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Who Doesn't Love a Pancake?
I have the fondest memories as a kid of my mom or dad getting up and making pancakes for us. Sometimes it was for a holiday and sometimes it was for no reason at all. Every once in a while my sister, brother and I would get up before my parents and make pancakes to serve them breakfast in bed. We would love to use my mom's breakfast tray that hung on the wall in the kitchen and then crowd on the bed to talk as they would eat. We were far from the Cleaver family, but this always brought us all together.
Pancakes are a staple in most American households. With simple ingredients these delectable saucers of sweet bready goodness can be made. They are also a go to when you can't figure out what to make for dinner. AND super cheap too!! If you have a picky eater, no fear, pancakes are sure to get your child to smile.
When I was younger, I wouldn't have thought twice about making pancakes out of white flour, eggs, and milk, just like the traditional recipe requires. However, as I have had a child and am trying to introduce more whole grains into her diet (and mine!) I have found a clever pancake recipe that allows you to indulge in your childhood favorite while adding healthy at the same time. I have made a few tweaks to the said recipe and have found it simply divine.
**Update December 13, 2013: I have changed the recipe a bit to use honey instead of brown sugar and coconut oil instead of vegetable oil for a less processed healthier version.
The Ginger Cinnamon Pumpkin Pancake
2 cups of milk (substitute coconut milk for a vegan option)
2 cups of pumpkin puree (if you do not have pumpkin you can easily substitute a sweet potato or butternut squash)
1 egg (or one medium banana smashed for a vegan option or if you just ran out of eggs)
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil (or applesauce or coconut oil for a healthier option)
2 cups of whole wheat flour (trust me your family will not notice the difference!)
3 tablespoons of brown sugar (to make a more healthy version use honey)
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoons of baking soda
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ginger
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
1. Start heating up your griddle while you are mixing your ingredients so it is ready by the time you have finished)
2. Mix all dry ingredients
3. Add milk, pumpkin puree, egg and vegetable oil and mix. (If you like your pancakes thicker, add less milk, thinner, add more. Because of the pumpkin these are hard to cook all of the way through so the thicker the pancake, the more difficult it will be to cook through)
4. The griddle is ready when you throw a pinch of water on it and it dances. Spray griddle with cooking spray once headed ready for pancakes. I highly recommend this if you are making the vegan version as the pancakes like to stick.
5. I find an ice cream scoop easiest to serve out a perfectly portioned pancake. Due to the density of the pancake I try to spread out the batter as much as possible.
6. The pancake is ready to be flipped when you see tiny bubbles start to form on the surface. When you flip your pancake, I would smash the cooked part down a little with the flipper. This ensures that your pancake will cook all of the way through without burning.
7. Bon appetit!


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Skipping through elements on SVG bar graph in Selenium webdriver
I've build a method in java for selenium, whereby I want to click on an SVG bar graph and click on the first 3 bars (screenshot below)
I've done this by implementing the below code:
public static void barChartSelector(InternetExplorerDriver driver) { genericControls.waitCommands.fluentWaitOnBarChartSelector(driver); WebElement parent = driver.findElement(By.className("highcharts-series-group")); genericControls.waitCommands.fluentWaitOnBarChartSelector(driver); List<WebElement> children = parent.findElements(By.tagName("rect")); genericControls.waitCommands.fluentWaitOnBarChartSelector(driver); children.get(0).click(); children.get(1).click(); children.get(2).click(); genericControls.waitCommands.fluentWaitOnRelationalBarGraphDisplay(driver); }
However, what I'm finding is that I sometimes get this error: "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 2, Size: 0 at java.util.ArrayList.rangeCheck(Unknown Source) at java.util.ArrayList.get(Unknown Source) at genericControls.graphSelectors.relationalBarChartSelector(graphSelectors.java:34) at Reports.collections.breachReportCompletedFunctions(collections.java:30) at Reports.programMain.main(programMain.java:37)"
It looks like when I run the 'get' command, the graph isn't always indexed the same from page to page, so on some pages it will work and some pages it will fail. My thinking is that I need to implement a 'for' loop so that I can still run the 'children.get(X).click();' event, but instead of falling over if the code cannot find the first event, it loops through until it finds the 'get' command that returns a result.
Please could someone advise me how I might convert my code above into a 'for' loop so that it can look for any of the 'children' elements that might meet the criteria? This will help me with my understanding of how to implement this in future.


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PUBLISHED: 17:28 22 February 2018 | UPDATED: 10:26 23 February 2018
It's a part of Norwich steeped in history, from the spire of the city's cathedral to the master weavers' homes of Colegate and the vibrancy of Magdalen Street.
And a new group is looking for formal recognition, so the community in the area around Tombland, Magdalen Street and St Augustine's Street can have a stronger voice with the way the area is regenerated and developed.
The Cathedral Magdalen and St Augustine's Neighbourhood Forum wants to submit a neighbourhood plan for the area - a document containing policies taken into account when determining planning applications.
But to be able to do that, the forum needs to be recognised as a designated body by Norwich City Council, so an application has been made to City Hall to get that recognition.
Gail Mayhew, chair of the neighbourhood forum steering group, said: "To optimise the regeneration of the north city centre area, it is vital that development plans recognise the inherent qualities and characteristics of this historic area and its mixed, entrepreneurial and artistic community.
"There is a wealth of opportunity for Norwich to build its presence as a creative and tech hub, and as a visitor destination - as well as building homes that the community needs. This needs to be appreciated by developers coming into the area."
