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At 15 years old, I was sleeping on the cement floor of a kind friend of a friend in a subsidized housing co-op. I thought I was invincible, and too smart for school. The truancy officer for the school board tracked me down and gave me a lecture about attendance. Technically, I was legally obligated to go to school until at least age 16.
"Give me the equivalency exam," I demanded. "I'll pass the exam no problem, and go right to college."
He had been nervously chewing his Bic, and there was a long blue ink smear across his left cheek and lips. My 15-year-old brain couldn't focus on anything else.
I had no idea how I would afford college when I didn't even have a stable place to rest my head, but in my own mind, I was unstoppable. I was sleeping maybe 3-4 hours a night, and spending way too much time hanging out with an unsavory (drug-obsessed and unemployed) crowd. Down to my last three dollars, I packed up all the books I had taken with me when I moved out of my father's house and took them on the 3-hour march downtown to the used book store (I couldn't even afford a bus ticket). I walked away with $6 for a bag of pasta and a no-name can of sauce.
Not wanting to risk the consequences doled out to 15-year-old dropouts, I registered at the closest high school. After two months, my host received notice that she had an unauthorized tenant and I had 30 days to leave or she'd be evicted for violating the rental agreement. And so, with no job, no prospects, no idea what to do with myself, I left school again (abruptly) and wound up living in a trailer in a closed-for-the-season trailer park, with strict warnings not to be discovered. I ate plain mustard and used old t-shirts wrapped around paper towels as maxi pads. I like to refer to this section of my random life as my McGuyver phase.
Then I started coming down. Gone was the "BRING IT ON!!" attitude I'd been living with. I sought the quietest, darkest corner of every room to avoid socializing. I knew I had to go back to school, but didn't know if they'd even let me back in. I was useless, penniless, worthless, and associating with me was a pointless endeavor. I couldn't stay at the trailer, so I needed to find something before school. I wound up renting a bedroom in a 4 bedroom townhouse in a tiny town an hour bus ride from my high school. But hey – beggars/choosers, right? I was turning 16 and could apply for student welfare. I had this overarching compulsion to get back to my original school, the only thing I was any good at, so I went back.
And holy sh*t kids are ignorant. There were rumours upon rumours about where I'd been and that I'd flunked out (really? With a 96% average in enrichment classes?), that I'd been working as a stripper or prostitute; it never f*cking ended. I sought -and found- solace in the private practice rooms in the music room where it was just me and a piano or oboe and I could tune everything out. And slowly, the sadness waned, and one day I realized that I was happy to be playing in the concert band. That I actually *wanted* to sing with the jazz band. I wanted to scream at the top of my voice: "She's baaaaack!"
That little flipping of the switch started up the fire I would come to love as mania. I loaded my coursework and played the lead in the school musical, Return to the Forbidden Planet. I did outreach work for sexual assault survivors with a team of unlikely friends. I got a co-op placement at a slick commercial recording studio and soaked in as much as I could. It was then that I decided to take Recording Engineering at college. I was already awesome at so many things, this would obviously just come naturally. Or so my manic brain told me, persistently.
I wound up in my own studio apartment here in London that made getting to/from school activities much easier. My music teacher knew I couldn't afford lessons, so the school wound up paying for vocal and oboe lessons for me so I could catch up with those who started in grade 9.
I experienced my first mental health slap in the face that year. I had previously babysat the music teacher's two young children at his house in a quiet suburb, earning some much-needed cash. They were delightful children. We always had a good time.
Well, apparently the music teacher hadn't known about my traumatic past when he entrusted me with his children. Once he found out, from another teacher I presume, he called me into his office and fired me as his babysitter. Because, as he told me, I was a bad influence. There was so much good going on at the time that I couldn't process the dismissal. Was he concerned I'd be recommending that both his kids pack up and leave and go on welfare and be drop-out failures? Didn't he see me winning awards and performing for thousands and giving back with a social-work initiative called 'This is My Story' where I actively warned kids about following my shitty path? Well, so what? I was, so I thought, the master of my own delightful world. Again.
And then I crashed. My mom and I had reconnected and she arranged for me to get my hair cut by her hairdresser. The blonde highlights burned my hair to a dry, frizzy, tangled mess. I got home and bawled. I sat on the garage step and just wailed. I was ugly, no one would like me, there was no point in going to college. The pain was overwhelming, and my mom suggested we go see her doctor.
Enter Prozac.
It was the first of many creative medical interventions that saw me on a seemingly random assortment of psychotropic medication and a primary diagnosis of depression.
No sh*t, Sherlock. Everyone sobs uncontrollably for 10 hours over a bad haircut. But the negativity spread to the other areas of my life, and I ranged from sleeping 20 hours a day for literally days to not sleeping for four days straight with no sign of slowing down. This was July. College started in September. Prozac kept me alive but also numbed my emotions to the point where I felt like I was experiencing life through a layer of gauze wrapping my whole body. And still, I kept going.
College was largely uneventful, completing courses and projects while balancing the delicate medication dance I was on. And I was ok with having depression. It was something I could wrap my inquisitive mind around to justify side effects that might otherwise cause me to quit. And it turns out, I didn't want to move to a bigger city to follow my musical dreams. I would have to start from scratch when I felt like I was making out okay. I decided to choose another career, one that would leave me time to sing as a hobby and look after myself when my symptoms flared.
My first real job was at an insurance brokerage where I was hired at my first interview because I fixed my supervisor's computer while I had been there a grand total of nine minutes. I knew a decent amount about insurance and was good at it. I liked it. My supervisor talked to me about moving into a marketing role, a challenge I was eager to take on. Then things got weird.
It started taking me ages to do the bare minimum daily tasks. Things like looking up driving records became seemingly impossible. I started crying on the bus on the way to work and getting so sick to my stomach that I couldn't keep anything down. It was me, I thought, it's too much for me. I'm too stupid. I'm too slow.
I'd better quit before they fire me.
So I did. The VP Finance tried to talk me out of it, to explain that it sounded like I had an illness and that was not who I really was. Looking back now, he really was incredibly understanding. But back then, I couldn't believe him. I walked out and didn't look back.
The next eight months are a disjointed blur. All I remember is that my shih tzu Bailey would lay on my shoulder for hours when I couldn't get off the couch. I couldn't get up for anything, even the one creature that loved me unconditionally, and I made him a doggie litter box with newspaper flyers so I didn't have to take him outside. Feeding him was the only reason I bothered to get out of bed. I coloured my red hair brown so fewer people would look at me. I struggled to choke down food and lost 60 pounds.
My boyfriend at the time had an incredible family doctor who agreed to take me on as a patient. And so the drug treatment roller coaster began again.
It took 5 years of hit/miss/hit-miss/miss/miss/sorta hit/worn off/experimental before the doctor admitted defeat and referred me to the head of the Mood Disorders Clinic at the regional mental health facility. In a 90 minute assessment, the psychiatrist asked me about my life. All of it. He took copious amounts of notes, eventually breaking out the whiteboard and diagramming my experience. Nothing makes you feel more significantly fucked up than realizing your life is a random sine wave, and that it has an actual name: bipolar disorder.
The psychiatrist was surprised that I didn't immediately go into shock or outright denial, but I had been prepared for anything. This man could help me and the only thing I knew for sure was that if I didn't let him help, I'd remain trapped by my traitorous mind for the rest of my numbered days. So more medication, just different flavours. Mood stabilizers, sedatives, anti-depressants, antimanics, sleeping meds, and therapy, oh my. I was on the right track, but wasn't as smart as I thought. I knew nothing about how each complicated medication worked, or how to avoid side effects and negative interactions. But this next bit, that's all on me.
I was having a manic episode and hadn't slept in days. I thought I knew which medication would quiet my brain, but ended up overdosing on Effexor to the point where I hallucinated a wolf on my front porch – yes, a real wolf – and my legs went stiff as boards while my heartbeat raced. I rushed to the hospital to learn about how easy and dangerous it is to screw yourself up on those meds. Serotonin Syndrome is terrifying, and I brought it on myself. That was a hard lesson to learn about following directions written by smarter people.
The thing I am most afraid of is what is known as a mixed episode. When it happens, I am severely depressed and fascinated by ending my own life, and just manic enough that I actually have the ambition and energy to do something about it. My most severe mixed episode saw me smashing my collection of blue glass, cutting off my own hair so no one would look at me, hyperventilating and hiding behind the bedroom door, screaming, after someone in my family called an ambulance. The only thing that stopped me from taking all my pills that day was the look of absolute terror on my little sister's face. It was something I couldn't bear to see again, especially if it was my fault. She was so sensitive, and the very thought of her having to go to my funeral was like dumping a bucket of ice water on my confused head. At that moment, she gave me something to live for. I certainly didn't have the strength to live for my own screwed up self.
I was hospitalized for three weeks and put on a new medication regimen. I started group therapy, CBT and DBT, plus a bipolar group. Slowly, things evened out and we found a combination of medications that seem to do the trick at prolonging the time between episodes and limiting the damage that is done when one occurs.
Since then, I've fallen into a fragile routine that stays pharmaceutically stable for a while, then the depression or mania sneaks in, and it's met with a satisfactory slap from an ECT treatment.< Here's an article I wrote on it > I have episodes that require hospitalization for risky, rapid medication adjustments, but the majority of the time, my wellness team does a great job adjusting therapy according to the nuances of what is going on in my life at the moment.
The past 5 years have been equal parts challenging and rewarding. I have a great job with a progressive company that appreciates that bipolar "comes with your awesome." They had already read the piece I wrote for The Atlantic detailing my first ECT experience (link above), and the only thing my soon-to-be bosses were concerned about in my interview was the potential memory loss side effect. But my ECT doctors switched it up from bilateral to unilateral and my memory is better. Not perfect – I try to write everything down just in case. But good enough that it hasn't interfered with my performance at work.
I take 15 pills a day to stay stable. I'm thrilled to announce that this is my maintenance year, wherein my doctors and I stick with what works and keep living without a rain cloud following me around. The following statement is a rallying cry, coming from the place inside me on constant alert: Right now, I am ok. And I've learned so much about staying well, that even if something unexpected happens and sends me off in a sideways shuffle, my wellness team won't let me stumble too far. I know who I am, and how far I've come, but with that comes knowing how far there is to fall. Thankfully, I am surrounded by people, both family by birth and family by choice, who don't think less of me when I need help. Loving them is what keeps me moving forward. And if, as my boss says, bipolar is just a side effect of being awesome, I can stop worrying about being somehow better and simply live my life being me.


