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Sep 20, 2012 Work out your budget before you go shopping – for talent, that is
Shoes. I'm obsessed with them. I'm completely bedazzled, consumed and controlled by this passion. I have too many pairs, hidden from my husband and my children.
I carefully put them in colour coordinated rows – and on really bad days, I stroke them.
I jest. My compulsion isn't quite as bad as I make it sound. But my husband doesn't call me Imelda for nothing.
The point is that my love of shoes has taught me one thing – don't go trying on Louboutins, when you can only afford Clarks. I mean no offense to Clarks. They're an essential component of the comfort shoe space, just not a brand I'm drawn to.
This simple comparison visually depicts the rand value differential between a high fashion piece of art against an everyday piece of footwear. There are solid reasons to choose one over the other, but one of the biggest considerations is affordability. You have to think about the money in your bank account.
The same comparison holds true for what companies do when they shop for talent. Without considering what they can afford, they draw up their requirements – and off they go, shopping. In come the Louboutins, Nikes and Clarks – and of course they want the Louboutins and they ignore the price tag. They interview, they engage and they create anticipation in their excited candidate. Then they turn around after the long process and say, 'Sorry, we can't afford you.'
The thing is, we're not dealing with shoes here – we're dealing with real, living people. People with hopes and dreams, aspirations and expectations – that word again. So, what I'm trying to say is, please don't go shopping for talent that you can't afford. It not only dashes hopes and dreams – it does your brand damage and gives that candidate a bad opinion of your company.
Take a second to think about what it's like on the other side of the desk, waiting for someone to make a decision – a decision that will affect that person's life hugely. It's very possible that one day you could be the candidate somewhere. Current statistics say that most people graduating today will have between 12 and 15 jobs in their lifetime. That's a lot of jobs, a lot of applications and a lot of interviews.
But hopefully the person managing your application process will remember that you're a person with a life, a bond, debit orders, children and other things hanging on their decision and feedback. Bear this is mind whenever you have had a CV sitting in your in-box for a while. Give the candidate feedback – make the decision and communicate it.


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Westport's Popular Eatery, The Granola Bar, Opening in Greenwich
The Granola Bar, the popular Westport-based restaurant known for their exceptional coffee program, creative smoothies, and their healthy approach to traditional comfort food, is set to open a second location in Greenwich in early 2016. Granola Bar owners, Julie Levitt and Dana Noorily, are excited to bring their creative and locally sourced breakfast and lunch options to Greenwich residents and businesses at 41 Greenwich Avenue. The new 2700-square-foot restaurant will offer extensive seating and a large take-out section for people on the go.
In conjunction with this expansion, The Granola Bar will debut a new seasonal menu on November 11 at the Westport location.
Don't panic...the Granola Bar cult classics such as the avocado toast, house-cured salmon, oatmeal bowls, cleverly named sandwiches, and freshly made salads will remain, but their new Director of Operations, Chef Neil Rohricht, has some new tricks up his sleeve. We greatly enjoyed the new Butternut Squash Lasagna, a wonderful vegetarian dish made with cashew nut "ricotta;" as well as the Harvest Bowl with wild rice, quinoa, apples, cranberries, feta, cashews, walnuts and citrus vinaigrette.
Guests should expect the same well styled comfortable modern decor in The Granola Bar's Greenwich location.
Corporate and private party catering will also be available in the Greenwich location, as well as a daily coffee and baked goods delivery service to local businesses.
The Granola Bar will be open seven days a week, Mondays through Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
275 Post Road East, Westport (203) 349 5202
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Art Gallery and Art Committee
The 2019 Annual Congregational Art Show will begin August 18, 2019. If you are a member interested in exhibiting, you may display up to four pieces. There will be a section for young people over six years old, too. Please contact Shirley Arlt, chair of the Art Committee for details.
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A different public exhibit is displayed in the Shelter Rock Art Gallery every month.
Some exhibits are collections are of an individual artist's works, and some are collections of multiple artists based upon a theme. Some artists are members of the congregation, and some are artists referred to the Art Committee for consideration. All exhibits are intended to foster artistic appreciation and to support local artists.
To submit work for consideration, please download and complete the PROSPECTIVE ARTIST – INFORMATION SHEET, then return via , post or hand delivery to Elaine Corrao, Staff Liaison to the Art Committee. Questions? Contact Art Committee Liaison Elaine via EMAIL or call 516.472.2933. Download the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SHEET for more.


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We hear about the pay gap between women and men all the time. It's not a new issue. According to the Institute for Women's Policy Research, the pay gap currently stands at 20 cents on the dollar for women in almost every employment field. I will forgo the obvious diatribe on how in the 21st century we are still even on this subject. I will instead focus on a solution.
There are laws which prevent discrimination because of sex, age, race, religion, and sexual orientation; however, these are easily and legally pushed aside by employers. Here's an example: Say I wanted to only hire a younger workforce. I can't ask for your age on a resume or application, but I can ask for your educational background. It's not rocket science to figure out that if a person graduated from high school in 1979 they are 56 years old. See? Easy and legal(ish).
Now assuming a woman makes it past the initial application and interview process, lands a job offer, and makes it to the salary negotiation stage, the odds are high they are going to make only 80% of what an equally qualified man would. They reason why? Because the failure is in the offer system itself. Let me explain in handy list form:
- Salaries are not publically published in job postings. Would you feel comfortable in the integrity of a car dealer who doesn't put the price of the car on the lot sticker? Then why should you feel comfortable about the integrity of an perspective employer who can't put the wage on a job posting.
- Companies often use salary ranges when computing salary offers. This protects them from litigation because they can prove that the applicant was, "within range". But let's be real about this, salary ranges are almost custom built to encourage wage discrimination, as well as other forms.
- Candidates are admonished to not discuss their salaries with other employees. Why? Usually the way it is presented to employees is that they are making more money than their co-workers and it would cause internal strife if wages were discussed.
What we have is a perfect environment to discriminate against women without actually breaking any laws. Nobody forced the woman to apply for a job without knowing the salary. She accepted the offered salary, which was within range. She is paranoid to discuss her wages with anyone unless she creates an human resources situation and risks her job.
If companies were required to publish salaries of all employees, it would make it very difficult to undercut women insofar as wages are concerned. A good example of this is the government sector. All job postings have the salary's clearly defined. A woman who gets the position will make the same pay as a man. As far as the private sector is concerned, some companies are starting to be more transparent in their hiring practices. The major push back is always going to be that some folks don't want others to know how much they make. To that end I suggest they get over it. Having served in the military, my pay was readily apparent to anyone who wanted to know. What I did with my money was my business, however.
What I have outlined above only addresses the issue of the pay gap. It does not solve the issue of equal opportunities for women in the workplace, nor does it solve the current crisis in sexual harassment that many women endure. What I am presenting is a solution to ensure that once a woman (and other groups for that matter)makes it to the hiring stage, they get the same salary a man would get. I think most men would also welcome the opportunity to skip the salary negotiation stage as well. I know I would.


