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For a long time, investors looked to emerging-market stocks to provide outsized growth and stellar returns on stocks. But as emerging markets have matured, smart investors have realized that the same arguments in favor of dividend-paying stocks in the U.S. and other developed countries apply just as well to emerging countries.
Where the dividends are
A recent story in Barron's talked about the emergence of dividends in emerging markets. Looking around the globe, Europe accounted for the largest total payout of dividends, at $361 billion. The U.S. weighed in at $254 billion, while Asian companies paid out about $175 billion.
More important than those raw numbers is where dividend payouts are growing the fastest. Despite a fairly healthy environment for companies around the world, emerging-market stocks increased their dividends by nearly 55% in the past year. That figure easily eclipses the 26% increase among European companies and the meager 12.6% increase for U.S. stocks.
What that means is that if you need income from your investments, you no longer have to pass up emerging-market stocks entirely. But what's the best way to home in on exactly the stocks you want in your portfolio?
The easy way to discover emerging dividends
As so often happens with newly popular trends, you can count on the exchange-traded fund industry to give you a simple way to cash in on dividend stocks in emerging markets. The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity ETF
, the Brazilian arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev, has seen its net income jump 30% annually over the past five years -- supporting a big dividend increase of almost 14% per year over that time. (NYSE: ABV)
Banco Santander Brasil
, the Brazilian bank in which Spain's Banco Santander (NYSE: BSBR) owns an 81% stake, pays a healthy yield of 4.3% -- without the European risk of its infamous Spanish parent. (NYSE: STD)
has a big presence not only in developed nations around the world but also in South Africa. Not only does Vodafone already pay a healthy dividend, but the telecom giant will receive a huge $4.5 billion payment from its Verizon Wireless joint venture in January. (Nasdaq: VOD)
Invest in the WisdomTree ETF, and you'll get a stake in more than 280 stocks like these. At an expense ratio of 0.63% annually, it's not the cheapest ETF in the world, but since the ETF gives you access to many stocks that don't even trade on U.S. exchanges, the extra cost may well be worth it -- especially with a dividend yield of 4.5% for the ETF over the past 12 months.
Venturing out on your own
But you don't have to rely solely on an ETF to get good ideas for emerging-market stocks with good dividends. By considering global trends you already know about, you can unearth some pretty healthy dividend payers.
Take the global oil market, for instance. Despite a minor pullback in oil prices, few expect the cheap oil days of the 1990s ever to return. That makes new oil discoveries that much more important, both to oil companies and to the locations where they find previously undiscovered energy reserves.
Brazil has recently been at the forefront of new oil finds. With Petroleo Brasileiro
Look outside your backyard
If you've chosen to ignore emerging markets as risky, growth-focused hotbeds of speculation, think again. As emerging markets have grown, they've spawned maturing stocks that have the same desirable characteristics you expect in all your dividend stocks. Combine this with their growth potential, and emerging-market dividend stocks might be exactly what you need to round out your income portfolio.
You can also find great dividend stocks closer to home. Take a look at the Fool's latest special free report to discover 11 smart dividend picks for your portfolio.
Fool contributor Dan Caplinger wants to tour all the emerging markets. You can follow him on Twitter here. He doesn't own shares of the companies mentioned in this article. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Petroleo Brasileiro and Vodafone. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Fool's disclosure policy is always developing for you.


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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Adversity is difficult to traverse, but if you look at nature adversity makes things better as a result of enduring the adversity.
Take the butterfly, without adversity the catepillar would stay a creapy, crawly bug. But through the process of its transition, we have the beautiful, but short lived butterfly.
How about coal. without adversity, coal would stay black, crumbly and ugly, but with adversity we can have diamonds for our wedding rings.
We need adversity to obtain eternal life. Without adversity we can not grow, and develop and become stronger spiritual beings.
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The Girl from the Woods
by Chris Keane
Date of Publication: April 25th 2017
Publisher: Pennant Collective
Cover Artist: Nick Kiefer
Genre: Paranormal Romance
It's summertime and the last place 19-year-old Dante Elton wants to be is at his grandmother's in rural upstate New York. But it's exactly where his parents dump him, as they jet off to Europe. Without a car, cell service, or even basic television, there is nothing to do but wander around the nearby woods just as he had as a small child…
There he meets sexy—and slightly older—Angie Sewall while on a hike. On the surface, she's a devoted daughter content to be single while she manages her father's medical practice. Yet deep down, Angie is bored and heartbroken…and is harboring some special gifts that she keeps secret from her father and their backwoods community.
When Dante's grandmother's health declines, he reaches out to Angie's father for help, only to uncover the good doctor's dark side. When Dante confides in Angie, it drives a spike into their budding relationship. He's left to wonder if he's all alone in his quest to save his grandmother
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McLaren 650S GT3 to be unveiled at 2014 Goodwod FoS?
Major automakers and racing teams from all over the world participate in Festival of Speed to showcase capability of their race machines and also to unveil new cars for the first time. Beyond machines, legendary motor racing champions and current competitors can be seen showcasing their skills.
McLaren will be unveiling a new model for the first time at Goodwood FoS on 27th, Day 2 of FoS. Official teaser image suggests it will be the 650S GT3, not the P1 GTR. The 12C GT3 successor will compete in FIA GT1 and GT3 championships, with rivals from Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes Benz and Aston Martin.
In addition, McLaren will bring former F1 World Champion (2009) Jenson Button to drive his 2011 McLaren Mercedes MP4-26 up the Goodwood hill. He will also drive the McLaren MP4/2 which Nikki Lauda took the chequered flag in 1984 F1. Emerson Fittipaldi will also make an appearance in his McLaren M23, the one he drove in 1974 F1 to win McLaren their first world title.
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McLAREN AT GOODWOOD 2014
The arrival of summer in the UK means it's Festival of Speed time again, and McLaren Automotive is gearing up for what promises to be another great weekend of cars and stars at Goodwood.
As an official partner of this world-famous annual event, McLaren will have a major presence in Lord March's country park over the course of the weekend and will be following the Festivals theme of 'Addicted to Winning'. We have something particularly special in store – for the first time, we will be unveiling a new model at the Festival as McLaren GT uncover their latest competition race car.
Our exhibition stand, which proved such a draw in 2013 as we showcased the then-new McLaren P1™, will once again be a key attraction of the weekend. We will be located to the right of Goodwood House this year, near the TAG Heuer Drivers' Club Walkway, so it's a great place to look out for famous faces. The McLaren 650S will be on display making its Festival of Speed debut having been revealed at the Geneva Motor show in March. The McLaren P1™ will also be present. The example featured will be a pre-production model codenamed 'PP3' which appeared on BBC Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson, who named it his 'Car of the Year' making it a winner in its own right and perhaps the most famous McLaren P1™ in the world. In addition to the cars on the stand, a selection of trophies and awards will be shown, many for the first time in public.
Away from the stand in the Supercar Paddock, a unique example of the 650S developed by McLaren Special Operations will be showcased alongside a second McLaren P1™. These cars will take part in the Supercar Run which, for the first time ever, will be timed up the famous Goodwood Hill. Whether the drivers will go for the time attack or stop along the way for some crowd-pleasing donuts remains to be seen.
Jenson Button, will be back in his 2011 McLaren Mercedes MP4-26, no doubt performing burnouts as he screams up the hill in this pre-turbo V8. The 2009 World Champion will also be stepping back in time to try the McLaren MP4/2, the car Prost and Lauda drove to a nail-biting finish in the 1984 Formula 1 world title (Lauda won by just half a point!). Another star of Formula 1 in attendance will be Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, he'll be back in action in the McLaren M23, the car he drove to score McLaren's very first Formula 1 world title in 1974. McLaren champions Senna and Prost will also be honoured – as the exclusive Festival Drivers' Club is supported by our partner TAG Heuer, the Drivers' Club Walkway will be lined with a collection of TAG era McLaren Formula 1 cars, plus examples of the striking 12C Sprint and 12C GT3 racers.


