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When I was growing up, the Traditional Chinese Doctor was possibly the most respected person a child was ever going to meet. More so than his teacher, grand parents, or parents.
In the unfortunate event of a child having a fever and needing to visit a doctor, he would be taken to the consulting room of a Traditional Chinese Doctor. The room was generally sparsely equipped, with a redwood consulting desk in the middle, set with some calligraphy brushes, an ink well and Chinese rice paper. On the wall behind the doctor you could expect a giant calligraphy piece extolling his skills – literally translated as "kind heart, kind skills". On another wall there would perhaps be a Chinese water-colour with a theme relating to doctoring. Doctors were said to have the "heart of mothers and fathers".
This is a Chinese painting that used to hang in my consulting room. The Chinese characters can be translated as "the warmth of spring in almond groves". In the Chinese tradition, "almond groves" signify medicine, originating from a Chinese legend of a doctor who lived in the Three Kingdoms era. Instead of paying him, his patients were asked to plant almond trees, five for a serious illness cured, and one for a minor ailment and so on. Both the painter and calligrapher were leading figures in the literary/art world of their times.
Doctors have the heart of mothers and fathers everywhere.
How true this is for most doctors. Sometimes they do literally have the patient's heart too as this Guardian Blog shows.
This little paragraph says it all!!!
The best doctors find this just as frustrating as patients do. One consultant used to have a system where patients suffering sudden relapses and needing urgent attention could ring his secretary direct and be seen within 24 hours. Hospital administrators now demand that all such cases are referred, much more slowly, through GPs. A dedicated cancer consultant sometimes has to postpone clinic sessions because he is attending research meetings at three or four weeks' notice. His secretary used to phone the 10 patients involved individually to apologise, explain and ask when they would like to re-book. That is now banned. His request to cancel a clinic has to be referred to four layers of management before a clipped official hospital letter goes out informing patients of the change.
Research co-author Dr Peter Samuel said: "Although partnerships are found elsewhere in the public sector, NHS Scotland's stands out as distinct and novel. It has survived for over a decade, defying reorganisation and changes in administrations, and it can offer valuable lessons in how to improve industrial relations.
………Dr Samuel said: "The policymakers of NHS Scotland clearly concluded the only way to deliver better healthcare was to improve the way staff were engaged. This led to the establishment of various structures at national and local levels to give staff more say in decisions affecting their working lives and healthcare provision.
Allowing Private Sector into the NHS will only take away more of the little money we have for the NHS. I know they love the NHS too, but for a different reason.


