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5 Reasons Kim Soo Hyun and Gong Hyo Jin shouldn't be a couple in Producer
Producer is coming exclusively to DramaFever on May 15! Become a fan of the seriesHERE to receive new episode alerts.
We know it's coming. There is a big possibility the writers of Producer will create a heartwarming love story between leading stars Gong Hyo Jin and Kim Soo Hyun. However, I will remain in denial until the drama slowly wins me over, like they always do.
Before the writers of Producer steal our hearts, I have put together another sensible list focusing on the love stories in the upcoming series.
1. Their significant age gap poses a problem.
They are eight years apart in real life. It may be hard to truly connect with one another if their communication is awkward.
2. IU and Kim Soo Hyun belong together.
I think I proved this in my last list. They look cute together, sound great singing a duet, they could be the next trending topic online, etc. Plus, the two adorable stars are only five years apart.
3. I still think her true love is Chef Choi Hyun Wook in Pasta.
I admit that I couldn't wait to see love slowly blossom between Byun Jung Soo and No Min Woo's characters. However, there is no denying that Yoo Kyung (Gong Hyo Jin) and Hyun Wook (played by actor Lee Sun Gyun) were made for each other. Yeah, Chef!
4. He is an alien.
My Love From Another Star clearly proves my point. Does Gong really want a boyfriend that is not even from this planet?
5. They are too cute to be together.
Cuteness overload is too much for our eyes to take! They both had adorable roles in their respective dramas Dream High and Pasta. Can you seriously imagine Song Sam Dong and Yoo Kyung together?
Team Cindy, what other reasons would you add to my list?
See the trailer for Producer below!
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This tragic event caught my attention in a New Zealand Herald headline. The only details released at the moment were from an officer investigating the scene who said she fell into a waterfall hole on the western side of Mt Ruapehu in the Turoa Ski Field.
The waterfall piqued my curiosity since I've been to Mangawhero Falls and Waitonga Falls both of which are on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu. But we never made further upslope at the Turoa Ski Field (it's actually accessible via Whakapapa as opposed to Ohakune).
Then, I chanced upon this blog (http://moby.nzpunter.com/gallery/v/Turoa_15_Oct_05/) with a photo gallery of a snowboarding trip where a snowboard fell into a waterfall hole in the Turoa Ski Field (the photos here came from that blog). I wonder if it was the same waterfall hole involved in the skiing accident.
I'm sure it's all speculation at this point, but since waterfalls generally occur where the terrain is steepest, do be careful when you're around them, and exercise more caution when you leave the groomed runs.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Woman Dies In Skiing Accident In New Zealand
1 comment:
- Moby said...
Thats the same waterfall alright.
From memory its a steep little chute that you think youll be able to ride out of...
That weekend one of our crew dropped his board climbing out, which ended up in the hole.
Ohakune Weekend
Life is precious, take care, but get out there.
- November 21, 2008 at 11:41 PM
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Oh man, so much has happened in a short amount of time! First up on the calendar of special occurrences was the washer that had been given to us by our cousins decided it didn't want to stop filling up anymore. It had already had a couple of other things go wrong and was pretty old. We knew it was just a matter of time before we would have to replace it, but we were fine using it up to the very last bit of its ability! :) We had already decided that since we have a ridiculous amount of laundry to be done all.the.time, that when the time came to get a different one, we would invest in a front loader again. I used to have one before our rv saga and I absolutely LOVED it. Getting a brand new one was just not necessary as far as I was concerned because there is always a bounty of used goodness on craigslist. ;)
So, away my fingers flew on the keyboard and track pad searching through the previously owned offerings. I was looking at either an LG set or a whirlpool duet set. I wanted to go ahead and get a matching set since our dryer is the same age as the washer and the sets I was looking at were actually less expensive than some of the single washer ads. I looked up the reviews on both sets to see if there was anything I should be concerned about with either of the models. It was interesting to find such a huge amount of dissatisfied consumers of the LG model. Granted lots of them were about the odor issue many have with front loaders and since I know how to fix that issue and avoid it in future, that wasn't as big of a deal, but there were plenty having to do with the actual mechanical and electronic parts not functioning properly. I didn't really want to have to do a lot of youtubing how to videos on fixing it and ordering parts and all that, so I was relieved to find that the whirlpool reviews were mostly about the smell and not very many about the machine not functioning properly.
The lady that was selling the whirlpool set was moving and I went to check them out to see if they would work and to make sure there wasn't anything wrong with them. She was going to need them a couple more days to get all her laundry done, so it was kind of an interesting situation. We paid a small fraction of what a new set would have cost, actually got them loaded in the van and with much strain on both mine and Sam's part, got them set up in the laundry area. They can be stacked, so we did that and it freed up quite a bit of space for a new laundry system that will be put into place soon. Something very similar to this:
I was loving washing the first couple of loads when I noticed water coming out from under it. Not a lot, but there was definitely a leak somewhere. Ugh. So, I let Sam know about it and started looking up possibilities for the problem. He said he noticed a small tear in the drum seal and thought that might be it. I took a look at it and found it, but couldn't tell for sure. I found a suggestion that it might be the water pump or it could be that the drain filter was clogged. That one was an easy fix, so I took the front panel off and undid the filter basket. There was a big wad of lint in it and some coins. I was hoping this was the problem. I didn't think the pump was because it wasn't make any non-normal noises. I cleaned it all out and put it back in and did another load. I thought it was good until I saw the water coming out again. Bummer. At least the panel was still off, so I could see where the leak was. Sam was right, it was coming from the seal area. I knew ordering the drum seal would take a while and to be honest, I didn't want to have to pay $70 bucks for one right after we just bought the washer! So, I had it in my head that there had to be a way to temporarily patch it. ;) I was thinking possibly one of those pool float patches or something similar. I actually came across a suggestion of duct tape and thought why not?! The stuff we have in the garage is the very thin cheapo stuff, but it would just have to do. I put a little piece on the tear and did another load. It worked! Sam was pretty sure it wouldn't hold very well for very long and suggested a stronger tape like Gorilla Tape. He was right on. After a couple of loads the leak was back so, I picked some Gorilla Tape up while I was at Lowe's and put a piece over the tear when I got home. That's been a little over a month ago and its still holding strong. I'll eventually replace the seal (I've already watched several how-to videos and even found one where I don't have to take all the panels off of the top and front of the machine!), but for now we are good. :)
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Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev didn't have a care in the world as an army of feds and cops hunted him for the marathon attacks — texting "lol" to a pal who warned him his face was plastered on the news.
"You better not text me," Tsarnaev, 19, warned Dias Kadyrbayev on April 18 after his friend told him about seeing the photos on the TV news.
Kadyrbayev and another pal, Azamat Tazhayakov, both 19, were charged yesterday with helping him cover up the April 15 attack, which killed three and wounded over 260, the feds charged today.
A third pal, Robel Phillipos, also 19, was charged with lying to feds about the alleged conspiracy.
About a month before the attacks, Tsarnaev bragged during a meal that he knew "how to make a bomb," according to the affidavit signed by FBI Special Agent Scott P. Cieplik.
The night authorities released the photos, Kadyrbayev, Tazhayakov and Phillipos had gone to Tsarnaev's UMass-Dartmouth dorm room to hang out.
"Before they went in, Kadyrbayev showed Tazhayakov a text message from Tsarnaev that stated, 'I'm about to leave if you need something in my room take it,'" according to the affidavit.
"When Tazhayakov learned of this message, he believed he would never see Tsarnaev alive again," the court papers say.
They went inside the apartment and spotted a backpack that held empty fireworks tubes.
"Kadyrbayev knew when he saw the empty fireworks that Tsarnaev was involved in the Marathon bombing," the affadavit says. "[He] decided to remove the backpack from the room in order to help his friend Tsarnaev avoid trouble."
He also grabbed the terrorist's laptop.
They took the items back to their New Bedford apartment, and saw Tsarnaev and his brother plastered all over the news.
