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Lightening loads by sharing them
Editor's note: We accidentally re-ran Anne Rector's June 8 column on Saturday, June 15. Here is the actual June 15 column. We apologize to Anne and readers for this error.
That overcast day I rose and began my routine, wondering how my foster family's day had started in Africa. A friend soon called to arrange a stay during a family crisis and as we spoke, it became clear most of our worlds have gone wacky.
Our fifties have held a lot of loss, lopsided loads and lessened abilities yet, amid the challenges our peer group faces – and to a household it's been steady; elder care, deaths, diseases, injuries, financial pressures… no one wanted the other family's troubles. Several loved ones were tackling tough issues that morning and on exchanging stories we agreed, rough times roll.
Canada Day approached yet, few of us felt celebratory – hardly disinterested, just terribly distracted. As we supported one another we pondered how to improve our perspectives, most of us seeking a solid night's sleep and some downtime… downtime being double-speak for house/yard work.
By lunchtime I bought a water gun with a 30 foot spray range. See, in the middle of these heartfelt calls backyard squirrels kept stealing our unripe fruit and at some point, we've got to take a stand. A pump action water weapon might ward off these plum-plucking, raspberry-robbing, cherry-picking, pear-poaching varmints and maybe, just maybe, preserve a taste of fruit.
Of course I bought a second – duelling decompression on my mind, that and our dwindling backyard bounty. But the squirrels seem to like cool spray on hot days – dagnabbit. Still, we felt gratitude for improving weather, roofs over our heads, well-stocked larders, and how none of us are fleeing our homes… with respect to those fighting floodwaters.
Then another phone call came; Foster Parents Plan notifying my relationship with J. had just concluded. After 25 years supporting two generations of children in the same Zimbabwean family, our relationship had reached its end, and earlier than the first youngster's graduation so I was taken by surprise. It felt quite sad.
Writing my farewell letter to the entire family; the young ladies I got to know and their matriarch, among others, was an emotional exercise. There's no next generation to continue our relationship and although its how such programs are structured, the finality of our goodbye was rather hard.
Foster Parents then offered me the chance to foster another young person in need in this wacky world; a boy in El Salvador, turning 10. Despite the trials and troubles in all our lives, I immediately focussed on this little lad with far greater challenges than we… someone who needs help and encouragement to get through childhood with basic health care and schooling; whose family needs support to be able to concentrate on essentials, like sufficient food.
I wasn't feeling burdened or sad anymore… I was feeling hopeful, for this presented another opportunity to make a positive difference in the life of someone with far more stacked against them… and I could help change that. For a mere pittance, and through years of earnest letters, I can improve the life of someone far away, happily forgoing whatever my contribution would have brought me, for I don't frequent salons or have my nails done. Instead, Foster Parents offers me the chance to make a lasting difference – and I do, even on my modest budget.
When we realize how lucky we are amid our challenges we far better weather them. Sharing lives with less fortunate youngsters make ours immeasurably better and each morning, as I wake and begin my day, it's the faces of three youngsters I picture, whose harsh lives I reflect upon, whose futures offer me hope. Helping one another is such an optimistic act. Let's do so more often.


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More Than 50 years of engineering excellence in Northern California
In 1967, John K. Max founded a company that manufactured components for the urethane processing industry. An early innovation in this field was a wide-range, precision flow meter to provide closed-loop flow control in the blending process. Tight machining tolerances and close attention to assembly and testing delivered the meters that redefined accuracy in the cast urethane market. Outside industries quickly realized the value of these precision devices and now Max meters are used worldwide in a broad cross section of industries.


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Mean while our cat, Jess, has adopted my home-made light box for her new chill out pad.
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Something Different #4
Mean while our cat, Jess, has adopted my home-made light box for her new chill out pad.
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This is such a fun card.ReplyDelete
Shannon did a great job on her heart. So sweet to give it to her sister :)
To funny about your cat, lol.Replies
Thanks Tracy - my cat just loves boxes :-)Delete
Guess you had fun making this card, it's different, bright and cheerful. TFSReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks P, it was fun - and I'm going to make another one of these tomorrow but with a little bit different top, using Cricut craft room.Delete
Karon, love your card so much and great instructions. Thanks for entering at Exploring Cricut.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Diane for a lovely comment.Delete
Beautiful projects, both the card and the heart.ReplyDelete
Appreciate you leaving me such lovely comments.Delete
Wow! Thank you for the great instructions! Your card is lovely! So glad you joined us at Exploring Cricut!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great comment and for visiting.Delete
This card is so simple, but provides a stunning result. What a great card to add to your stash (not of one!). You must be starting to feel like a pro, because you are sure starting to look like one. Nice job!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much for your wonderful compliment. I really appreciate you stopping by and taking the time.Delete
What a great fold on your card. Pretty colors and paper. Thanks for sharing with us at CCC.ReplyDeleteReplies
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You just keep amazing me with beautiful projects! I absolutely love this card! I will have to try this design myself.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Andrea, let me know if you do:-)Delete
What a great time love all the bright colors. And tell Shannon Emily will surely love her little gift as it is beautiful TFSReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Sheila - Emily was really impressed and loved it.Delete
WOW!!! This is great. I love the fold of your card and all of the embellies. And Shannon did an awesome job!! Thank you so very much for joining our challenge at Exploring Cricut!!!! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for leaving a lovely comment:-)Delete
Love this fold, Karon. It's so pretty the way you embellished it. Pretty papers. Shannon did a great job on her heart too.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Stephanie - Shannon will be pleased that everyone liked her heart.Delete
Very pretty card, love the shape it's one I haven't tried yet, thanks for the tutorial and thanks for joining CCC!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Melissa.Delete
Another super card Karon...you really did a wonderful job and your color/pattern choices are perfect! KathieReplyDeleteReplies
Awe shucks:-) Kathie - thanks:-)Delete
Amazingly beautiful card Karon and love the Shannon's project as well.ReplyDelete
Thanks Susie:-)Delete
What a great idea! I love you're card! Thanks for joining us at DCD this week!ReplyDelete
Thank you for visiting.Delete
Your card is beautiful. I may have to try one of these cards - thanks for the instructions! Thanks for playing with us this week at Cricut Cardz Challenge and Exploring Cricut. Hope to see you again soon :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the lovely comment.Delete
Karon, this is really neat and thank you for sharing a tutorial. The card is really pretty and LOVE the paper!ReplyDelete
Have a GREAT night!
Thanks Shelly.Delete
What a beautiful card!! The shape is so fun...and your tutorial is awesome!! Love the pretty papers!! And Shannon's project for Emily is absolutely gorgeous!! :)ReplyDelete
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Thanks Lisa - Shannon has been getting a kick out of all the lovely comments:-)Delete
What a neat looking fold. I have never made one and it looks tricky, but I should try just once. Thanks for sharing at Die Cuttin' Divas this week.ReplyDelete
You asked what grade...this year will be 4th. I have taught 5th for the past 7 -8 years. Before that I did a 4/5 split with ESE Inclusion for a couple years. My first year was K - 5 ESE Resource/pull-out program. This year will be my 13th year teaching. So much has changed!
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Thanks Georgiana - great year to teach:-)Delete
Karon, Thanks so much for stopping at my blog. Wanted to tell you I just love all your tutorials these are wonderful. It is so nice of you to share these cards with everyone.ReplyDelete
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Thanks Patricia - I really appreciate you leaving me a lovely comment.Delete
Thanks so much for posting these diagrams! Cards are beautiful!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Kat - glad you like them:-)Delete
OMG Karon, what an awesome tutorial. I am in a Fall card swap and I can't wait to try making these. Thanks so much for sharing.ReplyDeleteReplies
OMG Lisa, LOL, thanks would love to see what you come up with:-) TFLDelete
That little plaque that your daughter made for her sister is darling. She did a great job. What a wonderful gesture and such a special keepsake.ReplyDeleteReplies
It was her choice - we just happened to be in Michaels - LOL - and she asked if she could make something for Emily. So there you go:-)Delete
I would like to thank you for stopping by my blog today. All your comments are really appreciated. Happy crafting everyone and have a great day.