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This photo was taken in the 1930s, and it could be any pond anywhere in New England, anywhere on the continent where it gets cold enough to skate. This old family photo was not taken by me, but I wish it had. I wish I had been there for at least that afternoon, my skate laces tied together, and skates suspended over my shoulder on the walk to the pond.
This used to be a universal scene in the winter. Skating was not just for kids on double runners being toted to indoor rinks by dads who used to play hockey in college, who zoom around like sharks among the minnows, proving they've still got it.
Skating was a social activity, like a town picnic in summer or an ice cream social. It was about community, and was a cheaper way to fight cabin fever in January than flying down to the Caribbean.
Also, since TV was not around when these good folks took to the ice, they had no reason to stay home and become couch potatoes. It was sunny, and evidently not too bitter, so they took themselves to the pond to skate with neighbors. He's wearing a tie. She's wearing a skirt. They weren't athletes. They had no pretensions to speed and nothing to risk or prove by turning a Sunday afternoon diversion into an extreme sport. They linked arms and took a proper turn around the pond while a loudspeaker played "The Skater's Waltz." They stopped at the warming house for cup of hot chocolate and a bit of gossip. It was all very polite and very social.
New England has its share of Olympic figure skating heroes, and an important innovation in figure skating was developed by Everett H. Barney of Springfield, Mass., whose Barney & Berry company manufactured early ice skates. Mr. Barney invented the little metal clamp devices that would allow you to clamp your skate onto your shoe, relegating the old cumbersome leather strap to history. His invention helped ice skating become an extremely popular winter pastime in the late 19th century.
Later on the boot as part of the skate was developed. As you can see, the lady wears black skates, similar to the gentleman's. It wasn't until Sonja Henie's flashy adoption of skates with white boots that led to their popularity for women and girls.
Been there? Done that? Able to skate backward? Let us know.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Ice Skating in New England
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Press Release
The OJHL announced today that Aurora Tigers netminder Kevin Entmaa has been named the Gongshow Gear Goaltender-of-the-Month after posting a 5-1-0 record with two shutouts throughout the month of December.
After finishing as the runner-up for the monthly honour in November, Entmaa continued his stellar play into December, helping the Tigers become not only one of the top teams in the North-East Conference, but the entire OJHL. He would string together a 10 game winning streak dating back to November 9 before finally falling to Trenton in mid-December. Entmaa's five victories included back-to-back shutouts over Georgetown and Burlington, adding to his league-leading total of five, and a shutout streak of 129:42. Perhaps most impressive was a 38 save relief performance that saw the Tigers down the top-ranked Kingston Voyageurs 5-4 in a shootout. Along with leading the OJHL in shutouts, Entmaa also ranks first with a 2.05 goals against average, second with 19 wins and third with a .931 save percentage.
"I am very honoured to receive this award," said the Tigers' netminder. "The Tigers have had an incredible last couple of months and I believe that this award is a reflection of the performance of the entire team. I'd like to thank James Richmond and the Aurora Tigers organization for their support and also for the opportunities that they have given me in the past couple years."
Denny Dubblestyne of the Trenton Golden Hawks was runner-up to Entmaa as the OJHL Goaltender-of-the-Month. Dubblestyne posted a 5-2-0 record in December with a 1.98 goals against average and a .925 save percentage.
(Nathan can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com)
Lowell's Ellsworth Headed to Norwich as Head Coach
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Howard League for Penal Reform
We could not have done it without your support. Our work does not end here; there is still much to do. As prisons continue to deteriorate, with violence, self-injury and suicide rising to record levels, we want to ensure that we can take action like this again in the future. Can you help by making a donation?
Our movement is growing. Today shows what Howard League members can achieve by working together. Our legal challenge, taken jointly with the Prisoners' Advice Service, will change lives.
With your support, the Howard League can continue this vital work to build a fairer society with less crime, safer communities and fewer people in prison.
Thank you.
Frances Crook.
Continued http://howardleague.org/news/courtofappealrulingonlegalaid/
Government prisoner legal aid cuts judged 'unlawful' by Court of Appeal
Written by: Nicholas Mairs Posted On: 11th April 2017
Rules introduced by ministers to stop legal aid being granted to prisoners in certain situations have been deemed unlawful by the Court of Appeal.
The three judges found rules around pre-tariff reviews by the Parole Board, category-A reviews, and decisions on placing inmates in close supervision centres, to be "inherently unfair".
The judges' unanimous verdict ruled that the government did not provide enough "alternative support" after stripping back legal aid.
Counter-terrorism taskforce launched to fight prison extremism
Liz Truss: "Prisons can be difficult places, but they can also be places of hope"
EXCL Humiliation for government as just 10 ex-prison wardens join jail reserve scheme
Liz Truss urged to let judges give shorter jail sentences to reduce prison crowding
Liz Truss: "Prisons can be difficult places, but they can also be places of hope"
EXCL Humiliation for government as just 10 ex-prison wardens join jail reserve scheme
Liz Truss urged to let judges give shorter jail sentences to reduce prison crowding
"The consequence is that almost no changes have been introduced to replace the gap left by the removal of legal aid," they said.
"We have concluded that, at a time when ... the evidence about prison staffing levels, the current state of prisons, and the workload of the Parole Board suggests that the system is under considerable pressure, the system has at present not got the capacity sufficiently to fill the gap in the run of cases in those three areas."
Campaigners who challenged the cuts, which were introduced by then justice secretary Chris Grayling in 2013, hailed the judgment as a "groundbreaking victory".
The successful appeal by the Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prisoners' advice service could now pave the way for a judicial review.
Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: "It vindicates our concerns that cuts imposed by the former Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling, in 2013 presented a grave risk that prisoners would become stuck in a broken system.
"This sends a clear message that important decisions about prisoners cannot be made efficiently or fairly in the face of these cuts. We look forward to hearing from the Lord Chancellor with her plans to give effect to the judgment," she added.
Deborah Russo, joint managing solicitor of the Prisoners' Advice Service, said: "This is an unprecedented and groundbreaking legal victory in which the vulnerability of the prison population is fully recognised as a key factor in its limited ability to access justice. Common law came to the rescue of a marginalised and often forgotten sector of our society."
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "We note the court of appeal's judgment on changes made to legal aid regulations – introduced in 2013 – and will consider whether to appeal."
Sucide after been told you will be deported.
Out of control prison
Lis Truss show contempt to prison Ministers
Failing of care say experts
Lack of action is the cause of rising death tole
Politics UKhttp://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2017/04/10/court-ruling-wipes-away-the-last-remnants-of-grayling-s-moj
Lis trust should be stripped of lord Chancellor rolw, Cabinet urges Theresa May......http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/05/cabinet-ministers-call-prime-minister-strip-liz-truss-lord-chancellor/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw
Bereaved families bring case against government over prisoners suicides. Lis Truss and the governor of Hmp Woodhill are subject of cases brought bt relatives of those who have taken there lives at the prison.http://howardleague.org/news/courtofappealrulingonlegalaid/
Winchester prison failure to provide mental health, despite warnings and inquest into deaths http://howardleague.org/news/courtofappealrulingonlegalaid/
New blow to Justice Secretary Liz Truss as MPs say: scrap plans for prison league tables.
Prison reform March 2017
Prison office acted unlawfull causing death.
Sucide after been told you will be deported.
Out of control prison
Lis Truss show contempt to prison Ministers
Failing of care say experts
Lack of action is the cause of rising death tole
Privatizing the prison Lis Truss....? https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2017/mar/28/privatising-prisons-wont-stop-reoffending-charities-will?CMP=share_btn_tw
Horton Go Justice Committee! You tell Liz Truss! She hasn't a clue.
Animus He was just 18 when they took him . supposed to be gang related ... sorry but they were all mates from 4 years of age.
Jez This is what happens. Friends look out for each other and become a social group. They can become in trenched in a gang style life. Judges tend to be totally out of touch with that way of life and aren't encouraged to bear this in mind when passing sentence. Being in prison doesn't improve his trust of anyone outside his social group either. That's why its so important that they, the probation and prison service show those respect and help thoughts through there sentence positively.
Maura i have 3 sons on ipp with ten years i don't feel like im alive its a night mare sentence i some times think i cant go on no longer my sons were kids when they went to prison i pray every day just to see them free before i die they did not kill or rape any one i read you created this sentences for that kind of crime im dead inside since lost them please some one listen and get rid of IPP give a sentence with a little hope please please my sons need hope so do i please god
The London school of Economics and Political Science is on the 16 May 2017 will be working on the parole board system as more people are serving indeterminate sentences than than in other 48 countrys.
At the meeting Academics and criminal justice professionals will be challenging the current system for deciding if someone can be safely be released from prison and suggest an alternative way of approaching risk and release from prison for those serving the longest sentences. i will be attending.
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PRIME MINISTER: The Coalition Government will always stand up for the rule of law.
Today I am re-presenting to the Parliament — the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 — to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
This will ensure the rule of law prevails on building sites across the country. A fair, safe and productive building and construction industry is crucial to the Government's economic plan for jobs and growth.
Following the double-dissolution election, which we called as a result of the Senate twice rejecting this legislation, we have a clear mandate to proceed with our election commitment to re-establishing the ABCC.
Re-establishing the ABCC will boost economic growth and generate more jobs in the building and construction industry.
The building and construction industry is a key driver of growth and is vital to the competitiveness and prosperity of the Australian economy.
As a sector, it is the nation's third largest employer.
One in every 10 Australian employees rely on this industry for jobs and income.
The building and construction sector accounts for around eight per cent of gross domestic product. Unfortunately for too many years, the industry has provided the worst examples of illegal industrial behaviour, unnecessary disruption and unrest.
Two royal commissions have now identified systemic unlawful behaviour in the construction industry.
The sheer weight of evidence regarding this unlawful conduct is staggering.
The case for re-establishing the ABCC is stronger now than when the Bill was first introduced in 2013.
As far back as 2003, the Cole Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry documented a litany of examples of industrial relations lawlessness.
In its final report late last year, the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption presided over by former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon revealed nothing has changed.
The industry is still marred by illegal strikes, constant bullying, intimidation and thuggery.
Dozens of court decisions since 2005 have highlighted the lawless culture within the industry.
At the end of July 2016 there were 107 CFMEU representatives either before the courts, the Fair Work Commission or both for breaches of industrial law. The courts have imposed fines of over $8.25 million on the CFMEU and its officials.
However, clearly the current penalty levels are ineffective in deterring unlawful conduct by construction unions. As the courts have noted, the CFMEU appears to regard financial penalties as 'simply a business cost like any other', and that 'there is plainly a need to impose punishment to deter the CFMEU and others like it from treating this country's industrial laws as little more than an annoyance'.
The Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 is introduced in the same form as the bills which were voted down twice by the previous Parliament.
The main object of this Bill is to provide an improved workplace relations framework to ensure building and construction work is carried out fairly, efficiently and productively for the benefit of all building industry participants and for the benefit of the Australian economy as a whole.
The Bill upholds and promotes respect for the rule of law and ensures respect for the rights of all building industry participants.
The Bill includes the ability for the courts to impose significant penalties for individuals and organisations that participate in unlawful action.
The Bill contains appropriate and effective safeguards to ensure due process.
The use of the ABCC examination powers will continue to be reviewed and reported on by the Commonwealth Ombudsman. A re-established ABCC will also administer a building code that will govern industrial relations arrangements for government-funded projects.
This will ensure that the enterprise bargaining agreements and the conditions on government funded building sites are fair and that taxpayer dollars are used efficiently.
An advance version of the code has been released.
The code is intended to formally commence at the same time as the re-established ABCC. The Government remains firmly committed to the twin goals of addressing lawlessness in the building and construction industry while also improving safety.
For this reason, the Bill retains the role of the Federal Safety Commissioner and the Australian Government Building and Construction Work Health and Safety Accreditation Scheme.
There is strong evidence that the Federal Safety Commissioner has improved safety in the industry.
The majority of companies covered by the scheme have reported significant declines in injury rates.
Accredited companies have fewer fatalities – although, as we know, any fatality is one too many. Regrettably, many falsehoods have been spread by building unions about the scope and intent of this legislation.
Even more regrettably, some of these falsehoods have been repeated by members and Senators in the previous Parliament.
They have suggested, wrongly, that bill would deny human rights and liberties, and that it will impact on safety and productivity.
These suggestions are not only far-fetched and fanciful but offensive. I can assure you that the Bill contains no provisions that would prevent legitimate safety issues on building sites from being raised and addressed by employees, unions, or state and territory work health and safety regulators.
The concerns raised about the ABCC's use of compulsory examination powers are also not valid.
Powers of this kind are not novel.
They are available to a range of other Commonwealth regulatory bodies such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, the Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink and Medicare.
It has been said that productivity did not grow under the ABCC.
Again, a falsehood.
In fact, when the ABCC existed, the economic and industrial performance of the building sector improved significantly. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows that, during the operation of the ABCC, labour productivity in the construction industry increased by 20 per cent.
In contrast, the market sector industries index increased by only 12 per cent. The ABS data also shows that, following the abolition of the ABCC, both labour productivity and multifactor productivity in the construction sector remain flat.
The Coalition Government is committed to doing all that is necessary to reform the building and construction industry to ensure the rule of law prevails in this sector.
Taxpayers, consumers, small businesses and workers will all benefit from the re-establishment of the ABCC. Importantly, this Bill encourages productivity and the pursuit of high levels of employment in the building and construction industry.
It will ensure that the government's policy to deliver the infrastructure of the 21st century is delivered on time and on budget.
This bill will create jobs and investment by ensuring employers and workers in the industry can get on with the job without fear of intimidation. The Coalition Government wholeheartedly believes that every worker in this country deserves to be able to go to work each day without fear of being harassed, intimidated or subjected to violence.
When the laws are not strong enough to deter unlawful behaviour, something is wrong and something needs to be done.
No person in Australia — woman or man — should have to work in an industry where the rule of law is routinely defied.
The Productivity Commission has pointed out that female participation in the industry has declined over the past two decades.
This is against the trend in most other industries. It is hardly surprising that women might be hesitant about engaging in an industry where there is so much documented evidence of bullying and intimidation.
We hear repeatedly from those opposite excuses for the bad behaviour of the CFMEU.
The point they refuse to acknowledge is that the CFMEU's unlawful and damaging industrial disruption drives higher costs in the industry which, in turn, threatens the ability to fund construction of more schools, hospitals and other important social infrastructure.
Blockades and work stoppages cripple productivity and delay the delivery of important projects like the Commonwealth Games sites on the Gold Coast and the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane.
We also need to stop rogue union officials using safety as an industrial weapon. Safety on building sites is paramount and should not be undermined.
The Coalition Government will honour its commitment to the Australian people to restore the rule of law on our building sites.
This Bill will ensure our construction industry is safe, productive and free of intimidation and harassment. This will create the conditions for Australians to get the infrastructure they need at a price we can afford.
I commend the Bill to the House.


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With all the complains I'm about to do, the chance of me of changing to different phone is slim. It is simply the most entertaining phone I've had. On one hand, I cannot help but think that I'm inside the firm controlling grasp of Apple, on the other hand, it's been my best friend for all my waiting hours whether it's at a Dr's office or at an airport.
Today the worst experience I've had with iPhone happened. I've had iPhone 4 for about three weeks and it just dropped dead a day before my trip to New Orleans. I didn't even get a chance to drop the phone. There was no flickering, there was no warning. It just died. My parents would probably say "that's the best way to go". After fiddling with it for half an hour trying out different power sources, I made a reservation with the local Genius bar. Luckily it's not too far from my house and there is availability for today.
The guy at the Genius asks me, "so, what's wrong with it", "I don't know. I just can't get it up", At the same time I'm thinking 'that's what she said'. He asked me if I use 3rd party power source. "Yes" I use this Brookstone iPhone 3 compatible speaker system which I had used with 3GS without any issue for more than 6 mos. Is that the problem? He says yes. Well, it worked just fine for my 3GS. Well, it probably use higher voltage than recommended. so Is iPhone 4 more sensitive to Voltage difference that iPhone 3? Could be. Just don't use any 3rd party charger. he said as he was setting me up with a new phone.
I mean they are just nice enough and polite enough for me to not lose it. But I'm quite disappointed that my $100 iPhone accessory is about to go obsolete. Is it so silly of me to expect all the accessories I've used for 3GS to work with 4. Some part of me wants to say "Screw you, Apple, I'm moving on". The other part of me is thinking "You're the best thing that ever happened to me even with your quirks"


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Recap: ECB Decision Day
Mario Draghi's press conference on monetary policy by the European Central Bank has ended.
The ECB announced its decision to keep core interest rates on hold at 0.75%. Earlier, the Bank of England announced its decision to keep interest rates on hold at 0.5%.
David Cottle in London and Brian Blackstone in Frankfurt live-blogged the meeting.
This blog has now closed.


