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How did he do it?
It's not magic.
It's hard work that makes Steli one of the most badass bootstrapped founders.
In this post, we're breaking down step by step how Steli built his influence across organic channels creating a brand few can compete with:
Step 1: Create a Homepage that Sells
Steli keeps the Close.io homepage simple.
Your focus is immediately drawn to the two green CTA buttons. The dark background helps showcase these CTAs.
The tagline?
Doesn't get much better.
He provides the benefit in three words.
He then inserts borrowed credibility with featured logos and testimonials – smart move:
Then he inserts Close.io's credibility.
"We've written three books on sales. Why wouldn't you trust us?"
Then if you're not ready to become a customer, he has a low-barrier call-to-action to join the email list.
How well does his site perform?
Take a look at the stats. He averages 450K visitors/month with a high average time-on-site and page view. The bounce rate is a bit high, but the numbers look solid.
Step 2: Bootstrap the Company
Steli bootstrapped Close.io which gave him an advantage: efficiency.
When analyzing his competitors, you can see exactly how his marketing strategies are outcompeting their online presence.
Let's compare Close.io's stats to Pipedrive, the industry leader in CRM with over 320 employees:
Pipedrive's average time on site and page view shows a lot of room for improvement in Close.io's customer and prospect experience.
Still, when compared to other industry leaders, you'll notice Close.io has the upper hand. See below how SugarCRM traffic is tanking. It doesn't surprise me as their page view number and time on site is relatively low.
Let's take a look at another industry-leading CRM, ProsperWorks:
At first, the stats look competitive to Close.io. Here's why they're not –
ProsperWorks gets double the traffic Close.io does, but with 7X more employees than Close.io.
That's a bad sign of high overhead.
It's even worse when you look at their traffic source:
Then it takes another knock down when you consider ProsperWorks raised $87 million dollars:
When we find out that close to half their company is comprised of either sales or business development employees, we get a better idea of why this company has taken the focus off their online marketing. It's working to propel their growth, but will they fuel the sales revenue back into organic online marketing?
Let's take a look back at SugarCRM. They raised $123.1 million dollars. They have less traffic with 10X more employees than Close.io. Someone screwed up on this one.
As you can see the picture isn't getting any prettier either:
Overall takeaway: Close.io is the clear market leader next to Pipedrive in regards to online marketing.
Keep in mind, online marketing doesn't determine everything about growth. The fact that ProsperWorks heavily focuses on offline sales is not a negative if it helps their company scale efficiently.
Step 3: Crush it on YouTube
Where does Steli drive traffic from?
One huge source is YouTube. He has over 700 videos about sales.
Five hundred of these videos are sales motivation videos – a popular category on YouTube. Once he realized that, he didn't just double down, he crushed the market with content.
575 videos later, Steli still makes them on a regular basis.
Take a look at the results below. When looking at Close.io's social traffic, YouTube makes up a huge percentage next to Facebook. Plus, it's evergreen content. This keeps his traffic source producing revenue time and again.
What most people don't realize, Steli's subscribers were driven primarily by twenty of his top six-hundred videos. That means 1 of every 30 videos had a heavy contribution to his subscriber base. In other words, he dominated his YouTube channel with one main quality: consistency.
Steli also makes sure to link every video back to his website or relevant blog post in the description. The crazy part? Steli makes a YouTube video for all his blog posts. You'll also notice how his descriptions are SEO optimized. Perfect for ranking on YouTube and Google.
Let's see how his YouTube videos play into his blog.
Step 4: Double-Down on Your Blog
Notice the stats below. Almost half of Close.io's traffic is driven to his blog – even more than the homepage. I have no idea how many blog posts Steli has written, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was close to one thousand or more.
Steli has one of the most optimized blogs for capturing emails I've seen. Period.
He also adds some secret sauce.
He includes a YouTube video explaining the blog post at the bottom. This helps rank the YouTube video while adding an extra layer of personalization to his content.
Every call to action at the bottom of his posts is relevant to the content. Notice how the one in the picture above is different than the one below.
Steli is segmenting his audience with his blog posts to more effectively market to them.
And he's doing a brilliant job at it.
Step 5: Answer Every Relevant Quora Question
Steli's on every platform that produces quality SEO for Close.io.
That means Quora, too.
He's answered over several hundred sales questions on Quora while back linking to his website in every one. This takes a considerable amount of time, but again it's evergreen content on platforms where his competitors refuse to play ball.
After 700 YouTube videos, 1000 blog posts, and 300 Quora answers, you'd think he'd produced enough content already, but it doesn't stop there.
Step 6: Use Viral Platforms
Steli takes advantage of platforms that push his content out to a larger audience, including Product Hunt and Udemy. Steli has 80 submissions to Product Hunt, providing a ton of SEO juice back to his website.
With Udemy, he's reached over 15,000 people interested in sales organically.
Again, these are both platforms his competitors don't play on.
So far we've covered five platforms Steli has dominated over most of his competitors: blogging, YouTube, Quora, Product Hunt, and Udemy. That's what you call pure hustle.
Step 7. Build Authority
If you're relying on your personal brand to sell, then you need third-party credibility.
Steli takes full advantage of this by hopping on podcasts and guest posting.
He's been featured everywhere from Mixergy to The Art of Charm.
Then he takes it one step further by sharing a podcast with Hitesh Shah, co-founder of Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics, called The Startup Chat. To date, they've done 297 episodes where they talk about scaling startups.
As I searched the CEOs of competing companies, I found little to no guest posts and podcast features. It's just another avenue where Steli is out-hustling his competition. That's badass.
Play on Platforms Your Competitors Won't
Steli is throwing punches.
He's landing a lot of rights on platforms his competitors aren't even on.
With any founder producing content, there's always the question of whether they can keep up the momentum. If you look at the last six years of his consistency, there's no doubt he will.
If you want to bootstrap your company, then Steli provides the framework of just how much work is involved to make it a reality.
Do you have what it takes?


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*The Final Book in The Distraction Series*
Four years of college is coming to an end, and Tristan Daniels and Elle Richards are ready to take the next step toward a future together. Tristan gets drafted into the NFL, and a small newspaper offers Elle her dream job. Their happiness is within reach.
But life has a way of intercepting everything they've worked so hard to accomplish.
Love is defined in moments of weakness. Though it's been months since Elle's miscarriage, the pain remains an agony that threatens to undo her. True to form, Tristan is the rock, even as he watched the love of his life rushed to surgery. Thrown into chaos, the couple learns to work through their hurt and find solace through the heartache.
Until someone from the past resurfaces and seeks to shatter them for good.
From the beginning, no distraction could keep the best friends apart. Love became an addiction too strong for them to ignore. Now, before they can have a future, they must learn to conquer hardships and embrace what is truly important—
Each other.
Brandi's 5 star review
Interception is the third and final book in the Distraction series. Elle and Tristan have been on an emotional journey from friends to lovers and in this last installment they face new challenges that will leave you stunned and prove the point that these two are soul-mates. This book is so beautifully written and contains unexpected plot twist, I recommend grabbing a box of tissues and carving out plenty of time to read it cover to cover in one sitting.
Interception picks up where we left off in Addiction. Elle is healing from the loss of her sister while getting her relationship with Tristan on steady ground. Their love for each other is proven stronger than ever when more bumps come along their road, that are major "oh s*!t" moments that made me cry like a damn baby.
From the sexiness that is Tristan, the angst that is hair raising, the plot that is captivating, and an Epilogue that was pure perfection….Interception was an easy 5 star read for me!

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A Sleepless Night Meditation
Here we are, Lord;
You and me,
awake together
in the middle of the night.
It's just the two of us;
all of the rest
of the world
is sleeping soundly.
That's how it seems
at this dark lonely time,
as I unwillingly keep
the post-midnight vigil.
I think of all the souls
now and in times long-past
who have kept watch
as I now do …
I hear their voices;
whispers in the shadows,
quiet prayers,
and silent tears,
I feel their aching hearts,
fervent desires,
fierce yearnings,
and terrible fears.
And I can see we two
are not alone at all,
O Companion of my soul,
but part of a great colony:
the tribe of those
who wait and watch
with prayers and supplications
until the new day dawns.
Deborah Beach Giordano
© March 23, 2010


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Personal bio
Indira is a PhD candidate in science education at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education and is beginning her research by exploring how diversity in culture and socioeconomic status impacts environmental decision-making behaviors. She earned a MA in special education through Teach for America and a BA with honors in history from Harvard College. She has two years experience teaching in a special education classroom in Title 1 schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as experience in formally training and supporting first-year teachers. Most recently, she has been spending her time working as a field science educator, diversity coordinator, and site manager in Yosemite National Park for NatureBridge, a non-profit environmental education company.


