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I just mailed a letter to 50 of the most inspiring people I know. Each of them contributed to a fundraiser I held this spring in conjunction with my attempt to complete the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati. When I think of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings," these are the people I remember. Their encouragement and support help to keep this Fat Man Running.
July 13, 2013
Dear Friends,
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
It has been three months now since the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, and the conclusion of the fundraiser you helped to put over the top: Living Strong at the Y 2013. Our goal this year was an ambitious one: $7000. Thanks to your generosity, we smashed through that wall and raised $7551. That is beyond anything we expected or hoped for. You taught me a lesson. No goal is too high when we reach for it together.
Thank You for Supporting Our Survivors
Your dollars are already at work in the LIVESTRONG® at the YMCA program at the North Lexington Family YMCA, and every penny is going toward helping cancer survivors and their families to enjoy the benefits of fitness, healthy eating, and new friendships, many of which will last a lifetime. I am so grateful to you for making all that happen. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
Thank You for Running with Me
My very ambitious personal goal was to beat my 06:21:53 time in the 2012 Pittsburgh Marathon by an hour. I didn't quite do that, but I was able to finish in 5:42:35... almost 40 minutes faster. I was proud of that effort, and the special "Buck a Minute" pledges that it raised. I know that 5:21:53 target is still out there waiting for me. Your support and kind thoughts will help me to get there before much longer.
Thank You for Sticking with Us
I'm already planning and dreaming for next year. After consulting with the folks at the LIVESTRONG foundation down in Austin, I've decided to change the name of our project from Living Strong at the Y to Run Bob, Run. I checked with them because I was concerned that the original name of our project was too similar to the trademark "LIVESTRONG," and might be confusing to people. Together, we came up with a title that reflects the focus and personal nature of our work. If you would like to visit the new online site, the address is http://www.crowdrise.com/runbobrun2014/fundraiser/pennsy
I haven't settled on next year's event, but be sure it will be a fun one. I'm thrilled with the things we have accomplished together, and can't wait to see where the next few months will lead us.
On behalf of the YMCA, the LIVESTRONG foundation, and the survivors and families who will benefit from your gifts, thank you. LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is alive and growing thanks to you. I hope you have a safe and joyful remainder of your summer.


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Travel credit cards, also known as 'overseas spending' cards, are designed specifically for use abroad. Such cards usually have low or no fees for spending when you travel, and they also use favourable exchange rates.
There are many options for holiday spending, varying from cash and prepaid cards to credit or debit cards.
The benefit of cash is convenience – and it's sometimes necessary to have physical notes or coins in certain destinations. But the downside is that you can be stung with costly exchange rates and you could lose your cash or have it stolen.
For this latter reason, many people simply do not feel comfortable travelling with significant amounts of cash.
Another option is to load money onto a prepaid card that can be used for shopping or withdrawing cash abroad.
These cards are considered a safer option as you can only spend the amount added to the card, and there is no risk of your card being cloned, as can happen with credit cards. However, some prepaid cards come with big fees and they can be hard to get for some currencies.
Some travellers use their normal everyday credit or debit card while on holiday, but this can trigger expensive fees for purchases and cash withdrawals. You could be charged between £1 and £1.50 every time you use the card, regardless of the transaction value.
Instead, a growing number of people are choosing to take out travel credit cards for their overseas spending.
Designed specifically for use abroad, the best travel cards come with zero fees for foreign transactions and offer a reasonable exchange rate. And don't forget that credit cards come with protection from identity theft so if your card details are stolen and used, you shouldn't be liable for any illegal spending.
There are three main fees that travel credit cards may charge:
When you compare travel credit cards, you should consider how much each will charge for these overseas spending fees. Our credit card comparison tool highlights the foreign purchase fee for all travel credit cards (the amount you're charged when you buy something with your card).
This rate is usually the same as the non-sterling transaction fee, but you should review the terms and conditions of each card to be sure.
When you look at the details of each overseas credit card, you'll spot that some charge you for cash advances (ATM withdrawals) and others don't – if you prefer to use cash abroad, this is an important fee for you to consider.
Some credit cards can charge a fee of up to 3% on anything you buy, but a fee-free travel credit card won't. And while prepaid cards can sometimes compete with travel credit cards when it comes to low fees, some have 'inactivity fees' that charge you if you decide to leave a balance on the card but not use it until your next holiday.
If you don't spend the full balance, you could also be charged a redemption fee to obtain the cash.
Generally speaking, the best credit card for travel will be the one with the lowest fees and interest rate.
But there are other things to consider, too: if you'll withdraw cash abroad, you need one that doesn't charge a cash advance fee. If you want to review your spending in real-time then you need a provider with a decent app, and if you want to earn incentives when you shop, you'll need a travel credit card with rewards.
When you compare credit cards with our Eligibility Checker tool you can see which cards you are most likely to be accepted for, and your results will show the travel cards with the lowest fees at the top of the list.
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When you pay by card or withdraw cash abroad, you're likely to be asked whether to accept the price in the local currency or convert it to sterling. While most people would instinctively choose to pay in sterling, you could be wasting money as they often use costly currency conversion fees – but check as this varies by card.
When you're going abroad, make sure you let your bank know so your card doesn't get blocked. You can usually report upcoming trips by filling out a simple form in your online banking. And make sure you take note of your bank's helpline in case you have any problems while you are abroad.
Be sure you pay off your credit card balance in full, every month. If you do this, you should avoid having to pay any interest – because many cards come with a 50+ day interest free period.
You can check out all the best travel money deals on MoneySupermarket's online comparison service.
We're free and independent, as well as offering exclusive deals you can't get anywhere else.
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Regulation and Legal Culture: The Case of Motor Vehicle Safety, 4 Yale Journal on Regulation 257 (1987)
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 was a revolutionary statute. Indeed, it represented the convergence of two revolutionary movements. The first was the political movement for reform of federal administrative regulation. Abandoning the New Deal model of a reactive regulatory commission charged with adjudicating, on a case-by-case basis, the reasonableness of the activities of particular firms, the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act created a "pro-active" bureau charged with the responsibility for promulgating new general rules of conduct that would operate industry-wide. The second revolutionary movement was intellectual and reshaped the substance of automobile safety regulation. Abandoning the historic definition of the automobile safety problem as one of avoiding accidents by modifying driver behavior, the 1966 Act adopted an epidemiological perspective. Reconstituted, the safety issue became how to modify the vehicle (environment) so that the interaction of the passenger (host) and the deceleration forces of accidents (agent) produced less trauma.
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Mashaw, Jerry L., "Regulation and Legal Culture: The Case of Motor Vehicle Safety" (1987). Faculty Scholarship Series. 1147.


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If you're considering picking up a shiny new iPhone, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, or iPad for your loved ones this holiday, Apple's made it easier than ever. Between the Apple Online Store and the company's retail stores, it's simple to pick up the device of your choice in time to hide it under your Christmas tree, menorah, or favorite holiday trinket.
Ordering from the Apple Online Store
The Apple Online Store's shipping deadlines are especially forgiving this year: If your item is in stock, the company will pay for free two-day shipping. Note: Two-day shipping doesn't apply to customized built-to-order Macs, engraved products, or orders paid for with financing or a bank transfer.
Any order placed before 5PM ET Monday-Friday will ship two business days after. If you order after 5PM, your order will ship in three business days.
As such, the latest you can place an order and receive it is on the 24th is before 5PM ET on the 22nd of December. UPDATE: If you're a really late shopper, Apple is now offering free next-day shipping for any in-stock item ordered before 10AM ET on the 23rd of December.
The iPhone is a special exception: Apple's offering free next-day shipping on all in-stock iPhone models. As such, the latest you can order an iPhone and have it arrive on the 24th is before 5PM ET on the 23rd of December.
If you miss out on those free shipping deals, of course, you can always add Guaranteed Next Day Shipping to your order, which gets it there in one business day (or one business day before noon) for an additional $17+ fee.
Now, none of these deadlines apply if you're trying to order a built-to-order Mac or an out-of-stock product. If you've waited until now to order a custom Mac and won't ship until after the 25th, you may be out of luck finding such a build somewhere else — but I hear handmade "Something special is coming your way" IOU cards are all the rage.
If you're not looking for something built-to-order and you've either missed the shipping deadlines or your item is out of stock, don't fret: There's still another way.
Picking up from the Apple Retail Store
When you order something online from the Apple Store, you now have the option to select in-store pickup if the Apple Retail Store carries the item in question. (Note: AirPods are a rare item this time of year, so you may not be successful at trying to get a pair before Dec. 25.)
