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It's no secret that we love our dog, Howie, and that he has been a huge part of our family in the three years that we've had him. As we've made different transitions in our life, we've worked hard to make those transitions easy for him and keep him as happy as possible. When we moved into our house, when we had our first child and now as we prepare for the birth of our second child, we have always kept his needs in mind to help make the transition as routine as possible.
While we're preparing to help Bensen make the adjustment to being a big brother after this baby arrives, we've been doing our best now to help Howie make that adjustment as well. It breaks my heart seeing how anxious he gets the closer we get to my due date and knowing that he doesn't understand my explanation that there's a new baby coming makes that harder. We learned a lot about helping our four-legged best friend adjust to the arrival of a new baby when we added Bensen to our family last year. We've continued to learn and help Howie adjust to all of Bensen's developmental milestones, mobility and overwhelming love for his furry friend. And we hope to make each life transition into our new normal as seamless as possible for him.
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Helping Your Dog Adjust to the Addition of a New Baby
Give your dog access to the new baby's space, prepared in advance
Bensen's nursery was far from put together when he was born, mostly because I wasn't planning on him arriving until after finals were over and I'd had a few days to get it organized. Even so, we kept the door to his room open so that Howie could see the changes and get used to the new furniture, toys, blankets, etc. that comes with the addition of a baby.
We're in the same position with baby number two right now. Her room is cleared out and some of her things are in there, but the room isn't organized or put together yet. We don't leave the door open constantly, but we are often in there cleaning and putting stuff together and when we are, we let both Howie and Bensen join us and explore the space.
Bring home an item from the hospital that has the baby's scent on it
This was one of the biggest suggestions that I read when we were preparing to become parents for the first time. We packed a blanket to wrap Bensen in after he was born and Joe brought it home with him the night that he came home to sleep in his own bed. While the blanket was effective, what seemed to really pique Howie's curiosity was the shirt that Joe had been wearing for the first 24 hours of Bensen's life. Joe sat in the chair in Bensen's room so that Howie would associate the smell of the baby with that room, but rather than focusing on the blanket he'd brought with him, Howie sniffed every square inch of Joe's shirt. The next morning when Joe got out of the shower, he found Howie curled up asleep on the shirt, after having pulled it out of the laundry basket.
We will be taking a blanket to the hospital again with this baby, mostly because I don't know if Joe will be coming home for a night before I do and we need something to send home to Howie. We will send the blanket with one of our family members who is checking in on him and have them place it in the baby's room. As I've pulled old blankets and clothes of Bensen's out of storage to prep them for baby girl's arrival, Howie has already been interested in sniffing them and I hope that it triggers something in his memory to help him understand a little better what is going on.
Have mom greet the dog before bringing the new baby into the house
Just as they suggest that you have mom greet a toddler for the first time after giving birth, without the baby in her arms, you want to do the same with your dog. When we brought Bensen home, I came into the house while Joe got him out of the car. I made sure to greet Howie and give him a lot of love and attention. They say that dogs can smell the chemical and hormonal changes when a woman becomes pregnant, and letting Howie adjust to my new smells, as well as the smell of the baby on me, before introducing him to our new family member, was important.
We'll be doing the same thing with our next new little one, being sure that both Howie and Bensen get individual attention and feel loved, not replaced. I will also be sure to put the baby in her bassinet sometimes, rather than cuddling with her constantly, so that Howie and Bensen both get the chance to be close to me without feeling like she comes between us.
Keep the dog's routine as normal as possible
Your dog will remain more healthy and happy through every big transition in life if you can keep their routine as normal as possible. Howie has expectations for when we leave the house, when he goes on a walk, bedtime and so much more. Every morning, before we leave for work, we feed Howie, fill his water dish and give him his "buh-bye" treat. As Bensen has gotten older, we've started getting him involved in the morning routine as well.
Bensen loves to help with Howie's food and loves to splash in his water bowl as well. We recently transitioned Howie to new reformulated Purina Beneful Incredibities with real meat as the first ingredient and no added sugar. The new reformulated recipes were created based on feedback from real pet owners, like ourselves, and are backed by two years of research. The new recipes offer the same great taste and texture that Howie has grown to know and love over the past few years and it's specially made for small dogs like him. We're focused on helping Howie live a happy and healthy life so that he will be a part of our family for years to come. Helping him adjust to the new situations that we face isn't always easy, but watching Howie and Bensen play together and thinking back on how protective and interested Howie was when Bensen was a newborn makes it all worth it.
Dogs can be sensitive to change, as has been apparent to us throughout the different changes in life that we've made with Howie. Whether or not you are currently feeding your dog Beneful, you will want to check out these helpful feeding tips and tricks for how to make the transition to a new food formula smooth. Sign up to receive a free sample of Beneful's new reformulated Originals and Incredibites dry dog food here. You can find reformulated Beneful dry dog food at mass and grocery retailers including Target, Walmart and Regional Grocers like Kroger and Albertsons. I picked mine up on a recent trip to Walmart!
Create a safe space for your dog to call his own
As Bensen has become more mobile, he and Howie have started to have a lot more fun together, but sometimes Howie needs a break and we'll find him hiding out under the crib, under our bed or under the couch. He used to be able to escape to safety outside, climb onto our bed or climb on top of couches, but Bensen is able to access more and more of those places, so his safe places are becoming limited. For this reason, I created a space where Howie can go to escape the chaos and excitement that having kids in the house brings. I purchased a larger sized kennel and a memory foam pillow to go inside. It's become his favorite place to store the toys that he isn't willing to share with his best toddler friend and a comfortable escape when he's looking for a little bit of calm.
Howie will always hold a special place in our hearts and remain an important part of our family structure. We work hard to show our love for him on a daily basis. There are many things that we do regularly to show him how important he is to our lives, no matter what the years bring. Making an effort to help him transition through our life stages and choosing the food that he eats carefully are just a couple of the things that we can do to show him that love.
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Trust Failings Identified in Coroner's Summing Up
After hearing two and half days of evidence at the inquest of Joshua Titcombe, HM Coroner Ian Smith identified ten failings at Furness General Hospital.
After hearing two and half days of evidence, HM Coroner Ian Smith's verdict was, "Joshua Titcombe died of natural causes following a number of missed opportunities to identify that he was ill and to provide him with appropriate treatment."
In his summing up, Mr Smith identified ten failings at Furness General Hospital. These were:
- Failure to listen to and understand the family's concerns;
- Failure to record fully or at all many of the factors which, taken together, might have led to a greater degree of suspicion or a referral to a paediatrician; Failure by some staff still to recognise that the standard of record keeping was unacceptable;
- Failure to understand a basic medical fact that a low temperature or a failure to maintain a temperature could be a sign of infection in a neonate;
- Failure to monitor the signs of infection in Joshua;
- Absence of continuity of care before and during the birth;
- The treatment of the protocol on Prolonged Rupture of the Membranes as a rigid formula and not as a tool to make a considered diagnosis and (if necessary) to get a doctor to attend;
- Mrs Titcombe and Joshua were treated as unrelated individuals. No thought was given to how, if something was affecting Hoa, it might also affect Joshua. Failure to think of them laterally and holistically as a mother and baby.
- Failure by all staff to acknowledge that the midwives were working as a separate team and that there was no integration between the midwifery and paediatric teams;
- Failure to identify that the unit was short staffed on that day;
- Inadequate, or no, training for midwives on the post-natal ward to carry out the observations that the SCBU nurses had done.
Further details on the inquest can be found at: http://www.burnetts.co.uk/publications/news/missed-opportunities-led-to-babys-death
For further media information contact Angela Huck on 07525 128762 or email email@example.com
Published: Thursday 8th September 2011
Categorised: Medical Negligence

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A person's inability to satisfy our longing for response does not justify abandonment or imposed death
Human beings are not "vegetables." The dehumanizing term "persistent vegetative state" (PVS), crafted in 1972, became more familiar in the 1980s as "right to die" activists, courts, state legislatures, physicians and bioethicists[1] began to use the PVS label as justification for withdrawing food and fluids from persistently unresponsive
patients. PVS is a diagnosis that kills people.
What is a "Persistent Vegetative State?"
Many people have blind faith in medical labeling. Most probably think that PVS is a reliable diagnosis. However, experts disagree about what it is and methods for diagnostic testing are disputed. PVS is grouped in the International Classification of Diseases with "Symptoms, Signs and Ill-Defined Conditions."