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PBX systems are generally viewed as a long-term investment. According to the industry mavens who track buying trends, most companies refresh their voice communications technology about once every 10 years – generally when moving to a new location or when some kind of tragedy strikes the old system. Compared with computers, which tend to be replaced every 36 months, PBXs move at a glacial pace. Why the slow roll on the phone gear? Because changing out the old in favor of the new is disruptive, expensive and historically didn't bring much of a value-add to the company. But as the man said, the times – they are 'a changing.
Today, there are several excellent reasons to ditch the old PBX dinosaur in favor of one of the many mammals that have recently appeared on the market. Top among those is Voice over IP (VoIP). Rather than requiring a separate phone line or channel for each phone call, VoIP uses a much more efficient means of moving your voice from one place to another. In a VoIP system, the audio gets converted into data and is sent across a data network (most often the Internet). It uses the same pipes as your email, IM and web packets. Once voice is turned into data it can do some pretty cool stuff. It can connect multiple locations together for free. It can tie-in remote employees anywhere in the world. Most intriguingly, it can let you give the local phone company the big heave-ho, replacing their overpriced lines with a less costly service from an Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) or competitive carrier.
How does this relate to dinosaurs and forklifts? Well, in some cases it just doesn't make sense to crank up the forklift and heave the old PBX beast out the door. Perhaps it's been tied into your workflow. Maybe your staff just loves those avocado green phones from 1978. Or perhaps you just don't want to spend the gobs of money it will take to replace it. Fair enough. If any of those cases is true for you and yours, what you really need is a Digium VoIP gateway. A gateway is a small box that hooks to the data network on one side, and to your PBX on the other. It speaks T1 (or E1, if you happen to be outside the US) to the dinosaur while speaking SIP (the most common flavor of VoIP) to an ITSP, remote worker or location.
The Digium VoIP Gateway looks just like the evil old phone company to your evil old PBX. It will never know the difference. But just on the other side of the cable, the gateway is quietly converting the phone calls into VoIP calls and routing them across the Internet. The gateway is a clever little thing. You can set it up to send calls to various destinations based on the number dialed. That way you can set up free calling between your locations (a function frequently called "toll bypass") and discount calling to outside destinations using a ITSP. Depending on how much calling your business does, this can reduce your monthly phone costs by as much as half. All without engaging the services of the forklift or annoying the dinosaur.
For more information on Digium gateways, register for this free webinar, "Gateway To Paradise: Discover Digium's New VoIP Gateways." The webinar provides practical tips to make VoIP installations easier for you. You can also learn more about Digium gateways with this free e-guide that you can download now. (And if you think it may be time to shoo the dinosaurs out of your life, take a gander at Switchvox , our IP PBX and Unified Communications system.)


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Christmas in February February 3, 2010Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast.
I took these pictures in December but was too lazy to upload them til now!
Peppermint mocha from Starbucks! I love the Christmas drinks and wish they serve them year round because they're awesome. There's actual chocolate sprinkles in there! I'm so tempted to go buy some peppermint extract and re-create this myself 'cause it's SO good!
Beauty shot:
Yay! 😀
So glad my housemate decided to get coffee after dinner that time 'cause otherwise I would have been oblivious to this wonder forever!
And check out the cup, eh? I wish it was Christmas right now 😦
Also, cream cheese with bread and fruit totally owns my life. Unfortunately you need a lot of cream cheese in order to stand out against the oatmeal so I don't usually have it for breakfast, but with nice, crunchy toast it's amazing! I love cheese!
Anyway, between the intense house drama between my housemates, and this intense workload that comes out of no where around midterm season [always usually due to putting work off til the last minute], my final semester sure isn't boring! In fact, I'm pulling an all-nighter homework session to celebrate! Maybe it's time for another trip to Starbucks…
[instant coffee doesn't have as strong an effect as actual coffee–anyone else notice this?? Oh and while on subject of coffee–anyone know what type of coffee is the strongest??? I have some all-nighters in my future and need all the help I can get!]
- 1. Sam - February 3, 2010
haha, i know what you mean about putting things off 'til last minute, but it makes life so much more exciting that way! haha
And on the coffee, dunkin donuts coffee is the strongest, i know from experience and i read it in a men's magazine (so it must be true.) It's kind of expensive, but i got a free sample of it in the mail and it had me twitching for hours… But if you have a dunkin donuts near you, you could just taste test it before you made a commitment.
And i like cheese too, but i prefer cottage cheese, but cream cheese and locks on a bagel is a family favorite, so i scarf it down whenever we get some.
And i know i'm rambling. But i miss Christmas too. I decided to play miss 50s housewife and baked all these cookies to hand out as presents and i totally wish i was back there (but this time with a ruffly apron)
- 2. Vivi - February 4, 2010
i'm so glad you finally decided to post! I'm new to your blog and i totally love it! In case one day you wonder if there was any purpose to all of this blog, remember this: You made someone happy by introducing them to oatmeal 😀 I never really liked it that much until i started playing with it like you do!
Cheese is the AWESOMEST!!! And i totally agree with the bagel + cream cheese thing… the best! It's too bad bagels are hard to find and probably way too expensive in Paris.. 😦
On the coffee subject: i'm completely ignorant. I just started drinking it last year (with milk and sugar).
Hope to hear from you again soon.
- 3. Sphinged - February 6, 2010
I don't know about kinds of coffee…
What I do know is that longer exposure to high temperatures makes the bean release more caffeine. That's why instant coffee isn't as powerful as the 'real' stuff. Try brands that need to steep for 15-20 minutes or more.
Oh, and switch to decaf (or teas) on days that you don't need to be awake as long. That way you'll get more of a punch out of the caffeine on days that you do have it.
- 4. jen - February 7, 2010
the lighter the roast the more caffiene. so starbucks mild would have the most and lattes the least
- 5. Sagan - February 9, 2010
Ooh that cup IS so festive!
My favourite way to eat cream cheese is in a sandwich. Smear cream cheese on one side, hummus on the other, pile it high with vegetables and a few apple slices, and grill it in the George Foreman. The hummus and cream cheese melt together and it's so much oozy goodness! I love it.
- Sam - February 10, 2010
:O <– me, speechless
- 6. Cheryl - February 17, 2010
peppermint leaf tea, i little sweetner, and soymilk….UM


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I recall having a conversation with two political reporters at a Progressive Bloggers event in the East Block on Parliament Hill. Our host was the well respected Progressive Conservative, Senator Elaine McCoy. I should also note that I believe she is the last Senator standing in the Senate as a Progressive Conservative, steadily defying Stephen Harper and his Reform minded colleagues.
We had a big discussion on the value of the Senate. I was for throwing it out and two parliamentary reporters were all for keeping it. They agreed it was a little undemocratic, yet okay in a democracy and far superior to the American model of elected Senators.
They cited the example of Parliament putting the boots to abortion and the Senate stopping it. We can thank the Senate for one maybe four or five occasions when it did not follow its political masters in the House Of Commons and abortion remained legal.
So here is a major test. Every person in Canada pretty much knows that crime is way down. Almost every person in Canada knows someone that smokes dope. The new crime bill brings massive change and costs. We will see many more Canadians in jail. We will see the cost of keeping them there sky-rocket. Almost every progressive voice in this country says this is wrong.
I have a question for all you good people that support the Senate. Will the chamber of so called 'sober second thought' stop the omnibus crime bill as it is?I'm willing to reconsider supporting a senate of some kind if the Senate we have today steps up to the plate and tosses this legislation right back at Harper. Its time my two political buddies on Parliament Hill start proving the Senate has value. Its time the MSM start calling on the Senate to full fill its mandate.


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40th Birthday
Jeni Mc Tuesday, August 01, 2017 2 comments
I have made this card for my nephew , The photo was taken 35 years ago and I can't believe it was that long ago . I cut the card using Tattered Lace and after designing the background paper I cut that to fit , I added cat stickers and a bike as he cycles a lot .
I made the balloons and 40 by cutting several copies of them and laminating them together .
I sprayed them with spray and sparkle and added glitter .
I would like to enter this card into the following challenge ___________
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I found a report by the Design Council entitled "Lessons from Europe" that points out the importance of multidisciplinary team work in design education.
The report highlights many design thinking qualities that we identified:
"In terms of key competencies it was felt team members need to have strong communications skills and an appreciation of the role of other disciplines in the innovation process. Most felt it was also important to approach problems from the user's perspective and to have a high tolerance for ambiguity. An ability to be entrepreneurial was also seen as a key attribute. In terms of personal characteristics, openness, empathy, passion and respect for others were all mentioned. The concept of 'paternity' was also used to describe the ability to co-create an idea and then let it go." (p. 5)
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I wonder whether we could tailor assignments much more towards building on the multi-disciplinary nature of our students.


