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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)The lack of an effective method for teaching oral hygiene procedures to parents of handicapped children prompted this investigation. Seventy-nine preschool cerebral palsy children were randomly distributed according to age and sex into three groups. The parents of these groups received the following instruction: Group I - written instructions for a detailed approach to oral hygiene maintenance in the home as if the child were without handicap; Group II - written instructions for a specialized approach to home oral hygiene maintenance with emphasis on two people providing the care, and mouth propping for access and stability of the arms and legs; Group III - no specific oral hygiene instructions. Each child in each group received a thorough oral examination and deposits of dental plaque were disclosed, numerically scored and recorded. Each parent of the three study groups participated in a written examination of dental knowledge at each visit. After each examination, the correct answers were given to the parent by both a verbal and written response. Parents and children returned at 90-day intervals. Variables such as transportation, surgery performed during the period of study, deteriorating health in the child, parental apathy about dental problems, and change in family job or location, reduced the sample from seventy-nine to fifty-four subjects, with data being obtained for pre- and post- examination periods. Both test group of parents significantly improved their dental knowledge scores after ninety days. However, none of the children decreased their plaque enough to show statistical significance. Perhaps there was some motivational improvement in the Group II parents, as they returned for the examination at a better rate, judged to be significant as compared to the other groups. Further investigation is recommended either to study the technique by itself without a time interval between scores or to evaluate the factors of intelligence, economic level, gravity of medical situation, and sibling support as they offset changes in behavior. Until then, it appears on the basis of this study that it is possible to increase the parent's knowledge of oral health but that changing the behavior of the parent actually performing the task is much more difficult
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Atheism in Myanmar
Posted: Thu, October 05, 2017 | By: Past Projects
By Kyaw Moe Khine, Edited by Nathalie Johnston
The majority religion in Myanmar is Thervaveda Buddhism, with a whopping 88% of the country associating themselves as well as the military and civilian governments being strong proponents of the cause. Though a very diverse country, the majority of the ethnic groups follow some form of Buddhism, including the Rakhine, Mon, Bama (Burmese), Shan and Karen.
The other religions practiced in Myanmar are Christianity (6%), Islam (4.5%), and Hinduism (1%) as well as a small population who still practice Animism.
It is completely taboo to be an Atheist in Myanmar. As a very conservative and traditional country, conformity is key. There is also a deep sense of filial piety, so it's important to respect elders and their religious beliefs. So much of the population lives and dies by religious practice. Being an Atheist makes you an outcast among more traditional people. But among young people there is growing interest.
When it comes to National Registration Cards (NRC) there is no option to omit your religion. You must choose the religion of your family. In some cases, parents will change the child's religion to Buddhist because it makes it easier to operate in country, and there is the least amount of discrimination against Buddhist people.
There is a heavy mix now of Nationalism and Buddhism. The military government, who have been in power since 1962, created a big propaganda machine following Buddhist practice, and established Buddhism as the acceptable form of description for Myanmar. They built thousands of temples all over the country, and even during the civilian protests, it was said that the Buddhist monks were the only people that the military were truly afraid of.
Some of Myanmar has changed since the election in 2015. But the people in power still espouse Buddhism as the most important element of Burmese life. And of course Ma Ba Tha, the extreme Buddhist group who encourages discrimination, has made people think about what religion really means.
Back in the day, the assumption was that if you had no religion, you were Communist. The word in Burmese for Communist is the same as for Atheist. There are no student or public groups allowed to meet at schools to discuss Atheism or left-wing politics. We still have a lot of censorship in Myanmar, in the arts, in school, in books, and even from our own people and peers. And its especially bad for women, who are expected to be the most devout and traditional, with controlling parents and society who doesn't think life should change for them.
"Myanmar law carries criminal penalties for defaming religion under a vague provision that has been exploited to muzzle political activists and casual Facebook users alike. In March, a New Zealand bar manager was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for posting an image of the Buddha wearing headphones on Facebook." - Al Jazeera
There are a few Atheist Facebook pages in Myanmar, which is meaningful since Facebook is the largest social media machine here. People share funny cartoons or their thoughts, and without fear of retribution of social isolation. There are more and more young people that can see the way forward is to be more open and accepting, less traditional and conservative, and more independent.
Young Men's Atheist Association - 7,500 members and counting!
Myanmar Atheist, Agnostic, Non-Religious People Community

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I had an unexpected trip to see my Rheumy yesterday. I woke in the middle of the night with excruciating pain in my left knee. The kind of pain that makes you whimper. Pain medication didn't touch it and an ice bag didn't do anything. I lay in bed from 1:30am to about 5:30 writhing in pain. I think I finally dozed a bit and then got up by 9am and started to cry all over again. Thankfully the doctor could see me in a few hours.
He didn't have anything conclusive. He felt that with the inconsistent dosing of my biologics and metho for the past few months due to my many respiratory infections, perhaps I was having a bad flare. "In one joint?" I asked? Shrug. He offered a cortisone shot – which I usually don't want to have, but I couldn't tolerate the pain. He also gave me a script for an Xray in the event that the pain hasn't subsided in 10 days. Then we chatted about pain meds. We discuss them regularly during visits and he knows that I'm a responsible user. He said that going forward the rules were that he couldn't prescribe opioids to me unless he'd seen me in the past 90 days. Which normally is fine with me. I see him every 6 months and he typically will give me a script for 60 vicodins which lasts for 6 months at least.
So I mentioned that I had read some of the CDC guidelines and he said that the rules about 90 days had nothing to do with the CDC. He hasn't even had the chance to really review and digest the new CDC guidelines. What he did say is that years ago, opioids were strictly for end of life situations or cancer patients. The were not used in rheumatology. A couple of decades ago the rules were softened as the medical community tried to offer more options for those in pain. Well thank goodness.
My grandmother had RA – she was diagnosed maybe 1970-ish. I remember at some point in the late 70's or early 80's when my father got her some of the 800mg motrin pills. Remember those big orange pills? Those were a huge relief for her, and better than anything she had used to date, but I know she lived in pain until she passed away. I don't think she ever took anything stronger than 800 mg motrin.
I started on the 800 mg motrin initially upon diagnosis in 1999. I remember that I bruised like crazy and the pain was slightly diminished. I'm actually very glad that I don't have just 800 mg motrin to rely on now. I am still working full time and am productive and active. One trait I carry with me that I learned from my grandmother was to not complain.
However, if the new CDC guidelines are going to get in the way of my RH doctor prescribing me 10 pills a month for pain, I just might have to start complaining.


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I just bought A new S7K today, Haven't figured out all it's functions, but just wondering how to take pictures with shallow depth of field in normal scenes. I am not talking about macro photography(there it would be automatic!).
It has minimum aparture of 2.8, is it enough for shallow depth of field.
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Your camera will have dramatically more depth of field at any given aperture, focus distance, and 35mm equivalent focal length, compared to a 35mm camera. This is because of the tiny size of the sensor (so a much shorter focal length lens can be used to get a greater 35mm equivalent focal length).
So, many users find it almost impossible to get a shallow depth of field with a larger subject with a non-DSLR model.
This is because Depth of Field is determined by aperture, focus distance and the actual (versus 35mm equivalent) focal length of the lens.
The lens on your S7000 has an actual focal range of 7.8-46.8mm. So, for any given actual focal length, your subject will occupy a much greater portion of the frame, compared to a 35mm model.
So, shooting at f/2.8 (the largest available aperture on the S7000), is more like shooting at around f/13.5 on a 35mm model, from a depth of field perspective.