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How Much Money Do Doctors Actually Make?/
The 2015 Physician Compensation Report by Medscape surveyed 19,500 doctors in 26 specialties and found that the average primary care doctor made $195,000 while the average specialist made $284,000. Orthopedists were the highest earners and only 9% of them are women. Infectious disease doctors earned 22% more than they did last year while family physicians earned 10% more.
Average physician income ranges from $253,000 in the Northeast to $281,000 in the Northwest. Salaries were highest in rural areas including North Dakota, Alaska, and Wyoming and lowest in the D.C., Rhode Island, and Maryland. About 70% of physicians in internal medicine and family medicine would choose their specialty again if they had the chance to do it all over again. Overall, most doctors said the most rewarding part of the job included "finding answers and diagnoses," or "gratitude/relationships with patients," while only 9% surveyed "making good money" was most rewarding.
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Hi everyone!
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a 5-week long fitness and nutrition challenge that kicks off Monday, May 21st!
Depot's Spring Into Summer Challenge is designed to help improve the way you eat, exercise, and approach your everyday life. Every Challenge participant will be placed on a team led by a Depot coach (your team captain). From there, each participant will start the challenge by doing a body dunk at their local Depot gym to calculate individual body mass, muscle mass %, and body fat %.
You'll spend 5 weeks racking up points for making it to class workouts, eating healthy, and coming out to social events led by your team captain (think: grocery trips, meal prep parties, park days, etc.). On the last day, Saturday, June 23rd, we'll host a special Open style workout (WLA and EP participants will be doing this together at Echo Park), your final dunk, and of course, a party!
In order to reap the most from the challenge, you should prepare to be available for several important events. Your first team meeting and first dunk the weekend of Sat 5/19 to Sun 5/20 (first dunk on Saturday 5/19, team meeting either Sat or Sun -- your coach will coordinate this with the team), and the final special workout + dunk + end-of-challenge celebration on Sat 6/23. Throughout the challenge, your team captain will host events over the weekend; attendance at these extra events is not mandatory but you will earn extra points for attending!
The $160 registration fee covers both of your body dunks and access to your dedicated team and team captain / Depot coach for the duration of the 5-week challenge. At the end of the challenge, multiple winners will be crowned and awarded prizes. Each team will have one (1) male and one (1) female winner; the entire competition will have one (1) overall male and one (1) overall female winner; finally, there will be one (1) overall team winner.
For more information and to sign up, click on the link below for your respective location:
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The last day to sign up is Friday 5/11! If you have any questions at all, feel free to reach out to any Depot coach! You can also email Coach Richard Kittlaus (Head Challenge Organizer) at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Read Stuart's column every week in The Scottish Sun, where he shares his reviews, news and podcasts with the 99.3% of the World's population not fortunate enough to be able to buy a physical copy of the paper. The following appeared originally in The Scottish Sun on Sunday 22nd July 2018.
Lumines Remastered (PS4, Xbox One, Switch & PC, £11.99)
YOU are taking a chance when you decide to remaster a game that is widely thought to be one of the best puzzle games ever made.
Expectation is massive and it is easy to get the knives out if ANYTHING is not quite right. So props to the developers for their efforts with Lumines. The original graphics in 2004 were clean and very crisp with a great techno look. The HD treatment makes them pop with colour. The soundtrack was awesome, and they have kept the original 40 tracks. Good thinking. It was addictive, now it is even more so. This is a classic that has been polished until it shines – so treat yourself. It is all about gameplay. There is no story and you don't care. You just want to get started and then keep on playing.
It initially looks like a Tetris clone but there is more to it. Squares fall in groups of four made up of two colours. You have to stack them up by matching the colours like your standard puzzler. However, the twist is that the soundtrack powers a beat line that passes over the screen. When the line hits the matches they disappear and you have to start again. It may seem easy but there is hidden depth and tactics because you can set the board up for a big bonus as the line clears out long chains of blocks.
The difficultly is dictated by the tempo of the track playing – the faster the line, the less time you have to work out the best moves. There are a number of modes to attack. Challenge mode is where you have to work your way through 40 stages, but there is also a shuffle mode and an endless mode. Select some added fun with the custom mode where you can pick your track, or opt for the time attack or a puzzle mode that challenges you to complete different tasks. If that wasn't enough, you can dial into the multiplayer side – on and offline – and see how you match up against your pals. Either way, start it and you won't want to finish.
Score: 5/5
The Crew 2 (PC, Xbox One & PS4, £44.99)
WE love it when lessons are learned. When The Crew was first released in 2014 it was an ambitious project with plenty of glitches in the tech and gameplay. Fast forward four years and The Crew 2 has returned – bigger, better and miles more fun. They have ditched the moody revenge style and gone for a street racer that allows you to aim to be the best. Simple. As. That. Developers Ivory Tower have let you loose on the States once again as you drive, fly and sail your way to fame and glory.
You begin with a few street races to get your fame level up and that opens a toy box of gaming delights. There is a ton of stuff thrown at you – from drift events to air races and off-road rallying. It's a true smorgasbord of horse-power thrills. For the most part you can attack the game how you like. If you want to track race or battle it out on the high seas, then do it. The game is very smooth and fluent when it comes to switching classes and disciplines and each vehicle has its own feel and handling. The standard racing fare is mixed with showcasing events which see you starting in a car then morphing into a boat before finishing of in a plane. These are fun and challenging but there just aren't enough of them which is a shame. There is also an argument that too much is…too much. You can easily become overwhelmed by the sheer number of things popping up on the map. However, you can boil some of them down to setting speed track times or doing slalom tracks. That is fun but you do lose some of the edge to the game.
It has a solid selection of fully licensed toys from Ford to Citroen and more exotic motors like Ferrari and Koenigsegg. You even get the Red Bull F1 car and other Red Bull-sponsored vehicles. You can customise your vehicles with liveries and bolt on upgrades that you unlock through victories but it is all a bit flat as you don't get the choice of the part you get. The graphics are a bit hit and miss. The vehicles look stunning and are well put together but the North American playground is rough. One minute it takes your breath away as you race through a rain-soaked forest, then you are in a lifeless flat city. It is a roller-coaster ride.
The weather system works well… but when was the last time Miami got 12 inches of snow? Whose idea was that? Sound-wise, everything hits the mark – from engines to the thud of hitting the barriers – but the voice acting verges on bizarre. It sounds more like excited teenagers than professional racers. There won't be any PvP racing until December and the smash control is a bit off – you can charge through a lamppost then at the next corner you try it again and you come to a sudden halt. The core idea behind the first game has been given a soft reboot. You still have the whole of the US to race in but now there is a huge selection of rides. It could have been a challenger to the Forza Horizon series, but it is spread too thinly. However, if you want a fun racer with tons of options then race on.
Score: 4/5
New Gundam Breaker (PS4 & PC, £44.99)
GUNDAM is a huge series in Japan which spans everything from manga to anime and has been around since the late 70s. So, it's a no-brainer that you would also get games. New Gundam Breaker is the latest title based on the series. You build and fight in your own Gundam suit in a bid to boost the gunpla culture. That is model making where fans buy resin kits of different Gundam suits and build them, often customising their efforts. You can get some inspiration with a quick Google search. This is the fourth game in the Breaker series, although technically it's just the second to be available in English. It's also a soft reboot of the series.
It's a three-tier game made up from a visual novel, which is where most of the story comes from, a fighting element and the best bit – the building side. That's where you design your Gundam by bolting bits on to your frame and mess around with colours. The tale, which isn't linked to any of the past series, sees you play as a young boy at Gunbre High School. It's a bit left field as it is partly about trying to make it through school and partly about being the best Gundam fighter. Then it cranks up the weird by turning into a kind of DATE SIM. We were actually happy just fighting as big robots, but each to their own. It does mean you can run around offices and rooms as a tiny robot. It is quite cool as you boost across a keyboard and off a table. And there are interesting twists like if you lose an arm you can replace it with one from a fallen enemy. You can also pick up five enemy parts during fights and bank them for later in the game. That's is a novel concept but ends up with you rushing around grabbing gear instead of focusing on the real goals.
The arena-style conflicts see groups of Gundam battling it out, but the main aim is to complete tasks before your enemies. That means the fighting takes a back seat and is actually pointless because you just respawn when you die. That's where the good news ends. This game has a bunch of technical glitches from frame rate drop to a total freeze mid-fight. On top of that, the combat side is poor, the camera is a mess and the targeting system is hit-and-miss. The graphics are OK but nothing special. The real-world setting is the most impressive but that's due to the novel factor. The soundtrack is alright and the voice acting is handled well by some well-known anime talent. We were expecting an arena brawler, but it does not reach the heights. It is a let-down, especially if you played Gundam Breakers 3. It will get patches and updates, but that may not be enough to save this one.
Score: 1.5/5
Yoku's Island Express (PS4, Xbox One, Switch & PC, £15.99)
THINK pinball and Metroidvania and you have the new thrill that is Yoku's Island Express. The guys at Villa Groilla have certainly been thinking outside the box with an adventure that will keep you fully entertained from the first moment to the last. You play as Yoku the beetle – who is enjoying life delivering parcels on a large and open world island called Mokumana. But an island god is trapped in a sleep so you have to collect three chiefs to perform a ritual and save the day.
It looks like your standard indie platformer as you start out, but it is soon clear that you can't jump. You have to use flippers and bumpers to travel around the world. You also land on small pinball tables when you're not exploring. Each has its own challenges to complete before you can move forward as well as boss battles that take on the same pinball table format. There is a number of side quests as you meet different characters. Again, each one adds a little something new to the game once you have completed it. There are also hidden collectables to find – which breathes a bit more life into the game after the eight-hour main tale is done.
The developers have given the game a stunning look. It is almost a water colour paint vibe which adds to the charm. The sound and music are both solid and add to the vibe. The Metroidvania tone means you find that, if you have to back track, you'll go through tables you have already cleared, which is a bit of a pain. However, there is a fast travel system that unlocks later in the game and removes that particular issue. This is a breath of fresh air that brings something new to the table. Add in the overall polish and finish to the game and it's a must play.
Score: 5/5
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1. It specified a product that has not been manufactured in more than five years.
2. While the product was identified by its manufacturer, the manufacturer was not among those named in the paragraph listing acceptable manufacturers.
3. Accessories necessary for the installation of the product were specified to be by another manufacturer with incompatible accessories.
4. The product was specified to be made with "FSC wood". While I assume "FSC" is an abbreviation for "Forest Stewardship Council", a wood rating agency, this was not stated by the specification, creating ambiguity.
5. Moreover, FSC has several standards for wood. Yet the required grade was not specified. While I assume the architect wants FSC-Certified wood to comply with LEED requirements, the vague spec could allow other firms to supply FSC-Controlled or FSC-Mixed woods that are less costly and contribute less value to LEED compliance.
6. While the section specifies submittal of data substantiating recycled content in compliance with LEED requirements, it does not require submittal of data substantiating the LEED value of the wood. This casts doubt on my assumption that the intent of the document is to require FSC-Certified wood.
These errors were found while skimming the specification; perhaps closer scrutiny would reveal further obfuscations.
If you have to bid a specification like this, the proper response -- at least according to typical instructions to bidders -- is to request a clarification from the architect. As a material supplier, the instructions to bidders probably require you to submit your question through a prospective subcontractor who would, in turn, submit the question to a prospective general contractor to forward to the design firm. By the time the architect or engineer issues an addendum answering the inquiry, there may be little time left to prepare your bid.
The sloppiness in the specification is to the disadvantage of a responsible supplier that tries to ferret out the designer's intent and bid accordingly. Other contractors will exploit the vagueness of the spec to submit the lowest quality work they can get away with.
As an Architect, Certified Construction Specifier, and Fellow of the Construction Specifications institute, I am embarrassed by the prevalence of such substandard work by members of my profession.
In outrage, I imagine a website to which bidders could anonymously submit defective specs. Each week, a panel of reviewers would select one example as the "Defectification of the Week," posting the section and the name of the culpable design firm and notifying to the firm's client. Perhaps fear of such public shaming would motivate designers to give more attention to the quality of their construction documents.
Yet the better response is to expend my energy training and encouraging specifiers to raise the standard of care in the industry.
Here are some ways manufacturers can play a role in this campaign:
1. Train your team so they understand the principles of specifications. A great way to do this is by encouraging your sales reps, estimators, engineers, and customer service staff to study for and pass CSI's Construction Document Technologist (CDT) exam.
2. Publish well written guide specifications that architects and engineers can use as the basis for preparing project specifications. And,
3. Assist specifiers to prepare clear, complete, and concise project specifications by providing technical and sales support. If you develop a reputation of being a fair broker that knows your product category, many specifiers will let you review and provide feedback about their specs prior to putting them out to bid.


