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I have never before written as a method of healing. Well, unless you count the "poetry" I wrote as a young teenager, which at this point I wouldn't, even if André Maurois says it is a way to "give expression in the written word to emotions or the ideas which people and things have aroused in" me. I suppose I've always thought it best to maintain a safe distance from what I feel rather than share it in a way that makes it permanent. I've avoided journaling for the same reason. Withholding feelings from paper, rejecting their permanence, is safer. At least that's what I thought.
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Northern Berkshire Coalition Forum Roams Downtown North Adams
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Usually when the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition meets on the second Friday of the month, participants gather at First Baptist Church and either hear from guest speakers or talk among themselves about a specific topic.
Not this month.
On Friday, for the October monthly forum, participants were asked to get up and out of the church for a very different reason: to engage members of the community who might not be aware of the Coalition's work or its meetings and therefore don't typically have a voice.
The idea came from a comment made by state Rep. Gailanne Cariddi at the September forum, interim Executive Director Amber Besaw told the 40 or so people who attended Friday's forum. In those comments, Cariddi had said it was important to "reach the unreachable."
"Her words inspired us a staff," said Besaw, who said reaching out to the community is a top priority. "I think it's important we're getting out there and letting people know who we are.
"The coalition is not the 15 people who sit in the office on Main Street. The coalition is you."
In teams of two or three, Coalition staff and other participants roamed around downtown North Adams armed with clipboards and a curiosity about the thoughts of people on the streets, in the library and post office, in City Hall, and in banks and downtown shops.
Besaw and Amanda Chilson, the coalition's Mass in Motion coordinator, headed for the North Adams Public Library, talking with staff and patrons. The quick survey included asking people whether they knew about the monthly forums on the second Friday of the month, whether that was a good time for the forums, what they saw as the region's biggest strength and what they saw as the region's biggest problem or need.
Chilson was able to chat with Library Director Mindy Hackner for a few minutes, and Hackner shared her thoughts about what the greatest need for North Adams was.
"The empty storefronts really bother me," she said. "A vibrant presence in the downtown — that's what we need."
Indeed, jobs and the economy were common problems and/or needs voiced by forum participants as they met back at the church to report their findings. People also shared that they thought the region needed stronger resources and programs for youths, transportation and housing, and help in addressing the opioid epidemic.
On the flip side, people shared what they believe are the strengths of the region, including the myriad cultural events, the people themselves and the small-town feel, a low cost-of-living and crime rate, and the tourist industry.
Besaw told the forum participants that this data would be collected along with the needs assessment to form the topics for the remainder of the monthly meetings, as well as the possibility of forums on different days or times to accommodate people unable to make it on Friday mornings.
"This is huge for us," she said. "This is all going to be put to good use."
The exercise in itself was a good one, the participants told Besaw and the rest of the Coalition staff.
"Being able to walk around ... and sit down and talk to people face to face meant the world to me," Kathy Quinn, an employee of Berkshire Children and Families in Pittsfield, said.
"I think people appreciated it, having their opinions being asked," Paula Consolini, director of the Center for Learning in Action at Williams College, said.
Kirby Lecy, outreach and communications coordinator for the state's Office of Rural Health, said it was even more enlightening for her as someone who doesn't live in the Northern Berkshire community.
"For the most part, people were really willing to talk. They enjoyed being engaged," she said. "That's telling about your community."
Another state employee visiting the coalition meeting summed up her thoughts about what the coalition had just accomplished during this unusual forum experience. Susan Colwell, regional manager for community support for the state Department of Children and Families, said she works with a number of community coalitions around the state and was impressed with what she saw on Friday.
"No one has ever done anything quite like this, and I want to congratulate you," she said.
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What is Misa without shimmers and highlighter? Nothing. Haha well I don't know since when but highlighting is part of my going out makeup routine, especially eyes highlighting. While I don't always highlight my cheekbones and other parts of my face, highlighting my nose bridge and eyes are really important for me. So, I was ecstatic when I got the chance to try this amazing Shinebox highlight and shimmer collection. It's like highlighters and shimmers 3 in 1: enhancer powder, cream shimmers, and highlighter eyeliners. There are 5 shades in total, all in one set.
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The packaging is really fancy. It looks almost like a vintage accessories chest. But I did something stupid. I nearly broke the packaging cause I seriously didn't know that I had to open the box like a fan, instead of opening like a compact. I laughed at my own silliness. The packaging is new and unique to me.
It has 4 layers (if you count the top cover), each has different products. I don't find any faulty with this kind of packaging, though I'm still so careful when opening the layers cause I definitely don't want them to break.
The top one is the All Over Enhancer. It has light bronze shade and can be used as blush too. Blending it with coral blush is the best in my opinion, cause it creates a subtle beautiful glow. I apply this enhancer powder with brush on my cheekbones.
