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For a thousand years, Chace has searched for a way to break the curse placed on him by a jilted lover. He's a dragon shifter, one who can't control when the magic will force him into a different form. He's already lost everyone he ever cared about a few times over and doesn't know how much longer he's meant to suffer.At his wit's end, he makes a deal with a mysterious figure that offers him what he wants most – an end to his misery – in exchange for everything that's his: His life, his power. His heart.The next day, he meets Skylar, a modern day dragon slayer whose mission is to cage him – or kill him. Sexy, witty and brave, she is the yin to his yang, the woman destined to break the curse, balance his magic and make his broken heart whole.Except it's too late. Not only has he sealed his fate, but an innocent one-night-stand with Skylar has dragged her into the middle of a deal with the devil, one she won't escape, if he can't convince her that dragon shifters aren't her enemies.
4 out of 5
I loved it! The characters are headstrong and well developed. Despite being a story about "fated" love neither of the main characters quite believes in it. They both refuse to think their destined mate/lover is someone they've just met. It's a wonderful change to the typical wham bam "we are meant to be together and totally accepting this" shifter type novel. Skylar is a slightly annoying - being unable to acknowledge when she's wrong which in turn leads to unnecessary fumbling/rescuing. Chace has an irritable tendency to have massive pity parties when usually it was his own damn fault. But even those quirks don't stop this book from being worthy of 4 star love. The plot of shifter slayers was interesting and the unexpected twist made it even more so. Be warned there is a mild cliffhanger but I don't mind because I'm excited to see where Ford takes us next in Charred Tears!
Thank you to NetGalley, Lizzy Ford and Indie Inked for the copy.
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Best Guitars For Blues
Updated 10/01/19
If you've got the spirit of the delta running through your veins, here's a mini guide to four of the best guitars for blues…
Though it's easy to consider the Blues as a single musical form, the truth is rather more complicated. It is a many, many faceted musical genre. From the early Delta blues styles, to Chicago blues, to Texas blues, to British blues to, well… you name it.
Each of these varieties is unique, with their own style and sound. With this in mind, which are the best guitars for Blues?
Ask any blues guitarist, and they'll tell you that the guitar is irrelevant – the blues comes from within. It's difficult to argue with this- especially when you look at guys like Seasick Steve.
However, it's fair to say, if you are looking for a particular blues sound, one guitar may make achieving it easier than another.
Here's a guide to four of best guitars for blues, and the kind of sounds you might expect from them.
The Fender Stratocaster
To many, the blues means guys in hats with Strats. This is due in no small part to one the genre's most famous proponents of both the hat and the Strat, Stevie Ray Vaughan. However, for Hendrix, Clapton, Buddy Guy and countless others, the Strat was also the weapon of choice.
With a huge potential range of tones, from the punchy, woody snap of the neck pickup, to glassy out phase tones and bridge pickup power and bark, it's easy to see why. Clean, to crunch, rhythm to lead- the Stratocaster has it nailed, as long as you don't need bags of gain…
The Fender American Performer is the latest incarnation that offers an affordable workhorse for both amateurs and professionals. However, there are even more budget-friendly options with the Squier Vintage Modifieds, to the ultra-luxurious Custom Shop Eric Clapton Signature "Blackie", all bases are covered.
The Fender Telecaster
For those for whom the Stratocaster doesn't have enough twang, there's always the Tele. Though, perhaps, better known as a country guitar, the Tele is equally adept as a blues' instrument.
Not convinced? Well, Muddy waters used one, as did Jeff Beck, Albert Collins, Keith Richards (for his own blues informed style)….
Teles are incredible bright and 'twangy', making them great for intricate, articulate playing styles, such as the 'countrified' end of the blues, or complex picking.
If you can't stretch to the Fender models, there are some great Squier models at more affordable price points.
The Gibson Les Paul
In the modern era of blues, the Les Paul has increasingly become an instrument of choice. The British Blues scene of the '60s was key to this. Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green, and Clapton, during his spell in The Yardbirds, both made Gibson's creation their own, and pioneered a new supercharged, high gain blues sound.
Of course, Les Paul had been playing the blues on Gibson's classic axe some time before…
Because of the two humbuckers, a 'Paul will give you a thicker, more powerful tone, and far more gain and sustain for those screaming solos (think Gary Moore- who, incidentally, used to play Peter Green's Les Paul…)
Despite its rock credentials, it still sounds great when clean, too.
Gibson ES-335 Dot
To many, the Gibson Dot is the true image of a blues guitar. To see why this is, you simply need to glance through the guitarists who've played a Dot over the years. Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Alvin Lee, Chuck Berry (using the blues vocabulary to his own ends), Otis Rush, BB King, Eric Johnson… I could go on, too.
A bit like the Strat, the Dot's strength is in its versatility. Warmer than a Les Paul, but not quite so high output, its two humbuckers delivered creamy clean tones and crunch, but could turn in a 'roar' when needed.
The Epiphone models offer exceptional value for money. From vintage inspired beauties to modern masterpieces there is a model to inspire anyone and everyone. Let's face it, if Epiphone is good enough for Joe Bonamassa, then you can bet your sweet blues inspired licks that they're good enough for you. If one of the leading lights in modern blues doesn't sway you then you're a lost cause. Just look at his Signature ES-355 (below) for goodness sake, it's a work of art!
Something to chew over
As stated previously, the blues is less about the guitar than the player, and there are other models that could easily make a list of best guitars for blues. However, with the list above you can recreate some of the most iconic blues' tones ever played and have enough to go on to create some of your own.
Check out our selection of guitars in your nearest Dawsons' Music store or head to the Dawsons' Website to view our complete range of guitars.

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By readingintheborderlands
I woke to news of the death of Francisco Alarcón, a Chicano poet and author of several bilingual children's books. I've used his bilingual poetry with children and students in children's literature courses many times; there's just nothing like pulling out a bilingual picture book and seeing a group of kids go from disengaged to wide-eyed and enthusiastic when they see and hear words in Spanish. I applaud Francisco Alarcón for showing our Spanish-speaking students that their language and lives are valued enough to put in a book. How sad that we won't see anything else from this fantastic author.


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'It is always impressive when the lead story on yahoo is about someone you know and in a good way too.'
People who know me wrote to me how happy they are and even people whom I never met wrote to me saying that liked these news. Since some media had headlines like 'the craziest title', 'silliest title' it encourage some authors to send me their manuscripts politely asking me to tell what I think. Well, I will try to answer to them too.
This morning came with disturbing news about bombing in Moscow metro. A long time ago I lived for semester in Moscow, so I still remember those metro stations and how deep they are. The suicide bombers were two young women, perhaps Muslim. Then later another news - about Christian militia group in Mid-West planning to kill police officers. Funny news don't last long.
I was trying to get back to the work I started before my trip to Iceland. I was reading 'Gabo on Gabo" and stumbled on a quote he wrote in 1944 when he was also deeply depressed about what was happening in the world:
'The human race is ill; dangerously, mortally ill - I offer my blood and flesh, for what it is worth, to help them; my life, if it is needed. But what is worth of a single life - we all have learned to kill with ease and the road of death is made smooth and facile. The venom of hate has become our daily bread and only nurture.'
Why there is still no antidote for the venom of the hate?


