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The new site was designed using simple elegance and clean lines that would not distract from the centerpiece of the site; Randy's wonderfully original carving and sculpture. Acting more like an art gallery, randymorgancollection.com features the the art of a career spanning 35 years. With pieces featured in such places as singer Sting's home, the headquarters of Wahoo's Fish Tacos, and the City of Upland, Randy's work has been seen and admired by people far and wide.
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Puerto Rico's restaurant industry is slowly rebuilding a year after two hurricanes ravaged the island, generating much-needed jobs and private sector investment.
The Puerto Rico hospitality industry lost more than 10,000 jobs in September of 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By July of 2018, hospitality employment had recovered to November 2016 levels, led in large part by small businesses.
According to a 2016 survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 80 percent of private sector employees in Puerto Rico work for small businesses.
For some restaurants, the aftermath of Hurricanes Maria and Irma has provided opportunities for growth.
Victor Lebrón, a restaurant owner in San Juan, doubled his square footage and hired new staff eleven months after Maria decimated the island.
"Well, it was very difficult. But when you are a fighter — I would wake up at three. Many times I wouldn't even go to bed. I would go to Costco. I would close at 10 p.m. and at 11 I'd be in line at Costco," said Lebrón.
In August, Lebrón moved his restaurant, Boccado's Divino, from a working-class neighborhood near San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to a location in the ground floor of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico in the upscale Miramar neighborhood.
But in the months after Maria, many restaurants faced obstacles that forced them to close.
"In fact many fast food places, they had to close. They are franchises and they just had to close, could not handle it," said Clife Rocha, the manager at Boccado's.
Like Lebrón, restaurant owners were forced to line up at warehouse stores to buy any food available, and redesign their menus daily based on what they could buy.
Xavier Toro, the owner of Rare 125, a steakhouse in San Juan, said supplies were scarce and expensive, and the usual purveyors would not provide raw materials on credit -- a typical practice in the restaurant industry.
Plus, restaurants had to deal with electric blackouts and shortages of cash.
Toro could only operate for a few hours a week, as he had to share his building's generator with two other companies.
Toro said his restaurant kept running because he and his partners were able to pony up the cash to keep the kitchen functioning.
But many businesses closed, leaving thousands of employees without pay, because they couldn't operate on a loss.
Still, a study by the Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR) -- a non-governmental association incubator -- showed those small businesses needed relatively little capital to keep running.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 40 to 60 percent of small businesses don't reopen after a disaster. Short term loans have improved those numbers after other disasters, but Puerto Rico lacked the capacity to provide such loans.
A FEMA-supported Small Business Administration (SBA) program that provides longer term loans was shunned by small business owners who feared they'd be unable to repay.
FPR developed a grant program that disbursed just over $500,000 to 200 businesses, with an average disbursal of $2,520.
Of the beneficiaries of the program, 64 percent were in the food and beverage industry, and only 7 percent ended up closing.
Congress has allocated $20 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for Puerto Rico.
To date, $1.5 billion of those grants, which will be used for reconstruction in various industries, has reached the island.
An FPR report on the results of its grant program recommends leveraging those grants to protect small businesses from future disasters.
But business owners like Lebrón and Toro credit their creativity and hard work for keeping their restaurants open.
"I think people got a little bit more humble because we were used to have everything, and then we had to suffer," said Rocha.
"Everything changed. Before Maria, after Maria, it's a different Puerto Rico. But the Puerto Ricans are really resilient, and they always see, I can say that most of the people see the glass half full, not half empty," he added.
Alison Spann contributed to this report.

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Labster closes $10M in series A investment, bring virtual lab simulations to students around the world.
Labster, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based company working on the development of virtual laboratory simulations, announced raising an investment round of $10M in series A funding. The backers are Balderton Capital, Northzone as well as angel investor David Helgason, who also joins the board, besides investing in the company.
Labster, founded in 2011 by Michael Bodekaer and Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde, provides an easily accessible way for students to experience science by creating fully interactive advanced virtual lab simulations that use technology from computer gaming and research on the psychology of learning to guide students through real science experiments.
Working with customers including Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA, and Imperial College in London, Labster develops simulations designed to deepen students' learning, as well as to prepare them for more advanced studies in real labs. University students can perform simulations of experiments as many times as they need to, around their own timetable on their own devices, or in a classroom with the guidance of a teacher.
The money will be used to fund Labster's expansion in the US and Europe, as well as help initiate special projects in South America, the Middle East and Africa. Labster intends to develop new simulations for students in chemistry, physics and medicine. The funding will also enable the company to continue its extensive research into the learning impact of virtual content and new technologies on students from around the world.
Prior to this transaction, Lanster raised $3.67M from Innovationsfonden in 2016.


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Mark Wallace is an Engineering Geologist and has more than 23 years of experience in understanding and solving engineering geology and ground related problems in Civil Engineering. He was the Project Manager for the Enhanced Use of Underground Space and has been in Hong Kong for more than 16 years. He has worked on numerous HK projects from Tuen Mun Highway, Route 3, Butterfly Valley Primary Service Reservoir Tunnels and Shafts, HK West Drainage Tunnel as well as various MTR projects such as Quarry Bay Extension, Tiu Keng Leng Station, West Island Line, Express Rail Link, SCL, Kwun Tong Line Extension. He has also managed and led various designs on Natural Terrain Hazards as well as Foundations assessments for high rise structures in HK, South Korea and the Philippines.
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Bobbie Lee Williams
Bobbie Lee Williams, 88, of Marshfield, MO, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2017 in her home.
Bobbie was born on September 7, 1929 in Ray County Missouri. On August 12, 1946 she married Norman Eugene Williams, and to this union they had twelve children.
She is survived by Norma Stall of Sparta, Carolyn Williams and Terry Nelson of Ava, Rita Ann and husband Rick Sanders of Ava, Anita and husband Leroy Rakestraw of Norwood, Dennis and Debbie Williams of Marshfield, Marcia Williams of Ava, Janet and Robert Shaw of Willard; twelve grandchildren, Sammy Williams, of Marshfield, Michele Williams of Marshfield, Jackie Sudbury and husband Don of Ava, Della Carey and husband Cole of Buffalo, Bobby Stoneroad and wife Kathy of Ozark, Danny and Dondie Sanders of Ava, Trixie and Larry Turner of Maountain Grove, Randy and wife Teressa of Norwood, Terri and Bill Bratton of North Carolina, Robby and Jody Williams of Marshfield, Shane Thomas of Springfield, Robert Jr. and wife Cindy of El Paso, TX; seventeen great-grandchildren; six great-great grandchildren; and two brothers, Albert Watkins of Sparta,and Wayne Watkins of Sparta.
Bobbie retired from Fasco Industries. She loved her flowers, gardening and sewing. She enjoyed visiting with her family and was a very loving mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Eugene; sons Eldon, Donald, Howard, and Leonard; one daughter, Deanna; two sons-in-law, Ernest Stall and Kenneth Goodman; and two granddaughters, Racheal and Cathy Stall.