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Since its creation, the ThetaHealing technique has expanded and moved forward as directed by the Creator.
From our first Practitioner seminars to our ThetaHealing Master and Certificate of Science program, the movement of this healing work has expanded to reach more people worldwide. In 2008 we formed the ThetaHealing Institute for higher learning known as The ThetaHealing Institute of Knowledge®, (THInK®).
With Vianna's dedication to helping as many people as she can, and the guidance of the Creator Vianna travels worldwide to certify ThetaHealing Instructors. During the summer Vianna stays home and offers the ThetaHealing Master and Certificate of Science Instructors seminars over a 12- 15 week cycle for those ready to take the next step in the ThetaHealing technique.
The formation of this school opens the door to all who have interest in the ThetaHealing technique to continue to learn and gain confidence in their abilities. THInK allows those who would like to practice and teach the ThetaHealing technique to have the Healing and Practical Training needed to continue the spread of this great technique.
This is a huge step forward for ThetaHealing Practitioners, Instructors, and all those interested in this wonderful technique.
Here is how the ThetaHealing Institute of Knowledge works:
Every certification stays valid as long as the same level certification (practitioner level or instructor level) is attained within a 4 year period. Refer to the guidelines mentioned in your profile.
A student has the liberty to complete the ThetaHealing Master and Certificate of Science program at their own convenience and pace
All Certified Practitioner and Instructor seminars already taken will apply toward becoming a ThetaHealing Master and Certificate of Science.
The student may enroll and attend all seminars scheduled for the summer at one time with the added convenience of a structured learning schedule to become a ThetaHealing Master and Certificate of Science or a student can choose to take seminars as he/she can.
THInK will offer all the Instructors seminars, taught exclusively by Vianna and her family, in addition to some of the few Practitioner seminars. A Student will need to take the required ThetaHealing Practitioner seminars from Certified Instructors in your area or of your choice.
New and Exciting for 2019
Our summer seminars will be taking place in Bigfork, Montana. They will start in May 2019 and run through the beginning of September 2019.
We are very happy to be meeting you all soon and have you in our summer seminars, and share with you the magical world of Montana. Summers in Montana are simply beautiful and a lot of fun.
This year is particularly very exciting for us:
Our new offices are now complete, and you can enjoy exploring and shopping for yourself and your loved ones in our beautiful gift shop: from crystals to beautiful ThetaHealing jewelry and merchandise and much more.
We are also very excited to be including in our schedule this summer the Planes of Existence 2 and DNA4 seminars taught by Vianna for the first time.
We are also including the new ThetaHealing Growing Your Relationship 3 and 4 seminars (practitioner and instructor levels), in addition to a new elective course called ''A ThetaHealer's Kit to Success''.
It's going to be an amazing and memorable summer!!!


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It is often said that human civilization can be summed up by how people treat animals under their care.
If this is the case, there are people who love animals as companions, and those who like them deep-fried and crispy.
It is for the latter reason that I have been feeling very pressed of late to turn vegetarian.
Today I want to focus on something not that closely related to gay rights - but yet, also not wholly unrelated. You see, how people treat animals tends to reflect on what kind of people they are. It tends to shine through in how they treat other people as well, and in particular refers to their attitude towards people and groups of people whom they don't like.
The case in which a man tied his dog onto the back of his vehicle and drove off with it, dragging it to death behind, sends a chill through me as does the case where, just a last week a nature conservation official brutally shot and executed a pack of trained hunting dogs for the actions of their master who was caught poaching. Then there is the story about the "pastor" who shot a neighbor's dog for "trespassing" in his yard, with a shotgun. Nice guy. And let us not forget the local animal shelters, where pets are left to their fate, where the lucky ones find homes and the unlucky are "put down" or "put to sleep" - or any number of other pretty metaphors for "killed".
A short while ago in my city, an angry person drove a car onto the sidewalk in order to try and run down a dog in its own yard. I have often heard of people deliberately aiming their cars at dogs or cats crossing the road alone, and some people even aim at flocks of jaywalking pigeons. The excuse is something on the lines of: "Well, what's the f***ing dog doing in the street anyway?" Yes, very justifiable, go right ahead. I have myself accidentally struck a wild hare in the dark one night and I cannot imagine what sort of person would do this deliberately, although I suppose some folks would like to play real life games of Carmageddon if they could, and it all just adds up to make me wonder how civilized we as a collective really are.
Many times we refer to people who express hate or behave in a barbaric, savage "inhuman" way as "animals", but on closer inspection we can clearly see that this is in fact, an insult to animals.
Do animals make war on each other, or squabble over what god they believe created them? Do they persecute each other for who they love? Do animals murder each other because of their sexual orientation? Animals don't kill for sport. Most of the time they will kill only to survive, to eat.
Animals aren't usually unnecessarily cruel. And for the most part, animals will leave other animals alone, and only attack in self-defense. Can we say this of the people we call "animals"?
In China today, animals such as rabbits and dogs are skinned alive for their fur. The reasoning? A warm live animal is easier to skin than a cold dead one. Pictures have been distributed on the web of animals standing skinless and bloodied after the fact, dying of shock and blood loss. Petitions have abounded worldwide with mounting outrage. I for one will never ever buy anything with real fur attached to it again. And yet despite all the outrage, the Chinese fur trade is booming. What kind of person can do something like that? Skinning an animal alive? Could anyone imagine the pain they inflict? Can any sane human being with all its senses intact imagine doing such a monstrous thing - and not care? How can anyone do such a thing and still lay claim to being "human"? How can we as a race consider ourselves "civilized" when some of us do such terrible things, others profit by it and and encourage it and others still, turn a blind eye to cruelty and suffering and consider it "normal" and even create a market for it by wearing these repulsive items?
Some may say "it is only animals" - but then, that is precisely what this is about and illustrates my point.
If we as a species think no ill of such acts, nor lift a finger or speak out to change matters, then we are not worthy to be called civilized. In fact, sometimes - especially at such times, I regret that the Cold War did not end human domination of Earth with a bright, purifying flash. Oppenheimer's famous words upon the first testing of the A-bomb "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" to me sums up what humans are in the scheme of things.
If people who do such things and profit by them, were to come to a nasty and abrupt end in the road - I would shed no tears at all for them - and that's putting it mildly.
Look at the photo above. I feel a swell of pity for that poor sheep. If only the people holding it were intent on protecting it - instead they are going to assist in the killing, holding it firm while the big brave man holding that knife is going to commit it to a ritual slaughter. Do you think the sheep does not know the smell of blood and what it means? Even a dog knows the smell of fear when you just take it to the vet for a check-up. I think this picture speaks volumes of the nature of human beings. Cruel, predatory and mean-spirited. We belong in the pit.
We call such things "inhuman" and yet it's not true. They may be wrong, but to be so is very human indeed. Unfortunately.
I often wonder if people who were to watch a real abattoir in action, would still be able to stomach a juicy steak afterwards? Honestly, if modern so-called civilized first-world people had to see these things first-hand, would they still buy nicely packaged meat products off the supermarket shelf without thinking twice about it? Do they think meat products grow on plants? Would they still be content to waste surplus food, knowing how some poor inoffensive creature suffered for it?
The relationship we have with such animals is a symbiotic one. They provide us with food, and mostly, we care for them as long as it suits us. We have taken up the sum of the whole world, and I am sure that if by now animals were of no use to us, they would be extinct. Thus, they serve our needs, and until the day we kill them to consume their flesh like the parasites we have become, we ensure their survival.
However, this being so, unhappy as it is - I see no need for humans to impose cruelty upon them as well.
I object to cruelty because it is wrong. No sane person considering themselves "good people" would harm another person, or begrudge them a painless death - why will they not grant the same luxury for a poor defenseless animal? Isn't it enough that they kill the animal? Why make it suffer too? Sign this petition to prevent this atrocity.
We pride ourselves on our intellect, our innovation, our strength and technological and philosophical prowess. We consider ourselves benevolent - and yet blood stains our hands. We bluff ourselves into thinking we are innocent simply because we buy clothing with fur or skin in them, or buy neatly packaged meat products at the supermarket, and yet we indirectly support these killing fields. We claim to be good people, and yet we act out of selfishness and malice towards creatures who cannot defend themselves against us and our "civilization" - and against each other, simply because we choose to do so.
People believe in gods and deities, in justice, irony, retribution, goodness and evil, right and wrong. They create all these intricate belief systems to govern their thoughts and actions by, and yet they also twist them to suit their mood as they see fit. It is fine to ride over a dog crossing the street, leaving it there with its guts spilled all over the tar - but it is not okay to do the same thing to an annoying pedestrian. It is fine to shoot a dog for "trespassing" - but it is not okay to shoot a burglar, even if you wake up to find him in your home. It is okay to breed a race of animals to keep as pets and then confine the unwanted in "animal welfare centers" and to kill the surplus - but to do the same with humans offends our sense of justice, morality and "humanity".
Some people refer to the "Great Commission" as a creator-God giving "dominion" to humankind over the Earth and all on it as a justification for people to do just as they please and as an excuse to absolve themselves of any guilt points they may mount up. Such people frequently manifest this destructive behavior in their attack on the equality and human rights of other people, and in our case as GLBTI people, we know this best from the receiving end.
Some cry for the reinstatement of the death penalty and demand the "right" to beat their children out of "love" and we often see cases of severe child abuse, rape and murder by one human being against another.
At the same time, there are cases where people sacrifice themselves to save others. I find this duality and paradox in our human nature disturbing. Yin and yang. Dark and light intertwined. Yet this is what people are, good and bad in one being. Good people and bad people in one race. No wonder we are at odds with the world around us, the natural world - because we are forever at odds with ourselves.
And yet, even with all of this, people are not all bad. Not all of us. And that is the one bright side to this nightmare of our existence. We are both light and dark in our souls and in what we choose to be, a force for destruction, or a force for good can make us either worthy or unworthy of moving forward. Choice is the ultimate expression of our free will, determination and spirit. If we believe we are enlightened and intelligent beings then it is time to start acting like it.
I have made my choice.
Have you?
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Carey helps Scarlet Knights upset No. 4 Terrapins in Maryland on NYE
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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights defeated the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins on New Year's Eve at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland. The Scarlet Knights won 73-65 over the Terrapins at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland.
The Scarlet Knights improved to 9-3 on the season. They improved to 2-1 on the road this season.
This was Rutgers only record opponent so far this season.
The Terrapins suffered its first loss of the season. They had begun the season with a 12-0 record. Now, they are 12-1 on the season.
Maryland lost for the first-time since March 18th in the NCAA Second-Round of the Women's Basketball Tournament. They were defeated 74-60 to the North Carolina State Wolfpack in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Stasha Carey led the Scarlet Knights with 18 points. She also had six rebounds and two steals.
The redshirt senior from Cleveland, Ohio was two points off her season-high. She had 20 points against the Drake Bulldogs on November 22nd.
She was one of four Rutgers players, who scored in double-digits. She was joined by Ciani Cryor, who added 12 and Charise Wilson and Noga Peleg Pelc scored 10 points each.
The Scarlet Knights had 37 bench points. Carey led the bench with the aforementioned 18 points.
Taylor Mikesell led the Terrapins with 18 points. She also had two rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
The freshman from Massillon, Ohio was two points shy of her season-high. She had 20 points against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on November 29th.
Mikesell was one of four Maryland players, who scored in double-digits. Kaila Charles scored 15, while Blair Watson had 11, and Brianna Fraser scored 10 points.
The Terrapins had 10 bench points. All of those points came from Fraser. She also had four rebounds, one steal and one block.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Cedric McMillian owns Zion Memorial Gardens along with two other cemeteries in the area, but he's only owned Zion Memorial since February 2015.
McMillian claimed that some complaints about his cemetery simply aren't true and said he feels there is a witch hunt by local leaders on his place of business.
Community meetings have been held over the past couple of months where residents claim that there has been disrespectful customer service, inaccurate placement of tombstones on the wrong grave and even upkeep around the burial site.
"For a person to place a headstone at the wrong grave is virtually impossible, if that has been done, somebody just made a mistake," McMillian said.
"We get very few complaints, we probably get sometimes three maybe four complaints in a week," said Rodney Beasy, a maintenance supervisor at Zion Memorial Gardens.
Maintenance and upkeep has been a major complaint by clients, but McMillian said those very circumstances was the reason he purchased the property from the state of Alabama, which was to improve it, but there was a catch.
"Anything that was purchased from this cemetery, before February 4th of 2015, is the responsibility of the state if those things were paid in full, McMillian explained. "Anything paid in full after February 4th, which is the date I purchased the cemetery, those things are my responsibility."
From at least three people CBS42 spoke with from community meetings, all of their purchases came before that February 4th date, leaving McMillian to deal with troubles of previous ownership.
"We extend an offer to anyone who has any concerns to come in to the office and work directly with our staff to rectify any issues or any problems that may have existed in the past whether it was at a time that I was here or before I got here," McMillian said.
McMillian believes local efforts by legislators like state representative Juandalyn Givan and city councilman William Parker to create a Jefferson County cemetery board, is simply a witch hunt.
"I did not buy a t-shirt, that said clean up Zion, I bought a broom," McMillian said.
Councilman William Parker plans to bring up his efforts to create the cemetery board at Tuesday's city council meeting, Cedric McMillian said he plans to be at the meeting to speak to the city council.


