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For any teacher, surviving the school year and keeping students both educated and entertained can be a challenge. Having all the right supplies on hand from September onwards can be of great help. Here are some suggestions for what any educator should be looking for on their next trip to a teacher supply store, whether that teacher supply store is located online or off:
The Basics – Even though most schools send a school supply list home to parents every summer and students should report for their first day of a new semester with a backpack full of new school supplies that are not always the case, especially at a time when some parents simply do not have the money to purchase everything on those lists at one time.
Kids, and not just the younger ones, are also often very forgetful creatures and their brand new pencils and crayons are often left on the counter at home in the rush to get out of the door. Finding a good teacher supply store that offers discount school supplies to teachers who buy things like pencils, crayons, and notebooks in bulk can mean that teachers can keep an "emergency supplies drawer" and pay just a few cents for each item in it.
Printables – There are certain printables that make a teacher's life a little bit easier. Handing out a list of classroom rules at the start of the year gives students an idea of what is expected of them in your classroom and simple "bioforms" that ask children some basic information beyond that collected by the school office is a good way to get to know them.
Pre-printed forms of this sort can be purchased from a teacher supply store but there are also a great many places to download them from the Internet for free (or at a very low cost) as well these days.
Certificates and awards are also a good motivational tool, especially for younger students and again you can find them at your local teacher supply store or at certain sites online. In addition word-processing software like Microsoft Office and Sun Microsystems, Open Office comes with several certificate templates that can be personalized to fit a teacher's needs and easily printed out right from the school's own printer. Read also this article on Alternative education options.
Substitute Teacher Packs – A teacher never knows, like anyone else, when they might get sick and need a day or two off. Many teachers do have the foresight to create a substitute teacher pack at the start of the year to keep in the classroom in case of such an eventuality. Want to know if a charter school is an option for your child? Read this post.
Such packs can include class lists, simple seating charts, standard class schedules, fire drill rules, your classroom rules, office procedures, and other information that you think would make the substitute teacher's job easier. All of it can be placed into a folder or binder from a teacher supply store and any substitute tasked with teaching your kids in your absence will be really grateful for the help. And let's not forget the number one reason we're doing all this: Let The Kids Play as much as they can without getting disturbed!


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Dimension Norraena: Discovery has been published. It is the second book of the trilogy. I love how it looks and I'm happy with the over-all improvement in my writing which among other refinements, is shorter as a result of my toning down my verbosity. It's really easy when you are writing the way you talk, to add a lot of unnecessary words to your sentences. The feedback I've had on the first book in the series has not been a complaint about length (or actually anything else) however realization about your prospective readers comes with some surprises.
I gave books to a number of friends and family. I mentioned off hand that if they felt like writing a review or making some comments to please do so on Amazon. People who were close to me I actually asked to write a review. It was my understanding that you need a huge amount of reviews for Amazon to take any note of you at all. I asked one of my brothers and my son if they wanted to read my accomplishment . The first question from both was: "How many pages does it have?" Their responses were less than exciting. When I think of how many books I gave to people who were really positive about my writing and often very encouraging, and how few I think have actually read it, or not bothered to write a review-it's disappointing.
It takes a lot of effort, energy and time to write a book. If you are not doing it for yourself as well, you may not get the acknowledgment, praise, appreciation or just enjoyment that you hoped for.
On the positive side- good reviews are refreshing and that brings me to my blog at this point on promotion. Ay yi yi…
I've heard so many authors talk about hating to promote- just wanting to write. You have to love the idea, I think, to get some mileage on your sales chart. It's difficult because the product is in essence about selling yourself. You have to get others to believe that what you have to say is either of value to them or of interest. And let's face it- there's a world full of other authors saying the same thing about their work. Of course your slant on whatever you are offering is unique. So it is worthy of promoting. It's still a chore, isn't it? Which brings me to my long delay in doing it myself.
In the reviews, both written and given to me verbally, I frequently heard, "When will the next one be out?" I gave them a possible time frame, but I was off by three or more. It dawned on me that it was a long time to have to remember what happened before, once the new book was available. I realized that having a closer target date for the last book in the trilogy might be my best time to really start promoting. In fact I immediately began thinking about packaging the three books to promote together at one time. Granted some people don't buy three books at a time of a book that has sold less than a million copies. ;{) So- I'm ready to get going. I've taken a class or two on ways to do this. I'm not just jumping off a bridge into frigid water. Given that writing here a whole lot more often, and figuring out how to get all the widgets working to get more exposure is one of the first things I need to attend to. . . well. . . get ready.
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Getting the Word Out
I spent the better part of the day during Sunday's outbreak in the Midwest sitting in my chair watching information roll in almost in real time. Between Twitter, Facebook, my radar and the Weather Channel I was well informed with everything going on, watching storms move at super speed developing hooks, and wincing as the storms approached communities in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
Among everything that happened that day I was amazed at the amount of information coming in and how far we've come in storm coverage and chasing in just a few years. Pictures were rolling in almost instantly as snapshots uploaded to social media took off like wildfire, meanwhile video was rolling in quickly afterwards from bystanders who had the unfortunate luck of being in the storms way. Shortly afterwards, damage photos from the storms blistering path came in giving us an initial idea that these storms meant business and we should all be paying attention.
As the day wore on the reports kept coming in. Washington, IL was hammered by a tornado initially rated and EF-4. Soldier Field in Chicago was evacuated and the game suspended for almost two hours. Storms near Paducah, KY were producing tornadoes. Such a wide region affected it took effort just to keep up with all of it.
But, the most important defense we had was the information.
