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The Nun and the Rockstar: Lessons in Captivating an Audience/
Public speaking is one of the top-listed phobias out there. It is a stumbling block for so many, often starting with those terrifying front-of-the-classroom presentations in early elementary school and continuing on into adulthood. And yet we all know the power of a well-crafted speech, and the impact a strong speaker can have on an audience. We have witnessed this in classrooms, in politics, in rallies, and in those stirring calls to action in blockbuster films.
We can take inspiration from witnessing the methods employed by the greats. Hence the mysterious title, the nun and the rockstar. Stick with me.
I was relatively comfortable with public speaking while growing up. Aside from spelling bees (my absolute definition of a nightmare), I was generally an outspoken and self-confident kid. But high school took a serious toll on my presence of mind while in front of a crowd. I could happily speak my piece from the safety of my desk in a classroom, but ask me to get up for a presentation and I turned to a puddle of desperation and clammy confusion.
I had to re-learn public speaking as a college student. I wanted to be the kind of person who could speak boldly and persuasively about the things I care about. I didn't want to sink into a panic during an in-class presentation and I had my eye on bigger opportunities as well. Many of the people I admired were great public speakers. From the professors I most enjoyed learning from to the various keynote presentations at on-campus events: I was surrounded by evidence of the power of public speaking. So I started to pay attention to what successful speakers did, and to try to develop those skills. I started feeling more confident in small groups and gradually began to find my voice and volunteer for more prominent speaking roles in class presentations and in events for the organizations I was part of. I started learning the craft.
But transformation in this area comes from close study of greatness. It comes from being a spellbound audience member. It comes from witnessing a public speaker move an audience again and again and again.
Enter: The Nun.
Sister Helen Prejean was invited to give a series of lectures at the University of Oregon over a series of four years. Her subject was social justice and her message is her life's work: to end the practice of the death penalty. The first time I saw her speak, she shared the experiences that were later turned into the film Dead Man Walking—her experience getting to know men on Death Row and serving as their spiritual adviser until the day she actually witnessed their execution. She is a powerful believer in redemption, and in challenging the idea that society is best served by killing those who commit crimes.
She is also hilarious.
Because of my involvement in the Inside-Out Program and other work on campus, I was put in charge of Sister Helen's visit. I worked with another student to arrange a week-long series of events across the campus and the broader off-campus community. We scheduled her for a massive event with 500 people in attendance, but also to speak in campus seminars, local churches, community organizations, and more. That first week I probably saw her speak in front ten different groups, telling her story and relaying her message over and over.
I was spellbound. Unlike Susan Sarandon's portrayal in Dead Man Walking, the Sister Helen I witnessed working crowds that week is a deeply funny individual. She comes from Louisiana and has a thick accent and a tendency to tell Cajun jokes. She knows how emotional and complicated her topic is. She knows how passionately people feel about the subject, and how difficult it can be for people to actually examine their beliefs to articulate why they believe what they believe.
She tells stories, and shares her own journey. She offers statistics and legal jargon, but in support of a compassionate and intimate presentation that feels more like a dialogue than a diatribe.
And while her stories remained the same, the pace and style of her delivery changed to match her audiences. She assumed a different starting place and offered different anecdotes for high school students than for church groups or graduate students in a conflict resolution program. She addressed dissenting viewpoints and audience questions and critiques with compassion and honesty.
I have now seen Sister Helen speak over thirty times. It has been an honor and a point of interest every single time, and has transformed how I myself speak in front of an audience.
And now: The Rockstar
Through a series of odd and unanticipated events, I have found myself to be a regular concert attendee. I have always loved music and truly love live shows. But it was not my intention to ever follow one particular band, or to get sucked into the music scene.
But sometimes life surprises you, and that's how I'm able to make this link between live speaking and the kind of performance an artist gives at a live concert.
I first saw Frank Turner at a tiny pub show in Eugene in 2012. I have now seen Frank perform about twenty times, from venues ranging to about 80 people all the way to a massive arena show of 10,000+ in London last month. I've seen him perform with his band, the Sleeping Souls, and in solo performances. I've seen him as the main event, as well as opening for crowds who don't know his name and are dying to get to the Dropkick Murphys and are generally uninterested in this English folk/punk singer guy with his acoustic guitar and occasional references to Russian novelists.
Anyway. The point of all of this is that, like my experience with Sister Helen, my attendance at these shows has allowed me to witness a true master of engaging with an audience. I once watched Frank perform five times in four days, and as he introduced the same songs with the same jokes or anecdotes, he connected with the audience every time. It always felt honest and intimate. His brilliance as a performer is in making that connection over and over again, bringing the audience into the experience right along with him. It's an art form, and is truly something to witness that way.
Plus the music is great. There's always that extra something.
What I learned
Here are the three most essential points I took from these unconventional lessons in public speaking:
- Share yourself and your story. Be honest, open, and friendly.
- Be funny, or at least don't take yourself too seriously.
- Create an inclusive atmosphere. Welcome people who might see things differently.
Also, inviting the audience to play "air harmonica" seems to work wonders.
Please share your public speaking stories, thoughts, experiences, or any other comments. I'd love to hear what you think!


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Overlong 'Indiana Jones 4' At Least Promises Humorous Production Scrapbook
We're not surprised at the news that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is locked in at a running time of 140 minutes — at least 20 minutes longer than it should be to achieve that coveted $300 million mark Paramount wants for it. But that's nothing compared to the film's production stills, the most dismaying of which we found couched over at Hollywood Elsewhere and you can check out after the jump.
We could buy Indiana Jones training a rocket launcher on Nazis 27 years ago in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but there's something more self-parodic than self-referential going on in the above photograph. This could very well be Paramount's stab at viral marketing, encouraging fans to circulate the artwork in pursuit of the most ludicrous caption invoking the "good old days," relative star-power, women drivers, erectile dysfunction, the film's box-office prognosis... you get the idea. For our part, we're happy to play along, and we hope you will, too — it's the only thing really sustaining our interest at this point.

