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This recipe for Kung Pao Chicken is one of the best I have eaten, even in chinese restaraunts.. It has been a favorite obsession of mine to find awesome, and amazing recipes over the many years I have spent in the kitchen, and this is one of those recipes.. I hope you will try it, and decide for yourself just how yummy it really is!
Kung Pao Chicken
1lb boneless-skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1" pieces)
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons sesame oil
3 tablespoons green onions (chopped)
3 garlic cloves (minced)
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
½ teaspoon ground ginger
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1/3 cup dry roasted peanuts
Combine chicken and cornstarch in a small bowl and toss to coat. Heat sesame oil in wok over medium heat, add chicken and stir fry 5-7 minutes or until no longer pink inside.
Remove chicken from wok.
Add green onions, garlic, red pepper flakes and ginger to the wok and stir fry for a few seconds.
Combine vinegar, soy sauce and sugar in a small bowl. Mix well and add the sauce to the wok.
Return chicken to the wok and coat with sauce. Stir in roasted peanuts. Heat thoroughly. Top with additional green onions .
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is a strange place, located next door to a strip club (funny thing, my first office when I arrived in Calgary was next door to a strip club!) The bookstore is more vertical than horizontal, with high shelves reached by precarious ladders. There are a few normal books in the front half and a very occasional customer. The back is filled with mysterious tomes containing coded information, borrowed by an odd assortment of eccentric characters who are members of the Unbroken Spine society.
Clay Jannon gets a part-time job, the night shift, in this strange bookshop and begins a great adventure. You can almost feel the covers of these lovely old books and smell the bookstore smell. But it's not all about antiquarian books.
Atttracted by Jannon's highly targeted online marketing strategy, Google employee Kat Potente walks into the store. Jannon woos Kat with a prototype program he's written. "I am really into the kind of girl you can impress with a prototype." Soon she and Clay are dating and the power of Hadoop's massive parallel computing, Mechanical Turk's crowdsourced human intelligence and Google's complicated book-scanning device (the device doesn't sound much like the NPR description of Google's patent by the way, but what the heck) are unleashed on a 500-year-old puzzle. Medieval meets modern meets science fiction. Did you notice that 3-second gap in all of Google's worldwide services when the Google Big Box reached out and all of Google's computers were brought to bear on this ancient puzzle? Did you think that Google would stop at driverless cars and Google glass? No way. In this book we learn about the Google Forever project working on multiple aspects of life extension, such as organ regeneration, DNA repair.
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Sloan leaves a hook for a possible continuation at the end of the book and I can't wait to see if he writes a sequel. This one was just so much fun to read.
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Well, this is it…the last Coffee Sleeve of the Month. These have been so much fun for me over the last year, and I hope you've enjoyed some of them too. Not wanting to slip out of this series quietly, I saved the best for last. I also cheated a little and instead of a single coffee sleeve I made two, but how could I split this couple up?
To make both of these sleeves, you'll need this pattern (printed at full size), InsulBrite, white fabric, black fabric, 1/4" wide white ribbon, 5/8" wide black ribbon, ten white 1/4" grommets, a white button (1/2 – 1"), a black button same size, three 1/4" white buttons, 3" of white elastic cord and 3" of black elastic cord. Tie or sew the ends of each piece of elastic together to create loops.
We'll start with the groom. Cut out the larger pattern piece from the white fabric, the two bat-shaped pieces from black and flip the larger piece over and cut from black for the back. Also cut a piece of InsulBrite using the larger pattern.
Stitch the three small white buttons onto the white piece at the marks on the pattern.
Fold the two black bat pieces in half with wrong sides together. Press the fold.
Fold at the tip at the top of each piece, tapering down to the bottom point, as shown. Press the folds.
Layer the pieces, starting with the InsulBrite. Lay the white piece on top with the buttons facing up, then the two folded black pieces. Center the elastic on the right and add a tag on the left.
Lay the back piece on top, right side down, then pin everything in place. Stitch around with a 1/4" seam allowance, leaving a couple of inches open at the bottom to one side for turning.
Clip the corners and turn right side out. Press and top stitch near the edge. I left the top stitching off in the white section.
Make the bowtie by cutting a 4" piece and a 1 1/2" piece of the 5/8" wide ribbon. Loop the large piece with the ends at the back. Wrap the smaller piece around and stitch at the back. Sew it onto the sleeve by hand or machine.
Sew the black button in place where the elastic reaches and wrap around a cup.
Now our groom needs a bride. Cut out the large piece, the two smaller pieces and the large piece flipped over from the white fabric. I chose to use a lace for the two smaller pieces on mine. Also cut the InsulBrite from the large piece.
Fold the two small pieces in half with right sides together. Press the fold.
Mark the spots for the grommets as shown on the pattern near the folds. Apply the grommets according to package instructions.
Layer the pieces, beginning with the InsulBrite. Add the large white piece on top of that. Lay the two small pieces on top of that, right side up. Center the elastic on the right and the tag on the left.
Lay the backing on, right side down, and pin in place. Stitch around the edge with a 1/4" seam, leaving a couple of inches open at the bottom to one side for turning. Clip the corners and turn right side out. Top stitch close to the edge all the way around.
Cut 36" of the white ribbon (longer if you'd like it to be a little easier to tie at the end). Starting at the top, lace up like a pair of shoes.
When you reach the bottom, tie a bow. Stitch the white button where the elastic reaches. Slip onto a cup.
After this last year of coffee sleeves, it just feels right that these two are wrapping it all up.
And I think I know just the couple, in the midst of wedding plans, that can use this set.


