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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Practical tips and tutorials about using web2.0 tools and mobile apps in education .The best free web, adnroid, smartphone,iPhone, and samsung applications to help you better enhance your mobile learning.
The Top 17 Free Digital Storytelling Apps for The iPad
The iPad is such a boon in education. It is making a slow but steadfast revolution in the way instruction is both delivered and received. Teachers Simple Guide on The Use of iPad in Education clearly manifests this transfrmation and provides tips on how educators can leverage the power of this device in educational settings.
One of the things I like the most about iPad is its ability to support all the major e-reader platforms. Its interactivity and audio capabilities have even added a new dimension to read alouds and bedtime stories, making it an ideal device for digital storytelling. And since Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has already featured a List of The Best Digital Storytelling Tools ( web and desktop version ) then we deem it equally important to provide another list of such tools but this time for the iPad.
Below is a list of some of the best free digital storytelling tools available for the iPad.
This is an awesome iOS app that allows users to easily create an electronic storybook via illustrations by drawing on the screen, using pictures and text, and recording audio to attach to stories.
2- Talking Tom & Ben News
This is fun app to use. Kids can talk to them and they will repeat what you say in turs. They can also create and record funny converastions between them.
3- I Tell a Story
This is a free app that allows users to narrate and record their stories with their own voice and language.
4- Scholastic Storia
This is an app that is designed to help kids learn and love to read in a fun and interactive way.
5- Talking Tom Cat
This is a cool app that lets you interact with Tom, your pet. He smartly responds to your touch and repeats everything you say using a funny voice.
6- Toontastic
This app allows kids to draw, animate and share their own cartoons through imaginative play.
7- Our Story
This app lets young learners take part in fun games that can help them develop their reading skills.
8- Bunsella Bedtimes Story
This is an app that allows parents to narrate a bedtime story for their child,add their photos, then compile their voice-over to the images.
9- Idea Sketch
Idea Sketch lets users easily draw a diagram and convert it to a text outline, and vice versa.
10- Sock Puppets
Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube.
11- Scribble Press
This is a book creation platform that allows ids to imagine, create and share their own stories with great drawing and writing tools.
12- Puppet Pals HD
This app allows you to create your own shows using animation, audio, actors, backdrops and many more.
13- AudioBoo
This app allows users to record and share their voice online. They can also add pictures, titles, tags before uploading it and sharing it via Facebook, Twitter and many other social networks.
14- Videolicious
Videolicious allows you to create awesome video clips using both audio and pictures.
15- Voice Thread
This app allows you to talk, type, and draw right on the screen and around documents, diagrams and videos.
16- Shmuppet
Shmuppet allows users to create custom recordings using a variety of animated puppets.
17- PhotoPad
This is an easy to use photo editing app. Learners can use it to create awesome stories out of photos they work on.
If you have other suggestions to add to the list, please share with use below
via Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: The Top 17 Free Digital Storytelling Apps for The iPad.


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Family holiday in the Isle of Wight
Looking for a stress-free family holiday where nostalgia and all your favourite childhood memories come flooding back?
Looking for a stress-free family holiday where nostalgia and all your favourite childhood memories come flooding back?
When it comes to holidays we all have great expectations, but with babies or toddlers in tow there's extra pressure to make your first mini adventure one to remember for all the right reasons, which is why it makes sense to keep it simple. Ok, so on the face of it a trip to the Isle of Wight doesn't sound like the hottest ticket of the year, but as a practice run for more exotic holidays it ticks all the right boxes. You've got a jaunty little ferry ride, a holiday island looming on the horizon, sailing boats dancing in every bay and architect-designed villas discreetly dotted into the hillside suggesting that things have definitely moved on since the island's heyday as a tourist destination way back whenever.
It's this mix of old and new, combined with easy wins such as no language barrier, no vaccinations, no 'I'm not eating that' which avoid a whole load of unnecessary complications. And for mum and dad it's about a dose of nostalgia: a good old-fashioned bucket and spade destination where you can relive your own childhood thrills through the eyes of your little ones.
The island offers slices of English charm from the ancient port town of Yarmouth with its brightly-coloured harbour and the cute thatched cottages of Brading to a clutch of hidden villages and secret coves dotted around its sixty seven mile coastal path. You'll love the cosmopolitan sailing port of Cowes in the north, with its bustling little streets crammed with funky stores such as Live Like This (fab lifestyle and interior finds). And once the shopping's done, there's a mile or so long walk along the shore line to Gunard with its delightful playground and beach just waiting to be explored.
You'll find tonnes of child-friendly attractions all over, including the Owl and Monkey Haven in Newport, Amazon World Zoo Park in Arreton, Blackgang Chine and the Model Village in Godshill. Ok, so you might not fancy them all, but on a cloudy day child-centric activities may be just the thing to ward off a toddler meltdown.If you want the full-on family holiday extravaganza, the Victorian resort of Shanklin boasts, hotels, pubs and amusements, plus giant cliffs and a huge sandy beach with gently sloping waters perfect for tots. Or for something more genteel and retro-in-a-good-way, the hilly outpost of Ventnor in the south of the island is hard to beat with its small crescent-shaped bay, higgledy piggledy beach huts, tot-friendly cafés, plus that all-important thing – a bucket and spade shop. Below the botanic gardens there's a paddling pool for the kids, plus the excellent Ventnor Haven Fishery where you can pick up supper.
There are tonnes of places to grab a bite to eat – some it has to be said more convivial than others – but you can rarely go wrong with a pub lunch. The Buddle Inn (thebuddleinn.co.uk) at Niton has outdoor dining with sea views to the front and a children's play area at the rear. Choose from the chalkboard menu boasting everything from slow roasted belly pork to a Ploughman's or huge roasts on a Sunday (children's menu from £5.95). Near the coastal path at Shalfleet, The New Inn (thenewinn.co.uk) serves up some of the finest fish platters on the island and is all ancient beams, flagstone floors and nautical paraphernalia. And for an extra special day out, visit the village of Seaview perched on the east coast for a morning of shrimping among the rock pools before hitting The Seaview hotel (seaviewhotel.co.uk) for a slap up lunch. The hotel boasts its own farm so everything on your plate is deliciously home-grown and local.
Sea legs
Whether you go by car or passenger ferry, it's a fun but short trip for little ones. Get them to look out for lighthouses and the white cliffs on the way.
Seaside snack
Sun, sand and sea air make fresh fish taste even better. Try delicious pots of local brown crab sold at outlets across the island.
Fun run
To the west of Cowes, you'll find the seafaring hamlet of Gurnard. With both sand and shingle beaches, a playground and a pub, it offers stunning walks and views across the Solent to the mainland – and is a great place to let the kids let off some steam.
Just browsing
There are gift shops galore. Don't miss Live Like This in Cowes, and Home Design Cavern in East Cowes.
Leg it
Despite all the attractions on offer, a holiday on the Isle of Wight is an opportunity to get back to nature. Simply follow the National Trust coastline to enjoy magnificent scenery at every turn.
- Wightlink: Operate frequent car and passenger ferries from Portsmouth to Fishbourne and Lymington to Yarmouth, and passenger only ferries from Portsmouth to Ryde.
- Red Funnel: Operate a frequent car ferry from Southampton to East Cowes, and a passenger ferry from Southampton to West Cowes.
- Hovertravel: Operate a passenger only service from Southsea to Ryde.
Written by Scarlett Brady and Rachel Price

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Common wombat, vombatus ursinas.
There are three extant species of wombat, the common and the northern- and southern-hairy nosed species. Of these the northern is now extremely rare and no-longer truly wild. It now numbers less than 100 and it has had it's last refuge fenced-in for protection. It faces a bleak future.


