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We know you LOVE this gorgeous, BRIGHT Royal and Pink Confetti Mosaic bikini! With a rich Royal base the vibrant blue colour is a perfect mix with these special 2 tone acrylic stones. The connectors on this beauty are our high quality 'Small Double' which are on the shoulder and hip, and the sweet 'Infinity' in the Centre.
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You know I think meatloaf sometimes gets a bad rap since back in the day people would throw everything but the kitchen sink into one then over cook it until you have a nice brick. When I was trying to decide what recipe to try out with the new Kraft Philadelphia Cooking Creme Savory Garlic blend I thought about this family staple. I knew it could be made easier and kept moist with this great new product. You know I even checked out some popular meatloaf recipes online and found one called an "easy meatloaf" with 16 ingredients and to be fair most recipes that I found online called for 15 or more ingredients. My meatloaf has only 5 ingredients thanks to this great new product that will be arriving in stores around the world as we speak. It was super moist and flavorful and a great main course for a large variety of side dishes. Enjoy it the next day in a meatloaf sandwich for a quick lunch. In my recipe and video I recommend pairing it with a casserole lasagna pasta and a store bought marinara. Of course this easy meatloaf would pair well with just about a million things. I hope as soon as you get your hands on some of this cooking creme you will give this recipe a try. You can find many other great new recipes for Kraft's new product at the Real Women of Philadelphia website.
Award winning and published home cook shares her flavor on life, food, fashion, crafting, diy, and more!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
5 ingredient Italian Meatloaf Thanks to Philadelphia Cooking Creme
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I had never been to Croatia but found it to be a great place with beautiful scenery and a tremendous history. I went with my wife and we had some of the most amazing meals overlooking a fantastic coastline.
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Great picture. Never been to Croatia but I love the Mediteranean.
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Daytona Beach, FL – This spring, the Daytona 500 kicks off the NASCAR season, so it's fitting that the 32nd running of the Spring Break Nationals, "Americas' Car Audio Expo" kicks off the auto sound season at the Daytona International Speedway. March 23 – 25th 2018, the premier Car Audio Associations will host Soundoff competitions while the industry's leading Manufacturers will exhibit Sound and Safety categories to some 15,000 attendees.
Held in conjunction with the Spring Turkey Run Car Show (STR), SBN took the lead last year to leave the Ocean convention center it occupied for 30 years for the Speedway venue. "It just makes sense" says SBN founder and 12-Volt retailer Paul Papadeas, "we were able to cut costs dramatically and can apply focus on the consumer awareness event which is SBN's strength. When the 16 -24-year-old male was our demographics, SBN ruled the roost. Now that millennials occupy that age range, we're focused on the more affluent consumer who are upgrading the sound quality of their systems and buying safety accessories".
A new agreement with the STR management will place SBN Exhibitors right at the Main Entrance of the event. Papadeas goes on to say: "We learned quite a lot in the first year collaborating with the Speedway event; foot traffic patterns and other specific logistics being the most important". Additional improvements will include more square footage to use, better visibility, more personal facilities and increased shuttle service to and from all areas including the SPL DEMO area and concessions.
For more information, contact the IASCA Office at 386 322 1551 or visit springbreaknationals.com.


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Go Ask Your Dad
Generations of children have heard, "Go ask your dad!" Mr. Domasky took this to a new level by connecting men from across the globe. Twenty-two dads wrote chapters in this book and over thirty dads provided contributions to help answer the questions of fatherhood.
"Dad, how do you raise a little girl? How do we help our children to stay safe and avoid the drug epidemic? How do we help our children cope with divorce, death and other problems of contemporary modernity? How do we teach our children to overcome negativity?"
Fathers, your children face challenges they are not equipped to handle. Without your guidance and support your children have little chance to comprehend today's challenges: cyber bullying, social-media, police-brutality, and forces of terrorism and ISIS.
Go Ask Your Dad challenged the authors of this book from different faiths, cultures, and generations to unite and answer the tough questions dads and families face today.
Fathers must learn from the past, but also be prepared now and in the future to discuss everything from sexual education and identity to what career path a youth should choose. Our children need the answers that will help lead them to a happier, healthier, and brighter tomorrow.
Go Ask Your Dad, because there is much to learn from them.
About Dominick Domasky (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Author)
Dominick Domasky arrived at writing books and motivational speaking with a unique background. Mr. Domasky doesn't claim to have climbed Mt. Everest or be an Olympic Gold Medalist; Dominick is proud to say, he's just a guy trying to find success. He learned the value of hard work as a young boy pulling weeds and picking up cigarette butts while working for his father's landscape company.
Even though Dominick has been punched, jobless, broke, cut from the team, and out of business, with the help of those early lessons and a belief in himself, he refuses to ever give up.
Rather than look back at the past with ill will, Dominick instead guides us to find humor and strength in our failures. Dominick lives by the age-old saying, "That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger." He wrote the hit inspirational book, "Don't Double Bread The Fish" coauthored and created The Amazon Bestseller "The Unofficial Guide to Fatherhood."
Mr. Domasky has worked with authors across the globe to help make their publishing dreams become a reality. In 2016, his company Motivation Champs worked with great authors and talents to publish "Go Ask Your Dad" and "Izzie The Inchworm's First Day of School."


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Former big brother contestant, ThinTallTony lavished his wife with sweet words as she turned a year older today, 13th of July, 2017.
TTT shared a photo of his beautiful wife, Laraba Audi Offiong to his fans on his Instagram page.
The dancer shared the photo with the following words,
"Good morning over and over again…i celebrate this day with you on behalf of our children. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to this woman of strength, love, care and a heart of gold. You understand me and I love you to the moon and back…the 13th of every month from this day on will always be celebrated because of you. I want you to have a beautiful outting and enjoy yourself…you always look the same to me my darling. I give you my all over and over again and I will marry you again in another life…GOD bless you my darling xoxox #birthdaygirl #mywife
To my queen…happy birthday @missebonydiva …thank you for every experience like no other and for giving me the space to share in your day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR. #toGodbethegloryforever #birthdaygirl #mywife"