Members of the Forum include restaurant owners, shop keepers, architects and residents, including from The Close, next to Norwich Cathedral.
The area the forum wants its neighbourhood plan to take in includes Anglia Square, which is earmarked for a major redevelopment.
Working with the investment firm Columbia Threadneedle, Weston Homes is proposing to demolish the existing shopping centre, along with the neighbouring Sovereign House. A planning application is due by the end of this month.
The buildings would be replaced with more than 1,200 new homes, a new leisure quarter, a 200-bed hotel, multi-storey car park and a new home for Surrey Chapel. Also included in the plans is a 25-storey tower block and replacement cinema.
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Alma M. Franklin
Long-time Carson City, Nevada resident, Alma M. Franklin, passed peacefully early in the morning, March 3, at Atria Senior Living, Grass Valley, CA.
Alma was born July 7, 1918, to Francisco and Maria Canonica on their family farm in Genoa, Nevada, where she spent her childhood.
She graduated from Douglas High School, and then moved to Carson City where in 1941, she met William "Grumpy" Franklin, to whom she was married for 50 years.
Alma was a cook for 20-plus years in Carson's school lunch programs. She loved the outdoors, and even in her 80s, could be seen working in her yard or walking in the hills above her home.
Her late 90s were spent in the Long-term Care Center at Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee, and at Atria, Grass Valley, where she is remembered as both still active and quite feisty.
She is survived by daughters, Nancy Peek Ives (Jerome), of Truckee, and Patricia Therrell (Michael) of Snohomish, WA, five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
No services are planned. Please send any memorials to Hospice of the Foothills, 11270 Rough & Ready Highway, Grass Valley, CA 95945.


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Hey!!! Today was day 2 of my workouts!! Woohoo!! Day 2!! Why am I excited about that? Well although I don't always want to workout, or love to do them, but finally feeling good and getting back to it feels great!! Plus I was starting to lose all the hard work that I had put into my body. I want to look strong… What am I doing now?
I wanted to share with you my before pictures.
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Weight 145.4
Bust 33
R arm 11
L arm 10.75
Waist 29
Hips 37.5
R thigh 21
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Total inches… 163.25
The schedule is 6 on and one off. So far I have done chest and Tris. Then leg day whew.
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In my pantry today:
- 2 c leftover subgum wonton soup
- 1 c leftover cooked white beans
- 1 10 oz can coconut milk
- 5 cloves garlic, clumsily minced
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp asafoetida
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp coriander
So start the garlic and olive oil off in a soup pot on M and let them mingle for a few minutes until sizzling is steady; erstwhile, turn your attention to that leftover subgum wonton soup you bought in Virginia on Thursday (yes, it was kept refrigerated; it was really good so lay off). In my case, there were four large wontons preserved as well as an array of shrimp, pork and vegetables. I started this endeavor by pouring the leftover soup through a colander to fish out all the big slabs of chicken that look too much like tripe for me to consensually chew and ingest; I set the broth aside (1.5 c) and let the vegetables sit in their colander (.5c).
Back at the sizzling pot, I added the cooked white beans and began smashing them with the back of the mixing spoon until they were about to become burning mounds of beanflesh, then added 1/4 c broth and continued smashing. Once said smashingtime is completed to your satisfaction, add asafoetida, turmeric and coriander, mix then add in the rest of your broth. Stir and bring to a slow boil, then add in the coconut milk and subgum wonton non-liquid elements. This can be eaten right away, but mine is sitting until a proper dinnertime. This meal includes six vegetables, up to four animals and beans for good measure — it was made on four hours of sleep after an eight hour trip home from DC and still gets 3 spoons.


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"Paps! Paps in the landscape!"
Many years ago I interviewed Cheryl Straffon, a Cornish witch, and she was describing the female qualities of the two hills near Land's End. As a lifelong acolyte of folklore, magick and the supernatural, it felt like an entirely natural thing to be discussing. And it gave a sensual new angle to my conviction that the landscape is a living thing.
I've often seen folklore described as something intrinsically linked to the British rural landscape of times gone by. To do so is to underestimate folklore and overestimate one country's importance. Folklore is universal – every culture, every country on the planet, is rich with it. The urban landscape and the present day are full of folklore. The tradition is as alive as the environment on which it feeds.
The Universe, our planet, nature, the reasons for our existence – are awe-inspiring, frightening things. Humans need explanations for why things happen, and story-telling traditions are one way to achieve this. Folklore is, I think, a more extreme version. It has been defined as a 'widely held but false belief' or 'unofficial knowledge' [1] and much of it makes the world even more frightening, although its structure – particularly as far as superstition is concerned – may in the past have given people some semblance of reassurance – don't do this, avoid that, don't let it into your home, and you'll be safe. Weather, animals and insects, the sea, earthquakes, floods, crop failure, death and the question of What Comes After – have had huge effects on our lives, throughout time. No wonder people have needed explanations and the hope of avoidance.
I question, however, whether folklore is necessarily a series of false beliefs, or whether in some cases, is in fact knowledge that has been forgotten over the aeons [2], making it 'unofficial', but nonetheless true. By unofficial, I mean 'non-scientific'. And by non-scientific, I mean anything that relies primarily on belief and the testimony of ordinary people rather than proof, as measured and accepted by professionals.