There are 2 shades of the creamy highlighter. To be honest, these 2 shades (one yellow tone and one pink tone) are less pigmented than other products in this collection. While it looks beautiful and golden shimmery in the picture, but I find it quite hard to apply on my skin. I don't quite like the color payoff. It's rather creamy and creamy blush or highlighter is usually what I avoid since I have combination skin. These All Over Highlighter can be used on nose bridge, cheekbones, and brow bones.
The last layer contains 2 mini shimmery crayon eyeliner. These are actually my favorite products from this collection. They're small, slim and cute. Secret Shimmer has shimmery white color while Nude Shimmer has golden pink ish color. They're perfect for under eyes. It's a twist up eyeliner and it functions smoothly. I find the secret shimmer can be too white-ish when applied, but it can be blended out easily to achieve more natural look.
Now, here's the swatches
So, it's really hard to capture the colors with my crappy camera, especially the All Over Highlighter. The creamy highlighter colors just can't show up right when applied on my skin T_T but I adore the All Over Enhancer (the top left) color, though it looks almost like bronzer on my face. The best products for me are definitely the eyeliners. They're effortlessly pigmented. It's also easy to make aegyosal makeup with the eyeliners.
- Fancy packaging
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- Easy to use shimmer eyeliners
- Enhancer powder creates beautiful glow
- Travel friendly
- All over highlighter is less pigmented
While I think it would be super nice if it comes with a mirror, but this set is really nice considering it has 5 products in one package. I still have love hate relationship with the creamy highlighters, but the shimmer eyeliners definitely make up for it. The enhancer powder can act as blush or bronzer that gives healthy glow while the eyeliners make highlighting under eyes so much quicker and easier, plus it doesn't hurt at all. The pigmentation is also a big plus. So I must say this is a really nice set that I keep in my purse so that I can highlight and shimmer my face and eyes on the go.
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The PIN data model revolves around a few primary objects: Queries, Submissions and Sources.
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The village of Catskill, using a population of any mere 4,000 people (and potentially some animals too), hosts a lot of galleries. Musician Frank Cuthbert as an example has turned a 19th-century building in to the Brik Gallery.
Here you may enjoy exhibitions and classical music concerts together with readings. At Open Studio, Argentinian Dina Bursztyn and her partner, Julie Chase, display their art. The Greene County Council about the Arts, which assists collaboration between artistes and communities in Greene County, houses two floors of free galleries, something special shop, a library along with a resource center. There's also M Gallery. Open on weekends and also appointment, it features 19th and 20 century drawings, excellent artists and paintings on the local landscape.
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We were born to create.
Or perhaps it's better to say we were created to create.
The Bible begins with the words: In the beginning God created. This is the first thing we learn about God. God is an artist. Which is very cool.
But the Bible tells us more about this creative God. Specifically it tells us that he made people "in his image".
Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
God made mankind in his image. In a way that's different than all the other animals. Now, this is a thought that is not popular in our current cultural thinking. By many it is seen as arrogance that we would assume ourselves to be better than cats, dogs and orangutangs…but God says something different. He says that he CREATED man in his own image, and therefore that we ought to rule over the earth. (Note: this is meant to be a caring stewardship not a ruling of an iron fist, if you are interested in things relating to the environment and faith you should really check out my friend Matthew Morris' blog: www.theelusiveguanaco.blogspot.ca/ it s fantastic)
What I want to discuss is what it looks like specifically to be created in God's image. Because that is a huge statement! What is it about humans that is the image of God? What is merely our "animal" instinct and survival skills and what is the Imago Dei? I think we can see lots of thing, but I would like to focus on the aspect of creativity.
No other creature creates like humans do. No other creature has a robust need for the arts. We can train an elephant to paint, but we can all see it's not the same. Other creatures sing and we appreciate their beauty, but do they create? I loved my dog growing up, but he never wrote me poetry or played me a song on the piano. My daughter tells herself and sometimes the rest of our family fantastic stories. They come from her mind, she creates them; we have no record of any other animals doing that.
To me this doesn't seem like an evolutionary issue. Humans don't just create better art. We don't just have finer motor skills. We have the Image of God, we have traits of the ultimate CREATOR. Humans CREATE, we dream of things in our mind and create elaborate art to express it through dance, painting, writing, drawing, music, poetry and theater. No other creature that I know of does this.


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CPAP machines are frequently used by persons who suffer from sleep apnea or another sleep disorder. Research shows that the compliance rate for CPAP is only around 60 percent, since the machine can trigger uncomfortable side effects. However, side effects may be a result of an inappropriate pressure setting. Before abandoning the CPAP machine, users should confirm that they are using the correct setting to see if experience improves. There are various steps to ascertain if the pressure setting is correct.
