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The Obnoxious One and I have a great relationship. My son tells me everything…well almost everything…well certainly a lot. Sometimes too much! Like the other night I sent him a text asking where he was. His reply?
"I'm poohing in the washroom at my girlfriend's house. Spicy thai food for dinner."
Gee, thanks SO much for sharing.
Sometimes full disclosure isn't all it's cracked up to be.


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University of Miami
UM baseball bats go wild in 17-7 victory over Georgia Tech
The Miami Hurricanes found their bats this weekend against Georgia Tech – excellent timing in more than just aluminum meeting ball.
UM won its first series since the opening weekend in its first Atlantic Coast Conference three-game set of 2017, rebounding from dismal early-season hitting and run production to defeat the No. 23 Yellow Jackets 17-7 Sunday at Mark Light Field.
Miami (6-9, 2-1 ACC) had a season-high 15 hits, including a career-first grand slam from Michael Burns, who had two hits and a career-high 7 RBI for the day. The Canes hit .339 with 37 hits for the weekend after entering Friday with a .172 team batting average and 38 hits in their previous eight games. The home runs by Burns and Edgar Michelangeli accounted for six runs.
UM also won Friday, but lost 7-5 late Saturday night in an 11-inning game. Georgia Tech (10-4, 1-2) pounded out four home runs Sunday.
"It was huge to be able to get that confidence going,'' UM coach Jim Morris said. "...I don't know if we're going to score 17 runs that often, to be honest with you, but I feel much, much better about our lineup and batting order and guys feeling more comfortable playing some positions. Our team is coming together."
Burns said he'll "never forget'' his grand slam, which came in the seventh inning. "It was a good feeling running around the bases and coming to the plate and all my teammates were there,'' he said. "That's a pretty cool thing.''
Michael Mediavilla (1-3) earned his first victory of the season with a career-high 11 strikeouts in six innings. He allowed four earned runs on nine hits and didn't walk anyone. Coming out of the bullpen were Keven Pimentel and Ryan Guerra.
"Mediavilla pitched an outstanding game,'' Morris said, noting that Georgia Tech came into the weekend batting .339. "These guys are big, strong guys that can hit. Getting him a W, his first, was huge...because he was our No. 1 pitcher last year and he has been struggling."
Mediavilla acknowledged that his team's sudden offensive prowess "makes a lot of difference'' to a pitcher because it gives you more room to make some mistakes and keep adding to [your lead] and make adjustments."
The Yellow Jackets (10-4, 1-2) used 10 pitchers, the most ever to throw against a UM team, and only two fewer than the NCAA record of 12. Starter Jake Lee (0-1) went 2 1/3 innings for the loss.
Down 1-0 after Mediavilla allowed a home run to leadoff hitter Wade Bailey, the Canes came roaring back with three in their half of the inning. They went on to score one in the second, three in the third, two in the fifth and four apiece in the seventh and eighth.
James Davison had three hits and scored five runs for UM, with Johnny Ruiz adding three hits, four runs and 2 RBI.
"Clearly we were hitting under .200 before this weekend,'' Davison said. "But I knew from the work we put in every week that the hits were going to come, as long as we stayed playing as a team."

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Homemade Onion Seasoning Salt
- 1 onion, sliced into 1/4 inch thick slices
- 2 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1/2 tsp. whole peppercorns
Place the dried onion slices, salt, and peppercorns in a clean coffee grinder. Pulverize until smooth. If necessary, work in batches to fit the ingredients into the coffee grinder. The mixture will be finely ground but slightly clumpy.
Store the onion powder in an airtight container for up to a week. It become slightly more moist the longer it is stored.
Makes about 1/4 cup.
NOTE: You may dry many onions at once and store the dried onions slices for many months in an airtight container, and grind fresh batches of seasoning salt when desired.
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Information Security Management In Context Of Globalization
The security of information should be understood as the provision of confidentiality, accessibility, integrity, authenticity, and accountability of information. Confidentiality is defined by ISO 27001:2005 as "the property that information is not made available or dis-closed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes". Issues about information availability, understood as "being accessible and usable upon demand by an authorized entity" , are not usually seen as a problem of the whole company. Lack of access to data is easily explained away by leave, the lack of electricity, a virus, or missed key. The third main property of information system security is integrity, that is to say, "safeguarding the accuracy and completeness of assets". It may be considered at a technical level. Then it concerns the structure and configuration of network devices and applications. However, problems of integrity are mainly related to the activities of workers collecting and processing data. Failure to comply with integrity may cause delays in decision-making by management or a lack of actions to minimize the effect of existing threats.
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Hall Passes
Students needing to be excused from class will need a hall pass. Students will be issued a sticker at the start of each academic quarter. The sticker will be placed on the back of each student's ID card and will have a space for 10 hall passes (for restroom and locker) for the quarter. Each time a student requests a pass to leave class, a teacher will sign one line giving permission for the student to be excused from class. Students will use the back of the agenda for passes to the media center and the nurse. Students who have one extra pass on their ID sticker at the end of the 9 weeks will be eligible to attend a hall pass pep rally.


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I commend Phyllis Ullo's letter signaling frustration that Upper Southampton's Board of Supervisors refused to allow township meetings to be televised as before.
Where are all the wonderful people in town who have not spoken up against their elected officials who, since I left office, fear to have their governing actions seen and judged?
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Realms In The Firmament - Chapter 270
Chapter 270: Counterattack!
Translator: Raࠀn Editor: Arch
Nan Tianxing tried his best to defend the killing strikes from Ye Xiao, and he was dodging and stepping backward at the same time.
Facing such killing strikes that he had never heard about before, he realized that what he should prioritize was to save his life instead of winning the fight!
- Boom!
Some glows that were similar to blood flew up high.
That was Thousand Mountains Down.
The sword strike was making its greatest effect at the moment!
Even though Nan Tianxing was superior in cultivation and should be one of the best cultivators in the Land of Han-Yang, he was still in the Sky Origin Stage. Though he had tried all that he could, how was it possible for him to defend thousands of mountains falling on him at the same time!
That was a killing strike that frightened the whole Qing-Yun Realm once!
When Nan Tianxing stepped back to the side of the wall, the glow of the sword finally disappeared. On his body, a dozen of wounds appeared. It wasn't deeply cut, yet all the wounds were bleeding.
The sword strike of Ye Xiao had at least made seventy wounds on Nan Tianxing's body.
Ye Xiao made the last strike with a moan.
He stroke it out forcibly. He had already been exhausted, and his spiritual qi was collapsing. At the last moment, Nan Tianxing was defending using all of his effort. His palm strike was also incredible. Ye Xiao was hit, and he nearly flew up. He was far weaker than Nan Tianxing in cultivation after all. The Monarch's Sword was indeed marvelous and nearly invincible; it did make Ye Xiao occupy the higher position in this fight, however, at the last moment, when the power of the sword strike was reduced, Ye Xiao could not handle it anymore. He suffered the reverse impact from the palm strike.
It only happened within a second, but it had caused Ye Xiao to feel toilsome. His whole body was like broken. He had truly used up all his energy.
His dantian was still gathering spiritual qi like crazy though. It was preparing for another strike to knock Nan Tianxing down. However, Ye Xiao knew that there was probably not enough time for that strike, so he sighed.
The Monarch's Sword included nine techniques. In this fight, he had tried his best to motivate his soul power and saint soul power, but he was only able to use three techniques before he ran out of energy.
In fact, he had simplified the strikes. If he wanted to strike out the full power of the Monarch's Sword, he would need to be at least in the Dao Origin Stage!
Ye Xiao couldn't hold it. He was stricken away. Nan Tianxing didn't stop. As soon as Ye Xiao's sword strikes stopped, Nan Tianxing struck back right away. He didn't even try to heal himself a little bit.
He was moving so quickly. Suddenly, he showed up in front of Ye Xiao with his body covered in blood. Ye Xiao didn't have the time to react before he got hit by a palm strike on his chest from Nan Tianxing.
At this moment, Ye Xiao was no more a treasure to Nan Tianxing. He was, instead, a sharp knife that might kill Nan Tianxing. Nan Tianxing was lucky that he didn't die a moment earlier, so he didn't dare to slow down his pace. However, he was still hoping that he could seize Ye Xiao, otherwise, Ye Xiao would have been severely wounded, or even die in an instant!
Ye Xiao shouted and spat out blood. He flew backward. Before he touched the floor, Nan Tianxing had arrived. He was in the air beyond Ye Xiao. - Bang! - He stepped so hard on Ye Xiao's chest, pushing him down to the floor. He viciously cursed, ''Bastard! I am going to kill you! You little shxt. You actually caused such an amount of wounds on me!''
Ye Xiao was tightly stepped on the floor like being pinned by a mountain. He could move a bit though. However, he was still looking at Nan Tianxing with a disdainful look. He spoke with a hoarse voice, ''Then do it. What's stopping you? That strike you used on me, what is it? Thirty percent of your true power?''
Nan Tianxing was furious, yet he still didn't want to kill Ye Xiao.
It would be more convenient if Feng Zhiling was alive than dead.
When alive, he could be a gold mountain; but if he was dead, he was useless.
He would be nothing but a useless body!
Nan Tianxing was so furious and hated Ye Xiao to the bones, yet he still didn't want to kill him!
To kill Feng Zhiling might make him feel good for a moment, but it meant he would lose the source to the supreme dan beads. It was easy to know what he should choose!
However, he was still so angry. He didn't have any way to vent his anger. Suddenly, he swayed his hand. - Pah! - He slapped on Ye Xiao's face hard. He viciously smiled. ''I do not want to kill you now, but I can torture you like hell. I will let you know there is always something more terrible than death! Much more terrible!''
Ye Xiao looked at him coldly and calmly. He blandly said, ''I don't need to be warned about that. I know much more than you do about this!''
Nan Tianxing slapped on Ye Xiao's face again. He sneered, ''You're all in my hands now. How dare you act so arrogantly? Heh, heh. You speak once, I will slap on you once! Let's see who could last longer!''
Ye Xiao humphed and suddenly spat out lots of blood. It was so red that it seemed so terrible.
Nan Tianxing was shocked. He had held back his strike a bit so as not to kill Ye Xiao accidentally. He slightly loosened his foot and tried not to hurt Ye Xiao too hard. At this moment, inside the Boundless Space, the egg suddenly flew up. It seemed the egg felt that Ye Xiao was in danger. It was shaking rapidly in the air.
As it shook, the scattered purple qi in the air started to boil.
The next moment, with a booming sound, a huge amount of purple qi rushed into Ye Xiao's dantian like flood.
Ye Xiao was too weak to do anything at the moment. He had felt that his dantian was empty, yet now he felt it was filled up within an instant. That massive amount of energy suddenly filled his dantian. It was nearly about to explode. If he didn't vent it out, he might die in selfexplosion.
It was at this moment when Nan Tianxing had just loosened his feet. He didn't prepare to defend from anything. Ye Xiao didn't show any hesitation. He shouted loudly and suddenly stood up. He struck out both of his hands to hit on Nan Tianxing's chest.
Nan Tianxing was rather surprised that Ye Xiao could actually make a counterattack.
It was a firm hit on the chest this one!
A screech sounded, and there was also a sound of something cracking. Ye Xiao's strike instantly broke two bones on Nan Tianxing's chest. Nan Tianxing flew far away. However, even though he was hit so hard, he still had the power to strike back. He was so angry that he struck out another palm strike, but this time, it was with his full power. It was the most powerful and deadly strike this time!
Ye Xiao jumped and tumbled after hitting on Nan Tianxing. He felt the spiritual qi was still boiling inside him. It was like boiling water in a pot. It was far beyond the amount that he, as a Sky Origin Stage cultivator, could bear. That palm strike on the chest didn't release any pressure from the spiritual qi filling his dantian. Now that Nan Tianxing's attack was right in front of him, he was suddenly enlightened. He didn't dodge; instead, he actually stepped forward to embrace the attack against him with his chest.