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Monday, March 12, 2012
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this is pretty much the best outfit ever. and that necklace looks like some sort of deep sea arrow/spear awesomeness. i'm all about itReplyDelete
Everything is gorgeous. I like the neckpiece and the shorts! :)ReplyDelete
Such a fan of the first jacket... needs to warm up in the UK however before I can start going without sleeves,ha!!ReplyDelete
absolutely fucking gorgeous! Can you show how you did with the shirt..pleeeease?ReplyDelete
Those snakeskin shorts are SUH-WEET, as well as that sweater. It looks awfully comfy.ReplyDelete
We're just barely getting into 60 degree weather here, but we're getting a few days where it spikes up into the 70s. I am delirious with joy. I wore shorts yesterday! SHORTS IN NEW ENGLAND. I forgot this could happen.
Love the snakeskin shorts miss. Fly demin too!ReplyDelete
NYC is getting hit with mid 60s weather, so I cannot complain. Says the girl in tie dye and zig zag leggings (post to come!)
xx Jacqueline
Love the denim jacket!! So badass :)ReplyDelete
Holy Crap those boots are the height of wonderful.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 11:12 AM
UGHH. love all that denim.ReplyDelete
I adore denim vests!ReplyDelete


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Hanging out on Carmelita's patio in Calumet on a summer evening I received the compliment that every writer yearns for.
"I really liked your book," Laura said.
Me: Blank stare. Confusion morphing into pleasure. Wow. She liked my book.
Laura: "Mary let me read it."
My friend Denise: "Then Rita had it. And when Wilma's done, I'm getting it next."
As it turns out, the original manuscript for my novel has been making the rounds since I sent it to one of my beta readers a few years ago. And like the old Faberge Organics shampoo commercial she told a friend, and they told a friend, and so on and so on …
Denise called the next day to make sure it really was OK to read "the book." And finished it in a week. And said more of those sweet words that every author craves
"I couldn't put it down. I didn't want it to be over."
Dang. I've got me a book club. Or what would you call this? None of them ever answered the thought-provoking reader questions I included on the thumb drive I sent Mary. They just read my book, liked it, and shared it.
No matter what else happens I have this happiness. A circle of really cool women who would never blow smoke up my ass have been reading and circulating my manuscript.
I have admired and cared for them for a long time. Loving who they are. How they are.
And they love me. Aside from anything I write.
But to know that these no BS no-holds-barred babes related to my characters rocks my world.
There is also something to be learned from this about beta readers. To riff on the title of my novel, they know more than you think they know. And may be doing more than you know behind the scenes.
Each of my nine betas received the manuscript on a thumb drive, with a synopsis and that list of Book Clubby questions. No one answered the questions. And I only received direct feedback from a couple of my betas, one a script writer and very savvy reader out in LA who honestly admitted the rape scene gave her the heebie jeebies but she liked the traveling parts. The other, an accomplished indie author in several genres and an English teacher, blessed me with a line edit that cleaned up a lot of continuity issues and blessed me with a well-deserved lecture about one tricky POV switch that I tried to pull off but secretly knew did not work.
I never heard back from the other beta readers. I figured they were too busy. I tried not to go negative as in, 'they don't want to hurt my feelings by telling me how boring the book is." I didn't press it. Who remembers that scene in Funny Farm where Chevy Chase's wife starts crying when he asks her how his book is?
One of my betas admitted several months later that he'd lost the drive and was too embarrassed to tell me. Awwww. No biggie! But I didn't send him another copy because by that time I'd incorporated radical changes. I made it through to critique rounds of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel of the Year competition. One of the vine judges spoke as if from my own bones, advising me to cut the first chapter and get to the chase. Like the clumsy POV experiment, I already knew that Chapter One had to go.
Hack. Whack. Slash.
I'm a good writer. So I did what good writers do. I kept polishing, refining, revising and submitting. Until I found a publisher. And began the work of taking the book to market.
More Than You Think You Know is nearly ready for publication. In the meantime, it feels safe and reassuring to let the old manuscript journey on. Nancy just finished it this weekend. Her message arrived today:
"Denise M. gave me a manuscript written by one Cyndi Perkins. After a marathon read yesterday … wow! What a great read! Miss the ladies and their travels already. Have missed your writing. This was worth the wait. I'll wait patiently for the next one."
It was the will of a very unconventional Mary that this circle of women, both known and unknown to me read my book.
So be it.
Do you think they'll read the new version? Actually buy a copy of the book? Hell yeah. And want my autograph, too. I have no reason to believe otherwise. They've always supported me. And no matter what happens to this dream, this endeavor, this novel, I have this. I have this gift of knowing that even in its roughest form this work I've done pleased its intended audience.
I think I'll have a special book club party at Carmelita's next summer.
Margaritas on me, mamacitas! I love you.


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As I mentioned in previous posts, we just moved to a new home with a completely blank slate in the back for gardening.
And seeing how it's still winter here in western New York (and probably will continue to be for what feels like about six more months), I'm grabbing some of my 2½-year-old daughter's paper and crayons, and remembering the best gardening (and landscaping) advice I ever got:
Start with raised beds, and be sure to use conifers (cone-bearing plants, mostly evergreens). The raised beds give you good "garden bones" and the conifers provide fantastic foliage and year-round texture, color and shape.
Of course, this advice came from conifer enthusiast, master gardener and former neighbor Jerry Kral, who has turned his Rochester, NY property into a terraced conifer dreamland featured in Better Homes & Gardens.
BUILDING YOUR RAISED BED . . . Before you stick any plants in the ground, Jerry taught me, the idea is to create a frame for your "art."
First, determine the shape of your bed (a natural, organic form looks best – try something like a kidney bean). You may want to spray paint the border on the grass and then run a course of bricks or stone (about $200 a pallet) on top of them. For the lovely terraced look you see (above) in Jerry's garden, you can feel free to go a few courses higher.
Next, plan on filling in that border with soil about 3 to 4 feet high and 4 to 6 feet wide (landscapers can provide the fill soil for about $30 a cubic yard). If you plan to use dwarf or miniature conifers, (an especially good idea if you want low-maintenance or easy-care gardening), maybe go a bit smaller. Or, if you're putting in plants that are going to expand a lot as they grow, go a bit larger.
Next, just wheelbarrow the dirt from the delivered pile (usually on a tarp in your driveway) to your raised bed, and just shovel it right onto the grass within that border. No need to kill or dig out the turf below.
DESIGNING YOUR RAISED BED . . . Try to start with taller trees for a high leaf canopy. Add bushes and shrubs for a mid-level canopy. Then, fill in the bottom part with groundcovers and lower-growing perennials, bulbs, annuals, ornamental grasses, gnomes, flamingos – whatever it is that floats your boat.
Then, consider putting a tall, dark plant (like juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket') in the center or back and two weeping conifers (like Golden Cedar) on each outer edge. Fill in the space between with round- or bun-shaped conifers (like chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Green Globe') and a few tall, skinny ones (I'm a big fan of 'Sky Pencil' holly). Arrange smaller plants at the front, from shortest on the outside to tallest in the center.
Then, add a big rock. Or three. Or five. Odd numbers are better. If you're using three, get one small, one medium and one large. For a more natural effect, try to find stones that are native to your area.
For a high-impact look, try contrasting colors. Blue-green and yellow-variegated conifers go great together. So do dark green varieties with those variegated white.
Also contrast textures — stiff, sharp needles of spruce or pine, for instance, with the cup-shaped, ferny Hinoki cypress or the string-like chamaecyparis pisifera.
Next, mix it up for a more natural look. In nature, notes Jerry, you won't find straight lines or a mass of just one kind of shape, color, texture or kind of plant. So mix in some deciduous trees and shrubs as well as herbaceous perennials, annuals, bulbs, ground covers and ornamental grasses.
I'll get more into planting when spring gets here. But now's my time for dreaming, and I'm checking out mail-order sites such as Arrowhead Alpines and Greer Gardens and garden blogs such as The Amazing World of Conifers, The Garden Years, A Way to Garden and Daniel Mount Gardens. You can also find images of conifers and cultural information at the American Conifer Society Web site.
Are you a conifer lover? Let me know some varieties and plant compositions that have worked for you!


