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I should note that these aren't the only LGBTI characters in fantasy. There are books I haven't read that I know have queer content. (Ash by Melinda Lo, I'm looking at you. You're on my TBR.) There are books I have read that – apparently – have queer characters that I simply don't recall. (For example, GLBT Fantasy Fiction Resources tells me that The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay has a bisexual male protagonist, and that China Mieville wrote a lesbian into Perdido Street Station. I think I read some books by Mercedes Lackey that had queer characters too, but it was long ago I honestly don't remember). There are also books that have queer characters deliberately left off this list, because I think they were misrepresented or badly-written.
Also? The one upside to making this list was discovering that Nicola Griffith (who wrote Hild) is a lesbian. I've been planning to get around to Affiny by Sarah Waters for a while now, but I think I might try Griffith's Slow Rivers instead. It's got some very nice reviews over on Goodreads.
Love as thou wilt. God, I adore these books. Not only are they absolutely perfect epic fantasy novels, they are full of queer characters doing their thing. I've decided to highlight Phedre here because of her enduring connection to Melisande & her overall awesomeness (because who doesn't love brave, thoughtful, and incredibly sexy linguists?) but honestly, I could have chosen about half the characters from this series to gush over.
2. Micah Grey from Pantomine by Laura Lam
Micah's an intersex, bisexual teenager who runs away & joins the circus. He spends a lot of the book being duplicitous and afraid, which makes sense given his circumstances. Still, he seems like a nice guy underneath all the fear. The first book of this trilogy really reads like your standard coming-out-story, just one set in a fantasy world. However, there is a sequel; I can't wait to read it and watch Micah grow into his own skin (and hopefully start causing some magical chaos!).
3. Loup & Pilar from the Santa Olivia & Saints Astray books by Jacqueline Carey
I loved these books. From the way Santa Olivia was marketed, you expect to read some dystopian werewolf novel. Instead you get a beautiful coming-of-age tale with a surprise lesbian romance. And these characters! Loup is brilliant, but Pilar… Pilar is amazing. It's so refreshing to see a flirty, femme heroine doing her thing and still managing to be a badass without being scorned by the text.
4. Lillia from the Traitor Spy Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
I really like Trudi Canvan's work: partly because her novels are fun, and partly because she regularly puts queer characters in them. (Yes, I'm shallow. What can I say? I like reading about people who occasionally function like myself!) I liked Dannyl as a character, but Lillia has to be my favourite. She's one of the main characters in Canavan's Traitor Spy trilogy, a naïve and earnest girl who gets to fall in love multiple times and will undoubtedly be a force to be reckoned with in the future.
5. Professor Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling
Yes, I know this was only made canon after the series ended & there's absolutely no hint of this in the books. (Such a missed opportunity, JK!) But I spent my teenage years reading far too much Harry Potter fanfic – so as far as I'm concerned, everyone at Hogwarts was gay. The school was basically the magical academy version of Lip Service. Or maybe The L Word. One or the other.
6. Daisy from the Agent of Hel trilogy by Jacqueline Carey
These books aren't my favourite because I'm not a huge fan of paranormal romance. However, I really like Daisy. She's a strong character. She also happens to be bisexual. I don't care that she swings closer to the het side of the spectrum – there's nothing wrong with that. It's just so nice reading stories that feature people with a range of sexualities, especially when queer folk get to be protagonists rather than just the best friend.
I was obsessed with Tamora Pierce books as a teenager. Especially her Tortall ones – I read them repeatedly, probably over 50 times. There are quite a few side characters who are queer in her books (Thom, Lalasa, Nestor & Okha, Lark & Rosethorn) but it meant so much me when Daja came out. I think I was so happy I cried! And it certainly cemented The Will of The Empress as one of my favourite YA novels.
So, who have I missed? Let me know in the comments!


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Spotlight on Defense Spending From Left, Right
When left wing and right wing come together behind an idea, you know something's up. WSJ's Jerry Seib says that's what happening now with the notion of cutting defense spending to help attack the deficit.
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I ... SIRI Sithe in Washington ... where the ways you can tell us something interesting going on Washington when you see people from opposite ends of the political spectrum come together agree on something ... so unexampled that this week it's fairly important look at it my latest Capital Journal column ... it's just this ... I saw ... Barney Frank a Liberal Democrat from Massachusetts and Ron Paul a conservative libertarian ... Republican from Texas come together and write a piece for the Huffington Post blog site that said essentially it's time to cut the military budget ... this is really a sign to think of something that's to study gather steam in Washington ... it's the notion that it's kind of rising deficits ... and with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan starting to wind down ... the heavy pressure to cut defense spending are seen it coming from a lot of quarters ... as in the fully appreciated yet ... one of the people who does appreciate this has been trying to warn his own folks that this is happening is that Defense Secretary Robert Gates ... you might expect him to be in denial about this to try to buck the trend ... is doing something quite different quite interesting he's been telling people the Pentagon for more than a year now ... they have to be prepared for a wind down in defense spending a half be prepared ... to handle a reduction in defense spending in the smart way ... he saying the obvious theory saying a sense the ... this pic it's been open for defense spending for almost ten years ... the defense budget at the annual basis has doubled over the last ten years more than doubled back ... and he is said to be some people wrongly this can't continue I know well continues to let's think about how we can ... handle what a drawdown in defense spending ... in a way that doesn't hurt the force structure ... with Secretary Gates is essentially saying to his people into Congress ... is let's do this in a way that we can keep the force structure a number of soldiers and sailors and airmen that we have out in the field ... in the field to fight the war on terror and let's keep providing them with new weapons ... but what we do that will have to cut elsewhere because I know the overall level of defense spending is going to come down ... he's saying to the Pentagon we gotta reduce overhead in we have to eliminate unnecessary weapon systems weapon systems that you are too expensive ... for the bill fit the counterinsurgency wars of today ... the single thing done the last two budgets the F twenty two fighter jet for example ... he's trying to stop Congress from buying an extra ... engine for the F thirty five the Joint Strike Fighter ... he says is simply unnecessary and would waste billions of dollars ... this all makes a lot of sense the problem as Secretary Gates is finding is that all these programs have constituencies notches the military ... that may be more strongly on Capitol Hill lawmakers to start programs don't like hell those programs ... so oddly the defense secretary recognizes the need ... for a reduction in defense spending more than most people that he's having a hard time getting the message across to what he's saying and I think what was going to turn a lot more in the next couple of years ... is if the gusher of defense spending is going to be turned off ... into the turn off the smart way ... this is Jerry