Burial will in Union Chapel Cemetery, Fordland, MO, under the direction of Fraker Funeral Home, Inc., Marshfield, MO.


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Today was really difficult and I fought just to get through Annie's class. She told everyone, after we performed our pieces, that there was a clear distinction between beginners and those who were more advanced in their movement. She said, "while all attempts are honored, I'm more excited by the complicated pieces I'm seeing." I know very well I'm not included in the advanced group and I feel that any attempt I make is useless, especially since Annie has made it clear that she will not answer questions or offer help to us when we ask. She expects us to work it out for ourselves.
Later in acting class, Raina had us do a 15-minute individual warm-up where we let ourselves bring everything into the room and be exactly how and where we were without judging it or making ourselves change. She's talking a lot about judges- those voices in our heads that tell us who and what we should be. I let myself do a yoga workout and I cried the whole time. I started crying again in the circle when she asked us about our warm-ups and I told everyone how I don't let my feelings show and how I perceived the other actors as my judges because I feel like I don't deserve to be in the room with them.
We had another warm-up where we still did our own thing but included an awareness of and respect for everyone else in the room. Additionally, whenever we became aware of our judges we had to act them out as broad characters within the warm-up, indicating who they were and what they were saying. Afterwards we each had to stand up in front of everyone for one minute and make eye-contact with each person and let ourselves just be seen without doing anything.
Raina introduced the "I Am One Who" exercise. Each of us got up in front of the class for five minutes and expressed every impulse that came through us and embodied every judge that we heard in our head. Whatever we felt or thought we had to express through our face, body and voice. There was a lot of awkwardness, fear, people wanting to get off-stage, humor, truth and beauty. I was terrified to go but it turned out to be incredibly liberating. I was able to get out some of my junk about the dance class, I had fun playing the comedy of the situation and Raina told me it was wonderful. So it was nice to end a really shitty day on a good note. I noticed that, as a director and audience member, I loved watching the other actors go through the awkwardness. There was something so moving about watching each person be completely themselves; it reminded me of why I love people in the first place.


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Yup, I cherish this time of year more than any weirdo you know. I love Christmas music. I love snow. I love things covered in glitter and sequins. I even love The Christmas Tree Shoppe. I feel like you have a right.....nay....an OBLIGATION to make your home as fun as humanly possible, especially when you're allowed to string lights wherever you want to! No it's cool. I say you can. You can even do it the day before Thanksgiving and impress your guests. To me Thanksgiving decorations are ugly turkey things and pilgrims with a terrible sense of style....all in shades of brown and grey. And I don't think I'm alone in saying cornucopias just plain weird me out. They remind me of the movie Tremors. Shudder.
Over the years I put together a sick stash of decorations. Usually it's all gold and classy and nature themed. But the new tree inspired me to go a little crazy....which spread to the kitchen......dining room and bathroom. And I keep going. Use these handy tips and photos to help spread holiday cheer in your home and on your electric bill.
- LIGHTS, LIGHTS, LIGHTS.........you don't have enough. No you don't. I know you don't. You know how? Because you can NEVER have enough lights. See them on sale? Buy them. Stash them away. See them at a garage sale? Scoop them up! We will make Clark Griswold look Amish.....and we will put them all INDOORS.
- TREE LIKE YOU MEAN IT........This year we did NOT throw our tree across my backseat and out the two back windows. What? I wasn't scratching the paint.......and we live down the road from the tree place anyway. Calm it down. No this year I don't get to enjoy having my real life pine tree air freshener rubbed all over the car. This year, I saw Goodfellas and thought.....I NEED a white Christmas tree. Ordered it and it was here faster than you could go get your freaking shine box.
Don't judge my QVC watching.....it's good background fodder. The volume doesn't change and those two ladies just went on a 4 minute rant about how they used to want crutches and wheel chairs for Christmas because they thought they looked fun. Then they both admitted needing more attention.......See what you miss?
- ornament placement 101- This is assuming you have taken the pre-req for this course, Ornament Placement 100. So you know, little stuff on the top big stuff on the bottom and for Pete's sake spread out your colors. See? You already know more than Player 2. He's not allowed to touch the tree....so he made his own this year. More on that later. Don't forget to carefully place any "ugly but necessary" ornaments strategically behind larger beautiful ones. There's a Boba Fett AND a Millennium Falcon on that tree but you'd never know it upon first glance. (Editor's note: It's JANGO Fett...duh.)
This year I noticed a theme in my ornaments so I started grouping the ornaments to build a natural scene. Like a natural scene shot with a glitter cannon. Which is also on my list this year.
- we haven't gone this far to not buy matching wrapping paper- There's no way we are going to clash with our beautiful work of art. BONUS: It forced me to wrap presents early for that department store look I'm really going for. If the department store was in Graceland.
- GIVE THE BLANK WALL TO THE KIDS.....OR YOUR PLAYER 2- Check this project out. It's our 8 bit Advent Calendar. Do you like tedious crafts that if you make one wrong move you can completely ruin hours of work and have to start from the beginning? Then you'll love Perler Beading! Perlers are tiny little colored plastic tubes that you arrange on a pegboard in a design. Then you iron the board and the pegs melt together leaving you with really what could only be nothing but an ornament. Or garbage.
But leave it to Player 2 to love it enough to construct an advent calendar. Guess what theme we went with?
- FINISHING TOUCHES- Nice touches of traditional greenery and wool stockings will help absorb the 13,000 kilowatts you have blaring from all corners. Put all your classy Christmas in the dining room. This is where we "reign it in" so people don't think we've completely lost it. Until they use your "Space Bathroom".
- GET WEIRD WITH IT- Ok. Weird-ER. So someday I'll show you how to do fun space bathrooms with dinosaur accents, but today I'll just remind you not to forget to get your dinosaurs in the spirit for the season........
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Diane Brear is an Anam Cara (Soul Guide) and Reiki Master, a womb keeper, priestess and a teacher. She is attuned to master level in Usui Tibetan Reiki and practitioner level in Jikiden Reiki. She runs her holistic practice AnamCaras Healing from the leafy quiet suburb of Blairgowrie, Randburg.
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Sciatica: Finding the Source in an Unexpected Place
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Post race update: Elgin was the big disappointment for me, finishing 5th when we needed him to be 4th at worst. The little mare Midnight Tour at 33/1 almost put us well in front, caught close home by the Mullins horse. Again, had we been beaten by the long odds on fav, we'd have been paid at 33/1
Never mind. Tomorrow is another day. Counting the free bet offers, we had total stakes of £7 and a return of £7.60 so we carry forward to tomorrow a deficit of £14.42
Another festival has finally rolled around and this will be a meeting where we will see more than one shock result. The going will be the most testing it has been in 23 years, the situation worsened perhaps by the prospect of what Henderson and King described as 'puddingy' ground in places. If that 'puddingy' effect is in enough places, we will see more than the usual number of horses pulled up, with plenty finishing very tired.
