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Batten down the hatches, MB is starting school. If I thought 4 years flew by, then 5 years (and some change, now) went in a nano-second. It's crazy. He becomes more self sufficient every day. This week alone he's discovered he can have a "faux hawk" with hair gel, he can pour his own milk, and he can reach the top shelf of the refrigerator when he's on his step stool. Might seem like little things, but to him, these are HUGE!
He also watches some of the Olympics. (Though 3 days in he's over it for now). Swimming caught his eye, and he's been cheering for Michael Phelps whenever he sees him. He reports to me when he grows up, he's going to build robots, be an Olympian, (in archery no less) and he's going to be a Daddy. (He's decided that 3-4 kids is more feasible than 10). He's not quite sure what the "baby dance" is, but he says he will do it if it means he will have kids (hahahahahahahahahahaha).
He is also starting soccer sometime in the next few weeks. I predict we are going to have one worn out kid, very soon here.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Batten down the hatches, MB is starting school. If I thought 4 years flew by, then 5 years (and some change, now) went in a nano-second. It's crazy. He becomes more self sufficient every day. This week alone he's discovered he can have a "faux hawk" with hair gel, he can pour his own milk, and he can reach the top shelf of the refrigerator when he's on his step stool. Might seem like little things, but to him, these are HUGE!
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Birthday post
So its my birthday. And I am actually putting something on my blog! Its a miracle!
Life, at 46, is still somewhat of a revolving cycle of ups and downs. Some heavy things have happened in the last year. We are still having fallout, family style, from my Dad's death. Regretfully, Ive had to make the painful decision to distance myself from drama and toxicity, and that has been a challenge. My mom has moved out of the home I grew up in, into a very lovely new home, that she was able to have built on my middle sisters property. I am very glad she had a safe and secure place to land, while she continues to get used to her new normal. Is that something anyone really ever gets used to, though? I kind of doubt it.... I don't think my Grandma ever did...
Our boy is now closer to 5 than four. He is standing next to me, asking me questions, making me a birthday card, and desperate to push the space bar on my lap top. I swear every minute that passes he learns something new, wants to do something new, and is getting more and more independent. I know he is supposed to do all of those things, but slow it down!! I cannot fathom that he is going to start school in August. We actually enroll him in March! Its just flat crazy.
MG is 21 now, speaking of time flying. She's flown the coop, is out on her own, doing her thing. She comes to visit frequently, and the funniest thing is offering her an alcoholic beverage. On Halloween this this year she and I drank some Not Your Father's Root Beer together (delicious stuff). My mind just kept saying "Wait, she was 12 years old, just a moment ago? Right?" Well, not so much....She's grown.
MM and I are still our crazy selves. We still like each other, and still, not a day goes by that he doesn't make me laugh. I am so very thankful he's my partner in life.
Well, I need to let a small boy hit the space bar a few times, so I guess this is the only update I am going to get done at the present time. I like coming back here and reading my memories, though....
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Thursday, July 2, 2015
4 years
its been four years. That just blows my mind. I knew it would go by fast, though, in those first few months, when MB was new, and no one was sleeping, and everything was on a huge learning curve, time seemed to be standing still and speeding forward all at once.
He asks me now, to look at pictures of when he was a baby. He's got 2 brand new cousins, born this summer, and seeing the little baby girls has made him curious about his babyhood. MM and shake our head in almost disbelief over how tiny and fragile he was. (Almost, because we did live it, after all). We haven't broken him yet, I remind myself, as I sit here, typing, looking at my gangly kid watching Paw,Patrol in his orange minion skivvies.
He's so smart, now. He makes me a cup of coffee, every morning. He's reading, without realizing it most of the time, but he reads. He's starting to write letters, he loves glue crafts, his new transformer, and the catapult he got for his birthday. He started swimming lessons this week, and did really well. He's not a fan of laying on his back to float, though.
He sleeps, oh can he sleep. All night in his own bed, and, usually, at least a two hour afternoon nap. I get more done in that two hours. Or I watch inappropriate television. Either way I get a brain rest from the incessant "why, mom?"
The big decision is coming up, though. Kindergarten. There is no absolute, anymore, of public schooling. Private school is not a consideration, the only one local would be impossible for us to afford. But there are 2 charter schools. And we are strongly interested in that option. I've got a year to gather the information, and we will decide.
It's been a wild ride to four, and I'm sure the fun is really just beginning
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Monday, May 4, 2015
I start to lose control...i
We have a new neighbor.
More specifically, MB has a new neighbor.
The people next door now are very nice. The parents are both Air Force, and there are 2 children, a girl who is a year older than MB, and a boy, who is about 2 years younger. MB and the young lady, let's call her Whirly ( for whirling dervish) ADORE each other. It was love at first sight.
Now, Whirlys parents are busy people. They work. They play. A lot. She goes to school on their base. Needless to say, they aren't home much. And MB? He's home with me, with the exception of Monday's and Wednesday's, when he's in pre school. We do most of our busy on weekends, so that we can be out and about as a family. So their friendship has been kind of hit and miss.
Yesterday, we took MB to a dinosaur days event in a nearby town. He had a blast. Didn't really care for the Dino's, but they had a trebuchet he could shoot, slime he could make, and electrics he could play with. When we got home, Whirly was outside. Cue the child hysterics. It was like they haven't seen each other in years. Sheesh.
After some generalized BS session with Whirlys Dad, we each retired to our own yards. After awhile, Whirly decided she wanted to be inside. Inside my house.... So we went in. We made play doh, we ate yogurt, oranges and juice. We used light sabers, and had general mayhem. That is all fine with me.
Here's the hard part..
This little girl, while she is very nice, is older, and has more experience than MB. What I do notice, is that she subtly manipulates and tries to undermine my authority with MB. Sometimes, not so subtly.