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Carl Eller
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|January 25, 1942
|Place of birth:
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
|247 lb (112 kg)
|Career information
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|Winston-Salem (NC) Atkins
|NFL draft:
|1964 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
|Career history
|Career highlights and awards
|Career NFL statistics
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Carl Eller (born January 25, 1942) is a former professional American football player in the National Football League who played from 1964 through 1979. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and attended the University of Minnesota. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
- College career 1
- NFL career 2
- Honors in retirement 3
- Life after football 4
- Films and television 5
- References 6
- External links 7
College career
As a sophomore, Eller helped lead the Gophers to a Rose Bowl victory. While Eller shared the starting position as a sophomore he became a full-time, two-way player as a junior and senior and was voted All-America both years. During his time in college the Gophers were National Champions as well as Big Ten champions. As a senior (1963) Eller was the runner-up for the Outland Trophy. Following each football season, the Carl Eller Award is given to the University of Minnesota's Defensive Player of the Year. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.[1]
At the University of Minnesota Eller joined Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, via the Mu Chapter while at the University of Minnesota.[2] In the 1990s, he graduated from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in human services.
NFL career
In 1964 Eller was drafted in the first round of the NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings and also drafted in the first round of the American Football League Draft by the Buffalo Bills, who could not sign him. As the left defensive end in the Vikings front four, he was a major factor in the unit known as the "Purple People Eaters".
Starting in 1968, Eller's fifth campaign, Minnesota won 10 Central Division titles in the next 11 seasons. The Vikings won the 1969 NFL championship and NFC crowns in 1973, 1974, and 1976 and Eller was one of 11 Vikings to play in all four of their Super Bowls, all losses.
He was selected to play in six Pro Bowls (1968–1971, 1973, and 1974). After being traded with an eighth round pick to Seattle Seahawks for defensive tackle Steve Niehaus, Eller played his final season in 1979 with the Seattle Seahawks, where he ran his career total to 225 games. In his career, "Moose" only missed three games and started 209 out of the 225 he played.
Eller is credited as the Vikings all-time sack leader with 130½.[3] He also had 3 sacks with Seahawks in 1979 for a career total of 133½. He set career-high 15 sacks in 1969 and then matched that total in 1977, also to his credit 7 seasons with 10 or more sacks.[4]
Eller was First-team All-NFL from 1968–71, and again in 1973. He was also Second-team All-Pro in 1967 and 1972 and was All-NFC by AP and The Sporting News in 1975. Matched with his Pro Bowls, Eller had a nine-year consecutive streak with some sort of post-season honor which began in 1967 with his Second-team All-pro selection and ended in 1975 with his All-NFC honors.
He was voted the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).[5]
Honors in retirement
In 2004, Eller was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[6]
In 2000, Eller was named to the Vikings' 40th Anniversary Team and in 2010 he was named to the Vikings 50th Anniversary team.
Life after football
In 1980, Eller worked for NBC television as an NFL color analyst, teaming mainly with Merle Harmon.
As a licensed drug and alcohol counselor, Eller founded a group of substance-abuse clinics in the Twin Cities called Triumph Life Centers in 1986. He obtained a college degree in Human Services from Metropolitan State University in 1994 and went on to work for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, addressing issues of health disparities between white people and people of color.[7]
Eller has previously acknowledged personal problems with substance abuse, and he has spoken openly and publicly to groups about the problems of chemical dependency.
Eller was arrested in 2006 for DUI and pled guilty.[8]
Eller was arrested again in 2008 for fourth-degree assault of a police officer and second-degree refusal to submit to chemical testing, both gross misdemeanors.[9] Eller was sentenced and served 60 days in the county workhouse.[10]
Eller has now teamed up with David Gergen, President of Pro Player Health Alliance, to help promote sleep apnea awareness. Together they have done radio and TV appearances and events across the country. They are planning a Super Bowl Symposium to spread the awareness of sleep apnea and concussions in Scottsdale, AZ January 27. With them will be Dr. Reyes, the head neurologist for the United States military.
Films and television
- Busting (1974) as a huge black man
- The Black Six (1974) as Jr. Bro Williams
- The Fall Guy pilot (1981) as Tony
- Taggert
- ^ http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDetail.aspx?id=90111
- ^ Greeks in Football
- ^ Vikings.com Ring of Honor
- ^ VIkings.com
- ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame website
- ^ ibid
- ^ Carl Eller Takes a Stand, University of Minnesota Alumni Association, July–August 2005
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ [6]
External links
- Carl Eller at Pro-Football-Reference.com
- Carl Eller at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Pictures of Carl Eller's football cards
- 1942 births
- Living people
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Walid Abid, head of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in northern Samaria, was killed during an IDF arrest operation.
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Now released for publication: Walid Abid, head of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in northern Samaria, was killed during an IDF arrest operation early this morning in the city of Qabatya, south of Jenin. Another Islamic Jihad terror operative, Ibrahim Fuad Ibrahim Abu-Rob, was arrested. Abid was killed during exchanges of fire that erupted after IDF forces arrived at the house where he was staying in order to arrest him. An M16 assault rifle with a telescopic lens was later discovered on his body.
Walid Anis Yosef Abid Yalid, a 46 year-old Islamic Jihad terror operative, has been involved in intensive terrorist activity in the Samaria region since the 1980's. From 2004 he was a central figure in the Islamic Jihad which attempted to execute numerous terrorist attacks within Israel. Walid was directly responsible for several murderous suicide bombings, among them the planning of the April 2006 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv in which eleven civilians were killed and dozens wounded.
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Farm to Fork Fondo – Hudson Valley Post Ride
Tyler Wren
Farm to Fork Fondo – Hudson Valley came to Warwick on June 11 bringing with it a celebration of food, fitness, and community. Despite the 90 degree weather, more than 500 cyclists took to the country roads of Orange County and surrounding towns to sample what farmers had to offer. The event, which was hosted by Pennings Farm, featured aid stations at seven local farms where riders sampled the farms' food. "We're very happy to host the Farm to Fork Fondo." Said Steve Pennings, owner of Pennings Farm. "Wrenegade Sports' organization skills are second to none and we can't wait to do it again next year."
Along with uniting farmers and cyclists, the event aimed to give back to the community. "Part of our mission is to support our host communities and we were happy to highlight the great work the local organizations are doing." said Tyler Wren, Founder and Director of the Farm to Fork Fondo series. Proceeds from the event's pick-a-prize mega-raffle were donated to local causes through a volunteer team competition. Clubs and organizations from the community picked local causes and volunteered at each aid station giving cyclists water and food prepared by the farmers. At the finish line, participants voted which volunteer team cheered them on the most. This year, over $3,000 were donated to local causes. "We were thrilled to involve and benefit two additional community groups in this year's Farm to Fork Fondo – Hudson Valley." said Wren. The volunteer competition cash prizes were raised through donations from both participant and sponsors along with raffle ticket sales. The Vernon Township Women's Club won this year's competition and received $900 to use in their efforts to impact the community in positive ways. The Vernon Township Women's Club gives more than $2,400 in scholarship each year along with donating food and clothing to women and children in need. The Orange County Bicycling Club and The North Face store tied for second place, each winning $600. Since it's start in 2015, the Farm to Fork Fondo – Hudson Valley event has donated more than $10,000 to Orange County.
The Farm to Fork Fondo has also had a large economic impact on Orange County in previous years. Last year's event had an economic impact of more than $500,000 spent by participants in Orange County. This year's event saw participants from 21 states and four countries including Morocco and Japan. While the economic impact of the event is not yet known, Wrenegade Sports and the Orange County Tourism Department are working together to publish a report on the impact this year's event had on Orange County's economy.
Farm to Fork Fondo is a series of non-competitive cycling events in iconic farmland regions throughout the Northeastern United States. The mission of the Farm to Fork Fondo series is to highlight and support the symbiotic relationship between cyclists, farmers and beautiful landscapes. Ride options range from 10 to 100 miles, and include several on-farm aid stations where participants sample chef-prepared treats made from each farm's ingredients. For more information, visit FarmForkFondo.com.
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June 25: Farm to Fork Fondo – Finger Lakes
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August 27: Farm to Fork Fondo – Maine
September 24: Farm to Fork Fondo – Berkshires
Wrenegade Sports produces the Farm to Fork Fondo event series. Wrenegade Sports was founded by former professional cyclist Tyler Wren with a mission to whip up perfect combinations of health, social good, community and fun into unique and awesome events. Wrenegade Sports' guiding principles are: to promote physical activity in a fun and supportive environment; to create achievable challenges for people of all ages and physical abilities; to leave our event host communities better than we found them and to use our events to do social good.
For more information, visit WrenegadeSports.com.
Tyler Wren
Founder & Principal, Wrenegade Sports