Proper heavy wet ground is almost always preferable to the sticky stuff as horses can get their feet out of it relatively easily, whereas the gluey surface just sucks them down.
But there's nothing we can do about it. Jockeys will have much more serious problems than punters, as pace judgement will be everything. If you are inclined toward in-running bets, a few good horses could be looking under strong pressure or sitting a long way back mid race resulting in massive price drifts on Betfair. I'd be surprised if two or three such sloggers don't catch the others up the hill.
Anyway, onto the tips. We start the meeting with a deficit on the TV Tips of £15.02 and I'm hopeful more than confident that this can be turned into a profit by the end of the week. Good luck, and let's hope that all participants come home safe.
1.30 Supreme Novices Hurdle
Regular readers will know I always try to find the value bet at a working man's price, but I cannot get away from Getabird in The Supreme. He's unbeaten and, more importantly, seems to be improving at a rate of knots. He won a Grade 2 last time in the manner of a horse who could be anything, his jumping – good enough from the start – getting increasingly slicker as he went on. They'd gone a good pace throughout yet he still drew clear in the straight in the most taking fashion.
I'd like to see what price he is for the 2019 Champion Hurdle. If I can find something on that before the off of this race I'll update this section.
Ruby's tactics here will be fascinating. The Betfair showed that Kalashnikov wants a rattling pace that maximises stamina requirements and I think Ruby will go quick-slow-quick here although there's a chance David Bass on First Flow won't stand for that and will want to go on. Bass is very good and highly experienced but whether he'll have the confidence to effectively question Ruby's pace judgement at a meeting where Walsh is a giant, well, that's another matter. Judgement will be complicated further by the unusually testing ground. All the jocks have their own 'festival pace' built in – normally a stride faster than they go anywhere else. But the ground will see them all guessing, even Ruby. But I'd trust his guess much more than any other rider (although Geraghty is good on pace and I like Daryl Jacob too as a pace judge).
I suspect that this week, good jockeys might well matter more than good horses.
If you bet online I suggest you back Getabird with Skybet who offer money back as a free bet up to £20 if your selection loses. NB Free bet must be used within 3 days and it's worth reading the other terms and conditions.
Getabird – Skybet 13/8
2.05 Arkle Chase
Footpad and Saint Calvados have been a joy to watch this season. Footpad's jumping accuracy has been astonishing for a novice. Saint Calvados has earned many plaudits too for his fencing, but he's much less economical than Footpad; exuberance rather than fluency is his trademark. But to my eye, he's just a touch stiff backed and doesn't flex enough to get his rear end consistently into a safe position. He kind of hurdles his fences, and when it comes off it looks fantastic, but he leaves his hind legs quite low too often for my liking. His natural front-running exuberance is wonderful to see (he reminds me of a horse from the 1970s called Even Keel), but it also means that he gives himself a hard race. Altough he won impressively at Warwick last time, I thought he looked as though he'd taken a lot out of himself. I'd love to be proved wrong as it would be fantastic to see the small yard of Harry Whittington win this.
Impressive as Footpad has been, Petit Mouchoir was his better over hurdles and I think he'll prove here that this will apply over fences too. He's a high class horse who was third in last year's Champion Hurdle, and he won the Irish Champion Hurdle.
Petit Mouchoir's fencing debut was almost as impressive as Footpad's, bar a slight mistake at the last. He then picked up an injury and was off for 108 days before turning out in the Irish Arkle Chase against Footpad. Petit Mouchoir was very sloppy at his early fences, making one particularly bad blunder that turned him sideways. That has to be a slight concern but I'm sure trainer De Bromhead will have done plenty of schooling to sharpen to the edge he showed on his debut.
Petit Mouchoir 3/1
2.50 Ultima Handicap Chase
Cogry is too big a price here and looks best value in a typically tricky Cheltenham handicap. He's had a relatively quiet season for him with just 5 runs so far. When he completes a race he is most consistent, but he's had his share of ill luck at fences, hampered/baulked when unseating or falling a couple of times, and twice he has pulled up, simply not running his race for some reason.
But he goes well at Cheltenham and has won here twice. Jockey Jamie Bargary knows him well and takes a valuable 3lbs off. Bargary's confidence should be high too having ridden a big winner at Sandown on Saturday. I'm hopeful Cogry will outstay them up the hill and I'm confident that his price is 8 or 9 points too big.
Cogry 25/1
3.30 Champion Hurdle
Hopefully you took my advice in the blog piece I posted after Elgin won at Wincanton and backed him each way for this at 16/1 in the without Buveur D'Air market. Call Me Lord gave a massive boost to that form on Saturday and I think Elgin can put in a big run in the Champion.
He's down to 8/1 with Hills now (the only bookie at the time of writing I can see on Oddschecker that's offering betting without Buveur D'Air). That's about the price he should have been after Wincanton and for those who've not yet had a bet, he's my EW selection here.
Buveur D'Air will be very hard to beat, but it's far from impossible that Elgin will finish second to him, in which case you get paid at 8/1 for the win part. Assuming Elgin and Buveur D'Air finish in the first four, you'll be paid the EW part, giving you a profit.
Elgin EW at 8/1 in 'without Buveur D'Air' market
4.10 Mares Hurdle
The wondermare Apple's Jade is a very short price here and the best bet, once again, lies in the without the fav market. The one I'm going for each way is the mare who finished 6th of 17 in this last year when it was a hotter race. She was beaten a shade under ten lengths by Apple's Jade that day and I very much doubt she'll turn that around. But she has every chance of being in the first four and might just finish second to land the 'win' price of 33/1.
Her name is Midnight Tour, trained by Alan King. Davy Russell rides her for only the second time after winning on her at Cheltenham last April. He rides Cheltenham superbly and it's interesting that King's stable jockey Wayne Hutchinson misses out on this ride. She's not been in great form recently but has had her fair share of bad luck in her last three races. She's better than she has shown so far this season and is overpriced at 33/1 in the without fav market.
Midnight Tour EW at 33/1 (Bet365 & Hills) in 'without Apple's Jade' market.
Enjoy the racing and don't bet more than you can afford to lose with a smile.


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Friday, June 5, 2009
Letting go
14 comments:
- Sue said...
Hi Heather,
I really enjoyed this post. I struggle with to-do lists to. If I don't write them, I forget to do a lot of things, but yet, I turn down fun things to do, because-well, my list of things to do is long!! Hope you have an easier time of it!
Have a great weekend.
- June 5, 2009 at 2:21 AM
- The Cooking Lady said...
I can see both sides to this discussion/argument. I am somewhat of both types. I use a to-do list, but it is not super-compartmentalized (Is that even a word?)
But if I do not have a list in front of me, it simply does not get done. Granted, the kitchen and clothes always get done, but it is my non-chore list that needs some inspiration other than my own wanting to do these things.