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Loftus is an Atascadero native, a varsity cheerleader and now
Loftus was 6-1 going into her fight on Saturday, but her lone loss came at the hands of that same girl that took her the distance twice and gave her the only blemish on her record, Nahdia Barrientos.
It was Loftus versus Barrientos part three and this time for a title. Their first two meetings both went the distance, Loftus won the first fight and Barrientos won the second. Not only was Barrientos the only girl to defeat Loftus, she is also the only girl to take her through all four rounds.
Loftus has made a name for herself by finishing opponents early and in brutal fashion. She has won nearly all of her fights this season via an armbar or a rear naked choke submission, but her lone loss haunted her.
In preparation for the fight, Loftus went through the toughest training camp she has had yet.
"It was intense," she said. "It was a lot more hardcore. I was there every day for three hours and I was just wanting it more than I had in other fights."
The chance to win a championship while simultaneously defeating your biggest rival is an opportunity often only extended to actresses in Hollywood blockbusters, not high school freshmen.
Coming into the fight, Loftus had a strategy and she planned to execute it.
"I knew she would get gassed," Loftus said. "She is always gassed by the end of the third round so I was just going to go out there and try to lengthen the fight as long as I could."
However, just hours before the fight, things started going wrong for the female fighting phenom.
"Everything was going wrong for this fight," Loftus said. "I get texted the day of the fight that one of my coaches couldn't make it and I already knew one of my other coaches wasn't going to be able to be there, I was coming in underweight, it was just everything."
Flustered and anxious, Loftus patiently waited for her turn to touch gloves. The promoters were forced to push the fight later than originally expected, forcing Loftus to wait even longer.
Once the girls entered the ring, all jitters were gone and Loftus began executing her strategy.
"I had the first three rounds but everyone kept telling me I didn't have the first three rounds because she was on top," she said.
Three rounds went by, and Loftus still patiently waited for Barrientos to slip up as she continued to tire her out with a grueling grappling season on the mat.
Then she saw her opportunity and in a flash, the fight was over.
Barrientos exposed her back just long enough for Loftus to execute a standing rear naked choke for the victory by way of tap out.
Just seconds after she was declared the winner, tears began streaming down her rosy cheeks, "Oh my gosh I was just crying and crying," she said. "I wanted to show that she wasn't better than me, that she didn't actually beat me. So being able to do that and having everyone there just felt amazing."
Loftus is hoping to set up her first title defense in early January.