For instance, tales of giants in ancient times are prevalent in many cultures. Now and again finds are made of huge fossilised human footprints or massive human skeletons, but giants are still described as folklore or legend rather than history. Why is this? Perhaps because to accept the one-time existence of giant humans may question our current theories of evolution – and that's too much for us to process right now. But I see it as a possibility. My home in Cornwall is full of stories about giants. Some were fierce, some benevolent. Some even played bowls with the boulders on Trencrom Hill – which is why a stray one lies by the side of the road near the bottom of the hill. One of my favourite stories from childhood was of the huge stone figures on Easter Island. The stone men were living creatures and lived in harmony with the humans on the island, until one catastrophic day when a volcano erupted. The humans managed to run to their boats and escape, but the stone men were caught by the lava flow as they lumbered down the mountain. Trapped, they've spent thousands of years looking out to sea. This melancholic tale planted a seed, blurring the lines between folklore and what I later found out to be Gaia; the belief that the Earth is a living thing.
I've spent more than a decade surrounded by the relatively undeveloped wildness of West Cornwall and am intensely aware of how alive the land is. There is some science to back this up; the chalk cliffs so beloved of English romanticism were formed from the shells of microscopic sea creatures. The standing stones of Avebury – one named the Vulva Stone because of its shape – have been shown to emit energy, sounds and other strange phenomena. To me these are signs of life – just one experienced in a different way to our present knowledge of it. Science is changing its opinions all the time – it wasn't long ago that the concept of multiple Universes would have been purely the stuff of fantasy fiction and mystics. Recent experiments by scientists appear to prove their existence.
Folklore tells many disturbing stories and it is right to do so. Nature is not benign; the Devil may well have carved valleys in the landscape, thrown great stones at churches and made terrible deals with humans. The land has seen so many lives (not just human, of course) come and go over the ages that I wonder how could it not be haunted, infused with their essence? But we can work with it. Touching wood will give us the blessings of tree spirits. In China, bat pendants are worn to ensure the wearer a long and happy life. Better to function with the possibility of help from spiritual forces rather than have them against us.
Many stories are set in the past, in a countryside that was full of hidden, fearful things. But the creation of folklore is continual – my own lifetime has seen new tales appear, both urban and rural. The Enfield Poltergeist caused me great consternation in the 1970s; a Council estate in an outer London borough was the setting for a family to be terrorised by an angry spirit which focused upon one of the young girls living there. In the same decade, the Owlman first appeared by a church in Mawnan, Cornwall and was sighted as recently as 2011. Half man, half bird of prey; the childish sketches of him made by witnesses are unsettling. These things quickly pass from being quirky news stories into folklore. Even stories eventually known to be hoaxes, such as the Cottingley Fairies, take on the hue of the possibly true, although this can work the other way – Jack The Ripper, the very real and horrific murderer who terrorised the East End of London in the late 1880s, has become an almost demonic myth about a London that has virtually disappeared. Again, all cultures will have their own recent versions in both urban and rural landscapes.
But it is certainly easier to imagine these things in the countryside. Nature is more obvious here and equally it is cruel and unforgiving. On a family holiday to the south coast of England as a child, we got cut off by the rising tide on our return to Lyme Regis. We were at first stuck in deep mud, then my father had to carry us, one by one, across the most dangerous section of beach. Twice I saw him taken out to sea by a wave, twice he struggled back to rescue us. There was no doubt in my mind even at that age as to how alive the sea was, and how little it cared for creatures like us in its path. Folklore, then, can be tales of wonder but is often understandably linked to horror, with the lines between fact and fiction frequently blurring. Tales of werewolves and vampires may well have arisen to explain hideous physical and mental illnesses; practices to stop those suspected of being vampires rising from their graves (severing the corpse's head and placing it between its knees) have occurred for several hundred years and as recently as the 19th century. And Father Montague Summers' The Vampire In Europe (1929) reads like a guide, a 'Who's Who?' of the continent's monsters.
But is it possible that that's just what it is?
As mentioned earlier in this piece, I've often wondered whether a significant amount of folklore is at least based on real events, from a time when humans were more able to connect with the magical elements of the world [2]. The power of second sight and an acceptance of a different reality may have made life in ancient times a perpetual sensory overload. Since the supposed progress of the Age Of Enlightenment, we have literally been pushing back the darkness. And in the meantime given ourselves plenty of other things to be afraid of. But that's another piece, for another time. It's true to say that many things cannot be explained by rational/scientific means – because science doesn't yet have the technology to measure them. That's not the fault of the faerie folk, of course. Or anything else in our amazing world that science currently sneers at.
So how does this affect us in everyday life? Not as much as it should do, perhaps. I'm not misty-eyed for a return to the time when we feared more or less everything [1], but for many of us our connection to the landscape is seriously broken and I'd argue that this is part of why so many of us are so unhappy. Despite our attempts to adapt the world to our needs – rather than continuing to evolve – we cannot escape the fact that we are a part of nature. In death, our bodies return to the landscape and to the air. To re-connect nature would not only be healthier for body and soul, it might eventually re-establish contact with our more ancient, wiser selves [2].
Despite our best efforts though, some of the old terrors linger. 'Folk horror' is an incredibly popular genre. The story-telling continues; it is a safe space in which to explore our fears. But it does not and cannot tame the world – when I'm out in the wilder parts of the country the Life around me brims with energy, both in the wider landscape and in the tiniest details; in the sound of bubbles bursting from limpets' shells or in the delicate weight of a Blue Tit landing on my hand to take food. At times it's more ominous, such as the time I was Pisky-led around Sancreed Holy Well, but more and more I revel in the sensuous beauty around me. Paps – signs of the Goddess very much alive but resting – are everywhere! Embrace the land, be it rural or urban. And I mean that literally. Towns and cities have their own sacred sites, their own powerful energies. Some will be positive, some negative. Be open to them – with caution, of course. Wherever you are, lay your hand on the ground. Even through concrete, you might just hear the Earth's heart beat.