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A neuromuscular full mouth reconstruction is when a series of cosmetic and neuromuscular dentistry procedures are performed to offer a patient with a fully functional, gorgeous, and natural looking smile. Usually a full mouth restoration is performed on people suffering from very worn and damaged teeth, decayed or missing teeth, and / or a misaligned bite.
You may be a candidate for a full mouth reconstruction if you suffer from several of the following indicators :
- Chronic headaches or migraines
- Loose or shifting teeth
- Painful teeth
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Pain in the face, neck, shoulder or back regions
- Sore jaw joints
- Choked ears
- Restricted jaw movement
- Worn, chipped or cracked teeth
All neuromuscular full mouth reconstructions are performed in steps and mixed with tests and controls to make sure that you achieve the smile you have dreamed of while getting rid of any discomfort due to neuromuscular disorders.
several of the following indicators :
- Treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder ( TMJ )
- Placement of dental crowns to cap your teeth, which will buttress damaged and cracked teeth
- Applying porcelain veneers to brighten your smile and eliminate
- cracked, chipped or gapped teeth
- Dental bridges to replace lost or damaged teeth
- Dental implants to replace teeth that cannot be revived
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Studio Carta grand opening is tomorrow! Saturday, December 4th, 12 to 6 p.m. 97 Boylston Street in Brookline, MA. Right outside of Brookline Village.
Angela Liguori, Susy Pilgrim Waters and I will be there selling our wares and I hear there will be some real Italian espresso served there as well. Please come and say hi and congratulate Angela on the opening of her beautiful new space!
And as an added bonus, Angela's studio is just around the corner from Pod. You have to check it out, Julie has stocked the store with incredible things for the holidays!
Okay, have a good weekend and Cambridge people (you know who you are, be brave, cross the river and come see us in Brookline!!)


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February 13, 2015
Dakota Johnson as ANASTASIA STEELE
Jamie Dornan as CHRISTIAN GREY
Jennifer Ehle as CARLA
Eloise Mumford as KATE
Victor Rasuk as JOSÉ
Luke Grimes as ELLIOT GREY
Marcia Gay Harden as MRS. GREY
Studio: Universal
Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson
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The most positive thing that I could say after I left my screening of "Fifty Shades of Grey" was that I didn't hate the film. Trust me, that's high praise coming from me, considering the film's roots were in a book that started as nothing more than erotic fan fiction with the Twilight characters.
And this is pretty obvious with the movie. Not only are the main characters of Anastasia and Christian clearly non-vampire versions of Bella and Edward, but there are multiple scenes throughout the film that appear to shamelessly rip off the mold that Twilight made. Not that these things are all that original. They're not, mind you. However, in this case, the copy of a terrible movie isn't as bad as that original in the first place.
I know… it's probably the sex that helps.
The story follows Anastasia (Dakota Johnson), a mousy soon-to-be college grad who stumbles into an interview with 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan). There is an instant attraction, and soon Anastasia becomes one of Christian's conquests. In this particular conquest, his life is filled with BDSM kinky sex, and his hope is for her to give herself to him as an unquestioning submissive to his dominant.
If you were to boil down the characters and story into a mathematical formula, it might look something like this:
Perhaps part of what made this instantly better than the Twilight series is that it doesn't shun sex with a not-so-subtle allegory of coitus and vampirism. (For this manner, the sex isn't nearly as graphic as you've been led to believe. It's some of the softest, gentlest S&M material you'll likely ever see, no matter what your dotty old aunt tells you about the sins of the film.) Or perhaps I simply found Dakota Johnson to be much more appealing, pleasant and charismatic as an actor than Kristen Stewart ever was. (Let's ignore Dornan for now, considering he comes across with about as much excitement as a paralyzed herring in this film.)
I suppose I'm more forgiving with "Fifty Shades of Grey" because I took it at face value. When you look at is as nothing more than horny housewife erotic fiction, it serves its purpose. Forget the hype, and forget the phenomenon. The writing is what you'd find in a dime story paperback from the 60s, so don't read anything more into it, or your brain will hurt.
Yeah, the film gets the whole dominant/submissive relationship wrong from frame one. In real kink, it's about what turns both sides on, not a power grab to force an object of desire to enjoy something that she isn't really into. In this sense, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is as uptight as any other film, simply because it equates sexual fantasy with being emotionally damaged. But even with the film missing the point completely when it comes to fetish and kink, it still works as a daring fantasy few of the books' readers will likely ever want to play out.
Yup, the first hour or so could play as the perfect beginning to a horror movie, with the obsessive love interest keeping tabs on the vulnerable female protagonist. Sigh… I suppose the essence of Twilight always steers close to a horror story but never manages to get there.
While Dornan himself is an uptight prude in real life, he is passable as Christian Grey, once you get past his pretending-to-be-serious look which appears ready to crack at any point into silly giggles. It's Johnson who carries this film, giving all the emotion and innocence to the project.
Sure, Christian Grey is as stereotypical of a female fantasy as the Manic-Pixie-Dreamgirl is for hipster guys. However, his attraction lies in his rock-hard abs, his obsessive nature and his deep pockets. Consider him the Wealthy-Controlling-Dreamstalker that we've seen before in everything from "Pretty Woman" to the aforementioned Twilight so-called saga.
Still, "Fifty Shades of Grey" isn't delivering a heavy message. It's not meant to be a deep book. It's escapist fiction replete with genital imagery in everything from construction cranes and pencils to pillows and hairstyles.
It's a fantasy and nothing more, and it's going to make many a viewer practically wet herself with vicarious passion. And in this sense, warts and all, it does its job rather effectively.