That's when Kadyrbayev sent the text to Tsarnaev and got the "lol" response — which stands for "laughing out loud."
The friends gave conflicting statements to the feds about what happened next.
Kadyrbayev told investigators they tossed the backpack — which contained empty fireworks — in a nearby dumpster before the Tsarnaev brothers were named as the official suspects, the court documents say.
Tazhayakov said they threw out the items on April 19 after the names were released.
Authorities found the bag in a landfill, though it's unclear what happened to the laptop.
Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev — who drive around in a BMW with a novelty license plate, "Terrorista #1" — were charged yesterday, but were already in custody for allegedly violating their student visas.
Tazhayakov was allowed to return to the U.S. from his native Kazakhstan in January — even though he was no longer in school.
Kadyrbayev was skipping classes.
They made their first appearance yesterday in federal court and were read the charges.
Phillipos was scolded at one point by Federal Judge Marianne Bowler, who said, "I suggest you pay attention to me rather than looking down."
Tazhayakov's lawyer, Harlan Protass, said after court, "My client feels horrible" and "has cooperated fully with the authorities."
Kadyrbayev's lawyer, Robert Stahl, denied his client did anything wrong.
"Mr. Kadyrbayev told the FBI about that [where to find the backpack]. He did not know those items were involved in a bombing," he said.
Derege Demissie, Phillipo's lawyer, "The only allegation is he made a misrepresentation."
Their arrests come more than two weeks after the Tsarnaev brothers detonated a pair of pressure cooker bombs at the packed marathon finish line on Patriots' Day.
Next week, the House Homeland Security Committee will hold hearings on the bombings to determine if federal authorities could have prevented the attack.
It will include testimony by Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, Massachusetts homeland security chief Kurt Schwartz and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).
Meanwhile, the Boston transit cop critically wounded in a wild shootout with the Tsarnaevs said yesterday he had "almost no blood and no pulse" when doctors "miraculously" saved his life.
"When the full story of that evening is accounted for, it will be wilder than any movie you have ever seen," blogged Richard "Dic" Donahue, 33, who was shot in the thigh.
"My wife has informed me that the bullet will ultimately cause her the most pain, as I will be using it to get out of things like mowing the lawn, doing laundry or painting the deck," he wrote.
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Do you know someone who has a birthday today? Perhaps, it is your birthday! Lovely, your birthday is on the same day as Anna Maria Stanhope, the 7th Duchess of Bedford who was born on September 3, 1783.
From life's gay morning to its end;
By Honor's star his course he steered,
Nor found a Foe, nor lost a Friend."
Little is know about Anna Maria Russell [Stanhope] before her presentation as Duchess. The selection above is recorded in a memoir written by Anna Maria and a Mr. Henry Tattam in 1858. Lady Anna Marie Stanhope became the Seventh Duchess of Bedford at the young age of twenty-five. The inscription is said to have been engraved on a piece of jewelry she wore as duchess.
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For help to widen and extend the walls...
Although quite interesting and perhaps a bit one sided, the memoir makes no mention of tea. The act of sipping and niceties is no where to be found. After reading bits and pieces of the it, I realize why. I suggest you take a quick look at it if you would like to know how I came to this conclusion:) I did however discover, the duchess had a huge fan in Queen Victoria. "On the Queen's accession to the throne in June of 1837, the Queen wrote these words:
Having had the pleasure of knowing you from my earliest youth, and having always had the highest esteem for your character, I should be delighted to appoint you as one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber. Should such an appointment be agreeable to you, I beg to see you at Kensington Palace tomorrow at two o'clock." (yes, she was the first chosen as a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria:)
With fruition came enchantment. So delighted with her newly found repast, the Duchess of Bedford began to invite others to join her for a spot of tea, afternoon tea that is. Fanny Kemble, a famous actress of the time wrote a recollection of her encounter with "afternoon tea" while visiting Belvoir Castle in March of 1842.
I do not know whether you ever saw Belvoir. It is a beautiful place; the situation is noble, and the views from the windows of the castle, and the terraces and gardens hanging on the steep hill crowned by it, are charming...The interior of the house is handsome, and in good taste; and the whole mode of life stately and splendid, as well as extremely pleasant and comfortable. The people—I mean the Duke and his family—kind and courteous hosts, and the society very easy and free from stiffness or constraint of any sort...We had a large party at Belvoir. The gentlemen of the hunt were all at the castle; and besides the ladies of the family, we had the Duchess of Richmond and her granddaughter, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Lord and Lady Winchelsea, Mademoiselle d'Este, and a whole tribe of others whose names I forget, but which are all duly down in the butler's book...Every morning the duke's band marched round the castle, playing all sorts of sprightly music, to summon us to breakfast, and we had the same agreeable warning that dinner was ready. As soon as the dessert was placed on the table, singers came in, and performed four pieces of music...The whole family were extremely cordial and kind to us; and when we drove away, they all assembled at an upper window, waving hats and handkerchiefs as long as we could see them.
In the postscript she writes;
My first introduction to "afternoon tea" took place during this visit to Belvoir, when I received on several occasions private and rather mysterious invitations to the Duchess of Bedford's room, and found her with a "small and select" circle of female guests of the castle, busily employed in brewing and drinking tea, with her grace's own private tea-kettle. I do not believe that now universally honored and observed institution of " five-o'clock tea" dates farther back in the annals of English civilization than this very private and, I think, rather shamefaced practice of it.
Fanny may have quaffed at the thought of such a "shamefaced pratice" however, afternoon tea quickly became utterly fashionable by other social hostesses. The taking of tea was not a new phenomenon in British society. Tea's journey to England flowed in with the arrival Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza. What the duchess of Bedford had created, was a timely ritual filled with all sorts of dainties.
Afternoon tea, in accordance with tradition, is served between two and five o'clock and is always an elegant "snack" rather than a complete meal. The menu usually includes tea, finger sandwiches, scones with Devonshire Cream, handcarfted marmalades and preserves, cakes, assorted pastries, and other sweets and savories. and occasionally a more elaborate layer cake or trifle as a finale. Tea is usually served in a drawing room, living room or parlor with the elegant fare presented with lacey linens, fine bone china and silver teapots. (Legendary Rhode Island Tearoom)
Traditionally, the upper classes served a "low" or "afternoon" tea around 4:00 pm just before the fashionable promenade in Hyde Park, at which one might find small, crust less sandwiches, biscuits, and cake. Middle and lower classes had a "high" tea later in the day, at 5:00 or 6:00. It is a more substantial meal, essentially it's dinner. A typical menu at high tea would consist of roast pork, stand pie, salmon and salad, trifle, jellies, lemon-cheese tarts, sponge cake, walnut cake, chocolate roll, pound cake, white and brown bread, currant teacake, curd tart and cheeses. The names derive from the height of the tables on which the meals are served. Low tea was served not at a dinner table but on tables, which in the United States would be called "coffee tables," in the withdrawing room. High tea was served on the dinner table. (source)
The Kettledrum
A large social party, originally applied to a military party in India, where drum-heads served for tables. On Tweedside it signifies a "social party," met together to take tea from the same tea-kettle. (Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
By chance, you may have visited by other blog which is called Come to a Kettledrum. When I made the decision to dive into the blogosphere back in October of 2007, I had the difficult choice of providing a name. Months of Edible Celebrations actually began as my "kettledrum" in essence, a reason to have a party. Since that time, the Come to a Kettledrum blog has become more of a "springboard" in much need of renovation:) My very first post was an attempt to portray my notion of a kettledrum. Thankfully, I had some help from The American Heritage Cookbook and cookbook author Marion Harland
The progenitor of the cocktail party, a relatively inexpensive method of paying off a great many social debts all at once, was the afternoon tea party, which was called in the 1870's and for several decades after that a kettledrum. All one needed to provide one's guests was sandwiches as thin as tissue paper and as dainty as lace doilie and tea. (The American Heritage Cookbook p.290)
The Ladies Lunch and afternoon Kettle-Drum are social and graceful modern improvements. Marion Harland (Common Sense In The Household) revised ed. 1880 p. 146
A Dish of Tea
Let some in beer place their delight,
Or sip the rosy wine:
And breeds no base design.