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Among rolling hill-country by gentle shores,
on a hushed winter-tide as twilight faded,
new snowflakes quietly descended in downy array.
Around the low clouds, a fragile moon-sliver smiled fair,
with some glinting companion stars, down upon a manor-hall
with door standing open to welcome expected guests,
to draw them close to a fire in full bloom upon the hearth
and to usher them into the sweet savour of a meal just ready.
The guests were each bidden to a large table full of goodly fare,
amid radiant faces, a company sweet with laughter and mirth.
During the feasting, with clinking plates and glasses glinting in the candlelight,
ladies in fair dresses and gentlemen in high collars and neck-ties
engaged in delightful and witty conversations
while bright-eyed and overdressed children
giggled at the old domestic dog with kind eyes
who had wandered away from his hearthstone bed,
tempted out of warm weary slumber to the savory repast.
The chamber was all ablaze with golden light,
from hearth and sconce, candle and lamp,
all flaming together to bless the home with an ambient warmth.
The cheeks of those present were ruddy in the friendly glow,
while eyes glinted brightly in the engagement of easy companionship
and all complimented the host on the sumptuous and splendid dinner.
Near the close of the meal, someone brought out a fiddle fair
and lilting music filled the hall and lightened the hearts of all the revelers.
An older gentleman deigned to lift his croaking voice to the familiar song
and soon many were moved to sing along in sweet chorus
and so they passed the evening in rousing merriment,
in dancing round after the furniture was pushed aside,
clapping to reels in a festive air,
laughing free in friendly company,
and long shadows leapt across the walls behind
as dancers passed before the wildly blazing hearth.
Courting youths with sideways glances
caught furtive smiles and sparkling eyes,
while bundled babes in maternal arms
beamed and brightened at that late hour,
hearkening amazed at the sparkling lights,
from the hearth-fire and lamplights blazing, dancing
in the midst of so many folk partaking in simple delight.
As the night hours passed amid the augmented mirth,
there came at whiles a discernible dwindling,
as one by one a farewell glass was drunk,
and parting embraces were exchanged at the door.
The guests each departed with warmth of heart,
as the horses made-ready drew up the carriages
with shining lanterns upon each side.
The last hand was waved from the threshold.
The last light away down the road was gone,
and then the family drew inside.
The door was bolted against the burgeoning cold.
Sleeping children were carried to bed.
Lamps were turned down,
candles were snuffed.
A single candlelight was taken up the stairs,
to the beckoning bed chamber.
The last good-night,
a kiss, then sleep -
to meet with peaceful winter dreaming
as the soft snowfall continued though the night.
And fading red the embers glowed
upon the hearth in manor-hall.


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My Dad was outraged, "WHAT are you DOING in that high school??? Once you learned to talk, you have NEVER shut up!!!" I imagine I rolled my eyes to the ceiling or glared at various corners of the room, though I really can't remember. My Mom admonished my Dad, "Ooooooh! THAT'S not helpful!!" Though now that I think about it, she never actually disagreed. Hmmm.
*A few years ago, I became kind of a smart ass. I never used to be one. Possibly left over from a fever.
Well, so. Let's talk about sharks. Facebook peeps clued me in on the fact that I was totally missing shark week, what with my inadequate cable package. So it appears I'm late to the game.
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Here's the initial doodle of him, alerted to the....vanilla musk.
Flash forward! Carving, carving, bloody knuckles (poor technique, own fault).