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It's one of A.J. Brown's many missions in life: to make certain his hometown of Rocky Ford is remembered for something other than cantaloupe (especially 2011's listeria-containing melons, which actually came from a single farm in Holly, 90 miles to the east).
Maybe Rocky Ford will become just as well-known for chile peppers, a crop Brown has helped study at Colorado State University's Arkansas Valley Research Center a stone's throw from his family's house.
"We grew this chile called Holiday Cheer. It's this little chile plant that grows up like a Christmas tree with colored bulbs on it. You take those chiles and stuff them with cream cheese and grill them and, oh!" he said.
Or maybe it'll be winter canola, which the station is growing to see which variety's seed will make the best biodiesel.
Brown, 19, is hooked on questions.
"It's amazing to be part of the research that goes into the textbooks," he says. "You learn things that other farmers don't really know." For instance, the promise of canola — not quite a cost-effective crop at the moment, "because down here there's only one press," he says. But the potential? Big as the Arkansas Valley sky.
Brown, whose initials stand for Ansley Joseph, is the 2012 winner of the annual Colorado Garden Show Inc. full-ride scholarship, a grant that pays for tuition and room and board, plus a laptop. The nonprofit organization also awards four one-year scholarships, plus grants for community gardens and landscaping projects, each year.
The funding for those grants comes from admission and booth fees at the Colorado Garden & Home Show, kicking off Saturday and running through Feb. 17 at the Colorado Convention Center, and a similar fall show.
Brown won't begin at CSU until this fall. He graduated from Swink High School with 32 hours of college credits, then started classes at Otero Junior College, where he'll get an associate degree this spring. He plans to get a bachelor's and a master's in soil and crop science in the three years he'll spend at CSU, and then probably a doctorate.
When he's not at school or working at the research farm, Brown does one stereotypical thing for an ag student. He bonds with his truck, a 2002 Ford F-250 diesel. "If I weren't going into ag, I would be a diesel engineer. Me and my buddy Ethan, we're always brainstorming how to make that engine run cleaner and greener."
He also gives the sermon every third week at Holy Cross Lutheran/St. Andrew's Episcopal church, a combined congregation in La Junta.
Obviously, Brown has smarts and dedication. But that's not all that makes him a standout, says vegetable crop specialist Mike Bartolo, Brown's boss for four years at the research farm.
Brown doesn't mind getting his hands dirty, Bartolo said. "The most tedious and hard work we have is an onion variety trial. And A.J. says, 'All right! We're thinning onions today!' He's got that kind of an attitude."
More important, "he has this amazing talent to relate to people," Bartolo said. "He is so eager to learn. And people just gravitate toward him and want to be around him."
And then? Look out.
"I'm kind of an arguer," Brown said. "My mom always says I'd be a good lawyer. But my role, I think, is just being able to remind people of what farming is really like."
Right now in Colorado, farming is dry. Disturbingly dry. A major part of the chile research Brown helped with involved seeing what effect drip irrigation had on chile yields and quality (the short answer: The chiles liked it). But Brown also sees the effects of drought all around him, including grass hay, the crop his family grows on five acres.
"Corn prices were going up, so farmers wanted to do corn, and they thought the drought couldn't get any worse. So now they're all hurting," he says. Meanwhile, hay prices are going through the roof.
That's precisely the type of tough decision he wants to help farmers of field crops navigate — what to grow when, how to chart the right course between market prices and weather conditions.
Specifically, his farmers. Because another thing that sets Brown apart is his commitment to his roots.
"I really want to come back and try to help. I don't want to leave the Arkansas Valley. I know it's hurting right now, and I know how many of my classmates don't want to come back.
"But I think it's the most beautiful place in the world."
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Gifts Of The Season
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the chair is so beautiful! Rita
Se sont de merveilleux objets et de précieux cadeaux Christie!!!ReplyDelete
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( Thank you so much for the precious messages you send to me in the turmoil. You are a real treasure!!)
You recived some beautiful gifts and found some on your travles. I think the boxes are very pretty. Have a SAFE & JOYOUS NEW YEAR...................JulianReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Happy belated birthday Christie ! I hope this day was delightful for you.ReplyDelete
The italian lace is gorgeous as well as the antique french chair. I love them. How lucky you are to have such sweet friends :o)
Have a beautiful New Year Eve.
HELLO CHRISTIE~ReplyDelete
Dearest Christie,ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday also!
It is always a shared day but for that a very festive one!
Have a peaceful year's ending and enjoy all your treasures. I love those roses on your fireplace and on your header... Are they Hélène's work? Even the fireplace with a mirror; it is still a DREAM. You have very good taste and your friends also!
Happy New Year to you!
Mariette's Back to Basics
Sorry Christie,ReplyDelete
Those roses are YOUR work I KNOW It! SORRY!
That chair chair and ottoman look great! I love your Christmas gifts as well. You are very cherished by your friends and family. I can't remember if I told you already but Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Have a blessed new year as well!
Love that chair! Its very sweet.ReplyDelete
Christie...the best part of the gifts you received is that everyone knows you well enough to know what you love...and to seek it out...THAT is the true gift. They are all beautiful and that chair? Gorgeous! Hugs- DianaReplyDelete
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! What magnificent lovelies you received in your dual celebration. You did an amazing job re-upholstering that beautiful chair! May 2011 be all that you Hope and envision it to be.ReplyDelete
Happy New Year...
Dawn... The Bohemian
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2010 at 4:34 PM
Happy Belated Birthday Christie!!!ReplyDelete
Warmest Wishes,
What wonderful treasures. Hoping your day was super special. HugsReplyDelete
wow they really know you! I hope you dont cover over the seat of that french chair or I will have to come get it lol~ xoxoReplyDelete
Love that little duster and the chair!ReplyDelete
Such pretty treasures, too. The lace is amazing.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, Christie, you've got some beautiful birthday gifts. I understand what you mean with finding just the right place in your beautiful home, that's a huge part of the fun, right!ReplyDelete
It's been lovely getting to know you this year too. I always look forward to visiting w/you and having you visit at my place as well. You've got a heart of gold & comes out in your posts & comments, Christie.
Have a safe, sound, cozy, beautiful new year's eve and blessed day into the new year sweetie. See you next year!
I wish you a very happy new year for you and for all your family !ReplyDelete
Kiss from France !
Happy New Year 2011!ReplyDelete
May all your wishes come true!!
Best wishes from Spain, Laura
Hi Christie, Happy belated birthday... you received such beautiful gifts, I especially love the porcelain lady duster, it's so sweet! I just joined as your newest follower and look forward to many more visits! Wishing you and your family a blessed and Happy New Year!!!ReplyDelete
Warmest Wishes~~~ Daphne
Hello Christie... I popped over from Janet's place at Shabbyfufu, and I am so happy I did... I am signing on as a follower... I love your gorgeous roses, and feel very fortunate to own a signed piece by you... Happy New Year to you... xoxo Julie MarieReplyDelete
Hello Christie, I have always admired your roses! I just became a follower although I have always followed you unofficially!! Beautiful blog and beautiful work!ReplyDelete
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|Towards HIV Cure 2014 Meeting
|Written by Alain Lafeuillade
|Tuesday, 30 September 2014 14:03
Towards an HIV Cure 2014 IAS Meeting
The IAS organized last July in Melbourne another Edition of the 'Towards an HIV Cure' workshop.
A summary of this meeting is now available online, published in 'AIDS Research and Human retroviruses'.
As it is not an open source journal, we have collected the new data summarized in this paper.
The reference is: doi: 10.1089/AID.2014.0236.
Data from VGTIFL shows that PD-1 and LAG-3 can help identifying Central memory and Transitional Memory T cells enriched with proviral integrated HIV DNA.
Evans et al. also showed that PD-1 and Tim-3, another immune checkpoint, were preferentially expressed on resting CD4+ T cells latently infected with HIV by dendritic cells in vitro.
Nicolas Chomont presented a novel assay: Tat:rev Induced Limiting Dilution Assay (TILDA) which measures the frequency of cells with multiply spliced HIV RNA and found that the reservoir size is 48 fold higher than with the co-culture assay, and 6 to 27 lower than estimated with the PCR techniques.
Clinical results were presented on the use of HDAC inhibitors to unleash the latent HIV. Panobinostat induced plasma virion release in 14/15 patients and induced a reduction in proviral DNA in all. It is the first time that a reduction in the reservoir is found.
Romidepsin, another HADCi, was safe in 5 patients at a dose of 5 mg/m2 IV 1 day per week every 3 weeks. However it did not reduce the reservoir except in 1 patient.
New approaches to kill reactivated latently infected cells were presented:
-Broadly neutralizing antibodies;
-Bispecific antibodies;
-Increasing functional virus-specific CD8 T cells;
-Auto-immune effectors cells;
-Therapeutic vaccination.
Treatment interruption is the only way to assess the effects of an intervention:
-ATI (analytical treatment intervention) for a fixed period usually of 16 weeks;
-Or MAP (monitored antiretroviral pause) restarting ART at the time of viral rebound.
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Notes from the trenches from a practicing pediatric occupational therapist -- because everyone is entitled to my opinion. With gratitude and appreciation to these visionaries: A. Jean Ayres, Barbara Knickerbocker, Sheila Frick, Patty Oetter, Colleen Hacker, Julia and Patricia Wilbarger, Jan Z. Olsen, Mary Sue Williams and Sherry Shellenberger, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Sally Goddard Blythe, Andrew Taylor Still, Lawrence Jones, and F. Matthias Alexander. RIP Steve Jobs.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Why Do Children Have to Sit Still, Anyway?
Have you ever wondered why on earth your child can't sit still?
Let me ask you this: Why should children have to sit still? Why are we preventing them from moving instead of encouraging it?
I find it highly sad and ironic that children, who need to move in order to activate their nervous systems, to develop their coordination and visual skills, and to just plain be healthy, are forced to sit for increasingly long periods with less and less outdoor time or recess, to take the bus home from school, and then sit cooped up in homes and apartments, and then have to sit still even more for hours of {often unnecessary} homework and dinner.
A few weeks ago, I observed two different children being admonished by their nannies to sit still when they were being quizzed for their school assignments. There actually was no earthly reason that they needed to sit, as they weren't being required to write. They were just annoying the grown ups! One little girl even said, "But it helps me to think!" Her babysitter automatically replied, "No it doesn't!" I intervened and suggested that they be allowed to move at will if they were working on assignments that called for memorization.
We should be encouraging children to move, not discouraging them. If your child habitually seeks out movement, for example jumping or spinning, the best thing to do is to provide safe outlets for the child to provide what his nervous system requires. For instance, someone I know has a little boy who was so driven to jump and crash that he would smash into his classmates at school, and climb up and jump off of an eight foot wall near his home at every opportunity. His mother was at her wits' end. I suggested that instead of trying to get him to stop jumping, he be given a trampoline. His parents, bless them, went right out and bought him a 15 footer.
The first night, instead of his usual drawn out night time routine, he went right to sleep, didn't wake up once, and slept for an hour longer than usual.
I suggested that his mother send him out for 15 minutes of jumping before homework, and she was astonished at how much better he could focus. The trampoline had the added benefit of being a draw for the neighborhood children, and much socialization, which was lacking in this boy's life due to his school issues, was now taking place.
It's important to remember that children are not miniature adults and just don't have the same skill sets as we do. They're not as patient, they don't tolerate frustration as well, and they can't sit still for nearly as long. Building more movement into their day will help them accomplish everything that we require of them.
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- Amy Waldhauer said...
My brother, Neil, and a friend, Blaise, were Honor Students in high school. They were selected to help out with kids in the elementary school next door. They were given a group of very active boys who were behind the class in reading skills.
Neil and Blaise took the kids and had them push all the desks in the classroom to the middle of the room and run in a circle around them. They drilled the kids in phonics and were successful in helping them to catch up in reading.
Maybe reading and recess could be combined in some classes.
- Fri Apr 02, 09:38:00 AM MST
- liza said...
Excellent point you make. We got a mini trampoline for our child with Sensory Integration disorder, and learned how to have her jump jump jump instead of sit sit sit. Very helpful. And I remember doing exsessive, obsessive, cartwheels as a preteen, and thankfully, nobody tried to stop me. And I did my homework, the non writing, on a bongo board .I even watched TV on the bongo board. Good article.
- Fri Apr 02, 09:59:00 AM MST
- Mimi Pond said...
Everyone wants kids to not fidget, but how many meetings have you sat in where people had compulsive fidgeting going on? Gum-chewing, pen-chewing, pencil fidgeting, finger drumming- we all do it. It does help to calm and ground you. My son did 4 years of sensory integration therapy and we learned that as long as he could chew gum or have a bottle of water at hand, he could concentrate a lot longer on homework. We even got permission from his teachers to allow him to have those things when taking tests at school! I also agree that playing outside every day is KEY.
- Fri Apr 02, 12:03:00 PM MST
I think it's unfair to ask a children to constantly sit for long periods at a time. As an adult I sometimes find this hard to do. I feel that some people have more raw energy that needs expressing than others and this should be allowed. We need to remember what it was like to be a child...full of life..full of enerhy. Let kids be kids.
- Tue Apr 06, 06:15:00 PM MST
- Minna said...
You are a great writer and have so much valuable information to share. You should be writing for parenting magazines, seriously!
Kol Hakavod!
What a great resource for anyone involved with education.
Thank You!
- Thu Apr 08, 01:01:00 PM MST