From China's groves, this present brought,
Riggs many a ship for sea:
But courts them for their Tea...
Philip Freneau
Did you know, tea cups did not always have handles? A dish of tea was drank out of delicate china saucers in the Chinese style.
Tea cups did not always have handles. Chinese tea bowls influenced the first European teacups. At first, the English made cups without handles in the traditional Chinese style. Not until the mid 1750's was a handle added to prevent the ladies from burning their fingers. This improvement was copied from a posset cup, used for hot beverages-hot drink made of milk with wine, ale or spirits. The saucer was once a small dish for sauce. In Victorian days, tea drinkers poured their tea into saucers to cool before sipping, this was perfectly acceptable. This is what writers of the period mean by "a dish of tea." (Tea Time Etiquette & the History of Afternoon Tea)
What does one serve with "a dish of tea?" From an article found in the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal published in October 2007:
Tea Fare: Tea fare can be incorporated with many items. Generally, afternoon tea involves bite-sized sandwiches, followed by a plethora of sweets, pastries and biscuits. For most afternoon tea ceremonies certain foods became popular during each season of the year. Fruit and berries were eaten in the spring and summer, while heavier starchy items were reserved for the colder months.
Placement of these items is also crucial to the construction of the ceremony. Food is generally placed on a three-tier curate stand, as follows, where scones are placed on the top tier, savories and tea sandwiches are placed in the middle and sweets on the bottom.
The protocol of placing scones on the top-tier is due to the fact that during the 1800's when Afternoon Tea first became popular, and modern kitchen conveniences did not exist, a warming dome was placed over the scones. The dome would only fit on the top tier. The savories and tea sandwiches, followed by the sweets, were placed on the middle and bottom tiers respectively. At the progression of each course, service would be provided to remove each tier.
Traditionally, loose tea would be served in a teapot with milk and sugar. This would be accompanied by various sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and cress, fish paste (bloater), ham, and smoked salmon), scones (with butter, clotted cream and jam--see cream tea) and usually cakes and pastries (such as Battenberg, fruit cake or Victoria sponge). The food would be often served in a tiered stand.
As much as I don't want to admit it, with the arrival of September comes the preparation of the holiday season. Of all the friendly ways of entertaining, none is as sparkling as a tea party. With that in mind, I have chosen a few "quantity" recipes to share today from a booklet titled Invitation to Tea published by General Foods in 1963. The first, Orange Nut Bread, makes 4 loaves or 9 dozen tea sandwiches and "freezes wonderfully." The recipe for Brownies also freezes well and makes 150 tea-size brownies. (150!!! oh my:) Finally, the notion of grated coconut in the Lemon Sours was just too tempting to resist. The recipe makes 160 2x1 inch bars. (Yummee!!!) Enjoy:) (click to enlarge)
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1685g Elderberries
700g Brambles (Blackberry)
2kg Sugar
6l water
1 Tsp ginger
2 tps Pectin Enzyme (pectolase)
2l pure grape juice (I used red and white)
Destalk and wash the elderberries and brambles. (Note random amounts! I used what I had but documented it for the record… you do need somewhere around 2kg of fruit in total – you may prefer it more fruity & less 'tannic' in which case put more more blackberries in than elderberries).
Add 2l of water to fruit in a large pan and warm gently, mashing with a metal potato masher.
Remove from heat at about 80 degrees C. Add sugar and mash/stir some more. Once cooled add Pectolase (mix it up in a cup of water) and stir some more. Leave overnight.
Add to fermentation bin, mix in the rest of the water cold, add the yeast (leave it on the surface for 15 mins then mix in) and cover with a tea-towel or other fine material and use an elastic band or similar to hold in place. It should be bubbling away in a few hours after pitching the yeast.
Leave to ferment for 5 or 6 days giving it a mash/stir every day with the sterilised potato masher. Strain out the pulp through a tea-towel – it helps if you have a 2nd bucket/bin as there is a lot of pulp – a jam strainer would also probably be handy. I tried straining directly into some home-made demijohns (5l water bottles with a hole drilled in the lids for the airlock) and was mostly successful 😉
Don't leave it to ferment on the pulp for too long, the fruit breaks down too much & leaves more particles suspended in your wine requiring more racking or fining.
I divided the liquid into the two DJs and topped up with the grape juice – screwed the lids on and primed the airlocks.
Left it for about 6 weeks and then racked into another couple of fresh water bottles and put the normal lids on. I also syphoned off a glass full to taste. OMG! It's like – red wine! Proper bouquet, vanilla and berry… can't wait to bottle it and mature it. My wife is in shock that I didn't make vinegar.
A definite success considering it was a made up recipe.
EDIT: at second racking I added a crushed camden tablet and some another heaped teaspoon of pectolase – it wasn't clearing up as much as I would have liked and everyone adds a camden at this stage (helps prevent oxidisation and prevents further fermentation apparently) 🙂


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In my classroom, there is a daily assignment called Boardwork, in which kids (7th Graders) take the first ten minutes of respond to a writing prompt. One question I give every year is "In your opinion, who is the greatest American who ever lived and why?" I never fail to get more than a few amusing responses, not to mention an awareness that some kids aren't paying much attention in Social Studies class. The following are a few of the responses I received this year (transcribed verbatim):
"Martian Luther King because he changed the rule of black people."
"The greatest American is Jon F. Kenndey because he is rich. He is preident for a state that I forgot."
"Martin Luther King because he freed slaves and gave a good speech."
"It has to be Michael Jordan. Because hes rich and when he sleeps he gets money for free."
"Jonny Depp because hes the best actor I have seen."
"Mike Tyson is pretty cool. I named my dog after him."
"Chris Brown because he's soooo cute! He also has his own band."
"This girl I met at my friends house. She is so nice to everyone and she is a senior in high school."
"Ozzy Osborn cuz he's got great music."
"I don't know who the greatest person who ever lived. But I know the dummest. My brother!"
"Martin Luther King was one of the gates humans who ever lived. Because he started to free blakes."
"George Washnington because he freed so many slaves. He did it even though he was going to die."
"Martin Luther King because he made black and white get along."
"The person who invented electricity because without electricity there would be no TV."
"Eminem. Because he's one of the few people who changed the world with his lyrics."
"The guy who invented the tooth brush."
"My grandpa is the greatest because he let me sit on his lap while he was driving and let me help him drive."
"Abe Lincoln. Even though he drank he was still a good person."
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Mia sat in the middle of the two paths, determined to muster up the courage to take the one Chester was not taking.
Mia couldn't think of any one thing that caused the shift in her feelings about Chester. They had been together so long; perhaps it was many small things. But one thing she was definitely tired of was feeling invisible. She was no longer content to follow Chester, the "King," around while he hunted and scratched and intimidated everyone. He ignored her except to illicit constant praise from her and continually ask if she loved him. Her now mechanical answer of "Yes" avoided an argument, most of the time. Other times, when she answered appropriately, he countered that she didn't love him and started an argument. Life had become so exhausting. She felt empty and confused. At one time she truly did love him. His abusive behavior wore her heart out. Now she just pitied him.
She was restless as she watched Chester start down one of the paths. Staying back, she vowed to hold her ground no matter what. Her heart was flip-flopping wildly with a mix of excitement and dread. She sat with the feelings in her heart—an ending and a beginning—a yearning for a purpose yet to be identified. She felt if emptiness could explode, it would certainly happen if she stayed with him.
She watched as Chester arrogantly sauntered down the path, and then suddenly stopped. "Why aren't you following me?" he asked with a curled lip and the usual sneer in his tone. He started back to where she was, "It's your job to follow me; I am the King!" he roared.
"I'm not coming."