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24-hour Girl's Staycation in the D
What better way to explore Detroit than a 24-hour staycation with my fav gal pal at the Foundation Hotel?
I couldn't be more excited to stay at the Detroit Foundation Hotel. The hotel has so many moving parts, its like part of the pulse of the city.
After checking in at the hotel, we'll head to Townhouse for a proper brunch (with bubbles included) to get our day started right. Pro tip: the veggie burger is to die for. The food has greatly improved over the past few months!
No girl's day is complete without doing some serious shopping. Thankfully Detroit has some great outdoor summer markets such as Capitol Park and Cadillac Square.
For our first stop on the shopping trip, we'll head to the Bedrock Markets at Cadillac Square. Some of my favorite shops our listed below:
Ink Detroit: Apparel that embodies "Detroit Pride and Love."
Ashley Gold: Handmade jewelry.
York: Streetwear designed & printed in Detroit.
Flamingo Vintage: Men's and women's clothing and accessories that date back to the 1920s through 1970s.
1441 Woodward Collective: Grouping of awesomeness.
Who's kidding who? All that shopping can be exhausting. We'll most likely stop in the belt for a mid-day cocktail at Loiza Detroit (the cutest bar/art installation designed by Carlos Rolon), which reflects the kiosks type gathering places seen in Puerto Rico. Also, we need a frozen special from The Skip as we've been drooling over their instagram posts as of late.
Afterward, our shopping day will carry over to Capitol Park to visit some of our other favorites listed below:
le detroit macaron: MACARONS!
dale&blue: 100% hand-dyed linen goods produced in small batches.
SAHI Cosmetics: Luxury makeup made for ethnic skin tones.
Paisley Paper Co.: Cute cards and paper goods.
Pewabic Pottery: Handcrafted ceramic art that's been in Detroit since 1903
Bird & Bee: Our go to
I've been dying to check out Clementina, the latin style cocina & libations pop-up that just opened up. We'll definitely stop by here for a coffee (or a raspberry frose sangria if the mood strikes.) -- most likely the frose because rose all day is the answer to all.
After a quick outfit change a refresh at the hotel... we'll be doing some cocktails and you guessed it - more frose - on the patio at the Foundation Hotel. The sun at 5-6pm is SOLID and the frose has glitter in it.
From the patio, we are heading to Lady of the House for dinner. If you haven't been there I suggest you do. The food, drinks and Ryan Gosling stool in the ladies room are all to die for. Plus, Chef Kate Williams is one of my GIRLS and is amazeballs.
We'll have one more pit stop to Motor City Wine or the like before ending with a night of dancing at 3Fifty Terrace feeling the breeze and taking in all the views of the city.
I can't wait to share our Detroit adventure with you - follow the j'adore detroit story on Instagram and FB to get all the in between stops. If you have any other Detroit go-to spots we need to hit on our 24-hour girls staycation, LMK!
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(WARNING: If you are annoyed by unapologetic encomiums to fine, hand-crafted tools made one at a time by one person at a time, do not read further!)
Some time ago I splurged on a Gränsfors Bruks Scandinavian Forest Axe, after eyeing them for years. If you aren't familiar with the brand, Gränsfors Bruks has been making axes and hatchets in Sweden since 1902. While countless other companies—including some fine American brands—gradually sacrificed quality for quicker, cheaper production, Gränsfors Bruks took a step backward in the 1980s and returned to making only best-quality tools. Craftsmen in the forge in Hälsingland stand before fearsome flywheel-driven trip hammers to form the heads, then stamp their initials in the steel (mine was made by Kjell-Åke Sjölund). After annealing, tempering, and sharpening, an oiled hickory handle is inserted with a hydraulic press, then fixed with two wedges, one wood and one steel.
The result is as elemental a tool as humans can make, the latest iteration in an unbroken line dating to the first time a Neolithic tinkerer lashed a knapped hunk of flint to a stick and discovered the magic of force multiplication.
My Scandinavian Forest Axe looks almost dainty next to a standard American felling axe (which Gränsfors Bruks also makes, along with such intriguing anachronisms as throwing axes and replicas of 7th-century bearded axes). Just 25 inches long and 2.6 pounds, I can choke up on it one-handed to lop small limbs off a larger branch, or back off to a two-fisted grip and power through a six-inch-diameter trunk in 30 seconds flat. It wouldn't be my first choice for building a Dick Proenneke-style cabin in the North Woods, but if pressed it could probably handle it—and it's nearly perfect for every job I'm likely to encounter around the house or on an overland journey.
But . . . sometimes you need a saw.
An axe is unexcelled at certain tasks: splitting logs, quickly trimming branches off larger limbs, notching logs, cutting through green wood that can bind a saw, or sharpening stakes made from branches. Of course your axe also makes a decent hammer for pounding in those stakes.
A saw is a more precise instrument. It's generally faster for cutting through dry wood, and produces less waste. If you need to trim trailside overgrowth, a saw can take off a limb surgically at the node, leaving the shrub or tree looking more natural.
The axe is of course the more "dangerous" tool, capable of cleaving tibias as well as trees. However, while I've never experienced an injury from a hatchet or axe, I have suffered innumerable nasty tearing cuts from carelessly handled saws, and my acquaintances report similar histories. I theorize the perceived "danger" in swinging an axe might induce sensible people to be more careful with it than they are with a saw. So I'll call that comparison a draw—as long as you use both tools properly.
So—which saw to carry with my fine Swedish axe?
I own a couple of good folding saws—a Gerber Sports Saw and a Bahco Laplander. Both are excellent for limbs up to about three inches in diameter, and the compact configuration allows them to fit into tight spots. But they're fairly light-duty tools. For bigger logs, and more comfortable extended use, I prefer a bow or buck saw, and since the buck saw can be broken down, it makes the most sense for a vehicle.
I looked at the clever Trail Blazer buck saw, which collapses to fit into its own handle tube. However, its 18-inch blade offers little advantage over a folding saw. Besides, as a companion to the Gransfors axe its all-metal construction seemed rather soulless. What I needed was a wood-framed model. I thought I had it when I browsed through the Lehman's site (lehmans.com) and discovered their beautiful hickory buck saws, which are made by a local Amish craftsman. Excellent—except the Lehman's saw wasn't designed to be broken down quickly, and its 28-inch blade rendered it a bit too large for most field use.
Finally, a burst of recovered memory led me to the Woodlore site (raymears.com) in England. Founded by Ray Mears, the avuncular English survival expert whose television programs are a refreshing antidote to the gritted-teeth epics from the strictly-for-entertainment bug-eating fringe, Woodlore's online shop offers a modest selection of high-quality gear—and in the saw section, there it was.
The Woodlore folding buck saw collapses in seconds when not in use, and the just-right 24-inch blade is tensioned with a simple Spanish windlass arrangement, which helps keep total weight down to less than two pounds including a fine canvas and leather case that incorporates a slot for the saw and another that accepts—ready?—a Gränsfors Bruks Scandinavian Forest Axe.
Not that I needed more convincing, but I was pleased to discover the Woodlore saw is made by Chris Boyton, an English longbow maker well known to me (I once made my own longbow, and Chris's work was an inspiration and template). The wood is light but strong European beech of excellent, straight grain, and the included Bahco blade simply whizzes through logs up to five inches in diameter without shifting, or ten inches if you roll it and make a second cut from the other side.
So now I'm delighted to own an elegant pairing of axe and saw that carry together perfectly, complement each other's strengths, and should last a lifetime. And I know the names of the craftsmen who made each one—a rare thing in our world.


