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Temporal shock. Media Ecology as Ecology Contrariwise – II
The technological shock has to do with the mess in space and is accompanied by the temporal shock that has to do with the compression of time. In previous eras, each of which contained a number of successive generations, people… Read More ›
Media Ecology as Ecology Contrariwise: Protecting Humans from the Digital Environment – I
The ecological approach to humans' adaptation to the digital environment is rooted in the ideas of traditional ecology, yet it turns these ideas upside down. The main idea of a traditional environmental movement is to protect the environment from human… Read More ›
Celebrating re-launch of McLuhan's Coach House activity in the 21 Century
For those deep in media study, the Coach House has always been a place of force. On October 20th, 2015, the McLuhans and Mcluhanists gathered in the Coach House, at the University of Toronto, to revitalize the McLuhan Centre for… Read More ›
The Wrong Theory. Roughness as a lure, in design and media
In the age of total algorithmization, the roughness of a performance, and even the mistake, becomes the factor of surplus value. It is only wrongness that proves the existence of rightness. Or maybe even more: it is wrongness that proves… Read More ›
New senses, electronically induced. How gadgets reshape the human sensorium
Moving further into the digital world, we will be able to induce not just familiar but completely new, never before known senses. For example, a banking chip implanted under the skin may, one day, create the sense of a full… Read More ›


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Splitting up property during a divorce can be the root cause of many heated disputes. How do couples already at odds decide who stays in the family home, or how to distribute bank accounts? Here is a quick look at how property division works in Illinois to find out.
The basics of property division in Illinois
What does 'best interests of the child' mean?
Family legal issues involving children can be very complicated for every party involved. These matters are often highly emotional and legally complex. As such, they may not always make sense to people navigating cases like child custody -- especially for the first time.
If your children's needs are met, why must you pay child support?
During your divorce process, there are many things you and your soon-to-be ex need to determine. You will have to figure out how to divide your property, decide what kind of child custody arrangement will work best and agree on child support.
Important tips if you want an amicable divorce
Too many people make the mistake of assuming a divorce has be a highly contentious process. They might hear about a friend or celebrity's ugly split and assume that the process will be the same for them.
Does Illinois family law allow for child support modifications?
When there is an order for child support in Illinois, it is done with the child's best interests in mind. The financial, emotional and personal stability of the child is paramount. Most parents are happy to provide for their children even if the relationship with the former spouse is over. Some parents are amicable with one another. Others are cordial enough to communicate. Still others are involved in a contentious relationship. When it comes to family law, the child support is sacrosanct must be paid no matter what.
Preparing a prenup: what every Illinois couple should know
Whether you are in your 20s and getting married for the first time or a little older and getting married for the second or third time, you may very well be considering your options for a prenuptial agreement.
How do Illinois courts decide if I will receive alimony?
If you are getting divorced, your post-divorce financial stability can be one of your biggest concerns. This can be especially true if your spouse was the primary earner in your family.
3 back-to-school mistakes to avoid if you share custody
A new school year is fast approaching. If you are like most parents in Illinois, you have already spent time helping your children get ready.
What factors does a judge use in Illinois custody cases?
One of the most contentious areas of family law is child custody determinations, which is technically known as the allocation of "parental responsibility" under Illinois law. Parents naturally have strong emotions about where their child will spend most of his or her time and who will be in charge of his or her upbringing.

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"New in winter mountain" is a mix of everything. This is not a peak-trip with a lot of downhill, but a skitour for beginners.
Purpose of the trip, which is also a course, is that you will get an introduction in basic techniques, how to act in a DNT mountain huit, snow profiles, how to dressed, ski techniques, gear, equipment and much more.
This course is perfect for those who want to go into the mountains alone, or is completely new in winterskiing.
This course is two days with accommodation at tourist lodge. Participant must have ski, sticks, sliping bag and basic winter clothes.


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Waterloo County English Awards Writers Workshop and Awards Day
Winners and contributors from each school's internal competition are invited each year to attend a day of workshops presented by local authors. The day concludes with an awards ceremony to celebrate the art of the written word.
2017 Details
Hosts: Renison University College and University of Waterloo English Department
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2017
A detailed program is coming soon!
Keynote Speaker
Sunil Kuruvilla
Workshop Presenters:
Gary Kirkham (script writing)
Janice Lee (spoken word/poetry)
Susan Fish (fiction and publishing)
Sana Aduleil (self-publishing)
Andrew Kolb (visual narrative)
9:00 - 9:15 Arrival and session sign-up (Great Hall)
9:15 - 9:30 Welcome
9:30 - 11:00 Workshop Session 1
11:00 - 11:45 Bring Your Own Lunch (Great Hall)
11:45 - 12:30 Keynote Speaker
12:30 - 2:00 Workshop Session 2
2:15 - 3:30 Awards Ceremony (Great Hall)


text: Good material. Just a quick question regarding viruses that mutate. Why does the "flu" have the ability to mutate so easily from year to year, but other viruses that have affected the public, and killed as much haven't. ie; Chicken Pox and Measles, polio. Why were we able to irradicate these viruses in a short period of time relative to the common flu. Why haven't these other viruses been able to mutate as easily as the common flue to sustain their existence?


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Surprisingly, I still find time to do some baking. Basically, it was to kill 2 birds with the same stone. To bake to try out an ingredient I am selling in the shop, and also to add more recipes to my current trove at the forum. Come to think of it, its more like kill 3 to 4 birds with the same stone! Because the bakes are often sampled by customers at the store to encourage them to pick up simple baking. So much so that a lady told my hubby that she bought a Baby Belling oven just to satisfy her own curiousity that baking is as easy as Gina said it was!
Every week, I will print 4 to 5 recipe notes for free distribution at the store. And will find time to bake 1 to 2 new recipes so that people can try it. I took great pains to reduce sugar, minus leavening agents or essences and use all natural products. And I offered free advice to anyone who comes to my store and ask me about the recipes I have created.
I had a mother who came and ask me for help, to tuition her daughter who is in Secondary Four, doing a project on Cookie baking. Although she said she will pay me, I felt honoured that she felt I could help her daughter, so I did it for free. Giving her 2 to 3 short lessons on baking.
Then occasionally, I had people coming in with a cookbook or a piece of paper which they ripped off from a magazine. Usually its a recipe with a very delicious looking photo. And I will help them to go thru each ingredient, find it and briefly tell them how to go about baking it.
Here's the Chocolate Curls Chocolate Log Cake I did last weekend. Sorry if the photo is very blur. But the reviews were very good. Everyone ask for the recipe.