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Weird & Whacked Wednesday Part I
Hey Peeps and anyone else checking in. A special "Hey" goes out to Hazel Mae.
Another Wednesday - another look back at the some of the "interesting" stories that made headlines. For those of you who haven't been here before, Wednesday entries take a look back at the "notable newsmakers" from the world of sports over the past week or so. The stories generally fall under the category of weird or whacked, with the select few eclipsing the aforementioned to set the bar as low as downright silly or just plain dumb. As always, I'll let you decide where you think they fit.
Members of the French National Team (formerly known as Arsenal) have criticized soccer fans in Paris for booing the team in recent friendlies - the latest being a 1-0 victory over Mexico. Arsenal's striker Thierry Henry was one of the players who called out the Parisiens; Henry claims that the treatment the team receives in Paris is unheard of in England, where "even when (Arsenal) is losing at Highbury, the fans keep cheering and supporting us." Leave it to the damn French to boo most of the team - but reserve their cheers for Zidane, a crapper if there ever was one. Another French player suggested that "Les Bleus" not play in Paris anymore - saying that crowd in Marseille, St. Etienne and Lens are much more supportive and deserving of watching them play.
File this one under just plain dumb - on both sides. First, for professional players who complain about being booed; with fans paying upwards of $100 to watch the kind of soccer France has played in recent years...they have every right to boo the team - suck it up fellas, it happens to the best of them. Secondly, to fans who pay all this money to boo their National team - what's up with that? Why not just stay home, go get drunk...or do what fans of the SenaTards do? (Stay up all night and flood the sports radio station with whining calls about how much the team let them down) Oh yeah...cheering Zidane? On behalf of my man Figo - I'm NOT feelin' that at all.
That crusty old Scot Sir Alex Ferguson made headlines last week when Manchester United announced that they had fired Mike Stone, the Red Devils team doctor. While there was no definitive reason given, reports suggest that Ferguson had held Stone responsible for some of the positive reports about Rooney's progress. Stone had been treating Rooney for his broken foot, with all seemingly going well - England's team doctor has stated Rooney could be ready for the round of 16 at the World Cup. Ferguson has been doing his best to rain all over England's parade, suggesting that Rooney isn't fit enough to play and should stay in England. Ferguson is of the belief that team and paycheque comes before representing your country. Read the story...its British soccer at its best.
File this one under weird. You fire the man who is responsible for treating your star player - because he has done such a good job that the player might be ready to play on the world's biggest stage. Hey Fergie, Chelsea is ready to welcome Shevchenko - a healthy Rooney won't make a difference next year, Jose and Co. win another title. Funny sign seen in Germany - "Rooney is coming - lock up your grannies." If you haven't heard about the tumultous past of Wayne Rooney, you don't know what you are missing.
Ladies and Gentlemen - meet Tom Timmerman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Tom, who covers soccer for the paper, is a shining example of how North Americans just don't get it when it comes to soccer. His story (believe me, it IS a story) starts out on the right path talking about Brazil being the favourite at this year's World Cup - they are always one of the favourites. I think Tom was stumped after his initial two paragraphs and dug through the archives to find a World Cup recap from the 80's. Tom warns that Italy, Germany, Argentina and England are threats - maybe in the past Tom. While you impressed with your google search, throwing out names like:
- Crespo "who plays for one of the top teams in the world" - yes Tom, but Hernan had trouble cracking the lineup;
- Totti "who is recovering from a broken foot" - and multiple brain cramps;
- Rooney and Owen who are both recovering from injuries - and the "pinpoint" passes of Beckham (who hasn't done anything of note on the world stage or in Spain in the last few years);
- Ballack who is a great player - "though Germany isn't fielding one of its stronger teams";
Here's a hint - after Brazil, you want to be looking at Portugal (of course), the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, maybe Spain or Serbia and Montenegro. If you want a dark horse, the Ivory Coast. Tom, go back to covering the exploits of Albert Pujols - or maybe you'd prefer to cover Lou Brock, Bob Gibson and Dizzy Dean.
Late start tonight gang, and I have an early day tomorrow - back on Thursday with more on:
- the SenaTards, the Bruins and the Maple Leafs (they just overpaid for McCabe)
- Rick Tocchett and Janet Gretzky are like a young couple "thinking of getting pregnant" - only they're thinking of suing the state of New Jersey.
- the Argos, Ricky Williams and Joe Theismann
- the damn French part II...Lance Armstrong clear for a transgression he didn't commit in 1999.
all this and more.
Have a great one peeps.
Hazel, I hope things are groovy in your world - if reports are true about you going for major bucks at ESPN...I say GO GET 'EM! They know you are worth it - NESN knows you are worth it - betcha Rogers knows too...they still haven't replaced you.
Song of the Night on Hazelspeeps - for Tom Timmerman's confusion about the World Cup
Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
Peesth Out...Buh Bye!


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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Design Challenge
10 comments:
- Debra @ Common Ground said...
Hi Nita, thanks so so much for spreading the word!! I'm just so excited to get this going. And wow, I DO love this kitchen!!
xoxo Debra
- July 28, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Lou Cinda @ Tattered Hydrangeas said...
LOVE this kitchen!!
Lou Cinda
- July 28, 2011 at 9:34 AM
- Amy @MaisonDecor said...
Wow I am so going over there to drool and look around! Gotta love blogging connections~
- July 28, 2011 at 9:49 AM
- la Brocanteuse said...
Hello , thank you for linking back to my blog. I enjoyed photographing Pauline's house and there will be a follow up soon...since she changed around a bit and promissed me that I could share it on my blog. have a lovely weekend
kind regards
Col ~Afrique du sud
- July 28, 2011 at 10:08 AM
- Crystal Rose Cottage said...
Gorgeous kitchens! I am going to check out these blogs!~Hugs, Patti
- July 28, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Ginger Zuck said...
Shut the front door! I think I am drooling! What a georgous living room. I felt like I was looking through a magazine! Stunning!
- July 28, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- Connie said...
Design Challenge is a great idea. I've always wished I had help and what's greater than free help.
Let's encourage this idea.
- July 28, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- Cindy said...
I think the idea of getting help from Blogland is very good. Of course a person should do what they really want, but sometimes it is so nice to get a second or even third opinion.
Your dog is some hero, it's so sweet that he wanted to check out where the other dogs had been in the kitchen.
The kitchen from SA is so gorgeous! I love the attention she has given to detail.
I will have to check it out further.
Hugs, Cindy
- July 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Linda Hartong said...
What a great idea. Thanks for linking us all up. All those educated "eyes". You know you would get some terrific ideas. Glad you and the weenies are getting some rest.
- July 29, 2011 at 8:27 AM
- Ivy and Elephants said...
Love the kitchen, going over to check out the blog. Thanks for the link!
- July 31, 2011 at 10:32 PM


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I've just spent a couple of weeks on the Brother Grimm Straße in Germany. It was a great opportunity to catch up with some characters to find out how their careers are progressing ….
Snow White now runs a nursery ….
and Rapunzel is a hair-stylist.
Red Riding Hood has escaped the clutches of the big, bad wolf and become the producer of (some lovely, if I may say so) sparking wines.
However career change is not de rigeur. Because the rats are still scurrying,
the Pied Piper continues to play his hypnotic tunes.


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Tony (left) and Frankie Baltazar, back in the day.
The Boxers Pension Fund, totaling millions of dollars, has gone largely untouched. The money is there waiting for retired boxers who fought between 1981 and 1994. They also have to be at least 50 years old.
"We're having problems contacting them," said George Dodd, the new CSAC Executive Officer overseeing boxing. "We need to get the word out."
According to Dodd, California is the only state that established a pension fund for pro boxers. Year after year the Golden State has also been the most prolific in staging boxing cards. Hundreds of registered prizefighters reside in California.
During the 1980s, a number of colorful and popular boxers arose to fight in venues like the Olympic Auditorium, Inglewood Forum, San Diego Sports Arena, and Sacramento's Arco Arena. And that's not including the dozens of smaller venues that dot the coastline of the western state.
From July 1981 through Dec. 31, 1994 the state collected money from promotions, fighters and managers. It was left mostly untouched for many years. After several years of discussion and planning the Commission released the conditions of pay outs and the eligibility requirements.
A number of pro boxers from that era have qualified, such as Baltazar and soon his younger brother Tony "The Tiger" Baltazar, when he hits age 50 this coming month.
Aside from an age requirement of 50 years old, pro boxers must have fought at least 10 rounds a year for four years without more than a three-year break. And, also at least a total of 75 scheduled pro rounds without a three-year break.
Dodd said that any former fighter who has questions on eligibility should contact the Commission office in Sacramento at (916) 263-2195.
Former boxers such as Lupe Aquino, Irving Mitchell, James Kinchen, Zack Padilla, Andy Nance, Herman Montes, Hedgemon Robertson, Oscar Muniz, and Andy Price are just a few of those who fought during the 1980s era that may qualify.
Rudy Hernandez, a welterweight from Los Angeles, said he was not certain whether or not he qualified but was going to call the Commission office this week.
"I wasn't sure the money was there," said Hernandez, adding that the current economic conditions in the state caused him to think the pension fund was dried up.
Dodd assured that the Boxer Pension Fund was intact.
Retired boxers wherever you are, call the Commission office. Also, if you have info on where these boxers may live, discuss, share and help the cause in our Forum, Here!
Ring officials recognition
A number of referees and judges capacity perform their respective positions with admirable precision and responsibility and should be recognized.
Best referees
Recognition goes to Pat Russell, a regular every year. Few are able to supervise a fight like San Diego's Russell. Others who performed extremely well were Jack Reiss, Raul Caiz Jr., Kenny Bayless, Tony Weeks, Benjy Esteves Jr., Steve Smoger and Big John McCarthy.
Best Judges
Judging for boxing and MMA are crucial and none are better than Max DeLuca, Jerry Roth, and both Russell and Reiss. Other crackerjack judges for the year 2010 were Adelaide Byrd, Patricia Jarman, Lisa Giampa, Marty Denkin, Julie Lederman, Steve Morrow, Fritz Werner and Dave Moretti.
Fights on television
Fri. Telefutura, 11:30 p.m., Lucas Matthysse (27-1) vs. Demarcus Corley (37-15-1).
Fri. Telemundo, 11:30 p.m., William Urina (17-0) vs. Johnny Garcia (9-2-1).
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Remember that little trademark dispute over the name iPad we mentioned a week or so ago? You know the one where Fujitsu claims it has the trademark on iPad? Apple wants it. Fujitsu says it has it. Claims are made that Fujtsu never followed through on the process. Start the meter on legal fees.
Fujitsu doesn't look to be taking this lying down, although according to The New York Times they are in consulting lawyers. But when you've got a chance to strike while the hype is hot, I guess you go for it.
For those (like me) who never heard of Fujitsu's iPad, turns out it was a point of sale and inventory checking device for retail. That device was price at $2,000 or so at the time. Fujitsu applied for the trademark in 2003. The US Patent Office listed the application as abandoned in 2009, but Fujitsu revived the application last June. Apple was granted an extension until February 28 to fight the claim.


