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Tap pants were originally worn by tap dancers over their panties and hose for modesty when practicing their dance routines. They are similar to shorter half-slips, covering the bottom completely, but with two "legs." The leg openings are not drawn to the skin with elastic, so they look like shorts rather than panties.
Also called cocktail shorts, French knickers, side-cut shorts, and dance shorts, actual vintage pieces are usually much more fluid, like slips, than modern tap pants. But in all cases, they offer much more coverage -- which means more mystery and more silky fabric along your own silky bits).
Tap pants aren't only lovely, they are so comfortable that you'll find yourself making excuses to wear them around the house -- with little else but a bra or cami.
Seeing you with so much more covered than if you'd worn a bare-it-all thong will leave him with a delightful mystery to solve...
Soon he'll be playing detective.
Eventually he'll demand that you spread 'em while he pats you down for additional evidence. I suggest you go ahead and comply -- even if your partner doesn't have the badge, he'll have something else to back up it all up with. *wink*
The vintage black tap pants shown here are from Slip of a Girl's tap pant post; the modern set is from Secrets In Lace.
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Everything you need to understand or teach Hamilton by Jeremy McCarter and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
This book follows two structural lines. The first is a collection of essays on the creation and development of the hit musical "Hamilton," with the focus of each essay linked directly to elements of a particular scene and/or song in the show: the second is the actual text of the show itself. The essays follow a rough chronological structure (i.e. from the show's original inception through to its opening night on Broadway) that parallels the show's overall narrative structure (i.e. from the beginning of Hamilton's political career through to his death). Both narrative lines explore thematic questions looking at how stories become history, how perspective defines story, and the nature and function of collaboration.

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It's the end of our sailing season and this weekend it was "Lift Out" day for our little yacht. We leave our swing mooring on the river Medina and take her up to Newport Harbour Quay where she is lifted out by crane and over winters ashore.
Now call me a "fair weather sailor" but I hadn't brought on board my full wet weather gear -as having checked the weather forecast before going aboard I didn't expect this much rain!! Luckily I did have my coat. So anyway it decides to give us a real soaking and adding to the adventure a bit of a squall blew up too.
Very large heavy wet raindrops came driving down on the decks, spluttering and splashing. Trickling and then running streams of water washing the decks clean with it's flow.
The South Westerly breeze carried a squall of strong wind and rain over our little yacht as she motored steadily towards Newport. The sky darkened and the transit lights of the harbour approach buoys shone out brightly against the dark grey/black heavy clouds.
We arrived on the high tide as the rain eases and moor up alongside the harbour wall. Our little yacht has had a good wash from all that rain, her decks shining in the new light that follows a good down pour.
As she is lifted ashore the Sun and blue skies return. Skipper starts the task of jet washing all the mud and antifoul from her hull and we unload gear and tuck her up for her winter sleep. It's a rather early layup this year we normally come out of the water in November but the tides best suited this weekend. I'm quite pleased really as this week on the Island the weather is predicted to be very wet and windy and I do worry about her on the swing mooring in a storm especially combined with big tides. Now we can easily pop and check on her and dream of new adventures next season...


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The European Union on Sunday established closer ties with the Middle East and with its North African neighbors at a summit in Paris that was described by its European backers as a "historic" success.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will co-chair the union with French President Sarkozy at the beginning
"This is a historic contribution for the future of Europe and the future of the Mediterranean," said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso after the formal launch of the Union for the Mediterranean.
"A major initiative is born, and now we have to nurture it and go further," added the meeting's host, French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He urged the Mediterranean states to emulate Europe's model of reconciliation and cooperation.
"Everyone will have to make an effort, as the Europeans did, to put an end to the deadly spiral of war and violence, that, century after century, repeatedly brought barbarity to the heart of civilization," he said.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called the launch a "dream come true"
Leaders of the EU and of its southern neighbors agreed Sunday to a joint declaration accompanying the creation of the union, a breakthrough which came after heads of state and government from 43 countries, among them Israel, Syria and the Palestinian territories, overcame their differences over a reference to the Middle East peace process.
Unlike its draft version, the final declaration approved in Paris made explicit references to the Annapolis peace conference and to a meeting of EU and Mediterranean foreign ministers in Lisbon last year.
The leaders further "recall that peace in the Middle East requires a comprehensive solution and in this regard welcome the announcement that Syria and Israel have initiated indirect peace talks under the auspices of Turkey."
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, were among the leaders attending the summit, which was held in the glass-roofed halls of Paris' Grand Palais, by the Champs Elysees.
Calls for peace among old foes
Sarkozy had earlier opened the founding summit meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean with an appeal for peace.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called the launch a "dream come true"
"The nations along the Mediterranean, and those who are not, share a common interest: that peace and stability reign on the Mediterranean," Sarkozy told heads of state and government from the European Union and from countries along the Mediterranean Basin.
"The success and failure of everything we undertake with each other will depend first and foremost on the ability of each and every one of us to truly share," Sarkozy said. "This means building increasingly close solidarity, with respect for one another."
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who will co-chair the union with Sarkozy during its initial phase, said the EU should help promote growth in the Mediterranean or face a massive influx of immigrants in the future.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded action, not just words from Syria
"What will be the situation in the Mediterranean, in particular on the southern shores, in 2030 or 2050? And what consequences will that have on our partners on the northern shores?" he said, noting that the area's population was projected to grow from the current 272 million to 332 million in 2020.
The draft joint declaration being discussed in Paris contained sensitive passages on the need to prevent religion from being associated with terrorism, and calls for a nuclear-free Middle East.
Israel is the only Middle Eastern country which is widely believed to have a nuclear arsenal.
Revamping 'Barcelona'
Tough negotiations also took place on the exact scope and power structure of the union, which Sarkozy devised as a means of revamping the EU's 13-year-old southern neighborhood policy, which is known as the Barcelona Process.
The EU's executive, the European Commission, says it has already spent some 8 billion euros ($12.7 billion) on Barcelona between 1995 and 2007, and plans to invest a further 9 billion euros over the next six years.
But officials in Brussels concede that it has failed to deliver. The new union hopes to attract private investors by focusing on concrete projects.
Among them are plans for "motorways of the sea," a belt of solar power plants, a programme to help cope with natural disasters, and the creation of an agency to promote medium-sized businesses.
It also gives the south a stronger voice through a co-chairmanship. Its first presidents are France, as the current holder of the EU's rotating presidency, and Egypt.
Ahead of the launch in Paris, Sarkozy held joint talks with Olmert and Abbas, who spoke of their hopes of moving closer to peace.
"We have never been so close to an agreement than today," Olmert said of the Middle East peace process.
In a diplomatic coup for French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the eve of his Mediterranean Union launch, the leaders of Syria and Lebanon have agreed to normalize their often fraught relations. (13.07.2008)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is holding talks with key Mideast leaders ahead of the launch of the Mediterranean Union. These include the Syrian President whose visit to Paris marks his international comeback. (12.07.2008)


