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"Men Becoming Our Best," the Virtual Support Group That's Our Gift to the People We Love
- February 20, 2018
- adda-ADMIN
- Acceptance and Change, ADDA
- 6 Comments
By Mike Fedel
It could have been a tough night for non-nerds. Not true – we welcome everyone! But at least 3 of the 7 guys at the meeting were 'techies'.
ADDA's newest Peer Support Group – "Men Becoming Our Best" – held its first meeting February 18, 2018. Of course, we compared operating systems and file structures to how our ADHD brains work! That's one thing the entire group agreed on. We "get" that we have different wiring.
This is a great starting point. We won't have to spend time wrestling with feeling like "I am broken" or "I am deficient." We can get right to talking about, "How does my ADHD affect me" and "How does it affect me as a man?"
What does that mean: "How does it affect me as a man?" We don't know yet, but it's one of the topics we're exploring. We're taking our cue from leaders in the ADHD community – Sari Solden ("Women with ADD") and Linda Roggli ("Confessions of an ADDiva"). We know we all face different expectations tied to gender, age, sexual orientation and more.
Our group gives men a safe place to talk about the impact of ADHD on everything. And it impacts everything from time management to risky behavior to finding and keeping jobs and relationships. We alternate between planned topics and topics that come up during members' check-in.
Like all ADDA support groups, we meet online. We get together while each of us stays in the comfort of our own homes. We chose ZOOM as our meeting platform. The visual interface lets us get to know each other better, to notice (and even learn about) body language, and to "attach names to faces." Although if you prefer to remain incognito, ZOOM has a "voice only" option.
I love that we can have public or private sidebar chats. That's a great place to share information (book titles, links, etc.) and expand on the conversation without interrupting the flow.
Our first meeting was productive and powerful. We left the "safe" topics (time management, distractibility, impulsivity, etc.) in the dust. We talked about shame, emotional sensitivity, and even body image (yes, that's a "guy thing" too).
We explored our own definitions of ADHD. We shared what we were hoping to get out of the group. We talked about how what makes us look "OK" to others – things like: "you graduated college" or "you've got a stable home and family." We also confirmed that they have no idea how hard we've had to work to make those things happen.
And, yes, we talked about computer Operating Systems. They're a pretty good metaphor for neurodiversity. There are things you can do on a Mac that you can't do on a PC. There are things you can do in MVS you can't do in UNIX (huh? (trust me)). And everyone with a smart phone knows there are apps that run on Android but not on your iPhone.
We don't consider these systems "normal" or "abnormal" – we accept they're different.
Like us.
- Justin
- February 22, 2018
Hi – I'm based in the UK and noticed that most sessions seem to be late in the evening for you guys so middle of the night for me – do you have sessions any other time or know of an organisation I can use in the UK?
- adda-ADMIN
- March 1, 2018
Hi Justin,
I know there is one support group that meets during their lunch hour, which would be at a more reasonable time for you. Unfortunately, I believe it's only for Non-ADHD Spouses of Adults with ADHD. If we could find a leader and enough people in Europe (or night owls), we would be willing to offer a support group that would meet your needs. IF this is something you (and other people you know) would be interested in, please contact ADDA here: https://add.org/contact-adda/
To your success,
- Steve Beck
- February 21, 2018
I had signed up for Men becoming our best last week. I never recieved a link to join the group. I have sent two messages previously about getting a link for the ndxt meeting, but have not heard anything back. Could someone please get back to me on this?
- adda-ADMIN
- February 21, 2018
Hi Steve,
I'm not sure what happened. I just checked and your email address was not on the list of members subscribed to the list. I just went in and added your email address to the list for that support group. Please watch your gmail for a notification of the next meeting.
To your success,
- James Del Monaco
- February 21, 2018
Mike Fedel,
I would like to be a part of your "Men Becoming Men Group". However, I no longer have an ADDA Membership. Can I still call in and participate? It sounds like something I could really use in my life right now.
- adda-ADMIN
- February 21, 2018
Hi James,
We'd love to have you join this support group (and our other support groups if you want) but they are open to members only. We work really hard to make membership affordable so we hope we'll be able to welcome you back to the fold.
Thank you for your interest in ADDA.
To your success,
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Party Earth Review It's hard to tell which "graphic" Graphic is referring to when patrons first enter this too-cool-for-school gin bar on Golden Square. Ever-rotating art makes the distinction difficult. Perhaps... ... read full review
4 Golden Square
London W1F 9HT
Bakerloo, Piccadilly Lines: Piccadilly Circus
020 7287 9241
M–F 9:30am–midnight, Sa noon–midnight, Su noon–9pm
Covent Garden / Soho, London –
It's hard to tell which "graphic" Graphic is referring to when patrons first enter this too-cool-for-school gin bar on Golden Square.
Ever-rotating art makes the distinction difficult. Perhaps it's the shop shutters mounted inside, each painted in vibrant letters in stark contrast to the minimalist gray paint, bare bulbs, and hardwood floor that make up much of the space.
The shutters have been replaced with new works? Okay, maybe it's the art projections onto the rear brick wall, which features creative and random displays that showcase loops of everything from ultrasounds to the streets of London.
But then what about the 3D glasses on the low tables – those were there last time – which enable drinkers to marvel at the three-dimensional graphic designs scattered throughout?
Regardless of what it is exactly, this mod contemporary art gallery-meets-bar is busy nightly with trendy designers and other creative types who work in the area, as well as savvy tourists and Soho scenesters looking for a unique night out.
Offering more than 180 types of gin, the venue's drinks list is rife with classic cocktails, though festive birthday groups usually take advantage of the £30 gin punches that serve four to six people and come in large paint cans.
Delicious, albeit a tad difficult to pour.
A small menu includes sliders, salads, and a few grill options, but most of the snazzy regulars are here to drink and shout beneath the loud DJ who spins Thursday through Saturday nights.
Novel and decadent, Graphic is a pleasure in all its dimensions.
Graphic has a nice little breakfast menu if you want to grab a coffee and a light bite and check out the art. But if you're a gin lover, ask about their Juniper Society, which regularly hosts gin tastings and other gin education events. The events are all first-come, first-served and always free!
Affluent Soho hipsters, trendy design and other creative industry types, contemporary art fans, gin lovers, birthday groups, mid-20s to early thirties.
DJs spin loud mixes of funk, boogie, disco, deep soulful house, and lots of old-school/new-school party grooves from 7pm Thursdays and Fridays, and 8pm Saturdays.
Art installations change every six to eight months.
A menu of bar snacks, grilled entrées, and shareable platters available. Small breakfast menu also served early in the day.
Free Wi-Fi.
Breakfast boards £4–£7.50, salads and sides £4, grill items £6.50, sharing boards £15.50, sliders £10.50/three.
Beer £4–£6, wine £4.50–£6.50/glass or £17.50–£35/bottle, cocktails £8.50–£16, punch in a paint can £30.
Smart and sexy: large eyeglasses, blazers, skinny jeans, knit sweaters, mod dresses, clunky jewelry, oversized scarves.
Thursdays through Saturdays for a little DJ and a lot of gin.
Zenna (77 Dean Street) is a calmer but still trendy basement Soho spot that features a selection of Indian-inspired cocktails, including one drink so hot that patrons have to sign a waiver before drinking it.

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Our Mission: Inspire a love of learning to positively and equitably impact student outcomes through purposeful and relevant instructional practices that ensure success in a 21st Century world.
Part of the Integrated Technology Division, the Instructional Technology team focuses on developing means to improve student achievement through the infusion of technology into the learning process. Emphasis is placed on students learning with technology, as opposed to merely learning about technology.
The Instructional Technology team provides a scalable and sustainable model of professional development to support the i21 Interactive Classroom Initiative.
The Integrated 21st Century (i21) Interactive Classroom is an engaging and personalized learning environment designed to optimize teaching and learning through the interconnected use of mobile computing, audio, visual and formative assessment technologies across the curriculum.
With this vision, and funding through Proposition S, San Diego Unified has taken a bold step toward transforming the learning environment in each of its 7,000 classrooms. Over the last seven years (beginning in 2009), approximately 20% of classrooms per year received a suite of new technology tools designed to create an engaging and personalized learning environment. Coupled with the digital tools is a comprehensive professional development and support plan designed to support achievement of all students.