text: Theories Developmental Psychology Development in the First Year of a Child By Kendra Cherry Updated September 20, 2018 Share Flip Email Print Kidstock/Getty Images More in Theories Developmental Psychology Behavioral Psychology Cognitive Psychology Personality Psychology Social Psychology Biological Psychology Psychosocial Psychology The very first year of a child's life is a period of amazing growth and change. Babies immediately begin taking information about the world through their sense of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Observers of this process are often amazed to watch as an infant make rapid advances, learning to reach, grasp, smile, laugh, sit-up, crawl, and walk over such a short period of time. During this year, many influences are working together to help influence how the child will grow. Parenting, nutrition, bonding, play, and biology are just a few of the myriad factors that will help shape a child's first year of life. The Growing Baby Tracking physical growth during the first year of life is an important way of monitoring the developing child's health. Because physical growth occurs so quickly during the first year, most doctors suggest getting monthly checkups. This allows medical professionals to determine if a child's growth is on track as well as to spot potential signs of trouble. A standard monthly checkup usually involves weighing and measuring the infant to ensure that they are gaining weight and growing normally. Parents are also advised to keep an eye out for physical developmental milestones to ensure that their children are achieving certain skills and abilities by a particular age. During the first three months of a baby's life, he or she will grow in length approximately 20 percent and increase in weight by about 30 percent. The child will also learn to recognize the caregiver's scent, become more aware of her own hands, and respond to touches that she finds soothing. Between the ages of three to six months, physical development kicks into high gear. In addition to doubling their weight at birth, most children learn to roll from back to front, sit up with support, pass toys from one hand to the other, make babbling noises, and follow an object with the eyes. From six to nine months, parents start to notice major increases in their infant's eyesight, hearing, and mobility. Children can sit up unsupported, reach for toys in front of them, and even crawl at this age. As their dexterity improves, so does their ability to grasp and play with toys. At this point in development, a child's vision is almost as clear as that of an adult. Parents will also notice that their kids begin to exhibit definite taste preferences, showing their enjoyment of certain foods while expressing displeasure with foods they do not like. In the last three months of the first year, children weigh about three times more than they did at birth and have grown about 10 inches in length. Many kids will learn to stand up without assistance and begin taking their first steps around the house, often aided by adults or by grasping on to nearby furniture. Modern Advances in Child Development Today, normal infant growth is largely taken for granted, but just a century ago as many as 35 percent of all newborns died before reaching the age of seven. During that time, infectious diseases such as whooping cough, measles, smallpox, and polio posed a very real threat to the developing child, placing them in danger of neurological complications, physical problems, and even death. Increased awareness about the risks of illnesses, improved nutrition, and better sanitation have all contributed to the increases in child mortality over the past 100 years. Immunizations, however, are the single greatest reason behind today's improved child survival. An immunization involves giving the child a substance that stimulates the body's defense system again specific infectious diseases. When you think of immunizations, you probably think of the injections most children receive as infants and before starting school. However, immunizations can actually be administered in a number of ways. In addition to injections, inhalation (breathing in the substance through the nose) and ingestion (eating a substance that contains an oral vaccine) are also fairly common methods of administering immunizations. In some cases, children may actually catch an illness, such as the chicken pox, that then causes them to be immune in the future. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Have you ever wondered what your personality type means? Or maybe you wanted to know whether you're left-brained or right-brained? Sign up to get these answers, and more, delivered straight to your inbox. Email Address Sign Up There was an error. Please try again. Thank you, , for signing up. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Continue Reading


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The Russians are coming. Although many of them are already here, or have been and gone, the announcement that Aeroflot, the Russian national carrier, will start a three times a week high season service to Phuket is good for tourism and property. In the first quarter of 2010 Russian visitors were first, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and China in the top five. Russians are interested in freehold condominium units, according to the Phuket Real Estate Association.
Russians like to purchase large, expensive villas and there are a number of local real estate agents who specialize in this Russian market. Laguna Phuket is a favourite although most of the units are not used or even in rental pools; they are mainly there for investment only. Russians tend to not like other people using their units. There are Russians working on Phuket for tour companies and there is even a Russian language magazine, a Russian version of the established Phuket Magazine.
In addition to Aeroflot, Transaero, a Russian charter airline, flies direct to Phuket and in July this year Pegas Touristik, a Russian tour operator, announced it would increase flights to Bangkok and Phuket from eight Russians cities. In January-June 2010 Russian visitors to Thailand totaled 305,415, a 10.28 percent increase on the previous year, with a large proportion of visitors traveling on to Phuket.
Russian tourists are not everyone's cup of tea. Some hotel properties in Phuket are reluctant to have them as guests. but there is no denying the Russians' determination to come here for a holiday, and, maybe, investment. The shortest airline flight from Moscow to Phuket via Vienna, Austria, is 29 hours.


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1937 — Spam, the canned luncheon "meat", is unleashed on an unsuspecting world.
1946 — The bikini goes on sale after debuting at a show in France.
1954 — The BBC televises its first news bulletin.
1954 — Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right" at Sun Studios in Memphis.
1975 — Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win Wimbledon.
1980 — Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg is the first person to win Wimbledon five times.
1996 — Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal to be cloned.
Born on This Day
1810 — P.T. Barnum, founder of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
1943 — Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer, songwriter best known for his time with The Band.
1950 — Huey Lewis, singer and leader of the News.
1951 — Goose Gossage, baseball player. Not the guy from Top Gun. That was a different Goose.
1958 — Bill Watterson, creator of the wonderful Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. It is still missed.
This Day in Music History
1963 — The Beatles play the Plaza Ballroom in Dudley, the West Midlands. Things would pick up for them.
1969 — The Rolling Stones give a free concert to 225,000 people at Hyde Park as a tribute for bandmate Brian Jones, who had died two days earlier.
1986 — Janet Jackson starts a two-week run at the top of the album charts with Control.
2003 — Johnny Cash makes his final live performance at the Carter Ranch after his wife June had passed away. Cash himself would die less than three months later.
2009 — Michael Jackson has eight albums in the Top 20 a week after his death.
This Day in Movies and TV
1929 — Katherine Helmond, best known for the classic Soap and Who's the Boss, is born.
1950 — Actress Bette Davis divorces artist William Grant Sherry after four years of marriage. It was a bumpy ride.
1957 — Frank Sinatra and actress Ava Gardner divorce after six years.
1980 — Raquel Welch weds producer Andre Weinfeld.
1989 — The Seinfeld Chronicles debuts on NBC.
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After some tech issues, we get going with the guys talking about "renovations" in Mankato and Wenatchee, and a new apartment setup in Wenatchee. We then move into stuff like Rendal's Car, Section 8, and jobs. Then we talk about age, weight and such.
Back after the break and getting some plugs in. ItsAllAboutDan brings up Rush Limbaugh winning children choice Book award for author of the year? Chaos talks about Huffington Post article The Lies I learned from Dumb TV. We talk about Doug Ford being an asshole. Then we revisit an fun topic, men playing women in video games. Shout out: Montevideo city council to consider resolution supporting construction of medical cannabis manufacturing and distribution facility. Chaos closes the show with a story from his week.
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|An open top button shows that you are a zombie who gets work done
but still knows how to have a good time.
We start our walk down misery lane with a phenomenon that has really come back into fashion. As recently as last week, they could be seen staggering about the University of Sydney campus in the latest event in afranchise dedicated to keeping them at bay.
Something about an apocalypse-fearing western world and the undyingly funny comedy duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost has created this sick fascination with the idea that the world is going to end, that all humans will die, and – what's worse –we will be rude enough to come back when we do.
|Thanks to Emily Rose, the whole family can get in on the fun
Born (or perhaps born again) in African folklore, the zombie was the victim of a spell which snatched the soul, and left the victim at the hands of shaman or (as it was speculated) child powerful enough to cast it.
Whilst this image of the voodoo zombie didn't stick, the contemporary rendition (the teenage zombie, we might call it, for its inability to articulate sentences, lack of independent thought, and often expressionless face) came about in 1930's Haiti where it was rumoured that psychoactive drugs were being used to make slaves compliant. Zombie like. The claims are still contested, but thankfully, these zombies were not infections, nor did they hunger for human flesh.
|Come as the ghost of Orlando Bloom's post Pirates career
Known for their slack jaws, unsteady gazes, thirst for brains and noble limps (for the rappers: it is worth noting that to "hurple" – or limp with one leg dragging – is one of the only words in the English language to rhyme with purple), today's image of the zombie has become an incredibly popular trope in the face of the inevitable, Mayan-predicted end of the world.
So this Halloween, if moving slowly and grunting a lot is your thing, let your flesh hang down, and your arms jut awkwardly forward, sporting any one of a number of living dead themed costumes we are carrying in store this season.
|A bolt in the hand is worth two in the bush
Pick your jaws up off the ground and literally pull yourself together, tomorrow is going to suck.