Now, she's not inciting riots, starting fires, or showing body parts, but still. She is being raised differently than he is, and she doesn't really care about my rules. ( Like no TV on Sunday's). In her mind, her way is the right way. And MB is so easy going, and eager to please her, because he wants to play with her more than just once in awhile. So he tries to go along with what she's wanting. He did dig his heels in about a few things, and I was so glad to see him do it. But I would like to see him take her on a little more. I'm afraid if he does, she's going to drop him like a hot potato. And she is the only kid in our neighborhood, presently. So for now I just keep an eye on our pint sized princess. Her Dad is a nice guy, and he did instruct her that while she's at my house she's to listen to MM and I. And that did carry weight with her. She was polite to me, and they both had fun. I guess it's all a part of growing up. He's not my baby anymore...
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Monday, March 23, 2015
Out n a limb
Its probably a good thing no one reads here, anymore, because my thoughts today might irritate some.
I'll preface this post by stating that I am, of course, a fan of gender equality. I'm not a rabid, mouth foaming feminist, but, equality is important. That being said, though, frankly??
I'm tired beyond tired of reading about people creating things just for girls!! I get it, I understand, but I really feel like we are sending a message to boys, now, that it's more important that we focus our time and energy on the girls in their classroom. It looks to me that we are trading one problem for another. While we are striving for equality, we are instead going too far in the other direction. As a mother of a little boy, I see this, multiple times a day. It worries me.. Why do we, as a society, feel the need to assign gender labels to everything? How did one decide that science kits were 'boy toys' and, now, we have to market a separate set just for girls? Or rockets, or countless other things. Where are the EZ bake ovens designed for boys? How about a boy focused my little pony? And when I'm shopping for clothing to put him in? The boys section is about 1/3 the size of girls clothing. And the "nice" boys clothes??? Oh, Please. Pastel-ish colored dress shirts do not go down well with a 3.5 year old. Or his father, for that matter. If I luck into nicer button down shirts in colors they both approve of, I buy them in a couple sizes, because if I don't I will never find them again. As he gets older, I see this getting harder. As a woman, I have to teach my son to love and respect women, and treat them as equals. All the while, he is seeing society now bend over backwards to cater to girls his age. These boys are going to resent the hell out of this. I see it coming. But this is all my opinion. I hope I am wrong....
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014
I had this dream....
Family holidays spent with good hearts, we weren't rich, but we weren't lacking
No one was left wanting, or so it seemed to me
But sometimes wounds hide too deep for anyone to see
I spent minutes, days, and years perfecting my recipe to forget
Cold with fear, denial, disbelief and without hope
I realized that as a human, I could not cope
I could pretend, though, and as long as I did, maybe no one would get hurt
And they would never know, couldn't ever know
That they were touching dirt
But I didn't care, I couldn't care, It was too damn hard to stand up strong
But those things came back to haunt me, and against a wall, I embraced the pain
I turned myself around, and swore I'd never go back again
I spend minutes, days, and years willing myself to never forget
Warmed with courage, acceptance and belief, I found some hope,
I realize I am human, and I'm working very hard to cope,
I can't pretend, though, because as long as I do it's only me whose getting hurt
And I always know, can't ever not know,
That the world outside avoids me, afraid that they might touch the dirt
Will this taint, the feeling of uncleanliness ever really go away?
I see the looks on faces and I feel those whispered words
People think they're talking quietly, but I assure you that I heard
You've spent minutes, days and years making sure no one forgets
Is it your fears, denial and disbelief that try to steal my meager hope?
Please remember I am human, and still struggling to cope
I'm not asking you to pretend, though, because it was you that I hurt
Because of all I know, and all you know,
I will just ask for some forgiveness, help me wash away the dirt
Who treats me like I have value, and that I'm worth their time
It's a beautiful, heady feeling to be met with no expectations
I'm grateful I can share some time without any explanations
She's spent minutes, days and years looking for what she could not find
She has enough courage, acceptance and belief to help maintain my hope
She knows that I am human, and I have the tools to cope
There is no more pretending, but there's always the risk for hurt
But I will know, and she will know
I am worth more than the dirt
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Saturday, December 13, 2014
bring on 2015, already
I'm not completely in the Bah, Humbug mode. No one with a 3 year old should be allowed to fully enter that zone.
I am ready to be done with this year, though. More than ready.
2014 will always be the year my Dad died. And my Grandmother. Those events do overshadow everything that happened in this year.
That doesn't mean that fun wasn't had, things weren't accomplished, and we didn't enjoy our lives.
I think it means that we actually enjoyed those things more.
Eventually. And only sometimes, probably
There are times when my involvement was "phoned in", because I was just too sad, or too numb, or too unsure of how I was "supposed" to be. I don't usually care about things like that. But when you're emotionally bankrupt, you find yourself caring and wondering about the stupidest, littlest things. Because those are easier to care about than the big, ugly dark things.
The numbness is slowly fading, as I dig myself out of this year, and we approach what it the "fresh start" that we are promised with each new year. I am ready to put 2014 to bed.
I think.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has chosen a high-powered Washington lawyer with extensive experience in all three branches of the government to be the State Department's special envoy for closing down the military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.'
Clifford Sloan is the pick to reopen the State Department's Office of Guantanamo Closure, shuttered since January and folded into the department's legal adviser's office when the administration, in the face of congressional obstacles, effectively gave up its attempt to close the prison.
A formal announcement of Sloan's appointment was expected Monday, according to officials briefed on the matter. They spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the appointment publicly before the formal announcement.
Sloan has served in senior government positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations and is now a partner in the Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP law firm. For the past several years, he has been an informal adviser to Secretary of State John Kerry, who recommended him for the post, the officials said.
"I appreciate his willingness to take on this challenge," Kerry said in a statement. "Cliff and I share the president's conviction that Guantanamo's continued operation isn't in our security interests."
The move fulfills part of Obama's pledge last month to renew efforts to close the military-run detention center at Guantanamo. That was a major promise in his 2008 presidential campaign, but it ran aground due to opposition from congressional Republicans.
