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David Thomas The United States government received the territory which would become Nevada from the Mexican government in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Under the property clause (U.S. constitution article 10, section 3, clause 2), the United States government can make use of territories or other property of the United States government. In United States v. Gardner in 1997, another Nevada rancher used similar arguments as Mr. Bundy about how the state of Nevada not the U.S. government owned a different piece of land. The rancher cited a case from 1845. In this case, Virginia and Georgia had basically pawned land to the U.S. government to help them pay for debts accrued during the Revolutionary War. This particular agreement stated that the land would be held by the U.S. government until the land became a state. At the time of statehood, ownership of the land would be transferred to the state. This specific agreement was carried out and does not apply to Nevada. The last argument that has been made by Nevada ranchers is that the Equal Footing Doctrine limits the amount of land the U.S. government can own. However, the Equal Footing Doctrine involves political standing and sovereinty relative to other states of the Union. The only mention of property states that the shores and beds of navigatable waters are owned by states ............................................................................................................So, the U.S. did own the land before Mr. Bundy. The right of the federal government to own this land is written into the constitution. The Nevada ownership of the land has been shot down in court (U.S. v. Gardner). Also, I have acquired court documents from U.S. v. Bundy from 1998 and 2013. If you would like these documents...pm me your email ...........................................................................................................The free speech area was created to protect agency workers who are also citizens of the United States and other measures to protect agency workers were provoked by threats made by Mr. Bundy and his family. Mr. Bundy and his followers are the only people that have used intimidation in this conflict.
Let me learn you something real quick. This man is not a hero. He is a man who has been breaking the law for 20 years and is using political views to manipulate people into helping him. His actions are causing the deterioation of lands the government is attempting to conserve for both the desert tortoise and for public use.Let me spin you a historical yarn..... The federal government owns land that has been acquired by the United States government. Much of this land has been turned over to private citizens for no or a minimal fee through a series of Homestead Acts. These acts have given land to private individuals who were willing to live on the land. Originally, individuals were given 160 acres with subsequent increases to 320 and 640 acres in amended Homestead Acts.
Unclaimed land remained in possession of the federal government and has been held in the public trust since. Ranchers in the west were able to use public land for grazing unrestricted until 1936. The Dust Bowl in the1930's caused public outcry and was attributed to the deterioration of rangelands. The Taylor Grazing Act of 1936 was the first attempt to help rangelands on public land to recover (public land and federal land can be used interchangably). Under the Taylor Grazing Act, permits were issued to ranchers allowing them to graze their cattle on public lands (the cost of permits was and still is a fraction of what it would cost for ranchers to raise cattle on private land). These permits were meant to limit the number of cattle on public lands and allow rangelands to recover. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was established in 1946 to manage federal lands that did not fall under the control of the Forest Service and National Park Service (aka the rangelands). Subsequent acts were passed by congress allowing the BLM to limit the number of permits issued for grazing on public land.
The Endangered Species Act was passed by Congress in 1973 to reduce and prevent the extinction of species. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was given the responsibility of identifying and listing species that are endanger of extinction as set by the ESA. In 1980, the desert tortoise was listed as threatened under the ESA. Along with listing, the FWS must designate critical habitat for a listed species. In 1993, the FWS proposed a rule to designate critical habitat for the desert tortoise. After a year of accepting and responding to public comments, a final rule was codified in 1994. The final rule listed this BLM land as critical habitat for the desert tortoise. To help conserve the desert tortoise under the ESA, the BLM increased the cost of grazing permits. Mr. Bundy quit paying the grazing fees that all other ranchers continued to pay. In 1998, the courts upheld federal ownership and ordered Mr. Bundy to pay grazing and trespass fees. Mr. Bundy continued to graze his cattle illegally. In 2013, the courts ordered the removal of Mr. Bundy's cattle to prevent further deterioration of public lands and to collect the back dated fees (fees that other ranchers have been paying).
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The cost per head for grazing right are ridiculously low......or is this about something else. I am a believer that this land belongs to you and me, not just the Bundy empire.
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Not only are the claims quoted in the blog at least mostly accurate (100% accurate in terms of what it means for public lands in Nevada), the case is even quite a bit stronger even than that. Like that Maryland, leading the other small states in 1782, forced the concession that the larger states ceded their western reserves to the Federal Government under the articles of confederation and that in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (again under the articles of confederation) the process for creating territories, distributing land and property rights, drawing boundaries where all established by the Federal Government. Even more damning to the Bundy argument is that every state (after the original 13) entered the Union by the passing and acceptance of an Act of Entitlement and except for Texas, every single state ceded it's public lands to the Federal Government in the Act of Entitlement with the Federal Government then granting back some lands to the state, primarily every 16th section in the survey. So at the time of the actual creation of the United States Federal Government under the Articles of Confederation the Federal Government was the largest land holder and held more land than all 13 Colonies combined, at least theoretically. The parts about Georgia and the land ceded by Georgia that partially became Alabama and Mississippi requires a bit more detail to explain.


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PATNA: Even as the Congress seethed at Sharad Yadav for his call to voters to "immerse" general secretary Rahul Gandhi and his party into the Ganga, calling the remark "indecent, the JD(U) president stuck to his guns saying, "Yes, I've been telling people to dunk the hand, the bungalow and the lantern (poll symbols of the Congress, LJP and RJD) into the Ganga for ever.""Ganga mein bhashaan kar do inko," Yadav thundered again on Monday. "Why and to whom should I give an explanation?" he asked TOI when told about the Congress leaders objecting vociferously to his remark.Yadav first made the comment on Sunday while addressing a public meeting at Fatuha, 25 km from Patna. "Now, we have this young man who always rolls up his sleeves (naya babua aaya hai jo har waqt bahein uthata rahta hai)," he told the rally, referring to Rahul's rolling up of his sleeves before and after his speeches.