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Bomb Seeds - Buzz Bomb
High quality connoisseur Sativa, Buzz Bomb certainly lives up to its name. A heady, uplifting, yet clear smoke that has been found to have calming and relaxing effects without any of the body effects and lethargy that can be found with other "medical effect" strains. Buzz Bomb cannabis seeds are faster and more vigorous than many other sativa dominant strains and also has a higher yield without having to accept extremely long flowering times to achieve it. High levels of THC, a high yield and an open growth structure mean that this can be an excellent choice for SOG and SCROG for larger scale or commercial grows. Buzz Bomb can produce purple hues and an abundance of red hairs. This sought after boutique strain has a rich, sweet and spicy flavour that will promote a very buoyant enjoyable high and pleasant mental stimulation.
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- CharacteristicsFast vigorous sativa strain
- Minimum Yield400 gr/m2
- Indoor Yield500 gr/m2
- Flowering Time60 - 70 Days
- Outdoor Harvest MonthOctober
- Outdoor Harvest Week3rd-4th week
- THCHigh
- Indoor Height110 - 140 cm
- Type: Non PercentageMostly Sativa
- TasteSweet and spicy
- EffectHeady, uplifting, yet clear smoke
- EffectsCerebral, Uplifting
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Conversations for the Common Good
We regularly host events featuring lectures, performances, and onstage conversations with writers, artists, musicians, and leading thinkers. Featured guests are asked to articulate the important ideas and relevant viewpoints that inform their work and creative process. These conversations are offered in hope that all who attend will be enriched and challenged by the distinctive perspective that faith can add to our lives.
Past Events
- 10/1: A Conversation with Tony Hale
- 11/3: The Sin of Certainty: A Conversation with Peter Enns
- 12/8: Spiritual Reflections on the 2016 Presidential Election: A Conversation with Philip Yancey
- 1/12: Why Do We Need Religion?: A Conversation with Miroslav Volf
- 2/2: A Conversation with Mike McHargue
- 3/9: A Conversation with Sara Miles
- Click here for audio recordings from 2013 – 2015
- Click here for an archive of Scot's interviews at City Church San Francisco with leading thinkers including N.T. Wright, Miroslav Volf, Christopher Wright, Lauren Winner, Barbara Bradley-Haggerty, Jim Wallis, and more.
Lesslie Newbigin Summer Institute
Each summer we host the Lesslie Newbigin Summer Institute at one of the colleges of Cambridge University. We are privileged to partner with the Newbigin Centre at Ridley Hall for this event and have welcomed distinguished guest lecturers including N.T. Wright, Rowan Williams, Richard Mouw, James K.A. Smith and Claire Foster-Gilbert.
Consider joining us July 9-12, 2018! Visit the Summer Institute 2018 page.
Past Summers
To access resources, photos, and audio recordings of previous institutes, please visit links below.
Pastors Colloquy 2018: Creative Maladjustment
Good things happen when pastors stay in conversation with each other and thought leaders from a wide variety of fields. For January 2018, we will be focusing on the theme of
"Creative Maladjustment:
Pastoral Leadership for Turbulent Times"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called for a ministry of "creative maladjustment." Speaking before a group of psychologists in 1967—the professionals who help people become "well adjusted"—Dr. King declared that "we should be as maladjusted as the prophet Amos, who in the midst of injustices of his day, could cry out in words that echo across the centuries, 'Let justice roll down like waters…'" What does it mean to be Christian leaders who refuse to adjust ourselves to racial, economic and gender injustice? Join us as we gather to ask these important questions and learn from one another.
- When: January 10–11, 2018
- Where: San Francisco, CA
- Cost: $75 (early registration, by November 30); $95 (regular, after November 30)
- To register, click here
Colloquy 2017
To access archived materials from the Pastors Colloquy 2017: Flourishing in Ministry, please click here.


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PoV: Red-light cameras make streets safer
We've all been there.
Perched in the middle of a busy intersection, waiting for a break in the opposing traffic to make a left turn.
You grit your teeth and edge forward as the light turns amber and the traffic keeps coming.
The light turns red, but a vehicle goes flying through the intersection followed by another and another.
It's frustrating, stressful and dangerous and it seems to be getting worse every year.
That's why red-light cameras are a good idea for London.
They are a proven method of preventing accidents at intersections, especially the broadside collisions that can cause serious accidents or death.
London is not breaking any new ground. The cameras have been in use in Canadian cities for years.
The cameras snap pictures of red light-running vehicles, resulting in a $325 ticket to owners.
Vehicles already in the intersection, such as a drivers waiting to turn left, won't be ticketed.
The claims by critics that red-light cameras are "cash grabs" is foolish.
The cameras are installed to catch drivers in a dangerous act and offenders must be punished with a fine. They are no different from radar guns used to catch speeders or RIDE programs that catch drunk drivers.
Coun. Joni Baechler, of council's civic works committee, said she backed the cameras with mixed feelings because of privacy concerns.
Those concerns are legitimate on downtown streets where cameras can operate for months or years without capturing images useful to a crime investigation.
But cameras mounted at any busy intersection will catch people running red lights every day. It is a clear case of safety trumping privacy concerns.
City staff is promoting a program to install 10 cameras by 2017, and the cost of $50,000 per camera may be daunting.
If council finds that price tag too steep, it can scale back the number of cameras and move them around to different sites to maximize their deterrent effect.
Our streets will be safer, the city will collect revenue and some drivers will be reminded to stop at a red light!
Coun. Stephen Orser said it best: "The only (drivers) that have anything to fear are the actual lawbreakers."


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Researchers at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism have been unable to confirm a widely publicized study linking a gene to a predisposition to alcoholism.
The finding does not necessarily challenge the idea there may be a genetic predisposition for alcoholism. But the researchers said it suggests that more work will be needed to identify any gene or genes that may be at fault.
In April researchers reported that defects in a gene involved in the transmission of messages between brain cells strongly predisposed people to alcoholism.


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Living Rent is Scotland's tenants' union.
We are a democratic organisation run by and for tenants. We want homes for people, not for profit; to redress the power imbalance between landlords and tenants; and ensure that everyone has decent and affordable housing.
We believe in the collective power of tenants to come together to fight for their rights, and use diverse tactics – including direct action when necessary – to achieve
this. We are not affiliated to any political party, but recognise the importance of influencing parties and politicians and holding them to account.
We have regular meetings in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. If you're interested in getting involved please get in touch!
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The Proper Steps of a Skin Care Routine and Why Each Step Matters
Get your skin care routine into the natural order of things. There is a reason why doing things in the right order is extremely important. You won't put your socks on after your shoes! The same goes for your skincare.
Step 1: Cleanse
The first step to your skincare routine is cleansing. Cleansers are designed to remove the dead skin cells, dirt, debri, and makeup, both on the surface of the skin, and deeper into your pores.
Cleansing your face is especially important for the sake of removing makeup. Makeup is composed of ingredients that allow it to last all day, and thus you must cleanse your face every night before bed to ensure your skin is refreshed!
More importantly, make sure that you are cleansing your face the right way! A quick splish-splash won't stand a chance against long-wear cosmetics.
Step 2: Toner/Astringent
The next step in your skin care routine is toning. It is important to use a toner or astringent to rebalance your skin, provide gentle exfoliation, and to refine your skin.
Astringents play an important role in minimizing the appearance of pores, and help to rebalance the appearance of your complexion. The reason this step is done prior to applying your serum or moisturizer is to help retain the moisture that both provide.
Step 2 ½: Masks / Exfoliators (2-3 times a week)
Use an exfoliator 2-3 times a week, or a 14-day exfoliating program like our Rapidex, to remove dead skin cell build up.
Too much dead skin cell build up does not allow for products to penetrate the skin, can leave skin dull looking and even contribute to oily buildup.
Step 3: Serum
Applying a serum is often over-looked. Serums are formulated with a higher concentration of key ingredients and smaller molecules that have the ability to penetrate deeper into the skin than a moisturizer, which is why they go one before moisturizers, not after. They are designed to provide strong results and are packed with nourishing ingredients.
Think of a serum as a vitamin for your complexion, the more nutrition you provide to your skin the better it will appear! L
Like a cleanser and toner, choose a serum choose targets your specific skin care needs.
Step 4: Moisturize
Your final step to facial cleansing is to moisturize your skin! Applying a moisturizer is going to help hydrate and nourish the skin.
For aging skin, with time, natural lubrication slows down, and elasticity and collagen is loss. Thus, it's crucial to keep your skin hydrated and look for moisturizers with ingredients like seaweed and peptides to help improve the skin's texture.
Even for younger skin, moisturizers help protect and smooth the skin. This also includes hydrating those areas of the face in special need, such as the eye area.
The eye area is so delicate, and one of the first to show signs of aging with crow's feet, dark circles, fine lines, and wrinkles, making it important to hydrate with an eye gel or eye cream.
Step 5: Prime / protect
Before putting on your makeup, use a primer with environmental protection. A primer will help prepare the "canvas" for makeup, and help for smooth application.
Step 6: Makeup
If you like to wear a little makeup, the last part of your routine is applying a foundation and powder that is beneficial for the skin with soothing ingredients like seaweed. Also choose those that are non-comedogenic so you don't clog your pores!
What's in your skin care routine? Tell us in the comments below!


