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There is something about Canada that I cannot quite put my finger on. I see it flashing past me through the window of a car, slim branches sprouting tender leaves, as if almost afraid of the sky they will blossom into. The sky opens up ahead of me and my eyes prick—there is a glaringness here that is diffused, but present. At night, a racoon watches me as I type, lit blue by my computer screen as he preens himself. His paw prints turn the light wood dark—the only trace of him when the morning comes.
I have been cocooned in family, both in the time I have spent here, but also in the mental pictures I hold of this place. So many people I know live here that it is hard to step out of their stories or the images you build up over time. Here and there, flashes of the stereotype rise up to meet me. Two blonde women in loose tank tops, hair tied back, canoes strapped to the back of their truck. A relative I haven't met in years, speaking of going camping over the weekend: a cooler of beer being dragged across mud, until it is placed in a canoe and taken to the next stretch of land. Activities galore: the Tam Tam in Montreal or the casual way people glance at you and say, and of course, you can just bike around there. Canada—or the sliver I have seen—is space: the trees smaller than you would imagine, but the surface rolling out and out, begging to be stepped in.


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Eco-Friendly Flooring offers sustainable, green flooring solutions for your home. Eco-friendly floorings are made of cork, bamboo, and other sustainable materials.
In the home improvement industry, eco-friendly products are a rising trend. It's no surprise really, given how so many homeowners have adopted an environmentally-conscious mindset. People want recycled substances, reused components, and as many organic compounds as possible.
In fact, an eco-friendly lifestyle is so appealing, a good percentage of homeowners undertake extensive home renovation projects just to replace their current setup with more eco-friendly options.
If you're in the process of a kitchen remodel or you're seriously considering one, you might be interested in knowing some of the viable eco-friendly flooring solutions you can choose to make your kitchen a little greener.
Here are three of the more popular ones.
This might come as a surprise to many—especially since it's one of the oldest and most common kitchen flooring options—but linoleum is actually one of the best floorings you can pick for your kitchen remodel if you want to be eco-friendly.
Kind of surprising, right?
It's hard to tell when looking at it, but real linoleum is an all-natural mix of cork dust, tree resin, linseed oil, wood flour, and ground limestone. These earthy compounds are then pressed against a jute backing and shaped.
Linoleum is an excellent choice for the practical homeowner. It's easy to maintain and lasts quite long. What's more, real linoleum tiling often contains recycled compounds—a definite bonus for those who prioritize eco-friendliness above all.
From one of the more common options (linoleum) to one of the less known ones, bamboo is yet another environmentally-sound flooring solution to consider for your kitchen remodel.
Although it has all the characteristics of classic wooden flooring – especially hardwood – bamboo is scientifically classified as a type of grass. It grows quite quickly, all things considered, and can reach full maturity in as little as three years. This, coupled with its incredible durability, makes it an extremely sustainable source material.
The more popular bamboo variants may be a rich green in color, but that doesn't mean your color selection is limited. Bamboo actually comes in a wide array of colors; green, blond (the most common), red, black, gold, beige, brown … the variation is greater than you think.
This means you have quite an extensive color selection if you do decide to go with bamboo flooring for your kitchen remodel. And since bamboo flooring is naturally light, it's easy for manufacturers to customize the flooring's shade and/or hue to better match your existing aesthetic.
Bamboo flooring is quite similar to hardwood in terms of hardiness and durability. However, bamboo is much easier to install and maintain than classic hardwood. And it's a good deal more affordable, too.
Fresh, unique, and undeniably elegant, glass tiles are the perfect blend of sustainable and contemporary.
Usually made out of 100% recycled glass, glass tiles have quickly become a favorite of most homeowners. Aside from the fact that it's environmentally safe and highly renewable, glass offers the same benefits as many eco-friendly materials: non-absorptive, mold- and mildew-proof, easy to maintain, and long-lasting.
This is perfect for homeowners who may not have a lot of time or resources to dedicate towards maintenance.
The color, pattern, and finish options for glass tiles are practically limitless. They're easy to style, cut, and customize, too. So if you're extremely particular about your aesthetic, glass tiles might be the best flooring solution for your kitchen remodel to fit your specific visual needs.


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If you don't know it by now, a carpeted stairway is going to bring some silence into your home as it's softening the footsteps and taking in the sound waves.
You may want to go with carpeted stairs as they're safer than the hard-surface type, reducing the risk for slipping and offering a soft surface when you're falling.
As staircases present high traffic, they're going to catch more dirt and dust when carpeted. They can also become a decorative point of attraction for your home, as long as you're selecting the right carpet.
Once you're determined to carpet your stairs, you should take a deep breath and brace yourself. Even though the results are worth it, it's going to take some time and patience for you to install carpet on stairs. But once you're done, it's going to bring a fresh new vibe in your entire home.
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- 1 How to prepare?
- 2 How to use the tackles strip?
- 3 What tips to use when setting the carpet padding?
- 4 What's the best way to install the carpet runner?
- 5 One last recommendation
How to prepare?
You cannot just go ahead and install the carpet on your stairs; some preparations need to be made. Apart from the measurements, you're going to have to take care of other things.
Here are the steps to follow:
1. Measure the stairs
It's the very first thing to do as you need a precise size of the staircase. The width, the length, and the height of every stair count, but you shouldn't leave the number of stairs out of sight. As a matter of fact, the number of steps is fundamental as it helps know how many sets of tackles strips you're going to need for carpeting the stairs.
Most standard stairs are 30in wide, so it's easier to run the numbers when your stairs have standard dimensions. You need to allow 3in on every side for displaying the wood, but also 24 in for every stair step and riser (assuming your stairs are standard). As height (rise) and width (runs) are various, make sure that you take the measurements precisely.
2. What's the final picture you have in mind?
Carpeting the stairs increases comfort, but it also changes the feel in your home. Don't forget about the creative part of the process.
You may carpet only the step, but not the riser, or you can have some part of the wood show. Don't hesitate to have some fun before making the final decision. As for the colors and textures, the options are so many that you may even feel overwhelmed at some point!
Take a look at the carpet as some may present a design woven into it. You should get the best out of the design pattern throughout the carpeting. Giving a symmetrical appearance to your carpeted stairs is a goal.
3. Have a chat with a carpet sales professional
Even if you're determined to carpet the stairs on your own, you should still meet with an expert. Give him the general info on your stairs and depict the results you're expecting to achieve. He/she is going to give you a valuable piece of advice, but also guide you throughout the process. Visual information always helps so don't forget to take some pictures of your stairs along with you.
4. Buy the supplies
The carpet is an essential item to get for this project. If you've made the measurements, you should be able to get the right amount of carpet. If not, the rug professional may assist you (but you still need the numbers).
Nevertheless, you should always leave some extra feet aside for the inherent errors and cuts.
You also need to buy tackles strips for holding the carpet and padding down (at least three for every step). Hammer, nails, industrial staples, and staplers are also on the supply list. Buy two strips of padding for every step and a carpet knee-kicker. The latter is going to help you stretch and hold in place the carpet.
How to use the tackles strip?
Being careful and meticulous throughout the process is, and you need to do every step right for getting the best results.
1. Mark the outline of the carpet
You need to measure two inches on each side from the stair tread, using straight lines from the front to the back of the stair. It's going to create a visual outline of where to apply the tackless strips and the carpet, later on.
Use some blue masking tape for the line as you can easily peel it off when you're done.
2. Cut the tackless strips
Tackles strips are going to keep the carpet in place. You need them to be 1.5in narrower than the width of the steps. Don't hurry up as you don't want any strips to show off when you've finished the project.
Most carpet tackles strips are typically 4ft long by 1in wide. They feature sharp nails coming out of them at 60degree angles, sinking in the pieces partially.
3. Identify the center of every strip
The center of the tackles strips is going to ease out the process and increase your accuracy. You should do the same with the steps. A meter stick or a ruler can help you with the measurement.