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پنجشنبه 8 تیر 1391
نویسنده: Daisey Seawell
Ruth Chew
french fries, baked beans and corn on the cob. Ruth Chew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Baked Beans for Breakfast (1970) ASIN B000KOXKT4; The Secret Summer (1970) ASIN B000MFPE86. author of The Fannie Farmer Baking Book, The Breakfast Book. It's original title was Baked Beans for Breakfast, but I think the paperbacks are mostly under this title (I. approach: Baked beans. are Royal Magic, Baked Beans for Breakfast, The Wednesday Witch, Summer. was a "recipe" in a British BBQ book. . key, the audio books are. This was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. Amazon.com: Baked beans for Breakfast: Ruth Chew: Books Amazon.com: Baked beans for Breakfast: Ruth Chew: Books. In 2007, the original, non-acronymic Kentucky Fried Chicken name was resurrected and. That is a breakfast. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook - Marion Cunningham - Google Books . The Best Baked Beans Ever | The Pioneer Woman Cooks | Ree Drummond I never knew baked beans could be improved upon; I never. KFC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . I was hooked. pieces once the fat is rendered, and in the name. possible recipes for Pumpkin Soup, Boston Baked Beans


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If you're moving to a new space or refurbishing your current area, by considering Office Fitouts & Renovations, you will have a significant impact on your employees' activities and productivity, along with their brand perception. Office fitouts refer to installing partitions, ceilings, floors, and furnishings. It includes establishing necessary building …Read More »
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This section is from the book "Handicrafts In The Home", by Mabel Tuke Priestman. Also available from Amazon: Handicrafts in the Home.
It will be noticed in our illustration of platters and a desk set, that some of the pieces are decorated in repousse work. This is done by beating up from the back of a yielding bed, which may be either of soft pitch or pine wood. The illustrations show only low relief, which can all be done on the pine block.
Trace the design by means of a carbon paper on to the prepared metal. It will be found that the design becomes effaced by the hand repeatedly passing over it, so it is advisable to go over the design with a scratch point, or a dressmaker's pin wheel. The design is brought out by stamping the background. This process raises the design until it presents an embossed appearance known as repousse. The beating can be done by means of a 10penny hammer and a nail which a girl can readily make for herself. File a 10-penny nail straight across the point so as to produce a small square stamp. Then file a 20-penny nail until it is filed above the shaped point. Smooth these nails with emery-paper, so as to get rid of any sharp edges. As the filing of the tools takes out the temper, this must be replaced by heating to a red heat, through the point, and plunging instantly into cold water. Now begin to hammer with these tools, until the whole background is covered, leaving the design which is to be in relief untouched. Care must be taken not to go over the line of the design. Another point to be remembered is to keep the stamping of an even depth throughout. As this repousse is in low relief, it is not necessary to heat the work. High relief necessitates frequent softening of the background by annealing.
Repousse Desk Set.
Photograph Frames In Repousse.
When the background is all stamped, its roughened surface presents a pleasing contrast to the repousse part. This simple process only needs a little practice for the beginner to gain skill and to do beautiful and artistic work. It will be noticed that the platters are of much heavier metal than the stamp boxes and pen tray. Experience is the best teacher as to what gauge of metal to use for each object.
Sheets of brass are sold in several sizes and of various thickness.
Great care should be taken in making the design for repousse work, as any carelessness in drawing cannot, after it is on the brass or copper, be corrected. Extreme care should be taken when tracing the designs on this account. When working on metal, every blow struck leaves an indelible impression which cannot be removed.
It is well for the beginner to buy some waste brass on which to experiment, and a few hours spent in this way will save a good deal of disappointment in supplying good material. When laying sheets of metal on the block, it is most important that they should lie as level as possible. In order to do this the metal must be screwed to the block, the screws being placed outside the margin of the design. The holes for the screws must first be punched with a nail.
Usually a beginner starts in by hammering the metal into deep hollows and furrows on one side. This makes the metal "buckle," so that it is well to go over the pattern with gentle taps. The more the back is worked on, the higher will be the relief of the design. The illustrations show the simplest form of hammered work, made from sheets of copper in many varying thicknesses. Where there are very small curves and corners, the worker must use the smallest nails or "transfers," and it will be found that, with a little experience, all the difficulties will be entirely overcome.
Hook Racks In Repousse.
A Beaten Copper Smoker's Set.
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Qualified candidates will have the following:
- B.S. in Information Systems Management or equivalent. Masters certificate in Project Management from ESI or PMP certification from PMI is preferred.3-5 years of project management experience in a digital environment5+ years Information Systems Project Management experience
- Experience managing Java and other software development projects preferred
- Familiarity with XML, JSON and scripting methodologies
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with project stakeholders, team members, management and vendors/business partners
- Ability to work independently and as part of a project team. Capable of quickly building strong relationships with the internal project team and business stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills, proactive, and accountable with the ability to multi-task and pay close attention to detail
- Ability to maintain a steady work pace with a high level of accuracy while effectively managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines
- Excellent critical thinking and analytical problem solving skills to evaluate and rationalize project issues and requests as they arise, along with an ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision
- Ability to communicate effectively and accurately, including clear and concise written project status update throughout the project lifecycle
- Highly skilled at facilitating and documenting requirements
- Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Comfort with ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability
- Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of designated projects to ensure that goals or objectives of project are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters
- Ensures that all projects are executed using methodologies and processes as directed by the Information Systems department in order to align projects with PGA TOUR strategic goals
- Presents project proposals or plans to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project
- Confers with project personnel, including internal resources and third parties/vendors, to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority
- Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget
- Produces regular written project status reports and leads project team meetings as required by project
- Works with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems
- Fosters a sense of team among the project team and manages the relationship between the I.S. department and key project stakeholders
- Maintains a strong focus on customer service and satisfaction by delivering predictable, repeatable project results
- Other duties as required
Our benefits include:
- Competitive wages including performance bonuses
- Medical/Dental/Life/Disability insurance
- Paid time off
- 401k with employer match
- Employer funded retirement plan
- Health Savings Account/Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Wellness Program
- Membership to TPC Sawgrass
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It's been a little while since I've popped in here to write anything. March was a whirlwind, and somehow we are already midway through April - how did that happen?! On Saturday I attended the biggest beach clean up (that I've ever participated in) at Sandy Hook — one of my favorite NJ shore points. The "Beach Sweeps" event was hosted by Clean Ocean Action and was held at over 60 different locations that day. At Sandy Hook alone, there were approximately 600 volunteers! 😱It was insane, and incredibly inspiring to be a part of.Read More
