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How to Core and Seed Tomatoes
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Yesterday, I showed you how to peel tomatoes. Today, let's look at how to core and seed tomatoes. It's a skill you'll need, if you want to make your own salsa or tomato sauce.
Let's get started!
How to Core and Seed Tomatoes
Total Time:
10 mins
What You Do:
Cut around the stem of a peeled tomato, angling your knife in at a 45 degree angle as you cut.
Then, use your fingers to pop out the stem and the core.
Now, turn the tomato on its side, and cut it in half.
Scoop out the seeds and any remaining core (the white part). You can use a spoon to do this, but I find it's faster to use my fingers. Don't worry about getting every last seed out, if a few get left behind, it won't hurt anything.
And that's all there is to coring and seeding a tomato. Repeat the process with the rest of your tomatoes. Then, get busy making tasty things, like salsa, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes or stewed tomatoes.


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If you are following this blog, you probably know that I'm a fan of the Responsive Web Design philosophy. I'm in the process of redesigning this blog, and one of the criteria for the designer and integrator was to have a responsive site.
I'm also doing presentations on the topic (I just did one at FITC Toronto two days ago), reading about it, but never took the time to read the book from the inventor of this principle, Ethan Marcotte. I got so many good feedbacks on this book, than I was suggesting it during my presentations, so I thought it could be a good idea to read it myself!
It's a quick read, but it worth the time as with this book you will be able to understand the process behind the thinking Ethan did, learn what is Responsive Web Design, and see how you can make your site responsive. For those of you that assisted to one of my presentations on the subject, it's also a good idea to read this book, as you will go deeper than we are able to do in a one hour presentation.
As I don't want to give you all the information that you can get by reading this book, I'll leave you with the abstract as seen on the product page:
From mobile browsers to netbooks and tablets, users are visiting your sites from an increasing array of devices and browsers. Are your designs ready? Learn how to think beyond the desktop and craft beautiful designs that anticipate and respond to your users' needs. Ethan Marcotte will explore CSS techniques and design principles, including fluid grids, flexible images, and media queries, demonstrating how you can deliver a quality experience to your users no matter how large (or small) their display.
Have you read this book? Are you planning to read it? Do you like this philosophy? Are you making your website or Web application responsive? Share your thoughts!

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Critiques of the Judiciary
The Problem Defined An Introduction
The Jackson Clarion Ledger reported on August 1, 2002 that thousands of angry doctors, lawyers and businessmen had packed into Bennett Auditorium at the University of Southern Mississippi for a legislative hearing "to reform the civil justice system." The reporter led his story by quoting me, the only woman and the only nonprofessional to speak.
I remember the crowd had grown so quiet by the time I had reached the podium, I was afraid the microphone would pick up the sound of my heart pounding in my chest. Masking my fear, I smiled at the dozen legislators seated along a table on the stage. They did not know that what I was about to reveal was a violation of a court order that could send me to jail.
For the next ten minutes I exposed the dark side of the law, the cover up of toxic injuries at a public school and the acrid corruption that until now had been hidden, shrouded in secrecy. With just a few minutes left to go, my voice was barely above a whisper, my damaged vocal chords and lungs were straining under the effort. I leaned into the microphone. "This evening, I transfer to you," I said, stopping every few words to breathe, "the burden of Mississippi's responsibility for the injured teachers and children at Long Beach Middle School, who were harmed by the wrong decision of public officials, then wronged again by Mississippi's civil justice system.
"I give you the memory," I said, swallowing to choke back the tears, "the memory of the children in my classroom, struggling to breathe, suffering from chemical burns to their respiratory systems." Then looking up, tears streaming down my cheeks, I said, "And, the frustration and physical pain of toxic brain damage."
Exhausted from having pushed myself beyond my emotional and physical limits, I paused and looked at each lawmaker. "I give you the responsibility of what went wrong, so grotesque and inconceivable," I said, anger slowing edging into my voice, "that the politically powerful of Mississippi would not allow it to be told by our newspapers; a case so corrupted, it was not allowed to be heard in Mississippi courts."
When I finished there was silence. I closed my folder, turned, and started to walk back to my seat. The auditorium exploded with applause. Chairman Watson banged his gavel, but no one paid any attention. Lawmakers and politicians, who had previously turned a deaf ear, asked for more information. News reporters, who had ignored me, wanted to hear my story.
Perhaps they knew what I did not.
The number of schools with environmental dangers is staggering. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that half of America's 120,000 schools that enroll 54 million children have polluted indoor air, which the agency considers one of the top five human health hazards. The U.S. Government Accounting office issued its report in 1996 with the stunning conclusion that more than 14 million children were in school buildings that threatened their health.
After a thorough investigation, Healthy Schools Network, a national environmental health organization, concluded in its shocking report that, "No one is in charge of protecting children from harmful environment exposure at school
Our government has held school systems accountable for student achievement, but has done nothing to hold schools accountable for student safety. With no accountability and no oversight, school boards and administrators have continued to place students and personnel at risk. With no regulation, companies who profit from lucrative contracts with schools will continue to store and use dangerous chemicals and products on school grounds.
Sovereign immunity, corruption and a conspiracy of silence in our schools, our government, and even in our courts are also to blame for the lack of accountability and the failure to create agencies to protect school children and teachers. Companies who put schools at risk know they can rely upon the courts, lawmakers and political contributions to hide school injuries caused by negligence or shoddy workmanship.
In Battling Corruption in America's Schools, Lydia Segal wrote, "When construction and repair contracts are rigged, the work is often shoddy or not done at all. Neglected buildings not only create safety hazards, but also harm learning." Schools are even quicker to hide injuries. Segal wrote about the problems of investigating the waste, fraud and abuse of power in schools: "Corruption by its very nature is clandestine. The parties involved have incentives to hide it."
My story, Toxic Justice: A Conspiracy of Silence, illustrates the need for the creation of a government agency or agencies to: 1) investigate school injuries, 2) set up a system of regulation to prevent dangerous chemicals and products from being stored or used around school children and teachers, 3) require schools to advise and warn parents of dangers to children and teachers, and 4) make it unlawful to conceal school injuries or unsafe school conditions.
In 1985, while I was teaching in Mississippi, I was exposed to and injured by
That same year, teacher Lynn DeLong was also injured by isocyanate along with a number of children after
In 1994, injuries were reported after application of a foam roof and sealant at a Dallas, Texas school. The CDC investigated and concluded [see PDF] that isocyanate exposure from the foam roofing sealing compound had caused the elevated prevalence of physician diagnosed asthma in children and personnel.
Despite two decades of reports of chemical injuries to school children and teachers, no measures were taken by the CDC to protect children and teachers from the storage and use of toxic products at schools.
One year later the CDC reported an alarming statistic, the rate of asthma in school children had more than doubled since 1980. Asthma was also increasing among teachers. In 2002, the CDC reported that "Asthma, an environmentally triggered illness, is the nation's leading cause of absenteeism due to chronic illness, and teachers lead many other workers in rates of occupational asthma."
Tragically, serious injuries to children and personnel continue to be reported as a result of
In the wake of
My story will help to draw national interest to this health crisis by exposing the lack of accountability for unsafe schools and the corruption in our schools, government and our courts that has allowed school injuries to be hidden behind a wall of secrecy. Toxic Justice is the alarming, true story of the
Toxic Justice: A Conspiracy of Silence
(A Summary)
For three days in October 1985, more than one thousand students and teachers at Long Beach Junior High School were exposed to dangerous levels of isocyanate, one of the most toxic chemicals manufactured and a chemical responsible for more than ten thousand deaths in Bhopal India. During a roofing project gone wrong, these chemicals were sprayed into my classroom through open windows, leaving me and my students with severe respiratory and neurological injuries.