4. Hammer the strips
Once the strips are aligned, you should nail them in place. Hammer a couple of tack nails to every strip; they should be placed evenly throughout the entire length of the pieces. It improves the stability of the carpet if so.
One or two strips are enough for every step, but remember to leave a piece for the height too.
5. Place the horizontal strip for the height
You should also add a set of tackles strips to the height of the steps so that the carpet fits better into the frame. Place them to the center and put 3-5 nails along every step.
As the tread strips are in place, aiming and gauging the center is going to be more comfortable.
6. Add one more set of strips for the other side of the steps
You shouldn't do this step at the same time as the first set. Go from the top to the bottom so that you increase the stepping space.
Every step has to have the strips well centered, so take a good look at the step before you move on to the next phase of the carpeting. If there's an error, now it's the perfect time to fix it.
What tips to use when setting the carpet padding?
Let's check the steps to follow when setting the carpet padding:
- Measure and cut a piece of carpet pad for every tread
The carpet pad is going to give your stairs the pleasant feeling of cushioning and softness. The carpet pads should be as long as the tackless strips and not as the runner.
- Apply the padding sheets flush against the strips. You also need to staple them in place, once they're aligned with the tackless strips.
Use several industrial staples, leaving 3in distance between them. It's better that you begin from the bottom, working up slowly.
- Pull the padding really tight over the stair nosing, and staple every three inches. Remember to tuck the padding under the step's nose. It shouldn't be challenging to handle the horizontal padding.
- Check the padding; when done right, you shouldn't be able to see the tackles strips anymore.
What's the best way to install the carpet runner?
You're closer to the final phase of your process. You should start at the top of the staircase, working your way down. You're going to cut more comfortable and have gravity work for you too.
- Place runner between layout pencil marking
If you've started with marking the carpet outline, kudos for you! Make sure you also press the carpet under the nose, tugging the rest out so that you only use what you need precisely. Don't stop until you get to the last step. Once you're done, the carpet should cover the whole ground, whereas the outline of the steps shouldn't show anymore.
Don't move to the next step until you're happy with the step you're working on. Any mistake is going to show off later one when it's going to be way more complicated to fix it.
- Use a carpet knee-kicker for pressing the carpet into the outline of the steps. It's going to keep it firmly in place in areas where it's not easy to access otherwise.
You should place the front edge of the carpet knee-kicker right in the middle of the runner (two inches from the riser). You need to press it until the carpet is locked in. This process is going to make the stairs look nice and tight in the end.
Some like using a carpet chisel for the job as the dull edge helps you tighten up the corners. It's quite easy to use it in tight quarters or stairs.
- Check the kicking when you're done
You always need to take another look at the results after moving on to the next phase. When you're not kicking right, you may end up having to uproot or even destroy everything that you've already made.
The tackless strips should snag the carpet at the far end of the tread. When the pieces aren't clinging to the carpet right, the rug is going to feel bumpy after some time. You should press the angle between the height and tread so that everything is hooked in.
- Eliminate the excess carpet from the bottom of your steps
Nine times out of ten, you're going to have some excess carpet at the bottom of the steps. Use the carpet knife for getting rid of it. You may throw it away or find it some use around the house.
- Staple every step through the wood
Fundamentally, you have to use a powerful stapler, specially made for home improvement. It's the best tool to use for giving the snug and perfect appearance to the carpet. While you're stapling, you should push the staple through the carpet. Do it against its backing before pulling the trigger.
Don't forget to staple on the underside of the step noses, close to the angle between the height and the tread. You get maximum stability when you staple every three inches. Some people like using carpet glue instead of staples.
The carpet has to be precisely where it should when you're stapling. It's one step when every mistake is beyond repair.
One last recommendation
Carpeting the stairs isn't easy nor fast, but it should still be fun, mainly when you're focusing on the outcome: a fresh vibe for your entire home!
Other resources
How to Carpet Stairs (with Pictures) – wikiHow
How to Install Carpet on Stairs
Carpeting Stairs | Fitting Stair Carpets | Laying Carpets on Stairs | DIY Doctor


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We left Garda and Michelle shopping for silk scarves and silk nightwear in Hangzhou while Ann and I jumped on a China Eastern flight to Shenzhen. Shenzhen is in the south, in Guandong Province, very close to Hong Kong. If you are in Hong Kong, it's an easy trip by ferry, train, bus or plane…
We left Garda and Michelle shopping for silk scarves and silk nightwear in Hangzhou while Ann and I jumped on a China Eastern flight to Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is in the south, in Guandong Province, very close to Hong Kong. If you are in Hong Kong, it's an easy trip by ferry, train, bus or plane to Shenzhen direct from the airport, and for anyone even a tiny bit interested in electronics it is the place to be in the world.
Like the "Commodity City" of Yiwu, Shenzhen is one of the great "Economic Zones" and in less than a decade has virtually become the electronics capital of the world. The sheer size of the shopping centers is dramatic to say the least.
Ann booked us in to the Motel 268, a budget Chinese chain. This small renovated hotel, tucked away in the corner of a shopping block literally overlooks the vast electronics markets. And that is exactly where we wanted to be. When Ann asked for the cash to pay, a frisson of trepidation fluttered through me. RMB 1620. A mere $230! On the way up to the 15th floor, we passed the 13th floor, and arrived on the 15th without passing a 14th. That's the unlucky number in China. One more surprise, the RMB 1630 covered the cost of a third room for Michelle and her husband, who would be joining us after their shopping trip in Hangzhou.
Except for the circular bed in the middle of the large room, and the mirrored ceiling the room was remarkably nice. Big TV, lots of channels, some of them even in English, nice toilet and shower. Pretty good.
We soon found that these Chinese budget hotels do have some differences when compared to the European ones. No coffee sachets supplied, only tea. Large bowls of instant noodles, soap, toothbrushes, complimentary slippers, check, check. Condoms. What? Hmm. The room was rather nice.
Signing in would have been a slight problem for non-Chinese speakers, but one thing about this part of China is that there is always someone booking in or out who can and will offer to help you.
The view from the window was nothing short of spectacular. It was late, so I decided to have a couple of hours sleep before taking Ann out for dinner.
Now, back to the "complimentary requisites." Yes, soap, towels, tea, tubs of noodles of varying flavors, toothbrushes, biscuits and a jug for hot water. Next to these in the side rack, (as with most Chinese hotels) sachets of vaginal cream for women, several varied styles of condoms, according to your taste I suppose, a small plastic vibrator, some "special herbs for men" and a leaflet, which Ann translated for me later as a Guide to safe sex.
The Chinese government take family planning rather seriously.
A few years earlier on our second visit to China to attend the Global Sources trade fair, whenever I got 'lost' (ie disappeared through boredom while shopping for jewelery) I could always be found in some dingy little group of shops surrounded by young Chinese boys and girls giving instructions on building (or rebuilding a Pentium 486 or rejigging an Apple 2E. These youths, just over a decade or so ago just wanted to learn, and they had the equivalent of stone age axes to work with. No one spoke any English, I spoke no Chinese, and yet when that moment came to boot up a stegosaurus of a machine, and it worked, cheers and whoops would resonate through the entire building. My hand would be shaken into a crippled lump of arthritis, and bottles of Tsing Tao were snagged open and passed around in celebration.
After a while the girls stopped worrying about where I was to be found. Just ask for the long haired 'round eye' and someone would point to a gaggle of guys and girls attentively writing notes and poking fingers into spinning fans.
Back to Shenzen a few years later, and a visit to the Hasee factory. Hasee and Lenovo laptops are among the best for the price in the world. In fact Lenovo are now the biggest laptop makers in the world and since their deal with IBM have become well known in the west.