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Dominion Resources (D) is a company associated with production and transportations of energy in the United States. The model for D is stable during the past ten months. It is a deterministic one and has been defined by the consumer price index of pets, pet products and services (PETS) and transportation services (TS). The former CPI component does not lead the share price and the latter one leads by 4 months. Figure 1 depicts both involved indices. Relevant coefficients are both negative. Therefore the growth in both indices causes the share price to fall. The slope of time trend is positive. The best-fit 2-C model for CI(t) is as follows:
CI(t) = -2.55*PETS(t) – 2.01*TS(t-4) + 29.29(t-2000) + 343.52
where t is calendar time.
The predicted curve in Figure 2 repeats the measured one. The residual error is $3.26 for the period between June 2003 and December 2010. The model provides an excellent and very stable prediction of the share price.
Figure 1. Evolution of the price of PETS and TS.
Figure 2. Observed and predicted CI share prices.


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The youth seems to be lived in a mechanical way.
Since the young body reaches its best condition, it functions as precisely as a mechanical device. The similarity is even closer. Both the mechanical device and the young man are far away from the perspective of their future decay during the time of their well functioning.
The sexual mechanics helps much the persons to ignore such a perspective.
But also the sexuality destabilizes the mechanical precision of our youth time. The physical and psychological equipment for sexuality do not borrow too much from the strength and rigidity of the sexual organs in the act of copulation.
Physically, the female sexuality implies a lack to be filled and the male sexuality an extension of the body which is impossible to be equalized by the body to which it belongs.
Psychologically, the sexuality implies a state of dependence of an individual on another one.
The impossibility of self-adjustment of human bodies as regards their sexual constitution and the psychological dependence are two major features met in the phenomenon of decaying. An old person cannot master her person and her prudence is caused by the consciousness of her dependence on the social relations.
Therefore, we may say that the young persons are familiar with their aging, though they are not fully conscious of it. At the same time, the sexual mechanics is a chance for the older person to ignore their age.


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In his career-defining role, Bruce Willis is New York cop John McClane, who arrives in LA on Christmas Eve to spend the festive season with estranged wife Bonnie Bedelia and their two children.
However, he gets more than he bargained for when he turns up at her office just as the 39-storey building is being taken over by sophisticated international thief Alan Rickman and his ruthless associates (including Alexander Godunov) who plan to crack the Nakatomi Corporation's computerised vault.
Making their entrance while Willis is freshening up in the bathroom, the gang proceeds to take Bedelia and her partying colleagues hostage and it's over to Brucie to save the day.
The LA police department and the FBI are mercilessly ridiculed as Willis, injecting some vulnerability into his invincible hero, outwits the bad guys with precious little help from the good guys.
Director John McTiernan's action scenes are expertly handled, laced with spine-tingling tension and hi-tech murder and mayhem, Rickman is on fine form as a deliciously nasty villain and Willis proves that when it comes to delivering the sharp one-liner, he's hard to beat.
An all-time action great – with a heart.


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Jerry Jones: Dez Bryant, Miles Austin are 100 percent; situation will dictate when Bryant returns punts
Dez Bryant might be listed as the punt returner on the Cowboys' depth chart but that doesn't mean Bryant will necessarily return every punt Wednesday night against the New York Giants.
Bryant will be the punt returner when the field position presents an opportunity for him to make a play.
"We'll let that [depend] on the situation in the game," Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday on 105.3 [KRLD-FM] The Fan's New School show. "That's usually the way we've done it with him. You want to give him an opportunity to have one in the situation that will allow him for a return, not just downing the ball. So, we'll look at the times in the game and see when that happens."
When asked in June about the possibility of returning punts during the 2012 season, Bryant was open to the opportunity.
"I love to compete," Bryant said. "Wherever coach needs me, I'm going to be there. I feel like that's my job to do the best that I can and do as much as possible. I just love making plays when I'm given the chance."
Bryant, who suffered a thigh bruise during a punt return in last season's Week 1 game against the New York Jets, has been sidelined since Aug. 20 with patellar tendinitis in his right knee.
But when Jones was asked if Bryant and teammate Miles Austin, who has missed most of the preseason with a strained hamstring, are 100 percent, he replied, "Yes, they are."
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Hoodia gordonii is a spiny succulent perennial plant native to South Africa and Namibia. In nature, the plants can attain a height of 3.2 feet (1 m), with clumps reaching 2-3 feet (0.6-0.9 m) across. Individual plants can reach 6 inches (15 cm) thick. The plants freely branch after a couple of years of growth and can have up to 40-50 individual stems from a single plant. The plant has been hailed as the 'Miracle Plant' of the 20th century. It is used in dietary supplement to suppress the appetite. The plant can withstand very high temperatures and a few degrees of frost. The plants are attractive and should be in any economic botany collection. Here in the U.S., the plants are hardy in USDA zone 9-10.
Blooming: In the greenhouse, the plants bloom in the spring. The flowers have a strong smell of carrion and attract a great number of flies. Flowers vary in color, from straw colored to dark maroons. Individual flowers can reach up to 3 inches (7.6 cm) across.
Culture: Hoodia gordonii need full sun to light shade, and prefer a very well drained soil mix. In the greenhouse, we use a soil mix consisting of 1 part peat moss to 1 part loam to 2 part sand. We add small gravel to this mix to ensure good drainage. The plants are well watered and allowed to dry thoroughly before watering again. We fertilize the plant monthly during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer diluted to 1/4 the strength recommended on the label. Watering of these plants is very critical. If they are watered too much, they tend to develop stem rot and die. During winter months in the greenhouse, we move the plants to our cool room where the nighttime temperatures fall to 48°F (9°C) and water is restricted to only enough to keep the stems from shriveling.
Propagation: Hoodia gordonii is propagated from seed. Fresh seed will germinate in 21-30 days from sowing. We start our seed in a peat sand mixture.
Hoodia gordonii was featured as Plant of the Week March 14-20, 2008.
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Ever since we took Abigail to Kibbutz Gezer, where they had an activity that included making pita, I've been thinking that I'd like to make pita at home. I've done it once in the past and it came out great, but then I lost the recipe and couldn't find another one that looked worth trying.
Here are some of Abigail's pictures – she really enjoyed it!
They made sure to keep the kids safe – only the taboon guy got close to it.
Mr. Taboon also made sure the pita didn't get burnt.
Too bad they couldn't protect the pita from the destructive things a four-year-old can do – in this case, putting chocolate spread on it. What a waste! Anyway, when Ohad said today that he preferred I use the outdoor barbeque to make chicken, I figured I'd finally use the cheapo wok we bought and make more pita. (You flip the wok upside down on the barbeque. Works like a charm.) Instead, I ended up finding a recipe that actually recommended you make the pita in the oven and I didn't feel like standing in front of the barbeque anyway, so I made them in the oven.
The recipe makes 8. We were able to take 2 to freeze – the others all got eaten straight out of the oven.
The kids kept asking me how you make the pockets. You don't. They just magically appear :-)