A vegetative state is not a coma. According to the 1994 Multi-Society Task Force (MSTF) on the medical aspects of PVS, a person in a coma is neither awake nor aware; a person in a vegetative state is awake but not aware. The MSTF defined a "persistent vegetative state" as a vegetative state that lasts more than one month.[2]
The person in PVS has sleep-wake cycles, eye movement, and normal respiratory, circulatory and digestive functions. Individuals in PVS are seldom on any life-sustaining equipment other than a feeding tube. Some can swallow, others cannot. Some have random movement, some do not. Some have been physically injured; others suffer from stroke or dementia. In some cases, the brain itself appears to change; in others it appears unchanged.
In simple terms, the diagnosis of PVS is based on lack of evidence of awareness of self or environment. However, it is not that simple.
Some patients who are misdiagnosed to be in PVS do exhibit evidence of awareness, but the diagnostician misses (or dismisses) the evidence. These patients may be mute and immobile ("locked-in"), but mentally alert and able to communicate by blinking or through aids such as computers-if someone gives them the opportunity. Other patients retain some measure of awareness even though they do not exhibit any evidence of it. Patients who have recovered from such a state can recall things that were said or done to them while no one knew they were aware.
Kate Adamson was diagnosed as PVS after a brain stem stroke. Actually aware, she underwent surgery with inadequate anesthesia. That pain was nothing compared with the agony of starvation and dehydration. Interviewed by Bill O'Reilly in 2003, Ms. Adamson said, "When the feeding tube was turned off for eight days, I thought I was
going insane. I was screaming out in my mind, 'Don't you know I need to eat?'…It was sheer torture."
The Washington Post, 9/8/2006, reported a case that astounded neurologists. A sophisticated brain scan upon a woman supposedly in a vegetative state indicated that she was clearly aware. The researchers told her to imagine she was playing tennis. They were shocked to see her brain "light up" exactly as an uninjured person's would. They repeated the test again and again with the same result.
Misdiagnosis of PVS is not uncommon.
— In 2002, a study of mistaken diagnoses of PVS revealed a 15% error rate.[3]
— Data gathered by the MSTF on a group of 434 adult patients who were in PVS as a result of traumatic injury showed that three months after injury, 33% had regained consciousness; by six months, 46% had; and at 12 months, 52% had.[4]
— Out of 40 patients diagnosed as being in PVS, 17 (43%) were later found to be alert, aware, and often able to express a simple wish. The author, London neurologist Dr. Keith Andrews, said, "It is disturbing to think that some patients who were aware had for several years been treated as being vegetative."[5]
— "Another study shows that around 40% of patients were wrongly diagnosed as in a vegetative state, when they in fact registered the awareness levels of minimal consciousness. Comparing past studies on this issue shows that the level of misdiagnosis has not decreased in the last 15 years."[6]
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Dr. Haggai Sharon and Dr. Yotam Pasternak of Tel Aviv University's Functional Brain Center have shown that some patients in PVS emotionally react to photographs of people they know. Their findings offer hope for better care and the development of novel treatments.[7]
What now?
Objections to deliberately ending the lives of patients in PVS often rest on the hope that "they might recover." Let's face it: many people with disabilities will not recover. But killing them is not a cure.
It is common for persistently unresponsive patients who are not dispatched by dehydration to wind up warehoused in nursing homes, deprived of rehabilitation and beneficial medical treatment. Their world is far more complex than most of us can imagine. Those who have severe brain damage may still enjoy touch, scent, taste, and
sound; they may also feel pain, loneliness, fear, and despair.
A person's inability to satisfy our longing for response does not justify abandonment or imposed death. Patients labeled PVS are our brothers and sisters, human beings created in the image and likeness of God. We must treat them with respect and compassion.
NOTE: This article is also a brochure in the Life is Worth Living series produced and distributed by Pro-Life Wisconsin. Other brochures in this series are: Get a Grip on the Grammar, Organ Donation, Advance Directives for Health Care, Feeding and Hydration and The Money Factor. To order these brochures, call Pro-Life Wisconsin at (262) 796-1111.
[1] Bioethicists often determine who should die. The core principle of modern bioethics is "quality of life." The core principle of traditional medical ethics is "sanctity of life."
[2] Mappes, Thomas A., "Persistent Vegetative State, Prospective Thinking and Advance Directives," Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 2003: Vol. 13, No. 2: 119-139
[3] Ibid
[4] Ibid
[5] British Medical Journal, 7/6/96
[6] Quote from http://www.news-medical.net/news/2007/06/20/26672.aspx
[7] http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=19561, 12/16/2013


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"Crack" is a title I reserve for the kinds of sweets that are so freakin sugary-delicious that they're slightly brain-melting in terms of good/addictiveness. These decidedly qualify. Continue reading "Brown Sugar (crack) Cookies"
I have a confession to make… in general, I think out of the box brownie mixes are better than brownies from scratch. Crazy, I know. But it's true. I haven't found a brownie recipe that really beats Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate mix. But! These come close. And they offer a rich nuttiness (thanks to the browned butter) that's distinct and delicious. Continue reading "Brown Butter Brownies"
As I point out in my first post about this chocolate cake base – you wouldn't know it was vegan. And that applies to this yummy peanut butter frosting, too. Continue reading "(Vegan) Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes"
These pretty little things are so surprisingly delicious that I'm skipping over a backlog of many un-posted recipes to share them with you. (Sitting down to write this is also helping me stay out of the kitchen because I must. stop. eating. them.) Continue reading "Blood Orange Cookies"
This is an elegant little cake – very classy and not too sweet (which is why I felt compelled to drizzle it with Nutella). Continue reading "Hazelnut Brown Butter Cake"
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I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, when I was 24.
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Coming from a musical background, Bigstar Johnson, real name Tumelo Rakumako always knew that a life in music was his destiny. The first time Tumelo got a taste of the stage was in 2003 where he entered a talent competition in his school with a group of his friends, where they rapped and came out second place. Tumelo spent most of his high school years focused on musical theater where he harnessed and developed his passion for the arts. Early 2007 he embarked on the journey of learning multiple instruments, including drums, keyboard, bass guitar and even a little acoustic guitar.
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How to play from an uphill lie
By Jon Woodroffe – Master Professional, World of Golf
Though this may surprise you, playing from an uphill lie is probably one of the easiest shots in golf. When your ball is positioned, as you see in picture 1, the thing to remember is that you do not need to change your golf swing. All you need to do is make some small adjustments to your club selection and address position.
The first thing about the uphill lie is that the ball is going to go up and up. It will gain considerably in elevation and because of that you will lose distance. You must make up for this, by using a straighter faced, or less lofted, club.
Then you follow these simple rules. Position the ball nearer the higher foot at address. The steeper the slope, the more towards the higher foot the ball should be placed.
Then, get your shoulders and hips parallel to the slope, as in picture 2. I always think of the old Subbuteo football toys. Remember how they were on a plinth and if you tipped them one way or another, they would still be parallel to the plinth. So, keeping your shoulders and hips parallel to the slope means that you then just go ahead and make your normal swing and see the ball lift off from there.
As ever this is a difficult shot to practice at the golf range but if you just remember those 3 rules you won't go far wrong.
- Ball positioned nearer the higher foot
- Shoulders and hips parallel to the slope
- When going up the hill, go down the numbers of the clubs
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The NAPFA Fall 2018 conference held recently in Philadelphia delivered on its promise to provide a blend of "tradition and financial planning innovation." The work we do at DPL Financial Partners falls decidedly on the "innovation" side of the business, so it was great to see so much forward-thinking content in the sessions, from the future of AI and fintech to the rise of women in the profession.
The energy of attendees to explore new ideas was palpable. My session on The Power of Commission- Free Guaranteed Income, and a session I moderated on the use of commission-free annuities in retirement planning, were well attended and spurred lots of questions. After 3 days of presentations and conversations with numerous advisors and attending press, I was struck by two things:
1) Commission-free insurance has become an undeniably hot topic as the move to no-load products accelerates, and, 2) Change is hard, in part because it challenges conventional norms.