Good reading and references:
[1] Steve Roud, A Pocket Guide To Superstitions Of The British Isles, 2004.
[2] Colin Wilson, The Occult; A History, 1971
About Julie Travis:
Horror/dark fantasy writer, compared to Clive Barker, Thomas Ligotti, Catherynne M. Valente, Edgar Allan Poe, David Lynch and Stephen King/Peter Straub. Born in north-west London in 1967, re-located to West Cornwall in September 2002. Worked with performance poet and playwright Joelle Taylor in London's Poetry Cafe (where actress Katy Darby did a reading of Perpetual Motion). Since then has drafted two novels and continues to write short stories/novellas and occasional folk gig reviews for the local paper (The Cornishman). A 'born again Pagan' who spends time at the sacred sites of Cornwall and Dartmoor.
Julie's Blog: Levanthia
Interview with Julie by Fiona Mcvie
Julie's new collection "We are All Falling Towards the Centre of the Earth" is released from Wapshott Press on the Summer Solstice (21st June!)


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Most people who seek orthodontic treatments are concerned with the physical look and placement of their natural teeth. However, the benefits of orthodontic procedures and evaluations go beyond the look of your teeth, and actually help to prevent a variety of other health-related issues most people do not consider to be associated with misaligned teeth or jaw problems. For example, those with crooked teeth may suffer issues that stem from improper cleaning. This is because your toothbrush may not be able to reach areas where teeth tend to overlap one another. As you can imagine this has the potential to lead to; tooth decay, gum disease, and inevitably the loss of your natural teeth.
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The UC Irvine team camp featured 41 teams from San Diego to Orange County, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and even up to Bakersfield. The games were split between the Bren Events Center and the Anteater Rec Center with the tournament beginning with pool play on Friday and entering bracket play Saturday and Sunday. Huntington Beach Marina took home the camp championship.
Here are the best big men from the event.
Ethan Barnella, Marina
There's always a need for knockdown shooter on any team and Barnella is that guy for Marina. The 5-foot-11 rising junior is slight of build and quite unassuming from a body standpoint, but he's a lights' out shooter from 3-point range off the catch. Barnella drained a handful of clutch 3-pointers to help Marina take home the team camp title.
Spencer Egbert, Capistrano Valley
Egbert was a standout as a sophomore at San Clemente, but made the move up the five to Capistrano Valley this spring and brought his throwback game with him. The 6-foot-4 lefty likes to work 17-feet and in, knocking down face-up and fall-away jumpers with consistency, while exposing mismatches on the block against smaller defenders.
Jack Jamele, Palos Verdes
Jamele has an intriguing, but wiry frame with solid downhill speed and athleticism in transition. The 6-foot-4 senior-to-be has a smooth shooting stroke from both the 3-point and mid-range levels and doesn't need much time or space to get his shot off.
Alex Mishaw, West Torrance
Mishaw is another guy with an alluring combination of size, length and fluidity in transition. The 6-foot-3 rising senior is shifty and balanced in space, allowing him to maneuver through traffic and finish around the basket. In transition, Mishaw uses his long strides to his advantage as he doesn't need many dribbles to get from the 3-point line to the cup on his drives.
Elijah Randall, San Marcos
Randall was consistent as a catch-and-shoot 3-point threat Friday night, capitalizing on trail triples in transition or when spotting up in the half-court setting. Randall is a high motor and intangible player who does all of the little things to help a team win, and if he continues to knock down the 3-point shot at a consistent clip, his rise won't stop here.
Matt Rivera, Vista
Rivera was connecting on pick-and-pop mid-range and 3-point shots with regularity Friday night, but his impact goes well-beyond that. Rivera is a good rebounder for his size and position, chooses his spots well when attacking the basket and doesn't force shots outside the Panthers' offense.


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The day started by working on a make & take project - there were kits to make wool lapel pins in the shape of a cat or a pumpkin and these were some of the finished items.
We also made luminarias using canning jars and printed pictures that were then embellished with cut outs, glitter, stickers and whatever else people could think of to use.
Tonia won the best hat contest with this top hat embellished with tulle netting and a pumpkin guy sitting on top.
These were party favors that each attendee took home - The cats were hand sculpted from clay and attached to the top of a decorated paper mache box that was filled with candy.
This was my favorite of the rugs that were displayed.
And here is a picture to show you some of the decorations.
The most excitement of the day was caused by these three gals who regaled us with the story of their trip to the event. They drove 1-1/2 hours to get there and on the way they had to stop for gas. One of them noticed a rock in the road so they went to move it and realized that it wasn't a rock - it was a huge frog. Now all three of these ladies were dressed as witches so they knew they just HAD to bring this frog to the Hookoween. They picked up the frog and went into the convenience store/gas station to see if they could find something to transport him in - I guess people were just rolling on the floor seeing these witches with a frog. And they had our group rolling on the floor as the recounted their adventure - too funny!
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Heart of Biddedford's Chalk on the Walk Festival, now in its 9th year, seeks artists to complete chalk squares on Main Street on Saturday, September 21, 2013. This year's theme is "Kindness Matters," so your work should reflect kindness to self, kindness to others, kindness to the planet. Free to participate, and prizes will be awarded: $300 Grand Prize, $200 People's Choice, and $100 Honorable Mention. Read all about the festival and sign up to register now at http://www.heartofbiddeford.org/events/hob-events/
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Kia Tonu (Be Still)
Or alternatively: You fools thought I was done...