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Recharge, Rejuvenate and Rid Your Body of Toxins with a Detox Bath!
Toxins: It seems we can't escape them. They are part of our environment, in the foods we eat and the water we drink. While our bodies produce some toxins naturally, and can effectively manage them on its own, it's the overload of outside toxins that can cause lethargy, gastrointestinal problems, sore muscles, skin issues, and headaches. Essentially, toxins can leave you feeling blah and out of sorts. The good news is a detox bath can help the body flush out these extra toxins, and leave you feeling energized and refreshed.
The key to the perfect detox bath is what you decide to put in it. There are a number of ingredients that you probably already have on hand, like Epsom salts, baking soda, green tea, rosemary, and lemon that you can combine with essential oils for a healing and invigorating bath. Depending on your combination, your skin often feels fabulous, and you smell great, too. It's like having a wonderful spa treatment all in the privacy of your home.
How to Take a Detox Bath
- A detox bath takes time, so choose a day when you can devote at least 40 minutes to it. It takes 20 minutes to detox and 20 minutes to absorb the minerals.
- Drink plenty of water before taking your bath.
- Do some stretching or yoga on a Pranamat ECO massage mat to not only help rejuvenate your body and relax your mind before the bath, but also help relieve any minor muscle aches you may be experiencing.
- Create a setting: Light candles or play some music.
- Fill your bath with hot water, enough to make you sweat, but still feel comfortable. Sweating is important in a detox bath as it also helps rid your body of toxins.
- Collect the ingredients you want to help your body with this natural detoxification process.Epsom Salt Bath–After filling your bath with hot water, add Epsom salts. Epsom salts are the base to almost every detox bath. They are relatively inexpensive and help your body replenish its magnesium levels, and the sulfates help flush toxins from your body.
- Lemon Rosemary Bath–Fresh rosemary and lemon zest added to lemon essential oil makes for wonderful smelling and rehabilitating detox bath.
- Green Tea Bath–A few tea bags of this anti-oxidant tea, some Epsom salts, and essential oils will help soothe any minor muscle pains.
- Get in the tub slowly and enjoy this moment. Honor yourself for taking the time to detox.
- Imagine the toxins leaving your body and being replaced by the minerals, oils, and all the other healthy items you added to your bath.
- When you are done soaking, make sure to get out of the bath slowly. You may feel light headed and weak.
- Consider taking a cool shower immediately after.
- Do not eat before or after taking a detox bath.
- Make sure to drink plenty of water afterwards.
Detox baths have been around for generations and are an effective way to rid your body of toxins. It is also very therapeutic, and can boost your overall health and well-being.
1. http://healthylivinghowto.com/1/post/2012/01/detoxification-part-i-healing-waters.html
2. http://draxe.com/detox-bath-recipes/


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Is there anyone living in Caithness who is related to Alexander Sutherland, born 1811, son of John Sutherland and Esther Sutherland. I am researching my Sutherland ancestry and having difficulty finding information on them (so many Alexander Sutherland's). Would greatly appreciate any information on his parents and/or siblings.
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Cotton's decision came moments after he learned Auburn coach and his area recruiter James Willis was informed he would no longer be coaching on the Plains.
Auburn hired Gene Chizik Saturday to replace Tommy Tuberville. Willis and the other Tiger assistants who had stayed on to help the Tigers recruit during the search were informed to look for new jobs Sunday night.
That was the last straw, said Cotton, Sr.
"I just talked to James Willis and he was let go," said Cotton, Sr. "Coach Willis got let go and Raymond had built a good relationship with him and all of the guys that were down there. None of those guys are there anymore. He's going to look elsewhere."
Cotton, Sr. said Willis was integral in keeping his son committed to the Tigers during Auburn's coaching search. But with Willis now gone, so is his son's commitment.
"He was going to allow Coach Willis to come up here, but Coach Willis was let go. Everyone Raymond had built a relationship with Auburn was let go," said Cotton, Sr. "He's now going to take his commitment elsewhere."
Auburn coach Phillip Lolley, also the director of NFL relations at AU, called the Cottons Monday morning in an effort to set up an in-home visit from Chizik.
That likely won't happen, Cotton, Sr. said.
"Coach Lolley called and was trying to set up a visit for Coach Chizik. Coach Chizik wanted to come up and speak with Ray, but I let them know he was decommitting from Auburn today."
Cotton, Sr. told AuburnSports.com Sunday that he nor his son were impressed with the Chizik hire. Chizik was hired away from Iowa State by Auburn after posting a 5-19 record over the last two seasons.
"I know about Chizik's good background with Auburn, but I look at Auburn as being on the same level with the Floridas and Georgias, a top 10 school in the country. It's a big-time program," said Cotton, Sr. Monday. "And then we go out and hire a guy that has five wins over the last couple of years.
"That definitely brings some concern. I don't know if there is a lot of confidence there from me as a father. As a parent, my comment is Auburn did nothing to prove to me they want to be a winner."
Cotton, Sr. said his son would turn his attention to Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Florida and Arkansas. Cotton is the seventh prospect to decommit from the Tigers since Tuberville's departure.


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The sun has gone from the shining skies,
Bye, baby, bye,
The dandelions have closed their eyes,
Bye, baby, bye.
The stars are lighting their lamps to see
If babes and squirrels and birds and bees,
Are sound asleep as they should be,
Bye, baby, bye.
The squirrel keeps warm in his furs of gray,
Bye, baby, bye,
'Neath feathers, birdies are tucked away,
Bye, baby, bye.
In yellow jackets, the bees sleep tight
And cuddle close through the chilly night,
My baby's snug in her gown of white,
Bye, baby, bye.
The squirrel nests in a big oak tree,
Bye, baby, bye,
He finds a hole in the trunk, you see,
Bye, baby, bye.
The robin's home is a nest o'erhead,
The bees, they nest in a hive instead,
My baby's nest is her little bed,
Bye, baby, bye.
Lyrics taken from http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/children/autumn_lullaby.html


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Linked by Eugenia Loli on Wed 30th May 2012 07:28 UTC
One of my recent endeavours involves surreal digital collage, which currently has its own, rejuvanated, underground movement. In my search for inspiration I came across a talented artist, _meta_ ("Kim" in real world). At the time Kim happened to only publish his works for his followers on Instagram, so few people has seen his works. The biggest surprise for me was that Kim's artwork doesn't come to life via Photoshop or The Gimp, but via an iPhone 4s. Modern collage works require quite some cutting precision, so I found this fascinating-enough to ask Kim to walk us through his creation process.
I bet it takes some patience
by Ultimatebadass on Wed 30th May 2012 09:00 UTC
by bowkota on Wed 30th May 2012 10:21 UTC
Good stuff!!
by gan17 on Thu 31st May 2012 02:26 UTC


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A MAJOR CRIME has been committed in downtown Orlando, yet the police have not been notified and would be unable to act even if they were.
In the 300 block of East South Street, there stood, until recently, two large private residences. One of the buildings a short time ago was renovated at great expense for use by a law firm. Now both buildings have been demolished to make way, no doubt, for further unnecessary office space.