Asbury Park Beach Clean Up
Yesterday, I joined my first ever larger group beach clean up effort down in Asbury Park (hosted by the Surfrider Foundation's Jersey Shore chapter). When I first started paying more attention to all the trash and plastic last summer, I remember thinking how I wanted to look into joining a community clean up (in addition to organizing one myself). There's something so invigorating and rewarding about being a part of something so much bigger than yourself. Truly an inspiring experience - and if you get the chance to be a part of a big clean up in your area - I highly recommend giving it a go! 🙌🏼Read More
2018 In Review / Happy 2019!
I can't believe that this is my FOURTH year writing one of these! And I also can't believe that 2018 is coming to a close… what a freakin' roller coaster it was. I started the year off strong - felt really confident for a couple months (wrote a 26 page outline for a book I started to write.. reconnected with some old friends), and then lost steam (again). I went on my first creative retreat (in Montana) and it was really expensive (lol). For the months following that, I questioned whether it was "worth it" and tried to digest all of the feedback I had received on my work. Going into it - I think I was already searching for "what was next" in my life / career. I felt like I had hit a wall again - really uncertain just about everything.. I took a leap of faith by applying to the retreat, and when I got accepted - I jumped into it hoping it would give me fresh insight and some direction… but I think I left feeling unsure what to make of it all (although it was a beautiful place to visit).
I spent the second third of this year in pretty much complete (self inflicted) isolation. May thru August, I didn't hang out with a single person outside of my immediate family. The immediate family I DID see or spend time around - I felt completely withdrawn from. I dreaded being around people of any kind, and was shutting out even my closest friends. I was falling asleep on the couch watching TV shows I didn't even really like, and generally speaking… lost my desire to get out of bed in the morning. Creatively, I felt really depleted - the desire and motivation just wasn't there. I spent a lot of time walking miles and miles of beaches by myself (moody, I know 😂). It was a rough few months where I felt really far from being my best self, to say the least…
The final third of this year has been a surprisingly reinvigorating few months. I feel like I've found the basis for the thesis project that I wish I had 4.5-5 years ago - the basis for a LIFE'S work (which is a REALLY bold thing to say, I realize) - but I really do feel that way. I started collecting beach trash at the end of August (after walking miles of coastline in the summer… it became impossible to continue to ignore). This then led to organizing / cohosting my first group beach clean up and the launch of some new products for my Etsy shop (beach plastic holiday greeting cards)! I haven't felt this excited, passionate, and deeply ROOTED about anything I've made in well… maybe ever. In 2019, I plan to continue to grow the greeting card line, cohost more beach clean ups, and continue the important conversation about sustainability through my creative work. It's gonna be a good year - I can feel it! But first, here's a little recap of 2018:Read More
Coney Island Beach Clean Up
At the end of August, I wrote about my first experience consciously picking up litter on the beach by myself. If you haven't read that post yet, you can check it out here! Towards the end, I mentioned my interest in joining a future group community clean up or maybe even starting one myself. Two months later, here I am hosting my own! 🙌🏼
The day I picked up straws and bottle caps by myself, I posted this photo to Instagram and received a ton of really nice comments - one of which was from Fiona, a born and raised Coney Island local and fellow creative. She casually suggested starting a clean up crew, and I agreed that we should make it happen!Read More
Beach Clean Up Challenge
This summer, I've been heading to the beach every chance I get (no surprise there - haha!) I usually go to hunt for treasures like seashells, sea glass, rocks, etc. - but yesterday at Coney Island I decided to switch from beach combing mode to beach clean up mode. While I'm beach combing, I'm pretty selective about what I pick up... but when I'm in clean up mode I want to pick up EVERYTHING in sight. The two modes are pretty different in that way, but strangely enough I think there is beauty to be found in both processes. Although it isn't the same feeling of excitement per say as finding a giant finished piece of sea glass or a large whole empty conch shell... it was really cool to find that one unique teal bottle cap (in the photo above) and a sole purple straw in a sea of more common colors (clear, red, green, orange). As gross and horrifying of a task as clean ups are - there is nothing that compares to the feeling of knowing that you are leaving a place better than you found it.Read More
Dessert Goals Spring Edition & My First Ever VLOG!
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the press preview hour for Dessert Goals (spring disco edition!) Sound River Studios made for the perfect new venue right along the water with high ceilings and amazing natural skylight light (SO great for photographing all the yummy desserts!) I have been to all three NYC editions thus far, and I feel like they get better (sweeter) every time. ;)Read More
Pizza Grease Stained Notes From Milton Glaser
This week, I've been cleaning out both my physical space(s) and my digital space(s). It is quite a task, but one that needs to be done to make room for the new. In one box, I came across a little coverless notebook I scrawled some notes on from a Milton Glaser talk I attended in 2013. At the time, I was in the midst of my senior year at design school. Fall semester was winding down, and finals were looming or already in progress. I dragged my sleep deprived exhausted ass out to Manhattan (from Brooklyn) because I wasn't gonna miss this talk for the world (even though all I could think about was my next nap and the golden beacon that was *wInTeR bReAk*).
Now if you have no idea who Milton Glaser is... welp, IDK what to tell you. LOL. He is a graphic design legend... and that is an understatement. You probably are familiar with the "I Love New York" logo. He made that. As well as a LOT of other iconic stuff. I'm not going to give you the long list - but feel free to check his site out for yourself. Anyways, I got a slice of pizza after the talk and thought it'd be a GREAT idea to put that bagged pizza vertical in my backpack... and the grease dripped all over my notes. I was devastated... but clearly still held onto the notebook because one does not throw out notes from a Milton Glaser talk! I'm surprised it's actually still holding up and that there's no mold?? But thought it might be useful (for myself) and maybe for others as well - if I gave the notes a new life. I read through what I could - and it almost reads like poetry. Here are some of my favorite notations:Read More
2017 In Review / Happy 2018!
At the end of each year, I like to link all the year's posts in one place (for archival purposes). I used to title this post "best of ____" but "____ in review" seems more fitting. 2017 was certainly a whirlwind.. and I'm not sure I know anyone who is sad to see it go. It was a hard one for our world on multiple fronts, and for me personally it was a hard one as well. I disappeared a bit from social media at times - and largely disappeared from writing in this space. I did a lot more writing for myself - a lot of offline journaling and self reflection. A lot of self doubt crept in. There was a lot of me asking myself "where is my life going?" / "what's next?" and just general uncertainty that I've been battling since graduating in 2014 three and a half years ago. I think it's taken me nearly 4 years to "recover" from the rigor of art school, LOL. (For those of you who also went to an art school... maybe you can relate). This whole "creating for a living" isn't easy, but I also wouldn't trade it in for the world. As we say goodbye to 2017, I am honestly so excited for all the possibility that 2018 has in store. For the first time in many years (maybe ever?), I genuinely feel like this year can be anything I want it to be.
Anyways (without further ado) - here are the handful of posts (some of which I wrote for myself and then never promoted on social media) that I wrote this year:Read More
Dessert Goals Dessert Fest
Last Saturday, I self-induced myself into a serious sugar coma at the Dessert Goals Dessert Fest! This is only the second year the sweet event has been organized - and I'm so glad I was able to snag tickets.Read More