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Tweet Jaime and I attended the Adams County Amish Bird Symposium Saturday, March 1st after missing it last year. We had a good time overall. Wonderful speakers and good food.
Chris Bedel from the Cincinnati Museum Center's Edge of Appalachia gave the introduction. Robert Schlabach, a member of the Holmes Co. Amish Community, was the first speaker. It is always interesting listening to the stories of the Amish birders. The one thing from his speech that stuck out in my mind was his comment that "If you stay out long enough, all the birds will come to you" or something like that. I got to thinking about that statement. We, as in most birders, aren't as connected to nature as we would like to be. With the Internet, fancy birding gadgets, etc., our birding time is usually minimal. When we do go out, we usually hit all of the proven spots looking for good birds. Makes me wonder what good birds are going unnoticed right under our noses?
Other speakers included:
Dr. Geoffrey E. Hill, Scharnagel Professor of Biology at Auburn University of Alabama. His presentation was based on his book Ivorybill Hunters - The Search for Proof in a Flooded Wilderness, which recounts a recent POSSIBLE encounter with an Ivory-billed in the panhandle of Florida while doing other ornithological work in the area. Dr. Hill showed video that while not 100% conclusive, was none the less intriguing. I am of one that still believes .
Hummingbird enthusiast/researcher and author of Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America - (Peterson Field Guide Series) Sheri L. Williamson from the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory. Always nice to see the diversity of hummer species.
Ohio Bird Photographer Brian Zwiebel , whose work is outstanding and who also shined an interesting light on some little known shorebird behaviors.
Last and certainly not least, Jenifer Brumfield - Young Ohio Artist/illustrator, Author, Naturalist, Bird Tour Guide, Educator, etc., etc. I remember seeing her posts on the Ohio-birds listserv when I started birding. I was surprised at the time to learn that there were other "kids" involved in birding. Nice to know there are more people around my age that thinks exactly like I do. She is doing great things with the inner city youth of Cleveland.


