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East Port of Spain Community Profile
East Port of Spain lies East of the Dry River (St. Ann's River) and lies within the Capital of Trinidad. East Port of Spain extends from Charlotte Street and Sea Lots in the west to include the communities immediately north and east, of the Lady Young Road, namely Mon Repos, Never Dirty and Caledonia #2; The southern boundary is the landfill and swamp south of the Beetham Highway .
The population in East Port-of-Spain is 8,840 persons. East Port of Spain has a youth population of 30% where youth represent persons between the ages of 12 – 29. Persons who are over 65 years are represented by 10%. East Port of Spain is comprised mainly of Africans at 71%, Mixed – African and Indian 11%, East Indians 2%, Chinese .1%, Caucasians .05% and Indigenous .15%. East Port of Spain mainly has Roman Catholics at 31%, followed by Anglicans 14%, Pentecostal 13%, Baptist 12%. 17% of people within East Port-of-Spain stated that they belong to no religion; it was not stated or other.
47% of the residents of East Port-of-Spain have engaged in secondary school education. In relation to tertiary (technical/vocational) education there is a low number of 5%; Further, only 3% of persons attended tertiary/university education and this may be due to various social and economic issues surrounding the residents.
East Port of Spain is the birthplace of the Steel Pan, Calypso and Carnival. It has produced icons in the fields of culture, education, law, business, sport and the arts. The area is rich in history and cultural traditions and boasts of a number of sites of national significance. East Port-of-Spain is a network of diverse communities in terms of physical size, population, layout and appearance. Conditions in the area today are likely a result of poor physical, social and economic factors. Many communities of East Port of Spain have poverty, crime and violence and their residents do not benefit from the economic growth experienced in the Port of Spain area nor nationally. 41% of persons who live in the area are employed. However, most of them work in stores, are self-employed, holding low range positions in the public service or some sort of manual/skilled or unskilled labour.
Youth Activities
East Port of Spain youths participate mainly in sporting activities. Many of CSP East Port of Spain communities engage in sports through various football and basketball facilities within their communities. Also, cultural activities and steel pan are interest of youths in the area of East Port of Spain.
There are many Community Based Organizations and Non-governmental Organizations in East Port of Spain. However, not all are registered in the CSP communities. There are approximately 45 CBOs and NGOs in East Port of Spain.
East Port of Spain has many institutions. There are many pre schools, approximately 27 primary schools and 7 secondary schools. There are also many churches, 1 mosque, 3 police stations and 2 police posts.
1. The CSO Population and Housing Census 2011.
2. Ministry of Education website
3. Encyclopaedia of Nations - http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Americas/Trinidad-and-Tobago.html
4. Port of Spain Market; Namdevco". Namdevco.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2008.
5. East Port of Spain Development Company Limited
6. Ministry of Community Development


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More Photos & Pics Please: Imgur Creates Image-Only Social Network
Until this week the image hosting site Imgur has been most widely known as the most submitted URL to the social networking site Reddit. Imgur allows folks to quickly upload and host photos and has widely been adopted as the favorite hosting choice of Redditors. Earlier this week Imgur announced they will now be doing more than just hosting images, they will be running their own socially driven enhanced "gallery" with user moderation, reputation and advanced content sorting.
Having an image be included in the new "gallery" is an option that users must choose when uploading.If this option is not selected, the image will not be included in Imgur's social gallery. If an image is to be included in the gallery an image title is required for context.
The most noticeable change is a new beta homepage that allows users to view types of images sorted by a variety of topics. Users can choose the following types of images:
- Hottest
- Newest
- Top
- Virality
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- Time
Of course, what's a social network without a reputation system? Imgur is dipping back into their April Fools past to resurrect an Imguraffe character. Users will be able to achieve different levels of a "glorious" to "prestigious" reputation based on reputation points. Each time that a user adds 10,000 reputation points they receive a new medallion. Trophies will also be rolling out soon for users that have done "something amazing." The details are vague, but should help to increase user interaction.
The new gallery will be released to all on Monday the 29th and more can be seen on the official Imgur blog post.
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I'm going to show a bio-assay, which is a test for measuring the amount of 1080 in some oat baits. These are the oats that have got 1080 in them and on them - it's a quality control test to make sure that the oats have got the right amount of 1080 in them, not too much.
I use water to get the 1080 out of the oats and put some of that water onto these paper disks. The water has the 1080 in it, and these paper discs have been dried in an oven. Then the paper discs are put onto a plate which is called a bio-assay plate. The discs go onto the plate in a pattern and then the plate goes into an incubator overnight.
Overnight, the bacteria which is in the medium – which is all that white that you can see – bacteria grows, but where the 1080 is on the discs the bacteria can't grow because it doesn't like the 1080.
So, in the morning, I measure the different zones – these are called zones –where the bacteria hasn't grown. I use these digital callipers to measure the zones, and from that measurement, after doing some calculations, I can work out how much 1080 was in that particular oat-bait sample. You might be able to see that the zones are different sizes – and the different sizes means that there was a different amount of 1080 in that particular sample.


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Animal therapy is a growing field, and its benefits are increasingly being backed up by science.
They're cute, they're loyal, and they're so silly that humans have created an entire language just for them (yes, we heckin' love pupperinos). Everyone knows that dogs are our best friends and constant companions, but fewer realize that in many ways, dogs also function as our health coaches. Yet as science increasingly shows, man's best friend is also the ultimate personal trainer, mental health coach, and health supplement. Here are seven ways dogs improve our physical and mental health.
They force you to exercise
The most obvious health benefit of owning a dog, of course, is all those walks. Depending on the breed, your dog might push you to put several extra miles on your step-counter every day. Dogs bred to do high-energy jobs, like cattle dogs, need a lot of exercise and will whip you into shape in no time. Or if you're hoping for a more of a leisurely pace, a smaller dog will still push you to hit the streets for a more moderate stroll.
They'll make you more social
If you find you have a tendency to enter hermit mode, a dog can help you counteract your loner tendencies. After all, when you're out with a dog, everyone is your friend. If you're open to talking, you'll have no shortage of conversational partners. Other dog owners will wanna chat, dog-wanters will have technical questions questions about breed and age, and straight-up dog lovers of all stripes will want to know anything and everything about your pupper.
They reduce your risk of heart disease, somehow
Studies have shown that people who own dogs have a lowered risk of heart disease. According the Harvard Heart Letter, the American Heart Association found that people who own dogs have lower blood pressure and a better cholesterol profile. But when it comes to why dogs help our hearts, we don't definitively know. Some scientists theorize it's because dog owners are more active, while others attribute it to love and companionship. Whatever the reason, it seems that dogs are good for the human heart on more than a symbolic level.
They help your mental health
Animal therapy is a growing field, and its benefits are increasingly being backed up by science. Spending time with dogs have been shown to decrease anxiety and depression, but perhaps even more surprisingly, people with conditions like schizophrenia and biploar disorder have reported that pets are one of the things that help them the most. Having a very close bond with a nonjudgmental creature is highly beneficial. As Mark Longsjo, program director of an inpatient mental health facility, told NPR, "We have so many patients come through, and we always ask them about their support system. Sometimes its family members, sometimes its friends, but it's very common to hear about pets."
They sniff out serious diseases
Admittedly, your average pup who spends its days drinking out of the toilet and barking at snowflakes may not be able to tell you if you have a serious disease. But some types of dogs can be trained to smell out serious diseases, including cancer. These dogs use their extra-sensitive noses to detect "volatile organic compounds" that indicate cancer in human urine and breath. In other words, your dog is not just a great cuddler, but also potentially an amazing diagnostic tool.
They'll keep the doctor away
An apple a day may not actually affect your likelihood of seeing a doctor, but a dog a day might. According to a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, people who had pets saw doctors less over a one-year period than people who didn't. The study also found that while people tend to see doctors more frequently during times of stress, people with pets did not. The study noted that "owners of dogs, in particular, were buffered from the impact of stressful life events on physician utilization."
They're . . . probiotic?
It's a relatively new finding, and a strange one, but recent studies have shown that dogs not only share our homes and our beds, but they also might share our microbes — or rather, they might share theirs with us. According to a New York Times article, studies have shown that dogs increase the number of bacterial species in our home, and that this can actually have positive effects, such as reducing the likelihood of immune disorders. This may account for why people who live with a dog since infancy have a lower risk of asthma and allergies. Dogs and humans have lived together for up to 40,000 years, so it's possible that in that time, we have become codependent even on a microbial level. You know what they say — good friends share brunch, but best friends share bacteria.


