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O.K. ... I didn't think this would freak me out, but it did. A glass floor high above the city. Everyone was laying on the floor getting pictures. It really made me nervous and sick to step on the glass floor and see the street and tiny carsfar below! The elevator to the top had a window in it too. What an experience.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Oh Canada .... Toronto!
O.K. ... I didn't think this would freak me out, but it did. A glass floor high above the city. Everyone was laying on the floor getting pictures. It really made me nervous and sick to step on the glass floor and see the street and tiny carsfar below! The elevator to the top had a window in it too. What an experience.
Posted by Linda Lou at 7:52 PM 7 comments
Friday, February 12, 2010
Emma Laurel Martineau Came Into the World!
Posted by Linda Lou at 6:11 PM 9 comments
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Linda the Rapsta!
Howdy Everyone!
Hope you enjoy the 'rap'. I certainly had a fun time making the video. However, the stache was a little difficult to remove after the video shoot. My mom would turn over in her grave if she saw me dress and act like that. And then again, maybe she'd just laugh! Thanks to Bella for writing the script and Dawn for putting it all together! We make a fun team, don't you think?
So here's the deal... Leave a comment about my rap video and you'll be entered into a drawing for a FREE pass to UStamp with Dawn and Friends, Spring Soiree ... 2010.
Life is GREAT! I have two grand babies on the way. One almost arrived yesterday and then decided to wait for a while. Just hope he/she arrives before my Toronto trip next week. Did I say Toronto? You bet! I'm busily stamping projects for Carolyn LeBel's Stampin' Palooza on the 19th and 20th of this month. I'll be speaking to her group meeting on Friday night and then doing a stamping presentation Saturday morning. I can't wait. Last year was soooo much fun and I'm expecting this year's event to be just as fun, if not more!
If I can figure out how to post a calendar of events on this blog, I'll put up my speaking schedule. I'm out and about to several locations this Spring and hope to see many of my readers at the events! Can't wait to get my loves and hugs from you!!
Weight loss update .... tah dah ... I'm down 105 pounds. I only have 2 more pounds to lose until I hit goal. Well, maybe 7, but my husband thinks I'm at goal now. He said my loose skin probably weighs at least 7 pounds! I go to my surgeon at the end of this month and he'll tell me if I've hit goal or if he wants me to lose more. It's crazy when I shop for clothes, which isn't often, because I can't afford it, but when I hold up a size 12 pant I think, "There's no way this butt will fit into those pants." I buy them ... take them home ... put them on, thinking that I'll have to get a pair of pliers to get them zipped up ... and lo and behold they slip right on and zip right up with no effort on my part. See, I told you, it's CRAZY, but I'm loving it! I feel superb and have oodles of energy. I sleep so much better and feel so refreshed and full of energy each morning.
Got to get back to my stamping. I've got a couple of projects to get done for UStamp. Going to be a creative crew gal again for Dawn's next round. I feel honored to be asked!
Love yah and see yah soon!
Posted by Linda Lou at 7:27 PM 31 comments
Monday, February 1, 2010
It's A Wonderful Life!
It's a wonderful life ... it really is! Things are just rolling along and going great. I absolutely love my new job. I never thought I could find a place that I would love as much as my old job, but I have. As I mentioned a few posts ago I'm working for a small office in Bountiful, Utah. It's a short commute from home, only 15 miles away. Since I'm going against traffic it doesn't take me long at all to get to work. I'm actually working for two companies, Aspire Home Health Care and Hospice, and World Joy. Who would have ever thought that I would be working for a Hospice company? Only my mother would have guessed it! Since I've had a lot of experience with Hospice over the last 4 years and a lot of experience administering health care, this is the PERFECT fit for me! I was just asked to be the Volunteer Coordinator and the Bereavement Coordinator for the Hospice side. I'm delighted! I'll get to go on home visits with the nurse to get to know our patients. So, I'm looking for volunteers to come help out ... singers, dancers, instrument players, you name it ... we can use you! I'll also have the opportunity of going out on visits with our social worker and inititate a bereavement program for our families.
The Ghanain people are known to be the happiest people on the face of the earth, yet they have so little. Here's some more pictures from one of World Joy's trip to the Atiwa District in Ghana.
Look at these beautiful children! Ever since I was a little girl I've always wanted a black baby. Wish I wasn't too old to adopt one of these gorgeous children. I'd do it in a heart beat! Perhaps one of my children could. Now that's a thought!
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|This article is about the boss. For the transformation, see Yes Mother (Transformation).
Isaac's Mom is the boss found in the second floor of the third chapter and is the final boss for the game's prologue. She is a delusional woman who believes that the hallucination she hears telling her to murder her son is the voice of God.
In Afterbirth+, defeating Mom for the first time causes mods to no longer disable achievements.
Behavior[edit | edit source]
Mom's fight takes place in the entirety of the room and always begins with Mom stomping in the center of the room. Four Boss Room doors will emerge on all four sides of the room, and Mom can attack from any of these doors. She can stomp on Isaac, which is telegraphed by a growing shadow and her screaming. All of her attacks will deal a full heart of damage. She can only be hurt by hitting her directly when she exposes her foot, eye, flesh, or hand.
Standing too close to the doors will result in Mom striking with her hand. If the player isn't in reach and she isn't using her foot stomp attack, a piece of flesh will bulge from the doors and spawn various enemies. Occasionally, she may stick her eye out of the door, which is harmless and vulnerable to being attacked by Isaac.
Mom's stomp attack can damage nearby enemies and destroy obstacles, but the foot itself does no contact damage.
Enemies spawned by Mom are:
- Gushers
- Frowning Gapers
- Globins
- Attack Flies
- Pooters
- Mulligans
- Maggots
- Chargers
- Horfs
- Maws
- Red Maws
- Clotties
Once Mom is defeated, all enemies spawned by Mom will die as well, with the exception of Globins.
Champion Variants[edit | edit source]
- Blue: This variant summons monsters more often and only summons various types of enemies added in the Wrath of The Lamb expansion for the original game, including Spiders, Big Spiders, Trites, Buttlickers and Keepers.
- Red: This variant does not summon monsters at all, and instead constantly uses her foot stomp. Her eyes can shoot three blood shots at the player when they emerge and she uses her hand much more often.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Mom as one of Delirium's forms.
Unlockable Achievements[edit | edit source]
- The Womb - Defeat Mom for the 1st time.
- The Harbingers - Defeat Mom for the 1st time.
- A Cube of Meat - Defeat Mom for the 1st time.
- Have a Heart - Defeat Mom for the 1st time.
- PRIDE DAY! - Defeat Mom for the 1st time.
- Onan's Streak - Defeat Mom for the 1st time.
- The Guardian - Defeat Mom for the 1st time.
- Aprils fool - Defeat Mom for the 1st time.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Using The BibleUpon activation, Isaac gains flight, allowing him to pass over all obstacles in the current room. Instantly kills Mom, Mom's Heart, and It Lives when activated, but will kill Isaac when activated while fighting Satan. item during the Mom boss fight will kill her instantly and unlock The HaloGrants one Heart Container, +0.3 Damage, +0.2 Tears, +0.25 Range, +0.3 Speed, and +0.5 Tear Height..
- Using The High Priestess card during the fight with Mom will result in Isaac being stomped instead of the enemy with the highest health.
- Though, if done correctly, one could possibly kill Mom in one hit by using the card while next to Mom's leg.
- Mom's stomp attack counts as a bomb; this means Isaac can be immune to it with PyromaniacIsaac heals 1 heart instead of taking damage from an explosive source. Adds 5 bombs. or Host HatA host familiar that sits on Isaac's head and has a random chance to block enemy shots and retaliate with 3 tears. Grants immunity to explosions..
- With Pyromaniac, Isaac can be healed when stomped.
- Red Mom is nearly impossible to lose against with Pyromaniac or Host Hat.
- Mom cannot damage herself with her stomp attack.
- Midas' TouchEnemies that touch you are stunned and turn gold. Any enemy killed while in this state will drop a coin. causes Mom's foot to be turned into gold before it lands, giving the player ample time to move out of the way and place bombs or otherwise.
- After Mom's foot touches the ground, it is safe to touch no matter what; as opposed to dealing contact damage, it is purely explosive.
- The PolaroidIf the character has half a red heart or no red hearts after taking damage, it triggers the Book Of Shadows effect, creating a shield that nullifies all types of damage for 5 seconds. Also allows entrance into The Chest. is always to the left and The NegativeIf the character has half a red heart or no red hearts after taking damage, it triggers The Necronomicon effect, damaging all enemies in the room. Also allows entrance into the Dark Room. is always to the right, in case Curse Of The Blind is active.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Mom is one of the two bosses in the game to have a unique design for her name in the Versus screen. The other one is Brownie.
- In the original game, Mom's leg dealt a full heart of contact damage.
- Mom is the only final boss that has champion variants.
- How using the Bible kills Mom instantly is a reference on how a bible hits her head in the epilogue of the game, knocking her out or killing her.
- During the versus screen, "Isaac!" from Mom can be heard, despite the battle not starting yet. She is the only boss whose voice can be heard during the versus screen.
- If Isaac gets hurt by Mom, her laugh can be heard.
- In The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls rendition of Credit Card, the name "Magdalene O. Moriah" can be seen carved in the credit card. Edmund has confirmed that this is indeed Mom's full name.
|Chapter 1
|Blighted Ovum • Dingle • The Duke of Flies • Famine • Fistula • Gemini • Gurglings • The Haunt • Larry Jr. • Monstro • Pin • Steven • Widow
Dangle • Little Horn • Rag Man • Turdlings
|Chapter 2
|Carrion Queen • C.H.A.D. • Chub • Dark One • Gurdy • Gurdy Jr. • The Hollow • The Husk • Mega Fatty • Mega Maw • Peep • Pestilence • Polycephalus • The Wretched
The Forsaken • The Frail • The Stain
Big Horn • Rag Mega
|Chapter 3
|The Adversary • The Bloat • The Cage • The Gate • Gish • Loki • Mask Of Infamy • Monstro II • War • Mom
Sisters Vis
|Chapter 4
|Blastocyst • The Bloat • Conquest • Daddy Long Legs • Death • Lokii • Mama Gurdy • Mr. Fred • Scolex • Teratoma • Triachnid • Mom's Heart • It Lives
Sisters Vis • The Matriarch
| Blue Womb
|Chapter 5
|Satan • Isaac
|Chapter 6
|??? • The Lamb • Mega Satan
| Greed Mode
| Ultra Greed
Ultra Greedier
| The Void
|Chapters 1-4
|The Fallen • The Headless Horseman
|The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
|Cards and Runes
|Item Pools