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India gets dressed up for MANN+HUMMEL's anniversary!
We are delighted to be celebrating MANN+HUMMEL's 75th Anniversary. Our colleagues in Germany are collecting articles from every location where MANN+HUMMEL has a factory or office. These articles reflect the local ethnicity and culture and will be placed in a time capsule to form a lasting collection. The two production facilities in India – Tumkur in the south and Bawal in the north – have chosen their essentials and they are both articles of clothing. One for the head and one for the feet!
The headdress of kings
The southern State of Karnataka is the home of the MANN+HUMMEL factory in Tumkur as well as our office in Bengaluru (Bangalore). Karnataka was originally called Mysore until the name was changed in 1973. Our essential, the Mysore Peta, is the traditional silk turban of the Kings of Mysore, the Wodeyar family, who ruled the kingdom from 1399 to 1947. The Kings did not have crowns but wore a Mysore Peta decorated with fine gold threaded lace and multi-coloured jewels. But it wasn't just the Kings that wore these special turbans; courtiers and senior officials, such as the Prime Minister, who was appointed by the King, also showed off their power and position by wearing the turban.
Since India`s independence in 1947, the Mysore Peta has become a symbol of heritage and culture for the people of Karnataka. To honour public service and good deeds, citizens are awarded a special Mysore Peta by the State. In fact, Prince William was presented with a turban during a recent official visit. Even at one university in the state, students graduate wearing the turban instead of a mortar board. It really is a symbol of the State of Karnataka and known all over India – and I hope after you have read this article – around the world.
The most versatile footwear
The essential we have chosen to represent the MANN+HUMMEL plant in Bawal, just southwest of our nation's capital, New Delhi, is the Jutti. These shoes are very versatile; they can be plain and simple in design or very fancy, depending on the occasion. The design is mostly unisex but Jutti for men have a pointed, curved toe called a nokh. If you see someone wearing Jutti, you know they are from the northern Rajasthan or Haryana areas as this type of footwear is only found in the north of India.
Jutti are every-day wear in rural communities as they are cheap and durable. But in these days of fashion upgrades, there are also Jutti's which can be heavy on your pocket as well. Unlike most shoes, they have no left or right but, as they are worn so regularly, they mould into the shape of the foot making them very comfortable to wear. Highly decorated and intricate Jutti are worn at important ceremonies, for instance at weddings. This is not just for cultural reasons but also to raise the style quotient. And most importantly, if you have ever been to an Indian wedding, you know it can last for days – so having comfortable shoes is a must!
Our two essentials are now on their way to the MANN+HUMMEL technology centre in Ludwigsburg to join other articles from around the world. We are proud that these items are representing India and highlighting our long heritage and diverse culture.
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It is really good idea and was really nice to see these collection from all over the world and displayed in new technology center. It also shows importance,support and weightage given for cultural collaborations inside M+H family which is the key for M+H success
First of all congratulation to MH group on the occation of their 75th anniversary celebration. Good way of celebration by collecting this kind of articles world wide which can be a very good asset and knowledge sharing project. I found both the article from India is very good information on the Indian heritage and culture for the given subject. Congratulations to all
THANK YOU! For all the warm words.
Glad that the idea is appreciated even outside MH world 🙂
Thanks once again!
Nice article Giri !
Thanks Bala.. 🙂


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Hand-Made Wire Work Dragonfly
Sharing with you my latest copper wire work project of this rather pretty 'Willow' dragonfly suncatcher, made with copper, labradorite, fluorite, quartz, peridot and glass beads. Follow along with my step by step photographs and see the wire layers come together to create a very pretty hanging decoration. Whether for the home or garden, this chap is happiest with lots of sunshine. Aren't we all!
To view over a variety of other artisan copper wire-work jewellery and craft projects click here, and for my range of downloadable craft tutorials visit this page.
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The alarm clock goes off, you flip on the light switch and the automatic
coffee maker starts brewing. And while these actions are simple and
mundane, the electric grid that powers our everyday electric devices is
a vast and complicated system. On Tuesday's Vermont Edition: everything
you wanted to know about how the electric grid works. As people in our
region debate the best ways to generate energy, we'll take a look at the
infrastructure that transmits electricity from massive generating
sources to our homes and offices. We talk with Paul Hines, professor of
electrical engineering at the University of Vermont, who's research
focuses on the stability and vulnerability of the electric grid.
Post your questions below or write to firstname.lastname@example.com
Also in the program, cartoonist Ed Koren is well-known for his squiggly,
hairy characters that appear regularly in The New Yorker. Since the
1960s, Koren has had more than 1,000 of his cartoons published by the
magazine. He works out of an old farmhouse in Brookfield, and
Jane Lindholm paid a visit to Koren's studio to learn how he approaches
And as sap is running strong, we continue our week-long series to
celebrate the tradition of maple sugaring. VPR's Steve Zind heads into
the woods to tap trees with a family that does its own backyard sugaring.


