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Getting Spik(ed) Ch. 02byMINKX©
Kiara came to caught between a rock and a hard place.
The rock was the marble of what she knew to be the slab in Spike's tomb. The hard place was Spike himself.
She was naked beneath his heavy weight. Spike himself wore nothing but a diabolical smile.
"Welcome back pet. Ready for round two?" He purred. And without waiting for an answer he punched his cock home.
Kiara screamed out in a confused mix of pain/pleasure. Spike was big. And her pussy was already aching sweetly from his first assault on her captive body.
Spike laughed with savage satisfaction.
"Like that, do you?"
"Fucking bastard!" She hissed, trying to bite him again. "I hate you!"
"Yeah, but you're loving this!" He shot back and kept her from biting by grinding her mouth under his.
Without warning he rolled them off the slab, taking the brunt of the fall on his own back.
Kiara's breath whooshed out. His chest was harder then the slab she'd just been laying on. By the time her body remembered that unlike his, it needed air, he was fucking her again.
And even with Kiara on top he Dominated her totally.
He held her two wrists together in one hand against the floor back behind his head. His free hand yanked one knee and then the other up so that she was almost riding his chest.
She was smashed against him from hips to head, her face pressed into his shoulder, her legs tucked tight up against the cool flesh of his waist and thighs.
It was a position where she couldn't move away from him by so much as an inch.
All she could do was whimper and shudder when he bent his knees and braced his feet so that he could pump up hard into the pussy impaled so deeply on his cock.
He snapped his hips with so much force each time that Kiara's body glided up and nearly off his shaft with each fierce thrust. Then gravity and her own body's weight led her back down until they were belly to belly again.
She had the distant, dizzy wish that he'd stop hammering up into her and just stay flat and still for a minute or two so that she could rub and grind her clit against him until she could cum. And then she was exploding, screaming her throat raw, her pussy walls convulsing and caressing the hard flesh buried so deeply in her wet, hot cunt.
She heard Spike snarling out his own throaty bellow of satisfaction, and felt his chill seed jetting endlessly inside of her still pulsing depths.
She collapsed on top of him, her body boneless, still twitching and shuddering and shivering minutely.
Oh gods, she whimpered silently. That was, that was...as close to Heaven as I will ever get. At least here on earth.
She felt a little guilty invoking the name of Heaven when thinking about something so sinfully carnal. But the bare bones truth was that nothing had ever been as good as what she had just finished experiencing.
Kiara melted bonelessly on the hard body beneath hers.
"So, you and Buffy gonna compare notes now?" He drawled lazily.
Suddenly she felt as if her body had been doused with ice water.
Kiara gasped and lifted her head to meet his calculated gaze.
"The plan." He prompted tauntingly. "You know, the one where old Spike gets thrown a nice juicy bone to get him out of the Slayer's hair?"
"Buffy wasn't paying much attention that night." He smirked nastily. "Kicked her bloody ass good I did, four times! And tell the chit I staked five Vampires who were trying to sneak up on her as she headed for your place!"
Kiara thought about mentioning that the only reason Buffy had been so off her game was because she HAD just gone four seperate rounds with the Master Vampire.
She was blond, but luckily far from stupid. She was still sprawled on top of him. And her pussy really needed at least a short rest. So she stayed quiet as he continued his explanation.
"Once you two little manipulators got into the beer I could have snuck up and sat at your feet! I was ten feet away, you bloody twits! I can hear a leaf fall from a hundred feet pet. So believe me, I got the whole story."
"Then why..." Kiara broke off abruptly. She wasn't sure if she wanted or was willing to complete that line of thought.
"Why am I fucking your brains out? Why not? It's obviously what the Slayer wants." Spike shrugged his shoulders, his beautiful eyes chipped in ice. "And what the hell, you're not the Slayer. But you're as close as I'm gonna get. You're a fine piece yourself, luv. I'm not one to refuse a gift that's as deliciously packaged as you. But enough with the small talk. Let's get back to the business of fucking!"
And as quickly as that Kiara found herself suddenly on her hands and knees, the leather of Spike's duster slick sliding beneath her as she tried to keep her balance under the punishing thrusts of Spike's hard cock.
How in hell could Buffy give this up?
And why the hell wasn't Buffy suddenly hating her, what with Kiara being the one who was now getting all this amazingness?
Then Spike's nimble fingers were sliding down to pinch and rub at her clit, and up to attack her nipples, and Kiara lost herself back into the luscious act of simple fucking.
She thought his plan was to maybe use his cock rather then his fangs to kill her before he was finally sated and rolled away from her to grab a pack of cigarettes from his duster.
He handed her a lit one, seeming to know she was a fellow addict. Or maybe he was just thinking that even a non smoker would turn to smoking after the rigorous paces he had put her through.
"Mmmmmm." He purred sleepily. "I feel good." He lazily lifted an arm to glance at his watch. "Thought so...almost sun up. Get your pretty little ass home. It's undead sleep time for me and I'm not having you poking about here watching me sleep."
"Why, do you snore?" Kiara snapped snottily, already skittering about searching for her dress.
"Watch the mouth cutie. There's still enough time for one last round before sun rise." He warned.
"Where are my damn shoes!" She wailed, putting as much physical distance between them as she could.
"About two miles back."
"Oh yeah, right." Kiara mumbled, reminded of her extremely ineffective attempt to escape Spike's clutches.
"Ok bye!" She was almost out the door when his voice stopped her.
"Be back by sundown."
Kiara froze, not turning from her almost walk into almost dawn. "Why?"
"Belong to me now, remember?" He purred soft and low. "Pacts and promises. So be back by sun down. Don't make me come looking for you blondie. I tend to wake up in one hell of a mood."
Oh great, Kiara moaned to herself. She didn't want to even try and picture Spike in the midst of a bad mood. Thinking about all the bumps and bruises Buffy had been sporting lately gave a really good idea.
"Oh, and luv?"
"What!" She snapped, desperate to get away.
"I wake up hungry."
Only the barest bit of a squeak escaped Kiara's suddenly frozen throat. Dignity be damned! Kiara tucked tail and ran like hell.
Taking with her the sound of Spike's laughter ringing in her ears long after she was finally home.
She stayed at her aunt's house only long enough to scarf down a bagel. She was feeling light headed and ravenous. That blood loss bit, plus the extended rounds of hot, brutal, animal...no!
No, no, no, wasn't going there! She grabbed a bottle of water and bolted for Buffy's house.
Buffy was slumped over a bowl of soggy cereal, unenthusiastically spooning up bites while flipping through a magazine.
It had been a long night of patrolling for her.
"Hey Kia." She drawled, barely looking up. "I think I rumbled with one of every species of demon the Hellmouth harbors last night. No Spike at least though...I take it he was, uh...busy?"
"Hah!" Kiara yelled. "Hah, hah, hah!"
Kiara's high pitched hahs started Buffy so much that her elbow jerked and sent her bowl of cereal flying off the table.