This is a great way to shop for last-minute hardware gifts without necessarily having to rush to the mall, worrying that your gift-to-be may or may not be in stock. If you order online first, all you have to do is choose a store in your area and come pick it up when you get an email notification.
Now, all that said, the Apple Store is a pretty popular holiday shopping destination, so I would advise ordering things for pickup before the 24th, to better ensure that your item in question is in stock.
Ordering from a third party
If you've waited too long and you're scrambling, there are a few places you can pick up Apple-related items, including your local Apple authorized reseller, Best Buy, Target, and overnight shipping from Amazon. I personally tend to prefer ordering direct from the source when it comes to Apple products, but if you don't have a choice, these can be good places to visit in a pinch.
Good luck! And may the gift-buying forces be with you.
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A new biography of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes alleges that he often insulted his own on-air talent and offered at least one employee money for sex during a contract negotiation.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that a section of Gabriel Sherman's book on Ailes will deal with his offer to producer Randi Harrison that he would pay her an extra $100 a week "if you agree to have sex with me whenever I want."
At the time, Ailes was an executive at NBC. Ailes later served as president of the network's cable spinoff CNBC before leaving in 1996 to begin the process of launching Fox News.
Sherman's book also describes a 1995 incident in which Ailes allegedly insulted to another NBC executive, David Zaslav, by using a phrase that included the words "little Jew" and profanity, a claim backed by an independent probe ordered by the network; Ailes' supervisor at the time, then-NBC CEO Bob Wright, is quoted in the book as saying, "My conclusion was that [Ailes] probably said it."
However, Zaslav — now the head of Discovery Communications — denied the story to the Times.
"We fought with each other and we fought with a lot of other people," Zaslav said on Tuesday. "But this allegation is false."
Fox News issued a similar statement on Tuesday, telling the Times, "These charges are false. While we have not read the book, the only reality here is that Gabe was not provided any direct access to Roger Ailes and the book was never fact-checked with Fox News."
But Random House, which will publish Sherman's work on Jan. 21, defended it in a separate statement.
"We fully stand by the book," spokeswoman Theresa Zoro was quoted as saying. "If anyone has issues with it, we will respond with the facts as Gabe Sherman has reported them."
For his part, Sherman told the Times via email that he wrote the 560-page book — including 100 pages devoted to a bibliography and source notes — "to shed light on the full scope of [Ailes'] talents and power." Sherman reportedly interviewed 614 people during his reporting.
The book will also reportedly cover Ailes' habit of insulting hosts like Bill O'Reilly ("a book salesman with a TV show") and Brian Kilmeade ("a soccer coach from Long Island") in private, and his 2012 declaration to network executives that "I want to elect the next president."
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By Bryan Alger on June 21, 2016
We've been hard at work adding some of our most requested features. We've been so busy in fact that we're calling this our v2 release! Read on and learn about our new superset and drop set support, cool new ways to plan your workouts and even a full screen mode that brings your workout front and center.
Features for advanced lifters
At our core, Gravitus is a workout logger. If you're an intermediate lifter you probably occasionally add supersets or drop sets to your workout. We've made that functionality incredibly simple:
Creating a superset is as simple as adding a couple of exercises.
Drop sets are quickly accessible from the set menu.
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To make logging even faster, plan your next sets during your rest and check them off one by one. You can also tab between sets to enter multiple values in succession.
Quickly log your planned sets with the tap of your finger.
Moving between sets has never been easier with convenient navigation buttons.
Workout in fullscreen
One of our most exciting features is a new fullscreen mode that puts your current set front and center. Set your goals first, then go full screen to bring the most important information up close, where it belongs. Exceed or miss a goal? No problem, you can set a new value without leaving full screen.
After you've set goals, go full screen for the optimal lifting experience.
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For those of you that follow workout programs, our new template feature is going to blow you away! Quickly and easily create templates for the workouts you do, then start a workout from template when you hit the gym.
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Save now, finish later
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DWYER Instruments has released the new Series 616C differential pressure transmitter.
The Series 616C is a suitable unit for building automation applications.
It is a two-wire, compact unit featuring 1% full scale accuracy. Numerous ranges are in stock, from 0-75mm water column (747Pa) up to 100 PSID (6.89 bar).
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Oak Openings Metropark is allowing a bow hunt to kill deer on land adjacent to the park ("Metropark hunt; Oak Openings bow season targets plant life," Aug. 13).
Humans forge ahead with new development, taking wetlands, wooded areas, and land along rivers, creeks, and parks. Our wildlife is losing biodiverse habitat at an alarming rate.
Our Metroparks should be a safe haven for native deer. It is disturbing that Metroparks officials have not tested nonlethal methods of removing deer. Successful projects involving immunocontraception or fencing have been done elsewhere.
I oppose this plan to kill deer. I will vote against all future Metropark levies.
Adequate areas can be planned for native plants, deer habitat, and public use. That is balance through co-existence.
Monclova Township
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Thanks to hosts of BG students
Your Sept. 3 story "Pairings foster friendships for international students" outlines the service Bowling Green citizens provide their university by hosting foreign students.
In the early 1990s, Bowling Green State University led the nation in welcoming students from the former Soviet Union. Many of those students earned PhDs in photochemical sciences. Today, as American citizens, they lead industries here and across the nation.
Nearly every student who was welcomed by Bowling Green people formed friendships that last to this day. These unsung heroes, called host families by BGSU's international education office, helped foster a dream for thousands of young students to be Americans. Thanks to each of them.
Perrysburg Township
Editor's note: The writer is founder and first executive director of the Center for Photochemial Sciences at BGSU.
Polling place sites change too much
I have lived in the same house for more than 40 years, and it never fails to amaze me how polling locations change.
I live 1½ minutes from the Kent branch library at Collingwood Boulevard and Central Avenue, from which I could almost throw a rock and hit my house. But when I went to vote there for Tuesday's Toledo primary, I was informed that my polling place was Rosa Parks Elementary School — of which I've never heard, much less know where it's located.
Thank you, Lucas County Board of Elections. You've done it again.
Islington Street
Secor Rd. project needed bike lane
You reported that "the last stripe has been painted" on the $5.4 million Secor Road project ("Secor Road rebuilding officially concludes; Merchants' block party to celebrate completion," Sept. 7). But not one penny went for a bicycle-lane stripe.
There are wide traffic lanes, turn lanes, and concrete islands, but no space for a bicycle. In the rest of the country, cities are adding bike lanes, making it possible to cycle safely from home to work, to shopping, and for recreation.
In Toledo, most cyclists don't have the safety of a bike lane. It appears city policy is to load your bicycle onto a car and drive to where you want to cycle.
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In the work of ENUMERATE many experts from the cultural heritage section e.g. museums, libraries and archives are involved and provide support in the development of reliable data on digitisation and publication of digital information. Experts with methodological and with statistical background are also part of the network in order to develop instruments which are helpful for the whole field.
ENUMERATE is supported by:
Adolf Knoll; National Library of the Czech Republic; Prague, Czech Republic; adolf.knoll (at) nkp.cz
Rand Eppich; TECNALIA Research & Innovation; Derio, Spain; rand.eppich (at) tecnalia.com
Jeffrey van der Hoeven; Koninklijke Bibliotheek; The Hague, The Netherlands; jeffrey.vanderhoeven (at) kb.nl
Max Hammond; Berlin, Germany; max (at) mh-strategy.eu
Rui Guerra; INTK; Utrecht, The Netherlands; rui (at) intk.com
Alenka Kavčič-Čolić; National and University Library; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Alenka.Kavcic (at) nuk.uni-lj.si
Elena Sanchez Nogales; National Library of Spain; Madrid, Spain; elena.sanchez (at) bne.es
Richard Wright; Preservation Guide; London, United Kingdom; preservation.guide (at) gmail.com
Trilce Navarrete; University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; T.Navarrete (at) uva.nl
Gaby Wijers; NIMk; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; gaby (at) nimk.nl
Alejandro Nuevo Gómez; Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport; Madrid, Spain; alejandro.nuevo (at) mecd.es
Reinhard Altenhöner; German National Library, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; r.altenhoener (at) dnb.de
Prof. Andreas Rauber; Technical University Vienna, Austria; rauber (at) ifs.tuwien.ac.at
Marta Torres Santo Domingo; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Biblioteca Histórica; Madrid, Spain; mtorress (at) ucm.es
Marcel Ras; National Library of The Netherlands, The Hague; Marcel.ras (at) kb.nl
Rafael Roset; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya; Barcelona, Spain; rafael.roset (at) icc.cat
Julio Cordal Elviro; Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport; Madrid, Spain; julio.cordal (at) mecd.es
Neil Grindley; Jisc, London, United Kingdom; n.grindley (at) jisc.ac.uk
Raivo Ruusalepp; National Library of Estonia; Tallinn, Estonia; raivo (at) nlib.ee
More than 50 experts were involved in one-day meetings to discuss how measures can be developed for costs in digitisation, for use of digital heritage (of which we would like to have a better understanding).