See this Depth of Field Calculator to see how this works with your camera. Make sure to use the actual focal length of the lens:
Your best bet for a shallow depth of field with a larger subject, is to shoot wide open at f/2.8, put a lot of distance between your subject and the background, and frame very tight (fill the frame as much as possible).
With larger subjects, this may still not be good enough for the desired effect. You can also use software to simulate a shallow depth of field (gaussian blur, etc.). Search the editors forum and you'll find some tips.
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Latest Update
Last year saw the Youth Events in the Diocese go from strength to strength and we are looking forward to more fantastic events in 2018.
Our regular youth events are:
Reignite Young Adult Mass, takes place on the third Sunday of the Month at 5.30pm at St John Bosco. The next date will be 15th April. Reignite is an opportunity to experience our faith as fun, engaging and transformative.
Come along for great speakers, guest homilists, our young adults music ministry, reunion with friends and social time.
Nightfever which takes place on the First Friday of the month at 7pm at Holy Name Church, Oxford Road.The concept behind Nightfever is very simple, the church remains open from 7pm – 10pm, bathed in just candlelight. On the altar is the exposed Blessed Sacrament. Live music is softly played in the background. The atmosphere is one of beauty and of peace.
Our volunteers are outside, in pairs, simply just inviting passers by to come in and light a candle. The response to the invitation varies, but a surprising amount of people come in and their breath is taken away by the beauty. Many are struck by the beauty and ask to stay. Some wish to talk, some just remain in silence.
Afterwards we retire to the chaplaincy next door for some pizza and to share our experiences – Come along and join the team!
Later this year we are already planning a few more events:
Youth Sleep Out
Parental Consent forms can be downloaded below:
Receive Pentecost Youth Celebration
Cathedral of St John, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LE
Sunday 20th May 2018
2pm- 6.30pm
"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you" Acts 1:8
- Keynote Speaker – Fr Ged Kelly
- Led Holy Hour with Music
- Workshops
- Birthday cake for the Church
- Mass at 5:30pm celebrated Bishop John Arnold
Discerning our gifts and talents
Saturday 24th November – Day of Celebration for Young People
More details will follow soon and you can keep an eye on the youth pages of the website for more updates.
For more information email:
One final date for your diary – we have exciting plans for February 2019 with a Youth Pilgrimage to Rome!


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UF DPT Golf Scramble at Blaze Pizza
Published: February 3rd, 2017
Please join the UF DPT Golf Scramble at Blaze Pizza on Wednesday, February 8th from 5pm to 10pm. We are fundraising for Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy and we need your […]
Gaitor Challenge Wellness Walks
Published: February 3rd, 2017
Every Monday at 6 p.m. from January 30th – March 27th, you are encouraged to join us at the Fred Cone Park, 2841 E. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32641 to […]
Alumni & Friends Reception at CSM
Published: January 18th, 2017
The department of physical therapy is hosting an alumni and friends reception at the APTA Combine Sections Meeting (CSM) on Thursday, February 16th from 7 to 9 p.m. in the […]
'Preparing for Global Health Travel' Workshop
Published: December 19th, 2016
Join us at this complimentary workshop with required registration by January 4th: http://education.health.ufl.edu/global-health. Please call 352-294-4981 or email@example.com for more information.
Senesac Receives UF International Educator of the Year Award
Published: December 16th, 2016
UF PT department Clinical Associate Professor Claudia Senesac has been named the University of Florida International Center UFIC "International Educator of the Year". Three campus-wide awards are made annually in […]
Brooks Rehabilitation Seventh Annual Research Day
Published: December 16th, 2016
A number of UF PT faculty presented at the Brooks Rehabilitation Seventh Annual Research Day. The event was held at the Brooks Rehabilitation Clinical Research Center in Jacksonville. Numerous Rehabilitation […]
DPT Students Work with Special Olympics
Published: December 16th, 2016
UF DPT (Doctorate of Physical Therapy) students traveled to Orlando this fall to work with the Special Olympics. DPT second year student Christopher Dela Cruz enthusiastically reports: "It was an […]
Alappattu and Bishop Present Research in Japan
Published: December 16th, 2016
Research Assistant Professor Meryl Alappattu, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor Mark Bishop, PT, PhD, and PhD in Rehabilitation Science Program alumni Dr. Chaz Gay and Dr. Fredy Solis recently presented their […]
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Published: October 5th, 2016
***Equal Access Clinic is closed on 10-6-16 due to Hurricane Matthew*** The University of Florida will be closed on Friday, October 7th. Classes are expected to resume on Monday, October […]
Nov. 5th: Race for Rehab – Mustache Dash
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Razorback Run 38KM (Not the Prom Run) - 2011 - Report
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|Razorkback Run 38km (Not the Prom Run)
|30 April 2011
|38 / 58 / 64 km
|Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
|Sunny, 10 Degrees Celsius
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|Razorkback Run 38km
This was the first time for me to do any running in Victoria's High Country. If you think that living or running in the Dandenong Ranges prepares you for what is waiting at the Razorback, then think again. The hills, or yes we can actually call them mountains, around Harrietville are a touch higher, with the Mount Feathertop peaking at 1922 meters (according to my Garmin).
This run, organized by Paul Ashton, was an alternative to the Prom run, which was unfortunately cancelled due to extensive flooding earlier in the month. Hence the alternative name for todays events was "Not the Prom Run"! On the menu were 3 alternative distances, varying from 38 to 58 to 64 kilometers.
The start was at the Harrietville Caravan Park at 6 in the morning. It was still plenty dark by this time, so starting with torches was required. After a short 'gear check' of sorts, and a missing start shot, we were send on our way. The small group, just short of 30, made the climb up to Mount Feathertop together. Crossing through Harrietvile, up the Bungalow Spur for continuous climb to the very summit of Mount Feathertop. The Bungalow Spur track is a goat tracks (as are all the other described here) which zig zags through the trees until reaching Feathertop Hut. This track would be great for running if coming down hill. Not too rocky, and plenty of soft ground. As it was, we were going up hill, were the running was left to the die-hards (totalling 13 km).
And then it was time for the home stretch, down the Bon Accord Spur (14 km). What can I say about this track? Didn't like it very much at all. The first 8 or so kilometers are very hard to run, as it is very steep, very narrow and must importantly extremely rocky. Unless you are a fell runner, you will be putting on the brakes quite a bit, giving the quads a good workout. It is only after crossing the Washington Creek that the trail provides some good running opportunities again.
Arriving back in Harrietville, found a rather abandoned 'event tent' at the finish line, with the promised Fredo chocolates!! I did run on Vibram Treks, and although it is very possible, it is hard on the feet. I bashed my toes on at least 4 occasions and one of my toes is looking tomato red. I hope it isn't broken again, but will find out in a couple of days.
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WelcomePack launches #LiveLoveCanada to commemorate Canada 150
WelcomePack – Canada's iconic newcomer welcome program – launched a special social campaign to commemorate Canada's 150th birthday, hosted on its LiveLoveCanada.com platform.
Themed 'CELEBRATE TOGETHER', the campaign calls on Canadians to share their memorable Canadian moments via a message, photo or video with the #LiveLoveCanadafor chances to win over $10,000 in prizes. The campaign runs until December 31, 2017 with prize winners announced on several key dates.
LiveLoveCanada was established with a mission to celebrate Canada, her values, her people, and her awe-inspiring natural beauty. In launching this initiative, WelcomePack Canada aims to bring together all Canadians, from the very new to those who have been here for generations, in a joint endeavour to celebrate our nation.
The rousing launch video strings together inspiring images of Canada's beautiful landscape and seasons, as a backdrop for elated people of all ethnicities enjoying moments of adventure, successes, victories and happiness. Viewers are asked to share their own memories through photo, video or message, with #LiveLoveCanada for a chance to win airline tickets, pure silver Canada 150 commemorative coins, LiveLoveCanada T-Shirts, gift cards and more.