An angry Congress plans petitioning the Election Commission. "In politics, one should put across one's views in parliamentary language. But JD(U) president Sharad Yadav and BJP president Nitin Gadkari are making indecent remarks against the Congress and Rahul Gandhi. This betrays their frustration caused by the growing popularity of the youth icon," state Congress spokesman Premchand Mishra said.He added, "If Sharad fails to apologize publicly within 24 hours, the Congress would seek action against him, including arrest." He also appealed to JD(U) leader and chief minister Nitish Kumar to "teach his party president manners".
Congress said that JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav's comment on Rahul Gandhi showed he had been rattled by the crowds the AICC general secretary has been drawing in his rallies in Bihar. AICC spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said, "Sharad Yadav is rattled by the support Rahul was getting… the crowds coming for his rallies are big. He has got scared. Only a nervous person who has lost his political balance will make such a statement."Meanwhile, JD(U) general secretary Shivanand Tiwari fired a salvo at Rahul as well. "No one would believe Rahul's rhetorics as even his grandmother, Indira Gandhi, misled the nation with her 'garibi hatao' 40 years ago. Poverty was not eradicated; instead, the number of poor people has gone up," he said, and added, "Bihar has been neglected since the days of Rahul's great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru – TOI


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Hair is tricky business.
(Okay, maybe not so much if you're a guy. Most of the guys I know don't care about their hair until it starts to disappear. THEN it becomes an issue.)
For me -- perhaps, for lots of women -- the relationship with my hairdresser is sort of like my relationship with a doctor (to be honest, a therapist). It doesn't happen overnight. You require chemistry, a like-mindedness, open communication. It's like dating. Only more difficult, because while trusting your heart with someone is risky business, your heart is internal. Your hair is part of how you present yourself to the world. If someone you are dating messes up, your heart might be bruised, but you can still look freaking fabulous. If your hairdresser messes up, you need a wig. Or a hat. Or some kind of creatively invented illness that prevents you from leaving the house until it grows out and you feel like you can show your head in public again.
When I lived in North Carolina I had a wonderful, fabulous hairdresser (shout out to you, Cortney!). She got me. She got my hair. I never left her chair feeling anything less than amazing and cute as all hell.
I have not yet discovered that in New Hampshire. Happy as I am to be back in New England, I wish I could have brought her with me (or that I could afford to fly to NC every 5 weeks or so and have her cut my hair. She's THAT good) but alas, she likes living in North Carolina and none of my most persuasive begging could change her mind (and trust me, I tried).
So for a while, I simply didn't get my hair cut. Until it was sort of a shaggy, hot mess. Then I sucked it up and ...
...well, I went to the mall and wandered into a salon. And got my hair cut by a perfectly nice girl who did a perfectly adequate job.
So I went back. Second haircut? Also fine.
Then I decided I wanted to have short hair.
That's sort of when everything went to hell.
When I was a teacher, I used to carefully craft directions for my students. I would have them in written form, I would deliver them verbally, and I would usually have some sort of visual representation of what my students needed to do. After the first not-quite-right haircut, I tried that with Nice Hair Lady. I brought photos. My best friend helped me to describe what I wanted. We did visuals (pulling the hair back with my hands to demonstrate). This, I thought, would go really well.
It ... didn't.
I mean, it looked okay when I left the salon, all styled and product-y and cute. It was mostly right, I thought. Good deal.
Then I went home. And I slept on it, and I looked in the mirror when I got up. And thought: Oh, no. No no no no no.
Okay, I thought. Don't panic. I'll just wash it.
Washed. Looked again. Still ... no. Just ... no.
Okay, I thought. Continue with the not panicking. Let's see how it looks when it dries.
It looked worse dry.
I don't know how to describe what was wrong with it, except to say that it looked unfinished. It was shorter than I wanted it in the front, but not short enough to be workable. It was just ...
... it was terrible. Can I say that? It was TERRIBLE.
I work from home and my hair, as such, is sort of irrelevant. And it was STILL too awful for me to live with.
So I did something I normally wouldn't do, something that made me feel like I might need to throw up and/or pass out.
(Cortney, if you're reading this? You might want to stop reading RIGHT NOW.)
I got the scissors. And began snipping.
Here's what I learned:
1) there's a reason for the cape. I had hair ALL OVER ME. Itchy, short hair spikies. Not enjoyable.
2) I am SO not a trained hair professional. In any way.
3) I needed to call Cortney and make an appointment for when I am in NC on vacation so she can fix this.
To be fair to me, it does look better. I got some compliments on it when I ventured outside. However, I also know that sometimes people tell you that something looks good when it's a dramatic, obvious change and they know that they should say something but they're not sure what to say. Often that comes out as "That's cute" when I'm pretty sure they're thinking "Oh dear GOD what was she thinking."
You know what I was thinking? I was thinking: My bathroom is full of hair. And so is this shirt. And possibly my bra. When I look in the mirror I fail to recognize the short haired person in it. So please, PLEASE, tell me it looks good. I'll give you one of my kidneys.
This morning? I noticed some pieces that I'd missed.
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My research interests lie in the fields of HRM and Organisational Behaviour. In particular, I am interested in exploring contemporary HRM concepts and practices focusing on the employee experiences and meanings they assign to these specific concepts. In my work I use a critical approach to analyse HRM strategies and practices as well as the changing nature of the employment relationship.
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Another popular casino game is poker. The origin of the game itself and even its name is still questionable. According to one version, the name comes from the German word "pochen" ("knocking"). The first mention of the game similar to Poker refers to the XVI century.? Poker as a card game is 500 years old. It appeared in Europe: Spain, France and Italy. Poker rules then were somewhat different. Poker rules have changed over time.
The purpose of this game is to win the bet – to get a better poker hand using the 5 cards, or forcing all competitors to cease to engage in the game. Rules may vary depending on the variety of poker. In poker different packs (32, 36 or 54 cards) are used, but most often a standard pack of 52 sheets is used with equivalent suits. There can be from 2 to 10 participants. The values of cards are arranged in descending order from the ace and so on (King, Queen, Jack, 10, … 2). Ace can be also a junior card. The game is made of several rounds. Every round begins with a distribution of new cards. After it each player has the opportunity to make a bet or leave the game. The winner is the one whose mixed of five cards is the strongest, or someone who can push out other players with stakes or bluff-bets and will remain one until the card reveal.