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Determine how close your pressure setting is to your titrated pressure, which is what your doctor calculated during your sleep study. Many CPAP users initially use their titrated pressure or a cumber just above or below it, adjusting pressure up or down a half cm/H20 as needed. Doctors generally encourage CPAP users to stay within range of titrated pressure.
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turns out...when you start working out on a regular basis and putting in some good mileage (our run at the end of week two was nine miles), you are hungry. all. the. time.
so i decided it would be fun to start planning menus so liz and i could eat good food to fuel our bodies. here are my most recent meals:
friday night, we had some salmon on angel hair pasta with pesto. add some garlic bread and sauteed veggies (courtesy of the fabulous--and newly-engaged!--kelsie), and you have a delightful pre-long run meal.
sunday night, i made chicken for the first time in at least seven years. super easy recipe (thank you, elizabeth heil!). so here we have baked feta chicken on buttered egg noodles with sauteed asparagus. it was also great as a leftover.
tonight, i fixed crunchy tilapia, potatoes, and green beans. also had some raspberries for color. another yummy meal.
thus far, liz has not rejected anything i have fixed her. we are trying lots of new recipes, so let me know if you have something you really love.
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dude, runners like to EAT
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i have been super domestic lately as well, but i don't know how well my foods would fit into your running meal plan.ReplyDelete
last week i baked a double chocolate meringue pie (for my 300 list) when i had dinner with ashleyne & kristen.
tonight i baked a ham for the first time ever! it, with the salad and green beans, probably pretty good for you. however, the taffy apple pizza with vanilla ice cream and carmel sauce that we had for dessert...probably not so much. but it was really good!
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Could we build a true simulation model of the Human Brain?
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We have discovered and invented lots of things in computing since Charles Babbage invented his Analytical Engine and Ada Lovelace started programming it. Our quest has been to mimic the human brain and its functions. There are many areas we have gone way past the abilities of the human brain – fast numerical computations, massive data analysis like in internet search, etc.
But we still dont understand how the human brain works.
Lately we have started understanding the fundamental biology, chemistry & function of the neuron (fundamental unit of the brain) much better than ever before.
– We are able to map the complete neuron structures of small insects
– We are able to tap into the ends of neurons, sense their signals (audio) and make them control machines (bionic hands)
– For many decades now, we have used the "postulated" principles of the brain in Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms. We have even attempted to replicate the human brain as a software model for Machine Vision applications.
Now that we begin to understand the "real" function of the neurons and their connections, the question is:
– Could we build a true software model of the human brain, provide it some "sensory input" and let it freely "think"
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– But just to understand how our own brains "think"
Why would we want to do this? We'll "know better" once we actually build it. 🙂


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Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region Hosts A Workshop about HIV and the Latino Community
For Immediate Release: Jan. 30, 2014
On Thursday, March 5, 2009, Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region and the Community HIV Network are hosting an educational workshop about the medical and psychosocial needs of the Latino community in relation to HIV/AIDS.
The workshop is free and open to all healthcare workers, social workers and others who serve Latino populations.
WHAT: Medical and Psychosocial Needs of the Latino Community Related to HIV
DATE: Thursday, March 5, 2009
TIME: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
1900 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
WHO: Health professionals and service workers, including nurses, physicians, social workers, medical and nursing students
The workshop will include information about legal and immigration barriers that delay HIV-positive Latinos from seeking care; pregnancy and post-partum care of HIV-positive Latinas; co-infections and STD's; domestic violence and human trafficking; clinical trials; and cultural competency. Click here to view the workshop agenda.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided and CEU credit is available. Space is limited and the deadline to register is Thursday, February 26, 2009.
For more information about the workshop, call Alexandria Taylor, Community Health Educator at Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region at (901) 725-3014 or e-mail her at [email protected]
Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR), founded in 1938, is an affiliate of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. PPGMR's mission is to ensure broad public access to reproductive and related health care through clinic services, education, advocacy and community partnerships in serving 42 counties in West Tennessee, North Mississippi and East Arkansas.
Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region
Joan Carr
Director of Community Affairs
(901) 725-3008
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Sanity Obscure - Subterranean Constellation [Full length] (2012, Self-released)
When I read that Sanity Obscure was for fans of such bands as Pestilence, Nocturnus, Coroner, Vektor, Atheist and Death it naturally created very high expectations with me. I consider myself a pretty big fan of especially Nocturnus and Vektor, so if Sanity Obscure are anything like them that's a start at least.
As the album starts out with Dreams - Manifestations I got some almost jazzy vibes from them, and the portrait Sanity Obscure were starting to paint was indeed somewhat akin to those created by Nocturnus in the 80's. Throughout the album there are profound nods to those legends they worship, and from the amount of quite formidable bands the band itself lists as major influences it seems relevant to ask whether or not Sanity Obscure manages to fill their shoes.