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The municipal swimming pool in Fossat is an outdoor swimming pool opened in summer. This swimming pool is equipped with a beautiful pond of swimming.
Courts of swimming can be taken with the swimming coaches in the morning. Inquire in the receptionof the swimming pool. Phone. 05 61 68 99 80.
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Decided to try making these at home. But, in keeping with my current mood of adding a little extra nutritional boost to all that I make, decided to substitute one part of the usual raw rice with the Kerala Matta rice. Kerala Matta or rose matta as it is known is a reddish-brown rice variety that is unpolished and hence packs in heaps of B vitamins and fibre. The earthy, flavoursome rice forms the daily lunch staple of keralite households.
Raw rice/ idli rice - 2 1/2 cups
Rose matta rice - 1 cup
Cooked Rose matta rice - 1/2 cup
Skinned Black gram (urad dhal) - 1 cup
Fenugreek seeds (uluva/vendhayam) - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Sesame oil - 2 teaspoons
Rinse and soak the rice varieties and black gram seperately for 2 hours. Grind the black gram in a processor/grinder/mixer adding water little by little. The batter should be smooth, fluffy and thick. Next, grind the rice varieties along with the cooked rice and the soaked fenugreek seeds. The rice batter should be slightly coarser. Mix both batters together in a big bowl that allows space for fermentation and rising. Add salt to taste and 2 teaspoons of sesame oil. Let ferment overnight or atleast for 8-12 hours based on the weather. Colder weather calls for more fermentation time.
Next day, use a ladle to nicely whip up the batter again. Heat a flat dosa gridle, rub on a little oil and pour out a ladleful of batter. Use the back of the ladle to slightly spread out the batter. Let cook for about 2 minutes, flip and cook the other side.
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If you want to see red and fallow deer with your own eyes, then a visit to Richmond Park in southwest London is a must. It was created by Charles I in 1634 as a deer park and now boasts of 630 red and fallow deer. It is a place that is not only for those who love animals, but for those who love to see flowers in Richmond Park as well.
Richmond Park is among many things, a National Nature Reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and a Special Area of Conservation. It is the largest of the Royal Parks in London. It is also a Grade I on the English Heritage's Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.
Charles I brought his court to Richmond Palace in 1625 to escape the plague. He then turned the area on the hill above it into a park for the hunting of red and fallow deer. For a time, it was referred to as the king's "New Park" to distinguish it from an already existing park now known as the Old Deer Park.
In 1637, Charles I appointed Jerome Weston, Earl of Portland, as the keeper of the new park. When the monarch was executed, custodianship of the park was passed to the Corporation of the City of London. However, it was restored back to the monarch, Charles II, when he returned to London in 1660.
The park was for the most part, a private one. It was during the time of Edward VII when he developed the park into a public amenity.
Since 1915, there are areas in the park marked for football and cricket pitches. A golf course has also been developed which was then opened in 1923 by Edward, Prince of Wales.
During the 1848 Summer Olympics, a village was built near Dann's Pond. It saw another Olympic event in 2012 where it was part of the road where competitors of the men's and women's cycling race passed through.
Even though the Richmond Park flowers are pretty much the stand out to those who want colour and such, the place is also home to a couple of buildings that are worth a look:
Pembroke Lodge – This was once the home of Prime Minister Lord Him Russell then became the childhood home of his grandson, Bertrand Russell. Now, it serves as a popular restaurant that offers diners views across the Thames Valley. Given the scenery, it's a good place to spend a romantic date with your partner, and you can even make it extra special if you send flowers to Richmond Park as a surprise.
Thatched Lodge House – This was the London home of US General Dwight D. Eisenhower during the Second World War. It has been the residence of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy since 1963.
Plantings and Memorials in the Park
Isabella Plantation – This is an ornamental woodland garden that is full of exotic plants. Here, you can lay your eyes on a several Richmond Park flowers. This part of the park is open the whole year round. It is home to a variety of plants, including deciduous azalea, rhododendron, and winter flowers such as Witch Hazel and Autumn Cherry.
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2013 Commemorative Posters
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Vintage Trifari Rhinestone Necklace. This gorgeous diamante choker necklace dates to the mid 1950s. The design is elegant and sleek and perfect to wear in either formal or casual settings. It features a line of prong set baguette cut rhinestones in shiny rhodium silver tone metal. The necklace measures 15 inches long by 1/4 of an inch wide. Its closure is adjustable. The necklace is marked very clearly TRIFARI. The earrings are marked as well and measure 1" at the widest point. Its condition is excellent. The rhinestones are bright and clear. Stunning on! Note: See my other stunning ice blue rhinestone necklace in the last photo, please inquire about this piece. Special price if both are purchased.
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It is my belief that how / where / what / with whom / when a person volunteers reflects strongly her (or his) true character and interests.
Below I will attempt to generate a list of volunteer endeavors I recall participating in:
- Elementary School (and for several years thereafter) = Girl Scouts and 4H activities
- Junior High School = a nearby institution for the severely differently-abled (at that time, patients referred to as severely retarded and/or severely handicapped. I prefer the term differently-abled.
- High School = STOP (Students To Oppose Pollution) / litter pick-up drives / trail maintenance
- mid-to-late 1970s (Ricker College) = literacy volunteer
- late 1970s – ongoing = literacy volunteer (Syracuse, NY; Charlottesville, VA; Seoul, Korea)
- 1980s through 1990s = Nursery School, PTA (Parent Teacher Association), SIT (School Improvement Team), Camp Fire Boys & Girls Leader, library, literacy, Big Sister program, Daily calls to Seniors program
- 2000 to present = refugee assistance, adult education classes, Festival of Cultures events, Dialogue on Race and other intentional dialogue groups (focus on racism and other 'isms'), tutor / tutor-trainer / board member for Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle, food pantry, producer of a local Public Access TV storytelling show, special projects, floral design, newsletter copy editing, VAACE, TESOL, and other education-related volunteer projects, Alliance for International Women's Rights (AIWR)