This #LiveLoveCanada contest is created and executed by Canada's leading multicultural advertising agency Dyversity Communications Inc.
"Canada is a country that has welcomed the world, and has made it possible for people of all ethnicities to live a life of promise and peace. The #LiveLoveCanada celebration is our turn to create a bouquet of thankfulness, gratitude and love, for this beautiful land we call home", says Albert Yue, President & CEO, WelcomePack Canada.
Now in its fourth year, WelcomePack Canada was established to extend a special and memorable welcome to new Canadian immigrants. Along with over 30 participating Canadian brands, the Company has been busy welcoming newcomers with its special gift box filled with products and services of immediate value to them. This includes an informative magazine and website, special offers and coupons from participating Canadian brands in banking, telecommunications, real estate, automotive, and consumer products and services. Over 60,000 newcomers have benefited from this 'Welcome To Remember', with the company estimating to reach 20,000 more by this year-end. Visit WelcomePackCanada.com for more information. -CINEWS


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Game Movie: Lost Planet 3
Game Movie: Lost Planet 3
Finally after lots of rendering, mixing, and few PC resets and whatnot I finally found a good upload size but with a small cost of the quality loss, but I rather upload 1.6GB than 22GB. I've made this "short" game movie using game scenes and some of the gameplay mixed together. Check out our Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/4USClan
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Philadelphia voters on Tuesday will decide on two potential changes to the Home Rule Charter, one the city says would modernize how it contracts for goods and services, and the other to create a commission to coordinate neighborhood redevelopment.
The first would allow the city to contract with the contractor that offers the "best value" rather than the "lowest responsible bidder," the current standard. The Kenney administration argues that the move would improve efficiency and allow more flexibility in achieving diversity goals.
"This is going to allow the city on the more complex projects or contracting opportunities to look at things such as, did the vendor deliver on time? On budget?" said Christine Derenick-Lopez, the city's chief administrative officer.
Critics say the shift would inject favoritism into the bidding process. Those concerns nearly kept Council from passing the legislation last year.
City officials have said the criteria by which the city will judge bids will be open and transparent. They also point to the city's strict ethics rules, which they say would keep contracts from being steered to the politically connected.
The amendment has been backed by the good-government watchdog group Committee of Seventy, which analyzed the proposal and said 18 of the nation's 20 largest cities use best-value procurement. The group also said the city's ethics rules would adequately safeguard against potential corruption.
The second potential charter change was proposed by Council President Darrell L. Clarke and would create a Philadelphia Community Reinvestment Commission. Clarke has said the commission would be asked to create an overall strategy for community revitalization and would pool resources across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
He has said the commission would also facilitate new partnerships, pointing as an example to the construction of a new rail line in Detroit funded through a 24-part public-private financing arrangement.
"This will give us an opportunity to pull all of the necessary parties together, get people in a room, talk about laying out a strategy for investment," Clarke said when he proposed the idea last year. "Real, substantive investment."


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- Lois A Bangs, principal at the National Cathedral School, writes to President Roosevelt to thank him for speaking at graduation and to report that his daughter Ethel has been an excellent student.
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Driver airlifted
An 89-year-old man was airlifted to Whangarei Hospital after a crash on State Highway 10 thought to have been triggered by a medical event. Police say the man was leaving Gull service station in Waipapa in a small Honda just after 10am yesterday when he started driving erratically and collided head-on with a van.
The elderly driver was assessed as being in a critical condition by a passing off-duty paramedic. He was taken by ambulance to Kerikeri Sports Complex, then flown to Whangarei Hospital by the Northland Rescue Helicopter.
The other driver, a 67-year-old Kerikeri man, was taken to Bay of Islands Hospital but discharged later in the day. The crash blocked one lane of the highway until the debris could be cleared away.
Fritter festival highlight
New Zealand band Salmonella Dub will headline next year's Fritter Festival along with Elemeno P and five-piece reggae/ska band Strangely Arousing. The sixth edition of the festival will be held on March 10 at Toll Stadium in Whangarei.
Early bird tickets go on sale on Monday at 9am from Eventfinda and Forum North box office.
Dead woman named
Police have named the 46-year-old woman who was killed in a fatal crash at Towai last Friday. She was Jeanette Tharasa Cleaver, of Henderson in Auckland. A dog in the car was also killed. Two other vehicles were involved with the occupants suffering moderate injuries.
Letterboxes targeted
Police are looking for information after about 50 letterboxes in Bream Bay and Kaiwaka were damaged on Monday night. The letterboxes were in Settlement Rd, Oneriri Rd, Lupis Way, Wattle Lane and Oruawharo Rd. Police are encouraging anyone who had their letterbox damaged to also contact police on 09 430 4500.


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Have I ever posted here about my crazy online orders from Kinokuniya of 21 light novels about a week ago? Anyway, Kinokuniya mailed me today, telling me that they're sending the parcel over tomorrow via UPS and they charged my card 257USD with tax. Cali's state tax is just too much, 9%?
So, being the crazy little girl that I am, I happily spent months worth of savings, now I have to cut back on a lots of things, like manga purchases. It's such a cruel thing that Amatsuki vol 11 and Di(e)ce vol 5 came out this month, damn you Ichijinsha, damn you! I just bought Hi no Matoi from you last month! ;__;
Cover of one of the novels I bought, (I bought all 3 books!~)
Other than Walhalla, the rest of the 18 books are illustrated by Kazuaki, I'm such a fangirl, I hate myself. ;__;
Oh, pandabox did this marvelous doraemon cosplaying other characters from series ranging from anime to game to movie, really well done! Check them out here. Ah, doraemon, reminds me of my childhood! I love the marvel ones though… Batman's so Russell… and the spiderman's so cute!
On another note, the list of BL magazine deemed harmful (hence that equals to ban) in Osaka's out. Check out the list here at ANN. What I don't get is… why Reijin ;___; I don't remember reading 10 pages of sex from that magazine, unless they count 10 pages out of the 300++ pages in the magazine. This is a conspiracy. Now I can't go Osaka to get my stash of manga while having fun eating there. I have to make a detour to Tokyo now… What a scam. Well, not like they're trying to make a nationwide ban of yaoi, that'll be a serious problem then. Ciel magazine's safe from the ban by the way, hence even people in Osaka can get their fix of Sekaiichi and Junjou Romantica, isn't that nice. ;) IF, one day I have to get BL from Osaka, I'll have to go to the adult section where they put all those hardcore porn for man to get my shounen ai stuff. I think that's even worst…
Oh speaking ban, Tokyo's still trying to ban loli there, even though they've failed a few times. They're trying to ban Evangelion too, you can read the reactions of fans here at Sankaku. ;D Good luck trying to ban Eva!


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Yesterday morning was like Reykjavik with bigger buildings, but by 1pm it did something very un-Icelandic: it cleared up. By the time I went home a bit after five the skies were just like they are this morning, totally clear. And it was nice and cool, too. Today will be much warmer, I suspect.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Clear again
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Ants Part III
While we have managed to keep the ants out of the babies areas and more importantly OFF the babies, we have still been suffering incursions in other parts of the house. The battles are unique and vary in creativity and despite the best efforts of my hubby they continue. Todays advancement by the ants was quite humorous not because of the ants, or the location, or the method by which they invaded our kitchen, but because as Bill was annihilating them Sammi was playing with a musical book she got from her grandparents which just happened to play, "The Ants Go Marching". Even Bill couldn't help but see the humor in that.