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Postgame notes - May 28
Final score: Trenton 4, Erie 1
Synopsis: What a backward day. Fred Lewis started, Matt Daley came next, and Nik Turley pitched the final five innings. All three pitched well, and Ramon Flores socked his second bomb of the year as part of their offense's support.
What went right: Although it wasn't quite as loud as their outbursts on the road, the Thunder's offense continued clicking on Tuesday. Flores' bomb made it seven straight games in which the team has hit at least one homer.
Jose Pirela, who'd been 5 for his previous 31, collected two knocks, including the eventual game-winning single in the first.
Tyler Austin also collected an opposite-field double, upping his hitting streak to six games. Since lining in to a game-ending triple play on May 23, Austin is 8 for 19 with three doubles, a homer, six RBIs and no punchouts.
Tex and Youk: Well, you all know they're coming. Beyond that, however, is cloudy. Thunder manager Tony Franklin said after the game that he didn't know how long they'd be staying, what their roles would be (DH, field, how many ABs/innings) just yet. So, stay tuned on that one.
Flick to click: Here's a highlight reel I made from today's game.
Picks to click: I was off today, but here are Nick Peruffo's gamer and notes from today's action.


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UPDATE: According to Science Insider, in addition to not listing specific broader impacts, the NSB recommended in its report, NSF Merit Review Criteria: Review and Revisions, flexibility in how these are measured (and by whom):
NSB notes that assessing the effectiveness and impact of outcomes of these activities one project at a time may not be meaningful, particularly if the size of the activity is limited. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of activities designed to advance broader societal goals may best be done at a higher, more aggregated, level than the individual project. Large, campus-wide activities or aggregated activities of multiple PIs could lend themselves to assessment, which should be supported by NSF.
According to Mervis, the changes should be incorporated in the January 2013 version of the Grant Proposal Guide.
Last summer, NSF sought input on merit review criteria for intellectual merit and broader impacts. Nature News now reports that the task force assigned to tweaking these presented its final report, which "kept the wording for the two criteria essentially the same as before" (i.e., no list of specific activities), to the National Science Board, which is likely to approve the recommendations. Another good outcome: NSF Director Subra Suresh indicated that "One thing that remains to be done is finding the right balance in shouldering the responsibility of broader impacts between principal investigator and institution." Here-here.


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Independent school is first to sponsor a state primary
One of the region's leading independent schools has become the first in the country to sponsor a state primary school.
New Hall School in Chelmsford will work with Messing-cum-Inworth Primary School to help it get out of special measures.
The move has won praise from the government.
The Schools Minister Lord Hill said: "I believe independent schools can play an important part in helping under performing state schools to improve."
"I'm delighted that New Hall School is leading the way and I hope other independent schools will choose to follow its lead."
Working together
The government is keen to encourage the independent sector to share what ministers have called their "educational DNA" with state schools.
Across the region several partnerships have been forged between secondary schools, but this is the first time that one has been formed involving the primary sector.
"This is about working together, in our local community, to respond where there is a need and to promote educational excellence," said New Hall's principal, Katherine Jeffrey.
"I have no doubt that such a partnership between the two schools is mutually beneficial."
New Hall has 1,160 students and more than 100 teachers.
Messing has 40 pupils and three teachers, one of whom is the head.
"The last year has been difficult, pupil numbers dropped 26% after the bad OFSTED report," says Katharine Evans, one of the school governors.
"I believe we've got a bright future and the involvement of New Hall is an exciting opportunity and will play a big part in helping us turn things around."
"What we will do is plough in resources and expertise," says New Hall's director of communications, Tom Warmington.
"The school will be completely financed by the Department for Education but we will take on the day to day running of the school.
"Our finance department will look after the purse strings and our principal will act as executive head. And when it comes to expertise, our teachers will spend time with the teachers there."
"Our aim is to get the school out of special measures and improve pupil numbers. We have no time limit."
New challenge
Only last week Anthony Seldon, the master of Wellington College, said independent schools had "lost their moral purpose" because so few were agreeing to work with the state sector.
The man who's been asked by the Prime Minister to oversee the initiative told the Observer newspaper that he was frustrated by the slow take-up.
"The reality is that most governing bodies don't want to bond with state schools.
"They put up spurious reasons such as parental objections for masterly inactivity."
New Hall is the exception to the rule and it's looking forward to its new challenge.


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Oklahoma celebrates 3-2 win against Arizona State in first round
PROVO, Utah – Oklahoma went to five-sets (3-2; 20-25, 25-19, 25-18, 19-25, 15-13) for the fourth time this season to defeat Arizona State on Friday.
"This was a big battle between a Pac 12 and Big 12 team," head coach Santiago Restrepo said. "We happened to come through on the fifth set – our team fought like champions."
Four Sooners combined to hit double-digits, with senior outside hitter Morgan Reynolds leading the way with a career-best 21 kills on the night. Junior Sallie McLaurin totaled 15, while sophomore Tara Dunn added 14. Freshman Kierra Holst added 10 to round out OU's offensive efforts and total her seventh double-digit kill on the year.
"I couldn't do this without this team. I couldn't do it without Julia [Doyle], our passers and everything else," Reynolds said on her performance. "Everything kind of came together at the right time and it just worked well for me. Obviously, I give the credit to my team."
Along with their presence on the front line, both Reynolds and McLaurin broke an OU NCAA individual match record with six block assists a piece against Arizona State.
Doyle also had a career performance with 51 assists – the first of her career – to ink the ninth 40-or-more assist match of her freshman campaign.
"She played today, the best she has played all season," Restrepo said. "She was consistent, and just did a great job."
Doyle also added two assists and eight digs in the Sooners efforts.
Senior libero Maria Fernanda added 27 digs for the 10th 20-plus dig performance of her season. She now owns 2,190 digs throughout her four-year career.


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What are you knitting today?/
What are you knitting today?
Today's work in progress (WIP) knitting project is from our own Knitting Doctor, Donna Pelzar! Donna is working on a lovely lacy surprise using Manos Silk Blend yarn in color, Olivewood. What are you knitting today? Inquiring minds want to know!
How to share? Just post a photo in any one of our social media spots!
- On the NobleKnits Facebook Page
- Flickr Group: Knitting WIP (work in progress)
- Google+ Group: Knitting WIP
- Or, if you don't have a digital camera - feel free to just tell everyone what you are knitting in the comments below!
Happy knitting!


