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"The right tools can make a big difference in becoming a successful market gardener. At our farm we've experimented with different tools and techniques over the last decade to find what really works. Here are my personal recommendation for the best market gardening tools."
-JM Fortier
The Broadfork
Maintaining soil structure — and the soil food web it supports — is such an important component of successful vegetable production that at our 2-acre market farm we avoid tools that penetrate more than a few inches into the soil's surface. The one exception is the broadfork.
In recent years the broadfork has been popularized and you can now find different models that are quality made. Since it's a tool we use a lot (it takes stamina to work a couple 100' beds!) we prefer a wooden handle broadfork over heavier all-metal ones. I'd rather replace a broken shaft every couple years than spend a lifetime lifting extra weight... A good broadfork should also have forged steel tines for heavy-duty service.
dig into the details on the broadfork - check out this article in Mother Earth News!
In my experience:
- The one I prefer was designed and handcrafted to my liking and is sold at Dubois Agrinovation. Ithas 5, 12-inch tines shaped in 90° parabolic curves that greatly smothers the rowing motion. www.dubois.com
- Johnny's Selected Seeds also offers several broadfork models that can accommodate different soil types. I've tried them all and would recommend any of them.
- Finally, for new ground that is not yet loose enough or really rocky, I would use the people's broadfork form Meadow Creature. It's an all metal broadfork made for heavy duty broadforking. www.meadowcreature.com
Two-Wheel Tractor
The most widely distributed two-wheel tractors in North America are made by the Italian company BCS. I recommend Model 853, as most 30-inch tools can be installed on it.
The 732 and 739 models have shorter handlebars (less operator leverage on the machine, especially a problem with heavy implements like the Power Harrow). Most importantly, only the 853 will have enough power to handle the 34" flail mower that should be used on 30″ bed systems.
BCS two-wheel tractors are equipped with a rototiller, but there is a wide variety of other attachments available. For bed preparation our equipment of choice is a rotary power harrow (often just called a power harrow) which I would recommend over any other tilling or spading device. We also rely on a 34″ flail mower for dealing with cover crops and a Berta Plow (also referred to as a rotary plow) to create our raised beds. BCS America's web site is awesome and provide all the info about there walking tractors and implements and will point you to local dealers.
Another supplier Ilike is Earth Tools, a family-owned company from Kentucky who has been pushing two-wheel tractors for market gardening for more than 30 years. They know their stuff. Earth Tools Inc. USA. 502-484-3988. www.earthtoolsbcs.com
In Canada, one dealer I appreciate and recommend is Thivierge from Drummondville, Qc. Besides holding one of the largest in-store inventories, the owner Ben has been tinkering, improving and designing market gardening implements for BCS two-wheel tractors. Équipements Thivierge. Drummondville, Québec 819-398-7445.
There are many different kinds of hoes and a dizzying array of names for similar tools.
The ones we use most are long-handled stirrup hoes that have a swiveling, double-sided cutting blade––thin and sharp––that travels beneath the soil surface to clip the weeds where they are most vulnerable––below ground. They have a long handle which allows you work with your back straight and come in three sizes: 3¼ inches, 5 inches and 7 inches.
- Our favorite ones are made in Switzerland and sold by www.johnnyseeds.com.
- We also use and really like the ones made by the french company Terrateck. Sold trough www.duboisag.com
We also rely on a 7″ blade Collinear hoe that was designed by Eliot Coleman and which we use for hoeing under salads and leafy vegetables. Also sold by Johnny's Selected Seeds of Maine. www.johnnyseeds.com
Quick Cut Greens Harvester
The quick cut harvester (QCH) is a must for any small or urban farmer looking to market a 100 lbs of salad mix per week or more.
It replaces cutting greens with field knives, doing the work 10 folds faster. On our farm, what used to take two people four hours, can now be done in forty-five minutes with one person…Needless to say, it's a major helper in our (too) busy harvest day. We use the QCH for all of our baby greens such as; red russian kale, arugula, mustards, and baby lettuces. Keeping the blade extra sharp is a key for the effectiveness of the tool. I recommend buying at least one replacement blade with it, so that you can change it over mid season, then get the older one sharpened while it's not being used. Sold by www.farmersfriendllc.com
Over the years I have trialled and tested almost every push seeder that I can get my hands on.
For many seasons we successfully used a combination of the Earthway and the Glazer (described below) for all direct seeded crops. Two years ago we adopted a new one the Jang TP-1, which I now consider the best option for the market garden. Although pricier then the two others combine, it is superior by far. Versatile, rugged and precise, the Jang can seed everything from small seeds like carrots to medium or larger ones like beans, all with great uniformity. Another great feature of this seeder is its ability to properly seed in rough terrain. The seeders opener shoe can cut through crop residues and stones plowing at an accurate width and depth. In other words, your beds don't need to be perfectly clean for this baby to successfully operate. Available from www.johnnyseeds.com
These are the 6 rollers we use it with :
- X-24 (Carrots, Leeks, Mesclun, Onion, Radish, and Scallion at 1/2" - 2 1/2" apart)
- LJ-12 (Large Beets, Okra, Swiss Chard at 2-5" apart)
- Y-24 for dense plantings of small seeded leaf lettuces, chicories, and purslane
- MJ-12 for spinach, smaller seeded beets and chard, bulb fennel, parsnips, and pelleted seeds (lettuce, carrots, etc)
- YYJ-12 (Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Kale, Parsley, and Turnip at 2"-5" apart)
- R-24 for large seeded beets
- F-24 for radishes and cilantro
The Earthway Seeder allows you to plant a variety of vegetable seeds with one continuous operating motion of opening the soil, planting the seed, covering, and then marking the next row. It easily, quickly and & precisely (somewhat...) plants beans, beets, carrots, peas, radishes, corn and more . If you're starting out on less then a half an acre (and on a shoestring) the Earthway is a good and affordable option. Comes with 6 seed plates which should suffice you. The guys from Four Season Tools seem to have the best price for it.
Bed Preparation
This clever tool–conceptualized by Eliot Coleman- is a lightweight battery-powered tiller designed to work the top inch of your bed.
The cultivator makes it possible to mix in compost and refine the soil all while creating a perfect tilth for direct seeding or transplanting. Although it's not powerful enough to be used in our whole market garden, we rely on it in our greenhouses where a walking tractor doesn't maneuver easily. We recommend getting one or two18V batteries when purchasing your drill, as they run out of juice after 2 or 3-100' beds. Also, keep in mind that this tool is not meant for working out rough soil, but rather for nicely finishing off seedbeds. Sold at www.johnnyseeds.com.
We rely heavily on this 30'' rake to remove debris, rocks and larger soil clods into the pathways.
You can find the bed preparation rake at: www.johnnyseeds.com.