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This segment is dedicated to a particular sector of our customer base—those in corporate event production. A proud member of the Event Supplier and Services Association, Hamilton Rentals has over 40 years of experience and a rental fleet worth over 24 million pounds.
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At Hamilton Rentals, we work directly with our customers to meet their exact requirements, but we also work with other IT and AV rental companies as well as production companies who need some help meeting the needs of a client. We even work with training companies to ensure the required IT equipment is available.
Whether it's a fantastic high definition plasma or LCD rental you need to display multimedia, or a high quality projector or touch screen monitor, we've got plenty of those. We also provide tablets like the iPad and iPad 2 for audience interaction and sign in—or perhaps you'd prefer laptops. We've got those too.
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"We can't be lulled into complacency. You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential of going down that road."
As someone who has been using the Mussolini trope from the beginning to understand Obama's appeal (for me), I'm in a poor position to be outraged at this statement. I have actually heard rumblings even from very liberal Americans much earlier in the campaign. Some had attended his rallies and were genuinely concerned about how Obama was able to make them feel. George Clooney told Charlie Rose (someone added very cheesy music to this) that Obama is the kind of man he'd follow anywhere, a real leader. Mainstream European journalists could not entirely conceal their mental associations of the DNC with the Nuremberg rallies. Etc.
Here's Norman Mailer's prelude to his assessment of Kennedy:
It was a hero America needed, a hero central to his time, a man whose personality might suggest contradictions and mysteries which could reach into the alienated circuits of the underground, because only a hero can capture the secret imagination of a people, and so be good for the vitality of a nation; a hero embodies the fantasy and so allows each private mind the liberty to consider its fantasy and find a way to grow. Each mind can become more conscious of its desire and waste less strength in hiding from itself. Roosevelt was such a hero, and Churchill, Lenin and De Gaulle; even Hitler, to take the most odious example of this thesis was a hero, the hero-as-monster... (PP, p. 42)*
I think it is safe to say that Obama has a pretty firm hold on the American imagination at this point. That gives him a particular kind of power that Bush has never had. And look at what Bush was able to accomplish. So the worry is a real one, and the only hope (I'm afraid) is that Hitler was not all bad, i.e., that his "heroism" (better: heroics) and "vitality", his power, could have been used for good—that his fantasy only incidentally became a monstrous reality.
*I think it is worth emphasizing that Norman Mailer here, in 1961, before Kennedy's election, in an article that he himself believed contributed to Kennedy's victory, but only 16 years after the end of WWII, is comparing Kennedy to Hitler. And Hitler to Roosevelt and Churchill. I don't think the remark stirred any public outrage. (If anyone knows of some, I'd love to see it.) Keeping the full argument in view: note that Pound wrote a pamphlet called simply Jefferson and/or Mussolini.


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New Traditional Irish Flute DD Rose wood With Case, Q1T
| Condition: New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging
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Instrument: Irish Flute
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Irish flute is not an instrument native to Ireland. It is actually an English version of a transverse wooden flute long-known as the German flute, customized by the English, and drastically altered by English discoverer and flautist Charles Nicholson Jr. It was Nicholson's father, Charles Sr., who first promoted the large tone holes that make the Irish flute quite distinctive.Simple system flutes were not made with conventional folk musicians in mind, but were modified by Irish flautists as the simple wooden flutes were redundant by concert musicians during the arrival of the latest, Boehm system, Western concert flute in the mid-19th century. These "archaic" flutes were picked up by traditional musicians. The "Irish" flute is a simple-system instrument that relies on keys for the accidental (sharp/flat) notes of the scale, and whose six primary tone holes are drilled straightly into the wood and enclosed by the player's fingers. The flute is considered pitched in D as the lowest natural note occurs when all six tone holes are covered, three by the left hand and three by the right. The scale it makes when a single finger at a time is lifted from the bottom upward is the D-major scale. The modern Boehm flute makes the same scale, except the third, F, is an F-natural. Hence, why today's metal flutes are said to be pitched in C, though they are accurately the same in sound. The Irish flute creates an F-sharp when fingered naturally.