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Friday, November 23, 2012
Harvest Wreath
So my story on how this card was created:
1) I checked out The Case Study Challenge #118 where the Muse is Angeline Yong. Angeline's card inspired me, and I got the idea to use a wreath and some pretty Fall colors to make a Thinking of You card for a friend.
2) Then I checked out the CAS challenge (CAS197) which is a color challenge: plum, lavender, tan, and grey. How fun is that?
3) Then I went to Pattie's Creations because they are sponsored by Dude Time Doodles, and I knew Pattie had a great wreath image. I am entering this in the current Pattie's Creations Challenge #57 which is Thanksgiving/Harvest.
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Gorgeous card! I LOVE the colors you used!ReplyDelete
Love your leaf wreath!! Great use of the colours too. Fabulously done! Enjoy the rest of your long weekend :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful wreath Nancy I love the colours, wonderful card.ReplyDelete
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Absolutely beautiful Nancy! Wonderful coloring and fabulous color combo!ReplyDelete
Beautiful color creative composition!!!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous Nancy. I just love the purple color intertwined with these leaves for fall. How extraordinary those acorns look in your wreath. This is stunning my friend.ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous ard!ReplyDelete
I love your thought process...it is so very similar to mine...lol...must be the crafter in us!
Love this wreath!! Fantastic colors and such a great design. I'm so glad you joined us this week at Pattie's Creations for the Harvest Time/Thanksgiving challenge.ReplyDelete
Oh Nancy! This came out so nice! I love how you colored my "Autumn Wreath" image.ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at Pattie's Creations Design Challenge.
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Your wreath is lovely! Such a unique color combo and classic design. Thanks for joining us this week at CASE Study!ReplyDelete
I love the beautiful colors you chose for your wreath, and it's beautifully framed and adorned with that ribbon too! NJ!ReplyDelete
Wow, so cool! Love the wreath and the colours are fabulous :)ReplyDelete
beautiful fall colours. Great card!ReplyDelete
Beautiful colors and awesome wreath, Nancy. I love it!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful wreath - I love the purple and all those fussy cut leaves!ReplyDelete
Oh, my Nancy...this is just gorgeous! I love how you made that wreath and in the most beautiful color combination! Way to rock this card! ")ReplyDelete
Nancy, I love the colors you used on the wreath! Thanks for playing in our 'Harvest Time OR Thanksgiving Holiday' Challenge #57!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful card and the colors couldn't be more perfect. Thanks for playing in our challenge!ReplyDelete
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Nancy - Congrats on your win of 2 images (excluding sets) in Challenge #57 from Pattie's Creations! Make sure you stop in the challenge blog to email Pattie with your image choices within 7 DAYS. Her email info is on the sidebar (or menu tab) under the Winners' Corner.ReplyDelete
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I'm needing to know if the Gold Glitter Heat Transfer or Vinyl material from Silhouette can be used with the Cuttleug, Borther ScanCut2, Minc 6" Foil/Glitter Machine or Xyron. Your help is greatly appreicated.
Hi there Taffy84,
Could you please tell me what you are trying to make with the above mentioned items?
I would think the Heat transfer material would be ok to cut with the brother scanncu2. The Vinyl will be ok to cut also with the brother scanncut2.
You would have to set you cut pressure and your blade cut to the proper settings. I just did a cut with Cricut Iron on vinyl using my scanncut. It cut it perfectly. I always do a test cut to see what I need to set my blade and cut pressure to. Plus I look in my book to get an idea as to what pressure and cut setting for that particular material.
As for the other items I am not sure about the rest. I do not have these items. You might want to wait to see if anyone else has used these items for cutting vinyl or sealing vinyl.
I should have said this from get go. If I can be of any real help let me know. :smileyhappy:
Your HSN friend,
Cupatea should know the answer. Hopefully she will be here later tonight.
Hi Taffy84! Welcome.
I wish I could help, but I don't know the answer.
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As the culmination of AHLA's educational year, the Annual Meeting provides a forum for networking and interaction with colleagues, friends, and family as well as an outstanding educational event. Throughout the program, members attend breakout sessions on various topics delivered by leading private practitioners, in-house counsel and government representatives, spend time networking with colleagues at the breakfasts, Practice Group luncheons and receptions and enjoy all that Seattle, Washington has to offer.
Art Lerner is one of the speakers on the topic, "Mergers and Joint Ventures: Antitrust Challenges for Hospitals and Physicians." Michael Paddock will also attend.
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The fourth and final Capcom Pro Tour online event for Asia has been held, and a lot of heavy hitters and big names decided to show up, especially those who are known locally, but lack the opportunities to travel abroad for competition.
Streaming was held on the official CapcomFighters channel on Twitch. As usual, players will be listed in "[sponsor/team name] | [player name] [[characters used]]" format.
Due to being a specialized event featuring one game, top 16 will be listed instead of top 8.
- 1. Echo Fox | Momochi [Ken]
- 2. Mago [Karin]
- 3. CO | Dogura [Urien]
- 4. GRPT | Haitani [Necalli]
- 5. NL [Cammy]
- 5. Echo Fox | Tokido [Akuma]
- 7. Poongko [Kolin, Abigail]
- 7. GRPT | Fuudo [R. Mika]
- 9. Talon | Xiaobao [Vega]
- 9. Trashbox [Birdie]
- 9. Chris Wong [Ibuki]
- 9. GGP | Kazunoko [Cammy]
- 13. CO | GO1 [Ibuki]
- 13. Gachikun [Rahsid]
- 13. YBK | Daiokoku Go [Birdie]
- 13. Moke [Rashid]
Echo Fox's Momochi manages to take the win after an intense grand finals against his peer, Mago. This win grants him 160 CPT points, bringing his total up to a safe and secure 661. Before the tournament, he was at 29th, a very dangerous spot on the standings that was liable to see him knocked out of qualification range for Capcom Cup. However, he's now almost certainly able to qualify. Mago's second place finish gives him 100 CPT points, landing him at 32nd on the leaderboards. He'll need to attend as many of the remaining regional and premiere events as he can if he wants to slide into Capcom Cup at the last second.
Furthermore, after the event, Dogura now sits at an unsafe 28th on the CPT board, with Haitani, Tokido, and Fuudo still comfortable in high positions. NL and Poongko, the two sole non-Japanese players in top 8, are still in the top 50, but will have to pull out all the stops if they wish to gain the necessary points.


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If the shower feels like your own private recording studio and fellow motorists often catch you belting out ballads as you drive, then this is the night out you've been waiting for. We'll arrange a private booth for you and your group, a cocktail waitress to ensure your inhibitions stay loose, and a microphone into which you can pour the full weight of your soul's joy and pain, love and heartbreak.
On karaoke night, all the pub is your stage and all your mates are merely adoring fans there to hang on your every note. Okay, so maybe not. But even if you get on the mic and break every piece of glasswear in the place, no one will mind. When it comes to karaoke, everyone who gives it a go is a star.
So here's your chance to wow your pals and maybe even impress that special someone with your rendition of the lascivious love song you both adore. On karaoke night, it's time to let loose and get a bit wild.


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- Date: 05/01/2019 6:15 PM - 7:00 PM
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The Council will be honoring former Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee and celebrating the 50th anniversary of his election as the first black mayor in Chapel Hill.
In addition to presenting Mayor Lee with a proclamation during the meeting, the mayor would like to hold a simple reception, beginning at 6:15 p.m. in his honor.


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Welcome to Chadron Motor Company, located in Hot Springs, SD, your number one source for quality used vehicles. With our impressive inventory of cars, trucks, and SUV's, we're sure to meet your needs and budget. Our team is made up of automotive professionals you can trust and we guarantee a hassle-free, satisfying car buying experience. We look forward to serving you in the near future!