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Trip to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome, Italy
Post by Allison - jet-lagged but totally inspired.
I just returned from a workshop entitled "Perennial crops for food security" hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. The workshop brought together about 30 scientists and economists from Australia, China, Europe, and the US to exchange ideas and data about perennial crops. The meeting consisted of three days of presentations and round-table discussions. Together with my friend and colleague Briana Gross (University of Minnesota, Duluth), we presented a talk entitled "From field to table: perspectives and potential for perennial domestication". Big thanks to the organizers of the workshop at the FAO, as well as the Saint Louis University Center for Sustainability, for making it possible for me to attend this terrific event.
Most agricultural systems are based on annual crops like corn, wheat, and rice, that need to be replanted from seed every year. However, perennial crops, crops that can stay in the ground for multiple years, are receiving increasing attention as a potential means to meet the nutrition needs of a growing population while decreasing environmental impacts. Although perennial crops will never totally replace annual crops, perennial crops will likely play a critical role in sustainable agriculture in the future. Topics at the workshop included challenges associated with making some of our traditional annual crops into perennials (e.g., perennial rice, perennial corn), domesticating perennial plants that had not previously been used in large scale agriculture, and expanding production and enhancing yield of existing perennial crops. Our lab has worked in several perennial crop systems (grape, pecan, horseradish) and will continue to expand into this area in the future.
Big bluestem pollen collections
Guest post by Chrissy McAllister, Miller Lab PhD candidate!
I've been traveling back and forth between St. Louis and Manhattan, Kansas during the past few weeks, attempting to collect pollen from big bluestem, the dominant grass of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. I'm interested in patterns of polyploidy (whole genome duplication) and population genetic structure in big bluestem. Kansas State University's Biology Department manages the Konza Prairie Biological Station just outside Manhattan - it's 9000 acres of amazing native prairie set aside mainly for research. I'm collecting plants from an on-going drought experiment on site.
Right now, I'm attempting to collect pollen from big bluestem using small glassine bags that are placed over the flowers in the evening. Big bluestem sheds pollen right after dawn, so in the morning, I come back to collect the pollen in the bag. After battling severe storms (70mph wind with hail that blew most of my little bags halfway to Oklahoma), I was finally successful!
Check out some gorgeous views of the Konza Prairie (and big bluestem pollen!) in the slideshow below...
Welcome home, Steven!
Graduate student Steven Callen is back from his eight week NSF EAPSI fellowship in China! His trip focused on conducting a pollination study of kudzu in its native range and collecting leaf samples for population genomic analysis. Along the way, he met some great friends and colleagues, and also secured the world's largest research poster. Steven, please post here soon and fill us in on your trip! Great to have you back at SLU!
Vitis riparia. Photo by Rebecca Hensiek.
I just returned from watching two fabulous presentations by photo interns at the Missouri Botanical Garden, including one by Rebecca Hensiek. Rebecca completed a photo essay of the activities at the research vineyard this summer. She has compiled her photos in a Prezi presentation, which can be viewed here. Just push the play button at the bottom of the photo window - it is really impressive!
Several members of the Miller Lab recently traveled to New Orleans, LA for the 2013 Botany Meetings, a joint meeting of several academic societies including the American Bryological and Lichenological Society, American Fern Society, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the Botanical Society of America, and the International Association of Plant Taxonomists. The meeting drew more than 1100 botanists who enjoyed four days of research presentations, meetings, and social events. Chrissy gave a talk about her work investigating the environmental correlates of cytotype diversity in big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Laura talked about hybridization in the genus Diphasiastrum, and Allison presented recent genotyping by sequencing dataset demonstrating clonal structure in horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) populations in Eastern Europe. A poster with Steven Callen's kudzu project was displayed by collaborator and SLU grad student Justin Zweck (Steven is still in China doing fieldwork). Matthew Greg, a SLU undergraduate who participated in the NSF REU program at the Missouri Botanical Garden, showed a poster detailing his morphometric analysis of three North American Vitis species. Finally, Allison and Toby Kellogg organized a symposium of special invited talks entitled: "Speaking of food: connecting basic and applied science". In addition to enjoying great science, we were able to squeeze in a trip to Cafe du Monde for beignets and enjoyed other exquisite cuisine of New Orleans. Thank you to Saint Louis University Department of Biology, Principia College, and the Botanical Society of America for helping us participate in this terrific meeting.
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|George Pringle Sanderson,
Councillor refers to his service
as an Edmonton alderman.
George was born in Eastern Canada and moved west across the Canadian prairies, ultimately to Edmonton, Alberta, nee North West territory. From 1878 into the early 1900's George's principal occupation was blacksmith. But with the proliferation of steam powered locomotion and massive growth in the use of internal combustion engines, demands for shod workhorses and oxen were waning. George turned to the locksmith profession to maintain body and soul.
Metalworking and fabrication skills learned at the forge facilitated George's transition into the locksmith trade. In the beginning George was more or less a traditional locksmith. He copied keys, serviced locking mechanisms, fabricated locks and hasps, reset tumblers and adjusted combinations. But his locksmithing skills evolved further with the proliferation of safes that ensued after the establishment of the province of Alberta in 1905.
George P. Sanderson was long-living proof of the adage about the man who builds a better mousetrap. Right up to his departure from this life in 1939, at any hour of night or day, Edmonton's finest would beat a path to George's door, seeking help opening a blaky safe -- or a safe whose owner was balky about opening.
George said his talent was no secret; it was a gift, a special present from Santa Claus for being born on Christmas Day -- which occurred in 1850 at Carleton Place, Ontario.We know, of course, that George Pringle Sanderson was actually born on Christmas Eve. But he wasn't the sort of a fellow to let a day or two get in the way of a good story -- and there are good stories aplenty about George and his safecracking escapades.
In the book "Edmonton: Stories From the River City," George is featured as a leading frontiersmen among the men who planted the seeds for the modern metropolis that Edmonton has become today. As will be developed, George enjoyed a nip or two along the way.
About the turn of the century he got out of guns and into safes -- hundreds of safes, earning himself the title of Honest Safecracker. On occasion, he was approached by gentlemen who'd made a study of a certain safe and were willing to share the contents fifty-fifty with someone who could open it after hours in the dark. With characteristic politeness, he declined, explaining that he was doing sufficiently well on legitimate business.
The formation of the province in 1905 gave his business a wider dimension. The country around Edmonton was opening up, forming itself into municipal districts. About the first thing a new M. D. did was order a safe in which to house municipal records -- a huge safe, a gigantic safe, an iron monster which might keep the municipal council safe through an artillery barrage.
As one of the monsters was being wheeled into the M. D. office at Lougheed, it crashed through he floor and into the nether regions. George spent several days raising the sunken giant and repairing the mechanism.
On another M. D. occasion, he was called out at two a.m. to release a damsel in distress. The girl had locked herself in a brick-and-steel vault and the combination had jammed. The town police tried to come to the rescue with acetylene torches but the steel door defeated them. So George made a thirty-mile dash into the night and in seven minutes had the lady out of her cage.
January 1925, Waghorn's Guide
From many trips into the country George came to know the map of Alberta as well as he knew the combination of the simplest safe. Among the tools he carried at all times was a Waghorn Railway Guide, invaluable for the man who must go to work since his work could not come to him. By mental calculation he could give the railroad mileage from any town in Alberta to any other.
He was happy with his work, with some exceptions, such as when the police called him on a case involving his friend Bill Buffy, who happened to be a renowned bootlegger of our 1916-23 prohibition era. The police surmised that Bill had a large stock of evidence in a big safe. But they couldn't convict Bill on that surmise, and he refused to be a sport and open up. With reluctance George did his duty, and in a couple of minutes looked in upon rows of gleaming bottles.
He was not happy to be called away from a family wedding party but couldn't refuse a messenger pleading for a patron of the Richelieu Hotel (later the Grand). A guest with a train to catch in ten minutes had some valuable papers in the hotel safe, and it was jammed. George trotted over and rejoined the family gathering as the relieved traveller board the train.George's reluctance in exposing Billy Buffy's stash to the authorities becomes clearer in the following tale.
George rarely showed artistic temperament, but there was such an occasion at Brule, the railroad town at the entrance to Jasper Park. He had been called to open a jammed government safe. It was a long job. A crowd watched -- but from a distance. He insisted he had no secret, just a gift, but even the police weren't allowed to stand too close.When the tumblers fell at last and the door of the safe swung ponderously open, he reached into a vest pocket and extracted a bottle. He was a temperate chap and a staunch member of a congregation which frowned totally on the distiller's art. But he believed that a man was entitled to drink to his success at the climax of a tough job.
But when the bottle hove in sight, the secretary-sheriff of the district began a furious tut-tutting. "Oh I'm sorry, Mr. Sanderson, we can't have liquor up here. This is railroad territory."
George Sanderson drew himself up to his full height of six-foot-two, which remained undiminished through all eighty-nine years of his life. Without a word he locked the safe again, spun the dial, and stalked out. Ignoring all pleas, he mounted a railroad speeder and headed off down the track to Edmonton. A week later he consented to go back -- and charged double.Fred Horn, a nephew of George Pringle Sanderson, recounted the story of a particularly challenging safe cracking assignment -- and the bar that diverted George's attention from the task. Prices have increased by a factor of about ten since the time of this assignment, meaning that $300 would be the equivalent of about $3,000 today.
This story takes place shortly after the turn of the century. It concerns a Mr. George P. Sanderson, who was my mother's uncle. He was the first locksmith and blacksmith in Edmonton, and also, in later years, a gunsmith. When he first arrived there as a blacksmith with the ability to fix locks, safes and vaults, it soon became known in the west that he was a locksmith, because he was only person west of Winnipeg who could look after combination-type locks.
|Nephew Horn's note, page 1.
He was on retainer to a number of banks to come at their beck and call when anything went wrong with their safes. It so happened that in Red Deer, a new bank had come into operation, which was called the Merchants Bank of Canada. It was located in the Mitchener Block, where Kresges Store is now, at 50th Avenue and 49th Street. It was quaint, an imposing-looking building, and supposed to be one of the better banks in town.
A Mr. Manning came to operate this bank, and he was the manager. After he'd been there for several years, one morning he came to work and his vault wouldn't open. Well -- he'd never had this happen before and wasn't quite sure what to do. They wired back for him to engage this Mr. George P. Sanderson from Edmonton, who was on a retainer with them and would come right down.
So the next morning, Mr. Sanderson arrived on the eleven o'clock train and went over to the Merchants Bank, where he introduced himself and was taken to the vault. He placed himself in front of the vault and disappeared from the bank and they never saw him again that day. They found out by the grapevine that he was over in the Alexander Hotel, which is now the Park Hotel, across from the Post Office. There was a bar in there in those days and he was over there enjoying it.
Well, the next morning he arrived back at the bank around nine o'clock and stayed there for (I think the bars opened about ten o'clock in those days) about an hour, and wasn't successful in getting the vault open. Well, anyway, sometime in the morning, he disappeared and he didn't come back again that day. Of course, in the meantime, these people weren't able to do business. Their ledgers and cash were all behind these vault doors, and they had to borrow cash from another bank to make change for people. They were able to take deposits, but that was about the limitation of their business . . . and it was a great concern to Mr. Manning.
Well, the third morning arrived and Mr. Sanderson presented himself at the bank again. Of course, by this time, Mr Manning went into quite a tirade as to when he was going to get this thing opened, and Mr. Sanderson said, "Well," he didn't necessarily have to be in front of the vault door to work on it, and that it was in his mind all the time that he was working whether he was there or not.
Of course, Mr. Manning didn't believe this. However, Mr. Sanderson played with the vault until about noon, and then he disappeared again and they thought he was gone to the bar and that would be the last they would see him that day. But, about two o'clock, he came back and he did work on the thing for quite a long time and shortly after three o'clock, he got it open.
|Nephew Horn's note, page 2.
Well, of course, he made some necessary repairs to it and then he went to Mr. Manning's office to present his bill. Mr. Manning had gone out to have a cup of tea with his friend Judge Green, so he wasn't in the bank, and the accountant said, "Well, have a seat. He'll be back in a minute or two." Mr. Sanderson said, "No." He said, "Here's my bill. It's for $300." He said, "He'll know where I am so you'd better send him over there."
Well, anyway . . . Sanderson left the bank, and of course, he headed for the bar. When Mr. Manning came back, the accountant told him where Mr. Sanderson was, and that the bill was $300. Mr. Manning just hit the ceiling, and he said, "I won't pay $300 for that kind of service," and immediately he left the bank and went over to the Alexander Hotel to see Mr. Sanderson.
Well, of course, he got into the bar and Mr. Sanderson very graciously offered to buy him a drink, and Mr. Manning declined, and so Mr. Sanderson said, "Well. Didn't you bring some money?" And Mr. Manning said, "No," that he hadn't; that he wasn't going to pay $300 for that kind of work, it wasn't worth that much money.
Of course, you must realize that $300 was a great deal of money in those days and would probably be equal to $2,000 in today's currency. So, Mr. Sanderson said, "well," it didn't make much difference to him; and with that, he turned and sat down at the bar again.
So. Mr Manning went out, and went back to the bank, and on his way over he thought, "well," his accountant would have the vault open and the books out and be catching up on the work they had lost while the vault was closed. But, when he got back to the bank, he found out from his accountant that the vault wouldn't open.
Well, of course, immediately, it went through his head that Mr. Sanderson had changed the combination and that he was over a barrel. So, he had to go back to the bar again. He went back and argued with Mr. Sanderson and asked him to reduce the price, and Mr. Sanderson wouldn't.
By this time, Mr. Sanderson had had a few drinks, so Mr. Manning went to the hotel manager to borrow a blank cheque to pay Mr. Sanderson with. He borrowed this cheque from Mr. Krause, who was the manager at that time, and came back to the bar with the cheque, and Mr Sanderson said, "well," he said, "I don't take cheques." So, this put Mr. Manning in a kind of bad way, because his vault was still locked, and he had to have $300 to pay this man with. So, finally, of course, this transaction was completed. He went over and paid Mr Sanderson, and again was offered a drink, which he declined in no uncertain way.
But I think the story points out that if you've got a monopoly, you can charge what you like.
Nephew Horn's note, page 3.
I might say that this Mr. Sanderson was quite a notorious man around Edmonton. His abilities were well-known, and he ran a gunshop there for years and years, up until the late thirties, when he was an old, old man, over ninety. He probably appears more in the famous Brown collection of photographs in the Provincial Archives in Edmonton than anywhere else.
Mr. Mann, after a year or two at the bank, after this little story took place, moved to Delbourne. He lived out his life there, and his sons still have quite a large feed operation in Delbourne.The Edmonton Bulletin interviewed George when he was an octogenarian. The interview added to the litany of safecracking stories, carrying on until it was time for his Mr. Sanderson's afternoon libation.
G. P. Sanderson, Pioneer Edmonton Locksmith, Has Cracked Strongest Safes
The great Jimmy Valentine, he of the nimble touch, whose uncanny fingertips proved the undoing of many a strong box, has nothing on George P. Sanderson, pioneer Edmonton locksmith, and safe cracker par excellence.
George Pringle Sanderson, Age 84.
Sanderson, who is nearing his 85th birthday, boasts that he has never been baffled by a tumbler combination since he took up the vocation of locksmith more than 60 years ago.
Furthermore, he has successfully opened vaults where burglars have feared to try. Local police authorities back up this statement.
Of course, he admits, crooks have accosted him seeking to solicit his service with promises of a fair split, but being an honest man, he laughed at their offers informing them that he was doing alright in his legitimate business. He has not received an offer of this nature for many years and says that most of this type of offers were received in his early youth.
He told a reporter that as far as can remember there are only two occasions when Edmonton crooks have made him such offers.
"Once about 15 years ago, I received a message to come to a room in a local hotel after I had finished my day's work. Thinking it was a job I proceeded to the hotel. There I was met by three men who I would judge to be about 30 years of age. They asked me whether or not I could still open safes. I informed them that I could although I immediately became suspicious. Right there and then I decided that the easiest way to get out of this mess I had walked into was to side in with them until I had learned their plan.
"After several minutes they disclosed their plan to me and told me to meet them at the hotel shortly before midnight. I never returned and suppose that they were too afraid to show their faces around again for fear I might spill the beans.
Edmonton Bulletin, October 22, 1936
"The other incident would be about 10 or 12 years ago. Two young men accosted me one night on the street as I was going home after working late, and informed me that they had a job for me to do.
"They openly admitted that they were all set to crack a safe of a local business concern and would give me half of the swag if I would assist them. I told them I had not opened a safe in years and refused to accept their offer. They said "okay pop" and walked away.
But despite his age, Sanderson has not lost the gifted touch of his finger tips and only recently was employed to open a safe for a local business concern. In the vault were important papers that had to make a train. Sanderson was asked to open the safe in 10 minutes in order that the documents could be conveyed to the train in time. Within six minutes after he commenced work on the tumblers he had the vault opened.
For this piece of work he received $50. It must be stated, however, that he employs crutches to get around. He walks freely after getting started.
In the north west corner of the Saskatoon welding building, where Sanderson keeps his shop, the sign over the door merely says "Locksmith." People come here to get keys duplicated, or spring latches on their door repaired. The pioneer locksmith makes pretty fair wages in this small fry business.
But his forte is safe cracking and vault opening of a more spectacular sort, and he can tell of many a thrilling tale of his experiences during the course of his life's business.
For example, just recently an elderly lady came up to his shop and asked him to open the lock of a tiny safe which had been given to her by relatives many years ago. She had lost the combination and the company which manufactured it wired back that they were unable to open it unless they drilled a hole in it. They sent it back to her unopened. Sanderson opened the sentimental strongbox in three minutes.
He tells of other incidents in his early youth. How he was taken out of bed at 2 a.m., rushed away in a car for 30 miles to open the vault where an office employee had carelessly allowed herself to be locked in. Police of the town had worked with oxyacetylene torches for hours to free her, but were compelled to cease operations when gas entered the vault. Sanderson had her out in seven minutes and has newspaper clippings which prove his claim.
Space does not permit to tell of any more of his thrilling experiences and Sanderson refuses to tell how he does it. "If I told you I would be tossing away the sinecure of a lifetime," he said. "I guess I just got the feeling of combination locks in my fingers or perhaps it was Santa Claus's present to me for being born on Christmas Day."
"Well, I guess I have given you enough of my time today and must go have my daily glass of hops. Good-bye and thank you," said Sanderson, as he walked toward the door of his shop.George had continued in the safecracking trade late in life with the help of a grandson.
As George Sanderson worked on into his eighties, a member of the family party joined him in the work. Although his sight and touched were acute as ever, his hearing had dimmed and he couldn't be sure of hearing the tumblers fall. So his young grandson, Jack Gordon, went along to be the ears of honest safecracking.We salute and give tribute to George Pringle Sanderson for a life long and well lived.
|Edmonton Bulletin, August 13, 1900
|George P. Sanderson, blacksmith, charter shareholder Edmonton Cemetery Company
|George P. Sanderson, blacksmith, charter shareholder Edmonton Cemetery Company.