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Friday, September 06, 2013
Bringing back the TV feed into my life?
I have been "TV free" for a year now. I was spending about $70/month for a modest package of Comcast's television programming. I found myself watching stuff because it happened to be on. Or, I would use my DVR to record loads of stuff because it sounded like I might enjoy it. I was spending more time in front of the television than I really wanted to. Even when I managed to push myself away from the thing I kept thinking that $70/month was a lot to spend on something that I viewed as a vice that kept me from doing other things. So, I dropped the TV package.
I started watching video content on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. I tried to watch broadcast TV, but the only major station I could get was ABC, whose programming is well covered by Hulu. I still watched an hour or two of video content every evening and maybe three hours on each weekend day. My weekends were quite a bit more 'productive'. However, I realized that my weekday evenings couldn't be much more productive since my brain was usually fried by the time I got home from work. The entire arrangement really has been working pretty well. Every now and then I would lament the lack of a television feed. I always have to wait a day or more to see the most recent episode of the shows I like, Plus, there were some CBS shows that were not available, even on a pay-per-episode basis on Amazon. I don't consider this an actual hardship, just an inconvenience. Part of me misses the serendipity of discovering new shows or hearing about an upcoming program from a commercial. The one major thing that I do miss is the ability to easily switch on the news. Yes, I can get some news through my Roku and over the Internet, but local news is a bit more challenging. Again, I have an app on my iPad for the biggest NH TV station, but it's not quite the same on some level.
Since moving into my new house and hitting the 1 year anniversary of banishing "the feed" from my TV, I've been reconsidering. I know what shows I've been willing to pay for "a la carte" on Amazon, and what I've been watching on Hulu and Netflix. If I resubscribe to "the feed" from some company, I will no longer be purchasing shows via Amazon. I may give up Hulu as well. Netflix may get to stay for a while since I have enjoyed some of their original content and I use "CanIstream.it" to alert me when Netflix finally picks up some movie that I've been interested in watching.
I shopped around today comparing channel coverage, features (such as HD and DVRs), and overall costs. It looks like I'm probably going to go with DirecTV. With the introductory rate, I could be paying about $49/month for all the features I want and more channels than I need (though this is there lowest level offering). Beginning with the thirteenth month I'll be paying $76/month. That will put me back up to what I was paying Comcast a year ago. The entire thing involves a two year commitment. So, two years back on "the feed".
I actually tried to sign up online today. Unfortunately, my house was just recently built so they don't think that I exist. This means that I'll have to call them to execute the transaction. Another hurdle. I'm sure I'll do it, but it does make me wonder if the universe is trying to tell me something here.
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- David Williams said...
Have you tried an external antenna? You may really be too far, but it's a one time cost vs. monthly fee. We've been happy with that forever, but we're a bit less rural than you :)
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I have read an interesting article regarding Malaysian investors are not very smart. There are other similar kind of surveys and articles that seem to show that Malaysians especially the Gen Y-ers are shying away from equities investment and prefer to hold cash than any other investment assets. Below are the whole article taken from Free Malaysia Today - Our Investors Are Not Very Smart, by Scott Ng.
Only 2% of Malaysian investors are able to answer survey questions.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian investors are not as smart as they think they
are. A survey has painted a dismal picture, saying our investors lack
financial literacy.
The survey found that out of all the
Malaysian participants in the survey, only 2% were capable of answering
the five questions posed to them in the survey. This is in comparison
with Singapore's 20% and an 11% overall for all participants.
The latest Manulife Investor Sentiment Index in Asia (Manulife ISI) is based on 3,500 interviews across seven Asian markets.
was also found that despite their inability to answer the survey
questions, Malaysian investors displayed overconfidence in their
financial literacy, with one in five rating themselves as "highly
literate" when surveyed.
The report found that Malaysian
investors also seldom review their portfolios and invest less frequently
than their peers in the Asian region. This could be due to the fact
that only 8% of investors engaged the services of financial planners,
whereas the Asian average is 25%.
It was also reported that
Malaysian investors rarely make use of readily available knowledge
online, preferring to refer to advice from their friends and family when
making investments.
The survey said Malaysian investors are also very attached to cash.
the single biggest asset holding for Asian investors is cash, amounting
to an average of 52% in Malaysia, the highest in the region.
the survey indicates Malaysian respondents are holding idle cash,
nearly half of the respondents said they did not hold enough cash. Only
two per cent said their cash holdings were too big.
investors also feel that bank deposits are safer than other options.
This is also cited by respondents in Japan and China.
More information from the survey:-
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How to save for your home down payment?
Have you ever wonder if you could ever got yourself a place you could call your own...a place call home?
If you have this dream of owning a home and finding it difficult to believe you can achieve it, you're absolutely normal, given the current economy in our country. But like many, it's possible to save for your home downpayment.
Some of you may opt to withdraw from your Employees Provident Fund (EPF) account number 2 to fund your house downpayment, but EPF is your retirement savings and you should really consider the possibility of it not being enough. For example, a property selling at RM400,000 with 90% loan comes with a down payment of RM40,000 (10%) and an additional of about RM20,000 in fees and charges. This would approximately come up to an initial payment of RM60,000 in cash.
It may seem overwhelming to save up that much, but by drawing a strict and realistic savings plan for this purpose, you will be able to afford your first home in no time.
I think most people don't have problem creating a budget...the problem is they forgot the need to stick with it. Start by deducting a certain portion for savings, say 10% to 30%, depending on your own preference.
A clear budget is important because it helps to identify where you spend the most, whether it's on food, leisure, entertainment, family, social etc.
With a clear direction, it's only easier to cut and change certain habit that is wasteful and expensive. You will also learn to plan your activities like going for a cinema, exclusive food or clothing to a certain limit to ensure you stick with the BUDGET.
I think this is important for everyone of us. Most people, like myself are too lazy to compare clothes with different shops because we are rushing. We don't look for afforable alternatvies, when they are plenty.
- For example, I replace my gym membership to going for running and workout at my condo's gym.
- Occasionally, I would eat at home for dinner instead of going out for my meal. (it's also healthier)
- Substitute drinking session at club or bar to mamak session or kopitiam session. You maintain your social life, but at different places. You may also invite your friends over for a drink at home, instead of drinking at places that serve expensive drinks.
- I change my internet from TM's UniFi to TIME Broadband. TM's UniFi cheapest at RM149 for 5Mbps while TIME's cheapest at RM129 for 8Mbps.
- Instead of driving to work (where you pay for petrol, toll and parking), why not consider taking the public transport? The LRT is good in the country and in Klang Valley, there are also a lot of buses at a frequency that is acceptable. Maybe you have to wait the extra 10 minutes, but sometimes you skip the jam and you save so much more....
You may not believe it but the little from all these do great wonders in the long run.
Once you start to compare and look for affordable alternatives, it's also time to take note of the tax deductible items. By making simple efforts to understand the tax relief and rebates when you file for your tax yearly, you can drastically reduce your taxable income and pay less taxes.
If you think your earnings are not sufficient at the moment, consider earning extra income from your hobby, skill, time and even junk.
- If you are good at writing, why not make full use of that? Start a blog, get nuffnang, or you may even offer your services to local newspaper, magazines, or websites. Websites like asiaparttime.com offers some freelance role at this.
- If you love art and painting, consider selling it online. Paintings and craft souvenirs could earn you some extra cash. Some of the ways to sell is is via Facebook, eBay, Lelong.my, Mudah.my etc.
- If you are good in a particular subject or are good at studies, consider offering tutor. Tutoring school students is a great way to earn extra income. I did this when I was in my university.
There are a lot of ways to do it...you just got to spend a bit of time and effort to think and understand how it works.
I think this is the most important part. If you are in your mid 20s or early 30s and still don't know about investment, perhaps it's time to learn some basic rules of it. If stock market seems like a high risk investment for you, there are others with lower risk such as high-yield fixed deposits, bonds, Amanah Saham or unit trusts. These investments will bear returns which can be reinvested to earn more returns on our investments.
Once you figured out how you can save and invest your savings to generate returns, you need to be motivated and disciplined to keep going until you achieve your goal.
Well, if you have just started, it will feel difficult. You might be demotivated to continue, looking at the difference of the targeted amount and your current standing, but keep it up. After all, Rome was not built in a day, my friend.
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Ok now THAT is an oxymoron if I ever heard one .... Exercise made Easy. We all know that Exercise is NEVER easy and if it is too easy it isn't exercise right??
Well I'm here today to tell you THAT is wrong. Exercise is so easy - if we STOP thinking about it as Exercise and Difficult and Painful.
I found this great article at ivillage that shows how you can use/expend/burn 100 calories in anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes .... doing things we all can do (and should do) every day. The article can be found here
But in a nutshell - did you realize that you could burn 100 calories by
1) riding a bike for just 10 minutes?
2) doing a DVD workout for 10 - 15 minutes a day 4 or 5 days a week?
3) WALKING briskly for 15 minutes?
4) SKIPPING - darn that could make you feel like a kid again - for 15 minutes.
5) JOGGING - add 1 or 2 minutes to your walking, twice a day and you can double or triple your loss
6) STAIRS - now I know why everyone wants to use the stairmaster ... again just 15 - 20 minutes a day (and get this one - you can do it cumulatively - heck I know if I can do it you can)
7) DANCING - 20 minutes, that's it for 100 calorie burn - how long do you dance? Bet its longer than that.
8) HOUSEWORK - make it power cleaning and its 100 calories for every 20 minutes (and it gets you done quicker)
9) CAR WASHING - and no I don't mean driving to the car wash! To really clean your car you need to take 20 - 30 minutes and that's all it takes for 100 calorie burned.
10) GARDENING - as the article says, even a small garden needs to be tending. In just 25 - 30 minutes of tending to your garden you have burned 100 calories. And if your garden is anything like mine (ok my "landscaping") you could burn a whole lot more than 100 calories just pulling weeds. Someone in their infinite wisdom planted some sort of vine type plant LONG before we moved in and I can NOT kill it. So heck just dealing with all the "shoots" could take me 30 minutes!
So as you can see - it doesn't take long to burn 100 calories and most of us don't even count these "negatives" when we are figuring out how many calories we need to burn to maintain or if you are in my camp, actually LOSE weight! I know I am going to start looking at things in a different light.
Oh and stop trying to be "efficient" so that I only walk up the steps 10 times a day instead of 50 ........ think of all those calories I didn't burn by trying to be efficient. Silly me.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Exercise made Easy
Posted by Kat @ Inspiration CAN be Found Everywhere at 3:06 PM
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- Mimi said...
These are great tips. When I'm tidying up the house I often dance from one room to another. I thought I was just being crazy, but now I know I'm burning calories!
Hugs & love,
- September 7, 2010 at 12:37 AM
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"Today's busy families are pressed for time, but time is an even bigger issue for gluten-free families who must prepare almost all of their own food at home for safety reasons," says Carol Fenster at GfreeCuisine.com
Denver, CO (PRWEB) September 24, 2012
Carol Fenster's weekly online subscription cookbook― GfreeCuisine.com―celebrates its fourth year of serving the gluten-free community with computer-delivered menus and recipes, plus customized grocery lists that simplify gluten-free cooking at home.
"Today's busy families are pressed for time, but time is an even bigger issue for gluten-free families who must prepare almost all of their own food at home for safety reasons," says Carol Fenster, author of 100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes.
Fenster partnered with RelishRelish.com to offer a service that helps gluten-free families decide dinner menus for the coming week and then receive customized grocery lists. This service is especially attractive to technology-savvy families who like receiving recipes via computer instead of paper cookbooks because books lack the ability to generate instantaneous, customized grocery lists.
GfreeCuisine.com was designed to address the roughly 24 million people on the spectrum of gluten-intolerance recently described by Dr. Alessio Fasano of the University of Maryland, Center for Celiac Research. At one end are those who can eat gluten (a protein in wheat and related grains) with no consequences. At the other end lies the 1 percent (about 3 million) with the autoimmune condition known as celiac disease in which gluten damages the lining of the small intestine and inhibits absorption of nutrients from food. In the middle of the spectrum are the 7 percent (21 million) who are non- celiac gluten-sensitive. They are sickened by gluten, though not always as severely or in the same way as those with celiac disease. There is no vaccine, surgery, or medication to treat gluten-intolerance; the only treatment is to remove all gluten from the diet so knowing how to prepare one's own food is very important.
GfreeCuisine helps gluten-free families decide what to prepare for dinner during the coming week. Each Thursday, 10 new menus (with side-dish selections) are available to subscribers, who pay $10 per month. Subscribers choose 5 of the menus (one for each weeknight) and print out a customized grocery list, based on the 5 menus they selected. The grocery list is organized by sections of the grocery store, making shopping much more efficient. All dishes are gluten-free and dairy-free and several are kid-friendly and vegetarian, as well. The menus average about $100 a week and a wide array of desserts and breads can be selected as well.
"There are several advantages to preparing one's own food at home, particularly to gluten-intolerant families who worry about safety, nutrition, and cost," says Fenster. First, food preparation at home assures complete control over the ingredients that go into the food, such as choosing gluten-free soy sauce and chicken broth instead of the gluten-containing versions.
Second, cooks who prepare food at home have complete control over the standards under which food is prepared―including cleanliness and safety. Of particular concern to gluten-intolerant families is preventing their gluten-free food from touching gluten-laden food―such as using the same knife to spread peanut butter.
Third, food prepared at home is also cheaper (a loaf of store-bought, gluten-free bread can cost over $6) than take-out food or restaurant dining―and has fewer calories and less sodium and fat.
"Subscribing to GfreeCuisine is like getting a mini-e-cookbook delivered by computer each week for pennies per recipe," says Fenster, "and the customized shopping list saves considerable time for busy families."