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Amber Reads Her Shelves is my attempt to actually read the books I have. Every month I will choose 3 books that have been on my shelves for at least 6 months. Voting will be open until February 14.
The King by Jodi Meadows [GoodReads]
Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers [GoodReads]
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Charles Weed (American, 1970 - ?) Charles Weed, American, and Louise Fenne, Danish, are two of the most well established mid-career painters of the classical realism genre. Together, they present an extraordinary show comprised of figurative works and landscapes. Residing together in Denmark, these works were produced over the past couple of years and carefully edited by the painters and gallery curators before exhibition. Portrait of Girl with Dove by Charles Weed As a result of his work as a student and his studies throughout England and Italy, Charles Weed was awarded a teaching position at the Florence Academy of Art early on in his career. Since then, his work has become widely sought after by his colleagues and mentors alike, which is quite telling of his talent and expertise.
While he may be best known for his landscapes and pastoral scenes, the two noted portraiture pieces of this body of work include Portrait of Girl with a Dove and Girl with Pomegranates. Full of texture, these large scale oil on canvas paintings are captivating due to their subject matter and composition. The luminous skin tones of the women along with the impeccable detail of their hands create two compositions of very intriguing women. Among the landscapes include Morning Landscape and several works portraying ash, beech, and oak trees by the river.
His palette is subtle, yet rich, and the power of natural light is played out in every piece. Among all of his works, there are no studies, only fully developed landscape paintings. Mid Winter by Louise Fenne Louise Fenne's body of work presented for this exhibition is comprised mainly of female portraits which enlightens the viewers, exposing them to a world that is not like their own. At only 38, having studied at a private studio in Aix-en-Provence, France and The Florence Academy of Art, she is painting with old master techniques rarely seen in present times. Among the key pieces are Woman with a Japanese Rice Pot, Mid Winter, and End of Summer. All of the works create a quiet, distant moment, but each features a place and time dramatically different from the next.
Painted with the technique of impasto, in which the paint is laid on the surface of the canvas very thickly, enough so that the brush or painting knife strokes are visible, the paintings are highly textured as a result. Featuring fur clothing and ornate headdresses, these details are as unique as the color tones and complexion of the individuals themselves. Like Weed, Fenne is a mid-career painter well accomplished and avidly collected by her peers and mentors.


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The archbishop of York has called on the chancellor, George Osborne, to maintain current spending on overseas aid, saying "we have a social and moral obligation to help eradicate the unnecessary suffering of others".
Speaking before Wednesday's budget statement, Dr John Sentamu said it was a "false choice" to choose between international aid and tackling poverty in the UK.
"Today is set to be the first budget day where the UK government will reach its target to give 0.75% of our national income to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people," he said. "We have a social and moral obligation to help eradicate the unnecessary suffering of others. Besides, it makes long-term economic sense to support the emerging economies of the developing world."
Sentamu said: "Yes, times are hard and we are all feeling the financial squeeze but allocating just 7p out of every £10 that our government spends to support development and relieve suffering overseas is a small slice of our national income, when compared with the spectre of people dying unnecessarily, or living without access to education or even clean water.
"We shouldn't have to choose between international aid and tackling poverty in the UK. It's a false choice. Loving our neighbour means showing love and generosity not only to the people down the road, but also to our neighbours wherever they live in the global village. When the poor and vulnerable are left behind then we are all worse off as a society, as a nation and as an international community."
The archbishop also called for individuals and businesses to pay their "fair share of tax". "How can we lecture foreign governments when our own system of taxation is currently being flouted by so many companies and high-earning executives who have done very well out of our country without paying their fair share back?" he said. "The tax we contribute to the exchequer should be a badge of honour rather than something that we are trying to hide."


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Horaay, it's a new episode of YarnTalk! In this episode:
- Allyson interviews Carina Spencer about her beautiful Midtown cardigan from Midwestern Knits
- Heidi talks about what is great and what is not so great about chainette yarns
- Leah and Allyson drink beer on camera
- Leah and Allyson talk about Great Northern and Holla Knits
This was a very "friends and family"-type episode! I hope you enjoyed watching it, at least as much as I was enjoying myself at the very end of the video.
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MADISON -- St. Bernard Parish, along with the Knights of Columbus St. Bernard Council and the Bishop William O'Connor 4th Degree Assembly, are sponsoring a Blue Mass, in thanksgiving for their faithful service, for all law enforcement personnel and all fire personnel on Thursday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Bernard Church, 2450 Atwood Ave.
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Yay! What a thrill to be able to present what we've learned from our eReader pilot program this year at the North Carolina Technology in Education Society's annual conference. It's been a wonderful experience to learn and share with such an extraordinary group of educators.
The following is the prezi that I (and my fabulous co presenter and partner in crime Christy James) will use during our presentation. Links to the documents mentioned in the presentation can also be found here, here and here.
This presentation is just one in a series of personal and professional opportunities for reflection related to our eReader program. I'm looking forward to seeing how a live conversation with some really, really smart educators informs how our eReader program grows and changes.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Hooked on eBooks: Presentation for NCTIES 2011
Posted by librarygirl at 10:26 AM
Labels: eBooks, eReaders, Kindles, librarians, libraries, NCTIES, Nooks, reflection, school libraries
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- AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 5:43 PM
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- AnonymousMarch 5, 2011 at 12:49 AM
That was AMAZING!!!ReplyDelete
Awesome, Jennifer! Maybe I should be a librarian!ReplyDelete
Inspiring & informative presentation--hope to follow in your footsteps to bring in eBooks to my library.ReplyDelete
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Hey! If You're Excited about the Upcoming Cycle of "American Idol," You're On the Wrong Site, Chief
By Dustin Rowles | Industry | December 2, 2011 |
By Dustin Rowles | Industry | December 2, 2011 |
Fox announced the impending mid-season schedule yesterday, and it looks something like this:
Just replace the green brain matter with "American Idol," which is set to explode in the glass helmet of America.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly how much "American Idol" there will be, since there are two-hour specials, special nights, results extravaganzas, and very special episodes involving Randy Jackson and sh*tload of lubricant. What we do know is that it will predominantly air on Wednesday and Thursdays.
Meanwhile, "Glee" will be back on January 17th (dontcare), but only until March, at which point it will be replaced on the schedule by reruns of "The New Girl" followed by the return of Christian Slater's "Breaking In," which was cancelled and then resurrected (and it's a fantastic show, so seek it out). Then "Glee" will eventually come out to torture those of you who continue to stick with it. New episodes of "The New Girl" and "Raising Hope" will continue to air in their usual 9 and 9:30 spots, except when Fox airs "Steven Tyler's 'American Idol' Special: How Much Can One Man Fit Into His Mouth," which will be 6 minutes long surrounded by 54 minutes of commercials and teasers.
Fridays will also remain the same: "Kitchen Nightmares" followed by the final season of "Fringe."
What's new? On Thursdays, "Bones" takes a hike for the winter, set to be replaced by the "Bones" spin-off, "The Finder," until it runs its course and then "Bones" will come back in the Spring. Meanwhile, on Mondays, "Alcatraz" replaces "Terra Nova," where it will run a few months and be replaced by "Touch," in March. Tim Kring's ("Heroes") "Touch" stars Keifer Sutherland as a widower and single dad who discovers that his 11-year-old mute son possesses the ability to see things no one else can.
As for Sunday nights: Don't ask me to keep up with their animated block. All I know is that "Napoleon Dynamite" the animated series will premiere on January 15th and presumably run until Seth MacFarlane comes up with another grand idea.