In a single decade Shenzhen has become the place to buy wireless cameras the size of a button, Virtual reality glasses that really do turn your pda into a 72" Sensurround sound , while doubling as high end polarized sunglasses.
Ballpoint pens with voice recorder, camera, fm radio, and 64 gig of storage.
Hasee now has a laptop that (I actually did it) you can drop from the top of a ladder onto a tiled floor and it won't even dent, and will still boot up and work perfectly.
Of course it's easy to join the "shanzhai" bunch. Shanzhai, (sounds a little like Banzai) is not that much different, the word suggests rebelliousness or banditry and it's shameless. Want to buy a knock off mobile phone that looks, acts, and feels like a Nokia. It's actually a Nokia-offier. And totally shameless! $20 will buy you one of these with camera and all the fixings. Ipod? Same thing but call it an H-Pod.
And style and pizzazz is the name of the game for the shanzai dealers. They even tell you it's a knock off, "but just as good".
If you're planning a visit to Hong Kong any time in the near future, (or later) you just HAVE to go to Shenzhen. It won't cost you more than $20 by ferry, cheaper by bus, and you can fly for the cost of a new mobile phone !.
In the fifteen years we have been traveling in China a lot has changed. Cities have been built, the young are now 'middle class', and it seems like there are more 7 Elevens, Pizza Huts, McDonalds and Starbucks in Shenzhen alone than in the entire United States! (Well, maybe an exaggeration but who knows?)


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We spend our lives in abject supplication to our neurotransmitters, performing both menial and Herculean tasks in the hopes they might grace us with their blessings. We exercise, we adventure, we tell stories, play games, listen to music, gaze at nature and art; we chase wealth, status, or just simple comfort; we touch, and we pursue the affections of others. We do all of these things for the fleeting rewards doled upon us.
Meanwhile, hard-core drug users simply storm the castle and attack our biochemical overlords for those rewards with sharp objects.
If nothing else, you have to appreciate their clarity of purpose—even if they themselves aren't always conscious of it.


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Lord i pray that you give me the strength that i need to carry on,& to be a stronger christian lord. Give me the strength to keep my faith even through my struggles and hard times which i am in now. Give me strentgh to keep my faith and myself when those around me do not walk in your light, or if it is your will to give me the strength to seperate myself from those people.
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KFC's closure, not just in Devon, but across the country, has left chicken lovers severely disappointed.
And with the news that is branches could remain closed for a number of weeks, fans of the chain will be without the colonel's chicken for quite some time.
Luckily, there are a large number of other restaurants in the county that can help cure your poultry cravings.
Here are some of the best venues
Gourmet Peri Peri
The venue does exactly what it says on the tin, offering Peri Peri chicken at affordable prices.
In addition to wings, strips, drumsticks and breasts, the venue also has a popular selection of wraps, pittas and burgers.
Adventurechan said on TripAdvisor: "Me and my partner ordered for home delivery (sic).
"I had a large Mexican rap with medium peri peri. I
"It was absolutely lovely! Full of flavours and when they say large they really mean large! Filled me up for the evening alongside some fries.
"My partner ordered a corn on the cob also which he said was great, and again huge!"
Address: 155 Sidwell Street, Exeter EX4 6RT
Hen House
One of Exeter's newest eateries, the venue serves 'all things chicken'.
The venue replaced Tiger Bills on North Street and has already got off to a positive start since opening in September.
chipdechat said: "Went here last Saturday and as soon as we walked in knew it was going to be good.
"Staff were fantastic, food even better. Ambience perfect.
"If you're in Exeter you must visit this quirky restaurant. How an eatery should be!
"Hope to visit again soon."
Address: 7-8 North St, Exeter EX4 3QS
Absurd Bird
Absurd Bird, which is part of the Guildhall's Queen Street Dining, offers a stunning and eclectic menu with chicken being very much at the heart of it.
From its 'tenders' to its waffles and popular wingshack, prepare to get your hands dirty as you tuck in.
Ducknjybe said: "Great lunch. Friendly efficient staff. Clean and comfortable. Will be back soon for more."
Address: 22, Queen St, Exeter EX4 3HP
Of course, a chicken listicle wouldn't be proper without a mention for one of the nation's favourite venues.
Its popular blend of South African and Portuguese cuisine makes Nando's very much a go-to destination.
Helen B said: "Food always great here and nice atmosphere as soon as you walk into the door.
"There is normally a queue but you're never left waiting too long and food always arrives promptly.
"The amount of times I've been an always felt so welcome by your staff member Domingo, treats you like a friend."
- 1 Princess Hay, Exeter EX1 1GE
- 15-21 Old Town Street, Plymouth, PL1 1DA
- Barbican Leisure Park, Barbican Approach, Coxside, Plymouth, PL4 0LG
and more.
Pop In Chicken
One of the most ordered venues on Just Eat in Plymouth, Pop In Chicken is very much the independent alternative to KFC.
The venue has been successfully run by Edwin Arakelians for the last seven years and even has its own plush app.
Kerry S said: "Lovely, fresh well seasoned chicken. Delivery too.
"What more could you ask for a takeaway when you're fancying something fast and tasty."
Address: 182 Albert Road, Plymouth PL2 1AL
The Exonian
The venue, which replaced Walkabout in Exeter last year, run a 25p Chicken Wing Challenge.
Here, visitors get 20 chicken wings which are covered in the hottest sauce and you have to eat them in 10 minutes.
If you manage to complete it you get a promotional t-shirt and your name will go on the Wall of Fame.
Address: 99-101 Fore St, Exeter EX4 3HY
Torquay Charcoal Grill
A popular venue in Torquay, the venue is now asserting itself on the national stage after being named as one of the best kebab shops in the country.
The takeaway will now battle it out against venues from across the UK to win the prize next month.
Tony H said: "I've lived in Torquay for a few years now and tried the many Burger and Kebab establishments, but this comes out way on top.
"If you like this type of food, burgers kebabs and pizzas then I would highly recommend them."
Address: 35 Abbey Rd, Torquay TQ2 5NQ
Turtle bay
Everyone loves Turtle Bay for its cocktails, but the chicken at the venue is also to die for.
If you love spice, then this will definitely be your thing, with dishes including jerk chicken and curry goat.
Philippe C said: "Decided to give this place a try on its second night open.
"Started with some cocktails and a sharing platter and then had one of the best meals I've had in exeter.
"A great Caribbean vibe and awesome Jamaican tastes."
- High Street, Exeter EX4 3HP
- 5 St. Andrews Cross, Plymouth PL1 1DN
Monty's Caribbean Kitchen
This family-run business brings Caribbean sunshine to North Devon with its delicious range of dishes including ribs, prawns and its famous 'The Full Monty' which is a dream if you are a lover of chicken.
Aaron T said: "Had a takeaway from this jewel of a place one of the best meals I have ever had.
"Quality, quantity and fantastic tasting.
"Price reasonable and I will definitely go again."
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Monday, June 4, 2012
The Bridge, the Bay, and the Bride
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I love high speed on the water too. It makes me giggle and takes me back to being a teenager. Glad you got the chance!ReplyDelete
Loving your pictures as always, Joyce. I think I would enjoy the boat ride. Will have to try that some day! Yes, our girls do grow up way to fast!ReplyDelete
Not so much a fan of water and boats and high speed. Or low speed for that matter. But all that eating and sunshine looked fabulous!! :)ReplyDelete
When I lived in Baltimore, I would go crabbing! Oh how I miss my steamed crabs!ReplyDelete
looks like a perfect weekend--and your hair looked great--my husband and i were so wanting crab yesterday!!ReplyDelete
This was such a perfect weekend! So glad I got to see you. And my gosh-those shorts!!! I don't event think they would fit me now!ReplyDelete
looks like a fun weekend! I have never been to Annapolis but I always hear great things about it.ReplyDelete
This should be called the blog of "pretty people" - everyone is soooo pretty. What a great weekend, except for the "ouchie" splinter. Such fun!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your trip with us. I love boating. We don't do it often but when we do I love having the sea air whipping through my hair. I learned not to wear a hat! haha!ReplyDelete
I can't eat shell fish, but it sure looks like you enjoyed yours!