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|Professor Park Young-shin's father Park Jung-heun poses at his apple farm in North Gyeongsang Province in this undated photo. He died of complications from a stroke in 2010. He was 97. / Photo from Park Young-shin
By Kang Hyun-kyung
Park Young-shin, author of "Stories My Father Told Me: A Korean Father's Wisdom for His Child," said her late father's legacy lives on in every corner of her life.
Although he died nearly a decade ago, Park, 62, said her fond childhood memories have inspired her to walk the talk.
Her father, Park Jung-heun (1914-2010), encouraged his five children to "work hard, do the right thing, never turn a blind eye to injustice and be there for those who are in need."
"Stories My Father Told Me" is a memoir of her father and revisits stories she heard from him since her childhood. The Korean book was published in 2013, three years after her father died of complications from a stroke. He was 97.
Last year, the book was translated into English and the English edition was released in December.
Park, also a professor in the Department of Education at Inha University, said her father was a superhero who made something out of nothing. "He was an ordinary farmer with a humble background," she said during a recent interview with The Korea Times. "He was not well educated but he was a wise man. His internal world was remarkable. To me he was like a high mountain. He led by example and fed his children and got them to receive good higher education."
His hard work and strong upbringing helped three of his children become university professors.
Her father was a North Korean escapee. Born in 1914 in Pyongwon County, South Pyongan Province, he fled his hometown after the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War. He settled down in the southeastern rustic county of Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, and made a living growing apple trees.
The war had separated him from his parents, causing him to miss them all his life.
As an apple farmer, he started from scratch.
Park said her father was a strong man who had survived 12 life-threatening incidents, including asthma and stomach cancer in his 80s.
She said her father was a storyteller, too. "When I was young, I used to listen to stories he told me on his lap," she said. "Some of them were told several times. But I was never bored. I was a mediocre girl with no particular talent for anything. I came to build self-esteem because of my inspiring father."
|Park Young-shin, author of "Stories My Father Told Me: A Korean Father's Wisdom for His Child"
Like other people of his time, her father became part of Korea's tragic modern history. He spent his childhood and young adult years during Japan's colonial rule.
He witnessed Japan's brutal crackdown on protesters during the March 1 Independence Movement in 1919. "(The protestors) were tied together by their topknot and dragged down the streets, bleeding from stab wounds," the book reads. The young boy watched the scene hiding behind a zelkova tree, shivering and barely breathing.
Japan's brutal colonial rule came to an end in 1945 with the victory of the allied forces.
But the joy of liberation didn't last long as the Korean War followed a few years later.
Professor Park said Koreans of her parents' generation were unsung heroes. "I think Korea was able to rise from the ashes of the Korean War and achieve miraculous economic growth afterwards, thanks to the older generation who sacrificed their lives for their children and got them to have higher education," she said. "In a country like Korea that was not endowed with rich natural resources, human capital was the key driver behind the country's transformation into an economic powerhouse from a war-torn country."
|"Stories My Father Told Me: A Korean Father's Wisdom for His Child" published by Hollym
The author hopes the descendants of Korean emigrants overseas will read the English edition of her book.
"In January 1997, I visited Toronto, Canada, on a business trip," she said. "There I met many Korean emigrants. Their lives were stable, owing to their years or decades of hard work and few of them were worried about making ends meet. But very few of them were happy."
Park said she found a deep generational and cultural gap between the parents and their Korean-Canadian children that caused the older generation to have a hard time communicating with them.
"The older Koreans said they chose to emigrate to Canada mainly because of their children and they wanted their children to get a better education and lead better lives," she said. Their Canadian dream, however, went nowhere.
While the first-generation Koreans struggled to adjust to Canada because of the language barrier and culture shock, their children were smoothly assimilated into the country. "So in addition to a generational gap, a cultural gap was formed between parents and children."
Park said her English book can play a bridging role and help the younger generation of Korean emigrants who don't speak Korean better understand Korean culture.


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Difficult life conditions and low education level are neither something good nor bad. It doesn't make a being good or bad.
People might easily relate crimes and criminals with those who live in difficult life conditions or have low education level.
There are people might use the difficult life conditions and low education level as an excuse to commit crimes or immoral conducts.
But, difficult life conditions and low education level don't make anyone a bad being or a criminal, to commit crimes or immoral conducts.
Those who might have difficult life conditions or low education level, but are endowed with integrity, self-respect and self-control, they strive diligently to improve oneself and one's life condition, through right livelihood, morally and rightfully.
There are those who might have easier life conditions and higher education level than many others are not necessarily be free from greed or won't be committing crimes and immoral conducts. Out of greed, they would lie, cheat, steal and harm other beings. Out of pride and arrogance, there are those who believe they are more superior than other beings would discriminate and abuse other beings whom they believe are inferior than them.
One must be endowed with integrity, self-respect and self-control, so that one won't be over-powered by greed to commit crimes or immoral conducts, disregard the living condition and education level that one has. One must be endowed with wisdom and compassion being free from ignorance and egoism, to be free from pride and arrogance, discrimination and abuse.
There's no superiority or inferiority. All are merely composition of elements and will decompose into elements. All are impermanent and selfless.
Those who are free, are not determined by any life conditions or education levels, and they don't need to plead any recognition or acknowledgement from any other beings, to be 'somebody' who needs recognition or acknowledgement.
And this is nothing to do with religion or spirituality.
May all be free.


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Blake Pieroni Ties Ian Crocker's SCM American 100 Freestyle Record
Blake Pieroni tied Ian Crocker's 2004 American Record in the men's SCM 100 freestyle in a time of 46.25 at the FINA World Cup in Budapest.
Wang Lizhuo Cracks Own Chinese Records In SCM 50 Breast
Wang Lizhuo broke his own Chinese National Record in the men's 50 breast final in Budapest.
Sjostrom Leads 200 Free, 50 Fly Fields At Budapest World Cup Prelims
Sarah Sjostrom is primed for a big night of finals at the FINA World Cup stop in Budapest.
FINA World Cup Budapest: Wang Record Del Mondo 400 sl SC 3:53.97
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Wang's WR, Hosszu's Double Highlights Day 1 Of Budapest World Cup
Katinka Hosszu picked up two wins on the opening night of finals in Budapest.
Georgia Davies Lowers Own SCM British Record In 50 Back
Georgia Davies broke her own SCM British Record in the 50 back in Budapest.
Morozov Takes Down Schoeman's World Cup Record In 50 Free
Vladimir Morozov broke Roland Schoeman's 2009 World Cup Record in the men's 50 freestyle in Budapest.
Kathleen Baker Ties Katie Meili's 100 IM American Record – 58.02
Kathleen Baker tied Katie Meili's American Record in the women's 100 IM at the FINA World Cup in Budapest.
Wang Jianjiahe Smashes 400 Free SCM World Record In Budapest
China's Wang Jianjiahe broke the women's 400 free world record at the FINA World Cup in Budapest.
Hosszu Tops 100 IM, 200 Fly Fields At Budapest World Cup Day 1 Prelims
Katinka Hosszu will look to repeat as the winner in both the 100 IM and 200 fly at the second SCM stop of the FINA World Cup in Budapest.
USA Youth Added To FINA World Cup Mix For Budapest
Miranda Heckman of Pleasaanton Seahawks is among the young patch of Americans joining national teamers Molly Hannis, Kelsi Dahlia, Kathleen Baker, Michael Andrew and Blake Pieroni in Budapest this weekend.
Sjostrom Cracks $70K In Eindhoven, Morozov Passes Chupkov In Winnings
Sarah Sjostrom still leads all earners on the 2018 World Cup, making $7,400 more in Eindhoven to bring her series total to $72,400. Meanwhile Vladimir Morozov turned a $10,000 world record bonus into the top male earning tally, sitting at $57,650 for the tour.
Morozov Roars To World Cup Lead With WR In Eindhoven (Full Points)
A world record 100 IM (and the resulting 20 point bonus) has surged Vladimir Morozov into the men's lead on the 2018 FINA World Cup tour. Sarah Sjostrom still leads the women's ranks, and is tied for the cluster 2 lead with Wang Jianjiahe.
Jesse Puts Matches Supersuited Dutch 50 Fly National Record
Although Dutch speedster Jesse Puts finished off the podium and in 4th place in the men's 50m fly, the 24-year-old nabbed a new National Record in the event on the final night in Eindhoven.
Kelsi Dahlia Shaves .01 Off Own 100 Fly SCM American Record
Kelsi Dahlia lowered her own SCM American Record in the 100 fly en route to silver in Eindhoven tonight.