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Daily Racing Form Introduces DRF Breeding Today, the Daily Newsletter Featuring DRF's Exclusive Beyer Speed Figures
New York, NY (August 22, 2013) This Monday, Daily Racing Form will debut DRF Breeding Today, a free digital newsletter that delivers in-depth breeding coverage and DRF's exclusive Beyer Speed Figure reports.
DRF Breeding Today will provide readers with an advance look at DRF's top breeding stories five days a week (Monday thru Friday) and, for the first time, include DRF Beyer Speed Figures for recent winners of all ages, all classes and all surfaces. DRF Breeding Today will arrive in readers' in-boxes early each afternoon, in an easy-to-read and print-friendly PDF format, providing busy owners, breeders and trainers with new insights, tools and late-breaking daily news.
"We introduced DRF Breeding in late 2012 with a commitment to build out the highest quality coverage, tools and new products to better serve the industry and attract new owners," said John Hartig, CEO, Daily Racing Form. "DRF Breeding Today is the latest result of a collaboration from leading Breeding professionals to ensure it fills an important business need."
From the outset, the goal of DRF Breeding has been to bridge the worlds of racing and breeding, and DRF Breeding Today daily newsletter effectively delivers on that promise through its inclusion of DRF Beyer Speed Figures tied to every sire. Long held as the industry standard, Beyer Speed Figures are essential to both horseplayers and the breeding industry, and have never before been made available in a free product. The Beyer Speed Figures will give owners and breeders a quick and important reference point to evaluate runners of all ages and on all surfaces and all classes of racing.
"The industry challenged us to develop specialized reports and utilizing Beyer Speed Figures instantly provides breeders, sales agents and every person with a vested interest in Thoroughbred racing with an exclusive tool to assist their breeding and auction decisions," said editor Mark Simon. "Tying these rankings together with breaking news at the farms and on the track is a very exciting venture for DRF Breeding. We welcome any comments about DRF Breeding Today. Please send them to my attention at firstname.lastname@example.com."
Free sign-up for DRF Breeding Today is available at www.drf.com/breedingtoday.
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Monday, December 01, 2014
A MAN CALLED SLOANE: "Collision Course"
Investigating the agent's death, Sloane discovers that an old adversary, Jefferson Crane (Eric Braeden, The Rat Patrol), a man that Sloane believed he had killed some years before, is behind a plot of cosmic proportions. Using two stolen nuclear missiles, he plans to divert a comet (the fictional Caesar's Comet, which the script would have us believe was first spotted at the time of Julius Caesar's assassination, and which has returned every 100 years since) and crash it into the Earth.
Soap opera veteran and popular heavy Braeden makes a satisfactory villain, and Nancy DeCarl, as the dead agent's sister, is a lovely girl of the week, but the story is pretty unspectacular. For one thing, while the script goes to great lengths to emphasize how involved and difficult it was to calculate the comet's trajectory, it also posits that the U.S. military transports nukes around on the back of easily hijack-able trucks. (Actually, stealing nukes is made to look very easy throughout the series!)
Not one of the stronger episodes, unfortunately... though the scene where a bunch of polo players on horseback attack a van containing Sloane, Torque and the girl is both kinda cool and damned weird.
• This episode was written by Stephen Kandel, a frequent contributor to various spy-fi shows, including Mission: Impossible, The Wild Wild West, It Takes A Thief and MacGyver.
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For some reason, this is the one episode about which I remember something. That is, I remembered that there was an episode with Eric Braeden as the villain, and that the plot had to do with him trying to divert a comet. Also the part about the heroes thinking that he'd been killed years before. And I remembered that Nancy DeCarl was in it, but I didn't remember offhand if she played the heroine or the villainess.
- Janus said...
First, I presuming that UNIT was an acronym. And since you haven't mentioned it in any of your reviews so far, did they ever state what UNIT stood for?
- Christopher Mills said...
Unless it's stated in the T.R. Sloane pilot, which I haven't watched in a very long time, UNIT doesn't appear to stand for anything.
I'll be re-watching and reviewing the pilot film when I finish up with these episode reviews, so we'll see then.
- Janus said...
So UNIT didn't stand for United Nations Intelligence Taskforce? ;)


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Want to hand control of your business over to your kids without causing chaos? Or take control of it from your parents? A business succession consultant can help. Here's what to ask before hiring one.
By Lynsey Santimays
1 My aging parents refuse to cede control of the family business. How can I get them to make the transition? "Resistance of the senior generation to address succession is the biggest issue we see," says Paul Karofsky, CEO of Transition Consulting Group, a Massachusetts and Florida-based family consulting firm he runs with son David. Often, "mom and dad don't have a plan for their lives beyond the business," explains Glenn Ayres, president of Glenn Ayres & Associates, a family-business consultancy in San Diego. A consultant can help the older generation plan the next phase of their business and lives.
2 My children want nothing to do with the family biz. Can you change their minds? "A lot of the time, children don't even know the particulars of the business," says Wayne Rivers, president of the Family Business Institute in Raleigh, N.C. Gradual exposure may draw them in. If not, accept that your kids have other dreams.
3 My child doesn't want to run the firm, but still wants to be involved. Is that a recipe for disaster? Not necessarily. "Many large family businesses don't have family members in management roles — those are becoming more professionalized," Ayres says. "But they often have a family council, like a board of directors, that keeps them involved."
4 Can you help prepare my children for management? "Just because your last name is the same as the company's doesn't give you the automatic right to take over," says David Karofsky of Transition Consulting Group. Try rotating younger family members through core areas of the business. "It allows them to build relationships and identify their skill sets," Karofsky says.
5 How early should I be thinking about succession? "A 10-year window is ideal, but it almost never happens," says Rivers. "The earlier the plan is made, the more likely it is to succeed," Paul Karofsky says.
6 What do you charge? Succession consultants generally cost $2,500 to $10,000 a day, but can also bill per project. "A typical project would be in the neighborhood of $25,000 to $35,000 over six months," Rivers says.
7 An unexpected death in the family has left us with no leader and no plan. Can you help? "We implement the process that we would have conducted if the death hadn't happened," says David Karofsky, "but with more sensitivity." That includes evaluating the business, interviewing key players and identifying leadership candidates.
8 What experts do you bring to the table? Family succession issues can range from management failures to drug and alcohol abuse to parent-child conflict to divorce. Make sure your consultant can handle a range of challenges.
9 Are you certified by the Family Firm Institute? This trade association (ffi.org) is the closest thing to a governing body in the field.
10 Can you provide references? Talk to a consultant's former clients, particularly if they faced similar issues. "Ask how the process worked for them," David Karofsky says.


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Olivia Shanahan and Janet Williams graduated from the College of Asia and the Pacific, Olivia with a degree in Security Analysis (Asia Pacific) and Janet with one in International Affairs.
|Graduation day for ACIAR Program Support Officers, Janet Williams (left) and Olivia Shanahan (right).
Janet Williams explains why she thinks the business of ACIAR is more important than ever.
"Having worked at ACIAR for a couple of years, I commenced my postgraduate studies with an understanding of the importance of agricultural development in developing nations.
My goal at that time was to finish the degree and use my experience working in an international agency to explore opportunities in security or maybe diplomacy, if I could better develop my negotiation skills.
In the first couple of subjects of the degree, we spent a lot of time having theoretical discussions about developing and developed nations. Some were about trade relationships and the gradual evolution of the international system to a hegemonic power structure. Many were about the concept of power and how fear of aggression dictates the relationships between nations.
Throughout these courses the pride I have in ACIAR's work was something that lingered in the back of my mind when we discussed the lip service Western nations pay towards the pressures and problems facing developing nations; the cultural transference that has taken place since media and communications technology burst onto the scene last century; or the pressure developed nations place on developing nations to further their own interests.
During these discussions, I recognised that ACIAR's subtlety and results-driven interest in smallholder farmers and capacity building were qualities to be appreciated and respected.
By the time I entered my final semester, my appreciation and respect for ACIAR's work had increased tenfold. Our work generally hasn't got the glamour of national security or trade negotiations, but that absence had become one more thing to admire.
I had come to the conclusions that ACIAR's (forgive the pun) grass-roots philosophy is one of the many elements that make it so effective. It is driven by the needs of end-users and shapes its work to ensure that smallholders and communities in developing nations will have the ability and the resources to continue into a future without our agency's assistance.
Over my final semester the importance of the work ACIAR undertakes really hit home. I studied two subjects - Global Security and Contemporary Issues.
In both of these subjects it became obvious that resource scarcity, food security and poverty alleviation are as important in the world today as nuclear proliferation and terrorism.
In carrying out the research for one of my assignments, the statistics I found on the impact of food insecurity and poverty were disconcerting and rightly so:
Food security came crashing into the public domain in 2008 when grain prices around the world doubled due to rising oil prices, increased demand in biofuels and a drop in cereals production.[1] Though food prices returned to normal levels, the crisis is far from over. In 2010, almost one billion people were undernourished due to lack of access to food. It is estimated that the world's population will grow by almost fifty percent in the next forty years and that food production should increase by at least seventy percent to keep up.[2] It can be easy to see food security as merely an aspect of the climate change threat and if the latter can be reduced, then the former will be secured. However, while the increase in extreme weather variations does affect the availability of resources, it is only one cause (among many) of food insecurity. Trade policies, changes in dietary habits and the constantly increasing population also impact on the price and availability of food around the world. Before the food crisis, the number of deaths caused by poverty was hundreds of times higher than the number of deaths caused by terrorists.[3] The difference in security spending versus aid and development spending will ensure that unless something changes, this disparity will only increase.
Over the course of my last semester I saw repeated examples of how food security and poverty alleviation in developing nations impacts on the rest of the world. In the twenty-first century the international system is interconnected and interdependent to an unprecedented degree.
Problems facing the developing world can no longer be brushed off as 'their problems'. The challenges of one nation belong to its neighbours. The issues facing one region face us all.
If I had not already come to the conclusion, my final semester at ANU would have been enough to convince me that agricultural development and ACIAR's manner of its undertaking provide the best chance of meeting the pressing challenges of the world today head on."
Janet Williams, ACIAR Program Support Officer
Janet Williams, ACIAR Program Support Officer
[1] 'High Food Prices: Impact and Recommendations', International Fund for Agricultural Development, April 2008, retrieved 14 October 2011, http://www.ifad.org/operations/food/ceb.htm
[1] 'High Food Prices: Impact and Recommendations', International Fund for Agricultural Development, April 2008, retrieved 14 October 2011, http://www.ifad.org/operations/food/ceb.htm
[2] Asian Development Bank, Food Security and Climate Change in the Pacific: Rethinking the Options, Asian Development Bank, Madaluyong City, Philippines, 2011, p10.
[3] KM Fierke, Critical Approaches to International Security, Polity Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2007, p31.