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Planning for the Future
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Exploring Your Options in New York State
Families of children who have disabilities need to think about how important decisions – from finances to health care to living arrangements – will be made as their child becomes an adult.
Which one is right for your family? Only you can decide.
Join us for a discussion about current legal methods of planning for the future:
- Supported decision-making
- Guardianship
- Limited power alternatives, such as representative payees, power of attorney, and health care proxies
Presenter Lisa Arrington is an attorney and partner at Barclay Damon LLP. She specializes in the areas of Medicaid planning, special needs planning, estate administration and Supplemental Needs Trusts. Lisa will present via video and will be able to take questions from the audience.
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Memorial Library of Little Valley, 110 Rock City Street, Little Valley, NY 14755
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Registration is required. This workshop is FREE to family members of children with disabilities or suspected disabilities.
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So you want to get a new tattoo but don't know where to begin? Have no fear, the free consultation is here!
So what's the deal with a consultation and why is it so important?
Well, this is your very own time to sit down and discuss your ideas, hopes, dreams, goals, and plans for your next amazing tattoo. I have set times put aside at the beginning of each day just for consults, because there's nothing worse than flying blind and not knowing what to be prepared for!
Things you should bring to your consultation:
- Photos, reference pictures, artwork, etc. Pinterest is totally acceptable but please don't show me 75 images that have absolutely no relation to one another. Mood boards are great as well notes you have jotted down ahead of time!
- Wear clothing that provides easy access to the body part you want tattooed. Especially if it's a cover up so I can get a tracing or photo of the area to keep for future plans. So if you want to get your neck tattooed please don't wear a turtleneck, and that goes for your appointment as well!
- Your ideas! The more information you can provide the easier it will be to create the best tattoo for you, so don't be shy if there's specific things or placement that we need to know about, our crystal balls can be defective at times!
Also during your consultation it's good time to get to know each other and see if our personalities and expectations jive! Some artists prefer to have a more in-depth consult while some like to just go with the flow, and there's an artist at the Butcher for everyone if we need to shake things up and set you up with someone that's better suited for you. And the ever awkward money conversation will also be discussed during that time as well, so if you have a budget that you would like to stick to please let me know while we are chatting, no judging!
When your consultation has ended we can head over to the calendar and set you up an appointment (or four)! You will be asked for a non-refundable deposit to hold your spot and your dates will be set up. If you'd like to think about it you can set up your appointment over the phone and the manager can take your deposit then.


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They were once a muscular ally, the brotherhood of police and firefighters who decided John Peyton, a virtually unknown businessman, should be the city's next mayor.
That was six years ago. Peyton won the unions' support, then the election - against a popular former sheriff.
Now, those unions' retirement plans are in the mayor's crosshairs.
While the mayor hasn't pulled the trigger, he said it's either that or leave taxpayers throwing cash at a broken pension plan snowballing into a projected $110 million expense next year.
It's an ugly reality that's plagued cities from San Diego to Philadelphia as officials nationwide consider everything from deferring benefits to taking out loans to cover retirement checks.
In Jacksonville, it's an issue at the top of the Peyton agenda for his final two years in office. It's also a potential balancing act for a handful of City Council members who may try to succeed him.
Reducing benefits would mean reducing the future retirement payout of well-organized, tight-knit groups that can help mean the difference between victory and defeat at the polls.
Both firefighters union President Randy Wyse and police union President Nelson Cuba say they'll be watching how mayoral hopefuls handle the pension issue. The general message: Mess with our retirement, lose our support.
That's a definite threat, said University of North Florida political science professor Henry Thomas. He said union backing means campaign-boosting word-of-mouth, feet on the street - and votes.
"Candidates go out of their way to get their support," he said. "We have a more conservative voter base with more people who are pro-fire and pro-police."
With power comes privilege. Thomas pointed to Peyton's 2003 election. Shortly after taking office, the mayor replaced an unpopular fire chief before increasing public safety funding by $43 million.
But in recent weeks, Peyton has given speeches to civic leaders and elected officials about the need to restructure pensions.
"It's a tough issue because you're talking about the benefits of people you care about. And the groups have a lot of political clout," Peyton said. "But if you look at the numbers, they're staggering."
Budget planners expect to put $110 million toward the retirement plans for police officers, firefighters, corrections officers and general City Hall workers next year. That would eat up roughly 10 percent of the general fund.
Just six years ago, the pension contribution was $33.8 million; this year, it's $76 million.
City's contributions eyed
The police and fire union received $54 million this year, the bulk of the contribution.
Cost has skyrocketed, but that's not the unions' fault, Wyse said.
He looks critically at the 1990s, when the city relied so much on a strong stock market that it kept contributions to a minimum.
When the stock market tumbled over the past year, the pensions were hit hard. A May 19 city Finance Department report showed the retirement funds are nearly $1.2 billion under-funded.
While that number is often scoffed at - it represents what the city would be out if every employee retired at once - Wyse said reducing it is the city's problem.
"We want no changes to our benefits," Wyse said. "Why does this have to fall on the backs of the workers? There's a way to fix it. Make the pension contribution you were supposed to make - but didn't."
Police and fire pension fund administrator John Keane backed that thought on Friday by putting out a written statement saying the city should step up the funding.
Wyse said Councilman Stephen Joost earned union respect several months ago when he spearheaded legislation preventing the city from taking a funding break - commonly called a "pension holiday" - in the future.
Former Mayor John Delaney's budget planners became notorious for this in retrospect as a strong stock market went limp, leaving Peyton with the problem. Joost said he expects compromise on the pension issue, but sees a rocky horizon.
"I wouldn't be surprised if the unions play hardball," Joost said. "That's what they're supposed to do."
Lengthy process expected
Councilman Kevin Hyde, who is considering a mayoral run, said a tight rope rolls out as he tries to explain to the unions that pension restructure is for their own good.
The problem with the plan: By the time some employees need it, the money might not be there.
Hyde said he expects pension restructuring to take several years, with the unions negotiating for new agreements.
"I think we can get to a fair, appropriate level of benefits that will get people to come work for the city and stay at the city. Absolutely," Hyde said. "Will everybody be happy? Probably not."
Hyde said he's against breaking promises in current contracts, but said payouts will have to be reduced over time.
Cuba opposes the notion of phasing in lower benefits as new employees are hired.
"You can't tell two people doing the same job that one won't retire as well as the other. How do you recruit like that?" he said.
Council President Ronnie Fussell said he's leaning against a mayoral run, but expects the unions to be watching the pension issue closely for whoever campaigns.
"Talk about an emotional issue," he said.
Fussell appointed a pension task force in March. During a recent meeting, Chief Financial Officer Mickey Miller told the task force it would take several additional tax mills and about 12 years to cover the pensions' projected debts.
"Nobody jumped to make a motion that we pass that," said Councilman Michael Corrigan.
Mayor feels the heat
Peyton said cutting the pension cost - now at $275,000 a day - means cutting benefits.
Council President-elect Richard Clark said the problem might best be solved by adopting a private-sector model, where more responsibility is placed on the employee to save than the employer to pay out.
"It used to be back in the day that city employees and government employees got more to retire because they were paid less," Clark said. "We now hire good people because salaries are competitive. There's no reason that backside cost shouldn't fall on the employee."
Cuba has long maintained that his troops could stand to earn better salaries, but says it's a sacrifice many in public service are willing to make when they know they're guaranteed a working-class retirement.
The mayor's office takes the lead in negotiating contracts with the unions. At this point, Peyton's plan is loose. At the top of the list: a controversial deferred retirement option that begins paying out before an employee has worked their final day. The option guarantees an 8.4 percent return on investment no matter what the stock market does.
That's an option separating Jacksonville's plan from many others, but Cuba and Wyse maintain the benefits are average.
Cuba has been critical of the mayor's recent speaking tour. Peyton has been describing the pension problem to elected officials and business people while also saying the city needs better parks - but can't afford them.
"It's like he's throwing us under the bus," Cuba said. "If you didn't have public safety, you wouldn't have anything for the citizens because you'd have a Detroit. Everybody would be leaving."
Peyton disagreed, saying he was trying to give a broad overview of city priorities.
Union negotiations, where pension talks will begin, are expected in the coming months, but no immediate savings are expected for the 2009-10 budget.
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In this economic struggle people are forced to count every single penny they are spending and justify the cost. When hiring limousine services there's really no exception to this general guideline. But how do you choose which service to choose when there is such a wide array of quotes? For limousine services may vary from $50-$500. What determines this huge price gap? Truthfully, there are reasons behind it and shall break it down for you.
Limousine service prices are very different depending on the occasion needed. For instance, built-in limousine to drive you for business purposes, your limousine would be more professional looking without added pizazz as with a prom. Thus, a limo would be more cheap for business rather than other occasions. However, with prom car services are costly. For most limousines utilized for proms have elaborate decorations and flashy lighting set-up on the medial adding extra value. Also, the amounts of reservations during prom season for services are increased radically. Therefore, the greater the demands, the higher the prices resulting in hike increase during prom season. Combined with proms, limousine services for weddings, weekends, and special attractions (i.e. the SuperBowl, NASCAR) have unique pricing, tend to be slightly elevated than nourishing of the year.
Another factor influencing pricing is the services the company for hire provides. Does the limousine offer refreshments? Is there a full bar included in monthly? What about champagne? Does the company offer photos, office staff and free-wireless service? You will need to take into account regarding earn money from the limousine service then search for a limousine service for hire that matches your specs. For all of these aspects alter the associated with how much you will paying for a limousine for hire.
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This week I experimented in a different area with my designing. So many of my recent projects have been show boxes. I do have more ideas and will be adding to that collection but this week I chose a new direction.
I create a puzzle box and what I like about this file so much is that if you make multiples, they fit together.
And there is some variety in how you assemble them. I like the dynamic of the zig-zag assemblage above but they also make a square.
I didn't have a specific use in mind for this project - I just love puzzles and the classic puzzle shape. There are so many uses for a nifty box - like for presenting a gift card. I also think these would look terrific as decor in a child's room, especially in these bright colors. Additionally, if you are connected with Autism Awareness at all, the puzzle piece is a natural for all types of applications there.
Happy crafting everyone!