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A Running Diary From A Girl Who Hated Running
Whenever I speak about exercise I feel like I'm always pretty honest about my feelings on the practice. It's not something that comes naturally to me at all. And with the fitness world taking over the blogging and the Instagram world it can feel incredibly daunting for those of us who feel totally overwhelmed by it all. And running is something that used to scare me so much that I never thought I'd be able to do it let alone enjoy it. So today I wanted to share some honest thoughts on running from a girl who definitely isn't a natural born runner.
I'd been adding exercise into my routine for a little while and running was something I wanted to attempt as I'd heard so much about the benefits of it. Of course, it does have its drawbacks and can cause issues for your joints but as I knew it wouldn't be something that I'd be doing a huge amount I wasn't too worried about those aspects of running. I also thought it would be a good way to get a quick amount of cardio in that would be a little more interesting. As I tend to find that aspect of exercise can be pretty mind numbing. Having not run since my school days where I hated every aspect of it I was a little apprehensive of how I would feel about it as an adult. But, it's still something that I wanted to try and there's never any harm in trying something new.
Last year when I first embarked on my running journey I started out with my best friend in tow. But she quickly realised running just wasn't for her. So I carried on solo and used the 10K app to help me get started and it didn't feel so daunting that way. I think an app is probably the easiest way to get started with running as it gives you small time frames to run to and combines it with walking which makes it much easier to tackle.
Something else that's rarely discussed when talking about fitness is when you're doing it with health issues. As I have a chronic illness sometimes fitness isn't an option for me but when I am able. I have to do it a little bit of a different pace and think about things that other people might not. Whether you're dealing with health issues or not it's so important to go at your own pace with any type of fitness and make whatever you're doing work for you. And even though sometimes doing any type of fitness can be incredibly hard on my physical health. It's had such a positive effect on my mental well-being that it makes me want to work that little bit harder to make it part of my routine.
Personally, I think one of the greatest things about running is that it's free and you can do it absolutely anywhere [weather permitting, of course]. But you don't need an expensive gym membership or the latest fashionable athleisurewear. You just need yourself and a decent-ish pair of trainers and you're good to go. I've always found that I prefer to run outside than running on a treadmill as it's a lot more interesting. Your mind frame is incredibly important when doing any type of exercise because if you're not in the mood or you're convinced that you just can't do it then it won't be a positive experience and you'll never enjoy it. As well as having a good mind frame forgetting what other people might be thinking is something else that I've found to be key for anything to do with exercise. It's very much like that episode of FRIENDS where Rachel really cares what people think and Phoebe doesn't. The chance of people caring about the way you exercise or how fast you're going is very slim.
If there is anyone reading this who wants to try running then the best advice I can give you is to take your time and don't burn yourself out. And I think that goes for adding any type of exercise into your routine as it's all too easy to have that initial motivation and go completely overboard and burn yourself out within a couple of days and feel completely put off from ever doing it again. Especially with running I've found that it doesn't matter how slowly you go or how long it might take you. Just doing it at your own pace is all that matters as when you finally find your groove it feels awesome and so rewarding.
- Start slow and build up your stamina.
- Listen to your body and don't push it too hard.
- Invest in your footwear and wear good socks.
- Always stretch.
- Keep hydrated and apply a good lip balm.
- Don't be disheartened if progress is slow.
I'd love to know your thoughts on running and your relationship with it
R x
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Storm Preparedness
Earthquakes, floods and fires are not the only emergencies or disasters that can occur. Here's how to prepare for other emergencies such as severe storms and hazardous spills.
Severe Storms
Staying indoors during a severe storm is generally your safest option. If you are outdoors, take shelter wherever you can find it. Learn the meanings of weather terminology and listen to the weather reports each day. Pay particular attention to forecasts if you have to drive during poor weather conditions. If there is a severe storm warning, it is better not to travel until it is over.
If you're caught outside during a thunderstorm:
- Take shelter in a building or depressed area such as a ditch or culvert.
- Don't go near trees, especially those standing alone.
- If swimming or in a boat, get to shore as quickly as possible.
Lightning storm
If you're inside during a lightning storm:
- Stay inside away from windows, doors, fireplaces, radiators, stoves, metal pipes, sinks or anything else that could conduct an electrical charge.
- Unplug all TVs, radios, coffee pots and other electrical appliances.
- Don't use the phone or other electrical equipment.
If you're outside during a lightning storm:
- Seek shelter in a building, cave or any depressed area.
- If there is no shelter, crouch down with your feet close together and your head down.
- Don't lie flat – you want to minimize your contact with the ground to reduce the risk of being electrocuted by a ground charge.
- Keep away from pay phones, power lines, fences, trees and hilltops.
- Get off bicycles, motorcycles, tractors or other equipment.
- If you are in a vehicle, pull over and stop away from trees or power lines, and stay in your vehicle.
If you're outside in a hailstorm:
- Take cover in a building or under something solid when hail begins to fall.
- Do not go out to cover plants, cars or garden furniture or to rescue animals. Although no one in Canada has ever been killed by hail, people have been seriously injured by it.
Severe rainstorm
If you're outside during a severe rainstorm:
- Take shelter on higher ground in case of fl ash flooding.
- If in a vehicle, pull over and stay inside.
Blizzard or snowstorm
If you're caught outside during a blizzard or snowstorm:
- Take shelter wherever you can. Visibility can be virtually zero and you may easily lose your way.
- If you must travel, do so during the day and let someone know your route and expected arrival time.
- Review Surrey's Snow & Ice webpage for full details regarding snowstorms.
If you're caught in a vehicle:
- Make you have a Vehicle Emergency Supply Kit
- Pull off the highway and put your hazard lights on.
- Hang a distress flag from the radio antenna and set out warning lights or flares.
- Switch on your dome light rather than headlights.
- Run the engine and heater about 10 minutes each hour to keep warm. While the engine is running, open the window slightly and keep the exhaust pipe free of snow.
- To maintain body heat, exercise your limbs, hands and feet, huddle with passengers and wear a hat.
- Take turns sleeping.
If you're stranded in a remote rural or wilderness area:
- Spread a large cloth over the snow to attract attention of rescue personnel. Place the cloth over the top of your car with the edges locked in the windows if windy.
Power Outages
Outages may be caused by fallen trees or branches, accumulations of ice or equipment failures. Regardless of the cause, follow these steps when the power goes out.
First, look out your window and see if other homes have lights on. If they do, check your fuse box or circuit breaker panel to see if a switch is blown. If other homes also have no power, listen to your portable radio for information. If you have internet service and a mobile device, you can check BC Hydro's Power Outage Map for power outage information.
From your home, scan the neighbourhood to look for trouble indicators, such as fl ashes of light or downed wires. Do not go to these areas. Instead, report them to BC Hydro at 1-888-POWERON (1-888-769-3766) or *HYDRO (*49376) on a cell phone.
In your home:
- Turn off the breaker on large appliances such as ranges and dryers, but make sure they are already off before you do so, or remove any fuses.
- Leave your refrigerator and freezer on, and keep the doors closed as much as possible.
- Turn down thermostats and unplug electrical heaters and appliances to reduce the initial demand when the power is restored. Also unplug sensitive equipment such as computers, microwaves etc. against possible surges.
- Keep doors, windows and drapes closed, and close off extra rooms so head is concentrated in one area.
- Conserve water in case electrical pumps from wells or pumping stations are out of power.
- Turn off all lights except one to alert you when the power has been restored.
- In very cold weather, the temperature of a house will drop about 1C per hour. If the power is out for a long time and you have no way to safely keep warm, leave rather than risk getting hypothermia.
- If you leave your home, double check to make sure all heat-producing appliances are unplugged.
- Never use propane or gas-powered barbecues, heaters or portable generators indoors. These units must be exhausted to the outside.
Fallen Power Lines
Any fallen power line may still be alive. Stay away! Don't try to free someone in contact with the line – call 911 instead. Stay clear of anything that is or may be in contact with the line, like a fence or tree. If you find yourself within 33 feet (10 metres) of fallen power lines, stay put if possible and wait for emergency crews to arrive. If you must move away for safety reasons, slowly shuffle away by sliding your feet along the ground, always keeping both soles in contact with the ground.
If you are in a vehicle, stay inside until help arrives. If you must leave the vehicle (e.g. because it's on fire), jump out of it with both feet together, making sure no part of your body is touching the vehicle when you hit the ground, then shuffle away as described above. This technique is difficult and dangerous, so only advised during life-threatening situations.
Hazardous Materials Spills
Hazardous material spills are a serious safety threat. Use safety precautions whenever handling dangerous items, and be sure to carefully store your chemicals. Factories, chemical plants, pulp and paper mills, agricultural operations and transporters of dangerous goods represent some of the hazards outside your home.
Stay informed about the dangers around you:
- Contact Surrey Fire Service to learn where reportable quantities of hazardous substances are stored and used.
- Determine how close you are to freeways, railroads or factories that produce or transport toxic materials.
- Have materials available to seal off your home from airborne contamination. Well weather-stripped doors and windows can slow the movement of air into buildings.
When a Spill Occurs
If you are caught outside, stay upstream, uphill or upwind.
If you are in a car, close windows and shut off ventilation. Unless the hazardous material is flammable, stay inside until you receive instructions to leave. It is imperative that you stay indoors if you see a cloud, vapour or smoke from a hazardous material outdoors or can smell it while inside.
If you are inside:
- Close all outside windows and doors, and every door inside the building.
- Do not use kitchen vents or bathroom vents.
- Do not use fireplaces and close all dampers.
- Set thermostat so air conditioners and gas furnaces and water heaters will not come on.
- Do not operate clothes dryer.
- Shelter in an inside room away from windows and doors if possible.
- If an explosion is imminent, close drapes, curtains and shades.
- Reduce or avoid smoking as it contaminates the air.
- Pay attention to local radio or TV stations for further information and follow all instructions.
- If you suspect gas or vapour contamination, take shallow breaths through a cloth or towel.
- Avoid contact with spilled liquid materials, airborne mist or condensed solid chemical deposits. If medical help is not immediately available and you suspect contamination, remove all clothing and shower thoroughly.
- Place exposed clothing and shoes in a tightly sealed container. Get directions for proper disposal from the fire department or by calling 911. Emergency officials can also refer you to authorities on how to clean up your land and property.
- Do not leave the building until told to. If you must evacuate, shut vents and turn off attic fans and other ventilation systems if there is time.
Learn more about Emergency Preparedness in Surrey, including how to create a Fire Safety Plan.
Review the Disaster Recovery Kit to learn what to do after disaster strikes.