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Dear Friends,
I am sure you are already eager to hear what kind of supportive frequencies and challenges are up for the human collective, on this coming Gemini Full Moon on November 25th. Side story for the once who live here around the magical Lake Atitlan, we will be blessed with an extra shower of angelic energies as the Full Moon is ripe at 4:44pm!!! The last New Moon provided us collectively with an energetic gateway for even more details of the divine blueprint, for our collective shift into the Golden Age of Aquarius. Make space in your mind and emotional body, so that profound transformations can happen with ease. Geminis are the ruler of our communication skills and incoming information's!!! I hope you find support and inspiration here, to make another profound breakthrough!!
Love and Moon Shine Blessings!
Shared with the kind permission of the wonderful Kelley Rosano:
The Gemini Full Moon on Nov 25 is potent. You have the Sun, Saturn and Mercury coupled in Sagittarius. They are in direct opposition to the Moon in Gemini. Neptune is squaring all of them. Gemini is about gathering information and communication. Sagittarius searches for truth and meaning. The centaur represents your human, animal and spiritual nature. You are a great spiritual being having a human experience. You are not human trying to be spiritual. You are a hero for being on earth at the turning of the ages. Full Moons bring things to completion.
What is complete for you?
What is holding you back?
Where do you feel stuck?
What opportunities are available to you right now?
What are you proud of that you have accomplished this year?
Saturn makes the first of three exact squares with Neptune on November 26, June 17 and Sep 10, 2016. Saturn Neptune aspects are strange. They do not like each other. Saturn needs to build structures. Neptune wants to dissolve them. When you put these two together, it is like water and oil. They do not mix. This energy can find you in a state of chaos and confusion. Am I coming or going? It calls for you to be who you really are. Be authentic. Come from your soul desires. Saturn requires you to be realistic. Be practical. Be grounded. You are to work with the limits of the material world. Focus your energy. Saturn restricts the energy of the Sun. This is so you prioritize what is important for you and what is a distraction.Neptune governs the oceans. He is the God of the seas. Neptune takes you on a journey into the mystical realm of God. There are no boundaries. There are no limitations. You are free to create with your mind. Neptune steps up your vibration. You see into higher dimensions. It can increase your psychic abilities. Empowering your future vision and dreams. You are to make your dreams real. Be magical. Come from your Higher Self and not your ego. It is a dance. Move with the fluidity. Do not be pulled by the undertow. Reality is but a dream when Neptune is challenging you.
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.
This Full Moon may have a frenetic energy. Move slowly. Listen more act less. Wait and see. What is the truth? Make sure that what you are doing is right for you. That you are not in denial of the truth. What is real? What is an illusion? This will be your challenge. Discernment and patience will guide your way. Take more quiet time for yourself. Be in nature. Nature has everything you need to replenish yourself. This is good time of year to practice your attitude for gratitude. "Thank you!" It is Thanksgiving in the States. Thank you for the abundance that is mine. Thank you for the new opportunities that are now in my life. Thank you for___ fill in the blank. When you focus on the negative. You push away the very things that you desire. This creates resistance. The Law of Attraction is always matching what you are broadcasting.
Are you focused on what you do not have in your life?
Does this keeps you struggling?
What is your message?
What do you believe is possible for you?
Are you a positive person?
Do you come from Love or fear? Choose Love. Be fearless.
The Sun will exactly couple with Saturn on Nov 29. Neptune will challenge the Sun on Nov 29. Let go of what is not working for you. Flow with the changes in your life. You end the month with a fun loving Leo Moon on Nov 30. Be positive. Be optimistic. Above all, be light! See the sunnier side of life. Keep a sense of humor. It could get weird. The Gemini Full Moon message is to reach for the Moon and you will land among the stars. Let go of what is no longer serving you. Do what feeds your soul. Do what empowers you. Release beliefs that limit you. Let go of the beliefs that trap you in fear. This too is illusion. Keep the faith. Use the power of your mind to create your reality. Liberation can only come through freeing your mind. Free your mind. You will be free. You will free others. All Are One. Be free. Start right now. Do what liberates you. Do what frees you. Be Blessed. Stay safe. You Are Loved.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Just before I left to go to NY I helped Andrea and Meg from Anatomy design put together these curiosity boxes. It was huge fun. A collection of old and new housed in beautifully made wooden boxes. Soon to be installed in a house in London. The hardest part of the job though was the part Meg did on the day I left. Packing and wrapping the boxes for shipping. She was on her knees wrestling with tape and bubble wrap for the entire day. Thank you guys for a really fun job. And thank you Des for photographing the whole lot!
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Beautiful... painstaking detail.ReplyDelete
- TheresaJune 12, 2012 at 6:44 AM
Very well done! What an interesting project! Yes I saw Meg packing them- you deefinitely got the fun part!!ReplyDelete
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I watch and clench my teeth a little every time, but I can't let myself stop or it will all be over.
As long as there is this, then there is something more than nothing.
The stinging starts to dull as the numbness sets in, all the while the page stays just as sharp as it was yesterday morning when I began this age old process of my own making.
Back and forth the cut grows wider and deeper.
Hardly any blood shows itself on the surface but I can see what looks like tiny ball shaped shards of glass at the edges of the canyons in my skin.
They almost gather together to create something new, just at the point where they fall into the pendulum motion of the sharp white page.
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I thought that having a second kid would be easier, like "I've done this before, piece of cake, right??"
I'm tired all the time. Literally, every second. Of every day. Exhausted.
I cannot sleep for more than an hour at a time, before I wake up because my unborn child is kicking me, my 3 year old is yelling for me, or my bladder (which has apparently shrunk to the size of a pea) is about to explode.
Remember my maternity pillow that I looooved? It blows. At this point all it's doing is taking up precious room in our never-big-enough bed.
oh. your sleeping?? Screw you.
I just want to sleep ALL THE TIME. And drink. I'm SO ready to have booze again!! I would give my right arm for some vodka right now...
And I still have 3 months too go....
Apparently I'm just all old man grumpy today.
Shutting. It. Down.
Happier note....Don't you wish you had pajama day at work?? Then your life could be this great:
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Updated from 8:52 a.m. ET, with late market information, detail on litigation risk from HSBC's interim report, and analysts' comments.NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Shares of HSBC ( HBC) on Monday were down 5% in the final hour of trading to $55.23, even after the company announced healthy earnings growth, with continued improvement in credit quality and success in its efficiency program. HSBC is the world's second-largest bank, with $2.645 trillion in total assets as of June 30. The company on Monday announced first-half profit attributable to the parent company of $10.284 billion, or 54 cents a share, increasing from $8.438 billion or 29 cents a share, during the first half of 2012. Profit before tax for the first half was $14.071 billion, increasing 10% from $12.737 billion a year earlier. Net interest income declined to $17.819 billion during the first half from $19.376 billion during the first half of 2012, reflecting the difficult interest rate environment and asset sales, including the company's U.S. credit card portfolio, which was purchased by Capital One ( COF) in May 2012. HSBC's net interest margin narrowed to 2.17% during the first half from 2.37% a year earlier. Trading income, excluding net interest income from trading activities, rose to $5.230 billion during the first half, from $3.134 billion during the first half of 2012. HSBC's loan impairment charges and other credit provisions totaled $3.116 billion during the first half, improving from $4.799 billion a year earlier. But the company also said it expected soon to enter a mediation process with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to settle FHFA claims that HSBC misrepresented the quality of loans underlying private label mortgage-backed securities sold to Fannie Mae ( FNMA) and Freddie Mac ( FMCC) from 2005 to 2008. "Based upon the information currently available, it is possible that these damages could be as high as US$1.6bn," HSBC said. Total operating expenses were down 13% to $18.399 billion during the first half, from $21.204 billion a year earlier. HSBC's cost efficiency ratio -- essentially the number of pennies of overhead expenses for each dollar of revenue -- dropped to 53.5% during the first half, from 57.5% during the first half of 2012. On a constant currency basis, and factoring out costs associated with "acquisitions, disposals and dilutions," the underlying cost efficiency ratio for the first half was 55.0%, improving from 62.1% a year earlier. The company in its earnings press release attributed the expense reduction "mainly to the non-recurrence of provisions for fines and penalties recorded in 1H12 and lower charges from UK customer redress programmes and restructuring costs." But the bank's decline in overhead expenses continued. HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver in the press release said "During 1H13 we achieved US$0.8bn of sustainable cost savings across all regions, taking the annualised total to US$4.1bn since the start of 2011, exceeding our target for the end of 2013." The company in May outlined a series of clearly defined actions for lowering expenses, including a new contract with a single facilities vendor to manage all of its facilities and replace previous contracts with 1,100 vendors. The company is also working on streamlining its internal reporting and reducing headcount. HSBC had roughly 259,400 full-time equivalent employees as of June 30, declining from 271,500 a year earlier.
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Black Bean – Taco Salad Lime Vinaigrette
There are three words that describe this salad — fresh, healthy, and easy. Oh wait, four words – tasty. The night I made this salad it was unseasonably warm and wanted something light for dinner and I remembered this salad. The dressing is incredibly easy to make and it packs a wonderful citrus punch.
The only change I made to the recipe was I added a can of drained corn to the salad and omitted the green pepper.
One change I made the second time I made this salad was to add boiled shrimp instead of chicken. It was fantastic!
Black Bean-Taco Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
With chicken, cheddar cheese, and black beans, this Southwestern-influenced salad needs nothing on the side except some iced tea. Fresh lime gives it a citrusy counterpunch.
1/4 cup chopped seeded tomato
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon grated lime rind
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 garlic clove, peeled
8 cups thinly sliced iceberg lettuce
1 1/2 cups chopped ready-to-eat roasted skinned, boned chicken breast (about 2 breasts)
1 cup chopped tomato
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 cup finely diced red onion
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded reduced-fat sharp cheddar cheese
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
4 cups fat-free baked tortilla chips (about 4 ounces)
To prepare vinaigrette, combine first 11 ingredients in a blender or food processor; process until smooth.
To prepare salad, combine lettuce and remaining ingredients except chips in a large bowl. Add vinaigrette; toss well to coat. Serve with chips.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: about 2 cups salad and 1 cup chips)
CALORIES 402 (28% from fat); FAT 12.6g (sat 3.2g,mono 6.5g,poly 1.9g); IRON 3.6mg; CHOLESTEROL 35mg; CALCIUM 236mg; CARBOHYDRATE 51.6g; SODIUM 861mg; PROTEIN 24.5g; FIBER 8g
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Thursday, 6 May 2010
Gay gay gay gay YAY! - Germany
It seems to me that there have been two different marketing strategies on the world promo tour so far. The UK and Japan have received performances of the dancier electro-pop material with glammed-up Adam, whereas everywhere else has had freely-improvising acoustic Adam. I would've thought that FYE would have been pushed in a few more European countries but maybe it's due to budgetary constraints with acoustic sets being cheaper. If that's the case, I wonder if this is an indication of the priority markets targeted. Now that I've seen the bigger productions, I'm very greedy for an acoustic set. I guess I can never have enough.
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- Anonymous6 May 2010 at 07:07
According to the Nordic posters (PF) they like melancholic music; so I guess acoustic sets are more to their liking? Notice acoustic sets also comes with tone down makeup and emo or beanie hair. Cut down on the stylist too. lolReplyDelete
I'm blown away by the Sleepwalker in Zurich - don't miss it. I am greedy for it all - my fantasy set list would open with FYE and IIHY in full dancer/laser glory, then an acoustic set in a great t-shirt with MW, WWL and BO - then the finale with Sleepwalker - pull out all the stops Rock and Roll riffing until Adam, Monte and the audience all collapse from exhaustion-- well a girl can dream!ReplyDelete
Bye the way don't miss Monte's acoustic solo album - it's really fine. I hope those two stick it out for a long time together.
Anonymous, thanks for the info. I wasn't sure about Nordic tastes but I would've thought that the Dutch would've been more up for the dance tunes. Wonder how long the toned down make-up and emo hair take.ReplyDelete
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These flip flop painters
will be a fun way to explore and create patterns (Lakeshore).
Yesterday, I bought 14 blow up swimming pools to be used in the reading/library section of the room. I can envision the students lounging in the pool while paging through alphabet and counting picture books. The overall theme of our summer school program for the "almost" kindergarten students is summer and making a family connection with school. I'm creating a blog just to enhance communication between the summer school families( 240 of them!) and our school district. One of the pages on the blog will feature useful internet links.
Do you have any suggestions for internet sites that you find helpful for prekindergarten students? Please share them with me in the comment section. I would appreciate your help. Thanks....