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In my last installment, I showed how—by making a domain class implement
IPropertySource and (naturally) implementing the methods required by that interface—you can expose properties from a domain class that can be viewed and modified by the Properties view. In that posting, I suggested that implementing
IPropertySource introduces a tight coupling between the model and view and hinted that such a tight coupling was a bad thing.
Tight coupling is bad because it tends to make things less flexible. Sure, we can look at the properties of our domain object, but what happens when we want to participate in other interactions? Do we just implement another interface? And another? Tight coupling makes reuse harder as well. Tightly coupling our domain class with the
IPropertySource interface makes it so that our domain class can't exist without that interface (and all the other types packaged along with it, plus those bits referenced by all those types, …).
Eclipse provides an adapter framework that can be used to solve this problem by decoupling the domain class from the view-specific code required to make the Properties view work.
The first step is to remove the
IPropertySource behaviour from the domain class:
... public class Person implements IAdaptable { private String name; private Object street; private Object city; public Person(String name) { this.name = name; this.street = ""; this.city = ""; } public Object getAdapter(Class adapter) { if (adapter == IPropertySource.class) return new PersonPropertySource(this); return null; } // Getter and setter methods follow... ... }
We move the
IPropertySource behaviour to the
PersonPropertySource class:
... public class PersonPropertySource implements IPropertySource { private final Person person; public PersonPropertySource(Person person) { this.person = person; } public Object getEditableValue() { return this; } public IPropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors() { return new IPropertyDescriptor[] { new TextPropertyDescriptor("name", "Name"), new TextPropertyDescriptor("street", "Street"), new TextPropertyDescriptor("city", "City") }; } public Object getPropertyValue(Object id) { if ("name".equals(id)) return person.getName(); else if ("street".equals(id)) return person.getStreet(); else if ("city".equals(id)) return person.getCity(); return null; } public boolean isPropertySet(Object id) { return false; } public void resetPropertyValue(Object id) { } public void setPropertyValue(Object id, Object value) { if ("name".equals(id)) person.setName((String)value); else if ("street".equals(id)) person.setStreet((String)value); else if ("city".equals(id)) person.setCity((String)value); } }
The Property view goes through a few steps to sort out how it's going to display properties. First, it determines whether or not the selected object implements the
IPropertySource interface. If it does (as it did in my previous entry), it uses the selected object directly (after casting it to
IPropertySource). If that check fails, the Property view then determines whether or not the selected object implements the
IAdaptable interface (highlighted in the Person class). If the selected object is adaptable, it is asked—via the
getAdapter method—for an adapter with the
IPropertySource type. The
getAdapter method either returns an object of the appropriate type or
null. If the method returns an adapter, it is used by the Property view to gather properties. Our implementation of adapter fits this bill and so is used.
The astute reader will notice that this really doesn't do very much to actually weaken the coupling between the domain class an IPropertySource. In fact, the coupling is just as strong. Even worse, we've actually introduced a tight coupling to another type (
IAdaptable). We'll fix this problem in the next installment…


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"hazaaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dum nikle
bahot nikle mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle"
(Thousands of desires, each worth dying for...many of them I have realized...yet I yearn for more)
Its not that I am not getting anything, but thing is that I am getting what I don't want and not getting what I want leading to yearning for the things I want and frustrated with the things I have. Yeah!! My mind is confused like the previous line. It's simple to say not to be frustrated with what you can't change but difficult to execute. No one can be in situation in which I am and no one other than me is the reason for all this, but now I can't do anything and its not in my hand anymore but I really don't know In whose hands is all this?
I have been listening to this ghazal of Mirza Ghalib sung by Jagjit Singh for 3 hours and it's getting on my nerves now. Another line which sounds familiar, although this links to something else and not related to the frustration.
"mohabbat mein nahin hai farq jeenay aur marnay ka
usi ko dekh kar jeetay hain, jis kaafir pe dam nikle"
(When in love, there is little difference between life and death…we live by looking at the one for whom we are willing to die)


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It's turned pretty chilly here in Umbria so luckily I've just finished this cosy cardigan to keep my wee one warm. The pattern is 'Plain Vest' from Pickles. It was really easy and quick to knit and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. It's the first time I've knitted an actual garment (apart from scarves!) so I'm quite proud of myself!
I think Alba likes it!
a room of her own
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Jan. 14-18
* Menus subject to change due to weather and delivery.
MONDAY: Scrambled eggs w/sausage or cereal, yogurt, juice choices, choice of milk.
TUESDAY: Breakfast pizza or cereal, yogurt, juice choices, choice of milk.
WEDNESDAY: Cereal, toasted cheese sandwich, yogurt, juice choices, choice of milk.
THURSDAY: Blue berry muffins or cereal, yogurt, fresh fruit, juice choices, choice of milk.
FRIDAY: Waffles or cereal, yogurt, fresh fruit, juice choices, choice of milk.
Editor's note: U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday regarding the status of the fiscal cliff negotiations:
"It's late, so I'll be very brief. I want to thank everyone for their patience and their counsel throughout this process.
Imagine a world where when the sun went down, the houses got dark.
Well, most of Harrison County knows how that feels after a weekend with no electric.
Last weekend, many Harrison Countians spent their time in the dark... and cold.
A former Harrison County woman may face multiple charges after allegedly abandoning several animals on Antioch Richland Road.
The Friday night, Saturday morning storm that swept through Harrison County left widespread power outages.
Bluegrass Energy crews worked around the clock to restore power.
Church teams needed
for league
The recreation department is needing three more church league teams to sign up. If interested call recreation director Rick Chasten at 234-7155.
At 30 years old, Dottie Batte believes she is exactly where she is supposed to be.
Thunder Run Tryouts
Tryouts for the 7U Thunder Run Coach Pitch travel team will be held Jan. 13, 2013 at 2676 Cincinnati Road, Georgetown, Ky. Child must attend Harrison County Schools. Player cannot turn 8 years old until May 1, 2013 or later.
If you have any questions call Vincent Tucker 859-588-4271 or Chris Denniston 859-588-0025.
The Harrison County Fillies continued their early season struggles on Friday and Saturday as they dropped games to Shelby Valley, Dixie Heights and Middletown, Ohio.
Shelby Valley brought an 8-1 record into the tournament being regarded by most as the best team in the 15th Region.
They did nothing to make anyone think differently as they used the strength of four three pointers in the first quarter to sprint out to a 20-5 lead and were never threatened in the 70-38 win.
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I guess it's not as huge as you might think though - here's one of the FAQ's on the site:
Q: Isn't the Web too big for anyone to be able to download it?A: If we consider the whole World Wide Web, yes it would be time-consuming to download it. Recent statistics from Google estimate that there are approximately 74.3 billion pages on the Web. If we assume that each page has 10.4 Kb on average, that is already 673,200,000,000 Kb, or 673.2 Terabytes (Tb)!
Our detailed review, however, has found that 92% of those websites are pornographic or gambling related. Once we removed these, the size of the Web is reduced to 8% of the initial volume, eg 62.8Tb.
As a next step we eliminated the illegal MP3 and movie files as well as the distracting YouTube videos. This further reduced the size of the Web to 3,444 Tb, which is the size of our file collection.
I think they meant 3.444 Tb though, in that last section. Anyway, I'm really not sure who would want that... but I guess they're getting some business somehow.
You probably are wondering what I was wondering... What about blogs, etc that update frequently? Well, apparently they have "update CD's" to download every day... Not sure how this integrates with the rest of it but I guess maybe they have some sort of management system to sort of add it in to the original files.
The things people come up with these days... :P
Update: apparently there are a significant number of people that want it, cause the downloads are disabled right now due to bandwidth issues. Oh well, guess I won't be able to get my copy of the web just yet... ;)