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Fresh From the FarmMay 17, 2010 at 11:11 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Tags: 10K Training, Cascadian Farms, farmer's market, Green Monster smoothie, strawberries, Trader Joe's Crunchy PB, yogAHHH
My Green Monster Smoothie took on a slightly different shade this morning. Casting a taupe appearance, this baby was packing some serious fruit awesomeness.
Why the makeover? Oh, because this smoothie included a healthy helping of farmer's market strawberries.
My Green Monster had three big handfuls of spinach, a handful of sliced strawberries (fresh from the farm), a cup of soymilk, a scoop of protein powder, a tablespoon of ground flax seed and a frozen banana. Tasty.
Our grocery shopping trip on Saturday included a stop first thing at the farmer's market. Strawberries are finally coming in, but you have to be at the market early to snag them. Since Sam's soccer game was just down the street, we managed to swoop in and score a quart. They were a little pricey, but they taste so much better than grocery store strawberries. In one quart, there was only one with a slight bruise and none of them looked like beasty berries. We used half for a delicious dessert over the weekend…
…and the rest are kind of being rationed. So good.
Pre-smoothie smorgasboard, I hit up a little yogAHHH. I tried out a "new studio" — our basement! Slowly but surely, that dark, creepy space is becoming a den for hanging out. We affectionately call it "the man cave" because once complete, it will be Sam's hideout. He's agreed to let me use it for yogAHHH so I can avoid being licked in the face by one monster or another every time I flow into cobra pose. Those kisses were cute the first time — the 100th time, they were just wet and doggy-breath-y. This morning, I stretched out to the soft hum of the dryer. *sigh* It's the working woman's yoga studio…multitasking and meditating all at once. 😉
I packed my lunch full of good, healthy fruits and veggies. I'm feeling a little low on nutrients, I can't describe it. My body is craving fresh food. Since I listen to my bod, I've got a Trader Joe's Crunchy PB w/ reduced sugar grape jelly sandwich on all natural whole wheat bread, Golden Delicious apple, sliced cucumbers, cantaloupe, four o'clock yogurt (plain flavor) and some Cascadian Farms maple sugar granola for mixing in. Excellent. My tummy is happy.
Yesterday, I was bogged down by some thoughts. You know the kind — they usually involve the future. They usually don't have a clear answer (because the future hasn't happened yet). They usually consume your mind space, unfairly affecting your mood. Sam looked at me and said, "I think you need to run."
Um, no way. That was my immediate thought. All bogged down, how could I possibly run? I felt heavy from my thoughts, I couldn't possibly run under all that weight.
4.5 miles miles later in 43:00, I recognized Sam had the right idea. Not only did 43 minutes uninterrupted minutes provide me with the time to sort through my thoughts, but I felt lighter, more content and confident about the future.
My point in telling you this is to remind you, just like Sam reminded me, that exercise is NOT just for your physical wellbeing. When exercise is part of your daily routine and makes up a good part of the balance in your life — a few days without it really can have an effect on you.
Do you feel a difference in your mood when you don't exercise? How does it affect you?
P.S. If you're looking for a little time-killer this Monday, check out Be in the Game. The folks over at there passed along their website to me so I could let you know about it. Part of the Become.com shopping website, they offer reviews of products (some blogger written, some company rep written) and give you a glimpse into several products for an active lifestyle. Happy clicking!
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Based on a classic waffle recipe, these light, crunchy waffles are free of eggs, wheat, gluten, dairy, nuts, and soy.
I really must thank my mom, Shirley Willson, for developing this wonderful recipe – her grandchildren certainly look forward to her making these yummy breakfast treats!
3/4 cup tapioca starch, or potato starch, or cornstarch
3/4 cup brown rice flour, or teff flour, or millet flour, or white rice flour
1/4 cup pure rice bran, or GF oat flour
1/4 cup potato starch, or quinoa flour, or cornstarch, or arrowroot starch
3 tablespoons DariFree powder, or dry milk powder of choice
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon egg replacer powder
1 tablespoon light brown sugar, or cane sugar, or turbinado
2 teaspoons xanthan gum, or 1 teaspoon arrowroot starch, or 1 teaspoon guar gum
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1-3/4 cups water
1/2 cup grapeseed oil
1/2 teaspoon GF vanilla extract
- Prepare and preheat waffle iron according to manufacturer's instructions.
- In airtight container combine tapioca starch, brown rice flour, pure rice bran, potato starch, DariFree powder, baking powder, egg replacer powder, light brown sugar, xanthan gum, and sea salt; place on lid; shake vigorously to combine and to introduce air; set aside.
- In large bowl mix together water, grapeseed oil, and vanilla; add dry ingredients; mix to combine well; set aside until waffle iron is to temperature.
- Once waffle iron is hot, pour on enough batter to cover waffle surface; close iron; cook until done – waffle should be light-brown and crispy.
- Remove waffle from iron and place on wire rack to cool, or serve immediately; continue making waffles until the batter has been used.
Servings: 4
Preheat: Follow Directions
Prep Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: Follow Directions
To freeze: place waffles on parchment-lined baking sheet; wrap tightly in plastic and place in freezer until frozen solid. Remove waffles to resealable plastic bag; return to freezer to store up to 1 month.
To use egg: omit egg replacer powder; reduce water to 1-1/2 cups; beat 2 eggs to incorporate during step 3.
To replace egg replacer powder: omit egg replacer powder; reduce water to 1-1/2 cups; add 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce during step 3.
To replace DariFree powder: omit DariFree powder; replace water with milk of choice.
To use GfG: omit xanthan gum; add 6 tablespoons GfG; reduce brown rice flour to 1/2 cup; reduce
tapioca starch to 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons.


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Amidst all of the spring-cleaning of the last few days, I came across a rosary that I had purchased in order to experiment with a variety of prayer techniques set out in a course on deepening our spiritual roots and I remembered the richness that it had offered me in terms of new ways of connecting with God.
I cannot recall how it came to be cast aside, and caught up in a pile of junk in my dressing table drawers. Most likely I had gotten caught up in the junk of life – the rushing around, the busyness, the routine, the administration.
Rediscovering it has started me thinking around the significance of symbols.
There can be much power in symbols.
Each time a rainbow appears in the sky, God remembers God's covenant with Noah and spares us from the wrath that our stubborn, self-seeking, disobedient humanity so greatly deserves.
Whenever a rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. Genesis 9:16 (NIV)
Yet when we see the rainbow, is that the first thought that we share with our children as we stare in open-mouthed wonder at all the pretty colours bursting out of the canvas of darkened sky: that God is renewing a covenant made thousands of years before our time, yet honoured even today?
And what symbol have we adopted in turn to remind us of the covenant that we made with God when we opened our lives to God? A crucifix? A WWJD bracelet? A Bible? A pebble?
I think that the God who uses stories and symbols, elements of every day lives to help us remember how much we are loved and at how great a cost, can be honoured by each of us finding a symbol, a talisman, that we keep close as a regular reminder of our commitment to and covenant with God.
What will your symbol be?