Mia was shocked by the calm in her voice. There was no turning back now.
Chester escalated his demand for her to come with him, roaring loudly and becoming a tyrant. The more abusive he became, the more she dug in her heels while he unwittingly convinced her to leave him.
"I want a happier life. I'm tired of walking on eggshells around you," Mia said, calmly. She felt the power she'd given to Chester flowing back to her. Her confidence was buoyed as she held his glare.
Chester put his nose in the air. "Fine, I will easily find someone else to take your place; I'm the King, and nobody disrespects me like that. I am better than anyone else; you will never replace me. I am the most cunning and ferocious in all the kingdom!"
He stomped off down the path, wishing secretly she would change her mind. He did not like to be alone at all. He didn't like being with him either. What would he do without someone to blame for all that goes wrong?
Mia let out a deep breath, immediately feeling giddy. She followed her heart down the other path.
It was the first time Mia had ever been alone. She was struck by how wonderful it was to think uninterrupted. Although she was still jumpy, she gradually started to relax as she inhaled the fresh air. Had it always been so sweet? Her new freedom was intoxicating as she drank in all the sights and sounds. She could do anything now. Nothing could stop her! Only…she had no clue what she wanted.
Mia decided to try an experiment. Everyone she met on her path was there to teach her something, she thought. She would leave herself open without judgment about the messenger. As she settled into her game, she spotted a lovely giraffe out in the field munching on the high leaves of a tree.
"Excuse me, may I ask you what you've learned from life?" Mia asked in her softest voice, trying not to scare him.
"Well, the first thing I've learned is not to talk to lions!" Max said.
"Please, I mean you no harm. I am searching for answers," Mia pleaded.
Max acquiesced, sensing something about her was different.
"Okay. I will share with you the most important lesson I have learned: Never be afraid to reach for what you desire your life to be. But always with detachment and acceptance of where it leads you. Staying in the stage of desire all the time will make you unhappy. You will miss the beauty life has to offer each moment, especially for you."
Max turned and walked away, his long neck swaying gracefully as Mia shouted after him, "Thank you so much! I think I understand." She found the encounter so exciting and insightful. She decided that was exactly what she was doing. Leaving herself open to life, enjoying each moment.
Several hours went by before Mia came upon a stand of trees. She watched in amazement as the monkeys swung from branch to branch, tree to tree, like chattering trapeze artists. One monkey spotted her and yelled, "Lion!" All of them scattered, except one who looked very old.
"Why didn't you run in fear with the others?" she shouted up to him.
"I have a good feeling about you, and I am way up here with ample time to go to a different tree, should that change," Ogdon said confidently. He looked at her curiously and asked, "What brings you here?"
Mia looked up at him and said, "I want to know what life has taught you."
Ogden scratched his chin thoughtfully and tilted his head to the side.
"I've learned that thoughts are like tree branches. There are no bad ones, as they are just thoughts. Only hold them long enough to determine if they make you feel loved and strong, or if they are weak and unsupportive. Then, let them go—don't hang onto them or you will stay stuck there. Always look to grasp the next thought that makes your heart happy and strong. You naturally will share that happiness. Likewise, if you grab and hold onto weak and unsupportive thoughts, you will stay stuck and share those too."
He nodded affirmatively, pleased with himself, and looked at Mia.
"Oh, that was very nice! Thank you for sharing that with me." Mia walked back to the path feeling like she had so much to learn—but realizing all she had to do was ask. Everyone seemed to have something to offer.
Mia continued walking on the path when she noticed a wildebeest strolling towards her. Well this was most fortunate, as Mia loved wildebeest—they were delicious. She was very hungry; it had been a long time since she had eaten. She was proud of herself, finding how capable she was. She could do anything that needed to be done, on her own. Chester had always informed her otherwise. The wildebeest had not spotted her yet, so she moved off the path into the bushes.
As it strolled by her, unaware, she lunged from the bushes, latching onto his neck and taking him to the ground.
"Please don't hurt me!" he pleaded.
Mia remembered her promise to herself, to learn from everyone on her path. Reluctantly, she released him, using every ounce of self-control as he lay bleeding.
"I hope you will forgive me. I want to ask you something. What have you learned from life?"
He strained to lift his menacingly large head with its shaggy mane. Resigned to his destiny, in a weak voice he said, "Know when it's time to leave. Realize when you have gleaned all you can from your current environment, and have the courage to seek greener pastures. Enduring something that is not likely to change is just fear of change. Don't stay where there is little nourishment for the mind, body and soul. We do this every year when we migrate," he said, wistfully.
She was touched that he would share such profound last words. That is what she had done with Chester, left for greener pastures. She thanked him as she watched him die. And with tremendous gratitude, she dined solemnly, accepting that she was still a lion. One with a greater understanding of life and how connected everything and everyone seemed to be. It seemed she already knew what she had just learned—that all paths lead home, to the same amazing universe within everyone, no matter their role in life.


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The Nike MAG is — Real! The Future Is Here.
October 21, 2015. The future.
Land of flying cars, hoverboards, and self lacing kicks. Well, st least accoriding to Doc and the Back To The Future franchise.
The 1985 blockbuster introduced the now legendary power laces, which have been a pipe dream for sneakerheads ever since. Nike has been diligently working ever since to develop the technology to bring the MAG to life. A little Hollywood magic made it look all too easy for the camera. In reality it´s been anything but. Until now.
This week Nike sent a pair to Michael J. Fox, who played lead character Marty McFly, in honor of the date McFly arrived to the future. Tinker Hatfield, famed Nike designer and Vice President of their Creative Concepts division, also sent a personal note and sketch to Fox explaining that, "as the first, most celebrated wearer of the Nike MAG we wanted you to be the first to receive a living pair." The rest of us will have to wait. While Fox received his pair on the 21st, the expected release is in 2016, with no word yet on pricing.
Once they drop, they will be sold at auctions with the proceeds benefitting the Michael J. Fox foundation which is dedicated to finding treatments for Parkinson´s disease. In his letter to Fox, Hatfield referenced Nike´s previous fundraising efforts, stating, "We hope that the combined effort will raise even more than the 9.4 million collected in 2011."
Kicks for a cause. We like it.
Have a great weekend!
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The (Other) Man Behind the Jordan
Hey there sneakerheads, this week we give you a spotlight on Tinker Hatfield.
Okay, so you've probably heard of him &mdash it's hard to forget a name like Tinker — but how much do you know about him? Yes, he created the Air Jordan (among others!) and will forever be remembered as a legend, but how did he get there?
Tinker Hatfield, Jr., was born in 1952 in Hillsboro, Oregon. His father, the late Tinker Hatfield, Sr., was "a legendary figure in Oregon coaching circles who won three straight state Class AA titles", so you could say that Junior perhaps came by his own athletic prowess naturally. Tinker Jr excelled in basketball, football, and track and field, achieving All State selection distinctions. He continued his studies (and athletics) at University of Oregon, where he studied architecture and ran track.
Fun fact: His track coach was none other than Nike co-founder Bill Bowman.
A dedicated athlete, for a time Hatfield held the school's record for the pole vault.
Tinker graduated with a degree in Architecture and in 1981 joined the Nike team as, you guessed it, an architect. A few short years later, by 1985 he was working in shoe design. By applying his architectural skills to the field of shoe design, Hatfield changed sneakers (and sneaker culture) as we knew them. As the story goes, he designed the first "cross-training" shoe (the Nike Air Trainer) after observing how fellow gym patrons brought multiple pairs of shoes to the gym and changed them for each activity.
Currently Hatfield is Nike's Vice President of Design & Special Projects, and spends a lot of his time in the famed "Innovation Kitchen" dreaming up new ways to change the game. His creativity hasn't been limited to shoes though. Hatfield has worked on all kinds of projects ranging from graphic design, to basketball court designs, even working on the Nike + Jordan concept car for Gran Turismo 6. All this — in addition to having designed every pair of game worn Jordans since '88 — landed him on Fortune magazine's "100 Most Influential Designers" list of 1998.