Hundreds of complaints were reported to the school. With no state or federal agency to investigate the tragedy, the school, community, and contractor attempted to cover it up, then denied all responsibility. At the encouragement of then U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett I retained an attorney and filed a lawsuit against the contractor, architect, and two manufacturers. Two dozen other injured students and teachers followed my lead and filed another claim. Just as we were getting ready to go to trial, our cases soon fell victim to a system just as deadly. In September 1987, our judge, Harrison County Circuit Court Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife were gunned down and murdered.
After waiting fifteen years and suffering through two successful state supreme court decisions, my second judge, Judge Jerry O. Terry, was ruled out of order and kicked off my case for bias. My case was sent back to Harrison County Circuit Court, then assigned to a third judge, John Whitfield. In the interim, I had been educating myself on the law, ethics and court procedure. Experience had taught me to document everything, including license numbers and letters, and to record phone calls, conversations and meetings, even those with my own attorneys.
My case was finally scheduled to go to trial in February 2000. With less than a week to go, I knew something was wrong. My attorney, Paul Minor, was still not prepared for trial. He had not returned my phone calls. No witnesses had been notified, no exhibits prepared, and no instructions had been given. I was fearful and reminded Mr. Minor that, out of courtesy, he should call my doctors to schedule their testimony.
Minor revealed he was not planning to take my case to trial because Judge Terry had been bribed twice to delay my case, my case was now too old, and I would never receive any money because of an offset from my prior settlements. From Minor's list of settlement amounts, it was obvious that more than $200,000 was missing.
When I demanded an accounting, Minor threatened that if I did not accept his settlement, he would have my case dismissed. I refused to be bullied, reminding Mr. Minor that he had used threats and bullying tactics to force me to settle with the other defendants.
The day before my trial was to take place, Judge Whitfield allowed Minor to secretly withdraw from my case without accounting for the missing settlement. Judge Whitfield withheld this information when Minor failed to show for the docket call for my trial, then continued the intimidation by threatening to dismiss my case if I did not accept the settlement.
I responded by filing two judicial complaints against Whitfield. Whitfield immediately announced he was stepping from the bench, but not before he dismissed my case on his last day. He then sealed all court records and personally removed court documents to protect himself and Paul Minor.
Abandoned and betrayed, I fell into the abyss of despair. With the love and support of my family, I crawled my way out of depression to go on a quest to find out what went wrong. I spent long hours at the library and in front of the computer, researching reports and articles about toxic incidents at schools. Using my information, I began a campaign alerting the media and lawmakers about the dangers of toxic exposure to school children and the public. One of my letters was published in state wide newspapers.
I also began collecting articles about corruption in the courts. While scouring through hundreds of pages of campaign finance reports, I discovered the perfect bribery scheme: bribes disguised as personal loans. I turned my information over to state and federal law enforcement agencies, but they refused to investigate. Alone and without any support, I found myself locked in a dangerous battle with powerful, influential men who would do anything to keep me from exposing their scheme.
Public disclosure was my only option and my only means of protection. In the months that followed, I once again drew upon research and personal experience and wrote a series of editorials advocating legal and judicial reform. My series was published in statewide newspapers. After months of campaigning, the state supreme court finally revised the judicial code. With all my options exhausted, I filed six bar complaints against Paul Minor. Minor and Whitfield retaliated by publicly ridiculing me and attacking my credibility.
An investigative reporter for the Sun Herald spent six months investigating and writing a story about my case. At one point, he called me "courageous." I dismissed it and reminded him that after all my efforts I had not succeeded at finding justice. I began to wonder if perhaps courage wasn't measure by success, but the willingness to do the right thing in the face of failure. By the summer of 2002, the failures were still mounting. I had run out of money, out of time and out of options. I had finally pushed myself beyond my emotional and physical limits and was exhausted.
In spite of my chronic pain and physical disabilities, I was determined not to be a victim of injustice. On August 1, 2002, I decided to risk everything, including my freedom, to tell my story and expose Mississippi's conspiracy of silence. Speaking to the state legislature before a packed house, I told the story of the chemical injuries at my school and how we had been hurt and injured by a judicial system so tainted it had become toxic.
"Mississippi's legal system is not flawed," I said, "It has been corrupted." Then pleading with the legislators to reform the system, I exposed the dark side of the law, where lawyers exploit their clients, corrupt judges are left on the bench, and lawmakers protect their secrets.
A few weeks later, a reporter from the Sun Herald called and told me the U.S. Justice Department had launched an investigation using the information I had provided in one of my published letters. He claimed the newsroom had "connected the dots" and knew I was involved.
On October 8, 2002, the Associated Press broke the news that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating prominent attorney Paul Minor, newly elected Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz, and two lower court judges, including John Whitfield, for their part in a judicial bribery scheme.
Two judicial trials and five years later, I was in the courtroom to hear Assistant U.S. Attorney David Fulcher deliver his closing argument. Mr. Fulcher claimed it was the "conspiracy of silence," that had hidden the bribery scheme. I turned to my husband, a look of shock on my face. "Conspiracy of Silence" had been the original title of my book, Toxic Justice.
After two months of testimony, it took the jury less than twelve hours to convict Paul Minor and former judges John Whitfield and Wes Teel on all fourteen federal counts, including racketeering, bribery and fraud. The following morning, the newspaper reported, "prosecutors repeatedly emphasized the defendant's 'secrecy' and 'concealment' of their financial relationship."
It was a personal triumph, a bittersweet victory. Unfortunately,
Minor and Whitfield are scheduled to be sentenced on June 28th. Paul Minor has remained in jail since last fall for violations of court orders. Despite five years of exhaustive complaints to the state bar and his conviction last March, Minor has never been sanctioned by the Mississippi Bar and still retains his bar license.
John Whitfield continues to practice law, four months after his conviction. Despite his violation of bar and judicial ethics and federal law, Whitfield has never been sanctioned by the state bar, nor the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance.
If any other organization or individuals banded together to hide criminal conduct and to protect each other from prosecution, it would be called racketeering; in Mississippi it is called practicing law.
Nancy Swan
Mobile, Alabama
June 9, 2007
Additional Reading
From: correspondence of Nancy Swan to Betsy Combier of ParentAdvocates.org, reprinted June 12, 2007 at http://www.parentadvocates.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=7330, accessed 02/15/09. The audio commentary of Nancy Swan was excerpted from the interview, "Judicial Misconduct; Taking a Bite Out [of] the Middle Class," broadcast November 17, 2008 on blogtalkradio as part of the "Change of Venue" series hosted by Zena Crenshaw, http://blogtalkradio.com/change_of_venue/..., accessed 02/14/09. Zena Crenshaw Logal is Executive Director of POPULAR, a nonprofit advocacy group for justice and the rule of law, http://www.popular4people.org. Nancy Swan is Vice President of POPULAR's Advisory Board. Reprinted in accordance with the "fair use" provision of Title 17 U.S.C.
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The Beginner's Guide to Different Types of Business Degrees
You've decided you want to major in business, which is certainly a solid choice. In fact, business majors are consistently among the most popular college degrees. But your decision isn't quite done just yet.