"Well, hell." Buffy groused, glowering down at the mess spread halfway across her kitchen floor. Her eyes flicked back up to the now pacing Kiara.
"What's up Kia? From the looks of you, I want to say you must have had a great night." Her eyes lowered to the blond's bare feet. "Where are your shoes, by the way?"
"About two miles back!" Kiara snarled.
She dropped gracefully into the chair across from Buffy and plopped her head down onto the table.
"Guess what Slayer. You got a little sloppy that night. Spike was right there and heard every damn thing."
Buffy spewed a mouthful of juice across the table.
"Gee thanks!" Kia grumbled, swiping at her arms. "You and goo, they go together!"
"Oh gods, tell me you're joking!" Buffy choked out.
"Would I look this fucking wrecked if I was joking!"
"You were with Spike, the Big Bad, Master Vampire you know! So yeah. But I do get the not joking part."
It was Buffy's turn to plop her head heavily down onto the table.
She banged it on the table top a few times then looked up at Kiara,
"I'm dead. We are both so totally dead!"
"Hah." Kiara snorted. "I don't think you're dead. He took it rather well, considering."
Of course that sent her mind back to remembering all those hours under Spike's bruising body taking payback. And no she was not going there!
"There's the small matter that he now thinks I am his slave or something. But no, I don't think either one of is is going to end up dead, yet. Unless of course I decide to kill you!" Kiara snapped, slapping Buffy on the back of the head.
"What kind of Slayer doesn't check the place out for the Vampire she wants to be talking about!"
"One who's been getting beaten up by said Vampire all night long already!" Buffy snapped back. "Four times, remember...I went four rounds with that psycho! By the time I got to your house it was a miracle I still remembered my name!"
The two blonds glared at each other.
But before it could get really nasty Kiara exploded into giggles.
"Oh shit Buffy! When I knew he knew! Oh my god!"
"Before or after?" Buffy had to know.
"D-d-d-uring!" Kiara howled, laughing so hard she slid off her chair and landed in a heap on the floor.
"And I couldn't even move at that point. So I'm kneeling there wondering if this is the point where my head gets ripped off!"
"What do you mean you couldn't move? No, wait, Buffy doesn't wanna go there! But back up to that now I'm his slave part, would you?"
Kiara shrugged. "Those words pretty much explain the situation Buf. He figures he owns me now, because of our pact thing. He told me to be back there by sunset."
Buffy blinked. "Uh...what are you gonna do?"
Kiara sighed and dragged herself to her feet.
"I'm gonna get myself some sleep. I have a Vampire that I don't want to make come look for me expecting me once the sun goes down. Can I borrow a bed?"
"Sure Kia, take your pick.
As Kiara staggered off, suddenly so exhausted she could barely keep to her feet, Buffy's voice stopped her.
"Ki, I'm sorry. I obviously didn't think this whole Spike plan through very well. I shouldn't have..."
Kiara giggled softly. "Don't sweat it Buf. Yeah, would have been nice to not have alerted the Big Bad to our little scheme, but..." She grinned merrily. "Should be one hell of a ride! Oh, I need to crash. See ya when I surface Buffy."
She stumbled into Buffy's room, knowing her friend was up for the day.
She pulled her dress up and over her head and collapsed on the bed.
Kiara told herself, no thinking about any of it. At least not yet.
Of course, that was easier to say, then do.
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I had somehow managed to dent my rice cooker bowl over Christmas which at first I didn't think it would cause a problem but it now makes my rice either really hard or really soggy. So dinner has been really hit and miss lately, much to my family's despair. I have been looking for a more robust rice cooker and I decided on giving the VonShef rice cooker a try. The unique shape and the 2 year warranty really sold it to me!
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The funding for the North-shore Jin-shan Hospital was collectively sought by the Taipei County Government, the four North-shore township offices, and the Taiwan Power Company, whereas its construction was planned by the NTU Hospital. Through the efforts of the different sectors of society, the North-shore Jin-shan Hospital was officially transformed to become the Jin-shan Branch of NTU Hospital on October 1st, 2010, whose opening ceremony was held on October 25th, 2010, with Dr. Ming Fong Chen, President of NTU Hospital, Mr. Ming-Neng Shiu, Director General of the Public Health Bureau of Taipei County, Abbot Quo-Dong of the Dharma Drum Mountain, and Mr. Long-Teng Lee, Chairman of the Jin-shan Branch Hospital jointly officiating the inauguration. The opening ceremony meant that the Jin-shan Branch had been integrated into the health care
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Outfit Of The Day
Hey guys! Today's Monday! And for today's post I will be doing my outfit of the day. This is what I wore on Saturday (when I took these pictures). This is an outfit I like to wear when I am not going anywhere and just staying in my house. So I did not include shoes with this outfit since I stayed in. I will write all the brands for my outfit in this post so that you can shop for this outfit yourself. Also a couple months ago I did an outfit of the day so I will leave a link to that at the end of this post so that you can go check it out if you haven't already. So without any further adieu...lets get started!
So first I put on this cute skirt from Ardene. I really like this skirt because it goes so well with leggings.
Then I paired the skirt with some leggings from Hanes.
And then I topped it off with a shirt from Puma. For my hair I just put it in a ponytail.
And that is my outfit!
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It's been a month i haven't updated my blog. Uni has been commencing last month and that means i will be busy. Since 20th i have been in Sydney having holiday. Well, sort of. Although i've managed to see some interesting parts of Sydney, i can't take my fingers away from my keyboard as several essays are waiting to finish. So juggling between holiday and essays is difficult. I am happy to see Sydney again, nevertheless.
If Australians were asked one thing about the link between Australia and Sweden, we might have IKEA as an answer. Not really surprising if this Sweden gigantic furniture company is the most likely answer as many Aussies may have IKEA products in their houses and would like to spend their weekends to do window shopping at IKEA.
If they are told that there is a connection between Aborigin and Sweden, they may scoff this information or make a good laugh at it. The link between Aborigin and Brits are very logical as the relationship between them made this country came into being. But with Sweden? I think I have to give them a kilogram of weed to eventually make people believe what I say.
One connection between Sweden and Aborigin people in Australia lies in one scientist called Eric Mjöberg. With several colleagues, he led an expedition to Australia in the early 1900s. Initially, Mjöberg and his friends were interested in collecting insects, plants and other animals. Their encounters with indigenous people in Kimberly, Western Australia, have shifted their objectives away from collecting animals and plants to indigenous people. At that time, virus of Darwinism had spread out endemically and Mjöberg was no immune from this. He thought that Aborigine in Australia was an answer to the missing link.
What happened next was rather disturbingly interesting. Mjöberg began to collect Aboriginal remains and might have hoped that these remains would be useful for scientific reason.
More than 90 years later, these remains were returned to Australia by the museum in Sweden that has been keeping the collection of Mjöberg's remains. Apparently, these bones haven't been studied and once Mjöberg had to sell them out when he went bankrupt.
