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When I was in my Pennsylvania hometown for Christmas, I stopped by a favorite local restaurant, Canteen 900, for breakfast with my brother and sister. Canteen 900 is located in a refurbished warehouse-style building. Think high ceilings, exposed brick, funky industrial décor—that's this place.
My whole family and I love Canteen 900. It's our first-choice, go-to spot whenever we're "home for the holidays" together. So I was there recently, for the first time in a while.
Upon arriving, I saw a holiday-themed display outside the building. Like the restaurant and its artistic-vibe surroundings, the display was quirky, eye-catching and cool.
It would be helpful here if I had a picture to show you, right, friends?
The thing is—ironically—I had thought about taking a picture. The display was so cool, so picture-worthy, it seemed to be begging folks to snap a shot.
Then I thought… "I wonder," I said to Jared and Jenna, "if that display was designed so that people would take their picture with it, and then share it on their social media."
Jenna thought so; Jared was already jogging to the front door, eager to order his beloved French toast and coffee. We didn't talk much more about the "made-for-social-media-ness" of that display, of that moment.
It's been on my mind, though, off and on these past few weeks: how we may find ourselves, at times, living in a made-for-Instagram world.
The display was so cool, so picture-worthy, it seemed to be begging folks to snap a shot.
Did you happen to try Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino when it came out last year? I didn't, but I remember reading about the supercharged-sugar-rush's suspected main purpose: not as a beverage, but as "Instagram bait." Even the Washington Post covered the limited-edition drink's debut.
Making the news more recently (just a few days ago in Smithsonian magazine) is the Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up art exhibit that's "taking over your Instagram feed." A Wired journalist wrote that this museum was "made for Instagram" in an earlier, fall 2017 article. I've never been, but from what I've read, the interactive, whimsically designed Museum of Ice Cream lends itself to staged photo shoots.
The Museum of Ice Cream, the Unicorn Frappuccino, the holiday-themed display in front of Canteen 900—these are things that sales and marketing professionals have put into our lives, perhaps, so that we can engage with them for their companies' publicity and profit.
I've been wondering, then—how do we know when we're experiencing something real?
Something we're encountering purely by chance? And…purely? Not for publicity or profit?
On the flip side of that question… How do we keep our own lives real, when sharing on social media is part of everyday life?
How do we live authentically in our made-for-Instagram world?
…how do we know when we're experiencing something real?
The other morning, my older daughter called for me. "Mom, come here!" Grace was sitting at the front bay window, looking out.
I joined her, and she pointed outside. "Look," Grace said.
The sun was rising in the distance. Beyond our neighbor's house across the street, through the tree branches, we watched the morning sky light up with orange. It…was…beautiful.
And it was a beautiful moment for me, friends. I put my hand on Grace's back and stood there an extra minute. I was heartened that my 6-year-old daughter recognized something special in that sunrise—in nature. I was heartened that nature moved her, and that she wanted me to experience it too.
For sure, nature is real. We can trust in the earth, and what the earth gives us.
You know, I took a picture of that moment. Of the sunrise, of my daughter there. I wanted to remember it. And you know what else? I almost shared it on Facebook—almost.
I reconsidered, friends. And I changed my mind.
Everyone uses their social media in the way that makes the best sense for them. There's no "one size fits all"—and I don't mean to seem "holier than thou." I do what I do simply because it feels right to me—on my Facebook, which I check in with fairly regularly; and Instagram, which I don't; and LinkedIn and Twitter, which I update every now and then, mainly for my writing.
(By the way, has anyone ever used Google+? What is Google+?) 😉
The reason I didn't share that picture? It was too real, friends. It was too real.
My daughter had something she wanted to show me. That moment was just for us. The earth offered it up, and we were lucky enough to be there, to take it in together.
We know we're experiencing something real when we have to catch our breath. When we are so moved by the emotion of the moment. The joy, the gratitude, the feeling that life is beautiful.
Real life, I mean.
The life that is happening right before your eyes. Your children reaching for you. The wind on your face. Someone you love knowing what to say.
What makes sense for me with living authentically in our made-for-Instagram world is sharing here and there. Others may keep it real through more wholehearted documentation. Still others may choose to stay off the grid completely. (We've gotta love the Ron Swansons among us. 😉 ) And of course, what feels right for us may evolve as we move from one season of life to another.
There's so much to appreciate about social media. I love seeing pictures of college friends' kiddos, some of whom I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet. I'd be wildly lost and uninformed if not for some local parent groups. And I'm so encouraged when someone reads something I wrote and lets me know it helped them somehow.
Yet…there may be some things to take care with. For example, I'd rather not partake in a for-profit's stealth marketing (Museum of Ice Cream, are we talking about you?).
But that's just me, in this season of my life.
How do you do you? How did you figure out what works for you?
Peace, friends.
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Bar at 10th, Bancroft evacuated Thursday night
Bar at 10th, Bancroft evacuated Thursday night
OMAHA, Neb. —
A mysterious odor in the basement of a metro bar caused ownership to evacuate the building Thursday night.
The Old Bar at 10th and Bancroft streets was evacuated around 7:30 p.m. after meters read high levels of an unknown explosive substance.
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ERIC Number: ED328666
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990-Mar
Pages: 240
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Hospital Job Skills Enhancement Program: A Workplace Literacy Project. Curriculum Manual.
Chase, Nancy D.