The plastic tubes we slide over the tines of our rake for row marking can be purcharsed at the johnny's seeds store or cut out of PEX tubing (available at any hardware store)
Plastic mulch, row covers and insect netting
The compostable & biodegradable mulch film we use is the Bio360 (formerly BioTelo) sold by www.dubois.com. Its made made of 100% biodegradable and compostable corn starch based raw material.
Wheel Hoes
Wheel hoes are a great tool for cultivating crops grown in just one row or to weed pathways.
They can also be used to mix in amendments and prepare seedbeds just like a walk-behind tractor would do (only it takes longer!)
- Our preferred wheel hoe is the sturdy, high-quality wheel hoe made by Glaser in Switzerland. Ours is mounted with a 12'' knife and can be found at www.johnnyseeds.com
- We also use and recommend the less expensive, yet heavy duty wheel hoes from the American company Hoss. www. hosstools.com. Both the Hoss and Glaser wheel hoes are worth every penny.
- Finally, in the last few years, I've been trialling a new kind of wheel hoe developed by the French company Terrateck. This last offers the possibility of using in row disks for close cultivation. Find the Terrateck wheel hoe at: www.dubois.ag
Row Cover & Anti-Insect Netting
The floating row cover we use most often is Agryl P19. The anti-insect netting we use for protecting against leek moth has a mesh size of 0.05 inches and is cut to size based on our needs.
Dubois also sells the UV-treated sandbags we use to hold row covers down and the biodegradable & compostable black mulch film BIO360. Both of these products are sold by Dubois Agrinovationwww.duboisag.com
Silage Tarps
The UV-treated polyethylene tarp we use for clearing our permanent beds of crop residues while keeping weeds in check are silage tarps. You might find them in any feed store suply. A nice supplier in the US is Farmers Friend LLC . In Québec, we get ours from Dubois Agrinovation. www.duboisag.com
Harvest Equipment
Small tools can make a big difference during harvest - here are some of the tools that make our harvest days more efficient & enjoyable.
Two knives that we really like:
The mini-machete-type field knife is used to harvest broccoli, cauliflower and lettuce. Sold by William Dam Seeds of Ontario, Canada. 905-628-6641. www.damseeds.com
The #10 Opinel knife is a high-quality knife from France. It is light and very pleasant to handle. Available for order online from Lee Valley Tools. www.leevalley.com
We sharpen our field knives daily. This job is a lot easier with an ultra-fast sharpener called the Speedy Sharp. Although this sharpener wears the knives down more, its speed and ease of use make it an indispensable tool. We also use it to sharpen the blade of our mesclun harvester. Speedy Sharp is sold in all Canadian Tire stores and available online. www.canadiantire.ca
A hand salve? Absolutely essential after long harvests. We've tried a lot of them before adopting this one many years ago. Happy to endorse it. Available online at www.3acres.ca
The garden cart we use to transport our harvest bins from the gardens to our storage area is the Model 26 cart from Carts Vermont. The wheels of the cart align perfectly between the rows of our beds (4 feet from center to center). This tool is durable, ergonomic and indispensable. Sold in Ontario in Lee Valley stores or online. www.leevalley.com
The Model 26 is also sold by Johnny's Selected Seeds of Maine, USA. 1-877-564-6697. www.johnnyseeds.com
Indoor Seedling Equipment
We buy all of our cell flats, trays and pots from Groupe Horticole Ledoux, Quebec. 1-888-791-2223. www.ghlinc.com
Our Precision Vacuum Seeder was homemade, but Johnny's Selected Seeds now sells one that I would recommend. It's quality is worth the price tag. USA. 1-877-564-6697. www.johnnyseeds.com.
The same company also sells nice commercial heat mats that can be chained together to cover whole seedling tables. Johnny's Selected Seeds of Maine, USA. 1-877-564-6697. www.johnnyseeds.com.
We order most of our seeds from the following companies:
Johnny's Selected Seeds of Maine, USA. 1-877-564-6697. www.johnnyseeds.com
William Dam Seeds of Ontario, Canada. 905-628-6641. www.damseeds.com
West Coast Seeds of Vancouver, Canada. 888-804-8820. www.westcoastseeds.com
High Mowing Organic Seeds of Vermont, USA. 802-472-6174. www.highmowingseeds.com
Shelter Solutions: Greenhouses & Tunnels
We have dealt with a number of companies that make quality greenhouses and tunnels.
Multi Shelter Solutions, from Ontario, offers simple and economical tunnels. Multi Shelter Solutions, Palmerston, Ontario, 1-866-838-6729. www.sheltersolutions.ca
Four Season Tools: These guys offer affordable and versatile season extension technology. Being growers themselves, they also offer great service. Four Season Tools.
Finally, A company that set's up a real nice caterpillar tunnel system is Farmer Friends LLC. Simple, economical and efficient design. Check it out.
Irrigation Equipment
We get all our Irrigation gear from Dubois Agrinovation. They have super competent consultants who are available to help design irrigation plans. We benefited greatly from their expertise when designing our system. Theysupplied us with ourMini-Wooblers and Naan low-flow sprinklers as well as all pipes, cam-lock joints and drip irrigation. Dubois Agrinovation1-800-667-6279. www.duboisag.com
Cold Room
We purchased our cold room second-hand with a new compressor under warranty. The ideal situation may be to deal with a company that sells and repairs air conditioning systems in your area, as after-sales service is very important if your equipment breaks down or is damaged.
An alternative to cooling with a compressor is the CoolBot, which transforms any air conditioner unit (the kind installed in windows) into a cooler that keeps your cold room at a controlled temperature, just as an air compressor would. The CoolBot unit costs a fraction of the price, is easy to install and consumes less electricity than a conventional compressor. We have not tested it ourselves, but the unit was designed by farmers and comes with a satisfaction guarantee. More details are available on the company's website. CoolBot, 1-888-871-5723. www.storeitcold.com
Deer Fence
You can purchase the different components to build a vertical electric fence at most farm co-ops or feed stores. On a technical level, this involves linking a few "polytapes" (or a number of metal wires with a diameter of 1/10 inches, 12.5 AWG) on posts spaced every 33 feet. The wire must be attached to the post by a plastic insulator, and the electrical current circulating must have a tension of at least 4000 volts. (More is ideal; 8000 volts will prevent deer from knocking the fence over at night.)