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Saturday, November 21, 2015
Méline Portia Lafont ~ AA Gabriel ~ Divine unity and intent
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"Even the words given through this way at this time is a form of separation for it does not conduct the entire truth of resonance vibration that is one with all love and life itself. "
Yesterday I tried to translate this vers of Sosan ~ Hsin Hsin Ming from German into English
"Selbst wenn unsere Worte genau,
und unsere Gedanken richtig sind,
entprechen sie doch nicht der Wahrheit"
"Even if our words are exactly,
and our thoughts are correct,
do they not represent the truth of reality"
Thank you, now I might say ...
"Even if our words are exactly,
and our thoughts are correct,
do they not represent "the entire truth of resonance vibration that is one with all love and life itself"
Also I feel that ...
"the entire truth of resonance vibration that is one with all love and life itself" = UNITY
... can only be experienced in it's entirety / wholeness
... and when such is "happening" ...
... the experience ... the one who is experiencing ... and the totality of ALL experiences ... UNITE in the NOW
... it is still a concept at this level of words ... also it seems/feels to get closer to come true
Sat Nam,
My friend Stefan, long time no speak! wonderful to hear from you again! Thank you for your words and sharing here. Right on target with your words! YES! Much loveDelete


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There is something about cats. You either love them or your hate them.
I have never heard anyone say oh yes! I absolutely like cats.
I have always been a cat lover even tho I don't own one
now or rather I am not owned by one because unfortunately
my husband doesn't love them. He is a dog man.
As you know I am a nurse and have close encounters of the 3rd kind.
It was my pleasure these last few days to be privileged to care for a little lady
94 years young. Her hair is white and her beautiful pale complexion
accentuates her bright shining eyes. I leaned close to talk with her because
her hearing was not quite as sharp as her mind.
She had been telling me about the two cats who love her.
She cares for them daily and she loves them back.
Here in the hospital she said how she must hurry home to care for them.
It dosn't matter that she is sick her cats need her.
Today she was told that she must go to rehab for 21 days.
Suddenly the twinkle left her eyes as they became misty.
What is wrong I ask, rehab will be good for you and you will
return home soon. She looked straight into my eyes and with a
sad quiet voice said "But what about my cats?" Her niece assured
love them like she loves them. That is the thing about cats, they
hug up next to you and steal your heart and make you dependant
on them. You see, they don't really need you. It is the other way
around. There really is just something about cats.


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On a recent road trip I exited I-85 for coffee & spotted Chops Cajun Foods & Specialty Meats.
Unfortunately I wasn't hungry, because their eat-in menu sounds great & the food patrons were eating looked & smelled wonderful. There is also a meat counter & refrigerated (perhaps freezer too) areas with meats & pre-made dishes for takeout. I purchased some tasso, andouille & boudin blanc. (Ran out of cooler space or I could have done more damage!) Just arrived home, so have not had a chance to try it. The eat-in menu had a variety of poboys, gumbo, red beans, etouffee & daily specials. It is a small, neat & bright spot which has been opened a little over a year. Functional in decor. The husband half of the owners was very helpful. Both husband & wife are from La. When I inquired about the turduckens listed on the take-out menu he seemed to be still recovering from their popularity over the holiday season. This place looks like it has possibilities! Has anyone tried the prepared foods or have any reviews?


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Municipal government has a role in supporting projects which make local businesses attractive to residents and visitors. And each of the recent promotional projects done in Beiseker over the past few years - like the Main Street beautification program, the new business signs, and the highway signs - have been supported by Village Council.
A strong commercial Main Street is one of the keys to success for smaller communities like Beiseker. The large box stores, just a few kilometers to the west of our village, are a strong pull for consumers. All of us on Village Council have worked towards the promotion of our Main Street as a shopping destination, too.
I will continue to support projects which keep Beiseker's commercial and industrial community strong and growing, and encourage residents to shop locally. I will do this;
- by doing what I can to make building in Beiseker attractive.
- by informing others through the trade and commercial media what industries and commercial entities are needed here.
- by keeping commercial taxes as low as possible while ensuring that all services will not be compromised.
- by staying appraised of all developments in both existing and future industrial and commercial prospects.
- by working together with the commercial community (such as the Chamber of Commerce) to promote Beiseker.


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giovedì 28 febbraio 2013
Panda Set
Hello Fashionistas! Donna Flora is proud to show you her latest creation, the "Set Panda" which includes a necklace and earrings. This set is in six beautiful colors of precious stones, which is combined with a heart metal of different colors. is an ideal jewel set for this spring is coming.
But this is not all, for the limited fashion, Donna Flora has a special color in black and white that you can not miss in inventory.
Taxi to mainstore Donna Flora and Taxi to the Fashion Limited
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CIPS MENA (Northern Region) cordially invites you to attend our upcoming event on Sunday 26 November 2017.
As the world over and the region in particular is witnessing some of the most rapid paced transformations, it is an equal opportunity for the profession to start looking at the finer aspects to dynamically improvise the finer aspects of their roles.
Organised at the reputed and celebrated campus of American University of Sharjah, this will be a great opportunity to hear great Speakers from Industry share their expertise besides an opportunity to address their queries and exchange ideas with an elite Experts Panel of Directors and CPO on Step change and Transformations towards 2020.
Bookings are no longer being taken for this event
CIPS members and Non Members are welcome to join.
Agenda and program:
Mr Shakthi Arora, CPO RAK Ceramics
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Mansoor Malik, Head Of Business Development MENA
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Well, I'm not sure what happened to most of April. It just flew by in a whirl of daffodils, bluebells, the first of the muscat grapes appearing in the shops, work, knitting, and of course the wonderful return of light evenings.
I have actually finished something. It's a vest, adapted from a sweater pattern with a deep scoop neck. I've had to modify the neckline with some flexible twisted ribbing or deep and scoop would have taken on a new meaning entirely.
Spring Vest
Adapted from Emily by Kim Hargreaves; published in Heartfelt: The Dark House Collection
Body Yarn: Rowanspun DK in Goblin (shade 736) x 3 skeins (654 yards/598 metres)
Neck Yarn: Rowanspun DK in Eau de Nil (shade 735) & Cloud (shade 734) x small amounts
Needles: 4mm
a) er, no sleeves
b) twisted rib rather than lace pattern at hem
c) twisted rib neckline using stitches picked up from neckline rather than attached ribbing


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the last 2 days have been spent organizing, packing, & moving - i have sifted through my entire wardrobe and all my belongings. you'd think that after moving 12 times in the last 4 years i'd be a pro at this now, but i'm not, and there's nothing i don't look forward to more than a move - again. throw in the fact that my fiance and his big muscles are coincidentally out of town this weekend (it was a pre-arranged trip and there's nothing he could have done otherwise - honestly, i'm glad he's having such a fun man-weekend away!), and you have a very mentally/emotionally/physically exhausted girl.
on tuesday, we signed the lease to our wonderful little apartment, but it isn't move-in ready until sunday. about 6 weeks ago, my landlords asked me to move out by may 31st since they were expecting family to visit and needed the space i lived in. in between may 31st and june 2nd are a few funky days, and i'm now in the midst of those.
half of my belongings are stored in my old loft until sunday, so we can just move it straight into the apartment instead of moving things twice - and for that i am so thankful. travis' truck is filled with boxes that are ready to go, and the rest of my life is packed into one little suitcase - the necessities i'll need for the next few days. i feel like a nomad tonight, and i hate it.
i wish my best friend was here so that the loneliness hovering at the edge of every plan and thought wouldn't overwhelm me. i'm currently spending the next few nights at a friend's house, but they're out of town until monday night. so i'm sitting in a big, empty house with a suitcase next to the bed and the rest of my life in boxes, waiting to move into its new home. if i'm being honest, bitterness is hovering at the edge too - jealousy that T is having the time of his life with some of his best friends celebrating an upcoming marriage, envy because my grandparents are up north visiting my family and i so desperately wish i was eating dinner and enjoying game night like they are right now. another part of me feels rejected, kicked out to fend for myself without a home base until we create our own home base again.
dinner was a bowl of popcorn and a glass of water - the joys of having your pantry stored up in boxes as well.
i may be an introvert, but i do not like being alone. i don't need a lot of people - just one, maybe two, or just family. 48 hours of endless moving is enough alone-time.
on the flip side, i am so excited for my first bridal shower tomorrow afternoon - i wish i could just sleep until noon and wake up and go, so that i wouldn't have to spend the morning puttering about and keeping myself productive. but i dread the evening after, when after all the love and celebrating has ended, i'll drive home to that big, empty foreign house again and wish myself to sleep as quick as possible.
it all sounds very dramatic, i know, but it's not fun to be in the middle of it. i am so thankful for a roof over my head and the hospitality of friends. i just wish the timing had all turned out a little differently, and i keep praying for understanding of His plan and peace about this transition. but really, i would love to push fast-forward and be over this.


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The off-screen craziness rivals the on-screen drama in the sidesplitting comedy SOAPDISH, celebrating its 20th anniversary on DVD October 4, 2011. Boasting an extraordinary cast of stars including Robert Downey Jr., Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue, Teri Hatcher, Garry Marshall, Cathy Moriarty and Kathy Najimy, the hilarious comedy follows the outrageous high jinks of the cast and crew of America's hottest soap opera,
"The Sun Also Sets". When an ambitious actress connives with the soap's producer to scuttle the career of the show's beloved star, nothing works as they planned and there's enough dirty laundry to keep everyone in hot water. This comedy gem continues to be a fan favorite and the DVD includes a behind-the-scenes featurette and the original theatrical trailer.
The SOAPDISH DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, English 2.0 Surround and French Stereo and English subtitles. The disc includes a behind-the-scenes featurette and the original theatrical trailer.