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The UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration is excited to announce the itinerary for the 10th Annual Parkinson's Disease Symposium for Patients, Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers. The event is on Saturday April 14th, 2012 and is being held at the:
Alachua County Senior Recreational Center
5701 NW 34th St
Gainesville, FL 32653
Doors open at 8 and speakers start at 9.
Please RSVP with Amanda Eilers at 352-294-5434
|8:00- 9:00
|Registration in the Lobby
|Feel free to look at the informational tables.
|Introduction by Dr. Michael Okun, M.D.
National Medical Director of National Parkinson Foundation (NPF), Co-Director for the Center of Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration
|Dr. Stewart Factor, DO- Research Trends in Parkinson's Disease
Professor of Neurology from Emory University
30 minute talk and 10 minute Q & A
|Break– water and drinks available
Pick which classes you wish to attend
Parkinson's 101- in main Ballroom
|Experienced Patients with Parkinson's- Large Classroom
|Adapt your lives to exercise-
Lisa Warren, Occupational Therapist
Meredith DeFranco, Physical Therapist
|PD vs atypical Parkinsonism: Getting the right diagnosis
Dr. Nikolaus McFarland
|Medication Therapies
Dr. Angela Hardwick
|Depression-What to lookout for and what treatments are available
Dr. Herbert Ward, MD
|Hospitalization: What you should know
Dr. Irene Malaty
|Pain: Is it my Parkinson's and can it be treated?
Dr. Aparna Wagle-Shukla
|In the main BallroomLUNCH (sandwiches, chips, cookie) – if you RSVP'd a special dietary lunch, please see Amanda Eilers.
Ask the doctor…Live!: Please write down your questions ahead of time or on arrival. We will have paper and pens available. Someone will come around and pick them up and get them to the panel.
The Robert B. Stockdale Movement Disorder Lecture Fund was established in 2010 to support movement disorder research at the UF College of Medicine. Donations to this fund, supporting this annual Symposium and other educational PD events can be made by contacting Stephen Figueroa at 352-273-5882 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The European Bathroom Forum, which is driving forward plans for a single standard for water labelling across the EU unveiled its new website this week (www.
europeanwaterlabel.eu), coinciding with World Water Day on March 23rd.
Bathroom manufacturers across Europe are aiding governments in their quest to reduce water consumption by producing innovative and technologically advanced bathroom products that deliver the bathing experience consumers enjoy and, when installed and used correctly, also use less water, saving energy and money.
The Water Label Scheme is designed to provide consumers with easy access to a database of bathroom products that meet the required high water and energy saving standards. The Scheme provides a credible, recognisable label and website helping both consumers and installers become more aware of water issues and the water saving products currently available on the market.
Organisations supporting the Scheme include European and National Associations, manufacturers and retailers, as well as waterwise, NHIC, the Consumer Council for Water and several water utilities.
Commenting on behalf of scheme partner BMA (Bathroom Manufacturers Association), CEO Yvonne Orgill said that The Water Label will offer a preferred route going forward for purchasing taps and showers, WCs, baths and components. She explained,
"Our vision is for a European-wide label. We are looking to achieve a voluntary agreement within the industry and hope to reach 80% of the market, based on how much water will be saved."
She added that Keele University will be undertaking the environmental modelling for the scheme, with EU funding.
"There is a great deal of support for a Water Label across Europe; the government has been conducting research with waterwise and the water utilities to look at a mandatory label, while Michael Gove stated his position clearly at Water UK City Conference earlier this month, warning water companies that continued failure would lead to tougher regulation ensuring consumers receive the service they deserve – and the natural world is better protected."
"Those registering on the Water Label Scheme are demonstrating their voluntary commitment to sustainability and reduction of water use. As Scheme Partners, our role will be to promote the Water Label within the industry and educate consumers to look for the label as a guide to buying sustainable products that conserve water, while saving energy and money."
Currently 138 brands support the not-for-profit Water Label Scheme, between them including 10,801 products. European manufacturers pay a fee to join the Scheme, which covers all products.


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Blind Item(Mumbai Mirror) – Actress Snubs PR Team – 12th July
Mumbai Mirror has published a blind item about an actress who has been snubbing her PR team.
While lesser actors rely heavily on their PR team to survive, talented actors couldn't care less about them. The actress in question has delivered a huge hit this year. She has two big projects & is dating a young heartthrob. It does help that her BF has delivered a huge hit & never ducks questions about her(click here to read more), Which makes us wonder whether she even needs PR?
But we are suspicious about the reasons why her BF speaks so freely to the media about them. That has never happened before. Maybe he was insecure about his career after several flops or maybe it is their mentor who asked them to fake a relationship. He has done that several times earlier. The mentor always links up his actors when a big movie produced by him is in the making or to hide his BF's sexuality(click here to read more)
Blind Item
THIS actress, who is currently in the news for a romantic liaison and two big films, has suddenly stopped keeping her public relationship team in the loop about her work. While she still maintains a cordial relationship with her team, she apparently does not discuss her future projects and other work plans with them. The sudden cold shouldering has flummoxed the PR people, who are trying hard to get back into her good books.
Our Guess
Actress: Alia Bhatt
Big Films: Kalank & Bhrahmastra
Romantic Liason: Ranbir Kapoor
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"<" is the less than symbol.
As in, "there are < than 24 hours left to go until the Season III premiere of Game of Thrones!"
Yes! It's here! FINALLY!
I have two cakes for the occasion and have uploaded the images, so you can see one is for Team Lannister and the other for Team Stark!
Millions of fans have been anxiously awaiting and now....the realm is quiet.
It is the calm before the "storm."
Happy Easter and Happy Passover to those who are celebrating this long weekend.
< Than 24 to Go!Author: Anonymous / Labels: A Storm of Swords, Cakes, Game of Thrones, George R R Martin, HBO, HBO Watch
"<" is the less than symbol.
My Game of Thrones Cakes and Mom is a Fan!Author: Anonymous / Labels: A Clash of Kings, A Song of Ice and Fire, Books, Eddard Stark, Game of Thrones, HBO
Less than a week to go.
My cake lady e-mailed me today, confirming that she would be making two amazing Game of Thrones themed cakes for this Sunday's party!
Oh yes, one more thing.
I got my MOM into Game of Thrones. All because she mentioned, "Oh by the way, I watched an episode, where I think it was a good man, he was surrounded by a lot of enemies and he was stabbed in the leg with a spear. Then, there was another man, very smug. He got rid of his own man for that action. I think the man who got hurt in the knee, his name was Ed? Or was it Ned? I can see why you like that series so much. I found it enthralling."
OH YEAH. MY MOM is AWESOME!
I went and bought her the first two books, in larger editions.
Yay for moms!
9....Author: Anonymous / Labels: A Storm of Swords, Game of Thrones, George R R Martin, HBO
9 more days!
Two new trailers!!
Days away!! YEAH!!!
14...Author: Anonymous / Labels: Game of Thrones, George R R Martin, HBO, House Lannister, House Stark, House Tyrell, Westeros
Two weeks left.
I have been watching all of the extras from the Season II Blu-ray DVDs. I must say, they are quite entertaining and educational. When you listen to all the characters speak of their respective Houses, past events and transgressions and point of view details, you are left to decide for yourself who is telling the truth, who is stretching it and who is outright lying.
It's a nice way to learn about the history and lore of Westeros.
My favourite extras are the House Lannister, House Stark and House Tyrell shorts.
14 days. Can't wait!
GOTEXHIBITIONTOAuthor: Anonymous / Labels: Game of Thrones, GoT Exhibition, House Baratheon, House Lannister, House Stark, House Targaryen, The Design Exchange, The Night's Watch, Wildlings
This Game of Thrones Exhibit at the Design Exchange surpassed the one that I attended last year at the Bell TIFF Lightbox centre.
In total: 399 pictures were taken.
Submitted my review of the exhibit to the good folks at HBOWatch.
Will post some new pictures for your viewing pleasure.
Less than three weeks! Hip hip HOORAY!
NERD RAGEAuthor: Anonymous / Labels: A Storm of Swords, Game of Thrones, George R R Martin, GoT Exhibition, HBO, HBO Watch
I am having a serious case of NERD RAGE RIGHT NOW.
Now, finally, after a very long autumn and dreary winter, the light is at the end of the tunnel.
