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Labor Day. I can't think about Labor Day, without thinking about actual labor. As in laboring to bring a child into the world. As in laboring to raise said child into a bright, kind, beautiful being. As in the most intense work I have ever endeavored. Labor Day.
This is my youngest...within the first minutes of life. She was a seven hour labor. Born on March 17th at 7:17 pm. She is so freaked out. Who can blame her? Why not swaddle her in a warm blanket? Looking back on it...the heat lamp is an intense experience to have right outside the gate, if you know what I mean? I had nursed her, and then the nurse swooped her up to clean us both up from delivery. I will never forget that cry from across the room.
Work is relative. Last week, I was researching for a lesson plan on Ancient Egypt, when I came across the fact that the Egyptians were the first people to ever strike against unfair labor conditions. It happened during the reign of Ramsey III in 12 B.C., and you can actually read the documented record of the strike here.
Here is a snippet:
"The two chiefs of police ... Pharaoh, the accounts scribe Hednakht, the god-fathers of this administration (came out (?)) to hear their statement. They said to them12: "The prospect of hunger and thirst has driven us to this; there is no clothing, there is no ointment13, there is no fish14, there are no vegetables. Send to Pharaoh, our good lord, about it, and send to the vizier, our superior, that we may be supplied with provisions.""
There is no fish. When was the last time you were paid in fish? Not a bad idea. There are many Americans who labor full time and find themselves struggling to put food on the table. Labor begins with life. Work it.


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Ex-Rangers boss Ally McCoist doesn't think there are enough leaders in the Ibrox dressing room.
READ MORE - Rangers fan initiative to move Celtic supporters reaches funding goal
Reports from first-team meetings have been leaked to the press in recent weeks, including the decision to send Kenny Miller to train with the Development Squad before the trip to Hamilton.
Speaking on the BT Sport broadcast, McCoist believes the burden of responsibility falls not only on the manager but the players as well.
He said: "You need to find who it is and get rid of them, simple as. It's the first thing you should do as a manager. You can't have leaks in the dressing room.
When asked whether players should take some responsibility McCoist said: "Absolutely! 100 per cent the players should be policing it but, with all due respect, look at the Rangers dressing room the now, I'm not sure there are enough leaders or people who have the mental strength to lead the dressing room."
READ MORE - Alfredo Morelos suggests Rangers can beat Celtic this season

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I have been coordinating with other residents of Avon, OH and we have learned that parts of the city are being offered 300 Mbps internet while others are stuck at 100 Mbps.
I have looked at a couple of places where the 300 Mbps is offered and it appears that the affluent subdivisions (where houses cost upwards of $300k to 500k) are being offered the faster speed over the older neighborhoods.
Spectrum why are offering better speed options to the more affluent residents?
Those neighborhoods likely also have AT&T, Frontier, etc. offering gigabit service so they want to ensure they don't lose customers. Also, more affluent customers means more disposable income to spend on more costly services.
It might also have a lot to do with where Spectrum can quickly get additional fiber and support equipment (CMTS nodes) installed to support the higher speeds. Understand that ten new Spectrum internet users or customer upgrades to 300 Mbps need about the same fiber bandwidth as one hundred TWC legacy internet accounts with TV and telephone service.