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This month Carla is our queen bee and asked for these low-volume blocks with pinwheels randomly placed throughout. I had quite a time pulling out all different prints. There's a lot of sand in there =)Carla's question this month is, "If you ever decided to get a tattoo, what would it be a picture of and where would you put it?" I'm afraid I'm much too straight-laced to ever want a tattoo ... to me it's like covering an expensive car with bumper stickers. It just doesn't make sense. That said, I do like Henna--the swirly, feminine designs. And I very much like that they fade away by the time I'm tired of seeing and feeling them =)
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I live in an area made almost entirely of limestone sand. We have a lot of sand here too so this lovely block will blend in perfectly, I am sure. Thank you!ReplyDelete
I am also NOT a tattoo girl, but I am really intrigued by the things that people feel are so significant to them that they have the images engraved in their skin. Indian bridal henna is beautiful. I too love those abstract, purely decorative designs (especially as they are temporary!).
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Homeopathy now / Homéopathie maintenant / Omeopatia adesso / Homöopathie jetzt / Homeopatia agora / Homeopatia ara / Homeopatia orain - Bitácora plurilingüe de salud y homeopatía, como una revista en crecimiento, dedicada a la salud, y a la homeopatía clásica, desde su uso tradicional hasta los métodos modernos. A multilingual homeopathic health blog, arranged as a cumulative growing journal, devoted to health matters, specially classical homeopathy, from traditional use to modern methods -
History of Kent's Repertory and Treasure
Introduction In 1972, as a student of homeopathy, I had already realized that Kent's Repertory third American and later editions, had many printing mistakes, and it surprised me that these errors had not been rectified by Dr. Kent. On closer examination I realized that the publication of the Third Edition appeared in 1924, after June 5, 1916 (the date of Dr. Kent's death) and it occurred to me that Dr. Kent had never had the chance to correct these errors. Logically, therefore, I tried to locate the second edition of the Repertory. I had spoken to Mr. Roger Ehrhart (the last of the Ehrhart family that owned the famous Homeopathic Pharmacy of Ehrhart and Karl-original publishers of Kent's Repertory Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth American Editions) in 1972 when he was still alive but he could not give me much help. It was not clear if the library of Ehrhart and Karl had this second edition (of Kent's own repertory or an uncovered one). A paper in the January-February 1963 AIH Journal by Dr. K.C. Mittal was the first clue to the existence of Kent's own personal repertory and this repertory was in the possession of Dr. Schmidt of Geneva, Switzerland. In June, 1972 I had the opportunity to be in Geneva, Switzerland and spoke to Dr. Pierre Schmidt about the errors I had observed in Kent's Repertory, the paper of Dr. Mittal, and asked for him to shed light on the matter. He informed me that Dr. Mittal had come to Geneva and diligently worked with Kent's own personal copy of the second edition of the repertory (abbreviated as "Treasure" from here on) and had copied carefully every correction from the Treasure into his own copy of the 6th American Edition 1957. In addition, Dr. Mittal had also copied every correction from the two chapters "Mind and Generalities" into a copy of an Indian edition belonging to Dr. Pierre Schmidt which he showed me. This was a specially bound book (I believe this book had a green cover with special "spring" action separators between the various chapters). In it were very neatly copied corrections in a very symmetrical handwriting. A facsimile of one such page (Chapter of Mind) is printed in the so-called Kent's Final General Repertory. It is to be noted that the handwriting on this facsimile is completely different from Kent's signature also appearing in this book in the preface. The handwriting is probably Dr. Mittal's. Dr. Pierre Schmidt informed me that, after carefully doing this work, Dr. Mittal had run away from Switzerland taking the Treasure with him as well as, of course, his own copy (6th American Edition of Kent's Repertory) in which he had made the corrections from the Treasure and that if this copy could be traced it would be as good as the Treasure. Dr. Mittal's copy will be referred to as MKR in what follows. In addition, I made the acquaintance of Mme. Dora Schmidt Nagel, wife of Dr. Pierre Schmidt, Homeopathic pharmacist and owner of Laboratoire Homeopathique de Mme. Schmidt. This noble and gracious lady was the one who later on was to make possible the finding of the Treasure. The Search In 1973 I wound up my duties as Assistant Professor at a university in the USA to start the study of medicine at the University of Brussels. My motivation for giving up a previous profession as a mathematician lay in the inspiration I had received in the study of Kent's incredible Lectures in Homeopathic Philosophy, Materia Medica and Repertory. It was a dream and a deep intuitive feeling that Homeopathy could perhaps again triumph on the earth and regain its past glory in the healing of the nations; and that using the techniques of mathematics and computers I might play some role in the solution of medical problems. As a mathematician I had even written a working computer program in the Fortran language for such repertorization and diagnosis of diseases. I was further inspired and encouraged by two wonderful friends, Mrs. Audrey Winthers (daughter of Dr. A.H. Grimmer, one of Kent's foremost student who had entrusted me with her father's original manuscripts-a work which appeared in 1996 as The Collected Works of Dr. A.H. Grimmer) and Joseph L. Kaplowe, M.D., of New Haven, Connecticut, also a homeopathic doctor, author of many papers in the Homeopathic Recorder, the foremost homeopathic journal in U.S.A. During my years as a medical student I had many occasions to speak of the problem of Kent's repertory with Mme. Schmidt whose gracious help and encouragement in my days as a medical student really were instrumental in my success at completing my M.D. In 1978 Mme. Schmidt wrote a letter to Dr. Mittal and gave it to me to present to him personally when I went for a 3 week vacation to India. Mme. Schmidt told me that it was Dr. Eugene Alonzo Austin, beloved student of Kent who had passed on the Treasure to Dr. Pierre Schmidt in 1939, when the latter physician, had traveled to the U.S. to learn homeopathy with two of Kent's best students: Dr. Frederica Gladwin and Dr. Eugene Alonzo Austin. Dr. Frederica Gladwin originally had acquired one of the three originally hand corrected (by Kent himself) 2nd Editions of Kent Repertories and had passed her copy to Dr. Austin or Dr. Schmidt. It is not clear if Dr. Gladwin passed her copy directly to Dr. Schmidt or to Dr. Austin who subsequently passed it on to Dr. Schmidt, together with a ring belonging to Dr. Kent, which Dr. Schmidt wore for the rest of his life. However, these corrections, which Dr. Austin had earnestly urged be incorporated, were never incorporated in the post-war editions of the repertory (Fourth, Fifth and Sixth American Editions). The problem in finding Dr. Mittal was hard as he rarely stayed in one place, but after zig-zagging from Delhi to Lucknow to Delhi to Amrisar I finally located him and presented him with the letter from Mme Schmidt. This opened the doors of my search. I spent one whole evening talking with Dr. Mittal. He told me that indeed he had taken the Treasure for many reasons. I had heard several of them but since they are not of immediate bearing in this discussion they need not be entertained for now. I still, to this day, have a 45 minute tape of part of this conversation with Dr. Mittal. It was agreed that every effort would be made by Dr. Mittal and myself to have these corrections incorporated. However I saw neither the Treasure nor Dr. Mittal's repertory (MKR). Dr. Mittal informed me that he had been pursued by Dr. Schmidt and Dr. Chand who had called for the services of Interpol to retrieve the Treasure. He said that he had been constantly harassed and threatened and was fleeing from these people. The Treasure, however, was never found and, in fact, Dr. Mittal had cut up the Treasure into bits and pieces, some of which he currently carried on his person and some of which were hidden in a village. Dr. Mittal informed me that his copy as well as the bits and pieces of the Treasure were kept in another town of which he would tell me at another occasion when I returned. During this visit to India I also met with Dr. D. H. Chand at his home in Delhi, saw the Indian edition belonging to Dr. Pierre Schmidt mentioned in the introduction, and also several hundred bits of the Treasure and some pages of the Treasure. The Return After this first visit in February, 1978 there was sporadic correspondence between Dr. Mittal and myself. In 1980 I had occasion to return to India for vacation and again, after considerable effort, I was able to locate Dr. Mittal. Together we traveled to a small village, Rampur, where he had told me he had hidden his copy of the repertory together with the remains of the Treasure. I endured the discomforts of a slow long train journey. At Rampur the head of the family who had kept the MKR and cut up bits of the Treasure and Dr. Mittal conferred by themselves and then told me that I would have to return another time as the books were hidden in a small wood hut in the fields and the 14 mile trip by motorcycle was not possible at this time. In vain I explained that I had limited time and that I had come so far from the U.S.A. However, after much persuasion they asked me to return in 7 days. It was with great discouragement I returned to my home in Bombay. Despite my discouragement I vowed to try once more before returning to the U.S.A. I left