Chocolate Curls Log Cake
Recipe by Gina Choong
220g butter(unsalted), soften
100g Light brown sugar
2 eggs
200g Cake flour
100g Mini Dark Chocolate curls
50ml Evaporated milk
1. Beat butter with sugar till creamy light. Add eggs, one at a time till well mixed.
2. Add milk to whip. Add flour and chocolate curls and fold in.
3. Pour into loaf tin.
4. Bake in preheated oven 180C for 30 mins. Leave to cool inside the oven for 30 minutes.
5. Slice when its completely cooled.
Goes great with weak tea.


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Alexandra Tobi has a background in strategy, investments and business building. She has studied at ESSEC Business School and has worked over 6 years in the Middle East & Africa before moving back to Europe 2,5 years ago. Her experience lies in Telecom, Private Equity, Digital, E-commerce, Healthcare and Art. She has expertise in shaping business models and providing a critical viewpoint, and in developing investment/business cases. She speaks English, Dutch, French and Spanish.


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Mary Irish, wife of former MDN publisher, dies at age 59
Mrs. Irish was married for 38 years to George B. Irish, president of Hearst Newspapers and publisher of the Midland Daily News from 1980 to 1982.
By Hearst Newspapers
PLANO, Texas Mary Rettig Irish, a devoted wife whose passion for motherhood paralleled a life devoted to friendship and philanthropy, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. She was 59 years old.
Mrs. Irish was married for 38 years to George B. Irish, president of Hearst Newspapers and publisher of the Midland Daily News from 1980 to 1982.
"Families relocate often in the newspaper business," said Jeff Cohen, editor of the Houston Chronicle and a long-time family friend. "Mary embraced the challenge each time. She became involved in the community and always developed a wide circle of interesting friends."
As an adult, Mrs. Irish lived in eight cities. She was an enthusiastic traveler who spent much of her free time on trips that took her to four continents. She was an avid tennis player and golfer, and her gardening talent continually amazed her friends and family.
One of her greatest pleasures came from the support of charitable organizations, especially those involved with education.
"Mary had a compassionate heart for others who didnt have the financial ability to attend a Catholic school," said Kathy Boukissen, director of development at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Fremont, Ohio, which Mrs. Irish attended and where she endowed a scholarship in the name of her parents. "Even though she wasnt living here, she cared about families who wanted a religious education."
In a note to the school explaining her gift, she said she wanted to honor the memory of her parents and their regard for the school their children attended.
"Both of them gave so much for others," Mrs. Irish wrote. "While they werent able to complete their education, they sacrificed for the education of their children and so many others."
Friends remembered her as always pleasant and, like her parents, imbued with simple values that stressed putting the needs of others first.
"She started every day with a smile," said Janice Freeman, a friend from New York with whom she often walked in Central Park. "She was true to herself, whether she was with a movie star or with Janice Freeman. She was totally devoted to her family George, her daughters and grandchildren. She would do anything to simplify and facilitate their lives. They came first, she came second."
Daughter Sandi Irish said her mother was a source of constant support and inspiration.
"Shes always been there for us physically and emotionally," she said. "Shes definitely helped us make the right decisions as parents. Through the whole cancer, weve drawn strength."
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Irish is survived by their two daughters, Sandra Lynn Irish and Christine Marie Irish Sheedy, both of Dallas; a third daughter, Diane Leslie Irish, died in infancy.
Other survivors include son-in-law, Malcolm Sheedy; two grandchildren, Carson Matthew Irish and Samuel Joseph Sheedy; and two brothers, Mathias Rettig, of Kent, Ohio, and John Rettig, of Fremont.
Burial will be in Fremont.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to either St. Josephs Central Catholic High School, 702 Croghan St., Fremont, Ohio 43420, for the Mary Irish Center for Language Arts and Journalism or to the Anointed Hands Hospice, 445 E. FM Road 1382, Cedar Hill, Texas, 76104.


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Jennifer is the Richard E. Ladner Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. She received her PhD at Georgia Tech, advised by Gregory Abowd and Scott Hudson, and her B.A. from Oberlin College. Her previous faculty positions include UC Berkeley's EECS department and Carnegie Mellon's HCI Institute. Jennifer is a member of the CHI Academy and has been recognized with an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, IBM Faculty Fellowship and Best Paper awards from ASSETS, CHI and Mobile HCI.


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|If a player starts making Knock Knock jokes, play along
After watching the fantastic series Dice, Camera, Action, (which ends today!), I am extremely excited to run Curse of Strahd. I think it is the best module put out by Wizards of the Coast for 5th Edition so far, and the location-based formula will work well with the semi-monthly schedule I'm currently on with my groups.
|It's not a wine glass, it's a scaaaary wine glass
I also plan to run the mini-adventure Death House. However, I've read that many groups have trouble with the first half of the adventure, partially because they think of it as a standard Hack-and-Slash adventure rather than buying in to the horror aspect of the game. The pacing is combat-light and is meant to emphasize tension rather than combat.
While thinking of a solution to this, and reading through the adventure, I realized that the house includes a lot of adventure gear, even things 1st-level characters should already have. Things like shields, an arcane focus, thieves' tools. What if the PCs didn't have that equipment when they entered the house?
Obviously, they can't go in completely empty-handed. But I want to evoke the feeling that even the barbarian, with 15 HP and resistance to physical damage, should be afraid. This entire campaign is about the unknowable, the darkness, the fear. If they walk in with their battle-axes and adventuring gear, I think it could kill the tone of the entire campaign. However, if they creep fearfully through a haunted house, stealing and using a dagger with a demonic hilt out of desperation, they might be more prepared for what Barovia has to offer them.
So, here is what I plan to run for the intro to Death House:
Death House
|The Village of Barovia: not featured in this adventure
The players start out at level one. They have no equipment, weapons, or armor, except for what is listed below, an explorer's kit, a trinket, and what they received from their background:
Barbarian: Handaxe
Bard: Instrument
Cleric: Holy Symbol
Druid: Druidic Focus
Fighter: Spear
Monk: Quarterstaff
Paladin: Mace
Ranger: Shortbow and 10 arrows
Rogue: Dagger
Sorcerer: Arcane Focus
Warlock: Component Pouch (enough components to cast known spells)
Wizard: Spellbook
Before the adventure, select one uncommon magic item for each character. Try to avoid giving them consumable items (scrolls, potions, etc). These items will be placed throughout the house, and "call" to the players. Make sure to give them minor effects and traits (DMG pg. 142). A Ring of Warmth is good, but a ring that makes your finger appear undead, whispers to its wearer, and has a gemstone with a skull inside it is much better.