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For more than 200 years, steam did almost everything in our society. It pumped water, drove factories, powered ships across oceans and ploughs through fields. Steam turbines still provide 90 per cent of our electricity. The Steam Revolution exhibition shows how steam touched the lives of millions.
Twelve steam engines, 'hands-on' displays, old boilers, videos and much more show how steam engines developed, what they did and how they changed the world.
See our engines in action:
- Steam Revolution from 10.15 – 11.30am each day
- Boulton and Watt from 11.45am – 12.30pm each day and 2.15pm on Saturday and Sunday
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We are pleased to offer a 1 bedroom flat set on first floor in this popular modern purpose built block situated minutes from Marylebone and Edgware Road Stations.
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Infographic: Changes in Food Bank Use in Canada
Food banks are one of the primary responses that municipalities have to local hunger needs. Food bank use numbers across Canada have shown growth in recent years. The below infographic, published by Global News using data from Food Banks Canada, illustrates just what the changes in food bank use numbers have been in Canada from 2008-2014.
All of the provinces and territories, except for Newfoundland and Labrador, have shown significant increases in the number of food bank users. These figures are notably higher in Nunavut, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, where a combined 247% increase since 2008 has been reported. The prairies have also seen significant increases: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba report around a 50% increase in the number of food bank clients.
When we look at the incredible need for emergency food centers that exist, one of the questions we have to ask ourselves is what can be done to reduce future reliance on food banks in Canada. In most areas, the problem with food insecurity does not have to do with regional scarcity of food; instead it has to do with distribution and availability of food. Income operates as a determinant for food access. In order to reduce food insecurity and reduce reliance on food banks, income-related policies need to be targeted. This includes policies that can increase minimum wage and social assistance rates to a level that makes it affordable to access food.
Factors contributing to household food insecurity vary region by region. In major urban areas, problems with food access are closely linked to rising cost of housing. A recent report published by the Daily Bread Food Bank, which operates in Toronto, stated that among food bank users surveyed, just $6.13 was left over per person per day after rent is paid. The same report found that 71% of participant income was spent on rent and utilities. It makes sense then, that areas that have a clear lack of affordable housing, and limited shelter allowance are also highly likely to be areas with high food insecurity.
Access to safe and nutritious food is essential for everyone's well-being. A lack of access to safe and healthy food has especially serious implications for children. The role of good nutrition in healthy development is difficult to overstate. Malnutrition during the early years of life has been linked to negative performance in later years, including adulthood. This means that children who are unable to access nutritious foods face both short and long-term disadvantages compared to youth who have access to nutritious foods. When we consider that 37% of food bank users in Canada were children, it's clear that food bank services are of critical importance to many struggling families out there.
Canada needs to invest more into preventing food insecurity. Household food insecurity in Canada is inextricably linked to policies surrounding income, the cost of housing and social assistance. Accordingly, when we're talking about measures that can be taken to reduce food insecurity, the conversation needs to be about more than just funding for food bank services. Spreading awareness about how programs need to expand, and the link between the cost of housing and food insecurity is a step in the right direction.
Vineeth Sekharan is an undergraduate student in a psychology major at York University. His interest in the elimination of barriers to accessing vital services like housing and healthcare led him to work as a research student with The Homeless Hub. Vineeth's other research interests include epidemiology, theories of power and persuasion, and literacy education. In his spare time, he likes to read a lot, write here and there, and then read some more.
Yes as Put Food in the Budget demands, we need significant increases in Social Assistance rates, the minimum wage [$15 and fairness!], the supply of truly affordable
homes, and a major increase in corporate/wealth taxation to pay for a more just, less destructive society.
These are the basic justice changes on which can be built the further changes necessary to the survival of a democratic, environmentally healthy society in Canada...see the Leap Manifesto for the beginning of that plan.
$20K shortfall threatens heavily used Iqaluit Food Bank
Nunavut faces the highest grocery costs in the country. So, it probably comes as no surprise that plenty of people in the territory simply can't afford to eat.
Now, that problem is growing into a crisis.
70 percent of Inuit families in Nunavut are food insecure, which is eight times higher than the national rate.
A $20,000 shortfall in the capitol's food bank could mean a hungry spring for some Iqaluit families in 2017.
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Justin Bieber has revealed that he is very competitive when it comes to his music career.
The singer admitted that he has given up concentrating on his personal life so he can put all of his focus into his music and become "the best".
Bieber told Complex magazine: "There's no point in doing this if I'm not going to be the best. I give up a personal life. I give up my friends and family to pursue what I love and to make my fans happy.
"Why would I give up so much to be just another singer? When I release something I want it to be the best. When I release my fragrance, I want it to be the number one fragrance; I don't want it to be the ninth best-selling fragrance."
He added: "My Christmas album went double-platinum worldwide. Christmas albums don't do that, and that still wasn't good enough for me."
The 18-year-old will debut his new single 'Boyfriend' on March 26. The track will serve as the lead cut from his upcoming album Believe.
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It's hard to like the way that NBC has scheduled Parks and Recreation's final season. Two episodes every week makes for a seven week marathon of sadness. Hilarious sadness, but compacted hilarious sadness. Tonight, though, the pairing of "William Henry Harrison" (who is, I now know, a real person that actually was the American president for just a month) and "Leslie and Ron" takes full advantage of its double feature billing. The former President sets the stage for Leslie and Ron, the pair then delving into the last three years of their friendship while they're locked in the room that used to be their office, their home, and the very heart of this show itself.
"William Henry Harrison" was a funny episode, sure, but it was completely eclipsed by what came next. And what came next, in "Leslie and Ron" was a flawless twenty minutes.
The time jump was worth it, just to see this offspring split and recorded reconciliation.
We find out what Morningstar is (a fancy apartment block built on the site of Ann's old house, next to Leslie's park on Lot 48), why Ron left his job (because it wasn't his job anymore, after all of his friends left, and it became a different role), and that before he started his construction firm, Ron went up to floor three to apply for a job. With Leslie, and by extension, the federal government. For someone like Ron, that's huge.
Admittedly, Leslie's always been the boss of the Parks department. While Ron shied away from work, hiring April to ignore phone calls, Leslie revolutionized the government department. And yet, she was never the number one. Ron was the head of the department, and that's how, I think, we all still see him: as a leader. So when, in "Leslie & Ron," he nervously makes plans with Leslie for lunch, waiting in JJ's Diner to apply for a job in her department, it's a sobering scene. Time has passed for our characters, and things really have changed.
Everyone left the department after Leslie did, and because of this, so too did Ron. He didn't tell Leslie — couldn't, after the failure of their aborted meeting (Leslie had to fly out to Washington, forgetting to tell him) — so while she was feeling betrayed, he had felt like that, at least a little bit, for even longer. Ron didn't ever appear to be doing a lot at the parks department (besides his favorite things, like budget cutting and advising his workmates on their private business ventures), but he was doing it among his friends. And when they left, the job became just that: a job.
Parks and Recreation is a workplace comedy, but it's never been as bleak or bored as the environment or the workers that featured on a show like The Office. The Parks Department has had its share of weirdos, sure, just look at the people that Leslie saw when trying to legitimize the Newport land as a Presidential landmark; but it's also always been a place full of passionate people trying to achieve real change.
Ron hired Leslie, as we saw, because of her passion. Their political views and personal opinions clash in nearly every way, but they've always respected each other because of these opinions, and never in spite of them. Their relationship only broke down when contact slowed, and full truths weren't shared.
It happens between people, friendships dropping away or being put on hold as time goes on, but Parks and Recreation– and Leslie herself- don't let Ron and Leslie get away with it.
They get drunk together, redecorate the Parks office to its former glory and then go and get breakfast food together at JJ's Diner. Parks and Recreation have plenty of guest stars left to throw at us this season, I'm sure, but I don't think anything will be better than those twenty minutes where Leslie and Ron were locked in their old offices together, talking out their history.
If "Leslie and Ron" is an indication of what the series finale will feel like, then we're in for a treat. A sad treat, with a lot of tears, maybe even more than were shed at Li'l Sebastian's funeral, but a treat nonetheless. There are nine episodes left, and I'm so glad that we have them.