Some of my favorite memories as a kid are going fast on the lake! I haven't done it in a long time, but I love it!ReplyDelete
Can you believe I've never been to Maryland?ReplyDelete
It was a perfect boating weekend. We happened to go down almost to Annapolis for a special church thing, and when I saw the water I said, "Oh, I would love to be out there, not on a sailboat, but a speed boat, going really fast!" It didn't happen. I had to settle for being the passenger in a car going super fast on the beltway which is far scarier to me. Love the soccer shorts. I think two or three girls could've fit into one pair.ReplyDelete
Loved the excursion, all except the rusty underside of the bridge that brings me terror every time I drive across it. :)ReplyDelete
Looking forward to part 2.
I love your posts about favorite places to eat! If I ever go to the places you talk about, I'll know exactly where to eat! So neat that the one place says the Pledge every morning!!! It would be worth it just to be there for that!ReplyDelete
You are so right about the blink of an eye....I've gone from daughters playing soccer to granddaughters playing soccer (don't get me started on the competitive try outs my 10 yr old granddaughter went through last week for 3 days).ReplyDelete
How fun that the girls have stayed friends and that you all got to have such a wonderful weekend together.
For the record, I love fast boats on the water.
What a fun way to spend a weekend! Now I want some blue crab smothered in Old Bay!ReplyDelete
How do those little soccer girls grow up to be brides? How?ReplyDelete
What a beautiful day on the bay. And you are braver than I am, loving those fast boats. I really prefer the evening cruise on the pontoon (including a nice pinot grigio). Much calmer.
We do agree on the important job of nervous mama tube spotter. :)
Okay. So I'm totally craving crabs right now. And you're making me miss my mom!ReplyDelete
(I also like going fast on boats, but I also like floating peacefully with a nice glass of wine!!)
Happy Birthday to your daughter!
Looks like you had a fun time!ReplyDelete
Love the old soccer picture!
Looks like a fun time. Those shorts look like skirts! You had some wonderful meals too. I just love eating out. Beautiful bridge. All your photos are perfect.ReplyDelete


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Nintendo's popular cartoon life simulation series, Animal Crossing, will be making its way to Japanese 3DS devices. The cartridge will release this fall, and will be titled Tobidase Dobutsu no Mor. In English, that translates to Leap Out Animal Crossing – a rather strange title for an iteration of that series.
This news comes to us from Nintendo, which held a livestream conference today. Nothing was mentioned about an effort to localize the first party game for North American audiences, but I wouldn't be surprised if that ends up happening. After all, the Animal Crossing series is pretty popular here. I spent well over a year playing the GameCube version on a daily basis, making sure to sign on at specific times for unique events and giveaways.


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Aurora photography is an art best done by incredible sense of visual, eagerness to beat the odds, the best selling pictures and the vision which guides someone to explore this vast span of this stunning universe. Aurora photographer must have all these to create its masterpiece. Quite surely many of them have seen and felt the impeccable beauty of the night and cherish the moments right from the sunrise to the moonlit, starlit nights, from them the mind-blowing photographs depicts and mixed with some unknown occult power in it.
In the last few decades almost everybody said about moon affects the tides and similarly also it was discovered that stars are born too, and they have a lifecycle; the grow old and die like the humans do. For this sometimes it becomes obvious for a photographer to take snaps of these breathtaking pictures with which he can connect his soul. The beauty of the moon and the stars, the rising sun and the sun set behind the hills or in the ocean; these incredible snaps exhales the photographic genius out of a person. Mesmerized in totality, while doing Aurora photography, all begin to feel that each picture shot ought to be different, there ought to be a touch of the magical gloss in whatever one is willing to bring to highlight through his work.
It is always been a wonderful feeling when you can connect your soul with the big ball of fire that gives us light and energy and also with the chilling moon by capturing these with your camera. Those pictures will bring you into the new dimension of Aurora photography. Your craziness, half eaten meals and a maddening rush to your studio will depict your fascination for Aurora photography. You will always remember the beautiful morning, glazing stars and mesmerizing beauty of the moonlit night as it will gradually rule your heart. And then you will feel like a winner and will justify the magical words for a photographer "picture perfect".
Aurora Photography
An Astral Concerto
Arctic Highway
Aurora at Skagsanden Beach
Aurora Australis
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Explosion
Aurora Humana
Aurora Outer Space
Aurora: Comes the dawn
Aurora´s Heart
Beautiful Aurora
Chugach Aurora
Cosmic tree
Dancing Reflections
Earth, Air, Fire and Water
Electric Aurora
Green Power
Green Vision
Iceland Lights
Magic night
Misty Morning
Purple Haze
Side by side
Sky Ripples
Sunset Reflections
TeePee Dance
Thankful for Auroras
The Force
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STAFFORD – For Joe Karcz standing on the porch of his yet to be completed home in Beach Haven West, the recently- enacted mortgage forbearance act came just in time.
Karcz's original single story home had taken more than three feet of water during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and needed to be demolished so that he could begin rebuilding.
While his home was gone, his mortgage wasn't. Until recently he was struggling to keep up with the $1,400 a month payments, while two different contractors failed to complete the work, said Karcz, a union steamfitter who is currently on disability.
He said he has had to move more than a dozen times and is still not close to getting a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) for his home.
"They built the Empire State Building in a year and 45 days, but I can't get a 1,500 sq. ft. home finished in three and a half years," said Karcz.
Under the new bill, he can now apply to the state's Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for protection from foreclosure until at least 2019.
Karcz qualifies to apply for the forbearance since he was awarded a grant from the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation, and Mitigation Program (RREM). The program administered by the DCA, was set up to provide homeowners with a portion of the more than $1.5B in federal aid New Jersey received shortly after Sandy to repair or rebuild their primary residences.
If granted the forbearance, he and others who qualify will have additional months added to the life of their current mortgage and will not incur any additional fees and face no penalty for early repayment should they be able to do so.
Governor Chris Christie reluctantly signed the bill last week after vetoing a similar measure last year.
"While he (Christie) was running around the country trying to be President, so many people lost their homes to the banks and mortgage companies,"Karcz said.
Despite being one of the first to register for the RREM grants, he did not receive the funding to demolish his house until January of 2015.
The demo work and subsequent construction was to be done by a registered and approved RREM contractor, Karcz said.
"I failed seven inspections for everything from electrical to plumbing work done by him and sub-contractors," he added.
Karcz, who has been on disability since before Sandy, and should have had two knee replacement years ago, now has a four inch step up from his living room to his kitchen.
He showed where the contractor built his rear deck too high and installed a sliding door. Then raised the kitchen floor to match the deck and door elevation.
Shortly after, he fired the contractor, who had already cost him all of the REMM funds he received and refused to continue work unless he received more.
Karcz reported him to the DCA, but would not elaborate on what other steps he has or may take.
He said he then took and early draw of $70,000 from his pension to hire a second contractor last July who promised to finish the house in six to eight weeks.
"The withdrawal cost me cost me $20,000 in taxes in penalties before I even could put a dollar into the work," he said.
Shortly after taking a $9,500 advance on the work, the second contractor just "disappeared," said Karcz.
"I sent him a registered and certified letter saying I needed to hear from him or I was taking legal action against him," he said.
He then found out the letter was never picked up.
In addition, the contractor left many of his tools, including power saws and workbenches out in Karcz rear sunroom.
Karcz said that the forbearance will give him a chance to catch his breath and there may even be a light at the end of the tunnel.
He has been an active member of the New Jersey Organizing Project (NJOP) founded by local residents Amanda Devecka-Reiner and Joe Mangino, which has been dedicated to aiding the victims of Hurricane Sandy in their ongoing struggles.