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Division 1 Defeat
The Drumreilly v Dromahair Division 1 game was originally fixed for the latter's venue, but on request was re-fixed for Páirc Droim Oir Bhealaigh on last Saturday afternoon. The visitors emerged with a 1-12 to 1-9 victory. The Drumreilly lineout was as follows: Michael McGirl, Fergal Mitchell, John McKeon (0-2), Anthony Holahan, Graeme Taylor, Dermot Holahan, Nigel Maguire (capt.), Declan Maxwell (0-2), Seán Fee, Brian Fee (0-1), James Holahan (1-1), Ronan McCartin, Ray Fee, Conor Gaffney (0-1), Cormac Maguire (0-2). Sub: David O'Connell.
Bingo winners
The following were among the winners at a well-attended session in Drumreilly Community Centre on last Friday night: Rose Smith, Drumury, Breda McGoldrick, Corlough, Vinnie McBrien, Camber, Pauline Darcy, Aughawillan; Kathleen Carthy, Clogher; Lily O Neill, Carrigallen; Benny Connolly, Drumlea; Helen O Rourke, Corlough; Maureen Bracken,
Keelrin; Leanne Galligan, Killeshandra; Claire Creamer, Ballinamore; Shirley Gooheen, Drumraine; Chrissie Gaffney, Mullaghboy; Bernadette Dooner, Ballinamore, Kathleen Canning, Bohey, Lily Curran, Ballinamore, Tommy Cassidy, Drumgowna; Anna Charles, Nan Connolly, Ardunsaghan and Bridget Corby, Kilmore. Bingo will continue on next Friday night at 8.30p.m. The Committee members wish to record their thanks to those from near and far who keep the show going on Friday nights.
New arrival
Congratulations to Anthony Mimna and Fiona Reilly on the birth of their baby daughter, a little sister for Cian and Layla. D.G.
Drama Festival
Ballinamore's 33rd Drama Festival will run from March 7th to 16th. John B. Keane's popular comedy will feature on the opening night, and it will be followed on Saturday night by another comedy "The Hen Night Epiphanyâ€. You are invited to come along and enjoy the plays and enjoy a "cuppa†and a chat. There will be admission concessions for O.A.Ps and students. For a full list of the plays you are asked to consult The Leitrim Observer or the posters in the shops or the Library.
Table Quiz
Drumreilly Foróige Club members request your support for their Table Quiz a fundraiser which will be held in the Community Centre on Saturday March 8th at 9pm after Mass in St. Mary's. Refreshments will be served.
Recalling February 1993
Mary McKeon led a big field home in the second leg of the Leitrim Road League in the U-10 100 metres event in Manorhamilton. The following players travelled to Fenagh to take part in a County Minor trial: Christopher Mimna, Ollie Maguire and Thomas Connolly. Leitrim, who won against Cavan in a senior League game had to finish the game without Gerard Holahan was forced to retire through injury. Leitrim with sterling performance from Martin McCartin (goalkeeper), Aidan Holahan (defence), Pat Connolly (midfield) scored a convincing against Sligo in the Hastings Cup competition. Drumreilly Minors opened their
Nine-A-Side League with a 3-8 to 1-1 win over visiting Bornacoola at Carrickmakeegan. The lineout was Gene Connolly, Christopher Mimna, Thomas Connolly (0-4), Denis Smith, Seán Mitchell, Pádraig Lunney (0-1), Connell McGovern (0-1), Oliver Maguire (2-00 and Noel McGirl (1-2). Sub used: Ciaran Holahan. The death took place in England of Mr. George Wood's, Crickeen.
Lotto results
There was no Jackpot winner in the Lotto draw held in Shortt's Bar on Wednesday, February 12th. The numbers drawn were 1, 6, 9 and 26. The cash prizes winners were Declan McCarthy, Hannah Flynn, Seán Corrigan, Tomás Fee, Caoimhe Gaffney, Paul Maguire and Seán Corrigan. The next draw will be held in the Ballymac Inn on this Wednesday, March 26th.
Amateur Drama
All lovers of comedy are asked to pencil in Saturday night March 15th in their diaries. Drumreilly Community Centre with Moth Productions will be hosting John McManus' much acclaimed comedy "A Lock of Fierce Roarsâ€. "The Quare Land†by the same playwright received a rousing reception at the same venue in a pre-Christmas production. Tickets are available from 086-3070308 or 087-1342672
The next meeting of Dumreilly Community Centre Committee will be held on Thursday night March 6th
Congratulations to Shauna Lavin, Corrawallen on becoming Sligo /Leitrim Champion on Friday night last in Killargue and to Mark Stringer who won the same title. Hard luck to Ciara, Megan, Louis and Peter who gave it their all. All competitors are part of Ballinamore
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Heat a large round grill pan over medium-high heat. Add enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan and let oil heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Rub the blackening spices all over the duck pieces until both sides are covered. Carefully place the spiced duck pieces into the pan, reduce the heat to medium, and cook for about 5 minutes on each side, or until desired degree of doneness.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients by gently stirring with a wooden spoon or plastic spatula until thoroughly mixed. Set aside to let flavors meld. Spoon the salsa over the duck pieces, or serve as a garnish on the side.
Prepare the wild rice according to the directions on the box. In a medium skillet, saute the pepper, onion, and garlic in olive oil over medium heat until vegetables are tender, being careful not to let the garlic burn. When the rice is fully cooked, add the sauteed vegetables to the rice, and stir to combine.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add enough olive oil to thinly coat the bottom of the pan, and let oil heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the pepper, mushrooms, and garlic to the pan, and saute until the vegetables are almost tender. Add the beans and carrots to the pan, and cook until all of the vegetables are slightly tender and the flavors have combined. Serve with the Blackened Duck and Wild rice.
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[01] ASE opening: RiseEquity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 2.36 percent, standing at 1,271.10 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 12.185 million euros.
All individual sector indices were moving upward, with the biggest gains in Banks, up 3.85 percent; Financial Services, up 3.20 percent and Health, up 3.78 percent.
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 2.89 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 1.15 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 2.12 percent.
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Applied Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick Squeeze On on my 10-month old Cocker Spaniel Saturday night at 9:30. Noticed that she was pretty restless till bedtime. The next morning she woke up at 4am. Wouldn't go back to sleep after that. She also wouldn't sit still. She just paced the floor, back and forth. We left her alone for 3 hours while we went to church. When we returned, we were frightened to find that she was foaming at the mouth, throwing up, still pacing, and scratching herself all over.
Called the Sergeant's help line and they immediately took notes on my name, address, phone number, dog's name, etc. The consultant told me that I should bath her 2 to 3 times in Dawn dish detergent, give her juice from a can of tuna to cover up the oily medicine that was probably still present in her mouth, and give her liquids as much as possible. He even told me that I might have to take her to the vet to have intrevenous fluids administered to avoid dehydration.
I could not get an appointment with a vet today, Sunday, so we're waiting it out. She's thrown up for about 7 hours straight. She drank the juice from the tuna can, but this seemed to make her throw up immediately. I washed her 3 times with the dish detergent, but she still couldn't sit still. In fact, I am about to bathe her again after I finish typing. I know she's tired, but she just can't lie down long enough to go to sleep. It looks like I'll have a vet bill tomorrow.
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Welcome to South Side Elementary School, home of The Trailblazers! Our vision is for staff, students, parents, and our community to work together to support our children's academic growth and development into responsible and engaged citizens. We hope to foster a character-driven and a future-focused culture through daily integration of Character Counts and best practice frameworks for learning. Please watch for news from South Side Elementary on our social media pages. Also, be sure that we have your current email address in order to deliver our monthly newsletter to your inbox. We hope you and your children find yourselves at home at South Side. Go Trailblazers, and Go Knights!
July 3 - Registration Letters mailed home
July 9 - Online Registration starts
July 18 - On Site Registration Day
July 26 - Kindergarten Health Screening at SSES 6-8pm
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August 7 - 1st Student Day
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Grid architectures, which are viewed as tools for the integration of distributed resources, play a significant role as managers of computational resources, but also as aggregators of measurement instrumentation and pervasive large-scale data acquisition platforms. The functionality of a grid architecture allows managing, maintaining, and exploiting hetereogeneous instrumentation and acquisition devices in a unifed way by providing standardized interfaces and common work environments to their users. This result is achieved through the properties of isolation from the physical network and from the peculiarites of the instrumentation granted by standard middleware together with secure and flexibile mechanisms which seek, access, and aggregate distributed resources. This book focuses on a number of aspects related to the effective exploitation of remote instrumentation on the grid. These include middleware architecture, high speed networking in support of grid applications, wireless grid for acquisition devices and sensor networks, quality of service provisioning for real time control, and measurement instrumentation.... National Instruments, Application Note 103, www.ni.com. [10] Java Native Interface, http://Java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/native1.1/. [11] LabVIEW 7 Express User Manual, National Instrument, April 2003 Edition. [12] LabVIEW RunTimeanbsp;...
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-Modify Existing$100
Pinterest Install
We will set up a Pinterest business account, add a logo and requested company information, verify the account, and add up to 3 new boards.
-New Install$250
-Modify Existing Account$150
PPC Install
Will include set up of PPC account and set up of campaigns based on applicable search terms. The PPC budget paid to Google is separate from start-up or on-going Acorn fees. This budget will be determined by consultation and budget.
-Wordpress Blog Existing Theme$150
-Google Blogger Basic Theme$75
-Google Blogger Custom Theme$300
Blogging Install
We will install a Blogger or WordPress blog, depending on the customer's needs. The blog will be customized to match the existing business website or a basic color match, as per customer's request, and set up as a sub-domain or sub-directory to the existing business site.
-Create New$175
-Modify Existing$100
YouTube Install
We will set up a YouTube channel, connected to the customer's existing Google My Business page, add a cover image, and load any videos provided by the customer.
-Install new Account$150
-Custom Template$250
E-News Install
We will set up a new account in the customer's preferred newsletter program, add subscriber/unsubscribe settings, test recipients, upload contacts, set up groups, add email collection widget to website, and create a custom template.
-Initial Install$150
-Yearly Subscription$240
Get-5-Stars Install
Set-up on the GetFiveStars platform, download of past reservation email addresses, setup of follow-up email, and adding a page to your website to display reviews. Cost of program is separate at $20 per month, to be paid annually at $240.