Hence, the list. There are anywhere from 1-6 items at a time. Some a big chores and others are just gentle reminders. It is there staring me in the face. And with 2 older children and a husband, gently reminding me that 'I' put that list up there, things seem to get done in a more orderly fashion.
Do I still have paper piles (My BIGGEST demise)? Darn tootin'. Are dishes some times still in the sink..uh duh!
But it is a work in progress. And I think you have to step back from the big picture and weigh out which is more important. The dishes in the sink or the bed that has not been made in 2 days. I think we all know thee answer to that.
And that is how everything we do should be approached. Is it reeeally that important that it needs to be done right now...right today...right this week, or even at all.
- June 5, 2009 at 6:47 AM
- Going Crunchy said...
What a wonderful post! I can relate.....for as much as I want to be Zen my life just seems to take over otherwise.
- June 5, 2009 at 6:52 AM
- Heather @ SGF said...
Sue - I have the same problem. Lists seemed to be the only way to remember to get things done. But truly, the lists were running my life as I'd wake and anxious about all the things I had yet to do. I'm not completely list free - I have my grocery list on the fridge and I have a google calendar with appointments, but the lists on my computer dashboard? There were 8-10 of them at any given time. It was nuts!
Cooking Lady - In our Voluntary Simplicity course discussion last night we talked about this very thing (for people who still want to have lists). The suggestions were pretty similar - to have a list of things that must be done right away, things that are important, but not urgent, and a third list of stuff that you'd like to get to eventually. This way you've prioritized and are not so overwhelmed by the one long list.
Get Crunchy - That's it exactly. Then after talking to my friend, I realized I had the perfect opportunity to be that person I want to be - free flowing, unencumbered, zen-y (ok, so I'm making up my own words now too). I've noticed too that my health has improved some because of it. I still have pain, but it's not as bad or long lasting. Ah, the stress we put ourselves through for nothing...
- June 5, 2009 at 8:13 AM
- Donna said...
I'm most like the cooking lady -- I have a list of stuff I'm afraid I'll forget if it's not on the list. The item might remain there for months before it gets done, but there's a reason it's there. Every now and then, I'll take a day and clean a bunch of jobs off the list by actually doing them. The other way I use the list is to write down stuff I have to do that I know I'm going to do that day, so I can cross them off. Sometimes, I even write down stuff I've already done so I can cross it off. Hey, I just like crossing stuff off my list!
- June 5, 2009 at 9:03 AM
I definitely love my lists. I like being able to cross things off. But, I have made it a point to put fun things as a priority. I think I get more panicky if I don't have a list, then I'm constantly thinking of everything I need to do. If I write it down, I can stop thinking about it! Of course there are lots of things on my list that I never actually do...sometimes I will sit down and go over the list to decide if there are things on there that just aren't important. That is helpful to me.
- June 5, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Beany said...
I have trouble letting go even though I think I'm a type B+. I read this essay last year and it helped me tremendously in learning to let things be. For example, I noticed that our apartment may not be perfectly spic and span...but it's fairly clean and I love that. So many strangers have offered me and my husband help at the time when we needed their help..I mean it's been almost a miracle.
- June 5, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Heather @ SGF said...
Donna - If only I could be so calm about my lists. I can't seem to relax if there's a list to be done. You sound much more healthy about it. Me, I was only trapped by mine.
Sharli - Look at all you healthy list people out there :) It's true for me to that writing things down means I can clear my mind up a bit, but then I go into list mode and it's all business from there on out :) Glad to hear your better about lists that I am...
Beany - What an AWESOME essay! I love it and will be sure to pass it on. Thanks for sharing!
- June 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- ttammylynn said...
To everything, there is a season...and a time to every purpose, under heaven.
Balance- in a single word, it is about finding a balance between chaos (aka zen), and order. There is no simple universal rule that applies to everyone on this. We must each find a way to balance out our own life. The factors are too numerous to mention--spouse, children, jobs, responsibilities, personal goals, entertainment and enrichment are but a few.
Stray too closely to chaos and you could potentially lose in any of the factors, ie- a mother who does not care for her children because she would rather do other things stands to lose them (just an example), or, if you neglect your job in favor of other things, the rule applies also.
On the other hand, large doses of order could potentially have the same effect. If you stress about every little thing, you could lose sleep, fall asleep at your desk and lose your job or, your stress could affect your health or your ability to be nice to others and the same applies. Lists are helpful, but if they take over your life, you probably aren't enjoying a million moments that aren't listable.
So, I think that the key isn't on the left or the right on this, but straight down the middle. If you make a list, use it as a guideline not a law. Give yourself time to enjoy life, but don't neglect your responsibilities. If things are overwhelming, then fix your list or just take a day off.
I can't compartimentalize my time too much because there are too many unknowns. What if I make a wrong turn, or get caught waiting, what if I remember something I've forgotten or get called for jury duty? Hey, it happens. Life happens. At some point, I call it a day, I tend to myself and my family because the bottom line is that the people you love are the most important thing in your life. So, they should be at the TOP of your list.
- June 6, 2009 at 4:21 AM
- Heather @ SGF said...
Tammy - Wow! Very insightful. You should have written this post :) Thanks!
- June 6, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- Jena said...
Ugg, I wish I could "let go". I'm the same way with the list making. A friend of mine recently shared her theory: she sets a time, say 7 PM, and after that she does no more work. No dishes, laundry, etc. She takes time for herself and a good book or whatever. I've tried to implement that rule with myself but it is so hard. It seems like I'm always up until 9 or 10 trying to get things done. I tell myself that once the home improvements are done (hopefully this year) that I will be able to relax a little bit. Unlikely! :)
- June 7, 2009 at 12:40 AM
- Heather @ SGF said...
Jena - I know it seems daunting, but little steps help. I'm not leaving my laptop in the living room when I go to bed and making sure to close it when I'm doing other things so that I'm not constantly checking mail. Just sit down, think of a thing or two you'd like to change first and then take baby steps toward the goal. It really works!
- June 8, 2009 at 2:24 PM
I can so relate to your frends comment that somehow 'the universe' just has a way of taking care of us.
I was bed ridden for 2 months a while back - and although it was a scary time it was also very liberating and rewarding. I learnt how to stop. Before that I was non-stop. I think some how 'the universe' new it was going to take something drastic to teach me how to slow down. It worked - and it is a good reminder to me what can happen if I don't slow down.
Enjoy your freedom from to-do lists :-)
- June 9, 2009 at 8:32 AM
- Heather @ SGF said...
littleecofootprints - it sounds like we are on similar paths. Thanks for the encouragement!
- June 9, 2009 at 1:24 PM


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This is one of the great buzzword phrases in computers today: eliminating mutable state. Too bad these faddists fail to understand how a computer actually works. A computer fundamentally uses a global mutable state, called RAM and CPU registers. Those are constantly mutating, and are globally shared. Yes, you can get into trouble, but all programs eventually devolve into something that updates global mutable state. Otherwise no work is actually done. How one can structure this inevitable changing of global mutable state so as to have the fewest programming errors is an area of great theoretical and commercial interest. But to characterize the basic operation of what must eventually happen as "bad" is somewhat absurd.