NJOP was one of the main lobbying forces behind getting the mortgage relief bill finally signed into law.
Devecka-Reiner recently put him in touch with representatives from A Future With Hope, a non-profit organization run in conjunction with the United Methodists of Greater New Jersey.
According to the Website http://www.afuturewithhope.org/ they have helped restore 250 Sandy affected homes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
"I called them and in a couple days they showed up with a case worker, construction manager and budget person," he said.
They estimated it might take another $50,000 to $70,000 to fix the mistakes and finish my house," he said.
Karcz said he should have an answer later this week if they will take on his project.


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Knox United Church is currently revamping their building in order to make better use of their large auditorium. They hope to be able to use it as an arts centre and host concerts, plays, and other community events. This change required some renovations to the woman's restroom, which was very outdated and in a very sad state.
Complete demolition, including the concrete floor slab, was required in order to access the original plumbing, which had been leaking both fresh and black water, creating an unpleasant odour around the bathroom area. We removed and replaced all the plumbing under the bathroom floor and poured a new concrete floor slab.
We closed in the two plumbing chases and added a built in cabinet in one of them for storage. We added 6' of wall tile to the exterior walls and installed a baby changing station, new mirrors and wall mounted sinks, new toilets and stall partitions, and custom trim around the tile work.
All pipes and surfaces were painted and a new exhaust fan and exterior spigot were installed as well.
The bathroom now has room for a nursing area and two stalls, one with wheelchair access.


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If you had the choice to have a Mac on the desk, or a Mac book Pro, or just an iPad, which would it be?
Or do I not even get a Mac? After reading this hilarious post I will feel like a bit of a tosser walking around with one, so true, so funny.
I should put it out there that I am so far behind, I don't have an iPhone, infact not even an iPod.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Hopefully New Feature Coming: The "Write" Stuff
I'm currently trying to work on a new feature that will aim to help aspiring writers learn a few things about their favorite authors.
I'd like to start a new feature called The "Write" Stuff which would be a weekly or bi-weekly post that interviews a different author each week on things like their writing process, their agent, editing tips and specifics about their books of course! I feel like this is something I would come to a blog for all the time and something I'm really interested in.
Authors, please, please, please contact me or comment and let me know you'd be interested in doing an interview for this feature. I'd want a few lined up before I started posting this. It'd just be about 7-10 questions and then some book stats like word count and all that. It would mean the world to me so please let me know!
Readers, do you think this is a feature you'd be interested in?
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This is definitely something I'd be interested in seeing! I'd love to get some insight into published authors' processes and tips. Hope this works out, and great idea! :)ReplyDelete
Sounds amazing!! I hope you get a good response from authors coz I would love to read this feature.ReplyDelete
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Hi! I'd love to participate in your new feature. I'm a published romance writer with my first YA coming out via Mundania Press in January. It's an urban fantasy featuring a surfer boy werewolf and a Buddhist vegetarian vampire. So, yeah, totally a super serious kind of book. :)
Love this idea! When I do author interviews, I always ask writing questions because I WANT TO KNOW. :)ReplyDelete
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
# Branches # Circle Classic Silver Stackers
Faith, Hope, & Love by Karen Maldonado
It's Karen here, sharing a vintage-style card
featuring the NEW Faith, Hope & Love die!!
I adore the font style and how every part of the phrase
is connected in a free flowing style!!
First, I started by building some layers by
stacking the Faith, Hope & Love die right on top
of the Circle Classic Silver Stackers.
Then, I layered the Horizon Fishtail Banners underneath.
The last layer is the Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker Frame.
Next, I made three distressed flowers using the Gardenia Strip.
I added some distressed leaves using the Rose Leaf Strip and Branch dies.
I laid this display onto my Circle Classic Silver Stacker.
Lastly, these layered elements were put onto the
using some pop dots to elevate this part of the card.
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This week's Cheery Lynn Design's challenge is "Lots of Layers"!
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receive $20 gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn website!!
Hugs & Smiles,
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The Stars bounced back from a disappointing weekend with a solid 3-1 effort against the Milwaukee Admirals tonight in Cedar Park. "We learned from our mistakes on Sunday," said Jamie Oleksiak, who had his first pro goal in the game. "We reviewed video with coach and established some goals we needed to do to win."
The Stars got up early thanks to a power play goal from Travis Morin. Texas played tight hockey, typical of the Stars-Ads matches of seasons past, all night. "Tonight's game was a lot more like playoff hockey, smarter hockey, not so much run-and-gun," said Jack Campbell, who stopped 23 of 24 Milwaukee shots.
Texas came out of the gate like a flash, racking up 10 shots on goal before Milwaukee managed their first fifteen minutes in.
"I didn't think I was going to get a shot on the whole game the way they played in the first," said Campbell.
The Stars' shot count was aided by two power plays, one of which was successful. A Francis Wathier pass found Travis Morin on the backdoor, where he rainbowed one in for his second of the season. Jordie Benn had the second assist.
The remainder of the first and into the second continued to be a rough grinding game, reminiscent of the 2011 playoff series. Francis Wathier had another great play at the end of the first, checking Milwaukee captain Mike Moore and leaving him a bit stunned. It was prototypical of the entire night.
"Being a physical presence [was one of our goals]," said Oleksiak. "It was a big reason we got chances and opened up the ice."
Scoring resumed in the third period with Jamie Oleksiak's first professional goal. The Admirals were playing aggressively all night, allowing a 3-on-1 for Texas. Cody Eakin dropped the puck to Oleksiak, who slid one in past Jeremy Smith for the 2-0 lead.
"I almost broke my stick calling for the puck from Eakin."
Milwaukee broke up the shutout bid with 4:27 left in the third, scoring on a point shot that found twine. Antoine Roussel would go on to seal the deal with his first goal as a Star. Mike Hedden had a nifty play along the left wing boards to get the puck to Roussel and make it 3-1.
The Stars now have a long layoff until their next home game, broken up by a single game in Oklahoma City on Sunday. Special teams work, which the team concentrated on in practices so far this week, should continue, as it clearly helped.
Tonight's lines:
Injuries, scratches, and notes:
Glennie, Chiasson (scratch)
Sceviour (injury)
Texas officially announced Jace Coyle to Idaho today.
Alex Chiasson was out with the flu again.
Scott Glennie out again for the sixth game. Glennie was projected to play tonight by both Coach Desjardins and Les Jackson. Desjardins on Glennie: "he's going to be coming back here real quick." No further comment given.
Tonight's attendance was 3,395.
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7 guests; 4 bedrooms; 4 bathrooms, lovely restored stone farmhouse, near Lucca, great for families with children, large flat property
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The house was restored using authentic Tuscan materials, such as cotto floors, beamed ceilings, and exposed brickwork. The wooden flooring on the second floor is all hand made
The location of the house is very convenient for visiting the main Tuscan towns. It is only 12 Km from the centre of Lucca and, being only 6 Km from a motorway exit, it is also possible to reach Florence in less than 50 minutes, and both Pisa and the beaches in half an hour.
GROUNDFLOOR Covered patio; big kitchen/dining room; sitting room; bathroom with shower.
FIRSTFLOOR 2 double bedrooms; bathroom; single bedroom; bathroom with shower only; small terrace.
BASEMENT FLOOR Double bedroom; bathroom with shower only. This part of the house has also an independent exit onto the garden.
This property also benefits from a large, flat garden, completely fenced and surrounded by trees, making Broccolo an ideal place for families, the children being able to play around outside without dangers. The new swimming pool is located 50 metres from the house, close to a patio with dining area, perfect for al fresco meals.
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Industry villain plays hero to fledgling event
Gaymercon, the world's first gay-centric videogame convention, has received support from a major player. Electronic Arts, already the publisher of gay-friendly games like Mass Effect 3, has thrown its hat into the ring and will be lending its power to the event.