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So far, the best "link" I can suggest is only available in hardcopy – Steven Levy profiles Larry Lessig and the Eldred case in the October edition of Wired. I remember Steven as spending a lot of time around Larry during ILaw, it's clear from this article that it was no accident. Moreover, the article really does capture a lot of what Larry's like in person, and as a lecturer. Well worth a read now, or wait until it's available online next month.
There is an interesting article at ZDNet on the Morpheus case that starts to show the outlines of the pending arguments. And it looks like Larry is continuing (with Ted Shelton – his permalinks are a mess, so look for his Sept 14 posting) the earlier discussion of his copyright proposal (here and subsequent.) Interestingly, Dave Winer is monitoring, but not discussing – yet anyway. More interestingly, Ted raises a different concept in his argument with Larry that touches on a problem I'm thinking about (see below).
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John Borland writes about the KaZaA/Morpheus case, with particular attention paid to the current struggle to define the issues at contention. A notable quote:
"Owning copyrights doesn't give you the right to dictate to people how to build their products," said Fred von Lohmann, an Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney who is representing Streamcast. "If that were the rule, it would make Microsoft, with Internet Explorer and Outlook, an infringer. It would make virtually every software company liable for copyright infringement."
We'll see.
- BusinessWeek Europe has a great article on the Verizon/RIAA dustup over consumer privacy and the DMCA
The good news is that, unlike past legal battles, the RIAA is picking on someone its own size. The defendant isn't some underfunded, inexperienced dot-com but a telecommunications giant. And the outcome will affect all ISPs, from AOL (AOL) and EarthLink (ELNK) to SBC (SBC) and AT&T (T). That means sharp lawyers will be fighting hard to ensure that copyright holders — or anyone else — aren't given access to identifying information without a judge's approval.
- And it's probably worth bookmarking this link to the BusinessWeek ongoing collection of their articles on Digital Music's Future
- Ted Shelton of Borland is arguing with Larry Lessig about copyright and software, following up on the rather nasty brouhaha that Dave Winer got going a couple of weeks ago. While I think I agree with Larry's current rejoinder, Ted's blog has the following argument to support copyright protection in the absence of the release of source code (a "transparent copy").
If oblique creativity does not receive the same protection as transparent creativity it seems to me that we will be creating an enormous problem in determining just what is an oblique creation, and what is a transparent one. The other example in my earlier note is an interesting one — should the romance novels generated by an automatic novel writing software receive copyright protection if I do not submit my software to the escrow plan? What about special effects in movies — should Pixar be required to escrow their animation software for Toy Story to recieve copyright protection? How about the musician that programs a sound into a synthesizer — should the musician be compelled to escrow the specifics of this wave form in order to receive protection for the song? [emphasis added]
Ted is touching upon the issue that I raised parenthetically a couple of days ago. Ted is conflating the expression, which is copyrightable, and the tools employed to create the expression (or, alternatively, the tools used to convert the expression into an experience). Ordinarily, one would assume that protection of a tool would be the domain of patent. But, because software patents are only a recent construct, software has been protected by copyright instead.
Ted's romance novel example seems to argue that Larry's approach says that a robotically-created novel would only be copyrighted if the plans for the robot were part of the escrow. I fail to see this point. The expression, in this case the novel, is immediately accessible without the intermediation of the robot. Rather, the robot is only needed to reproduce the novel in a rather difficult way; Xerox offers a much simpler mechanism.
But, note that Ted's example introduces the same issue that I mentioned earlier. While I talked about the alienation of the user from the process of converting an expression into an experience, Ted is describing a process where he is alienating the artist from the process of creating the expression – the romance novel.
And this may be why Dave Winer and Ted Shelton get so upset about the idea of releasing source code: programmers are alienated from the process of creating the expression that they wish to copyright. The programmer doesn't really create the thing that the user buys; a compiler, plus a packager (e.g. InstallShield), plus a bunch of other tools do the actual work of producing the expression – the programmer conducts and leads this process and knows what he wants to get, but the actual, formal expression is the product of other instruments, many outside of the programmer's control. A new compiler with new algorithms, or a new compiler for a new architecture, will take the same set of source code and produce a completely different object code. That object code may generate the experience that the programmer wanted, but it may also produce something completely different – ranging from a hung computer on up.
And therefore the programmer's only way to retain power over his creation is to claim exclusive ownership of the meta-instrument of creation that he makes. As far as he is concerned, the source code is akin to a record-playback CNC tape of Auguste Rodin carving The Kiss from a block of marble. Once you have the tape, you have the process of creation, as well as the expressive object. On the other hand, if you start with a piece of granite, it might not cut properly or, worse, it will look wrong and the sculptor has no opportunity to rework it to get the effect he wants.
And now we maybe begin to get to the heart of the fight over copyright and software. Frankly, I don't think the argument about source code has to do with the next piece of gamer software – at least, I could care less. But I really care to have access to the source code that alienates me from my created objects – papers, presentations, drawings. Because, by using Microsoft Word on top of Windows XP, I no longer control the process of creation – Word and Windows alienate me from my work, just as the compiler alienates the authors of Word from their product. And what we see here is that we're both struggling to retain control — to own — the things we have created.


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After reviewing the many strong proposals we received, the TEP SIG has assembled three sessions for the annual meeting, with a special focus on promising and unconventional approaches for the teacher education classroom. We will offer two paper sessions, titled "Educative Experience in Teacher Education" and "Self‑Knowledge, Metacognition, and Motivation in Pre‑Service Teacher Education." These sessions will present research on a wide range of innovative techniques for preparing pre‑service teachers, as well as enlightening theoretical perspectives on teaching educational psychology. Our poster session is titled "Representations as Pedagogical Tools in Pre‑Service Teacher Education," and will examine effective techniques for the use of images and models to aid pre‑service teachers' learning. In addition to these sessions, we'll have our annual business meeting and reception, where attendees can learn about the SIG's recent activities, network with fellow educational psychologists, and enjoy rich conversations about current developments in the field.
We hope to see you in Vancouver, British Columbia, April 13-17, 2012


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I decorated this area with pink and white for Abby. :)
Abby's cake. :) My Mother-in-law bought me a "Hello Kitty" face cake pan, and then I baked a separate 9x13 cake and cut out the body from that. It was my first attempt at a cake like this, I had fun making it and I think Abigail liked it. :)
I had a separate table for Willy with blue streamers. :)
William's Thomas the Train cake! Not only did his cake look amazing, (isn't it cool?!) it tasted delicious too! Maybe it's just me, but I'm used to highly decorated cakes tasting too sweet with too much frosting. Not so with this one, it was a chocolate pound cake (I may have eaten a little to much for breakfast the day after the party lol). :) William's Aunt Lindsey made it for him and I'm pretty sure Willy was happy about it. :) Thank you so much Lindsey! :)
For the birthday lunch we had chips, macaroni salad, creamed eggs, and homemade subs. I might post the recipe for the subs later. :)
And I'll leave you with a picture of the birthday buddies. :) Happy Birthday Abby and Will!!