One might more properly phrase the question, "how can i reduce the errors in my program to a minimum, while still accomplishing my goal in a reasonable time frame, and with a finished product that can be understood by other people without them scratching their heads on how it works".
There are languages like LISP and FORTH, that are in the family called transformation languages, that win every contest imaginable for program brevity, but i defy you to understand a large FORTH or LISP program! Very tough.


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Cities given out of the other tribes by lot to the Levites, 1-8. Particularly to the priests, the children of Aaron, 9-19; to the Levites, the Kohathites, 20-26, the Gershonites, 27-33, and Merarites, 34-40; in all forty-eight cities, with their suburbs, 41, 42. The Israelites quietly enjoy the Promised Land, 43-45.
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Matthew Henry: 'It had been often said that the tribe of Levi should have "no inheritance with their brethren," no particular part of the country assigned them, as the other tribes had, no, not the country about Shiloh, which one might have expected to be appropriated to them as the lands of the church; but, though they were not thus cast into a country by themselves, it appears, by the provision made for them in this chapter, that they were no losers, but the rest of the tribes were very much gainers, by their being dispersed. We have here, I. The motion they made to have their cities assigned them, according to God's appointment, verses 1, 2. II. The nomination of the cities accordingly out of the several tribes, and the distribution of them to the respective families of this tribe, verses 3-8. III. A catalogue of the cities, forty-eight in all, verses 9-42. IV. A receipt entered in full of all that God had promised to his people Israel, verses 43-45.'
Thomas Boston's "Memoirs": 'On the Sabbath morning, minding to read Isaiah 53, Isaiah 63 turned up, and I was moved to read it, and Isaiah 63:4 thereof, "The day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come," so harmonising with my text, sweetly surprised me, and raised my hopes very full as to the deliverance aforesaid drawing near. At the table I had a view of Christ himself as all to me, and going to view particular benefits, as pardon, etc., I was led back to behold himself as containing all whatsoever. In concern for my children, that word came, "I will be thy God, and the God of thy seed." Mr. Wilson on the Saturday and at the tables insisted on believing the gospel, and on Monday again to good purpose. But that day I had wished in my heart he had handled some other subject. Mr. Hunter preached after him on these words, "He is faithful that hath promised;" whereby I was checked, and caused to say in my heart, the foolishness of God is wiser than men, seeing how God did confirm what I did not so much approve. I was so refreshed with that sermon of Mr. Hunter's, that I found my very body in good condition when the work was over.
But after all this, coming home, I found my wife was extraordinary ill, and saw her not for some time. And when I saw her, she told me that it had been extraordinary ill with her, and that she had tasted of the bitterness of death, what she had not known before. However, this made me not to stagger, as to my hope of her deliverance. In prayer at parting with her it had been kept quite out of my head to desire of the Lord a comfortable meeting with her. Adverting to this ere I got out of the room, I stood a little astonished, and thought it not meet to tell her of it at that time. But now, from this, my hopes were confirmed, in that I thought the Lord's having kept me from seeking what he minded not to give, was a ground of hope that he would give the rest which he helped to seek of him. When we went to family-worship, Joshua 21, being the ordinary, was read, and Joshua 21:45, "There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass," was sweet, and pat to my present circumstances in that matter. And on the morrow, having been carried out in secret prayer to plead with God in the same case, I was anew surprised and comforted, reading in my ordinary in the Hebrew bible, Genesis 25:2, "And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, and the Lord was intreated of him."'


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Inman, SC
The Boston Journal of Business and Textile Industries – Dec 8, 1900 reported that a new cotton mill had applied for a charter.
Inman Mills, Inman, SC
The impetus for the development of Inman Mills was the growth of textiles following the Civil War and the development of railroads in the piedmont. James A. Chapman was the descendent of many generations of educators, ministers, and patriots. He was a native of the Spartanburg area, practiced law in New York City, married Rachel Buchanan McMaster of Winnsboro, SC (1899), and established a law practice in Middlesboro, Kentucky. How in the world did someone with this background become interested in textiles? Nevertheless, he returned to his roots with a wife two sons and a daughter. He had no apparent problem in organizing a textile mill. After securing about 600 acres from his brother, an uncle and J.R. and B. F. Brown just north of the Southern Railway that connected Spartanburg and Asheville, NC, a charter was written in 1900. The Browns took sixty shares of common stock in exchange for their portion of the acreage. The railroad stop for the mill was named for John Inman, a railroad tycoon. Andrews.
Financing was arranged with local investors and vendors. No commission house was involved. Inman Mills never sold through a commission house. The mill began in 1902 and by 1907 there were over 19,000 spindles in operation feeding 500 looms. By then the cotton consumption was in excess of 2,700 bales per year making sheeting. The quality was good and in high demand. Longer hours were added. The Charleston News & Courier wrote (1907): "There are very few cotton mills in this state that run at night…. As a matter of fact, if the mills wanted to run at night, they could not do so on account of the lack of labor. These few mills that do run at night pay the help from 10 to 20 per cent more for night work than day work and, even for this additional inducement, they are unable to get any considerable amount of night help…. Within the last few days, Inman Cotton Mills has started to run part of its machinery at night…. Inman Cotton Mill pays 15 cents per side for its night spinning…. A young man or woman can readily run 10 sides…. A weaver could operate from 8 to 10 plain looms (nonautomatic)."
James A. Chapman founded the mill and also ran the mill. A new hand asked his foreman who was the big man with the Panama hat? It was Chapman who often walked through the mill, often accompanied by his young son, James who was known as "Little Jim." During summer vacations, his son worked as a machinery erector. He graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg and studied engineering at Cornell. When he returned to the mill in 1916, he worked under Gordon Cobb, the superintendent. When Cobb left for another job in 1917, "Little Jim" became superintendent at age 24. New success followed. In 1920, the mill had 40,000 spindles and 1,000 looms. In 1924, automatic looms replaced the nonautomatic, more floor space was added and the twoshift aroundtheclock operation was begun. Andrews
The younger Chapman succeeded his father as president of Inman Mills and later became president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute. Both of these positions were also held by his son, Jim. The two acted as partners and business moved along smoothly. Young Jim even had time to raise chickens as a hobby. In 1928, the two were asked to manage Riverdale Mills, downstream in Enoree, 25 miles south of Spartanburg. They agreed without visiting the plant. Let this be a lesson to us all. Later, "Mr. Jim said that if he had seen the mill, he would never have agreed to run it – it was too run down. Later, Riverdale was merged with Inman and became the second plant.
Robert H. Chapman, the second son of the founder, joined the company in 1937. He served as Vice President and assistant treasurer. Other Chapmans followed along in the family business.