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Sporty's has launched a new app to help drone operators study for the Federal Aviation Administration's remote pilot test, which (under the FAA's Part 107 rules) allows operators to become commercial drone pilots.
Dubbed the Drone Study Buddy, the app includes study resources and interactive practice tests with questions, answers and detailed explanations written by Sporty's team of flight instructors.
"This app is built on the proven and popular Study Buddy platform that has helped tens of thousands of pilots prepare for their FAA tests," says Eric Radtke, president of Sporty's Academy.
Learning mode allows users to create custom review sessions by selecting specific categories. Each session randomly generates the question order and provides instant feedback based on the answer selection. Each question also provides a detailed description as to why each answer is right.
Flashcard mode tests users' knowledge by allowing them to see the question without the answer choices. In addition, test mode randomly generates a 60-question session from the entire database of test questions; it simulates the real remote pilot test with a two-hour time limit. After answering all the questions, users will be given instant results and have the option to review either all the questions or the missed questions.
"We'll also give you a progress report so you can track previous test sessions and know what areas require more study on your part," adds Radtke.
Sporty's Drone Study Buddy app, which works on the iPad and iPhone, is available for $19.99 in the App Store.
Now in its 55th year, Sporty's operations extend to airport management, avionics installation and repair, aircraft maintenance, a residential airport community, new aircraft sales, and flight training, including for the University of Cincinnati's professional pilot program. The company is located in Clermont County, Ohio/Sporty's Airport.


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Reminder – Last Day to Review Your October Birchbox Samples!
FYI – Today is the last day to review your October Birchbox samples and earn Birchbox points!
If you aren't familiar with Birchbox points, each month you get 10 points per sample when you review them. 10 points = $1, so if you review 5 samples each month for a year subscription, you'll have $60 to spend in the Birchbox shop! ($5 X 12 months)
Here is a step-by-step break down of how to review samples:
Under "Box" in the top navigation, click on Women's Box. (Or Men's if you subscribe to the Men's box).
When you click "Women's Box" you will be taken to a page that shows your most recent box/samples:
You'll want to review each one, and you review them one at a time. First I'll review the Acure Facial Cleasner. I click the product image to get to the product detail page:
From here click "Write a Review"
You'll answer about 10 multiple choice questions. At the end of the page there's an option to add a public product review:
You can do this if you want, but it is optional. Click submit – and you'll see this page:
Repeat these steps with your other samples. It is a pretty easy 5 bucks!


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By Pretty Fast
Words by John Reiss
Photography by Chris Lee and John Reiss
As industry standards and trends increasingly recognize the significant presence and influence of women in cycling, one group has been fighting the good fight for over a decade. The all female cycling club FWOD (an acronym with many meanings, currently For Women Only, Duh) originated in Oakland and now enjoys a thriving Brooklyn chapter as well.
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This little book contains fill-in-the-blank lines to describe some aspects about being a twosome. Just complete each line and voilà: you have a uniquely personal gift your significant other will read again and again. Make it as sappy, sassy, or silly as you choose!
Hardcover with removable clear plastic jacket; 4.5 x 3.25 inches; 112 pages
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The Broadbent name has been synonymous with fine wine for more than four decades, beginning with the renowned career of British wine critic,writer and auctioneer Michael Broadbent and continuing with his son, the importer Bartholomew Broadbent. Broadbent has partnered with family-owned wineries around the globe to produce wines rich with the essence of place and tradition. Broadbent wines represent authentic character and infinite pleasure. This Malbec is fresh with delicious fruit character, spicy plum notes and a silky and seductive finish. Produced and bottled in Mendoza, Argentina.
Region: Mendoza, Argentina
Year Founded: First Release 2010
Proprietors: Bartholomew Broadbent
Winemaker: Broadbent wines are made to the specification of Bartholomew Broadbent in collaboration with our partners in Argentina.
Size of property: Grapes supplied by contract wine growers.
Terroir: Argentina has near perfect conditions for the cultivation of grapes. Hot days allow for fully ripened grapes and cool nights provide complexity. Desert-like conditions mean the vineyards are typically healthy and need minimal intervention - most of Argentina has never been touched by Phyloxera. Rainfalls of 200mm (8inches) per year mean that irrigation is important. An elaborate canal system, dating back to the Pre-Colombian Incan Empire, distributes mountain spring water from the Andes to the many vineyards of Mendoza. Soils are mostly alluvial clay, sand and rock, low in organic material which help naturally control vine vigor and yield and provides excellent drainage. The location of Mendoza in the high altitude Andean foothills with vineyards averaging between 3,000 and 5,000 feet above sea level is an important part of what makes this region unique.
Annual Production: 5,000 cases
Varieties Cultivated: Malbec
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Shailene Woodley: 'White Bird in a Blizzard' Set!
Shailene Woodley heads to her location on the set of White Bird in a Blizzard on Tuesday (November 27) in Los Angeles.
The 21-year-old actress changed outfits later in the day to film some more scenes for the thriller.
In the flick, Shailene plays a girl whose life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.
Ugly Betty's Mark Indelicato has just joined the flick to play opposite Shailene, according to Variety.
Also starring in the film are Christopher Meloni, Shiloh Fernandez, and Gabourey Sidibe. Look out for White Bird in a Blizzard, set to be released sometime next year!


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A creamy Dijon dressing, crisp snap peas, and crunchy apples and cabbage make this potluck-ready salad the perfect side dish for spring.
Serve an irresistible crispy, buttery vegetable side that gets a one-two punch of texture from panko crumbs and Parmesan cheese.
A quick Sriracha marinade lends its signature zip to fresh pea, shrimp, and tomatoes in our delightful grilled spring kabobs.
Saucy grilled chicken gets upgraded with a vegetable salad of bacon, snap peas, carrots, and mint.
One of the veggie stars of this delicious spring casserole? The crunchy snap pea.
A quick homemade peanut dressing transforms snap peas, almonds, and coleslaw into a refreshing, flavorful Asian salad. If you can't find jicama, one reviewer suggests substituting apple.
Start with leftover turkey and toss with bacon, snap peas, and lettuce in a creamy dill and Dijon dressing. In fewer than 20 minutes, you'll have a healthy, refreshing meal.
Enjoyably chewy wheat berries -- whole, unprocessed wheat kernels -- star alongside crunchy fresh snap peas and radishes in this healthy salad recipe.
Zippy ginger mixes with sweet marmalade and tangy vinegar for a bold-flavored sauce that takes cooked snap peas to a whole new level of deliciousness.
Your local noodle restaurant has nothing on our homemade Asian-inspired noodle bowl peppered with chicken, snap peas, and carrots.
Sit down to a healthy risotto for two with peas, chicken, and herbs. Creamy, flavorful, and ready in 30 minutes, it's a recipe you'll want to keep on hand.
If you want a meal that exemplifies spring, look no further than our crispy baked chicken on a bed of lemons, shallots, and fresh peas simmered in sparkling champagne.
Leftover chicken tries its hand as a main component of our warm-spiced vegetable soup that also stars zucchini, sugar snap peas, and jalapeno, as well as a crunchy tortilla-strip topper.
A bright salad of spinach, Swiss chard, and fresh peas gets a double dose of sweetness from fresh cut strawberries and simple homemade berry vinaigrette.
Leftover chicken works overtime in our easy coleslaw and snow pea salad tossed with a fruity, tangy dressing.
Filled with snap peas, peppers, red curry paste, and coconut milk, this one-pot Asian-inspired dish is ready in just over 30 minutes. You can find red curry paste in the Asian aisle at your grocery store.
Need a fast dinner that's healthy, too? Try our buttery almond-topped tilapia served on a bed of crispy snow peas.
Wheat berries add their chewy texture and nutty flavor to this simple salad of apricots, cranberries, snow peas, and garbanzo beans with a light lemon dressing.
A simple homemade Asian sauce gives grilled chicken loads of zippy flavor, while rice noodles and sugar snap peas add a touch of lightness to this healthy dinner idea.
Peanut butter is the secret to our easy Asian-inspired sauce that tastes great with the veggies, snow peas, and chicken in our quick and healthy spaghetti supper.
Sweet coconut milk and bold curry paste balance out this 30-minute skillet dinner that features loads of veggies, chicken, and wide rice noodles.
Sugar snap peas and Yukon Gold potatoes team up with bold-flavor fennel and savory garlic in our mouthwatering spring soup recipe.
A busy weeknight calls for a quick and easy stir-fry recipe, and this veggie-packed dish with soy and ginger dressing fills the bill.
Introducing your new go-to vegetable side dish: It's got beets, potatoes, and peas cooked to toasty perfection and served with a light lemon and herb dressing.
Somen noodles -- very thin Japanese wheat noodles -- give this flavorful, veggie-packed soup its light, airy texture.
Ribbons of cantaloupe add bright color and flavor to our surprisingly delicious and elegant snow pea and watercress salad.
Chewy barley, crunchy pea pods, and hearty wild rice get a touch of bright flavor from orange juice and fresh mint. This versatile salad is perfect for any season.