Polypropylene trellises designed expressly for guarding against the entry of deer, raccoons, hares and other wild animals are sold by Dubois Agrinovation of Saint-Rémi, Quebec. 1-800-667-6279. www.duboisag.com
Backpack Sprayer
Not all sprayers are created equal, and it is worthwhile investing in a high-quality one. If you are trying to cover a length of 330 feet, an efficient sprayer can cut the number of times you need to pump in half. We now use a German made Birchmeier, which is a high end sprayer worth every penny. Sold by M.K.Rittenhouse of Ontario, Canada. 1-800-461-1041 www.rittenhouse.ca


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Taylor Swift Dropping New Song Soon — She 'Can't Wait' For Her Fans To Hear It
Brace yourselves, Swifties! Taylor Swift is preparing to drop a hot new single in the 'next 2 or 3 months,' and it's a song T-Swizzle 'can't wait' for her fans to hear. Not only will it kickstart the release of her new album, but it'll also solidify her return to the spotlight!
"Taylor [Swift] plans on slowly returning to social media and getting back in the public eye as the release of her new music approaches. She will be dropping a new single in the next 2 or 3 months and she can't wait for all of her fans to hear what she has been working hard on for the last year," a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
Oh how we've missed Taylor Swift. It's been nearly three years since she released a new album, and we're dying to hear what she's been working on! But that's not all — we may also be getting a hot new music video in the not too distant future. And we're hearing Taylor's new man, Joe Alwyn, will have some input on it. "Taylor has been working hard on her new album and has some work to do while in town. She has been working on a secret music video with a really big budget and she is eager for his input on the project. She trusts Joe and wants his creative input and opinion," our source says.
We can't say we're too surprised Taylor's looking for Joe's input on her new stuff, as we recently learned things between them are "heating up" … "They have a lot planned together during their time in the states mixing a little business with pleasure," our source said before adding, "Joe has a few romantic surprises planned for her too. He wants to cook for her and sneak in a few gifts when she is not expecting them." Click here to see more pics of Taylor Swift!
HollywoodLifers, are YOU excited for Taylor Swift's new music? Do you think it will be better than 1989? Tell us below!

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Workforce framework
Our main contribution is made through our workforce framework which is intended to inform HEIs' strategic and human resources planning.
The framework looks at the key issues and challenges, and supports HEIs' understanding of overall trends.
Our first HE workforce framework was published in 2006, and the most recent in 2010.
Developing human resources
We have provided funding to assist HEIs in developing their human resources capacity. This funding includes:
- Recruitment and retention schemes
In 2003 these 'golden hellos' schemes were developed around institutional priorities.
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Year Advisors: Andrew Thomas & Sophia McLean
Year 11 is a short and intense three terms of study. In Term 4, students commence their HSC year. Our students are focused and have chosen academic subjects and are bound to succeed in the HSC 2017.
The Year 11 Camp comes early in the school year in March, and at the final camp of their school life, students enjoy the experiences organised for them: from rock climbing to abseiling, raft building, archery, surf skiing and more. The 2017 Year 11 camp is at Milsons Island.
Students studying VET (Vocational Educational and Training), Hospitality and Entertainment will take part in a work placement program. Entertainment students work at the Royal Easter Show and Hospitality students are placed in commercial kitchens in the local area.
These students learn valuable 'real life' work skills while on work placement. Some students have attained part-time jobs after a rewarding Work Experience Week last year. Two students took up apprenticeships after discovering how much they loved work.
Your Year 11 advisor is here to guide and encourage you throughout Year 11 as well as your Stage 6 Head Teacher, Mr Feros. Both are committed to assisting all Year 11 students meet their potential.
Year 11/12 Parent Forum: 12 February 2018
School Photo Day: 15 February 2018
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text: Martin Luther King, Jr. Trumps the Card of Hate by Ward Cox | Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorized, Blog | 0 comments "We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation." Dr. King's words speak volumes at a time when our world seems ready to slip entirely off its axis. The God of Love is all-powerful, and we are all His instruments if we choose to be. Let's hold on tight to that truth so that the evil twins of hate and mindless retaliation are shown as the fool's gold they are. May God bless us as we do. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Previous article CARING IS THE ULTIMATE PATRIOTISM Next article Two very different men with very different quotes Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


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"This was the most satisfying…strategic plan led by Aldonna Ambler.
She did terrific research…She really knew us! Instead of just facilitating a strategic plan, she really was more of a consultant who kind of led us in some different directions…She really was a leader of the plan and not just a facilitator."
I appreciate [Aldonna's] time and confidence in me and the company. [Her] support is invaluable at this very crucial time as we prepare for rapid growth. I feel stronger each day knowing I have [her] as a trusted advisor.
Stacey Kammerman
KAMMS Worldwide
Aldonna Ambler [is] arguably the most competent and compelling business consultant in the region. Aldonna serves on the State Chamber Board, and has been honored as the National Association of Women Business Owners as Woman of the Year. She is an author, keynote speaker and motivator of audiences large and small.
Aldonna has served as the kick-off keynoter for the statewide SBA/State Chamber Small Business Conference, garnering the highest approval rating of any speaker we've had to date. She connects with her audience almost immediately, primarily because she is one of them. Unlike others who may teach because they cannot "do," Aldonna teaches from her experience as a highly successful business woman.
If you need a fine consultant or a compelling speaker, I'd highly recommend you contact Aldonna and get on her schedule.
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[I] believe her contribution to her community, her state, and her country are deserving of the highest recognition. She has effectively advocated positions that advanced the cause of women in business and small business in general. Her advocacy is legendary. She is indefatigable in her professional life and her community life. I truly can't think of a person I know who qualifies more.
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Hey now, don't be mad okay.
Even though I lay cold and derelict on my bed. It's been a sick night and I just cuddle up with my cat, mirroring his position – maybe, just maybe, if I tried hard enough I could have a peace of mind like him. Forming in hindsight a corrupted ying-yang sign. But it's the thoughts that won't leave me be. And as I lie there with the heater on, I grow cold, and the old body trembles in defeat of what the mind has cast upon it. In defiance and ambivalence. The same cold that takes over when the bad thoughts come; I try to stop it, I speak with a friend. But he is not here. Quietly, I sit up with a strange purpose – I didn't want to wet my bed with bewildered tears. Much more, the foremost intent was not to have swollen eyes the next morning. This is my sanity, I am sane.
I had watched Girl, Interrupted a few hours ago. That would've been my past life if I ever had one. The fucked up people draws to me, excuse my lack of language. I wonder if our society has changed from this derailment of time. Wonder if I would be put into such place had people really knew me. Wonder of most, if I'd like it.
The night passes, I am alone, she lied. She did not come home. But neither did these bad faeries.
And yet the bad thoughts still grip me well into the morning, where it'd be mandatory for me to make my way to the kitchen for breakfast. Perhaps it's the cold of the house itself, as I've often been told, or just the same old soul struggling in it's cursed embodiment. I think of all the people I know, all the people I'd dare give myself credit enough to think they cared ; much less usually end up like a psychotic self indulged victimized asshole. I hate it. But I don't want you to get mad. Even though that may sound stupid somehow, it makes sense to me. Because you will get mad, as you have done a thousand times in my head. Maybe that is your way of showing how much you care, but please, don't get mad. And to do so, you don't have to know. But I can't stop it. I'm so cold and you're not here. I don't blame you. But you're not here.