The move toward commission-free insurance is accelerating
At DPL, we talk with advisors about commission-free insurance solutions every day, but even I was surprised by the noticeable increase in awareness and interest in no-load insurance among NAPFA members since the spring conference in Phoenix a mere five months ago. At least four sessions in Philadelphia shared strategies to use commission-free insurance to better meet client needs and empower advisors as fiduciaries—including a standing room only session on the power of utilizing annuities for retirement income by Wade Pfau.
Advisors are becoming aware of the new, fee-only products entering the market from leading carriers. And they are embracing the plethora of academic research that illuminates the benefits of annuities to solve for important client needs before and in retirement in ways traditional investing simply cannot. This move toward commission-free is both relevant and timely as advisors face profound challenges from trends that are reshaping their industry. Nowhere is this move more apparent than at DPL, where over 140 RIA firms have joined as members to access commission-free insurance products, product education and expertise to leverage these solutions for their clients and their practices.
Change may be easier than you think…consistent, transparent billing is key to the Fee-Only model
NAPFA members are Fee-Only advisors; they don't accept compensation from product sales…period. It's a clean, conflict-free commitment that takes ambiguity out of the value proposition and pricing strategy for fiduciaries. But it was clear at the conference that, for some, the elimination of commissions is an uncomfortable and confusing concept. In my session on guaranteed income, several questions focused on how to justify charging a fee on a specific annuity product, and if the no-load product I used in an example would be "better" than a commissioned version of the product in every client situation. This line of questioning is perplexing, especially coming from a Fee-Only advisor.
In my 15 years working in the RIA industry, I have spoken to thousands of RIAs and have never heard of advisors performing that calculus on any other investment. Mutual funds, ETFs and bonds are not evaluated as to whether or not the load versions would be less expensive for clients over time. Why? Because Fee-Only RIAs do not work for product companies collecting commissions for sales. They are paid by their clients for financial advice. In order to keep that advice free of conflict and in the best interest of their clients, Fee-Only advisors do three things: 1) take consideration of commissioned products off the table, 2) evaluate all products, including insurance and annuities, and, 3) bill on all products.
The advisor compensation model has been evolving in many ways and AUM models are now primarily a device for billing for overall financial advice and planning rather than just asset management or, as it used to be, manager selection. Just as it took time for the industry to embrace fee billing on ETFs because no "manager" was being selected, the industry needs to get comfortable with fee billing on annuities because they are, similar to ETFs, a prudent allocation in many retirement income portfolios. Not doing so creates another conflict of interest. And not evaluating them as a solution for clients is contrary to the fiduciary code of ethics.
While most advisors embrace the commission-free insurance movement that DPL is helping to drive and the positive benefits it is bringing to clients and firms alike through better pricing and fiduciary implementation, some advisors are challenged by the change it represents. For RIAs we work with, it becomes a lot simpler when they see that insurance, through risk pooling and mortality credits, is able to deliver benefits to their clients that cannot be replicated through traditional investing.
My message to NAPFA members: Commission-free insurance for fiduciaries is here. Explore it. Embrace it. Learn to use its benefits. And bill on it!
David Lau is an executive with more than 25 years of professional experience directing strategy for innovative financial services companies. Mr. Lau has expertise in financial services sales, marketing, technology and operations.


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I finished a maxi dress this weekend. I used a pattern that came with a class I bought on craftsy.com about sewing with knits. I lengthened the pattern since it was for an above the knee dress. I also took out a ton of taper because it was too full for what I wanted.
And the bodice needed a lot of work. It fit way, way too big on me. I think that even on someone a lot more chesty than me there would be excess fabric in this pattern.
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Did You Know That Dental Disease Is One Of The Most Common Reasons Rabbits & Guinea Pigs Visit The Vet?/
Rabbits, guinea pigs and rodents have open rooted teeth (like horses). This means unlike us their teeth continually grow throughout their life. They need to constantly be eating high fiber material which is abrasive and helps keep their teeth worn at the proper length and angle. For example, rabbit incisors grow at approximately 2mm a week and the cheek teeth 2cm a month!
Without the proper diet and chewing these animals can quickly get sharp 'spurs' on the edges of their cheek teeth due to uneven wear or elongated teeth. This can cause pain from improper occlusion, dental abscesses or cuts inside their mouth which can lead to decreased desire to eat and perpetuates this cycle.
A complete pelleted diet will not be enough to prevent this from occurring. To chew pellets - An up and down motion of the jaw is performed – this does not provide enough wear of the teeth. These animals need long strand hay which requires a side to side grinding motion.
A proper well-balanced diet can help keep your pets healthy as well as in good dental health for their whole lives.


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RALEIGH, NC – The Shaw University men's basketball team closed out the regular-season with a 63-62 victory over Johnson C. Smith University Saturday afternoon inside C.C. Spaulding Gymnasium. The win improved Shaw to 14-12 overall, 10-6 CIAA and 8-2 within the Southern Division. For the Golden Bulls, JCSU falls to 10-16 overall, 6-10 in the CIAA and 3-7 in the South.
Shaw was led by senior Benji Bell (Gainesville, FL) who finished with 21 points and six rebounds. Sophomore Eric Banks (Jacksonville, FL) added 15 points while freshman DaVaughn Kelsie (Richmond, VA) chipped in 12 points, five rebounds and two assists.
The Bears shot 34.9 percent (22-63) from the floor, including 78.6 percent (11-14) from the charity stripe. JCSU (10-15, 6-9 CIAA) concluded the game shooting 33.9 percent (21-62) from the floor, 18.5 percent (5-27) from long distance and 68.2 percent (15-22) from the foul line.
Robert Davis led the Golden Bulls in scoring with 17 points, four assists and three rebounds while Gabon Williams added 16 points and four rebounds. Cayse Minor chipped in 13 points and four rebounds, following Malik Ford contributed 10 points, four rebounds and two blocks.
Shaw will now await the seeding for the 2017 CIAA Basketball Tournament that will be announced later on this evening.
For the most up-to-date information on Shaw men's basketball and its 11 varsity sport teams, please visit www.shawbears.com.


text: The way the Scrum development process is implemented in video games industry in relation to the communication among the team members and their definition of User eXperience (UX) was studied in this research. The aim of this study is to analyze the role of "communities of practice" among the team members and investigate better ways for improving UX and user involvement by analysing results from interviews with developers active in video games industry. The results from the interviews show that the game developing companies form strong "communities of practice" and the Scrum process helps in nourishing them. The video ames industry has its unique character; both in relation to how the Scrum development process is implemented and the way users are involved. Being aware of this uniqueness and valuing it could be a start for developing more suitable methods and defining novel ways of user involvement for developing games with better UX.


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One of my best friends, Barbara, is currently covering the Pope's trip to Istanbul for Al Jazeera International (she used to be the news reader at Five news, now she's European correspondent and weekend anchor for AJ… but anyway I digress). She tells me she was in the specially set up Vatican newsroom, which is jammed with journalists on their laptops from all over the road, and while walking through passed someone using this site. Sadly she didn't have time to stop and see who it was…. but it's nice to know MoneySavers are everywhere.
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Dress c/o* Use code LP15 for 15% off (Also here)| Flats (Similar here) | Bag | Necklace (similar here) | Belt
Here we go! Styling a smock dress round 2! This is a more casual and versatile dress than my previous smock dress adventure, though. However, with this dress, I really didn't care for it without the belt.
I know that's my personal preference, I like something with a little more structure. But just note, that this dress looks this way because I found a nice belt to go with it! I've been having awesome luck finding waist belts to go with my dresses on Amazon. And I've also found that this makes me much more open to adding smock dresses to my wardrobe.
This is another smock dress from my friends at EvaTrends. (Use code LP15 for 15% off your order on EvaTrends.) They make such lovely, comfortable dresses! This one will be perfect for summer. It's such a light and breathable fabric. I love how it moves when I walk, and I thought the sleeves were fun too. This dress does have A LOT of room in it, though. This dress feels much larger on me than the other smock dress I have. (I had ordered my normal size in both.) That's because this top has less structure and is more tent-like without the belt.
I personally felt styling it with a belt and statement necklace helped to minimize the abundance of fabric. Not that that is a bad thing, but again, I'm still warming up to the whole smock dress idea.