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A travel guide to finding the best micro-brewed beers and the best vinyl records in Mexico City.
Friday, June 10, 2011
La Belga
The major reason I go here over other places (i.e. The Beer Box and El Deposito) is that the prices are slightly cheaper. Since good beer is not exactly cheap in Mexico, saving a few pesos on every bottle adds up quickly. The staff is also quite friendly and very knowledgeable about the beers they carry.
Check out their website for hours, contact info, and pictures of some of the beers they carry. They also have a small fridge in case you want to purchase a cold beer. While you can't sit down and drink beer at La Belga, you can go next door to La Nacional to enjoy several different Mexican craft brews by the bottle or on tap.
La Belga and La Nacional are both located near the corner of Orizaba and Querétaro in Colonia Roma. La Belga is actually on Querétaro, while La Nacional sits on the corner.
Getting to La Belga: Metrobus - Linea 1, Sonora stop; or Linea 3, Hospital General stop. Metro - Hospital General. (You'll need a map to walk from these stops to La Belga).
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I completely forgot to update about Tyler's doctor results.
His temp was down the next day already and there was no growth in his petree (sp?) dish, so no infections. That was a great relief to find out but still a little unsettling since we will never know what caused it.
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World number one Novak Djokovic reached his 16th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final while seven-time champion Rafael Nadal marked his 27th birthday by also reaching the French Open last eight.
Top seed Djokovic carved out a 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 win over 16th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber yesterday,with the German paying a high price for converting just two of 13 break points.
World number one Djokovic goes on to face German 35-year-old Tommy Haas,who became the third oldest man to reach the last-eight with a comfortable 6-1 6-1 6-3 win over volatile Russian Mikhail Youzhny.
Nadal,bidding to become the first man to win the same Grand Slam title eight times,trounced Japanese 13th seed Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-1 6-3.
It was third-seeded Nadal's 56th win in 57 career matches at Roland Garros.
The defending champion next faces Swiss ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka who reached his first French Open quarter-final,beating French seventh seed Richard Gasquet,6-7 (5/7) 4-6 6-4 7-5 8-6.
"I needed to earn my victory,and in the end it was good. I'm really glad to get through,because he's a good quality opponent and he's a specialist for this surface," said Djokovic of Kohlschreiber.
On facing 12th-seeded Haas,against whom he has a 4-3 winning record,the Serb said: "I have a lot of respect for Tommy. He is playing well."
Djokovic,the runner-up to Nadal last year,needs a French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam.
The last time he failed to reach the last-eight of a major was in Paris in 2009 when he lost in the fourth round to Monday's opponent.
Nadal arrived in Paris having collected six titles in eight finals since his return from a seven-month injury lay-off.
But he was sluggish in the first week of a cold and damp Paris,losing the opening set of his first two matches.
Since the weather has improved,so has the Spaniard,seeing off Fabio Fognini in straight sets on Saturday and then comfortably defeating Nishikori,the first Japanese man in the fourth round since Fumiteru Nakano in 1938.
"It's a very special moment," said Nadal,as the crowd welcomed him to Court Philippe Chatrier by singing 'Happy Birthday' and repeating it on the match's conclusion.
"Today I think I played my best match of the tournament."
Nadal was presented with a giant birthday cake and he will be looking for more celebrations on Wednesday in the quarter-finals as he holds a 9-0 career lead over Wawrinka.
Haas became the first German in 17 years to reach the quarter-finals and the oldest man to make the last eight at any Grand Slam since Andre Agassi at the 2005 US Open.
Haas had also made history in the third round when he needed a record 13 match points to beat John Isner.
"It was a pretty good performance. I was broken in the first game but I got my bearings,got into the groove," Haas said.
Only Pancho Gonzales,who was over 40 when he made the last eight in 1968,and 39-year-old Istvan Gulyas in 1971,have got this far in the tournament at Haas's age.
Former world number two Haas had lost on clay in straight sets to Youzhny in Rome last month.
But he was never troubled yesterday,winning 10 games in succession after losing the opener.
Such was Youzhny's frustration that he smashed his racquet nine times against his courtside chair,sending splinters spiralling into the air at Court Suzanne Lenglen.
The violence of his outburst made him an instant YouTube hit even as the match was still being played.
"You try and do all you can to help yourself. I tried it this way,but it doesn't help really," said Youzhny.
Wawrinka came through a four hour 16min struggle to beat Gasquet in his sixth career comeback from two sets down.
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How To Make An Infinity Scarf
Today we will learn how to make a lightweight infinity scarf with snowflakes that serves as a remarkable gift. Scarf can be made of white jersey for the base part and bright tortoise for snowflakes.
Materials needed: white kersey, iron-on hemming tape, snowflake-shaped hole punch, plastic palette, sponge, iron and ironing board.
How to make:
Cut iron-on hemming tape into small pieces and make snowflake-shaped holes using your hole punch.
Place hemming strip pieces with snowflake-shaped holes throughout the scarf. Iron it, press those places where there are snowflakes so that the tape could stick to cloth (it is recommended to set 'cotton' mode).
To avoid damaging table surface, put this piece of cloth on a newspaper or some other paper. Mix paints on the palette evenly.
Use a sponge to paint the cloth. Paint it vertically instead of moving the sponge from left to right.
After the painting is done, unstuck the hemming strip and check the pattern.
As soon as the paint dries, connect two ends of the scarf by sewing them together to make a circle.
This instruction can be used to make different scarves suitable for any situation. Scarf colour, pattern and pattern colour may vary.


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Last year on this day- was Kayla's first day breathing on her own. Vince and Patty made Kayla this cute onesie that said "I am a CDH survivor". I did not feel too comfortable dressing her at the time, but we did get to put it on her crib. :)
And today- K was easy to dress- and full of smiles this a.m. She was adorable but that made it very hard for me to leave her!!
she did not like the feel of the grass!! :) it was hilarious!