Bombay and met Dr. Mittal in Delhi. We again journeyed to Rampur. This time Dr. Mittal asked the man to produce his books and after a lot of argument a large bundle wrapped in a large, dirty cloth was produced and the contents dumped out on the ground. Among them was Dr. Mittal's copy of the repertory (MKR), another Indian edition of the repertory, a copy of the First Edition of Kent's Repertory published in 1899 and two volumes of Lectures on Materia Medica given by Kent in 1895 at the Hering Medical College and typed by his students. These Dr. Mittal bade me take with me to the U.S.A. In addition he entrusted me with thousands of pieces of the Treasure that had been cut up. With this I departed for Delhi and from thence my flight to the U.S.A. At the stopover in Frankfurt I phoned Mme. Schmidt and, with joy, told her of the recovered treasures: 1) the MKR 2) the several thousand pieces of the Treasure 3) a copy of the First American Edition of Kent's Repertory 4) a set of 2 volume lecture notes on Materia Medica belonging to Mary Florence Taft with an inscription inside as being presented to Betty Prescott Dolbease and Louis Prescott Dolbease 5) a typed paper written by Dr. K.C. Mittal entitled The Importance of Kent's Repertory in the Clinic and Practice delivered at the International Congress for Homeopathic Medicine, (LIGA) in Dusseldorf, Germany, Sept., 1962. Examination For two years I reviewed the material entrusted to me by Dr. Mittal. There were several thousand pieces of the Treasure (in Kent's own handwriting) that were cut up. I spent several hundred hours identifying several hundreds of these to see where they fit in the Third and later American Editions and then compared these with the MKR. I found that the MKR had the exact corrections of these several hundred bits (a slide of several of these bits has been shown in the past). There are also 44 almost complete pages (22 double sided sheets) of the Treasure, easily identifiable as being from the Chapter on Extremities. One easily recognizes the handwriting of Dr. J.T. Kent in these and it is clear that this is quite different from that appearing in the 1980 Indian Edition (in Dr. Harish Chand's Office) .The handwriting therein seems to be that of Dr. Mittal. The agreement of the bits of the Treasure as well as of the 44 almost complete pages with MKR therefore leads to the conclusion that the MKR (Dr. K.C. Mittal's copy of the 6 th American Edition of Kent's Repertory) is a true and correct version of the Treasure (Dr. Kent's personal copy of the Second Revised Edition). The identification of the bits of the Treasure is difficult, not only because only a part of the rubric is visible, but because the bits of the treasure are from the Second Edition while the comparison is made with a Third or Fourth or Fifth or Sixth American Edition, (with different pagination). It is of course clear that the back of each Second Edition bit will be either 1 or 3 consecutive columns ahead or behind where it appears in the Third Edition. Conclusion I am very indebted to Dr. Mittal for making these works available to enable the repertory of Kent to be completed as Dr. Kent had himself envisioned. In 1980, in India, a revision of Kent's repertory was published under a new title, "Kent's Final General Repertory" instead of the original title. "Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica." This book was "Revised, corrected, Augmented and Edited" by Dr. Pierre Schmidt and Dr. Diwan Harish Chand. Several errors are inherently present in this version of the repertory. 1) The book that Dr. D.H. Chand used to publish his edited version was a copy of another person, Mr. Shindoo. Apparently Dr. Mittal often visited this person for a few days at a time, when Mr. Shindoo would copy whatever information he could from the MKR into his copy. It is not clear whether Mr. Shindoo really carefully copied all of the MKR. Dr. D. H. Chand had purchased this copy. A repertory shows errors from the MKR. It is highly probable that many inaccuracies crept up in such transcribing, done under such conditions. 2) In addition, MKR contained not only the corrections from the Treasure but also Dr. Mittal had added remedies from Kent's own copy of Hering's 10 volumes of Guiding Symptoms (also in Dr. Pierre Schmidt's office). These remedies he had, however, marked separately with the initials KHG (Kent's Hering Guiding Symptoms). These Mr. Shindoo copied without noting their origin. Therefore, remedies not in the Treasure have in this way been added into this new repertory. It is of course possible that Dr. Kent would have agreed they belonged there since he had written them himself in his own copy of Hering Guiding Symptoms. Slides of examples of this were shown in my presentation of this paper at the 1987 Liga meeting, together with a slide of a letter from Dr. Mittal. The "purchase of the mutilated copy of the treasure" as mentioned in the preface (pg. xiv) by Dr. D. H. Chand is only partial and has not been compared with the Shindoo copy in the manner that the author has compared the MKR copy with the bits and almost complete pages of the Treasure. In late 1984 Mrs. D. H. Chand visited her daughter in Norwalk, CT. and joined me and my family for a pleasant evening. I discussed with Mrs. D. H. Chand about my findings. In view of the difficulty of communicating with Dr. Mittal in India some discussion was entertained about bringing the information (that I had strived to uncover) before the Homeopathic profession. In 1985, before the Washington meeting of the National Center of Homeopathy, Dr. D. H. Chand was in my home and he took back with him a xerox copy of the MKR with the promise that he and I would work together to bring out a true version of the repertory to completion. However I never again heard from Dr. D. H. Chand regarding this matter. The original MKR copy is kept secure, to this day. With the aid of modern computers, Frederik Schroyens, and the wonderful people at Archibel, the publishing of these additions/corrections have now been accomplished with perfect accuracy. Essential Synthesis has now been published, just as Dr. Kent had wished. These are the words that Dr. Gladwin wrote about Dr. Kent: "This accomplished master in the science and art of homeopathic medicine has bequeathed to us his imperishable works, thanks to his tireless labor and exceptional qualities. But in addition, he showed the example of infinite patience, constant kindness, and led our halting steps in the world of homeopathic truths, sparing neither time nor effort to explain every step of the way we had to travel, constantly correcting us and putting us back on the right road when through ignorance, clumsiness or negligence, we strayed from the path of truth." In grave and difficult cases presented to Kent he always gave competent help. The help Kent gave was so kind and affable, so rich in practical teaching, that they considered him a spiritual father or elder brother. Everybody loved and respected him. "Things will grow brighter as minds are brought together and men think harmoniously. The more we keep together the better, and the more we think as one the better. It is a pity that differences should arise among us when we have so perfect a truth to bind us together." So said Dr. Kent in the first paragraph of his last lecture (Lecture XXXVII) of his inspiring "Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy." Dear fellow homeopaths, let us rejoice at the loving kindness of our Heavenly Father and the soul of James Tyler Kent for giving us ways to heal ourselves, and the nations, with the guidance of Hahnemann's spirit; in particular with Frederik Schroyens and the team at Archibel, who deserve our heartfelt thanks. Author: Ahmed N. Currim, MD, PhD Printed in the Textbook of Repertory Language for the Essential Synthesis by Dr. Frederik Schroyens and Peter Vint. Homeopathic Book Publishers. London, 2007.
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Every Woman's Battle
I recently read Every Woman's Battle by Shannon Ethridge. This is an excellent and much needed book in today's society. It delves into how affairs (emotional and physical) begin and how to cut them off before they start. I liked that she gave guidelines and how to know when you're getting too emotionally attached to another man and clear boundaries to stick to to avoid progressing into anything inappropriate. I also enjoyed reading the women's stories throughout the book. I would recommend this book to every woman, married or not. Very well written and practical advice. I received a copy of this book from Blogging For Books in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.


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This summer I had an opportunity to attend a leadership training called the Leadership Blueprint. At the end of the training we were instructed to email a survey to 6 people who work with us professionally. The survey was about 300 adjectives & the person taking it simply clicked all the parts that applied to me. After everyone completed the survey, the company that did our training had a coaching call with all of us...and I had mine last week.
I'm going to focus this post on my constraints, because they have been weighing on my mind. My constraints are:
High self-esteem
The thing is, I don't necessarily see myself as an extremely confident person. When it comes to using technology I am confident...I feel like I just get that, and I love learning about it. But there are many other areas of my teaching I am much less confident in.
This is not the first time I've had someone say that I am confident in myself, but this is the first time I've heard it on the cusp of having gotten some negative feedback about my teaching, and for some reason it really bothers me.
Total side note...be very cautious about feedback you give people because it can take a LONG time for negative feedback to go away. Especially when you're dealing with someone who puts their heart & soul into their work...words hurt. Ok, off my soapbox now.