This document describes a workplace literacy program designed to improve the literacy skills of entry-level workers in the housekeeping, food service, and laundry departments of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. An introduction describes the goals of the program and the employees served (low-literate adults who relied on word of mouth for most of their information in the workplace). Section 2 gives a rationale for using the whole language approach in workplace literacy programs. Section 3 describes the development of the program's curriculum, including a literacy analysis, determining job-specific literacy demands, determining instructional objectives, developing instructional activities and procedures, and assessing the programs. Section 4 describes instructional logistics, such as scheduling classes, recruiting students, and using tutors. Section 5 provides a model for developing hospital-based workplace literacy programs and includes a literacy task analysis and descriptions of instructional sessions. Assessment instruments and instructional materials are provided in the 112-page appendices. The document contains 16 references. (CML)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship, Food Service, Functional Literacy, Hospital Personnel, Housekeepers, Laundry Drycleaning Occupations, Literacy Education, Task Analysis, Whole Language Approach, Workplace Literacy
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy, Georgia State University, Box 682, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303 (final report, curriculum manual, and related videotape).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy.
Authoring Institution: Georgia State Univ., Atlanta. Center for the Study of Adult Literacy.; Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
Identifiers - Location: Georgia (Atlanta)


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Want to save money on your renovation project?
When Yvan Dutrisac decided to build a new kitchen, he knew that he would be undertaking a DIY project. What he didn't imagine is that he would save an estimated $18,000 by purchasing materials at Habitat for Humanity's ReStore.
Dedicated to building homes for low-income families, Habitat for Humanity creates opportunity for home ownership for those who may not otherwise be approved.
With 95 Canadian locations, two of which are in Ottawa, the ReStore offers a unique retail experience for those looking to renovate or redecorate their homes.
Items are donated to the store by individuals and businesses and include everything from tools, appliances and fixtures to lighting, furniture and paint. High quality, end of the line items are saved from the landfill and customers receive amazing products at low prices. The ReStore helps support the running of Habitat Greater Ottawa, so that the large portion of donations and fundraising efforts can go straight to help building new homes.
While his construction journey began in 2012, it wasn't until June of 2014 that Yvan started to build his new dream kitchen. He spent those two years collecting materials, many of which came from the ReStore. "I would always hop over to have a look and check everything out. I have a big garage so I used it to store materials until I needed them."
For him, shopping at the ReStore was the perfect situation. "With its connections to big box stores, there's sometimes floor models or discontinued items from big brands, as well as left over paint and tiles. I bought all my drywall, sheeting for the outside wall, sliding doors and windows, an exterior lamp, venting, interior doors, ceramic backsplash and a brand new dishwasher. I even managed to get a brand new Ikea kitchen for less than half price!"
No stranger to pitching in and getting his hands dirty, Yvan, born and raised on a farm, did almost everything himself for the 20′ x 11′ extension to his St. Laurent area home. Aside from digging the foundations and some plumbing and electrical work, Yvan single-handedly tackled every other part of this ambitious project. Semi-retired, his varied career has included going to art school, teaching high school and college, doing carpentry and driving a forklift, so undertaking this kitchen project was just another challenge.
By being patient and visiting both of the two Ottawa locations often, Yvan was able to find a granite countertop that fit his space perfectly. "The style of my kitchen was slightly dictated by what was available at the ReStore, but I had a plan and had to measure everything exactly to make sure it would fit. Every inch and every centimetre counts. I did the architecture drawings myself so I knew how important it was that I made sure what I was buying would fit the space."
Shopping at the ReStore meant that his granite countertop cost 20 per cent of what it would have normally cost.
For Yvan, the benefits at shopping at ReStore were huge. "It's a non-profit organization, so on top of discounted pricing you don't pay tax." He also appreciated the loyalty card. "If you spend more than $25 on five occasions and get your card stamped, the next time you go in you get 25 per cent off your purchase," a perk he made sure to take advantage of, timing large purchases to save even more on his project.
Yvan is using his new-found knowledge to complete small projects for clients and is still a loyal ReStore customer. "Recently I found an incredible designer sink for a client for $275 and it retails for $700!"
Now that his own kitchen is finished, he plans to focus on his backyard, which has been neglected during the construction. Ambitious plans for the space include a new patio at the back and a pizza oven – all built by him and using items purchased at the ReStore where possible.
"ReStore is the perfect situation for saving, and aside from that, you can really find some original stuff you wouldn't be able to find elsewhere. I recommend dropping by to see before you go to a big box store. Everyone there is very nice and friendly, and you never know what you might find. To achieve the same quality I have achieved if I'd been using regular stores and an outside construction company, my kitchen project would have cost $110,000-$120,000. Mine cost $42,000. I saved a lot on labour by working on it myself, but I also managed to save $18,000 on materials, thanks to the ReStore."
Habitat Greater Ottawa has two ReStore locations, 768 Belfast Rd. and 7 Enterprise Ave. For more information please visit http://www.habitatgo.com. You can also search hfhrestore on Kijiji.ca to see some of the stock online.
This story was produced by Content Works on behalf of Habitat Greater Ottawa for commercial purposes. Postmedia's editorial departments had no involvement in the creation of this content.


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Recently we decided to tackle a 4 mile circular route from the Plough and Harrow in Monknash, which took us past an array of landscapes, from woodland to meandering brooks and waterfalls to small coves and clifftop views. (For a free PDF of the walk and thorough directions please contact me below).
We parked at the Plough and Harrow pub, in Monknash, worth a visit in its own right with a selection of real ales, hearty food and packed full of character with its beams and open inglenook fireplaces. The pub dates back to 1383 and was recently used in the series the 'Fall and Decline' starring Jack Whitehall. For sunnier days there is also a decent beer garden where you can dine alfresco.
Clambering over the first of many stiles brought us into a field where we were lucky enough to see some sheep with some gorgeous little lambs.
There were also some ruins, which are apparently of a monastic grange.