Business is such a vast field that there are several different educational options to choose from. Whether you're introverted, creative, precise or a planner, there's likely a business degree field that fits you. Your next step is choosing between the many different types of business degrees available to you.
With so many specializations within business degree programs, it can be a bit daunting to decide which path to choose. To help you decipher the diversity, we're breaking down the most popular business majors so you can decide which best aligns with your interests and career aspirations.
10 Types of business degrees to consider
When evaluating the best business degrees for you, it's helpful to have an idea of the courses and outcomes associated with each. Familiarizing yourself with these common business degrees will help you narrow your options.
1. Accounting
Love numbers? Have an eye for detail? When studying accounting you will develop your understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, tax law, the process of managing financial documents and how it impacts business operations. The accounting field has several potential career paths and this degree will equip you to pursue different types of accounting, audit or tax-related positions within a variety of organizations.
Common accounting courses
- Cost accounting
- Financial analysis
- Taxation
Potential accounting job titles
- Accountant
- Auditor
- Payroll manager
2. Advertising
Think you have the creativity to develop an ad that cuts through the clutter and sticks in the mind of a potential customer? With an advertising degree you'll learn how to make a message stand out from the crowd by learning about what makes an audience tick and how to best reach them. This is a great choice if you're looking for a way to leverage your creative abilities in the world business.
Common advertising courses
- Market research
- Consumer behavior
- Brand management
Potential advertising job titles
- Account manager
- Copywriter
- Media planner
3. Business management / administration
There's a lot to learn about managing a business or department. A Business Management degree will give you a solid comprehensive foundation in important business components like accounting, sales, operations and organizational leadership. You'll also be better equipped to manage and lead a team of people, which is beneficial if you have hopes of advancing your career into leadership positions. At the graduate level, a Master of Business Administration program will continue to build and refine upper-level management skills.
Common business management courses
- Business ethics
- Operations management
- Organizational leadership
Potential business management job titles
- Sales manager
- Account manager
- Project manager
4. Economics
If economics is your business major of choice, you can expect to learn about economic principles and theory, including the use of math and data analysis. An economics degree can help prepare you for analyzing and forecasting economic trends in order to improve business operations and performance.
Common economics courses
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Business statistics
Potential economics job titles
- Budget analyst
- Contract specialist
- Economist
5. Finance
If you choose to study finance, you'll learn a broad range of concepts and skills including financial analysis, economics, statistics and portfolio management. Majoring in finance will help you pursue opportunities in finance sectors as well as accounting or investment areas.
Common finance courses
- Financial modeling
- Portfolio management
- Business law
Potential finance job titles
- Financial analyst
- Personal financial advisor
- Financial manager
6. Healthcare management
It takes a lot of business acumen to keep a healthcare facility running smoothly and profitably. This business major prepares you for providing business management leadership strategies designed to address the unique challenges and intricacies within the growing healthcare industry. You will learn about many of the proven management techniques with a focus on the nuances found within the healthcare industry.
Common healthcare management courses
- Healthcare operations
- Healthcare law and ethics
- Healthcare financial management
Potential healthcare management job titles
- Health services manager
- Patient care associate
- Clinic director
7. Human resources
This field is all about people. Whether it's helping employees with navigating benefits enrollment or helping secure the top talent needed for business growth, this field relies on impeccable interpersonal skills. With a Human Resources (HR) degree, you will learn the skills necessary for managing business and labor practices in addition to learning about organizational development, resources planning and training. At the graduate level, a Master of Human Resources Management degree can help prepare you for senior-level HR management roles.
Common human resources courses
- Human resource management
- Organizational development
- Human resource recruitment
Potential human resources job titles
- HR generalist
- Recruiter
- Benefits specialist
8. Marketing
Want to help grow and maintain a business by attracting and retaining customers? Then majoring in marketing is a great option. You'll be focused on learning the fundamentals of areas such as market research, communication and marketing strategies. The marketing department of a business helps accomplish tasks such as product promotion or consumer research in order to achieve business goals like increasing sales, building brand awareness and improving customer retention.
Common marketing courses
- Digital marketing
- Consumer behavior
- Marketing communications
Potential marketing job titles
- Marketing specialist
- Marketing research analyst
- Digital content manager
9. Public relations
Public relations (PR) professionals interact with the public on behalf of the organization they represent. To do this, you must be an excellent communicator and business strategist. Majoring in PR will teach you the principles of strategic communication, community event planning and how to manage relationships with news media.
Common public relations courses
- Public relations writing
- Mass media law
- Social media strategy
Potential public relations job titles
- PR manager
- Event coordinator
- Social media supervisor
10. Supply chain management
Ever wonder how the products you order online end up on your doorstep within days? To steal a line from UPS: That's logistics! A supply chain management degree will prepare you to handle the intricacies of managing a global supply chain (and all of the moving parts that come with it) to ensure a business' operations are running efficiently.
Common supply chain management courses
- Inventory management
- Supply chain risk
- International business
Potential supply chain management job titles
- Logistician
- Logistics analyst
- Operations manager
Find the best business degree for you
Now that you have a better understanding of the different types of business degrees and the career opportunities associated with each, it's time for you to do some self-evaluation. Do any of the specializations above match your skills and interests? Going forward, your best bet is to find a few areas that appeal to you and dig deeper to learn more about the ins and outs of each focus-area.
Visit the Rasmussen University Business Degrees page to learn more about your educational options.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published in 2013. It has since been updated to include information relevant to 2020.


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NHL Playoff Struggle WatchElsa/Getty Images
Rick Nash watch: Day 25. Two more shots on goal Sunday night against the Penguins. That brings the total to a league-leading 51. Yet still no … what do they call those things? Where the puck goes in the net and the red light goes on? It's been so long, nobody can remember.
Luckily for Nash, misery loves company. And the Rangers winger has plenty of company around the league in the "struggling superstar" club. Here's a look at one player from each of the eight remaining teams who is mired in an offensive drought.
Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens
Montreal's leading scorer doesn't exactly have a long résumé of postseason success. His only prior playoff experience came last season, when he went pointless in four games, and he'd managed just a lone assist through the first three against the Lightning in the opening round. But he seemed as if he may have finally broken through when he scored the winning goal in Game 4, helping the Canadiens complete the sweep and setting up a second-round matchup with the Bruins.
But so far Boston has shut him down; he's had no goals and two assists over the first five games. The Bruins have a habit of doing that — there may not be a team that's better at it, and Pacioretty himself has acknowledged that Zdeno Chara is dominating their matchup. That can't be an easy admission to make given the two players' history, but it's the reality.
Tonight's Game 6 is in Montreal, meaning the Habs can use the last line change to try to get Pacioretty away from Chara (though the Bruins are generally very good at countering that strategy). If he can get going, Montreal has a decent shot at extending the series to a seventh game. If not, fans and media in this market will make sure he hears about it.
Mike Richards, Los Angeles Kings
Richards has been held to just three points through 11 games. That's nothing to write home about, but it's also not the sort of thing that would ordinarily cause Kings fans to panic. After all, Richards hasn't been a top scorer since he arrived in L.A. Instead, he's built on his reputation as a solid two-way player who plays tough minutes against the opposition's best players. You'd like to see him chip in offensively, sure, but you can live with lower scoring totals as long as he's holding his opponents in check and making the players around him better.
But Richards hasn't really done that, either; through the postseason, he's yet to be on the ice for a 5-on-5 goal for (but has been on for five against). He has been on for more 5-on-5 shots for than against, which suggests he should be OK once the percentages start to even out. The question is whether the Kings will be able to last long enough against the surging Ducks for that to happen.
Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers
Nash's 24-year-old teammate is coming off a season that saw him post a career-best 43 points while earning some Norris consideration and being named the Rangers' team MVP. But he'd struggled during the playoffs, going pointless through the Rangers' first 10 games before finally getting on the scoreboard with an assist in Game 4 against the Penguins.
He followed that up with a goal and an assist in Game 5, and more important, the Rangers' power play that he quarterbacks got back on track after an 0-for-36 drought. Slump over? Maybe, though McDonagh was pointless again in Sunday night's Game 6 win.
Matt Moulson, Minnesota Wild
On the one hand, the Wild gave up a decent package to get Moulson at the trade deadline, and his one goal and three points in two playoff rounds have to be considered a disappointment. On the other hand, he's been battling an injury that was serious enough to keep him out of the lineup for Games 4 and 5, so the lack of production may be understandable.
Are Wild fans worried about Moulson? I don't know. Let me go check with the hundreds of them who have been gathered on my front lawn ever since this post went up.
[Peeks head out of window.]
Hm. Apparently the consensus is "Come on out here so we can burn you at the stake, you Blackhawk-loving idiot." I'm going to pencil that in as undecided.
James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins
You were expecting Sidney Crosby here, weren't you? You could certainly make a case for the Penguins captain, who has just one goal in 12 games. But despite his goal total possibly being the single most dissected stat of the playoffs, Crosby's been playing reasonably well, and has nine points — good for a tie for 12th in the league. Plenty of guys would love to have a slump like that.
So instead, let's give Pittsburgh's spot to James Neal, who goes into Tuesday's Game 7 with just two goals and four points. And those totals may actually be flattering, since his only goal against the Rangers was a bit flukey.
Neal's averaged right around .50 goals/game over the last three regular seasons, so you'd expect him to get going soon. The Penguins hope it happens Tuesday, because if not, "soon" might turn into "next season."
Saku Koivu, Anaheim Ducks
Unlike some of the other guys on this list, Koivu isn't a top-line player — at least, not anymore. After 18 seasons, Koivu is solidly into the "veteran depth guy" stage of his career, providing leadership and defensive know-how on a relatively young Ducks team, but not much offense (he had 29 points on the season).
Still, even by those standards, his one point through 10 games has been disappointing. He's playing well in his own end, and so far that's been enough to keep him in the lineup. (Remember, Anaheim gave fellow veteran Teemu Selanne the healthy scratch treatment in the first round.) But with the Ducks locked in a tight, low-scoring struggle with the Kings, an occasional goal could go a long way.
With Koivu still seeking his first career Stanley Cup, seeing him recapture a little of his old offensive magic would make for a great story. Until then, he seems happy to stay focused on the wins.
Patrick Sharp, Chicago Blackhawks
Sharp's been one of the league's most consistent goal scorers in recent years, scoring between 33 and 36 in four of the last six full seasons. He also cracked double-digit goals in both of the Hawks' recent Cup runs. But it's been slow going so far this year, as he's managed just two goals and six points through 11 games.
The good news is that Sharp, who had two assists in Sunday's Game 5, actually had more success against the Wild than he did in the first round against St. Louis, where he managed only one point in six games (though in fairness, that one was a pretty big one). And his slump isn't exactly hurting the Hawks, who are still outshooting and handily outscoring the opposition with him on the ice at 5-on-5.
That's not bad for a third line, which is where the trio of Sharp, Marian Hossa, and Michal Handzus slots in for the Blackhawks. If Sharp and his linemates can start chipping in even more offense, the Blackhawks should still be a good bet to move on to the third round.
[Notices crowd of Wild fans constructing a battering ram on front lawn.]
Uh, no pressure, Patrick.
David Krejci, Boston Bruins
Krejci led the Bruins with 69 regular-season points, and was one of only nine players in the league to hit the 50-assist mark. But he's been limited to no goals and three assists through Boston's first 10 playoff games.
That slump has turned into an unexpected subplot of the Bruins' playoff run, since Krejci had developed a reputation as one of the league's better postseason performers. He's led the league in playoff scoring in two of the last three years, recording 23 points in 2011 and another 26 last year.
So how do you explain a guy going from playoff sure thing to struggling dud in one year? One explanation, and this theory could probably be applied to just about everyone on this list, is that he's hampered by an undisclosed injury. Perhaps a better one is that we just shouldn't read too much into postseason history, good or bad — sometimes a streak is just a streak, no matter how much we may want to build a mythology around it.
Filed Under: NHL, New York Rangers, Max Pacioretty, Rick Nash, Mike Richards, Ryan McDonagh, Matt Moulson, James Neal, Saku Koivu, Patrick Sharp, David Krejci
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You can usually tell when a band is due to be picked up by the hype train, particularly at this time of the year when everyone's looking to collate their tips for the next twelve months, and the vast majority of self-proclaimed tastemakers snaffling up the trendiest names guaranteed to make some waves. With that in mind, it's a surprise that Frauds haven't gained more ground in that regard, and while there's definitely buzz to an extent around this duo (tours with Jamie Lenman and featuring on The Independent will do that), given a sound that's easily comparable to both Slaves and The Amazing Snakeheads, two acts who've been showered in varying degrees of acclaim, it's really only a matter of time before something clicks and Frauds become the newest critical darlings to add to the list.
And honestly, this is a band who'd be deserving of it too, as debut album With Morning Toast & Jam & Juice shows. Compared to the severely diminished returns of Slaves and the imploding shitstorm of The Amazing Snakeheads, Frauds manage to capture both a ragged simplicity and darker post-punk vibe, but are actually able to ride with it and embrace it for something a lot better. For one, there's actual snark rather than simply shouting in a thick accent, and it lends tracks like Just Come Of Age and Could've, Should've, Would've the bile they're quite clearly seeking, but also the sense of playfulness and comedic timing of a band with their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks. Of course, this all remains grounded in a bitter distaste and dissatisfaction with all branches of modern society, from one where empathy and understanding is essentially a foreign commodity on Sandwiches, to the regressive, debauched tradition of stag and hen parties on Suck Jobs, and through a near-constant use of novel, almost luridly seedy imagery, there's the sense that the gutter that Frauds are telling these stories from is all too close to home.
It's a similar case with the instrumentation, and while the jerky lurch of Let's Find Out isn't exactly the strongest start, one of Frauds' biggest strengths comes in their ability to create a darker, grimier sound than many other lo-fi duos. The echoes of an overly-simplified Slaves impression aren't immune from ringing out (again, see Let's Find Out for a track that's crying out for a bit more to do beyond a rattling, almost demo-quality guitar), but with the feedback-sodden post-punk miasma of Doom or the leering, drooling creep of Could've, Should've, Would've, this is an album looking to tap into a primal sense of modern, physical dread that Frauds capture so effectively. Compared to how so many other duos currently use a lo-fi setup as a means of trendy adherence, Frauds' feels so much more necessary, for the most part capturing the dirty, grim nature of these situations without glossing them over.
And of course, that'll likely be what puts some off, as a knee-jerk following a similar approach from Slaves that felt a lot more calculated and insincere. But between lyrics with teeth and instrumentation that gets there more often than it doesn't, Frauds are easily a cut above right out of the gate. As of now, it mightn't be perfect, and the duo do have a fairly narrow range of expertise when it comes to what they actually get right here, but With Morning Toast & Jam & Juice is still an entertaining listen regardless, getting a better balance between genuine social commentary and dark humour than many who have tried. As inevitable as Frauds' push as a flavour-of-the-month band will be, they're worth a lot more than that, and this album proves it.