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Thursday, February 12, 2009
One More Cute Valentine's Day Post..
3 comments:
- The Urban Chic said...
Julie, sorry I haven't been out blogging, but read all your latest entries. Love all the hearts and I have tons of leftover beads and that is just awesome.
Love the little sheep and I too have a fascination with old barns, which we have lots of here. We used to have a playhouse in our grandfather's barn in the loft until my brother fell and broke his arm---we were not allowed up there anymore. Thanks for sharing some great photos. Love and Hugs, Pat
- February 12, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- vivian said...
yup... thats really cute! maybe you'll have baby lambs to enjoy this weekend! I'm looking forward to a three day weekend! yahoo! but, I plan on spending it cleaning my neglected house! have a sweet V day!
- February 12, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- The White Bench said...
Hi Julie, thank you for visiting and leaving such a nice comment!
Terrific arrangement! It is refined and elegant, love its simplicity...
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The night had blanketed Phnom Penh in December of 1978 when Rochoem Tun, head of administration at Ieng Sary's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrived with a group of guards at a guesthouse on Monivong Boulevard where two foreign journalists and a professor were staying as part of a rarely granted tour of Democratic Kampuchea.
Tun, who was also responsible for booking and managing guests, soon discovered a grisly scene that defied explanation.
Khmer Rouge soldiers had inexplicably opened fire inside the guesthouse, killing British scholar Malcolm Caldwell, though the journalists, Richard Dudman and Elizabeth Becker, were not harmed.
To get in and find out what happened, Tun said he had to use force.
"Since there was no one to help, it was I who had to take action," explained the 65-year-old ethnic Jarai man to Ieng Sary's international defence attorney, Michael Karnavas. "The door was difficult to break down."
He busted in and looked around the first floor. Seeing nothing, he went upstairs and saw "the professor."
He was "lying dead, fallen off the bed, he was lying next to the bed," he described.
"And a soldier … was also seen dead," he added. "And a shotgun was seen placed right under his chin."
Caldwell had spoken favourably of Pol Pot and his agrarian revolution, so his murder brought up more questions than answers. But there were always more questions than answers in Democratic Kampuchea.
Elizabeth Becker, who recounted the trip and incident in her book When the War Was Over, cautioned in a 2010 article published in the British newspaper the Guardian against trying to find a reasonable explanation for his death.
"Don't apply rational thinking to the situation," she said in the article.
"It was crazy. Crazy. Malcolm's murder was no less rational than the tens of thousands of other murders."
Though she did believe he was targeted for death, possibly to embarrass Ieng Sary, the belief was based on confessions that were likely tortured out of Khmer Rouge cadre in the last days of the Tuol Sleng prison.
On her short time spent with him, she described Caldwell as "a lovely man, very funny, very charming."
After the shooting, Tun said he was called before Ieng Sary, who demanded he root out the responsible individuals.
"And he asked us to find out the black and white side of the story. And he also confirmed that we were responsible before the party. Before the organisation, we, the ministry, were fully accountable for all of this."
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The Ottawa Humane Society is holding its sixth microchip clinic of 2018 on Sunday, at its 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Shelter. Pet owners are urged to take precautions to ensure that if their dog or cat becomes lost, it has the best possible chance of being found and safely returned. To do that, the OHS recommends implanting a grain-sized microchip, which offers permanent, life-long identification.
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Client Name: Kelly Kirkpatrick
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McKinney & Associates, P.C. is a family law practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Marketing director Kelly Kirkpatrick's friendship with Nathan McKinney, owner and lead attorney at McKinney & Associates, P.C., goes back 20 years. They met when Kelly and his wife moved from Texas to Gunnison, CO. The two couples quickly became close friends.
Several years later, however, Kelly and his wife had to move back to Texas. The McKinneys then relocated to Colorado Springs, where Nathan started his practice.
As luck would have it, Kelly's wife received a job opportunity in Colorado two years ago, allowing the two couples to reunite with each other. After relocating, Kelly was offered a job by Nathan, and was tasked with finding effective ways to generate new family law clients. The gesture meant a lot to Kelly. "I have worked in the marketing and advertising field for more than 15 years, so I welcomed the opportunity to use those experiences while working with a great friend."
When Kelly started, McKinney & Associates had two lawyers and three paralegals. Nathan had done a lot of traditional advertising—print Yellow Pages, newspaper and magazine ads, and town classifieds—but most of his business came from referrals.
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Toshiba is unveiling a complete new line of notebooks today and one of the new entrants is the Satellite P300 series. The P300 features Toshiba's new brilliant Fusion finish with Horizon pattern. The system features the new Sleep-and-Charge ports recently announced for charging USB devices.
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Vegetarian Dim Sum HouseManhattan, New York City
This place is amazing. All the food is really good and the dim sum is cheap. Their regular menu items are fairly pricey, but most of the dim sum is around $3 an item and you can fill up on 3 or 4 if you're pretty hungry. The treasure boxes (puffy fried, unidentified goodness, stuffed with some bean/soy meat mix) are definitely my favorite, followed by the fried turnip cakes. I also like the mock pork steamed buns and the spring rolls.
After eating the dim sum for several years, I finally adventured to the normal menu and got the wonton noodle soup. For $6, the "small" noodle soup was really substantial and filling. I also tried my friend's mixed vegetable soup, which was good if you want a really healthy, all-vegetable soup. It had a seasoned broth and huge chunks of broccoli, cabbage, bok choy, and Chinese broccoli - no tofu, noodles, or other items. This soup was $5 and smaller than my wonton soup.
I think my favorite trip here was on Chinese New Year a couple years ago. As expected, it was exceedingly busy. Fortunately, one friend was Cantonese and ordered us some traditional Chinese New Year foods that they had specially prepared that day.
Update: My second time to this place I ordered some dishes that I heard were classics. We had the "mashed taro treasure box" which were great, savory, crispy things filled with taro and maybe some mockmeat. It was hard to tell.
The famous "treasure ball with assorted flavor" was basically a fried, dense potato dumpling. Unfortunately, it had limited flavor and was really heavy; I'm not sure why these things are lauded (maybe because they're like french fries).
The "red bean cake" was sweet with a gelatinous rice covering on the outside. The inside paste tasted akin to peanut butter; this would make a good dessert, as would the split pea sweet cakes (see my earlier review below).
The "sesame paste bun" comes steamed by default, though it may have been better fried. We got it steamed and it too had a peanut buttery-interior filling, but way too much fluffy white rice outer bun.
The "preserved Cantonese cabbage buns" had way too much outer rice covering, but the interior filling was unusual and good.
Lastly, the "Buddha's bean curd rolls" had good taste (fried tofu skin in a soy marinade), but they came floating in way too much sauce, which made the crispiness of the bean curd dissipate immediately. It would have been nice if they put the sauce on the side, so the bean curd could stay crispy.
In general, the proportions of outer covering and interior filling are off at Veg. Dim Sum House. There's always too little interior stuff and way too much exterior. This is annoying as it suggests a haphazard quality to the preparation of each dish.
The menu also needs a massive update, which descriptions of each dish. The current menu just lists the name of the dim sum, and then you have to take a risk to figure out what it's like in reality. At the very least, they need to indicate which dim sum are sweet and which are savory.
The service was okay, but not particularly friendly. This was also the case with the first time I visited. I'd come back here again, though, as it's unusual, relatively cheap, and pretty fun to share with friends. Also, the menu's large enough that you can pretty much get new stuff even after three or four visits.
Original review: I came here around 11 a.m. on a Saturday (during the Chinese New Year's Parade, no less) and didn't have trouble getting a table. That said, the place steadily filled up by noon.
The service was extremely curt and not very helpful, so I picked some dim sum options arbitrarily and hoped for the best.
The "sharkfin dumplings" were good (thinly sliced tvp inside a fried outer shell), as was the "rice flour with Chinese kale" (think a cross between celery and asparagus, wrapped in flat rice noodles, covered in soy sauce). I've since heard that I should have ordered the "treasure balls" and the "turnip cakes" as well.
I didn't enjoy the "roast mock pork buns" which seemed to be 90% fluffy bun and 10% mock pork.
Lastly, I ordered the "split pea sweet cakes," which were basically slabs of tofu or rice flour (I couldn't tell) embedded with split peas. The "cakes" had the consistency of jello. This made a great dessert by accident, though I didn't realize it was a dessert-style dish when I ordered it. It definitely went well with the free tea they give you.
While the dim sum prices are cheap and in the $3-5 range, the main menu prices were extremely high; most of the mockmeat dishes ranged from $16-20 per plate. I find this amazing, given that the restaurant is cash-only. I can't speak to the quality of these main menu dishes, but based on the look of the restaurant and the menu, I suspect they'd be similar to what you'd get at old-school vegetarian Chinese places like Golden Era and Lucky Creation in San Francisco or Bamboo Garden in Seattle.
Definitely come here with a couple of friends so you can order lots of dim sum and get to try a larger variety of dishes. It's way better than tapas.
The dim sum at Vegetarian Dim Sum House is one of the best deals in Manhattan. For $14/person (including tax and tip!), my three friends and I were able to each get a fresh fruit bubble tea, along with steamed "pork" buns, treasure balls, red bean cakes, faux shrimp dumplings, fried bananas, spring rolls, faux shark dumplings, half moon pockets and a few other items that I'm forgetting. Everything is vegan except for the mango pudding and the milk bubble teas.
The food was amazing. I've never had a more realistic faux shrimp. My favorite dishes were the "pork" buns, the red bean cakes and the fried bananas. There was so much food that the four of us could barely finish it. The only disappointment is that a few of the dim sum items were gone by the time that we arrived (at 8:30 PM) so make sure that you get there early!
Super yummy! The turnip cakes kick butt and the mock pork buns are unbelievable.
Sam Aber
Great food at a great price. We enjoyed many great meals in NYC, but few could compare to the taste and value of the meals served here. Order wisely and you won't be let down.
I have been going here for years, and I just love it! The food is delicious and inexpensive.
The spinach dumplings and the treasure balls are so good!
I also love the fried noodles with three kinds of mushrooms and the Buddhist Noodle Soup.
A Fabulous place!
Delicious! Absolutely worth the winding trip around Chinatown.
The pork buns and shrimp rolls are delicious!
The sweet and pungent pork is amazing!
Every chicken dish I've had there tasted sort of like the skin of the chicken at KFC (which sort of sounds odd, but its a mixed blessing when you're a meat-lovin vegan)!
It's addictive. Turnip cakes (fried or steamed!), Half Moon Pockets, Sesame Paste Buns (got them steamed, and they were uber rich) and Vegetarian Mock Roast Pork Buns. Also enjoy rice rolls with Kale. We go here once a week. Extremely inexpensive: you could eat to bursting on only dimsum for under $7 a person.
Stick to the tea and canned drinks. They do have fresh juices, with caveats. I once got the pineapple ice water, which was laughably enough, a few chunks of canned pineapple in a cup of ice water! Mango juice had too much fibrous pulp in it, making it unpleasant to drink.
The clientele is very mixed these days. You will see students, chinese families, and buddhist monks all chowing on dim sum. The food's gotten better and better! The last two times, we have had to wait for a table. This has never happened before. Despite the popularity, the food is still good. They are proving to be very consistent.
For those wondering, this place was highly recommended by Jeff Steingarten (food writer) in his book "It Must've Been Something I Ate" for having the world's best turnip cakes.
Oh my, this place is soooo good. This was the top place to eat on my list when I visited NY last week and am I glad I went. Every city needs one of these.
The food was excellent, especially the Spinach Dumplings recommended by the waiter. I could live on these things. And the Treasure Balls, a complete treat. Everything the waiter recommended was excellent as was the service and the price. Plus, I was there alone and felt very welcomed and comfortable. I could have stayed all day!
Check this place out, you won't be sorry! Can't wait to visit NY again and eat here again.
Huey-Ling Chen
Many Chinese vegetarian restaurants have a similarly bland "Buddhist" style. But this one tastes like regular Chinese dim sum, without the meat. Plus the prices are very cheap.
Lorenz Fish
fabulous! such a treat for vegetarians to enjoy Dim Sum again without worrying about whether the waiter understood what you mean by "no meat!".
The Kale in rice flour is exotic. treasure balls, yes!
The entrees are also great: sesame "chicken" yum yum!
faux duck skin, etc. Also check out the affiliated Vegetarian Kitchen on Mott a couple blocks away.
Wow, this place rocks. The dim sum are really wonderful, and they also have a full menu of entrees. The turnip cakes are the best I've ever had, and everything we tried there was delicious.
Rachel Widome
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, so good! It is wonderful to eat Dim Sum again. And its good. And its priced right (Five of us went for dinner and ate A LOT and it came to just $27.) And NYC Chinatown is so cool. Def, I recommend. I wanna go back!