A happy girl on CDH Awareness Day- we could not be more blessed!! :)
Here is a video.. K is just learning how to walk.. she doesn't pull herself up to stand w/o help just yet, but she does enjoy walking. So I have taken a few video's over the past couple of days of K walking- and learning. :)


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After 3 weeks I've finally started a repository… No, no stunning action taking place there yet. I'm afraid of beginning only to have anything to show, because I keep in mind that preparing some global stuff correctly at the beginning saves tedious refactoring later. What I mean here are:
– routing – mapping URLs to code to be executed
– localization – storing all the hardcoded texts in each language in one place and using only some identifiers everywhere else
– structure of the project
– some designs of the UI (only to change them completely a few times later)
So these are the things I'm going to consider in a moment. In order to have some plan of what must be done, I've added a list of things which I think should be implemented as part of my project, sooner or later.
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Ucase Visual Basic visual basic ase Visual Basic visual basic.9 The Chr and the Asc functions The Chr function returns the string that corresponds to an ascii code while the Asc function converts an ascii character or symbol to the corresponding ascii code.
This will explain how to convert 16 bit Visual Basic forms to 32 bit Visual Basic forms.
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The first of them, the OEM character set, is the one used by the hardware of the immense majority of PC compatible machines, and was also used under the old DOS system.This textbox should have it's multiline property set to true and it's font type set to "Arial" and point size set.Play Wav Shows you one way you can play a wav file.In the "KeyDown" event of the form put the "End" statement.End Sub * This program will extract text starting from position 2 of the phrase and the number of characters extracted.
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I'm knocking on wood as I say it, but I think the creepy freaks are gone. I haven't seen them in a week.
Thank God for migration. Let them terrorize someone else for awhile.
If only parrots spent the summer up north, too.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
So says Melinda June at 4:38 pm
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Finally get a little time online and look what happens!
I hate apple computers. I had a perfect entry here to post, went to copy and paste it into a word program to spell check it and it's gone. Now my laundry is done and I have to go. (I am at Gabe's parents, I don't have internet at home) I guess I'll re-type it all tomorrow.


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34:1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 34:2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe [be] to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: [but] ye feed not the flock. 34:4 The diseased ye have not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up [that which was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. 34:5 And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek [for them]. 34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:8 [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food to every beast of the field, because [there was] no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:10 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I [am] against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them. 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [even] I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out. 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and [in] a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. 34:17 And [as for] you, O my flock, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he-goats. 34:18 [Seemeth it] a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drank of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 34:19 And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 34:21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken [it]. 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 34:26 And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing. 34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that subjected them to service. 34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make [them] afraid. 34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God [am] with them, and [that] they, [even] the house of Israel, [are] my people, saith the Lord GOD. 34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, [are] men, [and] I [am] your God, saith the Lord GOD.
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Red Crossbill near the Oregon Coast
Today I happened to be in Pacific City, Oregon, and noticed a small flock of Red Crossbills working on the cones in some young Lodgepole Pine trees growing just a few hundred yards from the beach. Of the eight different forms of Red Crossbill identified in North America, I assume that this one is of the Type 3 group, also designated by some experts as the Sitka Crossbill. It is found mainly between the Cascade Mts. and the coast. Since this one is so yellow, rather than red, it must be a female or perhaps a young male.


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Sunday, January 21, 2007
Another thing not being involved in a campaign has allowed me to do more: cook! I love to cook, and right now, I'm getting into making soups.
It took me being dirt poor to appreciate soups. Big thanks to Steve Wainstead on that count. When we roomed together, both being flat broke, we did some long-range planning. We bought a 50-lb. sack of rice, 10 pounds of pasta, and several cans of Hunts pasta sauce. We would go to the West Side Market in Cleveland late in the afternoon on Saturdays, because you could barter best with the produce merchants near closing. We'd ask for a dozen apples or two dozen green peppers for a dollar. They'd yell that we were taking money out of the mouths of their children. We'd counter that they could take the stuff back with them to rot. We usually got what we wanted.
But, what do you do when you have two pounds of parsnips? Or, five pounds of celery and ten pounds of carrots? It could as easily have rotted in our fridge. Make soup! That was Steve's solution. He made some interesting and delicious soups. Until then, I had never tried to make soup, even though I would cook quite a bit.
So, I carry on- not because I'm broke. I'm cheap, to be sure, but I like soup as healthy comfort food. It's hot and filling!
So, today I am making a sweet potato chowder. I've already made yellow split pea soup twice this winter, and once I cheated by making Hurst's 15-bean soup. I say cheated because that one isn't 100% from scratch. The second pea soup was served to guests who seemed to enjoy it very well.
It's a challenge for me to find soups that the whole family will like. I have to balance Ame and Alex. Ame's a vegetarian, and Alex is rather the carnivore. I'm an omnivore, so I'm easy. I'll probably make a few soups this winter that have two pots going- one vegetarian, and one meat. I have it mind to make a few soups that fit that bill. Tortilla soup is at the top of the list. I guess you can't call it "ox tail soup" without the ox tails, but I want to try to find some kind of substitute.
Ox tail soup was another poor person soup my Mom used to make. It was loaded with barley, and the meat and marrow was from the ox tails. Like ham hocks or chicken wings, ox tails were once throw-away items that you could get for cheap from the butcher or grocery store. They have become popular enough over time to fetch gourmet prices, which is a shame... me being cheap and all.
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Nice to know you have multiple talents.
Yellow split pea, mmmm! Probably the best vegan soup you can make: onions, carrots, celery and split yellow peas. You can add as much Tobasco as you want; it takes quite a lot.
Chili is another amazingly versatile thing. Make Alex a white chicken chili. Yum.
- Mike Kole said...
The sweet potato soup was a real hit! It was a chowder, so it was an interesting mix of flavors. No heat in this one, though.