From the first few listens I wasn't entirely convinced that Sanity Obscure were "mature" enough to wield the mantel of such revered bands, but tracks like Rise of the Machines forced away my doubt. They almost added up to my expectations, neatly combining elements from many progressive and technical bands from the 80's and early 90's, and their sound and songwriting does bear certain hints of both thrash and death metal. But one of the things that made the album appear like a mishmash og things is the myriad of elements they're commandeering into their sound. I like the fact that there is so much variation, but when Patient Zero goes from Nocturnus-esque chugging riffs to melo-death-ish melodies to chugging powered by blast beats it makes it sound like, to me, that they're not entirely sure what they want to play or like they're taking on too many influences. Regardless of that the Singaporean quintet got away with making some really enjoyable technical death/thrash by reusing the ideas of their idols. I especially enjoy the semi-progressive riffing tendencies, the widely varied vocal performances, the insisting bass and the variation of the drums.
To answer the question I posed in the second paragraph, Sanity Obscure doesn't quite amount to the greatness of the bands listed. Obviously it's tough to surpass such bands, and the reason for this is that those bands are unique. To be truly unique Sanity Obscure would have to combine and distill all the revolutionizing elements of Atheist, Nocturnus and Death into something amazing, but they never really succeed in detaching themselves from the incongruent mass of technical bands out there, and ultimately they amount to little more than a fairly skilled but very enjoyable tribute band. 6/10 guitars. 7/10 guitars.
1. Dreams - Manifestations
2. Rise of the Machines
3. Incarceration Divine
4. Synergistic Permutations
5. Patient Zero
6. Doublethink
7. Hyperboreas
8. Afflicted Mind
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CIOs from large organizations in the United States and the United Kingdom were surveyed about their mobile security concerns in a mobile security report from Mformation Technologies. Released on Mar. 8, the report highlights the challenges facing CIOs trying to figure out which mobile devices are connecting to the network and what information they have access to, the company said.
About 76 percent of surveyed CIOs said employee-owned mobile devices are causing security headaches, and 78 percent didn't know what mobile devices were connecting to the corporate network, the Mformation study found. Even more worrying, 77 percent of enterprises have no idea what data is on those employee devices that are connecting to the network, according to the report.
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Grayling has been shortlisted for the Best use of Digital Marketing Award at Association of Healthcare Communications and Marketing Awards 2017. The shortlisting comes on the back of our work with Health Education England on the 'There's nothing general about general practice campaign'.
The campaign led to what GPOnline called a 'surge in GP recruitment' with 77% of posts in the UK being filled after the first round of recruitment and with a total of 3,019 GP trainees recruited in 2016. This included a huge increase in hard to recruit regions targeted through the campaign including the East Midlands, which saw their 'fill rate' go from 69% in 2015 to 95% in 2016.
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This is gorgeous! I love the Christmas village...so adorable!ReplyDelete
Wow Melinda...this is STUNNING girl..look at all that cutting and quilling...just gorgeous smorgeous.I hardly have any Imaginisce stuff...so won't be able to do this challenge, but one day I will for sureReplyDelete
This layout is really STUNNING!!! I love the paper rolls under the village! That large snowflake is such a great addition, too!ReplyDelete
Beautiful layout and that snowflake is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2010 at 8:30 AM
Stunning layout Melinda and that paper rolling is so effective and how cute is the village!ReplyDelete
Oh Melinda.. this is such a great layout.. I love everything about it... great take on the sketch...tfsReplyDelete
stunning!!! :)ReplyDelete
Oh my word is this a incredible layout! LOVE the larger snowflake and the smaller one too! Love the buttons too! Wow...faboo work!ReplyDelete
What a great layout! I love, love, love the crystal snowflake.ReplyDelete
Fabulous Layout, love the quilling and the snowflakes. Thanks for sharingReplyDelete
This LO is totally awesome! Love everything about it!ReplyDelete
what a wonderful layout, filled with the christmas spirit after several christmas in july things latelyReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous - love all the details that make this stunning LO!ReplyDelete
Amazing layout! Such a cute picture and I love all the snowflakes.ReplyDelete
amazing page as usual - love your take on the sketchReplyDelete
I love how you layered the snowflakes!! Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
wow...that is beautiful!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2010 at 11:50 AM
I love those quilled circles near the bottom!ReplyDelete
Love the layout. Really like the metal snowflake glitz.ReplyDelete
How beautiful...is that quilling on the bottom!! Nice.ReplyDelete
Your layout is too awesome!ReplyDelete
Hey!Awesome layout you got there!So festive and fun!:DReplyDelete
Gorgeous layout!! Love your take on the sketch! I've got to get my hands on some of those crystal snowflakes!ReplyDelete
Great layout! I have a picture like that that I need to scrap! Love the Cottage Christmas line.ReplyDelete