"EA believes that to be truly innovative, you must be inclusive," stated EA's Ginger Maseda. "We are proud to be a part of this event."
Both Microsoft and Penny Arcade are supporting the event, too. Hopefully these companies are the first of many.
My hatred for EA's business practices are well documented, but it's always demonstrated itself to be very supportive of gay issues and one of the more progressive companies out there. On that count, I cannot fault the company one iota. Good stuff.
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While we know that Vitamin D levels which simply prevent rickets are not adequate to provide optimal health, we are continuing to explore exactly how much vitamin D supplementation is beneficial. There is controversy among scientists over this issue. Some researchers and professional groups now recommend 75 nmol/L and perhaps higher. (Am J Clin Nutr 2006;84:18 -28)
Best way to get your vitamins?
Eat them.
Certainly there are times when it's a good idea to take extra vitamins or other supplements, but these are limited to people in pretty specific populations: for example, during pregnancy, if you are a woman of childbearing age, or if you are following a vegan diet. However, in our well-fed Western culture it's pretty rare to really need to take vitamins.
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People often rely on vitamin supplements to make up for their poor diets. This is especially true now that we know that some vitamins, such as antioxidants (vitamins E, C, or beta-carotene) or B vitamins, have been shown in the lab to help prevent such conditions as cancer, heart disease, and high cholesterol. But are the supplements actually having the same impact as a diet that contains more vitamins through diet alone?
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In my practice we ask our patients to bring all of the medications they are taking, including vitamins and herbs or supplements, to every office visit. This is so that if a patient is seeing more than one doctor - maybe a cardiologist in addition to visiting me, an internist - we can make sure that none of the medications they are taking will interact with each other in negative ways. (Coumadin (warfarin) users should be especially careful to do this, as many medications, vitamins, or supplements will intact with the warfarin, sometimes with serious consequences.) I discourage my patients from taking most vitamins, as the research is fairly clear that for those who are not nutrient deficient or need supplementation for some other reason (like being vegan or pregnant), getting your vitamins from foods and not pills is better for you. (Here's more discussion and citations.)
That said, in research it is important that a study not only be well-designed, its results must also be verifiable by others performing a similar trial and getting similar results. This is why in looking at how strong the evidence is for one thing or another, we do what is known as a "review." A review of all of the relevant, well-performed studies performed on a particular topic helps us see whether certain results or conclusions are consistent: if they are not, then we can't say that something is "proven."
Recently a team of researchers reviewed the current state of the evidence regarding vitamin and mineral supplements, choosing to focus on their effect, if any, on the risk of heart disease or cancer (Ann Intern Med 2013;159(12):824-834). In choosing the relevant trials, they limited themselves to those studies published between 2005 and early 2013, looking at the following vitamins and minerals (or combinations thereof): A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C, D, E, calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium, niacin, folic acid, beta-carotene, and selenium. After identifying all of the possible articles, the further limited themselves to those studies that were considered of "good" or "fair" quality as defined by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Finally, all of the included studies were on people who were had no known nutrient deficiencies, leaving the researchers with a total of 26 studies.
The findings of all of the included studies were not only mixed, but often contradictory. For example, two studies of multivitamins (a combination of three or more vitamins and minerals) found lower cancer incidence in men of nearly clinical significance, but in another study that also included women, no such effect was found. The original investigators of the first two studies speculated that this effect was because men generally have lower antioxidant levels than women.
When the researchers assessed the studies for any harm done by taking the vitamins or minerals, they found similar, mixed if not outright contradictory, results. One interesting exception was taking beta-carotene: it appeared to increase the risk of lung cancer in those already at higher risk for lung cancer, such as smokers or those who work with asbestos. Another firm result was that taking vitamin E consistently showed no effect on the risk of heart disease or cancer.
Don't bother taking vitamin E and definitely avoid taking beta-carotene if you smoke. And even those conclusions could change in light of further research. Right now we don't have good evidence supporting taking vitamins unless your doctor has told you to, so why waste your money? Better to spend that money on great quality food - it's much more tasty than taking pills and we know it's more effective.
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I had some time to kill at the local giant fish n' hunt store and did some window shopping over at the pistol counter. Everything was of course about $100 too expensive, but they had some good wares in stock. One of those was a Ruger Blackhawk in .357...and 9mm. It's big, shiny and bad ass gun, one that leaves you trying to come up with a reason why you MUST have it. My mind went racing for a reason, beyond mere gun-lust and range fun...why would you want this gun for TEOTWAWKI?
The Ruger Blackhawk is well known for its robustness and ruggedness...two qualities that are important for surviving the end of the world for sure. It can fire three kinds of very common pistol ammunition (.38spc, .357 and 9mm with the conversion cylinder), which gives you a huge range of possibilities....38 shot shells, .38 black powder loads, cheap 9mm FMJs, to fullhouse .357 magnum loads. It is a single action revolver, which means malfunctions should be very rare. It is heavy, which means that it will soak up recoil comparatively well and function as a good melon-cracker in a pinch. Accuracy is supposed to be excellent. It's also, I think, a very attractive looking gun...especially dressed up with some after market grips.
The three kinds of ammunition and overall ruggedness/reliability of the Blackhawk make it very attractive in a deep TEOTWAWKI/Mad Max scenario, where you would be scrounging/scavenging for ammo and using a variety of reloads. If you were unlikely to need more than 6 rounds from your sidearm or were unable to own semi autos, it could be a pretty compelling choice.
Of course, you can't predict how many rounds you'll need, and the Blackhawk's loading gate makes for some slow reloads. Good luck reloading it thing in a hurry. You'd want a back-up gun to go to at that point (actually, you'd want to use a rifle or shotgun in the first place). It's also a brick to carry around at over 40 ounces...not exactly an ultralight when you're hiking across the wastelands.
Anyways, your survival dollars would generally be best spent elsewhere, but it's an interesting idea for a very deep post-apocalypse scenario. Hell, you'd certainly have some serious style, walking around the post-apocalyptic world with a fine leather gunbelt and a Blackhawk hanging from your hip. Get yourself some some serious samurai/cowboy fighting skills and then you'd be set.
Ruger Blackhawk 9mm/.357
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The molecules within the food are forced to align themselves with the very rapidly alternating field and to oscillate around their axis. Heat is produced from the considerable intermolecular friction.Microwaves are beamed from the magnetron into the oven compartment, where they heat the food from the inside out, unlike conventional ovens, which do the reverse. Heating from the inside first can give rise to cold spots hence the need to rotate the dish constantly.
The maximum leakage level allowed under
current standards is a power density of 5 milliwatts per square centimetre at a distance of 5 centimetres from the oven door. This limit is based on standards for MW radiation that are disputed by those who argue that non thermal effects of MW radiation should be taken into account in tallying radiation levels (as, for example, with mobile phones). The door itself should be checked periodically to ensure that it is not leaking excessively.


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Who's want the automatic answer key?
This function is have in other Casio Calulator. Why in Classpad is don't have?
If have this function classpad is more easy to use.Why???????
I think this function will have in next OS version.
Who's Want The Automatic Answer Key?
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Posted 18 May 2005 - 02:54 PM
hehe, yeah, we've all been complaining about it for some time... we'll have to see...
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Pet Trade Xtra - Issue 147 | 06 August, 2015
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Peterborough business chief in 73-mile walk for dog rescue charity
Peterborough-based businessman Kevin Taylor is in training for a 73-mile charity walk in aid of the Three Counties Dog Rescue in Bourne, Lincs.
Kevin will be part of a team of four who will spend six days walking Hadrian's Wall in September, completing an average of 12 miles a day on the path between Wallsend on the east coast of England across to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast.