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At East Coast Fertility, we are realizing the Jones' dream of safer, more efficient and cost effective IVF. By utilizing the ability to cryopreserve embryos in 2007, 61.5% (118/192) of patients under 35 were successful in having a live birth as a result of only one egg stimulation and retrieval cycle! In addition, because of our outstanding Embryology Laboratory, we are usually able to transfer as few as 1 or 2 high quality embryos per cycle and avoid risky triplet pregnancies. In fact, since 2002, the only triplet pregnancies we have experienced have resulted from the successful implantation of two embryos, one of which goes on to split into identical twins (this is rare!). By cryopreserving embryos in certain high-risk circumstances, we are able to vastly reduce the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome requiring hospitalization. At East Coast Fertility, safety of our patients comes first. Fortunately, our success with frozen embryo transfers is equivalent to that of fresh embryo transfers, so that pregnancy rates are not compromised in the name of safety, nor are the babies.
Today, as reported in the Daily Science: "The results are good news as an increasing number of children, estimated to be 25% of assisted reproductive technology (ART) babies worldwide, are now born after freezing or vitrification" (a process similar to freezing that prevents the formation of ice crystals).
The study, led by Dr Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, an obstetrician at the Institute for Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy (Goteborg, Sweden), reviewed the evidence from 21 controlled studies that reported on prenatal or child outcomes after freezing or vitrification.
She found that embryos that had been frozen shortly after they started to divide (early stage cleavage embryos) had a better, or at least as good, obstetric outcome (measured as preterm birth and low birth weight) as children born from fresh cycles of IVF (in vitro fertilisation) or ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection). There were comparable malformation rates between the fresh and frozen cycles. There were limited data available for freezing of blastocysts (embryos that have developed for about five days) and for vitrification of early cleavage stage embryos, blastocysts and eggs.
'Slow freezing of embryos has been used for 25 years and data concerning infant outcome seem reassuring with even higher birthweights and lower rates of preterm and low birthweights than children born after fresh IVF/ICSI. For the newly introduced technique of vitrification of blastocysts and oocytes, very limited data have been reported on obstetric and neonatal outcomes. This emphasises the urgent need for properly controlled follow-up studies of neonatal outcomes and a careful assessment of evidence currently available before these techniques are added to daily routines. In addition, long-term follow-up studies are needed for all cryopreservation techniques,' concluded Dr Wennerholm.
The use of frozen embryos has become a common standard of care in most IVF Programs. At East Coast Fertility we are able to keep multiple pregnancy rates down – by only transferring one or two embryos at a time – while allowing patients to hold on to the additional embryos that they may have created during the fresh cycle. It is like creating an insurance plan for patients. We developed a unique financial incentative program using the technology of cryo-preservation to encourage patients to transfer only one healthy embryo at a time. In order to ensure the best out come for mother and child – these special pricing plans take the burden off the patient to pay for the additional transfers and the cryo- preservation process. We have eliminated the cost of cryopreservation, storage and embryo transfer for patients in the single embryo transfer program. Thus, patients no longer have that financial pressure to put all their eggs in one basket! We truly believe we are practicing the most successful, safe and cost effective IVF utilizing cryopreservation.