Here I am not merely telling the connection between Sweden and Australia. The crux of this posting lies on the function of science for human beings. Since Enlightenment, science has been enjoying a great victory over any other way of gaining knowledge and discovering the truth. Yet, what is more interesting in this story was the link between science and racial superiority. Through science Europeans tried to prove themselves that they are more superior than other people in the planet. Science in this sense contributed to a constructed system of belief upon which Europeans laid their existence.
It is hard to look at this story with our modern ethical codes. For whatever reasons our modern ethics will see what Mjöberg and his friends have done is unethical. If we imagined ourselves living in the same period as Mjöberg, and worked as anthropologist, we may have the same view as him. Even though we disagreed with Darwin theory, the dominant discourse in the realm of science might have influenced the way we see others.
Having talked about this, it brought me to the moment where I was discussing representation, science, race during colonial period. In the class, one archaeology student said that she said it is ethically right to ask dig up the indigenous remains after permission is granted. If we don't get permission, we won't force our will. She added that it's better if scientists digged up the remains and studied them then returned them after they've finished. Otherwise, these remains might end up in a black market. Her view reflects clearly how scientists work according to ethical conducts and most importantly how sciences is perceived to be the ultimate way of obtaining the truth.
Yet, what is the benefit for the indigenous people after their ancestors' bones were studied? Let says, if recent study concluded that one tribe did not belong to certain family, what impact does it have to their existence? Will they have an identity crisis?
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A colleague of mine recently sent me a link to a show
called "Ben and Teller". The rest of the title is not appropriate for my blog...(let's just say, it is "cow poo").
The theme of the particular episode is about recycling and how we have been duped into believing that our behavior of recycling will help the environment.
The reason why I am posting this isn't because I have any sort of opinion about recycling (not that I don't), it is because at around 7 minutes and 19 seconds they say that whenever they wanted to close the deal they always mentioned the Japanese because it would help close the deal!
That just cracked me up.
Please note that the content of this video includes the f-word and s-word rather frequently. If you don't mind, then watch away! but if you do, you may want to keep the volume low and have a bar of soap handy to wash out your ears later or, just not watch it all. :-)


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- Mira Villa Performing Above Projections; Final Inventory Release Begins With $3.5 Million in Reservations
SUMMERLIN, NV— March 4, 2013—MIRA VILLA, a luxury condominium community in Summerlin, NV has generated more than $19.3 million in sales since Fall 2011, outpacing the sales activity in the Las Vegas market and triggering the release of the condominium project's second-and last-collection of inventory sooner than projected. The project is currently pacing at roughly three sales per month, with an average sale price of more than $500,000 for the 40 units sold.
Colorado-based Condo Capital Solutions (CCS) acquired 93 MIRA VILLA units from bankruptcy in 2011. The company's first release of inventory consisted of 49 condominiums ranging between 2,000 and 4,000 square feet with prices ranging from $365,000 - $1.3 million. Due to CCS's ownership, a stabilized homeowners association and an experienced sales and marketing team, the first release of inventory is nearly sold out and more than 50 percent of the community is occupied. MIRA VILLA's second release of inventory to the general public begins March 1, 2013. To date, more than $3.5 million in early reservations have been secured for the second release.
"There are several reasons buyers are attracted to MIRA VILLA," says Tera Anderson, vice president of Nexus 30 Properties. "The main reason is the absolute convenience of condominium living without sacrificing space and elegance. Mira Villa combines that with exceptional quality building, attention to detail, amenities, a perfect Summerlin location and a personal and transparent buying experience. This is why the community has been so successful."
Anderson says that at the outset of CCS's ownership, the community's biggest hurdles were potential buyers wondering about MIRA VILLA's stability in the wake of its previous bankruptcy and the overall market conditions, both in the Las Vegas area and nationally. She says that particular hurdle was quickly overcome and sales have been steadily increasing since. In fact, many owners at MIRA VILLA are Las Vegas-area locals and 75% of the purchased units are owner occupied.
"After exploring their purchase options in a real estate market that many of them know quite well, our buyers chose MIRA VILLA," adds Anderson. "There is a real community here, an element that unfortunately is counter to the recent market trend in the Las Vegas area which has seen numerous short sales and foreclosures. There is also pride of ownership in a quality project with a well-funded HOA that is evident to our prospective buyers. The stable pricing and stable HOA give buyers an added sense of security," Anderson says.
Though MIRA VILLA's sales have been strong for more than a year, the continued overall improvement in the Las Vegas real estate market, coupled with the ongoing reduction in inventory, adds to the community's success.
"The project's owners, Condo Capital Solutions, are recognized as leaders in developments like MIRA VILLA," adds Anderson. "Their system of due-diligence when acquiring a property is focused on stabilizing the project in all aspects. This methodical analysis is subsequently attractive to buyers and mortgage lenders alike. Without a doubt, CCS's backing has contributed to our success in the post-recession economic climate."
MIRA VILLA is a new gated, luxury condominium community located 15 minutes from the Las Vegas strip in the heart of Summerlin, NV, a 22,500 acre master-planned development renowned for its cultural offerings, championship golf courses, parks and trail system, excellent schools and easy access to Summerlin Parkway and I-15.
MIRA VILLA overlooks both TPC Las Vegas golf course and Angel Park golf course in Canyons Village. It is located near shopping, Summerlin Hospital, the Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre, Red Rock National Park and casinos.
The community is comprised of 21 mid-rise buildings constructed of concrete and steel with emphasis on sound abatement and state-of-the-art fire-protection.
Amenities include: panoramic golf-front, city, mountain and Las Vegas Strip views; spacious well-designed floor plans; expansive private terraces; private two-car garages; private elevators; pool, spa, fitness center and outdoor barbecue areas.
A relationship with JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa allows owners to take advantage of discounted spa and salon treatments; nightly room rates; discounted food and beverages; complimentary shuttle service to the resort; complimentary golf concierge; in-home catering service; in-home housekeeping services and pool memberships and day-rates.
Additionally, MIRA VILLA owners benefit from a relationship with TPC Las Vegas, which includes discounted rounds of golf and other amenities.
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If any of you have studied chant with Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB before you know what it is like to drink chant theory as if from a fire hose. His syllabus for a 5-day seminar contains at least six books, including writings from Cardine, Saulnier, Agustoni and Göschl, and on top of this you will also be given a binder full of materials written and created by Dom Kelly himself.
The working manual which Fr. Kelly has been teaching from is currently unpublished. There are plans to polish his manuscript and to put it into print and into wider circulation in the near future. For now you may have an interest in perusing it in its current form, which is not professionally engraved, but is thorough and enlightening nonetheless. Some readers have asked for some materials to review before attending next week's CMAA Colloquium which will feature for the first time a week-long course in Gregorian Semiology as taught by Dr. Edward Schaefer. If you would like, this manual should give you more than enough to do in your spare time between now and then!