I liked how my new purse paired with this dress too! I've it for a couple weeks and had debated returning it…because I really didn't need another purse, let's be honest. But gosh, this one is such a unique piece! (Although, my husband says it reminds him of a blue pineapple? Darn boys! Haha.) It's a nice size for me to carry all my essentials, and I like that it comes with an adjustable crossbody strap. It's really fantastic quality too! My only complaint was I wish it was a smidge larger so I could put a notebook in it. It's not quite large enough, despite looking kind of briefcase-like. And unfortunately, the teal version of this bag sold out almost instantly, but there is a mint version available now!
And just in case you were wondering, these photos were taken in Appleton, Wisconsin (near my hometown). This area has gotten so many amazing murals since I had last been here! It's a blogger's paradise, haha. I need to come back to get more photos of this butterfly mural when my husband can help me. (This was a tricky one to capture in a high-traffic area with a tripod, haha.)
Have you added any fun new pieces to your wardrobe lately? And does your city have some fun murals too? Let me know in the comments!
Where to find it:
Dress: c/o* Evatrends Use code LP15 for 15% off (Also available here.)
Bag: Modcloth
Flats: Old (Similar here)
Necklace: Old (Similar here)
Belt: Amazon
Sunglasses: c/o* Polette
Links à la Mode, April 26th, 2018
- Adorned in Armor: Three Things You Didn't Know About Your Heart
- Aesthetic Distance: I'm Back From My Blogging Vacation And I've Missed You…
- A Girl in LA: Greetings from the Desert: My 2018 Coachella Photographs
- Couture Crush: Red Layering and Crazy Rich Asians
- Big Cup, Little Cup: Lingerie Trend Alert: 10 Tatoo Effect Lingerie Looks
- Fashion to Live: Out in the City: Strappy Bodysuit + Maxi Dress + Sexy Heels
- Gabriella Lundgren: Out and About with Strawbags and Baroque Pearls
- Girl in Betsey: The Eyelash and Eyebrow Serums That Actually Work
- Have Clothes, Will Travel: Visiting Buenos Aires in a Hurry – 1/2 Day Itinerary
- Kintan Fashion: Who's the Birthday Girl?!
- Knowing My Style: Spring/Summer Color Trends for 2018
- Purushu Arie: 5 Types of Plagiarism in Fashion Explained Through Diet Sabya & Desi Dior
- Online Personal Stylist: How to Style Narrated Videos
- Sifa's Corner: 9 Expert Tips for Perfect Wedding Day Hair
- Style Mouse: Where to Stay on Maui
- Tales of Two Blog: Grand Canyon Walk – Blue Mountains
- The Borrowed Babes: Why You Need a Tribe of Badass Babes
- The Simply Luxurious Life: 9 Things to Do to Prepare for Traveling to France in the Next Three Months
*Disclosure: some of these links are affiliate links. Meaning, if you click a link and make a purchase, Have Clothes, Will Travel gets a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the brands that make this blog possible! I am also a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
*c/o = courtesy of, meaning the company gave me the product to be used on my blog, and I did not pay for it. All opinions are my own, and I am not being compensated for a positive review.


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The Great Saboteur
I believe with all my heart that if you asked every Christian about wanting to live a Radical Life for God they would say yes. The question is, why don't we? Many who read David Platt's book "Radical" will even attempt it. Maybe you heard a great sermon, went to camp, or went on a mission trip and you left there wanting to change your school, neighborhood, family or workplace, only to have your passion fizzle quickly.
I know from my own pursuit of a "Radical" life that my thoughts and heart are way more radical than my actions. What is this Great Saboteur of "Radical" life? A saboteur is someone who commits sabotage. Don't feel bad if you didn't know that, I had to look it up too. I believe we find the answer in John 12:42-43.
"Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God."
The love of human praise is also known as the fear of man. We are often more concerned with what others think of us than with doing what we see the father doing. Living a Radical life is not about being crazy and wild just for the sake of being crazy and wild; that actually gives the church and God a bad rep. Living a Radical life is doing what we see God doing and saying what we hear God saying, just like Jesus did (John 5:19). The fear of man wants to keep us from doing just that.
I remember a time in Wal-Mart when I overcame my fear and prayed for a lady with back pains; it was an awesome experience. I walked away pumped and asked God to show me who else needed prayer. I saw a lady checking her blood pressure by the pharmacy and knew she was the one. As I was getting ready to pray, I notice that she had her grandchild with her. I thought, "What will this kid think about me?" I ended up walking away because of what I imagined a little child would think about me. I valued her approval more than a smile from Heaven.
The praise of man does not dictate my value, God does. He approved my value with His sacrificed Son. Understanding God's love for us increases our ability to live a Radical life.
I have two challenges for you today: 1. Ask God to give you a greater understanding of His love and 2. Step out and do one thing that you see your Father doing today. Force yourself to put aside the praise of man for the smile of Heaven.
- This blog was written by Pastor Seth Goodson as part of the Radical Series. Seth is the Youth Pastor at Elim Gospel Church.


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Residents of North Bay might have noticed the recent promotions of 'The Good Neighbour Program'. The program was created by the City of North Bay in 2016, but has recently been going through a 'reboot' with the help and collaboration of NUSU, the North Bay Police, Nipissing University, Canadore College, and Canadore Student Council. The program hopes to educate North Bay residents about how to be respectful to their neighbours and mindful about the communities in which they live.
Since the start of this academic year meetings have been taking place to discuss strategies of how students and the community can work together. Included in these meetings have been members of the community, the police, and representatives from Nipissing University and the Nipissing University Student Union. Since these meetings, more members of the community have been joining efforts to ensure The Good Neighbour Program becomes a success and more people become involved.
The Nipissing University Student Union (NUSU) has been emphasizing to students the importance of conversation and meeting your neighbours. Opening these lines of communication can make it easier to deal with any issues that come up before they become a problem. The program also highlights other ways that we can ALL be a good neighbour, such as watching out for the safety of the community you live in, taking pride in your neighbourhood by keeping it clean, keeping up to date with current rules and bylaws, and keeping noise within your space and within reasonable hours. It is important for all members to treat their fellow residents and neighbours with respect.
Remember, North Bay is your home away from home.
You can view the current handbook of The Good Neighbour Program created by the City of North Bay here: https://www.cityofnorthbay.ca/media/2216/good-neighbour-handbook-2016.pdf
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The Boulder County Clerk and Recorder's office oversees the Motor Vehicle, Recording, and Elections divisions of Boulder County (Colorado) Government. AppliedTrust worked with the Elections Division of the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder's Office to develop security controls for the November 2008 General Election process. AppliedTrust also helped to identify the cause of a problem that slowed the ballot tally during the election, and provided recommendations for modifying the settings in the voting scanners and software to prevent the problem from recurring in future elections.
"AppliedTrust's assistance with helping us implement security controls in the 2008 General Election was extremely helpful, and their troubleshooting of our system and recommendations for resolving the issue have made our vote-counting process go much more smoothly in the elections held since then."
- Hillary Hall, Boulder County Clerk and Recorder


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Get on-boarded into the BBP (Bharat BillPay) ecosystem of BillAvenue where you are enabled to collect Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation payments from consumers and earn income for offering services. Through the Bharat Bill Payment System, BillAvenue provides you easy access to collect bill payments for a wide range of utilities and earn your agent's fee. Besides water supply, customers consume other utility services such as Direct-To-Home, broadband, mobile postpaid, gas, electricity, etc. on a regular basis. As a Bill Collection Agent you can offer your services to these customers and take home guaranteed income.
The Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation is the civic body which looks after the local administration of Tiruchirappalli, a city in Tamil Nadu, India. The corporation comprises of both a legislative as well as an executive body. The legislative body is led by the mayor while the executive body is presided by a Chief Commissioner. The municipality of Tiruchirapalli was established under the Town Improvements Act 1865 on November 1, 1866 and it was later raised to the status of a municipal corporation. Water supply is provided by the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation. To make bill payments for Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation water supply, all customers need a secured platform from where they can also attend to other utility bill payments. The TCMC bill payment Online BBPS system at BillAvenue connects a customer easily to the biller and helps them meet the challenge of paying bills every month. It is also a unified platform for various utility companies. Through this platform customers can make direct payment to a BBPS agent at his/her shop/service center. Entrepreneurs and aggregate business owners can collaborate with BillAvenue as Agent Institutions and offer their bill collections services to these customers in return for commission.
Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation aims to provide water supply services in a sustainable manner to the consumers. Tiruchirappalli based water supply consumers can now enjoy uninterrupted services and make their water bill payment safely and conveniently through the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation payment BBPS system. A BillAvenue agent can assist customers with direct bill payment collection when they walk up to the Collection's Agent's service center to pay bills. You can also become a BillAvenue Collection Agent and earn a high income from bill collections.
Bill Collection through a TCMC Bill payment BBPS Platform
When you on-board the BBP (Bharat Bill Pay) ecosystem of BillAvenue as a Collection Agent, you get connected with multiple billers who are registered on the system. From these billers you can fetch bills of customers and present to them for bill payment collection. An Agent displays the customer's bill from the BBPS system and collects the payment. For every bill payment collection done through the BBPS system, the agent becomes entitled to receive an attractive service charge. Serving so many billers from a single platform is therefore advantageous for the Collection Agent in terms of earning steady income.
A TCMC Water Bill BBPS Agent Takes Home Income with Self-Esteem
Joining BillAvenue makes you a part of a certified system which is free from errors and delays that were usually caused by intermediaries. The billing process is more seamless and efficient as compared to the older ways of making bill payments. Outdated methods of bill payment are now replaced with faster and direct-pay technology that reduces the turnaround time of payment and also increases the cash flow to the biller. The customer is also happy with the concept of direct payment as a lot of time is saved. As a BBPS Collection Agent, your contribution in this process is highly valued and rewarded with generous Collection Agent fees.
Seamless Bill Payment Experience
A customer can now enjoy the comfort of making bill payment through both online as well as offline channels. Interacting with the BBPS Agent also adds human interface into the process of bill payment. When the customer walks in at the BillAvenue Agent Service Point for bill payment, he/she is offered a secured transaction environment for making instant payment. The customer can easily locate the nearest KIOSK, ATM or Bank branch where a BillAvenue agent is based. Furthermore BillAvenue offers various payment options such as cash, credit cards, debit cards, internet banking, wallets, prepaid cards, UPI, etc. to the customer. On payment, the customer gets an SMS or email confirmation from the BBPS system assuring successful transmission of funds. BillAvenue also offers a centralized platform for customer complaint management.
Generate Revenue through a Water Bill Tiruchirappalli BBPS Platform
Very shortly, every major and minor biller of the country is going to be available on the BBPS system. As an agent this is good news for you, as thousands of customers can be served through a single platform. More and more customers will now walk up to your service center to make bill payments. Larger the number of customers, higher will be your earnings. BillAvenue welcomes you to join the BBPS system as a Collection Agent and explore plenty of revenue generation opportunities.
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Hotels Invest in Trendy Sky Bars to Drive Revenues
Atlanta's development boom has been particularly fruitful for the hospitality industry. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, hotels are set to post their highest occupancy levels since 1996 this year, topping 2014's already impressive performance. Occupancy at metro Atlanta hotels is expected to reach 67.2 percent, above the national forecast of 65 percent. According to a recent JLL earnings report, hotel investment momentum continues to grow.
Individual hotels are drawing in this high number of Atlanta visitors – due to booming Georgia tourism and entertainment industries – with unique amenities. Hotels are no longer simply a place to rest; they are a destination for entertainment, food and nightlife.
According to NREI, hotels are investing in "sky bars" and restaurants to draw customers, particularly Millennials, who crave trendy social spaces. In cities like Atlanta, these new food and beverage opportunities are better suited for a rooftop than the typical lobby restaurants, where guests and neighborhood residents alike can enjoy a drink surrounded by skyline views.
Local examples of this trend include the W Hotel Buckhead's Whiskey Blue, SkyLounge at the Glenn Hotel, and Community Smith at the Renaissance Atlanta Midtown.
To read our latest hospitality research, click here.


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Hobbies and Collectibles
Jo's Critters
Bldg 3, Booths 319
Come take a peek at all the critters!
Hobbies and Collectibles
Copius Collectibles – The Local Brick Shop "The Lego Booth"
Bldg 1, Booths 103, 104, 105
Legos, legos and more legos. Board games, toys and more.
Hobbies and Collectibles
Don's Collectible Pins and M&M's
Bldg 1, Booths 158 & 159
Largest selection of M&M collectibles in the Golden Horseshoe. Also check out our inventory of beanie babies and collectible pins.
Hobbies and Collectibles
Doug's Sports Cards
Bldg 2, Booths 221, 222, 228
Sports cards & supplies, collectibles.
Hobbies and Collectibles
Jim's Trading Post
Bldg 2, Booths 220, 229
Coins, paper money, sports memorabilia, silver, stamps, hockey cards, pucks, & pins, supplies.
Hobbies and Collectibles
Michael's Collectibles
Bldg 1, Booths 122, 123
An assorted and eclectic mix of collectibles. War memorabilia. You never know what you'll find.
Hobbies and Collectibles
Bldg 1, Booths 141
Frankenstore is your destination for all things horror and macabre.


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Guide to Buying New Rims or Wheels for Your Car
Your car's tires connect you the road. They get you where you need to go safely by allowing your brakes to work properly and helping you navigate twists and turns. Of course, the black rubber that makes contact with the pavement is only part of the equation. Your tires are mounted on rims, which attach to your wheels via spokes.
The rims and wheels that came standard with your car were carefully engineered for optimal road grip and quality. That's all fine and dandy for the average driver. But for those looking for enhanced driving performance and a striking appearance, buying new rims or wheels can make a huge difference.
At Stereo Depot, we know how important rims and wheels are to your driving safety, comfort, and style. While choosing a sleek design should definitely be part of your buying decision, the type, size, and material of your new rims or wheels are equally as important to how they'll look and perform on your car.
If you're thinking about upgrading your rims or wheels, here's a quick overview of everything you need to consider:
What are car rims?
It's impossible not to notice a car with shiny, sleek new rims. More than just a striking accessory, rims serve a really important function in making your car drivable and safe. A rim sits on the outer edge of a wheel to hold the tire in place so it can rotate when you step on the gas.
What's the difference between rims and wheels?
The terms "rims" and "wheels" are often used interchangeably, but they're actually different. The rim is one component of a wheel; the other is the disc. The center of the wheel is the hub, which connects the entire wheel to the suspension. Depending on the model, rims and discs may be permanently joined together or detachable.
What to consider when buying new rims or wheels
Single-piece vs. multipiece wheels
You can buy wheels that have the rim, hub, and spokes permanently attached together in a single piece, or buy wheels that come with each component cast separately. Single-piece wheels are typically more affordable than multi-piece wheels. However, if damage occurs to just one part of a single-piece wheel, the entire wheel has to be replaced.
Matching new rims to your existing tires
If you want to keep your tires, your new rims should be the same diameter and width as the old ones. It's also important to consider bolt pattern or lug pattern. Your vehicle has a certain number of bolts for attaching the wheels to the car body. Your new wheels and rims will need to be compatible so everything affixes properly.
Choosing the size of your new rims
Choosing the right size rims for your car is critical for proper driving performance. Rims that are too small or too big will impact your stability and may cause problems with steering control. When purchasing new rims and tires together, there are two ways to customize size: plus sizing and inching up.
Plus sizing involves increasing the diameter and width of the rim and adding a tire with a shorter sidewall. With inching up, we increase the diameter of the wheel rim while matching the tire so the height remains the same.
Selecting the material of wheels and rims
Wheels and rims are typically made of aluminum or steel. Aluminum weighs less, which helps with fuel economy, making it a great option for heavy commuters. Rims and wheels made of aluminum also contribute to a smoother ride. Steel wheels and rims are heavier, but they're also more durable.
Deciding on color, style, and design
New wheels and rims should improve the driving performance of your car. But let's be honest – you also want them to look incredible. Luckily, your design options are virtually limitless. Chrome is a popular choice for adding shine to your wheels, while all-black wheels and rims give a sporty, edgy look to your car.
Ready to upgrade your car's wheels and rims?
Buying aftermarket wheels and rims is a powerful way to enhance your driving experience and make your car look brand new. At Stereo Depot, we carry top wheel brands including Lexani, BMF, Avanti, and more. If you're low on cash, we can work with you. Our affordable financing options make upgrading your wheels and rims easy on your wallet regardless of your budget.
Stop by one of our stores in San Diego or El Cajon to check out your options. Give Stereo Depot a call at our San Diego location at (619) 736-9964 or our El Cajon location at (619) 873-4641.