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Conscious Leadership
Why this is important
Most of our behaviour is driven by our unconscious minds - but we don't realise this because, of course, we are not conscious of it!
We like to think we're acting with awareness and intention, but much of what we do is determined by the unconscious habits, beliefs, and ways of seeing we have learned over the course of our lives. To be effective leaders, we have to be able to consciously choose how we respond to the challenges we face, and be able to model the behaviours we want others to exhibit.
The Idea in Brief
From the start of our lives, we have learnt particular ways of seeing, thinking, feeling and acting. And when they have worked, we have made them into habits. And the longer they have worked, the more automatic and unconscious they have become.
These habitual ways of responding have developed for good, evolutionary reasons. We don't want to waste our time and energy forever starting from scratch when deciding what to do, so we develop automatic responses for familiar situations. Because we are social animals we have also learned to be very finely tuned to the emotions and behaviours of people around us, and have developed habitual ways of interacting that help get our needs for belonging, power, etc met. And, for society to exist, we need to behave in consistent ways. We could never build relationships if every time we met each other we were different - we would forever be meeting each other as if for the first time.
But some of these habitual ways of seeing, thinking and acting may well no longer be serving us - indeed they may be actively preventing us from achieving what we want to. We need to identify when this is happening, and then develop new, supportive habits. Fortunately, there is a simple emotional signal that can tell us we need to change our habits.
The Idea in Detail
Most of the time we operate on automatic pilot, guided by habitual responses learnt over a lifetime - which is just as well since otherwise we'd be overwhelmed by information and choice!. And when what we're thinking, feeling and doing is helpful, generative and aligned to the needs of the situation this works well. But when it isn't, our impact as leaders can be seriously diminished.
These habitual ways of responding are driven by hidden rules that govern how we see, think and act. The rules are hidden precisely so that we don't have put effort into consciously applying them to the situations we face but can just let them be applied outside of our conscious awareness. When these situations are the familiar situations that need us to respond as we always have, this unconscious application of the hidden rules works well.
But a problem arises when we want to respond in different ways, because for example what we are doing is not working. Very often, despite wanting to behave differently, we respond in the ways we have always done. And even if we catch ourselves before we respond in our habitual ways, we find it can be difficult to see alternative ways of responding because our hidden rules do their job and ensure we only consider a narrow range of possibilities.
The various kinds of hidden rules are shown in the diagram. There are rules that limit our awareness both of what's happening around us and what's going on inside us; rules that limit what we see as important, desirable and possible; and rules that limit what actions we see as useful acceptable or possible.
What makes hidden rules so powerful is not just that they operate outside of our conscious awareness, but that we feel uncomfortable when we go against them. These uncomfortable feelings very effectively push us back towards following our hidden rules. Conversely going with our hidden rules feels comfortable and is therefore the path of least resistance.
So How Do We Change Our Behaviour?
The first step is to notice the hidden rules in action so that we can step out from the limitations they impose on us. But the point of hidden rules is that they are hidden, so how do we get to see them? The answer lies in one of the mechanisms that makes hidden rules so powerful in the first place, the fact that we feel uncomfortable when there is a conflict between what we want to do or achieve and what our hidden rules 'allow' us to do. Thus feeling uncomfortable or anxious becomes a sign that our hidden rules are being challenged or are limiting us - and that in this moment we have an opportunity to see our hidden rules in action, bring them into our awareness, and so make different choices and behave in different ways to our usual ones. Dave Corbett and Ian Robert address this in From Know-How to Do-How where they propose the following 4 step process:
- notice that you are feeling uncomfortable and that you aren't getting the results you want. This means you are facing what the authors call a "do-how" moment and that your hidden rules are limiting you - and that you have the opportunity to make a breakthrough (as described above)
- describe the breakthrough you want, and how you will need to think and act to achieve the result you want
- uncover your hidden rules (see below)
- take responsibility for stepping out from the control of your hidden rules and making your own choices.
Uncovering Your Hidden Rules
Hidden rules are difficult to notice, not necessarily because they are tough to spot, but often because they are so obvious (like the fuzzy tip of your nose which is always at the centre of your field of vision but which you never notice). As Willis Harman elegantly put it: "we humans have an awesome ability to deceive ourselves, once we have settled on one perception of 'reality' all evidence to the contrary tends to become invisible. All hints or suggestions that our picture may be wrong or even seriously incomplete are warded off like flies on a Summer's day."
So here are some ways of finding your hidden rules, particularly those that are hidden in plain sight:
- identify what you are avoiding and must/mustn't do (eg, "I mustn't upset anyone, I mustn't make mistakes, I mustn't ask for what I want, I must avoid risks")
- notice what irritates or scares you or causes that quick tightening in the gut. What are the patterns of seeing, thinking and/or acting that lie behind these feelings?
- identify your strengths, and then identify the implicit hidden rules in playing to those strengths that might limit you
- look at the universal experiences that shape all our needs - to feel safe and secure; to have respect and self-esteem; and to pursue self-determination and personal control. As we make the journey from birth to adulthood, many rules and beliefs form around satisfying these common human needs - what are yours?
- use personality models (like MBTI, the Enneagram) to give insight into your preferred patterns of thought and action
- listen to you inner self talk and notice what you tell yourself. Notice in particular the judgements you make - the shoulds and shouldn'ts, the cans and can'ts, the always and nevers, and so on.
But not all our hidden rules are hidden in plain sight. We are remarkably adroit at hiding many of these rules (particularly those which we might be embarassed by) from ourselves - see Defences to Change.
What You Can Do
- get used to noticing the uncomfortable feelings - rather than avoiding them or moving on from them. Learn to welcome them as pointers to your hidden rules
- once you've started to identify a hidden rule, become alert to it operating and creating the uncomfortable feelings. This awareness of the cause of the discomfort gives you the inner space to be able see the feelings and their cause, and the opportunity to respond differently. With practice this becomes easier and easier until eventually the hidden rule loses its power over you and fades away.
Further Reading
- From Know-How to Do-How: The Short and Simple Guide to Making Change Happen by Dave Corbett and Ian Robert, Nicholas Brealey, 2013


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LOL. I love my life. People email me with the randomest ish.
This letter landed in my Inbox recently. She asked that I pose it to Belle readers:
If you are in a serious relationship, both committed to each other
And you take all the tests to make sure both of you are straight
And you both decide that the condoms come off
And the girl is using birth control (now or before)…
Should the dude help with the birth control expenses?
Just wanted to hear more thoughts..because the answers that I am getting are a lil unreal for me...
Yeah, I think he should go half on the BC's since the other option is to go half on a baby. In relationships, I have no problem supplying condoms and have offered (which most men pass on) just because I think it's the right thing to do.
And since male birth control is on the horizon— check it HERE— I wouldn't have a problem picking up half on that either (although I totally don't trust any dude to take a pill every day. He'd have to stay on condoms 'cause I'm not taking pills unless I'm married. Oh, and the trust issue isn't because he's a man, just because I don't trust anyone other than a doctor with my health and I'm not going "raw" without a ring. But I digress.)
So what say you Belleionaires? You expect a man to go half on BCs (cause I heard the price hiked up to $50 a month last year and um.... that adds up.) And male Belles? Are ya'll splitting the tab? I mean you do get something out of the arrangement too (no kid, extra-warmth.)