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Neptune in your Partners 1st house: Your so dreamy
The Neptune person will be very sensitive to the feelings of the house person, which may lead to confusion and misunderstandings. On one hand, you are both likely to have a surreal interaction, where the house person may appear as the ideal or dream to the Neptune person. The Neptune person may also appear this way to the house person. There is a possibility of deception since you both won't see each other clearly. There is a concern of over-idealization taking place rather than seeing each other as you are. This placement can cause some strange confusions to permeate the relationship. It is important that you both pay attention closely and ask many questions for clarity to not make assumptions, but do not pass them by as well. On the positive you will both gloss over problems for the sake of peace with each other, and you will have a very deep physical connection bordering on the ethereal. You may not know where you begin and the other ends. The Neptune person needs to be careful to not overdo it or make excuses for things that otherwise they wouldn't. The house person is likely to bring out the compassionate side of the Neptune person and may be tempted to take advantage. If both people are mature in their interaction this can be a highly romantic placement where the attraction to each other never fades because you see each other in a glamorous light.
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Bank Square books is located in the heart of downtown Mystic, CT. Bank Square Books has been a cornerstone of the community for 25 years. With a great selection of books and helpful knowledgeable staff, Bank Square is a locally owned and operated independent bookstore. Including bestsellers, classics, children's books and more, there is a little bit of something for everyone. Furthermore, it's a go to spot for beautiful cards, Mystic postcards, and a variety of journals as well as stationary. On-line ordering and gift cards are available and we offer complimentary gift wrap. Combine all that with a full events schedule including our author luncheon series, dinners at the Oyster Club in Mystic as well as other community partnerships and we are your one stop shop for books, book related gifts, correspondence and fun activities too!.