I have tickets to go see the Game of Thrones Toronto exhibition at the Design Exchange for this Monday night.
I would've gotten tickets to go all week if I could! I also have other obligations and work commitments to attend to during March Break.
Oh. Ma. Gawd. 21 days left to go.
I have been updating my Twitter and Facebook accounts to the point where I'm sure friends of mine probably hide my annoying status update feeds, because I tend to get, how shall I say - 'carried away?'
MARCH 31 - I can now say, you are just around the bend!
Extended GoT Trailer for Season IIIAuthor: Anonymous / Labels: A Storm of Swords, Game of Thrones, George R R Martin, HBO, trailer
I cannot begin to explain how excited I am over this new development. I think I watched the extended trailer at least 100 times.
Okay, maybe 200.
GAME OF THRONES MONTHAuthor: Anonymous / Labels: A Song of Ice and Fire, A Storm of Swords, Arya Stark, Game of Thrones, George R R Martin, HBO, Tyrion Lannister
It's not March.
Nope, not in my humble opinion. Yes, we said "goodbye" to February.
This month will be officially known as "Game of Thrones" month.
Brace yourselves, FB, Twitter and blog friends. More annoying status updates are on their way!
Less than 30 days.


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The general strategy for developing Voxatron's toolset is to provide specialized features (modifiers, microscripting, physics properties etc) that capture 90% of a typical designer's requirements, and then leave the rest to Lua scripting. Lua will be kind of like a glue that that holds the engine together and fills in the gaps of functionality.
Working on custom player inventories and menus that have a plethora of possible requirements, I feel I've hit that 90% boundary. The engine is now complete enough that it is possible to create a Lua API that is grounded in something stable and maintainable. For this purpose, I've created a text editor that can be used within Designer, and a custom version of Lua designed to work efficiently with Voxatron (both of which you can see in action in PICO-8). It's time to (carefully) plug everything in and see what happens!
It will also be possible to write cartridges from scratch in Lua, of course. This would be handy for making games that need their own style of physics, or things like RTS, sim or puzzle games that deviate a lot from typical Voxatron shooty-runny things. The purest cartridge can contain simply one Lua script, and no rooms or object definitions.
If all goes well, I'll start to roll out a minimal API later next month for anyone to experiment with. It is a typical object-wise callback scheme, where things happening in the world/engine call Lua functions that the cart designer provides.
Here's a simple example:
This is a regular twirly gun using emitters to shoot out the bullets. I've attached a script to each bullet (it's just a SCRIPT item that sits anywhere in the bullet's resource tree) that looks like this:
function this.new() local a = new_bullet() a.col = 12 return a end function this.draw(a) local x,y,z = a:xyz() line3d(x,y,z-30,x,y,z-5,a.col) end
Every time a bullet is created, the new() function is called (if one exists), and some Lua data (a table, to be precise) is attached to that object. Now, any time something happens to the bullet -- it's moved or drawn or collides -- a corresponding function is called. Here I've only provided a single function that is called by the engine each time the bullet is drawn which grabs the bullet's world position and draws a line straight up.
If you're new to programming and want to get a head-start, I would suggest playing around with PICO-8, which is free for all existing Voxatron alpha users (including the earlier Humble Bundles). Have a look at the Updates Page for download instructions.
Incidentally, I am relatively new to Lua scripting myself! So if you have any feedback or questions about Voxatron scripting, feel free to post here.
OH! Cool
Inventories!!!! yay!
also zep I posted this on your last blog I'll ask it again here:
--"will there be a separate attribute like command that can scan exactly how much bullets you have in a specific weapon? So I can make a quiver in the back of a character change when they have a specific amount of arrows?
Also I am having a problem with a specific cartridge : here
I don't know why but I can't upload it, and when i tried the first time it prevented me from accessing the Lexaloffle webstite completely, for a whole month. I had to upload Point Crash 2.0 in March when it was due in February"--
Yes! I added microscripting trigger for this: HOST:ITEM(DEF_ID).AMMO > N
It's also possible to control things like showing number of arrows carried in the inventory at the top of the screen, but it's nice to modify the in-world player graphics too.
I sent you an email about the broken cartridge. I think the bbs login problem was a separate issue, and might have been because of a false ip blacklisting (my site goes through cloudflare for some security protection). Feel free to mail me or tweet @lexaloffle if it happens again so I can try whitelisting your ip address. Otherwise I'm not sure what could have caused that :/
I fixed the bug where pasting an object tree from another file would break alias references. Is that the one you mean?
Will there be an option, to make team of monsters to chase other teams of monsters in 0.3.3?
I've been away from scripting with lua for a while. The only comment I have is to make a simple base object class for new people. It can be done with lua pretty handily but the implementation isn't great for beginners. Even though it's a great tool for things like custom UI and the like. I look forward to digging back into this editor.
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KeyManagerUtils - the KeyManager is not efficient ------------------------------------------------- Key: NET-384 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-384 Project: Commons Net Issue Type: Improvement Reporter: Sebb The clientKey manager performs some of the work that could be done as part of creating the key store. Since the manager is potentially called many times, it would be better to move the setup processing to the creation of the keystore. This requires creating a sub-class of KeyStore, which might as well be a private class created by createClientKeyManager() The calling sequence would then be: {code} KeyManager km = KeyManagerUtils.createClientKeyManager( "JKS", "/path/to/privatekeystore.jks", "storepassword", "privatekeyalias", "keypassword"); FTPSClient cl = new FTPSClient(); cl.setKeyManager(km); {code} For JKS stores with a single entry and keypassword == storepassword this would simplify to: {code} KeyManager km = KeyManagerUtils.createClientKeyManager("/path/to/privatekeystore.jks", "storepassword"); FTPSClient cl = new FTPSClient(); cl.setKeyManager(km); {code} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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For seniors and their loved ones, gardening has a positive impact on their mental and physical wellbeing. From bettering core strength to lowering rates of depression, this hobby offers year-round enjoyment, even as we age. Consider these 5 benefits of gardening for seniors:
1. Lower Cortisol Levels
Studies show that gardening relieves stress, boosts mood, and lowers cortisol levels. Chronically-elevated cortisol levels are linked to everything from immune function and obesity to memory lapses, learning problems and heart disease.
2. Heart Health
Gardening is a great way for seniors to meet their target 2.5 hours of moderate-intensity exercise per week. Research shows that regular gardening cuts stroke and heart attack risk by up to 30% for those over 60.
3. Hand Strength
As we age, diminishing strength and dexterity in the hands can gradually narrow the range of activities we can perform. Gardening keeps hand muscles agile without additional exercises that a physiotherapist might suggest.
4. Brain Health
Gardening involves many of our critical functions for healthy living, such as endurance, learning, problem solving, and sensory awareness. Researchers suggest that daily gardening might reduce dementia onset by up to 36%.
5. Immune System Regulation
The soil bacteria Mycobacterium vaccae – common in garden dirt and ingested with vegetables – alleviates symptoms of allergies, asthma and psoriasis: all of which can stem from a weakened immune system.
While gardening has countless health benefits for seniors, ensure to stay safe by:
- Warming up your muscles and joints.
- Using raised garden beds to eliminate balance problems associated with kneeling, bending, and getting up and down from the ground.
- Investing in long-handled garden tools.
- Installing garden benches and scheduling sitting breaks.
- Using a wagon instead of a wheelbarrow to avoid lifting and pushing.


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Strugglin' with hormonal issues?
Many women and men come to me with certain symptoms – weight loss, thinning hair, sleep issues, I mean the list goes on and on. Our hormones, which are our chemical messengers that go throughout our body to communicate with our internal systems, play a HUGE role in our overall health. There are so many various hormones that tell us when we're hungry, full, stressed, etc.
Usually, I find myself working with the thyroid, sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone), blood sugar, and the adrenals the most. These are so important to the physiology of how our body is working and feeling. Many of the symptoms that people come to me with usually clues me into that something in thrown off in one of these areas of your body.
Depending on the hormone that is imbalanced (when one is thrown off, it's likely another one is imbalanced as well), I can support your body with the food and supplements to help your body get back on track or at least reduce the amount of symptoms that you're struggling with. There are often nutrient deficiencies that can come into play with hormone imbalance, along with various lifestyle factors that can affect hormone production and utilization. We can't overlook your diet, sleep, stress, exercise, and environment as these are the foundation of healthy hormones!