The items will be placed in areas 9, 20, 23, 25, and 34. If you have more than 5 players, areas 9, 25, and 34 are a good place to put more than one item. If you have less than 5, areas 25 and 34 already contain treasure and can be easily removed.
After allowing the characters to introduce themselves and interact around the campfire, read the following:
You hear a soft whimpering, accompanied by two sets of small footfalls. At the edge of your camp, a pair of small children appear. The younger one, a seven-year-old boy, is weeping and clutching a stuffed doll. His sister, a ten-year-old, is leading him by his other hand. They are pale-skinned, and their finely made clothing looks ragged and beaten by travel.Rose introduces them, Thorn stays quiet, and sniffly. She says they ran away from home because they were scared, and now they are lost. Rose can provide the information listed in the book (CoS pg. 211). She asks if the PCs can lead them home, not so much if they can help with the monster. If the characters agree to take the children home, a character can easily track their trail back to the house.
The children have traits, which are important later when characters could be possessed by the ghosts of the children. Make sure to play them up, but garner sympathy. Make these kids cute and precocious, not annoying.
- Rose: "I like being in charge and get angry when other people tell me what to do."
- Thorn: I'm scared of everything, even my own shadow, and I weep with despair when things don't go my way."
This being Barovia, the sky is dark and overcast even if they wait until daylight. When they decide to follow the trail, read the following:
|If the players say there's no such thing as Victorian architecture, just call it Zarovichian instead
You follow the trail back to a path. Rose tells you her house is to the west. Black pools of water stand like dark mirrors in and around the muddy roadway. Giant trees loom on both sides of the road, their branches clawing at the mist. The path leads to a tall brick house standing alone on a small hill. Its windows are dark, and the house has seen better days. It has a gated portico on the ground floor, and the rusty gate is slightly ajar.
As you get closer to the house, you notice a foggy mist creeping into the woods behind you. It becomes thicker and thicker, seeming to choke off all escape, pressing you towards the house.Remember, the characters don't know this is called "Death House". However, you could certainly call it "Durst House" (the children's surname). At this point, if players approach or ask for more detail, you can provide it from the description of area 1 (CoS pg. 212).
Thorn begins to cry, and Rose hushes him. She turns to you. "Can you please go in and make sure everything is okay before we do? I'm sure that will make him calm down."When the players enter, continue the description of area 1. For some reason area 1 covers both the outside porch of the house and the entrance hall.
As you turn to tell the children everything is alright, the door slams shut behind you, cutting off all light.
You open the door, and a wall of fog greets you. The children are gone, and all that is left outside is thick, menacing fog.If the PCs inspect the fog, they can see ghostly shapes moving around in it.
Here are the rules for the fog from Chapter 2 of Curse of Strahd:
- If you start your turn in the fog, ST C 20 or gain one level of exhaustion. You can't heal this exhaustion while in the fog.
- No matter what direction you go, you end up going back up the hill and finding the house within 1d4 rounds.
- The fog is heavy obscurement - you are effectively blind when trying to see something.
Resting in Death House
|At the end of all this mess
As you lock the door and take your rest, you hear a scratching sound coming from the walls. As if something... lots of something was crawling around inside them.If they break down the walls at this point, at least one character will have to forego their rest to hack at the walls. The walls are not yet brittle and rotted, as they are at the end of the adventure. However, the character only finds cobwebs and timbers.
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- Place more weapons, items, and gear in the rooms to make up for lack of equipment
- Weaken some of the monsters a bit. We still want them to be scary, but facing a specter or suit of animated armor would be suicide without proper gear.
- Make sure to emphasize the Marks of Horror (CoS pg. 7) in each room and add some to areas that seem too normal.
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The Barn at Silverstone is an amazing wedding venue in Lancaster, PA. I had the chance to take photos for Jessica and Austin at this gorgeous location a few weeks ago.
Here are a few of my favorite wedding photos from their big day:
I loved the his/her book of vows that Jessica and Austin used to write their personal vows in
Jessica and Austin decided to do a first look, as well as all of their posed photos before the ceremony. This allowed them to enjoy cocktail hour with their family and friends.
The blossoms around The Barn at Silverstone were in full bloom…..just in time for out photos
A few visitors wanted their photos taken too!
Foster's Flower Shop always does a beautiful job.
With rain in the forecast, the wedding ceremony was moved inside. Luckily The Barn at Silverstone has a beautiful location already set up for your plan b.
I loved the back of Jessica's wedding dress
We stepped out for a few more portraits right after the wedding ceremony.
The wedding details looked gorgeous!
Check out some more of our favorite wedding photos!
Wedding Info:
Wedding ceremony and reception: The Barn at Silverstone
Wedding florals: Foster's Flower Shop
Wedding planner/coordinator: Planned Perfection (Diana)
Band: Bachelor Boys Band
Makeup: Cameron Carlson
Hair: Beautiful Dream Team
Video: Cinema Capture
Catering: Serock Catering
Cupcakes: The Master's Baker
Chalkboard Artist: Chelsea Foster
Wedding dress: J&B Bridal in Chambersburg
Lighting: Shumaker & Associates
Pallet Bars: Barns Farm Tables
Photography: Thomas Beaman Photography (Thanks to Priscilla Baumgartner for 2nd shooting with me)


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My two biggest focuses in life are building great businesses and being the world's best dad for my two beautiful girls. In this episode I'm going to share the 6 lessons I've learned over the years that have helped me continue to work hard on my businesses while still being present as a dad. Those lessons are:
- Spend your 20s building wealth so you can be present as a dad in your 30s
- It's all about work-life integration, not work-life balance
- Figure out what your wife would like her typical day to be like and make it happen
- Fit the kids into your schedule, not the other way around
- Be around as much as possible for their formative years (their first 5 years)
- Keep your perspective on what really matters
Okay, hey hey, Mitch Harper here, welcome to episode number seven of my Insane Growth podcast, which I've called What I've Learned About Being a Dad and an Entrepreneur. What I want to do in the next 10 or 15 minutes is really spend a bit of time just sharing with you guys some lessons that I've learned from friends, from reading a lot of books, from trying a lot of different things, essentially about how to combine my love of being an entrepreneur, of building companies, and my love of being a present dad or father, which are two things that are really important to me, that my entire life revolves around.