Nearly 20 years have passed since that distinction, but it's safe to say that Tinker Hatfield remains among the best of that prestigious group today.
Have a great weekend!
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The Ressurection of Starbury
Stephon Marbury is creating quite a buzz lately — and it's not for his moves on the court with the Beijing Ducks, the museum dedicated to him, nor the Chinese issued collection of stamps honoring him.
Marbury is bringing back the Starbury
The kicks that originally debuted in 1996 were famously priced at only $15.00 (or less) and were an instant hit. The Starburys were sold at now-defunct retailer Steve & Barry's, and flew off the shelves as soon as they dropped. Priced intentionally low, the aim was to be accessible to all, not just those with disposable incomes and time to spend camping out for new release. In other words, the anti-Jordan.
Recognizing a gap in the market between the hyper popular big name sneakers, and a brand that was cool while still being affordable, Marbury leant his name and time to the cause. Despite the initial popularity of Starburys, the novelty began to wear off and the brand was eventually forced into obscurity in 2009 when Steve & Barry's went under.
Previously criticized for a lack of original design, several new colorways and styles have recently been teased on Marbury's social media accounts, though no "official" announcement has been made, nor drop dates released.
No stranger to controversy, Marbury has come out swinging. And it's working. He's taken to Twitter to call out several big names in sneaker culture — including Michael Jordan, of course. Citing greed and inaction in the face of sneaker-related crimes (specifically the startling frequency of murders among young people), Marbury has accused Jordan of "robbing the hood". It's worth noting that courtesy of his namesake shoe, Jordan made a cool 100 mil last year alone which is more than he made from the NBA in his entire 15 season career. Marbury has also drawn attention to the disparity in Nike pricing and the actual cost to make the shoes, tweeting that "..you're paying $200 for Jordans and they make them for $5. The shoes [Nikes & Starburys] are made in China in the same places."
Shots. Fired.
Via Instagram Marbury states, "When I gave you 15 dollar shoes in America my mission was clear. It wasn't about basketball it was about creating change in the sneaker game."
It's an admirable mission and he's certainly got the resources to get it going. Whether it takes off is anyone's guess. Sneakerheads can be a tricky group to predict. But we can't wait to see what he's got planned for the Starbury comeback.
Photo by Cheuk-man Kong [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Definitive Guide to Sneakers (And their History)
A few weeks ago we shared some news about the Brooklyn Museum's "Rise of Sneaker Culture" exhibition. The exhibit, drawn from the collection of the Bata Shoe Museum, significant private collectors, and other museums and archives is now on the move and currently calling Ohio's Toledo Museum of Art home. Unable to make it to Brooklyn and Ohio just a little too far?
Fear not.
For those of us unable to check out this killer exhibit in person, Elizabeth Semmelhack has just the thing. Acclaimed shoe historian and senior curator at the Bata Museum, Semmelhack has authored a book inspired by the exhibit and it's already being touted as "something akin to a holy text" for sneaker devotees.
Semmelhack has assembled people from all walks of the creative world of sneakers — think Tinker Hatfield, Bobbito Garcia, Eric Avar, Walt Frazier, and Christian Louboutin to name a few — in order to track the rise of the sneaker from basic athletic gear to it's current place as pop culture icon and status symbol. Exploring over two centuries (don't miss the spiked running shoe from 1860!) worth of trends, marketing, and technological advances, the book is truly a thoughtful, comprehensive, and highly educational history all sneakerheads should own.
Interviewees range from design innovators, high profile collectors, and various curators from around the globe. But of course that's not all — there are HUNDREDS of full color photos depicting the most "grail-status" kicks to ever be created. Whether you buy this for yourself or as a gift (or a gift to yourself? We're not judging.) it's sure to be a win.
PS. Today we're officially kicking off our DIRTIEST KICKS CONTEST! Got some dirty, beat up, beyond salvageable kicks? We want to see them. And then we want to clean them. That's right! Ship them to us for a complimentary cleaning and we'll send them back looking fresh. With the help of our Facebook and Twitter followers, we'll select the top 3 dirtiest kicks and then share the videos of us bringing them back to life. So go on, show us what you've got and we'll show you just how serious we are about being the best, most premium cleaner out there. Tag #RufusCleanMyKicks to enter!
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The Justice Department's request that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe vs. Wade, its 1973 decision effectively legalizing abortion on demand, may be faulted for displaying more valor than shrewdness.
The court reaffirmed that ruling just two years ago, and its membership hasn't changed. Given the doubtful health of Justice Lewis Powell, the administration might better wait until President Reagan has had the chance to install a replacement.


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Annual Notice to Students
Annually, Marywood University informs students of The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), which affords students certain rights with respect to their education records.
They are:
- The right to inspect and review the student's educational records within 45 days of the day the University receives a request for access. A student should submit to the Registrar, Dean, Head of the Academic Department, or other appropriate official, a written request that identifies the record(s) the student wishes to inspect. The University official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the record(s) may be inspected. If the record(s) are not maintained by the University official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
- The right to request the amendment of the student's education records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask the University to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the University official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record(s) that they want to have changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the University decides not to amend the record(s) as requested by the student, the University will notify the student of the decision, and the Vice President of the area concerned will advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
- The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student's education record(s), except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. Exceptions include disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interest, to officials of other institutions in which the student seeks to enroll, to persons or organizations providing the student financial aid, to accrediting agencies carrying out their accreditation function, to persons in compliance with a judicial order, and to persons in an emergency in order to protect the health or safety of students or other persons. A school official is a person employed by the University in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health services staff); a person or company with whom the University has contracted as its agent to provide a service instead of using University employees or officials; a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest only if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibilities for the University. Except where prescribed by law, information regarding a student's education records may not be disclosed to a parent, guardian, or spouse without the student's written authorization. Upon request, the school may also disclose education records without consent to officials of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.
- As of January 3, 2012, the U.S. Department of Education's FERPA regulations expand the circumstances under which a student's education records and personally identifiable information (PII) contained in such records - including Social Security Number, grades, or other private information - may be accessed without the student's consent.
- First, the U.S. Comptroller General, the U.S. Attorney General, the U.S. Secretary of Education, or state and local education authorities ("Federal and State Authorities") may allow access to records and PII without student consent to any third party designated by a Federal or State Authority to evaluate a federal- or state-supported education program. The evaluation may relate to any program that is "principally engaged in the provision of education," such as early childhood education and job training, as well as any program that is administered by an education agency or institution.
- Second, Federal and State Authorities may allow access to student education records and PII without consent to researchers performing certain types of studies, in certain cases even when we object to or do not request such research. Federal and State Authorities must obtain certain use restriction and data security promises from the entities that they authorize to receive a student's PII, but the Authorities need not maintain direct control over such entities. In addition, in connection with Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems, State Authorities may collect, compile, permanently retain, and share without the student's consent PII from education records, and they may track the student's participation in education and other programs by linking such PII to other personal information about the individual that they obtain from other Federal or State data sources, including work force development, unemployment insurance, child welfare, juvenille justice, military service, and migrant student records systems.
- The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by Marywood University to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
The name and address of the office that administers FERPA is:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-4605
The full policy, including a directory of education records maintained on students in this institution is available below.
Definition of Directory Information
Marywood University hereby designates the following categories of student information as public or "Directory Information." Such information may be disclosed by the institution for any purpose, at its discretion.
- Category I Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, dates of attendance, enrollment status, and class.
- Category II Previous institution(s) attended, major field of study, awards, honors, degree(s) conferred (including dates).
Currently-enrolled students may withhold disclosure of any category of information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. To withhold disclosure, written notification must be received in the Office of the Registrar. Forms requesting witholding of "Directory Information" are available in the Office of Academic Records and online. Marywood University assumes that failure on the part of any student to specifically request the withholding of categories of "Directory Information" indicates individual approval for disclosure.