Also of interest will be the third chapter of Fr. Kelly's book Gregorian Chant Intonations and the Role of Rhetoric, a book which retails for $119.95, but the third chapter of which is now available to you in the commons for free. This final chapter is very similar to Fr. Kelly's working chant manual, but has some additional studies in modality and structure pitches that are most enlightening and are at the heart of Fr. Kelly's chant methodology.
It is a real gift that he has shared such knowledge with us in this way. Summer is here and now is the time to upgrade your working knowledge and musical skill. Download and study these treatises. You won't regret it.


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First things first.
I finally finished designing my website in Flash. It's a simple website that is full functional, no "Under Contruction". I'm so glad that I took that class. I do plan on updating it soon and completely revamping it. The goal would be to have that as the main hub for all my updates. Please visitmy official website and let me know what you think.
I was informed that Shrek #2 is finally out with yours truly as the back artist. Please run out immediately to your local comic shop and purchase as many copies as you can carry!! lol
VisitApe Entertainment's websitefor additional information!
Thought you guys might be interested in what my studio actually looks like.
Here are a few images of my "view" every night and weekends. I look forward to the day where I can have a studio with an actual closing door.
The holidays were great but scuttled my timeline on issue #3 on AKA. I have two pages left to go and then it'll be time for the last hoorah with issue #4. It'll be a bitter sweet feeling to end this book. I look forward to starting my new project, which I will announce upon AKA's completion. But I will definitely miss these characters. Perhaps I can convince Steve to write another story with these characters, a prequel...or maybe disregard typical "laws of continunity" with a story that takes place after. We shall see.
Second lastly.
If you were wondering whatever happened to the two books I did last, "Planet Zoo" and even before that "Imaginary Friends 2". I was recently informed that the business end of these books were tied up in a lawsuit, there is hope that a settlement will be reached shortly.
Though I was paid for both, I have to vent some frustration. I don't just want these books to come out. I need them to! It seems that I have fallen in the cracks of the industry, being unable to obatin work since I'm considered "unexperienced" or "have yet to be published". On the contrary, I was somewhat successful with self-publishing "Convention Confessional". In fact, I was even reviewed in Wizard Magazine, when it was still a comic related publication. Not bad for a nobody. I've been working in this industry for almost ten years and have been featured in 12 books total for several companies. So for any future employers, I can assure you that I am a hard working, professional and productive artist who has paid his dues. My work and many references speak for themselves.
So here's to 2011. I hope to get more comic related work!
Sunday, January 02, 2011
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Ora wrote: >>>I will have to take a look what exactly the UMD and Agfa folks have done. >> Dan wrote: >>I misspoke when I said that UMD was successfully using OWL with SPARQL. >> >>Note clarification from Hendler: >> >>[[ >> We have continued to support the design of SPARQL because we do a >>significant amount of work with respect to RDF triplestores and we >>very much want to do distributed triple store linking, but we do not >>consider SPARQL to be very useful for OWL as per Nokia's comments. >>]] >> -- >>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2005Sep/0009.html > > > OK, so it is just Agfa then? > > - Ora There are Jena users who work with SPARQL or RDQL and OWL, including connection to external reasoners such as Racer or Pellet via DIG. Protege has a SPARQL tab (experimental) AndyReceived on Wednesday, 7 September 2005 14:17:51 UTC
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In my endless pursuit to connect all of my little gadgets to one another, I came across a cool Android app called FitIt Pebble Pro for FitBit. The app ties your FitBit into both your Android device and Pebble smartwatch to make for some awesome interconnected FitBit fun. The official FitBit app has a great looking step widget, but this app takes things above and beyond with widgets for all of the stats that your FitBit is tracking.
The download of FitIt Pebble Pro for FitBit gets you a bunch of cool FitBit widgets for your Android device and also ties in with Canvas for Pebble. On your phone you'll get a set of widgets that include activity, calories, distance, food, scale, sleep, stairs and more. You can choose which widgets to display on your home screen, or choose a set of rotating ones if you can't decide. Each shows your current total as well as a progress bar for your preset goal.
As far as the Pebble goes, FitIt Pebble Pro for FitBit integrates with the popular app Canvas, allowing you to create custom watch faces that include not only standards like time, date and weather, but also your FitBit stats. You can show active minutes, steps, calories, miles and more. There aren't just preset faces with this one, so you can totally customize the look of your Pebble with the stats you want to see — very cool.
The app runs $1.99, but with all it can do it's not a bad buy for FitBit fanatics. Grab it now in Google Play.


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Villa Franca is a unique lodge located in the heart of Avondale, Harare, a bustling residential suburb only a few kilometres from Zimbabwe's capital's City Centre.
Our services at Villa Franca extend beyond offering a place to sleep. Continental breakfasts are served along with warm breakfasts upon request. There also dinner time.
The lodge itself is a charming and elegantly restored colonial house with four bedrooms. They have en-suite bath & shower and have their own balcony overlooking the garden.


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This is the second interview I did with writer Paul Stewart and artist/political cartoonist Chris Riddell. The first was in 2003, when I visited the pair at Riddell's home in Brighton.
2003 was a catastrophic year for Brighton pier, with a fire and a collapse and the final decision not to rebuild. The day before I arrived, there was a storm and further parts had fallen away. I saw the impressive wreckage besieged by a wild, foam-topped sea; a fantastic, apocalyptic sight, and an apposite visual metaphor for the way I was feeling at the time. This earlier occasion was the last interview I did for SFX, as I was shortly to leave for White Dwarf. I recall feeling a little sad on the day, as if an era were passing. Right now, about to leave Somerset for the second time, this memory feels especially pertinent.
An era was of course passing but there have been a few more since. That's the thing about life, new parts come along one after the other, until all of a sudden they don't anymore.
Anyway, this second interview was conducted via phone in 2009, not long before Death Ray closed its doors. It was originally published in issue #18. (more…)


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The National Park Service should drop its plan to end free parking at Crissy Field. I go several times a week to enjoy this rare and beautiful space in an increasingly crowded city. Let's not dump locals who want some fresh air in with Marin commuters and Presidio company employees who take advantage of the free parking.
Lucasfilm, one of Presidio's largest employers, has a large underground parking structure. Let all Presidio employers make sure that their workers are not taking free spots in Crissy Field that should be for the use of local residents and out-of-town tourists.
I have a residential parking permit for my neighborhood, but out-of-area parkers are allowed two hours before the meter maid tickets them. Surely, we can find many ways to stop commuters and Presidio employees from taking advantage without penalizing us locals. The Presidio was advertised to people of San Francisco as an urban park; it should meet urban needs, which includes parking for residents.
Fiona McGregor, San Francisco
President Barack Obama wants to fund his "jobs" bill by cutting itemized deductions, including mortgage interest and charitable contributions. I won't focus on the foolishness of eliminating the mortgage interest deduction, and how that will compound the depression in housing prices. Buyers won't be able to afford current asking prices. This will particularly hit the Bay Area and other high-priced urban centers.