When I was growing up … I didn't talk much about my story publicly, but you know, domestic violence, abuse, drugs, things like that, from my dad and my step dad when I was growing up, so really that set me on the path of doing everything I could to become an amazing dad. Saw all these things when I was growing up that no kid should ever have to see, and that built resilience in me and made me just know that when I was a man, when I was married, when I was older, when I had kids, I wanted to be the dad that I didn't have. That's driven a lot of motivation in me to, to be successful, for lack of better term, to work my ass off to do everything that I needed to do to make sure, number one, that I could have everything that I wanted and to make sure that when my wife and I brought kids into the world, that they could have … not everything they want, it's not about spoiling the kids, but that they could have a foundation where both parents are present, where they never have to want for anything, and where they're brought up in an environment that's safe, fun, educational, and everything like that.
That's really what I wanted to share with you, some of the tips and strategies and everything that I've learned over the last few years now. I've only been a dad for almost four years. My oldest daughter turns four in a few weeks and we also have a one-year old, or more specifically a 15-month girl, 15-month old girl as well. Two girls here, the boss has said we're not having any more kids so I'll respect her decision, but yeah, two beautiful girls.
When I reflected on the things that I've learned and the things that have worked well for me as a dad … there's also a lot of things that didn't work that I've tried. I see being a great dad in the same way that I see running a company. You try a lot of different things, some things work, some things don't. So essentially split testing being a dad.
A few lessons that worked for me that I wanted to share with you now, the first one really has nothing to do with being a dad. It's the advice that I give all 20-something year-old guys, and you know, girls, right. That advice is to spend your 20s essentially getting rich and covering your ass financially so that you can be present as a dad in your 30s.
Most 20-year-olds, anyone that's 21, 22, 24, 25, they're probably not thinking about the next decade. They should be, because you can do some things in your 20s — you can work crazy hours, you can work 20 hours because you have no commitment. You're not married, probably; you might have a girlfriend which is fine, you see her a few times a week. You don't have kids, so there's nothing that you have to deliberately be present for that can pull you away if you like from building your business.
That's the first bit of advice that I will give you. If you're in your 20s, and I know most of my audience are kind of like me, in their 30s, in their 40s, men, married, kids, but if you're in your 20s and you don't have a wife and you don't have kids, then definitely think about using your 20s as a way to work more than you ever will in the rest of your life. Go and work 18-hour days, 6–7 days a week, because that's the wealth-building period, where you can actually set yourself up so that in your 30, when you do have kids, which is when most people have kids, you can take some time away. You can maybe work part-time for a few years while your kids are born and get all the time with them. That's the first bit of advice I'd give if you're in your 20s listening to this.
The second thing is work-life integration, not work-life balance. I've spent a lot of time writing about this. I teach this to all the various founders that I mentor and the companies that I invest in. What that basically means is instead of trying to kind of box out your life or box out your day where work during these times and then this time is for family, that's never realistic. It never really happens that way. Stuff's always going to pull you in different directions. I'd try and treat events with my wife and my kids in the same way that I would treat things in my companies.
The one thing I write a lot about is if I have a meeting scheduled with someone in a work context in my calendar, I would never delete it, skip it, and miss it. The same thing for me in my calendar. If I have something with one of my daughters, with my wife, I'd treat that with the same priority I would if I was meeting with a client, a partner, an investor. I never skip it, I'm never late, etc. I'd turn up on time and I'm present.
A typical day for me. This is something I write down more just to give you guys an idea of what an integrated work-life day might look like. I'm normally awake at about six o'clock in the morning. Some days it's earlier, having two kids under four, some days it's five o'clock, five thirty, I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about if you're the same with young kids. Six to seven, normally breakfast and playing with my girls. It's getting warmer here in Sydney now so that could be the trampoline, that could be the spa, that could be the pool out the back, that could just be running around and kicking a ball.
Seven o'clock for me is shower, thinking about my goals for the day, writing them down, and spending some time getting clarity of thought. I don't meditate, I don't do affirmations or anything like that, but I will, normally for me in the shower or as I'm shaving or brushing my teeth or something, I'll really just stop and think about where my mind is at, and I'll try and make sure that my mind is focused on getting an outcome or result for the day which is based on the goals that I write down.
Normally about 7:30 I'll head into the office. Eight o'clock everyday, whether I work from home which is where I am now, or whether I'm in an office, I'm always at the desk by eight o'clock. Non-negotiable, every single day, no matter what. That's just how I am, and I like to start at about eight. Normally, about three o'clock a few days a week, I pick up my oldest daughter from school. I'm back in the office by about 3:30, stop at about 5:30 for dinner, kids' bath, bedtime and everything like that. By 7:30 the kids are back in bed, so I have some time with my wife, or I might have some friends over, go out to dinner, whatever it is, have someone come over and look after the kids, and then at 10 o'clock I'll normally get back into it, so I might do some more work.
What I tend to find that works well for me at night is lots of YouTube. Lots of learning, lots of listening to keynote speeches, lots of watching podcasts … I'm not much of a podcast listener but I do like watching podcasts. Then I'm normally in bed by about … anywhere between 11:30 and kind of 12:30 at night. I tend to sleep for about six hours, and that works for me. I don't need a lot of sleep. I know some people say you need eight or nine hours sleep. I get by really easily on five or six hours.
That's kind of what a typical day looks like for me, integrating picking out my daughter from school, integrating being there for family dinners and bath time and breakfast and talking with my kids and my wife, and still getting work done but not working for a long stretch, and then doing the family time. It works well for me in terms of context, which … and there's normally gym in there at about 11 A.M. or 12 o'clock in the day as well.
A lot of what I do may not be practical for you, but it's more about the principle of integrating your work with your life, not boxing them off separately because that never works. So that works really well for me, that means that everyday … if I look at what I've written down here, when I was preparing to record this podcast, I'm spending, at a minimum, three hours with my kids. I know there are people like Gary [Vaynerchuk 00:08:22] who might see their kids for an hour; Grant [Cardone 00:08:24], maybe 45 minutes a day. Three hours works for me. I'm a present dad. One of my life's goals is to be an amazing father, and also an amazing husband. I see that as equally important as building my companies. Yes, I want to build companies and help a lot of people through their businesses and employ great people and make a lot of money, but that's all pointless if you have a family and you have kids that don't know you, that don't respect you, that you don't ever talk to. That's my personal view.
Now, the next thing I wrote down here, which is really important, is to figure out what your wife would like her typical day to be like and make it happen. Really, really important here. If you want a cohesive, happy relationship with your wife, you both need to be on the same page about what parenting means. You really need to understand her aspirations, and when I look at my wife and when I look at the wives of my friends and everyone else, they kind of fall into three different camps. There are some women who love to look after the kids all day, everyday. That's their life purpose, that's their passion, they love it. There are some wives that need a balance. They want to look after their kids some days, they want to go to work some days. Then there are some wives who just love work. Of course they love their kids, but maybe they're just not wired that way to spend all day or even a few days a week with them. This goes for me, as well. I'm not being sexist here, I was a stay-at-home dad for the first 12 months of my first daughter's life, I love it. This works either way, but I know most of my listeners here are men, so I'm speaking that context now.