Marywood students may be assured that even with their permission, directory information is disclosed only on rare occasions. The policy of Marywood University allows the disclosure of such information to non-institutional personnel only for serious reason and at the discretion of the person responsible for the student record involved.
Rosemary Burger
University Registrar
September 6, 2017
Marywood University Policy Statement
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 is a Federal law which states (a) that a written institutional policy must be established and (b) that a statement of adopted procedures covering the privacy rights of students be made available. The law provides that the institution will maintain the confidentiality of student education records.
Marywood University accords all the rights under the law to students who are declared independent. No one outside the institution shall have access to nor will the institution disclose any information from a student's education records without the written consent of the student except to personnel within the institution, to officials of other institutions in which the student seeks to enroll, to persons or organizations providing the student financial aid, to accrediting agencies carrying out their accreditation function, to persons in compliance with a judicial order, and to persons in an emergency in order to protect the health or safety of students or other persons. All these exceptions are permitted under the Act.
Within the Marywood University community, only those members, individually or collectively, acting in the student's educational interest are allowed access to student education records. These members include personnel in the administrative offices which maintain student records, and academic/student affairs personnel within the limitations of their need to know. Should a question occur about accessibility, the vice president of the area concerned should be consulted.
At its discretion, the institution may provide Directory Information in accordance with the provisions of the Act to include: student name, address, telephone number, dates of attendance, class, previous institution(s) attended, major field of study, awards, honors, degree(s) conferred (including dates). Students may withhold Directory Information by notifying the Registrar on the appropriate form within two weeks after the first day of class for the fall term. Request for non-disclosure will be honored by the institution for only one academic year; therefore, authorization to withhold Directory Information must be filed annually in the Office of the Registrar.
The law provides students with the right to inspect and review information contained in their education records, to challenge the contents of their education records, to have a hearing if the outcome of the challenge is unsatisfactory, and to submit explanatory statements for inclusion in their files if they feel the decision of the hearing panel is unacceptable. The Registrar at Marywood University has been designated by the institution to coordinate the inspection and review procedures for student education records, which include admissions, personal, academic, and financial files, and academic, cooperative education, and placement records.
A student wishing to review his/her education records must make a written request to the officer responsible for the maintenance of the record concerned listing the item or items of interest. Records covered by the Act will be made available within forty-five days of the request. Students may have copies made of their records with certain exceptions. Marywood University reserves the right to refuse a student a copy of his/her record if: 1) the student has a financial indebtedness to the institution; 2) the original or source document exists elsewhere. These copies would be made at the student's expense at prevailing rates.
Education records do not include: records of instructional, administrative, and educational personnel which are the sole possession of the maker and are not accessible or revealed to any individual, except a substitute who performs on a temporary basis the duties of the individual who made the record; records of the law enforcement unit, student health records; employment records; or alumni records. Health records, however, may be reviewed by physicians of the student's choosing.
Students may not inspect and review the following as outlined by the Act: financial information submitted by their parents; confidential letters and recommendations associated with admissions, employment or job placement, or honors to which they have waived their rights of inspection and review; or education records containing information about more than one student, in which case the institution will permit access only to that part of the record which pertains to the inquiring student. The institution is not required to permit students to inspect and review confidential letters and recommendations placed in their files prior to January 1, 1975, provided those letters were collected under established policies of confidentiality and were used only for the purposes for which they were collected.
A student who believes that an education record contains information that is inaccurate or misleading, or is otherwise in violation of his/her privacy or other rights may discuss the problem informally with the officer responsible for the maintenance of that record. If the decision is in agreement with the student's request, the appropriate record(s) will be amended. If not, the student will be notified within a reasonable period of time that the record(s) will not be amended; and will be informed by the vice president of the area concerned of his/her right to a formal hearing. A student's request for a formal hearing must be made in writing to the appropriate vice president who, within a reasonable period of time after receiving such request, will inform the student of the date, place, and the time of the hearing. Students may present evidence relevant to the issues raised and may be assisted or represented at the hearings by one or more persons of their choice, including attorneys, at the student's expense. The hearing panel which will adjudicate such challenges will be the vice president of the area concerned and four individuals appointed by the President. These persons will be selected according to the nature of the particular case.
The decision of the hearing panel will be final, will be based solely on the evidence presented at the hearing, and will consist of written statements summarizing the evidence and stating the reasons for the decision, and will be delivered to all parties concerned. The education records will be corrected or amended in accordance with the decision of the hearing panel if the decision is in favor of the student. If the decision is unsatisfactory to the student, the student may place with his/her education record statements commenting on the information in records, or statements setting forth any reasons for disagreeing with the decision of the hearing panel. The statements will be placed in the education record, maintained as part of the student's record, and released whenever the record in question is disclosed.
Students who believe that the adjudications of their challenges were unfair, or not in keeping with the provisions of the Act may request in writing, assistance from the President of the institution. Further, students who believe that their rights have been abridged may file complaints with The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Office (FERPA), Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20201, concerning the alleged failures of Marywood University to comply with the Act.
Revisions and clarifications will be published as experience with the law and Marywood's policy warrants.
Following is a list of the types and location of education records maintained at Marywood University with the titles of the officials responsible for those records:
|Academic Record
|University Registrar
|Liberal Arts Center
|Student Accounts
|Manager of Cashier's Office
|Liberal Arts Center
|Financial Aid
|Director of Financial Aid
|Liberal Arts Center
|Student Life
|Vice President for Enrollment Services and Student Success
|Liberal Arts Center
|Career Engagement Specialist
|Learning Commons
|Field Placement Supervision (School of Social Work)
|Director, School of Social Work
|Immaculata Hall
|Student Teaching Supervision
|Director, Professional Education Field Experience
|McGowan Center for Graduate and Professional Education
|Health Services
|Director of Student Health Services
|Loughran Hall
|E-mail Addresses
|Director of Information Technology
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The boys loved the fabulous Yoshi craft pack that Nintendo sent us recently... but they are completely over the moon with the new Yoshi's Woolly World game on Wii U!
This is the latest in the Yoshi series, and just as in Yoshi's New Island you play the lovable character as he takes on a new adventure.
In this game, everything has been turned to wool - even Yoshi himself - and the evil Kamek has turned some of the Yoshis to yarn balls by unravelling them, and stolen them - hiding them around the various worlds.
Miss T loved the woolly Amiibo, but it was eventually rescued to join the game.
We asked J to write a review...
In Yoshi's Woolly World you have to complete levels and rescue the other Yoshis. You have to stop Kamek and defeat the bad guys. You have yarn balls instead of eggs, and everything is made of wool.
There are gems instead of coins, and you can also use power badges such as: clear the course, make all the yarn balls big, powered-up ground pound and many more.
Poochy is also in the game and he can help you get to secret areas. You can switch between mellow mode and classic mode. In mellow mode you have wings, whereas in classic mode you don't.
You can use yarn Yoshi Amiibos or if you use a different Amiibo your Yoshi becomes a Yoshi version of that character. If you get all the pieces of a yarn Yoshi in a level then you can re-make him and can choose to play as that Yoshi. You can also play in two player mode.
My favourite Yoshi's are: Burt the Yoshi and Moo-moo Yoshi. I think this game is awesome!
So there you have it - J, the head gamer in the family, says it is awesome.
You can find out more about the game and see a trailer for it here and you can read about our Yoshi craft adventures here.
Thanks Nintendo for sending us a download code for Yoshi's Woolly World!