At some point and time, you had thought I'd gotten better. Or better yet, thought I had never stepped foot into this realm before. You're wrong. But even as one you never forget how cold steel could be. It's shocking, in a deliciously sinful way, and all of a sudden all the fear settles like someone muffled the radio from crackling it's sermons and commands. It's just benign for the moment, and in this moment, you are in control.
It's the illusion of power.
I'm in the shower, stiff as a stalk, from cold , a bit of a shock, satisfaction, confusion and at most, what the hell am I doing wondering-ment. If someone were to ask me, even someone I trust, I could not explain to you what goes on through my head. I cannot, not with words or actions. But in that time and place it had been peaceful to drown my being in close to scalding hot water; the steams mask everything, and the water washes the sins away, making everything look better. Puckery and fresh.
Had I mentioned I spent the rest of that day working on my cd for my mother? See, I am sane.
In that steamy confinement, I raised a wet dreary hand and slapped it onto my face. I did not register it had been me. I only pondered, just for a brief moment, who it was with this heavy and strangely large hand. I tilt my head back, and it was pushing me down. And just a little, I was suffocating. All of a sudden I remember the previous night in bed. I had an image.
This little Asian girl, with still the silky virgin hair and the pudgy baby cheeks. She was staring at me. She had been eating honey(?) and her hands and face were smeared. It was a yellow image, like a badly washed up ashore version of old time photographs. She wore yellow too. She was eating honey. And then her eyes glazed over. But they hadn't. They'd been however they'd been so since the beginning. It was a marbleized crystallized honey jewel, and she used them to stare at me. I am still me in the picture, I look down at her. I can almost see myself from her. I look angry or frightened. I am tall. Almost a stranger. I quietly plead her to not get mad. I did not say the words, but somehow I knew she could hear me. Does she understand perhaps. But she does not respond. I don't think she can.
I'm wasting water is the thought that broke my delusion. With guilty conscience I decide to leave my steamy haven. The hand moves; the girl is here. Then I realized everything is me.


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Relatively new to the world around them, kids don't seem to have a filter when they talk. They are almost always honest with their intentions, but they lack almost any idea about what is and isn't appropriate to say. Socially acceptable norms aren't really learned until later in life (if ever), and young children are eager to learn as much as possible about the world around them.
It can be insanely embarrassing if they happen to say something in public that's inappropriate, but it's almost impossible to get mad at them for it. Anybody who has raised children knows the feeling, but all you can really do is shrug it off to kids saying the darndest things. These kids below may just be curious, but the words that come out of their mouths are just too funny.
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A large organisation has today signalled its support for the Catholic Church in demanding exemptions from anti-discrimination legislation. Is it the NSPCC? Childline? Save the Children? Non-Catholic Adoption agencies? Perhaps a letter from a large group of philosophers, arguing for the inherent goodness of discriminating against somebody on the basis of their sexual orientation? Who would possibly want to be seen standing up for bigotry? It is of course the Church of England.
It's all to do with 'rights of conscience', you see. Imagine if the fire brigade said they wanted to refuse employment to homosexuals – 'freedom of conscience' wouldn't wash for a minute. There's a petition on the Downing Street website asking the Prime Minister to implement legislation as it stands, without exemptions. I don't know whether these kinds of petitions are all that useful, but I've signed it. Pass it around.
I was interested to see yesterday's letter from Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor's letter (thanks to Tom in the comments for finding a copy) as I wanted to know whether he attempted to justify his position. He did. The key paragraphs are:
We place significant emphasis on marriage, as it is from the personal union of a man and a woman that new life is born and it is within the loving context of such a relationship that a child can be welcomed and nurtured. Marital love involves an essential complementarity of male and female.
We recognise that some children, particularly those who have suffered abuse and neglect, may well benefit from placement with a single adoptive parent.
However, Catholic teaching about the foundations of family life, a teaching shared not only by other Christian Churches but also other faiths, means that Catholic adoption agencies would not be able to recruit and consider homosexual couples as potential adoptive parents.
I'm finding this strangely difficult to get my head around. Firstly, I think he's saying that marriage is always preferable, but he doesn't back this up with anything. Then he says marriage is always between a man and a woman because only a man and a woman can have a child, which doesn't follow. That's just an arbitrary definition; 'two people who love each other' would make more sense. It has the insidious implication that same-sex couples cannot love each other as much. He then says that sometimes it's ok to put a child with a single parent, despite the lack of 'marital love'. Finally there's the 'I think this because I think this' argument, without any attempt at justification – why should we listen to 'Catholic teaching about the foundations of family life' if you can't explain the reasonings behind it? I'm not in your club! As justifications go, it's pretty pathetic.
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York today sent a letter supporting the Cardinal. It makes no attempt to justify bigotry, instead resorting to…well, let's see.
Many in the voluntary sector are dedicated to public service because of the dictates of their conscience.
In legislating to protect and promote the rights of particular groups the government is faced with the delicate but important challenge of not thereby creating the conditions within which others feel their rights to have been ignored or sacrificed, or in which the dictates of personal conscience are put at risk.
The rights of conscience cannot be made subject to legislation, however well meaning.
Bullshit. Everybody acts according to the dictates of their conscience, but the problem is that people contradict each other. If somebody thinks it's fine to murder people they don't like, would the Archbishops argue for freedom of 'conscience' there? If not, why? How is it different? Presumably because there would be demonstrable harm that justifies taking action against them. Everybody would agree (including them, apparently) that unfair discrimination against homosexuals constitutes demonstrable harm, but their counter-arguments show no such evidence of harm to themselves. What would actually happen if Catholic adoption agencies gave children to same-sex couples? Who would suffer? The churches have provided no evidence at all that this would harm anybody, aside from baseless insinuations that children need the love of both a man and a woman. Even they don't have the nerve to come out and say 'it offends God', because they'd be rightly ignored. Instead they come up with this 'rights of conscience' nonsense, which is just 'I want to behave like I do because I just do', and in this case is a thin veil for 'I don't like gay people'. There are no 'rights of conscience' – they made them up.
On numerous occasions in the past proper consideration has been given to the requirements of consciences alongside other considerations contributing to the common good, such as social need or human rights – the right, for example, of some doctors not to perform abortions, even though employed by the National Health Service.
So what? Mistakes would never be rectified if precedent were a valid argument. Good to see that human rights are at least something to be weighed against freedom of conscience, though, even if they lose out in the end.
It would be deeply regrettable if in seeking, quite properly, better to defend the rights of a particular group not to be discriminated against, a climate were to be created in which, for example, some feel free to argue that members of the government are not fit to hold public office on the grounds of their faith affiliation.