Lately, whether I've asked for it or not, I've been in the public eye a bit. I wrote a chapter that is going to be published in an upcoming book, and I was just interviewed by Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine. Not to mention I have various teachers around my district who are interested in coming and observing my flipped classroom. Don't get me wrong, I could talk flipclass all day long and love every second of it, but all of these things are making me seem like an "expert" on elementary flipped classrooms, and that makes me really uncomfortable.
To be clear, I'm NOT an expert. I'm someone who's in the trenches, trying it out, and constantly changing/tweaking what I do because I'm still not entirely happy with what I'm doing. To be completely honest, sometimes I don't feel like I don't know what I'm doing at all!
I don't know that I really have a point to all this, I guess I just feel the need to get that off my chest. So there you have it, my dirty little secret has been exposed to the world...For some reason I don't think I'm alone in this.


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I = One of my friend who imagined this.
Normal life started:
After finishing my engineering I didn't had job for one year. I was good in studies and scored quite well in my Academics, still I did not get job in first year of struggle. Then I got a job in a small company with little salary which was quite sufficient for me to survive in this city.
First year was good and hardworking for me we had office parties once in every three months and we use to drink, I never drank before that. Then I got an increment and I was able to send some money to home and the office parties started happening every month because company was growing.
Third year my salary got incremented again and I had enough money to send home, my expenses and some more money to drink everyday. I was best at my job and made many new friends and literally I forgot all my old (school/college) friends.
The Beginning:
One day I meet this guy and we became very good friends in a very short while. One day he gave me some leaves rapped in a paper saying try this and you will see the new face of the life. And he told me how to fill that in cigarette stick and fag.
It was Friday night and I reached home drained, I took bath and decided try the new thing. I sat on the floor opened the paper emptied some cigarette sticks and started filling them.
Twist One:
Suddenly I had a feeling that somebody is standing behind me, I turned back and saw my jean pent hanging on the rope. I gave a smile and started again filling the sticks. After I filled the first stick, I lighted it and started preparing next.
After some time I realized "There is somebody in my room", I turned back and saw the entire room was empty (no living thing). Then I saw the chair at the other end of the room and a thought run through my mind "Definitely that somebody is hiding behind the chair". I slowly stepped towards the chair, keeping my foot step very smooth so no sound should come. I reached the chair in five minutes (hardly 5 meters away from where I was making my new look of life – the sticks) and peeped behind the chair, there was a pair of shoe behind it, and another thought went through my mind "Definitely it is hiding under the shoe". I slowly and in a scared manner picked the shoe and there was nothing there. Then I thought it might be under another shoe. Then I tried to pick up the second shoe and another random thought ran through my mind "How it is possible for a person to hide under a shoe, I am looking for a person not a pin". I smiled at myself and felt good about this stick which I just finished.
I sat at that place for a while and thought "Somebody is searching me" and I hided my self (took shelter) behind the chair. I stayed there for an hour, peeping through the sides of chair is there anybody looking for me. Then I realized "It was me who is searching, why should I hide" and I could not stop my laughter there after.
I loved this situation so much that I made another four to five sticks and had one after another. After some time I felt like going to bathroom, which seemed far-far away from the place where I was still hiding.
Twist Two:
I went to the bathroom and saw my eyes in the mirror; they were dark red and felt like somebody was trying to burn them. I gave a smile and stepped towards the shit-pot, by mistake I peeped inside and it was like a deep well with white tiles. I am scared of heights so immediately I started looking at the roof. I finished, washed my hands and opened the door to come out (I did not see the mirror this time).
As I stepped out of the bathroom I was in a big hall where many people were sitting/standing talking and laughing, I saw a little girl standing in front of the door, which was looking at me and said "Daddy". I was not able to react I stepped forward and fell down (don't how) and my head meet the sofa's edge and I felt pain and sleepy. I saw people gathering around me and I closed my eyes.
Where am I?
I had a nice sleep and didn't want to come out of it, but then I thought "let's see what is going around" and I opened my eyes. I was surrounded by white curtains for a second I felt like I am in heaven (am I dead). But there was a lady sitting next to me on a chair reading novel. She looked at me and said "It's been three weeks now (she is my mother – and I don't remember her). She called the nurse, who stepped in and checked my hand and eyes, then she left and came back with a doctor (He was my tenth classmate – and I don't remember him too). He asked me several questions and was not able to answer anyone. I could see a tensed expression on my mothers face. She looked at the doctor, and without any question he replied "Happens, the injury was on head. And it is normal and will be normal in few days". There was another lady peeping from behind the curtain (She is my wife) and her face was telling she didn't slept all these days and she had cried a lot.
Who am I?
I got discharged from hospital, and these people took me in a big house (My house) and told me to take rest in the room, full of pictures/photos of a couple and their kids. And I was thinking why they have kept me in this place.
I just wanted to wash my face and went to the bathroom, while washing my face I saw a stranger in the mirror. I got shocked "This is the man in pictures in outside room".
I came back laid down on the bed and started thinking "What is this? What is happening?" I checked my injuries I had in the morning (the day I fagged those leafs) and they were fresh and still paining. That week many people came, tried to talk to me but I was speechless.
My wife decided to send me office, because I was looking upset and going under depression day by day. She arranged my clothes gave me my lunch box, and before she said good-bye she kissed me on my forehead and said "I left it the day I told you that 'I have very good news for you – you will be a father soon'". And she gave me a wave with a sweetest smile I ever saw/remember.
I started to drive, I took my car out of the house, took left then a right and at a traffic signal I stopped. The signal turned 'green' and something in my mind rang a bell "Where are you going, do you know what do you do, where is your office?" Tears were not stopping and my smile was lost. I was lost, I didn't remember where to go, and I even forgot where did I come from? I stopped my car at a random place, moved out of the car sat on the footpath with my hands on my head, I don't know what to do, where to go. I sat at the place for hours and hours (I don't remember). I felt hungry and I realized I have a lunch box with me, while thinking what to do I finished my lunch. Suddenly something started shaking in my pocket, I searched deep in the pocket and I found my mobile ringing. The call was from 'sweetheart', now I don't remember how to receive the call, there was a man passing by I requested him to receive the call and hand over the phone to me. The man with a strange look pushed the green button and handed phone back to me and left the place after every few steps he was looking back at me.
I said hello, and from other side a question was thrown at me "How are you?" and as the situation was I replied back "Not good, everything is going wrong". And suddenly my wife replied "You are ok now, that is your usual answer" and I could see her smiling. Breaking here excitement, I told here "I am lost, I don't know where to go, what to do?" She asked me "Where are you?" and I replied "I don't know, I don't remember a thing". She asked for the surroundings, told me to ask people where you are, and after some time she came to me along with the doctor. Then they took me directly to the hospital, for a quick checkup.
And they declared:
After some checkups my entire family was there in the hospital, and doctor in very low tone told them "He lost his memory and its danger for your family to keep him at home". So he will arrange a new location where I will get treatment and might get my memory back.
Nobody came near me except my mother and wife, all four eyes were wet and both mouths were shut. Two guys came; they hold my hand and took me out of the room. Out side there was a van standing, written on it "Mental Hospital" and I smiled "I can still read", and they put me in a room and the walls were painted with cushions.
What could have happened?
I was sitting in the room alone and was trying to recollect "What could have happened".
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Smile and see how they respond. A lot like joking around, smiling at someone will usually produce a response. If the person likes you, they are certain to smile back. If the person doesn't like you, they're more likely to not smile back. Consider these things when "reading into" a smile:
- A person could simply be caught off guard by your smile. They would love to smile back at you, but yours was so unexpected that they didn't know how to react.
- A person may choose not to smile even if they like you. Pretty much, they are convinced that you don't like them, and so they don't want to show you their feelings because they don't want to deal with the rejection.


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Through 25 years in the rotary combine business, Case IH has continually improved the performance of its innovative threshing system. The newest incarnation is called the AFX rotor. An integral part of the new AFX combines, the rotor also is available as an upgrade kit for Case IH 1688, 2188 and 2388 combines. We called on Team FIN farmer Erik Petry in Rochelle, IL, to test the kit on his combine. Here's what he had to say after installing it and harvesting a few fields last fall.
I'm not certain what the "AFX" stands for in Case IH AFX rotor, but I have one word that describes it: smooth. It is amazing the difference it makes over the older-style rotor.