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we're still loving kindermusik. we recently moved to monday nights with only "dew" (drew cramer) and aubrey. drew is quickly becoming olivia's best friend. every day she asks about pops, then gg, then caillou and then drew. EVERYDAY. i'm so glad we got a smaller class. the tuesday night class was pretty big and could get kinda crazy and i know that olivia is getting more out of the smaller class. these 3 girls are SO cute together! last week drew and olivia held hands at the end of class for our closing song and this week olivia held aubrey's hand. sweet! they giggle and play and imitate each other. aubrey is pushing 2 1/2 so i'm hoping some of her "wisdom" rubs off on o! ha! i've noticed that olivia talks a lot more in the smaller class and she participates more. i really think she'd get overwhelmed in the bigger class and kind of check-out. anyway... all of that to say that we're still loving it and just yesterday i signed her up for the summer class! can't wait!
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Gansu Sample Itinerary
Overland from Sichuan Province
Day 2 – Day 3.
For those of you who would like to see the surrounding country side from a different perspective as well as have an authentic homestay experience with Tibetan nomads, embark on a horse trek. A great option is a 2 day trek where you will overnight with a traditional Tibetan family within their tent compound. Alternative trip lengths are available.
Flying directly into Gansu Province
Both itineraries converge
Total indicative cost of the above sample itinerary flying directly in to Gansu is NZD$3,000 - $3,800 depending on the level of accommodation chosen. For those travelling overland from Sichuan province and taking the 2 day horse trek option, a further NZD$500 should be added.
This price is based on a family of 2 adults plus 2 children under the age of 12 and includes all accommodation, meals (where provided by the accommodation), guide services and internal flights. It excludes sundry expenses such as spending money, entrance fees to attractions, meals (where not provided by the accommodation), visas (where required) and international airfares.


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Current State of Kernel Audit and Linux Namespaces, Looking Ahead to Containers – Richard Guy Briggs, Red Hat
Namespaces have been around since the mount namespace was introduced over a decade ago and audit was introduced a couple of years later.
Since then, audit's relationship with namespaces has evolved to restrict everything to PID and user initial namespaces for reporting integrity reasons, but then start to loosen things up again, first listening in all network namespaces, then permitting user audit message writes from any PID namespace.
Looking forward, audit will need to run in containers, possibly for distributions, but more likely for docker micro-services to meet new certification requirements. Anchoring the audit daemon in the user namespace with its own rulespace and queue looks to make the most sense. Since the kernel has no concept of containers, identifying namespaces in audit messages will equip tracking tools to follow process events in containers.
About Richard Guy Briggs
Richard was an early adopter of Linux, having used it since 1992. He was also a founding board member of Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group and a speaker at the inaugural Ottawa Linux Symposium. Richard has written UNIX and Linux device drivers for telecom, video and network applications and embedded devices, having a good knowledge of IPsec protocols. He is comfortable in C, bash, Perl, with a soldering iron, oscilloscope, at a podium or chalkboard. He is now a Red Hat kernel security engineer.


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Footage of a lorry hitting a car after refusing to let it merge in divides the internet… but who is in the wrong?
The truck driver hit the car trying to pull into the single lane
VIRAL footage of a lorry refusing to let a car merge into its lane and then hitting the smaller vehicle has divided internet users.
The clip, captured on a car's dash camera on Thursday, shows a large truck refusing to let a Toyota pull in front of it in a narrow tunnel in Sydney, Australia.
As the tunnel narrows, the two vehicles are unable to fit side-by-side - but instead of slowing down to let the car in, the lorry driver is determined not to, and ends up crashing into the back of it.
The video has been viewed over 160,000 times since being posted to the "Dash Cam Owners Australia" Facebook page - and viewers are having trouble working out who was in the wrong.
Some have argued the truck driver had every right to hold his ground in the tunnel, including one man who wrote: "All these people saying the truck should let the car in and what ever else is the reason why these accidents happen.
"These dumb car drivers just think 'He will see me and let me in', well no we can't always see you when your trying to squeeze in."
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However, others slammed the lorry driver for failing to avoid the accident - even if the car's driver shouldn't have been trying to push in in the first place.
Another man said: "Regardless of who has right of way, the truck driver at no point avoided the collision and in fact knew exactly what he was doing and the consequences what would occur because of his negligence.
"What if there was a child in the vehicle?"
Meanwhile, some viewers claimed to spot the truck driver actually speeding up to stop the car from getting in front.
One Facebook user alleged: "Car indicates, truckie obviously sees it because he immediately accelerates and closes the gap."
Others agreed that the car had been indicating for long enough that the truck was at fault.


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If you can afford the depreciation on a new, mid-spec supermini costing around £16,500, you can afford to run a used, 65,000- mile 2007-reg BMW M5 at the same price.
See BMW M5 for sale on PistonHeads
Granted, when they come, the M5's bills will knock you flat on your back but you'll soon be on your feet, propelled by the desire to re-experience that Formula 1-inspired 5.0-litre V10, whose 389bhp – rising to 493bhp when you press the M (or Power) button – is directed to the rear wheels through a quick-changing, seven-speed, sequential manual gearbox (SMG).
2018 BMW M5 revealed with four-wheel-drive
Granted, this best-selling M5, codenamed E60 – there was an E61 Touring version, too – hasn't the charisma of its V8 predecessor, the E39, and prices still have a way to fall. There are some nasties to watch out for, in particular its fondness for clutches, its appetite for fuel brought into focus by a 70-litre fuel tank that means you'll be stopping every 200 miles to open your wallet, and its general high-cost ways (mechanics call this the 'M tax').
But this M5 is still a spectacular way to travel and sooner or later prices will find their level, the best cars will firm up and those who know will talk of it as a 'future classic'.
It was launched in 2005, costing £61,750 in standard form. Standard? It had 19in alloy wheels, sports suspension, gearchange paddles, a head-up display, a sat-nav, leather trim, quad pipes… we'll stop there. More important, it had gadgets: that Power button, launch control and 11 shift modes for the SMG 'box (the fastest is seriously hard on the already overworked clutch).
The M5 was facelifted in 2007, a move that coincided with the arrival of the E61 Touring version that already incorporated the new mods. Changes included adaptive cornering lights, larger headrests and visual tweaks (daytime running lights, and LED indicators and tail-lights). Crucially, the SMG transmission gained upgraded pumps and hardware, too. Facelifted cars were released in batches over 12 months, so it's not unusual to encounter a late-2007 M5 that is actually a pre-facelift model.
All M5s require careful buying and this E60 is no exception, so drive as many as you can. Research the M button and that 11-mode shift system, and don't be shy about exploring the many performance permutations. An owner who won't let you try the M button in the most extreme S6 P500S shift mode is probably terrified that you'll expose his car's brutalised clutch and clonky diff.
Check not only tyre wear but also whether the rubber is budget or premium, and test his knowledge of engine oils. Castrol Edge 10W60 should have been its only tipple.
Prices are all over the place but you shouldn't have to pay more than £16,000 for a 2007-reg low-miler. Towards £24,000 is where the best late-plate BMW Approved Used cars are, before the first of the next-gen F10 M5s hove into view.
An expert's view...
"I owned an E60 M5 and had a very bad experience with it. It had done 130,000 miles without problems and then all hell broke out. Granted, some was accidental stuff like a wing mirror being knocked off (£1000), but it went through three iDrive controllers and two throttle actuators (there are two at £600 each). It also needed a new clutch. Parts aren't cheap. I was unlucky with mine, though, because generally the E60 is reliable and will do high mileages with ease — and it has the best-sounding BMW engine ever."
BMW M5 problems - buyer beware...