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How to Replace a Ford Focus Drive Axleby Alibaster Smith
A drive axle connects the transaxle assembly of the Ford Focus to the drive wheels. The axle itself is nothing more than a shaft with two flexible joints on either end. One end is connected to the transaxle and the other is connected to the wheel hub assembly. Axles don't usually break, but the joints on the axles will fail occasionally. When this happens, rather than replace the joints, it is usually cheaper and more efficient to simply replace the entire drive axle.
Break the lug nuts loose on the wheel with the drive axle you want to replace. Turn the lug nuts 45 degrees using a tire wrench.
Put the emergency brake on and jack up the car using the front jack point. Put a jack stand under each of the front pinch welds and lower the Focus onto the stands.
Remove the lug nuts and wheel.
Loosen and remove the spindle nut using the spindle nut socket and impact wrench.
Remove the upper and lower brake caliper mounting bolts. Secure the caliper to the coil springs with zip ties.
Remove the brake rotor from the hub. It will pull straight off the hub assembly.
Pull the cotter pin from the drive shaft nut with pliers.
Remove the drive shaft nut using the impact wrench.
Remove the tie rod bolt.
Remove the tie rod bolt, and negotiate the steering knuckle and wheel hub assembly out of the way so that you can pull the axle out of the transaxle.
Pull the drive axle out of the hub assembly.
Install the new drive axle. Installation is the reverse of removal.


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|Doing the plummers crack Instead of wearing ties?
Every once in a while I am reminded again of the poor taste in the attire adorned lately, especially by young men. This poor judgement in fashion is either the cause, or the effect of the horrible state that society is in. I do not know what could possibly be the motive or the cause of having such a mindset - that would make a young man wear his pants, or actually not wearing his pants like so blatantly illustrated in the photograph at the left.
If men wore ties like they used to and dressed as if that had an ounce of respect for themselves, let alone others; civilization would certainly be in a greater place. It seems that at this time we have reached an unimaginable lack of sophistication that has a direct connection to the demise of modern man's lack of fashion consciousness. Exposing underwear like this is not a fashion statement - it is a fashion failure and with no question, a complete disregard for common decency.
Whenever someone starts that stupid necktie argument with me the very first thing I counter with is, "and wearing a pair of pants with the waist hanging somewhere closer to the knees then where it is meant to be, thus exposing underwear that are in no way meant to be seen, ( that is why they are called underwear - right ) makes absolutely no sense I guess." If wearing a necktie makes a man feel uncomfortable then what the heck is purpose of showing the world underwear and worse plumbers crack too. It is not sexy, it's rude and it surely spells out loud and very clear, a lack of class and intellegence. That is something that is absolutely impossible to achieve if that same young man were to wear a necktie and as well his pants that way they are meant and designed to be worn.
I just cannot understand so many things now-a-days that I feel so very old and lost and crazy. Maybe it is everyone else that is lost and crazy not me and as well the guys that wear the pants the correct way and also wear neckties.
Checkout these two related posts
Another "Ties are Dooms Day of Fashion and Freedom" Wed Site
What Casual Really Means