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For the fifth edition of its summer retrospective series, Equal Times pays tribute to the individuals and groups who mobilise, locally and spontaneously, outside of traditional, hierarchical structures, to fight for the protection of their rights and/or political and economic change for all.
The success of some grassroots movements has already shaped contemporary history. In Europe, for example, Spain's indignados movement, born in March 2011 out of a protest in a public square in Madrid, has opened the door to a new type of citizen in parliament which run major cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, inspiring a "new left" that is rethinking the concept of democracy and the place of "ordinary people" in politics.
New forms of grassroots dialogue and action have emerged in recent years, from France's Nuit Debout to the various offshoots of the Occupy movement to Ukraine's EuroMaidan or the Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution. And their rise is not over.
Aside from the movements opposing a government or economic system, grassroots activism is also driven by more specific or community-based issues. Often, an issue can be brought to the fore by a minor incident, one event too many that turns a long-standing problem into one that will no longer be tolerated.
Some start out as the subject of a simple hashtag and go on to stir people to converge around the issue and look into the causes and possible solutions, attracting the attention of the media, and then politicians (as a rule). Examples come to mind such as #BlackLivesMatter, which has developed into a genuine anti-racism movement in the United States and beyond, #BringBackOurGirls, which put the spotlight on the impact of terrorism in Nigeria, or #NiUnaMenos, which has been calling out violence against women in Latin America since 2015.
What lessons can these new grassroots movements teach us? Can local and individual struggles have global resonance? One thing they do demonstrate is that uniting and fighting together can have a real impact.
Those with the most to gain from this form of activism are "the forgotten" or "the voiceless". Often first among "history's forgotten ones" and those overlooked by economic policymakers are indigenous peoples. They enjoyed a fleeting moment of visibility on 9 August, International Day of the World's Indigenous People. The rest of the time, they struggle not only to defend their rights but also their contribution to global knowledge and nature conservation. Equal Times journalists went to meet the last indigenous people of the European Union: the Samis of Lapland. They are fighting, under the banner of Ellos Deatnu! (Long Live River Deatnu!), to be heard by the Finnish and Norwegian governments.
LGBT communities across the world have also understood the need to unite to defend their rights. In Uganda, courageous activists are fighting against the criminalisation of homosexuality, as Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera explains in a recent interview with Equal Times.
Taking ownership of an issue is also a feature of these movements of "ordinary people" responding to their leaders' inaction. The Caravan of Mothers that photographer Consuelo Pagaza followed to Mexico for Equal Times is not only aimed at finding clues as to the whereabouts of loved ones who have disappeared on migration routes but also at alerting to the dangers of these "paths of death".
These movements are also seeking to reinvent the fight. This can also, paradoxically, be achieved through forms of mobilisation tried and tested for over a century, such as marches and civil disobedience, because it would be wrong to assume that traditional methods have lost their power to make a difference.
That is the thinking, at least, behind the new generation of non-violent resistance activists in Palestine. Chloé Demoulin went to observe the work they do on the ground, through local movements such as Taghyeer ('Change', in Arabic), which advocates non-violent action, or the Women Wage Peace movement. Their reasoning is clear: the approach their leaders have taken for decades is not working, and a paradigm shift is needed.
And finally, we cannot talk about these grassroots movements without mentioning the pivotal role of digital technology. Social media has undoubtedly played a role in many social movements over the last decade. But other digital tools are also being deployed, such as those used by Taiwanese students, members of the Sunflower Movement, providing citizens with platforms for engagement. As journalist Nithin Coca explains, participation in political life has been strengthened, a notable feat "in a region that is seeing the regression of active democracy".
The EU's last indigenous peoples fight for self-determination and land rights
by Fanny Malinen et Steve Rushton
A serious man dressed in gákti, a traditional Sami (also Sámi or Saami) costume, speaks on a video on Facebook.
"This is a call for help," he starts. "The governments of Finland and Norway are trying to make salmon fishing illegal for the Sami and give new fishing rights to rich people who have built cabins on our homeland. This is theft in broad daylight. We are being denied the right to our culture, and access to one of the key sources of food in the Arctic."
The man speaking is Aslak Holmberg, vice president of the Sami Council that represents the interests of indigenous Sami people in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia. He is also a fisherman from Nuorgam in the northernmost county of the Finnish state, Ohcejohka (Utsjoki in Finnish).
"I have fished salmon as long as I can remember with my father and I have learned more from it than I can explain about subsistance, nature, language, culture."
The video was published in March, days before the Finnish government entered an agreement with Norway that dramatically changes the fishing rights in the border river, Deatnu (Teno in Finnish, Tana in Norwegian).
Read the full article on Equal Times
The Central American mothers tracing the footsteps of their missing migrant children in a caravan
by Consuelo Pagaza
In mid-November 2016 the 12th "Looking for Life on the Path of Death" caravan set out, with 43 Central American mothers taking part. For the third year in a row, they were joined by the fathers. They are all looking for migrant children whom they have lost trace of somewhere in Mexico, and they are doing so with photos of the disappeared hanging around their necks, or carried in their hands.
Together with the photos of their own children are those of hundreds of other migrants, representing the families who could not join the caravan. This time, the parents crossed 11 Mexican states (Chiapas, Tabasco and Veracruz amongst others) that are part of the migratory route, searching boarding houses, prisons and high risk areas (owing to the presence of organised crime and the absence of the authorities).
The caravan, made up of mothers and fathers from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala, is protesting at the disappearance of thousands of Central Americans in Mexico, and at the lack of migration policies to guarantee safe passage for migrants (to the US).
Read the full article on Equal Times
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera: "Africa's LGBT community is stronger together"
by Linda A. Thompson
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera is one of the leading LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) activists on the African continent. She is one of the founding members of the Ugandan LGBTI movement and played an instrumental role in scrapping down draconian anti-gay legislation in 2014 that became widely known as the "kill the gays" bill (the draft law called for the death penalty for anyone found guilty of "aggravated homosexuality"), earning the country notoriety far outside its borders.
In an interview with Equal Times ahead of the Pan Africa ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) conference in Gaborone, Botswana, Nabagesera discussed why Ugandan lawmakers are taking a subtler, but more dangerous tack this time and why she sees her fight as a pan-African one above all else.
Read the full article on Equal Times
Reviving Palestinian non-violent resistance
by Chloé Demoulin
When the United States recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the world's political leaders and media asked themselves the same question: will Palestinians respond with violence? In the days that followed, many of the Palestinians at the "Days of Rage" held in Jerusalem expressed support for a new Intifada.
But "those who talk of an Intifada are not necessarily talking about an armed or violent uprising," Dr Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian politician and a leading proponent of non-violent resistance, told Equal Times."The first Intifada was a totally grassroots uprising and was largely non-violent," he explains.The first Intifada erupted in December 1987 as a spontaneous protest against the Israeli occupation. It was the death of four Palestinian workers, whose car was hit by an Israeli truck, in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, that unleashed the collective rage. The Palestinians accused the driver of acting intentionally.
A campaign of civil disobedience then spread throughout Palestinian society. Strikes and mass demonstrations were held and although some, often very young, Palestinians threw Molotov cocktails at the Israeli army, they were a minority. "In 1987, the movement was very strong, everyone, from all across the country, took part in it. This time, although it is only just beginning, I'm convinced that it's going to continue and to spread," says Barghouti, full of hope.
Read the full article on Equal Times
Building an open, digital democracy in Taiwan
by Nithin Coca
In 2014, the Sunflower Movement rocked the island-nation of Taiwan. A grassroots, youth-driven coalition, they used innovative open source digital organising tools in a broad effort to stop a controversial trade deal with China the then-ruling Kuomintang party was planning to rush through the legislative process. They famously occupied the national parliament for three weeks, and ultimately succeeded in getting many of their demands met.
"It was a hugely important event for Taiwan, and it really awakened an enthusiasm...and a conviction in young people that politics was still an undertaking they should, and could, put themselves into," says Shelley Rigger, a professor and expert on Taiwanese politics at Davidson University in North Carolina.
Two years later, in an event many connect to the Sunflower protests, the progressive opposition candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, was elected to the Presidency, running on a platform that included several demands of the Sunflower protestors, including a dedication to transparency in governance.


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4 March 2019March 4, 2019 The following is a joint press release of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and Union for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala (UDEFEGUA), released in Spanish and translated into English by PBI-USA.
6 February 2019February 6, 2019 On January 7, Guatemala's institutional crisis reached a climax. The government unilaterally terminated the agreement with the United Nations for the permanence of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), granting a period of 24 hours for its officials to leave the country. The decision was announced by the Minister of Foreign Relations, Sanda Jovel, to the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres.
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4 November 2018On the 20th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, defenders accompanied by PBI reflect on the importance of the Declaration as well as the accompaniment and international solidarity provided by organizations such as PBI.
3 November 2018In Guatemala, the number of human rights defenders murdered in 2018 continues to rise. Several indigenous leaders struggling to defend their lands are among those killed. As of September 21, twenty-one (women) human rights defenders have been killed in Guatemala this year. Read below for more updates from Guatemala. Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsman calls on government to investigate killings of HRDs
31 October 2018Over two weeks in September and October, PBI-USA staff members, Amelia Parker and Pat Davis, traveled to PBI projects in Mexico and Guatemala to visit with accompanied defenders and gain a better understanding of their struggles, spend time with PBI volunteers and learn about their daily activities, as well as meet with U.S. and international authorities to share PBI's concerns regarding the current human rights situation facing the defenders we accompany. Below, we share a few stories from the field.
29 October 2018On October 16, President Donald Trump threatened to suspend all funding and aid to Honduras if a migrant caravan originating in Honduras and headed north is not stopped. When he made the statement, the caravan of some 3,000 immigrants had already crossed into Guatemala. "The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras that if the large Caravan of people heading to the US is not stopped and brought back to Honduras, no more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately!" Trump tweeted.
10 October 2018Over three days, 40 human rights defenders from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia came together in Brussels to exchange experiences and knowledge about holistic protection. This meeting allowed us to analyze the global tendencies that impact our risk as well as identify our common needs as a collective of human rights defenders. The sessions allowed us to construct a common narrative and key messages and recommendations to political actors in the European Union and its member states.