I was given the opportunity to try the kit because I was in the midst of rebuilding my 1993 Case IH 1680 combine. I have done rotor installations before and found that this new kit installs as easily as any other type of rotor. The only changes in the kit are the rotor, so every other aspect of the combine remains the same.
Auger-type intake
The AFX rotor basically is the Rochelle specialty rotor with a screw or auger-type intake instead of the old "elephant ear" impellers, which relied on the vanes in the transition cone (the area between the feeder house chain and rotor threshing area where the material starts its spiral movement) to get the material going.
The older-style impellers would grab the crop material and rely heavily on the vanes to give it the direction back into the rotor. The old "ears," or impellers, would grab large and uneven amounts of material and force the slugs into the rotor, which we know as "rotor rumble."
The AFX rotor has solved this problem. Its screw-type intake, with "help" from the transition vanes, feeds the crop material into the rotor evenly, which in turn distributes the crop uniformly over the threshing area.
In my opinion, this makes the whole combine better. Even feeding equals even threshing, which means uniform separation and residue management either through the chopper or spreaders. It is the only upgrade I can think of that improves every aspect of the combine.
Upgrades available
This is where I salute Case IH. Since day one of the axial-flow combine, any upgrade or improvement was available in kit form to update older machines. Case IH could have kept the AFX rotor for new machines only; however, this rotor kit is available for machines dating back to the early 1990s. It will fit any older 80-series combine, but the company recommends combines with the longer cleaning system, which was introduced at that time.
I did the installation myself, and the kit is in the $5,000 range. This might sound like a lot of money to put into an older combine, but after witnessing its performance this harvest, it is as if I have a "new" combine — at 1/26th the cost of a brand-new one!
For more information about the rotor kit, contact Case IH, Dept. FIN, 700 State St., Racine, WI 53404, 262/636-6011, visit www.caseih.com or www.freeproductinfo.net/fin.


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We teamed up with the New York Bicycling Coalition, thanks to a grant from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, to develop a series of cycling trails that connect to the Erie Canalway Trail, featuring a variety of distances to accommodate different cycling abilities.
Orleans County is situated in the Lake Plains so our cycling trails have generally flat to gently rolling terrain. Our themed routes from the Erie Canal Trail were designed to include public parks and parking lots so you can choose where you want to begin and end your trip. The major state routes, such as Route 31, 104, 98 and 63 include wide shoulders for cycling and heavier traffic. When traveling on rural roadways, with smaller or no shoulders you will need to share the road with automobiles and/or horse & buggies in the Amish & Mennonite communities.
Click on the image to the upper left to download page 1 of our guide in PDF (2.38 MB). Click on the images below to download and view the trail descriptions (2.38 MB, 8 1/2″ x 11″) and 11″x17″ printable map (1.22 MB) in PDF format. Or contact us and we will send you the printed guide.
Tour Historic Downtown Medina and linger in the quaint specialty shops and restaurants, many built of Medina Sandstone. Travel north to Lyndonville to the Veterans Memorial Park and tour Amish & Mennonite Communities where you will find farm markets and craft shops. Stop at the "Culvert" where the road passes UNDER the Erie Canal. Go to our interactive maps for the Medina-Lyndonville Trails.
Tour Historic Downtown Albion and Courthouse Square, with several buildings on the National Registry of Historic Places. Travel north along Route 98 and visit the Cobblestone Museum in Gaines and further north to Point Breeze, where the Oak Orchard River unwinds into Lake Ontario and watch the sun melt into the horizon. Go to our interactive maps for the Albion-Point Breeze Trails.
The quaint Village of Holley includes Holley Falls and Canal Park on the Erie Canal, perfect for picnicking and hiking. Head north and follow the Barn Quilt Trail with over 50 barn quilts adorning a variety of properties. A cycle shop is located just off the Erie Canal Trail at Hulberton Road. Go to our interactive maps for the Holley-Clarendon-Kendall Trails.


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Steve Pearce has been both a big oil executive and Tea Party Congressman. Now he says those experiences make him the perfect man to be New Mexico's next governor.
Pearce will officially announce today his campaign for governor in 2018, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
Pearce was an early supporter of Donald Trump and has voted with Trump's agenda 94.6% of the time. In a deep red state, that might be a path to victory but Trump lost New Mexico by 8 points in 2016 and his approval ratings haven't helped matters any since.
Pearce has lost two statewide races before. He failed to win the Republican primary for US Senate in 2000 and gave up his Congressional seat in 2008 to challenge Tom Udall for US Senate. Aided by the Tea Party wave in 2010, Pearce returned to Congress but has long been rumored to be eyeing statewide office.
Pearce, one of the richest members of Congress, has also staked out some of the most extreme positions on issues voters outside of his conservative leaning Southern New Mexico Congressional district aren't likely to agree with, like saying poor seniors should stay healthy until they are old enough for Medicaid, or that women should "voluntarily submit" to their husbands.
At ProgressNow NM, we know a thing or two about Steve Pearce. In fact, we've written 99 posts, reports, vote counts and analysis pieces about him since we started in 2012.
He was upset when we outed his press secretary as an anonymous racist Twitter troll (read). And he was upset again when Fox News used ProgressNowNM's video footage to troll him for turning veterans away from his Congressional office (read). And he wasn't happy when we called him out for spending almost $20,000 in taxpayer money for a single plane ticket to Egypt (read).
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And just this year, our ads sharing the impact of his TrumpCare vote on real New Mexicans were viewed thousands of times earlier this year and our sister 501c3 organization is partnering with other non-profits to educate voters in his Congressional district about his record on conservation, energy and public lands.
Oh! And ProgressNowNM's Progressive Champions PAC has defeated Pearce's Super PAC four times in a row in local elections from Las Cruces to Albuquerque where Pearce tried to use his political influence to persuade voters to vote for his protege's over progressive candidates.
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Shame on Steve Pearce. Children Pearce demanded be deported killed upon arrival in Honduras.
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Steve Pearce: Outrage when his shutdown vote closes WWII Memorial, Not a peep when his vote against unemployment cancels benefits for 2,600 NM Vets
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Hi, I am new to the site. I am the new owner of 1974 that has been sitting for a long time. When I was removing the car from it's resting place the bumpers broke away as soon as they where touched. I see a few options on the web as far as materials go. I wanted to use the best one that will also not hurt the value of the car. It is all original so I would like to alter as little as I have to. Can anyone help?


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"This hug is for your mother," I whispered embracing Michael Alig, the former "king of the club kids" after he emerged from a prison truck at the entrance to Mid-State Correctional Facility, in Marcy, New York, last Monday. "I can't believe this is really happening!" He was finally being released, after serving 17 years for manslaughter, for the death and dismemberment of Andre "Angel" Melendez, after a drug-fueled argument one night in 1996. Alig, now 48, smiled and blinked in the sunlight.
Suddenly: "Michael!" Astro and Scotto, two ex–club kids, nudged me aside, while a third guy videotaped and snapped photos of the confused-looking Alig.
"Hi!" exclaimed Astro. "Oh, and I see you already have a boyfriend! Did you [sleep with] him in prison?" Alig looked mortified. Standing behind him was a cute, straight 26-year-old man who was also being freed. He and Michael had bonded that morning, after the prisoner said, "I think someone famous is getting out today—they said there's a van full of press outside." Michael ended up inviting him along for our four-hour journey back to Manhattan. The guy's name was Mike, "but his Facebook name is Rico Suave!" Alig told me, delighted.
As we walked to our van, Alig whispered: "Why are they here?" He claimed hadn't heard from either Astro or Scotto in more than a decade. I just shook my head.
Alig's prison release was originally going to be somewhat low-key: I'd pick him up in a Zipcar, we'd get dinner in NYC with some of his loved ones, and then head up to his old roommate Ernie Glam's apartment in the Bronx, where Alig would be moving. But then the Hollywood production company World of Wonder apparently wanted to fly in James St. James, writer of the book Disco Bloodbath, basis for the movie Party Monster (both about Alig) from L.A., for a filmed, multi-day reunion; Ramon Fernandez, director of the upcoming documentary Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig, asked if he could shoot Michael for his first two weeks of freedom; The New York Times requested to ride along with everyone for his release. The production company rented a 15-person van for the occasion.
Alig, Rico, and I climbed in. Outside we could see Fernandez being questioned by a pissed-off prison official: no big cameras were allowed to film on prison property.
"How do you feel being free, Michael?" I asked, excitedly. We'd become close over the past decade, after a magazine asked me to interview him, for an article coinciding with the release of Party Monster. I'd thought Alig was an intriguing, complex person, and he seemed to have genuine remorse about killing Angel. After two interviews I'd agreed to help him with his autobiography, Aligula.