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Mar 20 2012
Portland Plan Update
Yes! After years of work, the Portland Plan is finally being passed to the City Council.
Here's the recommended version (not final because the City Council will likely make some changes): Recommended Draft.
Also, here's a cool video that they made to highlight the proposals.
I will definitely be going on 4/18, if you're in Portland you should come!


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Phone: (402) 472-2600
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University of Nebraska Benefits Packages
UNL's benefit plans are administered as part of the University of Nebraska system. While every effort is made to ensure information on this site is accurate, if a discrepancy exists the formal documents and contracts ultimately govern.
Employee Self Service (ESS)
- Firefly - Online access for benefit eligible employees to their personal data stored in SAP, the university's administrative computing system.
Insurance Overview
- NUFlex Overview - NU's flexible benefits program that allows you to choose from a group of benefit options that best suit your circumstances.
Retirement Overview
- Retirement Overview - Choose from several retirement plan options and find out more about retiring from the university.


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God, bless America.
I added the comma and the lowercase "b" because, without them, it seems like we are making a demand of god, rather than approaching god with the humility of a people who have already received so much.
In my case, I also use the lowercase "g" because I personally honor the best of all faiths and, because of my good fortune to be an American, it is not only my Constitutional right to believe this, but also to add voice to my belief.
Imagine that!
Now that I think of it, god, I don't need any more blessings.
I'm all set here.
Please pass by me today, and move right on to others with real needs.
I am so very grateful to both god and country for the undeserved grace I have received for no reason other than the ridiculously random place of my birth.
We are so very fortunate, my good people. It seems ridiculous that, in times of stress, it is so easy to forget that.
So, today, as we rightfully express our pride in this great nation, let us remember with humble appreciation that god has already blessed America.
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Docker, Inc. has published a detailed tutorial on Dockerizing PostgreSQL. To keep the length of this tutorial manageable, we will simply use a publicly available Docker image hosted on Docker Hub. We leave Docker's official example as an exercise for readers who want a deeper understanding of how Docker containerizes the PostgreSQL service. The goal of this section is simply to introduce some basic Docker commands and frequently used command options.
Please go through the steps outlined under Preflight Checks to ensure that the system is properly configured.
Search for a PostgreSQL 9.3 Docker image that has at least 5 stars.
Host% docker search --stars=5 "postgresql-9.3" # -s, --stars=0 Only displays with at least x stars NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL helmi03/docker-postgis PostGIS 2.1 in PostgreSQL 9.3 18 jamesbrink/postgresql A simple PostgreSQL 9.3 contai 6 kamui/postgresql PostgreSQL 9.3 with configura 5
We will use the
kamui/postgresqlimage throughout this tutorial.
Launch a PostgreSQL service container from the
Host% docker run -p ::5432 \ --name db \ -e POSTGRESQL_DB=hartl \ -e POSTGRESQL_USER=docker \ -e POSTGRESQL_PASS=docker \ kamui/postgresql # -p Publish a container's port to the host. The :: notation # delegates the host port selection to Docker. # --name Assign a name to the container. # -e Set environment variables.
Make sure the PostgreSQL Docker container is up and running with
docker ps -a. In this example, Docker has mapped
port 49153on the Boot2Docker virtual machine to
port 5432. on the newly started
Host% docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE STATUS PORTS NAMES bd1f9fb66975 kamui/postgresql Up 49153->5432 db # -a, --all=false Show all containers. Only running containers are # shown by default.
Confirm that the PostgreSQL database container may be accessed locally. Since the PostgreSQL database container was launched with environment variable
POSTGRESQL_PASSset to docker, that will be the password in this example.
Host% psql -h localhost -p 49153 -U docker hartl Password for user docker: psql (9.2.4, server 9.3.4) WARNING: psql version 9.2, server version 9.3. Some psql features might not work. Type "help" for help. Hartl=#
Because we had forwarded ports in the
49000..49900range from the Mac OS X host to the Boot2Docker virtual machine, the dockerized PostgreSQL service may be accessed from the Mac OS X host with
-h localhostand
-p 49153.
To stop the PostgreSQL database container, press
Ctrl-cin the console or run
docker stop <container_id>or
docker stop <container_name>in another console with its environment variable
DOCKER_HOSTset. In this example, the PostgreSQL database container ID is
Host% docker stop bd1f9fb66975 # OR Host% docker stop db # OR if the alias "dlc" has been defined to be "docker ps -l -q" Host% docker stop `dlc`
Since the PostgreSQL database container was not launched with the
--rmoption, the exited container will show up when
docker ps -ais run.
Host% docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE STATUS PORTS NAMES bd1f9fb66975 kamui/postgresql Exited 49153->5432 db
Remove the exited container.
Host% docker rm bd1f9fb66975 # OR Host% docker rm db # OR if the alias "dlc" has been defined to be "docker ps -l -q" Host% docker rm `dlc`
Docker, Inc. published a detailed tutorial to demonstrate how easy dockerizing system services like PostgreSQL can be. We launched a public Docker image built in a way that is similar to the tutorial, so we may introduce some basic Docker commands and frequently used command options. In the process, we showed how the Mac OS X host can connect to a dockerized PostgreSQL service on the Boot2Docker virtual machine.