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My teen is always late
Dear Russell. My 15 year old son is having trouble with being on time. He is late for everything! He is also making us late for events or gatherings. I must confess to covering for him and I do make excuses for the reasons he is late. Now I think it may be getting worse, what can I do?
Hi there, thanks for getting in touch. Being late is something we all must deal with occasionally – but being late for everything on a daily basis is quite serious, and you're right to be concerned. At fifteen, your son is only a stone's throw from adulthood and all the responsibilities that brings. Learning solid organisational skills is a big part of maturing, and if your son doesn't learn how to implement them in his life now, then he'll have to learn the hard way later on!
Chronic lateness can stem from many different factors. Some people have issues with their 'time-keeping', and find it difficult to understand just how long even simple tasks might take them to accomplish. Some kids (and adults) are naturally and easily distracted, which can affect their focus on a day-to-day basis. My experience is children who constantly arrive late often haven't faced any severe consequences for this behaviour. They feel no pressure to be on time, and that leaves them prone to 'dawdling'. I'm sure your son isn't being late on purpose, saying that, you as a parent should start putting a new system into place that will help him get back on track with his time-keeping. It's likely you have covered for and excused his lateness for so long, that this pattern of poor organisation is now normal. This is the time to work with him to build his organisational skills it's also a really good and useful investment for his future, so it's definitely worth the effort!
Creating consequences for lateness is the first step towards eradicating it – it's important that you let him know what you expect. Sit down and discuss the issue. Let him know his lateness is becoming a problem which needs to be resolved. Ask him if there's any particular reason why he may be having trouble with keeping time. Tell him you will no longer tolerate it or cover for him anymore. Furthermore, he will have to face the consequences at home and school or even miss out on activities because he wasn't ready on time. Try some new tactics to encourage him to be on time; you could 'charge' him for every instance of lateness by taking away privileges for a proportionate amount of time! For example, if he were ten minutes late, the consequences might be you subtract twenty minutes from his video game or social media time.
Something obvious yet often overlooked is, does he have an effective way to keep time? Teenagers these days are less likely to wear a watch, as their smartphones display the time, but always being able to see the exact time could mean a wrist watch might be useful investment.
Finally, I reiterate, try not to cover for your child should he get into trouble for his lateness. Learning that one's actions have repercussions is a fundamental life lesson, one that we should continually teach and learn. Parents naturally want to protect, but in this case, you need to step back and allow your teen to experience the penalties. By reinforcing it is not appropriate to be routinely late and there will be consequences, I'm confident your teenager will soon start getting where they're supposed to be in good time.
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Emma Seppälä for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please click here.
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The number-one attribute CEOs look for in their incoming workforce (according to an IBM survey of more than 1,500 CEOs across 33 industries and 60 countries) is not discipline, integrity, intelligence, or emotional intelligence. It's creativity.
After all, every company wants to be at the forefront of its industry and on the cutting edge of innovation. And for that, you need highly creative employees.
While much of the advice on becoming more creative is known, what's harder to figure out is how busy executives actually find time to put it into practice. To find out, I spoke to some of the most innovative leaders across key industries, from technology to consulting to manufacturing. Here's what they said.
Seek out unfamiliarity. Research shows that we are at our most creative when we are in an unfamiliar environment. One study showed that spending a few days out in nature disconnected from all devices — an unfamiliar and unusual experience for most people — led to a 50% increase in creativity.
But if you don't have several days to retreat to the woods, how do you make time for new experiences? Terykson Fernando, former Creative Director at Hubbl (which sold to Airpush for $10 million) and now Creative Director at Sattva, tries to integrate observation into everyday activities. "The entire universe is filled with ideas and has in it what I am trying to create, so I take clues from everyday life by observing every little thing and being inquisitive about the how, why, what of things around me."
If that's not quite enough of a push, Lars Bastholm, global CCO at Google, offers a tip: "I used to tell creatives who were stuck on a brief to go to the magazine store and buy three magazines that they'd never in a million years buy. Like Orthodontist Monthly, The World of Monster Trucking, that sort of thing. Then I'd suggest they read them cover to cover and try to reframe the brief they were trying to crack with the target audience of those magazines in mind. Usually it would not only be super fun, but it would also open up new avenues of thought that could then be applied to the original brief."
Simon Mulcahy, interim CMO at Salesforce, recommends an exercise he calls "flipping the binoculars around." For example, if you're a bank branch trying to increase customer loyalty, look at a company in a completely different industry, like Starbucks, and ask how it keeps customers coming back.
Get feedback from diverse sources.
While not every study agrees, there is a good amount of research showing that diverse groups are more creative. The leaders I talked to not only made an effort to bring together people from different backgrounds and perspectives but also took the time to talk to people outside their industry about their ideas.
Rufus Griscom, serial entrepreneur and CEO and founder of Heleo, puts it this way: "Ideas are like people — they don't like to be isolated or treated jealously. They like to mingle, interact with other ideas."
"Like most young entrepreneurs, I used to be worried that if I shared a new business idea too broadly, someone else would run with it, and I would lose the opportunity," he told me. "Now, when I have a promising business idea, I literally share it with every smart person I encounter who has any interest in it. This results in introductions and new information, and it increases the likelihood that the idea will one day turn into a business."
Phil Harris, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer at Riverbed, adds an important reminder. Inside an organization, really listening to this feedback is just as important as soliciting it: "When we are in a room, there are no titles, grades, seniority. All voices have equal weight and all have equal time. Everyone knows they are listened to, and their contribution is always given time. Everyone is in a relationship that is based on trust and honesty, and not always the easy kind of honesty."
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Here is a direct link to the complete article.
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The travelogue is another important technique used in Utopia. There are a number of reasons for this. The early sixteenth century saw the dawn of the great age of exploration. Travel literature that described the voyages of explorers was very popular at the time. This popularity of this genre doubtlessly influenced More's choice as did the fact that the travelogue had been used by authors like Lucian (The True Story), a great favorite of More's.
The Tudor period was the great period of exploration and discoveries. More was a young man of twenty when Columbus discovered America. More wrote Utopia when the imagination of man was stirred by this sudden enlargement of their conception of the world. With it came stories of marvelous and exotic cultures that had any different social practices and laws. More used these stories as a way to get his own ideas across about how society could be improved.
Literary popularity suggested the choice of the travelogue. It is an excellent way to offer solutions to problems without being pedantic. The travelogue distances people from the immediacy of the problem. Therefore, the problem can be viewed more objectively. The travelogue is also a perfect vehicle of criticism. It deals with strange places and conditions that are not familiar to the readers, but which exist somewhere beyond the known horizon. It serves to camouflage the unsavory nature of the critical comments. More condemns contemporary social conditions like the unequal distribution of wealth, crime and punishment, and the abuse of royal privilege by showing a place where these practices are not tolerated and people are happier because of it.
The smokescreen that the travelogue provides is an important requisite in More's case because he was such a prominent citizen. For such a visible man, it was neither savvy nor safe to write open criticism of the political and social conditions of his time. The travelogue, therefore, was an ideal substitute.
More maintains the format of the travelogue consistently. The language exhibits correct nautical terms and phrases. But the travelogue part is limited because More is not interested in actual travels. His quest is not for wonders or architectural marvels, or for strange and exotic customs and habits but for "towns and cities and weal publics, full of people, governed by good and wholesome laws." It is a journal of a mental, not physical, exploration of a social problem.
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Kevin Murphy, the President and CEO of Berks County Community Foundation and the Council on Foundations' first Foundation Leader in Residence, published a fantastic think-piece examining potential disruptions to the existing business model for community foundations. He examines forces impacting financial planning and advising, financial technology (FinTech) and, in turn, their impact on community foundations (CFs). He poses many thought-provoking questions that CFs would be well-served to think through as they develop their forward-looking strategy and focus, including asking if CFs are focusing on the right metrics in the first place. If you haven't already, it is well worth a read for anyone even tangentially related to community foundations.
As I read the article, I found that many of his questions and observations are similar to realizations and hypotheses that I have had over the last 12 months as I came to understand how and why community foundations and their donors would benefit from widely accessible giving accounts, like Pinkaloo's modern giving accounts. Technology-first solutions like ours can help build stronger community relationships quicker and can allow CFs to develop a pipeline of future Donor Advised Fund (DAF) holders .
As members of the next generation of donors that community foundations need to engage, we wholeheartedly agree with Kevin that CFs should be discussing these issues now and forming a point of view around how they will address and navigate these realities.
Here are a few points and questions from the article that most resonated. We'd love to chat about how community foundations can approach these pivotal issues, and to share ideas here so that other CFs can benefit.
So, what if our communities find themselves without local financial and estate planning advisors? What if the financial services sector consolidates into a few, highly automated players?
In light of consolidation and disruption in the financial services sector field, how has, or will this, change affect your community foundation and what are the implications, if any?
Are there other types of assets we should grow to advance our mission?
Could community foundations find themselves developing "local venture capital funds" or pooling other philanthropic resources to accomplish their missions?
How much, if any, does our community foundation need to adapt in the face of this disruptive change in the financial services industry?
Do we need to be thinking/doing anything differently?
You can follow Kevin on Twitter and LinkedIn and the Berks County Community Foundation on Twitter. If you have a success story to share, send us an email or connect on Twitter!