"I feel like I'm about to be re-arrested!" Alig said.
A prison truck had pulled in front of our van, facing us, and a hardened corrections officer wagged her finger and yelled, "They told me not to let you leave!" A second truck parked beside us.
"They're blocking us in!" Alig exclaimed.
"Oh man, this is crazy," I heard behind me. I looked back at Rico, who was wearing a rosary. He smiled sweetly.
After a few stressful minutes, we were allowed to leave. "This is an iPhone," I said, showing Alig as we raced along Interstate 90. For the past 18 months I'd been posting tweets he'd given me over the phone, so I taught him how to tweet for himself:
Happy to be free and so grateful for this second chance. Can't wait 2C @JSJdarling at dinner. #frenemy pic.twitter.com/AJwvtPcyFf
— Michael Alig (@Alig_Aligula) May 5, 2014
At a rest stop, Alig tried Starbucks for the first time: "So decadent!" Then he and I took a selfie in front of a tree with large purple blossoms. "It's so pretty—springtime! New beginnings!" Michael gushed. "It feels like being reborn again: everything is new and unusual." In Manhattan, St. James and his crew waited outside the restaurant Almond in the Flat Iron district. "I'm nervous he'll think I look fat and old," Alig told me.
"But he's your friend," I said. "And your skin looks great because you've been out of the sun for 17 years."
The reunion went well ("He's the one who looks fat and old!" Alig joked), and we all sat down for Alig's first fancy dinner in almost two decades. "It's so weird tasting spices again," Michael said, digging into his pan-roasted arctic char.
He reminisced, until a World of Wonder employee/handler said, "No dessert—we have to get Michael to the Bronx!" His parole stipulated he had to be home by eight.
"I feel like I did when I first arrived in 1984," Alig said, back in the van and staring out at the shimmering skyline. "Like the city is full of potential and totally unwelcoming at the same time."
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Alig and I were in near constant contact—partially because he kept butt-dialing me with the old Android phone I'd lent him. His schedule was crazy as he met with his state and federal parole officers, a mental-health counselor and a Medicaid employee, sat with reporters for interviews, enquired about writing jobs, searched for a nonprofit that would let him volunteer; talked to galleries about showing his prison paintings . . . and continued filming.
By Thursday morning, I noticed Alig smelled pretty bad. "I forgot to take a shower!" he said. "I'm used to the prison telling me, 'You have to shower at nine A.M.,' and now it's hard to remember everything—to clean my clothes, brush my teeth, keep track of my keys, eat lunch." I made him bathe at St. James's hotel later that day, before World of Wonder filmed him watching Party Monster for the first time.
On Thursday afternoon, I scrolled through some of the extremely positive ("You're my idol! I want to be you!") and negative ("Just overdose and die, scumbag") tweets to Alig, feeling overwhelmingly conflicted. The scene Alig built in the early 90s was wonderfully creative, thrilling, and inclusive—at first. Michael has hundreds of letters from people who said he helped them love themselves for the first time, because they saw his gender-bending club kids preaching acceptance on talk shows like Geraldo. But that sparkly scene fell apart when heroin and crack were added into the equation—and now Melendez isn't ever going to enjoy life again, so why should Alig? And yet: he completed his prison sentence, so doesn't he deserve a chance to prove himself?
That night, back in the Bronx, Alig seemed troubled. "It's hard because I understand where all the hateful comments are coming from. I did something really horrible, like the most horrible thing. And am I remorseful? Without a doubt. I would give anything to take it back. I feel sick thinking about Angel's brother and family, you know? Yet there's nothing I can do," he said. "All week part of me has felt the cameras shouldn't be there, and a part of me felt giddy that they were there, and then another part of me felt guilty about the giddiness. And I'm wondering if the rest of my life is going to be that way: that any little pleasure is going to come with an equal or larger amount of guilt."
When I hugged him goodbye in his bedroom late that night, Alig looked forlorn. He gave me a little wave, and then lay back on his bed, trying desperately to be a free man.


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It's been many years ago now, before 2000, but once upon a time, I kept lovebirds. It began with one, and then I decided that it needed a buddy. It turned out that the two were male and female, and they became a mated pair.
Soon, from them, I had another mated pair. I kept all four in a large cage, and they all got along fine.
Then one day, the older female passed away. That left her mate with the other pair. It did not take long before the pair became aggressive against the lone male. It became clear that he would have to be removed from the large cage. I had a smaller cage that I used to transport the birds, in the rare instance that became necessary. It really was rather small to live in, and I knew the lone male would need a bigger cage.
One morning, I woke up feeling inspired to get the cage that day. It was as if I was impelled by Spirit to do so. With an unusual sense of confidence and purpose, I walked up to lone male's cage and announced to him that I would be buying a cage that day. I described to him the size of the cage and how much I would pay for it. There was a very definite energy of certainty about the way I did so.
I went to a few different stores in town. The price of the cages in the first two stores was more than I intended to pay. In the third store, I browsed around. I looked at the cages in the main display area, but they were not quite what I wanted.
Then I looked up into the top stock and noticed a cage way up above the shelving. I asked the storekeeper how much it was. He was actually surprised to see it there. It had no price on it. He thought for a moment, and then offered it at the price I had declared that morning. As I looked at the cage, I saw that it matched the description I had announced to the bird that morning. Then I saw that it was missing a perch! I quickly realized that I had neglected to include the perch as I described the cage that morning. Oops! The shopkeeper found a perch for a small additional price, and I bought the cage.
So why do I tell this story? It is an example of manifesting. It is important for me to emphasize that I was feeling an unusual surety that day. It was not simply thinking that I should get a cage. I had been doing that already for a couple of weeks. But this day, I felt impelled by Spirit. It's as if something clicked into place like a switch in some gear-driven mechanical device.


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Friday, July 18, 2008
A Message from Jon and Kate
07/24/08 - Update - It appears that message has been removed.
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I've now read the Enquirer article. It's just silly; it's based on the premise that Jon and Kate present themselves as poor, which...they don't. They sometimes talk about, say, how expensive it would be to take eight kids to the movies. It *would* be expensive. There are also half-truths like that J&K are "paid to attend church services". Actually, if I understand correctly, they are paid speaking fees for speaking at churches. A very different thing, IMO (the other doesn't even make sense - why would they be paid to attend church services?).
So, ho-hum - the disgruntled relative of an in-law who seems determined to create drama and insert herself into the story managed to get her "story" published. I'm sure she's proud of herself. What this has to do with protecting Jodi or any ridiculously overblown notions of "truth" is beyond me.
- July 21, 2008 at 9:54 AM
where can I read this article
- July 21, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Ho-hum describes the article perfectly. It must have been an extremely slow news week with Britney behaving herself and no stars on death's door for this story to make the cut.
I honestly think the only result of the article might be some new folks tuning in to see what the fuss is about.
- July 21, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- July 21, 2008 at 1:04 PM
http://i37.tinypic.com/2le53f4.jpg You can find the article here. It is also out in the newsstands.
- July 21, 2008 at 1:06 PM
thank you for the link!
Seems Sh*t may hit the roof....(IMO) I noticed that Jodi's sister hadn't posted on her blog since Jon and Kate wrote the statement on their website. Could this be "Truth's" response to J&K's statement?
- July 21, 2008 at 2:12 PM
I was a big fan of the show until Kate's meanness level reach new heights! It doesn't surprise me that anyone perceived as someone who would take the focus off of Kate would disappear.
I read Jodi's sister's blog and did not get the feeling that there was anything bitter or disgruntled about her. What I read was a sister who couldn't take her sister being taken advantage of. Where are the other family members...did they reach the point of not wanting to be used?
The real answer will be whether Jodi returns and if not, how will this be explained.
A suggestion to Jon and Kate...contact the Dillys for how to parent with no outside help and not on camera.
- July 21, 2008 at 7:51 PM
But as a reminder, nothing that you read on the internet or in print is true unless it is approved by us.
I am sorry I cannot comment on this as it hasn't been approved by Jon and Kate.
The same goes for Angelina's and Brad's twins, the economy's decline or the high price of gas. Jon and Kate have not approved those items so they are not true.
- July 21, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Quote: "I read Jodi's sister's blog and did not get the feeling that there was anything bitter or disgruntled about her. What I read was a sister who couldn't take her sister being taken advantage of. Where are the other family members...did they reach the point of not wanting to be used?"