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New Study Shows Ginger Is 10,000x Stronger Than Chemo (And Only Kills Cancer Cells)
Turmeric has widely been toted for its effect on cancer, but new research has shown that its cousin ginger is just as powerful. Not only that, an active compound in ginger has potentially been found to be more effective than some cancer medications at killing cancer. There is even preliminary evidence of some cancer medications being ineffective and actually accelerating the death of cancer patients.
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One study, conducted by Georgia State University found that ginger extract was able to reduce the size of a prostate tumor by 56% in mice. In addition to its effect on cancer, ginger was also observed to reduce inflammation and supply the mice with life-enhancing antioxidants.
Another study published in PLoS found that one particular component in ginger known as 6-shogaol is superior to conventional cancer medication, namely chemotherapy, at targeting the cause of breast cancer malignancy: breast cancer stem cells (1).
Sometimes referred to as 'mother cells,' cancer stem cells are the cause of a wide range of cancers, not simply breast cancer. These 'mother cells' are responsible for creating the different 'daughter' cell types that make up the tumor colony. While cancer stem cells only constitute .2 to 1% of the cell makeup of the tumor, they seem to be almost 'immortal.'
What that means is, these cancer stem cells can self-renew, they are capable of continuous differentiation, are resistant to conventional chemotherapeutic agents, and are capable of splitting off and forming new tumor colonies. The only way to fully ensure that your body is cancer free is to destroy the cancer stem cells within a tumor.
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This new study found that the pungent constituent in ginger known as 6-shogaol was very active when it came to anti-cancer stem behavior. This constituent is produced when the root is either dried or cooked, to very common uses for ginger already. But there is something very specific about 6-shogaol that makes it potentially superior to some available chemotherapy treatments for cancer.
Researchers found that these cancer-destroying effects occurred at concentrations that were non-toxic to non-cancer cells. That means that this particular component of ginger only killed cancer cells, leaving healthy cells alone. This makes it very different from conventional cancer treatments that do not display that kind of selective cytotoxicity.
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When it comes to breast cancer, 6-shogaol significantly affects the cell cycle, resulting in increased cancer cell death. It induces programmed cell death through the induction of autophagy. It also inhibits breast cancer spheroids (lumps) from forming. But that isn't the only astounding thing about 6-shogaol.
This study also found, that in tests of the cancer drug Taxol, it did not show the same level of effectiveness at destroying cancer stem cells and tumors as 6-shogaol. Even when the concentrations of Taxol were increased, it was still found that 6-shogaol was 10,000 times more effective at killing cancer stem cells, stopping tumors from forming, and keeping healthy cells alive.
Although more research needs to be done to show how 'modern cancer medicine' may not be as effective as natural remedies, this is promising preliminary research.
Check out this video about how Dry Ginger affects cancer!
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- http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137614
- http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/ginger-10000x-stronger-chemo-taxol-cancer-research-model
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Friday: Existing Home Sales
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Based on Lawler's estimate, I'd take the "over" tomorrow. Note: Lawler is not always right on, but he is usually pretty close. See this post for a review of Lawler's track record.
• At 8:30 AM, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December. This is a composite index of other data.
• At 10:00 AM, Existing Home Sales for December from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 5.19 million SAAR, up from 4.76 million in November.
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Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Ann Mayer has been in charge of her company for almost a year now.
Yahoo is a dinosaur, built in another era when Internet directory-based portals reigned and blogging, social networking and smartphones hadn't been invented yet.
Mayer was hired to achieve an impossible dream: To turn Yahoo around and make it a lucrative, powerful organization again.
But how?
I think in the answer is becoming clear: Mayer is remaking Yahoo in Google's image. And if that's the goal with Yahoo, Mayer is the right woman for the job.
Before taking the helm at Yahoo in July of last year, Mayer had worked for only one company: Google.
She started in 1999 at the age of 24 (as employee number 20) and worked there in a variety of engineering and leadership roles during her 13 years.
For most or all of her time at Google, Mayer was part of the strategic inner circle, spending years in constant, high-level brainstorming and decision-making sessions with founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as former CEO Eric Schmidt.
It's reasonable to assume that just about everything she knows about running a technology company she learned at, from and through the perspective of Google.
Yahoo's got a long way to go if it wants to become Google. Its current market capitalization is about one-tenth of Google's -- roughly $29 billion compared with Google's $285 billion.
In a best-case, moon-shot scenario, Mayer would bring Yahoo's value to about half of Google's, which would be a 500% increase and would make her one of the most successful tech CEOs in history.
The tech echo chamber tends to get stuck on obsolete product categorization. Clarity is better achieved by ignoring these labels.
For example, when Facebook offers integrated social posts, messaging, instant messaging, Skype video chat and social sharing, it's a social network.
When Google combines these things, it's the forced integration of different services.
When Yahoo does it, it's a "portal."
These distinctions can lead us astray. Does it matter if users perceive or believe or expect disparate services are or should be in one site or on many?
What matters is a single sign-on for the user that opens doors for multiple integrated services and, more importantly, to be tracked by those companies for personalized services and advertising.
The "signals" gathered on all of a company's sites can be applied to contextual advertising in each.
For example, location is a signal. By knowing the fact that a user is in Austin, Texas, via a mobile app, ads can be served up on the desktop photo sharing service that promote restaurants in Austin.
What's the difference between Facebook learning about you via your status update, Google+ learning about you via your post to circles, and Yahoo learning about you via your post on Tumblr to serve up custom-tailored advertising in Messages, Gmail and Yahoo Mail, respectively? It's the same business model. It's something like a zero-sum game, too. More time spent on Google+ is less time spent on Facebook and vise versa.
The larger dynamic in social content is that the big guys are rapidly getting bigger, both by building new features and buying new companies.
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If we can forget about the arbitrarily applied distinctions, each of the mega platforms needs key components of communication, content and commerce.
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And that's the problem with Yahoo. The company doesn't have the right "stuff" for keeping users engaged in the right kinds of signal-harvesting activities.
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1. Civil Service of Great Britain by Robert Moses (1914)
"o), an Acting Principal Clerkship at the War Office (1900), two Chief accountantships in the Army Accounts Branch ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgage by William Wyllys Mackeson, Henry Arthur Smith, Richard Holmes Coote (1884)
"... specialties, or accountantships in existence at the passing of the Act, the same search, which was not very easy, must be made as before the Act (o). ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law and Practice Relating to Vendors and Purchasers of ...by Joseph Henry Dart, William Barber, William Robert Sheldon by Joseph Henry Dart, William Barber, William Robert Sheldon (1888)
"... debts and accountantships (;;). The lien of the Crown, it may be observed, attaches as from the time when the owner of tho land becomes an accountant. ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgagesby Richard Holmes Coote, Sydney Edward Williams by Richard Holmes Coote, Sydney Edward Williams (1904)
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Make a raft that will float your boat, and some potatoes....
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Check with a grown-up before you get started. This is an activity you'll need to test in water outside in warm weather.
Imagine that you're stranded on a deserted island. A raft would be a really handy survival tool, either to help you get off the island or to move supplies around.
See if you can build a raft that will hold 2 gallons of water and 5 pounds of supplies (a total of about 21 pounds.)
Use materials like balloons, garbage bags, bubble wrap, Styrofoam cups and plywood. Remember that the raft needs to be strong enough to hold all your supplies, but also light enough to float.
Test your survival raft in the "ocean" of an inflatable wading pool.
Here's the sci scoop on what floats your boat: When the raft is put in the water, it starts to sink, pushing water out of the way. It's kind of like it makes a hole in the water. The raft stops sinking when the weight of the water it pushes out of the way is equal to the weight of the raft and everything on it. If, when your raft stops sinking down into the water, some of the raft is still above the surface of the water, that means your raft floats. Try building a raft that holds your weight. Or build a smaller raft that holds your soap and sponge while taking a bath. Be sure to
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Roadcran, age 11 of Canton, CT
I used it in my pool and trust me I would deffinatly recommend it to anyone stuck in the wild.. don't worry w/ this u'll stay afloat!!
Nichelle, age 11 of Sacramento, CA
When I got on it didn't sink! I guess because I made it where it couldn't sink.
Alexis, age 7
It tipped but we stayed in the raft.
Samantha, age 10 of Easton, MD
First I put my nephew on it and it stayed. But when I got on with him it sunk! I got wet. I used two trashbags and Strofoam cups.
Chris, age 15 of Round Rock, TX
It floated for 12 seconds then sank.
Cody, age 11 of Champaign, IL
It held me and my supplies. It worked perfectly.
Kurt, age 15 of Houston, TX
Mine floated in our swimming pool in the backyard. It didn't last very long because it was starting to sink in a minute.
Jake, age 6 of Los Angeles, CA
Remember when you made that raft out of tape and balloons and cups and wood? Well, you could just put some cups and balloons on the back and use it as a boogie board (without the balloons on the outside corners).
Milosz, age 10 of Schiller Park, IL
When I tried my raft for the sponge and the soap I realized that the wind from the window blew my raft to the opposite direction not where I wanted it to be, what I mean by that is the wind could blow the raft back to the island so, maybe you should bould something like an engine or a mast.
Jordan, age 9 of Bardonia, NY
I did it in a real pool and mine half flooted it sank half way.
Shelby, age 10 of Grayson, KY
It worked for exactly 2 minutes. I figured out why it sunk. I had put 2 huge sgaures of styrofoam on the bottom. One came off so it tilted to one side. I tried again and made sure it wouldn't fall off. I got on and put all my supplies on it. It still sank! I guess I should use small potatoes next time!
Melissa, age 15 of Westerville, OH
Well I was smart and used styrofoam and cut it and tied it together using string I floated in my neighbors pull but when my bro and me tryed to get on it tipped over. O well we were already wet.
Ashley, age 11 of Lindon, UT
Well, I used it it the bath tub to hold my shampoo it held up okay. It sunk a little bit.
Elizabeth, age 9 of Houston, TX
It floated when I was on it, but it sank when my brother was on it.
Brianna of Corpus Christi, TX
It worked pretty good it held up to 10 pounds I used wood and strings.
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Even though this is new and it hasn't been brodcasted, I think it's cool. I used 2 different materials to test. Cardboad worked better than paper. My brother thought it was cool so he wants to watch the premiere.
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I floated my baby sister on my raft, and it stayed, but when I got on, we sunk, and I got wet!
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How could the March 2015 Budget affect your family?
Now we've heard the details, this is a great time to think about your family's finances and what the Chancellor's Budget statement in March 2015 could mean for you in the years to come. Here you'll find links to some of our most popular articles, tools and calculators that should help you find personalised answers to questions about how the Budget may affect your family's finances.
Young families
If you're starting out as a young family, anything that helps you save or get even more value from your money is good news. There's some good news to start with: from April 2015, everyone can earn £10,600 a year before income tax kicks in. Then from April 2016, this will be raised to £10,800 and £11,000 the year after – so it looks as though many families could have a little more money in their pockets.
First-time buyers – if you're hoping to get onto the property ladder soon, then the announcement about Help to Buy ISAs will be welcome news. In short, if you're a first time buyer in the UK saving up to £200 a month towards your first home, then the government will boost those savings by 25% in a Help to Buy ISA.
That's a £50 bonus for every £200 you save – which could make all the difference. (You can see how everyday savings could mount up, even before you open a Help to Buy ISA. Our savings calculator helps you see how to start saving for a deposit.)
The minimum bonus will be £400, for which you'll have to save £1,600 (you'll also be able to put in an initial £1,000 deposit on top of the £200 pm maximum). The maximum bonus will be £3,000. But because those bonuses are paid 'per person', young couples could get a helping hand of up to £6,000 towards their first home. This bonus is paid if and when the property purchase is made.
Check out our first-time buyer starting out tips. You could be using them sooner than you thought…
Fuel duty freeze – this is also good news for young families. The Chancellor won't be increasing the tax on fuel at the pumps in September, so you'll still get 'the same amount of petrol for the pound'. It's a great excuse to take the family out somewhere this weekend!
And if you're thinking about where to go on holiday, there'll be more good news in the future. From 2018, it'll cost less to cross the River Severn using the Severn Toll – so how about planning a countryside holiday-at-home, with a few days over the border? The charges will go down from £6.50 for cars, and £13.10 for vans – to one simple lower charge of £5.40.
Families with older children
This one's good news for every family who's putting money away on a regular basis. With the new personal savings allowance, the first £1,000 of interest on savings income is going to be tax-free from April 2016 if you're a basic rate tax payer. For higher rate payers it will be the first £500 (additional rate payers won't see this benefit).
Perhaps better still for most families who are saving hard – there'll be more flexibility about putting money into and taking it out of a normal ISA: you'll be able to withdraw and re-deposit or re-invest your savings in the same ISA, more than once. However, the repayment of money into your ISA will have to be made in the same tax-year.
Are you saving hard to help pay for University fees? Higher amounts of tax-free savings could make a real difference. Check out our university costs calculator to see how much you may need to save if your children would like to go on into further education.
You could also try our cut back and save calculator – because it really is the little things that add up to a tidy financial sum. Even a small amount makes a difference over a long period of time, particularly if you're saving for something special like a special occasion – perhaps even a wedding anniversary.
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And if you're slightly older - maybe your children have left home already? - then you may be looking forward to later life and your retirement plans. Today The Chancellor announced a change to the Lifetime Allowance – that's the amount you can take out of a pension scheme without paying extra tax – taking the amount down from £1.25million to £1million.
Many people won't save that much during their working lives, but it is good to check your progress regularly. Our retirement planner tool is really useful, because it works out the estimated future value of your personal pension plans and how much income you may get from them.
In summary, then…
Over the last three years or so, we've seen lots of changes in family savings habits – perhaps this Budget will help you find a few pennies extra to put away for a rainy day?
You can see how other families have been saving money, and how they're saving more (or less) as time goes by, in our most recent family finances report.
Remember, if you can put a few pennies away, there's an old saying that the pounds will take care of themselves – including the newly designed £1 coin, inspired by 15-year-old David Pearce, from Walsall.
Featuring the four plants associated with the UK's four nations (a rose, a leek, a thistle and a shamrock), The Chancellor rang David personally to let him know his design has been chosen for the new 12-sided coin. We can all look forward to seeing its introduction into circulation from 2017.