I distinctly recall your use of Tabasco, Steve. I haven't gone for it in a soup yet, mainly because of the vinegar in it. I tend to go straight for Cayanne or red pepper if I want some heat. I'll have to go that route some time soon. Funny you should mention chili. I haven't made any yet, and again, I recall your vegetarian & vegan chilis. They were pretty fiery, so I'd take a lot of sour cream with them! :-)


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The following is a story Smiley told his friends, during the party's stay the haunted monastery of Pelor. It was preserved in writing by Hagen Foltner, gatekeeper and scribe.
Looking down at the dire rat as it struggled to maneuver its way through the monastery gate, Smiley quietly maneuvered along the ledge of the monastery's wall. When he had positioned himself directly above the rat, he spun his hand crossbow in his hand, grinning as he passed the spinning crossbow from one hand to the other, until the crossbow suddenly stopped moving as Smiley took his shot.
The bolt plunged into the rat's head and pushed out the other side into the ground, sticking the rat's head onto the ground as if it were upon a tiny pike. Smiley's grin grew wider, and he gave a little fist pump of victory, but at that moment his mood darkened for a moment as he was reminded of another kill he'd made, months ago.
Smiley looked down through the holes in the wood floor at his mother, Nisse, busying herself in the kitchen. Nisse called out, "Smiley! Smiley! Come out, I know you're here!" She sighed heavily and said softly to herself, "I wonder what kind of trouble he's getting himself into now. City life just isn?t good for him, I?m sure of it, but we can sell more hides here renting a space for a little while than we can by pitching tents in the wilderness."
Her mood brightened as Hod stepped into the room, his movement shaking the little apartment just slightly as he carried in a newly tanned deer hide. "Oh, Hod!" she exclaimed as she looked up at him lovingly, "It looks wonderful! We should fetch a pretty penny for that one, dear!" Nisse beamed at her adopted son, and Hod blushed, "Oh. It is nothing. Father would have done better job but he is busy with the rest."
Nisse didn't stop her praise, however. "I just wish your brother was as hard-working as you are, Hod. Wherever we go, whatever city we end up in, Smiley always finds the nastiest crowd to fall in with. He needs to learn that not every problem can be solved by running away and hiding from it!"
Hod stopped her gently, "Smiley helps family, he helps sell the hides." He tried to defend his brother, but even he knew that Smiley was often more of a detriment to the family's livelihood.
Smiley had heard it all before; because he spent so much time hiding and watching, he knew what his family thought of him. But he also knew that he couldn't change who he was. Hard work and meeting problems head on just didn't come naturally to him. He preferred to win favor with a smile, and barring that, he could always just walk away.
But Smiley still couldn't help but feel ashamed. He wanted to be good to his family, he wanted to help out and he knew that they were poor. But the kind of person that paid for Smiley?s particular expertise just wasn't the kind of person that Smiley's family wanted to deal with.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Nesse went to the door and opened it, and to her surprise she saw a tall male human, wiry and covered with a long, dark cloak. His skin was pale, and he spoke with a raspy voice, "Greetings. My name is Roth. I would like to speak to a Mr. Smiley, and I have been informed that he resides here."
Nesse knew enough to be suspicious of this strange tall one standing at her door. "What do you want from him?" Hod moved closer to the door as he attempted to situate himself between his mother and the stranger at the door.
Roth, noticing the half-orc's intimidating movement, wasted no time, and he swiftly pulled a dagger from his cloak and pressed it against Nesse's throat.
"Now, I'm going to ask you again. Where is that rat, Smiley?" he said as he shuffled inside the kitchen and closed the door, holding the knife to Nesse's throat.
Hod yelled at the man, "What you doing with my mother?!" as he grew angrier and angrier, stepping back so that he could get closer to his hammer in the back room.
"Don't move, you disgusting creature!" Roth snarled, a little blood trickling down Nesse?s throat from the knife. "Smiley is a person of interest for me and my superiors, and I must know where he is. He owes quite a bit of money, and quite a bit of blood."
Nesse cried out, "I don't know! I don't know! I don't know what he does in this godforsaken city, getting involved with scoundrels like you!"
"Well, I could always take back some of that debt from you, couldn't I?" he whispered, grinning as he maneuvered her around the table closer to the back room. "Where do you keep your gold in this dump, anyway?"
Smiley pulled out his hand crossbow and searched quietly for an opening, his hands trembling as he desperately tried to keep his breath steady and quiet.
Suddenly, he saw an opening. Two feet away from him saw a large hole in the wood floor of the attic, and he quickly rolled over to it. The sound confused Roth, and he looked up suddenly, right into Smiley's eyes as Smiley's hand crossbow let out a tiny twang.
The bolt plunged into Roth's eye, pushing through his skull and out the other side to the wall next to him. The bolt stuck into the wall with a loud thud, and blood poured all over Smiley's mother. Nesse quickly stumbled away from the dead man, but Hod?s rage demanded blood. Hod swiftly stepped into the other room, grabbing his hammer and smashing it into Roth's face again and again and again, with each swing crying out, "Nobody! Hurts! My! Mom!"
Smiley was relieved and felt lucky as hell. But before Smiley could celebrate, Nesse shrieked up at him, "What have you done! What have you done! Why did you bring this upon our family! We're in danger because of you! You!"
"I can't live with you anymore, with this, I just can't take it anymore," she sobbed, holding her hand against the shallow cut on her neck. Hod began to bandage it up, as Smiley snuck out of the attic and jumped out the window of the small apartment, off to discover who was behind this, and to exact his revenge. He would deal with his family later; there were some very mean people he needed to talk to, first.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Smiley's Story
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I have a whole backlog of posts to get out, but need photos to post them and of course, with work, and being in a play, and in the middle of a yard sale and house move, there is no time for photos.
The projects entail–quilting for the first time in my life (advice anyone?), refashioning a dress into a skirt and a shirt, refashioning a skirt into a shorter skirt and….something else (not sure what yet), finishing some undergarments, and searching for patterns for split knickers (like the ones Queen Vic wore).