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TAMPA (WFLA) – The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring Tropical Storm Barry, which officially formed Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico.
People living along the north-central Gulf Coast have been warned about the anticipated dangerous storm surge, heavy rains and winds.
In the Tracking the Tropics special report recorded Thursday evening, WFLA Meteorologists Ed Bloodsworth and Amanda Holly track the latest developments, including watches/warnings and other storm track info from the NHC.


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I haven't dropped off the planet. I've been quite busy between a new job and trying to get my place fixed up.
I also have a new man in my life who's weird in all the right ways. He's romantic and treats me really well. I'm sure I'll eventually post about it in more detail, but for right now I'm savouring the time we spend together and wanting to keep him to myself a bit 😉
So as the heat of summer is slowing dying down, a fire is spreading in my life. These flames are far from the destructive forces plaguing Northern Ontario.
What can I say, except that I've never been one to follow a trend.
Hope you have a good weekend.
I'm pretty sure I will 😉
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Back in 2009, Australian-based writer Elizabeth Jane Corbett won the Bristol Short Story Prize for her brilliant story Beyond the Blackout Curtain. And it's great to see that Elizabeth's debut novel, The Tides Between, has recently been published. We took the opportunity to find out more about the novel and Elizabeth's writing.
When did you first want to be a writer?
Ever since I got lost on a lonely moor with the Famous Five, I have dreamt of writing a novel. I even set out to write one, once – a horse book. Trouble is, I didn't know anything about horses. So, the process ground to a halt (an early lesson on the value of research perhaps?). I wrote bad poetry in my teens, discovered I liked writing essays, and did a history/politics degree. However, I'd turned into a serious young person and found myself reading more biographical works than fiction. Then, I had four children and hardly had time to read (apart from parenting books), let alone write. I did some informal theological study and wrote essays, then wrote a couple of picture books (which never saw the light of day), and indulged annually in what was to become a highly anticipated 'Corbett family Christmas letter.' When I did finally begin to read fiction again, it was of the historical variety, and I always followed each book with extended non-fiction research on the era. It wasn't until my fortieth birthday that I took stock of the situation. I wrote a list of things I had achieved by that stage in my life and also what I'd like to have achieved. At which point, the I've-always-wanted-to-write-a-novel realization flared back into life. I thought, if I'm going to give this novel writing a go, I'd better start now, before it is too late.
What effect did winning the 2009 Bristol Short Story Prize have on your writing?
Winning the Bristol Short Story Prize was a massive breakthrough – my first prize win, my first fiction publication, in fact, the first short story I had written since a truly deplorable attempt in year eleven. My novel had been shortlisted for a manuscript development award the previous year. Which had given me an inkling I wasn't wasting my time. I'd enrolled in some novel subjects at our local Technical and Further Education College as a consequence. While my manuscript was all pulled apart and awaiting a major overhaul, I decided to write a short story based on one of mum's war time memories which I called Beyond the Blackout Curtain. I entered it and another short story called Silent Night in the 2009 Bristol Short Story Prize. I entered the same two stories in an Australian competition. Beyond the Blackout Curtain won the Bristol Prize (as you know) but wasn't even shortlisted in the Aussie competition, whereas Silent Night was shortlisted in the Aussie competition but Beyond the Blackout Curtain failed to impress the judges. This taught me a valuable lesson about submitting the right story to the right people.
I received a phone call from a Melbourne publisher as a result of winning the Bristol Short Story Prize and, although my manuscript wasn't ultimately picked up, I received valuable feedback. Unfortunately, it meant cutting some of my viewpoint characters – so another total re-write. I grappled long and hard with this decision but in the end decided I had to finish the story, otherwise it would be too easy to quit every time I hit a hurdle. So, I pressed on and, let me tell you, the self-doubt was enormous. Every day, the same little voice in the back of my mind: give up, you're wasting your time, no one ever gets their first novel published. See it had begun to dawn on me that I'd written an unusual manuscript – an historical coming-of-age novel about fairy tales and facing the truth, set entirely in the steerage compartment of an emigrant vessel, which had both adult and young adult viewpoint characters. I can tell you there aren't many books with that combination in the teenage section of the library. I finished the novel convinced no one would ever want to read it. So, much for the power of positive thinking!
How do you find switching between short stories and novels as a writer?
I tend to only write short stories in between projects and, as I prefer historical short stories, the research is often off-putting. However, I must qualify that statement by explaining that I blog regularly and try to include a narrative arc in many of my posts. Added to which, one of the characters in my novel, The Tides Between, is a storyteller. He and his wife tell a number of traditional Welsh fairy tales over the course of my fictitious voyage. These stories are true to their original form but have been tweaked slightly to mirror and inform what is happening on the vessel. To convince my readers of my characters' consummate storytelling abilities, I endeavoured to make each individual story so compelling that they forgot they were reading the novel momentarily. This meant drawing upon the skills I'd developed writing short fiction. So, my novel is basically a story about stories – a kind of nineteenth century Thousand and One Nights. As such, I don't feel like there is much of a dividing line. Short fiction, has become an important element of my long form.
What inspired The Tides Between?
One of the reasons I hadn't tried to write fiction prior to my mid-life crisis was that I didn't have any ideas. I thought they should simply drop from the sky. However, on the heels of my fortieth birthday realization, came the knowledge that I'd have to try to generate some. I loved historical fiction, so why not an historical novel? I wondered whether, if I did some research, ideas would form. I still had four children living at home back then (not to mention the odd exchange student), and absolutely no research budget. Therefore, it had to be an Australian historical novel so I could access resources through the public library system. The defining event of my childhood had been moving to Australia. So, why not an historical Aussie immigration saga spanning several decades? I started by reading a biography of Caroline Chisolm – a wealthy nineteenth century migrant who advocated on behalf of vulnerable steerage travellers – and then broadened my research to include immigration in general. By which time, to my immense surprise, I had characters forming in my mind. One of them, a young girl called Bridie, had lost her father in tragic circumstances, I envisaged a creative young couple would help her to come to terms with her grief. Initially, they were Irish. But, my daughter, Phoebe, had gone on exchange to Switzerland. We planned to meet up and travel to the UK at the end of her exchange. We'd be relying on long lost family accommodation (stingy Aussies). I didn't have any Irish relatives. But Mum was Welsh. Hmm…maybe my creative young couple could be Welsh?
I didn't know much about Wales at that stage, apart from Rugby and male voice choirs. Rugby wasn't invented in 1841 and, even if I could have invented a scenario in which a whole male voice choir emigrated on masse, I wasn't sure a fifteen-year-old girl would find it interesting. Some quick research told me Wales had a strong bardic culture. My Welsh couple became storytellers. I read a "how to write a novel book" which scared the Bejeezus out of me. I thought, if I take into account everything I have to know in order to write a novel, I'll be too overwhelmed to start. I basically gave myself permission to simply write. The trouble is, my Welsh couple had secrets, and my young Bridie faced conflicts on multiple levels and the Welsh stories were beautiful, so very beautiful. By the time we reached the Bay of Biscay, I faced a decision. Did I pull back and write the saga I'd initially intended? Or follow the tale where it was leading? I chose the latter and ended up with an historical coming-of-age-novel set entirely in the steerage compartment of an emigrant vessel. I still haven't written the saga.
A lot of your writing is historically based; have you always been interested in history?
I spent my childhood reading books set in a place my parents wistfully called 'home' – Famous Five, Secret Seven, Malory Towers, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Swallows and Amazons, the Lone Pine series, Black Beauty, Oliver Twist, Paddington, The Railway Children, Mary Poppins, the list goes on… You will notice all those books are set in the past. Many had in fact been my parent's childhood favourites. In my mind, they somehow became attached to the longing I heard in their voices. I still recall the visceral sense of shock I had upon learning that Anne of Green Gables was not in fact set in the UK. So, the past was not a place after all?
We only returned to the UK once during my childhood and it was real – the walks in the woods and hedge-grows and badgers and beavers, and Buckingham Palace, and Pudding Lane and Trafalgar Square, and the Isle of Dogs, and medieval castles and abandoned Abbeys, and thatched stone cottages, and picturesque coves in tiny could-have-been smuggler towns. I've never quite recovered.
Are there any authors that particularly inspire you and influence your work?
Edith Pargetter/Ellis Peters introduced me to hauntingly told Welsh history. Sharon K Penman built on that foundation. How Green was my Valley, was my first taste of a uniquely Welsh narrative voice. An interview with Diana Gabaldon taught me I didn't need to know everything about a story before I started writing. The world of Dorothy Dunnett provided an online literary community before the advent of social media. Kate Forsyth gave me stories that referenced fairy tales while Kate Morton showed me how to write stories within her stories.
The Tides Between, Elizabeth's debut novel, is available now