The Chapman family has fought over the years to preserve jobs in the Inman area. When met with the challenge to modernize in 1959, the new Saybrook plant was built at a cost of $5 million. It was the first new plant built in Spartanburg County in 24 years. Further expansions included the Ramey Plant, built in 1966, and Mountain Shoals built in 1990. Both are located in Enoree just upstream from Riverdale. Richie
The Spartanburg HeraldJournal , Feb. 16,1963
Why is cotton sold to Japanese mills at a lower price?
In the early 1990s, Robert H. Chapman III became president upon the death of Marshall Chapman. Cousin Norman H. Chapman (son of Joseph Chapman) became executive vice president. The open trade policy of the late 1990s and early 2000s led to realignment and consolidation. The original Inman Plant and the Riverdale Plant in Enoree were closed in 2001. Plans to make the Riverdale Plant into condos (Inman Mill Lofts) was announced in 2006. 3
- Andrews, Mildred Gwin, The Men and the Mills A History of the Southern Textile Industry. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1987.
- Richie, Lisa Caston, "A Dynasty in Inman – Four Generations of Chapmans at the Helm," in Textile Town, edited by Betsy Wakefield Teter, Hub City Writers Project, Spartanburg, SC, 2002, p2923.
- Google search December 11, 2008.


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Editor's note: Raiders head coach Dennis Allen met the media after the team's third and final minicamp session on Thursday. Below is a transcript of his interview.
Allen: First of all, I'll just say this was a good camp. I thought OTAs, I thought we improved, I thought we got better. I like this football team. I like their mentality, I like where we're at, I like the way they're working. Obviously we're going to give them some time off before we go to training camp, but I think we're all anxious to get there, get the pads on and really see what we've got. With that I'll open it up to questions.
Did anything surprise you over the past three days?
Allen: I don't know if surprised, I've been pleased with the work that these guys have put in, and obviously we're not the finished product. We've still got a lot of improvement to do, but I wouldn't say that's any different than any of the other 31 teams. But I like their mentality, and I like the way that they work.
What was your parting message to the players?
Allen: Well, I haven't left 'em yet. I'm going to go back in there and meet with 'em and reiterate some of the things I'm telling you guys. I like this football team. I like the players on this team and I'm excited to see what they can do once they get into training camp.
How about in terms of what is expected of them?
Allen: Well, yeah, we spoke to 'em a little bit this morning about that. We all understand that we put a lot of work into this, and this is the time of year that we've got to mind our Ps and Qs and do the right things and get back to training camp in shape, come back to training camp mentally and physically ready to go.
It's a big year for Mcfadden -- a contract year. Is he approaching it any differently?
Allen: I don't know if I'd say I've seen anything different of Darren. I'd say Darren has always been a guy that's come in and worked. One thing we have addressed with him a little bit, and something we've talked about is a leadership role on the team, helping that locker room and I've seen him do a nice job in that regard.
In terms of guys who haven't played in minicamp (injuries), concerned about any of them not being ready for start of training camp?
Allen: No. I anticipate everybody being ready to go.
Have you seen something in this three days that may have altered or influenced how you start regular camp?
Allen: I don't think there's going to be anything that influences the way we start camp, but I will say that, again, we got a lot of change, a lot of turnover on this football team. The thing I've been the most pleased with is the mindset of this team. I know there's a lot of experts out there that might thing differently, but I like this football team.
What has Greg Olson brought to the offense?
Allen: I think he brings an element of creativity. I like some of the things that they're doing with him and Tony Sparano in the run game. I like what we're doing from that standpoint. And he brings some enthusiasm and an air of confidence to the team.
A couple of the players said he stops them in the hallways and give them ideas. Is there a difference between having set plays and having an evolving offense?
Allen: Yeah, absolutely, I think that's what great coaching is. I think great coaching is adapting a scheme to fit the players that you have. Putting those players in the position to give them the best chance to have success. I think that he's done a real nice job of that from an offensive standpoint.
What do see specifically from the quarterbacks over the last month?
Allen: I think they've gotten better. I really do. We're not where we need to be yet but we're not playing tomorrow. I feel good about where we're at from a quarterback standpoint. We got some different elements at the quarterback position. I think all of them have their strengths and we got to try to put them in position to try to utilize their strengths.
How much contact can you have with the players between now and training camp?
Allen: We can have contact but I think it's important this time of year. We're gonna keep tabs a little bit and make sure we know where everybody is, but at the end of the day, they gotta get away a little bit too. Get refreshed and get ready for training camp because it'll be a grind once we get there.
They go home with playbooks and DVDs?
Allen: We generally keep that stuff in house, but they got a lot of notes and stuff that they've taken over the course of the last 13 practices.
As coaches, do you guys take time off too?
Allen: Yeah.
The quarterback play from two days ago until today is like night and day, what do you attribute that to?
Allen: I think it's continuing to get reps. Continue to get the work. These guys have done a nice job. We knew going into this from the very beginning, not only from the quarterback position because that seems to be the focus of everybody, but with our football team. Don't worry about where you're at right now. Just keep grinding, keep working and if you keep doing that you're gonna get better. And that's what these guys have done.
You spend a lot of time with the defensive backs...
Allen: You always go back home to Mama. That's a spot that I have a great passion for. I feel like in the secondary that that's the most critical spot to make sure you're on it. I have great confidence in the coaches we have back there. I have great confidence in those players that we brought in here but that's a place that, yeah, I've spent a little bit more time.
What have you seen from Rashad Jennings?
Allen: I think up to this point he's done a nice job for us. He moves well, he's a big back. I think the telltale will be when we get into the pads does he run like a big back in the pads. We'll find that out when we get to training camp.
What has Woodson's impact been so far?
Allen: He brings an air of confidence to the whole group, not just the secondary but really the team in general. Anytime you can have a player of that caliber that still has a lot of football left in him and bring that into your team and your organization, it fills your team with a lot more confidence. That's one of the big things that he brings.
Jamize Olawale looks to be more involved. How is he progressing?
Allen: He's done a nice job in the camp. He's really improved from the end of last season to this point. I'm looking forward to getting him in training camp and seeing where he's at.
Besides Stefen Wisniewski and Jared Veldheer, is the offensive line wide open?
Allen: Hey listen. We all have ideas and thoughts of where we're at and you have a vision of what you think it's going to look like. Really at the end of the day, you let the competition play out. It will tell you who should be at what positions. It always shakes out at the end. I've been pleased with the competition really we've had throughout the football team.


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By Sidharth Mishra
New Delhi: In another 10 days' time, the Delhi Development Authority would submit before the Supreme Court the amendments it proposes to bring in Master Plan 2021 to give 'relief' to the shopkeepers who are running their businesses in violation of building rules and regulations.