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Flood threat, CAPCOG training prompt KXAN story
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Austin-area KXAN meteorologist and reporter David Yeomans (left, white shirt), interviews Jim Barho of Burnet County's Office of Emergency Management.
As area and statewide experts convened in Austin for CAPCOG's Oct. 30, 2013, training, Disaster Debris Management 101: Tools for Local and Regional Governments, NBC affiliate KXAN-TV dropped by for a timely story on reducing the impact of floods.
Meterologists warned of heavy rains and potential flooding in Central Texas - including Austin - on Oct. 30. CAPCOG's training - focused on planning, protecting public health and natural resources and ensuring disaster debris cleanups meet state and federal funding requirements - offered an opportunity for KXAN to get an expert's take on keeping potential flood debris at bay and out of the way.
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Aaron Fram
Aaron is one of the newest members of Mopco, but he is no stranger to improv. Born on a small fish farm in Oklahoma... (Too early; fast-forward)... tuba major... (fast-forward)... band director... (fast-forward)... first shuttle mission to Mars... (Whoops! rewind)... comedy improv since 2009. (HERE we go!)... He studied at The Improv Trick and The Improv Shop, both in St. Louis, MO. While there, he performed extensively with several troupes, including Perfectly Wrong, Strange Bedfellows, SMAM, Fram-a-Flamm, and Schrödinger's Cast. He moved to Grand Rapids, MI in 2014, where he performed with Rapid Delivery Improv, With the Dark, and developed his one-man improv show, A Vial For Ramen. He co-directed the 2015 Grand Rapids Improv Festival, where he also taught a Harold workshop. The students of that workshop went on to found GR's first Harold troupe, Beer City Improv, which Aaron coached until he moved to Albany in 2016. On the non-improv side, he has also tackled the bard with Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company. Shortly after moving to the Capital Region he discovered Mopco. After showing up incessantly to every show for months, the theater finally gave up and let him join the team. Now he gets to work and play every week with his new family of amazing and talented weirdoes!


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Here's a unique photo opportunity you don't want to miss... a full six hours at three of the Big Apple's best photography locations, one-on-one instruction, local stories and history, all with Steve Rosenbach, award-winning photographer and NYC maven!
NOTE! Scroll down all the way to combine this workshop with the later "NYC After Sundown" event for a seamless 15-hour experience at a special, combined price!.
I've limited this workshop to eight participants so that I can spend one-on-one time with each of you to make sure you get the best possible photos and best learning experience from this event. I'll whisk you from one location to the other using New York City's efficient and extensive subway system, and the cost of all of the fares is included in your registration fee!
We'll assemble at 12:30 pm, and after a short orientation, we'll begin our photo adventure. I'll take you to three of the best photo locations in New York City, including:
- Madison Square Park, a beautiful urban oasis near the crossroads of 5th Avenue and Broadway, bordered by the Flatiron Building, the Metropolitan Life Tower, and several other iconic buildings
- Manhattans's Civic Center neighborhood, adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge, featuring City Hall, the Municipal Building, the Woolworth Building, City Hall Park, and other photo-worthy sites.
- Lower Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges from Brooklyn Bridge Park
What You Will Learn
- How to properly use your digital camera to make the best use of your camera's and lens' features
- How to take advantage of "live view" in combination with your tripod to get outstanding nighttime photos
- How to deal with lighting extremes by taking multiple photos of your subject (HDR photography.)
- Hands-on instruction and critique of images and their composition while they are being taken, so that you can make corrections on the spot
In addition, if you need help with post-processing your images back home after the workshop, I'll provide email support at no extra charge.
The registration fee includes the the workshop and all instruction, plus a NYC MetroCard with sufficient fares to cover the workshop from start to end. Transportation to NYC and meals are not included. The actual start location will be near Penn Station in Manhattan; you will get detailed instructions by email during the week before this event.


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13 blasts rip through Assam; at least 65 dead, 342 wounded3 min read . Updated: 31 Oct 2008, 12:09 AM IST
13 blasts rip through Assam; at least 65 dead, 342 wounded
13 blasts rip through Assam; at least 65 dead, 342 wounded
Guwahati: Thirteen bomb blasts in quick succession ripped through Guwahati, the commercial capital of Assam, and three other towns on Thursday, killing at least 65 people and wounding 342, police said. No one has owned up the attacks so far.
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93a04e5c-a69b-11dd-9402-000b5dabf613.flvAssam has been a focus of a separatist insurgency for decades, but it has also recently suffered bomb attacks blamed on Islamic militants from neighbouring Bangladesh.
Many of Thursday's blasts were in crowded markets in the state and many bombs were hidden in motorcycles or scooters. Firefighters doused the smouldering remains of cars and motorcycles at one of the blast sites in Guwahati. One of the blasts targeted a high- security zone with a court as well as offices and homes of senior police officials.
Television channels showed some people lying on the streets, their clothes soaked in blood. The wounded were helped into ambulances by local people and police.
"Immediately after the blast there was complete darkness for a while and I later saw several bodies and severed limbs all around," said Bikash Goyal, a witness in Guwahati.
Twenty-nine people were killed in four blasts in Guwahati and the remainder in three other towns in the state, according to a spokesman in the office of Assam's chief minister.
The United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), Assam's major separatist group often blamed for attacks, denied involvement. The attacks were condemned across South Asia.
"I am confident that the people of India will rise unitedly against these attempts to disturb peace and harmony and to destroy our social fabric," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a statement.
Pakistan, often blamed by New Delhi for fomenting trouble in neighbouring India, condemned the attacks and called for international cooperation to tackle strikes by militants.
Local television said a curfew was imposed in Guwahati after angry crowds attacked police and set cars on fire. Police fired in the air to disperse the angry mob.
Bappa Majumdar contributed to this story.
FAQs connected to Thursday serial blasts
•Has Assam or the Northeast had a history of blasts?
Yes, since the early 1990s. But Thursday's serial blasts in Guwahati have been the most devastating since 1992 when Bodo militants bombed the Paltanbazar area killing 23. The prime accused in that blast rules the Bodoland Territorial Council while another is a minister in the Tarun Gogoi government. The Bodo militants also bombed the Brahmaputra Mail in December 1996 killing 46.
•Is Ulfa capable of triggering such blasts?
Presumably yes. Owing to manpower shortage and growing influence of ISI and DGFI, the Ulfa changed track by the turn of the millennium and took to targeting civilians through hand grenades and IEDs. Most of its strikes, however, were against the Hindi-speaking. They were also of low intensity, until the Independence Day strike in northern Assam's Dhemaji town in 2004 killing 13 children. The Ulfa also carried a couple of serial blasts in the past three years, mostly low-intensity.
•Are other outfits into explosives like the Ulfa?
The disbanded Bodo Liberation Tigers were explosives experts, ironically trained by Indian agencies trying to counter a pro-Christian rival outfit. The NSCN-backed Adivasi National Liberation Army also triggered a blast aboard the Rajdhani Express last year killing six persons.
•Why then is the finger being pointed at Islamic groups?
The "transformation" of the Ulfa from militant to terror group has had a lot to do with jihadis. Since most of the leaders of Ulfa and other Northeast outfits have taken shelter in Bangladesh, they are controlled by Intelligence agencies reportedly in league with Islamic groups such as HuJI and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen. Besides, police say the Ulfa has been using a couple of at least 16 homegrown Islamic rebel groups in the Northeast for outsourcing terror. The first of the major jihadi strikes — one ISI operative involved was later caught — was at Dimapur in Nagaland in October 2004. The blast killed 30. Agartala happened earlier this month; here again a tribal outfit had links with HuJI.
•Who then is responsible for Thursday's strikes?
Going by history, the Ulfa is one of the prime suspects. But going by the modus operandi — precision of blasts, high casualty and choice of sites — officials do not rule out "Islamic groups", particularly the cross-border HuJI and their local allies such as MULTA and MULFA. Reasons: The blasts follow a pattern, similar to those in Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Delhi, and it could be a statement from jihadis — that they are capable of striking anywhere, anytime. Worst case scenario: coordinated strikes by both Ulfa and jihadis.