Ah, we should stop criticising Ruth Kelly. I'm not criticising her because of her faith affiliation, I'm criticising her because her arguments make no sense. Again, we're meant to assume that criticism of arguments from faith is in some way shameful, when it's actually completely reasonable. But I wouldn't say she's not fit to hold public office – she gives every impression of being a very intelligent and competent woman, it's just that the evidence seems to suggest she has a blind spot when it comes to faith-related matters.
As you approach the final phase of what has, until very recently, been a careful and respectful consideration of the best way in which to introduce and administer new protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in England and Wales, we hope you, and cabinet colleagues, will do justice to the interests of the much wider grouping of interests within the nation that will be affected.
There are more of us religious people than there are gay people! I'm not actually sure that's true. How many people are gay? About 1 in 10? And how many people are practicing Christians? Only 7% of people attend church regularly, and how many of them are actually as homophobic as their leaders? I'm not convinced the wider grouping of interests isn't being served perfectly well, although that hardly matters – what's important is that the arguments make sense.
It is vitally important that the interests of vulnerable children are not relegated to suit any political interest.
Political interest? What? This is just emotional blackmail.
And that conditions are not inadvertently created which make the claims of conscience an obstacle to, rather than the inspiration for, the invaluable public service rendered by parts of the voluntary sector.
If your conscience tells you that there's something wrong with being gay, I'm perfectly happy for you not to work in the voluntary sector. But you can, of course, do what you like as long as you have reasonable arguments to back it up. It's nice, being able to do what you like, don't you think?
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Problem opening & printing File in Internet Explorer.
Hi: I could not open a file (Adobe Acrobat File) in Internet Explorer. Received a message saying that it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged. I spent several hours trying to get this file I needed for my work. Finally the next day I thought I would try Firefox and it worked fine in there. It stated that it was a Adobe Acrobat Document and Firefox should open it with - Adobe Reader by Default.
How can I get this to work in Internet Explorer? I usually use Internet Explorer. Could it be that I need to set Internet Explorer? Or do I need to delete/remove Internet Explorer and down load and install it again?
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Got to Tools, Internet Options and the Programs tab to set programs as desired. Before uninstalling might it might work to try Tools, Internet Options, Advanced tab and Reset in the bottom part.
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Not quite getting what your issue is,
Are you attempting to open a file from a website or a local file on your machine,
Ideally the reader would have a browser add-on for that reader be it Reader XI or Acrobat which has always had issues more so than Adobe's reader XI, Gear symbol and Manage add-ons.
So personally I would download Reader XI and install it and test.
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Internet Explorer and File to download
Hi ThrashZone: The file is from A Website and I had no problem to download and print and save it in Firefox!! So why can I not do this in Internet Explorer - which is my usual browser. I did reset Internet Explorer but it did not help at all!! Should I remove/delete Internet Explorer and redownload and install?
Ardath Morrison
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Should I remove/delete Internet Explorer and redownload and install? --Ardath Morrison
You cannot remove or delete Internet Explorer, you might invalidate/inauthenticate your Windows OS.
You can try to download and reinstall a fresh copy of IE 10 or 11. Tweaking.com's Windows Repair (All in One) has some preSelected options, you add [click] the fix IE option. Worked for me in the past. Also what has helped me in the past was to download, install, use Wise Plugin Manager -- and remove any/all BHOs, plugins, etc. that were not originally from Microsoft.
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You did respond to my Manage add-ons inquiry at all
Is there a Adobe Reader or Acrobat add-on listed ?
If not you will not be able to See/ View a pdf in internet explorer.
Please state exactly your process,
Downloading ? okay right click the pdf's link and click on Save target as then name if you like and save it where ever you like,
After it's saved to your machine it should open in acrobat.
Download Adobe reader XI to View pdf's in internet explorer,
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Hi ThrashZone, Rolandjs & Berton: I have been able to download and print my Adobe Reader files in FireFox. The company that sent me the downloads sent me an email telling me to download the files in Google Chrome or Firefox. They also sent the attachments for the downloads in their email in case I wasn't able to download them in Firefox or Chrome. I had already downloaded these in Firefox before I received their email today.
I have uninstalled Adobe Reader and redownloaded and installed it again. I do not see the add-on for Adobe Reader in Internet Explorer though. How do I get it there?
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Plasmid DNA has been efficiently photocleaved by pheophorbides (Phdes) a and b. Irrespective of the presence of oxygen, Phde b has photocleaved DNA more effectively than phde a.Photocleavage efficiency of Phde b in the presence of oxygen is higher than in the absence of oxygen. In contrast, the efficiency of Phde a in the presence of oxygen is lower than in the absence of oxygen.The quantum yields of singlet oxygen (^1O_2) production are obtained by using a very reactive ^1O_2 acceptor, tetramethylene or furluryl alcohol. Singlet oxygen production sensitized by Phdes a or b can not be observed in the aqueous media (Tris-HC1/EDTA butter, pH7.4-7.9 or phosphate butter, pH7.4). Thus, the increase of photocleavege by Phde b in the presence of oxygen is not due to the formation of singlet oxygen. In organic solvents, however, Phde a shows the high quantum yields for ^1O_2 production : 0.61 in methanol and 0.85 in toluene.Fluorescence microscopic observation has shown a rapid incorporation of pheophorbide a into nuclei, mitochondria and lysosome of human oral mucosa cells. A long time irradiation produces a color change of folrescence from red to orange, indicating that some photochemical reactions take place in the above orangelle.Uptake of Phde a by tumor cells is also observed, although it is not clear where Phde a is located in the cells.These results suggest that Phde a is likely to scissors DNA,probably in mitochondria, in photodynamic therapy, and higher therapeutic effect can be expected by use of Phde b in place of Phde a.
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Instead, this entire furore has been kicked off by a slightly obscure piece of stock market law in France, which allows certain shares to gain additional voting rights after they've been held for a given amount of time. It's a system designed to encourage long-term shareholding, and in Ubisoft's case, voting shares double their votes after two years.
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Every part of the globe is known to have a law. It is known for the law to be any written document for checking human conduct. It is hard for humans to live without being checked in their characters. It is known for legislation to be different with organizations and nations. Laws are usually made by human beings for various reasons. People make laws with the aim of creating unity. It is through the law that people of a given state keep united. It is known for the law to make people live in peace. The law does not spare those who go against it by punishment method for peace to be gotten. Many law schools have been opened in the world as a result of the introduction of the law. A lot of judges and lawyers from law schools depend on their careers for livelihood. Lawyers work by defending people in court. It is known for the work of magistrates to be making fair judgment in court of law. Expect attorneys to study a lot of legal duties. It is known for some of the legal duties that lawyers involve themselves with to be employment, criminal, employment, family to name a few legal works.