Conrod bearings can give trouble if oil changes are skimped. Check for a Vanos warning light: it could be an oil pressure issue involving the sump-tohead hose or the Vanos pump (£1600) rather than the Vanos unit. Throttle actuators can play up. Expect oil consumption of around one litre per 1000 miles. Check if the expensive main service is due and negotiate if so.
SMG 3 gearbox, fitted to later cars, is more reliable than the SMG 2 but the single-clutch weak point remains. The clutch lasts about 50,000 miles. The 'box is clunky around town but should be clean and quick at speed. Early cars were recalled to replace the SMG pump.
It's naturally noisy at low speeds and when turning but whining, grinding and clunking are not good. Check for a slight oil weep (£30 each for seals).
Expect around 30k miles from discs. If the disc has a lip, replace. A brake fluid change is needed every two years.
Generally tough but feel for steering column vibration or knocking, which points to worn control arms. The optional EDC suspension is reliable but a damper is £600 if it goes wrong.
If the system freezes on the BMW logo start-up page, suspect the harddrive. Budget £700 for an exchange system or have the ECU and computers updated with the latest software.
Also worth knowing...
BMW has issued two technical bulletins (grinding noises from the rear diff when cornering at low speeds, and preventative maintenance for the sunroof). Safety recalls include one issued in September 2013 for a faulty fuel filter heater that could cause a fire.
BMW M5 prices - how much to spend?
Early 2005-2008 cars with more than 100k miles but full service history (fsh) and major new parts.
Circa 100k-mile 2005-2007 fsh cars.
Cars on 05-08-plates at 70k-90k miles.
£17,000- £18,495
Still 05-08-plate cars but with about 50k-70k miles.
Facelifted 07-08-reg cars with up to 60k miles, plus some earlier cars at optimistic prices.
Most expensive 08-10-reg cars with fsh, including some BMW Approved Used.
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Bricks and Mortar and Emotions
We get attached to the places where we live. Whether it's the bricks and mortar of the home or the people that surround us – moving on is sometimes hard to do!
It's an easy-to-understand human emotion. Almost everyone who has ever moved away from a family home has experienced a sense of loss or sadness. But that's only one of the emotional connections that come into play where real estate is involved.
As agents, sometimes we're guilty thinking of such important decisions – like buying and selling Saint Paul real estate – in more hard-headed terms, when the reality is a host of complicated human factors can play an important role.
One of them is becoming more prominent—and is likely to grow more so as we advance into Saint Paul's peak spring and summer real estate selling season. It's the hard-to-pin-down factor of general well-being: the nebulous—but real—sense of optimism or pessimism that is shared by the public at large.
It's undeniable that when people feel good about the way things are going, they're also more likely to feel confident in what the future will bring. Confidence breeds courage, security, self-assurance. When things seem to be going our way, we're more likely to strike out in new directions.
The key word is "confident." Social scientists do their best to get a handle on this murky shared human phenomenon by measuring "consumer confidence"—which seems to be an economic measure, but which has to be also aligned with the "right direction/wrong direction" polling that politicos track. In any event, when confidence rises, we'd expect that Saint Paul real estate prospects will improve along with it.
The idea that emotion is a measurable part of real estate is confirmed by the quasi-governmental statisticians at Fannie Mae, who have institutionalized the idea with their Home Purchase Sentiment Index. (If "sentiment" isn't an emotional measurement, what is?). And it's up—way up! Last February, the share of Americans who think it's a good time to buy a house rose 11% to 40%—its highest point ever. And by the end of March, Bloomberg was reporting "consumer confidence" at its highest since 2000. The University of Michigan agreed, placing their "Current Economic Conditions" component at its highest since the same year.
As one who deals in the Saint Paul real estate market every day, I can verify that when the general outlook turns positive, both buyers and sellers perk up—it's palpable. It's also true that the emotional component of real estate is a lot wider than consumer poll numbers measure. For example, there's the feeling I get when I'm there to watch a client turn the front door key of their new Saint Paul home!
I hope you'll call as soon as your own Saint Paul real estate plans begin to take shape. The market is heating up and I'm easy to reach at email@example.com or (651) 251-4898!
- Published in Home Sellers
Perfect Pricing – Art? Science? Impossible?
Figuring out the perfect pricing for any Saint Paul home for sale would be easier if there were a way to confirm past instances that hit that mark precisely.
It's the nature of the beast: it's simply not possible. Even if a comparable Saint Paul home's asking price resulted in being sold immediately at that exact amount, it only could have been priced perfectly. We can't know that it wasn't priced too low or even priced too high (although a good appraiser will keep a home from selling for TOO MUCH).
Even if the pricing on some Saint Paul home was quickly met and even exceeded—IOW, it resulted in a bidding war —that might be evidence that it had been originally priced too low. Even that isn't certain because the supposed underpricing resulted in a sale that was higher than expected, which is a perfect result. So perhaps that was the perfect pricing.
You see the ambiguity, and despite my head spinning through the different combinations and permutations – I do too.
So if you can't ever determine what constitutes perfection in pricing—even after the books are closed on a given sale—then there is no way to guarantee a number will result in the maximum outcome. That's why the whole issue of pricing any Saint Paul home is forever going to be an art – with as much science thrown in as possible, and getting the "science" part right is pretty important.
When it comes to pricing Saint Paul homes, it stands to reason that the mortgage lending industry would have put maximum effort into determining the most predictive residential real estate values: in other words, any Saint Paul home's most realistic pricing. A week ago, one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders offered their advice to homeowners. They acknowledged that while "we're on an upward swing" in property values in general, it's still important to get "a very accurate estimate of home value" to attract multiple buyers and avoid surprises during the sale process.
Their three steps to discovering that
- Online search. Using the massive amount of data is a starting point for establishing a baseline.
- Knowing the Market. It's vital to measure your own house against those that are most similar to yours and on the market now. Visits to nearby open houses will offer the best opportunities to observe how similar homes are priced and marketed.
- Calling in the pros. Get yourself the assistance of a real estate professional—and the opinion of other pros like lenders and appraisers. All of the above will dig deep into current and historical comparable sales figures as well as years of experience and neighborhood knowledge.
Perfection in pricing might not be attainable, but that's ok. Success in selling is the most important goal in making a move. Maximizing your home's value through effective marketing and networking, helping to negotiate the best possible deal, and seeing the process through from the listing to closing – those are all a part of what I can offer a potential home seller in St. Paul and the rest of the Metro!
To learn more about your home's value, the process of listing and selling, and how a smart agent can help you make a great deal – give me a call at (651) 251-4898 or email me at email@example.com!
- Published in Home Sales, Home Sellers, St. Paul, St. Paul Homes For Sale, Twin Cities Real Estate
Days On Market Reflect Pricing Proficiency
For more than a year, it's been the happy trend across the nation for the average DOM (days on market) for residential properties to have been declining, especially in the Twin Cities.
It's a "speed of sale" measure—one that most Saint Paul home sellers hope will reflect that it won't be long before they are handing the keys to happy new owners.
Beyond a careful analysis of the area market, and determining how the home in question fits into said market – there are two important criteria I consider.
One is psychological: thinking of a buyer's frame of mind, most people don't want to be the only ones who are interested in a house. When a slightly lower-than-comparable asking price is part of the marketing message, it draws a crowd.
The second is the search bracket. Knowing how buyers tend to bracket price range parameters for similar Saint Paul homes is something I can help with. If comparable homes have been selling in a range that tops out at $400,000, asking $410,000 (so you can discount it in later negotiations) is a mistake: your property won't even appear on search results you're aiming for.
It is said that pricing is an ongoing discussion—something that holds true if the activity level is less than expected. In every dissertation, oration, article, comment, FAQ, and essay about successful house sales, the message is the same: if the place doesn't sell, first check the asking price.