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It is nearly Valentine 's Day and people are off on their annual ritual of reasserting their eternal love to their one true love. The bright side of a romantic relationship is fine and dandy, but I could not find anything scholarly and recent between videogames and interpersonal romance aside for some quite interesting stories of people celebrating Valentine's Day with their virtual loved ones. The other side of romance is dating violence and February is the National Teen Dating Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. The closest piece of knowledge regarding dating violence and videogames is from Christopher J. Ferguson and colleagues (Texas A & M University), which is published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Background: In 2011 the field of video game violence experienced serious reversals with repudiations of the current research by the US Supreme Court and the Australian Government as non-compelling and fundamentally flawed. Scholars too have been calling for higher quality research on this issue. The current study seeks to answer this call by providing longitudinal data on youth aggression and dating violence as potential consequences of violent video game exposure using well-validated clinical outcome measures and controlling for other relevant predictors of youth aggression.
Method: A sample of 165, mainly Hispanic youth, were tested at 3 intervals, an initial interview, and 1- year and 3-year intervals.
Results: Results indicated that exposure to video game violence was not related to any of the negative outcomes. Depression, antisocial personality traits, exposure to family violence and peer influences were the best predictors of aggression-related outcomes.
Interpretation: The current study supports a growing body of evidence pointing away from video game violence use as a predictor of youth aggression. Public policy efforts, including funding, would best be served by redirecting them toward other prevention programs for youth violence.
The Jennifer Ann's group is a great resource on dating violence including videogames helping you to identify signs of dating abuse.
Participants: 165 Hispanic youths and their families were involved in three-year longitudinal study. Gender ratio is equal; age range is from 10-14 years when they first entered into the study at Time 1. The participants were surveyed annually (Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3) and were conducted by phone interviews.
Video-game violence questionnaire: children were asked to list their three favourite videogames and how often they play them. This is surveyed across all time periods. The game titles were coded according the ESRB rating system giving a general violence rating. The overall violence exposure variable was calculated by multiplying the ESRB rating with the frequency of play. This was assessed at all time periods.
This sounds fine, but I must note that using a general violence rating is an imprecise measure because it does not indicate whether there is any sexual violence, themes, content, or nudity. If we supplement the general rating with a specific rating related to dating violence, I think these ratings would clarify the relationship. However, I must point myself out that sexual content is not something flaunted gratuitously in videogames and especially when their parents buy their videogames. Even if it is not a concern for some parents, I'd be hard-pressed to find a videogame that explicitly objectify women, or encourage violence against women specifically and beyond wrestling, although there is not a problem for finding hyper-sexualized ones. Actually I don't think there are that many female videogame characters encountered in the daily lives of Hispanic youths, maybe their most exposure is from the satirical crime series Grand Theft Auto (see Williams et al., 2009).
Negative Life Events: a measure used in criminological research and surveyed at Time 1. There are three subscales with responses on likert-scales: Antisocial personality, family attachment and delinquent peers.
Family Violence: The Conflict Tactics Scale was surveyed at Time 1 that assesses for conflict and aggression happening between the youths' parents or romantic partners. Subscales include physical assaults, and psychological aggression.
Depression: The Child Behavior Checklist Youth Self-Report. Its depression subscale was used and surveyed across all time periods. I remember the CBCL, I think the response range was on a three-point scale I think it was like never = 0, sometimes = 1, often = 2.
Serious Aggression: Parents filled out the caregiver version of the CBCL whereas the youths filled the youth version of the CBCL that assesses for pathological aggressiveness. This was surveyed across all time periods.
Dating Violence: The Conflicts Tactics Scale was administered to youths who reported to have been or is currently in a dating relationship in the past six months, but only at Time 3 because they are about at dating age. There were 60 participants (36% of sample) who reported to have a dating relationship.
Correlational results revealed the usual associations: violent videogame exposure is consistently associated with boys and remained consistent across all time periods. None of the aggression measures from the CBCL were associated with violent videogame exposure, that's something to speak of in terms of cross-cultural research. Aggression was consistent across all time periods. At Time 3, dating violence was positively correlated with parent and youth-rated aggression measures, the weird part is that dating violence is negatively correlated to violent videogame exposure across all time periods. However, this relationship becomes insignificant when other variables were factored in, although physical violence in the family was the only significant predictor in their multiple regression analysis. The authors cautioned that the lack of significant relations of dating violence with other variables is due to the low number of participants who reported being in a relationship.
The multiple regression analysis revealed that youth reported pathological aggressiveness was predicted by physical violence in the family at Time 1, depression scores at Time 3, and aggression at Time 1. None of the negative life events subscales were significant. Path analysis revealed a poor fit to the data, which is to say little evidence for the long-term impact of videogame violence on aggression.
The authors went on in their discussion section criticizing the media and videogame violence effects literature ascribing it as slipping into moral panic and becoming into a cargo cult science, which is quite interesting to watch on youtube (see Richard Feynman, Cargo cults).
From my library on dating violence: a longitudinal study of Canadian youths' general media use, including videogames, was indirectly related to dating violence. The more one consume media, especially if it is aggressive, their attitudes are more tolerant towards dating violence, which in turn predict later dating aggressive behaviours (Connolly et al., 2010). But IMO looking elsewhere, this is conditional on whether the media cultural themes conveyed to youth is sexually objectifying towards women, such as women in music videos (Aubrey et al, 2011). Are female characters in videogame objectified? In a sense yes that they are hyper-sexualized, but there are so few female videogame characters that when I looked at my participants' videogames list, so few titles featured any female characters. Usually, it is from the Assassin's Creed series, GTA, DOTA games, or fighting games. The matter on sexual objectification is hotly debated in gamer culture that I am still trying to get my head around the current media effects literature and what are the dominant opinions in gamer culture. Although, I think my impression of sexism is that of sexual exclusion on the part of the predominantly male audience (go play an online FPS game) and perhaps it is cycled back to videogame like the absence of women in contemporary FPS videogames like MW3 or how female characters are perceived in Gears of War 3. Second and quite a shaky thought is the sprialling mainstreaming (I apologize profusely to Gerber and Slater) of videogames that they are becoming more and more like traditional content through this spiralling cycle of mainstream customers (or heavy users of traditional media) who compose a growing segment and their purchasing influence on videogames' later content that would later resemble traditional media supporting the dominant status quo (go ask Noam Chomsky). This would probably explain partially or not, the extent of the lack of proper treatment of minority videogame characters.
The authors listed their limitations. First, the sample consisted of Hispanic youths, although I think that's a huge insight for cross-cultural research. Second, many risk and protective factors in the study were not considered, such as socioeconomic status or academic performance. Third, there were 60 youths who were in a relationship, so that reduced the statistical power of getting some significant associations. The authors noted that because violent videogame exposure was in the opposite direction (i.e. less dating aggression), it seems unlikely for a Type II error. Fourth, the participants named only three videogames and the authors argued that in their own experience, not many play more than three videogames at a time. Wait… did they asked for favourite videogames of all time or favourite videogames in a certain temporal range? The latter would make sense. And finally, it's still a correlation since dating violence was measured at Time 3.
The future directions for this type of research is dating violence and media use in college setting that I think I can do that here since I think one or two of my grad colleagues have some scholarly knowledge in the dating violence literature. The authors cautioned other researchers looking at social media to employ gold standard approaches to avoid spurious results and avoiding some shocking realizations.
Ferguson, C. J., San Miguel, C., Garza, A., & Jerabeck, J. M. (2012). A longitudinal test of video game violence influences on dating and aggression: A 3-year longitudinal study of adolescents. Journal of Psychiatric Research , 46 (2), 141-146. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.10.014


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In my book, The Deserting Caricature Artist, there is an inclusion of my background acting work in addition to details of my caricature and freelance cartoon artwork. There may be quite a few of us wishing to go back in time and remove erroneous decisions made and occupations worth avoiding. My admittance there are films I should not have any involvement in whatsoever.When the features were released, I would later be offended by the active content of sexuality, violence, and raw, foul language.
It could same like other performers you wish your close family and friends do not become aware of the cinematic products of your participation. Movies that would trouble and affect their consciousness if seen. That consequence might be unavoidable if they decide to observe the films. In the book, I acknowledge my sense of sorrow of an intense action film I served as a journalist film extra, Salt starring Angelina Jolie.
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They may find themselves portraying characters they detest with the motivations they avert having in real life. If you read the current films' advisory content on sites like Kids in Mind and Common Sense. It is easy to note chaste borderlines been a far crossing over. Of a recent superhero movie, did you ever thought Clark Kent/Superman would be living together with Lois Lane unmarried? I did not see the blockbuster film, Batman V. Superman; for sure, times are altering since Steve Reeves flew the skies of Metropolis. Perhaps, I should not at all be surprised. In lands of the domino effect, same-sex marriages are lawfully permitted with increasing civil rights, and people with animals or mannequins unions are prompting to be legalizing. There is a movie entitled Urge my learning being under production last year about a radical drug inducing people to engage in irrational behaviors including rampant fornication. That is what I read of a few casting notices. How would be a 'big break' in the acting profession if a person portrays an uncontrollable passion addict? It is unlikely a session therapy documentary for trendy drug addiction, but more likely a slick popcorn flick made to entertain millions to be earning billions of dollars in revenue.
In 2007 on the set of the Judge Lopez show I was listening to a fellow background actor who contributed to 2001 Spiderman and 1971 The French Connection with Gene Hackman. The aging film extra is of many who established a career in background acting. By his expressions, he for sure enjoyed the work relishing the experiences and the long line of films he participated. Little to wonder in a couple of recent films Hackman was starring in, his paychecks and stature may surpass the life's work of that still unknown gentleman. Not too startlingly today a much younger superstar actor may have the same effect at the box office. There appears to be an open entry for anyone to stride through. It may not swing open door for every hard-working and dedicated artist; countless ones might find it sealing shut then waiting for it to be reopening for them, to squeeze in a tightening space to accomplish recognition. There is a lot I do not know. There is so much of the film and acting profession unknown to me, do you nonetheless sense a bleak picture of reality said here?
The answer smacked me hard, but I should not be answering for everyone else because each person eventually must decide and bear their burdens. Perhaps someone out there believes,"it will be different for me, I'll win over Tinseltown!" Please ponder not making the same mistakes I and various others achieved in accessing those factual conclusions. In spite of the pending loss of glamor, fame and riches you may spare yourself hurting disappointments, abasements, uncertain competition, save much time and expenses. Nonetheless, it is your choice. Recently I found online a dated blog post (circa 2007-2009?) about my first speaking role and am re-posting here below. It was originally from my deleted blog site, Curtis on the News. Peoples' expectations in living happy lives future-wise can change for the better.
|"It was already and for so long beknowing an illusion. A subsequent realization is the choosing whatever or not to be experiencing like that as a modernized fable."
Abhidya: My First Speaking Role
During the year 2006, I contributed to a short film, Abhidya. It is a drama which exposes a conflict of interest between two female associates amid a broad social concern regarding the poor of India. The film was directed by Sudhir Venkatesh (or A.V. Sudhir) and produced by Larry Kamerman. I was brought on the project by associate producer and casting director Miki Holiday (director of Stolen Love, 2006) after responding to her online classified posting seeking background actors.We exchanged communication over the phone and soon I was on my way to the film set. So I took the train to New York City thinking what Abhidya could be about. Of the movie title, Abhidya is an Indian-Sanskrit language word meaning desire. It also serves as the last name of the main character.
At the time, I was seeking film experience and Abhidya provided it unexpectedly for me. I ended up having a speaking part. But it was just a couple of words or so in one scene. In that scene, I introduce myself as a guest at a small social gathering honoring a professor. My friends and family were wondering if they would ever see me in a film production. I had wondered too and was surprised to find the finished film, Abhidya online from its website, Genco Film Company. Since this is a news commentary blog, it was not much of a bad idea to highlight the fictional film here. It includes social concerns including poverty and immigration.
You will not see me too clearly when the actress, Collen Summa (portraying Lizann) greets answering her door. It is inside a darkened entry as I walk in Lizann's apartment. But it is likely you'll remember my film name given by the director; Doug Bracket. It was forming from my nickname Douglas. You should hear my voice. My minor, minor role here is uncredited. The film stars Indian actress, Ami Shulkia as Chita Abhidya, a young social worker addressing an immediate plight of an immigrant laborer.
Please by aware in at least two scenes the film contains considerable profanity, one in an argumentive discussion. I had no control over that. Someone worthy of this movie production the public might wish to acknowledge is the costume designer, Cassidy Mosher. Her service to Abhidya adds to the film's overall style and texture. There are other hard working film crew members. If you are inquiring, I had another minor speaking part in the independent feature, Writer's Block (director by Jazzmyn Banks, 2009). My acting resume is not very extensive.