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|Me hanging out.
June 10, 2011
Introducing The Little Man
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Well hi, Prancer. Good to meet you.ReplyDelete
You know, you have to get used to your human embarrassing you. Our Mom calls us all kinds of cutesy names that we'd never want our fans to know about!
George, Tipper, Max & Misty
The Crew
Hey, Prancer! Welcome to the CB! No worries, your mom'll get it all figured out soon enough-watch out for those belleh shots, tho'. The people tend to OD on them! There'll be snorgling and squeeing ALL OVER THE CAT BLOGOSPHERE!ReplyDelete
Hi there, Mr. Prancer! We're so glad to finally see a photo of our fellow Okie cat! What part of Oklahoma do you live in? We're in the NE corner, about 40 miles north of Tulsa. It's hot here, but not as hot as the SW part! We're excited that you're blogging!ReplyDelete
Your friends, Fuzzy and Zoe
Hello Handsome Prancer! We read about you over at The Crew. Welcome to the Cat Blogosphere! We're excited to learn more about you.ReplyDelete
Welcome, welcome to the CB...tell your mom there isn't much she can do wrong here. We're all just having fun and loving our pets (be they humans, woofies or CATS). Enjoy!ReplyDelete
~Lisa Co9T
Welcome to the CB! It's very nice to meet you. - The Whiskeratti.ReplyDelete
OOPS Mom just did a stoopid!ReplyDelete
She deleted our comment!
Let me start again!
Hi Prancer!
You sure are a very handsome tabbyman.
You remind me of my brother Mr Jinx,he is a gray tabbyman too. He is a big cuddly teddy bear and he gets along with all of us, including me the diva of the house.
We like lying on the cool wood floor too, we are in Florida so we understand "hot"!
- AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 5:55 PM
We can't log in wif our blogger account 'cuz yoor useing da inline comments but we wanted to welcome yoo to da Cat Blogosphere. It's nice to meet yoo.ReplyDelete
Hi Prancer! Nice to meet you!ReplyDelete
The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie
Hello Prancer, The Crew told me you were here so I came by with a howdy!ReplyDelete
Hi Prancer! Nice to see you here, Welcome to CBD..I'm Puddy , Just follow your blog. Visit me sometime so we can get to know each other..so nice to have a new friend : )ReplyDelete
What a handsome man-cat! and such a great face...ReplyDelete
Hi, we're 3 kats and a kwilter, otherwise known as Taz (the Princess), Runt, Charles, and mommy, Anna, in Illinois.
We just wanted to stop by and say hi.
Sending snuggles and purrs.


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Setting up the integration wasn't quite smooth. I entered my blog as a Blogger(beta) (even though I thought it isn't a beta anymore...) and it told to optionally list the name of the blog. I put in "Programming and Politics." I hit the "test settings" button and it said everything worked. I then wrote a blog and published it to my blog. It was posted to the wrong blog: Mike's Photo Blog . I had misspelled the title "Programming and politics" so it instead defaulted to the first blog it found under my account: Mike's Photo Blog. Once I corrected the title, it posted to the right blog. It would have been nice if it would have told me I got the name wrong, or if it would have provided me a list of blogs to pick from (seems like that would be the best solution, and it show just be a simple AJAX call.)
Next issue was the title. Supposedly it would use the title of the document for the title of the blog if your blog "supported titles." Certainly my blog has titles to its document. I titled the blog, but it's title did not go through to the blog. So I had to re-edit it inside Blogger to give it the right title.
Next issue was tags. Blogger calls tags labels, but Google Docs calls them tags (like the rest of the world, and other Google apps.) It claimed that any tags for the document would become tags for the blog. Only problem was that there was no tagging option from either the edit doc or publish doc screen. It actually does exist from the "Active Documents & Spreadsheets" screen.
One other kind of frustrating thing is spell checking. One thing I really like about Firefox 2.0 is that it checks spelling for you automatically. When I want to fix the spelling, I just right click on the misspelled word. Only Google Docs takes over the contextual menu. So instead I have to use it's own spell checker. I can understand them taking over the contextual menu, but they should put spelling corrections as part of it. That's MS Word does, too, of course.


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Lot 153 Session 1 (9.30am Tuesday) Decimal Proofs
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ELIZABETH II, proof ten dollars, 1985, proof silver dollar 2001 (army), proof one ounce silver dollars 1997 (Parliament House) 2000 (Proclamation) (4). In cases of issue, FDC. (7)
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Monday, October 22, 2012
His Word Against Theirs
Goldman Sachs has been suffering for several years from bad publicity. This interview and the book from which it comes don't help. It does little good that Goldman Sachs has portrayed the author as an egomaniac with outsized ambitions. Who will the public believe? Large financial firms today are looked upon as monsters who have ruined the economies of several nations. While this isn't true, it has some basis in fact, enough to paint the industry black. So, even if Goldman Sachs is right about Greg Smith, there is nothing the company can say to offset the perception that it is smearing him. Only time will tell whether Smith is as self-dealing as the company has alleged. It is better for Goldman Sachs to remain quiet and to endure the criticism for the time being, as much as it hurts.


text: A friend, Karla Duarte is starting a program to help girls with teen dating violence. They will make stop motion animation films that will be showcased at the Museum of Photographic Arts on December 5th, 2012. Help them reach their goal of $1,950 to make this program possible. They still need cameras, paper and art materials, software, and program and curriculum development including education material. Check out their page and support this amazing project! Girls! Camera! Action!


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There might not be so much dirty laundry coming out of the Real Madrid dressing room about the Jose Mourinho era and especially the last season because everything seemed out in the open most of the time, and because Iker Casillas won't trash his former manager, even if he really really wants to. More
No one is bigger than the club. Jose Mourinho often thinks he is, but that's usually when things start to go South. Iker Casillas, with all of his achievements, is not an untouchable, perfect goalkeeper. It's OK to bench him. However, with everything reeking from some stupid ego war, Real Madrid are the big losers from this. Mourinho is next in line, while Iker Casillas' position just grows stronger. More


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$1075 raised by Daddy's Crazy 46-Miler!
The Oyster-Adams Community Counsel folks have added up the donations made for the Daddy's Crazy 46-Miler, and so far we have raised at least $1075 for Oyster-Adams Bilingual School. You can still donate! Click here to make a donation. Thanks to all who have donated so far.