With a mission "to accept, care for and find homes for unwanted, lost and stray dogs", the Three Counties Dog Rescue has successfully re-homed more than 6,000 dogs and cats since its formation in 1971.
Kevin - managing director of Marlor Tooling, a Woodston Industry-based company involved in the design, manufacture and refurbishment of tools used throughout manufacturing to shape and drill metal – says:
"The charity has to raise around £150,000 every year. So, if I can contribute a little towards that while at the same time do something that helps keep me fit then it's a win-win situation."
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The Tennessee Association of Vintage Baseball plays games in different locations in Middle Tennessee from May through September. Many of these games are played at historical homes in our area.
The teams all use costumes, rules and equipment modeled after what was used in the 1860's. The association was formed in 2012 with a mission to "to entertain and educate our communities by recreating the civility of 19th century base ball." So take your family out to the ball game to see these interesting athletes play during spring and summer.
*All times/date subject to change. Games may be cancelled in case of bad weather.


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"All the security in world is worthless unless it is deployed within actionable context."
Years ago I found that one organization, which is very well known globally, had a multitude of experts. The problem was each individual had a very narrow focus upon for their assigned task within a large organization. To slighly exaggerate it was as if one person's job was to make sure anti-virus was running in memory; another to make sure it was updating; another to make sure it was scanning the computer at designated intervals – and NONE of them talked with one another or coordinated on any actionable level. Security products and services are much like this organization if not deployed properly within an organization.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away (okay what movie am I going to see this Christmas?)…we started recommended firewalls and anti-virus as a best practice. These solutions, and others with increased capabilities and maturity for the larger governance challenge of an organization, have since emerged. But ask yourself this question, are they effective? Do you spend a lot of money, thousands upon thousands, only to ask for more the next budget cycle with the same problems and threats if not more? This doesn't work for a manager looking for ROI to sign off on the checks. It also doesn't work in the face of a rapid and mature adversary in 2015.
Security in 2015 must be integrated into an actionable strategy for the enterprise. These are sexy buzz words for folks trying to sell something in a box, but it's really hard to do in the real world of security – especially for a large complex organization. As an organization matures it moves from operational IT and best practices to security; from security to optomized security; from optomized security to cutting edge cyber threat intelligence and customized innovative solutions.
Where are you in your path to celebrating a mature and optomized security strategy as governed within your organization? The honest answer is kinda sorta for most organization, and lower on the totem pole than they'd like for progress due to challenges like lack of resources, budget, and skilled staff. Due diligence in your governance, over a long period of time, really does help you to get ahead. It starts by adopting an attitude of context, where people talk at all levels of the organization. Most importantly, make sure that whatever product or tool you're using, or action to support a policy or plan, is always contextualized within your risk management strategy.
As an example of context to round out this thought:
If you have malware discovered on your network you're not alone – it happens every day on networks all around the world. However, what if it's malware that is commonly associated with nation-state malware and targeted espionage attacks? I would hope that changes things for you and your response to the threat as it is very different from an adware component in a browser (speaking of risk/threat). Making sure the proper context and priorities are established in every incident is key (don't just patch and move on). Make sure people are talking and trained so that collaboration takes place where ownership is seen not just talked about (for the greater problem not just your role).
Remember, context is king and it's your job to make sure you're always establishing it with every action within your organization – tied back to your security strategy.


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TODAY'S SPECIAL: Micah1-4; Psalm 130
TO CHEW ON: "I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together like sheep of the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
They shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
The one who breaks open will come up before them;
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
And their King will pass before them,
With the Lord at their head." - Micah 2:12,13
In the middle of this pronouncement of woe on evildoers (Micah 2:1-5) and an exposé of lying prophets and wicked rulers (Micah 2:6-11 and 3:1-12) Micah inserts a little bit of comfort.
He talks about a leader who will round up the exiles and lead them back home like a shepherd leads his flock home (Micah 2:12-13). But this is no ordinary shepherd but also a King. The writer of my Bible's study notes on Micah says about this passage:
"This prophecy of the Shepherd-King, the divine deliverer, would have brought joy to Micah's hearers … 'The one who breaks open' is also a messianic title, meaning 'deliverer.' and adding to the comforting assurance of return from exile the hope of one who would be a shepherd-king to all who recognize His caring authority" - Willard S. Elijahson, New Spirit-Filled Life Bible, p. 1206.
Of course we recognize in this metaphor of the shepherd, Jesus, who used it of Himself - John 10:11.
A brief overview of how He shepherds us, helps us appreciate all He is and does for us:
- He leads us to "green pastures" and "still waters" so we have all we need - Psalm 23:1,2.
- He is tender with the young and vulnerable - Isaiah 40:11.
- He gathers and brings back the strays - Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 34:11.
- He is also our King - Ezekiel 37:24; Micah 2:12, 13 (our focus verse).
- He gives His life for the sheep - John 10:11.
- He will supervise the reward ceremony in heaven where He will also "wipe away every tear" and continue to lead us to "living fountains of water" - 1 Peter 5:4; Revelation 7:17.
Jesus, our Shepherd-King—what a rich thought to meditate on. We can thank Him for how He has shepherded us in the past. We can pray for His continued guidance now. And we can look forward to His deliverance, leadership, and reign as our Shepherd-King after our earthly life is done.
Dear Jesus, thank You for all the ways You have shepherded me, supplying needs, and leading with tenderness. I pray for those in my circle who have strayed from You. Please be the Seeking Shepherd to them. Help me to live within the bounds of Your care throughout life and to eternity. Amen.
PSALM TO PRAY: Psalm 130
The Bible Project VIDEO: Micah (Read Scripture Series)
Unless otherwise noted all Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been all over the news — and consequently on the minds of Americans. Yet, TBI is neither a new problem nor a rare malady. TBI ranges from mild TBI (concussion), moderate TBI (usually associated with a loss of consciousness at the time of injury), and severe TBI.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 1.5 million Americans sustained TBI annually in 2000.1 As of 2006, the estimates had risen to 1.7 million brain injuries per year.2 These prevalence proportions will increase as military personnel return home and the problem of repeated mild TBI (mTBI) becomes more recognized in sports. Current estimates of TBI among veterans range from 9.6% to 20%,3 with an estimated total of more than 300,000 cases among military personnel since 2000.4 The current estimates of combined sports-related concussions and brain injuries in the United States are 1.6-3.8 million each year.5
TBI results in a wide spectrum of neurological, psychiatric, cognitive, and emotional consequences. In part, the variation is related to the severity of the injury, which is stratified based on Glascow Coma score, periods of unconsciousness, and degrees of amnesia. Furthermore, the diversity of sequalae can be related to the areas of the brain that are injured, the severity of the injury (highly variable within the classification of "mild" and "moderate"), and the evolution of the injury over time due to neuro-inflammatory processes.
It is not easy to diagnose TBI. Perhaps the key complication is that the symptoms of persistent mild-to-moderate TBI have tremendous overlap with those of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),6 a mental disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to 1 or more traumatic events. These overlapping symptoms include headaches, fatigue, irritability, cognitive difficulties, anxiety, sleep disturbance, memory impairment, difficulty concentrating, and emotional dysregulation. Clinically, these populations may overlap by 33% to 42%.7,8 The Congressional Research Service9 reported 103,792 servicemen and women diagnosed with PTSD from 2000-2012. For patients with both TBI and PTSD, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) acknowledges that the patient is often diagnosed with one or the other. Note that several of the question items within the Clinician-Administered PTSD scale10 can be symptoms of TBI, such as poor concentration, memory difficulties, anhedonia, social isolation, sleep difficulties, and irritability. The VA recently concluded there was a lack of diagnostic accuracy for the dually affected veteran.11
The economic costs to society for treatment of PTSD and TBI are significant, with the Rand Corporation estimating an annual cost for TBI between $591 million and $910 million. Within the first 2 years after returning from deployment, the estimated costs associated with the treatment of PTSD and major depression for 1.6 million service members ranged between $4 billion to $6.2 billion.12
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by: Sister Saleha (formerly Sally)
I was brought up in devoted Catholic family and raised with Catholic values and traditions. At fifteen, I entered the monastery. While inside the monastery, I was happy because I can perform my duties as a nun and the people around me including my family were also pleased with me.