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"Daissy is an exceptionally gifted person whose talents are accentuated by her camera lens. She has the ability to read tiny moments, moments you didn't know were important, and reveal your greater truth through portraits. Daissy can anticipate the fluidity in emotion and movement, and she will stay with each and every moving story until the end, until she has captured memories that will prove timeless. That was important to my wife and me.
Our wedding day had a lot of moving parts. We needed a photographer who could keep up with our party hungry guests and their unanticipated antics, as well as someone who could direct us because we are definitely not good at "smiling for the camera." It's been two weeks since our wedding day and we already have hundreds of pictures to enjoy. Daissy has captured sides of me I didn't know existed. She captured every single beautiful angle of my wife. Her use of light and shadows add depth of raw emotion that will force you to see the beauty that Daissy sees. And she found the personality of our family and friends that can only be told through portraits because words cannot do them justice.
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10 Markets to Grow the Most Next Year
December 5, 2014
The U.S. housing market is expected to make strides overall in 2015, but 10 metros in particular are "ready for significant acceleration across housing metrics" next year, according to realtor.com®'s latest housing report.
"The markets on this list range from big cities with older housing stock, big and mid-size cities with substantial levels of new construction, and up-and-coming markets appealing to young professionals for their job growth and high affordability," says Jonathan Smoke, realtor.com®'s chief economist.
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., for example, made the list because of expected increases in household formation and home sales there in 2015, realtor.com® notes. On the other hand, Des Moines, Iowa, made the list because of its high affordability and high levels of home ownership among Millennials, which are expected to continue next year.
Realtor.com®'s top 10 markets for growth in 2015 (as well as what local metric to watch the most next year) are:
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs, Ga.: Household formation growth; home sales expected to rise 11%.
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas: Household formation (ranks first in forecasted household growth over the next 5 years); home sales expected to rise 7%.
- Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo.: Home-sale growth projected to be 14%; tight inventories of for-sale homes.
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa: Growth in Millennial share of households.
- Houston-The Woodlands, Texas: Household formation growth; employment to grow by 4%; home sales to increase by 5%.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.: Household formation growth; home sales to grow by 6%.
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.: Millennial home owner growth; increase in new-home construction.
- Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Ariz.: Income growth; increase in new-home construction by 22%; home sales expected to grow by 11%.
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.: Tight inventories of homes for sale; income growth; home prices and home sales both expected to grow by 3%.
- Washington, D.C.: Household formation growth; tight inventories of homes for sale; home sales expected to rise 10%.
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If only doing what was good to be done, was as easy as to know what were good to be done :)ReplyDelete
We humans are kind of fools in that respect. Most of us do know that we need to think a bit more positively, and let go of things that hold us back.... It takes a lot of courage and determination to do that. Only if we were courageous enough to do that :)Replies
You say it all, Mysterio.. If only, we were courageous enough to do that !!Delete
Very nice line on grudges that we hold too long to our detriment.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Sir :)Delete
How long can the soul suffer the bashing of your personal ego.ReplyDelete
This was a beautiful post.
Haa ! Only if we could let them go !!! :)ReplyDelete
I think it's better to cry, hit, pound and let go of the frustration instead of brooding and scratching the wound. Nice one :)ReplyDeleteReplies
It sure is Prasanna.. Dont know why people cant let go.. Thanks dear:)Delete
Oh wow! Wonderful questions raised. I don't hold grudges. I kill the people who caused them, inside my head.ReplyDelete
No person, no grudge. :DReplies
Haha!! That's a wonderful wonderful way Soumya ;)Delete
- Anonymous8 April 2014 at 17:26
Mesmerizing Jyoysna. There are some emotions that are difficult to let go.ReplyDeleteReplies
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- Anonymous8 April 2014 at 17:56
Nice one Jyotsna. It's tough dealing with emotions sometimes. ..and there's only so much each of us can takeReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Sid. Yes, there is only so much one can take..!! I mean, how long do you suffer the brunt of grudges :(Delete
Nice thoughts Jyotsna. You have a way with words. Good luck with rest of the challenge.ReplyDelete
Thanks a lot Aarthi. Your comment sure made me smile :)Delete
Those questions- "The How Long" part, elevates this poem into an altogether different level. Brilliant :-)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 April 2014 at 19:23
I really liked this, particularly:ReplyDelete
"how long, do you
not clean the wounds
you've given or taken on"
It reminds us that not only to we make others (and often our own loved ones) suffer, but we also choose to keep our own old wounds open, even if "our aching souls" are crying out in anguish. Why do we do this to ourselves?
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Thanks a lot Josna. Well, you could say the grudges take over sanity and that keeps us suffering, not allowing us to relieve our 'aching souls' from the pain.Delete
Very lovely thoughts dear!!! I can so well feel the words you have written!ReplyDelete
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Manchester Resilience Hub
Welcome to the Manchester Resilience Hub
The Resilience Hub was originally established in response to the Manchester Arena Attack in 2017 to coordinate care and support for thousands of children, young people and adults whose mental health and/or emotional wellbeing was affected.
The New Year's Eve incident in Manchester may have triggered difficult feelings for those involved in Arena Attack - the Hub is here to support you if you need it.
The hub provides a central point for mental health advice and support. Where one-to-one therapy is needed, clinicians in the hub work with other organisations across the country to help people receive the care they need from services close to where they live.
It has been set up to coordinate the care and support for children, young people and adults whose mental health and/or emotional wellbeing has been affected. The Hub is based in Greater Manchester but is for everyone who was affected, wherever you may live.
The Manchester attacks were traumatic events which we know can cause severe emotional shock. The Hub can offer phone-based advice, support and information and make calls on your behalf if you are struggling to get the help you need.
The Hub is for:
- Everyone who has been directly affected by the incident
- Family members who have been affected
- Professionals who have been affected
- Professional seeking clinical advice about their service users
About The Hub
The service is hosted by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, working with other NHS and voluntary sector agencies.
Our staff are trained mental health professionals who are experts at working with people who have experienced a traumatic event. They will be able to talk with you about how you are doing and whether you may benefit from more help.
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- If you are directly affected and need help or support, call the Victim Support Helpline on 08 08 16 89 111
- Adults can refer themselves directly to NHS psychological therapies services across England - click here to find your local service
- Children and young people can access mental health services through their GP
- If you are struggling to keep yourself safe please seek advice either from your GP, NHS 111 or in an emergency visit A&E at your local hospital
- Click here to see our Manchester Resilience Hub support leaflet
- Click here to see an NHS leaflet which gives advice on coping after a traumatic event.
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Station 37 is located on the east end of the District at 1801 Abercrombie Rd. and is home to Engine Co. 37. Also available is Truck Co. 37 for additional rescue capabilities.
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What: Shares of Joy Global (NYSE:JOY), a global leader in high-productivity mining solutions, are soaring 20% higher despite a worse-than-expected loss during its first-quarter results.
So what: Joy Global's first quarter was indicative of tough market conditions with bookings of $550 million, down 21% from the prior year. Net sales checked in at $526 million, down a similar 25% from the prior year and just missing analyst estimates of $528 million. The company's adjusted loss per diluted share was $0.23, compared to earning $0.29 during the prior year and below estimates of a loss of $0.12 per share.
"I am very proud of the resiliency of the Joy Global team. These market conditions require tough, decisive action on costs and our team continues to deliver on this challenge while remaining intensely focused on helping our customers solve their toughest operational challenges. The ultimate result of these actions will make us a stronger company that is able to respond to both current and future demand." said President and CEO Ted Doheny in a press release.
One bright spot was that, despite the earnings loss, the company managed to generate cash from operations of $109 million, which was up $127 million from the prior year.
Now what: Personally, I'm surprised to see the stock shooting up as high as it is today, despite the bounce not being huge in the grand scheme of the stock's past year.
Perhaps one of the largest reasons for the stock's gain Thursday is that investors are anxiously waiting on the sidelines for a bullish reason to scoop up shares of Joy Global or its competitors, and the fact that Joy Global didn't cut its profit and revenue forecasts signals a better second half of 2016 and a potential bottom in the near term.
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New Yorkers: the first meeting of the Public TransLit Book Club will be held on Dec. 11 at the Lolita Bar on Broome Street. And what's the TransLit club? It's a mass-commuter reading group (a variation of Seattle's Books on the Bus Club) in which participating straphangers read designated books. The inaugural book will be Andy Greenberg's book on WikiLeaks, This Machine Kills Secrets.
Kevin Powers has won the Guardian's first-book award for Yellow Birds, his novel about a gunner in Iraq. Powers spent two years serving with the army in Iraq, and took the title of his novel from a marching song he learned there: "A yellow bird / With a yellow bill / Was perched upon/ my windowsill / I lured him in / With a piece of bread / And then I smashed / His fucking head."
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After months of work and input from more than 300 people within the Division of University Outreach and Engagement, the 2016-2021 Strategic Plan is written, packaged and will be delivered the week of August 8 to all locations within the Division. Next step? Prioritizing resources and areas of focus, identifying the measurable metrics of progress, and beginning the implementation phase.
This month's First Monday Video introduces Jeff Sherman who is charged with coordinating the next phase of the plan.
A team will be formed around each of the Division's five goals. Would you like to add your voice to one of the teams? Contact email@example.com. We welcome – and encourage – your participation!
The next Quarterly Conversation on August 19, beginning at 9 a.m. in Kidder 202 (and also live-streamed) will talk more about the plan, in addition to a Q&A about the recent changes within the Division of University Outreach and Engagement and marketing initiatives underway.
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For the past two weeks, Island Park Idaho has been pummeled by snow. Over six feet has fallen (4' settled snow). All the sage is covered, the winds have been relentless, and the features are getting fat.
If you have the chance, next weekend, Jan 9th and 10th, is Island Park's Winterfest. In addition to all the great parties throughout IP, snowkiters will be treated royally just for showing up at the Hungry Bear. Hope you can make it. Unfortunately, I'll be at SKM, so I can't be there. Oh well, have fun!