In late May, Obama lifted a self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo detainees to Yemen, in what was a step toward closing a prison that he said "has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law." He said he would name envoys at both the State Department and Pentagon to try to unblock the closure process. The Pentagon envoy position has yet to be filled.
Word of the Sloan's appointment comes follows the House's overwhelming passage Friday of a $638 billion defense bill that would block Obama from closing the detention facility. The House acted despite a White House veto threat.
The administration cited Guantanamo's prohibitive costs and role as a recruiting tool for extremists. A hunger strike by more than 100 of the 166 prisoners protesting their conditions and indefinite confinement has prompted the fresh calls for closure. Obama is pushing to transfer 86 approved detainees to their home countries. Fifty-six of the 86 are from Yemen.
Officials said Sloan, whose diverse government experience includes clerking for liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and conservative prosecutor Kenneth Starr, would focus primarily on navigating between the administration and Congress to overcome the deep, largely partisan divide over closing Guantanamo.
"It will not be easy, but if anyone can effectively navigate the space between agencies and branches of government, it's Cliff," Kerry said. "He's someone respected by people as ideologically different as Kenneth Starr and Justice Stevens, and that's the kind of bridge-builder we need to finish this job."


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Trump budget sets up another battle over wall funding
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is reviving his border wall fight, preparing a new budget that will seek $8.6 billion for the U.S-Mexico barrier while imposing steep spending cuts to other domestic programs and setting the stage for another fiscal battle.
Budget documents are often seen as just a starting point of negotiation, but fresh off the longest government shutdown in history Trump's 2020 proposal shows he is eager to confront Congress again to reduce domestic spending and refocus money on his priorities. It calls for boosting defense spending and making $2.7 trillion in nondefense cuts.
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Two administration officials confirmed that the border wall request was part of Trump's spending blueprint for the 2020 budget year, which begins Oct. 1.
That document, which sets the stage for negotiations ahead, proposes increasing defense spending to $750 billion — and standing up the new Space Force as a military branch — while reducing nondefense accounts by 5 percent, with cuts recommended to safety net programs used by many Americans.
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The administration will invest more than $80 billion for veterans services, a nearly 10 percent increase from current levels, including "significant" investments in rehabilitation, employment assistance and suicide prevention.
It will also increase resources to fight the opioid epidemic with money for prevention, treatment, research and recovery, the administration said. And it seeks to shift some federal student loan costs to colleges and universities.
By adhering to strict budget caps, Trump is signaling a fight ahead. The president has resisted big, bipartisan budget deals that break the caps — threatening to veto one last year — but Congress will need to find agreement on spending levels to avoid another federal shutdown in fall.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Trump's budget "points a steady glide path" toward lower spending and borrowing as a share of the nation's economy. He also told "Fox News Sunday" that there was no reason to "obsess" about deficits, and expressed confidence that economic growth would top 3 percent in 2019 and beyond. Others have predicted lower growth.
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In seeking $8.6 billion for the wall, the budget request would more than double the $8.1 billion already potentially available to the president after he declared a national emergency at the border last month in order to circumvent Congress — although there's no guarantee he'll be able to use that money if he faces a legal challenge, as is expected. The standoff over the wall led to a 35-day partial government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.
Along with border wall money, the proposed budget will also increase funding to increase the "manpower" of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Customs and Border Patrol at a time when many Democrats are calling for cuts — or even the elimination — of those areas. The budget also proposes policy changes to end sanctuary cities, the administration said.
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Trump invoked the emergency declaration after Congress approved nearly $1.4 billion for border barriers, far less than the $5.7 billion he wanted. In doing so, he can potentially tap an additional $3.6 billion from military accounts and shift it to building the wall. That's causing discomfort on Capitol Hill, where even the president's Republican allies are protective of their power to decide how to allocate federal dollars. Lawmakers are trying to guard money that's already been approved for military projects in their states — for base housing or other improvements — from being shifted to build the wall.
The wall with Mexico punctuated Trump's campaign for the White House, and it's expected to again be featured in his 2020 re-election effort. He used to say Mexico would pay for it, but Mexico has refused to do so.
Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in Palm Beach, Florida, contributed to this report.


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Joyce and I took a "bucket list" trip to Hawaii from July 24-August 3, 2014. We flew to Honolulu and spent two nights there before boarding the Pride of America, an NCL cruise line ship. The ship leaves Honolulu on Saturday and, in one week, visits the islands of Maui; Hawaii, "The Big Island;" and Kauai. Hawaii has 132 islands, but only eight are inhabited. Only the three we visited, plus Oahu, have significant populations. The cruise is seven days, and it is a great way to take a first trip to Hawaii. (If I go back, I would go directly to Kauai, which was my favorite island.) I took 1,500 pictures on this trip, and this gallery has 61, so you can see I have done my best to condense this gallery, even though it was very hard. The pictures follow our route. When you open the Web site, you will find the thumbnail shots with one larger photo to the right. Scroll down just a little, and below the larger photo you will see a caption and title. As you scroll through the gallery, you will see that information for each shot. If you click on "slideshow," on the upper right, you will see each photo in full screen, without the caption and title.Read More
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Light not functioning.
Refrigerator not working.
The LED light cannot be serviced by the user. Contact your Fisher & Paykel Dealer or Fisher & Paykel Authorised Repairer.
Check refrigerator is turned on at wall.
|Light and display not working.
|Product in SABBATH MODE.
|Press and hold , and together for 4 seconds.
|Motor operates for long periods.
|Hot weather.
Frequent door openings. Large amount of food recently added.
Temperature control set too low.
Doors not sealing properly.
|Minimise door openings to allow temperature to stabilise.
See Temperature control section 'ActiveSmart™ operating instructions'.
Check that cabinet is level and gasket seals are clean.
|Storage compartments too warm.
|Temperature setting not correct.
Frequent door openings. Large amount of food recently added.
|Frequent door openings. Large amount of food recently added.