According to the definition given by the Delhi Development Authority itself, "A Master Plan is the long term perspective plan for guiding the sustainable planned development of the city. This document lays down the planning guidelines, policies, development code and space requirements for various socio-economic activities supporting the city population during the plan period. It is also the basis for all infrastructure requirements." Contrary to the definition given above Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) 2021 has hardly had the opportunity to provide the city with "the long term perspective plan for guiding the sustainable planned development of the city." Such are the interests of people that MPD 2021 has ended up being the most mauled planning document.
It was supposed to be first notified in 2001 to give the document 20 years to develop the city according to a plan. It did not come on time and was notified much later. It became functional under its present form after the notification of amendments in the Plan 2007, which diluted many of the provisions for a "planned development" of the city. The 2007 amendments were brought to give relief to the traders and shopkeepers following the sealing drive undertaken against shops and commercial establishments in non-commercial areas by the SC-monitored committee led by KJ Rao, former advisor to the Election Commissioner, Bhure Lal, Chairman, EPCA and Major General (Retd) Som Jhingan. The amendments were then piloted with the Congress-led governments at the Centre and in the State putting their heads together to give relief. The move albeit came in only after the party fared miserably in the municipal polls in the spring of 2007, which were held under the shadow of then ongoing sealing drive.
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JVIC Expansion
Brewer Science is quadrupling its research operations at Missouri State University's Roy Blunt Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) located in Springfield, Missouri.
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From its founding, Brewer Science has put a premium on creativity and innovation.
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Technical Project Officer - (TPO)
The Technical Project Officer is responsible for technical administration of a subcontract. When government-furnished or subcontractor-acquired property is involved, the TPO contacts the Subcontract Administrator for tracking and reporting requirements.
•The Subcontract Administrator sends copies of subcontracts involving government-furnished or subcontractor-acquired property to Property Management.
•Prior to release and regardless of value, property that is being furnished on a subcontract must be tagged with a barcode for identification purposes. The TPO should complete the "Request for Tag" form and submit it to Property Management.
• The Subcontract Administrator
or TPO executes Shipping Orders to authorize shipment of government
property from ORNL to subcontractors.
•The TPO ensures the proper approvals are in place prior to providing property or instructing the subcontractor to acquire property with government funds.
• ORNL Shipping and Receiving provides copies of Shipping Orders to Property Management.
• The TPO ensures that government-furnished or subcontractor-acquired property is tracked and dispositioned following SBMS procedures found in the Property Management subject area.
• If a subcontractor reports that property was delivered late or delivered in a condition not suitable for use, the TPO contacts the Subcontract Administrator for the appropriate course of action.
•If a subcontractor reports that government property has been lost, damaged, or destroyed, the TPO contacts Property Management and the Subcontract Administrator.
• The TPO contacts the Subcontractor-Held Coordinator regarding property disposition instructions at closeout.
TPOs please use the following:
|• Request For Tag Form
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Hello my lovely readers~!!
Because today I'm in such a good mood, I will blog. LOL
What should I blog about? Hmm~
Oh it's an old thing but I should introduce you to my bf. He's so good looking and has a really awesome voice. X3
Alright! Meet Hayashi Yoshiki!
MUAHAHAHA VIRTUAL BOYFRIEND. Wtf xD This is call Web-Kare, which means web boyfriend. It's a Japanese dating simuilation, ONLINE. O_O You get to choose one of the 4 guys and develop you relation by clicking him. LOL
I choose the teacher, who looks and sounds lovely. X3 And named him Yoshiki. lol
Nothing much actually, I just like to drool over his sweet voice and melted by his words! xD
And the only thing that happens is the increase of percentage of affection and if you're lucky, some events.
Just now I got a event which is NOT from Web-Yoshiki! O_O
OMG, it appears that I could get more than 1 web kare if my kare and another friend's kare have great trust with each other. LOL.
I named him Ootani Atsushi(大谷 敦士), which is a character from Lovely Complex. 'Cause both of them love basketball but is short. hahaha
Virtual boyfriends. Kinda sad right. lol
A few days ago, I discovered another really interesting thing! xD
And that is MEROMERO PARK!!~
It's a place where you can adopt little creatures, like this.
And grow them into creatures like this.
This is not fully grown yet though. lol Meet my Meroroppi! XD!!
You have to feed it everyday and make friends, and grow it into a lovely mero! You can dress it up and buy stuffs to decorate it's room.
This is how my Meroroppi looks like now.
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I'm gonna make it a strawberry room!! XD
Oh yeah you have to put the blog parts in the blog, so that it can eat it. O_O I don't really know what that means but you have to blog in order to let it grow. But the problem is, they doesn't consume English. So I blogged in another Japanese blog, but it's mostly nonsense 'cause my Japanese sux so I'm keeping the blog a secret. =p
Well that's all I think.
Ah, what a lovely day it had been. =3
Lot's of love,


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4 Steps for Perfect Tea-Infused Punch!
Hello tea lovers. Today is National Punch Day, and since we all love a tasty festive punch, we decided to tea-infuse it since everything is better with tea. Enjoy!
Here are 4 simple steps to create your own chilled tea punch! Or, better yet, use one of our blends as a ready-made base to simplify the process. For example, our Skinny Me tea, soon to be renamed Energize, is the perfect combination of bitter puerh, tangy hibiscus flower, citrusy orange peel, and minty peppermint.
1. TEA: Brew your tea as usual, then stick it in the fridge to cool down.
For a rich, black tea flavor we recommend using puerh, which is a fermented black tea popular in China. Puerh has so many health benefits it is impossible to list them all. Unlike most caffeinated beverages, it is highly beneficial for the cardiovascular system as it regulates blood sugar, cholesterol, lipids, and blood pressure. Additionally, although puerh naturally contains small amounts of caffeine, it also naturally stimulates melatonin production in the gut, so it boosts your energy while also promoting more restful deeper sleep.
2: FLAVOR: Add citrus, fruit, and fresh herbs once tea is chilled.
Black teas and their bitter flavor tend to combine well with tangy fruit, sour citrus, and aromatic herbs. Besides the widely popular flavors such as lemon, orange, apple, berries, and peppermint, try exploring more exotic flavors such as yuzu, lime , mango, kiwi, pineapple, basil, rosemary, lavender and ginger. For an upscale creative twist try zesting your citrus, muddling your fruits, and making a simple syrup with your fresh herbs.
3. LIQUOR (optional): Add a splash of something if its that kind of drink!
Dark liquors, such as whiskey, brandy, and dark rum tend to combine best with black teas. Think hot toddie summer version, complete with sliced lemon, crystalized ginger, and a cinnamon stick. Add a splash of Baileys for a sweet, creamy twist.
4. SERVE over ice, garnished with your choice of citrus, fruit, and fresh herbs. Enjoy!
Our Skinny Me blend boasts puehr, tangy hibiscus flower, citrusy orange peel and minty peppermint...
Photo credit of flowers and tea punch by @sister_salon_table on Instagram.


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I went 3-1 in tonight's Standard Showdown. That felt good. Got fourth place. Got one of the packs. Didn't pull anything, but I am mostly grinding for Planeswalker Points. 2500 and I get two byes at GPs for the next year.