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"Yes, You Can" My Faces of Inspiration
The Bronx seems like forever ago. The Fabulous 145, what we called home during the summer of 2003 while we taught our students in the Bronx, is my constant reminder that "¡si, se puede!" is the only motto I need to live by. If you believe "Yes, you can," you actually will succeed.
It seems like forever ago when I was corrected by my beautiful students, who said it was el grafico and not la grafico, which I had mistakenly said as I put up the graph I had finished creating at three o'clock that morning. Oh, if only the language had been my biggest challenge as I prepared this classroom of sixth graders, who spoke little or no English, for a huge math exam that would determine their fate for the next year. Yes, the Spanish was a bit overwhelming, but it just added to the stresses of lesson planning, classroom management, visuals, manipulatives, and bulletin boards that were drowning me behind our motto of "¡si, se puede!" which I was supposed to live by, and ended up fearing.
The picture of Eduardo, still wearing his hat after the tenth time I had asked him to take it off and the tenth time he had refused, comes with me. It was a battle I would have lost had it not been for my persistence and some great advice from an experienced teacher. I also have the picture from week three of Eduardo, his individualized behavior plan taped to his desk, reading quietly, pausing only to self-monitor his behavior so he could show me at our daily conference after school.
There's Yachira, who read aloud, read aloud in broken English a passage at a second-grade reading level. I looked out at the class to call on the next student to read and saw her head glued to the highlighted paragraph we had rehearsed for half an hour before school. José, waving his hand, caught my eye, and I would have called on him had it not been for the fact Yachira looked up, our eyes locked, and she slowly lifted her hand. Yachira read out loud in front of the whole class, and I can still see her face as she whispered "gracias" as she walked out of class. Two stories, two beautiful children of the 22 amazing students I taught that summer.
I carry the pictures of those tiny faces of inspiration with me to Diggs-Johnson Middle School in Baltimore every day. Diggs-Johnson is different. It is actually quite a bit different. I wish I knew where to start, or what picture I should paint first, but the images that fill my mind now are very different from those at the Fabulous 145.
When I arrived at Diggs I was warned about the three regular prostitutes that stand in our parking lot with their skirts up around their waists (we now refer to them as the self-employed women of the neighborhood). I had been warned about the crack houses, the heroin needles, and the filth of a neighborhood of boarded-up houses and people living in cars. I had been warned and yet I was still surprised.
The first day I arrived and met my co-workers, I was not surprised that I was one of only eight white staff members. I can honestly say I barely noticed, until I realized that they all did. I learned quickly that being white could become my downfall in Baltimore. It was a clear signal for distrust. I was going to desert these babies, the babies that they had grown to love. I was going to leave them because they were going to eat me alive. It was the message I received from every staff member I met, and by two that afternoon I was scared I might start believing it.
The school is a story in itself. It has capacity for 300 students but 550 were enrolled, so the city was supposed to build portable classrooms to house the eighth-grade students and the SPAR (special area elective) classes. Of course the city didn't get to it. On our first day of training the city sent a memo that the work would be done by September 14, and by the Friday before the first day of school, five memos later, they could almost guarantee the portables would be built before December.
The eighth-grade team set up the gym for five teachers, five classes running simultaneously with no walls, no desks, no chairs, and 200 students. Many teachers were given carts to push from class to class, and I was one of the fortunate ones who received a classroom. It could hold 22 desks, with a teacher's desk in the back of the room. At the seventh-grade team meeting the principal informed us that the seventh-grade teachers would be sending their students to SPAR classes (my Spanish class is considered SPAR) two classes at a time. They estimated approximately 52 students would be in my fourth-period classroom.
Prepared to roll with the punches, I met with two other experienced teachers to rearrange the layout of my room so I could fit more desks. With five more desks, there was barely room to walk along the edges, and so we stopped, all of us knowing it would mean many students without desks, chairs, or even standing room.
My meeting with the seventh-grade principal went like this:
Me: If you have a free moment I would like to talk to you about the seventh-grade SPAR situation.
Ms. H.: Go ahead.
Me: Well, I know that we are facing some serious challenges due to our lack of space this year, but after working all day yesterday and with the help of Ms. Knight and Ms. Cousins, I am positive that I cannot fit more than 27 desks in my classroom.
Ms. H.: Yes.
Me: I would love to take any suggestions you may have, but I just do not know how more than 50 students will fit into my classroom at one time.
Ms. H.: Are you saying you want smaller class sizes?
Me: Of course that would be ideal, but I understand we are not working with ideal right now; I would just like suggestions on how to fit over 50 students in my classroom at one time. And if you agree that it doesn't seem possible, I would like to work with you to brainstorm some alternatives.
Ms. H.: Are you saying you want smaller class sizes?
(At this point I am in shock and not sure what to say.)
Ms. H: Because if you are saying you want smaller class sizes, that is wonderful. I would be happy to cut the seventh-grade class in half and you can teach the other half during your lunch. How does that work?
(Again I am silent because I know this is a trick, although I am almost tempted to give up my lunch for the sake of classroom management.)
Ms. H.: Very well. I am sure you will rise to the challenge and make it work. We wouldn't have hired you at Diggs-Johnson if we didn't think you were tough. (laughing) Tough or crazy, you have to be one of those to work here.
She walks away.
The first day of school was an adventure. I guess it is a cultural thing for parents to walk their students to school. Almost every parent did that the first day. The eighth-grade parents walked their children right in and waited patiently for someone to show them to their son's or daughter's homeroom. Having been assigned to the front door for the first half-hour, I was one of the first faces these parents saw. As parents walked in I sent the sixth graders to the auditorium, the seventh graders to the cafeteria, and the eighth graders to the gym, until the hallway was blocked with eighth-grade parents.
My favorite conversation of the morning went like this (and pardon my language):
Group One (three or four mothers of eighth-grade students): This is bullshit. You cannot expect our students to go sit on the floor of the gym all day. Absolute nonsense. My kid ain't sitting on no floor all day. Where the hell are the desks, where are the chairs? This is unbelievable.
Group Two (six or eight mothers of eighth-grade students): Stop blocking the door, we are s'posed to go inside.
Group One: We ain't going in no gym. My kid ain't sitting on no gym floor in her new school clothes. I paid too much money for my daughter to be sitting on no floor.
Group Two: Where you gonna send her then, where are the kids gonna go? This is it, if they say they being taught in the gym, they being taught in the gym.
Group One: Ain't no way my kid's being taught in no gym.
Group Two: Your kid can't even read.
And this is where the brawl begins and Group One charges Group Two. We have parents attacking one another in the hallway between the gym and the cafeteria. And kids cheering their parents on as faculty and staff attempt to break up the fights and the hallway continues to clog.
At about 9:30, after only an hour of outbursts, brawls, and eighth-grade parents and children all-out refusing to enter the gym, the media arrive in full force with cameras, microphones, and at least six reporters pouring into our hallways. The loudspeaker announces that all students and teachers are quarantined to their classrooms on the first floor. I am upstairs at the time watching it all from the computer teacher's window. The school CEOs are called, and the police get there at around 10:30 to escort the reporters, who are now outside interviewing the mob of eighth-grade parents who have pulled their children from Diggs.
Every day since has been an adventure. Teaching is a challenge I never expected it to be and one that I can truly say I love. The culture in Baltimore is drastically different from any other place I have been and "challenging" is an understatement. In my fourth-period class of seventh graders I have students sitting on the radiator and more standing in the back, as I try to get their attention and deal with the fact that Diggs-Johnson cannot afford to hire substitutes, meaning that if a teacher is out, each class gets split up five ways and one-fifth of the students come to me. Standing in the back, they don't care about Spanish or the classroom culture we have created. They do not need to follow along or do any of the work, nor do they need to sit quietly. In the three weeks we have been in school, I have received these extra groups of kids about five times.
Race is a factor I underestimated. My liberal education and liberal belief that I could actually be colorblind was almost as much of a joke as the thought that my students and their parents would accept a white teacher into their community. As I tried to teach the colors in Spanish, I would never have expected the chaos that ensued when I showed the class the word for black, negro (pronounced with the e as in "egg"). And a note that was passed around for the teachers to read that said "Ms. Lehr hates Black People" hit us all hard, as we knew that there was probably more of that in all of our classrooms. I go back every day, of course. There was never a doubt in my mind that I would. Each day I wonder things. When Mardaisha's mom comes in and asks why her daughter is already failing, and I show her the quiz and homework scores, does she mean it when she asks, "Are all the black kids failing?" I am curious if these beautiful students understand when I tell them their names cannot be translated into Spanish, that names like Verneesha, Rasheaara, Shanaira, Quron, and Terrell are unique and special already. I tense a little bit when they ask me where I live and I respond with "here in the city"; in every class someone in the back of the room whispers under their breath loud enough so we all can hear it, "Yeah, in the white part." I honestly have not seen a white part yet, and if there truly is one, I am sure on my teacher's salary I cannot afford to live there.
And have I mentioned they all suck their thumbs – seniors in high school who still suck their thumbs – and I do my best not to judge them because of it, because it is their culture. Confused, I search for clarification and can only think back to self-soothing techniques I have learned about in psychology classes (honestly trying not to believe in Freudian oral fixations).
Today I am perfectly happy teaching here in Baltimore at Diggs-Johnson Middle School. A school on its third year of CEO status (i.e., run like a business, with heavy emphasis on testing and measurable goals), it is still the worst-performing middle school in the city. A school where the attendance rate is 50 percent and we are still without classrooms for all our students. A school where the computer teacher has six working computers and we have four overheads to share. A school without a copy machine or paper, or textbooks for half of the classes (mine included), and class sizes over 25 and some as high as 62 in rooms where we have run out of desks weeks ago.
But every day I go back, because only 10 students passed my first quiz, and Dominique punched James in the face, and although Dominique was sent to the office the principal sent back a note saying to schedule a parent conference before sending any child to the office no matter what the circumstance, and because Spencer got stabbed in the eye with a pencil and the school refused to call his mother for fear of a lawsuit, and because Jameka stood up on Tuesday and said, "I thought SPAR classes were supposed to be fun."
I teach every day because Kiara wrote on the first paper she turned in that "the white bitch teaching Spanish is unfair," and because Mr. English and Mr. Walker laugh about the fact that the last Spanish teacher they had lasted for seven weeks and most white teachers don't last the first semester. I come back because I cannot stop thinking about these mis angelitos every second of the day, because I will not be like the others who have quit, because my whole class can pronounce negro in Spanish and not swear under their breath that their teacher is a racist, and Dominique promised after school that he would lead by example in my classroom and I have no choice but to believe him since his mother has missed our parent conference on four consecutive days and I have no other consequence for him.