Drowning Lessons/Adventures in Depression...
After everything happened,
I used to lie awake in the dark...
At midnight there is a light...
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They tell me to wish upon a star.
If only i could walk out of this hell
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It's been a while since I posted. I've been experiencing a rare writing dilemma.
It's a good dilemma, but a tricky one.
My muse has kicked back in, with a vengeance. It is both exciting, and a little bit scary at the same time. Scary because sometimes I feel I have no control over it. It just sort of grabs me by the hand and whisks me off at break-neck speed.
Deep breath here.
So, quick update from A Submitted Wife.
Hubby has had his nose in about 3 to 4 different Christian books on marriage. He's been in study mode. He has invited me to join him. I've been in study mode in the past, and sort of felt burned by it. Lots of investment, and little return over the long run. Lots of good knowledge, but poor follow through. Hope, followed by disappointment.
Le sigh.
But, I will try again. I love him. We are worth fighting for. Defeat is not an option. We have re-instituted weekly talk times, right now centered around the book/study Love and Respect. I'm finding this to be an annoyingly incipient book. The so-called Pastor who wrote it and leads retreats on it has exactly the correct idea and "formula," for arresting what he calls the "Crazy Cycle" between spouses… but he really lost me with anecdotes about forgetting his wife's birthday, and leaving his wet towels on the bed/floor even after knowing this is something that annoys her (and which every normal-functioning human being can remedy quite easily), and then suggesting she still can respect him. Perhaps that's his goal, to prove that it could be worse, Virginia. But we decided to muddle through the accompanying workbooks, since we bought them after all; and just use them as a general guide for our weekly talks. I don't mean to denigrate this book right out of chapter one, and maybe my views will change. I'll let you know.
Hubby has completed three books in full (have I mentioned he's a rabid bibliophile?). He really has good things to say about The Meaning of Marriage (Keller) which I'll read next. So the news on the marriage/relationship front is that we are committed to trying and I am really working on not protecting my heart for fear of disappointment.
Now, on to my "writing dilemma." I attempt to keep up with 3 different blogs: one on travel, another on education, and this one. This one gets most of my attention; God seems to have placed in my heart to relate the good, bad, ugly, and beautiful of imperfect marriage, and share a hopeful story. I've been long overdue on writing up posts for the travel blog; there is a ton of raw material ready to be crafted into posts, and I've managed to churn out two in the past couple of weeks. Education blog gets the least attention, but as it does occasionally bring me clients, I need to tend to that one more.
Then there's my novels. Did you know I'm a "published author?" Over more than three decades I have worked on an epic novel, which I eventually broke into a 5-book series, and e-published on Kindle. It was hard to let go of this baby, it sort of grew up with me. Editing and revising and polishing were my real bugaboos. In the end though, I think it's pretty good, no, REALLY good, but I'm lost on the marketing side to this process (I know, I need an agent). It's had a handful of readers, but I know it's not everyone's genre. It's even hard to describe the genre: a "Fifty Shades with a brain," meets "search for traditional Christian marriage, with romance and pinches of international intrigue laced in." LOL, it's a novel that wanted to be everything, but in the end, if you get to Book 5, there is a redemption story. If you read FSOG, I promise my books are far superior; if you hated FSOG "because that kind of stuff is sick" or you have moral issues with explicit writing about non-vanilla love, I'm not your author. I published under a pen name because I'm not sure I want the world that knows me, to know I wrote what some might think of as "smut" (but let me know if you'd be interested; I can private email you links, the books are ridiculously cheap, and it'd be a good beach read).
I knew I had to cut the apron strings on that first novel series (Book Five just was uploaded about two months ago), before I could begin writing something new. I'd have ideas, I'd jot them into my iPhone notes. But nothing new was seriously motivating me.
Then a week ago I started to develop a character. My writing process is pretty bad for someone who is an educator and has taught the "proper" writing process of outlines, characters, story arch, etc. I claim I'm the "Hemingway brand" of writer, where "the story was writing itself and I was having a hard time keeping up with it" (please note that I in no way compare myself to the great Hemingway). Sometimes I'm just excited to find out where this story will go, where it will take me, as my readers may one day be. I balk at coming up with instant and formulaic endings, and really tight structure. Sometimes I have to immerse myself into my characters and my story before I can decide how it might end.
This new story has taken hold of me and taken over my life. I eat, drink, breath this story. There's rarely a time when it's not on my mind. I wake up with it and fall asleep with it (if I can fall asleep– there have been many a past-midnight session in the past week). I can't clear my head in yoga because the story won't leave my mind. I'm having to constantly write notes when I'm not in reach of my keyboard. In a little less than a week's time, I've written 41 pages of manuscript; copy and pasted countless pages of research; I've created a pretty comprehensive outline, and notes, something quite unlike me. There is actually a direction for this writing, but it's like drinking at a fire hose right now because I can't keep up with it. It's a living, breathing thing that's taken up residence inside me.
A thrilling and daunting feeling, all at once. The control this has over me is at times frightening.
I've explained it to my husband, and I've asked for forgiveness in advance. I've told him that I do not mean to ignore him, but I've just got to ride this muse while it's here. He's been very understanding. But I know pretty soon I will need to come up with a writing schedule.
I'm also about to take off on a fabulous girls' weekend, where there will be EIGHT of us hanging out at a beach house for 4 lovely days. En route, I get to have two lovely days with one of the besties. These gatherings are just amazing, and I love them. To miss one is agony. To not be "present" is inconceivable.