By walking straight across the field, we came to another stone stile which we climbed over and this brought us into a woodland area which provided some welcomed shelter from the heat of the sun.
We followed the babbling brook on it's journey to the sea. Throughout this section of the walk, we were rewarded with plentiful bluebells, more ruins and some wonderful waterfalls.
Eventually the stream brought us to our first glimpse of the sea. We continued on this path until we came to a small pebbled cove and some magnificent rock formations.
Heading up left, up a pretty steep incline we joined the coastal path along the cliff tops. It was from here that the Nash Point light house eventually came into view (but was too far away for a decent photo).
This part of the walk was pretty exposed in terms of the wind and it had some steep treacherous drops. We made sure that for this part of the journey the youngest was strapped back into her carry and the boys walked along the path and away from the cliffs edge.
It was fine for us, with the most troublesome safe in her carryall, but be warned if you have younger children or those difficult to control, as there are steep drops.
Eventually, we descended into another small pebbled cove and this is where we stopped for our picnic. From here we could have taken a detour to visit the lighthouse, but we thought this would have been too much for little legs who were already starting to show the signs of tiredness, so we'll save our visit to the lighthouse for another day.
The water here was calm and the cove was sheltered. As with the previous cove there were some very impressive rock formations.
Refuelled after our picnic, we continued on our walk. This part took us back into more woodland, where we followed the meandering stream uphill. We crossed the stream in a zig zag fashion over many sections of man made stepping stones.
We came across a man made tree swing which the boys had a lot of fun on and I'm just relieved they didn't end up falling in the stream!
The whole walk, with stops took us about 4 hours. It would have been much quicker without little legs joining us and without our picnic stop at one of the coves. Typically it would take someone about 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
The whole walk rewarded us with the most magnificent views across sea and countryside. Little legs found it quite a challenge but they enjoyed the varied landscape and the adventure from the swings, stiles and stepping stones. There was certainly plenty to see to keep them going.
For our efforts we rounded off the walk with a welcomed pint and some crisps in the Plough and Harrow, well it would have been rude not to! Unfortunately, on this occasion we didn't have time to stop for food, but we have frequented there many times and it has always served up delicious pub grub.
Walk Details:
Distance – 4 1/2 Miles
Duration – Approx 2 1/2 hours (or about 3 1/2 hours with little ones)
Difficulty – Moderate. Stone stiles, some stepping stones (slippery when wet), mainly flat but some steep sections. Not buggy friendly. Some cliff top sections so children and dogs must be kept under control.
Refreshments – The walk passes two local pubs, the Plough and Harrow in Monknash and the Horseshoe Inn in Marcross. Both village pubs have beer gardens and serve up pub classics. Both are child friendly. The Plough and Harrow is also dog friendly.
Walk Directions – Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like a PDF of the walk with detailed directions.
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Penguins 5, Lightning 2 | Series tied, 3-3
Penguins Top Lightning to Send East Finals to Game 7
TAMPA, Fla. — Maybe the Eastern Conference finals were destined to go seven games, what with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Pittsburgh Penguins battling with equal parts grit and guile. But the Penguins had raw desperation on their side Tuesday, as well as the return of the rookie goaltender Matt Murray, and they skated to a 5-2 victory.
Pittsburgh evened the series at three games each, turning back a third-period rally by the Lightning, who are looking to become the first team to reach back-to-back Stanley Cup finals since the Penguins in 2008 and 2009.
"We knew the circumstances," Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby said. "You go out there with the mind-set of playing desperate. It's pretty natural when you're in this situation. Everyone played great tonight. Everyone contributed in their own way, and in a big game like this, you don't have to do anything special; you just have to do your job."
Bryan Rust sealed the victory with a breakaway goal, and Nick Bonino added an empty-netter as Pittsburgh staved off elimination and softened criticism of Coach Mike Sullivan's flip-flopping of goaltenders.
Murray made 28 saves, including several spectacular stops in the final minutes as Tampa Bay rallied from a 3-0 third-period deficit.
"My job isn't to worry about his decision," Murray said of Sullivan. "My job is to be ready if my name is called and to go out and play my heart out."
Pittsburgh built a 2-0 lead on goals by Phil Kessel and Kris Letang, who scored at 7 minutes 40 seconds of the second period when he and Conor Sheary broke into the Lightning zone after a turnover. Sheary made a smooth drop pass to Letang, who ripped a wrist shot high into the left corner.
Two-goal leads have evaporated like swamp water under the Florida sun in this series, but Crosby eased some pressure when he caught Anton Stralman and Nikita Kucherov on their heels with 26 seconds remaining in the period. Crosby skated around both defenders for a clean breakaway and beat goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy for a 3-0 lead.
Still, the Lightning rallied, cutting their deficit to 3-2 with seven minutes to play. Brian Boyle scored both goals, throwing the puck in front of the net and having it hit Kessel's stick and skate for one score and then firing a wrist shot high over Murray's right shoulder.
Pittsburgh held the edge in shots after two periods, 26 to 11, but Tampa Bay slowly recovered after being deflated by the disallowal of a goal about five minutes into the game.
The Penguins did not need extra motivation or help in trying to extend the series to a seventh game Thursday night in Pittsburgh. But the Lightning provided both with back-to-back head-scratching penalties late in the first period that led to a 1-0 lead for the Penguins.
First, Stralman was called for interference after decking Tom Kuhnhackl near center ice as the puck passed them both. Then, 41 seconds later, Victor Hedman cleared the zone by firing the puck almost the length of the rink, over the head of Murray and into the netting that protects fans, resulting in a delay-of-game call.