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If you love DIY and you love to watch someone really inspiring then you will love todays Inspired Wednesday Pick! The DIY Mommy really is amazing to follow. She is always coming up with great projects for her home, gifts and activities with the kids and providing great tutorials so you can create it at home. To show you how fabulous she is I thought I would share some of my favourite tutorials.
Adorable Mini Fairy Garden Tutorial! What I love most is the handmade swing set!
How fantastic is this DIY Leather Diaper Bag which she also made a matching diaper clutch. I think it would make a pretty wonderful handbag.
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Todays bento for the kids was inspired by Usagis! RABBITS! Rabbit turkey and cheese mini-sandwiches, chips and chopped apples. I used my usagi cutter, cut the bread first, then the cheese then the ham and put it all together. SIMPLICITY...this all took about 10 minutes. I had my apples pre-chopped and ready to go, so this was another fast and adorable bento!
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USAGI Sandwich! Totemo Kawaii!
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How do you keep your apples "prechopped" from browning and going icky! Did you do them the night before?
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Brett Rutherford is a noted American poet, as well as novelist, playwright and publisher. He has lived in Weehawken NJ, New York City, and Providence, RI (his current home). In 1971, he founded The Poet's Press to promote the work of lesser-known but deserving poets. The press is active in print and on-line and has more than 300 publications to date (http://www.poetspress.org/ ). Brett's newest collection of poetry is the highly acclaimed An Expectation of Presences (2012). Other recent books include the 20th anniversary edition of Poems from Providence (2011) and the new edition of Anniversarius: The Book of Autumn (2011). Brett has published 12 other collections and chapbooks of poetry, among them Things Seen in Graveyards (2007), Twilight of the Dictators (1992, 2009), The Gods As They Are, On their Planets (2005), and Whippoorwill Road: The Supernatural Poems (1998, 2005). He has also recently prepared annotated editions of Matthew Gregory Lewis's Tales of Wonder, the poetry of Charles Hamilton Sorley, A.T. Fitzroy's antiwar novel Despised and Rejected, and the first volume of the collected writings of American poet Emilie Glen. His play Night Gaunts about horror writer H.P. Lovecraft was staged in Heidelberg, Germany in 2006, and also broadcast as a radio drama in Boston. His verse play, Carlota, Empress of Mexico, was given a staged reading by The Writers' Circle of Providence in the summer of 2007. He designs distance learning curricula and teaches literature in the Women's Studies Department at the University of Rhode Island in Providence. There, he has created courses on "The Diva," "Women in Science Fiction," and "Radical American Women," among others. Brett's interests include classical music and opera; Chinese art, history and literature; bicycling, graveyards, woods, horror films, intellectual history, and crimes against nature.
Go to http://www.poetspress.org/About_BR.htm for Brett's full biography.
For his published works, and the published works of other poets, go to http://www.poetspress.org/
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Spring is right around the corner and since Pine Road has a fabulous Nature Trail to use many teachers wanted to know if there was anything on outdoor learning that I could round-up. Below are some of the best resources that I could find:
Natural Resources
- Virginia Tech has a delightful elementary unit on Natural Resources that includes hands on activities, worksheets, puzzles, coloring pages and standards of learning.
- The Soil Science Society of America has a great resource page with lessons and hands on activities broken down by subject and grade level.
- California Academy of Science's Natural Resources Bingo lesson plan is a fun way for students grades 2-8 to categorize common things we throw in the trash according to the resource from which they are made.
- The Natural Resources Defense Council has a great resource page for elementary lesson plans, activities, websites and videos related to Natural Resources.
Living Things
- The Living Things vs. Non-Living Things Lesson plan on PDESAS has K-2 students identify characteristics of living and nonliving things. The lesson is tied to the PA state standards, includes an interactive smartboard set and suggested instructional strategies for differentiation. It also links to a fun lesson from the Utah Education Network where students participate in a Living vs. Non Living Murder Mystery. Note: the links to the Utah Education Network lesson are inactive, use this link instead http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=28279.
- The free Leaf Peepr App helps students to find and report on leaves in their area and
share that information with the world. Students can also make foliage reports by posting photos, writing comments, and rating foliage status for their location which will be
- PBS Learning's K-5 Living vs. Non Living lesson helps students explore the characteristics that distinguish living from nonliving things.The lesson includes videos, photos and handouts.
- The National Wildlife Foundation's grades 2-5 Explore the Backyard Scavenger Hunt is an interesting lesson that includes a printable Scavenger Hunt List and challenges students to put qualifications on the objects that they found as well as look for signs of wildlife.
- How to Nest For Less has a terrific K-2 Nature Scavenger printable for students to use as they explore nature
- Garden Answers app is a free app that allows students to take pictures of flowers & plants and then the app identifies & provides information about the plants
- Scholastic's Teach Now Weather Watchers website has K-3 weather related lessons & activties. Highlights include a internet field trip, weather related experiments and student created plays.
- Discovery Education's Connect With Weather website was created with the help of The Weather Channel. Highlights include a virtual behind the scenes field trip to The Weather Channel headquarters, videos, hands on activities and a family preparedness take home activity
- The University of Oklahoma's Storm Evader App is a free interactive way for kids to learn about weather. The app encourages students to see meteorology as a problem-solving tool by putting them in the pilot seat to navigate a plane during weather events.
- PBS Learning's K-2 What's the Weather? Lesson helps students learn about meteorology and weather changes, and discuss how weather affects daily life.The lesson includes worksheets, interactives and videos.
- Life Lab, a national leader in the garden-based learning movement, is a great resource for K-12 composting activities, lesson plans & videos. Highlights from this page are the worm guide, a vermicomposting activity for pre-K and how to build a soda bottle bioreactor.
- My Kids' Adventures Getting Dirty: Five Fun Composting Projects for Kids has great activities for creating not only a compost bin but also allows explains how composting helps students' to reduce their carbon footprint. It also has a link to The Nature Conservancy's interactive calculator for determining their or their families carbon footprint.
- PBS Learning's K-3 Recycling and Composting lesson helps students learn about the value renewable resources hold for our society and the broader community of living things. The lesson includes worksheets and videos for teachers to use.
- Learning to Give's What is a Watershed? lesson plan helps students understand the importance of watersheds and ways in which water pollution occurs through hands on activities, research and experiments.
- NJDEP Water Wash lesson illustrates watershed function, ground water contributions, flooding, and nonpoint source pollution.
- PBS and its Watershed Quest is a website explaining the concept of a quest and a one-hour lesson plan that enables students to explore their watershed and water movement using topographic maps.
- Project Wet has a website that contains fun Interactive activities and video about watershed parts (tributaries, source or headwaters, mainstem) and human impacts on watersheds (dams, pollution, runoff).