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You are a better man than me Gunga Din. I probably would have given up hope a year ago with all you have been through. Best of luck solving the wound infections. Maybe you should watch "We are Spinal Tap" to lighten your mood.
This has been a far tougher emotional battle than the physical one. The body is pretty amazing considering how many surgeries I have had in a year and how well I heal up in time to do it again. Now the infection thing is alarming but that maybe because I have spare parts. But the mental game, thats another story, I am not as stoic as I might seem. I am man enough to admit this has brought me to tears a few times. But what do you do? Its not like anyone has asked me if I have had enough. No one is asking me to say "uncle". and there is no ref to see me tap out. I have one choice, keep going. What alternative is there. I want to give up. I want to quit. I am pretty damn defeated. But that just isn't realistic. I have to work. I have to be a husband. I have to be a dad. It does me no good to run down the street naked with my hands in the air yelling "f*** it". So I go on. And I try not to whine to much about it. But it is nice to share it and have people like you all at least being my cheerleaders. That helps the mental game.


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Reds, Whites & Desserts--A Vintage Tradition
Now in its 17th year, the tradition continues as the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce presents the ever-popular Reds, Whites & Desserts on Friday, May 23 from 7 to 10 p.m. The fundraiser, which will once again be held at the Bridgewater Banquet & Conference Center on Sawmill Parkway, features wine tasting, hors d'oeuvres, desserts for sampling and auction, and a host of silent auction packages. Every year about 300 attendees come together for an evening of social and business connections. Funds raised go toward business leadership and student scholarships.
Wine tasting lovers can choose from approximately 40 wines from Chamber member wine
retailers and restaurants, including Cameron's American Bistro, Chateau Wine & Spirits, House Wine, J. Liu Restaurant & Bar, Kroger Fresh Fare, La Chatelaine, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Sharon Square Wine Shop and Signature Wines.
Silent auction packages will include hundreds of items donated by local retailers—all grouped according to whimsical themes. Some of the most popular items that attract bidders each year include a Lake Erie fishing excursion, blacktop paving and holiday lighting services, custom jewelry from Worthington Jewelers, weekend getaways to a lakefront home in Michigan and a cabin in Hocking Hills, golf packages, and gift certificates for numerous products and services.
Think you might want to attend? Plan to wear your best cocktail party or dressy business office attire and make your reservation today. Individual reservations are $55 per person through May 22. Simply call the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce at 614.888.3040 or register online at worthingtonchamber.org. All major credit cards are accepted. This event is
open to the entire community; you don't need to be a Chamber member to attend.
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Bluebook magazine was one of the longest running of the nearly ubiquitous fiction periodicals that were published in the fist half of the last century. Beginning in 1905, Bluebook lasted, with one four-year interruption, until 1975, and John D MacDonald published at least 12, possibly 13 stories there. "The Innocent Victims," printed in the November 1953 issue, remained unread and unknown by anyone who hadn't read it in that publication until 1999, when it was included in an anthology titled Pure Pulp, edited by Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg and Bill Pronzini. Greenberg, whose name seems to appear on nearly every anthology of popular fiction printed in this country, also edited MacDonald's Other Time, Other Worlds and the two Good Old Stuff anthologies.
Running a brief 4,000 words, "The Innocent Victims" is nothing special; just a typically well-written, absorbing tale of crime, told with MacDonald's characteristic economy and narrative strength. Like "The Homesick Buick," which MacDonald wrote three years earlier, the plot hinges on a unique method of detection that ultimately brings down the bad guy, arrived at after all the standard criminal-catching methods have been exhausted. "Victims, " however, relies more on character, psychology and motivation, and is built around a main character rather than a dramatic event. The suspense of the story is created in waiting to see how a certain person reacts to life-changing information. The editors of Pure Pulp rate the story as "among [MacDonald's] most satisfying" and call it "undeservedly overlooked."
A forgotten carton of cigarettes brings Sergeant Dan Tate back to his police precinct office one night after he had already left for home and his family. A bruised, disheveled teenage girl enters the station. Seemingly catatonic, it's obvious to Tate that she's the victim of a rapist, one who has attacked several young women in a big, downtown city park over the past several months. After getting her to a hospital and informing her parents, he eventually gets her to talk and learns that she was able to scratch the face of her attacker, deeply enough to have tissue samples under her fingernails, and deeply enough to leave obvious marks that would take several weeks to heal. Unable to see the man, the girl remembers that he smelled "clean... like soap, and pine trees and talcum powder."
With the help of a friendly newspaper reporter, Tate manages to publicize the crime and asks for the public's assistance in reporting anyone with recent scratch marks on his face. Using the girl's recollection of the rapist's smell, he deduces the man is not a bum or criminal, but a middle-class citizen of the city, who must be wary of the marks she left on him. Yet, after a week of tracking down lead after lead, Tate is nowhere. Then, while picnicking with his family, he has a "eureka!" moment and rushes back to the station.
The story is too short to reveal any more without ruining it. A character is brought in who Tate must interact with, and it is that scene that contains the story's best, most wonderfully crafted writing. I'd love to quote some of it, but even that would reveal too much.
The brief few paragraphs where Tate visits and informs the girls parents are a model of how economy can speak volumes. His brief argument with the father reveals an entire world of lower-class inner-city life in the Fifties. A brief description of the younger siblings of the girl, up late watching television, contrasts nicely with the glimpse we are given of Tate's own family life. And the disintegration of inner-city life and the call of the seemingly-bucolic suburbs are beautifully painted in a few sentences between Tate and a colleague.
MacDonald always claimed that the best lesson he ever learned as a writer was economy, how to tell more with less, how not to describe but to show, and how two hard carriage returns between paragraphs could say more than a mountain of words. "The Innocent Victims" is a textbook example of that.