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Moody Mountains
Driving NW on the David Thompson Highway with the Mt. Wilson massif ahead. The North Saskatchewan river meandering on the left. Snow was on the way.
Catching the Light
First light on Oregon's Smith Rock, reflected in Crooked River.
Mt. Sinopah rises majestically above Two Medicine and Pray lakes.
A snowy stormy morning at Glacier's Two Medicine area.
Mt. Sinopah reflected in Pray Lake.
Orange Spring Mound in B/W
While this impressive large geo form is stunning in it's bright orange colors it looks nice in monotone as well.
Idaho's Sawtooth mountains in monochrome reflected in Little Redfish Lake.
A b/w depiction of some the Sawtooth mountains reflected in Little Redfish Lake.
Mt. McGown
Idaho's Mt. McGown looms above Stanley Lake.
Moody Mountain Mono
A small slice of Idaho's Sawtooth mountains reflected in Little Redfish Lake. Mt. Heyburn on the left and Horstmann Peak on the right.
Mountain Majesty
Gone Fishing
A lone fisherman is heading for his favorite fishing spot on this chilly autumn morning.
Cloud Drama
Some impressive clouds over the Talkeetna mountains as seen from Alaska's Hatcher Pass.
Spirit Shooter
A fellow photographer takes a shot of iconic Spirit Island from the primary viewing platform.
Mono Moraine
Lake Moraine is a dazzling, colorful iconic gem in Banff.
I found it nicely dramatic in monochrome as well.
B/W Baldie
A bald eagle on it's way down to snatch another kokanee.
Alaska Range
A stormy monotone depiction of the highest mountains on the North American continent. Mt. Hunter on the left, King Denali on the right.
Summer Picnic in Alaska
An inviting, but cool, picnic table beckons at a rest area along Alaska's Glenn Hwy.
Hood Winds
Wind shears above Oregon's Mt. Hood.
Dark Hood
Oregon's Mt. Hood in monochrome.
Icefields Parkway
Washington's Mt. Rainier in monochrome.
Canadian Rockies
Just some of the hundreds of majestic and impressive peaks seen along Alberta's Icefields Parkway.
Mono Mountain Majesty
Mt. Lorette
Gibbon Falls
Yellowstone's Gibbon River falls 84' over the caldera..
Rancheria Falls
A lovely small waterfall on the Yukon's Rancheria river.
Beehive Geyser
A b/w rendition of Yellowstone's Beehive geyser shooting high on a stormy day.
Denali in black and white
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I can't decide how I feel about Richard Curtis' latest film About Time.
Curtis is certainly an excellent PR machine for English tourism. The film progresses through soft-tinted shots of beautiful Cornish countryside, white fronted villas of South Kensington, and delves joyfully into the London art and culture scene. There's even a whole sequence utilising the quirks of the London Underground.
The usual Curtis elements were all present and correct – posh Hugh Grant voice-clone, American leading lady, kooky kid sister, eccentric parents and oh yah, we are Terribly English dahling!
Yeah it was an alright film to escape away to for a few hours. I guess I had a problem with the fact it was so soppy in a "I might vom if they go down that escalator in that smug-coupley-matchy way again". And the other issue was Curtis' usual message that at the end of the day "Love Conquers All." I realise this is a rom-com and doesn't reflect real life at all, but I guess you grow more cynical and grumpy-old-woman with age, eh?
All this has very little relevance to these blueberry jam bars, but I suppose if I had to really stretch for a link, how about the Anglo-American angle from Richard Curtis' films summed up into the Anglo-American that is a very English flapjack sandwiched with blueberry jam?
It's very easy to make, and I confess that I did use the blueberry jam mostly as a way of preventing waste. Nobody in this household appreciates it on their toast, which is sad, because blueberry jam is a truly lovely thing.
Note, despite my mixed feelings about About Time, I do like the Ellie Goulding cover of the song playing during the Underground scene.


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We offer two kinds of APIs for developers. The Bot API allows you to easily create programs that use Telegram messages for an interface. The Telegram API allows you to build your own customized Telegram clients. You are welcome to use both APIs free of charge.
This API allows you to connect bots to our system. Telegram Bots are special accounts that do not require an additional phone number to set up. These accounts serve as an interface for code running somewhere on your server.
To use this, you don't need to know anything about how our MTProto encryption protocol works — our intermediary server will handle all encryption and communication with the Telegram API for you. You communicate with this server via a simple HTTPS-interface that offers a simplified version of the Telegram API.
Bot developers can also make use of our Payments API to accept payments from Telegram users around the world.
This API allows you to build your own customized Telegram clients. It is 100% open for all developers who wish to create Telegram applications on our platform. Feel free to study the open source code of existing Telegram applications for examples of how things work here. Don't forget to register your application in our system.
How to get your application identifier and create a new Telegram app.
How to register a user's phone to start using the API.
How to handle API return errors correctly.
How to connect to the closest DC access point for faster interaction with the API, and things to watch out for when developing a client.
How to sign for updates and handle incoming messages.
How to sign for and handle notifications.
Additional options for calling methods.
How to transfer large data batches correctly.
New feature for end-to-end-encrypted messaging.
Important checks required in your client application.
Binding temporary authorization key to permanent ones.
Ways to boost API interactions.
Complete list of available high-level methods.
Text and JSON-presentation of types and methods used in API.
Complete list of available schema versions.
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|Reorganized Secret Chats documentation: moved Handling Sequence Numbers to a separate document, added section on updating secret chat layers.
|Oct 9, 2014
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|Sep 26, 2014
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|Aug 29, 2014
|New article on Perfect Forward Secrecy. Added Layer 15 and Layer 16.
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|Dec 21, 2013
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|Nov 30, 2013
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|Oct 30, 2013
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|Oct 8, 2013
|New article on secret chats. Added Layer 8.
|Sep 6, 2013
|New article on TL-schema layers, geochats, new requests. Added layers 2-4.
|Aug 27, 2013
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|Aug 3, 2013
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|Description for joint updates, added constructor updatesCombined
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|Description for file upload/download logic
|Jul 29, 2013
|Description for gzip-compression use logic for clients
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|New article on testing mechanism for forwarding among data centers


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Not really beauty related, but I felt the need to share…
Last night, as I was perusing some of the latest fashion magazines – trying to stay abreast of the latest trends in style and beauty – my eyes were beguiled by some particularly fetching Balenciaga booties. The caption read, "price available upon request."
Don't you just hate when they do that? It's like that scene in Pretty Woman where Vivian goes shopping in a Beverly Hills boutique – and they won't tell her how much the clothes cost.
They might as well write, "This product is so ridiculously overpriced, we're embarrassed to say how much we're charging for it."
Just my two cents.


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Great Canadians
With Americans it always about WHO they are. "We're Americans! We have our rights!"
That's partly true of Canadians as well, but Canadian identity is much more about WHERE we are than WHO we are. We're in the north, the Great White North. We're about winter, and trees, and lakes. Our geography informs our identity more than it does in the U.S.
Although our population is only a tenth of the U.S. population we are a slightly more urban society with a higher level of education. I mean, Canadians enjoy a higher rate of post-secondary education and training among adults than what prevails in the United States. In fact, statistically speaking, Canada is one of the most educated societies in the contemporary world
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Terrell Chatman wasn't Central High's top receiver as a junior. He didn't have a game-winning touchdown catch.
That hasn't stopped the senior-to-be from becoming one of Louisiana's hottest football recruits this summer.
"It just came out of nowhere," Chatman said. "I don't guess I'm shocked because I do think I'm good. I was surprised by how it happened. You want to get recruited, but I never expected this."
The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Chatman has offers from 10 Division I schools, the most recent coming from Miami, a school he plans to visit in the days ahead.
Chatman missed part of his junior season with a separated shoulder. He also played in the shadow of senior Gary Triplett, a smaller receiver known for making big plays in the passing game and on special teams, for much of the year.
"To make a long story short, his film got out there and word got out there," Central coach Sid Edwards said. "He's on fire. We had 7-on-7 last week at Walker and I asked, where's Terrell? 'Oh, he's in Starkville.' He gets a call asking if he can go to a camp, he takes off, drives up there and comes back in one day. He rarely stays the night. Terrell just does what he does."
What Chatman does perhaps as well as any Louisiana receiver is use a 40-inch vertical to snare balls thrown high in the air — high-pointing them.
"He's so coachable now," Central receivers coach Brandon Lagroue said. "He's grown up so much, and his route running is among the best I've ever seen. He's obviously athletic. Terrell is becoming a complete player now. He doesn't want to just be the guy who makes the spectacular play. He wants to be the guy that makes the block to get somebody else in the open."
Chatman also has offers from Georgia, Louisiana-Lafayette, Southern Miss, Arizona, Arizona State, TCU, Houston and Wake Forest.
There is often no rhyme or reason to explain why colleges flock to a particular football recruit.
It has to start somewhere. Though he doesn't have an offer from the Tigers, Edwards said a visit by LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron late last year may have started it all for Chatman.
"We were showing him film on Kevin Henry (a defensive back and LSU commitment)," Edwards said. "We were doing some drills in those films. Terrell made this catch where he was suspended in the air and he (Cameron) asked, 'Who is that guy?' That's usually how it starts."
Edwards and the Central High coaching staff saw it coming. Despite the shoulder injury, Chatman showed flashes of brilliance, which his junior highlight film illustrates.
First came a kickoff return for a touchdown vs. Denham Springs in which Chatman raced from one side of the field to the other. He didn't score a TD in the Wildcats' upset of West Monroe in the Class 5A playoffs, but Chatman still played a huge role.
"Terrell made two big catches that led to our touchdowns at West Monroe," Edwards said. "We wouldn't have won if he hadn't made those plays."
Off the field, Chatman is a Mr. Fix-It with computers and other electronic devices, including iPhones. Chatman is also working on-the-field fixes.
"I grew up playing basketball and football," Chatman said. "Whatever was in season was what I liked best.
"My speed has improved a lot. I'm at 4.5 (seconds) in the 40 (yard dash), and I'm working to get better. Everybody in college is big and fast. The faster you are, the better off you are. My leaping ability is good, but there's still room for improvement."
One of Chatman's trademarks, wearing different color socks, generates some gentle teasing from coaches and teammates. On this day, he wore one red sock and one blue sock to conditioning workouts.
"It's the swag," Chatman said, pointing to his socks. To which Edwards quips, "You've got guys with hundreds of shoes … He's the guy with a thousand socks."
Lagroue recalled a windmill dunk Chatman executed in a summer league basketball game the night before, calling it "incredible."
Edwards again chimes in asking, "So I heard about the dunk. Is it true you didn't do anything else for the other 39 minutes?"
Chatman takes it all in stride and smiles.
"I'm good at high-pointing balls," Chatman said. "I think I've been in the right spot for things. Gary (Triplett) helped me a lot. I want to help my teammates do that."