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1. No person shall rent a dwelling unit, or part of a dwelling unit, to anybody, for a period of 30 days or less. All rentals must be for 31 or more days.
2. The advertising of this activity is also prohibited. Flyers, posters, emails, online ads, and the like, are all prohibited.
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On May 12th, 2015 the Santa Monica City Council adopted the "Home-Sharing Ordinance," adding chapter 6.20 to the Santa Monica Municipal Code clarifying prohibitions against short-term Vacation Rentals and imposing regulations on Home-Sharing. This law becomes effective by June 12th, 2015. It allows eligible Residents (owners and tenants) to apply for a business license through the City's Business License program.
This Home-Sharing Ordinance provides for regulations of two types of Short-Term Rentals:
"Home-Sharing" – The new law authorizes Home-Sharing, which is an activity whereby a resident hosts visitors in their home, for periods of 30 consecutive days or less, while at least one of the primary residents lives on-site throughout the visitor's stay. The guest enjoys the non-exclusive shared use of the unit with at least one of the persons who is domiciled at the location.
"Vacation Rental" – The new law continues the City's longstanding prohibition against Vacation Rentals. A Vacation Rental is a rental of any dwelling unit, in whole or in part, to any persons for exclusive transient use of 30 consecutive days or less, whereby the unit is only approved for permanent residential occupancy and not approved for transient occupancy. The guest enjoys the exclusive private use of the unit.
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You must be the permanent resident of the unit you wish to rent
To be considered the permanent resident, you must spend at least 275 nights a year in the unit where you host short-term rentals.
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Obtain a Business Registration Certificate for your property from the San Francisco Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector. This step must be accomplished before you can register with the Office of Short-Term Rentals. Go get registered on the San Francisco Business Portal.
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You may only offer short-term rentals once you have received a certificate from the Office of Short-Term Rentals. The certificate number must be posted on all listings advertising your short-term rental. Go get registered on the San Francisco Business Portal.
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The League hosts exclusive events throughout the year, including their popular breakfast series where a dynamic guest speaker shares their story and advice to a room packed full of like-minded women basking in inspiration and networking opportunities. There's absolutely no way inspiration cannot be drawn from these events and the big dream of the women who make up the league, the guest speakers and other attendees.
Us Brisbane babes are in with some luck, because the Brisbane networking event is on next Tuesday, November 11, with local designer Sacha Drake taking to the stage as guest speaker to share her insightful fashion odyssey.
Sacha Drake, designer of self-titled premium dress label, has gathered a huge following throughout her decade in the Australian fashion industry, achieving 150 stockists in Australia and New Zealand, a flourishing online store, a flagship Brisbane boutique and a coveted dress label that makes the modern woman swoon.
As a brand, Sacha Drake is known for its clever convertible pieces, beautiful prints and flattering shapes that inspire confidence in the modern woman. It's also entirely Australian-owned (so on a side note, get on board for shop small November). You can read more about Sacha Drake on our previous posts here, here and here. Can you tell she's one of our favourite local designers?
With months until the next League of Extraordinary Women event, I'd be snapping up some tickets ASAP if I were you! Get motivated before your working day begins and surround yourself with inspiring women to develop long-lasting business relationships and form friendships with those making a difference in their world.
WHAT: League of Extraordinary Women Breakfast
WHEN: Tuesday 11th November, 7.30am arrival for 7.45am start
VENUE: Chow House, 39 James Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
COST: $35 for members and students, $60 for non-members
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IF anyone was expecting Everton to crumble and drop out of the Champions League hunt after successive defeats, they should think again after the effort and commitment that secured a last-gasp 2-1 win over Portsmouth.
Twelve times now this season they have won by the odd goal, and five times they have claimed winning goals in the final 10 minutes of matches. That says everything about Everton's desire and fitness.
Boss David Moyes said after another victory in the closing stages: "Nobody can doubt the effort and desire these lads are showing.
"We had lost twice in succession for the first time this season but still bounced back to take the points.
"And considering it was in the final minutes of a very tough holiday programme of four matches so close together, it says everything about this side."
Moyes, who had new signing James Beattie watching the game after the completion of his #6million move from Southampton, claimed he was forced to rest players and use other members of his small squad after the fatigue of recent days.
He admitted: "It was a gamble, but I looked around the squad and felt people needed to be rested.
"But what it has done is given me more options and the squad will be that much stronger now going into the second half of the season."
Moyes admitted he felt the chance of a winner had gone as the game crept into injury time, saying: "I felt time was running out.
"We had thrown everything at them and we had witnessed as good a performance by two centre backs in Portsmouth's Linvoy Primus and Arjan De Zeeuw as have been seen anywhere this season.
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Italy's famous bread salad is usually associated with Tuscany, but my husband's father emigrated from Sicily, so I made up this version of bread salad using the flavours of Sicilian cuisine.
I won 1st Place for this salad that I re-named Tuscan Bread Salad! I had to substiute a few items because of availability- I live in Mexico. I used a homemade sourdough bread- no artisan breads here and also grape tomatoes, cannellini beans ,feta, orange and yellow peppers( left out the red & green peppers)and also added some summer sausage cut in quarters. I also sprinkled the feta cheese on top to give it a better visual presentation. The judges must have loved it- 25% judging for presentation and 75% for taste! I also added some rosemary and basil springs along side the platter I put it on. Thanks again for this great recipe! - 25 May 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Oh, my gosh! This was my favorite salad so far! i couldn't find any tear-drop tomatoes so I had no tomatoes in it and I used feta cheese instead of the goat but stuck with the rest of the recipe. It was absolutely phenominal! I loved it. My husband and sister really enjoyed it as well. It had so much flavor. Thanks for the recipe! I will definitely be making this again as well as putting it in my "potluck" recipes so others can enjoy it! - 10 Nov 2006 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
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Women Engineers Conference, hosted by the Society of Women Engineers, is the world's largest conference and career fair catered to (but not excluded to) women in engineering and technology. There will be so many ways to connect!
- Get your resume ready! The career fair will feature more than 300 companies, government agencies, universities and other employers who want to connect with potential interns and employees.
- Making graduate school your next step? Many of the country's leading universities will be onsite. Meet with them and connect with the right program for you!
- The list of exhibitors for the career and graduate fair can be found here.
Women Engineers Conference 2017 is going to be in Austin, Texas at the Austin Convention Center (500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701)
Register now to receive the best conference rates. When registered please provide confirmation through the google form below in order to save a spot for CSULB SWE travel grant which will cover a portion of the hotel or airfare cost through reimbursement. Priority for the grant goes in order of current officers, past officer, then SWE members.