But now I feel like, "how can I put my writing on hold for nearly six full days??" There's no way to take it with me, I couldn't possibly face a choice between the call of my muse, and my life-long friends.
The dilemma of writing. Dry periods, periods when it feels forced and fake; periods when it feels authentic and true ("all you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know." Another Hemingway truism.)
So, I'm excited.
That is all.
The book is calling me.


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How would your best hypnotist in Toronto answer the question: What's the purpose of the initial, information gathering session?
The initial, information-gathering-session serves as a foundation for the working sessions of hypnosis to follow.
Your best hypnotist in Toronto uses the initial information-gathering-session to locate your points of power.
Everybody has the strong points, and the weak points in the realm of his psyche. It is absolutely necessary to discover what the strong points are, in order to properly conduct the working sessions of hypnosis.
These strong points - many of which exist outside of the conscious awareness of a help seeking person - represent his unique inner potentials.
These inner potentials - if properly utilized - have the power to shift the suffering psyche in the right direction.
People need hypnosis NOT because they lack power. They need hypnosis because - for the most part - they are totally unaware of what their points of power are, and even if they are aware of what they are, they lack the ability to utilize them.
The bottom line is that, the hypnotic intervention - if it is to be successful - it must have the power to undo / collapse / dissolve / reframe, the problem causing, unconsciously conditioned psychic patterns.
Your best hypnotist in Toronto - during his initial, information-gathereing-sessions - conducts intense searches for the points of power of his clients. He knows that these points do exist, and that whatever he will do in the following, working sessions of hypnosis, will be based on what he discovers during this session.
When people speak about their problems, they always show what their unconscious points of power are - not so much by what they say, but by the way they say it. They also offer a lot of unconsciously held ideas via their body language.
It is not uncommon that a person consciously says something, while at the same time, he totally negates it by his body language. These conscious / unconscious incongruencies - between the verbal language and the unconscious body language - point to the inner conflicts.
These conflicts must be uncovered in order to properly structure the suggestions offered during the working sessions of hypnosis.
During the initial information-gathering- session, your best hypnotist's mind functions like a sponge and a sieve at the same time.
He absorbes a lot of information, and processes it in a way that separates what is relevant to the case, from what doesn't really matter.
During this intense search for your points of power, your best hypnotist in Toronto may produce up to 20 hand-written pages of notes.
The amount of the mental energy, which he expends during the information-gathereing-session is huge, but even this is not sufficient to effectively start the first working session of hypnosis.
When you've paid for the initial information-gathering-session, you've basically "rented" a space in your best hypnotist's mind for the duration of your healing process.
Once this process has started, your best hypnotist's subconscious mind is going to work for you 24 /7.
Your best hypnotist is going to review his detailed notes a couple of times, and highlight the most pertinent pieces of information. He makes sure that he really gets it, and then, he allows his subconscious mind to work on it 24 / 7.
He carries with himself a digital recorder and whenever his subconscious mind produces an insight regarding the course of your healing process, he immediately catches it on his recorder.
Your best hypnotist knows that the totality of the human mind is comprised from only about 5% of what is conscious, and the rest 95% remains unconscious. He knows that the real problem solving power resides in his subconscious mind, and he employs this power for your benefit, by consciously paying attention to the messages from his subconscious mind.
Your points of power, which are unraveled during the initial information-gathering-session are the doors through which you can enter into your freedom.
However, the discovery of a door is one thing, and the process of the location of the door-handle is another.
The spontaneous messages - about the process of your liberation - which your best hypnotist receives from his subconscious mind, serve as the handles with which the doors to your freedom can be opened.
Another, absolutely essential element of the effective hypnotic work, which your best hypnotist attends to during the information-gathering-session is the development of rapport between himself and his client.
This rapport is the most important element of the whole hypnotic process. Nothing can be really accomplished when the rapport between the hypnotist and his client is absent, and conversely, when the rapport is strong, sky is the limit, in terms of what the sessions can accomplish.
Because there is very little knowledge, on the part of the general public, of what constitutes an effective process of hypnosis, there are a lot of people out there, who think that the initial information-gathering- session should be offered to them free of charge.
This free-of-charge, initial-appointment-idea, has been popularized by the pseudo-practitioners of hypnosis, who attempt to seduce the naive and unaware, into entering a string of their pseudo-hypnosis sessions.
The bottom line is that, unless the initial-information-gathering session is conducted in the fashion described on this page, the hypnotic process cannot be effective, simply because it lacks the necessary ingredients of success.
Whoever offers his services in the area of hypnosis, without charging a fee for the initial information-gathering-session, cannot really deliver what he offers.
The effective information-gathering-session requires the level of engagement and expenditure of time and energy, which no REAL hypnotist can afford to give away for free.
So basically, if you allow yourself to be seduced into any sort of the free-ride, you are going to benefit from it, exactly as much, as you've paid for it - and that means: "precious nothing".
Another important element of the effective process of hypnosis is your faith in succeeding through this process.
This element comes into play even before you enter the first information-gathering-session.
Unfortunately, there are people out there, who don't hesitate to cripple you, in terms of your success potential, even before you start your hypnosis process.
They will offer you the so-called "satisfaction guaranteed", "money-back" free-ride. This means that if your hypnotic process is not successful, they are going to refund your payment.
On the surface, all of this sounds really nice, HOWEVER, the hidden consequences of such free-ride offers are detrimental to your hypnosis process.