Sometimes that can seem indisputable. If the property in question has been listed at an asking price that's higher than comparable Saint Paul houses—other homes that have sold—unless outside factors have slowed all area sales, the asking price is probably the stumbling block. A homeowner can quite reasonably object that their property has unusual qualities that make direct comparisons with other Saint Paul homes inexact, but that logic may not be powerful enough to counter the market figures that buyers can see (remember that they don't want to be the only ones who are interested). Sometimes even for a home that shows spectacularly, lowering the asking price can be the simplest and quickest route to a "sold" sign on the front lawn.
In the case of those Saint Paul homes where Saint Paul asking price conformity isn't the issue—as when there simply are no other properties that are at all similar—if lowering the asking price is not indicated, it will simply become a waiting game: waiting for the buyer who appreciates the special character of the property. The good news is that there IS a buyer out there for every property; the bad news is that unique properties attract unique buyers—as in, there are fewer of them. But there is some second good news: when they do show up, they are apt to fall in love with the place!
Pricing is part math and part skill, and since the market is constantly changing, it's a skill that rewards experience tempered by consistent monitoring. I monitor Saint Paul real estate full time, so I can provide the most timely assistance and advice in all phases of selling and buying. I hope you'll give me a call!
- Published in Home Sellers, St. Paul, Uncategorized
A First Time Home Buyer in Saint Paul
I met a young woman the other day who was considering becoming a first time home buyer in Saint Paul. She was facing the fear of the great unknown – after years of living under her parent's roof and/or renting – it was time to grow up and join the millions of Americans who enjoy the benefits and satisfaction of owning a home.
For most people who are looking into buying a house in Saint Paul for the first time, the two greatest obstacles appear to be financial, and—for lack of a better word—emotional.
Let's deal with the second barrier right off the bat. Emotional may not be an apt adjective because most of the emotions that accompany the process of buying a house are positive. The potential of joining your Saint Paul friends as a homeowner is certainly a positive goal. Accompanying your chosen Saint Paul Realtor® on house-hunting tours in search of your dream house takes energy—but they are also some of the most interesting shopping trips imaginable.
(By the way we all know who that favorite Realtor is right? Joe Anderson, who can be reached at (651) 251-4898 or email@example.com…but I digress.)
And the pride of ownership that comes with unlocking your own front door for the first time is a truly satisfaction-producing moment.
Stacked up against all those positives is one strong negative for first-time buyers: the instinctive impulse to avoid the unknown. The process of buying a house is full of legal, technical and procedural details that can appear to be all but impenetrable to those who've never weathered them before. That makes it understandable why you'd want to put off tackling the whole can of worms—especially since buying a house is such a weighty transaction.
The reason this first barrier is ultimately overcome is probably also why nearly 90% of U.S. residential real estate transactions involve a real estate professional. It doesn't take long before most future buyers learn that they can enlist the services of a professional like me to act on their behalf…for free! With a Saint Paul Realtor to guide and advise on all aspects of buying a house in Saint Paul, the technicality obstacle disappears. Veteran homeowners don't give it a second thought.
Which leaves that other barrier: the financial one.
But here, too, buying a house should have gotten somewhat easier. Not because it's any easier to make money—and not because having enough of the green stuff isn't still a prerequisite to getting a front door key of your own—but because there are so many readily accessible ways to track and control personal finances. Keeping up with household expenses once meant conscientiously stacking incoming bills and mailing out payments at the end of the month—then having to wait for the bank statement to arrive to verify household balances.
Today all that information can handled online—and any number of personal finance software solutions like Quicken, Microsoft Money, and iCash make it easy to track and schedule just about everything. That means it's a simple matter to keep on top of all the income and expense flows as their deadlines come and go month-by-month. This doesn't make any expenses disappear, but it does make it much less likely that due dates will be accidentally overlooked—or that credit score damage will result. It also makes it a whole lot easier to project income and expenses into the future—and to plot a savings trajectory that produces the down payment you need when you need it.
There's also the process of applying for financing and seeing the lending process through to the finish line. Again, trust your friendly Realtor to help guide you – and find the right lender that will do the same.
Buying a house in Saint Paul becomes a less daunting prospect when your financial picture is organized for clarity—and when your house-hunting team includes an agent with wide local experience and personal knowledge of the current Saint Paul offerings. That's me – and I'm (almost) always available at (651) 251-4898 or firstname.lastname@example.com!
- Published in First-Time Homebuyer, Home Buyers, Mortgage, St. Paul, Uncategorized
Best Time to Buy a House in Saint Paul
Many of us who call Saint Paul home find that the beginning of the new year serves as a useful benchmark. This is when it's easiest to collect the bygone year's household bills and receipts and stash them in the drawer, box, or envelopes marked "2016" to be revisited at tax time. Once all the holiday ornaments are safely stored for next year, it's time to embark on the coming year with a refreshed outlook and energy…and figure out the best time to buy a house!
When you go looking for fresh insights that will be relevant to Saint Paul real estate buyers and sellers, some of that New Year's enthusiasm can come in handy. Particularly when you come across news items with headlines like "The Best Time to Buy a House" or "The Best Time to Sell a House." It's not that the topics aren't interesting, but since we know darned well that there's no such thing as a single "best time" to buy a house, it takes a little extra energy to read further. The best time to buy a house in Saint Paul depends on the area, neighborhood, on the current market activity which varies from year to year—and on the qualities of the property itself.
Nevertheless, coming across the Business Insider piece headlined, "New research reveals the single best day of the year to buy a house," it was simply too tempting to pass up. The best single day! This was nonsense, of course, but with fresh 2017 energy to spare, it had to be checked out! Here's what was revealed:
This analysis resulted from some past research dusted off from RealtyTrac's review of more than 32,000,000 home and condo sales from across the nation. It had taken 15 years to collect all that data, but when they put it all into the proper columns and added and divided in the way statisticians do, they came up with the final answer:
The best day to buy a house is October 8.
Now, since it's going to be a long time until the next October 8 (it will fall on a Sunday), some secondary news might be of more immediate interest to Saint Paul readers. The best month to buy may be October, but the second best month to buy a house is February! So wouldn't it follow that January is a good time to start looking (call me – there are homes hitting the market every day!)?
The way RealtyTrac defined the "best" time to buy a house was by comparing the sale price with the fair market value. For buyers, the best day was the one with the biggest average discount. October 8 was that day.
Now, the practical use for this information here in Saint Paul is very limited for a couple of reasons. First off, they really meant "best day to close" a sale—leaving open the more tactical consideration, which would probably be the best day to make an offer. Then, too, the residential market and resulting sales results over the past 15 years have been so varied and sometimes so wildly atypical that generalizing from them could yield almost any answer. Also, this was a nationwide survey—so even just the way weather here in Saint Paul differs from the national average would certainly affect the results.
But the ideas written about did have some practical value. They highlight the notion that for buyers, the late fall and winter months might be a the best time to buy a house in Saint Paul even when there are comparatively fewer properties on the market.
It's true that today there are some great buys to be had—which makes it a great time to give me a call at (651) 251-4898 or drop me an email at email@example.com!
- Published in First-Time Homebuyer, Home Buyers, Home Sales, Home Sellers, St. Paul
Good News for Saint Paul First-Time Home Buyers
Across the U.S., first-time home buyers have been staging a disappearing act for a worrisome long time. The causes were pretty universal across much of the country: a sluggish economic recovery and tight labor market contributed to the national phenomenon. Rises in Saint Paul residential prices haven't helped those seeking to become new homeowners locally.