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Our minimum order is 50 units for contract printing, unless stated otherwise.
Typical turnaround time is 7 business days from the time that art mockups and quotes are approved. Some additional services may add to our typical turnaround. Rush charges may apply for orders needed sooner than our typical turnaround.
Turn time on larger orders (1000 pieces or more than 4 designs) may require longer time to produce. Please inquire about our current turn time on larger orders.
All orders with a specific deadline must receive confirmation from Rivet Press. Requesting a deadline does not make it effective, as scheduling often needs to be confirmed with our production team.
We will not commit to a deadline until we have received a confirmed order from the customer. It is the customer's responsibility to inform us of their garment selection and quantities. We also need to know the desired completion date upon order confirmation, at which time we apply the deadline to the job.
We cannot guarantee a place on the schedule without having complete order information and a confirmed order up front. If we do offer a place on the schedule in anticipation of a confirmed order, then we will hold that slot for 48 hours before putting a different job in its place.
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We understand that there are occasions when orders are needed sooner than 4 business days and we strive to fulfill those orders. In this case, we will assess a rush fee. If an order is being shipped, then the rush charges apply to our production time only. The amount of time it takes the carrier to get the order to you is not guaranteed by Rivet Press. Rush orders may require payment in full to begin printing. We cannot guarantee that we will accommodate all rush orders.
It is unfortunate, but sometimes our vendors will run out of particular styles or colors. If this happens we can offer a variety of possible substitute products from other vendors, or you can choose to wait until the items are back in stock. If you choose to wait for the inventory to be replenished we cannot guarantee the turnaround time or that the items will be back in stock when the vendor says they will. If you choose a substitute garment then we should be able to stick to our typical turnaround time unless those garments are out-of-stock as well.
Quotes expire after 30 days and are subject to change upon review of submitted artwork. Prices may be revised at the time of invoice based on actual prints.
Any print-ready art files that the customer provides must meet our format requirements and will not incur any additional fees. Art not supplied in print-ready format will need to be modified and is subject to be billed at our current rate. In which case, we will provide an estimate before doing the work.
Artwork that is submitted with a corresponding purchase order must be named in correlation with the job name and PO. Rivet Press will print art files as they are received, and we will assume that all images have been sized for final print dimensions unless otherwise stated.
In most cases, we will offer one free design per order. However, design fees may be applied if the scope or scale of the design changes or if the change requests exceed one round of revisions.
We will provide one mock-up on our own template free of charge for every order. Additional mock-ups on our template are available upon request and may be billed at the current rate. Approval of mock-ups on our template are required regardless of how detailed customer provided mock-ups may be, including reorders. Rivet Press will not be held responsible for any misspellings, grammatical errors, or any other design flaws when the artwork is provided by the customer.
All original artwork created by Rivet Press is the sole property of Rivet Press, although rights to the artwork may be purchased in addition to the design fees.
Any artwork that is provided by the customer is owned by the customer. We will not reproduce the customer's artwork, trademarked or not, without the customer's (or rightful owner's) consent.
Any artwork or art file that is modified or prepared for print by Rivet Press is property of Rivet Press.
We will always choose what we think is the best print method for your job unless you specify otherwise.
We will always choose what we think are the best garment options for your project. If garment selection is sensitive, we strongly encourage ordering samples of the garments before placing an order. When the final order is received, we cannot guarantee that the customer will like the garments they chose. We do guarantee print quality at all times. We also will open our workspace to show customers samples of what we have in stock to aid the decision, but we cannot guarantee that every garment is in stock. Subjectivity, or whether or not the customer likes the garment they chose is the responsibility of the customer and not Rivet Press. The customer is responsible for knowing the terms of the company whose garments they chose to purchase.
Rivet Press is not responsible for mistakes or defects on behalf of the manufacturer or distributor: mislabeled sizes, inconsistent coloring, dye lots, manufacturer garment defects, etc. All garments will be counted in bulk (dozens, or however they are packaged by the manufacturer). We cannot inspect each garment or count them in individually. Manufacturer and distributor defects or mis-shipments will delay production until all garments are received. It is highly recommended to order more garments than needed for each size. All additional garments will be included in the print run and we will bill for what is printed.
We require contract screen printing customers to provide us with a detailed list of garments including manufacturer, style number, color, size, and quantities of each to be printed prior to order confirmation. We may be unable or refuse to print on certain garments based on garment content.
Pre press production samples cost $100 per color printed per location and are subject to standard turn time. We can provide blank samples of any garment, along with previously printed samples, for far less than a printed sample.
Essentially, the quality of our work speaks for itself, and how we will gladly send examples of our print work. Additionally our mock-ups are very meticulous and we are well educated with how our inks work with most garments. Why waste time and money with a printed sample when we can deliver the quality you want straight out the gate?
We do not offer in-house press checks.
Rivet Press will assume that we will be manually mixing the ink for your project, which will be no additional charge. You may request an exact pantone to be ordered for your project, which will be billed at the current rate, and may affect the timeline. Color and pantone matching on textiles is not exact or guaranteed although we typically are able to print colors very close, if not perfectly matched. There may be a reasonable variation in color due to a number of factors. You cannot trust the colors in our mockup to be true when viewed on a monitor or printed page. Using a current Pantone book is the best way to accurately communicate color with us. If you are sensitive about the print color then please verify against a Pantone swatch. We cannot be held responsible for a color verified against the visual mockup only.
In the event that we make a terrible error in printing your shirts, then we will reprint the order for you at no additional cost. We do not offer refunds. This rarely happens and really only applies to serious mistakes like printing the wrong art, printing the wrong location, or ordering the wrong color garments.
In this (and any printing industry), misprints happen. A screen could come out of registration, we may find a defect in the garment, the garment may come from a bad dye lot, etc. There are numerous things that could go wrong but we manage to keep misprints and defects well below 1% of all garments printed over the course of a year. This isn't to say that your order will be guaranteed to have less than 1% misprints, this just happens to be our average. If we misprint a few of your garments then we will NOT charge you for these, and we'll likely even throw them in with the order at no charge if they are passable. Since misprints can happen, we'd encourage you to order extra garments if you need exact quantities due to preorders or team member requests. For example, if you are ordering a single Extra Small garment for your kid, there is a chance that this garment becomes a misprint. It would be unreasonable for us to re-set up the screens just to print this single shirt, so it would be best order extra garments.
We try to minimize it, but misprints do happen and we cannot predict when. Please work with us and plan ahead.
Overruns or underruns not to exceed 10% on quantities ordered shall constitute acceptable delivery. Rivet Press will bill for actual quantity printed. In other words, we may print too many shirts (extremely rare) or we may botch a few and deliver a few less than ordered. This is the nature of the printing industry. If you REQUIRE exact quantities, then please have a conversation with us about it. In which case, we may charge an "exact quantity fee" in order to insure this, meaning that we'd order more than we need in case there is a misprint. We will return the unprinted garment and pay the restocking fee.
Setup Fees and keeping SCREENS
In some cases we may assess a setup fee. The setup fee covers the time and resources to process the orders and create the screens. We hold onto the screens for each project for up to 30 days. This allows us to quickly produce any reorders that need to happen right away. In which case, we will waive the setup fees for all reorders within those 30 days. After a month of nonuse, we will reclaim the screens for other projects and a setup fee may be reintroduced for any reorder thereafter.
Orders can either be picked up from Rivet or shipped. If picking up, please come between 10am-12pm or 1pm-4pm (unless special plans are made prior).
Shipping is not included in estimates unless specified. Shipping time is not included in turnaround time.
Once the shipment is handed over to the carrier, we cannot guarantee timeliness or exact delivery dates.
We do ship internationally to some countries. If you need an order shipped outside of the United States, then we would encourage you to contact us to make sure we service that country. Otherwise, you would need to use a shipping broker or freight forwarder like World Class Shipping in order to handle the complexities of international shipping.
We can split your order and ship to multiple locations, billable at current rates. Please let us know about the split shipment before we print and box your order, otherwise additional charges may apply.
When printing on customer supplied garments, we require a 5% misprint allowance or a minimum of 1 shirt per design per garment color, whichever is greater, with no penalty to us. Percentages are based on quantity of imprints, not quantity of garments. We strongly recommend that you order extra garments in each size, style and/or color in the event of misprints. Exact Quantities are not guaranteed and are not available on Rush Orders. Rivet Press will not be held responsible for consequential damages such as profit loss on spoiled goods.
We encourage you to check the quantities and quality of the garments you receive from us immediately. Rivet Press cannot be held accountable for defects or problems with your order unless contacted within 48 hours of delivery.
In the event an order needs to be cancelled, refunds or return of deposits will be based on the status of the order (i.e. Have the items been ordered? Have any of the items been printed? etc.) and may be subject to penalties and/or restocking charges.
Because of the split print process, you may notice some minor color variations between the split locations. Our heat curing system can affect the dischargability of a fabric, which can affect the appearance of the color of the second print even when we use the exact same ink throughout the process. While we can't guarantee an exact match for both locations every time, we will absolutely try our best and hold ourselves to the same high quality standards we usually do.
Rivet Press stands behind the quality of our screen printing. We will reproduce your graphic onto the garment with maximum accuracy, quality, and consistency. The satisfaction of the end user with the final printed product is subjective. We offer detailed mock-ups (approval by the customer is mandatory for every order), screen setup ($25 for each location/color), or pre production samples ($100 for each color printed or each screen setup) for end user review. We operate under very specific and numerous quality controls, standard operating procedures, and guidelines to ensure a quality finished product, and we will not be held responsible for end user subjectivity.
Terms and prices are subject to change without notice.


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FORms and documents
About Seniors is NOT a legal firm, nor do we give legal advice and we advocate consulting with a licensed Arizona attorney when making legal decisions.
Below are a list of general use documents that are typical in the placement process. We provide them so our clients and readers can become more familiar with the type of legal documents that most families may use. Just click on a title and the document will open in a new window. You may also download and save it to your computer.


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Strategic and Business Plans
2019 - 2021 Strategic Plan
Please read our strategic plan for more information about us and our plans for the future. Should you wish to comment on our plan, please email us.
Annual Reports
Should you wish to find out more about our achievements since formation in 2011, please download a copy of our annual summaries.


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The cerebral aqueduct, or "aqueduct of Sylvius," connects the third and fourth ventricles providing a conduit for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to flow inside the brain. This aqueduct is located in the midbrain and forms part of the CSF ventricular system, prompting About.com to describe the structure as a canal between the ventricles.
The cerebral aqueduct is situated in the mesencephalon and plays a crucial role in the storage, transport, and recycling of the CSF, according to Wikipedia. This part of the ventricular system within the brain develops from the central canal of the neural tube and ensures the steady flow of CSF between the third and fourth ventricles in the midbrain.
Sometimes, the cerebral aqueduct becomes the site of serious medical problems. One of these problems is obstructive hydrocephalus. It's "obstructive" because, as the National Institutes of Health explains, the condition is caused by aqueductal stenosis, or a narrowing of the cerebral aqueduct that obstructs the flow of CSF between the ventricles. The condition is inherited and some estimates report one to two of every 1,000 babies are born with hydrocephalus. The most common way to treat this obstruction is by inserting a shunt to drain off surplus CSF, usually into the abdominal cavity.