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Poverty Is Exclusion
Poverty Is Exclusion
"My dream is for our group to develop into a true business cooperative. Using the earnings from our businesses, we will all lead a better life." - Sagarika Gayen, Baba Loknath SHG President
The Baba Loknath Self-Help Group (SHG) is a savings group in the community of Kachukhali, West Bengal, India. The 12 women who form Baba Loknath were selected to be participants of Trickle Up's program in partnership with Prasari, our local partner in West Bengal. They founded the SHG in March 2014.
Udita Ghosh Sarkar, Program Director in India, explains why Trickle Up forms SHGs by saying, "We don't believe in an individualistic approach, we believe in a group collective action. An SHG is a self-help group of women, between 12 to 15 members. They will have a thrift and credit facility; they will have their own bank account."
Sagarika Gayen, the SHG president, says: "Our group meets every Wednesday. We burn incense sticks. To keep the meetings timely, members must arrive before the incense burns out or pay a fine. We talk about everyone's situation, who wants a loan from the group, and who needs to repay a loan."
When we visited the savings group, they had $32 (2040 INR) in savings in addition to a formal bank account at a nearby financial institution. Each member has taken out at least one loan so far, to invest in their livelihoods, improve their homes, and cover daily necessities for their families. In the SHG, women's livelihoods include agriculture, livestock, fisheries, and small businesses. There are currently six outstanding loans in the group.
After participants have started their new businesses, the SHG gives loans to members who want to expand or diversify their productive activities. Sagarika recalls, "We provided a loan to another woman to start her incense business. She's doing very well. I used my loan to start a fishery, which has made some profit."
Poverty is about more than money, it's about exclusion. That's why, "the importance of the group is not only financial security," says Sukesh Mandal from Prasari. "Any kind of problem the women encounter can be solved within the group."
"We discuss our children, how we can help them, and how we should invest our money," says Arpita Mandal, another member of Baba Loknath.
Their new support system can also be relied upon when members face health problems, disasters, or other shocks. Lakshmi Mandal's story demonstrates the importance social ties in facing the numerous barriers and facets of extreme poverty. "With my loan, I bought some bamboo to build a house. But it was destroyed in a fire," she tells us.
Not only did the other 11 members of her SHG help her financially to rebuild her home, they also motivated all 19 Trickle Up savings groups in the same project to contribute money too. 299 participants paid 5 rupees each (8 cents) to help Lakshmi afford a new house, which amounts to a 100% participation rate. Her SHG also motivated Prasari staff, other community members, and even people from the local government to help Lakshmi. With all these efforts, Lakshmi was able to rebuild her house.
"Many groups came together to help me with money and a place to stay. So I was able to rehabilitate my life," Lakshmi explains.
Savings groups like Baba Loknath take action to improve the lives of their entire communities. In fact, 98% of Trickle Up savings groups engage in collective action. We find that women who participate in our programs and join savings groups are more confident and voice their opinions more often, becoming decision-makers in their families and communities. "When I speak in my group, people listen. I have a strong voice now," says Arpita. We hope to help more women like Arpita, Lakshmi, and Sagarika form savings groups like Baba Loknath, creating inclusive support systems to reinforce each other's successes as they lift themselves out of extreme poverty.
Baba Loknath SHG of Kachukhali, West Bengal, India
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Rare grenade blast outside Indian Kashmir mosque injures 10
A grenade exploded outside a mosque in restive Indian Kashmir on Thursday, injuring 10 worshippers after morning prayers in the first such incident in 14 years, police said.
Police are investigating but it was unclear who was behind the blast in Trenz village in the southern Kashmir valley which has seen increased security following a recent rise in militant violence.
"Ten of them (worshipers) were injured, four have been shifted to a hospital in Srinagar," Altaf Khan, superintendent of police for the area, told AFP.
A caretaker picked up a steel cup containing the grenade left in the mosque's grounds, triggering the explosion as worshippers were leaving the building after prayers, Khan said.
Attacks at mosques are rare in the Muslim-majority state, where rebel groups have been fighting troops since 1989 for the region's independence or its merger with neighbouring Pakistan.
The fighting has left tens of thousands, mostly civilians, dead.
Security has been strengthened across Kashmir ahead of Saturday's celebrations marking India's independence from Britain, which usually see protests and strikes in the Himalayan region against Indian rule.
The incident follows a grenade attack on Wednesday on security forces in the congested old part of the main city of Srinagar that injured two paramilitaries and two police.
Suspected militants also attacked an army patrol in the Trenz area on Wednesday, injuring a soldier.
Another grenade was found outside the home of a member of Kashmir's largest militant group, Hizbul Mujahideen, not far from Trenz village on Thursday. Police later defused the device, superintendent Khan said.
Kashmir has been divided between rivals India and Pakistan since they won independence from Britain in 1947. Both claim the picturesque territory in its entirety.
Several people were killed when a grenade exploded at the Charar-e-Sharief mosque in central Kashmir in 2001. The same year, a bomb fitted to a bicycle outside a Srinagar mosque killed a cleric.