In terms of refashioning, I have so many projects to get through and post that it is embarrassing. I have planned: turning dog bandanas into a dog bed, the afore mentioned skirt into skirt + something fabulous (it's all in Liberty print as well!), turning a wrap dress into a skirt and a shirt, refashioned a tired and ill-fitting RTW cardi into something delightful and well-fitting, turning sheets, curtains, and pillowcases into a king-size quilt (I've never quilted before, so lots of advice would be lovely from you expert commenters), and refitting/refashioning all of my empire waisted shirts that I stupidly bought a few years ago even though they make me look 6 months gone.
Phew…so I promise I will be back soon with pictures (and hopefully a fancy new sewing room with a cutting table space!) toute de suite!
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I love crosses! I have been keeping my eye out for
them at garage sales and stores for the house. A while back, I found out
that Hobby Lobby sells unfinished wooden crosses.
So, I decided I would try decorating some.
I made these crosses in my "pre-blogging" era, so I didn't take
good pictures while making them. The processes was the
same for both, though. First, I painted the front
and sides of the cross with spray paint. I painted the turquoise
one black and the pink one silver so that the sides would
look nice. Then, I found fabric to decoupage onto the crosses.
The fabric on the turquoise one was off of a $2 pillow from an estate sale
and the fabric on the pink one was actually from one of our table
runners from our wedding. You could also use scrapbook paper instead of fabric.
After I got the fabric glued on, I trimmed the edges. Then I used super glue
to attach accessories on them. All of the accessories I used were
from Hobby Lobby. I found the pearls on the turquoise one from the
scrapbook department, and I cut the flower off of a
floral stem. On the pink cross I picked off the little white flowers off
of a couple of floral stems and the little bird I found by the floral section.
The crosses were a fun easy and fun project!
The turquoise one is hanging in our living room
and I love it every time I see it!
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Come, Thou Tortoise
By Jessica Grant
Knopf Canada, 432 pages, $30
Reviewed by Ariel Gordon
The opening pages of Newfoundlander Jessica Grant's promising debut novel are disarming. Literally.
Audrey (aka Oddly) Flowers, terrified of flying to begin with, disarms an air marshal on a flight from her adopted Oregon back to her hometown of St. John's. She is going home because her beloved father has been bashed with a Christmas tree and is in a coma.
Next we learn that Audrey has left Winnifred, the titular tortoise that she inherited from an ex-boyfriend, back in Oregon.
But the distance between them doesn't mean Winnifred can't narrate occasional chapters about her current straits ---- being tortoise-sat by a faintly resentful out-of-work Shakespearean actor, for instance -- and muse on Audrey's relationship with Cliff, the ex.
As you'd expect from such a premise (and from an author whose previous book, a collection of short stories, was titled Making Light of Tragedy) the prose is full of puns and other clevernesses that verge on precious.
Underneath it all, thankfully, is a beating heart. As with a tortoise, you just have to wait for the irregular beats.
But as the tortoise herself notes, "When the heartbeats do come, they are magnificent."
One beat is that Audrey's grief over her father's sudden debilitation is stunningly, groaningly real.
Her attempts to reconcile herself to his later death, to the mysteries of her childhood, are confused and illogical but are nevertheless riveting in Grant's capable hands.
A second beat is the novel's loving and subtle portrayal of homosexual relationships, in this case between Audrey's father and the man she was taught to call "Uncle Thoby."
Another is the realization that Audrey's linguistic quirks, which could be mistaken for cleverness-for-the-sake-of-cleverness on Grant's part, is really the highly specific language of Audrey's family melded with a slight Newfoundland accent.
Make no mistake: though there is passing social commentary, Audrey does not have the precocious intelligence and wry, acutely self-aware sense of humour of Miriam Toews' protagonists.
Also, unlike Nomi or even DBC Pierre's Vernon Little, Audrey is an adult. A child-like adult to be sure, but an adult nonetheless. (Her reply to the statement, mid-novel, that she's grown up? "Yes and no.")
So credit Grant for crafting a convincing -- yet odd -- story. Despite the quirks, despite the extravagant wordplay and the storytelling tortoise, this is a novel that has the power to jab you in the vitals.
What does feel slightly unearned, however, are the occasional illustrations and strike-outs. They feel gratuitous (and hipster-lite) in a 400-plus page novel, especially as the strike-outs are abandoned after the first chapter.
But that's a minor quibble for what is, on the whole, a funny and sad and splendid first novel.
Ariel Gordon is a Winnipeg writer. Her first book of poetry, with Kingsville, Ontario's Palimpsest Press, is slated for publication in 2010.


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There's more to Germany than just lagers
The Berliner Weisse at Carillon Brewing can be complemented with traditional
raspberry syrup.
By David Nilsen
Germany loves its lagers, and the beer culture there is characterized by clean, crisp lager styles like Pilsner, Munich Helles, Märzen (Oktoberfest), and many others. These beers showcase classic malt and hop flavors and leave yeast to do its fermentation work behind the scenes without making itself too apparent in the flavor department. It's surprising then that the country's wheat ales are so incredibly expressive and eccentric, with boisterous microbiota that announce their presence loud and clear.
Let's back up for a minute. You might have heard of the Reinheitsgebot, a German beer purity law that went into effect in Bavaria over 500 years ago. This oft-misunderstood piece of legislation dictated the ingredients that could be used in beer, and the seasons in which it could be brewed. While the history and impact of the law are complicated, it basically guaranteed Germany would be brewing mostly all-barley lagers. Only a small exception was made for wheat ales, and these beers hung on over the years until returning to broader popularity in the twentieth century.
Now let's get back to that yeast, because it's what makes these beers so special. Ales are fermented with a yeast species called Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Different strains of this yeast produce varying levels of aroma compounds called esters and phenols. Esters tend to be fairly fruity, while phenols are more spicy. In the case of Bavarian wheat ales, the particular strain of ale yeast used to ferment them creates an unexpected but delicious combination of banana and clove aromas. You might even get a note of bubblegum or vanilla. Who said tradition couldn't be exciting?