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Bourbon Street Bar & Grille is inspired by everything that makes the Crescent City & Southern Louisiana great. It is our hope that the unique culture of New Orleans is transplanted right here to our home on Restaurant Row right in the heart of the Theater District; a multi-level dining establishment with striking attention to detail and the best food and beverage that "N'Awlins" has to offer. The festive restaurant recreates the experience of the French Quarter where you'll feel like you've landed in the center of New Orleans.


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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
December Y U SO BLACK?
December, it's been a tough month for me. Hectic campus life has begun, the unlucky incident happened on me 2 days ago and the worst is I have never learnt to stop procrastinating. There are a long list of tasks must be completed within the month. Imagine that I have 3 assignments and a final year project to be done within a week from now. Sigh... Honestly, I am facing bottleneck on my final year project. I do not know how to continue and am so not motivated. I have to read a lot of journals but I just don't feel like reading at all. I don't feel like compiling at all. What happened to me? It used to be the easiest thing to do for me. I hate myself for behaving like an useless people sitting in front of the computer waiting for miracles to happen. It's not like I have much luck than others, else I wouldn't have spilled my bowl of tom yam soup onto my laptop. Else I would have able to continue on the work that I ONLY saved in my laptop. I am hoping for more luck. Sigh again.
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一切都会过去的 ~~=)
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Jaguar Cars has introduced 'The Concept Speedboat by Jaguar Cars' at the international driving debut of the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake. This one-of-a-kind concept demonstrates Jaguar's design DNA in a package that's outstanding and totally unexpected. This project to build the Concept Speedboat is headed by Jaguar Director of Design, Ian Callum.
He said that Jaguar knows that its current customers as well as potential ones have lifestyles that are diverse and active. He explained that when the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake was set to be launched, they saw a chance for its design philosophy to be used on an alternative product. He said that the Concept Speedboat exudes power and has the features of a traditional speedboat but with a Jaguar car's characteristics of sleekness and speed.
In developing the Concept Speedboat, Jaguar Cars consulted with a yacht design specialist and a bespoke design project management firm. The Concept Speedboat has a gel coat fibreglass hull finished on top with a natural teak decking.
This is divided by a carbon fibre fin, which took inspiration from the iconic Jaguar D-Type. It's seamless how the front of the boat flows into the screen. In addition, the red 2+1 cabin takes after the sportiness of Jaguar cars. Fuel filler caps inspired by the Series 1 XJ represent another nod to the heritage of Jaguar Cars. We know how the boat can be powered and docked via the imitation of its polished aluminium propeller and pop-up mooring post.
With its smart powertrain choices, the Jaguar XF Sportbrake is firm in its goal to emphasize both the athletic and practical aspects of its personality. Equipped exclusively with Jaguar's collection of 2.2L four-cylinder and V6 3.0L diesel engines, the Sportbrake delivers an impeccable mixture of sophistication, fuel economy, reduced emissions, and power.
For less emissions and enhanced fuel consumption, the Jaguar XF Sportbrake delivers an impressive performance and greater driving appeal with its eight-speed gearbox, four-cylinder 2.2L engine and the brand's own Intelligent Stop-Start technology. The moment when the Sportbrake is brought to a stop, a set of parameters are evaluated and checked automatically and the engine shuts down when the conditions are met.
The Twin Solenoid Starter subsequently reignites the engine in an instant within a shorter time needed for the driver to move its foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator. This innovative system also allows the engine to restart quickly even at the rundown phase to give the driver an opportunity to use a traffic gap at an intersection, for instance. This feature is referred to as the "change of mind" functionality.
Featured in all models, the twin-turbo 3.0L V6 engine of the Jaguar is provided in two tuning states which are both paired to a similar eight-speed gearbox that gives exceptional driver control through paddles mounted in the steering wheel. The premium 'S' model produces 600 Nm (442 lb.-ft.) of torque and 275 PS (202 kw), thus granting every enthusiast's driving wish.
All units of the Jaguar XF Sportbrake are equipped with the standard, self-levelling air suspension at the posterior portion to substitute the coil springs installed in the saloon. This configuration is developed and created by the company's chassis designers and engineers to keep the vehicle level even if it's fully laden while maintaining the same dynamic characteristics in relation to handling and ride of the saloon and offering identical linear responses.