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It's a terrific ride--very quiet. We saw some beautiful birds--a couple of tiny malachite kingfishers, some type of cormorant, and a couple beautiful little waterfowl. We're told the birds are more numerous late in the afternoon. And the trees are absolutely amazing--terrific intertwined mangrove root systems all along the river. Sometimes I felt I'd been transported to one of Tolkien's swampy forests! And in fact, we spotted some lovely round trees that we have tentatively identified as the lost entwives!
Great Roots, huh???
When we finally reached the "island" where Mangrove Paradise is to be built, it was a beautiful area, but not much had been realized yet.... just a few half-constructed huts and shelters. So it has great potential. Highly recommended for the lovely canoe ride!


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Another official from the penitentiary system of the Republic of Moldova appears in the media materials. The resourse moldovacurata.md recently published an article about the deputy director of the Department of Penitentiary Institutions (DPI) Igor Guja, who bought a new apartment in the capital after being a director of the National Agency of the Road Transport (NART) for 1 year and 8 months, receiving a salary of 35 000 lei per month.
Earlier we published an article about the property of the former deputy director of the Department of Penitentiary Institutions (DPI) Petru Birka. During the investigation it was found that former and current deputy director of the DPI purchased property, the cost of which significantly exceeds their official income.
The apartment worth 620,361 lei while the the income is about 436,813 lei
Igor Guja is currently the director of the DPI. He came to the institution after 2 years in NART where he received 3 times higher salary in comparision with the current place of work. Guja previously worked at the National Anticorruption Center and the State Enterprise "Moldova Railways".
Guja worked in NART since January 2014 and in 2015, according to the declaration of income and property, he bought an apartment in Chisinau worth 620,361 lei, while his income amounted 436 813 lei.
Igor Guja affirmed to Moldova Curata that he bought the apartment by gaining income from salaries, especially from NART. The difference between the value of the apartment and his official income was fulfilled by the money collected in past 10 years, from different positions, and with the help of parents.
The deputy Head of DPI also declares a car Mazda and shares in some companies.
The link between Igor Guja and Vladimir Cebotari
Moldova Curata writes that the career growth of Igor Guja is tied with the activity of the current Minister of Justice Vladimir Cebotari. At the time when Chebotari was deputy minister of transport and road infrastructure, Guja in a short period of time passed many positions of leadership in NART, which is subordinated to the Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure. In January 2014 Guja became vice-director of the institution; in November 2014 – deputy director; in April 2015 an interim, and in May - the director. Guja served as director of NART until August 2015, and in October of the same year he was appointed deputy Ddrector of the DPI, a few months after Chebotari became Minister of Justice. Guja and Chebotari worked together in the State Enterprise " Moldova Railways ".
Valerie Baciu is the current director of NART. Baciu has declared 6 plots of land, 2 houses and an apartment, the cost of which isn't noticed. The official owns also a car worth 380,000 lei. ZDG mentioned Baciu in the article about the purchase of luxury apartments from the former Minister of Internal Affairs Nicolae Bradulov. Baciu at that time was the manager of a transport company JSC Transservice, which sued in 2008 with the Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure and the wife of one of the judges from the Court of Appeals of Chisinau.


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//This post refers to events from February 2015 when we were land traveling in New Zealand, having left SV Estrellita in a keel pit in Fiji. I had originally written this for a non-blogging purpose, never did anything with it, and so am posting it here.//
More than 150 pilot whales were stranded on the beach and the call was going out for volunteers. Like many cruisers, we were using the South Pacific cyclone season as a chance to tramp and car camp around New Zealand. While the pilot whales were struggling on the hard, we were snug in our sleeping bags at a hippy rock climbers campground at the North end of the South Island of New Zealand, about 45 minutes away.
Believing that there was no need for additional help, we went to the beach just to observe. Several tide cycles after the stranding, there were still about 60 whales on the beach and quite a few were already dead. A baby whale and its mother were still alive. The mother was struggling under her own beached weight while the baby was splashing in a trench dug around its body.
We came upon a team of people caring for a whale they had named Emily. The volunteers were cold, wet, exhausted and in need of relief. They gave us instructions on how to care for Emily and we spent the next several hours carrying buckets of cold water to cool her overheated core, keeping her upright on her belly to avoid crushing her pectoral fins, and talking to her to calm her breathing and to keep her from panicking.
I will never forget my turn at her head, crouched down in the wet sand at her side near her eye, talking soothingly to her. She had rolled slightly and we were trying to right her. We had sandbags to keep her propped up and in good position for the upcoming high tide but sometimes the sand would give, or she would struggle and start sliding to one side. While we were righting her, trying our best to avoid her badly blistered skin, her breathing had become more jerky, with the breaths coming closer and closer together. You could feel her pain and fear. As I began talking soothingly to her, she gradually slowed her breathing and began taking full, even breaths. I had calmed her and that realization connected me to her in a way that I will remember forever.
New Zealand's Golden Bay has a long history of whale beachings. Although scientists are still uncertain as to the exact cause, the preferred explanation is that the long sloping beach combined with a large tidal range confuses the echolocation of the whales who cannot get a solid radar return on the low angle slope. The pilot whales come in, the ebbing tide rushes out and they become stranded. With up to 8 kilometers of tidal flats at Farewell Spit, even if stranded whales refloat on the next high tide, the long shallow beach causes the whales to have difficulty finding their way to deeper water and they often find themselves stranded again.
Emily swam away. The Department of Conservation experts assured us that whales can recover from such grievous injuries to their skin. I hope so. The next time we are on passage in the South Pacific, sailing between island nations, and we are surrounded by pilot whales, as has occurred several times in the past, I am going to toast Emily and hope she and the rest of her pod always stay in deep water.