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Back to: St James Fair, Kelso
To raise funds for St James Fair and other Community Events, there will be a Flea Market in Kelso Square.
Kelso Antique and Flea Market is now held on the first and last Thursday of every month from 9am - 3pm, weather permitting.
As there are only 14 pitches, those wishing to take part should contact Trevor on 01573 228583 asap.
Flea Markets in Kelso Square, Scotland


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"North Koreans have two stories running in their heads at all times, like trains on parallel tracks. One is what you are taught to believe; the other is what you see with your own eyes. It wasn't until I escaped to South Korea and read a translation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that I found a word for this peculiar condition: doublethink. This is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas in your mind at the same time—and somehow not go crazy. This "doublethink" is how you can shout slogans denouncing capitalism in the morning, then browse through the market in the afternoon to buy smuggled South Korean cosmetics."
― Yeonmi Park, In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
This book was selected for the book club that I'm in and I am so grateful for that. I have never felt more gratitude for being raised in the USA and having the freedoms I've grown up with and have taken for granted the past 25 years. I can choose to do and be what I want, go where I want, read and what what I want, and so many other things. After reading this book I hope to become more intentional about my life and what I'm doing with it, especially because I can make those decisions without repercussions (for the most part).
I'd consider myself a sheltered (and ignorant) person growing up. My family was never really been big on keeping up with all the politics and crazy events going on. By choice, I've continued that pattern into my adulthood because listening to the news can be draining, misinforming, and pointless most of the time. So, this book was incredibly eye-opening for me. Through radio, some TV, but mostly scrolling through Facebook, I had an idea of how bad North Korea is and I know about their dictator Kim Jong-un (and how our boy Donnie T is so excited to go meet with him -insert eyeball roll-), but I never really looked more into it because it didn't hit that close to home for me.
Simple Overview: Yeonmi and her family live in oppressive and poor conditions where they don't have much and can hardly feed themselves all while having no freedom to change that. Her father is convicted of a crime which puts a negative outlook on their family (including extended family, and generations to follow) and makes living even worse. Her big sister and friend (I think aged 15) decide that they are going to sneak across the Chinese boarder and have a much better life. Yeonmi (13) and her mother (41) follow after the sister the next day.
Yeonmi and her mother raped, sold, trafficked, beaten (sometimes). But both keep an amazingly positive outlook on their lives. Meanwhile they are still searching for the sister and attempt to sneak the father across the boarder so they can all be together. Through hardship and economic circumstances Yeonmi's owner/husband (who actually shows a great amount of respect for the mom and daughter) decided to let the two go. They eventually catch wind of a group that smuggles North Koreans into Mongolia to fly them to South Korea where there are welcomed and gain freedoms they've never had before.
Reaching South Korea Yeonmi is able to finally get an education and gains enough confidence to share her story and enlighten the world about how truly terrible the conditions in North Korea are. Eventually, her sister even makes it to South Korea to be reunited with the mother and her little sister.
Looking back through the quotes I saved (many of which are listed on the link below) I can see that Yeonmi is an incredible woman who stays compassionate and hopeful throughout all of her struggles. Everything she does is for her family. I am super impressed with her resilience and look forward to seeing what she does in the years to come, as she is only 24 years old.


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I'm sure I'm not the only one out there who thinks that every day has a certain feel. And today is very definitely a "Monday". I'm not quite sure how an entire case of them would feel, but I imagine it's something like the hangover you get from drinking an entire bottle of red wine (O those tannins will get ya!) in eight minutes, when you're PMS-ing, and the rusty spoon you want to use to scoop out your uterus is instead being used to scoop out your brains through your right temple, while you've been waiting in the ER for four hours to stitch up a one-inch cut down the center of your left pinkie. That would just about be a case full of Mondays. Today is not so bad and involves none of those things, thankfullly, but still. Monday. Meh.
Maybe I need a rival, someone to spur me on, to challenge me with the verbal fisticuffs that will become the stuff of legends of yore. García Márquez was one of my favorite writers before I read that article, and now I heart him so much more. Other things I currently heart: that time Friday night when you realize that you have an entire 48 hours to just let go, Ricky Nelson, his son Sam but definitely not Matthew or Gunnar, and the idea that someday I will bear a son and name him Gunnar.


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I'm gonna go hide under the blanket now.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
In all honesty class, I think you're...
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The time has cometh!!
OMG!! I'm soo gonna screw up my students.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Bangsawan "Musang Berjanggut"
'Musang Berjanggut' was definitely entertaining but definitely not as grand or as well rehearsed as 'Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup' which is a terrible shame really. That show truly had potential. It was kinda draggy and the in between performances were really bleargh! But again... I marvel at these people's eye for props and details. The makeup = superb. Props = amazing. If only I had that kind of budget back in my theater days. The things I would do... the things I would do *sigh*
I took the liberty of taking some pictures to help with what I'm writing but seeing how crappy the pics turned out I don't know if it'll help at all. So I stopped halfway through the show. But do enjoy whatever pictures I took (if you can, that is).
This is when the prince finally meets his non-betina girlfriend, Dang Sri Arif Laksana.
One thing I must say is that malaysian theater has totally lifted its censorship bar since sexual entendres were blatant throughout the entire show despite the presence of kids under the age of 12. Awkward much?
Thursday, December 18, 2008
7 "Deadly" Scenes... maybe not so deadly.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tag Time
- List 7 facts about yourself on your blog
- Tell 7 unspectacular quirks about yourself as well (How can this be possible when my life is nothing but spectacular? :P)
- Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
- Link the person who tagged you
- Leave a comment for each blogger
7 Facts About Me
- I'm a major control-freak. Luckily it comes and goes. So if you see me acting like an OCD tyrannical dictator... run.
- I'm totally in love with cats. I am content spending a whole weekend mooching around with my furry feline companions. They're cool y'all.
- I have small feet - size 4/5. They're totally unproportionate with the rest of my body. So if you see me spread-eagled on the floor or have bandaged ankles... go figure.
- I have tiny eyes. Again, they're totally unproportionate with my face. When I laugh, my eyeballs disappear. Literally.
- I have a claw for my left middle finger. It has proven to be useful in extremely itchy situations.
- I heart cute Jap boys. They're skinny, have weird hair and looks far to feminine to be male but they rock my world.
I'm hemophobic. I fear blood. And no I don't faint every month during my monthlies.
7 unspectacular quirks
Creepy crawlies totally creep me out. Even the mere thought of them would send me into huge spasms of geli-ness.
All things cheesy make me go whee! Current craves = Coffee Bean's bagel and cream cheese.
I detest those alarms that goes beep! beep! beep! at shop entrances. They always give out false alarms and the next thing you know you're slammed against the wall by burly security men all for a box of toothpaste the cashier forgot to ring up.
When I'm extremely nervous my right leg would twitch like mad. I have no idea why but it can be extremely annoying to those whose seat is right in front of mine in assemblies.
I like checking out girls' makeup. So if I stare at you too long. Be flattered. It means I think you're makeup is fantastic not because I want to date you.
Touching animal movies will trigger the crybaby in me. Whale Rider totally dehydrated me.
If I start speaking in a British accent, just knock me in the head. I may be in my show-off mode.
So now cometh tagging time! And the lucky winners are...
- Zetty - rawr!
- Elyna - this should be interesting :)
- Firah - will this be filled with Hollywood goss? ;)
- Midge - eh mana blog you ye?
- Alia - Kpop filled facts?
- Mrs. Intan Suhana - pictures have to be included ye ;)
- Apple - tulis ye, jangan tak tulis.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
OMG!! DUCK!! It's a SHOE!!
A truly spectacular close to end an amazing year. Now nobody will forget 2008.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Amy swimming. Muahahahaha!!
Amy is braving the deep-end here. I think red & white life preservers becomes her. She should wear it always. LoL!