That gave the Penguins a two-man advantage, and they quickly converted. Crosby faked a slap shot from the right face-off circle and directed the puck near the left goal post to Kessel, who chipped in a shot with 74 seconds left.
Pittsburgh's momentum had surged since midway through the first period, when the Lightning briefly celebrated a goal by Jonathan Drouin, only to have it disallowed. The Penguins quickly challenged that Drouin, who was trailing the play, was offside on the scoring rush. Replays clearly showed that Drouin's left skate was slightly in the air as his right skate crossed the blue line.
From there, energy shifted to the Penguins, who outshot the Lightning by 14-4 in the first period and helped justify Sullivan's decision to start Murray after benching him for the veteran Marc-Andre Fleury in Game 5.
"It's just the cards that were dealt," Murray said. "I thought I handled it pretty well. I can't really worry about that stuff. I just have to focus on staying in the moment."
Sullivan had pushed mostly the right buttons in his five months as Penguins coach, but many found the move puzzling. Fleury had played the third period of Game 4 and started Game 5 despite not having played since March 31 after sustaining a concussion.
Murray had fashioned a 9-4 record in the playoffs, but Sullivan was convinced Fleury was ready. After the switch backfired somewhat, Sullivan reversed course and was not afraid to second-guess himself.
"He's won a lot of big games for us," Sullivan said of Murray before Tuesday's game. "He's made timely saves for us. He has a demeanor back there, a calming effect on the group in front of him. I think his performance speaks for itself.
"At this particular point in the season, we don't have the luxury of allowing players to play through things. We have to win a hockey game. That's how we looked at it."


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Which Creaton 5
Which Creation 5
The Language of Genesis 1
Does the language of Genesis indicate a judgment of God on a pre-existing earth? It has been stated by gap theorists that Genesis 1:2 should read "And the earth became without form and void". Not being conversant in biblical Hebrew I have read a number of opinions on the subject by others more skilled in Hebrew than I am. Their opinion is that the "and" of v.2 is something called a disjunctive.
A disjunctive is something that applies to the previous noun, in this case the earth of v.1. What it is applying is the Hebrew equivalent of parentheses. Apparently if biblical Hebrew had grammatical symbols as modern English does there could be no argument over the meaning of Genesis 1:2. What occurs within the parentheses is that "the earth was without form and void". Some commentators prefer to use the term waw circumstantive or circumstantial. This means that the waw explains the circumstances about the previous noun .That is the earth of v.1, thus there is no break in the narrative between the two verses, no time for a judgment to occur. The earth as God created it was without form and void.
This thought also bothers some. The claim is made that God is thus made the creator of chaos and God cannot be the author of confusion and therefore this clause in the these verses cannot be true. But that is not what the verse says, it does not say that the earth was in chaos but without form and void. The words tohu and bohu, the Hebrew formless and void or as some prefer unformed and unfilled occur many times in the scripture. The most popular of these occurrences is in Jeremiah 4:23. In this passage Jeremiah sees the land tohu and bohu just as in Genesis 1:2, the claim is therefore made that as in Jeremiah there was a punishment so in Genesis 1 there must have been a punishment.
Were this claim to be made every time these words were used there would be far more punishments in the Old Testament then are currently accepted as these words occur frequently. It is far simpler to accept them as meaning empty places.
It is further stated that in Genesis 1:28 God commands Adam and Eve to "replenish" the earth, this is therefore a refilling of the earth after a prior devastation. The English of 1611 however, does not recognize this meaning, replenish simply meant to fill, not refill. The word replenish is simply the translation of the Hebrew word male , a word previously in the chapter and throughout the Old Testament, it simply means to fill. If we compare this use with that of 1 Kings 18:33 we can see that the word is simply fill. It would appear that the translators of the King James Version used a common method in English composition, they used synonyms rather than using the same word repeatedly.
When we follow the syntax and semantics of Genesis 1 we have a narrative which indicates that the entire creation occurred in seven consecutive days without gaps. The earth and the space around it were created unformed and unfilled, but God had a plan to form and fill them. That plan is then relayed to us in the remainder of the chapter. Within the chapter there is no hint of a gap, that hint only comes from outside the scripture.
These sites provide indepth information on this subject.
- What About the Gap Theory? | Old Testament Studies
- From the beginning of the creation
Creation Ministries International, home of Creation Magazine; scientific evidence supporting Genesis
- Syntax and Semantics in Genesis One


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The lettuce continues to grow and also bolt. I have new lettuce seedlings to replace the bolting ones to hopefully keep the salad going. I had a total of 10.7 oz of lettuce this week. I also had 4.7 oz of Easter egg radishes to put in my salads. I didn't plant a lot of radish this spring, so there's probably not too many more to harvest. The early heat has made many of the radishes go straight to flowering. The Swiss chard seems much more tolerant of the warm weather and has not bolted yet. This week I harvest 7.1 oz of chard and a little bit of green onions (0.4 oz).
The biggest harvest this week was peas with 1.6 lbs. I was also excited to harvest a few strawberries (0.9 oz) this week, despite the ongoing war with the mysterious strawberry thief.
I think strawberries taste even better when you have to fight for them!
The exciting new harvest of the week was one little Persian cucumber (1.7 oz). It was still small, but I was impatient and wanted to put it into the salad for our Sunday cookout. This was what it looked like a few days before I picked it:
That's all the harvests coming from my garden this week, to see what others are harvesting check out Harvest Monday at Daphne's Dandelions.
Happy Gardening!


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1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata: Bugeye
December 07, 2010
Driving this car home at night, it's kind of a surprise to see the popup headlights floating there on the Miata's hood. When the Miata was first introduced for 1990, it was kind of a big deal to have popup headlights on such a small, affordable car.