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The British government is closing a tax loophole for overseas residents who will pay capital gains tax for the first from April 6, 2015 when they sell a home in the UK.
Until that date, many buy to let portfolio owners had an exit strategy from their business by moving abroad to release the cash in their homes without paying capital gains tax (CGT) – while landlords in the UK continued to do so.
Following Budget 2015, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published some answers to frequently asked questions.
How much capital gains tax will expats pay?
CGT is only due on gains in property value from April 6, 2015. Any gains that have been banked by property owners up to April 5, 2015 will remain tax-free.
Are the rules the same for individuals and companies?
No. Homes owned by companies – affected by the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) – are subject to CGT regardless of the tax residency of the individuals or company involved in the transaction
How is the chargeable gain calculated?
Property values are rebased on April 6, 2015. Instead of putting in the purchases price, the open market value on April 6, 2015 is used to calculate any chargeable gain.
How do sellers find the rebased value?
Surveyors will provide a valuation. CGT home values were last rebased in March 1982, and they are often asked for valuations for that date, so although rebasing is rare, it is not the first time properties have gone through the process. Another option is sharing the gain on a time basis up to April 6, 2015 and then for after that time. Apportionment may give a different result from rebasing, so it's best to work out the figures for both and go with the one with the most favourable tax result.
What if HMRC does not agree with the figures?
HMRC may check the CGT valuation on a tax return with surveyors in the government's Valuation Office. Because they follow the same valuation procedure as other surveyors the results should be similar.
What is the CGT tax rate for non-residents?
CGT is payable at the same rate as that for UK residents – 18% for those with a total income including chargeable gains of up to £42,385 for the 2016-7 tax year and 28% for those earning more.
When is the CGT paid?
Within 30 days of completing the disposal.
Will I still pay CGT in the country where I live and in the UK?
Most sellers will be protected against paying tax twice on the same gain by double taxation treaties in force between Britain and many other countries. Property owners should take local advice on this before disposing of a home in the UK.
Example: a UK residential property purchased in 2005 by a non-UK resident for £150,000 is valued at April 6, 2015, at £300,000 and it is sold in June 2015 for £310,000.
For a UK resident selling a buy-to-let property the gain arising would be calculated as the difference between the sale proceeds of £310,000 and the original cost of £150,000.
However, under this new rule introduced for non-UK residents, the gain will be the difference between the sale proceeds and the value of the property as at April 6, 2015.
If non-UK resident property owners do not get a valuation now, then an alternative would be to apportion the total gain over the whole period of ownership. However, this could result in a hefty tax bill. A non-UK resident could also attempt to obtain a retrospective valuation, but this will be complex, time consuming and costly.
We therefore recommend all non-resident landlords obtain a valuation of the property as soon as possible in order to avoid guesswork in the future, or costly valuation fees.
College and County have a great working relationship with Marshalls Surveyors they are able to carry out professional valuations of your property starting at £350+VAT. Please do get in touch if you would like to discuss this further or would like College and County to organise a valuation on your behalf.


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We are psyched to announce 2nd Tracks' first ever Summer Gear Swap!
For years we have partied in the winter season with our world-famous (okay, perhaps locally notorious) winter gear swap. Well we say its high time we ring in summer with a similar celebration.
2nd Tracks is excited to partner with Sawtooth Adventure Company out of Stanley Idaho. We'll be bringing in lots of rafting, kayaking, paddle boarding and fly fishing gear, in addition to our biking, camping climbing summer inventory. Just like our Winter Ski Swap, we'll be stacking it deep and having a lot of fun. Trust us when we say you don't want to miss it!
We will also be doing a raffle to benefit the Utah Stream Alliance and giving away some really great prizes! Come on by and grab some raffle tickets while you shop: you will be supporting a really great local cause and you just might take home a sweet prize while you're at it. Here is what we'll be raffling off –
Grand Prize – Gregory Baltoro 65l Pack (Large)
2nd Place – Kelty Tuck 30 Thermapro Sleeping Bag
3rd Place – $50 2nd Tracks Gift Card
4th Place – Stanley Hammertone Flask – 5oz (Three Available)
The event is Saturday May 2nd, one day only! We will be open from 10:00am – 8:00pm. Members, please bring all your gear in by Friday May 1st if you want it included in the swap.


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Manly Art Gallery & Museum - Art Collector
|Bill Leak, Installation shot 2, 2014. Photo: Ross Heathcote
| Manly Art Gallery & Museum (MAG&M) was the first metropolitan-based regional gallery in New South Wales. Opening in 1930, it is considered the cultural hub of the Northern Beaches.
The collection
|MAG&M's collection comprises mostly of contemporary and early Australian paintings and works on paper. The collection was created through the generosity of artists and donors including Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo, Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Will Ashton and Lloyd Rees. The extensive collection now contains over 1,000 watercolours, prints, etchings, drawings and paintings, as well as the largest collection of Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo paintings held by any Australian institution.
MAG&M also has an extensive museum collection that includes many examples of swimwear, surf craft, and beach memorabilia, as well as over 3000 historical photographs of the Manly area.
Exhibition highlights
|MAG&M presents a creative program of changing visual arts and museum exhibitions. Temporary exhibitions include touring shows, artist surveys and national group focus exhibitions. MAG&M also runs regular workshops, seminars, exhibition talks and public events.
MAG&M will host a survey exhibition exploring the figurative and landscape work of Joshua Yeldham, one of Australia's most original and creative contemporary visual artists. The exhibition will run from 19 September 2014 to 2 November 2014.
Other highlights include Saltwater Country, showing from 8 May 2015 to 28 June 2015 as part of the Guringai Festival; and Destination Sydney showing from 4 December 2015 to 14 February 2016, featuring works by Elisabeth Cummings, Lloyd Rees and Brett Whiteley.
Art awards
|The gallery presents two annual Youth Art Awards with a combined value of $7,000. They are awarded to two students whose HSC artworks are selected for the Express Yourself exhibition each March. These awards present a unique opportunity for young artists living in the Northern Beaches region to continue their artistic studies.
|The Manly Art Gallery & Museum Society runs a membership program that allows members to enjoy a range of benefits, including invitations to exhibition openings, discounted prices in the MAG&M design shop, and member's only events. Funds from memberships contribute to the purchase of new acquisitions for the MAG&M collection. More information and information on how to join can be found online.
Visitor information
|MAG&M offers visitors the following facilities:
|West Esplanade Reserve
Manly, NSW, 2095
|Phone: 9976 1421
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|Web: www.manly.nsw.gov.au/attractions/gallery
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Researchers have found a way to classify breast cancer tumors into 10 distinct categories ranging from very treatable to extremely aggressive, a major step on the way to the long-sought goal of precisely targeting therapies for patients.
The new categories, described in a study released Wednesday, should help scientists devise fresh approaches to treat some of the cancers and could spare many women the risks and pain of unnecessarily toxic treatments, oncologists said.
"If you belong to one group you'll need one therapy, and if you're in another you'll need another," said Dr. Carlos Caldas, a breast cancer geneticist at the University of Cambridge in England who helped oversee the research. For some women, he added, tumor typing might indicate that traditional chemotherapy isn't warranted at all.
"A lot of women are being overtreated," he said. "Can we spare them that?"
The study, published by the journal Nature, is the first of many expected in the coming months that will use genetic clues in breast cancer tumors to help refine categories of the disease, which strikes 1 in 8 women in the U.S.