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Wall sits are a great way to work both your quadriceps and hamstrings. In this exercise, lean your back against a wall, leaving about two feet between your feet and the wall. Slide your body down the wall, as if you are trying to sit on an imaginary chair. By holding this seated position, you strengthen two major muscle groups in the thigh. A variation to this is adding weight. If you have a medicine ball or a set of weights handy, place them on your quads while it sitting position.
Homework for this week is to perform a wall sit every day for a total of five minutes. Start your timer only when you're in sitting position. If you have to stand up, pause your timer, then start it again once you're in sitting position. Don't forget about the variation…try adding some weight around day four.
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One cannot help you if they don't understand who you are…
Does that sound like a cliche or is that real? When I think about the problems that we have in the educational system I often wonder how we can ever help those that we don't understand. I've often felt a little helpless when it comes to dealing with teaching people who don't have a grasp of the English language. Not that they aren't brilliant, but because I know a lot gets lost in translation.
I've done everything I can do within reason to help eliminate the barriers as much as possible. I used to have my ex girlfriend give me a word or phrase a day that would help me stay connected to the students I was trying to reach. I think that deep down inside they were happy that I was trying to understand them so they opened up to what I was offering. The results got better and I was thankful to have a resource to lean on to make things run smoothly with those kids.
When I think about teachers who teach kids in low income neighborhoods or teach minority kids, I think a lot of the problems that they encounter are not the fact that they aren't trying, but due to lack of understanding why the kids are doing what they are doing.
A lot of the behavioral issues that you get aren't because the kids want to act out, especially at really young ages. It's because that's how things are resolved where they are from. If you want something you battle for it. If you had something I wanted, we wrestled for it. If there was only one of something left, we had a competition for it of some kind. But when kids transition to the school system they don't realize that's not how things are supposed to work.
If Johnny is playing with the red crayon and I want it, I can't roll up on Johnny and start an altercation for it. There is protocol for sharing and if he doesn't want to share, I have to go through proper channels to get it. Survival instincts from my upbringing wouldn't apply that logic. I was very fortunate that I had a teacher growing up who was willing to nurture me in that setting. She would pull me to the side and say "Joe, I understand why you are doing that, but it's not really acceptable behavior here. Let me explain to you why….." she would tell me to go over there, apologize and then come back to see her only to give me a hug and tell me that I was going to be great someday.
That type of education doesn't get rewarded like it used to because relationships and understanding have been replaced by standardized testing and meeting quotas. No need to learn about your kids, just know that this is what they need to know without an understanding of who they are and why they do what they do.
How you deal with things or how you treat people goes a long way in the teaching profession. Some would argue that you don't have to care about kids to get the best out of them. There may be cases where that is true, but the majority of success stories that I've encountered were a result of me opening up to the kids and them reciprocating that openness back towards me.


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Christmas night
Reading:LUKE 2 : 1 - 14
The context of the Lord's birth could not be far from our own world - a world in which political leaders want to maintain the status quo; where a small portion of the population want their exclusive share in the world's riches while the rest of the people wallow in suffering caused by these inhuman structures.
This is the story where the Holy Family found themselves in; they were displaced, outcast, without food, home or even a decent shelter.
Yet, from this desolate scene, another alternative world is coming about - it marks the indwelling of the Lord with his power and mercy. Now, the recipients of this new Kingship are the simple folks (including Joseph and Mary), a barren woman (Elizabeth) and an old man (Zechariah), and a group of poor shepherds. Why? Because a small, helpless, homeless newborn baby is now the Savior of the world.
In this alternative world, the poor and the outcasts are the most important people, us included, as we give witness to the goodness of the Lord.
May this new world flourish. May we continue that path that Jesus took. Eventually, may we have the strength to dismantle man's created world of power and greed and start a real world of justice, love, and peace.
Merry Christmas!


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HOUMA -- Thursday would have been Amanda Larpenter�s 23rd birthday. But instead of celebrating another milestone with their daughter, her family and friends gathered to pray and release a handful of balloons into the sky in her honor.
"We released them at 5:22. That�s the time she was born," said her mother, Cindy Larpenter.
Amanda was killed when her car was struck by a 19-year-old driver at West Main Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard last July. The teen was charged with being intoxicated at the time of the crash.
And while her daughter�s death sometimes seems senseless to Larpenter, she wants to channel her daughter�s kind and helping spirit into an event to help prevent this kind of tragedy from happening to other families.
With the help of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of South Louisiana, Larpenter will oversee the first Amanda Larpenter Memorial Run/Walk, to be held at 8 a.m. July 26 at Jim Bowie Park. The alcohol-free 2-mile race will raise money for ADAC and a scholarship fund in Amanda�s name.
"Amanda had a deep love for her family and friends," Larpenter said. "I know that she would want us to do this so hopefully we can save another family from the nightmare that we are going through."
Registration for the race begins at 7 a.m., and there will be awards for all levels, a space walk, games, door prizes and music by Amanda�s grandfather�s band, Piece O� Cake, and the Brickhouse All-Stars, who were friends of Amanda, Larpenter said.
There will also be a free children�s run for ages 12 and under with awards.
There will be free food and non-alcoholic drinks and a raffle to win three top prizes: A charter fishing trip for four with an overnight stay at a camp, a $500 Shell gas card and a $250 gift certificate for Rouses.
Tickets are available for $5 at the ADAC building, 1155 St. Charles St. in Houma.
You can also register for the race there. Before July 1, registration is $15 for an individual and $72 per family. For Bayou Runners Association members, the cost is $12 for individual registration and $65 for Bayou Runners Association families.
After July 1, registration is $20 per person.
"Amanda was a young adult whose life was ended � and this helps to memorialize her," said Alicia Toups, executive director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of South Louisiana.
Locals may remember the race in its previous incarnation as the Jodie Andre Memorial Run, said Houma Police Capt. Greg Hood, ADAC�s board president.
After 10 years, Andre�s parents decided that they had finished what they were trying to accomplish with the race, and the last one was held in 2005, Hood said.
The group went several years without a race, but then Hood and his son Greg Hood Jr., who had worked with Amanda, came up with the idea to restart the race memorializing her.
They approached the Larpenter family and asked them permission, and Amanda�s mom was there "from day one," Toups said.
"The people of ADAC have been so supportive of us in every way," said Larpenter.
A memorial run is a good way to promote healthy activities, as opposed to alcohol or drugs, Toups said.
"We�re seeing younger and younger people drinking and participating in risky behavior," Toups said.
Race organizers are trying to get people from many surrounding communities involved in the race to spread the message. There are also still corporate sponsorships available.
"Believe it or not, the response has been great," Hood said. "I�ve just got so many people responding they want to help."
Amanda was always very interested in helping others, her mother said, offering to help a co-worker whose house that had flooded pull up carpet and contacting a friend�s favorite band members to try and get them to come visit him in the hospital when he was sick.
That�s why they knew holding this race would be the perfect opportunity to honor their daughter�s memory.
"She was the type of child that cared about different people, and whenever she had friends who needed something, tried to help out," Larpenter said. "She�s gone now, but we didn�t want her death to be in vain. I know she would have wanted this."
Young or old, Hood said, everyone needs to be aware of the dangers of drinking and driving. Every 33 minutes, someone is dying from an alcohol-related crash, he added.
"I ask these kids, they need to learn to call a friend or call a cab to pick them up," Larpenter said. "It�s not just their families they�re going to be hurting if something happens."
For more information on the race, or to sign up as a sponsor, contact Toups at 855-0006 or Larpenter at 855-1463.
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HOUMA -- Thursday would have been Amanda Larpenter�s 23rd birthday. But instead of celebrating another milestone with their daughter, her family and friends gathered to pray and release a handful of balloons into the sky in her honor.