Of course, you can see what the consequences might have been otherwise, as the Miata could have looked just like the 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite MK I, the famous Bugeye Sprite, of which 48,987 rolled out of the old MG plant before the more conventional Mk II appeared.
Popup headlights were introduced by Gordon Buehrig's Cord 810 in 1936, then Harley Earl copied them for his Buick Y-job concept car in 1938. The 1963 Corvette Stingray popularized popup headlights. Lotus also was an early adopter, and I remember a field of unsold Lotus Elite Type 75s at Lotus East in Millerton, New York, sadly winking with one headlight up and the other one down because their vaccuum-operated systems had leaked.
Plenty of cars had popup headlights during the 1980s, but as DOT regulations about headlight height and positioning relaxed, the design fell out of fashion. Only Corvette guys seemed to notice when the C6 ended the whole popup thing when it was introduced with conventional exposed headlights in 2005.
These days popup headlights just seem wacky, but it's kind of fun to see the Miata get all animated when it opens its eyes at night and becomes a tribute to another cheap yet incredibly influential sports car of long ago.
Michael Jordan, Executive Editor, Edmunds.com @ 127,165 miles


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FAIRFIELD — C Gary Reho had his picture in the newspaper -- an advertisement, kind of like Earl Scheib, who will paint any car for $99, but different. In Reho's ad, he looks out from the paper and points. The caption: "We're starting a Division III football team and you may be just who we're looking for." Frank Liquori saw the paper, and coach Reho of Sacred Heart University pointing. Liquori saw the vision. Liquori signed on.
Liquori hadn't played football since his days at East Haven High in the mid-1980s. Since then, he has involved himself in a number of endeavors unrelated to football: He joined the Navy, tatooed his arms from hands to neck (there's a lizard burned into the right shoulder), shaved his head, left the Navy, got a job delivering appliances, got married, became a father.


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- Wedding: September 2010
Looking for a little help for SIL. My brother & his wife are due on 6/11/14, and she's getting ready to start her registry. She is the youngest of 4 girls, but is not close with any of her sisters, and none of her friends have had a baby yet. So, she's asked me for help picking the necessary items for my new niece. My daughter is almost 12, and I've quickly learned that things have changed so much since I went through this.
What sites are best for researching the best car seats, strollers, bouncers, etc? I'm always big on reading reviews, but I also want to make sure that safety is top priority.
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He shall feed His flock like a shepherd;
And He shall gather the Lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those that are with young.
(Iseiah 40:11)
Come unto Him,
all ye that labour,
Come unto Him ye are heavy laden,
And He will give you rest,
Take His yoke Upon you,
And learn of Him,
For He is meek and lowly of heart,
And ye shall find rest unto your souls.
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Hot, Cold and Warm Ideas in Particle Physics
Richard Feynman: "The possibility exists, therefore, that gravity itself is a pseudo force"
Let's imagine for a moment that electons have a negative charge and a positive mass, while protons have a positive charge and a negative mass.
The magnitude of the proton's mass is larger than the magnitude of the electron's mass, that much is known and is not disputed. This means that electrons move quickly in response to an electrostatic force, while protons move much more slowly.
We also know that electrons are attracted to protons and repelled by each other, again this is not disputed.
The crux of the matter is that if protons have a negative mass, they move away from electrons and not towards them. Because protons are much heavier, they don't move very far in response to orbiting electrons, but we expect them to move in the opposite direction to what is predicted by standard physics.
So what?
Well, if we put a large group of atoms near to another large group of atoms, an interesting thing happens.
The electrons are on the outside of the atoms and so come closer to their counterparts in the other group, at least when they're on the inward-facing part of their orbits. This means that the net effect of the other group being there is to make the electrons move away from the other group, given that electrons repel each other.
The protons experience the same phenomenon, and move away from the electrons in the other group. However, the protons are heavier and so don't move as far. The net effect is that the electrons tend to displace towards the outward-facing side. But given that protons move away from electrons, and their own electrons are much closer than the ones in the other group, they experience a net acceleration towards the other group after all. The electrons follow suit.
Could this be an alternative explanation for gravity?
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I write to draw your attention to a truly extraordinary blunder which is about to be committed by the developer of St James Quarter, with the approval of Edinburgh Council, against the advice of the city's planners and World Heritage advisors – namely the use of white Bavarian limestone to clad its giant exterior bulk, instead of a readily available local warm yellow British sandstone which matches the Craigleith sandstone used throughout the New Town.
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The directions were pretty simple to follow and basically mimic your standard box dye instructions except the fact that when you're done applying the solution you cover your head with the supplied shower cap thing.
Just a few things to note about the process...
- The formula is very runny and watery which I didn't realize until I almost got it in my eyes.
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Here are the details on the 16th volume of the Nancy Drew Diaries 🙂 ~
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Nancy and her friends must try to figure out why a girl is acting strangely after visiting a haunted house in this sixteenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series.
Nancy's classmate, Willa, needs her help. Willa is convinced something is terribly wrong with her friend Izzy, but everyone has dismissed Willa's concerns, saying it's just teen angst. But Willa thinks it's more than that; she thinks Izzy is possessed.
It all started when Willa and Izzy snuck into an abandoned house with some of their friends. After running around and exploring, Willa went in to the basement and found Izzy staring into space. Izzy was conscious, but she was acting weird—she wouldn't speak and she didn't seem to recognize Willa. And when Izzy finally woke up from her trance, she had no memory of the previous few hours. Since then, Izzy's continued to act strangely. She's usually funny and easygoing, but now she's high strung and has intense fits. Once she even threatened to hurt Willa.