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Little Common's footballers suffered only their second cup defeat of the season last night (Tuesday) after losing a penalty shoot-out.
The Commoners were beaten 3-2 on spot-kicks in round two of the Macron Store Southern Combination Football League Division One Challenge Cup by a Langney Wanderers side which had an outfield player in goal.
Common had earlier twice come from behind in a match which finished 1-1 after the original 90 minutes and 2-2 at the end of extra-time courtesy of goals from Billy Trickett and Russell Eldridge, but in truth Langney deserved to go through.
In a match switched to Little Common Recreation Ground because Langney aren't yet in possession of floodlights, Langney goalkeeper Lee Daubney somehow prevented Lewis Hole giving Common a 13th minute lead after good balls from Kyle Holden and Sam Brown.
As so often happens in football, a narrow escape at one end is followed by a goal at the other soon afterwards. Paul Rogers received a Paul Weatherby pass inside the Common area and showed good feet to work space for a low shot past goalkeeper Matt Cruttwell.
Common were only behind for two minutes, however, as Langney gifted them an equaliser. Trickett tapped home after Daubney spilled a seemingly routine cross and the Langney goalkeeper was immediately substituted with a nasty-looking hand injury.
Langney defender Marcus Allen took over the gloves, but Common rarely tested him on a night when they lacked creativity and failed to reproduce the sort of form which had brought them five victories in their previous six cup matches this term.
Wayne Wilkinson hit Common's post with a terrific effort with the outside of the boot following a fine ball from Mark Warren, while at the other end, Lewis Hole had the ball in the net following a Trickett pass but the offside flag had already been raised.
Cruttwell saved well from Sam Bunn and Rogers headed just wide from a Weatherby cross as Langney seemed to gain the upper hand early in the second half. Moments later at the other end, Trickett's cross from the left struck the crossbar.
Trickett headed just over from an Eldridge free kick and although Wilkinson drove just over for Langney, Common came back into the game during the final half-hour of normal time. Hole had a glorious opportunity to put Common ahead, but could only hit the post after Allen miskicked a cross which he ought to have caught.
Langney got back on top in extra-time, and Weatherby fired just over and a Wilkinson effort was pushed aside by Cruttwell before the visitors retook the lead in the 103rd minute. Cruttwell came for a Wilkinson cross, but Rogers beat him to it and headed into the net.
Common substitute Martin Denny was thwarted by Allen following a lovely touch from Hole, while Cruttwell made a good stop with his body from Wilkinson and Gianluca Del-Gaudio drilled just over the home crossbar.
A Common equaliser wasn't looking particularly likely, but they got one in the 112th minute. Eldridge, who had by now pushed forward into midfield, had a go from around 30 yards and the ball rather slid through Allen's fingers above his head.
With no further scoring, the tie went to penalties. It was a scenario which didn't suit Common given their dreadful penalty record in regulation play since the start of last season and the spot-kicks which followed hinted at some mental scarring from their many penalty misses over that period.
Ricky Mote and Eldridge scored Common's first and fourth kicks, but Trickett hit the crossbar with the second, and Ammoun and Zack McEniry had weak efforts saved with the third and fifth. Bunn, Steve Hickman and Catt converted Langney's second, fourth and fifth attempts, while Cruttwell saved the first and third from Rogers and Wilkinson.
Common: Cruttwell, R. Mote, Estherby (Lusted 102), Brown (McEniry 106), Ammoun, Eldridge, Trickett, Holden, Hole, Crone, Foster (Denny 95). Sub not used: Wells.
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We had tons of fun at Granddaddy's horse sale this weekend! We are headed home to Iowa in the morning, but wont get there to the end of the week...because of course we have lots of fun stops along the way!
|Merritt got to go on a cart ride!
|and help Whoop with the tack sale!
|Coy got held alot!
|best try at a brother pic!
|quick visit with Whoop!
|having fun riding a pony in the ring!
|he was so excited to check out the "big truck," then did not want to get in it!! Silly boy!


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I've been spending a bit of time with quilts under my sewing machine needle lately.
I want to get this one finished for our club exhibition in January.
This one is done and just needs a hanging sleeve and label.
I'm binding this one ready for donation to the maternity unit.
And binding this one too. It's a table runner made as a sample for a set of beginner classes I'm going to run next year. Know anyone who wants to learn basic patchwork and quilting in the Bay of Islands? My email address is lottiemscott at yahoo dot com!