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Jan 30-Feb 3 TTEK is in Haiti to assist in delivering a workshop on customs risk management. Assisting USAID and Nathan Associates, TTEK is helping to add value by promoting risk management principles for border management, and systematic approaches for targeting and selectivity of high risk commercial shipments.
See below image of the Day 1 session being led by Nathan Asociates expert Steve Letourneau. Great job Steve!


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One by one, prized Republican strongholds fell Tuesday night and yesterday.
One thing was clear: the
The answers that have emerged so far reflect the party's current confusion. A coalition once notable for its disciplined unity is now threatened by sectarian rifts that could widen significantly in the weeks ahead. Already, neoconservative defense hawks are pitted against isolationists, libertarian antitax brigades resist the values-driven politics of social conservatives, and the party's intellectuals operate at a growing remove from the base.
Consider the case of Gov.
And yet that establishment includes Republicans like
Meanwhile, party operatives, crunching the unfriendly numbers, are rethinking the red state versus blue state election model mastered by tacticians like
But the hunt for votes is only part of the problem. There is, more fundamentally, the question of what the two parties have to say and how they say it. Longstanding ideological debates, in particular, seem increasingly irrelevant and out of date.
It may well be that some of Mr. Obama's positions are to the left of the nation's at large — as Mr. McCain and others asserted time and again. But it may also be that most Americans do not much care. What seems to have impressed them is Mr. Obama's attunement to the problems afflicting the country and the hope he offered that they might be solved.
If so, then Republicans may have to jettison some of the most familiar items on their agenda. "The issues that have provided conservatives with victories in the past — particularly welfare and crime — have been rendered irrelevant by success," Michael Gerson, the Bush speechwriter turned columnist, wrote last week. "The issues of the moment — income stagnation, climate disruption, massive demographic shifts and health care access — seem strange, unexplored land for many in the movement."
In fact these "issues of the moment" have been with us for years now, decades in some instances, but until recently they were either ignored by conservatives or dismissed as the hobby-horses of alarmist liberals or entrenched "special interests."
The key word in Mr. Gerson's analysis is "movement," a term more applicable to moral or spiritual crusades than to the practical matters of governance, particularly governance in a two-party system, where success almost invariably requires compromise, consensus and a mind open to all manner of workable solutions.
These have not been, historically, the strength of "movement conservatives," who prefer arguments built on first principles often expressed in supercharged rhetoric. "Conservatives seem to have a genius for winning the all-important semantic battles," the policy thinker and journalist Richard N. Goodwin wrote in 1967. "Anti-union laws become 'right to work'; national
Some 40 years later, there are conservatives who still inveigh against the perils of socialized medicine. In the last weeks of the campaign, Mr. Obama was repeatedly labeled a "socialist" — a word all but emptied of meaning today when nations like
But if movement politics disdains nuance, its insistence on "core" principles lends steel to its adherents, who are inclined to regard all defeats, even major ones, as temporary setbacks.
This highlights a profound temperamental difference between the parties. The Democrats, more inclined in recent decades to pragmatism, have tended to bow to popular will even in close elections. President Bush, though he lost the popular vote in 2000 and though many believed that the Florida recount was unjustly halted by the
When Mr. Reagan was elected in 1980, he probably stood farther to the right of the public of his time than Mr. Obama stands to its left today. Only two years before, in the Congressional election of 1978, Democrats held on to substantial majorities in both houses of Congress, despite the troubled leadership of President
But when Republicans achieved a slight majority in the Senate to go along with the Reagan landslide, Democrats, still in the majority in the House, accepted much of his agenda, in deference to the public's will and also in recognition that a new era in politics had arrived.
This history forms a telling contrast with 1992, when
"He didn't get a majority," Mr. Dole said the next day. The country, he added, "had plenty of doubts about Clinton. They want change. Well, we want to be responsible and deliver change, whatever that means, but we're skeptical so we'll wait and see."
This set the tone for Mr. Clinton's presidency, which remained embattled for two terms. Mr. Dole repeatedly used the filibuster to thwart Mr. Clinton, and in his second term Mr. Clinton was locked in a war with
Mr. Obama has an advantage: He attained both a majority of the popular vote and a strong electoral victory.
The topics scheduled for the conservative conference on Thursday, according to one participant, include a discussion of how to rebuild a "national grass-roots political and policy coalition" modeled on the one conservatives put together in the 1970s, when in the waning days of liberal hegemony, Beltway organizations like the


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The sunsets in the Matterhorn glacier paradise are just made for romantics. High above Zermatt, at 3,883 metres, the sun goes down in a breath-taking spectacle, with Zermatt's Alpine world as a backdrop. A feast for the eyes to share with your loved one from the highest viewing platform in the Alps.
But that's just the highpoint of an evening filled with pleasures you can enjoy with all your senses. Start in good company with a typical Swiss apéritif and appetizers served during the cable car ride up the mountain.
An evening meal of gourmet delights
The culinary highlight comes with the last rays of the setting sun at the Matterhorn glacier paradise restaurant: a lovingly prepared three-course menu with a surprise dessert and fine wines. Marvel at the atmospheric display of shifting colours through the panoramic windows, culminating in the glorious spectacle of sunset.
Oxtail soup in puff pastry
Three types of veal with mashed potatoes and vegetables
Surprise Dessert
Delights for all: The culinary experience is also available if you are a vegetarian or vegan or follow a gluten-free diet. Tell us in advance when you register about any special dietary needs and we'll prepare a delicious alternative.
Vegetable soup in puff pastry
Falafel with vegetables, pesto and avocado creme
Surpise Dessert
- Adults: CHF 142.50
- Children aged 9 - 15.99: CHF 71.50
- Swiss Travel Pass, Half-fare or GA holders: CHF 115.00
- Children up to 8.99 years: free
- Return ticket Zermatt–Matterhorn glacier paradise
- Apéritif in the cable car from Furi to Trockener Steg
- Three-course meal in the Matterhorn glacier paradise restaurant, including drinks
Registration: by 12 noon on the day before
Meeting point: No less than 15 minutes before departure at Matterhorn glacier paradise valley station
Departure times from Zermatt:
13.07.2019: 17.45 p.m.
27.07.2019: 17.30 p.m.
10.08.2019: 17.15 p.m.
24.08.2019: 17.00 p.m.
Please note: Even in summer, warm clothing and sturdy footwear are essential for excursions in the high mountains.


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I don't want to admit that I'm getting older, the years are just passing by so fast.... When I had a party celebrating my 30thiest birthday, it said "Come celebrate the first anniversary of my 29th birthday!" on the invitation. :)
It is an old saying, that you shouldn't ask a woman about her age... but for me, I stopped counting. :) I stopped counting at 25, but that are a couple of years ago.... ;)
Usually I start with the background and a new technique, when I think of an Art Journal. But with this page, I started with the picture.
She is sitting in front of a purple background, and that made my choice of color easy. I used a plastic card to paint the background, just to get the paint really smooth and even. When that was dry I used a D.Downey mask, to create a classic wallpaper with medallions, and painted the inside of the mask (the contours) with a brush and
Lumiere metallic acrylic paint. I created the pink, and the grey, dots with the back of the brush. It took a while, and you had to be careful not to take to much paint on the brush - but it turned out really cool.
To separate her from the background, and make her even more classic, I made a frame around her - making it like an old oil painting.... kind of. :)
As a final touch, I took some modeling paste on an other mask from D.Downey/Prima Marketing. I also doodled some with a black pen.