For fans of: Future Of The Left, The Amazing Snakeheads, Loom
Words by Luke Nuttall
'With Morning Toast & Jam & Juice' by Frauds is released on 8th December on Till Deaf Do Us Party.


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Check out this mind-boggling number:
A typical lactating Holstein produces about 150 pounds of waste — by weight, about two-thirds wet feces, one-third urine — each day. Mr. Volleman has 3,000 lactating Holsteins and another 1,000 that are temporarily "dry." Do the math: his Wildcat Dairy produces about 200 million pounds of manure every year.
The article goes on to explore various options for dealing with all this waste. The described inefficiencies in agricultural systems just scream of opportunities to not only reduce pollution, but to cut costs, boost profits, and improve the public health.
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The friction-free linking enabled by web services (or any SOA). Loosely coupled services, even if they use incompatible system technologies, can be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional components. Participants must establish a shared semantic framework to ensure messages retain a consistent meaning across participating services.
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Loosely coupled invention
To glimpse the awesome potential of loosely coupled systems, take a look at BookWatch Plus ...
Shades of loose coupling
Doug Kaye has made a valiant effort to pin down what loosely coupled actually means ...
The true meaning of loosely coupled
Loosely coupled is a mindset, not a machine state. It's about how you manage your business ...
Loose Coupling is Like Pornography
Author Doug Kaye's comparison table, showing contrasting characteristics of tight and loose coupling. The item includes a link to a related discussion on the W3C website.
Loosely Coupled: A Term Worth Understanding
A top-level management perspective of the concept by business guru and author John Hagel
Connecting with Web services
InfoWorld columnist Jon Udell explains the importance of loose coupling in web services
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Omri Doraniâs caravan of suspense This is Our Home premieres on DVD and Demand this December from Uncorkâd Entertainment.
Jeff Ayars and Simone Policano star in the chilling account of a struggling couple who, during a weekend getaway, are greeted in the middle of the night by a child claiming to be their son.
Scripted by Rob Harmon, This is our Home is a âmeasured piece of psychological horror that will follow you homeâ (Horror Buzz), hitting disc and digital December 3.


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Stories and Drabbles: Links to the fiction postings on this blog
Earned it.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Drabble: Struck
Thunder: rare. Even undercooked in this forest. Its appearance, its voice, seems shy and insecure next to its western brothers. It is the youngest of the brood, nudging up against clouds, testing the raindrop waters. The house slept more deeply, more unapproachable, than she had remembered in years. Taking charge of the morning, forging on, clanging, she continued with her routine like nothing out of the ordinary took place, that the lightning illuminated a sheltered secret, and the thunder practiced scales. "I know this may not ever happen again," she said to no one. "But once is all that's needed."
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Does that mean Matty can't get to Azeroth because of the lightning? Thunder comes here too frequently and menaces me with bending trees.ReplyDelete
Actually I thought Matty was saying it's raining and so she was going ot get on WoW whilst the house slept, but she didn't...ReplyDelete
Thunder is a cause for concern in our house, because the older dog demands comfort.ReplyDelete
Thunder and Fireworks endanger things as she seeks a safe location, such as behind the television, threatening to knock it over. Or underneath beds she no longer fits beneath, causing the entire bed to vibrate to her teeth jarring shivers, rattling headboard and bed slats.
Huh. She shivers me timbers. I never thought of it that way.
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When children are small, their faces light up at the sight of mom and dad. But fast forward a few years, and the same parents eventually get eye-rolls.
Adolescence is a time to navigate self-identity and peer pressure from every angle, but what causes some teens to thrive while others struggle with anxiety and depression?
While previous reports have credited environmental risk factors, such as poverty and racism, for anxiety and depression in teens, a new study adds another one: a fracture in the parent-child bond. more
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A delightful first look at 3rd to 6th grade-level physical science! Complete with fun and easy to do activities, the book explains important concepts in easy to understand language and then helps to reinforce the educational material with activities that explore the world around us. From friction to speed and much more, this new elementary series is both creation-science based and built on National Science standards. A must-have new series from the Creation Science Institute!
Sample activities include:
Wind-up Walking Toys
Friction - Does It Rub You The Wrong Way?
Birds are Designed to be Streamlined
Floating Pencil Race
The Mighty Conquering Catapults
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Released a new version of trolCommander (0.9.8). It included many improvements to the text viewer and editor, working with archives, MacOS X utilities,
and so on.
Recently, released a new version of the trolCommander file manager - 0.9.7.
Briefly about the main improvements in it ...
New version of trolCommander released - 0.9.6.
Now trolCommander required for Java Runtime 8 and above.
Main features:
trolCommander - fork of the free and opensource (GPL) filemanager muCommander.
It is cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface and tabbed navigation and rich functionality. The application runs on
any operating system with Java support (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris).
It supports multiple virtual systems - FTP/SFTP, SMB, NFS, HTTP, Amazon S3, Hadoop HDFS, Bonjour and
can browse, create and uncompress ZIP, RAR, 7z, TAR, GZip, BZip2, ISO/NRG, AR/Deb and LST archives.
Also trolCommander can wirk with Android devices filesystems.
trolCommander requires Java Runtime 8 (or highter).
Last version: 0.9.9
When you use your Mac, file browsing options are important. The default file browser for Mac OS is Finder.
However, many Mac users find it to be lacking in a few essential features like dual window mode.
Fortunately, there are many alternatives - paid and free.
Among the free file managers can be noted Moroshka, Midnight commander and muCommander.
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The BC8500XLT looks a lot like the BC9000XLT. From the inside, things are different.
The discriminator output modification for
this scanner is rather straightforward. When you remove the top lid of the scanner and disconnect the loudspeaker connector, the unfiltered audio
is available from pin 9 of the receiver IC, a DIL MC3361.
Pin 9 of the MC3361 contains the baseband audio
Pin 9 is connected to the chassis terminal throug a 10 k resistor
A 10 k resistor is soldered to pin 9 of the MC3361. A 3.5 mm chassis terminal is mounted in the back of the scanner.
The other lead of the resistor can be connected directly with the chassis terminal. There is no need for a separate ground connection, as the
scanner's housing is grounded.
Because the baseband signal contains a 455 kHz IF component, as usual with the MC3361, a 2.2 n capacitor is soldered across the lugs of the chassis plug.
Together with the 10 k resistor, a lowpass filter is created that effectively suppresses the IF component, while leaving the data signal intact.


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John Petersen
In my second quarter update I deleted China Ritar Power (CRTP.PK) from my energy storage tracking list because of its decision to terminate its SEC registration during a period when China-based companies with US listings were bogged down in a dense fog of suspicion. Since then the carnage in the energy storage sector has been far worse than I expected and it's time to permanently remove the companies highlighted in pink from my energy storage and vehicle electrification tracking list for the reasons described below.
Current Culls
In March of this year when its stock was trading in the low $3 range, I predicted that Ener1 (HEVV.PK) would be forced to come to grips with an improvident investment in Th!nk Motors and a pair of mushy balance sheet accounts including $11.7 million of intangible assets and $51.7 million of goodwill. Since then the collapse of Ener1's stock price has been catastrophic as it wrote off the Th!nk investment and said that it would impair the bulk of its goodwill and intangible assets. When I adjust Ener1's last reported balance sheet amounts for known write-offs and likely intervening operating losses, it's clear to me that stockholders equity has been completely wiped out and while Ener1's creditors may recover some portion of their investment, the holders of 197 million outstanding common shares own an empty bag.