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Breast Post-Mastectomy Supplies
Grants and donations from Victory in the Valley's generous supporters continue to allow us to offer services to any uninsured woman who has had a mastectomy. By working with a Certified Fitter, a woman will be professionally fitted for an appropriate new prosthesis and 2 new bras at no charge to the patient.
Victory in the Valley also has a good supply of gently used mastectomy bras which are available, without charge, for any woman who is in need of extra bras. Call Victory in the Valley at (316) 682-7400 to make arrangements for either of these services.
Camp Victory Annual Women's Weekend
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Women's Boutique (Wigs/Turbans/Hats)
A young woman in her 30's appeared in our office crying. She had just been told that her cancer had spread to her lungs and brain. Treatment must be aggressive and immediate! She looked in the mirror and saw her beautiful red hair, and knew that she would not be able to afford a wig that would cover her balding head. In addition to enduring the unknowns of treatment, the loss of her identity was most threatening.
One of the most traumatic occurrences during the cancer journey is the loss of hair that often accompanies treatment. Part of our self-image is wrapped up in our appearance, and this change can be devastating! Victory in the Valley has a wonderful supply of wigs that are styled and available free of charge to any woman who is going through treatment for cancer. What a joy it is to provide a wig that is just the right style and color to someone who has "one less thing to worry about" and "one more reason to feel that someone cares".
In addition to wigs, the Women's Boutique also has a supply of turbans and hats that have been generously donated to VV to offer to cancer patients..
Contact us or call (316) 682-7400 for an appointment. One of our caring VV Volunteers will be happy to assist you!
General Cancer Support Services and Programs
Canine Friends Pet Therapy
One of Victory in the Valley's favorite programs is named "Canine Friends." In 2014, VV's Canine Friends Pet Therapy Program celebrated its 10th year of service to cancer patients and families. Handlers and their Certified Therapy Dogs volunteer to participate in this exciting outreach. These caring volunteers offer visitation, free of charge, at Victory in the Valley's Hospitality Centre, Victory House, VV Support Groups and cancer patients at home or nursing homes upon request.
The Canine Friends Program is "dedicated to providing comfort and companionship by sharing a dog with cancer patients and their families to improve the quality of their lives and enhance the possibility of recovery."
Canine Friends are Certified Therapy dogs who pass a rigorous test to insure that they are well mannered guests. This "warm and fuzzy" outreach is guaranteed to be a "Bone-A-Fide" success!
If you would like to have your dog certified to participate in the Canine Friends program, please contact us for more information.
Caregiver Support
Caregivers are invited to
VV Support Groups
"Caregiver Cancer Buddies" are available to offer 1 to 1 support by phone or in person to other caregivers.
Loaner Medical Equipment
Cancer patients and families have generously donated used medical equipment to Victory in the Valley, with the hope that other cancer patients and families could benefit from their use. We currently have several wheel chairs, stool risers, shower stools, and assorted other equipment which may be loaned to cancer patients in need of them. This service is provided at no charge through the generosity of our supporters
Lodging Assistance for Out-of-Town Patients & Families
What We Do For Out-of-Town Cancer Patients/Families:
VV has made special arrangements to assist with the lodging needs of out-of-town cancer patients and families. VV has established medical rates through Wesley Inn, and Hotel at WaterWalk.
Because it is always stressful to have to leave your home and supportive community while undergoing medical testing and cancer treatment, the ability to stay in an atmosphere of encouragement and caring can make the situation much easier. Cancer patients and their families are invited to attend any of the support activities at Victory House or just come by for a visit. They will find a new "family of friends" from staff and volunteers who have walked a similar cancer journey, as a cancer patient or caregiver, and want to reach back to lend a caring hand.
What Can You Do To Help?
Each donation designated for the Lodging Fund will be used to help subsidize lodging expenses for out-of-town cancer patients and families receiving cancer treatment in Wichita. Each gift, whether large or small, will go far in making a difference in someone's life.
New Patient Kits & Treatment Planners
Every newly diagnosed cancer patient who visits Victory in the Valley at our Victory House location (3755 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS) will receive one of our "New Patient Kits" which is filled with educational and resource information. In addition, through the generosity of many pharmaceutical companies, individuals and organizations, the kit often includes a warm blanket or quilt, neck pillow, etc.
Newly Diagnosed Cancer patients will also receive a "Victory Bear" which they will be offered at Victory House, our Hospitality Centre or by our 7th Friend Volunteers who visit at the cancer treatment centers. Each warm, cuddly bear is provided as a source of encouragement and comfort and as a reminder that "Victory in the Valley Cares About You Beary Much!"
Along with your bear you will receive
Victory in the Valley's "Navigating The Cancer Journey" booklet which was designed by a committee made up of cancer survivors, caregivers, oncology doctors and nurses, and other healthcare professionals. The booklet includes common oncology terms along with suggestions for both cancer patients and caregivers from those who have also walked the journey.
Patient Assistance Program
Imagine that in addition to being told you have cancer, you find that you are unable to continue working. You have enough money to maintain your insurance coverage for a month or two, but depending on how your treatment goes, you may need to be off work for more than 6 months. How will you live? How can you pay all of your regular bills? And how can you pay for all of your prescriptions to control your pain and nausea? One prescription for nausea medicine may cost $27 per pill, and a 2 week supply of pain medicine may be over $200!
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Victory in the Valley has established an Emergency Medical Fund (provided on a short-term basis) to assist with these needs. This fund is accessed through the direction of the patient's physician/nurse, and the pharmacy is paid directly by Victory in the Valley after authorization. Each $1 donated to this limited fund, is used directly to provide pain or nausea relief, and to see a patient through some of their darkest hours.
Prayer Support
As we go through the cancer journey, either as the patient or caregiver, it is a great comfort to know that others are praying for us. Victory in the Valley currently has twenty-three prayer volunteers who have committed to pray each day for those going through cancer. All prayer requests are sent to the volunteers via email and the volunteers will continue to pray for the next month. If you have a "cancer-related" prayer request you may email it to Victory in the Valley:
As someone once said, "We could probably all go through cancer by ourselves, but how sad that we should try." We hope you will give us the opportunity to accompany you through your journey.
Quilting Class
The Victory in the Valley Quilting Circle meets the LAST Tuesday of every month from 9:30am to 11:00am at Victory House, 3755 East Douglas. Bring your own quilting work or join in on a group project. Open to cancer patients/survivors and their supporters, this is a great way to enjoy doing needlework and make some new friends who have or are also walking the cancer journey.
7th Friend "Cancer Buddy" 1-on-1 Support
The journey through cancer can be a frightening, confusing and lonely time for cancer patients and their loved ones. Victory in the Valley, Inc. has established its support programs and services with the goal of assuring that no one has to walk the cancer journey without support and assistance.
Our Seventh Friend (Cancer Buddy) Program has been designed specifically to provide practical assistance, support and encouragement on a 1-to-1 basis for patients and caregivers. Trained, 7th Friend (Cancer Buddies) from Victory in the Valley are available to bring hope and encouragement through a personal visit over the phone, via email or visitation at home, hospital, or treatment centers.
Trained 7th Friend Cancer Buddies provide visitation at the VV Hospitality Centre located in the Heritage Plaza Building, hospitals and other cancer treatment facilities. If you, or a family member or friend would like to speak to a 7th Friend (Cancer Buddy) or Breast Cancer Friend, call (316) 682-7400.
In addition, Breast Cancer Friends are all breast cancer survivors who are eager to encourage and walk beside you as you go through your own journey.
Transportation to Chemotherapy & Radiation Appointments
What We Do For Cancer Patients…
Victory in the Valley's, Transportation Program provides much more than just a ride to treatment for someone facing cancer. It's an opportunity to receive hope, encouragement, and support from someone who truly understands much of what you are going through and cares.
Established in 1995, the Transportation Program provides a ride to treatment for cancer patients who are unable to drive themselves, or who would have to rely on a family member or friend to take off work to give them a ride. This service is offered at no charge. Victory in the Valley Transportation Vans have been purchased with the generous donations provided through the fundraising efforts of caring individuals and organizations.
What If It Was You?