SPC had this event pegged a few days out. Chasers notified their legions of followers on social media that this was going to be serious. Watches were issued just enough beforehand, and once the storms started firing and moving at warp speed tornado warnings were soon to follow. For folks downstream in Eastern Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky there was plenty of coverage to allow for preparations and plans to be made. Sadly, even with all of the information out there, at least seven people died and dozens of others were injured. These storms were brutal and so fast moving once they came upon an area there was little time to react.
There has been a ton of progress made the last few years in improving warning times. Social media has enabled not only the government but scores of other sources help get the word out, helping the public to prepare for upcoming weather events. There is still room for improvement, but as bad as things may get all of the information out there helps keep things from being a lot worse.
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Vegetable Garden
I just bought all these veggies and herbs to plant my vegetable garden this weekend. I got tomatoes, 3 kinds of cucumbers, peppers, artichokes, peas, beans, swiss chard, 4 kinds of lettuce, basil, thyme and parsley. I even grabbed some strawberries for the girls to watch them grow.
I'm so excited, I've been waiting years to have a vegetable garden. I'm so looking forward to being able to walk outside and gather some food!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
4 comments:
- RootsAndWingsCo said...
Good luck on your garden! I LOVE gardening. I have all kinds of goodies that I've been growing from seed, since January. They are past ready to be planted outside. That's my plan for the weekend! Again, good luck on yours.
Rebecca of the R&W Gals
- 3/19/2010
- steph said...
How exciting! I bought one lonely tomato plant tonight... but can't wait to watch it grow!
- 3/19/2010
- sinnlighet said...
Your blog ..... it's amazing and soooo inspiring. Nice to find you!
A small footprint from Agneta & Sweden
Ps. I have an ongoing jewelry contest on my blog. Welcome! Ds
- 3/21/2010
- umithepumi said...
Careful where you put the strawberries, they're runners and can be very invasive.
- 3/22/2010
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**This is the sixty-fifth in a series of weekly updates with news from the world of Epicureanism. Our home base for discussion of Epicurean philosophy is https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/ and copies of these posts are stored at EpicurusCentral.wordpress.com.
**As of tonight, our participant total has grown to 226, and we seem to be growing by at least 30 or so each week. Welcome to all the new participants!
**Activity is picking up in the forum to the extent that I may have to change the focus of my weekly update, and comment mainly on the big threads and big events, leaving other links largely uncommented. Regardless of that, I will continue to list the main events and topics of the week here at the top of the update.
**One topic I want to be sure to highlight is the publication of a paper that Christo Yapajakis, Assistant Professor of Neurogenetics at the University of Athens Medical School in Athens, Greece, and founding member of the Friends of Epicurean Philosophy ("Garden of Athens"), gave at the 26th International Conference of Philosophy held this past week in Athens. The conference topic was "Greek Philosophy And Moral And Political Issues Of Our Global Era,' and Dr. Yapijakis delivered a paper entitled "The Need Of The Epicurean Concept Of 'The Pursuit Of Happiness' in the European Union." Dr. Yapajakis gave us permission that we repost this as widely as possible, and with help from Elli we linked and posted not only the speech but some brief comments about the reaction to it at the conference. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/699084323473864/ I think it is great that we have direct communications with fans of Epicurus in his homeland, and I hope the forum will grow as a means of communication between them and fans of Epicurus across the world.
** In what was probably the most-commented thread of the week, Mark Cubbedge started a thread on the nature of the gods in Epicurean philosophy. This thread went in all sorts of directions before it was over, but it contained what I thought were excellent comments form many people on many very important topics. I probably need to start highlighting a "thread of the week," so that if you missed it you get tipped to go back and check it. I think this week, this thread is it. Thanks Mark! https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/697729196942710/
** In another recent thread worth highlighting, Alexander Rios started a document in which he is summarizing his thoughts on the message of the inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/699072860141677/ We've had some good comments on that already, but mainly I want to comment that preparing our own outline is one of the best ways to better understand Epicureanism. Epicurus himself suggested as much in the opening of his letter to Herodotus, and Thomas Jefferson showed that he knew how to summarize the philosophy in an outline he attached to his letter to William Short. I expect discussion on Alexander's thread to continue during the week, and I hope you'll check his example and consider following it yourself.
**Another post not to miss is that thanks to Google Street view, we have the ability to look at the location that is the most likely spot where the original garden was founded. Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=298187243694424&set=gm.698333223548974&type=1 Thanks to Bryan for that.
**I want to be sure to mention that this week we saw the participation for the first time of Mr. Charis Dimitriadis, who is the writer of the book entitled : "EPICURUS – Seeking For Happiness In Everyday Life – An alternative way of life for the human of our times". I am afraid that this book is only in Greek at the moment, but at some point maybe we will see an English translation. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203918035574327&set=gm.696357870413176&type=1 I have been very impressed with Charis' posts this week, and hope he will be back often. He was a major participant in the thread on the gods mentioned above, and his comments there are well worth reading.
**Hiram posted an article on "Reasonings About Neuroscience" https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/697628203619476/ which looks very good.
**Another post with some significant participation was started by M. Samson, who asked: "Dear friends, I have been reading very interesting articles about the Epicurean way of life from many of you. I have one question that has been coming to mind daily. How would Epicurus or his followers advice one to live or which attitude to adopt in a world that is full of evil and very unpleasant scenes as we have today? Thanks in advance." I think you'll find the responses to that post of very good quality. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/696991760349787/
**If you're not familiar with the epitaph of Seikilos, it is one of the oldest musical compositions in existence. I thank another of our Greek members whose name I cannot pronounce for reminding us of it! https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/697078663674430/
** Yiannis Tsapras, another recent addition, posted an interesting video on Corneliua Castoriadis. Although Castoriadis was not explicitly Epicurean, he was an influential Greek of the mid-twentieth century and as he got older his views shifted from Marxism to views on autonomy much more consistent with Epicureanism. I suspect over time, if we continue to be able to communicate with our Greek friends, this is a name it will be useful to know about. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/696179337097696/
**I want to note the existence of another Epicurean community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/696724773709819/ Its leader, Nathan Hartmann, posted a nice note inviting us to visit.