Love your use of the sketch, and such an adorable picture.ReplyDelete
wow, this is GREAT I really like the details--aWESOME!ReplyDelete
So cute and lovely LO!ReplyDelete
Wow! Love, love, love this layout and that snowflake is fabulous!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! LOVE how you substituted the circle with a snowflake!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous - all of the details are fabulous!ReplyDelete
love the giant snowflake as the background and your quilling :DReplyDelete
Awesome layout...love the giant snowflake!!!ReplyDelete
OMGOSH!!! I adore your LO!! The snowflake is SOO cute!!ReplyDelete
Loving this layout. It is so pretty.ReplyDelete
Love,love,love this!!ReplyDelete
Heart the snowflakes!ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning. Love the crystal snowflake.ReplyDelete
Beautiful layout wowowoReplyDelete
Gorgeous LO!!!! LOVE the snowflake!ReplyDelete
This is so stinkin' cute Melinda! I love the large snowflake and the the photo is perfect. TFS.ReplyDelete
This is just the sweetest page!ReplyDelete
omg how super cute is this!? Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win some goodies :)
cute pic and love that snowflake very prettyReplyDelete
Gorgeous Christmas paper!!! Seeing Imaginese new Christmas line makes me want to start on my cards.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2010 at 9:04 PM
absolutely GORE-GEE-US!!! TFS!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh!!!! Adorable!! I thought the rolled paper was buttons at first....what a brilliant idea!ReplyDelete
I like the paper quilling, is that what it is?ReplyDelete
very nice,love the paper quilling on your workReplyDelete
Wow !!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful !!!!!!!!
And already getting ready for Christmas!!
Your layout is just BREATHTAKING! Every little bit of it is special...love the snowflakes, and the rolled twill or paper that look like button trees along the bottom. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful layout with us.ReplyDelete
wow...amazing layout...just breathtakingReplyDelete
Fabulous layout! I love the paper rolls.ReplyDelete
Beautiful LO. Love the embellies!ReplyDelete
Love the layout - you did a fabulous job!ReplyDelete
I LOVE your layout! The snowflake embellishment is super cute!!ReplyDelete
This is an amazing layout... I love the idea of using a snowflake in place of the circle!ReplyDelete
Wow! This is completely gorgeous. I love it!ReplyDelete
Your layout is simply stunningReplyDelete
Amazing layout, I love your take on Sarah's sketch. All of the new paper is simply fabulous.ReplyDelete
I love the quilled paper border, what a gorgeous layout!ReplyDelete
Your layout is to die for! Gorgeous as always. Love the crystal snowflakes.ReplyDelete
What an amazing take on the sketch! I will definitely be scraplifting this one!ReplyDelete
Love the giant snowflake and sweet picture!ReplyDelete
Awesome layout, love the white swirls at the bottom!ReplyDelete
Love the LO and the quilling part! xoxoxoReplyDelete
Awesome layout. Love the snowflake. The colors are great. TFS.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous layout! love love love the snowflake!ReplyDelete
What a gorgous layout Melinda, I just LOVE the little village and that snowflake is too die for.ReplyDelete
wow so detailed. lovely.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Pat says: My gosh girl, do you have talent, and all the different techniques are just amazing, so glad I checked out your blog. Keep up the great work.ReplyDelete
that's really adorable!ReplyDelete
WOWsers Melinda this is just FAB!ReplyDelete
Oh.my.goodness. Melinda-your layout is amazing, and the little cutie in the picture is soooo adorable!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh...this is amazing. I love all of the detailed work and such a cute photo.ReplyDelete
oh wow--that is awesome!ReplyDelete
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"…a practical how-to-make-it manual for those high-octane riders who dream of winning at the Olympics, Worlds, or Medal-Maclay… But How Good Riders Get Good is also an essential guide for any rider, riding instructor, and rider parent or spouse, because it isn't only a book about how the world's best riders become the best, it's a book about how every rider can become his or her best."
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Reviews of HOW GOOD RIDERS GET GOOD on Amazon.com:
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A Must Read Book That Will Inspire All Aspects Of Your Life
September 18, 2011
I bought this book hoping for a step by step guide on how to become a successful rider, but let me be clear: this is not that type of book!! However, despite the fact that it was not what expected, this book has exceeded all of my expectations and quite frankly may be the best self help book ever written. Denny's frank honesty is refreshing and his no excuses attitude inspires readers to demand more of themselves. He discusses topics faced by riders of all disciplines such as making the most of your financial circumstances and enhancing your character. I have become a better rider, student and overall person because of this book. Thank you Denny!!!
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Roadmap to success!
July 14, 2011
This is a great book–it clearly states all the things we equestrians ponder. How many of us have seen promising riders just fizzle out thru lack of direction? Eventho I am an older rider, it helped clarify so many issues. I appreciate all the wisdom that has been shared.
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Just what I've been thinking!