For me, my wife loves a mix of the kids and also work, so we have a nanny coming into the house two or three days a week, and during those two or three days, my wife goes to work. That works really well for her, and the other two or three days, she's with the kids or at least with one of the kids. I think the important thing is that being an amazing dad means you're part of a team with your wife, so you need to make her amazing as well. If her average day ends her being frustrated, being tired, not making progress on something that's important to her, then you fellows probably know, you're going to wear the brunt of that. She's going to take it out on you. So I see it as my job to enable my wife to have a great day everyday, and that's to figure out what she wants to do everyday that makes her happy. I'm a big believer in that, and in providing what she needs to help her do that. That was the third tip, so figure out what your wife would like a typical day would be like and make it happen.
The next thing I wrote down that I wanted to talk about is fitting the kids into your schedule, not the other way around. One of my closest friends, we've been friends for about 20 years since high school, gave me that tip when my first daughter was born. It really changed how I thought about being a parent. The main idea is really that you don't hold back on doing the things that you want to do because for example, your kids are on a nap schedule, or want to be, for lack of a better term, dragged around. You take them with you so they can experience the things that you want to do and that your wife wants to do in life. No one wants to sit at home waiting for their kids to wake up from a nap. No one wants to do the same routine every single day where you isolate yourself from society just to look after the kid. You've got to integrate them into your life.
I think one of the best ways we've don't that is with travel. I've spoken before that we're in Maui two or three times a year, Fiji two or three times a year, mainland US, once or twice a year. We do a lot of travel. My wife had a friend, Justin, and he basically told her before we had kids that him and his wife at the time just took the kids all around the world, and it's one of the best decisions they ever made. Her cousin did the exact same thing. I think they're living in Vietnam now. They've lived in Africa, they've lived in Australia, they just moved around all the time.
I had that idea in my head that you know what, when we have kids, and this was five or six years ago, when we have kids, we're not going to be that husband and wife that I see everyone do. It's not right or wrong, it is what is is. They say you know, "We're not going to travel for the first five years while our kids are little. It's too hard to fly. It's too hard to get organised." Yeah, it's hard as hell. We just got back from a three-week trip around the US — LA, Vegas, and Austin, which I spoke about on last week's podcast, and our flight back from LA was 18 and a half hours. It's normally meant to be 14 or 15, so it was delayed, we were on the runway for two or three hours. When we landed in Sydney, there was another delay, someone was sick, so we had to stay in the plane, so it was an 18 and a half hour flight back.
It was tough. Yes, we were on the front of the plane, so we got beds and the girls slept and everything, but man, 18 and a half hours on a plane with a three-year-old and a one-year-old will send anyone insane, right? But the thing we realised, my wife and I, is that you don't remember those bad flights, you don't remember how hard it is to get to the airport and drag all your luggage, and even if you have help, right, you remember the fun things. You remember the memories of the trip. You remember the happy times, and then you want to go on another trip.
Not holding back on living life, fit the kids into your schedule, it's how you make them worldly, it's how they experience new cultures, new foods, they meet new people. They come out of their shell. A big thing we do on holidays is make our oldest daughter pay the bill or pay the check in the restaurant. I'll give her my credit card and she'll have to walk up to the host and hand them the credit card and say thank you and all that kind of stuff. It's to build confidence. We do that in all the restaurants all around the world wherever we go to, to give them that perspective, to bring them out of their shell.
The second last thing that I wrote down is to be around as much as possible for their formative years, which is the first five years. Time flies. You probably know this. Think about five years ago, what we're doing five years ago. That five years has probably flown by, I know it has for me. The big thing that I always think about is will we be happier in five years from now if … let's say you've just had a baby. Will you be happier in five years from now with more money or by investing more time with your kids?
I'm a big believer, whether it's a core business, a new business, you can always make more money. Money is an infinite resource. The time you spend with your kids and the time that they're in their formative years, the first five years, is finite. You can never get that back. For me, in a way it comes to hard decisions, such as do you go to their ballet recital or do you go into the office and meet with a client? My view is you should always make the decision that positively affects how your kids perceive you. Just my personal opinion, because they'll remember that. If you think back to when you're younger, what do you remember about your parents coming to your big game or your ballet recital or … you're probably not at a ballet recital if you're a guy, but you remember when they were there for big things that mattered to you.
I don't want my girls to look back on those big moments for them … they do ballet and swimming and piano and dance and all that kind of stuff … and remember that mum was there, but dad wasn't there. That would break my heart as a parent. Even if it's hard, I always make the decision to go for the event or the outcome that my kids will remember as opposed to a business outcome. 100% of the time. It hasn't always been that way, but when I look back on making those decisions and I reflect, it was the right decision every time, even if it was hard in the moment.
The final thing I wanted to talk about was keeping your perspective on what really matters. It takes 7–10 years to build an important business. It takes a lifetime really to create a child that, let's be honest, we want them to be how we think we should be. We don't want them to be how we were, in most cases, growing up. You and I, we've probably done a lot of things we're not proud of. We don't want our kids to do those same things. It's all about putting them on the right path and helping them avoid the things that we may have done or got caught up in and everything like that. The more time you can spend with them early on, the more you're going to shape their view of the world, their self-confidence, especially if you have daughters.
One of the best things I've ever read in "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters," which is a great book I was recommended a few years ago, is even if you just spent time everyday with your daughter or daughters watching television, even if you just sat next to them on the couch watching TV, that has the same effect on their self-confidence and their positive emotions around how they see themselves as if you were sitting with them doing their homework or out running around with them or really deeply engaged in conversation with them. That was something that was really interesting to me. I'm not saying sit with your daughters and watch TV, that will rot their brain, but it is interesting that … basically that book said you don't have to try too hard as long as you're present, as long as they feel your presence, that's going to have a massive impact on their self-confidence and they see themselves as they grow.
I'm sure you know as well as I do, there's a lot of crap in the media [inaudible 00:17:46] Kardashians. That kind of stuff does my [inaudible 00:17:49]. For me, if either of my daughters ended up anything like the Kardashians, I've failed as a father. The mother is important as well, not denying that, but what this book says is the impact only we can have as dads is transformational on how our daughters end up growing up. That's probably a book worth reading, "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters" I believe it's called. Really great book.