Nancy is sure there's a rational explanation for all of this and has a feeling she'll find it at the "haunted" house. But what she finds has her questioning her resolve. Could Willa be right? Is Izzy possessed by the ghost of Heliotrope Lane?
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I love Apple. Their computers "just work" most of the time. OS X is more stable than anything I've ever used except NetBSD and BSD/OS. OS X is pretty, for all that most of the time I'd rather it wasn't.
I hate Apple. When a Mac doesn't work, you are fucked. No documentation. No help. The "help" is so embarassingly, painfully, stupid and irrelevant that I sort of wonder if it's intended as a joke. There IS no real documentation; on the rare occasions when there's man pages, they're out of date, and laughably so. Most things just aren't documented.
Right now, I'm using my spouse's powerbook as a drive on my desktop system; I booted it as an external firewire drive so I could run the commands I need to run to make the system bootable.
Behold the synthesis: It just works. I plug it in, turn it on, hold down 'T', and it comes up as a firewire disk. That's wonderful.
But I only have to do it because the documentation on how to make a "bootable" disk is so unbelievably sparse, and the OS install CD's won't let you actually RUN THE SYSTEM – they'll only let you run the Installer. No way to get a shell prompt and run the single command you need, for instance.
This is, for the record, my third hardware failure in just over a week. My laptop's hard drive blew. Beautiful, perfect, catastrophic failure, drive utterly unusable. I got all my data off of it – and, amusingly, it actually failed after full weekly backups of the important stuff. On further study, it worked fine except when it had been on for more than about 20-30 minutes; just overheating… but that's unusable, so in under warranty service it went. Then my spouse's laptop started acting up – similar symptoms, but I think it's actually sticking, because at least once I've gotten it to move by tapping it right next to the drive. :) And finally, my Mac crashed – twice. I think I've isolated that to a heat problem.
See, my Mac lives in a cabinet which is clearly designed to hold a tower-style computer. And of course, there are slight ventilation issues… The shelf above it is about 3/4" less deep than the whole cabinet, so if I keep it flush with the cabinet face, hot air escapes easily, and the Mac stays running. But our stupid cat, Bacchus, loves to jump up on that shelf… and, as you would guess, ends up pushing it back in. I hope that's it; it could also be new memory, or related to the mysterious "if I install the new dev tools, I get internal compiler errors" problems I've had.
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WHO: Mark Wilson
WHAT: 12-foot par putt
WHEN: Final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii
WHERE: 189-yard par 3 17th hole at Waialae Country Club
I've worked with Mark for about six years, and he's always been a naturally good putter. That makes my job pretty easy because we don't have to do too much technical work. Instead, we can just practice. Mark putts left-hand low because it helps to prevent him from breaking down or getting flippy-wristed during the stroke.
Much of our putting work involves having Mark learn to lag the ball into the hole rather than to jam it in. On the green, a ball that lags, or rolls slowly, as it approaches the hole is ideal because it gives the putter more of a chance to make the putt. A fast rolling ball must hit the center of the hole to go in because it's likely to lip out if it hits the edge of the hole. However, a slow rolling ball can hit the front or the side of the hole and still go in. Mark is especially alert to using a soft touch with putts around the hole, which he did to perfection with the crucial 12-footer for par that he made at 17 in the final round of the Sony Open.
Here are three putting drills that I do with Mark that involve placing tees into the green behind and around the hole. Each drill teaches you to lag the ball at the hole rather than jam it.
1. With a breaking putt, I put two tees on the edge of the high side of the hole. (With a right-to-left putt, that would be the right side of the hole if you're facing the hole.) The tees should be a few inches apart. The goal is to have the ball roll through the two tees and die into the hole. You are trying to make the putt using the side of the hole rather than the center of the hole
2. This is another drill for breaking, or curving, putts. With two tees, I place the tees two inches apart and two inches behind the hole on the high side of the hole relative to the curve of the green. (On a left-to-right breaking putt, this would be the left side of the hole.) Doing this also helps you learn to lag the ball into the hole, because the goal is to not have the ball hit the tees even if you miss the putt.
3. On an uphill putt, put a tee into the green on the back edge of the hole. The goal is to have your ball softly touch the tee and fall back into the hole.
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The introduction of a new form of sustenance. A knobby thing worth more than its weight in gold. The first vegetable grown in space. Raw slices on broken bones, a measure of time, a printing press, a bullet, a cure for frostbite, toothaches and grey hair. The subject of paintings, an invention, a measure by which we made decisions. A direction, a source of electricity. Two years of two shrinking lumps on a shelf, one growing while the other one dies. New brain, old brain. A memento mori for the irrational hypothalamus.
'Whereas, originally, the opposites could function side by side without undue strain and without excluding one another, now, with the development and elaboration of the opposition between conscious and unconscious, they fly apart. That is to say, it is no longer possible for an object to be loved and hated at the same time. Ego and consciousness identify themselves in principle with one side of the opposition and leave the other in the unconscious, either preventing it from coming up at all, i.e., consciously suppressing it, or else repressing it, i.e., eliminating it from consciousness without being aware of doing so. Only deep psychological analysis can then discover the unconscious counterposition' - The Origins of Consciousness, Erich Neumann
"What should we paint?" they said, quite innocently as if the world were not in front of them, as if they didn't have eyes. What a curious question. And so potatoes. A thing to concentrate on and to ignore, a shape that is individualistic and mundane. An abstract painting with purpose, with a historical narrative and precedent. To paint the floor we paint on. To paint what bottoms out or what is discarded. To place ideas on top of one another because we are friends, but, also because we believe it is the right thing to do. That instinct is intellect. They fly apart.