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Butternut Pumpkin Pasta
Alright, here's an easy one to get back to posting after an abysmally long hiatus (it's not my fault, it's the thesis. Blame the thesis).
Happily it turns out that even when I'm not organised enough to write blog posts about my cooking, I'm still obsessive enough to photograph most of the dishes on top of this fancy marble slab that I found in a skip bin! Huzzah! So now I just have to play catchup and try to remember how I cooked the things in the photos ...that won't be challenging at all...
Here is butternut pasta. It's salty, sweet and garlicky, delicious and so easy to make that I never remember any quantities, so please forgive me for the lack of precision in the following recipe!
2-3 cups of Butternut pumpkin, cut into slices about 1cm thick
Garlic (4 cloves if you're relatively normal, 7-10 if you're anything like me)
Olive oil (2-4 Tbsp)
Chilli, diced
Fresh sage, chopped
Fresh parsley, chopped
Pecorino cheese (or Parmesan, or Romano if you prefer)
What to do
Start cooking your pasta, and while it cooks do everything else I'm about to tell you to do
Put the garlic, chilli, sage, parsley and olive oil in a frying pan (keep a little of the parsley and sage to the side to add later as a fresh garnish). Mmm sizzle.
Add your slices of pumpkin and fry over medium heat until they've gone a beautiful crispy caramel brown on both sides. You may have to do it in a few batches. Throw a bit of salt on them while you're at it.
By now your pasta should be about done, so take it out and strain it, then chuck it in the frying pan with all your pumpkin and a little more salt and olive oil. Toss it around on the heat for another 30 seconds, so the linguine gets coated in all the flavoursome goodness.
Put it in some bowls, put the fresh herbs on top and then smother it in delicious pecorino cheese. Eat!