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Sissy Goff will be presenting "Back Door to Your Teen's Heart"
Back to All Events
Earlier Event: October 29The Bike Thing
Later Event: November 6First Baptist Church, Watkinsville, GA
Sissy Goff will be presenting "Back Door to Your Teen's Heart"
Sissy Goff, LPC-MHSP, David Thomas, L.M.S.W., and Melissa Trevathan, M.R.E. are counselors with over 75 years of combined experience counseling children and families. They're also sought-after speakers and authors of twelve books including their newest, Intentional Parenting and a DVD parenting curriculum called Raising Boys and Girls. "Parenting is a challenging, delightful, heart-wrenching journey that can feel profoundly overwhelming and lonely at times. Parents need guides who understand the world of their children."


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On musical grounds alone, a 10-disc collection of Louis Armstrong's best work from the 1920s to the 1960s can't help walking off with a five-star rating. The only reservation about this unstintingly luxurious, memorabilia-laden set (packed in a miniature replica of a battered-looking Armstrong suitcase, with a 200-page hardback book of photos and narrative, sheet music, old studio schedules and much more) is that it sells for a hundred quid plus, and inevitably features a lot of timeless material most Armstrong admirers will already possess. But the set turned on a deal between Universal and Sony BMG (which own 90% of Armstrong's output between them), so this is more exhaustively comprehensive and varied than other rights-determined Armstrong compendiums.
Previously unreleased material includes a terrific 1956 Hollywood Bowl show with Armstrong's more swing-oriented postwar All Stars band, in which his trumpet lines soar and his high notes gleam; Mack the Knife is the only vocal (he hadn't yet become the superstar singer of hits such as What a Wonderful World) apart from an engagingly casual jam with Ella Fitzgerald on You Won't Be Satisfied. The only makeweight is an hour-long conversation with jazz critic Dan Morgenstern, which stays pretty humdrum for half its length. Until, that is, they start hitting a bottle of slivovica and a reflective Armstrong recalls, among other things, his first mentor King Oliver's emphasis on the importance of a clear melody – a principle that this collection constantly bears witness to.
Armstrong became a pop-singing celebrity after 1964 (many of his later fans barely knew he played the trumpet) but though Hello Dolly and What a Wonderful World naturally have their place on this set, the sensational trumpet improvising of the 1920s and 30s that did so much to power jazz's first wave properly dominates the tracklist. Bessie Smith's majestic weariness, cajoled and coaxed by Armstrong's trumpet on St Louis Blues; the famously blazing unaccompanied opening of West End Blues; the canny hipness of the Weatherbird duet with pianist Earl Hines – are all turning moments in the evolution of modern music. And if you feel like listening to all 10 discs as a weekend marathon, any distinctions between the genius of Armstrong's trumpet-playing and his witty, rhythmically wayward and sometimes unexpectedly graceful singing totally disappear as the hours pass.


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June 2018 is going to be a parade of amazing movement workshops at Gymnasia to help you get more out of being outside this summer.
It's no secret that our modern working life is havoc on our health. Mobility at the Office covers principles and techniques for combating our sedentary work environment.
Strength & Movement for Yogis is a workshop to help yogis get more from their practice and avoid some of Yoga's most common physical issues.
Want to learn how to get upside down on your hands? Join us for an all levels, handstand workshop!
Come to us, or bring us to you! We run workshops and Private Groups for people, companies, organizations and sports teams. Some examples:
- Fundamentals of Mobility
- Hand and Wrist Strength (for golf, tennis, etc.)
- Strength & Movement for your specialty (eg: Yogis, Runners, Cyclists, Martial Artists, Roller Derby, etc)
- Yoga & Movement for groups with developmental disabilities
Contact us for more information!


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Cocktail Cherries Three Ways
Hi friends! Remember when I went to Hood River and brought back a bunch of delicious Lapin cherries? A few days later I invited my friends Anna, Grayce, and Sara over to make cocktail cherries. I have always loved a good cocktail (or mocktail) cherry. As a kid, I loved having a Shirley Temple at special occasion dinners. As an adult, my tastes have evolved, at least a little bit, and now I adore Toschi's Amarena cherries.
My friends and I branched out and made three types of cocktail cherries: maraschino, bourbon vanilla, and brandied. It was so much fun! Anna went on a cherry picking adventure of her own and brought over several pounds of sour cherries. Pitting cherries is kind of a pain, so I highly recommend inviting several fun friends to help you. My friends were cherry pitting champs!
Maraschino Cherries
First, the Maraschino cherries. We roughly followed the recipe of Amy Stewart, aka the Drunken Botanist, with a few slight modifications based on Sara's previous experiences in making Maraschinos.
Maraschino cherries are traditionally made with sour cherries.
Pitted sour cherries
Maraschino liqueur
Lemon peel
Put a large saucepan on the stove and cover the bottom of the saucepan with sour cherries. Cover the cherries with maraschino liqueur. Bring the cherries and liqueur just to a boil, and then pour into jars. Make sure that all of your cherries are covered in liqueur.
We made a second batch and added 5 large pieces of lemon rind before bringing to a boil.
The verdict: Not surprisingly, these cherries were the most sour. The batch with lemon peel tasted slightly sweeter. Sara reports that they are delicious in an Aviation cocktail.
Bourbon Vanilla Cherries
We couldn't find a recipe for bourbon vanilla cherries, so we made our own!
Pitted sweet cherries
Vanilla extract
Fill your jars with the cherries. Put two cups of sugar and ½ cup of water in your saucepan, and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Add ½ - ¾ cup of bourbon, and 2 tablespoons of vanilla extract. Cook until bubbling, and then pour over cherries into jars.
The verdict: These cherries turned out delicious, but also very sweet. I was hoping that the syrup would be a bit thicker, as it is for the Toschi Amarena cherries, but I did not want to cook off all of the bourbon. Next time I make them, I will cook the sugar/water/bourbon/vanilla mixture longer after adding ¼ - ½ cup of bourbon. Some of the alcohol will burn off, but I would imagine you can achieve a thick syrupy consistency, and a bit more bourbon can always be added right before jarring the cherries. But they were still delicious as-is!
Brandied Cherries
We used Holly & Flora's lovely brandied summer cherries recipe as our inspiration.
Pitted sweet cherries
Amaro aperitif liqueur
Orange liqueur
Cinnamon stick
Whole cloves
5-6 large pieces of orange peel
Fill your jars with pitted cherries. Put any juices left over from pitting your cherries in the saucepan. If you do not have much cherry juice, substitute a few tablespoons of water. Add ½ cup of sugar, a cinnamon stick, 3 whole cloves, and 5-6 pieces of orange peel. Cook until the sugar has dissolved. Add ½ cup of brandy, 1/8 cup of Amaro, and 3/8 cup of orange liqueur. Stir until the liquids are combined, then remove the cinnamon stick, cloves, and orange peels from the syrup, and pour the syrup over the cherries into the jars.
The verdict: This batch turned out great! These cherries taste balanced and complex, and are definitely the most deserving of being dropped into a Manhattan.
Final Thoughts
I managed to hold off for a couple of days before tasting the cherries, in order to give the flavors time to marry. Overall, I am very happy with the results of our cherry experiments. Anna was already inspired to make two more batches of sour cherries, one in heavy syrup, and the other in sugar and rye whiskey. YUM!
Cherry season is starting to wind down in the Northwest, so grab some cherries soon if you want to make your own cocktail cherries in 2014!


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cookies and privacy
Privacy online is becoming an increasingly difficult thing to maintain. I do not support tracking people from site to site, following their every move, storing revealing metadata, selling it.
While I'd love to see how many people visit my site, which pages they actually click on and if they get here through search terms I'd never have thought of myself, I am not running analytics tools on this website apart from the one built-in by Squarespace (which is basically the site-builder I'm using- and I can't turn those analytics off). So, yes, you just got another stack of cookies but no, I am not bombarding you with every cookie possible.
My website uses Typekit, which offers nice web fonts.. but is also owned by Adobe. If you block the typekit cookie (and I certainly won't hold it against you), chances are my site looks a bit like it was made in the nineties. Horrible thing to swallow for an artist, but I will leave that up to you. Yes, I'm ok with that being out of my hands. (ok, I admit, it hurts a little)
Also, if you visit my blog, you might encounter some stuff from twitter and instagram. I am keeping it there for now.
So, while I've tried to do my part by keeping cookies somewhat to a minimum, the rest is up to you!
Use Firefox with add-ons like Self-destructing cookies & Privacy Badger (you will have to check those settings, disable the pop-up messages from Self-destructing cookies to avoid madness, whitelist some sites and you will need to block a lot of stuff yourself in Privacy Badger!) Private browsing does not mean tracker-free browsing. There's a bit more to it as the nice people from Mozilla have explained somewhere.
On a smartphone? Firefox focus to the rescue.
Delete your cookies (and history) from time to time. iPhone? Reset your advertising identifier and limit ad tracking- this is for in-app ads.
Update! Update! Keep updating!
Happy browsing :)