Minimise door openings to allow temperature to stabilise.
|Food freezing in the refrigerator.
|Temperature setting not correct.
Food placed directly in front of air outlets.
|See Temperature control section 'ActiveSmart™ operating instructions'.
Move chill sensitive foods away from the centre back of the shelves.
|Unfamiliar noises.
|Cabinet not stable or level.
Freezer is defrosting.
|See Installation section (refer to 'Installation instructions') or refer to Sounds ('ActiveSmart™ user warnings and sounds').
|Water in the vegetable bins.
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A small amount of condensation is beneficial for fruit and vegetable storage.
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|Warm area on central door seal (French door models only).
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|Condensation on outside of refrigerator/ freezer.
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|Wipe dry.
|Condensation inside fresh food compartment.
|Frequent or long door openings.
Door gasket leaking.
Not unusual during periods of high humidity.
|Minimise door openings.
Check that gasket is sitting flat and sealing tightly.
Wipe dry
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Tray/bin does not slide in and out evenly.
Tray/bin does not slide in and out evenly.
Check to ensure no food or packaging is trapped behind the tray/bin.
Holding onto sides of tray/bin, extend the runners fully by using a firm pull – this will reset the runner.
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|Wrap or cover strong smelling foods.
|Excessive gasket noise.
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|Clean gasket and apply Armorall.
|Door not closing.
An obstruction is blocking door closing.
Soft closing door feature failure (soft closing door models only).
Move obstruction.
Soft closing door feature is not serviceable by user.
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|What to do
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|Switch on ice maker (refer to 'Using your ice maker (Ice & Water models only)').
|Bin is in the wrong way or there is no bin in place.
|Place bin so scoop is on the right side.
Ice bin sits directly under ice maker on top left side of freezer.
|Water supply turned off or not connected.
|Connect water supply.
|Freezer compartment not working.
|Contact Customer Care.
|Water pressure too low.
|Check water pressure.
|Water line kinked/squashed.
|Check water line for kinks/squashing.
|Filter clogged.
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|Ice cubes have odour/taste.
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|Old cubes need to be discarded. Ensure food packaging is sealed.
|Interior of freezer needs cleaning.
|Ice storage bin needs to be emptied and washed. Clean refrigerator (refer to 'Cleaning and caring for your refrigerator').
|Poor taste from incoming water.
|Filter may need changing. A new filter may need to be installed. Force 2 – 3 ice tray flips (refer to 'Using your ice maker (Ice & Water models only)').
|Slow ice cube freezing.
|Door may have been left ajar.
|Close door.
|Freezer compartment too warm.
|Turn temperature to a colder setting (refer to 'ActiveSmart™ operating instructions').
|Warm spot on central door seal. (French door models only)
|You may feel a warm spot at times on the central seal between the two refrigerator doors.
|This is perfectly normal and is part of the normal refrigerator operation.
|Wet ice/ ice clumping.
|Low water pressure.
|Check water pressure.
|Filter blocked.
|Replace filter (refer to 'Water filter (Ice & Water models only)').
|Long freezer door openings. High ambient temperature. Ice bin left out of freezer compartment for a length of time. Ice will stick together over time.
|Gently tap ice with scoop to unstick or, if large clumps occur, empty ice bin and make new ice.
|Water has poor taste/odour.
|Refrigerator not used for an extended period.
|Dispense 10 L (10 qt) of water so fresh water supply is replenished.
|Water dispenser does not work
|Water supply turned off or not connected.
|Turn water on. Press dispenser for 2 minutes to remove trapped air from water line and to fill the water system.
|Supply line may be blocked. On first installation there may be air in water system.
|Check supply for kinks or leaks. To remove air, run 3 litres (3 qt) of water through the dispenser
|Filter may be blocked and need replacing.
|Replace filter (see back of this booklet for Customer Care contact details).
|DISPENSER LOCK activated.
|Press and hold the button for 4 seconds.
|Water frozen in tank.
|Increase temperature to a warmer setting in fresh food compartment and freezer.
|Water in first glass is warm.
|Water dispenser not used for extended period.
|Discard first glass of water dispensed.
|Tank capacity used recently.
|Allow water time to cool.
|Filter warning light is flashing.
|Filter needs replacing.
|Replace filter as soon as possible (refer to 'Water filter (Ice & Water models only)').
|Drips overflow drip-shelf.
|Air trapped in tank.
|Flush 3 L (3 qt) water through dispenser, stopping intermittently.
|New filter installed.
|Flush 10 L (10 qt) water through filter and then 3 L (3 qt) through dispenser.
|Water flow rate has slowed down.
|Filter cartridge is restricted.
|Replace filter as soon as possible (see 'Water filter (Ice & Water models only)').
|Ice buildup inside freezer compartment.
|Freezer door not closing tightly
|Arrange items in freezer so door can close tightly. Check and clean door gasket seal.
|Ice maker makes unfamiliar sounds or seems too loud.
|Normal ice maker operation.
|Refer to refrigerator sounds (refer to 'ActiveSmart™ user warnings and sounds').
|Ice boost function not increasing rate of ice production.
|Ambient temperature very warm. Refrigerator is in high usage.
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"Betty And Veronica" (Season 1, Episode 16, originally aired March 29th, 2005)
In which Veronica goes undercover to rescue a bird for Wallace's basketball dreams, and her mom has drained her bank account…
As I mentioned last week, Veronica seems to have hit a point of no return in her investigation of Lilly Kane's murder. Her discovery of her mom – and Clarence Wiedman's discovery of her there – have made it impossible for Veronica to keep an entirely low profile. The main plot and character development is going to darker and more intense places.
Yet the world around Veronica keeps going as well, when she gets "hired" by Vice Principal Clemmons to find the mascot. Veronica recognizes the irony of trying to solve a murder potentially worth millions of dollars, and which has torn her family apart, while at the same time trying to track down a lost bird, calling it just another day in the life of a "human Google."