July 3, 2011
An excellent book by a true expert. A good rider is a responsible rider, that is the main point throughout the book. How good riders get good and stay that way all boils down to being responsible. Something that is missing in today's society.
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Excellent book
June 13, 2011
This book is a must-read for everyone in the horse world. Denny Emerson does not suffer fools gladly. He will not accept excuses for why you can't be a better rider. Not enough money, not enough time, not the best horse. He explains how you can make things better no matter your circumstances. If you truly desire to be better, you will make it work.
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Middle Aged Remorse Includes a Sprinkling of Hope
April 24, 2011
I am a middle aged woman who returned to horses after an almost 30yr lapse about 4 yrs ago. I splatter now, instead a bounce, and regaining my confidence after injury (err, injuries) has been a struggle.I am finding this book extremely well written and very inspirational. I wish I had a voice like Mr. Emerson's in my ear over 35 yrs ago. Although he speaks to those who would aim for the highest levels or pursue a career with horses, his advice applies to steady old plugs like myself who thrive on the pursuit and process of better and more subtle horsemanship (and yeah, I may yet get to the point where I feel I can kick ass). He does a very effective job of conveying life experience without turning the book into a memoir and is extremely thoughtful and insightful in his observations and advice.


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Meet ISPA's 2015 Global Fellowship Program participant Dóra Juhász!
Dóra Juhász
General Manager, Compagnie Pal Frenak
Dóra Juhász is currently the general manager of the renowned, Paris-Budapest based, French-Hungarian contemporary dance company Compagnie Pal Frenak.
She started her professional carrier as a contemporary dance and theatre critic, she was awarded to the Viktor Fülöp Award and Scholarship for Dance Theoreticians two times and won the National Cultural Fund's Research Grant. She is the member of the Hungarian Theatre Critics' Association and co-author of the book entitled Engaging the young audience in the field of contemporary performing arts, published in 2013.
Before joining Compagnie Pal Frenak, she worked for the most important contemporary art institution in Hungary, the internationally acknowledged Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, being responsible for the audience engagement department and press and communication of the institution.
Dóra Juhász regularly gives lectures and invited to take part in conferences, juries in Hungary and abroad. She is teaching cultural management and communication at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest and WERK Academy. In 2013 she was an awarded fellow of deVos Institute's International Arts Management Fellowship Program of Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts, Washington, USA.
Dóra was featured in the "Fellow Spotlight" article in the July 2015 issue of our members only e-newsletter Network. Click here to read the article.
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The tour was faced with some interesting challenges. After the two performances in Blackpool, the equipment of all the bands, including guitars and amplifiers, were left on the stage overnight. When they returned the following morning to pack it away, they found intruders had broken into the venue during the night and had smashed some of guitars and amplifiers.
Pink Floyd were having a few problems with their founding member, Syd Barrett, who was not enjoying the tour. Arriving in a new town, Syd would go for a walk, and not get back to the venue until just a few minutes before Floyd were due onstage. He'd play the show, go off again, come back hours later, in time for the second. But one night, he didn't turn up at all, resulting in Davy O'List (of The Nice) to stand in for him.
During the tour Hendrix commonly wore a glimmering, pale blue, crushed velvet suit with flared trousers. His set was packed with dynamic numbers, enabling the guitarist and his band to show off not only their amazing playing skills but deliver a show full of great showmanship. The set included 'Hey Joe' and 'Purple Haze' as well as a version of the Beatles' 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and The Troggs 'Wild Thing'.
During one performance at the City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Jimi Hendrix was having equipment problems and in his frustration rammed his Gibson Flying V into his speaker cabinets. Like an enormous arrow, the guitar became stuck in the amplifier, which the audience greeted as if it all was part of the act.
Reviews from the tour were all focused on the headline act. A review in the Coventry Evening Telegraph said: "More than 3,000 youngsters attended two houses at the Coventry Theatre. He [Hendrix] can play guitar with his teeth, lying on the stage, or behind his back - and do it better than most in a more conventional position. The result was a stunning, completely individual performance, which included hits like 'Hey Joe', 'The Wind Cries Mary' and 'Purple Haze' and the wildest version yet of 'Wild Thing'. But the teenagers who stood on their seats for Jimi Hendrix were unmoved - and I guess somewhat bewildered - by the Pink Floyd, a group for whom the new wave is more of a spring tide."
The 16-date tour took Hendrix to Belfast for two shows at Whitla Hall, Queens College. It was Jimi's 25th birthday and before the shows the guitarist was given a birthday cake by the promoters. This was to be the only concert that The Jimi Hendrix Experience ever played in Ireland.
The following month, on the final night of the tour at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, Jimi Hendrix had the curtains closed on him halfway through his set, after the management at the venue regarded his movements with his guitar as having sexual overtones. And that was it, tour over, the end of what undoubtedly must rank as one of the best ever package tours to tour the UK.