- Travel cost (round-trip from October 25- October 29): $230 - $300
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The Bishopsgate Asylum facility is a structure as complex and as twisted as its long, dark history. Through the efforts of the hospital's illustrious lineage of corrupt, selfi sh and derelict directors, the various buildings that compose Bishopsgate form a broken world where wrathful madness boils behind a face of medical sterility. Though the current director, Dr. Bridget McClusky, is making an effort to restore the hospital to its intended role as a place of healing, such a renovation of spirit is highly unlikely. Too much depravity and sheer malevolence have taken place — whether supernatural or disturbingly mundane in origin — to ever permit for such a drastic transformation of the asylum's essential nature.


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Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians by Marc McCutcheon
Marc McCutcheon illuminates the 1800s, decade by decade, in the pages of this comprehensive volume.
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic Third Class Passenger - JENSEN, Mr Svend Lauritz
- Age: 17
- Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 1875
- Place of Residence: Odense, Denmark
- Embarked at: Southampton, England ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912
- Ticket Number: 350047
- Price Of Ticket: £7 17s 1d
- Class: Third Class Passengers
- Destination: Portland, Oregon
- Survived: No ( List )
- Died: 15th April, 1912 at sea
Mini Biography
Svend Lauritz Jensen boarded the Titanic at Southampton, England, on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912, traveling to Portland, Oregon.
Svend Lauritz Jensen was traveling with his sister, Carla Christine Nielsine Jensen, and her fiance, Hans Peder Jensen, and Niels Peder Jensen, an uncle. Niels Peder Jensen had previously emigrated to Portland, Oregon, and on a visit back to Denmark, had offered to help his three relatives to emigrate too.
Niels Peder Jensen, Hans Peder Jensen and Svend Lauritz Jensen were all lost in the sinking, and none of their bodies were identified, however, Carla Christine Nielsine Jensen managed to board lifeboat No. 16, and survived.
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Does the word 'science' make you think of white coats and laboratories, microscopes and bottles of chemicals? Sometimes we forget the science we work with on a daily basis. How did a cucumber become a pickle? Why does bread rise? Why does fruit turn brown when you cut it and leave it out? All of these questions are pondered in the kitchen—and they all have scientific answers. You have your own scientific laboratory in your home, so head on into the kitchen! The following are a couple of kitchen experiments you can perform. These ideas and many more are contained in the book Cooking & Science by Joseph Julicher.
Study rising bread:
Yeast is a kind of fungus that breaks sugar down into smaller components. Mixed in with bread dough, the yeast converts sugar molecules into molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2), alcohol (this evaporates in the oven), and water. The CO2 expands and creates small gaseous bubbles that cause the bread to rise. The more CO2 in the bread, the faster it will rise. In your laboratory-kitchen, you can experiment to discover what conditions cause the yeast to produce CO2 the fastest, and thus make the bread rise faster.
First you should form a hypothesis: predict under what conditions the yeast will most quickly make CO2. Do you think it will work best in hot and dry conditions? Cold and damp? Write down your idea.
A scientist will not only record his procedure steps and results, he will often draw pictures as well. Use a magnifying glass to look at yeast, and draw a picture in your notebook. After your bread dough is mixed and kneaded, cut off a cross section of the dough and draw a picture.
Divide your dough into three oiled bowls and cover them with towels. Place one bowl on the counter, and another on the door of the oven with the oven set to its lowest setting (about 150 degrees). Place your third batch in the conditions that you predicted at the beginning. (If you said cold and damp, put it in the refrigerator.)
When each batch has doubled in size, write down the time it took to rise. (This will happen at different times.) Cut another cross section and see if the dough looks different from when you looked at it before, then pound it down again and put it in a bread pan. Let the dough double its size again, recording the time.
When you are done and enjoying your fresh bread, think about your hypothesis. Were you right? Which batch of dough rose fastest? What conditions caused the yeast in that batch to create the CO2 the fastest? What can you do next time to increase your knowledge of rising bread? You could try using a thermometer to check the temperature every 15 minutes to see if it changes while the bread is rising. To more clearly show the effect of temperature on rising bread, try changing the position of your batches of dough: move the batch on the stove door to the refrigerator and move the batch in the fridge to the stove door. Observe how the change in temperature effects the rate of rising. Record all your results, and form conclusions from your data.
Study crystallizing candy:
If you've ever read 'Little House in the Big Woods' by Laura Ingalls Wilder, perhaps you remember when Laura and her family poured maple syrup onto the snow to make candy. When the snow cooled the maple syrup quickly, it caused crystals to form. The crystals in candy are bigger or smaller depending on how fast the syrup cools. In this experiment you can try a couple of different methods to cool the syrup. See whether you like big crystals or small crystals better!
First, predict whether faster cooling or slower cooling will make larger crystals. Do you think large crystals will make the candy harder or softer? Remember to record your predictions and observations.
Place a pan of water in the freezer to make a sheet of ice, and set a sheet of wax paper on the counter. Boil the maple syrup until it becomes thicker and more concentrated. (Be careful not to burn it.) Pour some of the concentrated syrup onto the sheet of ice and some onto the wax paper. If you have snow, you can also pour syrup on some clean snow, just like Laura Ingalls did! When your first batch of candy is the same temperature as the ice, take it off and look at it under a magnifying glass. Draw any crystals you see. Do the same thing for the syrup on the wax paper and the snow. Does the candy look the same? Does it taste the same? Check to see if your predictions at the beginning were correct.
Science Lesson: Polymers & Slime
Polymers are very large molecules, formed by repeated patterns of chemical units strung together. Although 'polymer' might bring to mind rubber or slime, did you know that there are polymers all around us, including inside our bodies? The protein DNA, which is the 'blueprint' for cellular reproduction, is a naturally-occuring polymer. The protein casein, in cow's milk, is a polymer as well. Other natural polymers are cellulose and starch. Bone, horn, cotton, silk, rubber, paper, and leather all come from naturally-occuring polymers!
There are manmade polymers, as well. Fabrics such as rayon and polyester, polystyrene (used in styrofoam coffee cups), and PVC (used in pipes) are common examples of these artificially-occuring polymers.
You can use the following recipes to learn more about non-edible, naturally-occurring polymers.
Homemade Glue:
Did you know you can make glue using the polymers in milk protein? In a glass, put seven tablespoons of non-fat or skim milk—whole milk contains more fat, which can change the experiment results. Add a tablespoon of white vinegar to the milk; you should see solids begin to form suspended in the liquid. The solids will have a grainy appearance. Allow them to settle toward the bottom of the glass, then drain the liquid off, using a coffee filter or paper towel. Now, pat the solids with a paper towel to absorb any excess liquid. You can use the resulting slimy substance as glue—coat two pieces of paper with it, stick them together, and let it dry. How well does your homemade glue work compared to other glues?