- In 2017 there's a Pulitzer Prize for 'best top ten listicle'!
- According to Tom, beef milk is new on trend. "It's fucking milk." Ron's swearing was very on point these episodes.
- Are Ben and Terry no longer best friends? I didn't hear the Enchanted soundtrack in Ben's car, just his frustration with Terry's incompetence.
- "I ordered 60 vege pizzas to Ron's office, so that calmed me down a little."
- Ben has to deal with Ron and Leslie in his role of city manager, and tries his best to coerce Leslie into playing nice: "I'll let you rename the triplets Ruth, Bader and Ginsburg!" But then just locks them back into their old offices overnight. Parenting has clearly taught him well.
- Speaking of the triplets, we don't actually know what their names are, but they can be seen (!) in a deleted scene that's now on YouTube.
- The only thing better than Leslie recording the message, "Congratulations Ron you've been doing an explosive job!" in his gift landmine was Leslie laughing at this old joke when Ron set it off.
- "Dear Mr. Swanson, I'm sorry I raised my voice in the interview with you. And I'm sorry I called you a heartless thug." Some things change, but others never do.


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Computer maintenance isn't exactly something that most people remember to do. For the general user that isn't exactly tech savvy, when a computer doesn't work, they either call for help or simply buy a new computer.
If you have family members or friends that are always calling you for help with a slow computer, I'm going to offer you a solution that you can use to stop those phone calls right now. This solution incorporates six tools into a Windows script. That script is going to perform all of the PC cleanup work that you would do if you were sitting right in front of the computer yourself.
What This Script Will Accomplish
This Windows script is going to run the required tools in command line mode. Many of these tools that you've been using for years, you may not have even realized that there is a command-line mode available.
Clean Up Registry & Temp Folders
The first step is probably the most important. We're going to launch CCleaner in command line mode to clean up temp files and the registry.
One catch. In order to make this script work without constant notifications about the apps making computer changes, you'll have to disable the User Account Control windows feature in Windows 7.
Now you're ready to roll. Create a file called CleanComputer.wsf and start it off with the following script.
<script language="VBScript">
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim WshShell
Dim retVal
set WshShell=CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.run "CCleaner.exe /AUTO"
Danny covered CCleaner Optimize Your System To Run At Its Best With CCleaner Optimize Your System To Run At Its Best With CCleaner Over the last two years, CCleaner has changed quite a bit in terms of version numbers...up now to version 3.10 at the time of this writing. While visually the program actually hasn't changed much (it's... Read More recently, so you can see just what it is capable of and how much it can optimize your system. When you launch it in the script as shown above with the /AUTO flag, it'll run invisible and it'll use the settings you used when you last ran the application. You'll see CCleaner.exe running in the Task Manager.
If you configure CCleaner beforehand, in auto mode it'll automatically clean up temporary files, log files and your registry as well.
Clean Up Spyware
Next up is to take care of any spyware that might be running on the PC. My favorite tool for that is Spybot, and luckily Spybot also offers a command line feature. The one problem here is that the path to Spybot is full of spaces, which is hard to handle in a Windows Script shell command.
So, create a .bat file with the following:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SpybotSD.exe" /taskbarhide /autocheck /autofix /autoclose
Save it as SpyBot.bat in the same directory as your Windows script. Then in the next line of your WSF file, add the following:
WshShell.run "spybot.bat"
Your Windows Script will launch your batch job that will launch Spybot in command-line mode. You will know it's running when the Exe appears in the task manager.
Those four parameters after the spybotsd.exe file will run Spybot in silent mode, automatically remove any spyware found, and then automatically close.
Remove Malicious Software
In addition to anything Spybot catches, I also like to run the Microsoft Malicious Software removal tool. Download the executable from the "Microsoft Download Center" section, save it in your script directory as "malremove.exe" and then add the following line to your growing Windows Script.
WshShell.run "malremove.exe /Q /F:Y"
The /Q command tells the malware removal tool to run in quiet mode (no interface) and /F:Y tells it to forcibly remove any malware that it finds without any intervention required. The first time you run it during your initial testing, you'll have to select the option for no warning the next time it runs.
Here it is running in the background.
So, we've covered most of what you'd probably do if you were there in person – run CCleaner to get rid of temporary Internet files and other temp files, remove spyware and malware, so what's left?
Automate Disk Cleanup
Another common tool that can help computer performance is the Windows Disk Cleanup tool. First you have to set it up. Go to Start -> Run and type: "cleanmgr /sageset:1". The following window will appear.
Set up the items that you'd like your command line to automatically clean, and then click OK. This tells it that whenever you choose /sageset:1, to utilize the settings you've just created. Now, in your Windows Script, add the following line.
WshShell.run "Cleanmgr /sagerun:1"
This will run the Windows disk cleanup silently, using the settings you've just created. You can also install the latest Windows updates by first installing WuInstall.exe and adding this line.
WshShell.run "wuinstall.exe /install /reboot_if_needed"
And don't forget to do a quick defrag of the hard drive by adding the following lines to the script.
WshShell.run "Defrag volume c:"
WshShell.run "Defrag volume d:"
Automate Virus Scan After Cleanup
Last, but definitely not least, you'll also want to end your script by firing off a full virus scan. For example, I use Kaspersky, which offers its own set of command line parameters.
In my case, I just add the following final line to my script.
WshShell.run "AVP.exe SCAN /ALL /i4"
And that kicks off the command window and runs through a full scan (which can take several hours).
Most other anti-virus providers out there offer similar command-line options.
So, once you've added all of these lines, close out your Windows Script.
Once you've finished the procedure above and saved your file on the PC, just schedule the job to run on a regular basis (/Accessories/System Tools/Task Scheduler). Give the procedure above a try and see how well it works for you.
Did it work well, and can you think of any other useful command line tasks that could also be added? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Can we add Malware Bytes also to the script? What should I add to the script file to execute this?
CCleaner can only be configured to clean junk in auto mode there is no way to automate the registry cleaning process or any other CCleaner tools. Also simple batch script
"CCleaner Portable516\CCleaner64.exe" /AUTO" is much easier :)
so i keep getting a WSH error message saying "Expected ';'" in line 4 col 9. what am i doing wrong?
Hi Isaac, I'm not sure without seeing your code, but try to make sure that all your quotes "" are closed off properly.
yeah its good
Why do i get this error with ccleaner? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/403/errorct.jpg/
Not too sure if this helps, but can you go to Start>Run and then type up ccleaner.exe to see if this pops up as normal?
Sometimes you'll need to be in the same directory for as of CCleaner.
Try using the same method with Spybot and run the batch script pointing to the part:
WshShell.run "CCleaner.bat"
::Configure this line to where CClener is installed
C:Program FilesCCleanerCCleaner.exe /AUTOexit???The script may not be able to compile properly also, you made sure you copyed everything from this post to the clear.wsf?
Ramas - what does your code look like at line 11?
I added:
Ipconfig /flushdns
bleachbit --clean --preset (once I setup what I wanted cleaned manually)
speedyfox /default_profile (clean firefox tracks)
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255 (Clean IE tracks)
Great article...helped me move from a batch script to something better...thanks!
Something simple but I would usually perform this when I go to bed...
So I added:
shutdown /s
But thanks for the other tips Seti :)
Oops ... Minus the "ipconfig /flushdns"
Not much point for this function for me since Im shutting down the computer ... hehe
bleachbit --clean --preset (once I setup what I wanted cleaned manually)??
Never heard/used it... Just readup and its an Internet Browser cleaner, will give it try :D
Very cool tips you guys - thank you. I've added these to mine as well.
It all sounds wonderful. I only wish I knew how to start or set up a script
Things like CCleaner, Spybot, etc. constantly update themselves though.. sometimes to whole new versions... I guess those apps will still have to be clicked on individually every now and then to update+configure no? That's the only catch I can think of to this thing but other than that GREAT to know about how to automate via scripts.
Hey Fu. I am super burned out right now from a long night of updates, so I don't know if someone already posted this but I actually found a workaround for that. Most of the programs have the ability to set the preferences via an .ini file. So what I did was add the ini files for CCleaner and Defraggler in my updates folder and before the programs are called I use the xcopy function to copy the ini files into the ccleaner and defraggler program folders respectively. If that isn't clear let me know and I'll post my code. I am too tired right now to dig through and find it LOL GL
Thanks for sharing your solution, JT!
Awesome script compilation Ryan Thanks a million, You eased my work to lot of extent.