That's pretty much what I wanted to talk about today, the lessons that I've learned being a dad and being an entrepreneur. This is is just what's worked for me. I'm not saying it's right, I'm not saying do everything here, I'm not saying how you approach things now is wrong, it's just what's worked for me and I wanted to share that with you.
A little bit off topic, but I believe if you want insane growth in your business, you need to have balance, and you need to take care of the areas of life that are important to you. I'm not going to be the guy, I'm not going to teach you how to be the guy that has millions of dollars that never sees his wife, his kids really hate him or dislike him. That's failure to me. Take all the money. Take all the money away from me that I've earned over the lat 15 years and give me kids that love me, respect me, want to hang out with me, [inaudible 00:19:02] for a wife. That is worth more than money. As I said, money is an infinite resource. You can always go and make more money. There's always problems to solve, companies to start, etc. Your kids, especially during those first five years, those formative years, you can never get those years back. Doesn't matter how much money you have.
That's probably what I'll leave you with at the end of episode number seven. Thanks for listening, I hope you found value. If you do like the podcast that I'm doing, please go on iTunes and leave me a five-star review. I read every single review that I get. I'll come at you next week. Thanks for listening, I'll talk to you soon. Bye.
|About Mitchell Harper
Mitch is a 7x company founder, advisor and investor. He is best known as the co-founder of BigCommerce. His companies have generated over $200,000,000 in total revenue and he is currently building an online education company and a SaaS company.


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This Batman v Superman is believed to be the first movie to step up to "Justice League". It is a group of DC Comics' superheroes. It is just like the Avengers of Marvel Comics but I believe much stronger. DC Comics superheroes can beat Marvel Comics in one-on-one fight. I bet!


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In my teaching and learning, my teacher has often asked us to remove our armor or envision our closest friends removing our armor for us. I find this metaphor so beautiful and moving. However, I often get stuck between boundaries and armor. Boundaries are a good thing; they keep us from being a doormat. Armor is not a good thing, it keeps us from connection. I think I struggle with finding the balance between boundaries and armor. How do you know which is which in your daily life? Is it years of boundaries that are never respected which then turns into armor? I always thought this was okay until I heard and read Brene Brown's research– if we numb ourselves to the bad, we are numbing ourselves to the good as well. Is armor just another way to numb yourself to a person who has treated you in an unkind way? I know for me it is easy to put up the shields for protection once I have been hurt, but am I preventing myself from loving with my whole heart? How do you know the difference between boundaries and armor in your self?
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The raids are related to the settling of Poles in Lithuania. Apparently, it was in the second half of the 13th century that the first Polish individuals (or perhaps a few Polish families) settled down in Lithuania permanently after Lithuanians began intensifying their incursions into Polish territories. Polish historians have established that Lithuanians could possibly seize up to 500 or 600 captives during a single larger-scale raid. Taking into account the number of incursions into Poland, historians presume that Lithuanians might have captured about 12,500 Poles whom they subsequently brought back home. The process went on until 1376, the year of the last major raid into Poland by Lithuanian troops.
Medieval trade in humans
Lithuanians would mostly capture women and children. The enslaved women used to become wives, housekeepers or nursemaids. The captured Polish children would become part of the unfree family in the homes of the nobility. Lithuanians were also used to selling or exchanging some of the captives within the human trade networks of the time. It seems that Lithuanians were little interested in ordinary men whom they usually tried to kill on the spot. If left alive, they would have caused problems and would have required vigilant guarding. The low level of agriculture in the Lithuania of that time did not call for more working hands that their owners would have needed to feed. Lithuanians were more interested in the men whom they were able to exchange for a good ransom. Lithuanians had captured but later freed the duke of Masovia Konrad II (1264), the duke of Dobrzyn, Siemowit, who was the brother of Wladyslaw Lokietek, the future king of Poland (1295), and Ubyslav, the son of the castellan of Brest (1295). The father of the latter was compelled to sell a village in order to collect at least 20 kilograms of silver as a ransom for his son who had spent three years in captivity. And there are more similar examples.
Poles were unable to make their communities more numerous and compact, because the captives had no rights whatsoever and were subject to human trade. On the other hand, the Lithuanian nobility would share the captive Poles among themselves as war booty. This is why Poles eventually could be seen in various corners of Lithuania.
An example is the expedition of the German Order in May 1290 led by Erneke, the komtur of Ragnit. When the crusader ships passed the confluence of Nemunas and Neris, Lithuanians devised a plan aimed at taking them by surprise. "Finally everybody agreed that one of them, who could speak Polish, would dress as a woman and, standing on the bank of Nemunas, would ask the crusaders to take him on board of their ship as they pass by as if to save him from the captivity of the infidels." The plan worked and the crusaders who decided to save the "woman" all died. The gullibility demonstrated by crusaders indicates that captive Polish women were quite common even in the western part of the Lithuania at that time. Raids of plunder into Polish lands and communication with captive people helped a few Lithuanians learn Polish.
Poles in Lithuania: captives, fugitives and missionaries
In the 14th century, the new developing cities, such as Kernavė and Vilnius, offered an attractive environment for the few foreigners who decided to settle down in Lithuania. The fact that Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, asked Franciscans to send monks to Lithuania who knew Polish is an indication that Poles living in Lithuania, not necessarily in Vilnius, required someone to take care of their souls.
Trying to compare trade ties between Riga, Lithuania and Polish lands, one can easily notice that Lithuanians traded with Poles considerably less actively than the citizens of Riga did. We know of just two documents mentioning business relations between Polish merchants and their counterparts in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. One of them is the 1371 papal bull referring to trade ties between Masovians and Lithuanians; the second one is the 1383 privilege issued to merchants from Lublin by Jogaila, then the grand duke of Lithuania. The two documents reveal that trade contacts existed, although they provide no information about the Poles living in Lithuania of that time.
There were some individual cases, but they would occur very seldom and in quite specific circumstances. For instance, brothers Pawel and Rostk fled to Lithuania together with their wives and children in the early 14th century after committing a grave crime in their motherland. In this context, Polish captives should be put in line beside people involved in criminal offences, individuals arriving alone, for instance, in Vilnius, and participants of the Franciscan missions. Although multinational, the missions could include Poles as members of the teams visiting Lithuania. Until the middle of the 14th century, evangelisation efforts by Franciscan monks were related mostly to Livonia, but later they started working actively in Poland and the Black Sea region. It was not a coincidence that the king of Poland Casimir III the Great noted in his letter to the pope in the middle of the 14th century that pagans living in neighbouring lands of Rus and the GDL listen eagerly to Franciscan sermons. The latter reference is true speaking of both Tatars and Lithuanians. The phenomenon of "listening" to sermons leads to the presumption that the missionaries could speak the languages of local peoples.