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ASHLEY Woodier scored eight times as The Globe continued their imperious Division Three form.
They hammered The Highfield 12-0. Mark Stonehouse scored a brace, with Paul Thompson and Jordan Dowson bagging a goal apiece.
In an extraordinary game The Apple Tree beat Marstons 6-5. Apple Tree led 5-1 at half-time.
Goals from Gary Rounding, Lewis Charville, Piotr Kastelik and Jonny Cairney sealed the win.
The Centurion scored three goals inside the opening 10 minutes against Acklam Green, before going on to win 6-2.
Chris Garbutt and Jordan Morgan scored for Acklam Green.
Unreal Madrid edged a free-scoring game, winning 6-5 against Saltersgill, powered by an Alex Bennett hat-trick.
While the action in Division Three was lively, with the North Riding Sunday County Cup fixtures taking place, there was only one Division Two match.
The Tiger went into the half-time interval a goal down, but Riverside were pegged back soon after, Jack Stanwick equalising for the home side.
Riverside restored their advantage after capitalising on defensive errors, but it was Stanwick who once again restored parity with a header. But Riverside were to have the last say grabbing a late goal to win 3-2.
In the cup, in an all-Lanbaurgh League clash, Division One sides O'Connells and Village Park Rangers drew 3-3, Rangers progressing 3-1 on penalties.
Division One side Marton Rovers lost on penalties after a 3-3 draw with Legion 2012, while Linthorpe were beaten 3-2 by Middlesbrough Cleveland Bay.
Piper FC were on the wrong end of a hiding against Clarendon Hotel (Marske), losing 22-0.
Guisborough Athletic ran their opponents to penalties after a 1-1 draw, but lost 4-1.
Beechwood FC of Division Two narrowly lost out to Layfield Arms (Yarm), who won 4-3. Lakes United also exited the competition after a 4-2 defeat at West Middlesbrough Academy.
Jack & Jill were beaten 6-0 at home by The Parkway Social Club.
But there was better news for The Cleveland who won 4-2 at Redcar Rugby Club.
The Clarry were knocked out in an 11-0 defeat at the hands of North Ormesby Cons Club, while Park End stormed through to the next round with a 9-0 victory over The Smithy.


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The restless river begins its churns
tossing me from current to current
the waves are loud
its questions nattering away at me
i am lost in this endless sea
i cry out to an eternal sky, still and distant from my panic
save me from this sea!
It stays quiet in its watching
and offers no paddle boat to safety
although i sense its softness
i am battling with the waves to reach it
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
I want to know life intimately. I want to walk the ragged edges of the sensuous dance that gives life. I am no longer interested in the answers, although i catch myself grasping for them from time to time. There is a curiosity in the unknowing that the fear can't touch. It tries..like a deathly hand grappling to take you from the edge of the cliff that one finds themselves on. Yet the cliff is the imprisonment. Freedom is found in one's releasing from it's embrace. There is no safety in the answers, despite the story our minds attempt to feed our security. There also is no security, despite the structures we attempt to erect to save ourselves. The structures are only new form to what was formless. The closer i move to them, the quicker they evaporate. There is meaning in the moments between. The meaning feeds the still moment before coming to it's death at an unknowable time. The meaning too can be an imprisonment, if you allow it to shape you and cling to it when it is attempting to find release. Behind it lies the timelessness, the dark space of the great void. The space from which we came and from which we will arise again. Although the disintegration of the meaning feels like suicide, the suicide belongs to the ego, not the voice of the soul. The soul does not seek safety in structures but instead seeks to liberate itself to it's own expression, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant in the greater realm of things. I imagine it is the point of liberation the suicide longs for, unaware that they can find it in life. It is life breathing into itself within the very shadow of death.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Under the divine light of the moon...
It was at the end of this night, that I had the opportunity to bare witness to his full moon pipe ceremony.
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Location: British Columbia, Canada
Thursday, October 25, 2012
A visit from the sacred masculine...
I left that weekend with replaying thoughts of a budding seed that had taken root while there. I wasn't sure what it meant, or how I would come to know it, but I felt it land deep in my core. This is the way in which I come to learn that the voice of my truest self is trying to be known. Its the feeling that arises deep within me that something said, something is witnessed or something i've experienced has hit an unknown button that is in the very near future going to come to be known. My teacher had spoken about the divine feminine being within the land. In Celtic history, it was understood that the king that watched over the kingdom of a village was indeed chosen by the land and as such the king would remain her servant, listening for her voice and heeding her guidance when making decisions that concerned the community.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Sacred Sexuality
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The singer of all songs...
Although my questions on sexuality were active in my summer explorations, so too was the re-emerging performer that Calleach had returned to me through the midwifery of my dreams, the alchemy of my healing. My artist had gone under in the early periods of recovering from my sexual trauma, the voice that had protected me had buried itself in the ground. I would learn in my shamanic studies in the autumn, that not only was it the voice that was buried, but it was some of my soul parts carrying the medicine of the way i expressed myself in the world. Without my tools, there could be no art. Without the art, there could be no expression. Without the expression, there was no medicine. The second shamanic weekend of this year in the apprenticeship, in the time of the east, we were to re-claim wounded parts of the maidens that continued to live in us all. When I journeyed on this, i was shown an array of images of dancing with my father as a child. My feet pressed on the tops of his, while we waltzed around the kitchen floor. My childlike eyes were wide with wonder and awe, at this magnificent embodiment of the masculine that was my dad.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
The next morning, Mehr still greeted me with respect and loving kindness. He was of his own accord but still sensitively checking in, the affections born of our connection the night before still present but not enamoured. I anxiously awaited a visit from the shaming internal voices, waiting for them to begin their reign of terror. Their attempts at wreaking havoc upon my sense of self respect for drunkedly disrespecting myself by jumping into bed with yet again a perfect stranger. Curiously, those voices never came. There was both a closeness and a distance that remained between us. Our closeness born of the extremly intimate bonding that had taken place just hours before, yet a distance in our knowing that what happened for us in those hours did not follow a lengthy getting to know one another, 'nor did it seem either of us felt it neccessary to do so because we had united in that way. I was deeply touched by what happened that night for a number of reasons. I think for many of us, sexuality is not seperate from a moralistic view on what frameworks are appropriate for engagement. In my experiences individually and from what I have observed in others, we attempt to moralistically arrive at viewpoints, informed by our questions and therefore experiences in the world that we then develop values, principles and codes of conduct that determine our methods and limits of sexual engagement. The challenge of course is that if we construct and live out these things with a rigidty, we impose our mythologies that are relevant for a time but ultimately come to a place of obstructing the ways in which we may be challnged to grow, or more importantly be given opportunity to heal. Although I was able to detect that there were two underlying impulses that drove my sexuality, one of self honoring and one of self destruction, I was still attempting to define these behaviors through the lens of these structures. I assumed up until this point that when i "jumped into bed too quickly" was when i was in the mode of objectifying myself and that if i gave rise to the lengthy dance of romantic intimacy prior to engaging someone physically, as i was exploring with sundancer, that i was awakening to the calls of self honoring. What made this experience with mehr so different from the ones with the others, in which my crossing the threshhold of engagement left me with days of enshadowed consequences? Specifically because at the onset of my engagement with Mehr, he as a person did not entice in me a deep feeling of interest. I still do not have the answers to this question, yet a few observations have explained how deeply moved i was by this experience. Mehr and I had connected under some seemingly similar contexts as many other one night explorations had taken shape along my destructive history. Yet from the beginning he demonstrated honor and respect. He had taken interest in my replies to his questions through out the night about who i was and what i was passionate about in the world. I had watched his reactions to me like a hawk throughout the evening. I could sense his desire and observed if his desire was in fact enticed by me and shaped by the environment or whether he was in a state of desiring overall. Although he mingled with many different people throughout the night as the rest of us had, he did not demonstrate a seething desire for others, yet in fact had his eye on simply me for the duration of the evening. Yet there were so many beautiful women present. His passion for me while we were making love was genuine and authentic, ruthless but also gentle. He respected himself and respected me by seeking to protect himself without any dialogue on how his pleasure might be obstructed by wearing a condom, an experience i have had so many times before. When we awoke in the morning, he did not try to overcompensate on behalf of what we had experienced the night before either by pretending to be more involved with me than he really was or by treating me like i was as insignificant to him as i might have been when he met me only the night before. Neither of us had any reason to make this out to be anything other than it was. A beautiful and deeply intimate sharing of two people, in one space in time, if only for the pure reason of our mutual pleasure and enjoyment. A beautiful transparency, lost of any fictional dramas or stories meant to justify what was already justifiable. What made it even more beautiful for me was the lack of a need either of us displayed in securely protecting the experience for ourselves and seeking to replay it. In his coming to kiss me goodbye before leaving the firespinner/wyldewoman household the next day, the simple goodbye represented all that had been. A closeness and a distance. There were no phonenumbers exchanged, an asking of when we might see eachother or how we might continue what we had begun. 'Nor did i secretly hope for one and anxiously grapple with why it was not occuring. It was like a brilliant unfolding of gratitude in the present without seeking to hold, control, make pain out of, tell a story abount but instead just allow it to be, for what it is, for what it was, for what it needed to be. Yet in the tenderness of that kiss, there was also a respect, an honor and an acknowledgement for what there was and what there had been for one single moment in the eternity of time. It seemed finally, my fast was broken, I had come out of the insatiable devorous hunger that the forced abstinence of my sexual expression had seethed and prowled for and in it's surrender had been given that which i was seeking but never coming up against. I didn't know if it would happen again and it didn't matter, because something in me was free and for once i trusted that whatever moments were next to come, whatever gifts they brought with them or lessons to impart, would be the right ones, in their own rightness of time and rightness of place. In the meaantime I would continue my journey stumbling blindly through the dark, presented with new experiences for trial and error and just trying to continue to identify and honor the feelings in my body, trusting them as the only source of truth as my guide.
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Hey gals! February 14th can be a tough day for some people (especially those who haven't found that special someone) and more or less, NOBODY should be feeling down on this marvelous day created on the basis of love, hugs and kisses! Fear no more, because I am a single gal like many and I am going to tell you some of my favourite ways to celebrate this Galentine's Day!
There are sooo many reasons that I could list in order to highlight the benefits of being single, but why would I do that when I can give you a list of AWESOME activities to make you love yourself and let the fact that all your friends are on romantic dates fade away!? This is a day to be cheerful and celebrate those you love, and most importantly YOURSELF!
Rom-Com Movie Marathon (featuring your body pillow)
Have you got yourself a body pillow? If you don't, you should run over to Costco and pick one up because it will honestly change your life. One of my favourite Galentine's Day traditions is a rom-com movie marathon! Yes, you are watching people fall in love while you are pigging out on popcorn and chocolate…but almost always, the leading male is nothing less than attractive beyond belief…so that's a MAJOR Galentine's Day plus!!
Here are my oh-so favourite Galentine's Day classics:
Round up your Gal's
There is nothing better than showing love to your best gals! Instead of holing up in your room, go out and have some fun! There is nothing better than a night full of fun, dancing and belting out lyrics to your favourite song at the top of your lungs! Better yet, if you don't feel like hitting the town, you can always go for a chill dinner (but beware, reservations will need to be made).
Send yourself Flowers
Before you scoff at this idea…try it. It's pretty satisfying. There is nothing wrong with either sending yourself, or going to the store to grab some pretty flowers for your home office or bedroom even! Flowers brighten everyone's day, and trust me, looking at whichever is your favourite flower is a pick-me-up in any situation! (Fun Fact: My favourite flower is the pink rose).
Treat yourself
Whether it's allowing yourself that marvelous "cheat day" or splurging on the latest Kate Spade handbag (we all have that one in mind), you deserve to show yourself how much you appreciate…well, yourself! There's nothing more #girlboss than celebrating the one and only…you! I will be eating only the finest Lindor chocolates, kicking back thinking about my lovely reading break!
Will you accept this rose?
No matter how you spend it, at the end of the day…it's just another day of the week! Like I said before, nobody should be feeling blue on such a pink day! Kiss your dog, grab a box of chocolates and turn on a Channing Tatum flick (sounds like a great night to me!).
Happy Galentine's Day, my girl bosses!