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Theatergoing can be such a yawning routine — park, sit, clap, race home like a lunatic.
What's most refreshing about "The Day Shall Declare It" — the immersive theater piece by Wilderness that's presented in conjunction with Los Angeles Performance Practice — is not knowing how to act as an audience member.
At several points during the production, co-directed by cast member Annie Saunders and choreographer Sophie Bortolussi and housed in a Los Angeles arts district warehouse, I found myself scampering from one corner of the enigmatically divided playing area to another.
The performers were engaged in what can only be described as intimate altercations. They were gracious and supple in demarcating space, but I feared getting caught in the melee.
No matter how quickly I scurried, however, there was no possibility of distancing myself from the action. Passive slouching wasn't an option as bodies collided with athletic vigor and grace in a piece that interweaves texts by Tennessee Williams and Studs Terkel on the way work can warp our lives.
Unlike the popular offerings of the British pioneering immersive theater company Punchdrunk ("The Masque of the Red Death," "Sleep No More"), this Wilderness production, which premiered in London in 2014, doesn't require spectators to wander off on their own down spooky, spider-web-filled corridors.
This is more of a guided tour as spectators are subtly ushered from one room to the next — each alluringly arrayed to combine Great Depression-era décor with a contemporary urban industrial aesthetic. Scenic designer Nina Caussa maximizes the effect of her minimalism, creating whole environments from the placement of blinds or an antique bathtub.
A cascading curtain of sand, poetically lighted by Iain Court, is the production's visual pièce de résistance. John Zalewski's multilayered sound design is perhaps more resonant than anything that's spoken by the three-person cast.
Saunders, Chris Polick and Nick Konow, costumed with seductive vintage flair by Stephanie Petagno, are hypnotic in their sexy, surreal maneuverings. But they don't always have enough to work with in their characterizations.
This is a dance-theater collage that hasn't precisely figured out the balance between drama and movement. The opening scenes between Saunders and Polick establish a context (that of a couple falling in love and quickly feeling entrapped by drudgery and responsibility) that the subsequent segments have more difficulty in conveying.
The themes of worker alienation, economic frustration and the resulting obstacles to intimacy and nature are entrancingly physicalized. But "The Day Shall Declare It" is better at dazzling our senses than deepening our dramatic interest or insight.
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I love the "Literacy Studio" name!! Thanks so much for joining us Jessica! :)
Jessica! I loved your post! In my previous district we taught using the Lucy Calkin's resources and I have never had students eager to write as much as I did when I used that! I am STILL trying to convince my current district to switch over! Thank you for linking up with us!!! BTW-I updated your blog post link so that it would work from the linky list so you're good to go!