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Are gel electrophoresis labs too expensive to do with your students? Come to the Micro World Investigate Lab and learn how to make a DIY gel electrophoresis unit out of used tip boxes, 9 volt batteries and paperclips. Also explore alternatives to using agarose for the separation matrix. Materials will be provided so that each participant takes a working electrophoresis unit back to their classroom.
Registration information: Online registration
*Please note our registration system is not compatible with smartphones.
For more information contact Debbie Huston, scheduling coordinator, at 919.707.9840.


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Five computer security firms are collaborating on a common naming system for spyware and will co-produce tools to remove the malicious software.
The initiative hopes to remove some of the current confusion caused by anti-spyware firms managing their own labelling and removal methods.
The group said collaboration was needed as the amount of spyware in circulation was rising by 50-100% per year.
Common ground
The initiative will see ICSA Labs, McAfee, Symantec, Thompson Cyber Security Labs and Trend Micro join forces to tackle spyware.
In recent years spyware has become a big problem as many hi-tech criminals, over-zealous advertisers and vandals use surreptitious techniques to sneak their software onto users' PCs.
Some of these nuisance programs get onto PCs via e-mail messages that hide the spyware in attachments but others are bundled in with popular software, such as file-sharing programs, and some install automatically if a user visits a booby-trapped website.
Some spyware is simply an unpleasant nuisance as it bombards users with pop-up adverts they did not ask for or services they would never use.
However, other spyware programs are explicitly criminal and aim to hijack home computers or steal confidential information.
The involvement of the respected ICSA Labs in the initiative is significant because for years it has tested anti-virus programs to ensure they meet basic standards for detecting and removing malicious programs.
The group aims to emulate some of the common labelling and prevention systems of the anti-virus world. The initiative is an acknowledgement of how serious the spyware problem is becoming. The work of the group will be collected on the spywaretesting.org website.
"There is an enormous amount of confusion in the marketplace about the origins of spyware and the effectiveness of the tools designed to fight it," said Larry Bridwell from ICSA Labs.
At first the initiative will produce tools and information to help users identify and remove the spyware they have on their machine right now. Eventually it hopes to create programs that help prevent people falling victim to spyware.
The working agreement between the five firms comes only days after the announcement of the Stop Badware campaign set up by Google, Sun Microsystems, the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and the Oxford Internet Institute.
That campaign aims to help users spot if the programs they want to download are carrying any hidden and unwanted extras.


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Outdoor Pursuits for Schools & Groups
Alternative Curriculum Courses & NCS Residential Courses
"Let their talents shine, through adventure activities"
Children who aren't academic and are struggling with school for whatever reason, should be given every opportunity to let their talents shine through.
Through outdoor adventure school outdoor pursuits in Wales activity programmes, our centre is able to offer offer schools & groups a wide range of outdoor pursuits and adventure alternative curriculum programmes.
We currently train and assess over 250 young people a year within schools, pupil referral units and local authority groups, through accredited outdoor pursuit courses working with awarding bodies.
Research clearly shows that well planned and monitored Outdoor Adventure Alternative Programmes not only improve the lives for individual young people, but also improve the experiences of school for so many more.


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Tom Helmer
Stage Manager
Tom Helmer returns for his seventh season, looking forward to breaking in a somewhat larger stage manager's booth at the Drake. Most recently, during the Drake renovations, Tom had the opportunity to stage manage DISGRACED at Philadelphia Theatre Company. His over 75 productions as an AEA stage manager include work with Weston Playhouse Theatre Company (VT), Delaware Theatre Company, Oldcastle Theatre Company (VT) and Actors Shakespeare Project (Boston). His long-ago acting credits include John Adams, "1776", Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre, Louis Howe/Bert Healy, "ANNIE", Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Howie Newsome/Sam Craig, "OUR TOWN" and Bob Cratchit, "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" at Delaware Theatre Company. Tom is a former National Councillor of Actors' Equity and is presently Liaison Chair of the Philadelphia AEA Liaison Committee.


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Winter Share
Winter Shares become available for purchase in late August, early September - They are first made available to current CSA members.
If you are interested in a Winter Share join our mailing list as the newsletters will announce items for sale as well as news from the farm.
As the main season bounty winds down the farm still has a wonderful bounty available into the winter months. This is where seasonal gets real - the focus of the share is on storage crops. With a small amount of greens that are protected in the greenhouse or in the field in row cover. This is how your farmers eat all winter. Stored crops plus anything we have frozen or canned. We find that this is not a limiting way to eat. After months of summer vegetables, discovering and enjoying the winter fruits of our labor is delicious and wonderful. Please make sure to read through the entire page for all the details!
This is an Every Other Week share. For a total of 4 deliveries spread over the months of November and December.
- Dates TBA!
We have set these dates so that you will receive your vegetables before any holiday travel or holiday meal planning.
Share Sizes: The Traditonal Winter Share will come in the large share box or 3/4 bushel brown wax box. This gives us room to pack the more bulky winter crops. Click here to see picture of the winter share box (on the left) vs. the main season small share box.
Small Winter Share (New This year)- Packed in the small share box - but still chock full of veggies. Fewer items per box than the Traditional Share.
What to expect. This gives you a quick run down of what we have delivered in the past every year there is some variation. Expect to get larger quantities of items than you received over the summer. This is meant to last two weeks.
Winter Squash
Brussels Sprouts
Sweet Potatoes
A 2016 Winter Share
Cost: $185 - For the Traditional Winter Share
- $115 - For the Small Winter Share
Pick Up Sites: For winter time driving precautions, we have decreased the number of sites that we will deliver to. Some pick up sites we are still confirming for this winter.
- Two Prudential Plaza, 20 S. Clark St., 203 N. LaSalle, Glencoe, IL., Local Goods (Edgebrook), Oak Park
- Keyes Ave, & Stalzy's Deli on Atwood Ave, Madison Computer Works (Mineral Point Rd.) Lands End Dodgeville, Seven27 @ The Yards and at the Farm
Add-Ons -
Fresh Wisconsin Cranberries. We are partnering with James Lake Farms, certified organic. You're not going to get fresher or more delicious than these cranberries that are the perfect ingredient for your cranberry sauce and much more.
- The delivery of this add-on is expected to be delivered the first week but will update officially close to November.
- The cost of the cranberries are $5.50 per 1 pound.
Maple Syrup
Our favorite maple syrup from B&E's trees.
2016 Winter Shares:
The great thing about storage crops is that they are meant for storage. So you will receive more potatoes than you would normally buy at the store. And that doesn't mean you have to eat potatoes for every day for the next month. It means you have potatoes and other crops on hand stored that you can use as you want. With all things vegetable - storage crops do take some monitoring. Its going to be worth it to check on your vegetables and sort through and use up anything that isn't storing as well. We do this on the farm, regularly to make sure that our stored winter crops are continuing to be peak freshness. Your share will also be coming with information and ideas on how to best store your different items.
2015 Winter Shares