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News, old and new
Jesus CHRIST! What sick fucker actually drew Spidey getting power-fisted by a villain?!
I discovered another super-cool website yesterday, while searching for guitar tabs for "City Boy" by Keb' Mo' (which I found). It's the Acoustic Player Magazine online forums, full of guitar players of all shapes and sizes, asking questions and helping other folks out and just generally creating an awesome resource for anyone interested in the instrument.
In particular I wanna give a shout-out to Doug "Little Brother" Jones, who not only answered somebody's question about how to play the song with a full tablature, but made a home video (which he posted for download) that showed him giving a mini-lesson on how to play the song with a couple different picking styles.
Turns out he's got a website with a whole bunch more guitar lessons and MP3 files and such, and if any of the rest of his lessons are as righteous as his "City Boy" lesson, they're well worth the cash.
You know, I don't care what Graeme says - Mark Millar is a hell of a storyteller. One of my favorite things about Millarworld is the occasional story from his own life, such as today's adventure punching a fox:
Okay, wife and daughter out at the pictures and I'm downstairs two mins ago on a tea-break and I look out into the garden and see a big fox on top of the rabbit-run I made for the bunnies. This fucker's been kicking around here for a while and I've seen him sloping through all the gardens, but he's literally on top of the thing I built and the rabbits are screaming this high pitched screech I've never heard before.
Anyway, I run out into the garden and the fox just looks at me, not even taking off. This ain't the cute Rufus The Fox we know and love with a nice, shiny tail. This is a filthy flea-bitten thing and it's snarling at the rabbits. Instinctively, I just punched it really hard and sent it hurling across the garden and then chased it over the back fence screaming "Get tae fuck, ye bastard!" at the top of my voice.
Man, I'd love the opportunity to punch the shit out of a small animal with total moral impunity... but around San Francisco, there's no way I'd get away with it.


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Miami drug dealer charged with murder in an overdose death
In March, the death of Cheri Rollins seemed a tragic but all-too-familiar city tale: she appeared drunk at a neighbor's Miami home, passed out on a mattress and never woke up.
Cause of death: overdose of heroin, cocaine and alcohol.
But this month, police learned there was a chilling back story to the death of the 28-year-old community activist visiting from Philadelphia. This week Miami homicide detectives, in a rare murder case, arrested the man they believe was responsible for her overdose.
A woman came forward to claim that her boyfriend, Miami drug dealer Raymundo Rodriguez Fernandez, continuously plied Rollins with high-grade heroin, even as the woman became "almost catatonic" and "began mumbling unintelligibly," police said.
When Rollins passed out, Fernandez began to "violently smack" her across the face, punching her in the head before stuffing ice down her pants and splashing water across her face, the woman said.
After that didn't work, Fernandez called a friend, who arrived and injected her arm with a mixture of table salt and tap water, a concoction that was supposed to revive Rollins, according to the woman.
Despite pleas from his girlfriend to call 911 or rush Rollins to the hospital, Fernandez refused, instead laying her on a mattress to sleep off the heroin high, according to an arrest warrant released Thursday.
It was not until nearly eight hours later that Fernandez — after hiding his drugs and a gun — allowed his girlfriend to call 911 for Rollins, the girlfriend said. Paramedics rushed her to the hospital. Rollins died.
"It was really cruel what he did to her," said Rollins' mother, Francisca Sanchez. "It was inhumane. She did not deserve that."
Miami police detectives this week served a murder warrant on Fernandez, who is jailed in Palm Beach on burglary charges.
In Philadelphia, Rollins was known as "Sheddy," working as a community activist, particularly in the city's gay and lesbian community. As a co-director for the advocacy group Philadelphia Student Union, Rollins fought against school privatization.
"She was really driven by her love of people and the belief that everyone should have a life free of oppression," said friend and fellow activist Kimberly Murray.
Rollins, a mother of an 8-year-old son, also worked several years for Detroit Summer, a group that helps at-risk young people through music and the arts. She was so beloved that supporters there helped raise over $10,000 for funeral expenses, said friend Ill Weaver.
"We were able to raise that in a week's time," Weaver said.
Back in March, Rollins had been in Miami visiting her girlfriend in the Buena Vista neighborhood near the trendy Design District.
On the night of March 11, Rollins texted her girlfriend to say she was going to hang out with their neighbors.
Rollins never came home that night. It was not until 4:45 a.m. the next morning that Adriana Laverde knocked frantically on the girlfriend's door saying Rollins was in her home "ill." Paramedics were unable to revive her.
Laverde, the girlfriend of Fernandez, claimed that the stumbling woman had come over drunk and "very out of it."
Laverde claimed that she placed Rollins on a mattress and could hear her "snoring loudly through the night," according to a warrant prepared by Miami Detective Eutimio Cepero and prosecutor Rebecca DiMeglio.
"I knew they were lying," said Sanchez, Rollins' mother. "My daughter would never ever do that. That was a story they invented to cover themselves."
It was not until September that Laverde came clean. She admitted lying because Fernandez "threatened to kill her and her son if she reported the truth."
Laverde revealed that Fernandez, with the reality TV show Cops blaring in the background, scooped up a new batch of his product and "pushed it right up the victim's nose."
Rollins snorted the sample and began nodding off. Nevertheless, Fernandez quickly gave her at least three more "bumps" of the drug, according to the warrant.
"No one is calling police," Fernandez allegedly told Laverde as she begged for help for Rollins.
Fernandez, 59, is a violent career criminal who has been in and out of prison on robbery and drug charges.
Miami-Dade prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder under a rarely used provision of the law that penalizes anyone that gives a user cocaine or heroin and ends in death.
There have been several notable recent cases. A Miami Beach drug dealer named Charles Greenfield was arrested in 2008 after one of his clients overdosed on heroin. He served six years in prison.
A year earlier, Miami Beach police also arrested Christopher Rodriguez, a security guard who sold ecstasy pills to a 15-year-old girl on her way to party in South Beach. She became sick and died.
He, too, was convicted of murder and did six years in prison.
In another case in 2007, Miami-Dade police arrested Melanie Mazzotti for first-degree murder after she smuggled in drugs to her jailed boyfriend. The package burst in his stomach and killed him. She pleaded guilty to manslaughter and agreed to 10 years of probation.
If you want to help
Donations for Rollins' grieving family can be made at http://www.gofundme.com/fundformami


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Ackroyd Lowrie at The London Design Festival
Ackroyd Lowrie will be opening their doors for a hosted evening on the 19th September 2016 as part of The London Design Festival. The annual event is held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world and as the gateway to the international creative community. This year the festival will be held between the 17th and 25th September 2016. First staged in 2003, the London Design Festival is one of the world's most important annual design events. The Festival programme is made up of over 400 events and exhibitions staged by hundreds of Partner organisations across the design spectrum and from around the world.
Ackroyd Lowrie is located on Vyner Street in Bethnal Green and is an active member in the Maker Mile initiative. Maker Mile is a corner of East London with a rich history of fabrication and exciting future in the making. It has over 50 creative studios, mini factories and open workshops. It is a thriving hub of making, design and technology. Building on this area's thriving local maker scene, pop up events will take place during the week of London Design Festival. Highlights include: Open Mile - a night of maker workshops across the mile, Recode the City Festival, an afternoon of flash talks on new hardwares for cities and the public realm curated by Thomas Ermacora at LimeWharf and RCA Design Products graduates exhibiting at Machines Room.
Maker Mile will be leading tours of the area across the week which include Ackroyd Lowrie on their rota. These tours are a unique opportunity to look behind the scenes and gain an insight into who we are and what we do. Attendees will meet in the Fix Our City Exhibition at Machine Rooms at 11am. We hope to see you there!
To sign up or register your interest: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maker-mile-tours-tickets-27546762107


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My finished piece! It took a long time for me to finish this. I had a lot of trouble with the 3-D mapping. I think the issue was too many anchor points, or strokes - I'm still not sure which - in my original drawing of the semi-circle. It was giving me too many planes to map the stripes to. At one stage I had 9! I got some help from a friend and was able to resolve the issue, thankfully.
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Meet the Staff
Leslie Pastoor -
Children's Ministry Director
Leslie graduated from Dordt College in 2001 with a B.A. in Elementary Education. She and her husband, Michael, have four children (ages 5-11). She is thrilled to be part of the Center Church community and in ministering to the youngest members.
Missy Schwen -
Nursery Coordinator
Melissa graduated college in 2002 from Bethel University with a math degree and business minor, but has always had a passion for working with children. She has spent time working with kids of all ages and backgrounds from a young age at a church, doing missions work with youth in urban Chicago, coaching gymnastics, and was also a nanny for 8 years. Melissa now has 2 children, Audrey (7) and Miles (3), with her husband Andy. She enjoys working in the nursery and making children of Center Church feel welcome, safe and excited to learn about God's love for them.