Going after the charitable contributions deduction will have the perverse effect of hurting jobs at nonprofits. My wife and I currently contribute 10 percent of our income to local San Francisco nonprofits, and have done so for the past seven years. If Obama's proposal increases our taxes, we will have to cut back on our contributions.
Most economists agree that the latest Obama stimulus won't have any more impact on jobs and hiring than did his previous failed attempts. Government doesn't create jobs, business does.
Cary Fulbright, San Francisco
Patriots work together
We are all part of the American middle class, and this is not the time for playing the race card and blaming the wrong people for our economic downturn. It is time for a national dialogue on finding solutions. The Tea Party Patriots want to start a "California Democracy Forum" co-sponsored by Young Republicans and Young Democrats. This diverse panel will comprise representation for all communities in addressing the critical issues facing us now and not for future generations to resolve.
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A group of self-proclaimed "Chill Seekers" in California decided to hop aboard a Navy ship no longer in use and hunt themselves some ghosts. The ship named the USS Hornet was an aircraft carrier that saw action in World War II as well as the Apollo 11 space mission, and it's been reported in the past -- or maybe just an urban legend? -- that the ship is haunted. What these Chill Seeker people found, well -- doesn't exactly making a case against it.
Check out the uber-creepy footage ... if you dare.
While there's definitely some weird things going on in this vid, I'm kind of inclined to question how "real" it is. I know, I know, I'm a party pooper. But what can I say? I'm more a person of science and logic.
I'm certainly open to the idea of people communicating beyond the grave, but I'm just not so sure I believe ghosts are so, how do I put this, "in your face" when you're asking them to be. Aren't they more "element of surprise" beings? I don't know. All I know is this video is weird and I'd never in a million years spend the night on an abandoned, reportedly haunted ship. So, yeah.
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Issue of August 20, 2010
eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson & Michele Montgomery
This week's issues:
2. 10 Tips for Women Students in Science Fields
4. More on the Tierney Talking Points
5. NASA and Mary J. Blige Encourage Science Careers for Women
6. Astronomy Enrollments and Degrees
7. How to Submit, Subscribe, or Unsubscribe to AASWOMEN
8. Access to Past Issues of AASWOMEN
1. New CSWA Members
From: Joan Schmelz [jschmelz_at_memphis.edu]
Please join me in welcoming our new CSWA members, Edmund Bertschinger (MIT) and Nancy Morrison (Univ. of Toledo), who will be serving from 2010 to 2013. Nancy is our new web manager, and Ed is already working on endorsements of the Pasadena Recommendations.
We would also like to thank our outgoing committee members, Joannah Hinz (Univ. of Arizona) and Wal Sargent (Caltech). Their efforts on behalf of CSWA are much appreciated. Caroline Simpson (Florida International Univ.) completed her first term and has been reappointed. Additional continuing members are: Joan Schmelz (Chair, Univ. of Memphis), Hannah Jang-Condell (Univ. of Maryland), Michele Montgomery (Univ. Central Florida), Ann Hornschemeier (NASA GSFC), George Jacoby (NOAO), Donald Kniffen (USRA), and Marc Postman (STScI).
We encourage you to contact any CSWA member if you have comments, questions, and/or suggestions. We also suggest that you to check out the CSWA web site at:Back to top.
2. 10 Tips for Women Students in Science Fields
From: Andrea Dupree [firstname.lastname@example.com]
In an article in U.S. News and World Report, MIT professor Sara Seager shares 10 powerful bits of advice with women in engineering and science on how to succeed and be happy in their fields. Seager, a professor of physics engineering, advises students to:
- join a support group of peers
- find a mentor
- get involved in a research project
- organize your time
- be assertive
- have confidence
- look out for yourself
- don't take sexist comments personally
- strategize for the future, and
- enjoy yourself
"A mentor is someone who can provide you with guidance and advice," Seager says, and a mentor does not have to be a faculty member.
Seager's comments are part of a larger article by Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman who write about strategies to increase female involvement in STEM fields. There are clear reasons why there is so little involvement now, they claim, including negative beliefs about intelligence, the college student experience, stereotypes, self-assessment, and work-place bias, all hurdles that can be overcome with help from a mentor.
The article is here:
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/professors-guide/2010/08/11/10-tips-for-women-students-in-science-fieldsBack to top.
3. Update on Women Speakers
From: Debra Elmegreen [email@example.com]
[The 25 June 2010 issue of AASWOMEN was a special edition on the low percentages of women invited speakers at astronomy meetings - Eds.]
There has been a lot of recent CSWA discussion about the need for SOCs to include a diverse speaker list. The AAS has taken several steps in this regard.
1. Kevin Marvel added the following to the website
that discusses submission to the newsletter of meetings for the AAS calendar:
The AAS has endorsed the Pasadena Recommendations for Gender Equity in Astronomy. Recommendation five (5) of this document states:
"Organizations and academic institutions should offer women equal opportunity for scientific recognition in the form of awards (AAS awards and others) and invitations to present invited talks in a variety of circumstances, including AAS meetings, topical professional meetings, and traditional colloquia/seminars. Prize nominee pools and invited speaker lists should adequately reflect the diversity of the astronomical profession. The institutions responsible for selecting awardees and invitees should review periodically their policies and progress in this area, in order to ensure that the achievements of women are being represented fairly."
The AAS urges all meeting organizers to take this recommendation into serious consideration along with the inclusion of other under-represented groups, while structuring their scientific meeting.
2. Crystal Tinch, who handles the submissions, has agreed to send an email response to submitters, along with the same note.
3. I mention the issue explicitly in the President's Column of the upcoming Sept/Oct AAS newsletter.
4. Council will consider this issue at its fall meeting in the broader context of increasing diversity, for women as well as for underrepresented minorities.
Johannes Anderson noted in the July 23 AASWOMEN that there are SOC guidelines for IAU-sponsored symposia:
In addition, Jim Ulvestad brought to my attention that NSF-funded meetings already stipulate that there must be gender balance:
NSF Proposals for Conferences, Symposia and Workshops, II.D.8 bullet 8
"A plan for recruitment of and support for speakers and other attendees, that includes participation of groups underrepresented in science and engineering (e.g., underrepresented minorities, women, and persons with disabilities);"
If we all work hard at reminding ourselves and others about this issue, and help suggest names to SOCs, I believe we can make a serious positive impact.Back to top.
4. More on the Tierney Talking Points
From: Nancy Morrison [firstname.lastname@example.com]
This nugget could be added to the list of Tierney talking points. It comes from an excellent book that I have just finished reading, _Letters to a Young Mathematician_ by Ian Stewart, professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, UK. It is part of the Basic Books Art of Mentoring series,
Of course, it represents just one person's experience, not controlled research.