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The Russian citizen accused of fraud exceeding 23 million rubles has been extradited to Russia from the Netherlands
14 august 2018, 11:13
Today, on 14 August 2018, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands extradited Russian citizen Danil Polyakov to Russia.
The investigating authorities accuse him of the commission of the crime specified in Article 159 (fraud on a particularly large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
According to the investigation, in 2014-2015, in Barnaul, Polyakov, through deceipt and abuse of trust under various false pretexts, borrowed money from his friends promising to return it, but in fact was not planning to do so. In this manner, he misappropriated the funds for a more than 23 million rubles and disposed of them at his discretion.
Since Polyakov escaped from criminal prosecution, he was put on the international wanted list.
In May 2016, he was detained in the territory of the Netherlands, after which the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation sent a request for his extradition with the view of criminal prosecution.
Owing to the close cooperation between the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the competent authorities of the Netherlands, it was possible to obtain a decision on his extradition.
Accompanied by a special convoy, Danil Polyakov was extradited to Russia.
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Silorn Manor is the manor of a living Ayleid Village, buried deep below Skingrad. The house itself is a six-bedroomed mansion with pool, servants' quarters and many comforts and features. The village has services and fully-sheduled NPCs. There are 2 quests.
Note: You will need to ensure that your borders are switched off in order to use this mod (and many others). You can use a border removal mod like this or switch them off in the .ini file. Find bBorderRegionsEnabled in the .ini (in folder My Games) and change the value to 0.
- Large Ayleid manor house with six individually-themed bedrooms, sleeping 12
- Further servants' quarters with recreation area and bathroom
- Private lounge quarters with alchemy facilities, training area, library, breakfast room/display area, and study
- Secret passage to evil necromancer's lair and portals to the Shivering Isles gate and Skingrad with map-markers
- Large dining hall and kitchen:
– the food on the dining table respawns after 24 hours
– ditto the top quality wine, and various food/drink items around the house
– bake your own bread in the oven
- Basement area with storage, food/drinks and interactive well
- Large swimming pool with poolside bar
- Alchemy garden with 'welkynd dial' with digital time display
- Bathrooms with interactive baths
- 'Bins' (respawning containers) in the bedrooms so that you can throw away any unwanted items. Trash is collected every three days
- Well decorated throughout with low-mid value items that you can put in the containers provided and replace with your own, if you choose
- Pets – a dog and a cat, for that feeling of 'home'
- A full complement of servants providing various services such as repair, trade and recharge
- Visitors – two of the local residents will pop in to see you
- Surrounding village with services and residents
- Full 'history of Silorn' – books, notes, newspapers and journals
- Scripted lighting for light days/dark nights
- Two short fun quests
A courier hands you a note with a book and a strange gemstone. The note explains that the village manor is under attack and you are their only hope.
Read the journal to find out about the village, and then follow the marker to the mouth of the River Strid, just south of Skingrad.
There, under the waterfall, you will find a cave door leading into the tranquil, secluded village of Silorn. Here, the Ayleids live out untroubled lives, hiding from the world outside.
It is this reclusive existence that has led them to be so utterly unprepared for the attack on the manor, and so it is up to you to use lockpicks or spells to break in and attempt to rescue Lord Halion and his terrified household.
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Leitz GmbH & Co. KG with its headquarters in Oberkochen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany is a leading technology manufacturer of machine-driven precision tools and process designed tool systems for the professional processing of solid wood, wood derived and plastic materials from past 140 years. Leitz together with Boehlerit GmbH & Co. KG in Kapfenberg, Austria and Bilz GmbH & Co KG in Ostfildern, Germany form the Leitz corporate group.
Boehlerit is a specialist in the development and production of innovative tungsten carbide and diamond cutting materials and in this regard also manufactures special tools for metal processing. Bilz operates in the field of tool clamping technology and is a leading manufacturer of thermic clamping systems for high-speed machining in metal, wood and plastics processing.


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Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea coronaria)
Like Bitterroot, by the time this plant blooms, the leaves are gone. Closely related to the very similar, but more southerly, Brodiaea elegans. Joan Barker, in Wildflowers of North America, states that Native Americans ate the bulbs and referred to them as "grass nuts."
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Sometimes life is crazy.
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- The Crazy Organic Gardener said...
Just wanted you to know that I am praying for you ....times right now are tough for everyone...not making light of what you are going through.
- July 21, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Michelle, that really puts things into perspective. wow. I pray that things will be brighter for you each day. xoxo
- July 21, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Nancy said...
Sending warm thoughts and prayers your way. I hope today is a better day.
I smiled when you said that God created each of us...I'm teaching crafts at our VBS this week and our lesson last night was God's Creation.
My heart goes out to your co-worker. I can't imagine losing one of your own children. I pray that I never have to experience that.
- July 21, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- Michelle said...
I am so grateful for the thoughtful, creative women who stop by here and take the time to leave me encouragement and inspiration. Thank you...
- July 21, 2009 at 3:02 PM
oh michelle, everyone faces their own burdens don't they.
i hope you find some peace and your dear friend at work is such a brave, brave woman.
i can so see you working at a bookstore.
i needed this today. it seems that we keep getting hit with wave after wave of bad news here that just makes you doubt. but then you read something in a book or here with your lovely post that gives you your hope back.
thank you.
- July 21, 2009 at 6:53 PM
- Camie said...
Michelle -
Thank you for the lovely post, your words of encouragement, your reminder that God is bigger than any of my "problems". I needed this today. Thank you for allowing God to use you through this crazy medium...
- July 22, 2009 at 7:50 AM
This made me cry tonight. It is just the reminder that I needed. Thank you.
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The annual Apple Blossom Parade will be held on Saturday May 18, 2019. This parade will start at 10 am.; detours and road closures will begin at 8:30 to approximately 12:30 pm.. Effected roads are Main St., Depot St., Hildreth St., Lincoln St., Forge Village Rd., Graniteville Rd., and Boston Rd. as well as some secondary roads.
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If you're getting a little jealous of all your friends summer Instagram accounts or feel like everyone has exciting summer plans except you, have no fear, You can still have a fun summer without breaking the bank or your budget. Here are some ideas for free or cheap things to do this summer that might be available in your area!
Local events
First, you need to do some sleuthing to find where your town (and the surrounding towns) posts about their community events. Their website may have a community calendar, but that doesn't mean it's the only place to check.
Head to Facebook to see if they have more events posted about there. Most of our community events have their own Facebook pages. In that case, like and follow to know when they're happening.
When you're on your main newsfeed page of Facebook, click on "Events" on the left side. This will show you all the events that you've been invited to, or have shown interest in. If you click on "This Week" under "Find Events" on the right side, Facebook will show you nearby events going on!
The library can also be a good place to find out about community events, plus they often host their own events.
Talk to friends and neighbors! What are their favorite community events you haven't heard about?
Our town has concerts in the park every second Monday night, an outdoor movie night on the second and fourth Fridays of the month, also a street fest on the first Friday of the month. And that's just the regularly occurring events. There are also festivals throughout the year! My sister and I never miss the annual art festival.
Farmer's market
Does your area have a Farmer's Market? What a better way to spend a Saturday morning than a leisurely stroll with some locally grown produce. If you're not sure if there's a farmer's market in your area, just google it, or try searching localfarmmarkets.org
Discount movie nights
Does your movie theater do discount nights? That's now your new date night. Our local theater chain has $5 Tuesdays- and it includes all the movies, even the brand new releases. You can bet that's the only day we go to the movies.
Pro tip: if you're popcorn fans like we are, and they offer free refills on the large bucket, you don't have to get it refilled that night! That's right. We take our bucket home and save it until the next time we go to the movies. Tacky? Maybe. Worth the savings? Absolutely!
Is there a local event you're interested in attending? See if you can volunteer! A lot of our local events will let you volunteer for part of the event and in exchange, you can attend later for free. Plus you get to meet new people and be more involved. You can serve your community and save money!
Be a tourist
Take advantage of the area around you. Are there free parks you can go to? Pack a lunch and go have a picnic! Visit a local campground or hike a local trail. What about museums? Most museums will give discounts for locals, or you can find coupons in your local mailers. Be a tourist in your own town.
You don't need to sit at home all summer to save money, you can still go out and have fun! Get involved in your community and take advantage of what it has to offer!