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She cooks.
She cleans.
I provide snark and entertainment…. And occasionally bring home flowers.
But the other night I fulfilled my Room Mate Good Deed for at least the month.
I came stumbling in drunk.. no wait, different story. I came home and found Jessica watching anime In the living room eating something that smelt terribly yummy. I headed into the kitchen to nuke myself something that would smell, well hopefully not terrible and would hopefully not taste horrible (you never know with microwave dinners, the fun of discovery if this would be another "mmm good" or a "oh gag!" is indeed part of the fun.)
For some reason I didn't turn on the kitchen light… maybe I was being considerate to her movie, most likely I was being slightly lazy… but anyway, I entered the darkened kitchen and found this…..
Yep, my awesome room mate super cool cook extraordinaire had neglected to turn off the stove.
Its not that big of a deal, and it really is the first and only time she has ever done this in the entire ten months we have roomed together… but I did get to feel all smart and adult when I got to (only slightly) gloatingly point it out to her.
Then she asked me to turn it off for her…
… and I got to feel really really stupid as I clicked through the knobs trying to figure it out. Because even though we have lived here for ten months, I think I have used the stove a total of 4 times.
I don't cook. I warm things up.
It works for me.
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Good morning, GT! I hope this Sunday finds you well.
After a short but intense bout of screaming at people for fun and profit, I managed to have a pretty decent evening. We dropped WeePiglet off with a friend (which turned into a sleepover YAY), and then headed out to have dinner and beer festival funtimes with some friends that we adore but don't get to see nearly often enough.
Dinner was lovely and the beer festival was LOUD. I hate that. It was held in an old armory hall, so no soundproofing, and there was a band (why?) which decided to turn everything up to 11 (WHY). It doesn't have to be ear-bleedingly loud, folks.
Oh well, whatever. There was beer! I just finished putting all the beers I tried into Untappd, and the list isn't bad. There weren't too many really out-there things, and there were a lot of breweries represented that I know well, but it was fun and I tried a lot of things I wouldn't normally drink because I don't want to commit to a sixer of something that I am gonna hate.
Today's big plans include a gym visit and a possible trek to the grocery store.
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Driven, Passionate and Talented
How NCI's newest hire excels at leading her team to success both on the water and in the office!
A Brief History of Rowing
Do you row? Dating back to the 15th century BC Egypt where the first non-transportation reference was made to the sport in an Egyptian funeral carving, rowing has enjoyed a long and distinctive reputation through history (1). Mentioned by Virgil as part of the funeral games for Aeneas, and a feature of regatta races during the Middle Ages in which the Italian Carnevale pitted the nation's best rowers against one another (1), rowing has long been a hallmark of important events and a symbol of strength, power and grace. Modern rowing competitions began emerging later in history when taxi operators offering services across the Thames River in London would compete with each other for prize money put up by London's guilds, and the first recorded race in the US took place in the New York harbor in 1756 (1). Since then, rowing has been a hallmark sport on U.S. college campuses and is considered one of the oldest intercollegiate sports in America (1).
Think football is popular? 80 years ago, that was simply not the case. Beginning with a challenge between Yale and Harvard and Yale in 1852 which marked the first intercollegiate boat race, rowing launched onto the scene and was the most prevalent and popular sport in college for several decades (1). In 1903, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association was founded as the world's first scholastic organization devoted to the sport of rowing (they eventually joined the NCAA), later followed by the advent of rowing as an Olympic sport in 1900. The US won two gold medals in 1900 and 1904, but was subsequently beat by England in 1908 and 1912. This led to the use of college teams, rather than professional teams, to represent the US in the Olympics and resulted in a win at the 1920 Olympic Games when the U.S. Naval Academy represented the US (1).
Today, collegiate rowing has been eclipsed by the popularity of football and basketball, but the sport still maintains a stronghold in 91 college programs across the country, many of which offer substantial scholarships to help offset the cost of tuition (1). Reference: 1. Athnet. (2018). The history of the sport of rowing. Retrieved from https://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-rowing.htm
An Interview with a Buckeye Champion
Catherine McNutt, EI
Design Engineer
BS in Civil Engineering, The Ohio State University
Catherine McNutt, one of NCI's most recent hires, is not only a graduate of one of these highly esteemed rowing teams, but a four-time BigTen Champion, who has also placed 2nd at the NCAA's! Learn more about Catherine, rowing, and her career journey to NCI in the interview below!
A Team Player and Leader
Catherine excels at whatever she does because she knows both how to lead, and how to be part of a team.
A true Buckeye at heart, Catherine and her friends make sure to share love for their alma mater both at home and abroad!
OSU Rowing Traditions!
One of my favorite traditions is singing off your teammates. Each school has their own fight song that they will cheer on their teammates as they push off the dock when they head out to race. My team also ended race day by singing Carmen Ohio together on the bus ride home.
We held a skit night every year – and this year the seniors presented different versions of our head coach.
Another tradition, this one worldwide, is that if your boat wins, the crew gets to toss their coxswain into the water. And since they're the smallest on the team, they often get thrown far!
Frequently Asked Questions
When did you first get interested in rowing?
Did your sister row in college?
Where were your teammates from?
What other sports and activities did you do as a child?
Is it possible to row if you don't live by a lake?
How does rowing work?
How long are the races?
Are there any rowing traditions?
Any championships?
Future rowing plans?
I plan on coaching high schoolers in the spring when their racing season begins. I'd love to give back to the rowing community and all the support people have shown me.
How does rowing relate to engineering?
Rowing is a very technical sport. There's a saying that in the first month you can learn 90% of the stroke, but you will spend a decade mastering the final 10%. Everything from the angle that your blade goes into the water, to how you apply the pressure throughout the stroke makes an impact on how the boat runs. I really enjoyed getting to learn the details and trying to find the best method- which is how it relates to engineering for me. We kept track of many factors, including heart rate, weight, and our power output on the indoor machines to manage how we were performing in relation to ourselves, and compared to each other. We also managed the equipment when we traveled, derigging the shells and often resembling Jenga trying to fit everything on one trailer. Teamwork and communication were critical in every aspect of what we did, and is also a key part of engineering.
What got you into engineering in the first place?
Mostly my family. My dad is a mechanical engineer, and his father a physicist. Growing up I was always helping out with projects and asking questions, and I really liked the challenge of designing and building my own.
Was it challenging to balance school and rowing?
I'm glad I did rowing in college, but I'll admit that it was extremely stressful at times trying to balance practices, travelling, and my classes. One semester I had an 8:00 AM class and had to do the workouts before it, waking up at 4:40 AM everyday to get out to the river in time to make it back for the lecture. That semester I also had a night class twice a week until 9:00 PM, starting right after our weekly test pieces in the evening. If it wasn't for my teammates I wouldn't have continued past the first few months on varsity – with 4 hours a day of practices I was continually exhausted in classes. However, it was an experience like no other, and I pushed myself farther than I knew I could. I would do it again, even if it was challenging.
Is rowing gender specific?
Rowing, unlike most sports, is only recognized by the NCAA for women. When Title IX passed, it required colleges to provide the same equal opportunities, and funding, to women as they do for men. Because of this, many schools choose to balance out large men's programs with rowing teams. Ohio State is one of these schools that does not have a varsity men's team equivalent. Rowing is growing nationwide, and scholarship opportunities are readily available for talented female athletes. The women's national elite team is the dominate crew worldwide in the eight – winning the last three Olympics and every world championship in between in this event, outperforming their male counterparts.
What do you like to do in your free time?
I like reading, playing ultimate Frisbee, and hiking with my dog. You can also catch me on the couch watching Grey's Anatomy.
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Kit Spleef - Spleef With Kits and Options!
*Updated to Minecraft 1.12.2
Big 1.10/1.11 update! Includes special abilities for each kit, a new kit, new options, and lots and lots of bug fixes!
Play with as many friends as you want in this chaos-filled kit-based Spleef minigame map!
Includes settings to change the gameplay, such as sudden death, CPU players, terrain features, and more!
Feel free to make a video of this map! You can send me the link and I'll feature it here!
The Kits!
Snow Shoveler
– Gets an unbreakable diamond shovel
– Can slice through the platform easily!
Special Ability: Ground Pound
– Cost: 6 Levels
– Smash the ground and create holes under nearby players!
– Shoots arrows that dig 3x3 holes where they land!