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Dartmoor Ten Tors challenge: Fifty three drop out
More than 50 youngsters have dropped out of the Ten Tors challenge on Dartmoor with minor injuries.
About 2,400 entrants aged between 14 and 19 are trekking up to 55 miles (89km) across Dartmoor.
They set off on Saturday morning and face a night camping on the moor in winds of more than 50mph.
Organisers said by 16:00 BST 53 had dropped out, with some being airlifted off the moor, but the number was "not unusually high".
The event, in its 54th year, is overseen by the Army in May every year.
'More demanding'
Spokesman Ronnie Jones said those evacuated had the "usual sprains strains".
He said: "The youngsters have been training for this throughout a pretty horrendous winter so they won't be strangers to wind and rain.
"It's called a challenge for a reason, it is arduous going."
All teams of six were being "monitored closely" by an operations room at Okehampton Camp on Dartmoor where the challenge ends on Sunday.
Mr Jones said: "It might be a bit of a howl around their tent poles and its's pretty boggy under foot."
Last year the Army announced changes to the route for 2014, which would mean fewer river crossings to reduce the need for air support in poor weather.
Brig Piers Hankinson, director of Ten Tors, said: "The location of safety control points has moved closer to road heads rather than on top of the tors, while checkpoints remain on the tors.
"I believe these changes will not compromise the original aims of the event - to develop teamwork and practise navigation.
"If anything the challenge will be more demanding, with the experience and appreciation of a high moorland location and the associated weather conditions of a challenging environment."
The entrants will trek for 35, 45 or 55 miles, relying on their navigational skills and carrying all their food, water, bedding, tents and other essentials.
It is run by more than 900 military personnel, almost all of them reservists.
The Army has appealed for visitors at the finish to share cars or take public transport amid treacherous conditions for vehicles on the moor.
In March 2007, 14-year-old Charlotte Shaw died after falling into a swollen river while training for the Ten Tors.
Two months later hundreds of children had to be rescued when the challenge itself was abandoned because of torrential rain.