In chapter 14, p. 129 of the hardbound edition (2006), Stewart writes:
"... I've been thesis adviser to thirty students so far, twenty men and ten women. Since 1985, the proportions are fifty percent men, fifty percent women. I _know_ women are just as good at math as men because I've watched both at close quarters. I am particularly proud of my mathematical daughters, most of whom hail from Portugal, where mathematics has long been viewed as a suitable activity for women. ..."Back to top.
5. NASA and Mary J. Blige Encourage Science Careers for Women
From: Rick Fienberg [email@example.com]
NASA is collaborating with award-winning recording artist Mary J. Blige to encourage young women to pursue exciting experiences and career choices by studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
A public service announcement featuring veteran NASA space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin and Blige debuts this week on NASA TV and the agency's website at:
NASA's Summer of Innovation (SoI) project and Blige's Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN) have much in common. Both show students the many possibilities available if they follow their dreams and reach for the stars.
The SoI project is part of the President's Educate to Innovate Campaign. It started earlier this summer to help keep middle school students engaged in fun and stimulating STEM-related activities during the school break.
"Working with FFAWN is a rare opportunity to help spread the STEM message into communities not always readily accessible to us," Melvin said. "Mary's presence can help NASA make the STEM message more appealing to these communities and increase the pipeline of underrepresented students going into these disciplines."
Working with the NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy project at York College of the City University of New York (CUNY), the joint effort is providing on-the-job training for FFAWN high school participants. High school girls in the program will be prepared to deliver NASA SoI content to middle school students this summer at the New York City Housing Authority Van Dyke Community Center and the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy.
The FFAWN participants also will have the opportunity to support the NASA Academy fall academic session at CUNY as student aides for grades one through nine later this year.
For information about NASA's Summer of Innovation project, visit:
For information about FFAWN, visit:Back to top.
6. Astronomy Enrollments and Degrees
From: Caroline Simpson [email@example.com]
The AIP Statistical Research Center has recently posted a new publication: focus on Astronomy Enrollments and Degrees. This report presents findings from the annual survey of Enrollments and Degrees. It contains data covering astronomy enrollments from the fall of 2008 and degrees for the class of 2008. It also includes gender and citizenship trends.
The number of PhDs awarded in astronomy has reached an all-time high with 161 degrees conferred in the class of 2008.
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- In 2008, men earned three times the number of astronomy PhDs that women earned. Although women are underrepresented when it comes to the field of astronomy, women astronomy PhDs have a better representation than among physics PhDs, 25% vs. 18%, respectively.
- The number of women receiving astronomy PhDs has been increasing in recent years; however, the proportion has declined slightly.
- Although the number of women receiving PhDs in astronomy has increased in recent years, the percent of astronomy PhDs granted to women continued to decline for the third consecutive year. In 2008, 35% of astronomy bachelor's were conferred to women. This is down from a high of 46% in 2003.
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Kritika Sengar and Abhishek Rawat will now be acting in the daily soap "Servicewali Bahu". Village Boy production's last show on Zee TV, Afsar Bitiya was well recieved by the audience and now they are all set to churn out a new concept for the channel.
As per sources, Rakesh Paaswan's Village Boy production is working on a show titled Servicewali Bahu, which will again be a socio drama and a woman centric show. For which the makers have finalised on Kratika Sengar- Dheer, popularly known as Jhansi Ki Rani and Abhishek Rawat (had earlier done Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo on the channel) as leads.
We too hear that the makers are keen on roping Rucha Gujarathi and accordingly have approached her for a very meaty role. "I just can't comment on anything right now. Let me get back to you," said Rucha.
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Earthy and sensuous. The Zoltan Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello received a spectacular performance at the Bridge Chamber Music Festival in Northfield last month. Minnesota Orchestra all-stars, Erin Keefe and Tony Ross perform this difficult, gypsy-like work in this week's Regional Spotlight.
Regional Spotlight - Kodaly Duo
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We pick you up from your Marrakech hotel or riad in the morning and travel south, crossing the High Atlas Mountains at the Tizi n' Tichka Pass, also known as the 'Gateway to the Sahara', which at 2260m is the highest pass in North Africa. We stop to admire the spectacular panoramic views of the mountains and valleys with Berber villages perched precariously on the hillsides.
On our journey towards Agdez we will stop to visit several Kasbahs, including Tamnougalte and Ait BenHaddou. This beautiful 16th century fortified city of terraced kasbahs is one of the best preserved and most spectacular Kasbahs in Morocco.It is one of the best examples of earthen construction in existence, and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It may also look familiar, as several well-known films have been shot there, including epics such as "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Gladiator".
After lunch in the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, we continue through the fertile, palm-lined Draa river valley to Agdez passing by Ouarzazate. This is where we stop to enjoy dinner and spend the night in a hotel.
.Day 2 : Agdez – Zagora – Tamgroute – ErgLihoudi
After breakfast, we set off for the small town of ErgLihoudi on the edge of the Sahara. On the way we stop at the village of Zagora and Tamgroute, where we visit the Koranic library, stroll through the underground streets, and learn about the traditional methods of pottery making, for which the village is renowned.
After Lunch in Tamgroute, we continue to Mhamid, followed by a 2 hour camel trek to explore the oasis and the edge of the desert.
On arrival at the bivouac, we will watch the magical moment of sunset, before enjoying a traditional meal whilst entertained by local musicians. We spend the night in Berber tents or under the stars.
Day 3: Erg Lihoudi – Ouarzazate – Marrakech
Next morning we enjoy breakfast at the campsite, and then set off on our return journey to Marrakech. We take the track from M'hamid to the dry riverbed of the Draa. Here, we re-join the road and continue towards Marrakech, passing through Ouarzazate and having lunch. We will stop several times for photo opportunities of the glorious scenery before arriving back at Marrakech and your hotel in the evening.


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All thought leaders are experts, but not all experts are thought leaders. In this MBO Partners webinar, we learned from author of Ready to Be a Thought Leader? and owner of Thought Leadership Lab, Denise Brosseau, about the seven things independent consultants need to know to establish themselves as thought leaders. She shared hands on tips and examples of how to build more of a following for your ideas in order to create more leads, build more trust with clients and make a difference in your industry.
This MBO Partners webinar took place March 24, 2016 from 1 - 2 PM EST.
Denise Brosseau is a thought leadership strategist, speaker and the author of Ready to Be a Thought Leader?, published by Wiley in 2014.
Denise began her career in the technology industry with positions at Motorola and Kensington before co-founding several non-profits, including Springboard, the women's startup launch pad that has led to over $6 billion in funding for women entrepreneurs.
Today, she is the CEO of Thought Leadership Lab, a boutique professional services firm which specializes in building leaders into thought leaders -- increasing their 'discoverability,' amplifying their influence and catalyzing strategic connections that lead to a seat at the table for the conversations that matter.
Denise received her BA from Wellesley College and her MBA from Stanford. In 2012, she was honored by the White House as a Champion of Change. Today, she lectures at Stanford Business School and speaks for companies like Google, Microsoft and KPMG.