Special Ability: TNT Arrows
– Cost: 6 Levels
– Shoot explosive arrows that blast holes in the map!
– Spawn creepers that speed to their target and explode, creating annoying holes!
Special Ability: TNT Blocks
– Cost: 4 Levels
– Get TNT blocks to precisely blow up your opponents!
– Be anywhere in a flash with magnificent ender pearls!
(New!) Special Ability: Aura of Teleportation
– Cost: 6 Levels
– Create an aura of teleportation that warps nearby players to the next-lowest layer!
– Gets a special Despawn Egg that turns any mob nearby into its spawn egg!
– Blinds/nauseates any players that go near the egg for a short time!
Special Ability: Bat Bombs
– Cost: 6 Levels
– Spawn three bats carrying TNT which explode simultaneously, creating a massive hole!
– Stack your way to victory with an unlimited amount of snow blocks!
Special Ability: Magic Boots
– Cost: 6 Levels
– With these magical boots, walk on a platform of snow created at your feet!
Gain levels to activate powerups by digging around! As players dig, their XP bars fill up and when they reach the required amount of XP they can activate the powerup!
Random Kit
-- Set your kit to a random one when the game starts! Lasts for one round.
-- Want to set everyone's kit to a random one? Flip the lever nearby the Spectator kit pedestal labeled "Random Kit Override"
The settings!
Spice up your gameplay with these settings!
CPU Players: Generate a bunch of Computer-Controlled Undead Spleefers! They always play fair
Random Item Jukeboxes: At regular intervals, summons a Jukebox containing an item which can be retrieved by breaking it Customize the interval using a new setting on the right-side wall.
Keep Loot Between Games: Players keep all their items between games. With this toggled off, inventories are reset each round.
Sudden Death: At a customizable time, summon Falling TNT until the round ends! Toasty! Customize the time using a new option on the right-side wall.
Auto-Start Next Game: Automatically initiates the countdown until the next round, giving players a 30-second grace period to choose kits/change options.
Unbreakable Shovels: By default, all the kits except for Snow Shoveler get Golden Shovels
that break quickly (but regenerate slowly). Toggle this on to give all the kits unbreakable shovels.
Special Abilities: Determines whether special abilities are enabled or not. Toggle off for the classic spleef experience.
Kit Mixing:An exploit exists that allows players to mix items between kits and get more items than usual by dropping them on the ground. I patched this, but the games were still fun with the exploit so you can toggle this setting to "Allowed" to disable the fix.
Classic Mode Snow Layers:With the generator set to Classic (flat) terrain, determine whether the playing field is two or three layers tall.
UHC Mode: By default, players regenerate lost health. But with this toggled on players do not regain lost health!
Motivational Chat Messages: Speaks for the player during rounds by typing for them in the chat. Off by default.
Reset Scoreboard:Resets all online player scores on the Wins leaderboard to 0. Offline players disappear off the scoreboard.
Play During:Change the time of day during a round to day or night. At night lamps automatically activate to illuminate the Lobby.
Lock kit: All players are assigned the selected kits and the kit selecting buttons are disabled until the next round. Useful for tournaments.
Level Mode:Determine if the playing field is flat (Classic) or has stairs and walls (Special).
Players Take Damage during Game:With this toggled on, the only way to lose is to fall off the arena.
Day/Night Cycle:Enables the default Minecraft Day/Night cycle.
Number of Opponents (Singleplayer only): Choose how many CPU Players to play against. Changes by twos.
Random Kits Override: Overrides all player kit selections and instead provides them with a random kit. Using the Lock Kit feature will automatically disable this.
Shader used: Kuda Shaders
The Lobby!
Players in-game
In-game screenshot showing scoreboard
View of the settings wall
Thank you, PopularMMOs! Feel free to make a review and if you send it to me I'll put it here!
Note that this video is for the 1.8 version
– This map will probably not work on servers with plugins! Please use vanilla to ensure the best results. I will not fix issues relating to plugin compatibility. Instead, report those to the plugin devs.
If you want to report a bug or give me your feedback, just comment below! Or click the View Map Credits button in-game and click the send feedback link. I want to hear from you!
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I.... Really don't know what to say anymore. There really hasn't been much out of me over the past three days because that horrible experience. Has anyone heard of Veggietales? I've been a big fan of it ever since I got my first DVD which was Rack, Shack, and Benny.The show was really good in my eyes because of the characters, stories, morals, and humor. However I have outgrown the show because I've gotten older and I'm glad I did because there's these new redesigns and this spin off called Veggietales "In The House" which to me is kinda a guilty pleasure. I still have a bunch of DVDs and even some old VHS tapes.
I've watched all of them except one. It's name was Where's God When I'm S-Scared?
I've actually had it before but after got it and was about to watch it I couldn't find it. So i decided to go to my old buddy Amazon to look for not a rerelease, not a remaster, but the original. I searched for it but couldn't find a copy until I got to the bottom of the results.
The title of the item said:
I couldn't wait to get it in the mail.
About a week later my Aunt and Uncle (Who i was living with at the time) were going on a trip.
They said if i ever needed them to call them. At least I can watch the tape without being disturbed because my sister is also gone at a friends house as well.
Right after they left the mailman came and put something in the mailbox, most likely a package from the yellow wrapping i could see around it. So after he left i checked the mailbox and sure enough it was my package. I grabbed it went into the house into my room, shut the door behind me and started opening it up.
After I opened it up I started to look at the tapes condition because you know Amazon you could get something that looks brand new on the picture of the item, but then you wind up getting a sand filled Gamecube. The Tapes box art looked like it was copied off of Google Images and the actual tape didn't have a label. "Geez Amazon, thank you very much" I said in kinda of a sarcastic way even though I was really happy to get the tape.
Since I have a old VCR (Thank's to the 80's) that I barely use anymore that I got from my uncle, I put in the VHS tape and pressed play.
For some reason it took 9 minutes to get working (I'm guessing because the bad condition.)
After the 9 minutes of waiting (which felt longer because I was excited to watch it)
The tape finally began.
It seemed like everything was normal at first for the first 15 minutes of the tape.
It was a great episode that had a great lesson: God is bigger then any monster out there,
followed by a funny Silly Song called, 'The Water Buffalo Song.'
About when I was going to finish the other 15 minutes after the Silly Song it seemed like the tape got preempted because it showed a black screen for about 3 minutes. Not only was I upset because I thought the tape didn't work after 15 minutes or was recorded over the actual show I was also mad that it seemed like I was scammed out of 10 bucks.
But after a little complaining the show seemed to restart because it showed the intro again.
I was a little curious because the show normally doesn't restart unless its over and you hear the tape rewinding inside the VCR, but it didn't, and I didn't hear the tape rewind inside. When the actual show started it showed Bob and Larry standing on the counter top as usual,but for some reason the atmosphere felt........ different, almost depressing.
I mean Bob and Larry were smiling and the background was bright and colorful, but for some reason it felt depressing. Everything was about normal until they started reading the letter.
Bob read the letter out loud, and it said:
Dear Bob and Larry
I am a mother of two and my youngest son died in
a car accident last night. His Dad fell asleep
on the wheel and crashed into a tree.
He was fine but my son was killed.
I don't know what to do anymore I just hope
you understand what I've been going through.
Bob looked really upset with the letter and Larry didn't say anything clever or funny which is kinda out of character for him. The show interrupted Bob and Larry before they could say anything.
The show started up with Junior watching TV at night in the living room (Similar to Where's God when I'm S-Scared) with the familiar Mom Asparagus saying "Junior time for bed"
With Junior saying "Just four more minutes" but he decides to turn off the television
and go to his room. He hopped up the stairs and into his room. However he is extremely scared, even more then he was when watching the TV show. He thought "Yeesh, that show is scary but it isn't real........is it? Junior goes to sleep and we get treated to his dreams/nightmares there was a lot of flashing colors and shapes with Junior in the dream world/just dream. After about 30 seconds I heard a loud booming voice that sounded like my TV speakers were at 100 volume/percent. However my volume was turned down to 10 volume/percent. The voice said "YOU ARE WEAK.....HUMBLE.......DISGRACEFUL........NO ONE!!!!!". This part shocked me the most, I was jumpscared by the monster that Junior watched on the TV except it looked a lot more.............demented.
Junior woke up with not a scream, not a cry, but instead a shocked face.