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To be happy—that's too complex to stereotype. We can perhaps agree though that it is quite easy to spot a happy moment when it's staring back at you, difficult even to resist taking part in it.
Browsing through this year's photos, we see beautiful sunsets and sunrises; we see turquoise seas and brown earth—for all these, we are thankful. But we also see people looking unequivocally happy doing everyday things—getting food, sitting under a tree, doing a day's work. No uncomplicated I'm-going-on-an-adventure-today shiz.
This has been one of the best things about traveling to new places—it reminds us, time and again, that happiness comes in the simplest, most uncomplicated, and sometimes unexpected packages. To meet complete strangers and have them teach us this lesson on gratitude has been among the most incredible things about going out there, where, as Cesar Pavese said—
Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky
2013, it has been an amazingly happy journey.
All photos taken August 2013 in Malapascua, an island in northern Cebu province, Philippines, devastated by typhoon Haiyan.


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Red pleated wool-crepe mini dress with curved cutout overlay at pleated skirt. It is by Alexander McQueen
It is a gorgeous dress, beautiful on the Duchess and it is particularly elegant accompanied with a hat.
1- The Duchess of Cambridge wore it on 3rd June 2012 during the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen.
2 – Kate wore it on 18th December 2013 at the Queen's annual pre-Christmas lunch for her wider family at Buckingham Palace
3 -The Duchess also wore this dress on 17th February 2014 at the Actors' Reception at Buckingham Palace.
4- The Duchess of Cambridge wore it again on 15th February 2015 to visit the Anna Freud Centre in London.


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"This Is What You Came For" received an '80s remix about a month ago and Rihanna has finally noticed it. Her collaboration with Calvin Harris was slowed to a retro power ballad created by Youtube artist Saint Laurent. The reimagined track also came with a grainy visual and Rihanna shared a clip of it to her Instagram account.
"Need full version immediately," Rihanna writes alongside the video.
Despite the remix having been heavily reported on, Rihanna somehow still doesn't know that a full version exists.
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Whirling through Wednesday - September 28, 2016
Clear Eyes, Full Skirts, Can't Lose
If you follow fashion on Instagram you've probably come across several posts about the frugal fashion fabulousness that is SheInside Official. They carry a TON of awesome, trendy, unique pieces for babes on a budget. I can spend hours on their site putting items into my shopping cart to then only realize I'm not the Queen of England and there is no reasonable need to buy 36 midi skirts. (Especially when I can rent similar, unique ones that may only need to be worn once. :-) )
This particular skirt though really caught my eye. As a tall woman, I have been known to rock maxis as midis, midis as minis and minis as handkerchiefs…actually that last one is a joke, but you get the point. Long lengths on another person need to be EXTRA LONG in order for it to fit me the intended way. I saw this skirt on another fab fashion blogger and noticed the extra length on her smaller frame. I immediately clicked on the link and put that puppy in my cart. I also added a few other items that will be posted as soon as I have a valid reason to wear them.
This skirt is an awesome transitional piece. In Florida, it's obviously still pretty warm compared to other parts of the country so we are still in our summerish wardrobe during fall months. (Y'all the struggle is so real in the Florida fall.) This is a great skirt to give you slightly more coverage for a cooler day, but also has the pop of color from your summer staples. The length and fit are perfect for tall ladies. I ordered the large because it's always easier to take in an item, but there is only so much room to expand. I'm glad I did because the large was only a smidge loose in the waist, but with a quick stitch I fixed that.
The transitional capabilities don't stop there. It's perfect to be dressed up or down. This particular day I wore it to the office with a button down, but also paired it with this great off the shoulder body suit (also from SheInside) that I can wear for a night to dinner and dancing. For both ensembles I opted for my go to Payless heels that I own in every color they made. They are similar to SW Nudist heels without the height and price. One day, I'll own all SW but I have yet to arrive at that day. These heels are low enough for work but still have enough height to jazz up a nighttime outfit.
This skirt obviously deviated from our normal borrowing norm, but we've linked several options for rentals that are similar styles.
Not much needs to be said for the button down. Played it safe there since it was an office look. That button down is from Express and I LOVE their button down shirts for women. They are professional but have a feminine cut so you don't feel like you are back in middle school wearing an oversized, untailored polo because you have to be "professional". (Anyone else have ill fitting uniforms for school or after hour responsibilities? Maybe it was just me, my extra height and "baby fat.")
For the jewelry on this outfit, I couldn't leave the red floral necklace out any longer. I don't wear it as much anymore as I did when I initially purchased it at my mothership, Target, but it felt right with this combo. For the off the shoulder night option, I chose more bling because MORE BLING IS BETTER. (At least in my eyes…to each their own.)
With that, we whirled all the way through work and right into winedown Wednesday. For links, see below.
Skirt – Actual
Borrowed Skirt – Similar Style Here | Here | Here
Top 1 – Express Button Down Here
Top 2 – SheInside Off the Shoulder Top
Borrowed Top 1 – Rent the Runway | Le Tote
Borrowed Top 2 - Rent the Runway | Le Tote
Necklace 1 – (No longer available) Similar options here
Borrowed Necklace - RocksBox Loren Hope
Other Borrowed Jewels Options from #BorrowedBabe Rocksbox Above
Shoes – Actual from Payless
The SW Version - Nudist Heel
Ebay – (The closest to borrowing shoes we get) :-) Stuart Weitzman