The number of such missionaries could not be high, but they were building foundations for a better mutual understanding and smoother communication. The Christianisation of Lithuania in 1387 offered better conditions for permanent life in Lithuania, first of all in Vilnius, for Polish (as well as Czech and German) clergymen and monks. All newly Christianised countries had to live through the period when foreigners dominated the ranks of their clergy, simply because they were unable to bring up their own priests immediately after the conversion to Christianity. Throughout the whole country, the number of Polish missionaries was very insignificant and was not able to influence key demographic characteristics. Historical sources never mention any quantitatively significant migration of Poles to Lithuania during later centuries as well. Therefore, the polonisation of Lithuania, which took place from the 16th century through the 18th century and later, should largely be linked with cultural and ideological processes rather than with economic and social ones.
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Newspaper apologizes over cartoon making fun of the deadly Samoa measles outbreak
A New Zealand newspaper has apologized for publishing a cartoon that mocked the measles outbreak in Samoa that has killed more than 50 people.
The Otago Daily Times, based in the city of Dunedin, ran a cartoon that depicted two women exiting a travel agency. One of them says, "I asked, 'What are the least popular spots at the moment?' She said, 'The ones people are picking up in Samoa,'" referencing the rash that accompanies the virus.
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The measles outbreak in Samoa has left the island nation in a state of emergency. This week, the government shut down to address the outbreak, and schools have been shuttered indefinitely since November.
As of Monday, there were 3,728 cases of measles recorded, and none of the victims had been vaccinated, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi said in an address.
Since declaring a state of emergency in November, the Samoan government has undertaken a mass vaccination campaign that has vaccinated 58,000 people so far — about 25% of the South Pacific islands' population.
Children have been banned from all public gatherings and places where "large numbers of people congregate," the Prime Minister said in an address. Unvaccinated children are at the highest risk of measles and death from the disease, per the World Health Organization.
The highly contagious virus has made a global resurgence — nearly 350,000 cases worldwide in 2018, doubling from the previous year, per UNICEF — largely due to a lack of access or fear of vaccines. Claims of negative impacts of vaccines on children's development are unfounded.
In November, New Zealand foreign affairs minister Winston Peters vowed to send vaccination nurses and medical teams to Samoa to assist in immunization efforts. Samoa is a three-and-a-half hour plane ride from Auckland, New Zealand's most populous city.
New Zealand has seen 2,140 confirmed cases of measles since January 1, according to the Ministry of Health.


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In searching for THE perfect photographer, I have been thinking, I want these photos to portray how we felt and where we were at this stage of our lives. We are artists. We are unconventional. We are thrilled. We are growing. We are Austin! So Austin, Texas has become the unifying theme to our photoshoot. I am spending my weekend finding the best ways to portray our family and incorporate the major roll that Austin has had on us. It has been such a fun task. Locations are locked in, the ideas have been discussed and happily agreed upon by everyone involved, and some of my lovely vintage pieces are being dusted off to fill in the spaces of our photographs. I can't wait to put everything together and present these photos. Until then I will work on ironing out all of the additional details that make a shoot special (And enjoying small cups of decaf coffee from some of our favorite local spots)


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Exhibit 5: Global Refrigerant Market by Product
Exhibit 6: Global Refrigerant Market by Geography
Exhibit 7: Global Refrigerant Market 2014-2019 ($ billions)
Exhibit 8: Global Refrigerant Market 2014-2019 (million metric tons)
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Exhibit 12: Global Fluorocarbon Refrigerant Market by Geography 2014 and 2019
Exhibit 13: Global Hydrocarbon Refrigerant Market 2014-2019 ($ billions)
Exhibit 14: Global Hydrocarbon Refrigerant Market by Geography 2014 and 2019
Exhibit 15: Global Inorganic Refrigerant Market 2014-2019 ($ billions)
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Exhibit 17: Global Refrigerant Market by Application
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Restaurants and Retailers Warned Against Illegal Sales of Foie Gras
California businesses alerted they must comply with the law banning sale of cruelly-produced "gourmet" delicacy
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SAN FRANCISCO—The Animal Legal Defense Fund, the preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals, sent cease and desist notices to California restaurants and retailers that appear to continue selling foie gras despite a state ban on the sale of this cruelly-produced "gourmet" delicacy made from the liver of a duck or goose.
Over the past two months, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has received dozens of tips and reports from concerned citizens identifying California restaurants and retailers that appear to be flouting the foie gras law. Many reports were submitted via an online tip portal: aldf.org/reportfoiegras. The organization is now investigating these suspected violators and is in contact with law enforcement and encouraging them to take action. Violators are subject to fines of up to $1,000 per sale and up to $1,000 per day the violation continues.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund sent letters to the following restaurants, that, among others, it has reason to believe may be selling foie gras in violation of the ban:
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- Bouchon Bistro in Napa County
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Foie gras is produced by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers eight or more times their natural size, inducing hepatic lipidosis, a painful and often fatal disease. California is the first state to pass a ban on the production and sale of foie gras. The law went into effect in 2012, and immediately faced legal challenges by restaurateurs and manufacturers. In 2015, the foie gras ban's enforcement was halted by a federal court decision, but that decision was overturned in 2017 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In January 2019, the Supreme Court denied the foie gras industry's latest petition attacking the constitutionality of the foie gras ban, once again prohibiting the cruel product from being sold in the Golden State.
The cease and desist notices sent by the Animal Legal Defense Fund warn restaurants against trying to thwart the law through gimmicks like "giveaways" of foie gras to paying customers, which the California Court of Appeals has already held constitute unlawful sales. That Court of Appeals decision is the result of the Animal Legal Defense Fund's lawsuit against a Napa-based restaurant found to be illegally selling foie gras, La Toque.
New York City Council Bans Sale of Foie Gras in Historic VoteThe Animal Legal Defense Fund applauds Speaker Corey Johnson and the NYC Council for voting to end the sale of foie gras. Intro 1378, sponsored by Council Member Carlina Rivera, now moves to Mayor de Blasio, who is expected to sign the bill into law.October 30, 2019 News
Animal Legal Defense Fund Suit Against Foie Gras Seller Dismissed After Court of Appeal VictoryRestaurant Vows to Cease Foie Gras "Giveaways" Declared Illegal by Appellate Court.August 27, 2019 Press Release
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Social Justice in the Ancient World
Social Justice in the Ancient World
This volume resulted from a conference on Social Justice in the Ancient World held at the City College of the City University of New York on March 10, 11, and 13, 1993. All the papers read at the conference are published here, with the exceptions, regretfully, of H. Z. Szubin 'Law and Order' and 'Law and Equity' in the Ancient Near East and in the Bible," R. Garner Lawless Women in Classical Athens," and Baruch A. Levine The Social Parameter of Biblical Law: Kinship and Justice."