text: THURMAN Old farms, boarding houses and churches of rural Adirondack Mountain towns whisper tales of yesteryear, and the John Thurman Historical Society (JTHS) has captured many of those tales on a CD called Tour Thurman: A self-guided jaunt to homes and history. Assisted by money from Warren County occupancy taxes granted by the Town of Thurman, this work narrates, through the voice of area performer Brian Chevalier, the history of eighteen historic sites in Thurman, a prototypical Adirondack town, and each narration is couched in folk tunes donated by musicians from around the region: Christopher Shaw, Brian Chevalier, Dan Berggren, Arlin Greene, John Kirk & Friends and Susan Trump. Whether used as an armchair tour or as a guide for an actual tour, Tour Thurman is an entertaining visit to late 1800s and early 1900s in the Adirondacks. The CDs may be ordered online by following links at www.thurman-ny.com or by writing to JTHS, PO Box 7, Athol, NY 12810. The two disc set (ninety minutes of tales and tunes, with map and booklet) costs $12 + $3 shipping and 7% NYS where applicable. It is also available at various retail stores: Posies in Warrensburg; LARAC and The Chapman Historical Museum in Glens Falls; The Silo in Queensbury; The Glen Market and Evelyn Russells home in Thurman.


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Workshop: 'Co-Creating Visual Conversations: Using Imagery to Augment Patient Visits'
Medicine X, Palo Alto, CA, September 2017
Along with with pediatrician Chethan Sarabu, I co-led a workshop that guided participants through a series of visual exercises intended to help them communicate more effectively at the time of a doctor visit. Here is an article we had put out on this topic prior to the workshop, and here is an in-depth summary of our findings.
Be Like Water: Strategies for Infusing Design in Healthcare Organizations
Interaction17, New York, NY, February 2017
Fellow designer Jeremy Beaudry and I presented on how we have used generative, participatory, and action-oriented design methods and tools to creatively and empathetically solve complex healthcare problems at the UVM Medical Center, all the while changing perceptions of what work looks like. Learn how human-centered design can help bring the human scale back to the heart of our healthcare institutions.
Using Data and Customer Insights to Drive Design
Vermont Web Marketing Summit, Burlington, VT, October 2016
Andy Campbell and I presented on how we at the UVM Medical Center have used quantitative and qualitative data – analytics, heatmaps, interviews, surveys, and usability testing results – to make design changes and help set our team up for a total redesign. We give specific examples of how what we learned translated to design tweaks, and we do a deep dive on how we've used personas and design principles in our process.
Panel: 'Designing Within a Hospital System: Challenges and Strategies'
HxRefactored, Boston, MA, April 2016
I helped organize and moderate a panel of designers who work within hospital systems so that we could discuss and share information about the unique challenges we face, and how we are addressing those challenges in our diverse institutions. Jeremy Beaudry and I represented University of Vermont Medical Center; we had Nick Dawson from Johns Hopkins Sibley Hospital; Matt Van Der Tuyn from Penn Medicine; and Lenny Naar from the HELIX Centre in London.
Workshop: 'New Definitions of Patient Engagement'
HxRefactored, Boston, MA, April 2016
Along with my colleague Jeremy Beaudry, I co-led a workshop that guided participants through a series of creative and storytelling exercises intended to help redefine the problematic term 'Patient Engagement.' Here is an article about our experience.
Workshop: 'Participatory Design: the beating heart of collaborative innovation'
UX Strategies Summit, San Francisco, CA, November 2015
Along with Susan Dybbs, I co-led a workshop to help attendees at the UX Strategies Summit learn about Participatory Design. We led the group through exercises intended to help them understand what it is like to be a participant in a participatory design session, and then we helped them understand what went into that exercise and how to plan their own session. I've captured resources about participatory design, for anyone who is interested, here.
Panel: Implications for Sharing and Receiving Personal Health Data
VITL Summit, Burlington, VT, October 2015
I moderated this panel on bringing patient-generated data into the clinical setting. On my panel were Nina Gilmore, a patient and business intelligence designer; David Haddad, Executive Director of Open mHealth; and Marie Sandoval, Internal Medicine physician.
Designing with Empathy
UX Burlington, Burlington, VT, June 2015
This talk covered the basics about what user research actually is, how to do it, and the value it brings to the design process; I also cover some very specific, interface-level examples of how user research has impacted designs. Slides below, and video is here.
Spreadsheet from Hell
Quantified Self Conference, San Francisco, CA June 2015
I presented an ignite talk on my personal experience with tracking my health using a spreadsheet. I don't enjoy tracking, but I do it; and I color my spreadsheet with a fiery palette. Thus, spreadsheet 'from hell.' Slides are below:
Co-Design: Bringing Users into the Process
Design for Health course at Stanford, May 2014
Co-presented a session on Co-Design, along with Nick Dawson, to an audience of medical students, community members, and a live twitter audience.
Better Healthcare by Design: How Data Visualization, Behavior Change Techniques, and User-Centered Design Can Create Successful Products
Digital Health Conference, November 2013
Moderated a panel on Design + Healthcare, featuring three awesome designers I am proud to know: Steve Dean, Molly Lafferty, and Dustin DiTommaso. Here are our slides.
Workshop: 'All together now: leveraging Participatory Design to create innovative and user-centered healthcare solutions'
Stanford Medicine X, September 2013
Led a Participatory Design workshop with Susan Dybbs – then at Cooper, now at Collective Health.
Help me visualize my damn data!
Eyeo Festival, June 2013
I gave an ignite talk to a large room containing some of the world's preeminent data visualizers and creative coders. The topic was about my health history timeline, and the value of helping patients *like me* visualize our health data.
Patient Innovators and Instigators
Healthcare Experience Design , March 2013
I love to collect examples of patients who have used their unique strengths to help solve their own problems. I organized a panel of patients who have used design and statistics skills to create unique solutions for themselves.
Measuring Memories: What I learned from visualizing my medical story
Stanford Medicine X, September 2012
I gave an ignite talk to an audience of clinicians, entrepreneurs, designers, and patients about how I created a visual timeline of my health story and used it to better communicate with my doctors. For more on this topic, see this blog post.


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Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
Happy International Women's Day to all self-identifying women! Let's just start with the ugly, or uncomfortable side of today. Then it's out of the way and I don't have to deal with it.
Every year when wishing people a Happy International Women's Day I will be asked the question: What about an International Men's Day? People who ask that? I categorise you in my head alongside those people who, come Gay Pride, wonder why there isn't Straight Pride.
Ok: IMD is on the 19th of November and has been for the past 14 years, yet I've never seen you cracking out the phallic-shaped fireworks for that one. Straight Pride is every damn day. Unless I am present to tut at heterosexual couples smooching loudly on public transport. Then it's Straight Shame day. Phew, well I'm glad we got that sorted.
Kicking off the International Women's Day celebrations on IWD eve was Funny Women, who invited me to join them at Funny Women and Womankind Worldwide 10 Nation Comedy Gala. Womankind are a fantastic charity who support women's organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. They strive to end violence against women, build international support for women's rights and promote an equal say for women.
In Ethiopia they work with KMG and ICEDA to provide young women with knowledge of their rights with regard to FGM and school attendance. In Asia Womankind is partnered with HAWCA to run a legal aid centre that gives women counselling and legal advice and in Latin America they work with Demus to campaign for government funding to support survivors of violence in the poorest regions of Peru.
Because the very notion of funny women, as in funny ha-ha not funny peculiar is still vaguely unusual the night began with a panel discussing women and humour. It was chaired by broadcaster, writer and stand up comedian Viv Groskop and it's worth noting the diversity of the panel in both age (stand up comic Lynn Ruth Miller is 79) and nationality.
Making up the panel was Sylvie Aboa-Bradwell, founder and Executive Director of the think tank African People's Advocacy, writer and jewellery designer Amisha Ghidiali who founded Think Act Vote. The Huffington Post UK's Comedy Editor Andrea Mann, comedian Lynn Ruth Miller and Vanessa Vallely, Pearly Queen and founder of leading women's network, job board and website WeAreTheCity.
The panel were discussing whether women's lack of visibility in comedy was down to the possibility that women and men and inherently different senses of humour. The idea was presented that women are better at story-telling than men – who prefer a more quick-fire gag style of comedy, although Sylvie Aboa-Bradwell was quick to point out that 'banana skin comedy' or slapstick is universal, regardless of gender.