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5 Dollar-Store Finds You Can Use to Calm Your Kids
By Janice Quirt
Mar 16, 2017
The benefits of meditation and breathing for kids have been much touted lately, and with good reason — they can bring about stress reduction, decreased anxiety and frustration, and an all-over lower tantrum count. But kids respond to different cues and language than adults, so it can be helpful to find ways for them to relate to the experience of deep breathing and mindfulness. We've found 5 finds you can pick up at the Dollar store (or maybe from your home toy cupboard) that will help the kids breathe deeply, relax and find some calm. That's good for them, and even better for parents and their stress levels. Be sure to lead by example and join in the stress reduction.
Who doesn't love a slinky? One of our favourite cues for lengthening the spine to allow for smooth, fluid breath involves this fun toy from our childhood. Imagine the backbone is a slinky that you can gently separate, expanding the spaces between the vertebrae, but with soft shoulders and a broad collarbone. Have the kiddos hold the slinky lengthwise in their hands and gently draw it apart vertically as they breathe deeply in through the nose and lengthen their own backs. Providing a prop for this imagery can really help kids visualize the cue and lead to better posture and deeper breaths.
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Silly Putty
This is another fun favourite, and there are two ways to use the sticky goodness. One is to cue drawing out the exhale in a slow and steady fashion. Kids can slowly and gentle pull the silly putty apart as they breathe out, squishing it back together with an inhale. It helps to make the exhale slower, more measured and mindful. The other use for silly putty is as a fidget aid when sitting (relatively) still and breathing. Some kids have a tough time being perfectly still and can benefit from having the silly putty in their hands to squeeze as a release for excess energy.
Paper Fan
The idea of the fan is for the wee yogis to become aware of the feeling of the air around them — its temperature, the sensation of clothes resting on their bodies, and how they feel in general. Then ask the kids to start to fan themselves slowly and lightly, and ask them to observe how the air currents feel on their skin and in their hair. What happens to the temperature? What happens when they fan faster, and then slower. Do they like the feeling? What speed do they prefer? Have them take a few deep breaths without fanning after to restore some calm. If you don't have or can't find a fan at the Dollar sore, it's easy to make one from pleating construction paper.
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River Rocks
Kids (and adults too) tend to be drawn to river rocks and beach stones (found in the plant and garden section of the dollar store). They are beautiful and may cue lovely memories or images of a relaxing scene in nature, be it the ocean, a lake or perhaps a babbling brook. Rocks also provide a lovely grounding that is calming for kiddos. Have the kids select two rocks and hold them gently in their palms, allowing the fingers to relax and curl naturally inwards. The kids can close their eyes or let them go softly unfocussed. Have them take some deep breaths and ask them to notice how the rocks feel in their palms — are they warm, or cool? Are they smooth? What do they remind them of? Can they picture a lake, river or ocean in their mind's eye? Can they smell the water, feel the sun on their faces, and perhaps even imagine dipping their toys into the cool water? This one works very well for the parents, too!
Use a small stuffed toy for this one, and have the kiddos lie on their backs and place the stuffed toy on their lower bellies. Using only their breath, ask them to make the stuffed toy move up and down as their bellies rise and fall, as if the stuffed toys were on a trampoline. Have the kiddos explore different depths and speeds of breathing to switch it up for their stuffie friends. It's OK if the stuffed animal slides off — that's how they know that they are breathing deeply into their bellies. A lot of kids are apical breathers — that means that when they take a deep breath in their shoulders hike and they only breathe into the tops of their lungs. Sending the stuffie for a bounce means a deeper, more calming breath.
Try out some of these cues with the kids and watch frustrations dissipate, and some calm (and giggles) appear. Good for the kids, and good for the caregivers too!
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Everything's beachy: summer-inspired crafts for children
A selection of Baker Ross summer crafts
It's nearly the end of the May half-term holiday already and the days seem to have whizzed by.
Although the weather's been a little hit-and-miss, we've had some fantastic fun together. I think the key is making sure you have all-weather activities planned.
Arts and crafts is a perfect example of this.
If it's cold or raining outside, we can settle down in front of our coffee table and immerse ourselves in a project. When it's full-on sunshine outside, we can take our messier crafts into the garden.
This May half-term we had some new arts and crafts products to keep us busy. As a Baker Ross blogger, I was sent a selection of their summer craft activities to try out.
We received some sun (sort of), some sand (lots of) and one or 2 other products to help bring out our creative sides.
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Who says you need to go to the beach to have fun with sand? You don't even need a sandpit.
All you need are some fun Baker Ross sand art activities like some animal sand art bottles, some self-adhesive sand art picture sheets and a pack of fluorescent sand. A wipe clean mat or outdoor space in case of any spillages is optional, but recommended!
The sand art bottles were really easy to do. The bottles come with a funnel to help minimise the mess and you add various amounts of different coloured sand to each bottle to create your own sand design.
The self adhesive sand art picture sheets were cool too. We thought at first that we needed to use glue to stick the sand to the pictures, but I eventually worked that wasn't the case.
What you actually do is peel back the top layer to reveal the self-adhesive part, which you then pour the sand over. The design comes off in sections too so that you can colour the picture in with different colours.
The end result was pretty neat, even if my table wasn't!
Gnome suncatcher stakes
Catch some sun with these funky gnome suncatcher stakes, perfect for planting around the garden or in plant pots with some fresh blooms.
It's an incredibly easy activity and a nice twist on traditional 'colouring in'. We used some glass and porcelain pens to colour in our gnomes (normal felt tips won't cut it) and love the finished product.
Scratch art
I remember doing some scratch art when I was younger and it was always something I enjoyed. It gives you a sense that you're creating a design all of your own.