The concept of social justice is one of the more influential ideas in the annals of human social existence. It arose in social consciousness probably at the dawn of civilization and affected the formation and transformation of social structures and legal institutions throughout history.
The effect of this idea on modern life has received detailed attention. But its influence in ancient and relatively early times is deserving of much more attention than it has so far received. It was the desire to redress the intellectual balance that inspired this conference and motivated the participants.
The chapters explore several aspects of the subject--the notion of social justice in the early days of human history; the articulation of social justice in certain ancient civilizations; the social and legal practices implementing social justice in the ancient world; and the legal and socioeconomic consequences of the implementation of schemes of social justice.
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The problem I have is that I love the homemade tortilla chips that I get at my favorite restaurant and can't stand the manufactured ones I get at the store. Needless to say, there isn't a whole lot of places open at 2 a.m. for me to get fresh tortilla chips so I had to make my own.
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A small chain of self-serve frozen yogurt shops has left the Boston area--and the state.
Eater Boston is reporting (via the Patch) that 16 Handles in the Coolidge Corner section of Brookline has closed, confirming what several sources have told us. The chain, which first came to Beacon Street in January of 2013, had been planning to expand to other parts of the Boston area, but no other locations ended up opening in the region, and with the closing of the Brookline shop, there are now no outlets of 16 Handles anywhere in Massachusetts.
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Currently, two locations of the New York-based 16 Handles can be found in New England--in Fairfield and Stamford, CT.
The address for this now-closed frozen yogurt shop in Coolidge Corner was: 16 Handles, 1309 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA, 02446. The website for the chain can be found at http://www.16handles.com/
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today i came outside in the evening to find my upstairs housemate shovelling the back walk, using a shovel that he'd taken from right outside my apartment entrance. he explained that he had recently asked our landlord to supply a shovel and some salt for us this winter, and that our landlord had since let him know that they'd left a shovel out back -- he assumed this must be it.
this piece of information, along with the shovel he was holding, left me extremely confused. since i've lived here, there has always been a shovel outside my basement apartment door that i've used to clear the snow off of our walkways in the winter, but the one he was holding didn't look likethat shovel. had our landlord come and replaced that shovel with this new one? had the old shovel disappeared, leading to the landlord needing to provide this new one? was i just misremembering what that shovel looked like?
this last possibility seemed like perhaps the most plausible one, since the shovel my housemate was holding didn't exactly look like a new, state-of-the-art model. however, this explanation didn't account for why our landlord would say that the shovel situation had been fixed, if in fact it remained unchanged.
hopefully it doesn't snow much this winter and the entire issue is rendered moot.
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The Home County Folk League Annual General Meeting (AGM) is taking place on Thursday, November 29th, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Stevenson & Hunt meeting room B at the London Public Library, Central Branch, 251 Dundas Street. All members are invited to attend. Click HERE to become a member; it's only $20 annually.
As part of the the AGM, the Home County membership will be electing members for our Board of Directors. There are five candidates for four available positions:
Michael Del Vecchio
I have been actively involved in the London music community as a musician, promoter, and artist manager for the past six years. Prior to that, I was a graduate student in the History department at Western University. Home County Music and Arts Festival provides a unique intersection of my passions for music, heritage, and community.
I recently completed a three-year term as Acting Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for LondonFuse New Media Collective and I am seeking a new opportunity to continue my personal commitment to volunteerism.
Vince McNeil
Vincent McNeil is a writer, actor, visual artist and teacher with 40+ years experience in the arts. Through his company Airtight Music Management, he participated in the folk music scene as a Booking Agent, Artist manager and Music Concert Series promoter. He is a past Board member of the Eaglewood Folk Festival and, more recently, of the Home County Folk League.
Although not currently on the Board, Vincent is extremely active as a member of various committees; Operations Committee, Planning and Governance Committee, and Programming Committee. In addition, Vincent is also the coordinator of both the Second Avenue vendor area and all of the Food Vendors. Then, just to keep him (and you) up front on all things Home County, Vincent also puts together, edits and distributes the Home County Members' Newsletter.
Jenny Rensby
Jenny is an incumbent who joined HCFL a year ago. In that time, she has initiated use of POS terminals for Admission by Donation. She currently sits on the financial and programming committees. During the festival, she took on the position of Site Coordinator, a position she will continue to hold going forward. Jenny brings many years of financial background including banking as well as being CFO of her own company. Jenny graduated from Fanshawe's Recreation and Leisure program 2 years ago, bringing special event planning skills to the organization.
Jenny has enjoyed her time on the Board of Directors and hopes to continue.
Amanda Lynn Stubley
Hello and thank you for considering me for membership for the Home County Folk League's Board of Directors. I am a musician, radio DJ, folklorist, music presenter and mom. I joined Home County's board in January of 2016. In that time have been involved in programming, festival marketing and strategic visioning, festival operations and board recruitment. During the festival, I have helped coordinate and manage volunteers, as well as hosted stages. Since Spring 2018, I have been the chair of our newly developed Programming committee. Our Programming committee was developed to help fulfill the Home County Folk League's mission to provide through-the-year programming, and we are working hard on developing a sustainable vision for programming.
It has been my honour to serve as a board member for the Home County Folk League, and I hope you'll vote to re-elect me to the board. We have a lot more work to do, and I'd love to keep working on it. My experience, enthusiasm and boundless love for the Home County Music and Art Festival and all of the activities conducted by the HCFL would make me an exceptionally useful Board Member and powerful advocate. For those reasons, I ask for your support.
Paul Tomlinson
I have been a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer since November 2015. I am seeking a second term as a Director. During my first term I brought my experience as a senior manager in the not-for-profit sector to bear on my responsibilities as a Director and Treasurer. I believe that I have accomplished much in both roles: our financial position is much stronger; our policy and management structure grows more robust every day; and the commitment to our programme and values is as deep and vital as ever.
The responsibilities the Directors bear continue to expand and deepen. For better or worse, the world is more complicated than it was when the first Festival opened. I am keenly aware that I, in common with my fellow Directors, must always ensure that we not only meet but exceed the standards set for us. There is more to do. I would like your support so I can help continue that work.