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Perfect snack with pitta and veg sticks - and incredibly moreish so make more than you think you ought!
2 large aubergines
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
Juice of ½ lemon
1 de-seeded red chilli
2 tbsp of fresh flat leave parsley, finely chopped a little more for serving
5 tbsp Rachel's Greek Style Natural Yogurt
Good pinch of ground black pepper
Good pinch of ground cumin
Salt to taste
1.Pre-heat your grill or barbeque. Prick the aubergines and grill for about 20 minutes, turning occasionally until the skins are blackened and the flesh soft.
2.Remove from the grill and place in a colander, allowing the excess liquid to drain off, leave to cool.
3.When cool remove the skin and head, transfer to a food processor, mix until you have a puree. Add the garlic, lemon, chilli and parsley as well as the yogurt. Mix again.
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Birthday Fun RidePosted on
When you get to be my age, birthdays are bitter-sweet. Today, I was particularly conflicted because as I pedaled off to work, I could not help but think about the good friend of mine who was flying off to Cancun, Mexico. He had invited me to go with him on his four-day winter get-away, but I had to turn him down because I am on a deadline for a project at work. That's right, instead of rolling my studded tires through the snow and ice to work on my birthday, I could have been boarding a plane for warm, sunny Mexico. To add some road salt to the wound, the trip would have been FREE! He had frequent flyer miles I could have used and the hotel was paid for.
The upside of the day is that it is my birthday. My wife and daughter gave me the fun "Birthday Boy" blue ribbon and a nice little gift too. And while it is not on-the-beach-in-Mexico hot, it was so "warm" outside, that I was able to ditch my overcoat and bike to work in my tie and cardigan. Perhaps because my mind was preoccupied with birthday thoughts and images of margaritas and surf crashing on the beach, I forgot my office keys.
Since I had left early to get a jump on the project I am working on, there would be nobody at the office for another hour to let me in. I could have ridden back home, but I decided instead to just ride around for a while to kill time. I had a nice ride through the Menomonee Valley, then up through Merrill Park and the Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods. I was comfy riding around in just my sweater, and eventually rolled up to the office just a few minutes before my coworker Deb arrived with keys to let us in.
One year older, one more year biking to work, and I can still smile about it all. Can't ask for too much more than that in life I guess.


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Wildfires at Your Doorstep
By MICHAEL KODAS, OCT. 26, 2017
"Boulder, Colo. — This year has seen an explosion of wildfires that have set records for death and destruction from California to Kansas. As the smoke continues to clear from the deadly flames that swept across parts of California's wine country, history and the reality on the ground suggest the threat will grow only worse, not only for California, the most fire-prone state, but throughout the West. ..."


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Choral Music
District Music Contest - Choir
District Music Contest @ Milford
Honor band and choir concertWed, 03/23/2016 - 8:35am — Michael Werner
Every year the Centennial Conference nominates top musicians to take part in the annual conference honor band and choir concert. This year 9 students were selected from Lincoln Lutheran: Alyssa Barnhouse, Lydia Grimpo, Treysen Craig, Elisha Meyer, Noah Stueber, Tyler Scholz, Alice Wentz, Haleigh Fitzsimmons, and Baylee Paxton. Students took part in rehearsals with state renowned conductors Rex Barker and Fred Ritter, and featured their God given talents in a concert ending the day.
Singing Valentines on Sale NowWed, 01/27/2016 - 10:51am — Michael Werner
Singing Valentines are a tradition that has been around our school for over 15 years. Not only are they a main fundraiser for the choir but it is the choir member's favorite time of year. The high school choir spends all day on Friday the 12th going around Lincoln and Seward surprising and serenading the recipients. Taking the day to travel and sing has been one of senior Nick Schmeling's favorite memories from all four years of choir.
HS Choir Singing Valentines
Fall Sampler Concert Review and VideoTue, 11/03/2015 - 12:07pm — Michael Werner
Lincoln Lutheran's Fall Sampler Concert took place on Oct. 22nd and was a blessing for everyone involved! Students from 6th grade through High School were able to show their God given talents in both band and choir. At the closing of the concert, all of the choir students (6th-12th grade) came together to sing a blessing to everyone in attendance.
HS Christmas Concert
Fall Sampler Soup Supper
Musical Arts Day at Concordia Seward
Music Students Enjoy Chicago TripSat, 06/13/2015 - 10:06am — Michael Werner