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The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: THURSDAY, July 31 •Babylon Town Board of Appeals Meeting: 7 p.m., Town Hall, Sunrise Hwy., Lindenhurst. For info., call 957-7414. •Amityville Rotary Weekly Meeting: 8 a.m., Nautilus Diner, Merrick Road, Massapequa. For info., call 631-264-0300.
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Today's HPC ABC will focus on the letter D.
Design – HPC computing is a great environment for Computer Aided Design. It allows designers to perform complex analyses that can result in a range of benefits – from more efficient aircraft design to faster cars and complex architectural renderings.
Simpson Strong-Tie produces structural products for building safer, stronger homes and buildings and has done for nearly 50 years. Concrete modelling might not seem very hi-tech but the team rely on HPC to simulate the strength of designs in rapid time. The alternative, manually building physical models, involves a lot more effort, a lot more concrete and takes 14 times longer.
What does the future hold for HPC and design? Maybe I've watched too many science fiction films, but I can see a time when HPC can help us in our mission to reach distant planets that are outside our solar system, by aiding spacecraft design. Who knows, maybe we'll scrap traditional urban planning and just use HPC to model entire cities, using building designs that withstand extreme weather and earthquakes.
The sky is the limit when it comes to HPC and design; the possibilities are endless. I really believe that HPC is a great playground for creative people. As Margaret Atwood said, "The techno-scientific world has some of the most creative people you'll ever meet".
Next week we'll look at HPC and the letter E.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Jane's new apron
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
So, Brent and I got about the most awesome Christmas present this year. We wandered into the My Comfort store on Christmas Eve and they were apparently really desperate to make a sale because we got a screaming deal on a fancy intelligel bed. AND its a king. Ya, it's awesome. Problem was that we had a queen before and we didn't have a frame for it, and since we spent all our Christmas money on the mattress, we didn't have any to buy one. Well my mom came through like a champ, scouring craig's list until she found our dream bed. Not only that, it was only $250! So John drove my parent's truck to Vegas to pick it up and then drove it up here for us (thanks Johnny and Danielle!) and we set it up today. We had some problems, as you will see in the photos...
Our mattress is WAY thick with the box springs and I swear once we set it up, it was like over 3 feet tall. I tried to get a photo, but the light was really bad, you get the picture though.
We then decided to nix the box springs and Brent made a quick trip to the Home Depot to pick up some plywood. I need to get a photo of it all put together, so I'll post one as soon as I can get it (sorry mom!)
We took some fun pictures of the girls playing on the new bed. Lizzy had just awakened from her nap and was still bagged up.
I LOVE this photo. I know that it looks like Jane is squeezing the life out of her sister, but they look so cute in the process!
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Friday, January 25, 2008
boys can blog too
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Visit the Stringham Digital Garage Sale
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
water baby
Jane got some bath crayons from her favorite friend, Brooklyn, for Christmas. Her lovely artwork is on display behind Lizzy.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
me whining
Anyway, today I remembered an email that Mom sent me about how Magic Erasers can burn small children. The mom that sent it out sent photos of her kid, who had rubbed it all over his face. His poor little face looked horrible, all red and blistery. At the time, I thought it was weird and moved on, but I remembered that the day my finger started burning, I had used a magic eraser to clean some Jane drawings off the walls of her room. My ring is a pave setting and there are kind of chambers inside, I think that some of that eraser junk got in there and that stupid thing burned me! Here are some freaky photos:
So moral of the story is... be careful when using those erasers (I STILL love them. I forgive you eraser! No one can clean like you do!) and don't get burnt! It REALLY hurts!
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too tired
I know that you don't look great, Leslie. Sorry. In all fairness, we WERE in the middle of dinner and she was trying to eat.
Jane was asleep in bed shortly after this was taken.
Lizzy was pretty chipper, all things considered. I just think this photo is funny...
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Holy snow day!
Brent couldn't get out of our street this morning to get to work, so after an hour of trying to clear off the driveway, he called in and is now attempting to work from home.
Jane and I went to play outside for a while and got some fun pictures. I tried to get photos of the snow banks that are about 6 feet tall, but it just looks like white everywhere.
Me and my little Jane. It's been snowing this hard since we got up this morning and it's still coming down.
I love her bright pink coat against the white snow, Isn't she so cute?
Since we still have no form of television in our home whatsoever (can I at LEAST get some rabbit ears over here?) We only have the internet to tell us what's going on. They said to expect 4-8 inches. HA! We're thinking that our house will probably have at least 18"
It's kinda fun though and since my awesome dad brought us up a truckload of would this weekend (you're the best Dad! Thank you!) I find myself singing 'Let it snow' and we're enjoying the day with our daddy at home.
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
dinosaur eggs
Jane has been learning about dinosaurs in preschool and she's REALLY into them, so I thought that I would like to encourage her interest and take her to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to force people to have a good time. It was painful getting there. We started out this morning discovering that Lizzy has an egg allergy and we had to learn the hard way. Brent ran to grab breakfast from McDonald's this morning and decided to give Lizzy some of the scrambled egg to munch on. He even got some pictures of it...
Little did he know that you aren't supposed to give babies egg because you don't know if perhaps they have an allergy to it. I'd like to say that I knew all of this, but it hadn't even occurred to me and I did nothing to stop him. She really liked the egg, but then promptly broke out in hives and was a total mess. We sat around for a while trying to decide if we should pay the money and take her to a quick care and then we decided that they would probably tell us to put some cream on her face, give her some antihistamine and keep an eye on her, so that's what we did. She's fine now, no worries, just no more egg. At least I now know that McDonald's really does use real egg, no matter how unegg-like it may seem.
So we headed to the museum, which was really fun. Here are some of our pictures that we took while we were there.
Brent almost peed his pants at the sight of the megalodon. He has a bit of a juvenile obsession with it.
They have a place where the kids can pretend as though they are digging for bones. Or rather, they allow the children to actually dig for fake bones...which was really fun.
My pretty little Lizzy was SO tired after her meds that she went over to Grandma's house and slept in Ben's bed for 4 hours! But not until after she participated in the clobbering of her grandma...
Anyway, the museum was really fun and if anyone has wondered whether or not they should go, I highly recommend it.
AND... if anyone has some suggestions on how to deal with my small child and her most inconvenient allergy, please do tell. I have a feeling this isn't going to be the last of these types allergies and such. She must get it from Brent. I would never do something like pass those types of gimpy genes to one of my children.
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
hokey pokeys and first words
Anyway, we went and got a 'pokey treat' and Jane wanted a Sonic drink. I asked her if the pokey was really all that bad once she got her blue drink and she said "No. I drink my Sonic and it goes into my pokey and it makes it feel better."
The other fun that has been happening around here is that Lizzy it trying to talk. Looks like she is going to follow in her sister's footsteps and say 'kitty' as her first word. its funny because when Jane started trying to say it, she started out going "ka! ka!"
Lizzy has been going about it a different way. She has been saying "ti! ti!" So funny that its the same word, but a different way. Anyway, she's made some progress and is now trying for 2 syllables. I took a little video of her saying 'kitty' but I have to preface it a little. For one, Lizzy looks B-A-D bad. She's been exhausted and I think she's a little sick because she's all weepy and grumpy and her skin has been really bad this week, so she looks all rashy. All the same, she's my little sweetheart and I wanted to document the occasion.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
2007 is SO last year...
The first major event of the year that I really took note of was the birth of Leslie and Cameron's first baby, Benjamin Barron Jackson, in March. I have some photos of his birth, but he wasn't looking all that good since they are from the delivery room, so I thought I'd post this one when he was a week old.
Here are a couple of my favorite photos of Lizzy from this year..
In May, we welcomed the arrival of IKEA to Draper! Yes, having an IKEA in Draper in definitely a noteworthy event in my life. At that point, we finally decided to remodel our kitchen. We had been talking about it for a long time and for some reason, I thought that it would be the perfect time to rip up the house when I had a newborn. With some great help from our family and Brent's mad skills, we did the whole thing ourselves. Brent (and John and Cameron and Danielle) tore out the old cabinets, refinished the hardwoods, built and installed all the new IKEA cabinets, installed the backsplash and did everything else (other than the counter tops). Here's a photo from the chaos and one that I took after the kitchen was functional once again. Brent STILL hasn't completely finished it. Maybe this May...
During the course of the summer, we found a snake in our yard. I just thought that was funny, or unusual or just downright frightening. I don't know, you decide. I know it was just a little garden snake, but snakes and me don't mix. Brent tracked it into my garden beds, so I probably would have fainted if it had been there when I was weeding or something. We had some neighbors come check it out and one of them took it home after it was named 'Lucky.' I wonder how Lucky is now...
In July, all the Barrons congregated in southern Utah for a little family reunion of sorts. We see each other so often that it hardly seems worth calling it a family reunion, but it kinda felt like one. We went to Bryce Canyon, which was way fun.
As soon as we got back, Jane turned 3. We had a fun little party for her. A Princess Party, of course, on our new deck that was built right before Lizzy was born. Our old one was REALLY bad. Jane called it the 'scary deck,' so we upgraded for an awesome new one.
Jane was a (very tired) flower girl. I was NOT impressed with her flower throwing skills. I had to drag her down the aisle and throw most of the flowers myself. Poor show Jane.
Shortly after the wedding, Brent decided that after 6 years of working with his family at McDonald's, he was going to change careers. It was a BIG deal in our family. It took a lot of thought and prayer and more prayer and more prayer. We finally decided that the time was right and so he started looking. It must have been meant to be since he got the job at the first place that he interviewed. He now really enjoys his new position as the cost accountant at Stampin' Up! It would be torture to me, but for some reason he thinks that dealing with that kind of stuff all day is great and we are so happy with it. Emily, tell Justin thanks for me! :)
Brent also turned 31 in August, which makes him totally old. I can't believe he's over 30!
In September, our little Jane started preschool. Oh how I love preschool, and Jane does too. Since she attends a charter school, she wears this adorable little uniform and I can't even stand it! This is a picture from her first day at school.
In October, I turned 27. I remember when 25 seemed so old and now I'm 27! Jane and Lizzy were SO cute for Halloween. Jane was a little ladybug and Lizzy was a chick! I LOVED them in their costumes so much!
About the same time, I started selling baby accessories in a little business that I call Lou Lou Designs. It kept me SO busy through the holidays that the rest of the year felt like such a blur! Thanksgiving was at my parents newly finished home in Daybreak, which we love to get together at. We also had Christmas there and spent New Year's in Summit, which was also remodeled this year allowing each family their own room.
I have to say that 2007 was a great year. Hooray for 2007!
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Before I get to the year's first reviews, the big news at Strange Horizons this week is that the magazine's blog is switching to full-time activity (whereas before it published mainly to advertise the magazine's yearly fund drive). Editor in chief Niall Harrison has already got some posts up, as well as an editorial detailing other changes in the magazine's publishing schedule (while at the same time getting ready to hand over the reigns to Torque Control to Vector's incoming editor Shana Worthen and its reviews editor Martin Lewis), and I will hopefully have something up there this weekend. You can follow the blog on RSS, and it's also syndicated on LJ, and while we're at it, here are the RSS and LJ links for the reviews feed as well.
On to the week's reviews: as has become traditional, the reviews department rings in the new year by looking back at the previous one. We asked our reviewers what their favorite, and least favorite, genre-related things in 2010 were, and I think the answers give an interesting and pretty accurate snapshot of the department's focus and interests. Farah Mendlesohn's review of Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death appeared on Wednesday, and was significantly less positive than the book's reception elsewhere has been (see also Jonathan McCalmont's review at The Zone). Balancing that out is Richard Larson, who is over the moon about Paul Tremblay's short story collection In the Mean Time, which was also one of his picks for best genre-related thing of 2010.