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Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson) has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their investigational treatment apalutamide. Apalutamide is a next generation oral androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor for men with non-metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Janssen's submission to the FDA is based on phase 3 data from their ARN-509-003 (SPARTAN) clinical trial, which assessed the safety and efficacy of apalutamide versus placebo, in men with non-metastatic CRPC who have a rapidly rising Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) despite receiving continuous first-line androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).
The primary endpoint of this study was not overall survival but was instead metastasis-free survival (MFS) in men with non-metastatic (rising PSA but negative scans) castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Men who are castrate resistant are at a higher risk of developing metastatic disease. Delaying the development of metastatic disease does not necessarily mean that actual survival might also be extended, but it does translate into preserving the quality of their life. Additional, future research, might prove that it also can provide some additional survival advantage.
About Apalutamide (ARN-509)
Apalutamide is an investigational, next-generation oral androgen receptor inhibitor that inhibits the action of testosterone in prostate cancer cells by preventing the testosterone from binding to the androgen receptor.
ARN-509's mode of action, blocking the ability of the cancer cell to utilize available testosterone is similar to the first line ADT treatment Casodex (bicalutamide) and the second line hormone treatment Xtandi (enzalutamide). Neither of these drugs are currently approved for castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) which is non-metastatic.
The Competition- Xtandi
Nipping at the heels of ARN-509 is the other second line anti-androgen drug, Xtandi (enzalutamide). Xtandi is already approved for metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer, but the PROSPER trial, which could yield results by the mid-year 2018, is evaluating Xtandi for the earlier stage, non-metastatic prostate cancer.
Like the SPARTAN trial, PROSPER is not evaluating survival, it is looking at disease progression.
Joel T. Nowak, MA, MSW wrote this Post. Joel is the CEO/Executive Director of Cancer ABCs. He is a Cancer Thriver diagnosed with five primary cancers - Thyroid, Metastatic Prostate, Renal, Melanoma, and Appendiceal Cancer a rare cancer.


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Benefits of Deep Tissue Massage
When we feel overly tired and feel the needing of relaxation then the only thing we think of is massage. Massage helps us relax and relieve from stress and this is the reason whenever we got any day off, the only place we wanted to visit is spa or any massage centre.
Massage has various forms and one of it is deep tissue massage. In this deep tissue massage the primary focus of its technique is the fascia and deep layer of muscles. This technique is mostly recommended for those people who are fine with a little intense touch because to reach the particular area and help it to relax the therapist some time need to use firmer pressure. But deep tissue also meant targeting the myofascial layer with the gentle and sustained pressure. No matter what, the benefit of deep tissue massage is agreed by all and some of them are:
1. Deep tissue massage help to relief our stress: Stressed out by over work and home demand, then do not worry as deep tissue massage can help you relief from your stress. According to the research studies if you have a lot of built up stress then it can damage your physical and mental health and from approximately 60% to 80% patient who visit the doctor have this kind of stress related problem. So instead of letting the stress to build up, visiting a spa of massage centre to relief the stress is a good choice.
2. Deep tissue massage help you to reduce the pain: Deep tissue massage is help to lessen the pain you are suffering from. According to some studies deep tissue massage help to ease the pain associated with planter fasciitis by posterior calf muscles and self- stretching exercise. Deep tissue massage also deal with other issues like fibromyalgia, tennis elbow or low-back pain and provide us a great deal of comfort and relief from pain.
3. Deep tissue massage help to get our bodily movement easier: When our body get injured and then starting to heal they form scar tissues in our body. Even though most of the scars are being from a cut visible on the upper body, but some time when the damage is in the inner side such as muscles, ligaments or tendons then the scar appear deep in the body. In this type of scar movement of our body become restraint, but deep tissue massage can help you resolve this kind of scar and give you have a great range of motion to make your movement easy.


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First, let me say that I am deeply saddened by the death of the 24 year old man in Western Australia who was bitten in half by a 16 foot long Great White shark on Saturday. The incident is ghastly, terrible, tragic and whatever other adjective you want to put on it. A young man's life was cut short, and no matter how that may occur, it is always tragic.
However, (you knew this was coming) now the news is that some people are questioning whether the Great White should still have 'protected' status. This latest attack was the fifth fatal shark assault since last September in Western Australia. I have an idea. Stay out of the freakin' water. Or, stay out of water so deep that a 16 foot predator can have easy access to you for lunch.
Why is it that an animal who lives in the ocean and eats living things in said ocean for its survival has to be hunted down so people can surf and swim in the ocean? Since when is surfing or swimming in the ocean a 'need'? The ocean is full of creepy crawly swimmy things that will bite you, sting you, eat you, poison you and generally ruin your whole blessed day if you happen to be unlucky enough to come into contact with it.
I love the way the articles describe this incident. They call it a 'savage' attack. Of course it was. Great White sharks have a brain mass that is 238 times less than we humans. In other words, it's a freakin' dinosaur that only does certain things. It swims, it eats, and it makes baby sharks. The Great White has no soul, no morals, no reasoning capacity, and obviously no mercy when it comes to feeding time.
The articles go on to quote that local marine scientists say Western Australia's coast is the most deadly shark attack zone in the world. Now, since we humans have the capacity to think and reason and discern, who's fault do you think it truly is when someone gets bitten in half by a Great White shark? The only time I've ever heard of anyone being eaten by a shark while on land was on one of Saturday Night Live's skits where a fictional land shark would knock on an apartment door and eat the person that answered it. It was funny, but not realistic. Just as nobody has ever had enough bottles of whiskey attack them and have their contents forcibly poured down their throats to cause them to be an alcoholic, neither has anyone ever been attacked by a shark while not near or on an ocean beach. When you go to the beach and get in the water, you are on the sea creatures' home turf and you are subject to their rules and their way of life. And, if you weren't aware, their way of life is pretty violent and brutal. They have no conscience, no pity, no remorse and do not have the ability to say, "I'm sorry for taking off your leg." Plus, since they are only doing what comes naturally, they shouldn't HAVE to apologize for ripping you in two. Not only that, they especially shouldn't have to die because of it.
The girlfriend of the young man is understandably distraught. She put a tribute to him on Facebook that I would like to share with you. It says, "Let's remember that he was doing something that meant the world to him. Surfing was his soul, his life, his culture and his passion." I think that's nice. Therefore, he should have been aware...and probably was...that his soul, his life, his culture and his passion came with risks. Just as we take risks by simply getting in our car and driving down the road. Thousands upon thousands of people die every year in traffic accidents, but do you see our governments killing all the cars? Of course not. But, when it comes to a creature that is only doing what it does in its own home by its own rules of engagement, then it's okay to think about removing 'protected' status from it so we can feel better about ourselves by exacting some kind of perverted revenge for people who knew the risks of the activity before they entertained them.
Now, I have no fondness for sharks, or jellyfish, or barracuda or anything else that might want to hurt me for some inexplicable reason I can't understand. Therefore, I stay away from the beach. I work offshore and develop equipment that goes to the bottom of the ocean. I like the ocean. But, I like the ocean while I'm on a boat or a platform. I don't go in the water. There are things in there that might think I taste good. So, keep that in mind the next time you go swimming at the beach. You don't own it. The sea creatures do. Most of the time they leave you alone. But, when they don't, refrain from crying out for justice. In the sea, there is none.