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GENRE: Inspirational Romance (Amish)
Promise Lodge, Book 1
Zebra (February 26, 2016)
Promise Lodge's first wedding is cause for celebration—but the bishop's narrow-minded wedding sermon doesn't sit well with the Bender sisters, especially widowed Mattie Schwartz. She believes marriage and family aren't the only important gifts God gives--even if she suspects her tender feelings for Preacher Amos Troyer run deeper than simple friendship. Amos hasn't given up hope that stubborn, spirited Mattie will change her mind about taking another husband, but when an accident threatens to change his life forever, he wonders if the Lord has sent him a message. He'll need faith, hope, and charity to find the right path—and a Christmas blessing to convince Mattie to walk it with him.
Mattie stopped at the corner of the cottage where the men were talking, noting the rise in the pitch and volume of their voices. She stood where the curtain panel would hide her, and when she glanced through the window she could see the five fellows in the main room. The three preachers and Truman were seated in chairs or on the edge of the bed while Bishop Floyd remained standing . . . as though using his stature to place himself above the others and refute everything they said. It made for a very uneven conversation, from her viewpoint—
Not that Bishop Floyd cares about your viewpoint.
Mattie blinked. The thought had come to her unbidden, yet unerring. It was wrong for her to judge the bishop, but her sudden flash of insight resonated with an uncomfortable truth. No matter what any of the other men said, Floyd Lehman would remain rooted in his own convictions, his mind closed to their ideas. And if he paid no attention to what the three preachers suggested, he certainly wouldn't listen to the women's opinions.
When she focused on Amos, who sat facing the window, Mattie admired him for speaking his mind—and for standing up for her and her produce stand. He looked robust and handsome dressed in his wedding best, with his hair and beard neatly clipped to follow the shape of his weathered face. Apparently the men in Floyd's previous district preferred the U-shaped style of beard that was allowed to grow as it would, untrimmed—messy, in Mattie's opinion. It shouldn't matter how their bishop looked, yet Floyd's unkempt, unruly appearance made it harder for her to accept his criticism.
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So this is intriguing. I found an app today in the Android Market for Disney's El Capitan theater in Hollywood. Right now the app is decked out in its best Pirate garrrrrb (sorry for the pun). On June 24th, however, the app gets its racing stripes for Cars 2.
What does the app do? It basically gives you extra content once you check in to the theater, very similarly to how you can check in at Disney Parks locations with Gowalla. The main menu of the app (shown below) has five options: Check in to the El Cap, Free Gift, Bonus Material, Special Offer, and Rate Movie. As for the free gift, some of the reviewers in the market are claiming they received a free pin set from the app. They are also claiming the Special Offer gives you a discount on the Blu-Ray when it comes out.
The other thing that's interesting about this app is that the splash screen that displays while the app is loading says it was developed not only by Disney Mobile, but Disney Research as well. I hope the research proves that this is good marketing, because I'd love to see Disney pursue more of this type of interactivity. I'm all for it. What do you think? Let me know in the comments, or post your thoughts on Facebook!
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Today my students have an assignment to complete their "Student Data Sheet" (only first period DID NOT get these today) I just wanted to mention a few things on those to make sure everything is clear.
1. I would prefer that the students write the names of the parents/guardians that they LIVE with. (i.e. If biological dad has moved out of state I would prefer they not be listed so that if I call the home I don't ask for the wrong person)
2. Work Numbers — I ask for work numbers, but I do not use these as a general rule unless I cannot get someone any other way. If you DO NOT want me to contact you at work please feel free to note this on the form.
3. Siblings — students were told they could list step and/or half siblings if they want. They don't have to do so, especially if they do not live with them.
I hope that helps make this clear, if you have other questions please feel free to e-mail me at eayering AT machlink.com (replace the word AT with the @ symbol)
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|(above) UND Freshman hockey player Rocco Grimaldi has been busy Tweeting this summer
UND Player Requests DU Coeds Wear Sweatshirts
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Wow. This is disturbing on number of levels.
I have no issues with players following a strict lifestyle to fit their religious beliefs. Tyler Ruegsegger was a great example of this kind of athlete. More power to 'em.
But athletes who use their exhalted status to try to force their beliefs on others are treading on much more flimsy ground.
And we like boobs, too.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 4:12:00 PM MDT
Wonder how this will play in the room in Grand Forks?
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 4:15:00 PM MDT
If you don't like it don't follow him. It is pretty simple.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 4:28:00 PM MDT
Why is it "disturbing" that a kid has some strongly held beliefs and is willing to share them? Seems like we tolerate almost anything these days, except being a person of faith. I'm not partiuclarly religious, but I think I like this kid. The bigger question is: why did the Sioux recruit him, since he'll obviously be shunned by his teammates? Rocco doesn't exactly fit in with their image.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 5:10:00 PM MDT
I agree with Puck Daddy:
"But his comments about women are the kind of sexist, archaic thoughts that cloud the positive impact of faith...You believe there are aspects of religion that are undoubtedly beneficial, but they're constantly overshadowed by clunky views on sex and gender that repel people and open up the entire community to ridicule....His best argument against the objectification of women was to objectify them. We can't give an "amen" to that."
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 5:24:00 PM MDT
He'll fit in well with the drunkards and fornicators up there.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 5:33:00 PM MDT
He will be gone after one year of Grand Forks.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 5:51:00 PM MDT
Old Pio - two characterics that every President the USA has ever had? (1) they are male (2) they have openly expressed their belief in God.
Name one thing that approx. 3 quarters of all Amercians agree upon? Belief in God
Read this study by the University of Minnesota
Do you really stand by your comment that being a man of faith is about the only thing that isn't tolerated anymore in our society?
Regarding Rocco's comments, Puck Daddy hit the nail on the head.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 6:23:00 PM MDT
Hey, get your knickers in a twist over what some 18 year old thinks. It's a free country. Would you ahem, gentlemen, be ripping him if he said he was gay, fighting a drug or alcohol problem, the product of an abusive home, a bicycle seat sniffer, a mope? Nope. We'd be congratulating him on how "brave" he was. But let him share his religious inclinations and the usual mob shows up with the flaming torches and pitchforks.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 6:53:00 PM MDT
Nobody is ripping him for his religious inclinations. As the first poster said, Tyler Ruegsegger was very religious. Tyler was one of my favorite players of the past decade. I'm sure lots of players on the current DU team are. Hell, I am too.
People disagree with his comment and what he said. Sorry Old Pio, but his comment is more similar to a child molester saying that children shouldn't play in a park because they tempt him...than it is similar to him saying that he is the product of an abusive home.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 7:04:00 PM MDT
Sorta reminds me of the great Tyler Ruegsegger - another hero of Denver Hockey..... I think it's great to stand tall by your beliefs and faith - no matter who you are; and yes... even if you go to school in North Dakota. Man I miss Ruegs - when the refs blew a call (gee imagine that), the Coaches & players would be yelling, "that's bullsheet; what the fugg, you gotta be fuggin kidding me" .... Tyler would be just as intense and mad, if not more so.... but he'd be standing right beside them screaming, "Oh come on, that's BOGUS"!!! LOL
He is a very talented hockey player.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 7:15:00 PM MDT
Off topic, but I heard that the actor who played Napolean Dynamite refused to say the cuss words in the script because of his beliefs/standards. His "Gosh" and all made the movie so much better.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 7:20:00 PM MDT
Much to do about nuttiin! He's just an 18 year old kid. Leave him alone.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 7:25:00 PM MDT
The bottom line is this: you can rationalize, justify, excuse or re-define intolerance. But it's still intolerance. Some of you don't like his religious beliefs and how he's expressed them. And you've got lots of reasons why he ought to shut up. Why not lighten up and give the kid a break? Heck, if he scores a couple of GWGs against DU this year, I'll bring my own lighted torch.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 7:26:00 PM MDT
It's a two way street Old Pio. Based on your logic, Rocco is being very intolerant of a woman's right to chose to wear whatever she wants as long as it fits within the bounds of the law.
The difference here is that nobody came up to Rocco and told him what to believe, he came out and told women what to wear. See the difference? That's the bottom line.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 8:27:00 PM MDT
Look at the old codgers jumping to Rocco's defense. You guys are wrapped a bit tight eh? Finish your drinks and take a deep breath.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 8:39:00 PM MDT
Sounds like Rocco needs to get laid.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 9:07:00 PM MDT
He's a tard...
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 9:46:00 PM MDT
Old Pio can swallow some old panties!
Am I right???
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 11:46:00 PM MDT
Hopefully DU coeds come up with something racey to welcome Rocco at Magness.
- Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 9:56:00 AM MDT
I agree with Old Pio. Everyone take a look at the whole statement the kid made... he is telling women and men alike to take personal responsibility for their actions. Wow... what a concept. DEFINITELY doesn't fit the ND mold. Refreshing to see a young man willing to stand up for what he believes.
- Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 12:09:00 PM MDT
He sounds thoroughly brainwashed by religion.
- Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 1:09:00 PM MDT
1:09. The poetic license that you took in your summary of Rocco's tweet is quite impressive. If I read the tweets like you did, I completely agree with your conclusion and completely support and respect Rocco for standing up in his belief that people need to take personal responsibility for their actions. That's quite a noble cause that I'm sure everyone can get behind.
The only problem is that you glossed over his sexist double standard tweets about telling women how they should dress. It's like attending a NAMBLA meeting and walking away with the message that "Love is a good thing and something we all need more of in our lives". Do you suppport NAMBLA too? Or are you intolerant?
- Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 1:30:00 PM MDT
kinda want to see Ryder send him through the glass in late february
- Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 1:16:00 PM MDT
Classic DG stirring the pot with no meat. Reading his banner you'd think he specifically called out DU students.
- Monday, October 3, 2011 at 9:07:00 AM MDT
- dggoddard said...
Moi? :-)
- Monday, October 3, 2011 at 9:36:00 AM MDT
Religious beliefs are like genitals. There's nothing wrong with liking yours but don't show it off or people might object.
- Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 11:15:00 PM MDT
First time I read that I saw 'licking', not 'liking'. There is something seriously wrong with the former.
- Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 6:50:00 PM MDT