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Salary : USD 3,000- USD 4,000
Report : General Director
Working location : Hanoi
- Establish, develop and maintain an efficient HR system, policies & processes that enable a professional environment & culture where employees are satisfied and motivated to contribute their greatest effort to the success of the company.
- Set up fair Compensation & Benefit policies and ensure the proper implementation of the policies, including salary, commission, insurance, other allowances and benefits
- Recruit and develop qualified workforce to align with Company's business plan.
- Handle and manage daily tasks related HRA department.
- Consult on setting up and developing strategic HR Policy, KPIs System, Working Procedures, Policies,
- Regulations and Guidelines in compliance with the Labour Laws and customers'
requirements and ensure its good implementation.
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- Manage, coach and motivate team members
- Liaise with managers to identify training needs and arrange courses.
- Implement annual performance appraisal for adjustment salary scheme.
- Ensure that all monthly payments in respect of tax, salaries are correct and paid on time.
- Cooperate and work with Sales Representatives in other countries to ensure a smooth operation and
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- Build talent pipeline where skills are grown and nurtured through a structured program that engages and energizes participants. Support Managers to grow their teams improving the competency of skills both technical and soft via Company Online University, on the job training, coaching & buddy system.
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Trench Branding was born out of a desire to partner with local business owners get back to what they love, while still growing their business. Whether it's social media, blogging, or design, we take content and make it work for each unique situation.
Hannah is passionate about the power of a brand and has helped companies in a number of industries, from artist management to healthcare, get the most out of their story and their content. Eddie loves meeting people, dreaming up big ideas, and seeing them come to life, whether in the music industry or beyond.
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Exercise for dogs is extremely important. Dogs have been our four-legged companions for thousands of years. They were bred to work along side of us and perform jobs. That need for work must be fulfilled or else they may develop behavioral issues.
Some breeds were designed for particular tasks. For example, hunting, pulling, herding, and protection.
Today we typically don't expect our dogs to perform these roles they were once intended for. Now most people simply want a great companion that fits their lifestyle. Since our dogs are no longer working it is crucial that we provide an outlet for their energy and exercise them often!
If you are seeing behavior problems in your dog exercise will help in most cases. The best thing you can do for your dog is to provide both physical and mental stimuli.
Here are some ways to physically exercise your dog:
This may seem like a no-brainer, but providing your dog with a structured walk on a daily basis is very important. A good walk builds your relationship, especially if you work with your dog on paying attention to you as the handler. A walk like this is even more important than a trip to the dog park because it provides structure for your dog.
A lot of people I encounter who run do not take their dogs with them because of one of these minor behavior issues: the dog pulls, it stops too often, or it's focused on something else. This is a sad scenario because your dog would greatly benefit from a run with you. If you are experiencing similar problems, you can work with your pup to condition it to follow your lead on a run instead of doing it's own thing.
This is a great way to burn your dogs energy without burning yourself out. It is also not as difficult as it sounds. In fact, I manage to take both of my dogs with me on a bike ride without issue. The fast paced nature of a bike ride limits your dogs ability to get distracted and helps facilitate their focus on the exercise. Introduce your dog to the bike slowly, perhaps by walking your dog with your bike a few times before riding.
For more tips on how to ride a bike with your dog, this article from the dog outdoors is helpful,http://www.thedogoutdoors.com/
Doggie Backpacking
If you want to burn even more energy on a walk and give your dog a job, a backpack is a great option. Your dog will be working harder and you are providing a role for it, which is to carry the backpack.
If you purchase a backpack for your dog let your dog get used to wearing it empty, then gradually add weight.
Mental Exercise
Mental stimulation is just as important as physical stimulation for your dog. Spending time each day working on obedience, games or new tricks is a great way to let your dog use it's mind in constructive ways. A bored dog can become destructive. So find new ways to challenge your dogs mind. One tip is to take routine activities, like feeding, and turn them into a game. Hide your dogs food and allow them to use their nose to find it. Challenge your dog to sit and stay before getting their desired treats. There are endless ways to challenge your dog throughout the day and keep them mentally fit.