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Connecting Societies and Cultures through Education
BC's Philip Altbach has made the study of higher ed his life's work
As a University of Chicago undergraduate and leader of the Student Peace Union in 1960, Philip Altbach traveled to England for a summer training program. There he noticed an eye-catching symbol printed on buttons being handed out by the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. So he bought a bunch and took them back to Chicago.
"I thought it was cool – it was the peace symbol," Altbach said. "My friends at SPU liked them and we started printing our own buttons and handing them out. It was the first time Americans had seen the peace symbol and it caught on fast. The rest is history."
Even today, Altbach, the J. Donald Monan, S.J. University Professor of Higher Education at the Lynch School of Education, continues making connections between societies and cultures around the world. During a career now in its fifth decade, Altbach has traveled the globe as one of the foremost experts in international higher education.
Altbach plans to retire in 2013, reducing his workload while still maintaining a role at the Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), which he has directed since he joined BC in 1994.
Yet a quick glance at Altbach's schedule over the past month shows no sign he's slowed down: a new book published, a book launch in Washington, DC, a trip to China to deliver nearly a dozen lectures in four cities; back to Washington for a briefing and finally returning to the home he shares with his wife of 49 years, Edith Hoshino.
It's a career-long pace that his friends and colleagues say ensures Altbach knows just about everyone in the field, as well as their latest research.
"Phil is one of just a half dozen professors cranking out this extraordinary volume of research, writing, speaking and networking," said SUNY Buffalo Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Higher and Comparative Education Bruce Johnstone. "Phil is extremely current and more than anyone else knows who is publishing, who is funding and where significant scholarship is going on in international comparative higher education."
Altbach has authored or edited nearly 50 books on topics ranging from higher education to India's publishing industry to student activism. His most recent, The Road to Academic Excellence: The Making of World-Class Research Universities, which he co-edited with Jamil Salmi, was published last month.
In addition to publishing commercially, many of Altbach's books are distributed in paperback through CIHE, making the work accessible to cash-strapped scholars in all corners of the world. His co-editor Salmi says the emphasis on accessibility is one measure of Altbach's dedication to the advancement of his field as a whole.
"Phil is a gentleman and a scholar," said Salmi, a higher and tertiary education expert with the World Bank. "He's deeply knowledgeable about comparative higher education across many topics. People look to him for advice and guidance. Yet Phil is a very humble person and very approachable. He doesn't put himself on a pedestal."
At the Center for International Higher Education, Altbach has developed a world-renowned clearinghouse of publishing, scholarship and commentary.
The center publishes the quarterly journal International Higher Education, with versions in English, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. The center's website offers research and resources, podcasts, social media links, and the center blog, World View, which is hosted by the influential industry website Inside Higher Ed. In addition, the site hosts the Higher Education Corruption Monitor, an online collection of news about diploma mills, research misconduct and administrative misbehavior, which Altbach says need to be exposed.
He also serves as an advisor to universities and higher education agencies in China, Russia and Saudi Arabia, bridging language and cultural divides to fulfill what he sees as a responsibility to help officials raise standards and operate schools, colleges and universities according to the best available practices.
"Over the course of almost 50 years, I've tried to contribute to understanding the nature of the university and how it affects human, economic and social development," said Altbach. "These institutions are critical to societies, whether they're in developing countries or developed, industrial nations. To have spent so much time learning about universities in America and other countries and picking up new perspectives has been exceedingly interesting and fulfilling. It's what I care about and it's what I feel is important."


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