**This past week included the twentieth, and I posted this excerpt from Thomas Jefferson which included the phase "The Greater Part of Life is Sunshine" https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/696228283759468/ The post is really just an excerpt from Jefferson's "Head and Heart" letter, which, once you are familiar with Epicurean themes, you will find very interesting and familiar.
** Most recently as the week wound to a close Hiram linked to an article entitled "How Can "Moral Science" Exist?" I take it from the comments that the author's point of view is not necessarily Epicurean, but he grapples in an interesting way with issues that are important to us all. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/permalink/699030316812598/
** I know I have skipped over a lot but I want to bring this week's update to a close on an important and positive note. We're really seeing a lot of new people and a lot of new activity on the Forum. That is highly positive, but at the same time there are inevitably going to be some glitches, misunderstandings, and things said which will probably be regretted. Please remember that we are all new at Facebook forum communications, and most of us are also new to Epicureanism. Please give each other the benefit of the doubt and presume comments are benevolent when there is any doubt. If anything gets out of hand, please report it to the moderators and it will be dealt with. Perhaps the hardest thing to do is to calibrate exactly how much spiciness to allow in the debate before things are deemed over the line. Philosophy is a rough and tumble game, but we ask that you keep your descriptions of others as respectful as possible, and that you eliminate profanity and harshness from your posting. This is FACEBOOK. It is intended to be a community of friends, and it is intended to be fun. It is focused on Epicurus and not general philosophy, but we have participants from all over just about every possible political and geographic and philosophical background you care to imagine. We have participants from the political far left to the far right, and just about all increments in between. I am not aware of too many (or any) participants who promote fundamentalist religion, but rest assured that those will come. We will try to be slow to anger and slow to remove offending participants, but please honor the "About" section and be sure that your posts are relevant to Epicurus and made in a good faith effort to discuss his philosophy constructively.
**OK that's it for the week. Feel free to post any comments in this thread.
I apologize if I missed anyone or anything. As always, if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please add a comment or participate in the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicureanPhilosophy/ or hop around the internet word of Epicureanism by checking the links here: EpicurusCentral.wordpress.com
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I just took my last trip in Argentina. It feels weird to write that after spending what feels like years here. I've been to Córdoba, Mendoza, Iguazu, Bariloche, San Juan, El Chalten, El Calafate, Punta Alta, and Bahía Blanca. And, of course, I've spent months here in Buenos Aires.
This weekend was the 200th anniversary of Argentine independence, so the country had a huge bicentennial celebration. My roommate and I spent our 4 days (Monday & Tuesday were both holidays) about 9 hours south of BsAs in a little town called Punta Alta, about 30 minutes from the much larger city of Bahía Blanca.
Two Argentine friends of ours took us around their town and the surrounding countryside. But, really, the trip wasn't about sightseeing; it was about food.
The picture above is of the best asado that I've had to date, and I've had some good ones. We had chorizo, morcilla, chinchulines, matambre a la pizza, and costillas (sausage, blood sausage, intestines, flank steak with tomato sauce and cheese, and ribs). Absolutely rocked my world. And it was all cooked on a custom indoor parrilla built by my friend's grandfather, who moved to Argentina from Italy only 50 years ago. It was, as my friend Eli said, "una obra de arte" (a work of art).
And that was only one meal. I had amazing fondue, pizza, more steak, empanadas, locro (a traditional pork stew with beans), an incredible coconut torte with dulce de leche. This could go on and on.
I think these may have been the best 4 days of eating that I've done and a badly needed vacation. Now, back to the grind and back to the gym…


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A urinalysis is a test that measures elements found in urine, such as electrolytes, hormones, or waste products of metabolism. It is also called urine test and involves a number of tests to detect and measure various compounds that pass through the urine. This examination can help find problems that need treatment, including infections or kidney problems. A urine test includes three parts namely, visual exam, microscopic exam, and dipstick test. Its primary aim is to screen health conditions. The urinalysis is carried out as routine medical checkup, pregnancy check-up, pre-surgery preparation, or on hospital admission to treat various disorders. It may be used to screen for and/or help diagnose conditions such as a kidney disorders, urinary tract infections, liver problems, diabetes or other metabolic conditions, to name a few. Additional tests and clinical valuation are often required to further examine findings of urinalysis and finally diagnose the causes or specific features of core problems. For example, urine infection is generally identified based on results of urinalysis. Urine culture is frequently ordered as a follow-up test to recognize the bacteria that may be causing the infection.
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 2016, around 4.9 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with kidney disease. The major factors that are driving the growth of market are escalating prevalence of kidney diseases and urinary tract infections, technological advancements, increasing adoption rate of point-of-care urinalysis devices, implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), increasing healthcare expenditure and increasing senior citizen population.
Urinalysis Market
On the basis of product type, the urinalysis market is classified into the following:
On the basis of test type, the urinalysis market is classified into following:
On the basis of end user, the urinalysis market is classified into following:
Urinalysis Market Dynamics
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases among humans, around 29.1 million people or 9.3% of the U.S population suffers from diabetes (2016). Increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases and geriatric population will give rise to prevention and cure for the chronic diseases, owing to the growth of urinalysis market. Emergence of portable and battery operated urinalysis devices and increase in implementation of urinalysis in emerging economic countries such as China, India and others, will create new opportunities for the urinalysis market. Integrated systems & urinalysis via smartphones and technological advancement present opportunities in the market.