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Village of Lakemore + Me (a Moron) = Lakemoron
The Village of Lakemore, Summit Co., Ohio
Still moronic after all these years
May 31st, 2018
I started today in a bad mood, and it just took off from there. I didn't sleep until it was too late where I ended up sleeping to the 4:15 alarm, there was a half-an-hour search for a payroll I had to deliver by 10 AM then with all the packages I had a hard time sorting and packing. With the warm weather here, the food deliveries start to have this sweating issue. The cooling bags condenses the moister on the boxes causing them to sag. The sweat from those boxes hits the other packages casing them to sag, and there is nothing better than the look on someone's face when you hand them a soggy saggy box fool of food. I also forgot to refresh my manifest so that the phone I use as a scanner wasn't in the delivery order. With every stop, the delay cost me about 15 to 20 seconds with added up epically because of the saggy box problem also hurts the label and barcode. I was on the road doing 68 in a 60 behind a truck. As we went down the road, a wonderful person came all the way up to my bumper and stayed there for about 4 miles until he went to the left letting me know I was number one as he passed. As if I could have pushed the truck in front of me to make him/her go faster.
I am working on finishing chapter one, and I hope to have it posted today but either way, I will have something by 7 PM (EST). More to come…
Thank you for your time.
May 30th, 2018
This was a very long day, unlike his message. With the holiday on Monday, we had a backlog of packages for today. 90+ packages were going to Medina, and because of that I ended up making more than one trip with a package count of 70 with 65 stops. A couple of these packages were more than one day late. I didn't get home until 6:30 PM. With that I won't have anything to post tonight. I want to work on it but all I see when I stare at the laptop is the road and after 13+ hours on the road I just need to unplug. If I can I will finish chapter one and post it Thursday (either way I will have something). More to come (just not today) …
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May 29th, 2018
This was a warm day for the delivering, but it was a very nice day to be out on the road. This will be short with my head throbbing from the sun (I cut my grass when I go home because of the rain on the way). I have more of chapter one done but not edited, and I want to add to it before I post it. With that in mind, I won't have anything ready until 6 to 7 PM (EST). With the rain coming I will have more time (after work) to keep working on the stories but past and new. More to come…
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May 28th, 2018
Please, everyone, remember those who fought to ensure our peace.
Much like myself, this will be short and quick. I added a new page and the first installment in a new series I am doing called Janice James Private Investigator (Janice James PI). I plan to do this as a novel adding the new sections as I go while posting the chapters as PDFs. The story follows a Private eye as she deals with her past as it affects her future. The story (at least the first book) will be an origin story laying out who she is and all the people in her life. As I work on it, I will go back and tweak sections so the final story might look different from the original post. I will also work on the other stories as they come to me. More to come….
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May 27th, 2018
This will be a quick and early post but most likely not the last post of the day. I am currently reworking what was (or is) the longest of all my short stories. This is a Jack Pressler story, and it was the last of the original stories I posted back about a year ago. I did it in several parts, so I needed to do some work to make the story flow better as one continuous story. I will post it as soon as I feel it is ready. I am also working on a new story in the series that is yet another flashback explaining why they won't work for two companies mentioned in the introductions to other stories. From here I'm not sure what I will work on (that is it will either be a new part of an old story or something completely new). I plan on thinking about that today. I had to ideas come to me, but I don't know if I am stealing them from someone else.
Idea one:
A female private detective who works with her tween dead son. The son is just a figment of her imagination who will have conversations with her acting as a foil to her cases. In the stories, we will learn just how he died. I could see doing this while working on other stories.
Idea two:
A group of scientists accidentally on purpose break a hole between our world and another releasing a super being who sees himself as a god. The story would revolve around his take over of the planet through war and conversion. If I do this one, then this will be the only story I will be working on because of the size of such a thing.
I have time to think about it, but if I decide today, I will post it here. More to come…
Thank you for your time.
May 26th, 2018
Here comes the rain again and I really want to complain about it, but this is the kind of day that I don't mind the rain. Yes, I can see what people might say, (what the blank do you blanking mean by that? Go blank yourself and the blanking horse you blanking rode in on!) but this is a day I'm not delivering anything but my money to the grocery stores. I want sunny weekdays and rain at night and on the weekends. So there.
Speaking of a day where any work outside is not happening I am about to post the next part of the Jack Pressler storyline and later on today the tie-in story with the Bob and Christina storylines. Both stories happen a few weeks after Bob and Christina's wedding and are about their snowy honeymoon. The first from Jack's perspective and the second from Bob's perspective. I am posting Bob's story second because it has more of the ending (also it isn't ready yet). More to come…
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May 25th, 2018
Friday and the start of a three-day weekend. It was also a wonderful delivery day. I had a well routed, clean route that I was able to start early and finish early. Because of that early start, I was able to get past the roads that were being closed before they closed so no detours. I did my entire route using just a quarter-of-a-tank of gas. I went out to get gas for my mower, and a little dachshund puppy dog was at my door trying to get in. The dog had escaped from his/her owner and made it down the road. Eventually, the owner came down the street and picked up their dog who was missing for about an hour. My dog was not happy that another dog was on her property and she let us know the entire time that the tiny little dog was there. I am just glad that the owner now has his dog.
As I mentioned, I was going out to get gas for the mower which means I am cutting the grass and working in the yard. Then later it will be time to grill dinner. Between and after that I am working on the next parts in both the Jack Pressler and Bob Coleman story crossover. I hope to have them done tonight, but in reality, I will most likely be posting them in the morning. More to come…
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May 24th, 2018
This will be very short. I woke up this morning with my right wrist throbbing. As I did my route, the throbbing has gotten worse making this typing harsh. If the pain lessens, then I will have something to post as soon as I can. My goal is to try and have story 12 on the site by tonight but if not then by late Friday (cutting grass on Friday after work). More to come…
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May 23rd, 2018
Today started a little cloudy, but as the day went on the sun came out, and it was a beautiful morning. It was a good delivery day with a good route and an easy drive. As for most of this week, this message will be short. I am working on reworking the next story, and I will hopefully have another part by tonight. I will have this all caught up by the end of this upcoming three day weekend. More to come…
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May 22nd, 2018
After worrying about the rain, it stayed away during my route. This message will be short. I did find myself in the construction zone that is most of Medina with a car full of food (mostly Blue Apron).
I just posted the next part in the reworked Jack Pressler stories, and I hope to have the ninth story on the site soon. Talent Search is smaller than my usual micro story, and I might just go and all either the Girl Scout story or the Home Depot story. More to come…
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Man Claiming to Be Catholic Clergy Soliciting Donations
JEFFERSON CITY - The Diocese of Jefferson City said it has been notified that a man claiming to be a Catholic Clergy member has been falsely soliciting money for donations.
The diocese said the man has been posing as a Roman Catholic priest or monk claiming to have plans to build a convent or monastery.
Howard County Sheriff Cpt. Jeff Glandon said the man purchased land in Armstrong, Mo. in Howard County. He said the man intended to use the land to build a covenant and monastery. The land is the site of an old vacant church.
The individual is using the name "Ryan Scott," "Abbot Ryan St. Anne Gevelingers, O.S.B.," "Most Reverend & Lord Abbott Ryan (St. Anne) Gevelinger, O.S.B." or a combination of these names. To the diocese's knowledge, the individual is not a validly ordained Roman Catholic priest.
The individual does not have the permission of Bishop John R. Gaydos to establish a convent of monastery in the Diocese of Jefferson City.
Similar warnings have been issued in Wisconsin, North Dakota, Illinois and Iowa.
Anyone who encounters this individual is asked to notify police.
(Editor's Note: This story has been edited to remove a specific reference to Salisbury, Mo. police. The story also has added information from the Howard County sheriff.)


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text: Ontario brings down family and business-friendly budget By Workplace Staff 04/01/2009| www.cos-mag.com The Ontario government announced its new budget on March 26, with promises "to help families affected by the global economic crisis and position Ontario to become more competitive for a more prosperous future." While most agree there's still much to do, many are pleased with the new budget.Ian Howcroft, Vice President Ontario Division, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters noted, "Overall we're very pleased with today's budget, it addresses many of our long standing issues and priorities. I think that it shows that the government was listening. We're particularly pleased with regards to the harmonization of the GST and PST, we've been advocating that for a long, long time. We're also very pleased with the announced reduction in the corporate tax from 12 per cent down to 10 per cent so I think that is a very positive step for Ontario manufacturers, which ultimately will help the whole economy and all Ontario residents."Hugh MacKenzie, economist and research associate, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said, "Ontario's 2009-10 budget establishes the right direction for the next few years. It provides substantial economic stimulus. It is consistent with the new orthodoxy that relies heavily on governments to help rebuild damaged economies. It imposes some coherence on an incoherent federal plan. It increases support for low-income families and individuals. It modernizes Ontario's consumption tax."Budget highlights include:Allocate $32.5 billion to improve the hospitals, roads, social housing and schools, saying the two-year investment will create and support more than 300,000 jobs. Provide new skills training and literacy opportunities, including for those who have been laid off, through $700 million in new support. Make Ontario's Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit more generous and helping 100,000 students get summer jobs this year. Support businesses and workers in the agriculture, forest products and mining industries with $130 million over the next three years. Help low- and middle-income families by nearly doubling the Ontario Child Benefit from $600 to a maximum of $1,100 per child per year starting this July. Double the Senior Homeowners' Property Tax Grant, as announced in the 2008 Ontario Budget, so that low- and middle-income seniors living in their own homes will get $500 in support for their property taxes, which the government says will help more than 600,000 seniors over the next five years. Work with the federal government to invest $1.2 billion over the next two years to construct and retrofit affordable housing units.Increase Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program benefits. Help low-income tenants avoid eviction by providing more than $5 million annually in stable funding for municipal rent banks. Support for green economy and innovationNew opportunities will be developed in the green economy by:Investing $250 million in a new Emerging Technologies Fund. Providing $50 million over five years to encourage the development of a smart electricity grid. Developing a new $5 million Green Jobs Skills Strategy so that Ontarians have the skills they need to seize new opportunities in the emerging green energy sector. Investment in innovation includes:Providing $100 million in new support for biomedical research. Helping turn ideas into jobs with $50 million for the Innovation Demonstration Fund.Building much-needed research infrastructure with $300 million over six years. The government is also proposing a controversial move to a single, value- added sales tax on July 1, 2010. Perhaps to make the idea more palatable, it has suggested it would exempt books, children's clothing and footwear, diapers, children's car seats and car booster seats and feminine hygiene products from the eight per cent provincial portion of the tax. Newly constructed homes under $400,000 would not be subject to an additional tax burden. Buyers of new homes valued between $400,000 and $500,000 could also claim a proportional rebate. A$10.6 billion in temporary and permanent tax relief would be available for people over three years to help consumers through the transition, and to provide a permanent personal income tax reduction and enriched ongoing sales tax and property tax relief for low- to middle-income people. Eligible families with an income of $160,000 or less would get three payments totalling $1,000 to help them adjust to the new single sales tax. Eligible single people with an income of $80,000 or less would get three payments totalling $300. The first benefit payment would arrive in June 2010, the second in December 2010 and the third in June 2011. The 2009 Budget proposes $4.5 billion in tax cuts for businesses over three years. Starting July 1, 2010, the government would: Cut the general Corporate Income Tax (CIT) rate from 14 per cent to 12 per cent and reduce the rate to 10 per cent by 2013 Cut the CIT rate for small businesses from 5.5 per cent to 4.5 per cent Cut the CIT rate for manufacturing and processing – helping businesses including farming, fishing, mining and logging – by 16.7 per cent, from 12 per cent to 10 per cent Eliminate the CIT small business deduction surtax, making Ontario the only Canadian jurisdiction that would eliminate this barrier to growing small businesses Exempt more small and medium-sized businesses from the Corporate Minimum Tax and cut the CMT rate from four per cent to 2.7 per centFor further details on the budget, visit the Ministry of Finance's website at www.fin.gov.on.ca. See More Articles in Leadership ▶ Add Comment * Title * Name * Email Anonymous * Comment Submit