But as much momentum as the Lilly Kane murder plot is picking up, I'm happy with the case-of-the-week here, too, as trifling as it may be. I like it because it's a Wallace-centered episode, probably the strongest showcase for Percy Daggs III we've had yet – did you see that crossover? Wallace is actually a character on his own here, someone whose choices and abilities are necessary to the plot, and not merely someone to wisecrack with Veronica and do her bidding. It's not tremendously deep, but it's a nice reminder that he can have some character depth.
The basketball plotline is interspersed with the far darker flashbacks of Veronica's conversation with her mother. Flashbacks are often used as a narrative crutch, a way for shows to parse out information slowly to allow for twists that shock the audience but don't shock the characters, a sort of reverse dramatic irony. Veronica Mars could quite easily have done that in "Betty and Veronica" (and it did, to some extent, with the "overdraw" line), but instead it used it to build a tension and provide a counterpoint to the lighter case of the week.
More specifically, it informs Veronica's behavior through the episode. When she's "in character", she's her normal perky, sarcastic self. Outside of it, she's down, with her voiceover narration providing thematic segués into her encounter with her mom. And what an encounter it is: Lianne describes how she met with Jake Kane on the night of the murder because Celeste was threatening Veronica; how she threatened to run a paternity test on Veronica in order to take Jake for millions; and how she doesn't know whether Keith or Jake is Veronica's father. Worse, she's an alcoholic, and Veronica blows her college fund putting Lianne into rehab. And even worse than that, she doesn't mention why she was in town to meet Kane back in the pilot.
Veronica's decision to put her mom into rehab isn't shown, so we're given the impression that it was quick and decisive. Maybe it was. But it's one of many decisions where Veronica's attempt to maybe do the right thing in the here and now – maybe rule utilitarianism instead of act utilitarianism? - could maybe not be the right thing overall. Putting someone into rehab at great personal cost to yourself may be useless when that person doesn't want to be in rehab. Certainly making Wallace happy in an ethical fashion by rescuing the parrot isn't a bad idea, but it comes at great monetary cost to Weevil and ends up supporting a school and a system she has come to hate. And if Veronica's ethical quandaries seem problematic now, well….
"Kanes & Abels" (Season 1, Episode 17, originally aired April 5th, 2005)
In which Veronica tries to stop a stalker, and nearly gets her hands on the Koontz-Kane settlement papers…
…they're bigger here. I brought up utilitarianism as Veronica's ethical model above because her behavior in this episode can really only be called ethical according to a utilitarian model…because otherwise there's no excuse for this. In this episode, Veronica lies to Abel Koontz's daughter Amelia, temporarily upsets her life, and then behaves in a way that is likely to screw Amelia out of millions of dollars, just to get a little closer to re-opening the Lilly Kane murder (not even solving it!).
Now, unless Veronica believes two things, this is remarkably nasty for our heroine. Those two things are: the ends justify the means, and that exposing the truth is the most important thing in society. The former is a core precept of utilitarianism, of course, while the latter implies a general good, going back to the rule utilitarianism.
Which is a complicated way of saying that it's hard not to see Veronica as the bad guy here. It's not like returning the money is any good, and Amelia seems like a perfectly decent person (if not a perfectly decent actress – her pauses between words made it seem like she was auditioning for Twilight). And Veronica was trying to screw her over in order to fulfill her obsessive needs. On another show, Veronica is the villain, and Clarence Wiedman, who shows up in the nick of time in order to save Amelia's riches, is the hero. Of course, things are more complicated than that – but the end result? Veronica loses.
Veronica is on firmer ethical ground in the case-of-the-week. Sabrina, an annoying '09er overachiever, has someone disrupting her sleep and study habits during midterms, and hires Veronica to flush him out, under the assumption that it's her obsessive ex, the 35-year-old Neptune sports star Kaz. Veronica quickly realizes that it's not, and then, in an annoying plot contrivance where the best students at Neptune end up at a dinner at the Kanes', discovers that she has a potentially motivated rival for valedictorian in lower-class fellow student Hamilton Cho. Cho isn't behind the stalking, but his father is.
Mentally, Veronica is totally on Hamilton's side here: Sabrina is a total bitch, in general and to Veronica, where Cho has to work for what he gets (he's kind of a jerk to Sabrina, but not to Veronica). But when the truth comes out, Sabrina and her mother refuse any kind of compromise. Which they're in their rights to do. By the rules of straightforward morality, Veronica has done the thing, of course. But things are more complicated than that. End result? Veronica loses.
The result to take away here is that no matter what, the structures of power are set up that our perky blonde detective heroine can't really win. She can succeed. She can get close. But achieving a satisfactory result? In the world of the '09ers, that appears to be impossible.
Stray Observations:
"Wait…THAT's my problem?" Lack of school spirit for Veronica.
The shot of Veronica standing still as Wallace walks backward is gimmicky, but adorable.
"That's this close to taking your hot cousin to prom."
Speaking of adorable, how about Leo wrapping the interrogation tapes as a present for his GF? Awww!
"You say following, I say taking a walk with a friend."
"Can you do me a huge favor without asking any questions?" "Isn't that the bedrock on which our friendship is founded?"
"In my culture Chinese food is always followed by gelato."
"You take that deep breath like you're preparing for battle." And, in an instant, both Veronica and Meg become that much more endearing. Meg for her insight, and Veronica for being so human.
"Miss Sabrina commands you, put your pants back on and get a job!"
"Can I get you to stop that?" "Tell him to jump."
I'm pretty sure this is the first confirmation that Veronica's not just a decent student, but a really good one. And it's possibly also the first time she's been mentioned as a junior.
Amelia is watching Clash of the Titans. Clever, Veronica Mars. Very clever.
"What brings you to my…door?" Veronica, of course, can't be the bad guy because Clarence Wiedman is clearly worse.
"You have a little something on your face." rip
"It takes real talent to make the unfair seem cool."