Imagine that you are retired after working faithfully at your job for over 40 years. Suddenly, you learn that you have cancer! All of your plans for an enjoyable retirement are changed in an instant! The cancer leaves you feeling weak, sick, and with an overwhelming sense of helplessness and sometimes hopelessness. You are alone! How will you ever cope?
This is just one of the many situations that Victory in the Valley sees daily. What a joy to see the relief on the face of this woman, and others like her, who no longer have to worry about a safe and comfortable ride to treatment. And what a humbling experience for us to receive a crumpled envelope with 60 cents inside, because she wanted to give back something to show her appreciation.
What Can You Do To Help?
Each donation given to the Transportation Program helps fund another trip to treatment for someone who may have otherwise had to forego treatment because of a need for transportation. Your gift not only helps underwrite this vital program, but even more importantly, touches the lives of real people with encouragement and hope.
Victory Bear Outreach Program
Victory in the Valley's, 7th Friend Volunteers enjoy distributing Victory Bears to newly diagnosed cancer patients at treatment centers, hospitals, the VV Hospitality Centre and at Victory House. "Victory Bears" are given to cancer patients/survivors as a cuddly reminder that Victory in the Valley cares about them!
For those who would like to help with this outreach, VV is now offering you the opportunity to Sponsor-A-Bear for a suggested donation of $10 per bear. Click
for more information.
Our special thanks to all of the individuals and organizations who donate financial gifts to continue this important outreach.
VV Hospitality Centre
The VV Hospitality Centre was established to serve the needs of all cancer patients and supporters waiting to see any of the doctors in the Heritage Plaza Building. Located on the 4th floor, adjacent to the Cancer Center of Kansas, the Hospitality Centre has been designed to be "A Place of Hope" filled with a warm and relaxing atmosphere, where cancer patients and caregivers can enjoy refreshments, reading, table games, puzzles, and visiting with other cancer patients and survivors. The Hospitality Centre is coordinated by VV staff and hosted by a large number of VV volunteers, most of whom are cancer survivors. The staff and volunteers make every effort to create an atmosphere of compassion and caring. We also actively seek to provide opportunities to provide a "listening ear", encouragement and hope. The Hospitality Centre is open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Often, it's the waiting for a doctor's appointment, tests and results, that is one of the hardest times for the patient and family. For those who are pet lovers, you may also receive a visit from one of our furry Canine Friends, when they come to visit. Our goal is to make this time a little easier by providing "A Place of Hope" along the cancer journey.
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HTML5 jQuery Audio Player — our first plugin for WordPress — has hit the 100,000 downloads mark. It's safe to say that we're pretty stoked about what we've achieved. The 100,000 mark is a bloody big number; it's the number of people that could fit into a major sports stadium, like the Melbourne Cricket Ground, if it was filled to the brink. To celebrate this milestone, we're offering a major discount of 25% off all products! Read on below…
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We created the HTML5 jQuery Audio plugin to be easily customisable and fully responsive. Not only can you adjust the layout and customise the colours to suit your groove, but you're also able to display song ratings and album cover art. You can even use this music player plugin to sell your music.
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We'd just like to thank everybody for providing their support. Your feedback helped us revise this music player plugin since it was released. Fingers crossed we'll be back for another post when the HTML5 jQuery Audio Pro music player plugin hits the 200,000 mark.
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2019 SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL: On Saturday night, the 21st annual Sarasota Film Festival's Closing Night Ceremony helped bring the festivities to a wrap at one of the city's most prestigious locales: The Sarasota Opera House. Academy Award-nominated actor Greg Kinnear, Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner (this year's Icon Award recipient), and Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Anne Heche were in attendance.
At the ceremony, we unveiled our jury and audience award winners. The Narrative Feature prize, for which I was a member of the jury, was awarded to the Vietnamese coming-of-age drama, "The Third Wife," directed by Ash Mayfair. While there was stiff competition in our category, the jury was unanimous with this selection.
At the closing ceremonies, we were treated to a steak dinner and entertained by a pair of bands. One of the highlights of the festival was being able to watch legendary film score composer, David Amram ("Splendor in the Grass;" "The Manchurian Candidate"), entertain us with his music. The songsmith sang and wowed the crowd by playing three different instruments. We showed our appreciation for the man with two standing ovations.
The 21st Sarasota Film Festival was one of the best ran events I have attended, and the show-runners did an outstanding job of selecting the slate of films. I only wish I could have seen more of the movies that played here, and with time I plan to catch up on what I missed.
Thank you to the wonderful team at Frank PR, who are always the most gracious and accommodating group of individuals. Thank you, as well, to festival Chairman and President, Mark Famiglia, whose generosity was overwhelming, and sense of humor overflowing. I had a truly great time here.
See a complete list of the jury and audience winners below:
Jury Awards
Narrative Feature Competition Winner
"The Third Wife"
Director: Ash Mayfair
Documentary Feature Competition Winner
"American Factory"
Director: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Independent Visions Competition Winner
"The World is Full of Secrets"
Director: Graham Swon
Terry Porter Visionary Award
"The Plagiarists"
Director: Peter Parlow
Animated Shorts Competition Winner
"Two Balloons"
Director: Mark C. Smith
Narrative Short Competition Winner
"How Does It Start"
Director: Amber Sealey
Documentary Short Competition Winner
Director: Luanne Dietz
Audience Awards
Best Narrative Feature
"Surviving Lunch"
Director: by KT Curran
Best Documentary Feature
"The Biggest Little Farm"
Director: John Chester
Best Short Film
"Two Balloons"
Director: Mark C. Smith
Best In World Cinema
"Tel Aviv on Fire"
Director: Sameh Zoabi
The Sarasota Film Festival runs from April 5, 2019, to April 14, 2019.


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Some ideas where to search for the ancestors. After the War Between the States, farmers were unable to employ workers. The reason is that they lost everything during the war. The crops were burned or consumed by the Union Army dragging its force of soldiers and huge following of slaves through Georgia. They stripped the land of cattle, hogs, chickens and vegetation. The march through Atlanta and to the Sea devastated the economy of the State for many years to come. When it was over, there was no money to purchase seed or to hire workers. So they removed to towns and cities where people gathered to search for work. Confederate Soldiers did not receive pensions until about 1903 and destitute soldiers eventually ended up in the old Confederates Home in Atlanta.
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Prime Minister Youth Skills Development Program – Short Training Courses
Islamabad (Thursday, April 10, 2014) – Prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has launched another revolutionary program for the young generation of Pakistan.
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Submission Deadline: 30 July 2019
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Advanced Sensor Technologies on Water Monitoring and Modeling.
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Yacht Moments sells Leopard motor yacht Auspicious with KK Superyachts
by Malcolm MacLean
That's 15 sales in January now as Vesa Kaukonen at KK Superyachts tells me he closed today on the 46.2m motor yacht Auspicious with Kurt Lehmann at Yacht Moments representing the buyer.
Delivered by Arno in 2009, Auspicious is part of the yard's acclaimed Leopard 46 series of sports yachts. Her sleek, stylish design provides a truly exhilarating cruising experience with a top speed of 33 knots thanks to three 3 MTU 16V 2000 M93 engines, each generating 2,450hp.
She accommodates 12 guests in five cabins – a full beam master suite on the main deck, and two double suites and two twin suites with Pullmans on the lower deck.
Now renamed Lisa IV, Auspicious was asking €14.9 million.


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Skate park program blends sport with art and design
Mixing art and sport, children gathered to design, build and skate at the North Houston Skate Park.
The park partnered with the Harris County Public Library and skateboard shop Clouds and Tricks for the weeklong skateboard building workshop from July 17-21.
This was the first year for the free workshop, which was sponsored by the Greater Greenspoint Redevelopment Authority.
"I'm hoping this program gives the children more enthusiasm about skateboarding. They created their own board with their own stamp on it that they will have forever," said Sally Bradford, executive director of the Greater Greenspoint Redevelopment Authority. "They will always have the board and remember they did it because of the North Houston Skate Park. Seeing the smiles on those kids faces makes it all worth it. It's all about seeing the kids find the joy in their life at this park."
North Houston Skate Park is more than 78,000 square feet of skatable surface which features a 20 foot diameter full pipe, a street skating area, a Texas shaped bowl, a snake run and five other bowls for vertical skating. Additionally, skate park is home to a piece of public art by Hall of Fame skateboarder Steve Olsen.