For Saint Paul homeowners who follow such things, the phenomenon was slowly becoming a worrisome fact—one that didn't look like it was going away anytime soon. When you own a home, its value as collateral and at sale depends on a healthy real estate market—one that supports sustainable activity.
That means that new buyers should appear in numbers at least equal to those who seek to sell and move on. If fewer and fewer new buyers appear…well, that can't be good over the long haul. The fact that the percentage of first-time home buyers had been dwindling for three straight years was the statistical equivalent of fingernails on a blackboard.
The new edition of the National Association of Realtors' 2016 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers is the annual compilation of activity across the nation. The Profile has been a yearly fixture since 1981, making it the longest-running continuous series of measurements of who is buying and selling residences in the United States. If you are taking a reading of the market, it's one of the most valuable gauges out there. But even before the recent reports of returning economic optimism, it's now clear that a reversal had been underway for a while. This latest Profile marks a turnaround in first-timer activity: they're back.
Saint Paul real estate watchers were already well aware of the continuing gradual rise in U.S. home prices, but the new information shows a bounce back toward a more normal market makeup. A second move in that direction also surfaced: the proportion of single female buyers, which also had been on the decline, showed a return toward normal. According to this year's report, their numbers increased to about 17% of total purchases (not including investment and vacation home purchases). That is slightly more than twice the number of single male buyers—which is close to what is normally expected.
For first-time home buyers as well as others in all categories, the majority given for choosing homeownership was a traditional one: the appeal of owning a place of their own. Also frequently cited was "renter fatigue"—a phenomenon that surfaces whenever homeowners are seeing their equity on the rise.
This all comes as cheering news as we head toward the new year. If 2017 looks to be a year when your own Saint Paul real estate plans come into focus, I hope you'll consider giving me a call to discuss how I can help turn those plans into reality!
- Published in First-Time Homebuyer, St. Paul, Uncategorized
St. Paul New Construction – Take a Look!
It's a fair bet that anyone who is taking a serious look at St. Paul new construction is someone who places a value on sheer newness. It's about more than prestige—although owning a new home does carry at least an element of the kind of special pride that goes with owning the latest model auto. More substantively, the first owner of a new Saint Paul home gains the advantage of not having to worry that some previous owner's inattention to maintenance issues could cause trouble down the road.
Like a new car, though, when it comes to buying a new home, it's a good idea to take at least a peek under the hood. What you will be looking for is a number of new construction quality issues. Even when a new home bears the signature of one of Saint Paul's premier builders, before the sale is final, it's always prudent to commission a detailed house inspection. Since that's not free, before committing to that expense you'll want to have a reasonable expectation that the home in question passes your own muster. In other words, before ordering up a formal professional inspection, you can do some inspecting of your own.
The first step is to disengage from the "wow" factor. Because it's in mint condition, good new construction invites acceptance—everything looks so fresh and flawless! That makes it harder to take a hard look, especially when the new home in question looks like what you have been hoping to find. Nevertheless, the first walk-through should be followed by an as-skeptical-as-possible return visit. Some of the areas that merit close attention:
- Structure: without exception, the walls should be plumb and flat. Wherever building materials meet (wood to plaster; glass to metal; drywall to tile, etc.) are the seams clean, the joints tight?
- Flooring: when you jump in the middle of a room, do the feel and sound tell you it's solid (yes: somebody has to jump!).
- Detailing: in closets and cabinetry, trim and hardware, are the workmanship and materials up to what the asking price indicates?
- Plumbing and electrical: are the sinks conveniently located for cooking and laundry duty? Is water pressure strong? Are there sufficient and well-placed outlets?
- Heating and cooling: Is one of the main selling points the economic advantage of the systems' operating efficiency. If not, ask questions.
- Roof: it should look trim and new, and carry a manufacturer's warranty for at least 10 years. Gutter placement and grading should make clear that water can't pool near the foundation.
The best Saint Paul builders earn solid reputations not just because of winning design innovations or outstanding price leadership. When you hear past buyers praise a builder, it's most likely because of the value their homes continue to exhibit over the long haul—value that results in years of trouble-free homeownership.
I'm a fan of well planned and constructed new homes, and it seems builders are embracing the idea that they need to "fit" in older neighborhoods like ours. For that reason, I encourage clients to explore new construction as an option in home buying. Call me at (651) 251-4898 or drop me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com if you'd like a detailed rundown of the fantastic new homes being constructed – or recently finished – that are currently being offered!
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Playing Games is Quality Family Time || Sci Fi Junkies
One of the biggest regrets working parents say they have today is the lack of time they have to spend at home, with their families. Increasingly, working parents claim that there is no balance in their work/life balance.
As a parent, I can relate. When my first child was born six years ago, I could never have imagined that in first grade he would have after school activities four days a week. Four days a week! Somehow, it doesn't seem to be too much for him. Really. He is with his friends and doing things that interest him. If it seemed to be too much, something would change. I promise.
While both my husband and I work, we have flexible schedules that allow us to take turns driving and participating in activities with our boys. So far, with a six-year-old and a four-year-old, we are able to enjoy a pretty decent amount of quality one-on-one and whole family time.
I say that knowing that approximately 25% of families spend an average of only 8 ½ minutes together a day. No joke.
One of the best and easiest ways to spend quality family time, we often hear, is eating together. Of course, with my children, it takes them less than 8 ½ minutes to eat a meal and they are asking to be excused!
At my house we do eat together, probably five to six nights a week on average, but do those few minutes at the table each night provide the kind of family relationship I want, expect, imagined all those months leading up to and during my first pregnancy? Absolutely not. I do not want my parenting skills to meet the average minimum expectations. That is not fair to me, my husband, my children individually or my family as a whole.
The easiest way around this, I know from my own experience, is to find activities we can enjoy together. At first, it may sound impossible. What could a pre-reader four-year-old, a first-grader and two nearly 40-year-olds share as common interests? Well, it is simpler than you might think. We all share the desire to be together. That is first and most important element. It is the foundation on which our family is built. So far, we all still like each other and enjoy basking in the coziness of our family.
So what do we do? We play games. Children love to play. It's what they do. It's what they are supposed to do. It is the sign of a healthy child. We adults should play games, if we don't. Games are a great stress-reliever. And they're fun. They make us laugh. They make us feel good.
At my house it is anything from Chutes and Ladders or Trouble to backyard games like croquet, bean bag toss or bocce. Anything that four people of varying ages, abilities, reading levels and attention spans can enjoy together is a keeper. What I love most about these classic backyard games, besides being outside in the fresh air, is that there are rules, but they can be bent to accommodate the youngest of participants. After all, it's not about who wins or loses, but that you play the game!
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Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for 18 to 20 year old people in America. About 5,500 deaths and 450,000 injuries occur each year involving teen driving.
Wrecks involving teens are probably most attributable to inexperience and judgment errors caused by not having enough time behind the wheel. Thus, practice driving is key. Each state, including Virginia, mandates a certain amount of practice time for teenagers starting with the learner's permit. Only by logging enough hours can a teenager learn how to safely handle all of the important challenges of driving a vehicle.
There are resources to help parents learn how to teach their kids to drive. The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles puts out a guidebook on this, which can be downloaded at www.dmv.virginia.gov. Another resource put out by the American Academy of Pediatrics encourages parents to require a safe driving contract with their teens. A copy of such a document can be found at www.aap.org. Another internet resource on the subject is www.safeteendriving.org.