Here is why:
The achievement of your goals through hypnosis depends on the mindset which you bring into the hypnosis process.
A free-ride-offer totally destroys the mindset that is necessary for success through hypnosis. It instantly hypnotizes your subconscious mind into: "Oh, it doesn't really matter whether or not the hypnosis sessions are successful - I'm not going to lose anything in case of a failure, hence, I don't rally care about what happens".
Your best hypnotist in Toronto is not interested in serving the people who are eager to pursue the free-ride hypnosis offers, simply because, he knows that they are not really READY for success through hypnosis.
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Robert Mueller agrees to testify before US House panels about Russia investigation
US special counsel Robert Mueller will testify in an open session before the House of Representatives Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17, the panels' Democratic chairmen have confirmed.
Key points:
- Mr Mueller agreed to honour subpoenas to testify before Congress, despite being reluctant to appear
- In April Mr Mueller issued his report into possible Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election
- He will appear before two public hearings back to back
Mr Mueller issued a report in April on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the judiciary panel, and Adam Schiff, head of the intelligence panel, said in a joint statement that Mr Mueller had agreed to testify after the two committees issued subpoenas on Tuesday.
Mr Schiff told reporters shortly after the announcement that Mr Mueller was reluctant to testify, but agreed to honour the subpoenas.
He said there will be two hearings "back to back," one for each committee, and they will also meet with him in closed session afterward.
The Justice Department declined to comment on Mr Mueller's agreed appearance, however, United States President Donald Trump tweeted:
The committees have been in negotiations with Mr Mueller for more than two months about his testimony.
The special counsel has been hesitant to testify and speak about the investigation beyond a public statement he issued last month.
In a letter to Mr Mueller accompanying the subpoenas, Mr Schiff said "the American public deserves to hear directly from you about your investigation and conclusions".
In his 448-page report issued in April, Mr Mueller concluded there was not enough evidence to establish a conspiracy between Mr Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, which was the original question that started the investigation.
But he also said he could not exonerate Mr Trump over questions the President had obstructed justice.
The report examined several episodes in which Mr Trump attempted to influence the investigation.
The testimony from the ex-FBI director is likely to be the most highly anticipated congressional hearing in years, particularly given Mr Mueller's silence throughout the two-year investigation.
He never responded to any of the public attacks from Mr Trump, nor did he ever personally join his prosecutors in court or make announcements of criminal charges from the team.
His sole public statement came from the Justice Department podium last month, when he sought to explain his decision to not indict Mr Trump or to accuse him of criminal conduct.
He also put politicians on notice that he did not ever intend to say more than what he put in the report.
"We chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself," he said at the media conference.
"I would not provide information beyond what is already public in any appearance before Congress."
Those remarks did little to settle the demands for his testimony, with Democrats and Republicans likely to confront him on his team's conclusions, his reaction to a drumbeat of criticism from the President and his personal opinion about whether Mr Trump would have been charged were he not the commander-in-chief.
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I brought my Gold Glamour GHD set from ASOS in February 2008 and have not used another straighener (flat iron) since. These are great!!! They really do straighten your hair extrememly well. I have however, always had an issue with the fact that they get incredibly hot. As a result, I could never imagine using these in the conventional way. My hair for as long as I can remember has always had very fine strands. Therefore, using these straighteners at full heat is just not an option for my delicate hair. I have always used these by turning them on and then waiting for the second set of beeps which indicates that they have reached their 'useable' heat setting. I then flick the switch to turn the straighteners off before I put those suckers anywhere near my hair! I use them like this until the temperature cools and then I repeat the process of turning them on, waiting for the second set of beeps and then turn them off. Initially I thought that this practice might reduce the lifespan of the GHD's but they have suffered no noticeable ill effects thus far and still work great, look great and smell great - no burning smelling grease covered straightners for me thanks! I remember my sister laughing at me when she saw how I used them and she commented about the point of getting GHD's is because they get hot. That's as maybe but for me the point in getting them is that they glide smoothly through my hair, don't burn my skin ever and always do a great job using my "on/off" method!! (",)
When I brought the straighteners they were on special offer as the original selling price was £150. I thought that the £119 I paid for them was a great deal as the straighteners alone were selling for approx £110 alone at the time and the box came with some extras which I thought was a great deal:
GHD IV styler enclosed within the brilliant gold giftbox!
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I would definitely purchase this styling tool again - in a heartbeat. GHD probably now have a version where you can change the temperature but if not I will continue to use the same method using a brand new set of straighteners.
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Twenty-seven years ago actor Tim Curry crept into a generation's nightmares when he donned the circus makeup for the role of Pennywise the Clown in the TV mini-series of Stephen King's horror classic, It. But who's the man who'll be taking on the role in Andrés Muschietti's new version, coming later this year? Here's everything you need to know about Bill Skarsgård...
He's got a famous dad
Bill's pa is Stellan Skarsgård, whom you'll definitely recognise from his role as Dr. Erik Selvig in four Marvel movies, as well as his appearances in Good Will Hunting, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, two Pirates of the Caribbean films and Mamma Mia!. Bill was born on 9 August 1990 in Vällingby, Sweden to Skarsgård and his first wife, My.
You'll know his brother too
Bill has seven siblings, the most famous of which is his big brother, Alexander. Yep, that Alexander Skarsgård, from Zoolander, War on Everyone and The Legend of Tarzan. There's some impressive acting DNA going on with that family.
He's tall!
He may not be QUITE as sky-scraping as his brother Alexander, but Bill is still impressively tall. Yes, he comes in at 6' 3¼", a mere one inch shorter than his 40-year-old bro.