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I had the FUNNEST craft day ever today with some of my girlfriends!We all went to breakfast, then shopping then made some crafts while all of our kids played in the living room together. What a blast!! I'll post some of the darling things they made because they were all really simple and different! I made myself two little fall haystacks because I have one little area in my house that was definitely needing a little fall decor so I thought these would be perfect!
2 Haystacks: $1.99 @ Hobby Lobby (came in a pack of 2)
2 Fall Stems: $1.47 @ Hobby Lobby
Fall Ribbon: $3.87 @ Hobby Lobby
(Hot glue ribbon around the longest part of the haystack)
(Hot glue around the other side)
(Glue on your little fall stems!)
Here's the CUTE crafts my friends made! Awnaliese made this adorable Christmas garland! It will hang over her front door! I am so in love with this!!
(I'll be posting a Christmas garland tutorial when it gets a little closer, but if your anxious to know right now, my mesh wreath tutorial basically gives you all the instruction you'll need!)
Brittany made this awesome wreath!! Its perfect for fall AND it matches her Christmas tree ornaments so it will be perfect for that too!
(Sorry for the blurry picture..)
Lets keep this as a tradition ladies!! This was so much fun!! And good ideas for any moms out there! Get together with some other mamas and get crafting!!


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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- proper n. Standard Mandarin, the official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu
- proper n. A branch of the Chinese languages, consisting of many dialects; Guanhua or Beifanghua.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Improve my mandarin to be able to blog in Mandarin
Listening to a church service in Mandarin is really interesting.
And the Mandarin is a shoe in with the "Ten Rings" hint.
The Future of Iron Man: Alcoholic Tony Stark, War Machine, and Beyond! « FirstShowing.net
The English word "Mandarin" derives from the Sanskrit "Mantrin" meaning "minister" and originally referred to officials of the Chinese empire.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The pressurizing of ethnic groups to speak Mandarin is part of a wider policy that Beijing has been pursuing for several decades, though its efforts have intensified in recent years.
Rebecca Novick: Tibetan Students Reveal China's Identity Crisis
In spite of government mandated increases, basic wages in Mandarin and non-Mandarin speaking regions of China remain low, and protests and strikes among Liu's followers are escalating from peaceful to violent.
"Mandarin is a language that has symbols that are very different than our written language," said Olga Livanis, the principal of NEST+m, a K-12 gifted-and-talented school on the Lower East Side.
The rise in Mandarin comes amid increased federal funding for programs that teach it and from school administrators 'recognition of China's growing influence in the global economy.
But a recent "China night" filled a school auditorium for students singing in Mandarin, he said.
Threatening phone calls – in Mandarin p2pnet news view | Freedom: - Online marketing calls have taken on an ominous new meaning for some Chinese-American business owners and professionals.


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I don't think I'll ever be one of those "wear it once" bloggers because I definitely play favorites when it comes to my clothes. Also, lets be honest, my wallet ain't set up that way girlfriend haha. So today I was inspired to share with ya'll this fabulous, classic striped tee that I styled 2 different ways over the weekend.
If ya'll enjoy the outline of this post I might do them more often. I just thought it would be something fun to share and I can't wait to hear which look is your fav!
Outfit 1: Top: Dillards | Jeans: American Eagle | Booties: MIA (similar) | Purse: Dooney & Bourke Outfit 2: Top: Dillards | Jeans: Express | Boots: Charlotte Russe | Purse: Sold Out (similar) | Beanie: The North FaceNow let's get into these looks!
Seriously my favorite thing about the both of them is other than the striped shirt (and the green cardigan that I scored on MAJOR sale) every other article of clothing came straight from my closet. Proving once and for all that I do indeed have things to wear even when I swear up and down that I don't haha.
I wore Look #1 while I was wine tasting on Saturday at Old 502. If you missed that blog post I'll link it here. I had so much fun sipping with my friend Olivia plus the Groupon deal we used was amazing! This look was just the ticket too; lose and flowy but still on trend for the season. I wore it with my favorite jeans and these amazing neutral booties I got last fall.
I wore Look #2 out running errands with my momma and it started snowing (that Kentucky weather for ya). I knew I wanted to wear it with this super cozy faux fur vest that I got last year at Dillards because I haven't worn it in a longggg time! I did want to add a pop of color with my bag since the rest of my outfit was neutral so I chose this bold red cross body that was under $15!
Sadly the only time people saw this full outfit was when I talked my mom into pulling up alongside the department store for a mini photo shoot. I know I looked crazy running around with no jacket in the snow, but I had to document my outfit *insert eye roll* haha.
Anyways I hope this post inspires you to create some new looks with the items you already have in your closet. I've always believed that staples can really help shape your wardrobe, which is honestly the reason I bought that shirt in the first place. It's classic and can be worn so many different ways. Make sure you let me know which look is your favorite in the comments below. Have a great day everyone :]


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Windows - Sound Editing
GoldWave 51
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GoldWave 5.23
GoldWave is is a top rated, a comprehensive digital audio editor. GoldWave is ideal for people who work with audio for CD editing, archive restoration, speech analysis, radio and TV, Java and Web pages, games, or just for fun. You can use it to make everything from elaborate answering machine messages to professional, high quality CD audio content.
GoldWave can do::
· Play, edit, mix, and analyze audio
· Record audio from cassettes, vinyl records, radio, etc. through your computer's line-in
· Record dictation through a microphone or play dictation back at a slower speed for transcription
· Record and edit audio for podcasting
· Apply special effects, such as fade, equalizer, doppler, mechanize, echo, reverse, flanger, and more
· Digitally remaster and restore old recordings with noise reduction and pop/click filters
· Make perfect digital copies of audio CD tracks using the CD Reader tool and save them in wma, mp3, ogg files
· Edit music for dance programs, figure skating, gymnastics
· Analyze human speech, bird song, whale song
· Demonstrate digital signal processing with filter effects and the expression evaluator tool
· View a variety of real-time visuals and VU meters
· Convert files to/from different formats, such as wav, wma, mp3, ogg, aiff, au, vox and even raw binary data
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· Multiple Document Interface for working with many files in one session
· Huge file editing: 4GB and beyond (NTFS only)
· Configurable RAM or hard drive editing
· High quality: 24 bit, 192kHz
· Real-time visuals: bar, waveform, spectrogram, spectrum, VU meter, ...
· Fast non-destructive editing. Cut, copy, delete, and undo take only a fraction of a second, regardless of the file size
· Multiple undo levels
· Many effects: distortion, doppler, echo, filter, mechanize, offset, pan, volume shaping, invert, resample, equalizer, time warp, pitch, reverb, volume matcher, channel mixer, ...
· Effect previewing and presets
· Audio restoration filters: noise reduction, pop/plick, smoother
· Supported file formats (wav, mp3, ogg, aiff, au, vox, mat, snd, voc, raw binary data, text data, and more)
· File format plug-ins for the next generation of audio compression, such as WMA, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC.
· DirectX Audio Plug-in hosting
· Effect chain editor
· Audio CD Reader
· Batch processing and conversion
· Drag-and-drop cue points, with auto-cue and file splitting features.
· Direct waveform editing with the mouse
· Customizable tool bars
· Customizable waveform colours
· Several built-in accessibility features and keyboard shortcuts
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* Option to delete files in Batch Processing
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* Realtime previewing of changes in Spectrum Filter
* New keyboard commands to set cue points (Q, Shift+Q)
* "Select Between Cues" in right-click cue context menu
* Several fixes and improvements
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Dear Ma,
Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the day you left this plane. Just as you preferred, no tears, no debilitating Irish black funk. Whenever you came to mind, many times, I remembered this picture of you and Dad. And that, dear Ma, helped me to smile, instead of pouring out the remaining grief. Like the day you died, I carried on with my life. Honoring you through the lessons I didn't always want to hear, in the voice I so very much wish I could still hear. Sweet, irascible, ornery and determined… Ma, I miss you so.
If not for you wanting a mess of children, grieving through miscarriages, and battling illness each time one of your four sons were born, there would be no Patrick Brian. Had you not ignored the doctors' prognoses and willed me to walk, I likely would have died decades ago. You could not abandon me to an institution as they told you to. Retarded, the doctors said. Never walk or talk, they added solemnly. And you to them: Bullshit.
For two-and-a-half years you studied effects of brain injuries, tried innovative exercises, broke new ground with each tiny bit of improvement. You willed my muscles to work. When I finally did walk, you rejoiced but never let me stop improving. As I grew, you constantly challenged me to excel. My first feeble attempts at writing you heartily praised and encouraged me to continue. Introducing me to classic authors, I became excited by the written word and aspired to be one myself someday. When I ran on the cross country team, you smiled and cheered even when I came in nearer the back of the pack than the front.
Because it must have been so traumatic, you didn't tell me about my first two years being such a struggle until I was an adult. You refused to allow me to use my slow start as an excuse. There was nothing I couldn't do, you said, if I truly wanted it. Gently coaxing yet always pushing, being tough when you had to, while calmly soothing my early life's tragedies. Rewarding achievement and ignoring failure, your guidance led me toward an ability to excel. I realize now, my achievements were wonderful victories for you.
Yes, we argued as mothers and sons sometimes will. Some things you said and did hurt me, but surely my actions weren't always perfect either. Your refusal to accept my beloved Stacey was painful beyond description. You know now though, how perfect she truly has been, and see the enduring love we have nurtured over 23 years.
Your love of roses grew within me. Your ashes were scattered (illegally, I'm sure) over a Lincoln in my favorite garden. The wind gusted suddenly as I let you fly, and I inhaled a part of you that afternoon, washed down with an abundance of tears.
How I wish we could talk today about everything we never had a chance to; to see those lovely hands, to kiss that wonderful face I resemble, to hear you laugh again. Surely a billion men wish this ability to turn back the ages and save our mothers, if for just one day.
You once told me, "Never look back, just keep moving forward… one step at a time". Yet it's the past which gave me this future. I look back not with longing, but fondness and a gratitude my words could never truly do justice.
Dedicated to the memory of
Patricia Gabrielle Romaine Coomer
December 1, 1926 – February 20, 2006