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Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Handbook for Patients and by Karen R. Brock
By Karen R. Brock
"Bipolar" capability greater than temper swings and chemical imbalances. it's a genetic mind rules malfunction inflicting not just temper yet behavioral indicators. Severity and signs range alongside a spectrum of disorder displays, from a cheerful, confident character, to a moody temperament, to continual and recurrent depressions, to vintage manic-depressive affliction. it's a persistent disorder with sessions of affliction in addition to remission. conserving the affliction less than keep watch over calls for day-by-day upkeep and vigilance for rising signs. The aim of this booklet is to assist the bipolar individual effectively deal with his or her sickness and reside an entire and significant existence. First, the reader will study all approximately bipolar affliction: the way it provides, the way it is clinically determined, the way it is handed down in households, and the way it impacts girls in comparison to males. subsequent, a number of the sorts of remedy and the logistics of day-by-day upkeep are mentioned intimately. eventually, the benefits and downsides of bipolar ailment are explored and the lives of attention-grabbing and amazing ancient and present bipolar everyone is tested.
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Diagnosis is a complex and artful undertaking based on classifying symptoms into patterns and categories. Even Kraepelin, the German psychiatrist who described and organized all the known mental illnesses in the late 1800s, recognized the difficulty in pinning down a definition that would work for each individual with bipolar disorder: "The delimitation of the individual form of the malady is in many respects wholly artificial and arbitrary" (54). This is why any attempt at categorization of bipolar disease, or any mental illness for that matter, can at times be difficult.
The depressed mood state involves a decrease in mood but also a decrease in energy, speed of speech, thought and activity level. Marya Hornbacher describes bipolar depression as "a painful hole yawning open in my chest. This old, familiar ache does not feel so much like sadness as it does like death, if death is blunt and heavy and topples into you, knocking you flat" (57). Some bipolars describe a general lack of feeling along with a dulling of mental capacities, including emotional expression, so it's not uncommon for a bipolar to deny feeling sad or even depressed—they simply don't feel anything at all.
Everyone knows there are abundant medications available to treat many of the psychiatric symptoms that occur with these mental illnesses, but for whatever reason, people still hesitate to actually ask for help. Primary care physicians are comfortable treating depression and sometimes screen for mood disorders and will make the proper psychiatric referral if needed, so a psychiatric visit isn't even necessary for the initial mental health evaluation. A serious disease like bipolar is best managed by mental health professionals, however.


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Team SCEL are absolutely delighted to congratulate our very own Gillian Hamilton who was awarded the degree of Fellowship of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) at the 2018 AGM earlier this month.
The Honorary Fellowship is the highest honour which the institute can bestow and is awarded to persons who have rendered signal service to education in Scotland.
Commenting on the award, Larry Flanagan, EIS General Secretary said:
"The Council unanimously and cordially approved the recommendation of The Board of Examiners that the degree of Honorary Fellow should be conferred on Gillian in recognition of her outstanding service to education throughout her career, from classroom practitioner through to her leadership of SCEL (and beyond!)."
From her first post as a primary school teacher in East Ayrshire, right up to her appointment as the first chief executive of SCEL, Gillian has shown remarkable dedication, passion, commitment and leadership and everyone at SCEL and Education Scotland are very proud of her indeed!


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A subset of radical feminists argue that trans people's claims about their gender are invalid, but these radical feminists need to take a harder look at the epistemological basis of their worldview.
Sarah Stein Lubrano
Sarah Stein Lubrano just finished her MPhil in Intellectual History in Cambridge. Her research looks into feminism, sexual politics, and psychological theory in turn-of-the-century Germany.
Pro-sex, and anti-prison, but what about kink?
This June, Gay Shame, a radical queer anti-assimilation group, led a protest against a prison-themed kink party. They say they are 'Pro-sex and anti-prison' but neither they nor their opponents have a clear sense of what to say about kink itself.
Deirdre Bair, Simone de Beauvoir, and The Undivided Woman
Simone de Beauvoir is famous for her work on feminism, but Deidre Bair's biography suggests that de Beauvoir's relationship with philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was fraught with jealousy and self-sacrifice. Sarah Stein Lubrano writes that we shouldn't be surprised.


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Unsung Aviation Pioneer Gets Exhibit at Helicopter Museum August 18, 2011
Stanley Gorlo of Stratford looks at a Lycoming T55-L-5 gas turbine Chinook helicopter engine at an exhibit the National Helicopter Museum in Stratford on Thursday, August 18, 2011. Gorlo is a docent at the museum. The exhibit honors turbojet engine designer Dr. Anselm Franz, who designed engines for the the Huey and Chinook helicopters, after designing the first jet engines for the Germans
during World War II. Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Connecticut Post
A bust of Dr. Anselm Franz, designer of the engines for the Huey and Chinook helicopters, at the new exhibit in his honor at the National Helicopter Museum in Stratford on Thursday, August 18, 2011. Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Connecticut Post
John Burgeson, Staff Writer, Thursday, August 18, 2011, www.ctpost.com
STRATFORD -- Just about everyone has heard about Wilbur Wright, Igor Sikorsky, John Glenn and even Louis Bleriot.
But missing from just about every list of "aviation pioneers" is Anselm Franz, the turbine engine genius who was responsible for the first jet engine, the first helicopter turbine engine and the first "high bypass" turbofan engine.
It also can be said that it's because of his work that more than 30,000 people over a half-century found employment at Stratford's Avco Lycoming Army Engine Plant.
Franz's accomplishments are being celebrated through Oct. 15 at a special exhibit at the National Helicopter Museum on Main Street, where there are cutaway displays of two of his crowning achievements -- the T53 engine that powers the Bell UH-1 "Huey" and the T55, the power plant of the Boeing CH-47 "Chinook," two helicopters that came to symbolize American military might from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Franz's son, Peter, who lives in Stratford's Lordship section, says his father never got the recognition that he deserved.
"They have a show that they run on the History Channel every year or so about the ME 262, and not once do they mention that my father developed the Jumo 004 engine, which powered that aircraft," he said in a telephone interview. The ME 262 was the first practical jet fighter.
He also says that the U.S. Army has also failed to honor Franz. "I was told that it probably has to do with the fact that ME 262s were shooting down B-17s during the war," he said. "But you have to remember, too, that every Chinook and every Huey gets airborne because of my dad," he said.
"He was always a gentleman," said Ken Collinge, an engineer at the Avco Lycoming plant between 1957 until the plant was shuttered in 1996.
Franz, as with liquid-fuel rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun, was a German who came to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip after World War II. He was one of about 1,800 scientists and engineers who came to the states as part of this effort.
Franz had to walk and bicycle for hundreds of miles across Germany after the surrender to avoid getting picked up by the Soviets, who were also eager to sweep up German engineers. His family arrived
in the U.S. months later.
After working for a time at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, he moved to Stratford in 1951 to head Avco-Lycoming's turbine division. Work on the T53 began immediately. Earliest variants had 860
shaft horsepower, but improvements came quickly. The T53, still in production by Honeywell Aerospace, now has an output of 1,800 hp.
"It's really quite amazing that my father's creation is still in production after 60 years," Peter Franz said. "Unheard of, actually, in the aviation industry."
Both the T53 and the T55 employ an ingenious "folded" design in which the compressed air takes an S-shaped path to the combustion chamber to save space.
Franz also built the T53 and the T55 in three assemblies, making repairs and overhauls much easier.
"Typically, the hot end ---- the combustion end ---- needs more frequent replacement," Collinge said. "So, you unbolt the hot end, bolt on a new one, and you're on your way. Before Franz, that was unheard of in a turbine."
Franz was born in Austria in 1900; he died in 1994.
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Topic Focus: Title 10 & Title 50 funds related to IT technical solutions. Collaboration and communications tools are agency/service agnostic. When pots of money for the same needs are split between decision makers in two or more organizations, you're more than likely to have a mess on your hands. Perhaps this is why we have different intelligence agencies not on the same page--our tool sets aren't designed to facilitate ...more »


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Next Monday, Halloween, I will be having my critique for my second project in CORE studio class. This new piece is a step closer to my December show - Thesis Preview - and I'm now beginning to get knee deep in the concept. I'm thinking a lot about how people interact with art and how we live in a world where everything is vying for our attention.
I've spent about 40 hours working on a painting. That's a really really long time for me to work on one piece. I already know the work will be met with controversy just based on how my last work(s) utilizing the QR codes went over. Some people loved it, and some didn't. Perfect.
This new work is my attempt to orchestrate an interaction with a piece of artwork, the physical push and pull tension that any object may create.
Let me back up a second and explain something about me. I'm a very tactile person. I touch everything. It is very hard for me to walk through a department store and not want to experience the way something feels on my fingertips. (once on a field trip to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, I ran my hand along ancient hieroglyphics - let's just say THAT situation didn't end well...alarms, guards, etc)
This tactile nature of mine may be one of the reasons that I like working with ceramics; engaging my fingers in a way that is natural for me. Eyes open or closed, my fingers can see for me. I always touch the braille bumps whenever I see them - this is something that fascinates me - sight-impaired people can read with their fingertips.
My newest work is about how we 'look' at art. Some people stand many feet away, while many other (myself included) will walk right up to a work and inspect it visually. I want to see the brush strokes or how it was constructed. There are not many situations where I can 'see' with my hands.
My exploration of the QR codes continues with this painting, which to me isn't a painting but an installation. I want the viewer to come closer, 'see' how I want you to see and abandon your need for information on how you should interpret the work.
However, once you have seen what I want you to see, you - as a borg-like device-driven viewer you must walk away, out of the tactile sensory zone to pull out your smartphone and scan the work with your new eye, the device scanner, and 'see' in the way that our culture is heading. On a small screen in your hands.
But, please, first come close and touch the artwork. It's ok.
I promise, alarms will not sound.