Earlier this year I was hopeful that Beacon Power (BCONQ.PK) would gain enough momentum from the commissioning of their Stephentown frequency regulation facility and a favorable FERC ruling to keep the company afloat long enough to prove the technical and economic merit of their high-speed flywheel technology. Unfortunately, management concluded that bankruptcy reorganization was the only option and filed on October 31st. Beacon subsequently agreed to sell the Stephentown facility for the benefit of its principal creditor, the US Department of Energy. The impairments included in their Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2011 were savage and like Ener1, Beacon's stockholders equity has been completely wiped out, leaving the holders of 32.2 million outstanding common shares with an empty bag.
C&D Technologies (CHHP.PK) has been a problem stock since the fall of 2010 when it unexpectedly took a $46 million impairment charge that resulted in a forced restructuring of the company's debt. While it appeared that the reorganized C&D would continue to operate as a public company, it announced in October that its principal stockholder would buy all remaining shares for cash at a price of $9.75 per share during the fourth quarter. Accordingly, the company is no longer of interest to me.
In March of this year several articles on Seeking Alpha challenged the accuracy of SEC reports filed by Advanced Battery Technologies (ABAT.PK) and while much of the criticisms seemed to be based on innuendo and conjecture, there were some questions that concerned me enough to back away from my prior support of the company. I wasn't troubled much by ABAT's aloof response to the accusations but I became concerned when a wholly-owned subsidiary needed a $6.3 million line of credit while the parent reportedly had cash balances in $75 million range. The subsequent abrupt departure of their CFO set off alarm bells. On Monday the company's chairman told shareholders that ABAT was unwilling to comply with the Nasdaq Stock Market's request for formal confirmations prepared by its banks in the presence of its auditors because the procedure was degrading. I understand the importance of "face" in Asian culture, but I can't condone, understand or abide by an abject refusal to provide bank confirmations to a stock exchange when the price of refusal is delisting. It may all be a grand xenophobic conspiracy as ABAT's chairman claims, but I'm not willing to assume that risk.
The final cull is the result of a surprise announcement this week that New Energy Systems (NEWN) had agreed to sell its two battery manufacturing subsidiaries to employees. It will apparently retain a consumer battery design and marketing operation as well as a solar panel business, but it will no longer manufacture batteries or components. Accordingly, the company is no longer of interest to me.
Overvalued Stock Watch List
I remain very concerned with the viability of Valence Technology (VLNC) which has been surviving from hand to mouth on open market sales of securities and loans from a principal stockholder for years. In its last Form 10-Q Valence reported a negative stockholders equity of $56.8 million, which means its current market capitalization of $146.1 million represents a whopping $203 million premium to book value. As a native English speaker who lives in a French speaking country, I know all about relying on the kindness of strangers. It may work as a lifestyle, but I've never seen it work as an investment philosophy. Unless and until Valence eliminates the Sword of Damocles threat of $66.7 million in related party debt, I think the stock is too risky to own.
While Tesla Motors (TSLA) is not facing an imminent threat, its working capital adequacy is troubling if you're willing to consider possibility idea that it might encounter an unanticipated delay or two with the launch of its Model S or maybe even fall short of ambitious sales targets for 2013. At yesterday's close Tesla's market capitalization was a stunning $3.4 billion, an amount that's 11.6 times its September 30th book value of $294 million. When world class companies like Bernstein Research and Ricardo agree that electric vehicles will not be a credible market force until 2025 but almost all analysts and talking heads are gushing over Tesla's prospects, it's a sure sign that a stock has reached the Peak of Inflated Expectations which is inevitably followed by an eye watering descent into the Trough of Disillusionment. I will be first to congratulate Tesla if they pull off an Exodus-class miracle and meet current expectations, but I've seen far too many cases where the herd went careening over Wall Street's buffalo jump to believe a happy ending is likely. After all, how many other vehicles can proudly bear the following truth in advertising sticker?
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My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness
This song, My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness, has quickly become a hymn I can listen to over and over again. In this season where we are focused on all the blessings in this life from the Lord that we are to be thankful for I thought it was an appropriate time to share this special song. (This "season" should be a pattern for our lives always)
So many times when we come to the Lord in prayer we are asking for things we need or desire – good health, needs for family and friends and various job situations to share just a few examples. Please know that there is nothing wrong to pray and ask the Lord for help and guidance in all these situations and many more as 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 states to pray without ceasing and give thanks in all circumstances.
But the prayers of the early church always seem to focus on spiritual blessings – looking to the eternal and not the temporal. I so appreciate this song because it puts the focus on giving thanks to the Lord for past, present and future spiritual blessings.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.Colossians 1:9-14
Ponder on the words of, My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness and listen to the video below. Maybe this can be a new addition to your Thanksgiving celebration to go around the table and have everyone share what spiritual blessings they are most thankful for along with giving thanks to the Lord in all things.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.Colossians 3:15-17
My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness
Related Resources:
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Most patients use far less opioids than they are prescribed after hernia and other abdominal surgery, resulting in substantial waste and potential diversion, a prospective cohort study has found.
In an evaluation of 176 narcotic-naive patients who underwent surgery in a Wen Hui Tan, MD, and her research team at Washington University, St. Louis. The report was published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.over the 14-day postdischarge study period was 30 morphine milligram equivalents (MME) but the median prescription was 150 MME, reported
Overall, 76.7% of patients reported being satisfied or very satisfied with their postoperative pain management. Some patients (n = 31, 17.6%) reported not filling their prescription or not taking any of their prescribed opioid pain medications at all.
Sixty-nine percent of the surgeries were laparoscopic. A variety of abdominal procedures were represented, including hiatal hernia repair, inguinal hernia repair, and cholecystectomy. The median age was 60 years. Of postoperative pain prescriptions, 67% were for hydrocodone-acetaminophen and most of the remainder were for oxycodone-acetaminophen or oxycodone alone. The median prescription was for the equivalent of 20 5-mg oxycodone pills, while the median consumption in the first 7 postoperative days was 3.7 pills. Only 4.5% of patients received a refill.
The findings are consistent with numerous studies of different types of operations showing that patients often don't use all of the opioid medications they are prescribed for pain control after surgery.
"Now that opioid pain medications can no longer be refilled with a pharmacy via telephone, overprescription may also be partially driven by a desire to prevent future inconvenience and workload of office staff from patients requesting refills. However, the rising numbers of opioid-related unintentional deaths over the last decade point to the fact that overprescription has serious potential consequences," the researchers wrote.
They reported having no potential conflicts of interest.
SOURCE: Tan et al. J Am Coll Surg 2018 May 7. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.04.032.


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As Mums, we tend to doubt ourselves at times. I'd be amazed if we didn't all feel this sometimes. And again as women, we doubt ourselves.
This sucks. I hate it.
So to then doubt myself as a writer last week, as a blogger, was not a good feeling.
Where to start. And how to word this without sounding bitchy or mean. Even as I type this I wonder if I'll even dare to publish it. But I am a nice girl, someone who always tries to see the good in people and I don't think putting my thoughts across on this should go against me. And I hope it doesn't.
I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago that meant the world to me. I was scared to publish it, I was nervous of the response. Turns out I shouldn't have been; I got some incredible comments and it was such a huge comfort to know others had felt the way I had and identified with what I had to say. Even more of a joy was when it was made Mumsnet Blog of the Day. To me, as daft as this may sound, this was a big deal to me. I felt really proud of myself and my writing.