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Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Easygenerator is an authoring tool with a plus, next to authoring we also offer course hosting and result tracking. But we are not a Learning Management System (LMS). Many of our users use Easygenerator as their start in eLearning. If you grow you probably need more Management facilities than we offer. When that is the case it is time to upgrade to a Learning management system. You can do that and use Easygenerator as your course authoring tool. We support SCORM publications which can be uploaded to a Learning Management System and will arrange Tracking and Tracing of Learners results as well. You only have to republish your courses with the option "To your LMS".
Learning management systems
There are something like 750 Learning Management Systems available. Before you choose one you have to consider whether it supports XAPI or SCORM 1.2. You need this because you will want to track and trace results in your LMS from your Easygenerator courses. There are many types of Learning Management Systems but we have selected three of them that we work with on a regular basis and can recommend to you.
LMS with a shop
Nuvola Academy is the LMS that will suit you if you are a beginner looking for the next step. It will offer you all the features you will be looking for and the ability to sell your courses via their platform. Nuvola is one of the LMSs using Easygenerator as their integrated authoring tool for all their users, making the first step for you even simpler. They have two payment options: you can either pay a percentage of your course revenue or you can pay per usage. Both ways are affordable.
LMS for training companies
aNewSpring is the LMS that offers an adaptive learning journey. The courses on aNewSpring platform can be designed in such a way that they adapt to each e-learner's knowledge level and goal. It enables training providers to easily create and deliver courses that are much more tailored. This approach will also help course participants to achieve their goals more efficiently and effectively. aNewSpring support team will take care of the hosting, back-up, updates and provide other services for you.
LMS for large corporations
NetDimensions is a real corporate LMS that provides learning management, performance management, and talent analytics solutions to high-consequence industries worldwide. It helps organizations achieve productivity and efficiency improvements, cost reduction, risk management, and cultural & process innovation with a practical approach to support an innovative model of ongoing integrated talent management.


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QA Level 3 in Paediatric First Aid at Work (RCF)
The course is designed for Childminders, Nursery and School staff (dealing with Early Years Foundation Stage), and anybody who interacts with children and wants an in-depth course. The course is in line with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and meets the requirements of Ofsted.
Course Overview:
- To gain a fully accredited Paediatric First Aid qualification
- To become fully conversant in all First Aid requirements in the workplace
- To become confident in the practice of First Aid
- To comply with current employment legislation
Course Pre-requisites:
- Non-qualified/expired First Aid qualification
Course Schedule:
- Course duration is 12 hours, comprising 2 days of classroom theory & practical sessions
Syllabus Includes:
- First Aid Priorities
- Managing Incidents
- Basic Life Support (CPR)
- Safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator (De-Fib)
- Choking
- Fractures
- Control of Bleeding and Shock
- Burns and Scalds
- First Aid Kits
- Childhood Illnesses including Meningitis and Febrile Convulsions
- Regulations including recording and reporting
Course Benefits
For the Leaner:
- To gain a recognised Health & Safety qualification that is valid for 3 years
- To gain the confidence to be able to deal with Paediatric emergency and non-emergency situations
- Skills that can be used within every day life as well as the work environment
For the Company:
- Greater numbr of employees to deal with emergency and non-emergency situations within the daily running of your Company
- Greater number of employees that are more Health & Safety conscious
- Compliance with law requirements of the number of fully qualified First Aid trainined staff on duty
Certification Period:
- 3 Years
- Ofqual Regulated
Assessment & certification:
The course takes place over twelve hours over 2 days and will include both theory and practical sessions.
Paediatric first aid certification is dependent on successful continuous assessment. There is no final examination. Those delegates who complete the course will be deemed to have reached the required standard and will be awarded a certificate from the awarding body valid for three years, after which time you will need to renew your certification.


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Originally posted 6th May 2010
After weeks of polling, baby kissing, soap box speeches, rosettes and public gaffes, this election has transpired to be the most interesting and closely fought election since Ted Heath's fateful 1974 debacle. However, the surprising thing has been how traditional a campaign each of the major parties has led. In fact their collective campaigns seem to have come straight out of Heath's 1970s.
For a start, the Tory press has been criticised for wielding its terrifying influence, female politicians have been notable by their absence with only the leaders' doting wives making an appearance, parties have resorted to spending the majority of their campaign funds (whether from Ashcroft or the Unions) on negative billboard campaigns and leaflet drops.
Where was digital in all of this? Where was the re-run of the Obama cyber campaign?
For a country that still uses the postal vote, and hasn't quite worked out how to organise online voting, it doesn't on the face of it look all that good. I'm left thinking that a great opportunity may have been missed here. The leaders did take part in a Facebook/Youtube debate marking a "decisive shift away from the constraints of top-down traditional media… thus changing the way that politicians campaign for good" according to Richard Allan (Facebook's Director of Policy). But he would say that wouldn't he?
The one major change to the 1970s was the introduction of the televised prime ministerial debates which left television playing the major communications role (over and above the party political broadcast). These debates, and Nick Clegg's performance, did engage with a disengaged electorate… and it would seem this is where digital took over. It might be me, but the real debate and excitement came from the user generated content of the ordinary man on cyber street. For the first time social networks allowed voters to debate among themselves and join the causes closest to their hearts. Take the "I agree with Nick" Facebook group which boasts 5,000 fans or indeed the "Don't you hate when Sue puts you with that bigoted woman?!" group with boasts an impressive 100,000 fans. Digital should have changed the way politicians campaign forever, but it has certainly returned the real debates back to grass roots.


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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Lawyers for two Penn State officials charged with lying to a grand jury in the university's child sex-abuse scandal say their clients will be exonerated at trial.
District Judge William Wenner ruled Friday that prosecutors had probable cause to send the case against Tim Curley and Gary Schultz to trial.
Wenner heard testimony against Curley and Schultz on charges that they lied to a grand jury and didn't properly report an allegation that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sodomized a boy in a locker room shower in 2002.
Curley's attorney, Caroline Roberto, says prosecutors "will never be able to reach their burden proof at a trial." Schultz's attorney, Tom Farrell, says his client will be acquitted.


