes involving commas.
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I watch the man edging toward a large marker in a family plot.
Clutched in his fist are pristine — dowels holding bright, crisp, napkin-size renditions of the Stars and Stripes. They're a contrast with the flags wedged under his arm, mere remnants of their past glory — dowels broken and warped, cloth edges shredded, stripes torn, and the once-blue fields of stars sun-faded. He handles them all, new and old, with the respect they command.
Around the big marker in the plot there are smaller stones bearing mere initials. There's nothing to indicate a war veteran is interred here, but Farrell W. "call me Sal" Salgueiro has been here enough times to know. He pushes the dowel of a new flag into the ground next to one of the small markers. Before Memorial Day, he will have done this again and again and again, at about 400 graves of East Providence war veterans.
At 72, Sal knows he won't be able to do this forever. He's a Vietnam War veteran who spent 1966 as an Army motor-pool records clerk in that ravaged country halfway around the world. About 17 years ago, he began joining his father-in-law, a World War II veteran, on these flag-replacing rounds. Eventually Sal and a few other guys, veterans like him from VFW Post 5382, relieved the older men. The post closed down some years ago and Sal outlived his buddies, so these days it's just him and his flags.
"This is the toughest part," he says, pointing off to the right, "the old part" that is Newman cemetery, one of three cemeteries — Newman, Hunt and Rumford — in the perimeter that he tends. "These are tough. They are slate and hard to read. You got some [graves] that go back to the 1700s in there. You got some old stones, old soldiers."
Across the street, in the larger cemetery next to the Newman Congregational Church, Lions Club members replace flags for the veterans holidays. The Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter has offered up Cub Scouts to help Sal, but he's declined. "They don't know where the markers are," he says. "They wouldn't know how to find them." He's concerned that some who served their country would be missed.
Slowly, Sal heads back to his SUV to carefully slip the old flags into a bin for a proper decommissioning in Exeter. He's placed about 140 flags and he's done for the day. He'll come back again soon to finish, to make sure he didn't miss anyone just because their grave was hidden or so old that the name has faded away. By Memorial Day there will be a new flag at each grave, old and new, of every veteran here, all of them treated with the respect they deserve.
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A couple of weeks ago I was very lucky to get to work with legendary DP Rodney Charters, Kaiman Wong, Dan Chung, Daniel Peters, Mickey Westcott and Maria Sergejeva on a video for Atomos about their new Sumo 19″ monitor/recorder.
It was a really fun 2 days and great to work with such talented lovely people.
Watching Rodney light a scene was amazing.
The monitor is really nice too :)
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If You're In Need Of Seeing Something Cute, Then Step Right Up You Are In For A Treat!Victoria Lange
This compilation of puppies playing is packed to the brim with cuteness. And yes, I know, there are tons of these out there on the web, but this one will get you in all the right places. Those faces, those tails wagging, all the fluffiness… it's too much!! Nothing can beat the cuteness level in this video because it is way off the chart. Consider cuteness-meter… shattered.


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BVB: Episode 77: Daniel Craig Will Return as James Bond
On this episode of The Batman vs James Bond Show, Brian is back with lots of exciting news and entertainment. Brian discusses Daniel Craig's announcement that he will indeed be returning to play James Bond for Bond 25; unanswered questions about Bond 25; what Brian considers "essential" for Bond movies to have; is it time for James Bond movies to have a female director; does the formula for James Bond need to change; RUMOR – Casey Affleck's comment that his brother Ben might not be returning to play Batman; Ben Affleck says that Batman will be more traditional in Justice League; plus birthdays and much much more.
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Naaptol Online Shopping Pvt Ltd that runs the shopping site Naaptol.com, one of the leading players of home shopping industry in India has increased its print media market share by 0.3% from last year according to ET TAM AdEx report which was released recently by The Economic Times. Naaptol is the only company from online space in the top ten Print advertisers in the country; the list has been primarily ruled by FMCG brands.
Accomplishing this feat of coming in top 3 for two years in a row, Manu Agarwal, Founder & CEO, Naaptol.com expressed his joy, "It's a great honour to be a part of ET TAM list. We really have a strong belief in the print media and this is a great way to reach to our target audience. We would be further increasing our allocation on the print media as it has worked really well for our brand. Through our print advertising we have been successful in reaching to the core customer in metros as well as other tier 2 and 3 cities."
Meanwhile, Naaptol's robust spend on traditional media primarily, print advertisement, is emphasized from the fact that its business model has largely been driven by print advertisement. Apart from that Naaptol is also going to have TV channel as it eyes to tap consumers through TV selling.
According to the report, Tata Motors lead the position with 1.6% along with Gitanjali Gems, General Motors, Samsung India Electronics, Maruti Udyog, Mahindra and Mahindra and Videocon.


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Gal Gadot, the Israeli actress best known for her role in Fast & Furious, has reportedly become the latest celebrity to fall victim to apparent leaked nude photos scandal.
Highly personal and private photographs from her mobile phone were posted on several celebrity gossip websites yesterday.
UPDATE 28/07/2014 : This story seems to be false. Needs to be cut short.