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The Stratford Festival's 66th season will be the first in its history to feature women in a number of major Shakespearean roles – from Julius Caesar to Prospero in The Tempest.
The Stratford, Ont., repertory company had already divulged that Martha Henry, who began her career at Stratford playing Prospero's daughter Miranda in 1962, was to take on the role of Prospero in 2018, but a casting announcement released Tuesday reveals that the stage legend is only one of a significant number of female actors taking on parts traditionally played by male actors next year.
"It's part of a broader initiative to continue to diversify our approach to casting," says Stratford Festival artistic director Antoni Cimolino.
Long-time Festival star Seana McKenna – who has previously played both Richard III and Jaques at Stratford, and is soon set to take on Lear for the Groundling Theatre Company in Toronto – will take on the title role of Julius Caesar in a production of the Roman tragedy that will also feature veteran actors Michelle Giroux as Marc Antony and Irene Poole as Cassius. (Jonathan Goad, Stratford's most recent Hamlet, is set to play Brutus.)
The Comedy of Errors, meanwhile, is also set to take a particularly playful approach to gender in a production helmed by Keira Loughran that will see the comedy's pairs of identical twins played by an impossible mix of men and women. Beryl Bain and Josue Laboucane will be the Dromios, while Jessica B. Hill and Qasim Khan will be the Antipholi in the already absurd Shakespearean play.
Cimolino says each of the directors of these productions has taken their own approach to casting women in parts written as men. He, for instance, is re-envisioning Prospero as the deposed Duchess (instead of Duke) of Milan – and will use the play to reflect on the fate of women who lead, while director Scott Wentworth is taking a more gender-blind approach to his production of Julius Caesar.
The fourth Shakespeare production at the Stratford Festival in 2018 will take a "traditional" approach to casting (although all roles in Shakespeare, whether male or female, were originally played by men or boys in the playwright's time) – and sees two male actors who recently starred at the Shaw Festival returning to the Stratford fold.
André Sills, straight off his acclaimed turn in An Octoroon in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., will take on the title role in Robert Lepage's production of Coriolanus – the internationally acclaimed Quebec director's first production for the Stratford Festival. Tom McCamus, who just played the title character in The Madness of George III at Shaw, will play Menenius Agrippa.
The cast Lepage has assembled for his much-anticipated production is full of heavy hitters – including Graham Abbey as Tullus Aufidius, Michael Blake as Cominius, Stephen Ouimette as Junius Brutus, Lucy Peacock as Volumnia and Tom Rooney as Sicinius Velutus.
The Stratford Festival revealed casting for all 12 of its 2018 productions on Tuesday – not just Shakespeare. Notably, Dora Award-winning actor Daren A. Herbert will make his Stratford debut playing Harold Hill in The Music Man. Danielle Wade, winner of CBC's Over the Rainbow contest to cast a production of The Wizard of Oz, will make hers alongside him as Marian the Librarian. Meanwhile, Dan Chameroy – currently on stage in the acclaimed, extended production of Stratford native Britta Johnson's musical Life After at Canadian Stage in Toronto – will return after five seasons away to play Dr. Frank N. Furter in Donna Feore's production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Jennifer Rider-Shaw will play Janet, while Sayer Roberts will be Brad.
For information on further casting for the 2018 Stratford season, visit stratfordfestival.ca.