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PRINCIPLES OF INTERNET MARKETING: NEW TOOLS AND METHODS FOR WEB DEVELOPERS helps readers understand the why behind the how of Web site development. It teaches the importance of the brand and how that relates to Web site development, the reasons sites are developed, how they build an audience, and most importantly, how companies use the Web to earn revenue and build recognition among their desired market. You will learn the strategies used to drive traffic to a site, the tools that are available to keep audiences coming back (with a focus on social media tools), and the role marketing plays in the building a successful Web site. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.People are no longer walking into car dealer aAa and saying, aMy Dad drove a Cadillac so show me a Cadillac please.a They are ... It can even include custom Web items like screensavers, wallpapers, ring tones, and MySpace elements.
|Principles of Internet Marketing: New Tools and Methods for Web Developers
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Sid the Science Kid Programs
November 17, 2017 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 10:30am on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until November 30, 2017
Event Navigation
Mini-Musical – 11:00 AM & 12:00 PM
Hilarity Academy – Congratulations! You have all been accepted to Hilarity Academy, a place where comedy and science collide. Join Professor Punchline as he teaches Jo King how to use laughter to engage in the world around him. You might even find yourself in the middle of a joke.
Super Spectacular Science Show – 1:00 PM
Every afternoon, Professor Labcoat shares a fascinating science demonstration with the whole museum! Join her to see what kind of fun she and her assistants have cooked up! Questions are encouraged at the end of the show.
Music & Movement – 2:00 PM
How about those bones! Join us for our Skeleton Scavenger Hunt and Hokey Pokey music and movement!
Storytime – 3:00 PM
Learn about the different adventures of Sid the Science Kid at storytime! The Imaginators will read fun books featuring Sid the Science Kid, exploring new words and vocabulary about kid science.
Science Bar – open 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
In November, Professor Labcoat has Thanksgiving dinner on her mind! If your mind is hungry for chemical reactions and food science, come visit the Science Bar, where questions turn into answers!
Art Studio – open 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
The projects in the Art Studio connect and are inspired by the traveling exhibits in the museum as well as cultural holidays. Children discover colors and explore artists from around the world. Inspired by Sid the Science Kid, projects may relate to different science topics including 3D teeth models, X-Ray pictures, secret messages using invisible ink, and making a bouncy ball.
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Cattle health monitoring system using wireless sensor network: a survey from innovation perspective
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Health monitoring of dairy cattle plays a vital role for increasing the dairy products supply worldwide. Nowadays farmers are showing less interest in dairy sector as animals are suffering from various ailing health issues, unpredictable killing diseases, and advanced breeding costs. Therefore, it is necessary for farmers to adopt efficient technical methods for cattle health monitoring to increase the milk production supply. This study documented various wireless sensor network (WSN)-based automatic health monitoring systems for monitoring various diseases of dairy cattle. The main objective of WSN-based intelligent monitoring systems in farm automation is to monitor the health of dairy cattle on regular basis. This monitoring system needs to be installed in local and remote locations of farms that will assist the concerned farmers in monitoring their cattle activities from diverse locations for the whole day. All collected factors from the automated system will be stored in a database. Subsequently, with the help of farm automation, farmers can retrieve information for the execution of correct farm control strategies. Moreover, WSN is low-cost technology which is specific for the identification of diseases in dairy animals. This revolution in advanced technological farm automation will aid in improving the productivity rate with the reduction of human intervention. This review study concludes all cattle monitoring systems along with various issues and challenges.
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Device-free indoor localisation based on received signal strength (RSS) is unobtrusive and cheap. In a world where most environments are rich in ubiquitous small radio transmitters, it has the potential of being used in a 'parasitic' way, by exploiting the transmissions for localisation purposes without any need for additional hardware installation. Starting from state of the art, several steps are needed to reach this aim, the first of which are tackled in this study. The most promising algorithms from the literature are used to experiment in a real-world environment and with a rigorous measurement and analysis framework. Their positioning error performance is analysed versus number and position of devices. The original results obtained show that the currently available RSS-based device-free indoor localisation methods may be well suited to serve as a basis for providing a cheap localisation service in smart environments rich in Internet of things radio devices.
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Localisation of sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network (WSN) is an important problem in various applications like cyber-physical systems, Internet of things and context aware pervasive systems. Cooperative localisation using multidimensional scaling (MDS) has been used successfully in many localisation applications. A primary requirement in MDS is the computation of accurate distance estimates between pairs of nodes in a WSN. However, the estimated distances are erroneous in MDS especially for node pairs that are connected using multiple hops. This leads to an overall increase in error of location estimates. A recent development in social networks called small world phenomena can be introduced in a WSN leading to small world WSN (SW-WSN). SW-WSN exhibits low average path length and high average clustering coefficient and yields accurate distance estimates between pairs of nodes. In this work, a novel cooperative localisation method that uses heterogeneous nodes (H-nodes) is proposed over SW-WSN. In addition, two optimal H-node allocation methods are also developed for the cooperative localisation method. The significance of the proposed method in reducing localisation error, energy consumption, and bandwidth requirement is illustrated by simulations and extensive experiments on a real WSN testbed.
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I grew up in Arizona, so access to Vegas was a quick ride away, but the bug never got me -- I'm not a gambler. I remember Vegas in the 90s, all kid-friendly, bright shiny themed hotels and drinks for days while playing 5 cent slots.
In college I took a class in virtual reality and we made a field trip to Vegas, visiting all the 3-D immersive rides and the behind the scenes action. The most valuable thing I got out of it was that the universal sign for "stop the ride" is always one hand over your mouth, the other waving wildly in the air. Try it, I've found this sign works pretty much everywhere in life.
The Vegas of today has a cheaper quality to it, there's infill of strip malls, actual malls and randos walking up and down the street with 3-foot drinks suspended from their necks.The free drinks at the 5 cent slots are gone and have been replaced with 12 different Cirque du Soleil shows.
But I find myself there, once a year for a nerdy conference that I speak at, and I always try to get in a day early to walk the strip and soak in the noise for a bit. I want to be sure I have a few hours to hit the Bellagio and walk underneath the gigantic Chihuly glass ceilings, and see the atrium holiday display, but they're all teasers for the one quiet, lovely experience in Las Vegas: the Bellagio museum. Hidden in the far back is a small but well-curated gallery often showing fabulous impressionist works where I can stop for an hour and insulate myself from the buzzing.
It was in the museum two years ago that I became a bit inspired. Leaving in the middle of a December day into the sun, I watched the dancing fountains, mesmerized like a drooling monkey until my phone rang. Over the din of the fountain, my friend asked me what I was up to, and I responded, "I was thinking of going to Italy."
"Like, now."
"Well, for New Year's. Is it crazy?"
"GO," and then she said the one thing that sits with me -- "You deserve it."
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My best friend would tell you I'm obsessed with two ideas: being good and being productive, I call them my twin pillars. You put good out there, and you don't talk about it, and if you do, good things will come back. But it bothers me when friends call me a good person because its not really accurate.
As I try to unravel the steely cocoon of self sufficiency, I realize that guilt has played a major role. What is "taking care of myself so I don't burden others" versus "doing things for me just because I should love myself enough to do so" versus "doing things for me because I have no faith that anyone else wants to".
I see the patterns of life I create and have to admit a deep and embarrassing truth: I do good because I want, very badly, to believe it means that someday someone will want to do good things for me. Friends, partners, the people who make up my bubble. That motivation makes the good I do… less good.
Lesley recently talked about kicking 2013 out the door with a swift boot in the ass. For me, it was 2011. 2011 was the epicfail of Amanda years. A failwhale of a year. Amidst some significant wins and highs, my 35th year was marred by the excruciatingly drawn out death of my 12 year old doberman, Lucy. I closed the book on any future relationship with my parents after giving it my last, best concentrated effort, and then purged my worldly goods when I moved across country for the 2nd time in 3 years (the first move, to a remote rural area, was isolating and lonely). I took on a debilitating work project for almost 130 hours a week (do the math) where everyone hated me while I felt myself grow ulcers. But by November, I was in a better place.
As New Year's approached, I thought about where I needed to be when 2012 started. I could have stayed home and had a respectable New Year with the man (boy) I was loosely dating (sleeping with). We'd have watched TV, and drank some wine and been asleep minutes later like any Thursday. I wanted something that honored my year, where I could be quiet, by myself and just appreciate the beauty of where life had taken me and pay homage to the things I'd left behind -- if 2011 was a process, I needed to finish it somewhere special. In my mind, that place was Italy.
Then I couldn't bring myself to book the ticket. I thought about all the things I could better spend the money on -- savings, etc. I felt guilty, wondering what people would think. I consulted multiple friends who all told me, "You deserve it! You work too hard!" 7 days before New Years, I did it. I hit the "buy" button.
I arrived in Florence the morning of New Year's Eve. I went to dinner, by myself. One of those expensive drawn out prix fixe meals -- I spent dinner writing out lists. A list of all the things I was proud of, that I'd done well this year. A list of all the things I could have done better or regretted. And then a list of thank yous -- of literally every single person who had been involved in the year. I thanked anyone and everyone regardless of where we were in our relationship now.
At 11:30, I hightailed it to a piazza just over the river where the philharmonic was playing and everyone was throwing firecrackers into the square. I pushed into the crowd of couples, of groups, of friends. As the conductor counted down to the new year, despite the crowd of people smushed together, I pulled out my thank yous and read them to myself and cried quietly to myself.
A man who looked a lot like my grandfather, with a group of his friends, tapped me on the shoulder, handed me a plastic cup, and filled it with champagne, smiled at me, and toasted with me.
And just like that, it was 2012, and I'd put the past to bed. I walked a few miles back to my hotel, I spent the next week taking a phenomenal pottery class in Tuscany, and wrapped up with a few days in NYC with friends. I got hit on, so hard I suspected foul play, by a younger guy from Spain on the flight home who reminded me that magical things can still happen, even on the day you're sitting on the floor of the Rome airport, in airplane clothes, eating pizza with your fingers, possibly with clay still in your hair.
I've always avoided pictures of myself, dodging cameras, but I shamelessly took a picture of myself mid vacation working in the pottery studio. When I posted it on Facebook, I described it as the photo I took because I wanted to remember what I looked like when I was happy.
I came back, settled in and got back to Portland life. I started getting emails from friends about my tweets and posts from Italy. It inspired one friend to quit her job, cash out and travel for a year. Another decided to open the cafe she'd been dreaming of. A third decided to change her master's concentration. I was awed by how much power chasing happiness had.
Then I began thinking about Valentine's Day -- how I'd always wanted to go to Ireland and why shouldn't I just avoid another uncomfortable Vday waiting for someone to do something fantastic for me? I could do something fantastic for myself. This time I didn't feel guilty -- when a friend said again, "You deserve it!" I shut her down. It's not about deserving anymore; I don't want to justify being good to myself anymore.
And so that's how I spent 2012 -- healing and living for me. I threw pots in Italy. I trained falcons in Ireland. I swam with dolphins in New Zealand (a story so funny it deserves its own retelling). I hoisted lobster traps on the Atlantic. I learned to make cheese from two female goatkeepers who lived on a beach in Raetihi. I walked onto a ledge at the Cliffs of Moher with a sign that said "Caution, Unstable Ledge" and threw over the necklace with the charm I'd worn for 10 years, and Lucy's tags, which I'd also been wearing. I found myself again. By the end of the year, I had Clementine.
Last year, I threw a New Year's party in my new hometown for all my friends. It was loud and boisterous and ridiculous. I made Peking Duck. But I craved a quiet space in the midst of the noise, where I could be appreciative. To be freed from wondering who I'd kiss. To meditate on me.
Which is why three months ago I bought a ticket back to Italy. I'm on a plane as you read this.


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A three-day-old wildfire erupted with catastrophic fury Tuesday, ripping across the foothills neighborhoods of Colorado Springs, devouring an untold number of homes and sending tens of thousands fleeing to safety in what was shaping up as one of the biggest disasters in state history. "This is a firestorm of epic proportions," said Colorado Springs Fire Chief Richard Brown. The Waldo Canyon fire in El Paso County — which had been growing in the forested hills on the city's west side — blew into an inferno late in the afternoon, raging over a ridge toward densely populated neighborhoods.
An apocalyptic plume of smoke covered Colorado's second-largest city as thousands of people forced to evacuate clogged Interstate 25 at rush hour trying to get to their homes or to get out of the way.
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