"Oh, hey, honey. What are you doing on the floor in the corner?" A silver lining for Veronica's failure with Amelia – she and Keith are pooling their resources to solve the Lilly Kane case. But has Veronica told Keith about her mom…?


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Microsoft on Friday said consumers would become coal mine canaries who turn up bugs and problems in each Windows 10 update months before businesses have to commit to the fixes.
In a blog post that outlined enterprise options for deploying Windows 10's faster update tempo, Microsoft formalized what has been a long-standing practice by savvy customers: wait to accept an update until unwitting others shake out the bugs and Microsoft fixes them.
"By putting devices on the Current branch for Business, enterprises will be able to receive feature updates after their quality and application compatibility has been assessed in the consumer market, while continuing to receive security updates on a regular basis," wrote Jim Alkove, director of program management for Microsoft's enterprise group, in the Jan. 30 post.
The "Current branch" that Alkove mentioned was one of two he labeled for corporate customers. Alkove did not supply details of the Current branch, part of the multi-tier approach he sketched out last September.
Analysts have been saying for months that Microsoft would offer such an option, one that would let businesses update Windows 10 approximately four months after the changes are initially released to the public. Last year, Gartner referred to the option as "enterprise update roll-ups," saying then that Microsoft would generate the roll-ups on a three-times-yearly-or-so schedule by combining the expected monthly updates that consumers receive for Windows 10. Businesses would have an unspecified stretch to test and deploy each roll-up, perhaps the same four months they had last year to get Windows 8.1 onto machines if they wanted to continue receiving security updates.
The Current branch for Business tag, like Gartner's roll-up label, will thus be a middle ground between the constant patter of updates -- not just of security fixes but of new features and UI (user interface) changes -- pushed to consumers and a far more restrictive practice for corporations that will deliver only security updates.
That middle ground was necessary because enterprise IT staffs have historically been adverse to change and conservative in how they adopt new operating systems and update existing ones -- often taking months to test some updates before deciding they're reliable enough to deploy in massive numbers.
What's interesting about Alkove's post is the frankness used to pitch the benefits of Windows 10 radical update process to businesses. In a clear attempt to assure enterprises that a faster cadence would be reliable, Alkove said that the delayed deployment of the Current branch would be safe because consumers had served as guinea pigs.
"By the time Current branch for Business machines are updated, the changes will have been validated by millions of Insiders, consumers and customers' internal test processes for several months, allowing updates to be deployed with this increased assurance of validation," Alkove said.
"Insiders" refers to the participants who have signed up for the Windows 10 Technical Preview. That program, called "Windows Insider," will continue indefinitely, a perpetual pre-release build resembling the roughest-edged versions that browser makers offer. Google, for instance, calls its similar Chrome build "Canary," for obvious reasons.
Omitted from Alkove's list of testers was Microsoft itself.
Although that omission may not be significant, Windows customers have been griping for months about the quality of Microsoft's updates, many of which have been problem-filled and some of which have had to be pulled because of those problems. Some analysts and users have connected the dots, arguing that after Microsoft's massive layoffs in mid-2014, when the company's software testing groups were especially hard hit, the quality of its updates declined.
"Microsoft fired all those testers last year," pointed out Wes Miller, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, in a Friday interview. "Now consumers are the testers."
This story, "Microsoft to business: Don't worry about Windows 10, consumers will test it" was originally published by Computerworld.


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CRS: 31st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation and Implementation Issues, December 16, 2003
From WikiLeaks
About this CRS report
This document was obtained by Wikileaks from the United States Congressional Research Service.
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Individual members of Congress will release specific CRS reports if they believe it to assist them politically, but CRS archives as a whole are firewalled from public access.
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Title: 31st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation and Implementation Issues
CRS report number: RL32174
Author(s): Gail McCallion, Domestic Social Policy Division
Date: December 16, 2003
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China retains supercomputing crown in latest Top 500 ranking
A supercomputer developed by China's National Defense University remains the fastest publically known computer in the world, while the U.S. is close to an historic low in the latest edition of the closely followed Top 500 supercomputer ranking, which was published on 13 July 2015.
The Tianhe-2 computer, based at the National Super Computer Center in Guangzhou, has been on the top of the list for more than two years and its maximum achieved performance of 33,863 teraflops per second is almost double that of the U.S. Department of Energy's Cray Titan supercomputer, which is at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The IBM Sequoia computer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is the third fastest machine, and fourth on the list is the Fujitsu K computer at Japan's Advanced Institute for Computational Science. The only new machine to enter the top 10 is the Shaheen II computer of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, which is ranked seventh.
The Top 500 list, published twice a year to coincide with supercomputer conferences, is closely watched as an indicator of the status of development and investment in high-performance computing around the world. It also provides insights into what technologies are popular among organizations building these machines, but participation is voluntary. It's quite possible a number of secret supercomputers exist that are not counted in the list. With 231 machines in the Top 500 list, the U.S. remains the top country in terms of the number of supercomputers, but that's close to the all-time low of 226 hit in mid-2002. That was right about the time that China began appearing on the list. It rose to claim 76 machines this time last year, but the latest count has China at 37 computers. While there are few major changes in the top positions in the ranking, the aggregate computing power of the 500 systems continues to advance, but the pace is slowing.
The current list represents 361 petaflops per second of performance, up 31% compared this time last year, but is a noticeable slowdown in growth, according to the authors of the study. The rise of the use of graphics processors, so-called GPU computing, is reflected in the top 10. Two machines used Nvidia K20x processors: the second-ranked Cray Titan and sixth-ranked Cray Piz Daint, which is installed at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre. But Intel's Xeon E5 chip continues to outrank all others. Taken together, three generations of the chip (SandyBridge, IvyBridge and Haswell) are in 80% of the systems, representing 67% of total performance. The Top 500 list is compiled by supercomputing experts at the University of Mannheim, Germany; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Martyn Williams covers mobile telecoms, Silicon Valley and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Martyn on Twitter at @martyn_williams. Martyn's e-mail address is email@example.com


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2 of 12 CERN undergrads will come from William & Mary this year
Two William & Mary undergraduates will spend the summer conducting research at the laboratories of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva, Switzerland.