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AWAKE, worship nights are designed as a safe place for the misfit or outcast. For those who feel overlooked or forgotten. For those who may not know a lot about "church". AWAKE is an opportunity for the Body to come together and do what we were created to do, worship. AWAKE is our declaration. We are declaring that the Body of Christ is ready. We have put on Christ, and we are not giving way for the enemy. (Romans 13:14)
And do this, knowing the time, that NOW it is high time to AWAKE out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. - Romans 13:11 -
AWAKE is held monthly. Visit: www.loveawakes.com for more det
Love days
Love Days, are our quarterly outreach designed as a way to unite the body. We are louder together, what better tune for us to share than the tune of love? Our heart is to see people from different age groups, cultural groups, Church groups and backgrounds come together to serve our communities.
love grenades
Love Grenades, are our monthly outreaches that focus on one person. This outreach is used as a reminder that every person matters. Our goal is to constantly be God's hands and feet. Just like Jesus it doesn't matter if it's for the crowd or all for the one, our mission never changes.
Prayer is important. In the months of March, June, September and December we turn AWAKE into a night of prayer. We encourage people to come and pray for the things that are heavy on their hearts. We film different prayer sessions and release them online so others can join us in prayer that week for a specific issue. We believe that prayer transcends time and space and we are excited that we get to use social media to unite the Body even more.
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This technology imitates the functioning of the human brain in machines
Artificial intelligence AI is fashionable: electric cars, new medical treatments, personal assistants … In the last few years, hundreds of applications that use this technology have come up.
But what is artificial intelligence really? What impact will it have in the future? AI developer Dani Jarne explains some key ideas of this revolutionary technology.
A vast field
Often, the term artificial intelligence (AI) is used to refer to robots or machines that behave intelligently or carry out extremely difficult tasks, similar to those that could be performed by a human being. Actually, AI is a scientific area that includes a great deal of concepts, technologies and theories, all related to the idea of using simple and logical processes to obtain very complex behaviors.
These programs work through algorithms called "neural networks", which copy the functioning of the human brain. Developers train them so that they can learn and make decisions depending on the context.
Among the experts working in the field of AI, we can find robotic engineers, mathematicians and physicists, but also professionals from other fields.
There are philosophers who study the ethical implications on letting a computer make decisions that can affect humans. Linguists also play a part to develop models so that the machines can interpret the language we use.
AI in our day to day
This technology has an impact on our everyday life, without us even realizing. It is present in spell checkers on computers, in virtual assistants such as Siri or in autonomous vehicles that are beginning to be used.
Social networks like Facebook or Instagram also use artificial intelligence to suggest which sites or people that may be of interest to you. To do this, they analyze your posts, pages you follow and your friends' likes to predict what you're keen on.
Future APPS
AI will be applied in many different fields in the future, especially in medicine, allowing for the development of new tools for diagnosis and disease treatment.
Diseases will be able to be prevented by analyzing human genetic information and doctors will be able to detect diseases at a very early stage to treat them more effectively.
We also starting to see examples of cars that are able to move around the city autonomously. Within a few years time, they will be more common, especially in cities and traffic areas.
"It is very complicated to know how AI will affect us in the future: it is like trying to predict phenomena such as Snapchat or Instagram 20 years ago"
DANIEL JARNE, AI Developer
Smart machines: a danger to humanity?
Just like every technological tool, AI is a double-edged sword and can be dangerous if it isn't used properly.
Some people like Elon Musk, founder of the technology company Tesla, think that AI is more dangerous than other earlier technologies, because if computers become too intelligent, we humans could be in danger.
If you're not concerned about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea. pic.twitter.com/2z0tiid0lc
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 12, 2017
The best way to prevent these dangers is to work actively in order to create safe AI. Fortunately, researchers worldwide study how to keep developing this very interesting technology without putting ourselves at risk.
"AI is one more technological tool, such as engines or electricity. In itself it is not dangerous; the danger is in not using it correctly"
DANIEL JARNE, AI Developer
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"One sign that signifies a deterioration in your mental health?"
A few months ago, I was talking to a friend and I said, "I think the depression's coming back". They asked why, asked me if I was feeling particularly low. The truth is, I wasn't feeling all that low at the time, in fact, I actually felt kind of numb. But I'd looked around as I was sitting in my room and realised that the mess was slowly piling up.
A similar thing happened last night. I looked around and started to cry. There were only tiny portions of carpet visible. The rest of my floor was covered in rubbish, dishes, empty envelopes, books, CDs, clothes...and despite my room actually being quite large, I found myself feeling claustrophobic. My anxiety rose. I looked at Hazel's cage (Hazel being my hamster) and cried all the harder. It was desperate for cleaning. My mental health was effectively endangering another living being.
When I calmed down, I marched myself down to the kitchen to get two bin bags and a roll of kitchen roll. I came back upstairs and put Hazel in her ball to run around (as best she could given the mess), and began cleaning out her cage with disinfectant. Half an hour later, I put her back in her cage and sighed with relief.
Next, I continued filling up the bin bags with rubbish from my own living space. It was time to create a safer environment for myself. Within an hour, I'd filled a bin bag, sorted out some mail into piles, binned some now irrelevant mail, placed books on shelves, and started returning CDs to their stand.
Today, I'm able to stretch out fully on my bed. I've not been able to do that since before Christmas. Half of my bed had become filled with rubbish, books, make-up, and dishes.
The thing is, when I start to get ill, I begin walking through life with blinkers on. I mentioned to a friend that it's like I develop tunnel vision; a lot of what I do revolves around my laptop or trips to London, and I stop noticing the things around me.
I don't know if my realisation of this fact indicates that I'm improving again. I'm not holding out a lot of hope, as the last month has been indescribably stressful. However, with that being said, I am making an effort. Next month I'm going to London for a week to be a tourist. I'm going to stay in a hostel and I've booked tickets for some of the main attractions around the city. I'm forcing myself to notice the things that I've walked past so often.
I'm determined to feel something.
I'm also determined to be able to walk through my bedroom without twisting my ankle.


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It seems I am a bit sick...
The last couple of days (3) I've been coughing up nasties and having a bit of high blood pressure. The doctor has given me some meds to clear up the (sorry) mucus and some more antibiotics to keep me from having walking pneumonia...yeah, it's that bad. The Doc also asked me to eliminate all salts and caffeine from my diet. That's gonna be tough, but since high blood pressure runs in my family, I have decided to begin a work out regiment and will (gasp) stop drinking coffee. This should be interesting. The Docs ask me to tone it down a bit and stop burning the candle at both ends...I think I may have to quit one of my three jobs. Anyhoo, the meds should kick in tomorrow and I'm going to take a day off of work.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Well, crud...
Posted by allen etter at 11:52 PM
3 comments:
- Michael G Clark said...
You don't sound well old chap. I get occasional high blood pressure too (multiple jobs and too much salty food), I've changed my diet a lot recently and it's working out ok.
Mostly living on smoothies and berries now and I've still got a belly on, but feeling better for it. Hope you're feeling better soon too.
- allen said...
I am doing better...when I first started shooting this film I was 310 pounds, now I am at 288. My goal is 275.
- Andrew Glazebrook said...
Hope you're feeling better, I've been a bit rough with the old sinuses being very blocked, I've been sniffing menthol crystals in boiling water with a towel over the my head and bowl. Boy those crystals are strong !!
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Art is a series of choices:
What color?
Which font?
Tilt left or right?
This word or that?
Which is why people find it so difficult to do—you don't know which combination of your choices are going to work.
In a sea of choices, we find ourselves too often waiting to be told where to go.


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Disrupting the American Dream
The American Dream isn't just a social construct, oftentimes it's a negotiation. The negotiation is rooted in the hopes for a better life, employment, social mobility, opportunities, and access to education. Yet, because migrants are faced with a system that does not want them and is constantly pushing them out, they are faced with the harsh reality that the "American Dream" isn't guaranteed through hard work. This unveiling happens in the United States. Just as migrants participate in the American Dream, popular culture in the United States participates in the production of the "migration narrative". Both are hugely problematic and contribute to a wider issue of misrepresentation.
"I think a lot of artists have challenged this idea of the stereotypical American Dream. I don't claim originality in this regard. The narrative that I construct weaves together fictional and biographical elements of my father, my grandfather, and people that I know. Our main subject is a male coming from Mexico from a typical cis-gendered family. I think migration has much more complicated stories to tell. This just happened to be the first one I had to get off my chest.", says Alvaro D. Marquez, the artist behind the 12 print series Al Norte y P'atras.
Strongly influenced by comic books and visual forms of storytelling, Márquez saw linocut and its graphic qualities as an opportunity to tell a story through only images. By printing with black ink he was able to use the natural contrast of the ink and paper to add tension to the story along with a sense of darkness and hope. Márquez's story about migration captures the push and the pull between the United States and Mexico. "I wanted to rupture these dominant notions of immigrant temporality that assumes that there's a stable beginning and an end to the journey. People might come to the U.S., spend their time here, and then move back to Mexico. People might get deported if they're undocumented. So the journey begins all over again, if they choose to. There isn't this stable timeline that can stand in for the 'immigration narrative'. There are multiple immigration narratives."
While the series is exhibited in an order that begins with "La Cosecha (The Harvest)" and ends with "Al Norte", the series is about more than the chronology and physical journey. It's about the system. It's about faith. It's about family. It's about labor, resilience, and culture. It's about existence. "The story isn't about victims but about people navigating larger historical and social structures on an everyday level."
Álvaro D. Márquez is a visual artist and part-time professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Cal State LA. Márquez's work explores questions of social, racial, and gender inequality and engages questions about the self, history, and one's place in it. You can view more of his work on his Instagram page, @alvarodmarquez.
Arleny Vargas is a Boyle Heights-bred resident. She's currently an undergraduate student at Wellesley College pursuing her degree in Spanish and Studio Art. Passionate about art and representation, she seeks to combine her writing and art in an effort to combat negative media representation and amplify the narratives and experiences of the Latinx community.