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Dressing for YOUR Body Type: Short & PETITE
Discussing how to dress for different body types is a big deal, and I doubt I can tackle every single body type out there in just one post so I've decided to break it up into portions. Each Week I will discuss a different body type and how to dress for your specific shape. It is so incredibly important to dress for YOUR body. No matter what fads & trends are out there, no matter how many magazines or even blogs tell you "What's in & What's Out", if you're not dressing for you & your shape you're really not doing any one any favors.
|Kim Kardashian & Kendall Jenner
I love this picture Kim Karashian Tweeted of herself and her much younger sister Kendall. Mostly because it's how I feel next to my little sister, who isn't so little anymore, but actually has a good 4 inches on me at Least. It proves that we can each embrace our individual body types head on & look good doing it, you just need to have a few tricks up your sleeves.
There are many different & particular body types I want to discuss in the future. If you're not in today's categories don't worry, you are not alone! That post will just come at a later date. There's much to discuss when dressing for your body type like whether you have a short or long torso? Are you top or bottom heavy? We will get to all of this I promise, for now let's hit the basics, and let's start with a body type near & dear to me:
1. If you're SHORT/ PETITE
Of course this has to be #1 on my list because I sit here at a whole 5'2 tall. Okay Okay even that's a lie! Last I checked I believe I measured at about 5'1.5 it's just easier to say 5'2 ...right?
The Tips
Do wear Stripes
Stripes add the illusion of an elongated frame. They draw the eye to areas that could otherwise go unnoticed and they help to show off say, your legs. Don't shy away from horizontal stripes either, the misconception that they ALWAYS make you look wider is simply untrue, sometimes they help to make you look longer too.
Do get it Fitted
Shorter more petite women must always opt for a more fitted look. Anything boxy or excess materials just makes us look like we are drowning in a sea of fashion.
|Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen
As much as I adore these two and the power they have risen to in the fashion world, there's been a moment or two where I wondered where in the world their tailor was. Mary Kate's dress, well let's just say drowning, and Ashley's has the potential of looking so regal and put together if it weren't for that far too long of a hemline. Which brings me to my next point...
*A General Rule of Thumb*
This goes for most every body type ladies.
If you opt for a tight fitting top, go looser on the bottom.
Example tight top- do a flared jean not a skinny.
Example tight top- do a flared jean not a skinny.
If you opt for a blousy, loose top, go tighter on the the bottom. Skinny Jeans, Tights, the Fashion world is your friend right now if you are in the "top heavy department"
Good news for girls that are bottom heavy? You can still find a killer Jean that fits YOU right and flatters your body and pair it with a blouse, or layer it with a knit sweater or a Blazer.
The goal is to look polished, not like your hiding in a pile of fabric.
Do Wear Dresses... with the Right Hemline
Keep it above the knee, work appropriate you ask? Still above the knee. Our little legs weren't meant to be cut off mid calf. It simply doesn't work with our bodies girls. Opt for dresses like these:
|$45 Macys.com
|Sheinside.com $50
Do wear Jackets & Heels
A cropped Jacket can create the illusion of having longer legs, and heels can only help the matter.
If you have a shorter torso you may struggle with cropped jackets, if so swap it out for a more fitted longer cardigan... always keep the heels, always.
|Topshop.com $40 DorothyPerkins.com $44
These are just a few of the tips that work for me, there's still SO much more to be discussed.
I'll leave you with my favorite "Short" Stylish Stars us girls can admire, but for once, not look up to ;)
yes the style ICON herself stands at only 5'3
|Reese Witherspoon 5'1
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Attendees will learn how to plan, produce, and distribute a high-quality podcast that will open doors to new opportunities, customers, and revenue streams. We will cover key concepts and terminology that will help you gain an understanding of the podcast landscape and the associated technologies and production equipment, as well as all stages of the production process. Workshop deliverables will include equipment recommendations, production process templates, content roadmap templates and a comprehensive workshop training manual for ongoing reference.
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At his core, Nate is a teacher. He enjoys "seeing the light bulbs come on" when his clients or students master new concepts and skills that help them stay relevant and move their company toward achieving their goals.
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Consider the possibility that the air we breathe, water we drink, and foods we eat are all contributing to some of the most horrific ailments we can experience: cancer, autoimmune disorders, heart disease, and more. They are filled with chemicals, preservatives, and toxins. We are under a constant assault from what we put into our bodies, both voluntarily and involuntarily. On a day-to-day basis, we are bombarded with toxins, preservatives, and chemicals that promote everything from leukemia and irritable bowel syndrome, to mental fuzziness and weight gain.
We've been pumped with all sorts of horrible heavy metals, chemicals, free radicals, plastic toxins,and parasites through contaminated air, food, and water.
Maybe this hits home for you because you are already fighting sickness and disease. It seems like it's too late to make any changes, but that's not true. These ailments are symptoms of parasites, heavy metals, and chemicals built up in the body. If we can cleanse our bodies of these harmful elements, we can re-enable and re-establish our body's natural healing ability.
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Made from whole, ripe, and unfermented Noni fruit, which includes both the skin and pulp, this superfruit features alkaloids that are absolutely vital towards maintaining an optimal balance within our bodies. Noni can cleanse both the cells and colon. Over 140 nutraceuticals support this specific cleansing supplement.
Amino acids, raw food-based minerals, and more than 215 phytonutrients, chaga mushrooms also provides the body with a ton of vitamin B. This superfood can cleanse free radicals, while providing your system with powerful immunity boosting. Chaga mushrooms also help support the body's need for nutrients during parasite die-off.
Featuring vitamin B17, these unsalted bitter kernels are organically grown in Canada. The kernels are low temp air-dried to preserve this blend of protein, vitamin B1, essential fatty acids, and more. Bitter kernels help the body cleanse unhealthy tissues.
This blend utilizes wheat grass juice powder, barley grass juice powder, alfalfa grass juice powder, chlorella, and spirulina. This all-organic, all-raw, freeze-dried powder can cleanse your blood, bladder, colon, and kidneys. At the same time, this supergreens blend can support the cleansing of heavy metals, via the colon.
Maybe this hits home for you because you are already fighting sickness and disease. It seems like it's too late to make any changes, but that's not true. These ailments are symptoms of parasites, heavy metals, and chemicals built up in the body. If we can cleanse our bodies of these harmful elements, we can re-enable and re-establish our body's natural healing ability.
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Did you know that not all bacteria is bad? While we often hear of antibiotics (drugs that kill off bad bacteria), we need to fill our bodies with good bacteria, also known as probiotics. This bacteria improves our immune system's ability to ward off attacks from viruses, chemicals, and more. It's also bacteria that help us regulate our digestive system and increase our ability to lose weight. As for enzymes, these are catalysts that speed up the reaction our body has to the probiotics, helping us increase the rate in which we experience the health benefits.
Elemental minerals are not the same as trace minerals, but both are necessary for health. We can get all of our elemental minerals that our bodies need from one of two sources: the right kind of supergreen (also part of the detox phase), or we can get it from phytoplankton. Like Fulvic Ionic Minerals, supergreens are part of both Phase 1 and Phase 2. In Phase 2, the supergreens supply our bodies with the right minerals from the plants, as opposed to supplements created in a lab. To make sure the right amount of minerals are in every serving, look for a blend of spirulina, wheatgrass juice, barley grass juice, alfalfa grass juice and chlorella.
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Last but not least, we need the proper amount of antioxidants and vitamins in our body to fight free radicals (toxic molecules) from doing harm to us. Antioxidants and the right kind of vitamins can destroy these free radicals and keep our immune systems far healthier than ever.
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According to Livability.com, Charleston's downtown ranks No 2 in the Top 10 most livable cities in the nation. Only Fort Collins, Colorado outranked our vibrant city that earned high marks for walkability, dining and entertainment options. This is the 2nd year in a row that Charleston has ranked in the Top 10.
On offer in this great town: Museums and theatres, coffee shops and amazing restaurants, boutiques, historic buildings, art galleries, outdoor gathering spaces and farmers markets.
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1. Ford Collins, Colo.
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4. Boise, Idaho
5. Little Rock, Ark.
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7. Lincoln, Neb.
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Here is a pattern that should work: ^\>([\dnsewud]+)
Then, you can use some code like this to pull the directions apart and send the relevant commands:
Hey Jor'Max,Jor'Mox wrote: ↑Sun May 13, 2018 11:40 amSo, first, I would recommend using some character as an indicator that a string of directions follows. I'll give an example, but you can obviously choose whatever you want.
Here is a pattern that should work: ^\>([\dnsewud]+)
Then, you can use some code like this to pull the directions apart and send the relevant commands:
Previously I used tintin++ and there, within configuration there is option for speedwalk which allows input like I have described.SlySven wrote: ↑Sun May 13, 2018 11:17 pmI have heard of clients (or was it servers themselves - they might do) that accept multiple movement commands like that...
... it ought to be possible to do something to handle that - do you need a small time delay between each step or between each change of direction to prevent triggering an anti-spamming action on the MUD server? Note that if it is the Server that can accept multiples that suggests that a more sophisticated speed-walk function can be created compared to the default one that is currently in the supplied `Other.lua`!
Oops, reply to message at end of first page without spotting there were more posts on the second.
I have fond memories from tintin++ days. I still can't figure out how to use alias within other trigger....I know I know tintin spoiled meSlySven wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 4:13 pmYeah, the fact that Mudlet runs all triggers whereas TinTin++ only runs one and there is a 10 level priority system (default 5) to help to decide which one gets run catches out some people - as does the different ways to introduce time delays to running things (Mudlet, as a GUI application does not offer to stop and wait to do something because it needs to handle other/multi-task things as well).... {N.B. I have previously contributed to TinTin++ as well. }
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PALINDROME – cardboard toys and accessories
A palindrome is "a word which reads the same backward as forward, such as madam or racecar" says Wikipedia.
For me Palindrome is a collaboration between Elena Bergamini and Roberta Errani. Two graphic designers, both living in Emilia Romagna, Italy, who decided to create this new Brand last year. They play with their imagination creating new cardboard toys and accessories.
Why Palindrome then? As Roberta and Elena told me "because we are different but linked to a new (for us) path, a common plan, which often leads us to share, shift viewpoints and find new solutions".
Their project started from the common need to create objects which could be simple but original at the same time. They do that by creating things with minimal forms when possible that can be embellished with some illustrations. They do not have a leading style. Their collection may seem a bit schizophrenic. It comes from a vintage style, an essential and almost typographical line, up to decorative elements, a little crazy. They mainly develop carboard projects, essentialy because it is light but resistant to compression and aesthetic. But they are developing new collections and using different materials.
ALPHABET WALL: The Alphabet Wall is a project designed for kids but which can also meets adults' taste. With its carboard "soul" and its graphic impact, it gives character to your house. The alphabet can be placed on the walls with custom compositions or as a complete alphabet for children to play. Each letter is 11.5 cm high and 1.6 cm thick.
MILKY WAY: Wall decoration in cardboard Reboard to create a dreamy constellation. Kit of 6 stars. Your kids will love to have this little stars on their wall, they will bring the magic in their room!
METEREOPATICI – GAME BOARD: The games of Checkers and Nine Men's Morris are hereby reinterpreted in a "meteoropathic" key. Board games for children and adults.
TANGRAM: Tangram is a Chinese board game here reinterpreted in a more engaging way. This TANGRAM grows in size and becomes more "physical", allowing you to play using your arms, on a table or lying on the ground with friends racking your brains for creating new forms. It is entirely made of cardboard, it measures 60×60 cm and comes with a carrying bag with rope handles that allow us to easily carry it like a bag.
PENSIERINI: Pensierini means 'small thoughts' in Italian. Lovely cloud producted in double-face cardboard: on one side they are blackboards on which it will be possible to write down their own thoughts, on the other side they are decorated with cute illustrations.
STUFFED ANIMALS: 3D wall decorations featuring stuffed animals with an ironic approach. Available in pir or frog character.
They also produce lovely ALPHABET LETTERS: A whole alphabet that will enable you to tell and fill the space in your own way.
With these movable letters you can tell the story you want as they can turn into coffee tables, side tables, solutions for exhibitions and so on.
The living space can be seen as a blank page: the letters can refer to the initial of a name or to an encrypted message or even to a sound that warms the heart …
Essential pieces of furniture, able to "talk" and designed with passion, which will fill the air.
All letters of the Alphabet are made of cardboard, assembled like a jigsaw puzzle.
They come in brown or white colour, but they can be customized (it is possible to print directly on the cardboard).
I hope you like these selection of products as much as I do! Don't forget that they are not just nice to see. They are recyclable, they are lightweight, washable and very durable! You can have a look at their website but also at their Facebook page and Instagram Account in order to be updated with all the upcoming events and new collections.