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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
I Found Something We Can Watch, Until The Yankees Flop Again
Posted by Alphonso at 12:10 PM
The feature story was a guy who can't stop eating plastic bags. He eats 60 a day, sometimes. His wife to be, a 450 pounder herself, can't get him to eat food. She is not a bag eater.
His favorite are the blue bags that newspapers are delivered to homes in. Sometimes, he goes on raids and takes bags off other people's papers, before they wake up.
He eats all colors, but finds the blue ones the most tasty.
And we think we have problems.
Go Yankees.
Eat some more blue bags. At least that is interesting to watch.
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Now there's someone who REALLY mourns the slow death of print media...
- October 13, 2015 at 3:50 PM
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- Beef on Weck
- Wegman's
Once settled into our hotel (did I mention that we ended up staying in Hampton Inns the whole time and that they've become our new favorite mid-priced hotel chain? Comfy beds, friendly staff, good breakfast, good deal!), the Boy called his friend Biff, who's from Buffalo, for some dinner recommendations. That was the first time I ever heard her--or anyone--utter the phrase "beef on weck."
Granted, I've never been in upstate New York, and I only just got regular access to the Food Network, but I'd never heard of this local specialty. Basically it's a big roast beef sandwich, but the bun is a kummelweck roll, which is a big bun with caraway seeds and salt. Lots of salt. I must learn how to make this bun!
I had my beef on weck at Schwabl's, an old school joint that served up a mighty mighty good sandwich. The beef was piled high, and the roll was coated in salt. Even though the sandwich was huge, I managed to scarf it all, especially the bread, which was so good.
We also enjoyed a cocktail, which made the next stop a little tougher: Wegman's. Wegman's is a grocery chain that the former consumer goods researcher in me has been dying to go to. It's one of the best grocery chains in the country--good quality, good service. They've constantly been innovating (for example, according to their website, they've been recycling plastic bags since 1990), and have become one of the companies that sets the standard for other groceries.
And there was one right out the back of our hotel.
I'm not sure what the Boy really thinks when I beg to go to a grocery store, but after our Schwabl's dinner (and cocktail), we went over there and wandered around. Even though I wanted to buy a good number of items, I somehow managed to control myself. We did walk out with a few "taster" apples. These were small apples--maybe about half of a normal apple (or 1/3 of a big apple). They were crispy, slightly tart, and the perfect snack. So tasty!
All in all, a great night in Buffalo!


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Some federal Liberals fear single-issue pro-lifers are trying to hijack their weakened party.
Their fears have been stoked by the apparent re-emergence of a group calling itself Liberals for Life, which is promoting Trifon Haitas's bid to represent the party in a March 19 by-election in Toronto-Danforth.
The nomination meeting is tomorrow, so sane Libs don't have a lot of time to counter this move. If Haitas is well-organized and brings a lot of his Fetus Lobby friends, it could be a romp for the NDP and a huge black eye for the Elite Party of Canada.
Those fetus fetishists manage to screw everything up, don't they?


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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Altered Bo Bunny word album
I won't bother you with having to look at every page, I really had a lot of fun with this in the beginning. By the ninth page I was losing steam and ideas, but I think it turned out great! I used the Graphic 45 Christmas Past collections papers for this and I know I have said it before, but I love Graphic 45! Their papers blend together so well! I have some other Graphic 45 projects coming up, so stick around and I will try to give you more inspiration! As for now, thanks for looking!
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Altered Mini Purse Album
Me and this purse have a love hate relationship. I had previously covered it with a different paper and tried to Mod podge it. Guess what happened? Yep, it bubbled. I was so upset as all my work was down the drain. It is not easy trying to alter this with that velcro in the way. So I had to strip it and now we have this brightly covered purse using We R Memory Keepers Tiffany collection and rub ons! I hope you enjoy it and thanks for looking!
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Pages in Time Online Valentine's Crop
Mark your calendar's for this crop! Join us for fun challenges, games, chat, and a new tutorial! Small RAK's will be given to lucky participants! This is not a point based crop where you have to collect points for RAK's. All RAK's will be given away in a random drawing, but you must complete the challenge in order to qualify! So mark your calendars for Feb. 5th 6 pm EST. The crop will end on Feb 7th at midnight. You have until then to submit your layouts! So come join in the fun and good luck!
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Be mine Valentine's Card
This is a great card to make using your scraps! The papers are from the Basic Grey Bittersweet collection! I still have full size sheets of it, but I wanted to save those and use the scraps. I cut all the hearts out using my cricut expression. Doodled on a few of them using the white signo pen, and the black doodling was done with a black gelly roll pen. The flowers are some old Flora Doodle flowers I had and the leaves are made by Prima. Thanks for looking!
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Too Cool layout
Used more of the Bo Bunny snowy serenade collection. I believe I have used every bit of the blues. I only have two sheets left, but those could be used at any time of the year as they don't really look wintery. This was definitely one of the best collections I have ever had and I had so much fun with it!
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Altered Clipboard
This was a design team project for Pages in Time. It is my very first altered clipboard and I don't think it came out to shabby. Wasn't sure what to do about the top and I didn't want to piece it, so I left it as is. I love the colors and the papers! Hope you find inspiration in this and want to make your own!
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Winter Fun
I am really loving these Bo Bunny papers! I seem to have an obsession with snowflakes this year, and these papers just scream snowflakes! I used lots of stickles and glitter. I tried something new and stickled some of the snowflakes and then added glitter and the result is that the glitter sticks! No fly away glitter! Love it!
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
For this layout I used the new Basic Grey Origin's papers that came in the Pages in Time January kit. Very easy to work with and I think it came out great. As I get older I think every birthday is going to do me in, but no! I still feel like a kid inside!
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Friday, January 1, 2010
For this lo I used the December add-on kit from Pages in Time. The papers are made by Bo Bunny and they are sooo beautiful! I also used some Prima flowers and bling. And my trust Cricut expression made the snowflakes and flourish. I did use stickles but they don't show up in the photo. Wish you could see how my layout sparkles!
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Texas – An EPA official says coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and other industries won't face delays as the federal agency takes over the greenhouse gas permitting for Texas.
Al Armendariz, a regional director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, says officials are ready to start issuing permits. Since Jan. 2 the new permits are required for large businesses that release greenhouse gases and are building new facilities or making major renovations.
Texas has estimated 167 projects would be affected by the new rules.
The EPA decided to issue greenhouse gas permits directly to Texas industries after the state refused to comply with the new Clean Air Act regulations.
Texas is suing to stop the EPA from implementing the plan.
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Sukha Rajma/ Dry Red Kidney Beans
1) 1 cup of Rajma/Red Kidney Beans
2) 1 tablespoon of ginger, chopped
3) 3-4 green chilies, chopped
4) 1 tablespoon of coriander seeds, lightly crushed
5) 1 teaspoon of red chili powder
6) 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
7) Salt to taste
8) 3 tablespoons of ghee/butter
9) 4-5 sprigs of cilantro, chopped
1) Soak rajma in water overnight
2) Pressure cook rajma until soft (3 whistles)
3) Heat ghee/butter in a pan on medium heat. Add, ginger and green chilies. Stir for a minute.
4) Now add, coriander seed, red chili powder, black pepper, salt and pressure cooked rajma without water. Stir it for 3-4 minutes until all the water evaporates
5) Garnish with cilantro. Serve it with roti/paratha and boondi raita
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Tsukimiya Ringo is the adviser and teacher of Saotome Academy Class A. He is actually an infamous male idol who cross-dresses as a female. At first, it was speculated that he liked cross-dressing, but it was later revealed in the game that, while working as an idol, his agency told him that he looked so cute and forced him to cross-dress in order to get any work!
Another amazing cosplay by Nazs from Thailand! You might remember her since I just featured her as Ikki from Amnesia, and I think she makes a fabulous Ringo as well! Thanks to Rei for sending this in!
Source: Nazs on World Cosplay
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{Note: This is from last year}
This week's message isn't so much a "Safety" message as a reminder…..
The road to being a good firefighter, Paramedic, Rescue Worker is a JOURNEY. A journey that never ends. One in which you should keep in mind from whence you came and Why (a topic for a later blog when we get to "W")
The journey to becoming a firefighter/paramedic can be a long hard one and that journey doesn't stop when you pass your firefighter/EMT/Paramedic exam. It is a journey that continues till the day you retire (and even then it is questionable that the journey ends there as firefighting – so I hear – becomes a part of you and gets into your blood. Till that day, the journey continues and a big part of that journey is continued LEARNING and improving (or getting BETTER)
I came across this webpage and thought it was interesting Journey to Firefighter
Remember It's a JOURNEY (with both ups & downs) and Stay SAFE


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Archive for June 2009
Recording Streaming Automatically
I wanted to record a streamed radio show automatically once a week at a certain time, for a certain duration. Enter mplayer, cron and a simple shell script:
# show.sh URL="mmsh://url" DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d) OUTFILE="$HOME/Music/Show/show-$DATE.asf" [ -f "$OUTFILE" ] && rm -f "$OUTFILE" mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile $OUTFILE $URL & PID=$! sleep 10800 kill $PID
Then add a cron entry as follows:
0 7 * * Sun $HOME/bin/show.sh
This will record the specified stream for three hours, every Sunday at 7am local time.