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What Could Trump's Administration Mean for Education?
In November we posted What Could the New Administration Mean for Education in California and the SFUSD responding to questions we received about impacts of some of then President-elect Donald Trump's policy proposals. Now that President Trump has been sworn into office we have an update: some new information on the topic of sanctuary cities.
What would the proposal to withhold all federal funds to sanctuary cities mean for San Francisco?
In November we responded to speculation about how Trump might ful fill his pledge to defund sanctuary cities like San Francisco, and noted that most federal funding to states and cities could not be cut without going through Congress. That is still the case; however, last week on January 25, 2017, Trump signed an executive order which included a provision ordering the attorney general to withhold federal grants to "sanctuary jurisdictions."
How much is at stake?
Federal funds constitute $1.3 billion, or about 13%, of San Francisco's budget.
What does this mean for San Francisco?
We still don't know how this executive order will play out, but it looks like there may be a long battle in the courts. Mayor Ed Lee and SFUSD's Interim Superintendent Myong Leigh made statements following the release of Trump's executive order reconfirming their strong commitment to sanctuary city policies, regardless of this potential fiscal impact. On January 31, 2017, City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit on behalf of the City of San Francisco against President Donald Trump, enumerating several reasons that the executive order and the immigration law it seeks to enforce should be declared unconstitutional and unenforceable. The suit also argues that, technically speaking, San Francisco is following the federal law on immigration and should not be subject to any withholding of funds, even if it was constitutional to do so. The main constitutional argument is made under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution which guarantees state sovereignty and has been interpreted by courts to mean that the Federal Government cannot outsource its work to states or cities. This would include, according to the complaint, financially coercing a city into "imprisoning individuals at the request of the Federal government when these individuals would otherwise be released from custody."
It is likely to be some time before a final decision is made on the constitutionality of the executive order, but in the meantime, federal funds most at risk of being cut are those for three law enforcement programs administered by the Federal Government which could be cut without Congressional approval. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG), the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), and the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), all of which are administered by the Department of Justice.
At the SFUSD Board of Education Budget and Business Services meeting on February 1, 2017, it was noted that "worst case scenario" options have not been projected by SFUSD. In other words, it is unclear what would happen if federal education funds were cut or drastically reduced from the current SFUSD budget. SFUSD received $28.7 million in federal funds this fiscal year, less than 3% of SFUSD's total operating budget. These funds are "restricted" and therefore must be used for specific programs, such as those supporting low income students, English learners, and students receiving special education services. SFUSD also receives about $500,000 in unrestricted federal funds, some of which are used to offset costs of Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs.
Here are some resources we found helpful on the issue of defunding sanctuary cities:


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Barbara Eldredge from Curbed highlights a home designed for the car lover. If you are a car lover, this design may be your next home. Take a read.
Matt Fajkus Architecture designed a fancy garage topped by a fancy living space
Homes for car-lovers are nothing new—with styles ranging from minimalist to glam. But this purpose-built Austin home has an exceptional balance between the owner's love of vintage cars and the space needs of daily life.
Designed by local studio Matt Fajkus Architecture, Autohaus is essentially a stylish modern garage topped by an equally gorgeous modern home.
The ground floor is an open single space accessed from the driveway by a set of custom wooden barn doors. Floored with polished concrete and outfitted with a mechanic's lift and workbench, the garage is a comely but simple setting for the storage and maintenance of up to eight automobiles. Its current occupants are classic cars from the likes of Porsche, Ferrari, and Alfa Romeo.
Above the garage is a compact apartment, with the master bedroom cantilevered 20 feet over the driveway below. Large windows let in ample natural light. From the bedroom, a short hall leads past a wood-paneled study and into the open plan living room and kitchen. The rear of this room is a window overlooking the garage workspace below, while a large shaded terrace runs along the length of the space.
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We walked around the whole site, surveyed the ruins and were fascinated by how much changes took place at the site since the Iron Age.
We wanted to learn more about the character of King John and the circumstances that led to the signing of the Magna Carta, so we played the King John: The Decision-Making Game. Tiger enjoyed this activity very much as it gave him an insight into both situational factors as well as personality considerations that determined how anyone (in this case, King John) makes decisions.
We also discussed the importance of reading different sources and contrasting interpretations of historical accounts before making our own minds up about historical events and characters. This view is supported by reading this particular article that suggests an alternative view to the usual 'bad King John' that almost everyone has of him.
Following our visit to Salisbury Cathedral where we saw one of the four original copies of the Magna Carta, Tiger read through the book that gave a full translation and interpretation of the document:
Then we spent a long time looking through the resources on the Magna Carta available from the British Library, where two of the four copies are kept.
We also had a good read here which details the history of the Magna Carta. The map is particularly useful in showing the significance of various places in the UK in relation to the document.
Not all was peaceful after signing the Magna Carta, as shown by the Key Magna Carta Battles. Battles and warfare are the parts that interest Tiger the most, so we watched the following clip about the Battle of Bouvines:
King John also besieged the Rochester Castle in 1215, shortly after signing the Magna Carta. The siege is described below:
We visited it to see for ourselves the structure of the castle as well as how the siege would have occured there:
The following documentary tells us more about the defence structure of Dover Castle:
A well researched and well illustrated book to learn about castle is the following:
Just out of curiostiy, we thought we would find out what King John's castle looked like:
To conclude, Tiger did narration and map work from the following books:
and read a few supplementary stories relating to the House of Angevin in the following books:
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2) Hearts for Home Blog Hop #6
3) History and Geography Meme # 64
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10) Weekly Wrap-Up: The Strangely Bittersweet One
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13 days fly in drive out Kailash tour
10 fixed departures in 2014:
May 17-29; June 7-19, June 21-July 3; July 12-24, 19-31; August 9-21, August 23-September 4; September 6-18, September 20-October 2; October 4-16
This amazing tour will lead you to one of the most revered holy sites in the entire world. The Hindus, Buddhists, and bon followers all believe that a walk around this site erases all the sins of your life. Simply gazing up at this 6714 meter high peak is a memory which will last forever. Do not miss this rare opportunity to immerse yourself in ancient culture and religion!
Our trip will also take us to Lake Mansarovar, another holy site close to Mt. Kailash. Experience more religion and culture as you walk with around this wondrous lake with both Indian and Tibetan pilgrims. The trip will end with an unparalleled drive through the Tibetan plateau. Come to join us for this highly religious experience!
Day 01: Arrive in Lhasa, airport/train station pick up and transfer to your hotel for rest
Day 02: Visit Jorkhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Drepung Monastery in Lhasa
Day 03: Visit Potala Palace, Sera Monastery in Lhasa
Day 04: Drive Lhasa – Gyantse, along the way you can see Khamba La pass, Yamdrok Lake[3950m] 261 km, visit Gyantse Kumbum then drive on to Shigatse
Day 05: Visit Tashilumpo monastery in Shigatse, then drive to Saga
Day 06: Saga-Payang-Mansarover, overnight near the lake
Day 07: Drive to Tarchen (base camp of mt. kailash), ready for next 3 days for trekking
Day 08: Trek about 22km to Diraphuk o/n at local guesthouse
Day 09: Trek about 20 km to Zuthulphuk o/n at local guesthouse
Day 10: Trek about only 6 km down to the point where our landcruisers will be waiting for us, drive to Tarchen o/n at local guesthouse
Day 11: Drive Tarchen to Saga
Day 12: Drive Saga to Zhangmu via Peiku Lake
Day 13: Border transfer Zhangmu to Kathmandu
Detailed itinerary:
Day 01: Arrival in Lhasa by air or train
Once you arrive at Gonggar airport or Lhasa Train Station, an easy one hour or half hour drive will take you to your final destination of the traditional hotels (Shangbala Hotel, Dhood Gu Hotel or Yak Hotel, etc) or guesthouses. The remainder of the day can be spent relaxing and exploring some of the many sights in Lhasa.
Day 02: Visit Jokhang Temple Barkhor Street, Sera Monastery in Lhasa
On this second day morning we will take an easy visit to Jokhang Temple. This temple is the most revered shrine in all of Tibet and is constantly bustling with devout worshippers. We will also be given the opportunity to shop in Barkor, the crowded central market of Lhasa. In the afternoon we will visit Sera Monastery, a fifteenth century sprawl of golden roofs and whitewashed walls. This well preserved monastery is located just a few miles North of Lhasa and is home to several hundred monks. Its famous debating activities are happening 3-4pm quite regularly every day, so remind our guide not to miss it.
Day 03: Visit Potala Palace, Drepung Monastery in Lhasa
A trip to Tibet would not be complete without experiencing the vital Potala Palace. This palace is Lhasa's cardinal landmark and is a wonder of Eastern architecture. Your first site of this massive structure will be a magical moment remembered for years to come. It has been a palace since the fifth or sixth century and was once home to the Dalai Lama. This truly amazing day will ended with a visit to the Drepung Monastery. Once the world's largest monastery, housing 10,000 monks, Drepung monastery lies hidden in rocky ridges just beyond the city. Surprisingly much of the building was left untouched throughout hundreds of years.
Day 04: Lhasa to Gyangtse then to Shigatse
Today's trip is little bit demanding but fascinating, we will corss two high passes over 5000m Khamba La and Kharo La plus one beautiful Lake - Yamdrok Tso provide wondrous views of the Himalayan range. A colossal glacier rises nearly straight up from the road as we pass Kharo La. The drive is no daunting task as we pass through many more beautiful Tibetan valleys and quiet villages along the way. When reach Gyantse, We will be given the opportunity of experiencing more wondrous Tibetan culture as we see the Gyangtse Dzong and Kumbum. Expansive views of the valley can be seen from the ancient Dzong fort. The Kumbum is much more than a stupa, as it is surrounded by numerous Tibetan murals and small chapel houses. Even if you are no art connoisseur you will be amazed by these ancient murals and architecture. After the visit in Gyantse we will continue another one and half an hour easy drive to Xigatse, the second largest city in Tibet, overnight stay will be at the best Tibetan Mansarover Hotel.
Day 05: Drive to Saga
In the morning, visit Tashilumpo Monastery in Shigatse. Our final destination today is the small town of saga. We will cover many miles during the day but also encounter alluring river valleys and scattered villages.
Day 06: Drive to Mansarovar
Even more gorgeous Tibetan landscape will surround us as we drive to Paryang. After several river crossings we will finally arrive at the shores of Lake Mansarovar. Prepare for one of the most awe-inspiring and holy places you have ever seen. Today is arguably one of the most beautiful days of our entire journey.
Day 07: Drive to Tarboche
After only a 35 km drive we will reach Tarboche. Tarboche marks the start of our religious 53 km trek around the mountain. Finally we have arrived!
Day 08: Trek to Dira-puk
From Tarboche, we walk up the Lha Chu Valley through beautiful green meadows and streams with Mt Kailash towering above us. We follow the river, which enters a narrow canyon with high, steep cliffs and spectacular waterfalls. Continuing up the valley, the north face of Kailash comes into view before we reach the 13th century monastery at dira-puk
Day 09: Trek to Zutul-puk
We now leave the Lha Chu Valley and enter the Drolma Chu valley, heading up towards a high pass, the Drolma La [5630m]. it's a tough climb to the summit which is festooned with prayer flags but from there it is all downhill or flat to Zutul-puk, with views of one of the highest lakes in the world, Thukpe Dzingbu Lake, known as the lake of compassion. As well as the monastery at Zutul-puk, there are several meditation caves and another cave containing an image of Milarepa
Day 10: Trek to Darchen
On the final day of the kora we cross several streams, and follow an impressive gorge. Along the way we are once again treated to magnificent views of Kailash. We then enter the Bharka plain and it's about an hour's walk through this desert-like landscape to Darchen.
Day 11: Drive to Saga
Today is another driving day as we head towards Saga. Take in the sights of the small dusty towns along the way! Today gives us more time to appreciate this truly ancient Tibetan culture.
Day 12: Drive to Zhangmu
In the morning we will drive through yarlung tsangpo [brahmaputra river]. As we continue our journey stunning himalayan views surrounds us once again. Along the way you will see many attractions including Shishapangma and Peiku-tso, a large majestic lake. Another 180 kilometers is tackled as we head down the Friendship Highway. Along the way we pass through the small town of Nyalam. After Nyalam we descend down through a mossy gorge and brilliant cascading waterfalls. We will spend the night in Zhangmu, a border town.
Day 13: Drive to Kathmandu
In the morning we cross the Bhote Kosi river using the friendship bridge. At this point we must bid a fond farewell to our Tibetan guide and go through all the border formalities. Our last night will be spent in the bustling city of Kathmandu. Sadly our trip has come to an end.
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Kaiba Takeda
"Giggle at the ghosties.... until they eat your soul"
"Giggle at the ghosties.... until they eat your soul"
Nickname(s): the demon mercenary
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Birthday: 14/2/X370
Sexuality: Pansexual
Affiliation: Dark Mage
Rank: D Rank
Guild: Sable Pantera
Guild Tattoo: On his tongue, dark blue
Physical Characteristics: Kaiba isn't really the average mafia hitman, as he's not just a large chunk of muscles. He's average height, and quite toned. He's five foot eleven, and weighs fifty eight kilograms. His state of being underweight might be due to the fact that his childhood was spent as a slave, and as such was starved and only given enough to survive. His hair is a strange sort of dirty white, sort of like vanilla instead of the usual down white, and would trail down to between his shoulderblades if he didn't keep it up underneath his wrapping. His uncovered eye is a pleasant indigo, but his covered one is completely black from magical corruption. Despite the fact that it's completely off-colour, it still acts like a normal eye, but due to it being covered up he has no chance to use it. Strangely enough, he has a little skip to his step, making people take him a little less seriously than they would otherwise, thinking of him as young-hearted or easily-usable. This is a calculated measure that he's done for years, getting people to not take him as seriously as they might need to, allowing him to get the drop on those he has to fight.
Attire/Clothing: Kaiba clearly doesn't give much thought to his clothes and just goes with whatever's comfortable for him. He wears a thin white striped shirt that appears to be more of a vest than an actual shirt. Underneath that, he wears a black piece of cloth, wrapped around his neck and his face, covering the left side of his face, hiding his markings. It's pure black, blending in brilliantly with the darkness whenever he's in the shadows, giving him the impression of only having half a face. In gaps between the folds of the cloth, his white hair sticks out in tufts. He also wears a pair of loose black trousers, giving the impression of martial arts training trousers, with a black belt wrapped around his midrift where he stores his weapon whenever not immediately using it. His shoes are leather boots, able to run on most surfaces without having to worry about slipping.
Abnormalities: Tattoo of a draconequus on his back, the entire left side of his face is covered in bright red tattoos, marking him as an (ex)slave. His left eye is pure black from magical corruption.
Personality: There are two personalities of Kaiba; The first is actually rather silly. The young man who's always smiling, laughing, playing with those he calls his friends, and working hard to get his job done. He seems to be a little bit immature when he's like this. He will almost always act like this, causing a lot of people to be shocked and some even to be horrified when he reveals the Kaiba under the surface. In reality, this is just a clever ruse to keep up appearances, allowing people to not take him seriously and thus for his job to be much easier. He learnt, when escaping from his master, that people who believe you to be weaker (mentally, physically and emotionally) than you actually are, will always be easier to kill or to hurt when you have to. As such, his normal personality is forced down when he's in public. However, when people truly get to become his friend, his ally, his confidante, the other form of him is released.
Under the silliness, the smiling face and the happiness is a repressed genius who takes in everything around him. He understands so much, yet is always acting as if he doesn't know anything. His skills with blades are almost completely unrivaled, even amongst the samurai community. Maybe this is because of his self-designed style of Rokatana (six swords), causing him to seem like just as much of a monster as his summons. Despite people's opinions on his actual personality, he's a very loyal friend and would dive infront of a spell to protect those he holds dear. However, nobody has earned that level of his trust yet. You could compare his personality to his face. Part of it is uncovered, but it's not the whole story. Still, the rest of the story is gruesome and only an elite few get to see it.
Music: Surprisingly, Kaiba is highly musically skilled, and is very skilled at playing three instruments; The violin, the piano and, surprisingly, singing. He counts his voice as an instrument, and treats it as such, always making sure to take perfect care of it.
Reading: The best way to know the enemy is to know everything, right? This is Kaiba's main philosophy and believes that whilst sparring and fighting will make someone strong, it will also leave them stupid. What is the point of knowing how to fight without knowing what you're fighting against?
Psychoanalysis: Now, this is an interesting hobby of Kaiba's. He likes to see what people will do and see what that says about the person. He believes that both actions and words speak at the same volume, but it's always what's behind the words that is talking.
Sword-fighting: Whether it's using one sword, two, or even all six, Kaiba loves swordfighting. For the relatively short amount of time that he's been doing it, he's extremely skilled. Whilst his magic might still be rather novice, his skills as a duelist is amazing.
Crime, messing with people's heads, sweet foods, weapons, classical music, having someone who he sees as an equal, leather (no, this isn't a fetish)
Dislikes: Prudes, boring people, sour foods, peace, unnecessarily loud people or music, being ordered around.
Inspiration: Kaiba's inspiration is the urge for continued freedom. As someone to whom freedom is still a new concept, he wants to keep it as long as physically possible, and although he joined a guild it was more for the feeling of family instead of having something to belong to. However, there is another inspiration; The urge for competition. He wants someone to pit his wits and skills against constantly, someone who he can see as an equal.
Cleithrophobia: Kaiba has a fear of enclosed spaces. he doesn't mind being in crowds or in buildings, or small spaces that he can get out of quickly, but if he's trapped inside of one and is unable to see how he'd get out (e.g. an ice cage) he would start to panic.
Ecophobia: He is, quite literally, scared of his home. Now, this might seem a little pathetic but you have to understand that his 'home' was where he was used as a slave, and as such ties in with his fear of losing his freedom.
Amilibertaphobia: this is a fear of losing his freedom unwillingly. He doesn't mind getting tied down to a girl or a boy or even a guild, but to have it forcibly taken from him both worries and scares him.
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- Musabori:
Name: Musabori
Classification: Weapon
Type: Katana
- tempered steel handle, wrapped with blue cloth
- black steel chain
- steel blade, sharpened with a whitting stone
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- Kaiten:
Name: Kaiten
Classification: Weapon
Type: Katana
- tempered steel handle, wrapped with red cloth
- steel ring, used for spinning blade for certain attacks
- steel blade, sharpened with a whitting stone
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- Ikari:
Name: Ikari
Classification: Weapon
Type: Katana
- tempered steel handle, wrapped with red cloth
- steel midsection, coated in a small layer of gold
- steel blade, sharpened with a whitting stone
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- Anshin:
Name: Anshin
Classification: Weapon
Type: Katana
- tempered steel handle, wrapped with red and black cloth
- black steel chain
- steel blade, sharpened with a whitting stone
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- Kori:
Name: Kori
Classification: Weapon
Type: Katana
- tempered steel handle, wrapped with light blue cloth
- blue cloth trail
- steel blade, sharpened with a whitting stone
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- Nomu:
Name: Nomu
Classification: Weapon
Type: Katana
- tempered steel handle, wrapped with leather
- leather strap
- steel blade, sharpened with a whitting stone
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Kaiba was born in a far distant land, a land called Dorikaie. It's a small island off the coast of Peregrande, and the most notable thing about this land? Slavery is still 100% legal. That's the world where Kaiba was born, the son of an unknown woman in a slave auction house, he was given as a freebie to the man who bought his mother. He was brought up as a worker in the house, where he made a small bond with the son of the house. Despite their different situations, they seemed to be really close friends, and whenever he could sneak off from work he and his friend, a boy called Sai, would play together. However, as they grew up together, Kaiba started seeing weird things about Sai. He would sneak off from home for hours at a time, and would always come home grinning like a maniac, smelling of some strange substance that he never knew what. He stopped eating, but never got thin from it. It was really weird... However, what Kaiba didn't know was that he was experimenting with a new kind of magic, one that caused people to suffer when used. He and his friends eventually realized that if anyone used it with the magic energy in their bodies, they would end up being in complete agony from it. They had to use a non-mage to host a magic-enabling lacrima to make it work. Of course, with a close friend who was a non-mage, how could he resist using Kaiba as the host?
One night, Kaiba was ordered to come with Sai. Although it felt fishy, his role in the world was as the man's servant so he had no other choice, and so he followed him. However, he was knocked unconscious the moment he entered the building he had been taken to, and when he awoke the right side of his face was disfigured worse than it had been before. Sure, he'd always had a slave mark on his face, but for some reason his eye had turned completely black. Sai claimed it was a side-effect of the experimental surgery, and that it didn't matter. When it first happened, it hurt almost permanently but Sai didn't care. That was when Kaiba decided, he would get a little bit of own back on Sai. He organized a special prank for his friend but it went wrong. Sai got angry, and attacked Kaiba. For some reason. Kaiba couldn't hold back and fought back, killing Sai in the scuffle. It took a few moments to even understand what he'd done, but then he realized, it felt good. Beating someone, being better than someone, it felt unbelievable. That night, he killed his master and took a few of his swords, but the most important thing that he took was his master's scarf, which he currently wears around his face, hiding both his slave mark and his corrupted eye. With that done, he left his 'home' and started to travel. For a while, he managed to go without doing anything rash, he'd developed a false personality to make sure that nobody ever thought too badly of him. However, this turned into a completely different reason as he started killing for personal gain, stealing their belongings and selling them off. This was when he started liking sword fighting, as he'd stolen his master's prize swords when he left home and realized that they weren't just a tool of convenience, they were his paintbrush and everyone else's body was his canvas.
Within a few years, he'd left the country and had moved to Fiore. He's been here for the last three years, and had been a rogue mage for the last two years, but late last year he stumbled across a man who was being attacked by three Tartaros mages. He was holding his own, but Kaiba decided to step in and have a little fun, ripping the mages apart with his own style. Apparently his skill had impressed the guy he was fighting with and he was offered to join Sable Pantera. The chance to have friends, to have a purpose, to live on his own terms... it was irresistable. he joined up within the week and has been serving as a loyal member for the last year.
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Well well ain't it Xion being sneaky >.> I totally didn't suspect it was you lol, anyhow welcome to Delirium!
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June 2017 Companion gardening and worm composting with SEEDS
Summer at the outdoor garden.
by Nicole Murray Greenhouse/Gardens Manager
June has been an amazing month! So much growth in the garden and a steady core group of volunteers to help with the workload has made me feel so grateful. One of our volunteers has returned from a 6-month long backpacking trip and we had to say farewell to a woman travelling back to her home country of Malaysia.
I thought this month I would elaborate and explain more about the companion planting we are doing. Come down during volunteer hours (listed at the bottom of the site) and get your hands dirty, I'd love to answer your questions.
The Nasturtiums are in bloom and crawling all through the gardens, their flowers are edible and the plant is beneficial to the garden. When planted with squash they keep away squash bugs and repel a number of other harmful insects from fruit and veggie crops. If aphids appear on the nasturtiums it is a sign there is a lime deficiency in the soil and a dusting of lime will help get things back on track. Planting nasturtiums within the garden will improve the growth and flavour of neighbouring crops. Some crops that benefit from this companion are potatoes, radish, cucurbits and any member of the cabbage family. (A cucurbit is a plant in the gourd family-melons, pumpkin, cucumber, squash.)
Our berries are ripening nicely, we will have red currants and raspberries soon enough! We had our first kindergarten class come in for a visit from the Hume School and they helped with adding comfrey to the potato patch and make some comfrey tea. We had to let the comfrey tea sit for a couple weeks, it was so stinky! We diluted it and applied to some of the veggie crops. It is high in calcium, potassium, and phosphorus and rich in vitamins A and C and when the leaves are added to the soil around potatoes it is said to increase the yield.
Potatoes do well when planted with beans, corn, cabbage and horseradish (which should be planted at the corners of the patch), marigold and eggplant (which acts as a trap plant for the Colorado potato beetle). Plants that are not good to have near the potato patch are pumpkin, tomato, raspberry, squash and cucumber, and sunflower stunt the growth. The presence of these plants is said to lower the potatoes' resistance to blight. In our garden, we have squash growing next door to the potato patch and raspberries close by so we'll see what happens! So far the potatoes are doing great!
We had to pull up all of the turnips because there were root maggots eating them (see the videos below). I noticed there were still some maggots in the soil when digging around so instead of planting another root crop we sowed some mixed salad greens. It's interesting that the root maggots didn't go near the carrots growing next to the turnips, maybe because of the leeks growing with them (Leeks help repel the carrot fly who's larva attack the roots).
We got through screening 2 more of our worm bins! They are so easy to manage but screening and separating the worms does take time. It's so worth it though as it adds much nutrition into the soil. Each bin gives us almost a full wheelbarrow of worm castings.
Since the weather has been so nice and hot we have taken the cover off of the tomato tunnel and put cages and supports on the tomatoes. They are getting so big! The ones that were donated by Paul have bounced back and are filling out. I've pruned them a little bit to help with air flow by removing the lower leaves and any that are bunching up in the middle, this will help prevent any mold or disease from forming.
Check out the videos!
There are 7 videos beginning on June 18/17. Enjoy!
In June we donated to Saint Saviours, Stepping Stones, Our Daily Bread, and Nelson & District Women's Centre.
Volunteer Hours
Let's Grow Together - Check our open hours at the bottom of the site.
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Cassandra Michelin is a mum on the quest to raise healthy kids on her urban farm yard on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Passionate about inspiring others, Cass's goal is to empower people to take control of their health and to encourage parents through simple and delicious whole foods and toxic free living.
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Alright guys, it's time for real talk. I put quite a bit of weight on this year, and it's really cramping my style. I look fine in photos because I know how to flatter my figure with fashion, but it's no secret that I rely heavily on visual illusions. That's fine and all, but it's time for me to get my butt into gear because I want change. Actually, scratch that! I need change. I'm sick of feeling lethargic. Sick of feeling insecure. Sick of wishing I could do this or do that. No more excuses. I may look lean, but in reality, I'm skinny-fat.
I've been taking steps to up my fitness & health game for the past month now. I've been working out daily and eating super clean to be the best version of me. I used to skip breakfast, but now I make sure to eat something even if I need to rush out the door. My favorite breakfast food is Yoplait yogurt. I've been a fan ever since I was a little kid so it's safe to say that not much has changed! I always make sure to grab one to-go! My current fave flavors are mixed berry, boston cream pie, and chocolate mousse (from the whips! line). Continue reading for delicious yogurt combinations that will give you LIFE!
When I'm late, I obviously just grab a yogurt and sprint out the door, but when I have time, I totally spoil myself. What can I say? I like to enjoy all facets of life, which means I'm all about Yoplait's "1-Up Your Cup." I'm going to show you guys how I step up my yogurt game today on Sensible Stylista. Brace yourselves because you're about to be blown away by my delightful pairings. In fact, I'm just going to go ahead and say, "you're welcome in advance."
…Ha, I promise I'm not actually full of myself! I'm just having some fun! My yogurt bowls are good though so keep reading! First up, mixed berry yogurt with low-fat granola, sliced almonds, and fresh raspberries in an adorable cup, of course. Mmm, mmm, mmmm. So much deliciousness. Oh, and presentation's always important. I like to eat pretty food! It enhances the overall experience in my opinion.
Moving on to bowl number 2: boston cream pie yogurt with blackberries, sliced bananas, a pinch of granola for texture, and a single raspberry for color. Confession: I actually hate fruit but I do it because I want to stay alive. I once went 3 months without eating a single piece of fruit, and I'm genuinely surprised that I didn't get scurvy. That's all in the past though. Like I said, this post is all about new beginnings. Healthy Kim will eat several servings of fresh fruits and veggies daily! Thank god I have my yoplait. It makes everything so much more enjoyable.
Last but not least, let's take a look at combo 3: chocolate mousse with sliced almonds and dark chocolate chips. I make myself a bowl of this magical goodness every time I want to splurge. It's a guilt-free treat that seriously satisfies. With solid meals like these, I know I'll shed my extra weight in no time. Paired with HIIT, I'll be flaunting my bod in no time! I'm aiming to get mad in shape by Spring break. I'm pretty confident I can reach my goal by then though because "dieting" hasn't been difficult at all. So, what do you guys think of my pairings – do you like the way I 1-up my cup?
If you're a Yoplait lover, comment below with your fave flavor combo so I can try it out STAT! If you haven't tried Yoplait, stop what you're going, get in your car and drive to Walmart or have someone drive you. Walk to the yogurt section and have a ball! They have 125+ flavors so I can pretty guarantee that you'll find something you love. PS. If you're not feeling my bowl combos, no worries, Yoplait has an entire Pinterest board with recipes for your browsing pleasure.
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Spare Parts
We can supply you with a wide range of spare parts for your machinery such as; engines, filters, hydraulic spares and other additional parts.
ECU, or Engine Control Unit, is the system which manages the operation of the engine – and maximises power whilst minimising fuel consumption. ECU's also handle the sensors and let you know if there are any faults or damage with the engine. As these units are a computer, they are delicate and can be damaged by either physical ingress of water or dust, or electrical reasons such as voltage spikes.
When an ECU is damaged, generally the entire engine will cease to function, and the ECU needs to be replaced to get the machine up and running again. Your options here are to buy from your local main dealer, or from an overseas stockist of genuine parts. As ECU's are highly specific for the particular machine you are working on, there are no aftermarket suppliers who can reliably build replacement ECU's. Feel free to contact us, we are happy to advise on your options on this.
Slew Rings –
Slew rings were developed for hydraulic excavators and cranes, where it is necessary for the machine body to rotate on the base chassis. Slew rings are a large diameter ring with teeth on the inside rim, which engage with the slew motor. The slew motor is a hydraulic motor which rotates the upper.
As the slew ring is put under high stress loads, and is constantly in use, the teeth can wear and shear, resulting in a malfunctioning part. In this case you may have to look at replacing the slew ring. Reconditioned slew rings can provide you with a very good quality product at a low price, and enable you to get up and running quickly. If you are looking at used, non-refurbished units, you should pick one from a machine with low overall hours, where the slew ring will still have plenty of life left in it. New genuine CAT slew rings can be sourced from your local CAT dealer, whilst aftermarket units are available from many suppliers.
Sigma are glad to help advise you on your options on this, and help you with the best solution to your issue.
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Injector –
Injectors are very delicate items, and well-performing fuel injectors are critical to good engine performance. Poor fuel quality can damage injectors, especially when fuel is impure or contaminated with water, soot, dust or algae. In the case where diesel injectors are worn, this will show in blue smoke from the exhaust on the machine. Diesel injectors on Caterpillar excavators moved from manual to electronic systems on the "C" series. Sigma have experience in getting injectors rebuilt, which is often the cheapest way to repair the engine.