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China's securities regulator has dumped Ping An Securities to the bottom of its rating universe in response to the broker's misconduct, signalling that it intends to take a tough line on sponsors.
As part of its annual assessment of all 96 securities houses, the China Securities Regulatory Commission CSRC also downgraded Minsheng Securities and Nanjing Securities. All three firms were fined in May for committing fraud in sponsoring A-share initial public offerings.


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Global Earthing Equipment Market 2016-2020
|TechNavio (Infiniti Research Ltd.)
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|接地設備的全球市場:2016-2020年 Global Earthing Equipment Market 2016-2020
|出版日期: 2016年07月29日
|內容資訊: 英文 46 Pages
本報告以接地設備的全球市場為焦點,提供2016-2020年期間的變化的各利用領域及地區 (南北美洲,歐洲、中東、非洲,亞太地區)的分析、預測,今後發展的推動要素和課題,趨勢,主要供給企業等最新資訊彙整。
The earthing system involves a combination of protective devices, such as residual current devices and fuses. The purpose of these devices is to ensure that no one should come in physical contact with any metal whose relative potential exceeds the threshold level of approximately 50 V. Earthing equipment is vital to the proper operation of electrical systems and to preserve their integrity. The market is projected to grow during the forecast period because of the need to meet the rising electricity demand and construction activities globally and the revamping of existing power grids.
Technavio's analysts forecast the global earthing equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 6.12% during the period 2016-2020.
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With Christmas tomorrow, Karen Civil chopped it up with four artists about their most memorable Christmas memories. Trinidad James discusses this upcoming Christmas. Ty Dolla $ign dates his producing back to his younger days. Kendrick Lamar recounts his love for Power Rangers. Big Sean shares a recent memory. Watch it above.
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There's a good piece in today's Independent about the ways in which celebrities are represented in the media. It looks at the cycles of build-em-up-and-knock-em-down that are so common in the press and focuses particularly on Cheryl Cole and Wayne Rooney.
Definitely some good material here for an ENGA2 Investigating Representations task, I think.