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This has been already the fourth year when the dental clinic offers free dental care for patients in need.
Last year, there were at least 175 patients "saved" of their painful tooth.
This year, the number of patients who received free dental care was even greater.
This free dental care event is called Free Extraction Day, and was started by the executive director of the UAFS Dental Hygiene Program, Dr. Mitzi Efurd.
Having to live everyday with an abscessed tooth which is terribly painful is a nightmare.
Volunteer dentists acknowledge this fact, and the need for such programs can be seen in the huge number of patients who show up every year for the free dental care treatments.
One simple extraction costs at least $100 and people without dental insurance cannot afford for sure to pay this amount.
This is why such free dental care treatments are so important in a community where the number of people without proper dental insurance but huge dental problems is growing considerably.


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In response to last week's massacre in Connecticut, Mother Jones has put together a "study" on mass shootings that makes a pretty bold claim: In the wake of the slaughters this summer at a Colorado movie theater and a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, we set out to track mass shootings in the United States over the last 30 years. We identified and analyzed 62 of them, and one striking pattern in the data is this: In not a single case was the killing stopped by a civilian using a gun. There are a couple of major problems here with arguing that armed civilians don't stop mass shootings. One is that when armed civilians are present, they often stop mass shootings before they can become mass shootings. One of the criteria Mother Jones used to define mass shootings is that "the shooter took the lives of at least four people." So then, consider the following:
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I have some exciting news to share, as I was lucky enough to win the What Will You Stamp? challenge a couple of weeks ago, I have been asked to be a guest designer this week. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone creates. I hope you join in on the fun and you may be the next guest designer.
At What Will You Stamp? this week we are using the Dragonfly Dreams Stamp Set.
I have used this stamp set a number of times in the last couple of months. Even though there is a beautiful dragonfly image in the set, I decided to do something a little different this time.
I used the spotted stamp to create a background in Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder and embossed silver.
The bee was created using silver embossing powder on Whisper White cardstock.
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On March 21, 2011, DEBT WATCH HARRISBURG sent the Harrisburg Act 47 Coordinator, Julia Novak, The Novak Consulting Group, a formal request to meet on Act 47 issues.
As well as to other members of the Act 47 team—Robert W. O'Donnell, Esquire & Gerald Cross, Executive Director Pennsylvania Economy League, this letter was sent to DWH members.
DWH will keep all members apprised of the response received from the Act 47 team.
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A new Congressional report is shedding light on the level of cyberattacks faced by U.S. electric utilities. In a survey, many power companies said that such attacks occurred daily or constantly.
InfoWorld's Jeremy Kirk reported, "A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyber attacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. More than a dozen utilities said cyber attacks were daily or constant, according to the survey, commissioned by U.S. Democratic Representatives Edward J. Markey and Henry A. Waxman. The 35-page report on the survey, called 'Electric Grid Vulnerability,' was released on Tuesday."
The Washington Post's Josh Hicks noted, "Markey is renewing his efforts to enact grid-security legislation. His report — which surveyed more than 150 utilities, cooperatives and federal entities owning major pieces of the electric system — showed that the power network is the target of daily cyber attacks, with one utility saying it faced 10,000 attempted attacks each month."
According to Reuters, "Senior administration officials say they do not know of any successful destructive attack on the grid or other key infrastructure, but fear that hackers may have the ability to do so."
Politico quoted Markey, who said, "National security experts say that cyber attacks on America's electric grid top the target list for terrorists and rogue states, yet we remain highly vulnerable to attacks. We need to push electric utilities to enlist all of the measures they can now, and push for stronger standards in Congress that will keep our economy and our country safe from cyber warfare."
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Engineer Robert Bea a student of disaster
SUNDAY PROFILE / Robert Bea
The news from the gulf worried Robert Bea.
The UC Berkeley engineering professor, fidgeting in his cluttered home office, sifted through the latest updates on a gushing undersea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico and shook his head. BP had started its "top kill" process to plug the well two days earlier, and Bea considered the prognosis grim.
"They're scared," he said. "They're doing everything they can. But what they're doing has a very low probability of success." BP abandoned the top kill the next day.
Bea's comments weren't mere armchair engineering.
A former Shell Oil executive, Bea, 73, is a student of disaster. He has spent decades investigating catastrophic engineering failures, from the New Orleans levee breaches in Hurricane Katrina to the space shuttle Columbia's fiery end.
Team studying spill
Now he has assembled a team of researchers to delve into the April 20 explosions that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig and caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history. His group is separate from the official federal bipartisan commission begun by the White House to investigate the incident. It is also separate from the U.S. Department of Justice's criminal investigation. But Bea's study group already has interviewed eight people who were on the rig and has shared its findings with members of Congress.
"I'm an engineer - I'm in the prevention business," Bea said. "But you can't prevent what you don't understand."