Few points from me:
1. I use Microsoft Security essential free Antivirus tool here is its details on how to use it with command line http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_scanning/does-security-essentials-have-a-command-line/5985585a-c933-4668-8925-20f9dc3ef233 I am using WshShell.run "MPCMDRUN.EXE SCAN 0" I hope that is correct?
2. How do I make this whole script run automatically in background when I am watching movies, is it possible to do the same using task scheduler? or any other tool.
3. I keep on installing lot of programs and then forget to uninstall it if I am not using it, is it possible to put auto uninstaller if program is not used for 3 to 6 months.
Great article :)
I have a different anti-virus system (Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2011). Will investigate what command line options this have. If anyone used this over command line before please share.Otherwise thanks for the code. Will give it ago.
Thanks for this post - I've got a script on a USB I use when cleaning people's computers but will add some of the items you have used here to it!
Thanks a lot.
Really good article
Cool - thanks Dom. Having a USB loaded with such a script is a great idea.
Hi Dom, could you please share me some light on your Script that you are using or would you be Kind to share it with me please ?


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Sarah Dunagan, staff scientist for Silent Spring Institute, will present a free public lecture, "Breast Cancer: Environmental Links and Opportunities for Prevention," Wednesday, May 26th at 6 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.
Dunagan will speak about scientific evidence suggesting that common chemicals found in the environment may contribute to breast cancer risk. Find out about opportunities for prevention and ways to reduce exposure to these chemicals.
The lecture is sponsored by Alaska Community Action on Toxics, the UAF Center for Alaska Native Health Research and Alaska Run for Women.


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What's almost as difficult as folding a fitted sheet, maybe worse? Getting a duvet into a duvet cover. Here are 7 steps to do it quickly and easily AND have the corners all line up right. 🛏
This post is for Sarah Janes. I don't know if this method is more effective than yours, but it works for me. My brother's girlfriend Visha showed this to me. Hope it helps!
- Evenly lay out the duvet on the bed sans cover.
- Lay out the duvet cover INSIDE Out on top of the duvet. The surface you want to face up should face down right now. Line up the corners and edges with the duvet.
- Roll up the duvet from top to bottom. The bottom edge should be the side with buttons/a zipper.
- Pull the duvet up a little higher on the bed to roll down the rest of the way. Grab the bottom corner of the duvet from the outside surface of the duvet cover (now inside out).
- Tuck the entire duvet rolled up duvet into the bottom of the duvet cover, like a burrito.
- Line up the corners of the bottom of the duvet and UNROLL!
- Voila! Done.


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Lakers 110, Minnesota 90: Hugs for all the people!
The Minnesota Timberwolves aren't a particularly good team when everyone's available. Without Al Jefferson and Randy Foye, as they were Friday night at Staples Center, arguably the only thing that separates Kevin McHale's bunch from the NBA and an the rec are some really ugly NBA-licensed road uniforms. That said, the Lakers haven't exactly been consistent in their ability to dispatch of low level competition, missing opportunities to get the starters early rest and important burn for the rest of the bench. Not tonight. LA took control early and held it, winning 110-90 and executing the blueprint to perfection. Only Pau Gasol cracked the 30 minute mark (by all of 33 seconds) and the reserves had extended opportunities to stretch their collective legs.
It's a reward the headliners know was well deserved for the supporting cast.
"Maybe the last three or four games, we felt like there were maybe teams that they should have been able to get (them) on the court, but we didn't go a good job at protecting our lead," said Lamar Odom. "Tonight was fun to see them out there and be able to do their thing, because they push us in practice. They make us better, so we have to go out there and show that it paid off, and play well to get them on the court. "
Three Good:
- Turnovers: Specifically, the lack thereof. Against a T-Wolves team missing its two best scorers in Jefferson and Foye, the scouting report says if the Lakers don't offer up free points on a platter by turning the ball over (1), good things will happen (2). give up cheap points, good things will happen. They didn't (1) and they did (2). Four turnovers on the night, including long stretches of garbage time minutes with the "Hello My Name Is..." unit of Sasha Vujacic, Shannon Brown, DJ Mbenga, Adam Morrison, and Trevor Ariza took the floor. That's impressive, and reflected in the score.
- Defense: At the end of the first quarter, Minnesota was shooting 33%. At the end of the second, 31%. Through three, 33%. At the end, 33%. That's effective. Knowing the Wolves didn't have much to offer, LA did a nice job of sealing the paint and keeping Minnesota outside, daring, double dog daring even, them to make jumpers. When Minnesota did manage to get the ball down low, no small portion of their shot attempts went the other way, thanks to 14 blocks from the Lakers, their second straight game with double digit swats. Mbenga led the way with four, Odom and Josh Powell each had three, Pau two. Even lil' Jordan Farmar got all up there and joined the block party. In the third quarter, the Lakers took over the game in part by forcing five Timberwolves TOs and turning them into nine points, helping stretch an 11 point halftime lead to 18.
- Bench Mob 2.0: Earlier in the season, it was guys like Farmar, Ariza, and of course LO pushing the success of the second unit. Tonight, it was Josh Powell (6-11 for 14 points, plus six rebounds and three blocks) and Mbenga, quickly becoming a crowd favorite with his big swats (five) and surprisingly effective scoring, going 4-5 from the floor en route to a career high 10 points (leaving him a scant 23,000 and change behind Kobe Bryant, who passed Robert Parish for 18th on the all time scoring list Friday night). "We believe that every guy on the team can make a positive contribution," Derek Fisher said. "It doesn't mean just scoring or doing things offensively. I think people enjoyed DJ's shot blocking more than the points he scored. It was him impact, his effort, and his energy that made a difference in that final quarter. We're going to need that type of thing in order to win a championship. We can't do this with just Kobe or just Pau or just the starters. It's going to take all of us."
The Lakers worked to give Chris Mihm a chance to regain the form he had a couple years back. I certainly was pulling for the guy, and wanted him to have a shot. Clearly, though, they made the right choice in basketball terms by letting him go and turning his minutes over to someone with more mobility and presence. Against better competition, Mbenga's challenge will be to avoid foul trouble and still contribute. But it's great to see guys like Mbenga and Powell, who are harder workers than they are big talents, have a chance to succeed.
Three Bad
- Luke Walton: The evening's first possession kicked off with Walton getting blocked on a layup attempt by noted swatter Mike Miller (one-third of a block per game on a career!), an omen for the struggles #4 was to experience. 1-6 from the floor, and a few misses were on attempts where he tried to do considerably too much. The worst offense was a sequence where Luke put the ball on the floor, back on the floor again... and again... and again... without actually going anywhere... until finally firing a brick. Pounding the rock until it's black and blue to create a shot ain't remotely Luke's game. Even when the razzle dazzle was successful- his one make was a spinning, off balance one-handed bank shot- the encore was a muddy turnover in the paint on the very next Laker possession. He only had one turnover, but it felt like more. There was also a few defensive breakdowns and late closes, typifying a night where, a couple of nice passes aside, Walton looked mostly out of sorts.
- Lamar Odom: Recently against Memphis, I praised the heck out of LO for a night where he notched a measly two points, but otherwise brought plenty of "gibles"- "tan" and "intan"- to the table. Tonight was the Bizarro World version of that two point performance. Take away the five boards (pretty low by his standards, anyway), and his gaudiest number on the night was a "4," which happened to mark his foul total, along with the number of foul shots he took and missed. Odom's general lack of energy was evident enough that Phil even asked LO at halftime if he was doing okay. In the meantime, again, just two points, on the same amount of attempts. As many Lakers Blog regulars know, I've often said that LO's point total can be an overblown conversation piece among fans. Lamar is never going to be a 20 ppg kinda guy, nor does he even need to be on this particular team. But he does at least need to represent a scoring threat, and along those lines, a pair of tries, like the overall effort itself, won't cut the mustard.
- The Wolves' work on the offensive glass: Wait, let me rephrase. They actually did a terrific job, despite the absence of Al Jefferson. Minnesota snagged eighteen offensive rebounds, six higher than their average. Heck, Shelden Williams alone had five. However, by definition, that would mean the Lakers were rather lousy in bodying up, boxing out, and general reactions towards the Wolves' plethora of brick. Given the final score, it would be hard to argue this really "hurt" the Lakers. But even if it's a victimless crime, that doesn't mean they wouldn't be found guilt in a court of law. Were the Wolves a more competent (or healthy, if nothing else) squad, they might have been able to convert that discrepancy into more than sixteen second chance points.