Will Bergan '15 and Rachel Hyneman '15 were selected to participate in the summer program at CERN, site of the discovery of the Higgs boson and one of the world's leading centers of physics research. They will join a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program conducted at CERN by faculty from the University of Michigan. Funded by the National Science Foundation, REU programs give U.S. college and university students the opportunity to engage in research at institutions other than their own schools.
Assistant Professor of Physics Wouter Deconinck, who conducts William & Mary's own summer REU program in physics, noted that CERN only accepts a limited number of undergraduates from nations who are not full member states of the consortium. He added that quota for the U.S. is 12.
"It is exceptional that William & Mary was successful in placing not one—but two—students into the CERN REU," Deconinck said. "It is great to see that the W&M Physics Department is being recognized as having a top undergraduate program that prepares students, through extensive pre-senior research opportunities, for these high-profile research positions."
Bergan and Hyneman aren't the first William & Mary physics students chosen for the highly selective experience. Christine McLean '12, now a graduate student at U.C. Davis, participated in the REU in summer of 2011. Deconinck noted that the Department of Physics has an excellent track record in placing students at internships and other research experiences through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and at other universities in the U.S. and abroad. The CERN REU, though, remains near the top of the list and receives a large number of applicants.
"I had heard some of the upperclassmen talking about places they had applied in previous years," Bergan said. "Then I saw it on the web somewhere. So I decided to try it out. I thought my chances were not very high; I had heard that it was a difficult program to get into."
Bergan and Hyneman will leave for CERN on June 6. They will spend eight weeks working with some of the world's foremost scientists, using the tools of high-energy physics to probe some of the world's most compelling questions. Both of the William & Mary physics majors have previous experience working at large physics labs in the U.S. Bergan completed an REU-like summer experience at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab near Batavia, Ill. while Hyneman was working on an experiment at the DOE's SLAC National Accelerator Lab in California when she got the e-mail notifying her of her acceptance into the CERN REU.
"We were about to leave for our lunch break, so I check my phone and look at my emails, then I read that I had been accepted," Hyneman recalled. "I couldn't really believe it. I just lit up and smiled, and probably let out a little bit of a screech and showed my phone to someone."
The CERN REU covers airfare to and from Switzerland, a per diem of $100 Swiss francs, to cover housing at the CERN hostel and food. There's also a $2,500 stipend. Neither Hyneman nor Bergan have received a research assignment for their time at CERN. Hyneman has been in touch with other CERN-bound students through a Facebook group; she said that past work assignments have been connected with the ATLAS experiment.Bergan, of Springfield, Va., is a runner and enjoys playing competitive bridge. Hyneman, of Gilbert, Ariz., plays bass with a number of musical ensembles at William & Mary, including the jazz combo Mary and the Williams. Both plan to go to graduate school after William & Mary and to seek out careers in high-energy physics.


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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Personal Project: Entry Photo Wall
18 comments:
You are incredible! Thank you so much for posting pictures on this--it's fantastic. You did a great job!ReplyDelete
It looks great! Actually I`m looking for ideas like your work, so thank you! In my last post I show an another dyi-idea for the door. A little difficult and for wood enthusiasts;)ReplyDelete
Looks great! I love how the gold mirrors look on that grey paint colour. I've been planning a gallery wall for over a year - I should really get my butt in gear!ReplyDelete
Great job! And I love the idea of switching the photos once in a while.ReplyDelete
I had the same problem with my entryway- It's very small ( about 3,00 sq.metres) and have 2 pairs of doors, but it's decorated with small crystal chandelier and little gallery ( well, maybe not 'gallery' - 3 framed pictures and wooden letter...)
julie! love the wall color, love the placement of everything. and the addition of the mirrors to break up everything is brilliant. you make apartment living chic-er than chic! you did a great job!!ReplyDelete
I enjoy your little nod to FRIENDS! Your gallery wall looks great :) KristinReplyDelete
I love the soothing grey color of the wall and how you mix the different frames for an eclectic feel. Everything works perfectly together and looks great!ReplyDelete
Great job Julie, you did fantastic!ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone for your positive feedback! So glad you like the end result. More personal projects to come :)ReplyDelete
I'm so jealous you got all that accomplished in one weekend! It looks so awesome!ReplyDelete
simple and beautiful :) I really like itReplyDelete
Regards Mag
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013
Hi there, I am a decorator in Burlington, Ontario Canada and a subscriber to your blog. If you want to take your gallery wall to the next level paint your interior entry door black, believe me it will look sensational!!ReplyDelete
This looks great! I love he eclectic frames, shapes, sizes. Nice job! I actually plan on painting our entryway a fun contrasting chevron stripe, inspired by a photo I noticed in one of your previous posts. I wrote about my fun project here -- http://www.rememberwhenwelivedinthatcastle.com/2012/12/raindrops-on-roses-whiskers-on-kittens.html. It's on the never-ending and ever-growing 2013 To DO List!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013
Julie, the wall looks fantastic!! Great job as usual :)ReplyDelete
So great! I started one as well, but I don't have enough pieces ( frames/etc) to fill it yet, so doesn't feel's like I can't really do anything until I have enough and the right ones!ReplyDelete
Love this! I'm in the process of decorating my sons nursery and I am so torn on what I want to do. It seems like the decision to put on a wall is bigger than what car to buy! I love what you did and couldn't have done it better myself! A method you can use to do this without creating a ton of holes is putting up wax paper and tracing out the frames to see what they look like and hammering over the paper if it is what you like!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a difference! I absolutely love what you did with the wall and how you arranged everything, it looks amazing! I am going to feature this on my Links to Love post tonight on my blog! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 03, 2016
Do you have the name of the wall color? Love it.ReplyDelete


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Tuesday, 05 March 2013 09:15 AM EST
The prosecution accused Randy Blythe, 42, of shoving 19-year-old fan Daniel Nosek off the stage at the 2010 concert, causing him to hit his head when he crashed onto the floor. Nosek died in hospital a few weeks later from his head injury.