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Fifth Sunday After Easter
EPISTLE. St. James i. 22-27.
GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 23-30.
Amen, amen I say to you, if you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it you. ST. JOHN xvi. 23.
WHAT a wonderful promise this is that everything we ask of Almighty God, who is the Father of mercies, shall he granted to us, if we ask it in the name of his only-begotten Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! Does our Lord really mean all he says? Do people get all they pray for? Does it not seem to us sometimes that we pray in vain that God seems to shut his cars Against our cry, and has no regard to our tears and supplications? Yes, it does often seem so, but it is not really so. God's ways are not always our ways to reach the end we desire. And our own experience will tell us that it is very seldom it would be the best for us if God took us at our word.
The real reason why we do not obtain the answer we wish to many of our prayers is, first, because we do not ask, as we ought, in the name of Jesus Christ. What is it to ask in his name? It is to ask in the name of Him who came on earth, not to do his own will, but the will of his Divine Father. Oh! how seldom we pray for favors and blessings according to the will of God. Our blessed Lord, on the night before he was crucified, foreseeing his death, and bowed to the earth in his agony, ended his prayer with the words, "Not as I will, but as thou wilt."
That is not our way. When we are in sorrow and trouble we think God should will as we will, and we are disappointed and discouraged because we do not get well of our sickness, or that calamity we feared comes, or poverty sticks to us, or the conversion of those we pray for is denied, or we do not obtain the employment we seek, or we have to give up hope of getting that farm we set our heart upon.
Who is the judge, after all, about granting prayers? Who else but God, who not only has the power to grant or refuse them, as he chooses, but also has the perfect knowledge whether it would be best for us to receive a favorable answer or not? He who prays in the name of Jesus, prays with implicit trust in God s goodness and wisdom, and if he has not mistaken his own will for the will of God, will feel and should feel just as contented, no matter which way God answers his prayer.The second reason why we do not always get what we pray for is because we are constantly asking for things which we dare not presume to ask in the name of Jesus Christ. We know in our heart of hearts that it is a petition he would not offer to his Divine Father for us. If we had to write that petition down we would neither begin nor end it with the words, "In the name of Jesus." It is our pride that is praying, our worldly ambition, our lusts and our selfish desires. We do not put the name of Jesus to
our prayer, because the spirit of Jesus is not in it. Charity is wanting. We want to be happy, even if others are suffering. We want money, even if our brethren starve, We desire high places and the success of our undertakings, even if our neighbor and his interests go to the wall. Alas! it is self that prays the loudest and the oftenest and makes the greatest show.
Now, dear brethren, let us learn to bring all our prayers up to the right standard. No matter what we ask for, let it be always according to the will of God, and that alone. Then our prayer will surely be granted, for the will of God, no longer opposed and hindered by our will, accomplishes just what is best for us. If we do not get just what we think best, it is because God, in his divine generosity, chooses to give us something better, or takes a wiser way to do it than we knew of.
If I were to advise you how to always pray in the name of Jesus, I would say, Add always these words to every prayer you make : "So may God grant it, if my, salvation be in it." God grants no prayer that does not have that end in view. His divine love for us constantly regards that, even if we forget it. Pray, then, with confidence and perseverance, but have a care to pray always with and for the will of God. Then in heaven we shall see, if not here, how not a single true prayer we ever made was left unanswered.
Paulist Fathers, Five Minute Sermons for Low Masses on All Sundays of the Year (New York: The Catholic Publication Society Co., 1886), 251-254.


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Friday, June 27, 2008
A Brand New Baby at Our House
My husband and I don't really know why he's here (meaning our home). Really. Last words out of our mouths to our son and his girlfriend (that we remember saying) were: "Where is this kitten supposed to live-we don't need another pet. Wait until you get a place of your own."
After all, we are already the proud parents of a 12 year old Labrador/Golden Retriever/ Border Collie mix and a 4 year old true gray tabby. And we're middle-aged. Meaning, we don't want to have to potty train anyone ever again. Our two came to us house broken. Future pets must do and be the same.
Our 24 year old human "child" call me up at work-"Don't freak out mom, I swear Sam and I are taking him to her dad's tomorrow, it's only for this one night".
That was 9 days ago. They bought him a special cat condo and a huge bucket of litter and said it was for both Toby and our Pepper.
Don't get me wrong-I am a pet lover and he is very cute. He talks up a storm and he's totally litter boxed trained. Good thing. The elder reigning pets have not only taken to the little guy-both of them aren't too fond of sharing him. It seems our cat thinks Toby is his son. Sunshine wants to mother him. Good thing his breed seems to like being wet-the dog keeps giving him a bath.
How she hasn't gacked up a hairball I just don't know.
Sunshine is 70 pounds of love and is as gentle as could be with him.
When I used my writer's deftness to try and find out when Toby would be introduced to at least one of his other "grandparents" I was told-"Their new puppy wasn't the sharing kind-not like Sunshine Mom".
What does this mean? I think it means that Toby is now a permanent part of our home-at least until our son and his girlfriend (I think of her as our daughter already-she's a real keeper!) pay off their student loans, find good jobs, save up money, get married and find a place to call their own. I'm thinking a time frame of oh, what two to five years?
Kids (of all kinds, sexes and breeds) you've just got to love them-sometimes it's their insistence to have what they want that you really learn what it (or who) is you yourself really need.
Did I mention Maine Coons do not stay at the one pound stage long? Nope, turns out they can be anything from 12 – 35 pounds. Egads, what have we all gotten ourselves into????