The idea of tailoring comedy to suit men or women seemed alien to the panel, with Lynn Ruth Miller saying "I don't wanna be on Broadway, I just wanna make you laugh." Andrea Mann added, "writing for the Huffington Post, the idea of whether women or men are going to find this funny doesn't occur to me."
But Vanessa said she felt there were some subjects she steered clear of with certain audiences, such as poo, because as a corporate woman she couldn't be seen to laugh at that (I would wager along with banana skin comedy poop jokes are universal too). I think is a good demonstration of the frustrating attitude that boys will be boys but women should be women.
Mann thinks it is not so much a question of what kind of comedy appeals to either or both genders but a lack of role models and a lack of care regarding comedy bills or deciding which image to use when covering The British Comedy Awards.
As a Comedy Editor Mann implied, it's a responsibility "to be able to put the spotlight on women when they're doing funny things" for instance using a photo of Miranda Hart rather than Jack Whitehall.
This is a big issue when it comes to difficulties for women in comedy. Speaking on how far women in comedy have come and how much further they have to go Lynn made an interesting and kind of horrifying point citing Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller: "they set the pace for us and they couldn't have done it without plastic surgery."
According to the 79-year-old, had Diller and Rivers not made a visible effort to improve their looks they would never have been accepted. In essence plastic surgery was a form of apology for not looking better.
The most unusual thing about this comedy event was not that it was so diverse, or that the stage was exclusively occupied by women. It was that every single act was good. If you go to a lot of comedy evenings you will know this is highly unusual, there's always a bum note, a dud, one the audience collectively clenches their buttocks in embarrassment for as they die on stage.
Last night was the first night in my comedy experience this didn't happen. So every stand up deserves a name check, Shazia Mirza, Alice Frick, Lynn Ruth Miller, Ria Lina, Tessa Waters, Sofie Hagen, Njambi McGrath, Gabby Best, Sindhu V and Katerina Vrana. If you get the chance I highly recommend them all.
This was truly an International Women's Day event. It just goes to show these people aren't just out there, they aren't just good, they are available. So BBC, ITV, Channel 4, et al, there's no excuse, hire them!
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We are a branch of the Doddridge County Public Library, and belong to the Northern Library Network (NorLN)! More than 36 libraries in 17 counties, in the northern region of West Virginia, united to form NorLN. Patrons may borrow from any of these libraries using just one card. For a list of participating libraries, click here.
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Types of Submissions
The IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS publishes regular papers, short papers, communications items, survey papers, and book reviews.
- Regular papers describe a significant result or set of results that are original, of high impact and significance, and extend the state-of-the-art in robotics.
- Short papers usually describe a single result, experiment, or technique of general interest for which a short treatment is appropriate.
- Communications items are a separate class of short manuscripts that are subject to an expedited review process. Appropriate items include (but are not limited to) rebuttals and/or counterexamples of previously published papers. Normally the editors will review these submissions internally, a will request outside review when appropriate.
- Survey papers should cover emerging research topics in Robotics or have a tutorial or review nature of sufficiently large interest to the Transactions audience. Authors of survey papers must submit a proposal to the the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission. This proposal should address the need for the survey article (including the potential audience and T-RO relevance), give a summary of the authors' qualifications to write the survey (a survey article should be written by leading experts in the field), and provide a proposed bibliography. The EiC in conjunction with the Senior Editors Panel will then determine whether the proposed article may be submitted for review. The standard length of published survey papers is up to fourteen Transactions pages.
- Book reviews of special interest to Robotics are also considered and reviewed by members of the Editorial Board. Interested authors or publishers should contact the Editor-in-Chief.
Papers describing specific current (industrial and beyond) applications are encouraged, provided that the designs represent the best current practice, detailed characteristics and performance are included, and they are of general interest.
Multipart papers will only be published if there is compelling rationale for a multipart treatment. All parts of such submissions must be accepted for any part to be published.
Papers submitted to a special issue are handled similarly to normal contributions.
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The Polk County Assessor can be contacted through e-mail, by phone or fax, or in person. The address of the Assessor's office, as well as its business hours, contact numbers, and e-mail address, are available through the Polk County Assessor's official website.Continue Reading
As of 2015, the Polk County Assessor is Randy Ripperger. According to the Assessor's webpage, his office is open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is located at 111 Court Avenue #195, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Assessor only handles the determining of a property's current market value. The Assessor's office provides a large portion of this information to the public, including selling prices and property characteristics. For those dissatisfied with their assessments, it is possible to appeal by filing a written protest with the Board of Review between April 7th and May 5th of the current year. The Board of Review consists of 10 appointed members who operate outside the influence of the Assessor's office, and collectively they have the authorization to increase or decrease the value of any assessment brought forward to them. Likewise, any Board of Review decision can be appealed to the Property Assessment Appeal Board, and any Appeal Board decision can be taken to District Court, if the appellant so desires.Learn more about Public Records


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Sales tax rates vary by county because each of these jurisdictions uses disparate methods to determine taxability, explains Avalara. For instance, while Chautauqua, Columbia and Chenanga counties of New York State exempt general clothing selling for less than $110 from sales tax, comparable jurisdictions in the state lack similar exceptions.Continue Reading
Forty-five states and the District of Columbia impose a general sales tax on virtually all goods and, in some cases, select services, explains the Tax Policy Center. Additionally, municipalities, special districts and counties in 36 states are allowed to impose supplementary sales taxes. This arrangement results in remarkably disparate taxation levels. For instance, in 2008, the combined local and sales tax rates for some jurisdictions in Alabama was 13.73 percent, while the rate for comparable localities in Hawaii was 4.5 percent.
Variations in sales taxes are also arise from exemptions, known as tax holidays, introduced at select periods of the year, explains Avalara. For instance, Virginia excepts choir robes, corsets, beach wear and steel-toed boots at certain times of the year. Similarly, Texas exempts school clothing and associated supplies on the first day that school districts start classes. In 2014, Maryland had a tax holiday on certain days in August for clothing and shoes selling for less than $100, while North Carolina had a three-day exemption for clothing priced at $100 or less. Tax holidays are generally intended to stimulate local economies.Learn more about Taxes


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Beyond Reach is a DLC sized mod that takes place in the east of High Rock, commonly known as The Reach. You will experience a story of intrigue, conspiracies sowed by both men and gods, and the struggles of those in the most squalid situations. Exploration is a key feature of this mod, with multiple shortcuts and unlikely routes making your trek across the region more exhilarating, yet more dangerous. Quality voice acting and an engrossing Main Quest will have you immersed in the harrowing story of a downtrodden land and people.
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The Untold Side of the Harry Reid Fracas
As someone who spent 14 years in Henderson, NV and still has a number of connections there, I've been watching what's been said and reported about the canceled firesides for Harry Reid with some amusement. A lot of folks don't seem to have the slightest clue as to what goes on in Nevada politics, nor have they bothered to find out. Many just charge on down the lane with their opinions despite having a very incomplete view of the picture. If they did, they would walk away with a very different take.


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Today Claire and I took a buzzfeed quiz about which T-Swift we'd be in her video Blank Space.
Claire got "sitting on a bed with a knife," because she's not about to hide her emotions for anyone, and because she has a big personality that won't be dialed back, bitch.
I got "screaming, crying, perfect storm" because I'm strong-willed, I know what I want, and I won't take shit from anyone!
Pretty funny (and accurate) results if you ask me!


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Inspiring stories of 10 Christian women who made a difference in the lives of people around them and had an immeasurable impact on the kingdom of God.10 Barry Hankins, professor ofreligion and history at Baylor University and author of thebiography Francis Schaeffer ... She wouldnever use theterm, of course, but in someways shewas themodel ofasort of evangelical feminism. ... She offered these guideposts, these spiritual steppingstones, to the thousands who read her words and crossed the thresholdof her Swiss chalet. And she continues to offer them to us as well. 10 Ruth Bell Graham Keep Looking Forward (1920a2007) B yage.
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