Presiding judge Tomas Kubec ruled that Blythe's actions did not constitute the crime of causing an injury leading to death.
"We did not find criminal responsibility in the actions of the defendant. We found moral responsibility. There has been the death of a young man who had not been guilty of anything."
Kubec said the concert promoters were ultimately to blame for failing to prevent fans from clambering onto the stage. "We reached the conclusion that there was a serious fault on the side of the promoter and organizer of the concert."
Prosecutors immediately appealed against the acquittal, meaning that the case will be reviewed by the Czech High Court.
Blythe, who has cropped his long dark hair but kept his soul patch, wore a dark suit with white shirt and a striped tie at the trial, attended by Czech and international media.
"I have been found not guilty and acquitted of all charges against me. I am a free man," Blythe said in a post on his Instagram.com profile. "Please remember the family of Daniel Nosek in your thoughts and prayers in this difficult time. I only wish for them peace. Thank you for your support."
Blythe nodded his head when the judge said some form of compensation for the victim's family could be suitable.
"The acquittal does not prevent the defendant, if he feels some moral responsibility, to enter negotiations with the family of the victim and act accordingly," the judge said.
The singer admitted to shoving the fan off the stage after several other fans climbed up onto it during the 2010 Prague show, but said he believed Nosek was unharmed.
He said he did not learn of Nosek's death or the prosecution over the incident until police arrested him at Prague airport when the band returned for another gig in June last year.
Blythe made no immediate comment to reporters after the ruling and left with his attorney.
He was released on bail after his arrest and traveled back to the United States, but returned for his trial. Blythe would have faced up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
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NYPD Spokesman Paul Browne Is a Lying Liar
Kudos to NYU's Brennan Center for Justice and the New York Times' Michael Powell for catching NYPD spokesman Paul Browne in massive, galling, and bald-faced lie. The man should be fired.
When the Village Voice reported last year that the NYPD had been training its officers with The Third Jihad, a vicious Islamophobic movie claiming that "much of the Muslim leadership in America" are part of a "strategy to infiltrate and dominate" the country, Browne brushed it off: It's a "wacky movie," he told the Voice's Tom Robbins, that was mistakenly shown "a couple of times." What about the fact that NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly actually appeared in the film as an interviewee? "[Browne said] the footage was scraped from another source," Robbins wrote. Yesterday, Browne told the New York Times the same thing: "Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's chief spokesman, wrote in an e-mail that filmmakers had lifted the clip from an old interview. "
We now know that's a lie. The Brennan Center, through a Freedom of Information Law request, found that The Third Jihad was screened to nearly 1,500 officers on a "continuous loop" for up to a year. Even more egregious: The Times' Michael Powell tells us today that not only did Ray Kelly actually submit to an interview for the film, but Paul Browne actually recommended that he do so:
On Tuesday, the film's producer, Raphael Shore, e-mailed the Times and provided a date and time for their 90-minute interview with the commissioner at Police Headquarters on March 19, 2007. Told of this e-mail, Mr. Browne revised his account.
"He's right," Mr. Browne said Tuesday of the producer. "In fact, I recommended in February 2007 that Commissioner Kelly be interviewed."
In an e-mail, Mr. Browne said that when he first saw the film in 2011, he assumed the commissioner's interview was taken from old clips, even though the film referred to Mr. Kelly as an "interviewee."
All public relations professionals lie. That's what they're paid to do. (Outraged flacks: Don't email me saying you always tell the truth. I know you're lying!) And Browne's claim about The Third Jihad being screened only a few times is, in context, a minor offense: Maybe he was misinformed, or didn't have all the facts when he spoke. But to tell two different reporters, a year apart, that Kelly was never interviewed for a film he appeared in, and that Browne himself recommended Kelly be interviewed for, is almost pathological. He is paid by New York's taxpayers, and should be fired.
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February 22-24, 2013
Hilton Los Angeles International Airport
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There's fresh and then there's Roadhouse fresh—dine at Benzonia's favorite Mexican Bar & Grill and you'll taste the difference. From the house-made margarita mix to the daily prepared salsas and guacamole, meals at Roadhouse spice up the ordinary.
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Red Jasper Power bracelet for Stability and Protection~ High Quality beads
A strong protection gemstone, red jasper is known to protect against hazards of the night. Red jasper is very lucky for actors. Jasper is one of the oldest known gemstones. It is mentioned in the Bible several times. Jasper is a strong securing gemstone. It is a stability gemstone. It is a powerful protection against things that are not good for you and it eases emotional stresses, making it a wonderful gemstone to have in your home.
Jasper gives one the courage to speak out and have personal independence. It also protects from fears in the night. Red jasper is thought to help balance the energy in the body. All jaspers help balance the emotional energy in the body.
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Self-Reported Empathy Dropped over Last 30 Years
As you get jostled in the daily rough and tumble, does it feel like other people care less about how rough you have it and how much you're getting tumbled? Well, your suspicion may have some data to back it up. Because according to an article in Scientific American Mind magazine, analysis of surveys of college kids reveals that self-reported empathy has been dropping for the last 30 years. And empathy really took a nosedive in the last 10 years. [Jamil Zaki, "What, Me Care?"]
Nearly 14,000 student questionnaires that were completed in the last three decades were used for the study. And 75 percent of those surveyed today rated themselves as being less empathic than what was the average score 30 years ago.
One possible explanation is social isolation—we tend to do more things on our own and engage in fewer group activities than we used to. Another possible cause is a decrease in reading fiction for pleasure. Studies have found that the number of stories preschoolers read correlates with their ability to understand other people's emotional states. The good news is that if empathy can go down, it can also go back up. You feel me?
—Steve Mirsky
[The above text is an exact transcript of this podcast.]