However, the scratch art I used to do back in the day were only ever one colour. That's not the case any more.
Scratch the surface of these Baker Ross kaleidoscope scratch art hanging decorations and you get hit by a variety of bright colours waiting to be unleashed.
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Painting is a great summer activity because you get to take all that mess outside. Plus, if children get messy while they're doing it (which they will inevitably will), you can simply hose them down outdoors or get them to run through the sprinkler a few times.
If you're looking for an art project to keep children busy rather than random painting sessions, these ceramic coin banks are a lovely little idea. Not only are they something practical that children can use, but they're also a fantastic little keepsake to treasure in years to come.
I'd say these are for slightly older children though. Olivia enjoyed decorating her own castle, but it was too much for William's attention span. Instead, he instructed me on which colours he wanted going where.
Space wooden shapes
My daughter has recently learned about space at school so this activity was perfect for her. The wooden space shapes come completely blank, allowing you to colour them in exactly how you want.
We used this activity to talk about space and our solar system. We even made a 3D picture.
Please note: Baker Ross kindly sent me the above arts and craft sets to review. All words and opinions are my own and are ten0% honest.
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Very nice – nothing beats some vibrant colours on a sunny day! This reminds me, we need to stock up on crafty things for the summer.
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Ammonium Bromide Plain Silver Negative Emulsion, p. 1June 14, 2013
OK. Time to start mixing things up a bit. There is a world of emulsion possibilities to play with.
This time out, we'll work with a simple substitution — ammonium bromide for potassium bromide. The recipe is identical to my modification of 'Kodak AJ-12' except the 5 g of KBr is replaced by 4.1 g of ammonium bromide (NH4Br).
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Those are the big names in history. But, in the beginning, there were dozens upon dozens of small companies, each competing for a piece of the revolution. Often, the entire R&D department of a small company was one individual. Most of them had trouble competing in a cut-throat market. Some went out of business, but many others were bought up by the larger companies. George Eastman gained much of his early research by acquisition. C.E. Kenneth Mees, founder of Kodak Research laboratories, and director of research for half a century, came to Kodak from Wratten & Wainright, Ltd, UK, when that company became part of Kodak.
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Why the substitution?
Ammonium bromide, a salt, is on the continuum of incremental improvements to emulsion making. Although a plain silver emulsion cannot normally attain the speed of an emulsion made with silver that has been treated with ammonia, the addition of the ammonium ion to a recipe made with plain silver results in something of a hybrid beast. When NH4Br is dissolved in water, it breaks apart into NH4+ (the ammonium ion) and Br. The bromide combines with silver in the same way as it does when KBr breaks apart, but with a different by-product. Early on, it was recognized that ammonium bromide had advantages over potassium bromide.
"A small quantity of ammonia should always be present in either the salts or the first silver solutions, otherwise clots or agglomerates of precipitates may be formed, which will cause black spots on development without exposure..."
Understanding why this might be the case requires an elementary understanding of development. The developing part of any developer recipe is the accelerator, an alkali, meaning the pH is over 7. (pH 7 is the neutral point on the acid-base scale of 0 to 14. Acids are below pH 7. The lower the number, the stronger the acid. The higher the number, the stronger the base/alkali.) In developers, the stronger the alkali, the more active/energetic the formulation. High activity is usually associated with an increase in speed, graininess, and/or contrast. Metol is a very weak alkali. That's the reason 'D23' (metol with sodium sulfite) is a low-activity developer. It produces low contrast, fine grain negatives with good shadow detail. The addition of borax — a little stronger alkali — bumps up the activity a bit. Sodium carbonate, considered a moderate alkali, starts to add serious punch. Serious enough that it can cause peppering in plain silver KBr emulsions. Adonal (Rodinal) at 1:10 concentration is a very high activity developer. I use it with 'X2Ag' emulsion to get ASA 100 in the summer. Ammonium bromide plain silver emulsion, developed in Adonal, 1:10, can achieve handheld speeds in the summer — if the light is strong and you can live with high contrast. But, develop 'AJ-12' made with KBr in Adonal and you get a disaster of pepper and fog.
The following set of illustrations runs through a comparison between KBr and AmBr negatives. Except for the substitution of NH4Br (a.k.a. "AmBr") for KBr, the emulsions were prepared identically, then exposed at the same time and developed together. Ammonium bromide negatives are on the left and potassium bromide negatives are on the right. The negatives are all 2½ x 3½ inches, coated on Grafix Wet Media Dura-Lar. The enlarged crops are the upper left hand square of the chart. The negatives were scanned in a Nikon 9000 at 4000 dpi (no adjustments) and then resized to 150 dpi jpgs. The Nikon 9000 is an excellent scanner, but a scan is still only a virtual representation. It reality, except when badly fogged, all of the KBr negatives are a little more punchy/contrasty than the AmBr negatives. What this means is that for a given exposure, the AmBr negatives have a little more detail in the shadows and the highlights aren't quite as dense. As always, my research is not in any way exhaustive or ultimately conclusive in all circumstances. There's good reason that a small library of books have been written on this subject.
Exposure: f/16, 5 sec.
Exposure: f/8, 1 sec.
Exposure: f/11, ½ sec.
Exposure: f/32, 1 sec.
Exposure: f/8, 1/60 sec.
Here's a question for another day. This is KBr emulsion. I really wanted just a little more speed to stop the fuchsias from fluttering. I decided to try dumping equal amounts of D23 and sodium carbonate accelerator together and develop for 8 minutes. Peppering. I didn't have any more KBr emulsion to test whether or not splitting the baths would help. It could be that NaCarb is too active for a KBr emulsion. Fortunately, it works very effectively with the ammonium bromide emulsion.
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