One Impressive Thing:
- Shannon Brown: They don't keep stats for YouTube Worthy Moments Per 48, but if they did, Brown would be leading the league. In the fourth quarter, about two minutes after entering the game Brown elevated like he was re-enacting a scene from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to throw down a big dunk. Then, similar to this gem we saw a few weeks back, rose up to contest what looked like a sure fire layup for Minnesota's Bobby Brown on the other end. (Brown on Brown crime. It's a shame, really.) Dude. Has. Hops.
One Big Thing:
- Rest: A season is filled with all sorts of peaks and valleys, with high profile moments (say, consecutive games on the road against Boston and Cleveland) and weeks like this one, with games against Memphis and Minny (also a popular jug band in Alabama back in the mid-60s) that would be... less interesting. But when it's said and done, LA could benefit from how they handled these two games as much as any other two on the docket. Twice the starters had a chance to sit without crashing the 30 minute mark. Combined with a light schedule, the Lakers gave themselves a great opportunity to recharge the batteries ahead of this week's very tough roadie through Portland, Houston, and San Antonio.
Phil Jackson, on DJ Mbenga and the team's defense:
Phil Jackson on the Lakers being the first this season to 50 wins, and the upcoming roadie:
Kobe Bryant on the win, DJ, Shannon Brown, and other sundry items:


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Purpose: Life style disorders like Hypertension, Obesity, Lipid Disorders, Allergies, Sleep disorders and Diabetes etc are growing rapidly due to our fast but faulty life-style. Understanding Ayurveda view on the Life style, Routine, Diet and prevention, can help us prevent and manage these disorders holistically.
F). Customized Training Programme – Tailor- made Duration: as per your need
Purpose: It is very well customized as per your needs. You may request to learn details about particular topics of your choice.
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18 days Schedule on Ayurveda basics/Panchkarma/ Cooking and Yoga & Meditation
Full Body Massage + Full Body Steam
Shirodhara + Mukhlepa
Meditation (Theory and practice) + Idli preparation
Chanting + Pranayam+Almond Syrup preparation
Kati vasti+ Shiro vasti
Dalia + Khichari preparation+ Surya Namaskar
Netra tarpan+ Karn pooran+Pulaao preparation
Pottali sek+Chanting
Rose conserve + Dal preparation (krit and akrit)
Different chapatis + Paranthas preparation
2 chatney- (pudina & mango) + Poha preparation
Rice bundle massage+ Meditation +Saktu preparation
Different sprouts+ Home remedies for common illness
Basics of Ayurveda – Vata , Pitta , Kapha & Prakruti
Diet plan for vata, Pitta & Kapha Prakruties+ Herbal Tea
Seasonal regimen + Surya Namaskar
Shoirodhara+ Meditation practice
Full body massage + Full body steam
Ø The training is for 3 hours/day
Ø Certificate will be issued on successful completion of all subjects training
Ø Printed notes in English are available.
Ø Panchakarma ,Yoga and Meditation will be conducted only on the trainee.
Ø Accommodation & Meals charges are excluded from this package.
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I saw it with the kids. I noted that the plot didn't, strictly speaking, make any sense and that the girl ended up with the wrong guy. I thought I'd just carry on with my life. Frozen-free.
But that didn't happen. Because I underestimated how much my girls, but also the rest of my children, but also all the rest of the people on this planet would love the music from this movie.
So, when time came to plan Anita's fifth birthday party, I gave it my best, I really did. But it HAD to be Frozen. So Frozen it was. And I might even be coming around a bit on it. But you'll have to read to the bottom to find out.
Here's what we did to celebrate Anita's 5th birthday and her cousin Lucy's 3rd birthday, in Gramma and Papa's backyard. 'Cause that's how we do.
Tables set up in the garage, homemade birthday banner, iridescent tablecloths, kid-made character drawings, icicle lights out of the Christmas decoration box.
not pictured: melted Olaf pitcher of water
Kristoff and Sven's Quality Ice Sales Ice Block Pull, inspired by this.
We pulled the sleds out, bought six ice blocks from the liquor store, and set up a little course in the back yard. We split the kids into teams of three, with a big kid as team captain of each. Then they had to load up three ice blocks onto their sled and get all three teammates across the line.
It. Was. Awesome.
Pin the Carrot Nose on Olaf, drawn by my talented sister-in-law.
We had also planned a Toilet Paper Snowman Wrap Up game, complete with sunglasses and leis, (to be Olaf in SUMMER!) but the kids were having so much fun playing with the ice blocks and the sandbox + baby pool "beach" that Jack set up, that I decided not to drag them back for any more organized games.
We made Melted Olaf Snowglobes.
jar labels (download below) printed in wallet size and cut and taped to the jar with packing tape


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Call it an accidental community.
When it launched, Open Diary was a project to allow people to write ongoing journals anonymously online without having to launch their own Web sites. A month down the track, however, the Web site has evolved into an alternative online community. The evolution began after Open Diary decided to allow readers to post comments on each diary entry. That simple option proved hugely popular, as people following the real-life stories chronicled on the site increasingly began to weigh in with their own thoughts and stories -- a process that has evolved into a vibrant meeting of the minds.
Open Diary's evolution intrigues site founder Bruce Ableson, who said he didn't foresee the involved interplay that is developing between the diarists and their readers. "It is a little surprising, but I think it's great," said Ableson, who is also president of site developer Able Sites Inc.
Random relationships
Of course, online communities are nothing new. For several years, online communities have linked people who live in the same place, work in the same field, or share the same hobbies, interests or medical problems.
On sites, such as GeoCities (www.geocities.com), users can make their own home pages, explore other members' pages by searching based on a variety of topics, and chat with other members in topic-based forums. The site boasts three million active members, company officials said this week.
But Open Diary journal-keepers and readers are different -- coming together across rather more random lines.
Numerous relationships have already developed between people who appear to share little, if anything, in common.
For example, for the past several weeks, a diary-driven dialogue has gone on between a 43-year-old teacher in the United Arab Emirates and a 32-year-old store clerk and mother in Virginia.
Through career annoyances and personal crises, the two women have offered one another advice and comfort. For instance, when the Virginia woman endured the death of a close friend, her new online friend in the Middle East was there to provide support.
This type of dialogue is repeated over and over again among the site's 1,300 diarists and an unknown number of readers. Some conversations encompass three, four, five people or more.
"I've had quite a few people write in to say that the reader comments really helped them out when they were in a tough spot," Ableson said.
'Stupid, cruel comments'
But the interplay isn't always so positive.
One diarist, a 41-year-old Missouri woman who is using her diary to chronicle her third pregnancy, attracted some sharply critical feedback that led her to lash out in frustration at readers posting "stupid, cruel comments." (The offensive messages were subsequently removed by site administrators.)
And while the friendships and conflicts that emerge in online communities are similar to friendships and conflicts in the physical world, some experts predict that as community sites grow and change, people will discover these sites can serve new purposes.
Few have watched this Web-community paradigm unfold with more anticipation than Howard Rheingold. A former executive editor of HotWired and author of several books on technology and society -- including the 1993 work "The Virtual Community" -- Rheingold said he thinks people might now be using the term "online community" too broadly.
Community 'smeared' all over
"The word 'community' has been smeared all over the place," Rheingold told ZDNN in an interview. "It's a complex thing. Just giving people free Web pages -- that's not a community. That's stretching it too far."
It's the debate, the interplay among individuals, that makes community sites come alive, he said.
Rheingold noted that the online community concept is far from new. Long before there was a World Wide Web, people used Usenet and listservs to hold expansive conversations that turned into the first "virtual communities," he said.
"Community isn't new, but it's new to the Web," Rheingold said.
The WELL phenomenon
Gail Williams, executive director of The WELL, one of the oldest online communities (Rheingold has been a WELL member since its inception), said that in its earliest days, the term "online community" signified virtual meeting places for "people who were isolated or outside the mainstream -- hackers, socialists, and extremist libertarians."
When The WELL opened 12 years ago, it functioned mainly as an electronic bulletin board for writers and readers of the Whole Earth Review magazine. Between 1992 and 1996, it also offered Internet access, but in 1996, the ISP business was consolidated with that of a San Francisco-based ISP called Hooked -- forming a new company called Whole Earth Networks.
Whole Earth Networks now runs The WELL's servers and billing operations. (Unlike with most other community sites, however, membership isn't free: members pay $10 to $15 per month.)
Over time, other highly specialized groups have flocked to the Internet to form communities.
A Yahoo! search for online communities shows hundreds of older sites with names including "QuarryWorld -- the online community of crushed-stone and sand and gravel producers," and "CraftWEB Project -- the online community to help promote quality crafts in basketry, ceramics, fabric arts, glass work, jewelry, metal arts, painting, paper art and wood work."