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Panic, stress, confusion, worry, helplessness, excitement and happiness – these are just some of the emotions you'll go through on results day. It can be an emotional time, but whatever your emotions, you're not alone.
Clearing, simply explained, is just another route into university! Whether that's because you weren't planning to go in the first place, have changed your mind on your current choices or just didn't quite get the grades for your first choice.
It might sound scary or confusing but it really isn't. Student Rumbidzai came to BCU through Clearing. In her blog she shares her story and the things she wished she'd have known beforehand…
I was camping with some friends so I went into my friend's car to be alone so I could check my results. When I opened the envelope, my heart sunk and I was literally speechless. My results were worse than I expected.
I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. What would I tell my family and friends? At that point, I felt helpless and lonely.
Looking back I wish I had heard different experiences about what happens during Clearing. Not just the practical side such as the process of calling different universities, but the emotional side and how individuals feel in the situation.
Our Clearing Hotline will open at 7am on Thursday 13 August. We'll be wide awake and ready for you to give us a call on 0121 331 6777. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #BCUclearing for advice and updates.
During Clearing, I called three universities altogether. Whilst I was on the phone to the second university, they told me I had been accepted. I was rejoicing! The man on the line then asked me to hold and less than a minute later he returned to tell me that he had to withdraw the offer. My heart was broken.
The next phone call lasted less than five minutes and I was accepted with no complications.
Right now I am leaving university with a 2:1 in Psychology. Clearing can be a difficult process but so are many things in life. Once you're through it, you forget about the hassle that you went through and prepare to enjoy life as a student.
Clearing may not be for everyone but it worked for me and I truly believe that I'm happier now than I would have been if I had gone to my first choice university. If you haven't got the grades you hoped for, you still have the opportunity to excel in education. There is a university out there for you!
Here are some of my top Clearing tips to help you on the day:
- Don't panic!
- The people that you speak to on the phone are there to help you.
- If you're thinking of choosing a new course, find out what the course consists of BEFORE you apply – do your research.
- After you get your results, take some time out to gather your thoughts.
If your exam results aren't as good as you expected remember to keep calm; the right course for you may still be out there. There's a good chance that you will be able to secure a place at university through Clearing. See how we can help.
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This is Pi Day #056
In reality, she made me a super-nice name plate for my new office door, but when she announced to me last weekend that she was working on one I legitimately considered the possibility of this happening.
Still in reality, the comic hasn't stopped (obviously) but my free time energy has been sapped a little bit lately because of many different things — new job, training for a triathlon, and generally limping through this parenting gig as the kid rapidly becomes a mini-teenager — so as a result I've been running my artwork to the wire. I'm hoping I don't need to go on hiatus for a month this summer to make sure I can get caught up again, but don't be surprised if we go into summer re-runs in the next few weeks.
Thanks for reading!
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Looking for more pi? We regularly celebrate at the great circle of math, science and technology culture. This is Pi Day has been calculated as the product of one geeky dad, one curious kid, and an irrational volume of corny dad jokes.
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Ever fancied injecting some 40s style into your living room, then Ria has put this lovely piece together for you to give you some inspiration and a few top tips for a 1940s home!
The 1940s was a decade unlike any other, and those living during that generation experienced both extreme heartache and extreme elation as the decade saw the beginning (ok, nearly the beginning) and the end of the second world war. The 40s also saw huge advancements in modern science and technology so, needless to say, it was a revolutionary time of progress and development.
Alongside this progress and development saw a contract in fashion and design, especially in comparison to the brighter 50s! Subdued, earthly colours, uniform and bleak imagery is generally how one would describe the 40s – and you wouldn't be wrong! And it is this colour palette which was injected into homes around the country.
It's important to remind ourselves of how the world was like back in the 1940s in order to create an authentic 40s feel in your own home and have it truly capture that 40s spirit.
Floral patterned wallpaper and curtains plagued the majority of living rooms in the 1940s, but to get that iconic 40s style into our modern homes (without turning our living space into a 1940s nightmare of clashing patterns and colours) we should focus on key elements and then combine them with a modern touch!
So … lets get down to business
To achieve the perfect 1940s home, a floral pattern is paramount! Other popular designs include abstract geometrical patterns, though they were often used on linoleum floors in the kitchen or other non-carpeted areas. Did you know that they were used in conjunction with rugs to give the illusion of larger spaces and separate room areas?
- A charming way to use 40s-era wallpaper in your living space could be to use the patterned wallpaper on a single accent wall, with neutral but complementary colours painted on the remaining walls. Then for that hip modern twist, mount your super flatscreen HD TV to your 40s accent wall for a bold contrast. For added effect, using the same (or very similar) wallpaper for some extravagant full-length drop curtains will complement the accent wall and follow the 40s trend of repeating patterns throughout the room's decor, without going overboard. If you have certain sections of the room that you particularly want to highlight, an accent wall is a great way to frame the area.
- A few 40s era signature pieces in the room will create stunning focal points and make for brilliant conversational pieces but, for the most part, to achieve a comfortable home you will probably want to keep your furnishings modern. Modern aspects of your room should not distract from the vintage signature pieces, but simply emphasise the vintage chic of your 40s inspired room with a subtle contrast.
- Why not include a fab vintage jukebox? The 1946 Wurlitzer 1015 jukebox is known as the biggest selling jukebox of all time (typically it's American), but you are able to buy modern versions of vintage jukeboxes online that are capable of storing dozens of CDs for play and features iPod and USB connectivity to play your MP3 player. You could load it with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Vera Lynn, Ella Fitzgerald and other popular 40s music, but also with your modern pop Lady Gaga or what have you!
- We love the idea of an antique mirror hung on the wall, mirrors can be found at many antique and vintage shops and are relatively inexpensive! After all, how else can one ensure their Victory Rolls are intact before heading out!
- Lastly … remember the wireless! No 40s living room is complete without one!
The 1940s era is often considered a "sentimental" generation and that high level of post war sentiment was really reflected in the British people's choice of home decor. Home interiors of the 40s were far more humble than the extravagant home furnishings of the decades preceding, and people simply made do with what they had. The late 1940s was a happy time, one of hope and optimism and this was made evident by the change of approach in decorating the home going into the 50s!
Good luck and have fun!
Thanks Ria … are you inspired to take on a 1940s challenge?
We'll be back soon with more pre-loved inspiration and humbling stories! Alex and Sam x
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Chapter 5: On conferences and public speaking
The revolutionary absolutely loves public speaking, for where else would he get the training for his opening speech when the revolution is finally victorious and the Proletariat has finally taken over? Hence the revolutionary thrives to be ready for such instances at all times.
The training starts in front of his mirror, while getting ready in the morning: After singing himself hoarse l'Internationale (for more on that, please see here) the revolutionary will really get into business and start drafting (loudly) his first address to whatever people he has chosen on that particular day (Not that it matters, really, we are just one big people, united by the STRUGGLE). Be prepared to be in extremely close acquaintance with this word, for you will hear it. Quite a lot. As in "The struggle is at the core of our struggle against evil bourgeois domination and controle of production means, we have to struggle to win the struggle for controls over our resources, while struggling all the more for the struggle". Okay then.
The revolutionary will take all these good practices to the various events he's invited to speak at. Rule n°1: the event needs to be organised by Comrades and like minded people, for the revolutionary doesn't care much about normalisation, be it with the Zionist enemy or with the Bourgeois entities. You'll soon find yourself in Union retreats (where nobody, and I say that with love but still, absolutely nobody will refer to you as something else than a Comrade, which will cause minor personality disorders to you, such as running to get your AK-47 and not finding it, but anyway). You'll also develop a thorough knowledge of Popular Universities, bookshop basements, remote conference rooms in remote locations, in any case, far from the plush cosiness of a proper conference room of a proper hotel. Pah, you should get rid of your extravagant bourgeois taste. The revolutionary will start his speech with words of thanks, and then literally launch himself into the subject, full of fiery passion, getting all worked up, waving his hands in all directions to enhance his point, annontated papers flying about, a pen in his hand: "It IS imperialism! We shall REFUSE it! WE shall STRUGGLE together to reach our ultimate aim! And when the struggle is over we should struggle even more!",the whole thing punctuated with theoretical quotes to build is rev-cred.
The revolutionary will slowly start growing his (well earned)reputation as a public speaker and will therefore be invited to participate and speak in other countries, his enthusiasm once more hardly understandable to you: How impossibly great! I'm invited to go speak at the Workers' University of Tadjikistan! Amazing! I shall start translating the Bible (i.e. The Permanent Revolution from Comrade Trotsky) right away! Should you decide to accompany the revolutionary, you will do so at your own risk, meaning: you will first and foremost remind him of all the countries he's banned from entering (remember all those articles? Well they WERE widely shared), you will then stress at borders (you never know when he might get banned again), you will run from Istanbul to London to watch him be part of a panel, in a word, you'll be exhausted, while the revolutionary will be happily humming all along, deeply engrossed in the arguments he's going to present, oblivious of all the menacing stares and questions of the officers eyeing his passport as if it were a particularly dangerous nuclear artefact. Ah, don't worry, they're oppressed too and need to come to our side, they'll see sense. Errrr. No.
The revolutionary is also a keen follower of conferences, where he usually scares panelists with remarks ranging from "you're a collaborator and a traitor to the cause" to "your argument could be good but is sadly flawed". The terrifying effect of the revolutionary's comments usually strike everyone except him: What? What did I say? Look, he's grateful, he gave me his card and told me I should contact him, we're going to work together for the struggle.
We never said living with a revolutionary was an easy task now did we? Now if you'll excuse me, I have to look up those two men who attented the last conference, to check from what secret services they were. Let's get banned again!