Being a safe driver and avoiding auto accidents is not something you are born with. It is something that you have to learn. The lessons that an adult may have learned over decades of driving need to be re-enforced as early as possible with teenagers. Even basic methods of avoiding car crashes may not be obvious to a teenager, such as not driving when you are sleepy and avoiding distractions while driving. Teenagers with multiple passengers in their vehicle also create a risk of motor vehicle crashes. Having other kids in the car tends to distract the driver. Focusing all of your attention on the road is critical. Teenagers need to be told not to use their cell phones or to blast their music while driving. With a little practice, your teenager has a better chance of making it safely to Carnegie Hall or wherever their destination may be.


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A Life of Harmony
I remember a movie a long time ago when Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were a comedy team. Jerry's character was playing in a football game and, of course, when he got the ball, he ran the full length of the field in the wrong direction, making a goal for the other team. He obviously didn't understand the rules of the game very well. In any sport you have to understand exactly what is expected of each player and how that fits with the whole team.
Being in a choir (i.e. congregational choir) is something like being a member of a sports team, in that there are certain things you must do to be part of the whole "team". Imagine what would happen to that musical ensemble if everyone decided to do things just as they wanted. Suppose, for instance, one person, who perhaps had a degree in music, decided to sing the hymn in a different tempo from everyone else. Or suppose an entire section of the congregation decided to sing a different hymn! Utter chaos!
Jesus was talking about just such people, those who professed to be doing work in His name but did not understand who He was and what He was all about. Jesus asks us for our obedience in serving Him, putting our lives in His hands, believing in who He is, and living our lives in response to that faith.
When a choir or congregation follows the music director and trusts in the director's judgment, the music produced will be harmonious music. When we follow and trust the direction of Christ in our lives, then we will have harmony in our daily living as Christ would have us.


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Fabulous Folk! – Erica & Friends with Lee Corbie-Wells
Friday, September 29th @ 7:30 am - 10:30 pm$10
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Erica and Friends is the Bay Area's HOTTEST new folk and traditional band. Born of the rich Berkeley Arts culture, they've served up an upbeat mix of jigs and reels and pub songs, along with jazz, standards, and sweet ballads all over the East Bay and San Francisco. Erica and Friends is the HOT new Bay Area folk and traditional band based in Berkeley, that is putting out a mix of upbeat jigs and reels, pub songs and ballads from around the British Isles and Ireland. With Erica Hockett's vocals, Anne Bingham-Goess' fiddle, Lucas Gonze' mandolin, Troy Dillinger's accordion, and Chris Hammond's guitar, they are destined to become one of our great regional folk music resources. For the first time, hear them in the South Bay, at Art Boutiki!
For more on Erica & Friends, check their websites: YouTube Videos | Facebook Page | Soundcloud | or Reverbnation
|San Francisco native Lee Corbie-Wells has startled the Bay Area folk scene with her striking vocal and multi-instrument talents, venturing into Celtic, Americana, Blues, Jazz, Swing, Ragtime, Latin, Scandinavian and Bluegrass genres. Lee will enthrall you with a spread of savory songs including Gaelic, Russian, and Welsh, along with original tunes, accompanied with violin, hardanger fiddle and guitar.
Lee has Scottish ancestors and took up fiddle at 6. Her great-grandmother was from Skye, great-grandfather was from Glasgow, and grandmother was from Howwood, Renfrewshire. Her parents were both music teachers, and taught her Celtic and American tunes by ear, fostering her love of traditional folk music.
Lee toured Southern Ireland with Alison Streich in the band, Drowsy Maggie and has since performed in numerous Celtic, Americana, Blues, Jazz, Swing, Ragtime, and Latin bands, including a few years with Los Gatos based The Gallowglasses. In 2014, Lee formed her own band, Moonshine Jelly, and earlier this year, a Scandinavian-Bluegrass-Contra band called Kaptain Bottletop. Last Labor Day weekend, Lee performed two solo shows on the AmeriCeltic Stage at the Pleasanton Highland Games.
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Cider. I always tell the story about how I once helped judge the Cider category at the Miami Area Society of Homebrewers' Coconut Cup. I had no idea what was supposed to be a good cider or a crappy cider; frankly, the vast majority of examples I'd had taste very simply like carbonated apple juice and a little alcohol. There's a French cider I like called Etienne Dupont, but beyond that I had, for the longest time, found the entire style category entirely uninspiring.
This has now changed! As it turned out, all I needed was some cider with a bit of heart and soul. Enter the Crispin Cider Company. Crispin has me excited about cider. My first taste was of their Honeycrisp, a lush, unfiltered cider that looked more like a Belgian witbier in the glass, it was so cloudy with sediment. I tried The Saint, a stronger cider that had been fermented by Belgian abbey ale yeast. Their "Lansdowne" cider is fermented by a yeast strain commonly used in Irish stouts, and brewed with molasses – I have that one in my fridge awaiting a trial. Tonight, however, I'm trying Stagger Lee, a blended 6.9% cider with apple wines, aged in rye whiskey barrels. I'd seen @DailyBeerReview Rob drinking this one on the By The Glass show, and I was hoping I'd get a chance to pick one up. Well, a couple days ago at Total Wine, I got that chance, and here I am.
It looks as I now expect from Crispin – very cloudy with some visible sediment and a white-gold body. Minimal foam.
I'm not getting too much in the nose beyond straight up apple juice and a note of Sprite. Maybe the rye barrels won't quite contribute so much flavor.
Well, that was some faulty conjecture. This cider is quite sweet and flavorful, with major juicy apple flavor up front, riding the lush mouthfeel I expect from an unfiltered product like this. The rye barrels contribute a note of spiciness at mid-back palate, and also a suntan lotion-y coconut-vanilla taste. It is very tasty, and drinks easily to say the least. I enjoyed this in all of 15 minutes. If I was in the mood to be picky, I might say that it's somewhat too sweet, but I think that's just the apples that were used here – obviously juicy sweet apples; lots of sugars were left unfermented. Maybe a Champagne yeast could have eaten them up and made for a drier cider, but then we'd be looking at some serious carbonation, much higher ABV, and probably the need for a thick-walled 750ml bottle.
Grab one if you see it, but be aware that it's sweet.


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Usher Job Description Sample
Ushers work at recreational places like theaters, sports stadium etc. where they are required to perform many duties that are essential in ensuring that customers enjoy their shows. Ushers are also responsible for checking in patrons and showing them to their seats while making sure that the customers are comfortable.
The role of an usher is said to be an unskilled one as you do not need to have any prior experience or formal education but one should be able to read properly. A high school diploma may be considered as a standard for hiring ushers.
Ushers are require to be physically fit and active as they need to stay in the standing position for long periods of time. Ushers are also required to take part in cleanup activities after every show to make sure that the theater is neat and clean.
Generally, ushers work in different places where they are required to perform more or less same duties, some of which are listed below:
Usher Job Description Sample
• Make sure that theaters or auditoriums are neat and clean at all times.
• Provide the guests with information based on their movie, also informing the guest on special offers, rewards and directions
• Guard aisles in the theater in order to prevent overcrowding
• Check ticket and prevent anyone with invalid tickets for certain seats from entering.
• Welcome patrons with a pleasant and hospitable disposition.
• Direct patron to their respective seats and inform them regarding theater rules
• Make sure that no customer have items with them and ask them politely to leave it outside if such an event occurs
• Enforced the "non-smoking policy" by politely confronting and informing patrons
• Assist guest with seating, using a flashlight for darker events
• Regulate theatre walk-throughs pre and postproduction to maintain theatre appearance in order to provide an enjoyable experience for patrons.
• Clean lobbies, auditorium and all exterior and common areas on theatre
• Effectively communicate and interacts with customers either by phone and in-person
• Respond to customer concerns and complaints to ensure satisfaction
• Vigilant of noisy patrons, cameras, and disruptive actions to ensure a smooth performance