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How to Set Benchmarks to Evaluate Your Social Media Progress
As with any measurement process, start with current numbers as benchmarks to establish a baseline for analyzing growth in your social media engagement activities. Record not only your numbers in any social networks and other social media tools you're using but also more traditional measurements, including the tools described in this list:
Traffic to your website: When you use the proper messaging, social media engagement can drive traffic to your site.
Benchmark: The number of visitors to your site
Referrers to your website: One common measurement in web traffic analysis is the number of referrers, or sites that refer traffic to your website. Note whether you see an increase in traffic from Facebook or Twitter or another social media tool you use.
Benchmark: The level of traffic that social networks drive to your site
Marketing e-mail subscribers: If you're using e-mail marketing to reach customers or you're sending a regular e-newsletter, note the current number of subscribers and then the changes based on integrating e-mail marketing into your social media messaging and networks.
Benchmark: The number of subscribers and even the number of times that your e-mail messages have been opened and shared
Customer service inquiries: Note how many calls or e-mails you're receiving, and then begin tracking how they're handled in social networks. You may even receive fewer calls and e-mails, so be prepared for the shift to the customer relations aspect of social media engagement.
Benchmark: The number of customer service contacts and where they're taking place
Transactions: Whether a transaction involves people signing up for demos or consultations or actually purchasing products, the numbers should change because of social media engagement. If not, reexamine how you're encouraging people to transact.
Benchmark: Current sales or other transactions
If you don't set benchmarks that reflect how you're meeting business goals, you can't accurately measure the impact of your social media engagement activities.
If you're using a management-and-measurement tool, pay for a professional-level subscription that lets you run reports and save them. Run reports at least monthly to track your progress, and then archive them. Check the numbers weekly if your networks experience a lot of activity or you're altering your engagement tactics. Record your numbers daily, such as an increasing number of fans and followers.