High costs of R&D, implementation of excise tax by the U.S. government and stringent regulatory procedures are major factors that hinder the growth of the market. The large target population and the observed high, unmet clinical needs in the developing regions provide the market with a large pool of opportunities for prospective growth. To exploit on these opportunities, the development of diagnostic tools that can respond to these unmet clinical needs at reasonable price is mandatory.
Regional Analysis
North America is the largest region in the urinalysis market. The major driver for the large market share includes presence of key market players in the region such as Alere, Inc., Bio Rad, Siemens Healthcare, and Beckman Coulter. Moreover, introduction of the automated urine sediment analyzers such as digital flow morphology (digital imaging) & fluorescence flow cytometry together with high healthcare expenditure in this region. Asia Pacific is expected to observe the fastest growth during the forecast period. Increasing penetration rate of advanced urine analyzers, and the presence of local urine analyzer manufacturers, such as Mindray, Urit medical, and a large base of the target population with unmet clinical needs are expected to strengthen the market growth over the forecast period.
Key players operating in the urinalysis market are Alere, Bio Rad, Roche Diagnostics, Mindray, Arkray, Inc., Sysmex, and Siemens Healthcare.
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Chiefs coach Herman Edwards benched Larry Johnson for Sunday's game against Tennessee for violating team rules. Now, Kansas City's star running back soon might incur additional punishment, this time from the NFL -- and for different reasons.
During the Chiefs' recent bye week, Johnson was involved in a physical altercation with a woman at a Kansas City nightclub, sources told ESPN -- the second such late-night incident he has found himself in this year. The incident is consistent with a pattern of off-field behavior that league sources expect will lead to a suspension for Johnson under the NFL's personal conduct policy.
It's unclear whether Johnson has been or will be charged in the incident.
"It's just a matter of for how long," one source said of a possible suspension.
The Chiefs acknowledged Johnson's latest troubles.
"We are aware of the most recent incident involving Larry Johnson and we are very disappointed with his involvement," team president Carl Peterson said in a statement Sunday. "We will cooperate fully with the Kansas City authorities who are investigating the matter. We have also made the NFL office in New York aware of the incident and officials there are conducting their own independent investigation.
"Based upon the NFL Player Conduct Policy, we will have no further comment."
League spokesman Greg Aiello declined comment Sunday.
Johnson has been involved in at least three other incidents during his six-year NFL career; the bye week incident is his fourth -- not third, as reported last week -- and second of 2008. Each incident involved one or more of three common denominators: a female accuser, alcohol and a nightclub. In the case of the past three, it's been all of the above.
Johnson already faces a December court date on a simple assault charge stemming from a Feb. 24 incident in Kansas City, news of which surfaced last week. A 26-year-old woman accused the 28-year-old Johnson of pushing her head with his open hand. If convicted Johnson could be sentenced to up to six months in jail and fined $500.
In 2003, Johnson was accused by a former girlfriend of brandishing a gun during an argument. He was charged with aggravated assault and misdemeanor domestic battery, but those charges were dropped the following year after Johnson agreed to enter a domestic violence diversion program.
Three years ago, a woman accused Johnson of pushing her to the floor after an argument. The woman later changed her story, decided not to press charges and missed three court hearings, leading to the dismissal of the charges.
Johnson has rushed for 417 yards and three touchdowns for the Chiefs, who lost to Tennessee to fall to 1-5. In August 2007, the club signed their 2003 first-round draft pick to a six-year, $45 million extension that included $19 million in guarantees.
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The girls were coming over last night for the last meeting of our Anything BUT a Card club, so I wanted to make them a special treat as a "thank you" for being in the club for the last 10 months. I remembered I had seen the cutest JOY sign somewhere, and the Sweet Treat Cups were used as the "O"…think I could remember where I had seen it???? Of course not! I had to go on what I "remembered" them looking like…or maybe you could say "didn't remember" because mine isn't even in the same direction as hers lol!!
I knew she had also made some sort of slider to get the candies out without having to ruin the whole project, but for the life of me couldn't figure out how she did it…so I had to come up with my own contraption.
By the time I was almost done making them, I knew I wanted to share them on my blog, which meant I really needed to figure out where I saw them…it's only right to credit the person that gave you the inspiration…so I went back through my google reader and found it…it didn't take too long because once I saw the list of blogs I follow I had a feeling it was over at Patti's blog…boy if I had known I would find it so easily I would have just copied hers!!! HERE's the post with her original creation.
Here's how I made mine…
Cut dsp to 2-3/4 x 7-1/2", cut background CS to 3×7-3/4", then adhere them at the top and bottom with Dotto (if you've never used Dotto, it's a temporary adhesive, so you can put things together to punch them perfectly lined up and then take them apart if you need to), then punch in the center with the 1-3/4" Circle Punch.
Flip it over and punch the side with the Slit Punch as shown, then slide your filled Sweet Treat Cup in between the two layers. I created a "flap" to keep the back closed and then they can open it up to get out the candy.
The flap is a 2-1/2" square piece of CS, then I scored on one side for it to fold open easily, roughly at 1/4" and taped on at the scored section.
Next, flip it back over and lift up the dsp and put permanent adhesive in place to hold it for good. I lifted up one side, adhered it down, then went on to the other side instead of trying to line the whole thing up at once, which never seems to work for me!!
Patti also showed the easiest way to make the holly, so check her out! Here they are all finished:


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Hot cocoa is one of my favorite holiday treats. What I'm not such a fan of is all the processed sugar in your average cup.