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I just wanted to rage a little bit and I decided to write about one of my favourite all-time tv shows: Legends of the hidden temple. This show was aired on Nickelodeon from September, 1993 to 1995. It was an adventure-action tv show where 6 different teams competed against each other for the chance to get inside the temple and claim the prizes. This TV show was very popular in Argentina and most of us watched regularly on Saturdays, the same night as Are you Affraid of the Dark? There were many classic quotes and sequences coming from this TV show. I always wondered why those little kids were so so bad at assembling the silver monkey. Were they dumbs? We don't know.
The teams were: the blue barracudas, red jaguars, green monkeys, orange iguanas, purple parrots and silver snakes. These teams compete in three different rounds. The first round of the show, called "The Moat" involved a stunt where the six teams had to get across a narrow swimming pool known as the "moat" (duh). Some of the commonly used methods included rafts, ropes, and bridges. All six teams attempted to get both members across and punch a button. Typically, if a team member fell in the water, that partner (or occasionally both teammates) would have to go back and try again until they could get across. The first four teams to hit their gongs advanced to the second round, known as "the steps of knowledge". This part wasn't really funny, but in the introduction of the teams you could actually "guess" which teams were going to be able to go through the moat and advance to the next round. Skinny and pale kids? No way.
Olmec (the giant head) begun the "Steps of Knowledge" by telling the remaining teams the episode's legend. After finishing, he asked the teams a series of questions to test their memories. A team that knew the answer buzzed in by hitting the button (known as an "ancient marking") on their step with their feet, and their staircase lights up so they can answer (Definetely the productors or people involved with the show ran out of ideas and added this time-filler). Each multiple-choice question had three possible answers. If the team answered correctly, they moved down to the next level. If a team answered incorrectly or went too long without an answer (three seconds after being called upon), the other teams would have a chance to answer. The first two teams to step down to the bottom level by answering questions correctly moved on to the next round. I was shocked of how stupid some contestants were. Olmec had just told the whole legend and kids couldn't remember easy answers? How stupid were they?
"The Temple Games" (or the third phase) round was introduced as a turning point in the episode away from the unpredictable oat and mind games of the Steps of Knowledge, where "the glory went to the fastest and the strongest." Here, the two remaining teams competed for as many pendants of life as possible in three physical challenges. The first season featured more of an emphasis on teams climbing and/or crossing ramps to retrieve objects, while hindered by bungee cords attached to them. Most times the ramps were covered with soap or water to make it more difficult. The second and third seasons introduced more physical activities such as climbing, riding moving or spinning objects, or spinning a giant wheel. The first two challenges, which pitted a single member of a team against another, awarded a half-pendant each, and the final challenge, involving both teams in whole, awarded a full pendant. If a Temple Game ended in a tie, both teams were awarded the pendant value of that game. After these rounds, the team with the greater number of pendants went on to the final round. This part was actually fun to watch since there was a high chance to see some kid getting injured. You know, when you're young, really young, you have like no empathy for kids from TV shows, mostly because you're envious of them, so you desire to see some bones crushed or some blood coming from a nose. Normality.
In the event that the two teams' pendant totals were tied after the three games, Olmec asked a tiebreaker question to determine the winner. A "tiebreaker pedestal" was brought out, and the first team to hit the button on top of their gong earned the chance to answer the question. The team would have three seconds to answer, and their first response had to be accepted. A correct answer allowed the team to go to the Temple. At this point everything seemed kind of fair, but when the winner team had to go the temple is when things got really unfair. To make a rough stat, only the 30% of the teams during the three seasons have won the prizes, which in my opinion, it's kind of low for a children TV show. Even more, if you start to think that only 1 team could actually make it to the temple that reduces the numbers even lower. What were they thinking? Or better, who made the castings? Most of the contestants were: 1) Dumb to answer easy questions 2) Not in a good physical shape 3) 1 and 2 4) Kids who never watched the show and they didn't know where to go inside the Temple 5) Kids that never watched the show and didn't know how to assemble the silver monkey 6) Rich kids who didn't care about prizes.
In the final round, often known as the "Temple Run", the winning team took whatever Pendants of Life they had (most commonly, a full pendant and half of the second) into the temple. The temple consisted of 12 to 13 rooms, depending on the layout, each connected by a doorway which may or may not have been open during the game, depending on the setup used that day. One room in the labyrinth had the themed artifact; three rooms held Temple Guards (which were really scary motherfuckers). If the winning team had an incomplete pendant, the remaining half-pendant would be in a room as well. However, if the team had only one pendant going into the temple, there would be no hidden pendant. In that case, if the second player ran into a Guard, the game would end (extremely unfair).
The winning team had three minutes to retrieve the artifact. One player was sent in first, with a complete pendant. The second player remained outside the Temple gate to watch the first player's progress. In each room, completing a puzzle or accomplishing a task would unlock a door to another room. When a player encountered a Temple Guard, the player was forced to give up a full pendant in order to continue or if caught without a pendant be taken out of the temple. The second player now had the chance to enter, with all opened doors remaining open and all known Temple Guards nonexistent. If the second player possessed only half a Pendant of Life, a Temple Guard could catch him or her and end the game. To prevent that, the second player would also have to find the other half of the pendant which was hidden in the temple. It was often well-hidden and only a few contestants have found one during their run (everything in less than 3 minutes, yeah, something that children can achieve).
If either player reached the artifact, all remaining Guards "vanished" and all locked doors instantly opened, allowing the player to escape unhindered. Just for getting into the temple, the team automatically won a prize. If they picked up the artifact, they also would win another prize of slightly higher value. If they escaped with the artifact before time ran out, the team won a vacation (sometimes to another country), or a week at NASA's Space Camp, in addition to the two merchandise prizes. If you watched the show as I did, you should know that not many teams actually did it on time or were able to actually ensemble the friggin silver monkey artifact. Actually, I can't recall how many times I yelled at the TV set "That's not the way you moron!".
Generally speaking "Legends of the hidden temple" despite of its insane difficulty, it was a worth to watch show, even these days I have a blast watching it (and I am 30). I think
TV Nickelodeon needs shows like this one, where children can win prizes while doing exercise and getting scared, unlike those ccrappy shows that Nickelodeon airs these days. They should do it like in Japan, where they still air this show and many other shows from the 90's. I would love to see re-runs or actually a few game-shows with actual content.
In conclusion, if you missed this piece of history, there are many youtube videos about it, go and watch them. I would like to thank to Linda and her great website about this TV show, you can check it here:http://legends93.webs.com . It's a really old website but always worth to check.


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So this year's, EBSS is back with the motto 'KAMUA' will take place in six regions which are Mbeya, Arusha, Zanzibar, Mwanza, Dodoma and Dar es Salaam.
I have been watching the show since the first season and I just love that it has created a lot of stars, really wish i remembered their names . I would hate to see the show die because it has sentimental meaning to so many Tanzanians,since it can be that desired platform to probable stardom.
Over the years,without any notable mainstream contestant the show has gain more popularity maybe largely to the hefty pockets of its main sponsor or Madam Ritha's exquisite charms. Nonetheless I believe this year around they will be able to see their negativity and maybe manage to overcome them. We just need a superstar out of the show.
Off course its plain sight their ordinary ensemble of judges has become boring and their rather repetitious in their empty comments. Maybe they should bring in somebody new to add that extra excitement. It won't be bad if Madam Ritha herself steps down and put somebody more dynamic as a judge, since she is the CEO i don't think it will put any strain in her finances compared to the rest of the judges.
However the show is still of a large significance in our country and if improved it will benefit the country as whole. Maybe i just want to see something like the Coca Cola pop star, that cheap contest which paved the way to stardom for Shaa, Witness and Langa (RIP)..Its just sad and funny seeing the winners of Bongo Star Search directionless and surprisingly still poor, whereas the sponsors,directors and other internal personnel laugh straight to the bank in the end of the day
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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A public meeting is being staged in Fleetwood this week to discuss gas storage plans under the River Wyre.
The session, to be held at St Nicholas Church on Friday from 7.30pm onwards, has been organised by the No Gas Storage Group, which is based in the Over Wyre area.
Energy firm Halite Energy is planning to store 900 million cubic metres of gas in salt caverns under River Wyre.
Construction work is due to start after the New Year.
Claire Rimmer-Quaid (pictured), one of the organisers, said: "This is just as much an issue for Fleetwood as it is for Over Wyre."
Issues of concern include the effect that brine pumped out of the salt seams and into the sea could affect marine life, as well as safety fears over gas migration.
Opponents say the outfall pipe will not be long enough to disperse the brine.
But Halite insists the scheme is safe and will be monitored.


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I am sure there have been and will be many book releases that I miss. Ex. I know recently BITTERBLUE by Kristin Cashore came out, and INSURGENT by Veronica Roth recently came out to name a few. There are so many fabulous books out there, so I celebrate all books and all those that I've missed.
But today, there is a book release I am particularly excited about!
ENDURE by Carrie Jones!
ENDURE is the end of a series that began with NEED, the story of Zara and her entanglements with not so kind pixies. The story has evolved and I just can't wait to see what happens next! (Plus isn't the cover just beautiful!)
Have you read them? Are you excited?
Team Astley!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Book Release Day!
Posted by Aubrey at 10:18 AM
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- Randi said...
I had almost forgotten about this one! I need to see how it ends, thansk for the update!
- May 9, 2012 at 1:15 AM
- Aubrey said...
With so many books out there I can't blame you! It can be hard to follow them all when they are coming out etc.!
- May 9, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- Maegan Langer said...
Got your books in the mail the other day. Thanks again!
- May 14, 2012 at 8:26 PM
- Leslie Pugh said...
I just got Insurgent the other day and am dying to read it if I can pry it from my son's hands!
- May 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM
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PS: It's still going to be a long, grinding recount process in Wisconsin. But a seven thousand vote margin changes the dynamic.
Moe Lane
PS: It's still going to be a long, grinding recount process in Wisconsin. But a seven thousand vote margin changes the dynamic.
The best part is that if Kloppenburg wants that recount, she'll have to pay for it! The margin is big enough that it won't be automatic. More Union money that won't be spent in the recall elections or in Ohio. Love it.
Republican election official hides enough votes so that the Democrats don't know how many votes they need to manufacture to steal the election until it's too late. I love it! Well played, Wisconsin Republicans, Well played.
From MSNBC via The Nation. Not trying to pollute your database…but this interview is, well, comical given recent events. It's interesting what 7,500ish votes out of 1,500,000 makes.
Before today, Kloppenburg's alleged win was a "remarkable mobilization in the streets"…a "lesson that ought to be learned in states like Ohio and Michigan and all the way up the political food chain to the White House". As of now, I have to say I'm OK with the lesson they learned.
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Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Tuesday Throwdown #317: Add A Border
Here is my festive creation. That sweet image by Connie Fong Art is called Sally and Snowball. I'm not a fan of pink but I made an exception for that sweet little girl. I've used the Snowflake Corner Border dies by Wild Rose Studio and added a few pale blue bling. Christmas = bling. End of discussion. :)
Here's a closer look at the adorable Sally and Snowball. I coloured her with Graph'It markers and added some Stardust Stickles to the fur trim.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Think Pink
Christmas Card Challenge #46: AG Christmas
Jingle Belle Rock: Animals
Crimbo Crackers #118: Die Cuts
TTCRD Oct 25: AG
Now it's your turn to create a project based on this week's theme: "Add A Border". For ideas and inspiration, take a peek at what the rest of the DT members have made. Remember to link up your project at the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog by 3pm Pacific / 11pm UK on Monday, October 31st. And the most important requirement: Have Fun!
Have a beautiful day, friends!
x Beijinhos x
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Ach, wie schön, Asha.ReplyDelete
Und so wundervolle zarte Farben.
Herzlichst Sophie
SO pretty Asha, love the adorable image and beautiful corner borders you used! Very feminine:)ReplyDelete
oh my gosh, that kitty is way too cute! love the way you've used those gorgeous diecut corners to frame your card! thanks for joining our celebration of christmas critters at JINGLE BELLES! :)ReplyDelete
She is such a cute pie Asha!! :) Really love your gorgeous snowflake border and of course your coloring is awesome too! HUGSReplyDelete
So cute Asha. I adore the colour palette and that adorable kitten.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, so pretty Asha, cute image and lovely colours, beautifully designed too, Kate xReplyDelete
Such a cutie and sweety coloured, Asha!ReplyDelete
Love pink :) and bligs :) and cats :) So I'm in love with this card! :D Very fresh palette and design! The snowflake corners make it elegant and festive, too! I must buy this dies set... :)
You are like me with pink since I mentioned this in my last post too but boy, you made a great card. It's so cute with her holding the pussy cat. I love the pale colours and the bling...always bling:)ReplyDelete
A wonderful card. Cute image and great coloring and I love the dies you used too.ReplyDelete
Such a sweet winter card! I agree with you when it comes to pink, not my favorite either, but it looks wonderful with the adorable image.ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous! Your coloring is amazing. I love the delicate die cuts around the image.ReplyDelete
Oh what a gorgeous card, she is sooo cute and love the touch of snowflakes in the corners.ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Super Cute card Asha..LozReplyDelete
Beautiful xxReplyDelete
Love the cute image and pretty paper and the corner dies are beautifulReplyDelete
Carol x
Adorable! I love that cute image and the pretty snowflakes. Thanks for joining us at the Christmas Card Challenges!ReplyDelete
Great coloring ... such fun hues for a holiday card ... so glad you joined us at Jingle Belles.ReplyDelete
I LOVE the colors you chose!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at Christmas Card Challenges and good luck!
Monica - CCC DT
This is really cute! Love the colors and the border is really pretty. Thanks so much for joining us this week at Christmas Card Challenges.ReplyDelete
What an adorable card! This is a beautiful border....perfect with your image.ReplyDelete
This is stunning, love everything about it!ReplyDelete
I just love this design. Thanks for joining us at TTCRD xx Jan DTReplyDelete
I used this adorable image a couple of weeks back and I just love what you've done with it, Asha! Love the pink and green combo. OK, that's all the typing I can do for now. :-DReplyDelete
OH this is so sweet! I just love kitty cats!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing it over at Christmas Card Challenges!