Learn more at www.thoughtleadershiplab.com. Follow her on Twitter @thoughtleadrlab.


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4th Annual Chicago CISO of the Year Awards Breakfast
Chicago, IL
The 4th Annual (2016) Chicago CISO of the Year awards breakfast was on October 11, 2016 at the Metropolitan Club in Willis Tower. Over 50 senior Info Sec professionals gathered to network and honor their own. Over 20 nominees were considered, winnowed by a panel of their peers to 9 finalists, with CEO judges David Nelms (Discover Financial Services) and Stephen Lieber (HIMSS) making the final determination.
Todd Fitzgerald, Global Chief Information Security Officer for Grant Thornton International, was named the 2016 CISO of the Year, and thanked those gathered with a heartfelt view of how InfoSec "takes a village" in these days of increased (and increasing) risk. His remarks followed a Keynote Address by Jason Witty, USBancorp Chief Information Security Officer, who gave a sober view of the cybersecurity future and what we can do about it.
For more information, check out the Press Release here.


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text: My fourth Get To Know A Minnesota Blogger video interview is with the Mall of America Fashion Sense bloggers: Alyssa Szarkowski, Erica Dao and Jenn Hartley. The three talk about how they decided to begin blogging, how the blog has evolved since they've launched, and some of the challenges of publishing a retail-oriented blog. This interview is in two parts. (Mall of America is … [Read more...]


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Today on SocialPositives.com, we are listing some of the best free Spreadsheet Apps for Mac users. Spreadsheet Apps are one of the productivity tools that helps to track and save everything online.
By entering the appropriate mathematical functions into cells, you can turn a simple spreadsheet into an accounting page. It helps you to manage complex data like earnings, expenses, budgets and other accounting.
Free Spreadsheet Apps for Mac
There are a lot of Spreadsheet Apps available for Mac. Which are the best? Here we go with the Top Free Spreadsheet Apps for Mac Users.
1. Numbers
Apple's Numbers is one of the popular Spreadsheet Apps for Mac users. With Numbers, you can create beautiful spreadsheets that include impressive charts, tables, and images. And now with the beta release of new collaboration features, your team can work together in real time on a Mac, iPad, or iPhone — even on a PC using iWork for iCloud.
Like all other advanced collaboration tools, when your collaborators make changes, like revising a cell or adding a table, you can watch as it happens. You can see who you're working with on the same Spreadsheet.
2. Quip
Quip is one of my favorite online collaboration tool that simplifies your life and helps your team get work done faster. One of the highlights I love on Quip is we can easily import documents from Evernote, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc. Like similar apps, you can create blank Spreadsheets with the help of Quip.
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Apache OpenOffice comes next into our list. The current OpenOffice supports Apple MacOS X version 10.7 (Lion) – 10.10 (Yosemite).
Apache OpenOffice included 6 suites like Word Processor, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Graphics, Database Manipulation, and Mathematical Equations.
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I thought I'd start with a bang. Behold my favorite red-and-black photo of all time:
|Taken by Marli, our local friendly photographer
As I've mentioned before, I like my outfits to convey a little story, or at least deliver a definite mood. When I saw myself in the mirror, what popped into my head was, "I look like a baby vampire on her first night out." I'm pretty sure nobody else got that impression, but I enjoyed it.
Does anybody else think of stories to go with their clothes?


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|Roy Wood Sellars
Roy Wood Sellars, the American critical realist, taught philosophy at the University of Michigan. Although he was never as well known outside philosophical circles as some of his contemporaries, after the publication of his first book, Critical Realism, in 1916, Sellars maintained a substantial reputation among his fellow philosophers as a vigorously independent thinker. His thought was rigorous and critical; he never yielded to the fashionable movements of the day but steadfastly pursued his own original insights into basic philosophical problems.
The core of Sellars's philosophy is epistemological. He is concerned with showing that the critical realism of the philosopher is related to the "natural realism" of the "plain man." The philosopher reflects on the plain man's uncritical view of knowledge, which he clarifies and refines so that it is philosophically justifiable, but he does not vitiate its essential insistence upon the independence of the object of knowledge.
The most significant element in Sellars's vindication of realism is his revision of the theory of perception, which he describes as a process of interpretation of sensa, as mediated by factors both external and internal to the perceiving subject.
|Critical Realism
This view of perception avoids both the simplistic claim of natural realism that things reveal themselves directly in perception and the subjectivist claim that the objects of perception are ideas rather than things. Knowledge, too, is a complex process and occurs at various levels of complication.
Its ultimate biological source is to be found in the adjustment of the organism to its environment; its ultimate outreach is in scientific knowledge, which replaces the relativity of individual perspectives by close approximations to exact measurement. Whether on the implicit organic level or on the highly explicit and self-critical scientific level, we know that we know when the content of our beliefs corresponds to the externally observed state of affairs.
Working from this epistemological position, Sellars developed an evolutionary cosmology and a materialistic ontology, carrying on his insight that there are levels, or "gradients," of being. Even the higher levels like life and mind, which emerge under most favorable conditions, are, however, physical systems.
|the Humanist Manifesto
Sellars's materialism is nonreductive, but he insists that "life is not a nonnatural force coming from outside, but a term for the new capacities of which nature has found itself capable." On the valuational side, Sellars argues from these positions to a humanistic theory of ethics and religion (he was one of the major contributors to the composition of the Humanist Manifesto of 1933) and to a politics of democratic socialism.


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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
11 comments:
- Katrina said...
Yum! I made this last year, except I drowned it in chocolate ganache.
So fun to hide veggies and fool those who would otherwise be missing out!
- 07 August, 2010
- Baking Addict said...
This looks really delicious. Perfect for a chocaholic like me :) I just made a plain courgette/zucchini cake and it was delicious!
- 07 August, 2010
- twitcher said...
That looks awfully good too! Nice background there.
- 07 August, 2010
- Laurie @simplyscratch said...
you had me at zucchini! Looks great Mary!!
- 07 August, 2010
- Marcellina said...
Great idea!We are swamped with zucchinis as well because in the tropics we grow these vegies in winter. My choc-loving, vegie-hating son will love it!
- 07 August, 2010
- Cynthia Fox-Giddens said...
You did good on this zucchini cake. It has lots of my favorites ->coffee and dark chocolate. Yummy!
- 08 August, 2010
- Valérie said...
Does that ever look good! I remember being so skeptical when chocolate and zucchini were being hailed as the New Greatest Thing in baking several years ago. But when I finally tried it, I was wowed. And I love your cake's dark, rich colour!
- 08 August, 2010
- Natalie... said...
ooh wow yum this looks and sounds so tasty!
- 09 August, 2010
- Weight Loss Goals said...
I never tell the kids there is zucchini until they are picking up the crumbs.
- 10 August, 2010
- Poires au Chocolat said...
Yum! I so enjoyed the chocolate and courgette cake I made - I bet this was delicious.