In addition to the loads of healthy ingredients that make up this hot cocoa (raw cacao, chia seeds and cacao nibs), it is sweetened with just a bit of maple syrup and some stevia.
Now, I know that any nutritionist will tell me that a sugar is a sugar is a sugar and that maple syrup has the same impact on my body as other sugars and I'm certain they are correct. However, in my experience, using a reasonable amount of maple syrup does not send me down the sugar craving spiral that other sweeteners do. Additionally, I don't get that weird dehydrated feeling from maple syrup that I do when I eat too much sugar.
I've listed maca powder as an optional ingredient at the end. It adds a grassy flavor to the hot cocoa that a lot of people may not like, but with that flavor you get an added shot of energy. Give it a try if you're up for it, but this drink is even more delicious without it.
One final note - please don't drink this in the evening before you go to bed. You may find you have some trouble falling asleep!
Superfood Hot Cocoa
Makes 2 Servings
2 cups almond milk
1/4 cup raw cacao powder
2 tblsp maple syrup
1 tblsp chia seeds
1/2 tsp cacao nibs
10 drops liquid stevia
1 t maca powder (optional - see note above)
Heat the almond milk on the stovetop or in the microwave and place it in a blender. Add remaining ingredients and blend on high until the chia seeds and cacao nibs are completely blended into the liquid.


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In Summer 2012, our feeding programme changed from feeding the children just once a month to feeding them every week. We are already seeing real and lasting changes in the lives of the children who have been benefitting through this project.
This means that every single week of the year, all children at every Kids Club Kampala centre who attends children's activities has received a hot, nutritious meal. This is approximately 4000 children a week who would otherwise have gone without food, thanks to Kids Club Kampala
Studies show that at least 9 million Ugandans are food insecure and 5.8 million are malnourished.
Most poor families in Uganda just eat one meal in the evening, if they can afford to. That means for the majority of children who attend KCK activities, they have not eaten breakfast and would not otherwise eat lunch on a Saturday and spend most of the day hungry.
This increase in our Feeding Programme over the last 9 months is making a big difference to children's health and well-being and we are already seeing lasting results. Children no longer lack energy, and are able to join in all the games and activities. Less children are getting sick regularly, as their immune system is being built up. Children's behaviour has increased, and sitting together to eat a meal every week has built up friendships, social skills and trust between the children and the volunteers.
We have also seen the number of children who attend KCK regularly increase, and parents encouraging their children to attend and have the chance to just play and be kids for a few hours each week, along with knowing they will not go hungry.
In the future we would love to provide these meals more regularly in the week to children at every Kids Club centre who needs it. We are also planning on providing food parcels for the neediest families who struggle to feed themselves and their children.
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The New State Budget Misses the Mark
I voted against the final state budget last week because it fails to address our needs and reflects badly-skewed priorities. It was an eventful two days in Richmond.
The Senate budget deadlock centered on new funding to "buy down" tolls on the Dulles Toll Road and in Hampton Roads. Hampton Roads is in revolt right now due to a public-private partnership the Governor negotiated for a new tunnel that could cost Portsmouth drivers $1,000 per year.
Several years ago, the Dulles Toll Road was transferred to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), which assumed responsibility for the construction of the Silver Line. Tolls will double next year to over $4.00 per trip. For someone driving five days per week, fifty weeks per year, that totals over $1,000 . The High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes on the Beltway will bring more tolls, plus the Governor has plans to bring HOT lanes from Fredericksburg to I-395.
For reference, a $0.25 gas tax would cost a person who drives 15,000 miles per year at 25 miles per gallon $150 per year ($0.25 x 15,000 ÷ 25). A driver who gets 40 miles per gallon(MPG) would pay $93.75 per year. The overall U.S. average was 22.6 MPG last year.
The Governor objected to additional Silver Line funds on multiple grounds, but what this dispute really highlights is that there is simply no money. Virginia's Transportation Trust Fund is flat broke and the McDonnell Administration and the legislature's majority leadership are exercising feeble leadership to solve the problem.
I supported Senator Toddy Puller and her colleagues who objected to a budget lacking Silver Line funding. The Silver Line will turbocharge the Northern Virginia economy. Commercial growth in the Dulles Corridor will generate real estate tax revenues which would take pressure off homeowners in our area. More importantly, the extension of the Yellow Line in our area will require state participation. We need to establish the precedent for state involvement in transit funding for the future of our area. The deadlock resolved when Senator Chuck Colgan from Manassas unexpectedly changed his vote.
I voted "no" on the budget for several reasons.
First, in addition to the missing Silver Line funding, the budget shorts Northern Virginia. Over a decade ago, the state added a special supplement called "cost to compete" for Northern Virginia jurisdictions to help fund teacher salaries. The Governor zeroed this money out. The final budget only partly restored this funding. The budget cut beds at the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute. It raided Fairfax County's traffic fine revenue which supports law enforcement operations.
The budget also took $59 million from the National Foreclosure Settlement and diverted it to rural Virginia sewage plants. Most foreclosure victims and damage were in Northern Virginia. I will write more about this soon.
The budget funds K-12 education at a lower level than in 2007-2008. In 2008, the General Assembly appropriated $6.8 billion for direct aid for secondary education. This year's budget provides $5.8 billion, while costs are up and there are more children to educate.
The budget also funds a new $25 million tax credit to individuals and businesses who contribute to scholarships for "low-income families" whose children attend private schools. The threshold for being "low-income" was set over $70,000 per year.
Fifteen percent of the 44th District's residents receive health care from Medicaid. Eighty-five percent of those are children. The rest are mostly elderly. The budget cuts Medicaid reimbursements to providers yet again. These costs will be passed along to people with private insurance.