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Singapore Asia's economic lion, says Modi
Singapore, Nov 24: Asia's economic lion is Singapore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday at a banquet lunch hosted in his honour by Singaporean Premier Lee Hsien Loong.
"The Asiatic lion can now be found only in Gujarat, but Asia's economic lion is here in Singapore," Modi said in his address on the second day of his bilateral visit to this southeast Asian city state.
He also hailed the bilateral relations between India and Singapore.
"Singapore is a major partner in almost every area of India's transformation," he said.
India and Singapore on Tuesday signed a joined declaration on strategic partnership and nine accords cutting across various sectors following talks between Modi and Lee.
After the signing of the documents, external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted that the two prime ministers noted the importance of culture between the two countries and encouraged more exhibitions, exchanges and interactions.
Modi and Lee noted their shared interest in furthering cooperation in the areas of science and technology, particularly in space, biomedicine and ayurveda, the spokesperson added.
The two prime ministers also released two postal stamps showing Rashtrapati Bhavan and Istana, the Singaporean presidential palace, to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Earlier on Tuesday, Modi was accorded a ceremonial welcome at Istana following which he met Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Modi arrived in Singapore from Malaysia on Monday in the second and last leg of his four-day visit to southeast Asia.


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Henri Leconte and Mansour Bahrami are set to make their return to the World Tennis Challenge from 8 to 10 January 2018 at Memorial Drive. Leconte and Bahrami will join the field as wildcards for the event following the withdrawal of Andre Agassi earlier this week.
"We are pleased to be welcoming Henri and Mansour back to the World Tennis Challenge. They have long been crowd favourites here in Adelaide and we look forward to having them back next week," General Manager World Tennis Challenge David Hearne said.
"Playing each night, Henri and Mansour will act as wildcards during the legends doubles matches along with team captains Mark Philippoussis (Team Australia), Mats Wilander (Team International) and Robby Ginepri (Team USA). Each team captain will be able to pick their wildcard doubles player."
"It all kicks off on Monday with Kids Tennis Day at the Urban Beach with home-town hero Thanasi Kokkinakis and American Frances Tiafoe before Team Australia takes on Team International at Memorial Drive."
- 07/01/2018 17:16 - King Kyrgios crowned 2018 Brisbane International champion
- 07/01/2018 00:00 - Gilles Simon crowned as Tata Open Champion
- 06/01/2018 17:24 - Big Day For Qualifier Karue Sell At Southern California Pro Futures Tournament


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TheNesPursuit – Credit Card FAIL! Episode 44!
Crying babies, video games, Vintage T.V. trays, Ricky's death, and Aaron's lost credit are just some of the things you will see in todays video game hunting adventure! Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Retroli… Watch us on http://dev2017.gamester81.com Follow us on …
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The Old Game Look Forers – Episode 1: Riding the Sunbeam
Chris/NESComplex and I decided to have a little fun and "copy" The Game Chasers and Retro Liberty in this game hunting spoof. They are our friends and we aren't really idiots (Though both assertions are debatable). LOL. If by some …
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Follow a Research Scientist on the Job
You have the opportunity to participate in our Research Shadow Program as part of the Sanford Program for the Midwest Initiative in Science Exploration (PROMISE).
This is an observational program allowing high school and undergraduate students 16 years of age or older to shadow a scientist during part of their routine day in one of our research labs. After shadowing within our research environment, you should have an appreciation for some of the qualities required for a career as a research scientist. Remember that this is not a training program and your goal is to experience what it feels like to work within a biomedical research lab.
Current research departments at Sanford Research/University of South Dakota include:
- Cancer Biology
- Children's Health Research Center
- Health Outcomes and Prevention Research Center
- Sanford Sports Science Institute
- The Sanford Project (Type I Diabetes Research)
One letter of recommendation from a teacher is also required for participation. The teacher will be emailed a recommendation form upon receipt of your completed application. After review of the application and recommendation, you will be notified of your status. We will conduct a phone call with students invited to participate in order to verify shadowing dates and identify an appropriate supervising research laboratory. All shadows are set up as single three-hour blocks without recurrence. All participants will be asked to sign orientation, safety, security, service excellence, HIPAA, and confidentiality forms when starting their shadowing experience. Participants will also be asked to complete an evaluation form.
Be aware that the laboratory area contains potential hazards. As a shadowing student, you have not completed training authorizing you to work with these hazards. Therefore, the shadowing experience is purely observational. Nonetheless, please pay attention to your supervisor and wear appropriate personal protective equipment to prevent any potential lab-related injuries due to your proximity to hazards in the laboratory environment.
To apply:
- Choose three researchers you're interested in shadowing
- Complete the application form, including the name of teacher who can recommend you
- Understand potential lab hazards
- Understand and agree to the Release and Participation Agreement


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Illuminate a walkway or garden path with this four-light outdoor post light from the Casa Marseille collection.More Details >
Styled after lavish Mediterranean designs, this outdoor post light is an attractive way to upgrade a yard or garden area. It pairs together a warm bronze finish with champagne hammered glass for a lovely look. Ornate scrolling and acanthus leaf details are carved onto the frame to create a rich traditional design.
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"MicroStrategy enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze any data to make better business decisions, whether it is stored on-premises or in the cloud. MicroStrategy provides powerful, easy-to-use data analytics so any business user can quickly and easily visualize and share their information. Companies choose MicroStrategy's business analytics platform because it combines fast, flexible visualization with sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy's mobile intelligence platform helps companies and organizations build, deploy, and maintain mobile apps across a range of solutions by embedding intelligence, transactions, and multimedia into apps. MicroStrategy solutions are available as software or as turnkey, Cloud-based services that combine MicroStrategy and third-party software and hardware to enable rapid, cost-effective development of hosted BI, mobile, and social applications."
"Amazon RDS brings the scalability and cost-effectiveness of the AWS Cloud to the SQL database market and it complements Amazon RedShift and Amazon Elastic MapReduce, expanding AWS' presence in the high-growth Big Data space. With Amazon RDS customers can set up, operate and scale a MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server database and connect to MicroStrategy within minutes, allowing them to spend time focusing on more important things like analyzing information and making decisions using MicroStrategy."
"Organizations can quickly connect to relational data bases via MicroStrategy's certified Pre integration, regardless of whether MicroStrategy is running on-premises or is hosted in the cloud. Organizations can use MicroStrategy to combine data in Amazon RDS with data from other federated data sources, and combine that information into business intelligence delivered in a variety of different styles, including self-service visual data discovery, reports, dashboards, scorecards, ad hoc analysis, OLAP analysis, alerts, or transaction-enabled BI applications, delivered via the web or mobile devices.
MicroStrategy is widely recognized as the performance-leading business analytics vendor for large-scale data warehousing applications and federated Big Data access. MicroStrategy's ROLAP (Relational Online Analytical Processing) architecture generates highly optimized SQL to maximize the performance and scalability of all major data sources like Amazon RDS. MicroStrategy's SQL generation engine builds on a fifteen year heritage of database-specific optimizations and incorporates a variety of performance-enhancing innovations like multi-pass SQL, dynamic aggregate-aware data sourcing, drill-through capability, and multi-source push down architecture. MicroStrategy's multi-level caching and in-memory cube architecture further accelerates query performance and reduces latency." - Richard Krueger, Senior Director, MicroStrategy
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Go to https://tjc.instructure.com/login/canvas
Login: Your A-Number
Password: Your birthday as TJCmmddyy
Login through Apache Access:
Log on to Apache Access by clicking the Login link at the top of the TJC home page or by going to myapacheaccess.tjc.edu. Click "My Online Classes (Canvas)."
On the Canvas Dashboard, click the title of your course.
If you don't see your course on the Dashboard, click Courses on the left and then click All Courses. To make courses show on your Dashboard, see How Do I Customize My Course List.