The most popular German wheat ale style is Hefeweizen (weizen is German for wheat, while hefe means yeast). Yeast is left in these beers after fermentation rather than being filtered out, so they come out somewhat cloudy (there is a less common filtered version called Kristalweizen). Made with roughly half wheat malt and half barley malt, Hefeweizens (also sometimes call Weissbier, meaning "white beer") have a soft, pillowy texture and an effervescent carbonation. They're often served in tall, curvy vases to allow room for an ample head of foam. The characteristic banana and clove flavors from Hefeweizen are glorious on a sunny afternoon, and the relatively low alcohol level (around 4.5-5.5% ABV) keeps them refreshing. Local examples can be found from Moeller Brew Barn and Eudora Brewing.
Dunkleweizen ("dark wheat") is about the same strength as Hefeweizen, but contains a portion of darker malt that deepens its flavor with notes of caramel, toast, or dark bread. Less common than its pale cousin of the same strength, it is equally beguiling.
The heavy hitters of the Bavarian wheat ale family are Weizenbocks, which can contain up to 9% ABV. Light and dark variants exist, but the darker is more common. The style was created in 1907 by the venerable Schneider brewery in Munich, and features a rich maltiness that weds perfectly with the expressive yeast character to evoke thoughts of boozy, spiced banana bread. While all Bavarian wheat ales are versatile for food pairings, Weizenbock can be a dessert all by itself. Ohio enjoys award-winning examples from Great Lakes Brewing and Fat Heads Brewery.
The rest of Germany beyond beer-hallowed Bavaria has some eccentric wheat ale styles to offer the world as well, though as recently as five years ago, almost no one here had heard of them. Gose is a low-alcohol wheat ale brewed with coriander and a touch of salt and partially fermented with lactobacillus bacteria, which gives the beer a slightly tart twang. Unheard of on these shores a few short years ago, the style is now enjoying tremendous popularity, and is often brewed with fruit additions like berries, lime, or blood orange. Ohio breweries Urban Artifact and Platform Brewing have built much of their reputation on session-strength sour ales like Gose and its cousin,
Berliner Weisse.
As the name implies, Berliner Weisse originated in the German capital city and enjoyed tremendous popularity there in the 19th century. More overtly tart than Gose and lacking the salt and coriander additions, Berliner also makes an excellent platform for experimenting with fruit flavors. In Berlin, it was once popular to serve the style with raspberry or woodruff syrup, and there is debate as to whether the beer is best with or without these sweet additions. A rustic example of the style is brewed at Carillon Brewing in Dayton, and can be ordered with raspberry syrup if desired.
A lesser-known German wheat ale that might yet have its moment in the U.S. craft scene is Lichtenhainer. Brewed with a portion of lightly smoked malt, this mildly tart beer is a bit of an acquired taste, but serves as a liquid time capsule to old German brewing techniques.
Germany has given the world countless excellent beer styles, and not all of them are crisp lagers. Lift a glass of quirky but delicious German wheat ale and say Prost! to the return of warm weather.


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Publication details for Dr Michael Thompson1999 (co-edited with Doggart, Sebastian) Fire, Blood and the Alphabet: One Hundred Years of Lorca, Durham Modern Languages Series, 282 pp.
- Publication type: Edited book
- Keywords: lorca
- Further publication details on publisher web site
Author(s) from Durham
In 1998 the world celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Federico García Lorca, Spain's greatest modern poet and dramatist. The Lorca Fiesta staged at the Newcastle Playhouse was the biggest centenary event outside Spain, and also the most fun. It included dance, theatre and music, and a conference on the impact of Lorca's life and work.
This volume is the product of that conference and a record of the magic and diversity of the whole Fiesta. The contributors are a stimulating blend of academics, poets and theatre professionals, all responding in a variety of ways to the creative challenges of Lorca's legacy.
Reprinted by Manchester University Press in 2010


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Similar in nature to the previous Ogres are today's Trolls. (Depending on your fantasy source, Trolls are either big, fierce and nasty creatures or they're just
repulsive little goblins.) Actually, in Guardians terms Ogres and Trolls have little in common. Ogres are Mortals, Trolls are Externals. Ogres works together and have many common themes. Trolls are just . . . there.
There are five Trolls (four from Dagger Isle, one from Drifters Nexus): Greated Horned, Grotto, Lowland, Valley and Woodland. Their vitalities are low, ranging from 3 to 8. Four are bribable (one
Gold, two Babes and one Beer), none have terrain bonuses (though one gives bonuses in Rivers & Lakes). Two are command cards. All have special abilities, but no two are the same or even similar in nature. There's nothing to build on as a creature class.
Individually, they can aid different types of decks. But the best that I could do with pairing them is as follows: imagine a shield containing a Grotto Troll, Lowland Troll, Woodland Troll and either 2 Water Nymphsor 1 Water Nymph and 2 Wild Nymphs, all sitting on Rivers & Lakes.
With this mystical shield, your Grotto Troll, which is only a Vitality 3 command card, something that I approve of greatly, gives all of your creatures +2. If your attacking, your Lowland is 8+3+2=13. Your Water Nymphs are 7 +3 (for R&L) +2 (from Grotto) = 12. Your Wild Nymphs are 4 + 2 = 6 (or 10 with channeling). Finally, your Woodland is 4 + 2 (from Grotto) + 4 + 4 = 14 or 18 for the third Nymph. That's 55 points of primary attacking Vitality, without channeling!
But, as always, "dream" shields are few and far between.
Troll/Nymph decks are possible, and they would be great if there was a Woods/River & Lakes combo location terrain. (They might even move onto "Phenomenal" in that case, actually, because the bonuses start adding up). But since that Water Forest doesn't exist, you're better
off with creatures with River & Lakes bonuses and hoping for the Water Nymph/Woodland Troll combo to pop up, or go with Woods and Woodland Trolls and take the other Nymphs.