Michelle Mayes and husband John Mayes Jr. own Clouds and Tricks, a skateboard shop and park located near the park. Their business has been open for three years. Michelle and other Clouds and Tricks volunteers assisted the children in building and learning to ride their skateboard during the workshop.
"We want kids to be inspired to be skateboarders, but to see these relationships from kids from all different schools from all different areas see the positive side of skateboarding was great," Michelle Mayes said. "We hope that they are inspired to continue skating. The library purchased books for them, and we got magazines for them so they can see skate culture besides what is just on television. We hope they are inspired to continue reading and getting better at their skills and begin active."
Mayes and her husband are working on an after school program for skateboarding that offers kids lessons and tutoring. She was thankful that the skate park officials reached out to her and her husband to offer skateboard building and lessons to youth.
"What's fun about being in this program at the park is that I have never skateboarded before, and I get to make one," said Nicolas Obregon, 10. "Also, I get to try and learn how to skate. I can learn how to do skateboard tricks at the park, too."
In 2009, the tax increment reinvestment zone in Greenspoint purchased approximately 10 acres of flat, treeless, undeveloped land to be used for the park. North Houston Skate Park was developed after Aldine High School students expressed what they wanted to see in their community.
North Houston Skate Park officially opened in Oct. 2014. The skateboard portion of the park cost approximately $3.5 million and the entire park, which includes Dylan Park, was approximately $8 million. The skate park and Dylan Park budget included land purchase, design, construction equipment and art.
North Houston Skate Park was funded with taxes from Aldine Independent School District, Harris County, the city of Houston, Spring ISD, and Lone Star College.
The Aldine Branch Library staff looks forward to continuing to bring inspiring, fun, and educational programs to the youth in the area. The Aldine Branch Library is a branch of Harris County Public Library.
"I hope that kids feel a little more empowered after this attending the skateboard workshop. A lot of these kids are building a skateboard for the first time," said Jennifer A Haight, youth services librarian for Aldine Branch Library. "I think a lot of them are not given a lot of extra things in their life, so to be handed an almost $300 skateboard and helmet helps give them empowerment. Of course too, if they make new friends here and add physical activity to their life, that is great."
Due to the success of the skateboard workshop event, there are plans to have another session in the near future.
"This program is fun because we get to do cool tricks on the skateboard we made," said Joel Santos, 10. "This is a good idea because we get to learn how to make a skateboard and ride them."
Construction for a BMX park south of the skate park location is currently under construction and is planned to open fall of 2018.
"The skate park was a good project for this area. Besides the kids in the (area) wanting the skate park, this was a sport that you didn't need parents to take you to a little league, and you didn't a whole bunch of money to pay fees to get into these sports," Bradford said. "What you need here is a helmet and skateboard. It also draws people from all around the world. Last year we had 120,000 people use this park. People from 22 different countries visited this park last year because it is the largest skateboard park in North America. So, skaters get the word out."
Want to know more?
North Houston Skate Park
12351 Kuykendahl Rd.
Houston, TX 77090
Facebook: @NHoustonSk8park
Instagram: nhoustonsk8park
Greater Greenspoint Redevelopment Authority
16800 Greenspoint Park Drive
Clouds and Tricks Skateboard Shop
313 Rankin Rd Suite I
North Houston, Texas
Facebook: @SkateClouds
Aldine Branch Library
11331 Airline Dr.
Houston, Texas
Facebook: @aldinelibrary


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Last May we featured an interview with Jason Belanger right as he was launching a new proximity based local music aggregator called LokalMuzik. A year later there seems to be a lot of startups that are entering the space in a variety of ways.
Take Aurora for instance, also a Jacksonville startup, their app helps you discover local music based on your geographic location and streams it right down to your device. That was good enough for them to be the biggest mover on Friday afternoon at OneSpark the World's Crowdfunding festival.
Belanger was early in the local music game and offers something a bit different. Rather than "discovery" per se and streaming local artists' tracks randomly, LokalMuzik shows the user graphically, the artists from the area they are in. It's also searchable by genre which makes it easier to locate the freshest new music.
Belanger has been hard at work at this for over a year and has a fully functioning Android app. While he's got several features in the works he's taking a brean from Android development to go ahead and push out an iOS app.
Right now they make money off mp3 purchases and hopes in the future to be able to offer some kind of preview streaming so that users can hear the music rather than just read about the artist.
Belanger is very excited about being part of the first OneSpark. Check out the video below.
Check out LokalMuzik here at lokalmuzik.com
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Anna Duggar Living In RV With Baby Reveals Shocking News!
The Duggars have has always been very discrete about their earnings from the show. The big question is, do the family members get paid enough to sustain their family? While many family members might look well-off but there is one couple who is struggling a lot. Anna Duggar and her baby is living in an RV, she reveals the shocking news. Read the article to know more...
One of the couples we don't often see on camera!
The couple Austin and Joy-Anna Duggar are not so famous compared to other couples on the show, but the fans still love them. Like all Duggar couple, Austin and Anna planned for their baby as soon as they got married.
Everyone was really excited about Anna's pregnancy!
Anna was so proud and happy to announce her pregnancy, she said in a statement, "We're so happy and thankful to announce that we're expecting a baby! Every child is such a precious gift from God. I'm most looking forward to watching Austin as a dad and raising children together with him."
The couple finally welcomed their first baby together!
The couple was very proud to welcome their first baby, they named their baby boy Gideon Martyn Forsyth who was born on Feb. 23, 2018. They announced on their website, "Joy and Gideon are doing very well and we are just in love with this new little addition!!"
But were they prepared to welcome their baby!?
We previously revealed how Anna's husband Austin makes a living, he makes a living by flipping tree houses, the Duggars do the same, which is why Jim approved Austin to marry Joy-Anna in the first place. Looking at their current condition, fans were worried about how Anna is keeping her newborn in an environment like the RV!?
Previously Anna revealed they live in an RV by choice!
The fans were really concerned for the baby, one fan asked, "Did you guys list your house? I see you are living in the RV again." Joy responded by saying, "We'll be posting an update soon! Yes, we are living in a camper, and I love it!"
Anna revealed a shocking news!
The fans have been really concerned for Anna and her baby's well-being, they thought Austin wasn't earning enough to take care of his family. But it was recently revealed that Anna and her husband are quite good in their financial status. It was revealed that the couple sold their house for twice the amount they bought it for. They bought the house for $70000 but they sold it for $140000!!!
She revealed how Austin has been renovating the house to be sold off!
She revealed, "Here's a tour of our little house! We have a few projects left, lots of organizing to do and it'll be finished! Austin has done such an amazing job! The baby's room is still getting ready."


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I have received many surprise gifts this Mother's Day...the best of course is that Kenny is doing well, is up and moving about and will be coming home with Dominick tonight. Our house is a bit too quiet without our loudest and most boisterous members!! This morning at church, I was sitting in the pews with the boys as the choir sang "Lord Prepare Me to be a Sanctuary". Quietly and ever so softly I hear Matthew start singing along with them, then later Joshie joined in. I don't know exactly why that struck me so deeply...maybe it is because I actually do find a Sanctuary within my family. Matthew's little high pitched voice sounded so sweet and tender to me, and I realized my time with him as a young boy is almost over, and I guess that is a little heartbreaking despite the fact that I dearly love and admire the person he is turning out to be.
I am so glad my children are who they are, and that they have the nurturing and support of a church family. Today was Youth Sunday and our Senior Highers created our worship service during which they reflected upon their time with us as 3 of them face graduation this month. Regardless of their level of participation, this place and these people have meant something to them. Their lives are forever just a little bit different for their involvement in the life of our Congregation. Sometimes I feel like such a complete idiot, as I sat there crying as if it was one of my own who was soon to leave the nest. Or maybe it is because it all flies by so fast, and I realize that we are already halfway there...and already I am not ready for it to be over. How I love being a mommy, how glad I am that I didn't let the chance almost pass me by as was very possible.
And of course, there is some sorrow in the mix as once again our daughters are not home for another holiday, a special one I would have loved to share with them. But, as any good mother does, I hold on to hope that next year they'll finally be home. They know and I know I am their "real" mom :-) For now, that will have to be enough.