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Nolan Calhoun is the Grant County High School Youth Performance Award winner for October.
He is a freshman at GCHS and is the son of Michael and Amanda Calhoun.
Jacob Frisch
Jacob Frisch is the WES Headstart Student of the Week. He is in Pam Mullin's class. "Jacob goes out of his way to help his teachers and friends. He is very polite and doesn't give up easily when faced with a difficult task," said Mullins.
Jacob's favorite thing about school is drawing, computer time and playing with friends. His favorite book is Big Brown Bear. His favorite thing to do with the family is going to the park, reading together and eating as a family at the table.
I am most thankful for my little sister.
Mason-Corinth Elementary's PTO will be holding a live auction and chili-cookoff fundraiser Nov. 16 at the school.
The cook-off, which will include original, Tex Mex and alternative categories, will start at 5 p.m. and entires are free. The live auction will start at 6 p.m. Childcare will be provided by GCHS FBLA for $2 per child. Admission is $3 worth of tickets to vote on your favorite chili.
Among the 206 participants in Eastern Kentucky University's NOVA program, which serves students with academic potential who are the first in their family to pursue a four-year degree, are:
• Jessica Slone of Dry Ridge, senior English major.
• Brittany Lewis of Dry Ridge, freshman anthropology major.
• Seneca Sullivan of Dry Ridge, sophomore General Studies major.
A Honor Roll
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I hung my piece on the bedroom door last night just to see what it looked like - still five blocks away from 3 complete dark rows in addition to 2 complete light rows:
I have cut out most of the pieces for a quilt ca 69" x 79" in size, and quite a lot of them have been glued to paper templates ready to sew. I still have 18 light blocks to cut as well as the blocks for the edges.
My tally haven't been changed since coming back from Sweden, I have been focusing on prepping and piecing the already sewn blocks together to the larger piece
More vacation time is coming up, and hopefully lots of stitching time :-)
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The Tougaloo College chapter of the NAACP is trying to step up participation by young African American voters in Mississippi. Only 38 percent of eligible young voters in the United States voted in the 2012 presidential election. That's according to the U.S. Census. This follows a decades-long trend downward in youth voter participation nationwide. But it's one the Tougaloo NAACP wants to change in Mississippi. Tonight the group is hosting the "Stay Woke And Vote College Tour" on the campus of Tougaloo. Marquise Hunt -- president of the NAACP chapter on campus -- tells us the effort tonight is part of a nationwide push.
A $328 million plan is in place to help landowners recover from the effects of the 2010 BP Oil Spill. The plan was announced yesterday by USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie in Mississippi. Bonnie says the money is meant to improve water quality and help ecosystems in Gulf States heal. Kavanaugh Breazeale of the USDA tells us the three-year plan for the money should be of great interest to farmers and other land owners.
About 1,600 children in Mississippi have diabetes, according to the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi. But the group says children are sometimes misdiagnosed with other illnesses, which can be deadly. This is especially a concern as the flu season approaches and diabetic symptoms can sometimes be mistaken for respiratory infections. Robyn Curtis of Hattiesburg has a daughter with Type One Diabetes -- which was initially misdiagnosed. She tells MPB's Desare Frazier the experience was scary.
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I used to be interesting.
Oh, I can spin any tale you'd like, provided it involves a listed or NASDAQ stock. I know millions of symbols and closing prices. Going back for years. But stray away from the business section, and I was more intelligent in the 1970s.
Take last night. Before I went to sleep I was reading about my current obsession, the Eastern Front, and I came across this incredible detail, that Col.-Gen. Heinz Guderian had commandeered Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy's estate, during the winter of 1941. It was from that estate that Guderian ordered the first German retreat in World War II, the pullback from the outskirts of Moscow.
I thought about this while listening to a replay of the Hewlett-Packard conference call this morning. Instead of trying to figure out whether Hewlett's good or bad–upside surprise on earnings, but totally because of gross margins, as revenues weren't so hot–I found myself daydreaming about that moment at Yasnaya Polyana when the ghost of Tolstoy stopped the Wermacht. Great irony if Guderian had read War and Peace. Terrific short story or a play. Not that I'll ever write it.
But that's OK, I rationalize. That's why I crank things out for The Street. So at least I am doing something creative, unless you call making rich people super rich creative. My full-time profession, hedge-fund manager, ranks below journalists and politicians in terms of improvement to the commonweal. With The Street, I can tell people how this market stuff really works.
Looks like the Hewlett quarter is bad, but not so bad that the shorts will make a dime. In fact, I am trying to buy some Hewlett in the third market ahead of the opening because my judgment is that Hewlett actually trades up despite the so-so report. Too many people are betting against the company. I figure to make a point and a half, as the bears capitulate into a reign of big-cap lust for down-and-out tech.
Figuring out the Hewletts is really what I do for a living. Everybody on the conference call, heck, everybody who follows tech, understands now that Hewlett's comeback is taking a little longer, that Europe is still crummy, that the United States is still competitive, that the strong dollar is hurting them. What I do is put a price tag to all that. I decide–whether at $50.25 Hewlett reflects all that, or whether it reflects only the negative parts and not the positive. I haggle over what that information is worth.
So do others. I win if I can figure it out faster than others. It's not like the old days when some half-dozen people had the information and the rest of us were trading blind. Everybody has the same set of facts simultaneously–there is virtually nothing offline–so my only edge is that I can arrive at the suggested price faster than others. It's a small edge, but it's like knowing that the blackjack deck's got plenty of face cards left in it–enough to make a whopping good bet most of the time.
Twenty minutes to the opening and everyone around my office is wondering when I am going to close this laptop and help them figure out what to do. I've bought 42,500 shares of Hewlett at $52.60.
By 10:30 this morning, I've sold the lot at $56.
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A lot of focus for this year has been on how Ubisoft was conducting itself with various game launches and while the company hasn't made massive fudge-ups this year, they've certainly had a way with words that has made a lot of people on the internet angry. However, the way in which The Crew's launch has been handled is weird to see – with review embargoes set to only go down after launch day and no reviewers getting their copy of the game beforehand, the most that anyone had to go on was cinematic trailers, some gameplay trailers and participation in the alphas and betas, if you were able to.
Its a really odd thing to wrap my head around – a game that had a lot of hype and much promise as the spiritual successor to Test Drive Unlimited 2 just launched yesterday to zero fanfare. I didn't even see advertising for it outside of the official Twitter and Facebook accounts and Nvidia's Geforce game bundles.
Part of that, I suppose, is the way in which people took the news that the game wasn't going to get day one reviews and the discussion threads that popped up with the alpha and beta tests of the game. Lurking on NeoGAF, Overclock.net and other forums around the world, I discovered mostly apathy about the game's launch, with little bits of excitement from TDU fans looking for a game that offered the same. People just didn't seem to care. They shrugged off the news and went on with whatever they were doing beforehand. Some of the sentiments and questions by others that I saw were :
- "Yeah, it's going to bomb, I cancelled my pre-order after playing the alphas."
- "30fps? Get out of here, Ubi! Platform parity is such a shameful excuse!"
- "I played the betas. Does anyone know if the PC version looks/runs better?"
- "What do you do in the game once the story's over?"
- "Is it as buggy as Unity?"
I played the beta for The Crew on PS4 and got through to the end of the prologue, at which point the game was downloading other parts of the story that were needed to proceed through the beta. At that point, I was literally stuck. Restarting the game just brought me back into the garage to wait for the installation to finish. I thought about starting up the game again on another profile, but I'd just be going through the prologue again. I wouldn't have the opportunity to try out the game proper because you're rushed through the prologue and don't have the option to just stop and admire the views.
At that point, I had also discerned a few things from my 30 minutes playing the game. One was that the storyline is pretty generic and the main protagonist looks like a younger Bryan Cranston/Walter White with styled hair. The antagonist from the street racing/organised crime gang you're infiltrating thanks under the direction of the FBI looks like Aaron Paul/Jessie Pinkman. I didn't find myself being interested in any of the characters. I don't understand why people in the gang were grouped into engine types – some people are V4's, others are V8's. Will there be people who are straight sixes, V16s or Hybrids? What's a flat-four? Will there be a character in a boxing circle who is… a Boxer?
In fact, the beta left me with more questions than answers. For example, why does Ubisoft bill it as a MMO CarRPG when there's only seven other players in the same area as you at any given time? The reason for max eight players is to have two crews of four people able to take part in faction wars, but calling it a MMO? At best, it's an online-only game, in my opinion. Because I got stuck in the garage waiting for the game to finish doing whatever it was doing (taking an hour to move from 27% to 31%), I never got to see how being in an actual crew worked, either.
Other questions, like; "Why can I buy parts with Crew Credits right from the start of the game?" or "Why does this game have microtransactions?" or "How long do I need to grind to get better cars and parts?" were all flowing through my head while staring at that installation screen. Its not like I could say "it's fine, I'll check out the launch day reviews", could I?
No, I couldn't. Because no-one would have time to write anything up. I think we might only see actual reviews in about a week or so, mayhap two weeks if some people are going to be thorough. Perhaps The Crew's launch is Ubisoft's experiment to see if games that see no marketing succeed on coverage from game streamers and word of mouth, but taking that risk on a brand new IP seems a bit… daft, maybe?
I did discover that your car heals itself from major damage if you're just cruising around, though. That part and seeing it in action is legitimately awesome. And the game looks good as well, I have no complaints graphics-wise… although, having played GTA V on PS4, I expected the characters in the cars with you to actually have some sort of lip-syncing going on because while in cockpit view you can turn your head and look at them. Instead they're staring off into the distance, unmoving, all creepy-like.
There are some things that I also won't be able to un-see, like the way which the cars move around in some cut-scenes, as if someone's taken Hotwheels cars and mo-capped them. I can't un-see the price list of microtransaction options either. I know it's there now and its going to be a dominating force in Ubisoft's games moving forward. At least it only applies to car purchases, not upgrade parts. I didn't get far enough in the beta to see if you can still pay your way across the map.
I don't know if I'm ever going to buy The Crew. It seems very grindy and even if you have enough Crew Credits and in-game money, you still need to bump up your character's level to get better parts. The driving experience out of the box was okay, but I later learned that there are some options that need tweaking to make it feel substantially better.
The game could be legitimately good if I spend more time with it, but I'm probably going to rent this one first before committing to a retail purchase.


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Love the clothes. As always. Seriously.
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Your room looks much bigger! That's good, at least.
Also, I like the 2nd picture. The ceiling fan really adds a lot, glad you got that in there. Everyone's moved out and Victor's in MO/NY so I'm gonna live by myself for a week or two. YA!
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IBM Watson has captured our collective imagination to a degree that very few technologies ever achieve. Even to refer to it as a "technology" seems limiting, considering its larger-than-life persona. From that fabled moment in 2011 when IBM Watson won Jeopardy's first place prize—besting legendary former champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings—its place in our cultural history was assured. But behind all the media notoriety lies a system of staggering power and complexity, with the potential to impact our future in ways we're only just beginning to imagine.
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In it's native habitat it grows in moist areas of eastern Australia and loves plenty of watering especially at the beginning of it's flowering season. Other than that, it's very easy to look after and tolerates most conditions, in winter I grow it in a greenhouse in a sunny spot with some other natives and then take it out under the shade of the trees for the rest of the year.
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This is why it seems to me that many subject interests mix rather uneasily with snapshots. How is a snapshot of a dog inherently and significantly different from a conventional photo of a dog? But it may be that what we're really intrigued by is the family dog, in his native habitat. Here we are entering true snapshot territory. Snapshots of the family dog bring us something that doesn't exist to the same degree outside snapshot photography, certainly not in photography that doesn't owe a great deal to snapshot photography.
Unlike the cooked-up mysteries of art, these are real mysteries. No one is being cute or deliberately obscure; no one is posing questions at all. We may enjoy these pictures, but we didn't play a role in why they were made. They weren't taken with us in mind. If we're curious about why they were taken, it's not because we're wondering about something an artist wants us to wonder about. We're curious about historical reality--about the actual events represented by the photos themselves.