It cut to two days later. Bob and Larry were with Mom and Dad Asparagus, the dad said "Junior hasn't come out of his room in two days. Is he sick? Is he coming down with something? Is he injured? We don't know because he never told us!" They entered his room.
Junior looked a lot worse then from the last time we saw him. He was laying straight on his bed staring straight up with red, bloodshot eyes and was drooling out of a gaping mouth.
Bob closed his eyes and said "Junior looks like he's in really bad condition". This is the first time I've seen Bob this serious. They cut to Junior again but he was shaking rapidly and started foaming out of the mouth, he seemed like he was crying as well.
It cuts to a hospital building where a doctor that looked like Archibald he said in his British accent "Junior hasn't slept in three days he looks like he's shocked almost in a coma state". His mom said to Junior "We didn't know you were scared Junior you should've told us". This was getting really disturbing and getting uncomfortable to watch.
After his mom said that the beeper (the thing that tells you if the heart is still beating
in beeps) went flat. Archie then said to them "I'm sorry everyone but.......Junior is.......dead". It was really sad, I felt like I was going to cry because Junior was one of my favorite characters in the show.
It cuts to a picture of the Asparagus family with Mom Asparagus crying in the background.
While mixed in with the words "He's gone......I can't bring him back I can't live like this anymore!". Then we see Mom Asparagus in the kitchen, reaching in a medicine cabinet,
and pulling a bottle of pills. She finishes with following words "When you lose someone,you will always feel pain, until you can't feel at all". She opens up the bottle, pours all the pills in her mouth, then passes out. The Final image is an image of the Asparagus Family.
It cuts back to the counter top, where Bob and Larry are even sadder from when they read the letter then Bob said in a sad voice "It's time to talk to QWERTY about what we.. learned today". QWERTY didn't work though and Bob was getting angry at QWERTY for not working. He starts bouncing off of QWERTY like a ball getting more angry every time.
Larry even told Bob to stop or he might get hurt Bob charged at the computer and when he hit it he splattered into pieces of tomato juice and tomato chunks. Larry ran off crying he then went to the edge of the counter top and said to the audience while staring at the camera in a sad voice "Remember kids, God made you special and he loves you very much. Goodbye" Larry then jump off the counter and when he hits the floor, he smashes into pieces then the episode ended with no credits just....nothing.
This was a very shocking experience for me I didn't know who made the episode I don't even know if I was dreaming or not.I couldn't sleep for two days I kept on getting nightmares about the following episode.
The Next day I decided to email Big Idea (The company that makes Veggietales) about this strange and disturbing episode. I didn't get a response until two weeks later and the e-mail said
To:Whom it Concerns
From:Big Idea
Subject:Disturbing Veggietales 1993 Where's God When I'm S-Scared Reply
We are sorry, we have never made anything as disturbing or demented as you have described for us. But we understand your worry,so we think you should get rid of it and anything else that might worry you.
And Remember God Made You Special And Loves You Very Much.
Big Idea.
I took there word for it and threw the tape, along with my Veggietales DVD's,VHS Tapes, and even my Bob and Larry plushies that I've had since I was little and threw them in the garbage.
I tried to tell other people about it even my closest friends and my Aunt and Uncle but they didn't believe me. I was watching the news on TV and there was a new story about a Father and son who was driving last night and crashed into a tree. The Father survived with few injuries
but the son died and the mother was named Michelle. That's strange because there was something similar to the letter that Bob and Larry read.
So the next day I decided to take a drive around my home state Arizona.
After a few hours of driving I found myself at The Grand Canyon so I parked my car there and went to the edge.
I looked down into the rocky floor at the bottom of the canyon.
Remember, God Made You Special......and He Loves You Very Much.
say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you." - Isaiah 35:4


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Some people have innate gifts. In the case of MARK WAYNE JASTER it must have been the power of persuasion, as this Texarkana, Texas man was successful at persuading investors to give him over $1.1 million dollars to invest.
PROBLEM: He invested none of it. Not one red cent! His skill to persuade was used in a misguided way and now he's set to reap the rewards of his choices. Every choice has a consequence. In the case of MARK WAYNE JASTER, United States Attorney John L. Ratcliffe announced that 48-year-old Texarkana, Texas man, JASTER, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for wire fraud.
MARK WAYNE JASTER was indicted on April 3, 2007 and charged with defrauding investors through a wire fraud scheme. He pleaded guilty to that charge on August 29, 2007 and was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison by United States District Judge David Folsom. Jaster was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,134,623.30.
According to information presented in court, between 2002 and 2005, Jaster represented to investors that he was involved in the business of personal investment services. Jaster told those investors that he actively managed money through his InvestWise account at A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc. in Texarkana, Texas. He claimed that through investing in various investments such as real estate, stocks, mutual funds, and pension funds, he achieved significant returns for his investors.
NOTE: There are many great investments out there, but, when someone tells you that they get great returns for their clients – "here, invest you money with me! Well, beware – there's a fair chance it's a scam. Use your common sense and check the investor out. It's too easy these days to do that with the internet.
Jaster had some investors deposit money directly into his Mark Jaster DBA InvestWise account at Hibernia Bank. However, instead of using the money for investments, he would use it for his own personal expenses. Jaster had other investors open accounts at A.G. Edwards for the purpose of depositing funds for investments. After gaining signatory authority over these accounts, Jaster would then transfer the funds to his InvestWise account at A.G. Edwards to be used for his personal expenses.
During this time, Jaster would speak with the investors, advising them that their investments had grown significantly, and would send e-mails to the investors with false representations as to the status of their investments and legitimacy of the investments. None of the money Jaster received from investors was ever invested.
NOTE: If you've invested your money with an investment representative you should be able to get your account status on-line or at a minimum verify the investment status with someone other than the person who took your money to invest.
COMMENT: As a former white collar criminal (not something I am proud of) I did essentially the same thing as JESTER. I took clients money – used it for personal purposes (lifestyle) and ended up in exactly the same spot. Had either the clients done their "due diligence" by checking me and the investment I was representing out, or had they checked with someone other than me about the status of their investment, they would have found out the truth. In fact, the fraud was uncovered when ONE client sought information about his investment from someone other than me.
Every choice has a consequence. I am living proof that you do reap what you sow. And while JESTER is headed for prison, there is hope that he might learn from this experience. Today, as a speaker, I address college kids in business schools for free – it's my way of warning them about the law of choices and consequences. This service was recently reported on in Business Week. See the article here.
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FBI joins investigation of Guatemala lawyer's death
U.S. officials have confirmed to The Miami Herald that the FBI has joined the investigation of a murdered Guatemalan lawyer who — in a postmortem video — accused President Alvaro Colom of ordering his death.
U.S. Ambassador Stephen McFarland said the FBI sent one agent to Guatemala to assist in the investigation into Rodrigo Rosenberg's murder.
The case has shaken a nation with a long history of corruption and political conflict and a democracy still in its infancy, 13 years after the end of a bloody civil war.
"This is the biggest political scandal in decades," said Marco Antonio Barahona, director of political research for the Guatemalan think-tank Association of Investigation and Social Studies. "Whether or not it will cause Colom to resign – it's too early to say. But the allegations have motivated the public to act. And that could be powerful."
In the video, which was released by the lawyer's family members during his funeral on Monday, Rosenberg said he had documentation to prove that the president, first lady and two associates were involved in the April murder of a businessman who had uncovered their alleged money laundering scheme.
"I knew exactly how [they] were responsible for that cowardly murder, and I told them so and told those who wanted and could hear," Rosenberg said on the tape.
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Actually, my mousepad is also new - I was having severe wrist pain, and I can't live without this one now. It's like a little marshmallow for my arm. I ordered it from my other shopping addiction website, Amazon. Check it out here.
These two things have quickly become everyday necessities for me. Now, if I could just convince Apple to start making the 17" laptop again (since mine is on it's last leg), I would be even more happy.


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We all have another reason to love Pharrell Williams: his company, Bionic Yarn, plans to turn plastic litter in the ocean into yarn to create a collection of apparel. Let's hope they sell some of this yarn to crafters, so we can create our own garments with this fabulous fiber!
Since Earth Day is just around the corner, we will be sharing crafty, earth-friendly ideas with you throughout the month of April. What are some of your favorite ways to go green as you knit or crochet?