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Normally we don't just throw out trade ideas, but whatever, here goes: You should short John McCain.
The former GOP Presidential nominee is in the race for his life to preserve his Arizona Senate seat against the insurgent Tea Partier JD Hayworth, who has captured Scott Brown's revolutionary zeal.
McCain has faced primary threats before, but none like this. Hayworth is on fire, and the entire Republican machinery, including guys like Rush Limbaugh are behind him.
On Intrade, McCain has about a two-thirds chance of winning, but that's too high still, especially when you see him flop and flail to explain his TARP vote. McCain is overvalued. Short him.


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No, you're not going crazy, this article is very much about the health benefits of olive juice. We can confirm that it's olive juice too, not olive oil. You already know that extra virgin olive oil is one of the healthiest fats out there. The Mediterranean diet, taken from Italy and Greece in particular, is quite reliant on monounsaturated fats, a good source of fat content that is also great for heart health.
Instead, we want to bring this new, unique concept into your mental dossier of health foods. The brine your olives are resting in shouldn't go to waste! We'll stop beating around the olive tree, though, and get into it. Here are seven reasons why you should start drinking olive juice.
1. Improved nerve function
Olive juice is often a sodium-rich substance. That said, sodium can promote the proper transmission of nerve impulses in our bodies providing health benefits. No, it's not just pickle juice that helps with this, though your Bloody Mary is better with both.
If your diet is generally low in sodium or you just don't like putting salt on your food, a swig or two of olive juice combined with a healthy diet could improve how your nerves function.
2. Increased muscle control
Another benefit of the sodium found in olive juice is improved muscle control. Normal muscle movement, believe it or not, requires a handful of electrolytes and minerals to occur. One of those necessary ingredients, if you will, is sodium.
While not a cure, olive juice can provide the boost of healthy fats your body needs to recover from a high intensity workout or an endurance exercise, especially because it comes from natural sources.
3. Healthier hair growth
Most olive varieties, including green olives and black olives, contain a healthy dose of vitamin E. Vitamin E has been shown to increase blood circulation to hair follicles, resulting in healthier hair growth.
That said, both olive juice and olive oil consumption can help your hair to grow well. Some people even go as far as rubbing warm olive juice into their entire scalp, but we won't make you do that. (Unless you want to, of course).
4. Reduced blood sugar and blood pressure
More often than not, vinegar is involved in an olive's lifecycle at some point. Many pickling methods finish the olives in a solution of vinegar and salt. That said, vinegar has been shown to reduce blood sugar levels. We're not doctors, but if a shot of olive juice can get our blood sugar levels down as opposed to a manufactured pill we'll happily self-prescribe.
Additionally, olive juice is high in oleic acid, a fatty acid that naturally occurs in plant-based fats. It can help reduce high blood pressure and increases fat burning to aid in weight loss and fighting obesity.
5. Balanced water levels
You understand electrolytes, right? Whether you're hungover or just trying to rehydrate after working out, electrolytes can help you get your water levels where they need to be.
Because of the sodium used in making olives, olive juice is inherently a hydrating substance. You won't want to replace water with olive juice by any means, but drinking a little brine here and there can be beneficial for your overall health and function, including preventing the risk factors on this list.
6. Boosted immune system
Antioxidants help your immune system function at its best. You've been inundated with antioxidant-focused articles for years now. The anti-inflammatory properties of olive juice in particular is helpful in maintaining a strong immune system from natural sources.
What you may not have read yet, though, is that vinegar can have the benefits of an antioxidant. That said, olive juice consumption equals antioxidant consumption which, in turn, equals an immunity boost.
7. Controlled free radicals
The vitamin E in olives can help neutralize free radicals in the human body. Sure, eating an olive will give you more vitamin E than drinking olive juice. We aren't arguing against that. We do think, though, that olive brine inherently contains vitamin E. Thus, drinking it may help you cut down on those free radicals.
Why is that good? It can help lower your risk of heart diseases, cancers, strokes, and many other nasty ailments. The oxidative stress relief from many inflammatory diseases can work to prevent heart attack and gastritis.


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Northern Ireland's largest clean-up has returned for its eighth year running and organisers are calling on volunteers, schools, businesses and community groups in Ballymena and Antrim to pick up their litter pickers and get involved.
The 'Big Spring Clean' is a province-wide campaign organised by charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful's Live Here Love Here programme.
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PLANT CITY, Fla.—The Babson College softball team erupted for 14 hits in game two to earn a split of its non-conference doubleheader against New York University on Wednesday afternoon at the Larson Softball Complex.
Babson, which has split its last six games, is now 3-5 on the year, while NYU is 5-3 overall.
Game 1: NYU 6, Babson 1
Senior Josephine Mares (Houston, Texas) went 2-for-4 with a triple and classmate Ashley Tango (Reading, Mass.) and sophomore Jamie Hoffman (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) both finished with two hits apiece in the opener for the Beavers. First-year Logan MacDonald (Wilmington, Mass.) made the first start of her career and fell to 0-1 with loss after giving up six runs on nine hits to go along with three strikeouts in a complete-game effort.
The Green and White took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Tango followed a leadoff triple by Mares with an RBI groundout. The Violets wasted little time responding though, as senior Claire Stefaneli (Lavalette, N.J.) hit a two-run homer and classmate Ashley Mains (Los Gatos, Calif.) added a solo blast in the bottom of the frame to make it 3-1.
NYU tacked on three more runs in the second as senior Diana King (Rye, N.Y.), first-year Serena Ponciano (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Stefaneli produced three straight two-out singles to extend its advantage to 6-1. Babson had its chances to cut into the deficit but was unable to come up with a timely hit leaving the bases loaded in the fifth and stranding 12 runners in the game.
Junior Scarlett Murphy (Stuart, Fla.) started and went five innings to improve to 2-1 with the win allowing one run on six hits. Senior Oliver Mould (Kennesaw, Ga.) struck out one and gave up three hits in two scoreless innings of relief for the Violets.
Game 2: Babson 12, NYU 10
Six different players finished with two hits and Hoffman and junior Victoria Casey (Emerson, N.J.) both drove in three runs to pace the Beavers offense. Junior Jacqueline Paul (Burlington, N.J.) and first-year Isabel Aguilar (Avon, Conn.) both had two hits and two RBI, while Mares singled and walked twice to go along with three runs scored.
Junior Katie Gademsky (Hillsborough, N.J.) earned the win in relief to improve to 2-2 on the year for Babson. She gave up four runs, just one of them earned, on three hits while striking out three in 3.2 innings. Classmate Brooke Stock (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) pitched the first three innings allowing six runs while fanning three.
Ponciano had three hits and scored three times, while first-year Kaleena Paredes (Gilroy, Calif.) homered, scored twice and drove in four runs to lead the Violets.
Aguilar, Hoffman, Casey and junior Annie Mitchell (Rehoboth, Mass.) all drove in a run in the first inning, and the Green and White answered a solo blast by Paredes with an RBI single from Aguilar and a sacrifice fly from Hoffman to build a 6-3 lead after two. Parades tied the game with a three-run blast in the top of the fourth, but Hoffman answered with a two-out single in the bottom of the frame to put the Beavers back in front 7-6.
NYU pulled even again in the fifth, but Babson responded once more as Paul singled through the left side with two outs to drive in Casey and Mares for a 9-7 advantage. Gademsky retired the side in order in the top of the sixth and the Green and White tacked on three important insurance runs, highlighted by Casey's second double of the afternoon to drive in Hoffman and Roche.
The Violets loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh and took advantage of two errors to score three times before Gademsky got Paredes to ground out with the tying run at first to end the game.
Senior Cassi Parulis (Roanoke, Va.), who came on in relief of classmate Karissa Zubulake (Whitehouse Station, N.J.), gave up six runs on eight hits in 3.2 innings and suffered the loss to fall to 1-1 on the year for NYU.
Babson wraps up its spring break trip on Wednesday when it faces Messiah at 9 a.m. and Oswego at 11:15 a.m.
• Wednesday's doubleheader marked the first and second all-time meetings between Babson and NYU.
• The Beavers' 12 runs scored and 14 hits in game two are their highest totals since scoring 14 runs on 16 hits in a win at Smith back on April 18, 2018.
• Babson has recorded at least one extra-base hit in seven consecutive games


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Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Henryk WOJNAROWSKI, conductor
Mikolaj Zieleński's setting of the Magnificat for 12 parts in three choirs and his other composition were one of the best things I learned about when I did my month long posting of settings of that most radical of texts a couple of years ago (word search my blog for "Magnificat" if you want to find the others where the links still work). Zieleński was a composer I'd never come across before, I suspect that's because the musical establishment of my youth didn't particularly pay attention to Polish composers before Chopin. It makes me wonder what other great music doesn't get a hearing because of where the composer lived.