Summary: Trolls don't work well as a deck themselves, but they can support other creatures, particularly Nymphs.
C. J. Burke
Keeper of the Flame
For Whom the Bell Trolls, Spell, Up 8.
Play on any Troll in current match-up. That Troll and its opponent become unchallenged Creatures in melee.
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Gimme the Epidural!: Medications, Interventions & Decisions
THE NAME OF THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO: Birth Decisions: Medications & Interventions
You want an awesome birth. You know that your definition of an awesome birth includes an epidural but you also know that it's best to get information so you can make informed decisions about your care during labor and birth. During this class, we'll cover the benefits, risks and side effects of epidurals and the accompanying interventions, as well as how to try to reduce the risks and side effects. We'll go over decision-making, working with hospital staff, discuss induction procedures and options and even cover how to have an awesome Cesarean birth, if that becomes necessary.
This class is NOT intended to be the only prenatal birth class you take, BUT if you pair it with the Move & Get Comfy for Labor class (if you just can't fit in a full childbirth class), that's much better than nothing...of course, if you would rather avoid an epidural, consider the Natural Birth Ready class, which includes ALL the info from the Gimme an Epidural class AND the Move & Get Comfy class and so much more! And don't forget about New Baby Ready and Breastfeeding Ready. Find out about class packages by clicking here.
Birth can be fun, it can be fun-ny and so can prenatal classes. Bring your birth partner, dress comfortably, bring your questions and a notepad!
This class is a 3-hour class, the fee is $110, includes birth partner attending with pregnant person.
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Archive for January, 2015
The chuckle brothers have landed
Right, division-of-labour time: I gloat; you admire. Why's that – apart from the usual day-to-day admirability that I manifest? Because I have completed my tax return! Not filed it or paid any money, mark you, but completed it. And the feeling is exactly as the ads promised: one of lightness, smugness and glee. Whoever came […]
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Winter clean
Any year that doesn't start with winter vomiting bug is all right by me. In fact, Christmas may have been a sparkling wonderland of roasting meats and children's laughter in other houses, but not in mine. Instead of days of enervating enforced inactivity, mine was spent helping my father get his flat repainted at the […]
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Well, new term has been started for 2days. It's different with last 2terms, I passed it forcefully. N now, i feel like i dun hv any spirit to go thru dis term. Is it because I hv too much holiday? Or am I bored wit dis life style? Although I noe wat I can do n wat I like is design, but still "where is my spirit?" Huff*
Okay, actually, deep inside my heart *cahh kata2nya* I wan to b more serious n put more effort for dis term. My dream is to b a successful person, someday. To make my dream comes true, I hv to go thru dis term forcefully. Huff*
I hvnt posted about my holiday in Jakarta. It was great *of course*. The last day of my holiday *sept7*, it was the busiest day, I think. Dat day, I was in Bandung (frm Fri). N on Sunday, I hv to go back to my home 1st to take my bag then go to airport to go back to Malaysia. From Fri til Sat, i din go to any Factory Outlet (FO) *FYI,they sell a vvvery cheap items like clothes, dresses, skirts, trousers, etc.* . So my mom asked me to go to FO on Sunday. It's sooooo last minute or last second mayb?..
Actually I planned to go back to Jakarta 10am on Monday. But cuz my mom asked me to go to FO with her, my lil bro n my grandma. Finally, 1pm I only went back to Jakarta. FYI, frm Bandung to Jakarta at least 2,5hr BUT my driver made it less than 2hr. Only 1hr45min I've arrived home. Then I put all my stuffs to my bag n went to airport.
It felt like I'm an actress n rushing my time for shooting. Wahahahha. N I arrived at my Condo around 12am. Huff*
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" John is one of the most passionate coaches in the sport of wrestling. His desire to be great was evident as a young person when he chose to walk-on and wrestle for legendary coach University of Iowa coach Dan Gable."
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Saturday Nov 11, 2017 - Duals @ Shenendehowa High School; Participating teams: Castleton University - D-3, The Citadel, Hofstra University, Ithaca College D-3, Kent State University, Long Island University - D-2 , North Carolina State University, UNC – Chapel Hill, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma University, Purdue University, Rutgers, Sacred Heart University and University of Virginia.
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Saturday Nov 11, 2017 - Clinic with World Bronze Medalist Nick Gwiazdowski
Sunday Nov 12, 2017 - Round Robin Individual Tournament at HVCC, Troy NY: Participating teams: American University, Army, Castleton University - D-3, The Citadel, Hofstra University, Ithaca College D-3, Kent State University, Lehigh University, Lock Haven University, Long Island University - D-2, North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech University.
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Creating a small business and integrating it into a community is not an easy task. New businesses require change, and people don't like change. However, this may be the most important part of a small business. Forbes posted an article on their site about success within a small business.
"Sometimes a single startup can kick off a mini-community."
Take chances. Build your own niche and connect with as many people as possible. What are you doing to connect your business with as many people as possible? We'd love to hear your ideas!
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My COE Project: Customer Insight Studies for a Healthcare Diagnostics Company
The client of my project, a health care diagnostics company, wanted to understand the changes and trends in customer demand, to examine customer demand and pattern of utilization, and highlight possible changes in the business landscape. My COE team performed in-depth data mining and analysis which included various perspectives on patients, doctors, tests and travel distances. We created a market segment model to further examine the relationship between patients, doctors and labs visited, allowing the client to better understand the customers and factors involved. We constructed a prototype location selection model to estimate operational volumes and to predict customer behavior in response to the relocation of labs. The results provided insights into the behavior of doctors and patients and also the operational environment, enabling the client to make more informed decisions in the future.
My MM in OR Experience
During my projectI was able to work with the senior executives of my client's organization. The project provided me not only an opportunity to apply knowledge I learned from school, but also the practical skills to succeed in the real business world. I was hired by Vancouver Coastal Health before my graduation.
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