He starred in Netflix's Hemlock Grove
Skarsgård spent much of his early career working in his native Sweden, but after securing a part in Joe Wright's 2012 drama Anna Karenina, he was picked for a leading role in the super-gory Netflix horror series Hemlock Grove. The show ran for three seasons from 2013 to 2015.
His first American film was The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Skarsgård played Matthew, a research scientist, in the third film in the popular Divergent franchise.
He's on Instagram
And you can check out his profile here.
His Pennywise will be different
"Tim Curry's performance was truly great, but it's important for me to do something different because of that," Skarsgård said recently. "I'll never be able to make a Tim Curry performance as good as Tim Curry."
It arrives at Cineworld on 8 September.


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WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) _ Production of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks at the General Motors plant in Wentzville is providing an economic boost not just in the eastern Missouri town but throughout the region.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1sH6mAD ) reports that since GM began producing the midsize pickups this fall, about 10 automotive suppliers in Missouri have begun to supply glass, wheels and acoustic and battery components. That is resulting in more jobs and more security for the suppliers.
The biggest benefit has been in Wentzville, about 40 miles west of St. Louis. When the GM plant begins running three shifts next year, total employment will reach 3,350.


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We live by the sea and have a front row seat for its daily show. Like clock work the tide rises and falls right on schedule. But things are changing fast in the natural world these days, many unpredictable. Sea level rise, rising ocean temperatures, sagging jet streams make headlines as we try to figure it out. There are clues to what the future holds, but you have to be curious enough to look. A story in the New York Times last week entitled "The Insect Apocalypse is Here," refers to a study in Germany that found, "the overall abundance of flying insects in German nature reserves had decreased 75 percent over just 27 years." This decrease even has a name, "The Windshield Phenomenon" based on less splattered bugs on windshields in summer months.
Back along our shoreline, another natural disaster continues this time every year, cold stunned turtle standings. Teams of searchers brave cold days rescuing the animals. This year's early cold snap Thanksgiving week kept survival rates much lower. One bright spot brought us to the New England Aquarium's turtle hospital this week, a 300 pound female loggerhead recovered in Wellfleet last month. This sea creature occupied one giant tank all to itself as dozens of its smaller cousins, Kemps Ridleys, flapped around in tanks beside her. She proved to be the ultimate photo challenge. Spending most of our time there laying on the bottom of the tank, occasionally circling up for a brief gulp of air. When we arrived she submerged quickly, after an hour we got to know each other better. She most always swam counterclockwise around the pool, usually surfacing on the left side, resting on the right. Her left eye had an injury so I tried to get her good side when possible. The best way to photograph anything, study your subject, go eye to eye with them, be curious, patient, and try to understand them. Something we will need to do a lot more as we try to figure out our place in the changing world around us.
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Cruise ships docked in Brooklyn are spewing tons of noxious fumes into the air, and a fix is bogged down in two years of bureaucratic nonsense, officials and community leaders complained Monday.
"We can smell that diesel wafting over the neighborhood," state Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn) said. "It's time for the cruise ship terminal to stop choking Brooklyn."
Cruise ships that dock at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook have to run on diesel because there's no way for them to plug into the electric grid.
Government agencies have pledged $15 million to build an electric system, known as shore power. But the Port Authority, which owns the property, and the city Economic Development Corp., which runs the terminal, are still fighting over who should have to pay to maintain it.
"We've had two years of idling ships and idling negotiations," said City Councilman Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn).
At a rally and news conference, residents wore masks to protest pollution from the terminal, which opened in 2006.
Each ship docked in Red Hook pollutes as much as thousands of cars a day, they said.
"Our kids are breathing in sulfur, nitrogen, diesel particulates," said Adam Armstrong, 46, a dad of two who lives on Pioneer St. near the terminal and blogs on the issue. "It's getting in people's lungs and .. . it's doing harm."
The Port Authority estimates installing shore power would be worth $9 million a year in health benefits. The PA wants the EDC to pay for maintaining the system.
However EDC spokesman David Lombino said, "This is a difficult fiscal climate and we're negotiating to make sure that city taxpayers get a fair deal."


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Posted: Feb 13, 2019
The Pima Community College women's basketball team (16-10, 12-6 in ACCAC) played a tight game on the road at Mesa Community College (10-16, 7-11) but a late double digit lead helped seal the win.
- The No. 17 ranked Aztecs defeated the Thunderbirds 78-70. It was Pima's 10th win in their last 12 games.
- The Aztecs took their biggest lead of the game of 12 points with 4:17 left.
- Sophomore Jacqulynn Nakai (Coconino HS) finished with a game-high 37 points as she went 9 for 15 from the field and 5 for 7 from three-point range. She was also 14 for 16 from the free throw line and had four rebounds and six assists. She now sits at 1,158 career points and is 36 points away from Tia Morrison's record of 1,194.
- Sophomore Shauna Bribiescas (Dobson HS) produced her seventh double-double as she finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds to go along with two blocks.
- The Aztecs got bench production from freshman Hallie Lawson (Campo Verde HS), as she scored 12 points on 5 for 7 shooting. Fellow freshman Alyssa Perez (Marana HS) scored five points with 10 rebounds and four steals.
- The Aztecs swept the Thunderbirds as they won 80-60 last month at the West Campus Gymnasium.
The Aztecs will be back on the road on Saturday when they play at South Mountain Community College. Tipoff is set for 2:00 p.m.