At the end of last week I got a message from a wonderful blog friend of mine who said she'd just read a post that was identical to what I'd published. Within a couple of hours I had similar messages from five other blogging friends. I didn't know how to feel; flattered, annoyed, gutted. I certainly felt angry; in my opinion (sorry but I had to word it in bold because I don't want to get attacked again) it was a blatant copy of my blog post, one that I felt protective of. I was further angered by the fact that the writer was getting some wonderful comments and support. It was a gutting feeling to know someone was getting credit for something I felt was my work.
After some discussions and advice from friends, I did confront the other writer. I was civil; I wasn't mean. That's not my style. She was very sweet and adamant it was a coincidence, which is fair enough. I felt she probably was being genuine and I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I certainly wasn't going to instigate a witch hunt; this blogging world we're in is one where we should all stand together not against each other.
I was sensitive to the situation I can't lie. My writing is my other baby. I feel hugely protective of it. As I've said before, when I write it's from the heart. I just churn out my thoughts and feelings in that moment, and in turn I am exposing my inner most thoughts with you all. That's quite a risk to take sometimes, but that's the whole point of my blog; honesty, reality, optimism, positivity, showing Mums and women we're all in this together. So if you were in my shoes, you too would feel irritated, sensitive, and pretty damn gutted if you felt someone else was reaping credit for something you'd written. As I say, I have now given that writer the benefit of the doubt. I don't want anyone saying this is an attack on that individual. But this is my blog, my space to write how I am feeling and after this recent upset I am allowed to write how I felt in the moment.
Bloggers overlap, especially parent bloggers. I get that. We may all be on different journeys but we all experience the same highs and lows. So I accept many of us are going to write similar posts. But the incident last week made me see a different side to blogging. If I'm bluntly honest, I ended up being the one to made to feel like shit. I saw comments saying I shouldn't have brought it up, that there was some pettiness involved. As I say, I am quite a sensitive chick and it hurt that I was the one who ended up feeling like the bad person.
I don't think there should be a bad person in this whole thing; I believe it was a coincidence, however I also believe I was justified in how I felt and that any other blogger would feel the same. And this negative aspect to blogging gave me a whole new perspective on the blogging world. Perhaps I need to grow a thicker skin, perhaps I need to not be so sensitive. But surely me being me is what makes my blog unique. I want people to relate to me especially Mums. To know that I'm a fellow Mama who has hard days, that I too struggle, that I doubt myself. I'm not advocating doubting yourself, but the reality is that we all do it sometimes. I'm not someone who has a huge influence on people but I like to think that I am someone that others will read about and think "thank God I'm not alone". That's my main priority with blogging.
So I'm not going to change who I am. What I have learnt from this experience is the importance of believing in myself, and not to doubt myself. Not everyone is going to like me, not everyone is going to agree with me, and that's cool. All I can do is just keep being me and that's not going to change. I'm proud of myself for a few things; Josh, my loyalty as a friend, my ability to sniff out a new handbag at 20 paces! But I am utterly and truly proud of myself for Beauty Baby and Me. I am proud of my writing. And that won't be taken away from me, no matter how petty others may deem it.
And if you take the time to read my blog and enjoy it can I just say thank you. To know that I am reaching people, making them laugh, reassuring them, that's all I want. And I am so glad that you're enjoying it.


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La Robe Bolso linen dress
Hey guys! Decided it's been a while since I've done a post about multi-styling a piece, so here's three different ways to wear a classic summer look.
A key tip to making a worthwhile purchase is considering if the piece is an investment. I always try to get the most wear out of my garments. In these photos, I am modeling this minimalistic Jacqumes dress in a size S. I'm 5'2", and if I wear 3" heels it's perfectly leveled to the floor. What I love about this dress is how incredible the fit was. Something important to look out for when investing in an item is the build of the garment itself. Paying attention to small details like stitching and draping can reflect how well a piece of clothing was made, and indicates its longevity. I love a good hourglass figure look and this dress accentuates curves in the right places to truly flatter my figure.
What I love about this particular dress is its duality of elegance and versatility. The draping of this dress adds the illusion of structure, yet the lightweight fabric and clean lines makes it the perfect summer go-to. The designer, Simon Porte Jacquemus launched his own label at just 19 years old, and has quickly risen to fame within the fashion industry. His youth and innovative thought process is expressed in every single piece, as seen in this elusive dress.
Below is my take on channeling different looks:
For this first look, I paired the dress with a light wash denim jean with a slight flare at the bottom. Both the flare and the ankle-length crop of this pant follow the natural contour of the dress, which accentuates the hour glass figure as well as the length. For a bold pop I kept a neutral scarf and blouse but a bright red lip, creating an easy and adaptable look.
This second look followed a minimalist yet street vibe. For an easy yet chic fit, I kept an all black ensemble and threw on my favorite comfy Prada cloudbust sneakers. I paired this with a Blue Steel Solid turban wrap to bring in color, the epitome of hijabi summer coping. Am I hypebae yet? 😂👏
Over Accessorize It
What truly makes this white linen dress an investment is how Jacquemus offered a plain canvas to paint with. This is where I had a little fun and stacked necklaces (peep the custom made "Marwa" necklace in Arabic by Nominal.X) and added a sharp fitted hat. By slouching the dress down my shoulders, it does a neat little trick by drawing one's eye to my neckline, thereby highlighting my accessories and further appreciating the art of the designer's vision.


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South Dakota Teaching Certificate Programs
Below you'll find a comprehensive listing of the Graduate Teaching Certificate programs available from schools in South Dakota. If you're looking for initial teacher certification programs, check out either our list of Bachelors in Education Programs or South Dakota Alternative Certification Programs. Most of the programs down below are for people who are already teachers.
According to the South Dakota Department of Education, the number of students taking AP exams increased by 27 percent and the number of students passing them increased by 15 percent in a five-year time period. However, the entire state of South Dakota only employs about 18 gifted and talented teachers who have special training to help advanced students thrive. This is a stark contrast to the almost 700 special education teachers and thousands of general Pre-k-12 teachers in the state. Teachers who have a gifted education add-on certificate may find themselves in demand if the numbers of advanced students keep rising. Other U.S. Department of Education teacher shortage areas for South Dakota during the 2011-2012 school year include bilingual education, math, science, Spanish, special education, and technology applications.
Featured Schools in South Dakota
Black Hills State University offers add-on certificates that range from physical education to reading specialist education. They offer certificates in the teacher shortage areas of special education, science, and math education. BHSU also offers a gifted education add-on certificate. Oglala Lakota College, a school run by the Sioux Native American tribe, offers an add-on certificate in special education. South Dakota employed over 600 pre-k and elementary special education teachers in May 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Finally, South Dakota teachers can earn add-on certificates online through Indiana-based Ball State University. The University offers a completely virtual gifted and talented education certificate that features an accelerated, eight-week format.
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You know, when I first started Quaequam Blog! 1.0, one of my objectives, such as I had them, was to tease out the intersections of politics and comics. Over the past two years I have to say I've found myself getting less interested in comics – I'm finding it increasingly difficult to find anything that has anything new to say. As such, my posts on the subject have slowed down to a trickle. But it would be remiss of me not to comment on the latest row over the Danish "Mohammed" cartoons.