- 13 August, 2010
- sensiblecooking said...
I never even thought of making zucchini and chocolate cake. But it looks darn good. I can make full yummy use of my zucchinis.
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Beautiful home..and thanks for introducing me to an new blog..will swing by now xReplyDelete
Kerri I saw this yesterday and yes, yes, yes, stunning is right. I am in love with all the cobalt blue and white!! KSReplyDelete
So excited , thats the very kitchen bench I learnt how to decoarate cupcakes with Sharnel. Her house is stunning , homey & inviting !ReplyDelete
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Oh bother. I was just at Kmart (yes, I know, Kmart!!) and was standing in line waiting to be served and was looking at the WW and thinking 'should I buy yet another mag' - so I didn't. Grrr. Oh well. Will just have to check online.ReplyDelete
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wow , looks amazing...i have to get a copy..my mum subscribes but it takes forever till i get her hand me down lol ! What a beautiful home, thanks for the heads up. Mel xxReplyDelete
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I love this stamp!! It reminds me so much of my teenage years....so so long ago....lol. I colored the image with Copics and just layered it with the green and brown card stock. The designer paper is from the Simple Stories - Pumpkin Spice paper pad. I added some ribbon, enamel dots and a border punch to finish it up! Also, because of a leaking Copic marker I ended up paper piecing the boys shirt. A happy mistake!
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It is time for another edition of "Hidden Treasure Tuesday"!
For those of you who missed the explanation, feel free to visit my explanation post here. And don't forget to snag the first "hidden treasure" while you are there ;)!
This week, I am bringing you an oldie but goodie management tool that I used during my Daily 5 stations last year to assist my students in solving problems independently and thus avoid interruptions during my time with groups!
This anchor chart is one that I had hanging up all year above my guided reading table for my students' to reference. (I promise I will break it down in English as well!)
The chart outlines the variety of ways that I had presented to my students at the beginning of the year as to how to solve a problem on their own without wasting their or my precious learning time!
The chart is titled "What can I do if there is a problem during centers?"
The question directly below is "Is it an emergency?"
This is the first question my students had to ask themselves in working to solve the problem.
If so, (blood, flood, vomit, ya know the works) then they would follow the red "¡Si!" step and find the teacher immediately.
If the child answers "No", then green means go and they must work to follow one of the following other suggestions on the poster to solve the problem without interrupting my group session.
1. "Pregunta a tres, y a la maestra después./Ask three before me.":
I encouraged my students to utilize one another as resources. Generally, if they had a question about a center activity, how to operate something, spell a word, etc. there was a peer that could help them as well as or sometimes even better than I could!
Fonts/Graphics: Scrappin Doodles, Print Candee, Kevin & Amanda
I had this poster hanging on my board throughout the year as well, as this was a strategy I did not only use for centers, but throughout the entire day. I really wanted them to use one another as resources! You can grab it for free in Spanish (as shown) or English too by clicking on the image!
2. "Escribo mi problema en una nota adhesiva,/I write my problem on a Post-It note.":
I had a pad of Post-It notes readily available on my desk all school year. I told the students that if there was a problem that they would like me to resolve that was not an emergency (something broke, iPod died, ran out of paper, etc.) that they could jot me a quick note, and I would then see it at my nearest convenience and work to resolve it as soon as possible. This worked really well as it not only let them feel that they were getting the information to me, but also the Post-Its served as a constant reminder that something needed to get done or resolved and I kept them sticking there until it was done. I find that if the students just tell me something throughout the day I may forget, so the Post-its are a great visual tool!
3. "Uso mi 'voz de grande'. Use my 'Big Voice'.":
The "Big Voice" is a concept I gleaned from "Conscious Discipline". It is a strategy for helping students to solve problems with their peers in an efficient manner as well as independently without always having to seek out teacher assistance. At the beginning of each school year, I read the text "Shubert's Big Voice" which teaches the students how to use this "Big Voice". More or less the idea is that the student shares with another what it is they have a problem with by stating "I don't like it when you...." and then go on to share what they would like the outcome to be. For example, "I don't like it when you talk loudly during our station time with friends, please use your quiet voice so that I can concentrate on my work". The other child should then respond with an acknowledgement of what the peer is stating and stop the problem behavior. We role play this a ton at the beginning of the year, after the reading the text to prep them for using it on their own!
4. "Voy a mi próximo centro./I go to my next center."
The premise of this idea is basically just that at times, particularly with technology in the mix, things might not always work and we must be flexible. If there weren't enough computers for some reason or an iPod died, etc. my students knew that they could just go ahead and head to the next station to begin working and that they would make it back there in the next round when there were sufficient materials/items were working again. This in no way gave them the opportunity to skip around centers as they pleased, but the okay to move ahead if need be so that learning was still being done :)!
What are some tricks of the trade that you have in place to minimize interruptions and increase student independence during your station time? I always appreciate adding ideas to my bank!


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News Release
Date: July 27, 2017
Contact persons:
Media Spokesperson, Chief Deputy District Attorney Brian Staebell
Media Coordinator, Joseph Langenbahn
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California (707) 565-3098
District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced today that Kenneth C. Wilson, individually and dba Wilson Vineyards and Winery agreed to a Stipulated Judgment, approved and ordered by Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Allan D. Hardcastle , requiring Wilson to pay $50,000 in penalties and $6,648.88 in response costs for violating state and local open burn regulations. Wilson burned 31 large piles of vegetation, brush and debris over several days in April 2016 at property located on Shiloh Ridge in Windsor, without complying with regulations on the size and content of the piles.
Several local fire agencies including the Santa Rosa Fire Department, Central Fire Protection District, Rincon Valley Fire District, Windsor Fire Protection District, Healdsburg Fire Department, Forestville Fire District and the Bay Area Air Quality District were required to respond to the incident. The 31 burn piles had the potential to grow out of control because they exceeded the size allowed under regulations adopted by the Bay Area Air Quality District for conducting open burns and contained material that had not been dried for 30 days.
District Attorney Jill Ravitch stated that "In order to protect our community it is important that land owners who engage in clearing their property by burning brush and vegetation comply with the regulations that have been adopted to prevent the risk of uncontrolled burns spreading and causing wildland fires. The quick response from our fire agencies prevented the spread of fire to other properties in the area."
Residents are reminded that both the Bay Area Air Quality District and the Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District, which oversee parts of Sonoma County, require a burn permit to be obtained before conducting any outdoor burning. The times when such burning is permitted is also limited to certain times of the year ("burn days"), certain hours during those days and limited due to weather conditions. Additional regulations apply regarding size of the piles, the types of materials that can be burned and the safety precautions that are necessary. Contact the local Air District that oversees your area to obtain the specific regulations that apply before engaging in any outdoor burning.
The District Attorney's Office brings actions such as these to protect public health and safety and to ensure that businesses comply with their legal responsibilities to safeguard the environment. Deputy District Attorney Caroline Fowler handled this matter on behalf of Sonoma County.