Until such time when I began to ask myself every night;"What am I doing here inside the monastery?" I stayed in our small and humble chapel and started to ask god if he is really listening to me, because i have learned in our cathechism that god is present in the blessed sacrament
Many questions were lingering my mind. Doubts were cropping up particularly concerning the reality of Jesus Christ. However, I did not gave the courage to ask the priest nor my co-nuns who were with me that time. I was so afraid that they might take it against me.
So I let all doubts linger. I even allowed myself to profess my first temporary vows. I kept renewing it every year for TEN YEARS! Until such time i could not take it anymore; my pertual vows of chastity and poverty; professing the Jesus Christ is my go; and that he is lord and son of God.
I started to pray harder, asking God for guidance and to show me the right path.
If i will leave the monastery, it would bring great pain to my mother! My father actually did mind if i leave the church and have my own family.
But I do not want to hurt my family particularly my mother, my two brothers who are both priest, my four sisters who happen to be all nuns!
Above all I do not want to be a hypocrite and pretend that I am happy practicing something which is against my under lying principle.
So I did not submit my application letter of perpetual profession. I talked to my superior general, informing her that I am leaving the monastery.
Without informing my family, I left to find a work to survive. After a while I met a close friend of mine who is a priest and offered me to work with him in his church in Marawi City, as a parish coordinator.
Incidentally, my family heard the news that i left the church and it was very hard for them to accept the fact. But they were hoping that one day, I might come back to serve the church.
While working as parish coordinator, the priest who hired me was not treating me so well. He did not even pay me salary and he tried to sexually abuse me. But alhamdulillah, he was not successful with his evil intentions.
Again I started to pray asking God to be with me and to make me happy, because I have never been at peace with my life. My heart and mind were miserable.
On June 17, 2001, early morning, I heard a beautiful sound but I did not understand what it was. I thought it was coming from the mosque nearby. As soon as I heard the sound, I felt like I was dipped in refreshing water. I cannot explain the feeling.
That day I felt happiness entering my heart, though, I did not understand what I heard. So after hearing this amazing sound, I said to myself these few words; there is a new day, there is new beginning."
I woke u p that morning asking what the sound was and they told me it was call for prayers of the muslims. Strange! I came to this city (Marawi) on the first week of May 2001 but I can hardly hear the sound until one morning of June 2001.
That day I decided to find out about Islam and the Muslims. I started to research through reading books until I finally left my work. I went back to my family in Pampanga and found out that my father had already passed away.
I was depressed for a while but i did not stop to discover Islam. So I went back to Manila hoping to find someone to explain to me about Islam. In my heart, I was ready to embrace Islam but I did not know how!
I did not give up, I searched on internet. I went to the extent of joining chatting rooms, hoping to find a Muslim who can enlighten me about Islam.
On June 16, 2004, I met the brother in Manila. He started to explain about Islam. On the day, I declared;
That fateful day, I finally found a new home, the home of Islam. A home where you can find love, happiness and joy. Now I can smile. A smile that comes from my heart. On that day, I slept very well.
Every time I pray, I cry, not tears of sorrow, but tears of joy. A joy which money cannot buy. It is indescribable
May Allah (swt) open the hearts of my family to the light of Islam, and may he protect us from shaytan. Ameen.


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%0 Report %D 2005 %T A Review of Recent RTO Benefit-Cost Studies: Toward More Comprehensive Assessments of FERC Electricity Restructuring Policies %A Joseph H Eto %A Bernard Lesieutre %A Douglas R. Hale %K CERTS Transmission Planning %K transmission planning %X
During the past three years, government and private organizations have issued more than a dozen studies of the benefits and costs of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs). Most of these studies have focused on benefits that can be readily estimated using traditional production-cost simulation techniques, which compare the cost of centralized dispatch under an RTO to dispatch in the absence of an RTO, and on costs associated with RTO start-up and operation. Taken as a whole, it is difficult to draw definitive conclusions from these studies because they have not examined potentially much larger benefits (and costs) resulting from the impacts of RTOs on reliability management, generation and transmission investment and operation, and wholesale electricity market operation. This report:


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Several readers have written in asking how to delete photos from their iPhone or other iOS device when the trash can icon appears in gray and can't be tapped in the Photos app when displaying some or all images and videos. There seem to be a few different causes for this problem, which typically arise if an iOS device has been synced to iTunes—either the iOS device with the trash-can issue or a different one that was backed up and restored to that problematic device.
In both cases, you may need to erase the current contents of the iOS Photos library in the steps that follow, so you should make sure you have a complete backup of all the multimedia you want to save. If you're already syncing photos with iTunes on a Mac or PC and you're sure you're up to date, that's likely what's preventing you from deleting images in iOS—I'll get to that in a moment.
If you're not already using iTunes, the best advice I can find and offer is to use iPhoto, Photos, or Image Capture to retrieve all the images from your device, even if you only need to do that temporarily. After being sure your photos are completely backed up, then:
- Connect your iOS device via USB to iTunes on a Mac or PC.
- Authorize the device if prompted.
- Select the device in iTunes, and then click the Photos item in the Settings navigation bar.
- Check the Sync Photos from the box and click Apply at lower right. (If Sync Photos is already checked, see below.)
- You'll be prompted to replace the library on your mobile device. Agree, but recognize this wipes out all the photos in iOS.
This will clear whatever state was stuck related to the iOS device. If you don't want to continue using iTunes for syncing photos, uncheck Sync Photos, click Apply, and the iOS device should be free of that unwanted burden.
If you've synced with iTunes in the past, follow steps 1 and 2 above, but in step 3 you should see a checkmark next to Sync Photos. If not, check it and click Apply. Some iOS users report that this seems to update sync status without prompting a warning—that is, their device was previous syncing via iTunes, but not reporting it correctly, and checking the box doesn't warn them that the library will be wiped from iOS.
You can now uncheck albums and other kinds of photo items in iTunes and click Apply to delete those items; or uncheck Sync Photos, click Apply, and liberate iOS. (Apple has more detailed instructions on general use of this feature.)
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It's summertime! This is the time to redo your outdoor spaces. Time to fix or build you deck. Deck is becoming an important part and a larger trend in outdoor living spaces. It is like your second living room. We, at SPPI, know this, and we wanted to help you out. What shall you do with your deck? Here are a couple of things to think about.
Most decks use wood for decks. Some decks use exotic and rare woods like redwood, pine and cedar because they are dense, durable and have richer color. One special thing about these woods is when you clean them, and stain them, they change color and give a bolder and more beautiful appearance.
How should I maintain my deck? Should I opt for wood staining? Or maybe re-paint everything? What color should I use on my deck? Can I just have it cleaned only instead of having it repainted? These are the questions that you could be asking when you want to maintain your deck.
Anytime, you can get in touch with Southern Perfection Painting Inc to have a visit you at your home and give you professional advice on how to fix, re-decorate or upgrade any part of your house. For maintaining your deck, opt for pressure washing to remove accumulated dirt and mildew and wash the old coating. Pressure washing will greatly and easily bring back the original clean look of your deck. With wood staining, you can give your deck a whole new look.
If you want a very sheer and natural color to make the wood grain and texture stand out, a semitransparent stain will work best. You can also cover with full color the wood grain completely using solid stains. There is a wide option of colors to use. You can even choose pastel colors for a lighter and more soothing mood or ambiance.
For any residential painting tips, just click on the links below to get in touch with us, whether you want to just have your deck free of dirt and grime, or you want to apply a semitransparent or solid stain.