The budget funded numerous tax credits for movie production, bee hives, the coal industry and wineries and maintained tax exemptions for yachts, online hotel booking and oil and gas drilling equipment. Our state government, like the rest of us, must live within its means, but it also must set the right priorities. We can do better and I hope to work toward a budget that spreads the benefits and burdens of government spending more fairly throughout our state.
I would appreciate your comments. Please send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com. It is and honor to serve as your delegate.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Weekly Column: The New State Budget Misses the Mark
This column below was my weekly column that appeared in the Mount Vernon Gazette and Patch in their April 26, 2012 editions:
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After a long time after starting my first version of the Smint poster, I finally made it.
My first idea was to create an abstract suit that inside had a Smint package, but I had some critics on it saying that it wouldn't be very visible for a poster that will be seen only for a couple of seconds on the everyday world.
For that reason, I tried to develop, based on the same idea, a more realistic version for better understanding. I can say that it was looking good for my expectations. However, after posting an incomplete version of mine, someone made the exact same idea and copied it.
I was a bit surprised with it, but the truth is, and that everyone says, never show your work before time, it actually happens!
Anyway, my idea was never to give up, and instead creating something less expected, that is now posted on Smint Uk facebook page for you to have a look and like (if you want of course).
This is my progress of the poster:


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Be very careful what you wish for . I have never heard of an OTA taking a deposit, but who knows, maybe some off the wall OTA does. I have 99% solved my Invalid CC Problem.
1. I changed my Free Cancellation period to 2 days before checkin.
From May 25 - SEPT 30 OUR FREE cancellation period is 7 days before checkin.
2 When I get a new reservation, if the reservation is for a night further out than the free cancelation period, I pre-authorize the CC for $1.00. Just to make sure it is valid.
3. Once the Free Cancellation period has ended or for new reservations for the same day or for a day for which there is no free cancellation period left, I pre-authorize the card for the full amount.
4 If I get an Invalid CC, I find out immediately. I place a call to the guest, leave a message if necessary and depending on when the reservation is for, I give them a max. of 24 hours to call me with a new card. If the reservation is for the same day, I call the guest and give them 1 hour to call me back with a new card. If I don't hear from them, I cancel the reservation unless I have a lot of that room type left. The only time I will cancel the reservation is if I have none of the room type left.
If for example, I have 3 of that type left. Someone books one for the same day, I find out the CC is invalid. I will call or email the guest. I will then hold that reservation until 2 of my remaining 3 book, then I will call the invalid CC reservation one final time. If no answer, I cancel the reservation and leave a message that I have done so. I tell the guest, if they receive my message, to call with a valid CC and if the room is still available, I will rebook it for them at that time.
I use a cloud based Property Management System by name of Openhotel. (openhotel.com).
I don't recall exactly, but is is like $5.00/room/month. I have been with them for 6 years with very few complaints. I think they connect to airbnb, not sure.
Mr. Spence
Actually, BC changed their policy recently, about 6 mos. ago. Now,, when a guest is reported as a
"No Show", BC asked if the property charged a 1 night Penalty. If you check yes, then BC charges a commission on that 1 night.
Dann, Have you noticed any decrease in Booking since instituting a 50% deposit and where or how do you let bookers know there is a 50% upfront deposit?
Marie Van R
What Templates?
In the Booking.com extranet there is a tab called Policies. There you can require and address. If you don't purposely request, BC wont require it. The bigger problem with no address is that Visa & Mastercard both use a system to verify that a Charge is Valid. It is called the AVS or Address Verification System. It uses the Numerical portion of the address and the Zip Code along with the CC number to verify the charge was authorized. If a guest files a dispute for any reason and there is no address, you loose the dispute.
In the information provided by BC as to "What has changed", #1 states:
- Shorter time frames: Guests now have 24 hours – and just one attempt – to update their credit card details. If a guest doesn't update their details within this time, or provides invalid details once again, you can cancel the booking straight away.
24 hours is way to long. While it is possible that a guest made a simple mistake when entering CC details, it is not the hotels fault the guest wasn't more careful. I read the suggestions about taking 25 - 30% at time of booking and or making all reservations Non Refundable and charging up front, but with so much competition not doing that, I see it as a good way to loose bookings. So, I have begun pre-authorizing the credit card on every new reservation for the full amount. If the comes back as authorized, I immediately void the Pre Authorization. If the card fails or comes back as Invalid, I immediately attempt to Notify the guest by phone and or email. If the reservation is for the same day, I give the guest one hour to call the hotel and provide a valid CC. If the reservation is for 24 or more hours in the future, I give them until 0900 the day after I call or email to call the hotel. I tell them by phone and email that if I don't hear from them in the specified time, the reservation will be cancelled and that they are welcome to rebook if they wish and with a valid card if there are still rooms available. There is a real simple fix to all these problems and it all falls on BC. BC says they read our comments and make modifications to their way of doing things, but the changes they list at the top of this post don't address a any of the comments we have all made. The simple fix to this and other problems like no shows is for BC to put a large font statement and a Check Box right over top of the Submit button. The statement should read, "Please check the box to signify that you have reviewed your reservation, it is correct and that you are aware of the hotel policies. By clicking submit, you assure that you have entered a Valid Credit Card and that the Hotel will pre authorize the entire amount shortly after they receive the reservation. Debit Card holders should be aware that your issuing bank may hold the pre-authorized amount for up to 3 weeks before releasing use of the funds. If the Authorization fails for any reason, you will be contacted by email by the hotel and you will have 2 hours to provide a new card to hold your reservation or the reservation may be immediately cancelled by the hotel. You are then welcome to re-book if rooms are still available".