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I was born in the 15th Century BC
Royal lineage
When both of my brothers and my farther passed, I was appointed to the throne.
Begin a Pharaoh was unprecedented and unheard of.
I was able to stay Queen until my nephew came of age
Me and my nephew ruled jointly until 1473
I declared myself as a pharaoh
Handled all the affairs of the nature with the full support of the high Priest of Amun. Hapuseneb and other officials
Respected by Egyptian people
Built temples Beir el Bhari " lover of silence"
Organization of a journey to the land of punt to trade brought back precious and rare articles back to enhance the wealth for Egyptian nation
Trade trees, ebony, ivory, gold, cinnamon, incense, eye paint, apes, monkeys and skins of southern panthers
built two giant obelisks, each about one hundred feet high, and erected them in Thebes
I ruled for about 15 to 21 years after taking the throne
A huge temple, called the 'morning temple,' was built to honor Hatshepsut


text: I had this idea in my head to have a little foie grad crawl before 7/1. Places I can eat a dish at the bar and move onto the next. Providence, Hatfields, and Animal all come to mind, since they are in my neighborhood. Any feedback on this little plan of mine?


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It's a Writer's Life
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Planning Your Novel Workshop
Presented by Janice Hardy. Sponsored by Up In Cumming Writer's group.
In this half-day workshop, you'll take your novel idea and develop it into a working plan or outline to guide you through the month (and beyond). Whether you're a plotter, puzzler, or a pantser, you'll learn techniques to flesh out your story and craft the right turning points to keep you focused and writing.
The workshop will break your story down to an easy-to-develop beginning, middle, and ending, structure, and help you find the right pieces you need to hit your daily word count goals. Determine your scene-advancing goals, find the stakes to motivate your characters, and create story worlds and people you can't wait to spend time with. With hands-on exercises, you'll brainstorm and plan your novel in class, either solo or in groups (your choice). Bring your laptop and notebooks and get ready to work!
When: Saturday, September 26, 2015
Where: Holiday Inn Express, Cumming, GA (870 Buford Highway)
Time: 10am to 3pm, with a break for lunch.
On-line Registration: $89;
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Cost includes the book:
Planning Your Novel: Ideas and Structure
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I had to pick up some milk and a few things to make some banana cream pie for my dad's birthday the other day. It was getting close to lunch time and I was at Trader Joe's so I thought I would go for the "semi-homemade" approach (oh Sandra Lee). I grabbed their Spicy Ranchero Egg White Salad and I loved it.
Usually the thought of cold egg whites is not super appetizing to me. (Yum…rubbery, flavorless protein) I mean, egg salads need the yolk, but honestly you don't really notice that they are missing based on flavor, which is awesome. I mean, I wouldn't oppose to a few yolks solely for that added creaminess, but this has a nice spice kick (but not overbearing) and I would definitely recommend it!
I enjoyed it on Ezekiel bread,with sprouts, tomato and red onion, yum.
The next day I added it to a salad which was awesome!
With red bell pepper, tomato, red onion and my favorite tortilla with hummus. Oh ya! The egg salad comes with a lot of sauce which ended up acting as my salad dressing.
I will have to look at the ingredients and try to re create it myself (and maybe add in a few yokes!)


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Just thought I'd try a different view for a change.
I love my family. Now that my daughter has come back in my life . My life is now complete. I've waited so long for her. I've missed her so much. It could never be imagined. I love her with all of my heart.


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MOSCOW Amnesty International, a strong critic of Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, will be able to return to its office in Moscow after being evicted for alleged non-payment of rent,Russia's state human rights council said on Thursday.Staff at Amnesty's Moscow office had told Reuters on Wednesday that they arrived at work to find the locks had been changed, official seals placed over the doors and the electricity cut off.The Moscow city government, from which Amnesty leased the premises in the Russian capital's centre, said the group was behind on the rent. Amnesty said it had documents to prove it was up to date with payments.
Mikhail Fedotov, head of the Russian Human Rights Council which formally reports to the Kremlin, told Reuters he had met President Vladimir Putin and discussed the matter on Thursday."The lease has been restored completely. They (Amnesty) will be able to return to the office in the nearest future. Putin was informed of this." Fedotov did not elaborate. The next working day in Russia is Monday.
John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International's Europe director, said on Wednesday the eviction might be part of an official crackdown on civil society groups that criticise the Kremlin, but he said there were other possible explanations.
Amnesty, which was founded in London, frequently criticises the Russian authorities over what it says are human rights violations. It has, in particular, alleged that Russia and its allies have killed large numbers of civilians with air strikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo. Moscow denies this. (Reporting by Svetlana Reiter; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by Mark Heinrich)
This story has not been edited by Firstpost staff and is generated by auto-feed.
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My card uses In the Nursery Little Bits set, and if you were thinking of picking this set up, you'd better do it soon. It is on the retired list, which also means it's on sale for 50% off!!
Card Stock: White, Fine Linen, Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Ink: Rich Cocoa, River Rock Marker (SU), Walnut (E59) Copic marker
Accessories: Dark Chocolate Satin Ribbon, Foam Tape
I am looking forward to seeing what all of the other girls came up with, so I'm hopping over to the Lizzie Anne Designs Blog for peeks and links to their creations. Why don't you join me? ☺
Thanks so much for stopping by!!


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by John Katz
Jon Katz has written meaningfully about the cherished bond between humans and animals—especially our intense connection to our pets. Now, in this moving and thoughtful book, Katz addresses the difficult but necessary topic of saying goodbye to a devoted companion, and offers comfort, wisdom, and a way forward from sorrow to acceptance.
When Jon Katz first brought Orson home, he couldn't predict how this boisterous border collie would change his life, most notably by inspiring him to buy Bedlam Farm. Yet for all of Katz's years as a dog owner, Orson's death shook him in a deeply profound way. "I was embarrassed by my grief," he remembers. "What right did I have to fall to pieces over a border collie?"
Drawing on personal experiences, stories from fellow pet owners, and philosophical reflections, Katz provides guidance and support for those in mourning. By allowing ourselves to grieve honestly and openly, he posits, we can in time celebrate the dogs, cats, and other creatures that have so enriched us. With great compassion, Katz compels us to consider if we gave our pets good lives, if we were their advocates in times of need, and if we used our best judgments in the end. In dealing with these issues, we can alleviate guilt, let go, and help others who are undergoing similar passages.
Full of empathy, insight, and sage advice, Going Home is an invaluable guide and touchstone for anyone who has lost a pet. Jon Katz honors the animals that have graced our lives and reveals their truly timeless gifts: unwavering companionship and undying love.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die (2011)
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Southeast Community College will receive a second year of funding from the National Science Foundation to develop a unique focus in cyber security as part of the Computer Information Technology program.
This award brings the total federal grant to $349,469.
The College received the first year's funding in January 2014 through the NSF's Advanced Technology Education program designed especially for two-year postsecondary institutions. Since that time, work has begun on developing cyber security curriculum.
The need for employee expertise in the area of information security is skyrocketing as companies and governments strive to protect their vital data. In today's computer-connected world, no one is immune from the threat of data theft.
Curriculum is being developed with the assistance of CyberWatch, an ATE Center of Excellence that provides mentoring to two-year colleges that develop information security programs. Existing and new courses will be aligned to national standards.
Training in this focus will assist students in developing computer skills that are in high demand and command excellent wages. Some cyber security classes are already available in the CIT curriculum. The CIT program is located on the Lincoln Campus. Some courses are offered online. Persons interested are asked to contact Linda Bettinger or Jo Schuster, program co-chairs, at 402-437-2490 or 402-437-2492.
For more information contact:
Stu Osterthun
Administrative Director of Public Information and Marketing


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2003: Ann (Nancy )O'Connell served in Suriname, South America in Paramaribo, Suriname beginning in 2003
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ann (Nancy )O'Connell can be contacted at apcnancyamindspringdcom
Country of Service: Suriname, South America
Training Group: Suriname-9
Cities you served in: Paramaribo, Suriname
Arrival Year: 2003
Departure Year: 2005
Work Description:
Served in an HIV/AIDS - NGO agency (Stg. Mamio Namen Project) working on grants, helping with eductional presentations about prevention of HIV/AIDS, did PR work to promote World Aids Day,as well as,other activities to raise awareness of this disease. Visited patients in the hospital and at home. Did digital photos of work that the agency is involved in. Had started some work on the building of a hospice home for patients of HIV/AIDS.
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Have returned to writing about golf for my local paper, speak about my Peace Corps experience at local civic and church groups. Travel to visit family and friends.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Any message for returned volunteers?:
Take time with all decisions.
Originally posted: November 11, 2005
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