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The Cost of School Nutrition
In the News
August 30, 2009
"The economy is having a real effect on our students. The average cost to prepare a school meal is $2.92, and the average revenue is $2.43 – quite a significant difference – so we are working with Congress to try and get increased support for school meals," says Dora Rivas, SNA President. "However, new initiatives in the food industry are helping us improve school meals within the context of the funding we receive."
As the price of the school lunch continues to go up – for example, the average price of a full-paid lunch today is $1.87 for elementary school students versus $1.54 in 2005 and $1.66 in 2007 – the magnitude of the increases has risen as well. The median increase for breakfast and lunch today is $0.25 as compared with an increase of $0.10 in 2005 and $0.15 in 2007. Rates for paid meals have either decreased across every grade level or stayed the same. Student participation in free or reduced price meal programs has gone up across all grade levels.
But despite the difficult economy, schools are doing their best to provide their students with quality, nutritious foods. Close to 100% of schools offer fresh fruit and vegetables in their cafeterias, 96% offer whole grains, 91% offer salads and 88% offer yogurt in at least one school in their district. Fat-free or low-fat milk is offered in 99% of schools and is the most popular beverage choice among students; 100% juice runs a close second at 97.6%.
"In addition to the minimum standards set forth by the USDA, we have very conscientious directors across the country trying to go beyond the minimum requirements. Even though it's more expensive for the school to do so, most of our schools are providing fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains. We want to expose students to the concept of eating these more nutrient rich foods," says Rivas.
Efforts to provide foods for students with special diets are succeeding too. Vegetarians can purchase meals in 64% of schools (a gain of 12.4% since 2007); vegans and those on a gluten-free diet can do so in 20.5% of schools. Lactose-free milk and soy or rice milk are provided in 16.6% and 14% of schools, respectively.
"Students and parents have come to us and requested more vegetarian options and other options for students with special diets. Here in Dallas, where I am based, we are offering a vegetarian option from elementary school through high school. And we are making a limited number of items from scratch, like special salads and vegetarian items," says Rivas.
The overall prevalence of ethnic food offerings continues to grow, with percentages increasing in nearly every category since 2005. Mexican food is the most popular ethnic food, offered by 99% of the districts; Asian food is offered by 80.5% of districts.
Meanwhile, the availability of organics has slightly decreased, from 5 to 4.1%, likely due to cost concerns. Focus has instead shifted to local foods. Thirty-seven percent of cafeterias now offer locally grown foods, as compared to 32% in 2007. About one-third of the districts currently purchase food items from local growers and interest in doing so is high. Twenty-two percent of schools not currently doing so say that would consider this option.
"We do have some new programs that we have been able to take advantage of, and our local programs that source food from farm to school are popular," says Rivas. "When you have a limited amount of resources, you have to be more selective as to where your money goes."
Since many school districts are facing financial challenges, schools are seeking out alternate ways to raise funds, with 75% offering catering within schools and 27% offering catering outside of schools. Thirty-three percent provide vending services, 4.4% have a school store and 4.2% have a weekend backpack program. Of all the programs offered, lunch is still the most prevalent, provided by 100% of schools, and breakfast (96.7%) runs a close second. More than half of schools provide after school snacks.
Rivas says that offering healthy choices is a top priority and something that parents can reinforce at home, even during these tough times. She suggests that consumers watch for sales on fresh items like fruits and vegetables, and encourage their children to participate during meal preparation so that they can learn to prepare healthy meals for themselves. She also says parents should be more selective in choosing more nutrient rich foods when at the retail store.
"Retailers, for their part, can help by providing the marketing materials to teach parents how to read the labels and point out fresh items to encourage healthier choices," adds Rivas.


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Everton defender Phil Jagielka says the club can't continue to progress until they receive major financial backing.
The club paid out just £215,000 on striker Apostolos Vellios in the summer, as David Moyes recruited Royston Drenthe, Eric Dier and Denis Stracqualursi on season-long loan deals.
Supporters have this season protested against the club's inability to compete with rival clubs in the transfer market, accusing chairman Bill Kenwright of allowing the club to stagnate.
Jagielka says: "You see other teams doing so well who finished below us before, so you can see the fans' frustration.
"We can't buy expensive players to take the squad to that next level. All we can do is work with what we have. It's hard for the fans. We've done so well to finish sixth, seventh and eighth in the last few years.
"You may think if someone came along and put some investment in that we could maybe kick on. We haven't got any money. All we can do is try to be as good a team as we have been in previous years and stick together when the going gets tough.
"We roll our sleeves up and, normally, after Christmas, climb the table."
As well as the limited resources to bring players in, The Toffees were forced into the deadline day sale of Mikel Arteta to Arsenal, a further blow to the club's ambitions this season, which sees them 10th in the Barclays Premier League.
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Caesars International Inc. is the largest carry-out pizza chain in the world
and Al-Jundi Trading Agency is the franchisee operating in the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan. Al-Jundi Trading Agency started its path in the Jordanian
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Mike and Marian Ilitch opened their first Little Caesars restaurant in Garden City, Michigan more than 50 years ago.
Mike Ilitch had been on another career path as a talented shortstop with the Detroit Tigers farm team. While his teammates were looking for the local ballpark, Mike was eyeing the local pizza joint. Pizza was clearly in his blood. An injury prompted Mike to trade in his baseball glove for hot pads.
It was an exciting time for Mike and Marian Ilitch as they worked together toward that grand opening day of May 8, 1959.
Michael and Marian Ilitch, the founders of Little Caesars Pizza,dreamed big, took risks, and grew one pizza shop in a Detroit suburb into an international pizza chain.
It started with a little-known snack food called "pizza" brought home by World War II soldiers returning from Italy. Mike and Marian saw promise in this new food and were passionate about starting their own pizza business. They invested their $10,000 life savings toward opening a single Little Caesars shop in 1959.To grow the chain, Mike and Marian franchised their stores, ultimately giving thousands of individuals the opportunity to own their own business. Mike and Marian took personal pride in helping franchisees grow their businesses and providing employment opportunities for young crew members.
More than 50 years later, Little Caesars is the largest carry out pizza chain in the world and an internationally known brand. The success of Little Caesars allowed Mike and Marian to own other businesses in the food, sports and entertainment industries, including the Detroit Red Wings and Olympia Entertainment, among others. Just like Little Caesars, Mike and Marian's businesses are synonymous with "fun."
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WASHINGTON — Known for his blazing fastball, "the Rocket" faced heat of a different kind Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
In a much-anticipated appearance, baseball great Roger Clemens swore under oath that never in his 23-year-career has he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Seated a few feet away from his chief accuser and former trainer, Brian McNamee, the legendary pitcher said: "Let me be clear. I did not."
But McNamee refused to back down from the allegations he made last year to a blue-ribbon commission that was investigating steroid use in baseball. McNamee said he'd injected Clemens with drugs several times in 1998, 2000 and 2001.
"During the time I worked with Rogers Clemens, I injected him on numerous occasions with steroids and human growth hormone," McNamee said. "I am not proud of what I have done, and I am not proud to testify against a man I once admired."
It was left to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to sort through their conflicting stories. It was a tall order, because the testimony of both men was saddled with inconsistencies, members said.
"Someone isn't telling the truth," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the committee's chairman. "If Mr. McNamee is lying, then he has acted inexcusably and made Mr. Clemens an innocent victim. If Mr. Clemens isn't telling the truth, then he has acted shamefully and unconscionably smeared Mr. McNamee. I don't think there's anything in between."
McNamee's allegations against Clemens and other players first surfaced in the report from an investigation headed by former Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine, for Major League Baseball. The report, which has roiled baseball, linked more than 80 current and former players to illegal performance-enhancing drugs and called for extensive reforms.
Baseball, for all its astronomical salaries and increasing competition from faster, more-violent sports, still holds a special place in American culture. It's part of the American myth, a metaphor for our heritage.
But Clemens, one of the game's most illustrious figures, became the latest in a lengthening line of players to appear on Capitol Hill since the steroid scandal began with his fabled career now under a cloud of drug suspicion.
The 45-year-old athlete has played for four teams — the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astros — over a 23-year record-setting career.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, he grew up in Houston and was the winning pitcher for the University of Texas in the 1983 college world series.
"I took no shortcuts," Clemens told the committee. "Somebody's trying to break my spirit in this room. They're not going to break my spirit. I did it the right way and I worked my butt off to do it."
After more than four hours of testimony, doubts remained about whether performance-enhancing drugs helped Clemens accomplish his feats.
McNamee had been his trainer. But he'd lied to federal investigators and withheld evidence about steroid use in the past.
After ticking off several of those instances — "Is that a lie?" — and having McNamee confirm each one, Republican Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana threw up his hands in frustration and said, "Gee whiz! Are you kidding me?"
McNamee's case got a boost from Clemens' friend and fellow pitcher Andy Pettitte and former player Chuck Knoblauch. In depositions to the committee, they confirmed McNamee's accounts that he'd injected them with performance-enhancing drugs.
Both had been scheduled to testify at the hearing, but were released.
Pettitte said that Clemens, during a conversation in 1999 or 2000, told him that ``he had taken human growth hormone. This conversation occurred at his gym in Memorial, Texas. He did not tell me where he got the HGH or from whom, but he did tell me that it helped the body recover.''
Pushed by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., to account for Pettitte's remarks, Clemens said: "Andy Pettitte is my friend. He was my friend before this. He will be my friend after this. I think Andy has mis-remembered our conversation."
Pettitte also said in his deposition that in 2005 when Congress was preparing to investigate drug use in baseball, he asked Clemens what he'd say if reporters asked him whether he'd ever used performance-enhancing drugs.
``When he asked what I meant, I reminded him that he had told me he had used HGH,'' Pettitte said. ``Roger responded by telling me that I must have misunderstood him; he claimed that it was his wife, Debbie, who used HGH.''
She apparently did, but how that occurred was in dispute. McNamee said that Clemens had asked him to inject his wife with human growth hormone. Clemens said that his wife had asked McNamee to inject her with HGH on her own.
Debbie Clemens sat behind her husband, clutching a yellow rose and occasionally scribbling notes. Her husband read a statement from her that said that she'd read about the "benefits" of HGH and taking it was a "harmless act on my part."
Another point of contention was over Clemens' alleged appearance at a lunch party at former player Jose Canseco's Florida home during the 1998 baseball season. Canseco, who's publicly admitted using performance-enhancing drugs, and Clemens played for the Toronto Blue Jays at the time.
McNamee said that Clemens attended the party. But Clemens produced golf receipts and other evidence to bolster his statements that he didn't.
Waxman provoked an outburst from Clemens' attorneys by suggesting that the pitcher may have attempted to coach a witness when he invited a former nanny to his home to tell her that the committee wanted to contact her.
Clemens' attorney Rusty Hardin erupted from his seat behind his client, snapping: "This is unfair!"
The nanny, who wasn't named, told committee investigators by phone that Clemens, as well his wife and children, were at the house but that she didn't remember a party.
Waxman told Clemens that inviting the nanny to his house after not seeing her for seven years ``sure raises the appearance of impropriety.'' Clemens denied any effort to help her with testimony.
After the hearing, Hardin said: "Whether anybody won is in the eye of the beholder."