I have 2327. I need the 2500 by May 27. Likely not going to happen.
Had I gone to a few more tournaments, found a team for a GP, won a few more games here and there. Possibly. Oh, it is going to bother me. But I cannot let it. I played hard and will keep playing hard. And that's all I can do. I'll get better. I might even start winning tournaments.
Or I won't. This is just a hobby. Something I do for for between all my other work. But it kind of feels good to have a passion for something.


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Hi guys,
Im a total noob to the whole Raspberry realm, and I decided to try my hand at a few implementations. I've successfully setup two SD cards, for Openelec, which I'm currently using as my media server and one for RasPbx, which I intend to use as a home intercom system.
I have followed your guide at http://www.forum.pimodules.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=212 on setting up the Pico Ups, but I cant seem to get the UPS working.
when powered on, the green UPS led, the Blue and Red D6 & D5 leds flash and after a few seconds the UPS shuts of completely. When I press the UPSR button, the process is repeated an then it shuts off again.
I have installed I2c tools and python per your instruction, also copied the picofssd.py script to Home/pi ( I created the /pi directory as I was unable to find this)
I have also edited the rc.local file according to your provided sample.
My problem is, the UPS doesn't seem to be functioning as none of the leds are active, also when I run the command: python /home/pi/picofssd.py as per the rc.local setup, I get the following error
please see attached photo.
any help on setting this up the right way would be greatly appreciated.
Issues setting up Pico UPS with RasPbx
Uninterruptible Power intelligent Supply Module
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Might you have found any solution ?
I just took a new Pico and i want to plug it at me RASPBX.
Might you have found any solution ?
I just took a new Pico and i want to plug it at me RASPBX.
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With world population at 7 billion-plus, there are more potential people to have sex with than ever... not forgetting the inevitable result: more people.
Some environmentalists lose sleep wondering how to feed these additional human beings. But what about all the extra trash that will be created?
A friend of mine -- let's call her Heidi -- has become insomniacal over the increasing amounts of waste deluging our planet. Heidi is like Andie MacDowell's character Ann in the movie Sex, Lies and Videotape. In the opening scene Ann is existentially angst-ing over a perpetually self-replenishing garbage can. Her agile movie-therapist eventually leads her back to her real problem -- sex. However, with Heidi, there is no distracting her from her never-ending trash thought-loop.
Heidi zeroed in on garbage in San Francisco in the '80s, when she encountered formalized recycling, and realized there was a serious consumption/packaging/waste problem. By the way, Heidi's grandparents live in the New England house her family built in 1804, with the original made-to-last furniture. There is no cradle to cradle for this stuff, it simply endures. Heidi's grandmother wears the same green polyester pantsuit every Christmas -- for 45 years! Her family's commitment to less really is more, reassures Heidi. She considers frugality noble. Which is how Americans used to view the wise use of resources -- the true meaning of frugality -- not the negative association of cheapness it's now given.


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Let me get straight to the point. Google's Pixel 2 XL is the first smartphone I have tested in recent months that I could see replacing my Samsung Galaxy S8+. It's so much fun to use!
The basics
Before I jump into the fun stuff though, let me cover a few of the basics of the Google Pixel 2 XL. The XL is larger of two models of the Google Pixel 2. The "regular" Pixel 2 is about 5.7″ tall and has a 5″ display. The Pixel 2 XL (the model I tested) is about 6.2″ tall and has a 6″ display. If I were to purchase the Pixel 2 on my own, I would definitely go for the XL model since it wastes very little space with the display.
The Pixel 2 XL has some of the core features you would expect from an Android phone these days like being water resistant and utilizing a fast-charging battery. It also has high definition stereo speakers and unlimited photo storage via Google Photos.
The camera and new AR stickers
Like the previous Pixel model, Google retains its claim to have the best smartphone camera. I'm sure iPhone owners would argue this but, regardless of what you think, the Pixel 2 XL has a pretty darn good camera. It shoots well in low light situations and can take really good selfie portraits (without the need for two cameras).
But quite possibly the best feature of the camera, in my opinion, is the AR stickers. There really is no practical use for these but I don't care. They are really fun to use!
If you are not familiar with AR stickers, they work something like this. You open up the camera app and point it somewhere. For example, I pointed my Pixel 2 XL at the entrace to my home office. Then you select AR Stickers from the camera options. The Pixel 2 XL includes Star Wars stickers, Stranger Things stickers and even dancing donut and coffee cup stickers.
To use a sticker, you just drag it from the top of the camera display and drop it wherever you want. The sticker will then spring to life and react as if it was really standing right in front of you. I chose the Storm Trooper sticker and it took me a few seconds to convince myself that a 6-foot Storm Trooper wasn't really guarding my office! I also selected Eleven from the Netflix series, Stranger Things, and enjoyed watching her eat waffles in my house.
Here's a couple videos showing more how the AR Stickers work:
If you can not see the embedded video above please use the following link: Google Pixel 2 | The Last Jedi AR Stickers
If you can not see the embedded video above please use the following link: Playing with Stars Wars AR Stickers with Google's ARCore
Google Assistant and Google Lens
As you would expect, the Pixel 2 XL has the new Google Assistant baked right into the smartphone. You can activate it the usual way by saying "Okay, Google" or a brand new way by squeezing the bottom sides of the phone. I found the squeezing method more preferable as I didn't have to speak anything to activate the assistant. The Pixel 2 XL even allows you to set the "squeeze sensitivity" so it always recognizes when you want to activate the Google Assistant.
The Google Assistant also includes Google Lens, an option which lets you search Google using the smartphone's camera. You can aim the camera at a plant to have Google help identify what kind of plant it is. You can aim the camera at a product or a barcode to shop for that product and/or compare prices. You can aim the camera at a book cover to look up that book online. You can even scan text to translate it into another language or scan a business card to add the information to your phone's contacts.
Now Playing
To round out the list of fun features on the Google Pixel 2 XL, I discovered a seemingly hidden feature called Now Playing. You have to enable the feature (Settings > Sound > Advanced Settings > Now Playing > toggle switch on) but once you do, your Pixel 2 XL will automatically listen to any music it hears in the background (ex: at a coffee shop or at your friend's house) and display the song title and artist on the lock screen.
Google says this feature works offline without sending any information to Google. I tested it out and found it works with some songs but not all of them. This is because the song must be part of the offline music database stored directly on the Pixel 2 XL. I liked the feature enough though that I kind of wish Google would go online with it so it worked more like the Shazam app. Or at least give me the option to enable online lookup.
Finally, here's Google's official Pixel 2 video if you want to see some of the features I mentioned in action:
If you can not see the embedded video above please use the following link: Meet Google Pixel 2 | More, more, more
Note: The Pixel 2 XL in this review was provided to me by Verizon Wireless and can be purchased at your local Verizon Wireless store or at www.verizonwireless.com.