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Edvard Munch's "The Scream" Could Go for $80M on Auction's Debut
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(NEW YORK) -- Auctioneers will have an opportunity to bid on one of the most iconic images in modern art that is up for auction for the first time ever on Wednesday night at Sotheby's.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Edvard Munch's "The Scream" could reach more than $80 million, according to experts. The estimate would mark the highest presale figure the auction house has set in its history.
The 1895 painting—one of the four versions of "The Scream" by the Norweigian artist—is the only one to stray from its counterparts at an Oslo museum and to an auction pedestal instead.
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Do you want to make a difference and change some lives?
We have the opportunity that you are looking for!
Our 2019 Missions Team returned from the Dominican Republic in February. Check out our recap video to see some of the highlights from this year's trip!
The Point Church Missions team is about making a difference and we are looking for YOU. We are currently planning our 2020 Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic. If you are interested in joining the team, use the "Contact Us" section below to contact one of our team members.
If you don't want to travel, you can become an important part of the team while staying here, in your hometown and helping with fundraising, spreading the word & praying for the team.
1. When?
We will be travelling the week of March Break 2020, Saturday to Saturday.
2. Where?
Sosua, Dominican Republic. We will fly into Puerto Plata and travel from the airport to the resort by a bus as a team. Our accommodations will be at Sosua by the Sea, 10 to 15 minutes from the job site. We will leave the resort each day by approximately 9:00AM to go to the job site, return to the resort for lunch from 12:00 - 1:00PM, then back to the job site until 5:00PM.
3. What will we be doing?
Our goal is to build a home, attend a pregnancy clinic, and do some outreach to the children of the community. Depending on the interest, we also have the opportunity to do health checks in schools. No matter what skills you have, or may not have yet realized, there is a job for everyone. Experience is an asset, but not necessary. There will be staff on the ground to direct us.
4. How much will the trip cost?
We don't know the cost of the 2020 Mission Trip yet.
5. What about language barrier?
The primary language in the Dominican Republic is Spanish. We will have interpreters at each site we visit.
6. What will I need to get started?
Fill out an application, as it will give us some history and an idea of your skills. You will need a desire to help others as God has commanded us to do and a commitment to help fundraise. Without funds we won't have any materials to work with. You will also need a valid up-to-date passport and should also consider vaccinations. Contact us if you require additional information.
7. What can I do to help if I can't join the team?
You can be a contact person for various tasks, including fundraising. Please send us your information through our "Contact Us" section below or by contacting Simon Hallihan at firstname.lastname@example.com. Spread the word and please be in prayer for the team!
We will be going with Servant's Heart Ministries which is a charitable organization dedicated to transforming generations by transforming individuals and communities.
They are a Canadian charity registered with Canada Revenue Agency and are based in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. The base for their work in the field is in Sosua, Dominican Republic.
For more information about Servant's Heart Ministries, please visit their website.
For more information on this opportunity, please meet with a representative from our team on Sunday and be sure to visit our Facebook Page "The Point Church - Mission Ministry".
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Eleonore has pale ivory skin and crystal blue eyes. She has a beauty mark under her left eye. Her hair color is strange blonde color that is reddish a bit golden, but is still considered a blonde color. Eleonore is tall and skinny. Her attire consists of all sorts of different clothing, usually frilly clothing. The colors are always bright and pastel colored, she doesn't like dull colors.
Eleonore lived with her foster parents and never knew her true parents ever since. Her foster parents were always very kind to her and treated her like a princess, but she wanted to know the truth. She has lived life of major depressive disorder, and has never known the reason why.
When her 21st year of depression came, her foster parents decided to reveal the truth. " Your dad has died the year your mother became pregnant. She got major depressive disorder, when you came out, you inherited part of it. She then left you at our house and ran off. Apparently, an evil spirit had tricked her and she then got possesed. Some say that she's still alive." Eleonore couldn't bear the news and asked if she could set off and find them. They agreed to let her go find her true mother. The next day, Eleonore's foster parents brought her to an old ship. Her foster dad handed her a dusty box with claws and a smudged crystal in it. Eleonore stared in confusion. " Look inside and find your true self and magic, don't go around moping all day long." her foster dad said. With that, they started walking away.
Eleonore then started her journey of a lifetime. Unfortunately, it started with a shipwreck. Lightning struck and thunder clapped and before she knew it, she blacked out. When waking up, the only thing that was still with her was the mysterious box. Taking the crystal out, she stared into it and cried silently. The next day, she woke up to see three mysterious strangers in front of her. " Who do you think you are!" she hissed quietly with hatred and worriedness in her eyes as she pointed her finger at them. Surprisingly, the crystal flew up and hit two of the people. For once in her life, Eleonore smiled, the most small smile.
As a child, Eleonore has always been depressed. As she grew older and began to understand the world and herself, she began to learn the truth of life and began to know how to laugh. She is also very shy with the many people she meets. She is serious and quiet, but can make jokes at times that she wants.
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- Eleonore has had a depressed childhood and is not very good at making friends, the main reason she travels alone during her journeys.
- Eleonore tends to wear bright colored and frilly clothes leading to the idea that her family was very rich.