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"If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop"
If you start me up I'll never stop"
Just a good 80s song, kinda perfect to listen to at a BBQ? (:
<3 Audrey Allure
you're right! the perfect summer bbq song. i've been listening to a lot of ol time rock & roll songs
Yeeeahhhh...this song is just awesome! Id listen to this while getting ready for a hot date ;P


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Replacing your windows may seem simple enough to be a DIY project, but minor mistakes can cost you dearly in the long run. Proper preparation is key to a delay-free and successful replacement. That said, there are other things you can do to make the most of this important investment. Renewal by Andersen® of Central Illinois, the windows expert, shares some do's and don'ts to consider:
Do Consider Your Home's Design
A window that looks attractive alone might not look the same when it's in your home. Choose one that complements your home's style, as this affects its curb appeal and value. Do you have a traditional-looking home or is it more modern? Get inspiration from the existing exterior elements in terms of color, design, and shape. Bay and double-hung windows look great in a traditional home, while minimalist styles like picture windows look seamless in a modern home.
Don't Choose The Same Window
While choosing the same window can save you time on the replacement process, it's not a wise move. It's likely that your windows haven't been replaced in years, and during that time, newer, better models have emerged. When selecting replacement windows, keep form and function in mind. Pick one that offers excellent energy efficiency and a flexible design.
For instance, Renewal by Andersen windows all come with our exclusive Fibrex® frames and High-Performance™ Low-E4® glass, ensuring exceptional performance for years. Additionally, you can choose from a wide range of styles and customization options to create a window perfect for your home.
Do Hire A Reputable Contractor
After you've chosen a window style, you'll need a professional to install it. After all, a window is only as good as its installation. At Renewal by Andersen, our team undergoes continuous training to ensure that they are updated on the latest in window installation techniques and practices. This means that we can install our quality windows flawlessly each time.
Turn to Renewal by Andersen of Central Illinois for top-notch products and impeccable window installation services. Call us today at (866) 693-6707 to learn more about our services. You can also schedule a free consultation. We serve Peoria, Champaign, and the surrounding IL areas.


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AdventistGiving is a program created by the North American Division to provide a way for church members to be able to return tithe and give offerings electronically. AdventistGiving allows church members to return tithes and give offerings online while they do their online banking, are on a long business trip, are on vacation, or even when they are unable to attend church due to an illness.
The AdventistGiving program is written and supported by employees of the North American Division. Church members in the US may give using credit cards, debit cards, and electronic checks. Credit card donations are the only method of payments accepted from Canada. The AdventistGiving program was made available for churches to enroll in 2006. Enrollment increases every month and there are already well over a thousand churches actively using the program. Also, more than 10,000 members give online each month.
Information about AdventistGiving can be found on the following links:
The North American Division collects member donations then twice each month creates a report for each church. This report contains information about all member donations itemized by date and type of offering or tithe given since the last report. A deposit is sent to each church bank account equal to the total on the report. Reports are posted to the individual church treasurer's AdventistGiving account, and treasurers can sign into their accounts to view and download them at their convenience.
Enrollment in AdventistGiving is easy. All that is needed is the name and email address of the church treasurer. The AdventistGiving support desk then provides assistance with the enrollment process. The four basic items needed to enroll a church are:
- Completed enrollment form with signatures of the church pastor, church treasurer, and conference treasurer
- Copy of a voided check from the church's bank account
- A link on the church website for Online Giving
- Local offerings entered for the member's to see on the electronic tithe envelope
Members create their own member accounts by going to an enrolled church's website and clicking on the link for 'Online Giving.' Members have one account and can use this account to give to one or more churches. Each time a member wishes to give they must go to the church website they wish to give to and log into their member account through that church's 'Online Giving' link. Members may select to give in the following categories:
- Tithe
- Conference Offerings – these offerings are designated by each conference for the churches in their territories
- Local Offerings – these offerings are designated by each local church when they enroll in AdventistGiving
- World Offerings – there are several hundred offerings to choose from, these offerings are designated by the North American Division
Members can save one or more payment types (credit/debit card and/or electronic checking information) into an ewallet so they don't need to type this information each time they want to give. Privacy and security are top priorities in the AdventistGiving program and state-of-the-art security measures are in place so members can be assured that the information they save is always secure.
There are no fees charged by the North American Division for this service. The only fees are those charged by the payment vendors. AdventistGiving negotiates the lowest possible fees for online giving. The costs are shared by the local conference (70%), union conference (10%), North American Division (10%) and General Conference (10%). Electronic checks cost about 16 cents. Credit and debit cards have higher costs at about 1.4% of the amount given. It is preferred that members use electronic checks whenever possible to keep fees at a minimum for the organizations that bear the costs
AdventistSchoolPay provides an opportunity to pay school tuition and expenses online using a credit/debit card or a checking account. It also provides an opportunity to give a donation to the school. For more information about AdventistSchoolPay, please click on the following link:
The AdventistSchoolPay program is written and supported by employees of the North American Division. Tuition and donations are collected at the North American Division. Twice monthly a report is created for each school. This report itemizes the tuition and/or expenses paid by student name. It also identifies donations by name. Deposits are sent to each school bank account equal to the total on the reports. Reports are posted to the individual school treasurer's AdventistSchoolPay account, and treasurers can sign into their accounts to view and download them at their convenience.
Enrollment in AdventistSchoolPay is easy. All that is needed is the name and email address of the school treasurer or business manager. The AdventistSchoolPay support desk then provides assistance with the enrollment process. The four basic items needed to enroll a school are:
- Completed enrollment form with signatures of the school principal, school treasurer/business manager , and conference treasurer
- Copy of a voided check from the school's bank account
- A link on the school website for AdventistSchoolPay
- School Tuition, fees, and donations list set up and reviewed by school treasurer/business manager
Parents and donors create their own member accounts by going to an enrolled school's website and clicking on the link set up by the school to access the program. Parents and donors have one member account and can use this account to pay tuition or give to one or more schools.
The cost for AdventistSchoolPay is on average about 1.8% of amount paid. If payment is made by electronic check, the cost is only 20 cents, regardless of the amount paid. Fees are deducted from the money that we send to the school bank account. Those who make their payments online will pay the exact amount that they give. AdventistSchoolPay cannot pass the cost to the users when they make their payments online according to the credit card company policy.


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ASB can be caused by anyone and it can occur either inside the home or in the locality of the home. Anyone can be a victim of anti-social behaviour or suffer the effects of it, regardless of whether they are a business owner, council tenant, home-owner, tenant of a registered social landlord or private landlord.
Are you unsure what constitutes anti-social behaviour?
The definition of anti-social behaviour is: 'acting in an anti-social manner that has caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as himself'
Anti-social behaviour (ASB) covers a wide spectrum of activities from minor neighbour disputes arising out of differences in lifestyle, to serious criminal behaviour often in the form of harassment.
Therefore, while we all know anti-social behaviour when we see it, it is difficult to come up with a single complete definition. However, there are a number of key aspects of what constitutes ASB, some of which are listed below:
* excessive noise (especially late at night)
* rowdy, unruly or threatening behaviour
* criminal activity
* nuisance caused by children of tenants, or visitors to council properties and estates
* nuisance caused by animals
* vandalism
* dumping of litter or rubbish
* statutory nuisance (such as fume emissions)
* breaches of tenancy conditions
* anti-social behaviour can be targeted at an individual often because of perceived differences (for example, harassment including racial harassment)
* anti-social behaviour can be "accidental" or "un-thinking" inconsiderate behaviour.


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King Sunny Ade inducted into Afropop Hall of Fame
Although he has slipped from the spotlight slightly of late, King Sunny Adé remains one of Africa's most respected (and enjoyable) musicians. A master musician and bandmaster, Adé is the king of Juju music and follows Youssou N'Dour, Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo and Thomas Mapfumo in receiving the award (even though he preceded them all musically) and was recently inducted into the Afropop Hall of Fame. Watching the video, I wish he was playing Europe this summer. Click through for the video.


text: In my ongoing quest to carve a wide range of woods, I purchased some 1/8″ silver maple. Although the carving went well, and I will use it again, it will not replace either pear or black cherry as a preferred carving wood. Silver maple seemed to have about the same hardness as black cherry, and it does hold a line well, but it didn't seem to be any easier to carve than the black cherry I have been using. My perception is that the wood is brittler, but as of now I have only used silver maple to carve this one piece. There is a wide range of colors to the wood, and I wonder if there is an equal variation in how hard the wood is and what the carving characteristics are. Does anyone know if the color reflects the hardness and carving characteristics?