Not so geek-centric
Members of many of the Web's earliest organized communities came together chiefly to talk about technology, said Robert Schrag, a professor of communication at North Carolina State University.
"Now, with the maturation of the Internet, in many of these groups the technology is no longer seen as the unifying theme. It's just the tool that brings people together," Schrag said.
The concept of online community grew more mainstream along with the Internet itself, and soon people from all types of backgrounds, from all over the world, took to community sites to make their voices heard, whether to vent frustrations or express opinions, The WELL's Williams said.
Community portals?
Today, the community idea has merged with another hot Internet trend: that of aggregating useful functions in a Web "portal." Sites including The Globe and Tripod offer users the news headlines, search functions, and free e-mail available on the portals, along with home page building tools and a host of community functions.
The emergence of diary-keeping sites makes sense because "first-person singular is the language of the Net," she said.
But in addition to talking about themselves, the online diary keepers will "reconfigure the diary metaphor itself," Schrag said.
"Keeping a diary on paper means being in a dialogue with yourself, but keeping it on the Internet means being in dialogue with others," he said.
In the nearly eight years Williams has been with The WELL, "the biggest change is that it's not as esoteric as it once was," she said.
Whereas in the past one might have found only systems administrators, now there are soccer moms trading recipes. But in the course of the conversation, those soccer moms might expand to a host of other topics, Williams said.
In one of The WELL's "catch-all" discussion areas (or "conferences," as they're known on the site) dubbed the "Weird" conference, contributors generally meet to trade insults.
But recently, one longtime user, well-known to the group, "left a very moving posting about the death of a pet, and the others didn't touch that. It was like he just wanted to share that experience with the people he knew from the conference, and the others respected that," Williams said.
It's no cyber Utopia
If finding new friends to rely upon is one major use of online communities, another that will become more prominent as the sites evolve is a tool more commonly associated with Web portals -- organization of schedules and personal data, said Anya Sacaro, an analyst with Jupiter Communications in New York.
"In the beginning, the audiences for these sites were more transient, where now they are more focused, targeted and utilitarian," said Sacaro, who is now writing a report on the changing nature of advertising on online community sites.
As more of the sites begin to offer organizational and calendar tools, their usefulness will increase, along with their attractiveness to advertisers, she said.
In the future, Rheingold predicts community sites will offer more features and be easier to use.
"What we have yet to see is a place that offers a well-integrated mix of Web-based conferencing, instant messaging, chat and Web publishing," he said, "but it will come."
Such changes are as natural as the evolution of the "real-world" society, The WELL's Williams said.
"The online village is not a Utopia, but more of an extension of the physical world," she said. "We're really still at the beginning of the evolution."


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Posted by Jee Yeon Hwang
From the UbiComp 2009 conference, participants present their works within 60 seconds.
Dr. Eric Paulos introduces his research on measuring and visualizing air quality. Any environmental information can be collected/processed by utilizing ubiquitous computing technologies.
Nancy Ma and her team show their interactive toys for the better health.


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An utterly breathtaking Christmas table setting in a silver, white and gold color scheme. Photo Credit: The Contemporary Home
If you're tired of the traditional bright red and green palettes at Christmas time, tone it down with this calming white, silver and gold palette.
Savor the magical feeling as iridescent bead garland glistens in the flickering glow of ivory candles in little silver votive pots, intermingled with flat star shaped ivory candles at the center of the table.
The china is plain, unadorned, classic white exemplifying the innate beauty of simplicty. Large silver snowflake and star ornaments are sprinkled around each place setting. And a sprig of ivory nestles on the left side of the dinner plate for a punch of contrast to the largely monochromatic look.
A single glittering gold Christmas ball ornament adorned with a sparkling silver ribbon sits at the center of each plate, serving as both a placecard holder and take home favor for guests. The effect? Absolutely magical. This one gets my vote as one of the absolute BEST.~ About ChristmasDecorated.com: I make my living from home, blogging about something I love (Christmas Decorating!) with this blog. You can do this too. Sign up for a free e-course to learn how to earn a living with your own blog - Go to WorkAtHomeDivas.com.


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The Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center in downtown Boston is a welcome refuge for the hundreds of homeless people who have slept in its gymnasium since the city located an emergency shelter there in July.
It is an ironic lot for the special class of ''street people'' who stay there; many were committed to facilities like this before the so-called ''deinstitutionalization'' of mental -patients began a decade ago. Now they have returned, destitute and apparently no further ''rehabilitated'' (the great hope of the deinstitutionalization theory) than when they left.
According to social service officials in these East Coast cities, more and more mental patients are turning up among the ranks of the homeless.
''Sixty to 70 percent of our (homeless) population'' reports Paul Cassiarino, a psychologist at one of New York City's largest shelters for the homeless, ''has either an active mental illness or a recent psychiatric history.''
In New York, there are as many as 36,000 homeless. They number in the thousands in Washington and Boston.
The problems of homelessness are compounded with the high percentages of mentally ill and have forced social service workers to ask some difficult questions. Has deinstitutionalization failed? What is the best way to deal with the changing character of the homeless population? And why have private charities been so much more successful than publicly funded programs to help the homeless?
''This place looks more like the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel,'' says John, who has lived in the Lindeman Mental Health Center for the last three months. The indirect lighting, tinted glass, and sweeping architecture present a bizarre contrast to the bedraggled appearance of many of the residents.
For John, it is almost like returning to the hotels he used to stay at when he was a well-paid accountant some 20 years ago.
But when still in his early 30s, John began to have problems. And after one incident of violent behavior, he was committed to a state hospital in the area. His wife divorced him shortly afterward and took custody of their two children.
After this, John could find only sporadic work at jobs much less challenging and renumerative than what he had been accustomed to. Six months ago, he had to leave his rooming house in a Boston suburb when the landlord closed the building for renovations. He had no money for the security deposit on a new apartment. He spent weeks wandering the streets with his mind in a blur, he says, before he checked in at the shelter.
He now spends his time reading newspapers, remaining somewhat aloof from the other residents.
The Mental Health Department has helped John get a job washing dishes part time. With his social security benefits, he says he should be able to afford a room in a residential hotel near his place of work. But with some apprehension that his problems could recur, he looks to the future with uncertainty.
Many of the other deinstitutionalized homeless are not as well off as John. Most do not have his intelligence or physical ability and are unable to wind their way through the labyrinths of the social service system.
So many former mental patients are turning up among the homeless that they have been dubbed simply ''DIs.''
According to the Community Service Society, one of the leaders in New York City's effort to house and rehabilitate the homeless, about 65,000 of 89,000 patients have been released from New York state mental hospitals since 1968. In Massachusetts, only 2,500 of over 20,000 patients remain in state hospitals, according to Jack Gracie, a deputy commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health.
While most mental health officials say that deinstitutionalization has run its course, so that fewer discharges will be made in the future, a stricter admittance policy means that people who would have been committed to an institution formerly have little or no connection to the state services now. Under present law in most states, a person can be involuntarily committed only if he is deemed a threat to other people or to himself.
''This leaves room for interpretation,'' says Mr. Gracie, who is also a lawyer. ''Is someone who cannot pay rent . . . or feed himself a danger to himself? Usually it (the determination) is based on the immediate chance of suicide.''
In the late 1950s, partly because of an optimistic outlook on rehabilitation, mental health departments started to release patients to small halfway houses or to the custody of their families. But unable to function in these less restrictive environments, many of the former patients eventually ended up on the street.''
The idea that everyone can get along on their own is, as yet, a utopian assumption,'' says Kermit Morrissey, an undersecretary in the Massachusetts Health and Human Services office, ''but the book is still open.''
Others argue that while the intent to give mental patients more freedom is an admirable idea in itself, the program was misguided.
''We've seen people released that can barely take care of themselves,'' charges Mitch Snyder, a member of the Community for Creative Non-Violence in Washington, a group that has extensively researched the causes and problems of homelessness.
"Maybe it was a noble edperiment," he continues," but it was based on ignorance."
Dealing with both the growing number of homeless as well as their special needs has made health-care officials examine exactly what the publicly controlled shelters can, or should, do.
Robert Bryant, the supervisor of the Wards Island shelter in upper Manhattan, says this facility has an ''identity crisis,'' and that by and large, this holds true of the entire city-run program for homeless people.''Are we an emergency shelter, a halfway house, or a mental health clinic?'' Mr. Bryant asks. ''You're working in one direction and you're pulled in another direction . . . in some ways, it's all of them.''
In New York, litigation for the homeless has recently led the city and state to sign a consent decree that requires ''shelter and board to each homeless man who applies for it.'' Consequently, officials have their hands full just meeting the terms of the agreement, let alone having time to develop auxiliary services.