Disaster is never far from his mind. He lost his home in New Orleans to Hurricane Betsy in 1965. In his office hangs a print of the Winslow Homer painting "The Fog Warning," showing a lone fisherman rowing a dinghy on dark, rising seas while a ship recedes in the distance - a classic image of dread.
Pointing finger at BP
"I keep that picture here for a reason," Bea said. "I know how that guy feels. You're looking over your shoulder and thinking, "Oh s-, the fog's coming in, and the ship's heading in the other direction."
Bea's comments tend to be blunt, and he has a history of raising hackles. In a "60 Minutes" interview last month, he laid blame for the Deepwater accident squarely on BP, and he says the company appears to have ignored a study he did for it eight years ago examining problems in the business' refineries. His post-Katrina investigation into the levee failures that flooded New Orleans was sharply critical of the Army Corps of Engineers, the institution in which Bea began his career.
"He's not somebody who goes along to get along," said Kathleen Tierney, a sociology professor who heads the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Dealing with disasters
Tierney is working with Bea on a study of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and said she admires and shares his approach. "It's an attitude of independence, an attitude of being willing to be very, very deeply immersed in data, an attitude of healthy skepticism, an attitude of being able to question other people's findings," she said.
A tall, lanky man who has difficulty sitting still, Bea lives with his wife, Joanie, in Moraga. He talks fast when delving into topics that fascinate him, and his comments can make sudden swerves and unexpected turns. Colleagues sometimes refer to him as a force of nature.
Bea was born into an engineering family, with a father in the Army Corps of Engineers. The younger Bea at first wanted to pursue forestry, until he realized how little the job paid.
"I realized that if I became a forester, I'd have to learn to eat pinecones," he said.
After working his way through the University of Florida, he briefly took a job with the corps. But he was assigned to the same office as his father, whom he describes as "a hard man." He soon left the corps and went back to school for a master's degree.
His next career move proved more lasting. He joined Shell Oil and stayed with the company for 16 years, in jobs that ranged from roustabout to manager of Shell's offshore technology development group.
Shell introduced him to disaster. In 1961, an offshore military radar platform southeast of New York City collapsed into the sea, killing 28 people. Shell asked Bea to study the accident and glean any lessons he could from it.
"They tasked me to look at it, because we were headed for the deep water, and we wanted to know what went wrong," he said.
Organizational errors
That grim specialty stayed with him after he left Shell, working for several years in offshore engineering consulting. It found new life after he joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1989. There he met Karlene Roberts, a research psychologist who opened his eyes to the role that people and organizations play in catastrophes.
"We were interested in a lot of the same things, but from different perspectives," said Roberts, who now chairs the university's Center for Catastrophic Risk Management. "Look at the oil spill problem. Everyone thinks it's a technological problem. It's not. It's a management problem."
That idea - that organizational issues can lead to calamities - became an underlying theme in Bea's work. In 2002, BP executives asked him and Roberts to study organizational issues in the company's U.S. refinery operations. The refineries had been assembled through a series of acquisitions, Bea said, and had very different workplace cultures that didn't necessarily mesh with the parent company's. Some were beautifully run, others weren't.
Bea and Roberts delivered a report on their findings. Three years later, one of the refineries that the two researchers considered a problem suffered an explosion and fire that killed 15 people.
"I can't see any sign that (the report) took hold," Bea said. "It's like paint on a rusty car."
In the Deepwater Horizon accident, Bea sees evidence of organizational problems both at BP and the Minerals Management Service, the federal office that oversees offshore drilling.
Neither party, he said, adequately evaluated the probability that the well could blow out or the consequences a blowout could bring. BP, he said, allowed its quality control procedures to slip and made some bad decisions, such as displacing drilling mud in the well with lighter seawater that didn't exert as much downward pressure on the oil. Signs of impending trouble, such as evidence that a key piece of equipment called the blowout preventer had been damaged, weren't properly addressed.
Big-picture perspective
Adding to it all was the pressure of expense. Drilling the well was taking far longer, and costing far more, than BP expected, Bea said.
Although Bea's statements can be harsh, his colleagues say he doesn't have a vendetta against the oil companies or engineering organizations he investigates. They also praise his ability to take in large quantities of information and find the details that matter.
"He's a giant in our industry," said J. David Rogers, who collaborated with Bea on the Katrina study and teaches geological engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. "Bob has the big-picture view that you just don't see much anymore. We've become a culture of specialists. And those aren't the kind of people who can figure out failures."
Bea now spends much of his time on the Deepwater accident, but he still has his eye on California's imperiled delta. He hopes the public pays attention, too. The levee system there is fragile, the water works vulnerable. It could be a disaster in the making.
"The (oil) well was trying to tell us something was wrong," he said. "The levees are trying to tell us something is wrong. If that thing goes, you and I are going to be drinking saltwater coffee."
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