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Pioneering support for autistic offenders
Offenders in Hampshire are benefiting from a pioneering service to support people on probation with Asperger's and autism.
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Rehabilitation Company first commissioned specialist Sandy Teal, who runs her own consultancy business, to work with the CRC five-years-ago.
Sandy has more than 40 years of experience working in special education and runs an independent service supporting individuals with Asperger Syndrome and high functioning autism and associated diagnoses, alongside offering support and training to professionals and families.
Sandy and her team have worked supporting HIOW CRC's probation case managers with nearly 60 service users during the last 2018. The support they provide ranges from helping case managers develop their autism understanding and practices through to supporting service users to make positive changes to their lives and referring them onto other specialists if needed.
Service users who have a diagnosis of autism or Asperger's are automatically eligible and can be referred, but staff can also refer service users who they suspect may have the condition.
Sandy said: "People with Autism Spectrum Disorders / Aspergers are often misunderstood within the criminal justice system, and so I applaud HIOW CRC for the innovative way in which they have gone about trying to improve how they deliver services to this diverse group of people.
"Both conditions impact upon the individual's ability to socially communicate, and their social interaction can also include restricted and repetitive behaviour. We therefore work alongside case managers so they can see how we communicate with service users and learn about best practice.
"The barriers and challenges people with Autism Spectrum Disorders / Asperger's face can be huge; they are frequently misunderstood, which can lead to them getting in trouble with the law, among myriad other issues. It is therefore important to provide bespoke support that is tailored toward them not re-offending and their individual needs."
Sandy and her team also work with clients referred by the National Probation Service. They use screening tools that help to identify people with the conditions and can refer service users who are not already receiving support to GPs, Social Care, the NHS and voluntary services.
Sandy said: "We are the only service with this approach in the UK that I know of which is providing autism-specific work in the community to people supervised by a CRC. I am immensely proud of the work we are doing alongside HIOW CRC to provide bespoke support to our service users."
Sandy added: "The message I want to get out to Magistrates and sentencers is that they may see an individual in the court who looks entirely like you and I, and therefore assume that they are understanding due to an ability to mask their feelings. People with autism can suffer from anxiety to a debilitating extent, and so may make inappropriate responses under stress – such as laughing or smirking – both of which would obviously be frowned upon by a sentencer.
"The court process demands that people quickly process information being communicated to them, usually only verbally. This is particularly difficult for people on the autistic spectrum. I also know of cases where the fact an individual 'has not shown remorse' has been used against them, but again this can be entirely symptomatic of the condition.
"This makes it absolutely crucial for us all to commit to better understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders/Asperger's so that the right support can be given to those who have the conditions."