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Which Bonus to Play and Why/
I almost never play jacks or better video poker anymore. It is to video poker what blackjack is to table games. That is to say, relatively boring. Unlike blackjack, whose strategy is more complex than most table games, jacks or better strategy is about average in complexity for video poker. Overall, though, it is the least volatile of the video poker games. This means that your chances for big wins (or big losses) is smaller than with many other versions. There is only one big winning hand in jacks or better and that is the Royal Flush. It hits about every 41,000 hands, it will take a few dozen hours of play to hit one, on average. In between, there's a lot of High Pairs and Two Pairs. And, even when you hit a Four of a Kind, it pays 'only' 25 for 1.
Fortunately, an entire suite of bonus video poker games were invented. When they first came out, I was stupefied by this amazingly simple and obvious enhancement to video poker. It started by making certain Four of a Kinds pay higher. Then, it paid even more for these Four of a Kinds. Next, they paid even more if the kicker card (the 5th card that wasn't part of the Quads) was of a certain value. Making this all the more intriguing is that it is the LOW CARDS (2's - 4's) that are worth more and not the picture cards. But, Quad Aces would be the real winner. All of a sudden, you don't know whether to root for Face cards or lots of 2's!
But, the real question is which one is the best one to play? Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker or Double Double Bonus Poker. From a purely mathematical standpoint, the answer is always the one with the highest payback. Assuming you can find full-pay paytables, this would be Double Bonus Poker, which pays 100.1%. It will be tough to get rich on that 0.1%, but it does mean that over time, you should see virtually no loss. Combine it with some cash back and free play and it can amount to some free entertainment. From what I'm told, you'll find most of these machines at Station Casinos. There aren't a lot per casinos, but you can find 6-12 at most of their properties.
Next on the list would be Bonus Poker. It has a payback of 99.2% with a full-pay paytable. This is a bit below jacks or better, but you get a little more action for your 0.3%. With cashback and free play, you could play for a very long time on this type of machine. It has lower volatility than the other two (but a bit more than jacks or better), so you won't need as large of a bankroll. Like Double Bonus, you will find most of these at the locals casinos like the Station Casinos. But, you can find some of these on the Strip too. Per my sources, you can find some of these at Excalibur, MGM Grand, Westgate, Luxor and a few others.
Last of the three is Double Double. Its payback is 98.8%. Even with cashback and free play, you're likely to wind up negative over the long haul. But, is the extra excitement worth it? That's subjective, so I can't give you a definitive answer. It offers what amounts to a secondary jackpot of Four Aces with a 2/3/4. This will pay 400 for 1 or $500 if you're playing max-coin quarters. I won't call this life changing, but it is a big win. You'll hit this ever 12-13K hands (ballpark), so it's not like you're going to see this nightly, but it is still far more frequent than the elusive Royal. In the meantime, you have other chances to make a good comeback with Quad 2's - 4's and even more so if you can make the 5th card be another 2/3/4.
Ironically, despite having the lowest payback, this might be the hardest one to find. Station Casinos do NOT feature full-pay Double Double machines, although you might find them occassinally. You'll find them at a variety of other local casinos (Suncoast, Downtown Grand), and a few Strip casinos (SLS, Riviera).
Of course, the paybacks I cite here assume that you play the machines correctly. If you take your jacks or better strategy to the Bonus world, you give up a little on each machine. As is always the case, I recommend that you learn the right strategy for the right version of the game to maximize the payback. You can find these strategies in Winning Strategies for Video Poker by Lenny Frome. You can order this (and other titles) at www.gambatria.com.


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Target to open 'small-format' stores in Seattle and Bellevue
SEATTLE — Target plans to open three small-format stores in Seattle and Bellevue over the next two years.
The stores will be in the U District, the new Bellevue South mixed-use development, and the Ballard neighborhood, according to a release.
The small-format store is the company's way of reaching customers who live in urban areas where a traditional sized Target store may not fit.
Target opened one of its first small-format stores near Pike Place Market in 2012.
"Target has loved being part of the Seattle-area community since 1988, and we're excited to offer more Seattle guests a shopping experience that has the best of Target tailored for each individual neighborhood. Our new stores will make shopping easier and more inspiring for nearby students, local residents and tourists alike," said Mark Schindele, senior vice president, Properties, Target.
The company said these stores will also offer customers a unique shopping experience curated for the neighborhood. They gave these examples:
- The U District store will feature portable technology products, dorm and apartment essentials, and fresh food and beverage, and grab-and-go items.
- The Bellevue store will offer merchandise including apparel and health and beauty items.
- The Ballard location will focus its assortment on baby and kids, apartment and home essentials, and beauty products.
Target said all stores will offer Order Pickup, giving guests more convenience and added security with the ability to buy online and pick up in store.
U District
Target has signed a lease with Panos Properties for the U District store, which will be approximately 21,000 sq. ft. and located on The Ave near the University of Washington's campus at 4535 University Way NE. The store is planned to open in 2019 and employ up to 50 team members.
"The U District Target will be a great asset for the University of Washington area. We have seen an increase in university students and young professionals moving into the area and a new small-format Target is aligned with the community's needs," said Tim Panos, Panos Properties.
Target has signed a lease with KG Management for the Bellevue store, which is approximately 49,000 sq. ft. and located in the new Bellevue South mixed-use development near the intersection of 116th Ave. NE and NE 4th St. Target plans to open the store in 2020 and employ up to 125 team members.
"We are very pleased to confirm that Target will anchor our second and final phase of our Bellevue retail project at NE 4th and 116th. Target's urban format will be ideal to support the fast-growing downtown Bellevue/Wilburton residential and employment neighborhoods. In addition, our unique location adjacent to the I-405/NE 4th interchange in downtown Bellevue will allow Target and our other tenants to function as a regional destination for shoppers throughout the Eastside and Mercer Island," said Jay Fisher, assistant managing director of the property owner, Principal Real Estate Investors of Des Moines, Iowa.
Target has signed a lease with Martin Selig Real Estate for the Ballard store, which is 26,900 sq. ft. and located at 1448 NW Market St. in the new 15th + Market development. Target plans to open the store in 2019 and will employ up to 50 team members.
"We are very pleased to announce that Target will be involved at 15th & Market. They will be a great amenity for our tenants and the greater Ballard area. The building is now 80 percent full, with only the third floor still available, and we are scheduled to be complete by the end of 2018," said Martin Selig of Martin Selig Real Estate.