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Spring Has Begun Part IPosted: February 10, 2019 Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Australian Violet, Automatic Gardening, Fire Spike, Gardening, Gulf Coast gardening, leucojums, Mexican Knot Weed, Odontonema strictum, Paperwhites, Polygonum capitatum, snowflakes, Southern Gardening, subtropical climate, Subtropical Gardening, Viola hederacea, Wendy's Wish Salvia, Year-round gardening 26 Comments
Spring has started here along the Gulf Coast area. Snowflakes or leucojums are some of the first to bloom.
Wendy's Wish Salvia has made a comeback from flooding rain and freezes. It didn't bloom at all last year.
Paperwhites bloom along with Snowflakes. Both are bulbs that can survive our climate.
Fire Spike, Odontonema strictum begins its blooming in late winter. It is a hummingbird favorite. Most Fire Spikes are red like fire, but somehow I have pinkish purple one.
Violets, of course, are early bloomers and this Australian violet, Viola hederacea, is growing happily on rocks and the patio after relocating itself more than 5 feet from where it was originally planted. The first time I bought this plant, it was called Confederate Violet.
Mixed in with it, is what I have always called Mexican Knot Weed. As it turns out, the plant is from China not Mexico. Its proper name is Polygonum capitatum and its common names are Pink Button, Pink Knotweed, Pink Fleece, Pinkhead, Smartweed, Pink Clover and Punching Balls. I could not find the name Mexican Knot Weed, except on the single pot I bought over 20 years ago. This little plant came along when I moved by hitchhiking with another plant and it has popped up here and there all over the yard. In China it is used to cure many aliments.
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The 60th Summer Fancy Food Show in NYC returns on June 29-July 1, 2014.*
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U.S. Senators Mount Assault on Wind Power
The innocuously-named "Environmentally Responsible Wind Power Act of 2005" introduced by U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senator John Warner (R-VA), which could be rolled into a comprehensive energy bill currently under consideration in Congress, would have an immediate and devastating effect on the U.S. wind power industry, according to experts and industry sources.
The Beauty of Wind Farms
From my porch on a good day you can see clear across the waters of Georgia Strait to the snowy peaks of the rugged Coast Mountains. It is one of the most beautiful views I have seen. And I would gladly share it with a wind farm.
It is time for some perspective. With the growing urgency of climate change, we cannot have it both ways. We cannot shout from the rooftops about the dangers of global warming and then turn around and shout even louder about the "dangers" of windmills. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humanity will face this century. It cannot be solved through good intentions.


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"Wine Breather" Carafe
"Wine Breather" Carafe
An elegant way to aerate and serve wine. Attach open wine bottle to Wine Breather and flip to aerate entire bottle into the carafe. Wine can be served from the carafe or poured back into the original bottle. Unfinished wine stores easily in carafe. Beautiful, lead-free crystal carafe holds 48 oz. 6¾" x 8". Made in Denmark.
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In order to provide our patients with the highest quality of dental services, we use digital radiographs (commonly referred to as X-rays) and an intraoral camera in our office. Digital radiographs and intraoral images provide us with invaluable information about your oral and dental health.
While all radiographic equipment does produce some radiation exposure, modern advances in digital technology are continually reducing the amount of radiation that is produced. In fact, studies have shown that the amount of radiation produced by these machines is not significantly higher than other "normal" sources of radiation that we are exposed to on perhaps a daily basis, such as televisions and airplanes.
X-rays work on a simple principle. The X-rays are stimulated and sent through the mouth. When these rays pass through, they are absorbed more by the bones in your mouth than the gums and other soft tissues, creating a picture of how the teeth inside your mouth are positioned, as well as any potential areas of weakness or decay in your teeth.
While this radiation is very low, it is still recommended that pregnant women avoid any routine X-rays. However, pregnant women should avoid infections and are also more vulnerable to gum disease, so some limited X-rays may be prescribed. In that case proper precautions will be taken, such as using a lead apron, and the pregnant patient properly treated.
With the intraoral camera technology we are able to enhance your understanding of the current condition of your oral cavity. An intraoral camera is a very small camera which allows our staff members to view clear, precise images of your mouth, teeth and gums. These images are saved in your file as a permanent record. These images can be printed for you or shared electronically with other specialists, dental labs and your insurance company to better facilitate your treatment.


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Kenyan socialite, Huddah Monroe is known for living in the 'fast ' lane. However,she appears to have noticeably calmed down, focusing more on marketing her makeup line.
She has now revealed she gave herself a 6 month break from sex. According to her, she has now gone three months without sex and she wants her followers to follow suit.
She however acknowledged that it has not been easy as she is always been tempted by the hot guys on SnapChat, but she just has to stick to her celibacy.
The controversial socialite, who recently mentioned that she doesn't roll with fuckboys but Vice Presidents and top dignitaries across the world. She made the statement in response to Blac Chyna's sextape which leaked some weeks back on the internet.
According to Huddah Monroe, if Blac Chyna had not been rolling with boys, she wouldn't be in such mess. She asserted that top politicians would not even allow you in with any gadget and whatever happens in the room ends in the room. And top of it all, you get paid with also a lot of favors.
The entrepreneur also once stated that being a child in an African home is like being born into slavery. She claims that while growing up, she experienced a lot of abuse in the hands of her parents and she even went further to state that most African parents care less about their children.
According to her some parents would not care where their wards are getting money from as long as they bring some home for them.
She wrote;
If only most African mothers were like Kris Jenner- African mothers always expect- They never care where you are getting money, or what you do as long as you bring them something, money especially.
Most African mothers don't give a fuck about their daughters: As long as she provides. They even advise you to marry a rich man for their own selfish reasons. So many girls out there hustling out of pressure
You see young gals 16,17,18 already whoring to make some cash cos they are under pressure. Pressure to help their families. Pressure to marry rich men so that they can help their moms or siblings.
Being born in an African family is like slavery, punishment. It's like a debt. You were born so that you can toil for your family for the rest of your life. We must change that MENTALITY. Help them where you can and leave the rest for God.
One thing i know is that people who always expect handouts will never have enough. And they will always want more. And they pressure you like its a must. We must DEAD that mentality
I am happy to have the greatest mom ever. She always guides my thinking. She always told me I deserve the best in life, and nothing but the greatest!!


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KM Builders is a Design-Build contractor… but you may not know exactly what that means, so let's break it down for you!
A Design-Build construction company basically means that everything is done under one roof from designs, construction, contracts and everything in between. This allows all parties to work in coherence with each other which directly relates to making your project happen with speed and open communication with everyone involved!
Another benefit of choosing a Design-Build contractor is that you will get your space professionally designed by licensed architects, interior designers & cabinet designers! With all these people working on the same page your remodeling project is going to look like an HGTV transformation!
We want your new space to be breathtaking, but we also want to keep you in the budget you have set! So we create a menu-based pricing with the base price and also a list of additional items that you can add if you have them on your wish list! We break everything down so you know exactly what you are investing in without any surprise costs once we have started your project!
Our goal is to give each of our clients' the best remodeling experience which can only be guaranteed with a full in-house staff which we offer here at KM Builders since 1985! You can have someone else design and build your home, but then you'd have to live in it!
----KM Builders is San Antonio's premier design-build remodeler specializing in kitchens, bathrooms, room additions and whole-house remodeling. We boast the largest in-house staff in San Antonio offering architectural design, interior design, and cabinet design for all your home remodeling needs!


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December 14, 2018 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
It's going to be a night of pure musical brilliance! Come down & enjoy a glass of our current, new release – WINE OF THE MONTH – Primitivo, it pairs magically with this awesome Father Daughter duo!