Although Dominick wasn't here to spur the kids on for Mother's Day, I still was spoiled rotten. Encouraging words from other mommies who I love dearly via email and Hallmark made a big difference for me...and a very special handmade gift given to me by one of my children's "Momentary Moms" will take a place of honor in our home. I had a bright, remarkable young man hug me firmly this morning and have the courage to whisper in my ear "I love you, Cindy. You are such a blessing in my life and I am so grateful for you." . I heard Kenny's little voice on the phone this morning as he blew kisses my way, and had Joshie's written letter to me in which he declared "yon are the best mom in the hol univers. my mom is the best mom of ol of the moms in the wold!!", and then there was Matthew's sweet serenade in the pew beside me. I am blessed beyond all measure, amazed at the goodness and love in my life.
So let the tears fall as they may, for love filling a life is certainly something worth crying for joy about. Of that I will not be ashamed.
Happy Mother's Day to all...those with and without children, and for those whose children still wait. Hang in there, that is what Mom's do.


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Ace, Big Finish, Doctor Who, Gallifrey, Juliet Landau, Omega, Romana, Sophie Aldred, Stephen Thorne, third eye cinema podcast
"What happened here?"
"Look up. Once the clouds have parted, then you'll see."
"See what? What am I looking for? Is that…"
"Nothing. Literally nothing. The anomaly has been consuming everything in its path, light, matter, time, all of it's been devoured. Even the timelines have been distended…a black hole, growing larger by the moment."
It's been quite some time since I've approached the series known as Gallifrey.
In fact, it was way back in series 3, in what has become a surprising near decade's expanse of time. Lalla Ward's Romana was President and Louise Jameson's Leela was poking around, not long after her departure from the Tom Baker Doctor back in The Invasion of Time.
John Leeson's K-9 was also present (though which of the two was something of a question – Tom left both Leela and Lalla's Romana with their own iterations thereof, after all!), and even the original (and due respect to her successors, but what our household has always held to be the one true) Romana Mary Tamm was on hand, possessed by a being known as Pandora. It was complicated.
But the convoluted power politics of the Gallifreyan High Council and matters attendant thereto just felt too unnecessarily dense for my own tastes. It was too dry, too huffy. Where was the adventure, the surprise, the seat of the pants living in the moment that life's actual important moments are all about?
Consequently, we decided all of this stuffy courtroom drama-style political machinations were best left to those so inclined, and concentrated on more vibrant pastures – the Doctor Who main range, the Fourth and Eighth Doctor Adventures, the Lost Stories, Jago & Litefoot, eventually Bernice Summerfield and (however briefly) Iris Wildthyme.
A year ago, the late lamented Companion Chronicles featured a planned "Romana special" titled Luna Romana, intended as a special Three Doctors-esque meeting of three Romanas: Mary Tamm, Lalla Ward and a new third incarnation essayed by Juliet Landau. Unfortunately, Tamm's passing left the story as more of a double act, with Ward and Landau (and a generally absent Tom Baker) facing off against recently introduced baddie Quadrigger Stoyn (Terry "Professor Edward Dunning" Molloy). It wasn't bad, and Landau filled the bill the role requires quite admirably.
And so we return at last to a very different Gallifrey. No longer present are Ward, Jameson or Leeson, replaced (after, I understand, a surprise visit from none other than Bernice Summerfield regular Miles "Irving Braxatiel" Richardson last season) by Ward's successor in the role Landau and, perhaps equally surprisingly, Sophie Aldred's "Timelord in training" Ace. It's a whole new world…
"Something happened to this world's sun to make it…change.
…it died long before we ever expected it to die…brought to an end before its time. Murdered, if you want to be particularly melodramatic.
…someone engineered this. That black hole up there shouldn't exist at all, not in this sector of space, and certainly not at this point in time."
If you're going to bring back a deadly menace to the Timelords, you probably can't do better than Omega. And if you're planning on using Omega, how much more perfect can you get than to recast the man who made him famous, The Three Doctors' own Stephen Thorne?
"Oh, no. I don't do companions."
At least insofar as the first episode goes (because matters flip dramatically by the conclusion thereof), Gyles Brandreth brings a rather Irving Braxatielesque wry humor and nigh-Ben Miller in Death In Paradise level of stuffy likeability to his Rexx (which like 'Romana' is shortened from a rather more unwieldy and polysyllabic proper name), flipping the traditional elder Doctor/youthful companion paradigm comfortably on its head with panache.
Aldred, for her part, brings her ever lively, uncannily ageless feisty teenage persona to her much beloved Ace, proving once and for all that the character can survive independently of the expected Who setting, apart from any true support base of Doctor, learned elder sister figure (cough – Bernice Summerfield – cough) or semi-love interest (hello, Hex). Can a solo range of adventures be far behind?
Landau continues to bring an appropriate mix of feistiness (if not stubbornness) and authority to her Romanadvoratrelundar, much as noted in our prior encounter in last year's Luna Romana. Bringing both the haughtiness and self assurance of the Tamm iteration (one suspects, were this series televised, Landau might appropriate some of the old Hollywood glamour of Tamm's take as well) and the more girlish (if still full of challenge towards patriarchal prejudices) Ward version, Landau offers a well rounded and ultimately satisfying successor to the role both believable as Timelord President and displaying a measure of more insecure vulnerability apropos to the inexperience of comparative youth.
Thorne, of course, brings the same wonderful admixture of arrogance and mad paranoia that characterized Omega so well back in the early 1970's, sounding bizarrely timelocked, as if the actor himself had really leapt forward in time forty plus years expanse to deliver the same booming, stentorian tones, the same breaking point quaver to which classic Whovians are well familiar. Hats off to you, sir.
While Landau and her right hand man Narvin (Sean Carlsen) stick more to the political intrigue listeners of the Gallifrey line are doubtless more accustomed to, the Aldred bits pull in a more appealing H. Rider Haggard in space-style sci-fi adventure element that leaves Intervention Earth more interesting, if not engaging, than memory of our earlier delve into the range serves. Hell, even Landau and company get in on the action end of the affair as we approach the denouement.
Perhaps, as Conan Doyle once wrote, a change is as good as a rest. But what say we stretch the aphorism further, to encompass both a change and a rest?
Well, here's your evidence.


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Depot Grill Restaurant, good food and atmosphere.
One of the tallest fountains on the East coast
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The bar from a pharmacy in Edinburg VA at the Depot Grill. Legend says the mirror was shattered during an attempted bank robbery next door by a stray bullet from Frank and Jesse James.
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Hello fellow FrIm teacher!
Welcome to Parfaitement bilingue! My name is Lauren Monique. I create resources for middle and high school French Immersion teachers who are looking for ideas that aren't too "bébé la la", but aren't over their students' heads either. Here you'll find a mix of teaching resources and ideas designed to help and inspire you in your teaching.
I'm a Franco-Colombian (a Francophone from BC!) teacher-author. After working as a school youth worker for the Conseil scolaire francophone and loving it, I became a teacher in 2014 (and won both a scholarship in teacher education as well as the Outstanding Practicum Award). I specialize in middle and secondary French for both Immersion and Francophone programs in BC.
When I'm not creating new resources or obsessing over new designs, you can usually find me running after my active toddler and Bernese Mountain Dog at the park, sipping stupidly expensive coffee at our local coffee shop or hanging out at home with my husband (also a teacher).
Here are 7 things you don't know about me, if you're curious…
- When I was 13 I had a favourite favourite teacher who was, as far as I could tell, perfectly bilingual. I have spoken French nearly all my life, but she inspired my lifelong goal of becoming parfaitement bilingue.
- I have travelled to 14 different countries including Indonesia, Japan and Italy but as I've gotten older I've become much happier staying close to home.
- When I was travelling in rural China, I fainted from lack of food. I couldn't manage to make myself eat enough there (something about the whole meats they had hanging outside unrefrigerated did me in).
- Before becoming a French teacher, I was a dance teacher. I love to include my background in musical theatre by including drama in my French Immersion classes.
- Keeping up my Francophone heritage is very important to me. When my son was 2 months old, I decided to only speak to him in French, even though my husband and I speak together in English (and growing up we didn't speak a lot of French at home). It was strange at first, but now it feels completely natural. My husband even makes an effort to learn along with him!
- My favourite thing about being a French teacher is encouraging and improving spoken French (which you'll find reflected here at in my store).