Explain to me how Julie's sticking her nose in helped anything. Her whole melodramatic "truth" line is a crock, IMO. I could understand it if Jodi was being unfairly vilified, but public reaction to Jodi seems to range from liking her to believing she walks on water. The only thing Julie has accomplished is to make Kate look bad (though even that's debatable - I think opinions on J&K are pretty fixed at this point, at least among fans that read these various online forums about them).
Also, presumably she has contributed to the deterioration of J&K's relationship with Kevin and Jodi. That's just a guess, but as I've said before, I would be pretty angry if I were the Gosselins. Jodi has the right to be angry if she's been used or ill-treated (I don't know that she has), but that doesn't excuse Julie blabbing about it in public. If Jodi approves, that makes her less saintly, IMO, and if she doesn't approve, and Julie is doing it anyway, it's even more reprehensible behavior.
- July 22, 2008 at 12:23 AM
Again, imo, Julie is defending her sister AND brother in law. If the truth is that Jodi was not offered money via a contract and the 'replacement' caregiver is, then shame on J&K. And, again imo, I would also defend my sister AND brother in law in whatever forum I could. I have great respect for Julie and her loyalty. I wonder again, where are Kate's other family members. I do know that their absence is more that just not wanting to be televised. And although Jodi was never "vilified", Kate did get pretty nasty, reacting as if Jodi introduced the kids to heroin rather than gum! The memory of having fun at Aunt Jodi's and Uncle Kevin's turned into one more lecture by their mother.
Again, it will be interesting to see how and if this is even addressed in the next season, assuming there will be one.
Please keep in mind that my comment has not been approved by J&K...
- July 22, 2008 at 3:34 PM
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Well, it has just been approved(for publishing-not necessarily for content) by the moderater.
- July 22, 2008 at 3:45 PM
IMO, Julie was not defending her sister and brother-in-law. Again, I don't see how her actions, both in inserting herself into a conflict that had nothing to do with her, and airing the family's dirty laundry in public, can be seen as anything but selfish and destructive.
I don't know the truth of the Jodi/money situation. I find it hard to believe the stark details as Julie provides them, but I can see Kate having some jealousy over how Jodi is venerated online while Kate herself is torn to shreds. I'm not saying that's what happened, just that I can see it. If that's the case, it's not admirable on Kate's part, but it's human and I can understand it.
I don't understand how someone who has been presented to the public as being as wonderful as Jodi has could sanction her sister's actions in this instance. It makes me wonder about Jodi, though I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. She has as much right to be human and imperfect as Kate, after all. But it really doesn't make sense the way Julie tells it - supposedly, Jodi didn't even want the money, only wanted to be able to continue to have contact with the Gosselin kids. How on Earth have Julie's actions helped on that front?
I don't understand how causing more trouble between the two couples constitutes "defending" one's sister. I'm all for family loyalty, but I myself can do without such a defense.
I have zero respect for Julie, who hides behind her semi-anonymity (since I'm not a stalker, I won't be trying to dig up her address or telephone number in order to harangue her) while taking shots at the Gosselins. I think she's a cowardly troublemaker.
I don't know the reasons for the absence of some family memebers in J&K's lives, nor do I think it's any of my business. Watching their TV show does not give me a right to know every little thing about their lives.
Kate was pissy about the gum; Kate gets pissy about a lot of things. If I were Jodi, having seen some of the things that Kate's said about her on camera, I'd probably be annoyed with her. But that's between them. Kate and Jodi appear to have very different personalities, which can be both a good thing and a bad thing, I think.
- July 22, 2008 at 4:28 PM
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- July 22, 2008 at 5:03 PM
I'm not sure that there is proof that Julie caused problems between the two couples. Since Kevin and Jodi seemed to be the only relatives involved, Kate's behavior probably did not come as a surprise.
I've watched the few specials that were done on the Dilly children and am struck by the respect they all show each other and by their ability to stay humble and buy into any hype.
I don't begrudge anyone anything, I don't even know J&K, but don't just give lip service about gratitude, imho...
- July 24, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Guinevere - Thank you for your sane words, they were refreshing to read. It appears to me that Julie is looking for her 15 minutes of fame and not thinking about the Gosselin kids at all. Her claims that Jodi loves the kids, and didnt care about money doesnt add up if she gave Julie permission to go on this anti-J&K mission. If Jodi is happy that Julie is doing this then that really makes me question her sincerity regarding the kids.
- July 27, 2008 at 8:01 AM


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When Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez withdrew from the mayor's race Monday night, the ripple effect left five civic-minded souls who had spent months raising campaign cash out in the cold.
The field of candidates competing for a much-coveted city commission seat now has no seat to fight for.
"I feel a little jilted. We worked hard," said Ralph Rosado, executive director for a countywide non-profit who said his campaign knocked on 15,000 doors. "I'm certainly disappointed, but we knew from Day One that this was a possibility."
Because Suarez quit the race before resigning from his commission seat he can retain the Flagami District 4 post for the remainder of his four-year term, which ends in 2015. Suarez's decision essentially hands another four-year mayoral term to incumbent Tomás Regalado, who now faces two relative unknowns in the Nov. 5 election.
The Suarez campaign, which had little difficulty collecting about $1.4 million, had been beset with problems since Miami-Dade police investigators raided the homes of two of the commissioner's aides in June, seizing their computers. Last week the duo chose not to contest misdemeanor charges for unlawfully submitting 20 absentee ballot requests online, and agreed to one year of probation.
A week before that, Suarez was blasted for waiting too long to fire an administrative assistant who went rogue on her Twitter account, belittling constituents who had asked her questions.
Monday night in front of his home, Suarez said the miscues and intense scrutiny had become too stressful for his wife Gloria, who is expecting the couple's first child. Suarez said they'd been trying to have a baby for four years.
That jarringly ended the campaign of five candidates vying for Suarez's seat, some of whom had opened accounts and been walking door-to-door since January. In total they had raised $244,255 as of June 30, city records show. Leading the way were Rosado, who had tallied $161,089, and attorney Miguel Inda-Romero, who had collected $59,645.
Other candidates vying for the seat: Westland High School teacher Manolo Reyes, consultant Denis Rod, and Andres "Andy" Vallina.
Inda-Romero, who said he personally knocked on over 9,000 doors, saw the turn of events in a slightly harsher light than Rosado. Though he said he had no hard feelings toward Suarez, he called the rules set by the city's charter "unfair," and said they should be changed. He also said many residents who were supporting him, some with signs in their yards, "don't understand what just occurred."
"This caught me off guard, but I took the risk. From the beginning I was advised this could happen," said Inda-Romero. "It's similar to a boxer training for a fight and a few weeks before they cancel it. This might feel worse than losing."
Rod, who ran unsuccessfully for the same seat against Suarez in 2009 and has raised $11,125 said he had no ill will towards the commissioner.
"It wasn't shocking. I was expecting him to withdraw from the race," said Rod. "The problem for me is the burden of having knocked on doors, having walked in the hot weather, and having people put signs on their lawns. But still, I believe he had no choice."


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"I would say the following [to someone about to become CEO]: Very few people, whether you've been in that job before or not, get into the seat and believe today that they are now qualified to be the CEO. They're not going to tell you that, but it's true. So everyone you meet has a level of insecurity.
"The level of insecurity that you have is a strength, not a weakness. The question is, how are you going to use it?
"For whatever reason, people believe that when they get to that spot, they have to know everything. They've got to be in total control, and you can never show weakness. I would say one of the underlying strengths of a great leader and a great C.E.O. -- not all the time but when appropriate -- is to demonstrate vulnerability, because that will bring people closer to you and show people the human side of you.
"Now, in order to demonstrate vulnerability, you have to make sure you have people around you who will never use that against you, because you trust them and they trust you. So the ability, behind closed doors, to have open and honest conversations with your team about the concerns you have, the fears you have, and the opportunities, is the balance that someone needs to succeed."
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A call to examine a skull found in a hidden floor space plunges forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan into a case that may involve ritual murder.
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Installing Solid Hardwood Floors
Step 1. Planning
Once you've decided to take the leap and create the look you've always wanted, it's time to plan. You more time you spend thinking through each step of the project, the more you'll enjoy the process. No matter how well you plan, there will always be unexpected hiccups.
Say no to stress! Decide now to roll with the punches.
List out everything necessary to get the job done. Assess the time it will take and schedule accordingly. Throw in some extra time in case things don't go perfectly.