When you added the vinegar to the milk, it caused the milk's protein, the polymer casein, to separate from the liquid part of the milk and clump together to form solids. Casein is used in adhesives, paints, and even plastics.
Polymer Slime:
You can make a slimy substance using milk, vinegar, and baking soda. Form solids like you did in the glue project, using seven tablespoons of milk and one tablespoon of white vinegar. After the solids have formed within the liquid, use a coffee filter or paper towel to drain off the remaining milk. Gently squeeze the filter or paper towel to wring as much liquid out as possible, and then use a paper towel to soak up any remaining liquid from the clump of solids. Next, mix baking soda with the solids; start with 1/4 teaspoon and then add more if necessary to pull the solids together. Make sure you mix the substance well! The end result should have the consistency and appearance of custard or thick vanilla pudding. Now you have a slime made from the polymers in milk protein!
For a different kind of slime, mix white glue (like Elmer's) with cornstarch and water. (White glue contains polyvinyl alcohol, a polymer.) Use four parts glue to one part cornstarch mixed with one part water: combine the water and cornstarch, and then add the glue gradually, stirring well. You'll need to let the mixture stand for several minutes before it turns to a solid putty-like slime.
For other fun slime recipes, along with an explanation of the science behind them, consider our Slime Science Kit.
Noteworthy Scientist: Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Robert Boyle is often called the 'father of modern chemistry.' He was born on January 25, 1627, in Ireland, the son of Richard Boyle, the Earl of Cork, who was possibly the richest man in Great Britain. Boyle was the 14th in a family of 15 children, 12 of whom survived childhood. He was educated both at Eton College and by tutors at home, but never attended a university. In 1641 Boyle traveled with his tutor to Italy, and he was still there when Galileo died in 1642. He began to study Galileo's works, which influenced him greatly and directed him to scientific study.
In 1654, Boyle moved to Oxford where he was a part of the 'Invisible College,' a group of scientists that eventually became the Royal Society of London, which is still the oldest continuous scientific society. Boyle's major scientific contributions included developing the vacuum pump and using it to prove that air is necessary for sound to travel. His most important work was done in the field of chemistry, earning him the name, 'The Mighty Chemist.' By publishing detailed accounts of his experiments, including the procedure steps, apparatus and observations, Boyle made a strong case for an empirical approach to science. This means that he tested his theories and derived conclusions from his actual observations. Previously, many scientists had devised theories and tried to prove them with logic alone, rather than using physical experimentation. Because of his strength in experimentation, Boyle is considered one of the pioneers of the scientific method. Among many other things, Boyle's experiments provided methods for classifying substances by performing acid tests and alkali tests.
In addition to his scientific endeavors, Boyle was a devout Christian. He saw no conflict between religion and science, but rather he appreciated the fact that nature proclaims God's power. From a desire to bring the gospel to the nations, he promoted and supported efforts to translate the Bible into other languages. In 1680 he was offered the position of president of the Royal Society, but declined because the oaths of office violated his Christian principles.
He lived in London from 1688 until his death in 1691.
Inventions: Vulcanized Rubber
In the early 1830s, America excitedly embraced the new craze—rubber, the wonder water-proof substance made from the sap of tropical rubber trees. The trouble was that the rubber of the time was not suitable for weather extremes. In heat, the rubber melted. In cold, it became hard and brittle. It stuck to everything. Many scientists set to work trying to improve the product. One of these scientists was Charles Goodyear. For years he experimented with adding substances to rubber to make it more durable. In 1839 Goodyear added sulfur to his rubber. He accidentally dropped some of the mixture on a hot stove, and was surprised to see that instead of melting, the rubber changed into a material that was harder and less sticky, while still maintaining elasticity. This kind of rubber was called 'vulcanized rubber,' and is now used in many products, including automobile tires. And now you know how the tire company got its name!
Fabulous Facts
Rockin' Rosin? Rosin, used by gymnasts and violinists, is made from naturally-occurring polymers in pine trees: the pulp from the wood is used to make the rosin.
Rubbin' Rubber? How did rubber get its name? Over 200 years ago, the scientist Joseph Priestly used a solid substance to rub out his pencil marks. He named it 'rubber.'
The Scientific Speaker
Polymer comes from the Greek word polumeres, 'having many parts.' The prefix poly means 'many' and the affix mer, 'parts.'
Science Links
Visit the 'Macrogalleria,' where you'll find out more about the how polymers function and how we use them.
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Two years ago, Google released the Chromebook Pixel in an attempt to create a flagship laptop for Chrome OS in order to boost the stature of its operating system. Now, the company is back with a new version designed to woo users looking for a higher-end experience in their Chromebooks – with a price tag to match.
The new Chromebook Pixel costs $999, and with that, users get an Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM and a 32 GB SSD. That may seem like a ridiculously small amount of storage, but it's worth remembering that this is a Chromebook, and is designed to be connected to the internet for most of its functionality. Don't expect to use it for storing massive files.
People who need more power can purchase a "LS" model (short for "Ludicrous Speed") with a Core i7 processor and 64 GB of flash storage for $1299.
It also comes with a higher resolution touchscreen, along with a pair of USB Type-C ports to provide power, device connectivity and the ability to drive external displays. If that connector sounds familiar, it's the same port that Apple used in its new, ultra-slim MacBook. (It also includes two USB ports and a SD card reader.) The device will run for about 12 hours on a single charge, and users can pick up about 2 hours worth of battery life if they leave it alone to charge for 15 minutes.
The new Chromebook Pixel is available for purchase through the new Google Store website, which the company announced today along with its new laptop. As the name implies, the Google Store is designed to showcase hardware "made with Google" like the Pixel, Nexus 6 smartphone, Chromecast and Android Wear watches. The inventory is almost identical to the Google Play Store's hardware marketplace, which means that Google may be moving towards this new digital storefront as a home for its physical gadgets.
It's unclear how successful the Chromebook Pixel will be. While Google's laptops have been popular with education users, the company hasn't yet found broad traction for the portables, and it's hard to say whether someone who might otherwise buy a MacBook Air or mid-range PC laptop would actually choose one of the new Pixels.


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-practice writing D on dot stickers
-go on D hunt with dot stickers
-make a set of dominos with stickers
-play a dice game
D is for Dinosaurs
-read "How Do Dinosaurs" book
-hide plastic dinos and search for it
-go outside and dig for bones
-make puffy stegosaurus
D is for Ducks
- go to pond and feed the ducks
-read "Make Way for Ducklings"
-decorate 5 duck cutouts with yellow things.
-play "Lucky Ducks"
D is for Dog
-go on a field trip to pet store to see dogs
-read "Bark George"
-make a dog house using boxes.
-play "Feed the Dog"
D is for Dad & Donuts
-read "Just Me & My Dad"
-draw a card for Dad
-play "Mmm Donuts" game
-make playdouh donuts