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That means players like defenceman Petter Granberg and forwards Richard Panik and Brandon Kozun should get ample opportunity for more ice time to prove they deserve bigger roles in the organization. A full-scale rebuild could be starting soon, so it's up to those players and others to show they belong.
"Everyone wants to play in the NHL," Kozun said Tuesday as the Leafs prepared to host the Florida Panthers. "That's the reason we play hockey is we've dreamed of it since (we were) kids. That's something I've strived for my whole entire life and I'm going to try and work as hard as I can to play here."
Panik stands to benefit the most as he's expected to be playing alongside Nazem Kadri. The early-season waiver-wire pickup from the Tampa Bay Lightning was already getting more minutes under interim coach Peter Horachek and now can showcase himself even further.
"It's a different feeling when you play 14, 15 minutes average than when you play like five minutes, and when you get some time on the (power play) as well," Panik said. "It really builds your confidence. I feel really confident now."
Horachek has noticed the 24-year-old winger's development and maturity continuing to improve. A restricted free agent after this season, Panik could develop into a top-six forward on a team that's bound to get younger.
The Leafs are already younger on defence with the 22-year-old Granberg up from the AHL's Marlies. Along with offensive lefty Morgan Rielly, the defensive righty could be a building block of Toronto's blue-line.
One thing's for sure: Granberg is not Franson, a power-play mainstay who was among the league's top-scoring defencemen. But he wants to be aggressive and hard to play against, not pretend to be something he's not.
"That's a little bit of a challenge when you're looking at the offensive side: It's hard to replace Cody in that situation," Horachek said. "But he's going to get some time, especially on the penalty kill."
Kozun, who made the team out of training camp but missed two months with a high ankle sprain, is in the lineup replacing the injured Joffrey Lupul for now. But Daniel Winnik and David Booth are unrestricted free agents this summer and Winnik is perhaps the most sought-after rental player left on the market, so Kozun could be sticking around for some time.
To do that, Horachek said Kozun will have to skate as well as he did at the start of the year. The 24-year-old winger is trying to worry more about that than replacing traded Leafs.
"I'm trying to show what I did at the beginning of the year and get back to the level I was at," Kozun said. "It's just hard work — coming up here and trying to bring some energy and hopefully bring as much as I can to the table."
Notes — Centre Olli Jokinen is set to make his Leafs debut Tuesday night against the Panthers, one of eight other NHL teams the veteran has played for. Horachek said Jokinen would play with fellow Finn Leo Komarov and David Clarkson. ... Jonathan Bernier makes his third straight start in net after losing to Montreal in a shootout Saturday.
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the joinery of the soul
I wrote the other day that there are no edges between us and the world. I believe that's true. But it's also true that there are edges within us. Edges, cracks, holes, unravelled seams, shatterings.
Perhaps that's the purpose of our living. We encapsulate a wounded space, and it is our task to heal it, bless it, as best we can.
To fill the cracks with gold.
And so look - you have come as a healer. A protector. A weaver or gold-maker. You are the brokenness of the world, and the only one who can repair it.
Perhaps the faults within your soul-wrapped space were gifted especially to you, for only you have what it takes to heal these particular faults, these strains in the cloth of the universe.
I hope you will share with others what you know of heart-stitches and old-time, well-used fixes. We need to pass the wisdoms around. For this is wearying, beautiful, hard work we do.
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ah, another post to love... just the other day i was working on a poem about (sort of) Kintsugi...ReplyDelete
it is hard work, but yes, beautiful, and always, worth it.
Beautiful and so very true. So many people could benefit from reading this and believing in it.ReplyDelete
Last night I uncovered the wound across my heart. One stitch was pink and swollen and sore. I was scared. Today I had it checked. Alll is well. I am just sore in the place where the knot holds the rest together. This is an old story.ReplyDelete
Thank you all for your kind comments :-)ReplyDelete
What a wonderful link (and metaphor)! As I read the post about Kintsugi, it struck me that the broken pot did not heal itself; Someone had to recognize its worth, see the beauty in the brokenness, and love it enough to pick out the pieces, carefully fit them together, and fix them with gold.ReplyDeleteReplies
I can't tell you how much I love what you've written here, and how much I agree with you. For years I've argued against the prevailing idea that we can't heal ourselves by ourselves - the pot can not fix itself. Someone else is needed too. We heal, and find our worth, in relationship. I believe this on a psychological and spiritual level.Delete


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Song, Songs, and Singing
Song, Songs, and Singing
ISBN: 978-1-118-52467-1 February 2013 Wiley-Blackwell 300 Pages
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The last twenty years or so have seen a surge of interest in the philosophy of music. However there is comparatively little philosophical literature devoted specifically to songs, singing and vocal music in general. This new collection of essays on the philosophical aspects of song and singing includes articles on the relationship between words and music in songs, the ontology of songs and recordings, meaning in songs, the metaphysics of vocal music in opera and the movies, and the ethical challenges raised in song performance. The essays discuss a large range of examples, including rock, lieder, jazz songs, blues, doo wop, and rap.
New essays by leading philosophers of art, including Peter Kivy (on "realistic song" in film), Jerrold Levinson (on jazz singing), Lee B. Brown (on the "minstrel hypothesis" in popular music), and Ted Gracyk (on linguistic pragmatics and song meaning).
Papers that offer ground-breaking theories of the appreciation of rock recordings, the ethical implications of popular songs, the ontology of ephemeral artworks, the ontological status of cover versions, and of how a genre of popular music can both express and be a function of its social context papers that challenge existing accounts of much-debated topics, including operatic metaphysics and of the ontology of recorded music.
Interdisciplinary essays that cut across aesthetics, philosophy of music, cultural music studies and musicology.
Essays that are clearly written and engaging.
1. Editors' Introduction: Making a Space for Song
2. David Davies, "The Dialogue Between Words and Music in the Composition and Comprehension of Song"
3. Theodore Gracyk, "Meanings of Songs and Meanings of Song Performances"
4. Jerrold Levinson, "Jazz Vocal Interpretation: A Philosophical Analysis"
5. Justin London, "Ephemeral Media, Ephemeral Works, and Sonny Boy Williamson's 'Little Village'"
6. Michael Rings, "Doing It Their Way: Rock Covers, Genre, and Appreciation"
7. Franklin Bruno, "A Case for Song: Against an (Exclusively) Recording-Centered Ontology of Rock"
8. Peter Kivy, "Realistic Song in the Movies"
9. Nina Penner, "Opera Singing and Fictional Truth"
10. Lee B. Brown, "Armstrong, Crosby, Dylan, Flavor Flav: Can American Popular Vocal Music Escape the Legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy?"
11. David Goldblatt, "Nonsense in Public Places: Songs of Black Vocal Rhythm and Blues or Doo Wop"
12. John Carvalho, "'Strange Fruit': Music Between Violence and Death"
13. Aaron Smuts, "'Dreaming of the People I've Dismantled': The Ethics of Singing Along"