Guess what, I bet there will be considerably less problems.
Mr. Spence.
The only problem I have with NR bookings is I have found that most guests aren't aware they made a Non Refundable Reservation until they call you all angry that you charged their card. They say they didn't know it was Non Refundable and if you don't refund the money they file a dispute which you will loose. Here is why:, VISA RULES require a web site to show the details of the reservation with a check box for the guest to check off signifying that they have read and completely understand what they are getting. I have never found an OTA with any sort of check box. In fact, the site who's forum this is, doesn't make your cancellation policy all that easy to find. In the US, Booking.com has a ? Icon next to the room type. The only way a guest knows your cancellation policy is if they just happen to click the ?.
In 5 years, I don't think I have had a single guest who bothered to read their confirmation email which of course is the other place they can see what they booked and see the cancel policy. ON NRs, I always send my own e-mail to the guest, "Thank you for your Non Refundable reservation on XX/XX/XX. If a NR reservation was not your intention, please let me know by return e-mail with in 72 hours, after which we will charge the full amount of the reservation to the card on file.
About 1/2 to 2/3 respond that they had no idea it was a NR IN which case I let them cancel.
OFF the guests who don't see my email, 1/2 of them will call the OTA when they see the charge on their CC and ask the OTA to intervene with the hotel and allow them to cancel and get a refund. Then you get a phone call from the OTA and a rep. that barely speaks your language asking you to refund the money and allow as they say "Our Mutual Guest" to cancel. If you say no, they make you out to be a bad boy. I know because I reserved a NR room at my own hotel in my own name. Then I charged my own CC. Then I called the OTA and asked them to help me get my money back. The ota called the hotel and guess who they spoke to while I held on - on my cell phone. The rep came back on the line and thinking she was talking to a "Mutual Guest" began berating the owner of the hotel which of course was me.


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I am SO excited to have released my latest pattern: the Trinity Tee.
From Start to finish this has been such a fun pattern.
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All week long you can save 20% on all patterns by using the code "Trinity" at checkout.
The Trinity Tee is a swing tee pattern with a hi-lo hem and gathers at the front shoulder line.
But let's not forget about what makes it special - that triangular accent panel. The accent panel can be made with woven or knit fabrics. This expands the possibilities with this shirt exponentially! The shirt seen here in these pictures has a woven accent panel.
The other thing that accent panel does is allow for no side seams. Yep, you heard right; no side seams! Pretty cool, huh?
Now that we are seeing the design of the shirt let's talk options. The different options really let you make this shirt your own. There are 3 sleeve lengths: short, three-quarter, and long. The three-quarter and long sleeves are finished with a cuff, but the short sleeve has a binding. The short sleeve binding, the neck binding, and the hem facing can all be made with either knit or woven fabrics. Additionally they can be sewn to be visible from the outside and invisible from the outside. The tutorial goes into detail on how to achieve each look.
And let's not forget the zipper option! The tutorial will guide you through a really easy cheater's method of sewing an exposed zipper. This method is ideal for showing off those fancy fashion zippers. In the picture below you can see I used a pretty lace zipper. But if you don't care for exposed zippers there is a note on how to sew a more traditional zipper too ;)
Let's take another look at all those options. Here are some pictures from my awesome testers.
I wish I could show you all the tester pictures, but I don't want your computer to crash from trying to load them all!
So....Maybe just one more; from me ;)
Thanks for checking it out! I hope you love this shirt as much as I do.


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First entries see big names ahead of 2016 SA Road Champs (KZN)/
The 2016 SA National Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships, which is expecting to see some of the country's biggest names in cycling on the start line, is just less than a month away, and brings with it two exciting competition venues on offer in sunny KwaZulu-Natal from 10-14 February.
The four-day 2016 competition will be taking place over five days in two supreme race venues. The Time Trial and the Para-cycling divisions will be hosted in the Wartburg / Noodsburg / Harburg area from 10-12 February, with the Road Races taking place in Westville/ Durban from 13-14 February. Great cycling stars will be heading to the province with guns blazing to compete for their chance at the "National Champion" title, and well-respected National Champion Jersey.
Race organiser, Kelvin du Sart says that it is all-systems go ahead of the event, and he is excited to have the SA Road Champs on KwaZulu-Natal's roads once again. "From our side, we're all ready to go – logistics, service providers – all A-for-away," he said.
"And we've just had a look at the first batch of entries – names like Impey, Meintjes and Janse van Rensburg all coming through for it, so we're going to be seeing a lot of the big guns," he added.
Du Sart also stressed the importance of road closures to an event of this stature, and mentioned that there will be full closure of the M13 in Westville for the Road Races on Saturday and Sunday.
For those participating in the Time Trial or Para-cycling divisions, there are great accommodation rates on offer in Wartburg. For detailed information about the accommodation that is available, please visit the Cycling SA website.
Riders wishing to compete must be in possession of a Full Racing Licence, which is for riders from the age of 17-years-old who would like to be eligible for provincial and national selection and championship (for riders under 16, a Cycling SA Membership is required to participate). All Cycling SA members may make use of the great preferential rates offered by Europcar South Africa for your travel requirements if you're visiting from out of town. To book your rental through your online membership portal, click here: http://csams.cyclingsa.com/
Online pre-entries are open, and close on Monday 1 February 2016 at midnight. Click here to enter: https://entries.cyclingsa.com/.
For event information, please visit http://www.cyclingsa.com/2016-sa-road-champs/, or contact Kelvin du Sart on email@example.com 082 446 9833, or Michelle Matthews on firstname.lastname@example.com 084 407 5566.