My own view is that this episode highlights everything that is wrong with the collective mindset of Islam. As I commented on Will's blog yesterday, who is committing the greater sin? The non-Muslim cartoonist who is reliant entirely on their imagination when picturing Mohammed? Or the Muslim who sees Mohammed in a jumble of lines and colours? Surely the devout response is to not recognise these cartoons as having anything to say?
Secondly, all these protests, all this outrage, is completely over the top. Far worse atrocities are committed on a daily basis by Muslims. I don't need to hear Muslim voices condemning these – it goes without saying. I do however need to hear even greater outrage over, for instance, the kidnapping of Norman Kember from anyone who thinks a couple of pictures is worth burning a flag over.
But I won't. The problem isn't these cartoons. It is a set of values that places honour over and above liberty and mutual respect. The West has treated the Middle East appallingly over the past century or so. But the Middle East has treated itself far worse. More to the point, it is precisely this set of values that means that terrible mistakes like invading Iraq leads to suicide bombing. It isn't just the invasion that should be condemned; it is the mindset that reacts by lashing out blindly.
I don't believe there is anything inherent in Islam that is forcing this; Christianity was in a similar state 500 years ago and it still is in many parts of the US. But it does need to break free of these cultural restraints. Every time an idiot like Jack Straw indulges such crass sentimentalism, or the government gets carried away with Religious Hatred laws, we are only letting them off the hook. There are plenty of voices within Islam itself that despises this medievalism – we should be helping them not their opponents.
There is something wrong with our own culture that we seem to have internalised the moral lesson within the Emporer's New Clothes and yet are incapable of applying that to other cultures. Cultural relativism does no-one any favours.


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Fred Rauch was an all-around great guy and the husband of my dear friend, Nicolle Rauch.
Nicolle asked me if I would be willing to put together a mix of Fred's favorite music from his personal collection to share him with others and to keep his memory alive. That mix appears here.
You can read more about Fred here.
Fred's Mix 2014
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Feeling Rock Star-ish
After weeks of preparation with dress-buying, dusting off of the black patent leather spiked heels, hotel reservation securing, and meditational deep breathing, last week culminated with all of the amazingness appearing in the above photo gallery - and more, actually, but I'm exercising a little bit of blog restraint to protect identities of teammates who likely read my posts. And now, just days after experiencing all that glitzy award ceremony excitement, I'm still feeling the happy endorphins and finding myself seeking out next year's ensemble - and looking forward to another ME night camped out at the fabulously posh Omaha Marriott Downtown at the Capitol District where I already know I'll be treated like royalty all over again.
(Yes Marriott, I got your email and will be hitting you up on some of your fine swag, too.)
I am Brenda Swenson and sometimes I blog.
March 2023


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Juicy vegan falafel burger in a pretzel bun served with creamy tahini sauce and crispy and tender sweet potato fries. The best falafel burger I've ever had!
That's all I need now, in the beginning of the barbecue season.
The best part? Although you can make it on the grill, it's totally possible to enjoy it at home as well! That's what I did actually – just fried falafel on a frying pan.
Right after I made these falafel burgers I bought a grill pan and I bet grilled falafel would taste great as well. So take out your grill pans, get your pretzel buns ready, and let's make these falafel burgers right now!
I have a confession to make. I made four mini burgers and a big batch of sweet potato fries and it was supposed to make four servings. My husband and I ate it all without leaving a single piece left! I know, we shouldn't have, but we were hungry. In fact, I don't even regret doing it. It was so delicious!
Just as amazing as a vegan falafel burger can be: juicy falafel patties, crispy from the outside and tender from the inside, topped with the creamiest and the richest tahini sauce, lots of veggies, salty pickles (made by my mother-in-law), placed between halves of amazingly soft pretzel bun slices with a firm crust.
Add crispy and tender sweet potato fries tossed with Middle Eastern spices to this, some homemade hot sauce, some jalapeno and you are good to go.
I would call it an ultimate vegan burger because it is, believe me. If your mouth is watering right now, you got it right. You have to make it as soon as you can.
How to Make Vegan Falafel Burger with Tahini Sauce and Sweet Potato Fries
I won't say it's one of these 30 min meals you would usually find on my blog. Nevertheless, you can make it significantly faster, if you do some prep work in advance. Remember my baked falafel with hazelnuts? That's a base for these burgers.
Just make a big batch of falafel, either in form of balls or patties and freeze everything you can't eat at once. This would cut the cooking time for these falafel burgers in half!
The rest is pretty easy: bake your buns and sweet potatoes, make the tahini sauce, slice the veggies, fry your pre-made falafel (or don't if you've just baked it) and that's it! For an extra kick of spice add a spoonful of green harissa to the burgers.
You can serve it with a glass of ayran drink to complete this delicious summer meal.
For tahini fans out there, make a double batch. Believe me, you won't regret it. You can try my favorite tahini based buddha bowl dressing.
So, here is the recipe for my ultimate vegan falafel burger with tahini sauce and sweet potato fries. Enjoy the barbecue season! 😉
Vegan Falafel Burger with Tahini Sauce and Sweet Potato Fries
For the falafel burgers and sweet potato fries:
- 4 pretzel buns frozen
- 3 medium-sized sweet potatoes
- 2 tablespoon tablespoons olive oil + 1
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 4 baked falafel patties
- 4 leaves salad
- 4 slices tomatoes
- 4 slices red onion
- 4-8 slices pickles
- 4-8 slices jalapeno pepper
For the tahini sauce:
- 100 grams or 1/2 cup tahini paste
- ml about 60or 1/3 cup warm water
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Hot sauce or ketchup optional
- PRETZEL BUNS: Preheat the oven to 200 °C or 390 °F. Line a baking tray with a piece of parchment paper and lay the pretzel buns on it to rest for 15 minutes (or follow the instructions on the package).
- SWEET POTATO FRIES: Meanwhile, cut the sweet potatoes into long fry-shaped pieces trying to keep the same size. Toss them with olive oil, ground cumin, smoked paprika, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Arrange them on a parchment-lined baking tray, trying not to overcrowd it. Bake for 15 minutes, then flip over and bake until ready, for about 12 minutes. The baking time highly depends on the size of your fries. Bake the rested pretzel buns for 15 minutes.
- TAHINI SAUCE: Make the tahini sauce: grid the tahini paste, water, garlic, lime juice, cumin, a pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper in a food processor or blender for a few minutes. The sauce should be white and smooth. Adjust the thickness by adding more water or more tahini paste.
- ASSEMBLE THE BURGERS: Fry the falafel patties in a frying or grill pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil on medium-high heat for about 2 minutes on each side (or don't if they are freshly baked). Slice the baked pretzel buns in halves and arrange the salad leaves on the bottom halves. Put the falafel patties on top. Pour some tahini sauce. Next go tomato slices, then jalapeno, pickles and onion slices. Serve with sweet potato fries and hot sauce or ketchup (optional). Use the rest of tahini sauce as a dip for the sweet potato fries. Enjoy!


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9 Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging* between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on. 10A man saw it, and told Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak. 11Joab said to the man who told him, What, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt. 12But the man said to Joab, Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not raise my hand against the kings son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying: For my sake protect the young man Absalom! 13On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life* (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof. 14Joab said, I will not waste time like this with you. He took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the oak. 15And ten young men, Joabs armour-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him, and killed him.
16 Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the troops. 17They took Absalom, threw him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Meanwhile all the Israelites fled to their homes. 18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar that is in the Kings Valley, for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance; he called the pillar by his own name. It is called Absaloms Monument to this day.
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