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Dog & Bird G534 and the Cloud Stencil. I decided on no sentiment on the outside so I could use it for any purpose. The papers I've had hanging around my craft room for awhile and are nice and bright so I thought they would be perfect!
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We can't stop drinking sparkling wine in this country. Seriously. While every other wine category flounders – despite all the propaganda suggesting that we are drinking more, Kantar figures show an overall decline in retail wine sales – sparkling wine is flourishing.
Prosecco in particular is huge. Majestic said its sales were up 39 per cent in the six months to the end of September and that a prosecco – Prosecco Corte Alta NV (£6.99 when you buy two bottles) – was its fourth bestselling wine, behind The Ned sauvignon blanc and NV champagne from Veuve Clicquot and Bollinger.
"We're finding that it's not just for celebrating, it's a social drink to have with friends and family on a Friday or Saturday night," says Majestic's Emma Raper. "Very fashionable – and we expect that trend to continue."
What about other fizz? ("Oh God, you're not using that awful word fizz are you?" I can hear my friend Robert, whom I've asked to help me taste, saying. "Why do you people do that? I suppose at least it's not as bad as 'bubbles'.") Well, other fizz is popular too: cava, sparkling wine from other parts of France, Italy and Australia (in particular Tasmania) and from our own green south of England, all have far more credibility than they used to.
No longer just a poor man's budget replacement, non-champagne sparklers are styles we actively seek out: and rightly so. There are times when I much prefer the clear, simple, pear-and-snowflake taste of prosecco to that of champagne. Sometimes I'll happily pay more for it – the price of prosecco keeps on rising, while at Christmas you can still pick up a plausible bottle of champagne for under £10 (example: the Aldi Veuve Monsigny NV I recommended earlier this month).
READ Christmas 2013: Is £10 champagne too good to be true?
If you're looking for a cheaper sparkling wine, don't discount wines you may never have heard of.
One of the star wines I tasted for this piece was a Crémant du Jura. It came in an impressive Krug-like bottle that even met with Robert's approval – "This looks good," – until he caught sight of the label on the back. "Oh, no," (this in tones of great revulsion). "It's from Aldi. Aldi!"
To be fair, he's been living out of the country for a few years, which may explain why he hadn't noticed that Aldi – and Lidl – have been inching steadily upmarket lately. And he did like the wine as much as I did.
Spend over a tenner – let's say £10 to £15 — and you can also buy very smart sparkling wines from the likes of Limoux, in south-west France, and the Loire. They all have their own style.
We very much enjoyed, for example, the bright confidence of Mas de Daumas Gassac Rosé Frizant, a pink, fizzy, cabernet sauvignon and petit manseng blend from the Languedoc but, as Robert said, "I really want to be in my short sleeves for this one", so that's one to come back to next summer.
Meanwhile, here are my picks of some of the best sparkling wines around.
READ Victoria Moore's Christmas wine guide
Overall best fizz under £10
Philippe Michel Crémant de Jura 2011 (France, 12%, Aldi, £6.99)
Just brilliant. Sparkling Alpine wine made entirely from chardonnay. Robert liked it so much he even went to buy some after our tasting. This was also chosen by wine critics in the Absolutely Cracking Wines from France campaign as one of the cream of the French wine crop. Could it have any more endorsements?
An English sparkler
Ambriel Classic Cuvée 2010 (England,12%, The Wine Pantry, £27.50)
I don't have a favourite English wine producer – more like a dozen or so – but here's a wine that first launched this year. Super-taut, bracing, charged, it's made by Wendy Outhwaite, a former barrister and QC who worked on the Attorney General's panel, and her investment banker husband, Charles.
Loire Fizz
Château de L'Aulée Brut Crémant de Loire Brut NV (France, 12.5%, Averys, £11.99, orders placed today by express delivery will arrive by Christmas)
Made from 100 per cent chenin blanc by a woman who worked for 15 years at Bollinger, this is an exceptionally good sparkling wine. Reminiscent of pears and apples baked with walnuts. Lovely.
Southern France
Jean-Louis Denois Methode Traditionnelle Chardonnay-Pinot Noir Brut NV (France12%, Lea & Sandeman, £13.95/£12.95 by the case)
Made near Limoux, this sparkling wine, fermented by the traditional method and made using chardonnay and pinot noir, is like a sharp little champagne copy. Neat edges, straight sides.
Prosecco league table (in order)
1. Bele Casel Asolo Prosecco Superiore Extra Dry NV (Italy, 11%, Berry Bros & Rudd, £12.95/single bottle, £11 by the case)
What a beautiful glassful. This took me back to the glory days of prosecco. Too often these days prosecco tastes of nothing, or slightly industrial, or confected. Not this one – beautiful, dry, clear lines. Refreshing, too. Pass me a chunk of pecorino and slice of prosciutto to go with it.
2. Enrico Bedin Prosecco DOC Frizzante Veneto, (Italy, 11%, Jascots in London, £9.75 bottle, £8.75 case price)
By far the richest prosecco I tasted – all ripe pears and juice. Order before close of play on Dec 22 for Christmas delivery within London.
3. La Marca Prosecco di Conegliano Valdobbiadene NV Extra Dry (Italy,11%, Majestic, £9.99 down from £14.99 when you buy two)
There are quite a few proseccos from La Marca. This is the one with the creamy-yellow label. It's very soft, gentle, light and blameless, delicate and cobwebby. Good.
4. San Leo Prosecco NV (Italy, 11%, Waitrose, £6.99 down from £10.49 until January 2)
A firm favourite in the cheapie category when it's on offer, this has more flavour than the La Marca – green, firm and herbaceous.
5. Prosecco Colli Trevigiani Sacchetto NV (Italy, 11%, The Real Wine Co, £8.99 – they can honour Christmas orders placed this weekend)
Middle of the road in taste, which can be a good thing. And comes with a normal cork tied in with string, which I like.
'How To Drink at Christmas' by Victoria Moore (Granta Books, £9.99) is available from the Telegraph Bookshop for £9.99 + £1.10 p & p. To order call 0844 871 1514 or visit Telegraph Books


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Usually after we get done with breakfast and clean up it is not too long before I hear, "What's for lunch?"
My daughter Amy said she wanted to make rice for lunch. I asked here how she was going to fix it and she didn't know. "Can we just fix rice?"
We can't do that… let's get creative.
Savory Rice & Vegetables
1 onion finely chopped
1 stalk celery finely sliced
1-2 carrots finely sliced
1 green pepper
2 T olive oil
4 T butter
1/4 t Thyme
6 cups water
3 cups rice
1 dash salt
In large pan, I used a 6 qt roaster, add 6 cups water, 2 T butter, and 1 pinch of salt; bring to a boil.
In large skillet add 2 T olive oil and 2 T butter, melt till butter is bubbly. (adding olive oil and butter together keeps the butter from burning and gives a rich flavor)
Saute vegetable till onions are translucent.
Add 3 cups rice to the water mixture and stir well.
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Croydon trade fair excitement looms!
The scheme in Croydon has been supported this year by a number of key local and international businesses
Two busy shows on North End in Croydon, and one more to go before Christmas. Products made, presented, and sold by the dozen.
From candles, to hats, and from soaps to cards, the young achievers have created and sell a range of products at each fair.
They still have a lot of work to do before their experience is over, and will have to present their journey and their learning before the academic year comes to an end.
The scheme in Croydon has been supported this year by a number of key local and international businesses, including Allianz, Croydon Conference Centre, MetroBank, Matthews Yard, CBV, CVA, South London Business, and many others, along with a plethora of skilled and willing volunteer advisers.
These advisers have given many hours already to the development of this year's Croydon Young Enterprise companies, giving advice, sharing experiences, and guiding each business towards hopeful success.
Croydon Young Enterprise is always looking for more great advisors to support the scheme and volunteer their time. The upcoming trade fair in North End this Saturday (14th December) will run from 10am till 4pm. If you are interested in getting involved, there will be a number of members from the Young Enterprise Croydon board present to talk to!
Many finish the year with significant pointers, that both help for the near and the more distant future
This scheme always makes people shine who hadn't before, as it takes young people outside the safe learning experience of a classroom and gives them a fast paced but real journey through product and brand development, marketing, sales, and business management. Many finish the year with significant pointers, that both help for the near and the more distant future.
There will be more opportunities and more time for the companies to expand their product ranges, to experiment with new marketing methods, and to innovate… we will report back in the new year with the next update from Young Enterprise Croydon, and the journey that these young people are going through.
We look forward to seeing you at the next trade fair!