Attention Time Trial participants: Please note the TT bike measurements
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The following is a description of the permitted bike measurements for the 2016 South African National Road Championships
Deep section wheels and disc wheel are permitted and this also applies to the U16 age group.
3. What is the correct weight for road bikes?
The minimum weight of the bicycle (in working order) is 6.800 kg, considered without on-board accessories in place, that is to say those items that may be removed during the event. The bottles, on-board computers and GPS systems must be removed during the weight check. However, the bottle cages, fixture systems and clipped-on extensions are part of the bicycle and stay in place during the weighing.
4. The gauge must allow the following dimensions to be checked:
A) The 50mm distance between the tip of the saddle and the centre of the bottom bracket axle, with measurement marks displayed every centimetre as a minimum,
B) The distance from the centre of the bottom bracket axle to the extremity of the handlebars; which must not exceed 750mm,
C) The distance between the centre of the bottom bracket axle and the centre of the front wheel axle, which must be between 540 and 650mm,
D) The distance between the centre of the bottom, bracket axle and the centre of the rear wheel axle, which must be between 350 and 500mm.
Figure 1 illustrates the measurements of the bicycle that the measuring jig must be able to assess, as defined in point 4.


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The Little Cookbooks Project adopts Qualified Dublin Core (QDC) as the project's metadata scheme. QDC is more granular than the Simple Dublin Core (DC) hence allows more flexibility in the item description. Besides, item description is mainly done by students with supervision from a professional librarian. The relatively simple structure of QDC suits the nature of this type of operation.
This project uses 24 elements from the QDC element set with local qualifiers for some elements.


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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an accomplishment. Never before has such a vast world teemed with so much life and character. The Witcher 3 isn't just the best game of 2015, or of the generation, but possibly of all time.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an accomplishment. Never before has such a vast world teemed with so much life and character. The Witcher 3 isn't just the best game of 2015, or of the generation, but possibly of all time.
In this month's episode, we talk about the most recent Nintendo Direct from March 3, 2016.
FreezeMe is an outstanding blast from the past. It borrows so many ideas from Super Mario 64 that the resemblance is almost uncanny, but ultimately there's enough new content here to constitute its own quality experience.
We discuss the new Nintendo Account and the big N's first mobile game, Miitomo. The rumor mill surrounding the NX has been heating up, so we chat about possible features of Nintendo's next system as well as our hopes and dreams of what might be.
Nintendo's latest console has been a commercial failure. Hindsight is always 20/20, but it's clear that mis-steps were made with the branding, promotion, functionality, and implementation of the Wii U. Here's how Nintendo can return to the throne.
We can't necessarily relate to the need to use newspapers, donuts and laxatives to sneak past a variety of uniformed guards, but it's precisely those comically structured scenarios that elevate Level 22 past being a bland stealth experience to being an enjoyable trek towards the top.
Sleeping Dogs uses the Grand Theft Auto open world formula, but manages to introduce a host of novel story and gameplay concepts that secure its position as an outstanding game.
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 is essentially the definitive Mario 3 experience. On top of updated design, character models, music, and voice acting, it features 38 levels from the Mario 3 universe that you most likely have not played before, complete with [. . .]
It's been awhile since we've talked about what we've been playing, and with the holiday break behind us, we've got quite a list to discuss. Join us for our latest podcast focusing entirely on games.
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The Sheriff's Community Posse is an all-volunteer organization under the direct supervision of the Sheriff, that responds to the call of the Sheriff in times of great need or emergency. In times past, the Sheriff called out the Posse in the event of an escape or roundup of bad-guys. Today's Posse is much different, yet in some ways the same. Although The Sheriff's Community Posse today still responds to the call of the Sheriff in times of emergency, natural or man-made disaster, plane crash or other emergency event deemed worthy of a Posse "callout," the goal is an eclectic function of support, community involvement, and emergency response.
Although the Sheriff can assign "arrest powers" to a posse member, very rarely does that ever happen. Community Posse members do not have arrest powers unless given so by the Sheriff and the extent of those emergency powers last only until the event is exhausted.
The Sheriff's Community Posse, when activated, does have the benefits (insurance, workers compensation, etc.) of a Deputy Sheriff during the emergency event. All Posse members undergo an extensive background check by the Sheriff's Office and are not armed unless designated by the Sheriff. All Sheriff's Community Posse members should have a valid ID card issued by the Sheriff's Office.
Today's Sheriff's Community Posse is multi-faceted and divided into three divisions:
The Emergency Unit
The Emergency Unit responds at the call of the Sheriff to the scene of such emergency, sets up command post and conducts search, rescue and recovery services at designated locations. This unit is trained on search methods, crime scene preservation, and immediately notifies the appropriate police agency upon recognizing a crime scene. This unit trains locally with the Floyd County Emergency Management Agency and is a modern day equivalent to its early predecessors. While many members still have horses, many others have ATVs, airplanes and boats that include a dive team.
The Support Unit
The Support Unit gathers resources for the emergency unit maintaining the Command Post & supplying the necessities for prolonged events such as food, water & shelter. The support unit also handles the finances of the Community Posse and schedules community events for the Posse. This unit maintains the demographics of the Posse by maintaining the lists of Posse members, phone numbers, resources available and carries the responsibility of coordinating the response of the Emergency Unit.
The Community Resource Unit
The Community Resource Unit's goal is to play a proactive role throughout the community while being in touch with and responding to the needs of the community. Activities such as helping with organized events, the Sheriff's Santa Program, and the CHAMPS Program are among those that will be performed by this unit. The goal is to create a positive image of the Sheriff's Office while giving back to the community in both a proactive and reactive realm.


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