In Boston, state and local officials are also searching for answers to homelessness.
Responding to a public outcry after several homeless people died from exposure during last year's record-cold December, the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health opened a shelter at the defunct Boston Trade School. The shelter was originally intended as a temporary facility to handle the overflow from the 350-bed Pine Street Inn, the city's only large shelter. It wasn't until July that the Boston School Committee finally delivered an eviction notice.
Now the ''Parker Street Shelter,'' as it came to be known, is at the Lindemann Center. But, like its guests, it is without a permanent home. And officials involved in the five-month search for a new building say that, so far, the quest has been futile.
Mr. Morrissey says he wrote about a dozen letters to city officials nearly three months ago and has received ''no response whatsoever."
"I know that the city is in a parlous condition,"he says, referring to Boston's fiscal predicament, "but they must have a school or something out there." Over 20 Boston schools kept their doors closed this fall because of declining enrollment and school department cutbacks.
The biggest problem, according to Mr. Morrissey, is community opposition to location of shelters. ''I don't believe it's entirely a money issue,'' he says. ''We're in very much a situation -- 'yes we want to help, but don't do it in my backyard.' ''
People are worried about "eroded values" and "deviant human beings" in their neighborhoods, Mr. Morrissey explains.
Arlene Glasser, one of the organizers of Parker Street for the Department of Mental Health, describes the shelter as a ''transitional program'' to lead former patients along the road to a more normal life. She says the department had found a nursing home that would have been excellent for a shelter in most ways, but that all the rooms were private. ''This would be too much like a permanent living space,'' she says.
Mr. Gracie, the department deputy commissioner, concurs. ''If a shelter is too comfortable and homelike,'' he says, ''then there is no incentive for the people to find their own places.''
Others, though, see both Parker Street and the Pine Street Inn as permanent programs.
''I don't know what the alternative is,'' Mr. Morrissey admits. For some of the people, ''I suppose it is another type of institutionalization.''
While some officials debate the purpose of the shelters, others are taking a more direct approach to assist the homeless.
In the predawn darkness of a frosty November morning, the Farmers' Market in Jessup, Md. begins its daily operation. Hundreds of trucks from all over the country roll up to load and unload produce at the largest wholesale distribution center serving the nation's capital.
Behind the narrow loading docks, which snake off into the foggy distance, four figures scurry among discarded crates of produce.
''Look!'' exclaims one. ''Pears!'' With the enthusiasm of a gold miner whose pan glitters with a newfound fortune, he fingers the overripe fruit. What he and his cohorts recover this morning will make up the evening meal for some 500 homeless people, served in a back alley a short walk from the White House.
The four good Samaritans are members of the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV), an organization which, besides researching the plight of the homeless, has rolled up its sleeves to help them. Three times a week, some of the 20 community members rummage through the dumpsters of this market and local supermarkets to ''shop'' for the evening meals they have cooked every night for the last two years. For the hundreds of destitute street people they serve, it is the only free evening meal available in the city.
''Society doesn't treat people any differently than food,'' reflects CCNV member Justin Brown. ''Whatever it doesn't want, it throws away.''
As winter approaches, the problems of the homeless are accentuated. Competition for free housing, food, and health services intensifies. Both public and private efforts, already limited, are further strained. But while more and more people are forced onto the streets because of high unemployment and skyrocketing rents, public funds for social services are diminishing.
Just as soup kitchens and privately run shelters are a centuries-old response to the problems of homelessness, so is the dilemma about whether such services should be privately or publicly controlled. With the reduction in federal funds to state and local governments (most 1982 aid to human service departments will come in the form of block grants at 75 percent of the 1981 level), leaders are formulating social service policy with the budget ax in hand. They are also calling on private charities to pick up the slack.
And there's another major problem facing human service officials: Do the homeless even want the services that are offered?
''A person may be content to be homeless,'' says Mr. Morrissey, ''but it would be hard to choose no shelter in the winter.''
But many of the homeless do stay away from the public shelters by choice. The grim condition of city shelters in Washington and New York is well documented. Often guests are awakened as early as 5 a.m. and are crowded into showers that dribble tepid water. Reports of brutal treatment abound. To stay at most shelters, some kind of identification is required. Many of the homeless have none.
''The government shelters are run like prisons,'' CCNV's Mr. Snyder charges. ''I lived on heat grates for four months,'' he says, ''and I know that they are better than the shelters.''
To better understand the plight of the homeless and to draw attention to the lack of city shelters, Mr. Snyder and another CCNV member, Harold Moss, lived on a sidewalk heat grate last winter.
Last Dec. 30, after meeting with Snyder and other CCNV members, Washington Mayor Marion Barry announced that some District buildings would be opened to supplement the city's two existing shelters during the cold weather.
A week later, the mayor had taken no action and two more exposure-related deaths were added to the four already recorded by the city's chief medical examiner. Then CCNV staged a dramatic protest at the District Building. Four members were arrested.
Two nights later, on a tour of city shelters, Mayor Barry met Snyder at his heat grate on 19th and C Streets NW. Snyder says he tried to convince the mayor that the reason most of the street people were turning down offers of shelter was that conditions were so grim.
"The mayor told me he didn't care if 20 people froze to death," Synder claims , "and that the people were there [on the streets] by choice."
"I was right there with the mayor and he didn't say that," counters Warren Graves, an aide to Mr. Barry. He notes that while the city is grateful to Mr. Snyder and the CCNV for bringing the problem to the attention of the administration, the two groups continue to "disagree in terms of numbers. We feel we have adequate shelter for those that are out there."
CCNV's radical methods have hardly won them any friends in government circles. But even those taking more conventional approaches to publicizing the problems of the homeless agree with them on a crucial point: that privately run shelters are almost always far more humane and cost-efficient than those controlled by local or state agencies.
But there are exceptions. The 75-year-old Pine Street Inn, housing 350 men and women in downtown Boston, is often cited as an example of an efficient publicly run shelter. While its $280,000 annual budget is appropriated by the state legislature, however, volunteers do almost all of the work. It has a live-in staff of 35, all of whom were formerly homeless. Evening meals are prepared by church groups. Clothes and social services are also donated.
By contrast, the Parker Street Shelter, funded and operated by the Department of Mental Health, houses 50 people on a budget of $240,000 and offers about the same services to its guests.
''It's a wonderful kind of almost accidental model,'' says Mr. Morrissey, referring to the development of the Pine Street Inn during the last 10 years.
''I would attribute its success entirely to Paul Sullivan,'' says Morrissey, noting that the longtime director was once homeless himself. He adds that it is rare that a joint operation meets with such success.
A Mental Health Department official, who asked not to be named, says, ''Part of the reason why Pine Street has done so well is that the professional psychologists have been kept out.''
He explains that mental health caseworkers tend to ask patients too many ''obtrusive'' questions. Instead, he says, caseworkers should simply try to promote self-reliance and the sense of self-respect that the homeless need.
The basic problem with the public welfare system, Mr. Snyder says, is that clients are either made to feel that they do not deserve what they are given, or that they are being punished for being poor.
Rather than force the mentally desturbed to conform to society's standards -- often the intent of rehabilitation efforts -- society should broaden its concept of acceptable behavior, Snyder explains.''The deinstitutionalized need special kinds of support,'' Mr. Snyder stresses, ''but they also need a world and society that would tolerate them.''


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Expert Advice
Staging for the Holiday Season
Putting your property on the market during the holiday season can be very advantageous… After all, potential buyers are more serious and there is less competition! As always, it is critical to stage your property so that buyers can picture themselves living there.
These top 6 holiday staging tips will give you maximum results:
1. Curb Appeal: Make the front door your focal point. Instead of inflatable decorations on the lawn, a tasteful wreath on the door is more welcoming. If you have the space, a pair of beautiful urns will frame the front door effectively. In the foyer, add a framed photo of what your home looks like in the summer.
2. First Impressions: 72% of buyers' first impressions are formed in your foyer. As soon as they step inside, appeal to as many of their senses as possible…soft instrumental music, holiday cookies on a plate, a gorgeous carpet on the floor and proper lighting will set the tone for their visit.
3. Jingle Bells (or not): When choosing decorations, remember that "less is more". Buyers want to see your home's features, so don't cover up the fireplace and staircase with garlands and bows.
4. Wrapping Galore: Before each showing, put away your bows, tags, ribbon and wrapping paper neatly so when buyers open a closet, they aren't bombarded with it. Try to find an area in the basement that could serve as a craft room and keep it neat at all times.
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