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Indiana State Smokefree Air Law
The Smoke-Free Air law for the State of Indiana, House Enrolled Act # 1149, became effective on July 1, 2012. This law prohibits smoking in most public places and places of employment and within 8 feet of entrances. There are a few exceptions to the law, but the majority of businesses are affected. The state law requires two indoor "No Smoking" signs to be posted within every smokefree business. The state law also requires signage on every public entrance stating that smoking is not allowed in the building or within 8 feet. This sign should be posted in all cities and counties that do not have a more restrictive law. If the law is more restrictive, they should have a sign that reflects the number of feet from the door in which smoking is banned. This means that ALL businesses in Vanderburgh County should have a sign that says smoking is not allowed within 10 FEET of the building.
Please see http://www.in.gov/atc/ for information on the new law including printable signage for businesses. If you have further questions, please contact our office at 812-488-5000.
Evansville and Vanderburgh County Smokefree Air Ordinances
The Evansville smokefree air ordinance went into effect April 1, 2012. The Vanderburgh County smokefree air ordinance went into effect on July 1, 2011. Nearly all places of employment are covered with the exception of tobacco retailers and riverboats. Smoking is prohibited within 10 feet of all smokefree buildings. Businesses in Vanderburgh County and the City of Evansville should have signage on all doors stating that smoking is prohibited within 10 feet. They should also have two indoor "No Smoking" signs to be in compliance with the state law.
For more information on the new law, including printable signage, please visit the Vanderburgh County Health Department at
To report a violation of the ordinance in Evansville or Vanderburgh County, please call the Vanderburgh County Health Department at (812) 435-5695.
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"L" works on a print edition
Printmakers are a certain type of artist - they need to be attentive to detail - keep a clean work area and have high standards for excellence. The goal here is to make a set of prints (called an edition) with the right amount of ink, to center the image on the page and to keep clean borders.
Relief print edition in blue, by "H", Grade 6


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Operate Now: Hospital is a game that doesn't just let you slice up patients and pull bits of metal out of their hideously mangled bodies. It gives you full reign over the running of the hospital as well. It's not all scalpels and antiseptic gels you know?
The end result is a bit of a mishmash of ideas. You're upgrading your building, hiring new staff, and trying to keep everyone working in the hospital reasonably happy and relaxed. Then you'll need to scrub up and sort out a kid's broken leg.
Not everything here works, but there's a decent amount of entertainment to be sucked out of the experience. So long as you don't mind waiting around sometimes, and you understand that a surgeon's job isn't just surgery. A good 60 percent of it is base building and resource collecting, albeit in a hospital gown disguise.
It's hard to say which of the two parts of the game is the real core of the experience. When you're in surgery, the game follows a pretty standard formula. You're looking at a gory-ish mess of shattered bones or tattered flesh, and using the instruments at your disposal to sort everything out. There are guidelines on the screen so you know where to cut and clean, but the game slowly but surely stops holding your hand. You need to remember which tool does what, and make sure that you're using them in the right way. Careful cuts, sensible use of the laser and applicator are all key to making sure you don't use any patients.
There are time limits and heart rates to keep an eye on as well. Making mistakes doesn't just put your patient in danger, it also loses you reputation points. These are basically XP, and the more you get the more rewards you unlock. Turns out being a surgeons involves a decent amount of precision and making people think you're not going to kill them accidentally.
Elsewhere in the hospital there's a cast of characters. They're all always arguing or having problems, and it's this narrative that pushes the rest of the game along. You're building new rooms to keep people happy and increase the capacity of your hospital. Quite how you can start a health care center without a reception, a ward or an operating theater is beyond me, but there you go.
You need to assign people to the different rooms you're building and complete the quests that the game gives you. Build an ambulance bay, send another surgeon off to perform an operation, that sort of thing. You can rush through these by spending some of the gold hearts you earn from playing or paying. Again, everything meanders along in a predictable fashion. You're basically doing what the game tells you to do, and it won't offer up new challenges until you've completed all the ones that it's set you. More casual players will be happy with that, but if you prefer some say over what you're doing you're going to be a little frustrated.
On the other hand, if you're looking for a surgery experience that doesn't really ask too much of you, you're going to find a lot to like here. The game might be slow paced, but it doesn't really rush you to get anywhere, either. There are more difficult experiences out there, and ones that don't split their attention between building up your workplace and your career, but there's still a nice pace to Operate Now: Hospital that should keep fans of the genre happy enough.
Operate Now: Hospital isn't the sort of game that's setting out to reinvent anything. It's well put together, it looks good, and there's enough going on to keep you interested. Don't expect it to surprise you and you'll have a lovely old time lasering polyps and hiring new nurses.


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The article in the url below demonstrates the potential of stakeholder action:
"A 1-minute, 45-second video has ended a long-term relationship between Lego and Royal Dutch Shell. The Danish toymaker said today that it will not renew a co-promotion deal with Shell, after a Greenpeace video linking Lego with the oil company's Arctic drilling program went viral."
Whether or not you think Greenpeace's campaign to get Lego to break with Shell is valid, I think, is beside the point (or, at least, beside the point that I would like to make with today's Newsletter). More important is that Greenpeace was willing to act to shape the business behavior it wants to see. And, they used a particularly creative and effective tool in which to advance their goal:
Given that Lego was the target, using Lego bricks to make the video was particularly effective. Again, irrespective of whether you think their campaign was legitimate, I would like to see a world in which all stakeholders worked as diligently to effect the behavior by firms that we say we all want.
Have a good weekend.
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Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Stakeholders, Globalization, and Sustainable Value Creation (3e)
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Greenpeace's Arctic Drilling Video Sinks Lego's Deal With Shell
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