Key Points:
Moisture – We'll talk about how to acclimate your flooring later. But in the planning phase, you'll need to schedule flooring for when you have a controlled environment. If contractors are opening up walls to the outside, it can throw off your acclimation process. You need to have an enclosed, fairly controlled space similar to what it will be after the project is complete to acclimate and install your floors.
Measuring – The old adage of 'measuring twice' applies. Sometimes you'll forget to add in a closet or pantry. Be sure to carefully measure the length and width of the room to the walls. Measuring only to the existing baseboards and quarter round can throw off square footage by an entire row!
Waste – Experienced contractors use a 10% waste figure. An average DIYer might want to add in slightly more. When buying pre-finished floors, it is always better to overestimate than be a box short. It is impossible for even the top manufacturers to maintain consistency during runs so you may have to deal with color variations.
Remember the Limitations of Solid Hardwood Floors
- Solid hardwood is not suitable below grade
- Solid hardwood requires a suitable subfloor over concrete
- Solid hardwood is not suitable for installation over subfloors with radiant heat
Step 2. Preparation for your solid hardwood floor
- ENCLOSED - Your home should be enclosed with all outside doors, walls and windows installed. All "wet" work including concrete, masonry, drywall, paint should be thoroughly dry.
- DRY - Any exterior grading to direct water flow away from the home must be done prior to installation and all gutters must be installed and directly water away from the foundation.
- HVAC OPERATING- Any permanent air conditioning and heating system should be in place and operational.
- STABLE TEMP - Your installation site should have a consistent room temperature of 60-75 degrees Fahrenheit and a humidity level of 35-55% for 14 days prior to and during installation and until occupied.
- DRY – A moisture test must be conducted of the subfloor and any moisture resistant underlayment should be installed. Wood subfloors should not exceed 13% moisture content.
- CLEAN – The subfloor must be free of any adhesives, paints, sealers, oils, and other debris.
- LEVEL – Sand any high areas and flatten low spots with builders felt, plywood or shims if necessary but avoid leveling compounds. Usually 3/16" in 10' and/or 1/8" in 6' are required.
- STABLE – Any areas that are loose or squeak need to be addressed. It isn't going to get better after the floor is installed. Obviously, you'll want to flatten raised edges and deal with subfloor imperfections.
- SAFTEY – Don't attempt to sand, scrape, drill, saw, existing resilient flooring, adhesives, etc. These products may contain asbestos. Call a professional!
Storage and Handling
Yeah, you're flooring has arrived!
You want to store solid hardwood floors in the environment where it will be installed. Solid wood flooring is heavy and sensitive to impact therefore you want to move it as few times as possible. Place it flat and avoid stacking it too high. Check the side of the box for specifics. Most manufacturers recommend methods that allow as much air as possible to circulate around the boxes.
Acclimating Your Hardwood Floor
Patience is the key.
For optimal performance, you need the flooring to match the temperature and humidity of the room that it is in. Specifically, the difference in the moisture content of the wood subfloor and the wood floor must not exceed 4% (3% for plank). Not doing so can cause the flooring to shrink or expand too much. It can buckle or cup.
Use a reliable moisture meter and test in more than one spot to assess the difference in the subfloor and the flooring.
While you may acclimate solid hardwood flooring in the box by just opening the box ends, we recommend that you take the time to remove the strips or planks from the box and layout the floor as if you were going to install it.
Tools & Accessories Needed
- Moldings
- Chalk line and chalk
- Recommended hardwood flooring cleaner, broom, mop
- Nail set
- Tape measure
- Power saw
- NIOSH designated dust mask, eye protection
- Electric drill and bits
- Compressor
- Blind fastening machine for 3/4"
- 6-8d finish nails
- Pneumatic finish nailer with 1 1/2" or 2" nails
- Urethane construction adhesive for floors wider than 4"
Step 3. Installation of your hardwood floor
- Make sure that you've figure your layout so that you don't end up with a final board narrower than 1" in width. If it is going to occur, plan ahead to shorten boards on both ends or be prepared to nail and glue the final board.
- You should layout the floor using at least four cartons at the same time to ensure good color and shade mixture.
- Set aside boards that blend the best with the floor moldings you're going to be using to ensure a uniform appearance. Install these boards along the wall next to the moldings.
- Treat the layout like a puzzle. There are nearly limitless combinations so take the extra time now to ensure you come up with the best one for you house. If you have to, sleep on it! Then make the decision.
- When laying out the floor stagger the ends of the boards 4-6" in adjacent rows. This will provide the best overall appearance.
- Use starter boards and begin rows with various lengths. Avoid staggering too uniformly to prevent a stair-stepping effect. Boards cut from the opposite end of the row may be used for the next starter board.
- Always allow 3/4" expansion around all vertical obstructions
Final Prep
- Undercut door casings and jambs. This avoids having to challenge of making scribe cuts. Remove existing base/shoe mold or doorway thresholds.
- If you're going to use underlayment, install it now
- Blind nail a sacrificial board. Check for surface damage, air pressure settings and tongue damage. Make any adjustments necessary then remove and destroy the board.
Establish a Starting Point
- For the best visual effect, you want to install solid hardwood flooring parallel to the longest wall. However, sometimes form must follow function. The floor should be installed perpendicular to the floor joists unless the subfloor has been reinforced to reduce sagging.
- Look for the straightest wall. These are usually the outside walls. Use this wall as the starting wall to begin layout.
- In at least two places at least 18" from the corner, measure out an equal distance from the starting wall the face width of the starter board plus 1" (don't include the width of the tongue in the measurement.) For example if the board is 2 1/4" then measure out 3 1/4". Make these marks and snap a chalk line. This will provide the 3/4" expansion necessary for the floor.
Installing the First Two Rows
- Find the longest straightest boards available and align the tongue on the chalk line. The groove should be facing the starting wall.
- Using the nailer, face nail the groove side 1/2" from the edge at 6" intervals and 1-3" from the end. Then blind nail using a finishing gun held at a 45 degree angle through the pocket on top of the tongue every 6-8".
Starting from the center
- You can also install starting from the center by snapping a chalk line down the center then installing a sacrificial row that extends the entire length of the room on the centerline. After three rows you need to remove the sacrificial row.
- With the sacrificial row removed, you insert wood glue in the groove followed by a slip tongue in the exposed groove. Once the slip tongue is glued and nailed in place, you can continue in both directions.
Dry Lay the Floor
- Cover about 2/3rds of the floor starting 6" from the rows already down. Avoid pulling the boards together too tightly on the sides to make installation quicker.
- Inspect the flooring and move boards around until you have the effect you desire. Move aside any boards with imperfections. Cut and use them on the ends.
Installing the Floor
- Now it is just a matter of using the blind nailer and fasten each board at least 1-3" from each end or otherwise as the manufacturer recommends.
- The last two rows will have to be face nailed where clearance doesn't permit blind nailing. Pre-drill and face nail on the tongue side.
- Rip the final row to fit and face nail.
Completing Installation
- Remove all tools and flooring materials, carefully sweep up excess dust and nails, then use the floor cleaner as recommended.
- Inspect and fill any minor gaps.
- Install any trim pieces
- Make sure to install entrance rugs
- Before moving any furniture make sure it has protective pads on the legs.
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A teacher of 30 years penned this:
In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who send text messages and emails have long forgotten the art of capitalization. For those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following statement…
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
Is everybody clear on that?
Oh, how this made me laugh. And the best part – my Dad sent it to me.
That's what I have for you today. A joke. And a lesson is grammar.
And these meatballs.
Super simple. Super tasty. Perfect finger food. As Haley would say, "Easy peasy, lemon squeezy." She gets that from her awesome Kindergarten teacher.
So really I gave you meatballs, a joke, a lesson in grammar, and a saying that will now be used repeatedly around your house. You'll see.
Slow Cooker Cranberry Chili Mini Meatballs
Makes 70 mini meatballs
Prep time: 30 minutes (*see note below)
Cook time: 8 hours on low
• 2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 3 tablespoons minced fresh onions
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 (16 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce
Combine beef, breadcrumbs, eggs, parsley, onions, and salt & pepper.
In a large bowl; using a tablespoon measure, shape mixture into 1 inch meatballs.
Combine ketchup, brown sugar, cranberry sauce, and chili sauce in a slow cooker (crockpot); gently stir in meatballs.
Cover with lid; cook on low setting 8 hours. Serve with toothpicks, optional.
*Note: this recipe also works with pre-made frozen mini meatballs if you're short on time (or unmotivated!) Reduce cooking time to 4 hours.
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