- Before I had my son, I was convinced I would return to my classroom full time. I loved my students, my room and my permanent gig! But babies make you re-evaluate your priorities. I ended up making the tough decision to leave it behind and now work as part time TOC. After bedtime is the perfect time to enjoy the creative side of teaching: creating and sharing the resources I wished for when I worked full time with you… and hopefully helping your students get that much closer to becoming parfaitement bilingue.
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What can be better than Kanye West posing with pugs? If you can't come up with an answer that's superior, it's because nothing is better than Kanye West posing with a pug. There's one problem: although Kanye's face is clearly seen next to a pug on the official "Kanye's Pug Calendar," the rapper and self-proclaimed genius had nothing to do with the calendar. But, with that said, the calendar itself still states that it's "2014% awesome" and we're inclined to agree.
A company from Barcelona called "Meet The Pugs" has decided to put together a 12-month calendar with photos of Kanye West just chilling with the little pug puppies. Kanye's face is superimposed on male models' bodies as they chill in various climates with, you guessed it, pugs.
The idea came to fruition when the company, who naturally loves to put pugs on anything, decided to combine their passion of pugs with Kanye West. It was such a success, and the interest was so high, that they came up with the idea to come forward with the Kickstarter campaign.
The company asked for $22,706 for their goal to produce copies of Kanye's Pug Calendar. The project was completely funded two days ago on Kickstarter, but it has officially hit the internet due to the company's decision to release their prototype in their Kickstarter updates.
The last update shows the final design of the calendar, which features Kanye West just hanging out at the beach with a pug that's after a flying ball. All of the months come with a quote said by Kanye West himself. Most of the quotes were gathered during his promotional tour for his album Yeezus. Our favorite is January's quote, which is featured on the picture, "I'd be lying to myself if I didn't say I'm a genius."
The only downside to the calendar is that it's already sold out. What a bummer.


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New Job Responsibilities: Collecting money is going okay. One customer was having fun at my expense. Transferring me to back to herself as the Accounts Payable Department. Then asking me who I pissed off to get stuck with this job. Good times, good times.
Rock the vote: Well for the first time since 1999 I am registered to vote again. I am less excited to vote in the Presidential election as I am in the more local votes. Even with my cynicism about politicians over on Rob's blog, I do enjoy exercising my right. I just wish I had gotten my card a few months earlier to vote on some of the city elections we had. Of course my vote for the Frisco late night referendum (allowing bars to stay open past midnight) wouldn't have mattered as it got crushed.
What to do: I am thinking about upgrading my computer. Not sure how I want to do it. Back up the important stuff and wipe my drive and essentially rebuild it. I might get a barebones system and slap my hard drive in there and fire it up. My current computer is a hodgepodge of being ancient (my cpu and motherboard) and top of the line (my video card).
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Hello everyone,
Thinking back to when you first joined Airbnb, before you got your first booking.
What did you do to make your listing attractive, to entice your first guest to book your home?
Did it take you long to welcome your first guest?
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@LizzieI was lucky, because I had a cousin who was a host already, and who also works in real estate, so he is very good at property descriptions and he helped me polish my listing description. He also showed it to a consultant for their feedback. I took my pictures in natural light, where possible, and although they weren't professional, I think they were decent and represented the space accurately. I spent a lot of time prepping the wording and pictures before I opened my listing: I started working on it at least a month in advance rather than leaving it to the last minute. I also had a slightly lower price to start: if the price is lower, people will be more likely to just give it a try, I think, despite the lack of reviews.
I took my first booking the day I opened the listing, and I hosted my first guest three days later: the first night that was available to book. That was Friday September 1, 2017. I've hosted about 200 times since then.
This is great @Alexandra316 and it is nice to have someone on hand to give you some handy tips. I'm sure many new hosts will be the same with the tips you have shared here.
It's interesting to hear you spent quite some time before pushing the live button to perfect your listing, I think this is a sensible outlook and then you can really feel proud of what you are presenting. 🙂
Once you published you listing, did you continue to tweak things?
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@LizzieOh for sure... for the first 6 months I made changes all the time, especially renewing photos as I took new ones that I liked better than the old ones, or new amenities were added. Also, I tweaked the description as I found points that were causing confusion or I was getting a lot of questions about. I don't make as many changes now, as it seems to be working pretty well for me.
Yes, I agonized over the listing, maybe a little too much 🙂 but on the plus side I've had positive reviews since day one and I think my guests have been happy. I really think that setting expectations is one of the most important parts of Airbnb hosting, and the listing is obviously the key to that.
Oh and @Ben551 you reminded me that my opening day was strategic as well. Summer is insanely busy in wine country, so I waited until September when things were dying down a bit to open the listing.
Then my first guest was a (Canadian) famous person, which was nerve-wracking for me as a new host. It was a bit of a case of being thrown into the deep end, but it's all gone pretty well I think!
Yeah, I imagine (in terms of time of year) that you want to make sure you find a good balance between being rushed off your feet and opening in peak and opening when it is normally really quiet.
Do you think that many hosting think of this when you push go on their listing? I support there are normally lots of different things that impact this decision.
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@LizzieIf a host is hosting an investment property, I'd think that their goal would just be to open as quickly as possble, without any real strategy. The busier, the better. For those of us who are just hosting part of our homes or personal properties, that may play less of a role. My focus was on getting it right, right out of the gate: I didn't rush anything. If you start with mis-steps and you get less-than-perfect reviews, you may never recover. There was someone locally who only hosted three times: the first two reviews were good, and the third was an absolute stinker. They never got another booking. There is too much competition to be slapdash.
I've observed something really interesting in my local market since I started hosting. Most hosts have turned over since I opened: only about 1/3 of the hosts who were hosting at the start are still at it. Quite a few have also started after I did and alread quit. I would be interested in the stats for host burnout/turnover. It seems to be particularly high in those who are hosting remotely. They open up shop, then end up closing and moving to long-term tenants or selling the property.
I remodeled the property I lease to rent it out as an Airbnb. Took a few months. I have a way with words when describing what I see and how it makes me feel I am a artist and designer and worked as an interior designer for 30 yrs so selling something of comfort and beauty comes naturally to me the minute I went live I booked a couple from Spain then withing an hour had the Month of April and the next 2 months booked. I didnt sleep that night , my phone just kept pinging. It was nuts in all the best ways. Not so much now anymore . That was 3 yrs ago. The vacation rental business population has quadrupled in my tiny city so yah. Bookings tapered off aft er a year. And with all of the restrictions on us I'm not thrilled about not knowing who's requesting. Usually when someone is hiding something is when they would need instant book in my city. Every city is different I would imagine. What is the draw, why do people go there and if your not in. A city people travel to for obvious reasons then that's trouble too. Its ending up having had cost me so very much. Honestly I dont have any family that will ever use it I dont think I can. I have only rented to one in the past couple months and that individual ended up being 6 full grown men and as a 57 yr old woman I had to face them all at 3am to kick them out of my lift. So very Dangerous
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Oh and @Ben551 you reminded me that my opening day was strategic as well. Summer is insanely busy in wine country, so I waited until September when things were dying down a bit to open the listing.
Then my first guest was a (Canadian) famous person, which was nerve-wracking for me as a new host. It was a bit of a case of being thrown into the deep end, but it's all gone pretty well I think!
Something similar happened to me, my first guest was a famous girl here in Colombia. The truth, I didnt know about her till she was gone and then I was going to tag here in our social media accounts and noticed that she is really famous. Thanks for the tips!
My first booking came quite soon after I first posted my listing. I had a professional real estate photographer take my pictures and they really helped draw people in. I've only been doing it for a few months but I've been pretty much fully booked. So far, so good.
Good photos are a must . I was fortunate enough to have a professional photographer that Airbnb provided .
This has definitely helped getting lots of bookings so my advice when starting is to invest in a professional photographer
you wont regret it .
Alexandre thanks a lot as I have a great spot near ocean . Not getting any bookings at all so will try to tweak
Wow, wish i was that lucky. I am hosting from St. Lucia. waited a long time before I got my first booking.
well you can refer guests to Sunset view guest house...Canaries, St. Lucia.
That's nicevto hear, at the moment am also new here and would
Love to host as well but I guess this is becoming difficult than I thot .please have a look at my kisting