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Building Poli Chapter Six: The First Brief Kiss
Well, that was... Different.
Do you know that feeling you get when you meet someone and she irks you in a way that you haven't experienced before and it leaves you kind of vexed, a bit offended and yet you still want more?
My first ride on an enduro-style singletrack on Poli was, in a nutshell, just like that. In bicycle terms, it was bumpy, and I'm looking forward to the next ride.
We sought out one of the longest, most challenging downhill segments in my home town Larvik, Norway. There aren't that many to choose from, but Larvik does have some fun trails.
In this case, "we" were a duo, the sidekick being my father, designated photographer. The first ride in rocky terrain must be documented, potential faceplant and all. We hadn't contemplated camera shutdown, which was what happened.
The designated trail is about 500 meters, starting with a passage made up of rocks scattere on a quite a wide trail. Then the trail narrows and the descent flattens so that the ones chasing record times can pedal to make up time. Further along, the trail narrows into a gorge becoming ever deeper due to rainwater having made this part its path. Finally, the path turns into a beautiful flow trail.
I used to be King of the Mountain here. Strava connoisseurs will understand. But unbeknownst to me, and to my utter disbelief, some young local punk has bereaved me of that honor, beating me with one oh so bitter second.
There will be time to grieve my loss of entitlements later. Currently, I have a bike to test. So off we go.
I pedal out, gaining speed before the rock garden. Hitting the rocks, I am thrown away like a ball in a tombola machine. The stiff tail makes sure I feel every rock up my back, spine and finally my head. I have to break. Yet in the middle of it all I can't help suspecting that it's not really the lack of a back suspension that makes this challenging, but rather lack of technical skills. In my defense, it's the first rock garden I've been through in roughly nine months.
Out of the rock garden and into the flatter parts. The bike gains speed, every push on the pedals making itself felt on the surface. Into the gorge, the water - it rained heavily just the day before - making it difficult to get a clear view. Then into the rock garden. Wait, what rock garden?! I had forgotten about this part, and this is so much worse. Mud, rocks and water everywhere. No bike could save me from this as I slide sideways down the hill, cursing myself for not bringing knee pads because it would just be a casual ride in familiar terrain. Some more desperate clutches on the brakes, steadying the machine and then I'm out on the flowy part. Again the bike finds itself on a surface on which it thrives. Then is over. Job done.
Exhausting. Exhilarating. Let's do it again!
The bike has completely won me over. On the second test, the first proper ride, I took her to some of my favorite trails in Oslo. And oh she flies! The aggressive geometry makes me feel so secure descending, and the lack of back suspension doesn't take away anything from my riding style. I suspect a full suspension frame will be available on sale soon.


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Letters to the Editor
Confederate heroes
Unless I overlooked it, the Star-Telegram failed to mention that Sunday, Jan. 19, Confederate Heroes Day, was a Texas state holiday. If it was published and I failed to notice it, please disregard this e-mail.
If it wasn't published, was it due to an oversight, history revisionism or political correctness?
No matter which one was the reason in failing to publish notice of a state holiday in the paper, it speaks poorly of the Star-Telegram staff.
If one state holiday is recognized by the newspaper, then all state holidays should be recognized.
Senate Bill 60 in the regular session of the 63rd Legislature, approved June 1, 1973, and Effective August 27, 1973, made Jan. 19 a holiday. This bill deleted June 3 as a holiday for Jefferson Davis' birthday and combined the two into Confederate Heroes Day. (
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Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is no one's puppet. He made this absolutely clear during a House Judiciary Committee when pressed by Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell.
Swalwell, a potential 2020 presidential candidate, questioned Whitaker on the Mueller investigation and whether he would relay a message to President Trump.
According to the Washington Examiner, the Democrat asked Whitaker if he thought Mueller was conflicted, or whether he was running an honest investigation.
Whitaker said he thought Mueller was truthful and not conflicted.
Swalwell then asked Whitaker if he would echo the following line to Trump: "Mr. President, Bob Mueller is honest and not conflicted."
"Congressman, I am not a puppet to repeat what you're saying," Whitaker responded. "I have answered your question as to what I believe about the special counsel."
Whitaker then gestured to the House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold "Jerry" Nadler who said Swalwell was out of time.
Swalwell retorted that Whitaker did not answer the question and that he still wanted to hear his answer.
Whitaker said he had thought he did answer the question and had nothing further to say.
Check it out:
Here's more on Whitaker from the Washington Examiner:
Whitaker took over as acting attorney general in November after then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced from the position. He previously served as Sessions' chief of staff.
Since taking over the Justice Department in an acting capacity, Whitaker has come under scrutiny for his past comments about Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
His criticisms of the Russia probe led to calls for him to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation. However, the Justice Department said in December Whitaker would not step aside.
The House Judiciary Committee Hearing included a number of testy exchanges between Whitaker and Democrat lawmakers. The exchanges were called a "pony show" by Republican Congressman Doug Collins.
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An inviting entrance and plaza engage the heart of the campus—strengthening the relationship between interior and exterior spaces. Inside, the Learning Commons allows for interactive opportunities among students, staff and the community. This "architecture of interaction" encourages increased use, both by day and night. The coffee shop, fireplaces and reading lounges make this dynamic study space all the more attractive.
The facility features daylight, geothermal heat pumps and natural resources. Sustainable-design techniques and materials were considered throughout the entire process and contributed to the facility's LEED-NC silver certification.
The presence of the new Golisano Library is one of substance, permanence and respect.
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Making It #019: Learning to teach
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about teaching and learning.
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