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Many questions still remain unanswered in the eyes of local elected officials and citizens regarding the upcoming Oct. 2 election in Fairhope that could change the city's form of government from a council-mayor system to a council-manager form of government.
At issue is whether the upcoming election also mandates a move from at-large representation for the city's council members of if districts would have to be created, and, if districts are to be created, what the process for creating those districts would be.
Mayor Karin Wilson requested that the city seek an attorney general's opinion to provide clarity on the matter before the Oct. 2 vote, saying she wanted to make sure citizens knew what they were voting for before heading to the polls.
"It is our joint responsibility to make sure our citizens understand what they are voting for," Wilson said. "If an answer can't be determined, we need to request that the vote must be postponed. We need to make sure the citizens have the most accurate information on which to vote."
Wilson said she had come out in favor of the change and for the move to district representation, even though she said the change would change the role and power of the mayor's office.
"I have already voiced my support for this new form of government although it reduces the role of the mayor significantly," Wilson said. "Personnel matters should not be the subject of political drama. This change lends to a council which includes a mayor as a voting member."
Under the proposed council-manager form of government, the mayor would be elected at-large and serve as the permanent chair of the council, setting the agenda for the body.
Wilson said she felt it was time for the city to move to district-based representation.
"I do not see a strong argument to keep a council at large," Wilson said. "As the city grows, districts are essential, fair and should be required. Clarifying this important distinction is a must."
Chuck Zunk, one of the leaders who spearheaded the Fresh Start Fairhope group who submitted the successful petition that caused the election, took umbrage with the potential questions being submitted to the attorney general for interpretation.
"It's clear that the author of this draft has a strong bias against our petition generally, and a strong bias against the at-large form of council representation," Zunk said. "We wonder why such a biased draft was submitted to you for approval in the first place instead of a much more neutral and straight-forward document, in what appears to be an attempt to disenfranchise over 800 registered voters who followed every legal step to secure the Oct. 2 referendum."
Zunk said the questions being submitted were confusing and open for multiple interpretations.
"The draft is over half a page of artfully drawn legal pettifogging trying to describe a hypothetical situation that's close to but not entirely like the actual petition submitted by Fresh Start Fairhope, thereby creating a strong bias by using most of the truth but not all of the truth," Zunk said.
Council President Jack Burrell said there were some questions that needed to be answered about how the change of government actually worked, which was why it was put on the council's agenda.
"The way I read the state statute, there was not a question about whether we need a opinion," Burrell said. "The citizens put forward a petition with the proper number of signatures and when that happens we hold an election. I thought that if the new form of government passes, the city council chooses whether or not the council members are elected by district or at large."
Burrell said none of the council members had tried to bias anything for or against the coming referendum and agreed with Wilson that asking for a clarification wasn't a bad thing.
"I think the greater question is can you have an election on a total change in the form of government without knowing what the final government will look like," Burrell said. "It may even be proper to challenge the statute to know whether or not you can have the election at all."
Wilson said regardless of the wording of the submission to the attorney general's office, there would still be an opinion that would provide some clarity.
"Regardless of how you word it, they're going to come up with an opinion," Wilson said. "This isn't for any of us. It's so the citizens know clearly what they're voting on. I don't think you can have a vote unless this is clarified."
Zunk said he and Fresh Start Fairhope did not object to asking for an attorney general's opinion for clarity, but they did oppose the convoluted language in the draft the council was voting on.
"Our reading of the law is that the law is silent on whether the city council should make a determination on at large or district representation before or after," Zunk said. "We would prefer before. But we're not the lawyers and we're not the attorney general."
City Clerk Lisa Hanks informed the council that it would be unlikely that the city would receive a response from the attorney general before the ballots for the election had to be printed.
The council voted 3-1 to move forward with asking the attorney general to clarify the issue, with Councilman Kevin Boone voting against the resolution. Councilman Jay Robinson was not present for the meeting.
Boone said he opposed the resolution because the city would not receive the opinion before the ballots would be printed for the election.


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Canada's Middle Way On The Legalities
of Pot Might Be The Worst Way
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2005
Copyright: 2005 Vancouver Sun
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Given the enormous social and financial costs of criminalizing
marijuana, and since no country seems willing to proceed with full
legalization, lawmakers look for a middle ground between legalization
and criminalization.
That third way -- decriminalization -- is what the federal government
has chosen with Bill C-38. Under the proposed legislation, anyone caught
with less than 15 grams of marijuana would not be subject to criminal
prosecution, but would instead receive a fine. People possessing larger
amounts could still be charged criminally.
In principle, the move to decriminalize possession is a good one. Since
the LeDain Commission recommended eliminating the legal prohibition
against possession in 1973, tens of thousands of Canadians have been
saddled with a criminal record and its consequences -- difficulty
securing a job or crossing the border -- simply for possessing a joint.
Recognizing this, police officers in many jurisdictions have ceased
laying charges against those in possession of marijuana, but the
practice varies widely from place to place. The bill will, then, provide
for uniform enforcement of the law across Canada.
Now for the bad side of the bill: That uniform treatment might involve
much greater enforcement of the law since police officers will be less
hesitant to issue tickets than they are to recommend criminal charges.
But increased enforcement can have unintended effects. After the state
of South Australia decriminalized possession in 1987, police issued
tickets to many young people who would otherwise have received a
warning. Those who were unable to pay fines ended up in court and
received criminal convictions, thereby defeating the purpose of
Under Bill C-38, those unable to pay tickets won't face criminal
convictions, but there is little doubt that the potential exists for
greater enforcement. The government has made it clear that it considers
increased enforcement a good thing, although it's unclear why.
After all, we know that the strength of the law, and the frequency of
its enforcement, have no effect on the rates of marijuana use.
Consequently, there are only a few reasons for favouring increased
enforcement: Either the government expects increased revenues from the
tickets (doubtful, since governments will have to pay for increased
policing costs), or it hopes that maintaining the legal prohibition on
marijuana will appease the American government, which has expressed its
displeasure with Ottawa's plans to decriminalize possession.
Now the downright ugly aspect of Bill C-38: The bill will do nothing to
weaken the enormous power crime syndicates exert over the drug trade --
in fact, it will likely strengthen the hand of organized crime.
The bill leaves the trafficking provisions of the Controlled Drugs and
Substances Act as they are, thereby allowing organized crime to maintain
its stranglehold on the business.
In addition, the bill strengthens penalties for the cultivation of
marijuana. Those convicted of growing more than 50 plants will face up
to 14 years in jail, twice the time they currently face. The feds have
trumpeted this aspect of the bill, saying it affirms their commitment to
reducing the supply of marijuana.
Yet 75 years of evidence has revealed that legal regimes have no effect
on the supply of illegal marijuana: As with most drugs, marijuana supply
is dictated by demand.
But just as outlawing drugs helped to create and sustain crime
syndicates, the harshness of the law does have an effect on the degree
to which organized crime controls the drug trade. The predictable result
of the harsher penalties in the new legislation is that "mom and pop"
grow-ops will be deterred, leaving crime syndicates to fill the vacuum,
since no penalty is likely to deter them.
As such, the new legislation plays right into the hands of organized
crime by giving it an even greater stranglehold on the marijuana
industry. The middle way -- moderating penalties for possession of
marijuana while increasing penalties for its cultivation -- could well
be a worst case scenario, even worse than leaving the law as it is.
The alternative -- legalization -- is one no country has taken yet, but
it's an alternative the international community should consider. Canada
can lead the way by explaining to the world the benefits of this
radically different approach to dealing with marijuana.
Tomorrow: Toward legalization.
Third of four
Part I
Marijuana Prohibition Caught Hold
Part II
Law Can't Solve All Our Social
Part IV
Canada Could Be a
World Leader
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