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Practice Makes Perfect
It has been said that to master something we need to go at it for 10,000 hours. The famous corollary in photography is that "your first 10,000 images are your worst..." These are all different ways to say: "Practice Makes Perfect".
Since the moment we begin life, we as humans, are subject to this concept. Initially, we see our parents in our cribs and we process the information over time, that these are important people. These are the "things" that bring us food when we are hungry.
Later, we hear words and we "learn" to associate sounds to mean our name or the names of the people who show up within the frame of our small crib world.
It comes a time when we have to learn how to walk. We see something and we crawl to it initially, but our brain figures out that there most be a better way; so we try to stand up.
"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."—Henri Cartier-Bresson
Failure after failure, we work our way defeating the challenge that is our inner-ear balance. We practice to perfection! We get applause and recognition when we are able to do what took millions of years of evolution, in just a few months.
And so it begins the process of learning how to speak, how to communicate, how to potty train, how to draw and how to write. We have accomplished so much!
Then we get to that certain age when we think we are running out of time and that we have to time to learn a new skill. We want immediacy.
But like everything before it, we need patience and perseverance. Nothing we have accomplished so far has come easy. We all want easy, but by been impatient we get bad.
As an example, some people think that they can't draw. It has been proven, that no one has an innate ability to draw. What some people have is an innate ability to see and the capacity to capture what they see on paper. Anyone can draw. They just have to train their eyes and hands to do it in a good enough way; for them.
The Internet is full of people who are self-taught in different disciplines. People like you and me that have learned: photography, drawing, painting, woodworking, needlepoint embroidery and every other thing you can think of, just by reading a book or watching some videos. We live in exciting times where there is so much free content out there that can teach us everything we need.
The web has become our virtual parent!
"The joy is in the pursuit more than the realization. In the end, mastery attracts precisely because mastery eludes…"—Dan Pink, Drive
Photoshop has become an application that some people might say is extremely complicated. Nevertheless, you can find 10,000 courses online where you can learn every part of the program.
But watching videos is not enough. We most apply what we see. We have to practice and practice for those 10,000 hours until we master the techniques. Mind you, 10,000 hours or those 10,000 pictures are just a number. Is a way to set ourselves an unreachable goal, so we can keep at it. It is much closer that it seems...
In the subject of learning editing skills, we sometimes are fearful that we might damage our images. It's not so.
Massaging pixels is not like developing actual film. When we open an image in our editor, we are presented with a copy of said photo, The original remains, untouched, inside the hard drive. Everything we do up until the moment we save is performed on this virtual copy. No need to fear.
If you are still fearful, you can take advantage of services like Unsplash or WeSaturate to download free images where you can practice your skills.
You should know that we never stop learning and that thanks to technology we are presented with new learning opportunities.
It took me my whole life
I will ask you to consider the famous story about Mastery from Pablo Picasso:
Picasso is sketching at a park. A woman walks by, recognizes him, and begs for her portrait. Somehow, he agrees. A few minutes later, he hands her the sketch. She is elated, excited about how wonderfully it captures the very essence of her character, what beautiful work it is, and asks how much she owes him. "5000 francs, madam," says Picasso. The woman is incredulous, outraged, and asks how that's even possible given it only took him 5 minutes. Picasso looks up and, without missing a beat, says: "No, madam, it took me my whole life."
Mastery is not doing 1000 things at once but one thing 1000 times so you get better at it. Repetition is the mother of skill.
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Today: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
This inspirational film follows "His Airness" & the Chicago Bulls through their 1998 run through the NBA playoffs. (This is the one with that famous moment of Jordan frozen in follow-through after his championship-winning shot in Game 6 against the Jazz. It would be his last shot for the Bulls.) Interspersed with the game action is Jordan's biography. Although he became one of the most famous athletes in the world, "To the MAX" shows how Jordan carried himself with class and dignity both on and off the court. His message of participation and inspiration is appropriate to young and old alike. Teachers and coaches will especially appreciate having their students and players hear Jordan talking about the people and events that lit his unmatched will to succeed. Click Here to Download the 'Michael Jordan to Max' Educator Guide.
If you're impressed by the sharks in The Maritime Aquarium, wait until you see – awesomely, in IMAX – creatures that ruled the seas long before the first modern shark. "Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World" launches its exploration by joining up with an imaginative young woman named Julie visiting a modern-day museum. She encounters the friendly ghost of Georges Cuvier, a 19th-century French scientist considered to be the father of vertebrate paleontology. Cuvier becomes Julie's – and the audience's – guide through a catalog of marine reptiles from the Mesozoic era, all shown in lifelike action via striking computer-generated imagery and also shown as large as life on the huge IMAX screen. "Sea Rex" brings paleontology to life – and it is current science from an impressive global roster of researchers who all appear in the film, including lead scientific advisor Dr. Nathalie Bardet of Paris' National Museum of Natural History. Click Here to Download the 'Sea Rex' Educator Guide.
Join "Storm Chasers" TV star Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heart-pounding science adventure. Armed with a 70mm giant-screen camera, a fleet of customized vehicles designed to withstand gale-force winds and an arsenal of the most advanced weather measurement instruments ever created, the stars of "Tornado Alley" take audiences on a thrilling quest to experience a tornado at point-blank range. Enjoy some of the most amazing clouds ever captured in the IMAX format. Narrated by actor Bill Paxton. Parental Guide: loud thunder and lightning, tornado destruction shown, one sad scene as a toddler is shown (with his parents) amid tornado destruction, no death or gore, brief aerial scenes that may make some people queasy. Click Here to Download the 'Tornado Alley' Educator Guide.
This fun time-travel film uses a fictional story to set audiences up to meet famous "bone-hunters" from the early 1900s but also to journey back 65 million years for larger-than-life encounters with a mama Tyrannosaurus rex and other awesome dinosaurs. Click Here to Download the T'-Rex' Educator Guide.


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SEATTLE — It is hard to describe how weirdly horrible the 49ers were in their season opener here, a 31-6 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The 49ers dominated most of the first half but failed to cross the goal line, then collapsed and were embarrassingly bad the rest of the afternoon.
"It doesn't taste good," said quarterback Alex Smith, who led the way in wretchedness. "It doesn't feel good."
At least he was playing in the game and didn't have to sit and watch how ugly his performance was. Smith threw two interceptions that resulted in two Seattle touchdowns. He led two scoring drives in the first half that resulted in two mere field goals. He was flustered once and took a stupid intentional-grounding penalty. He badly botched and overthrew a sure-thing scoring pass to a wide-open receiver on a fourth-down play from the 6-yard line. He raised brand new questions about his ability to handle pressure situations.
However, Smith was hardly alone in his awfulness. He and receiver Michael Crabtree, who missed every preseason game, appeared to be operating in different offenses.
"You never see this coming," said offensive tackle Joe Staley. "We just played terrible. "… I thought all of our offensive position groups were terrible. I'm pretty upset."
The 49ers all should be upset, after they spent the summer perpetrating — or at least buying into — the notion that they were an ascendant playoff team. Then they rolled out the franchise's worst opening-day performance since 1999, when they lost 41-3 at Jacksonville.
Just in case you're wondering, that team went on to a 4-12 record.
"Nobody said it was going to be easy," Smith said.
No. But maybe the most depressing thing to come out of Sunday's game is how it sets up the next two months. The 49ers' second game is a week from tonight against the New Orleans Saints at Candlestick. The Saints are defending Super Bowl champions. The 49ers are almost surely going to be 0-2. This means that they will now spend the first eight weeks of this season just fighting to get back up over .500 by a game or two.
After Sunday, can anyone be sure that Smith is the guy to lead that fight? Last spring, he was anointed as the 49ers' quarterback starter, so coach Mike Singletary really has only two ways to go at this point. Singletary can either keep backing up Smith to the hilt, or bench him in favor of experienced backup David Carr. Singletary left no doubt where he stands.
"I do want you to understand this — Alex is our quarterback and at no time did I think about putting David Carr in the football game," Singletary said. "I know Alex will grow from this. "… Early on in the game, I thought he executed well. I thought in the first quarter, he was hitting guys and doing the things he needed to do. I think as time went on, he began to press a little bit more."
That's the worry. In his sixth season, Smith should not "press a little bit." And he finally has the same offensive coordinator, Jimmy Raye, for a second consecutive year. Plus, aren't summer camp and preseason designed to iron out these glitches?
Apparently not. Here's how messed up and mixed up the 49ers were: Smith and his coaches could not even completely agree on one of the issues that was vexing them here at Qwest Field. Smith had to use all his timeouts early in the first half because he wasn't getting the play calls from Raye properly — and later took two delay-of-game penalties for the same reason.
According to Singletary, the problem was electronic interference in the helmet radio worn by Smith, on which he is transmitted the play calls. Smith, though, said that such interference only affected one play. The actual problem was that he wasn't receiving the calls on his radio before the play clock ticks past 15 seconds, when the helmet receiver is automatically turned off.
Meanwhile, Raye professed mild puzzlement about why the play calls were not being relayed fast enough from him to the sideline to Smith. Raye also said that even if the play calls don't arrive, Smith "has a run-pass fail-safe play he can call."
Believe whichever version you wish. Or believe them all. Or none. The bottom line is, it shouldn't happen. Not to an alleged ascendant playoff team.
Is it possible we were deluded and the 49ers' talent is not what it seems? Yes, it is possible. Raye said of Smith: "It's hard for me to scrutinize his playing when some of the circumstances surrounding it were not him. A lot of it had to do with missed assignments or people lined up wrong."
Whatever. Smith and the 49ers have plenty of time to dig themselves out of one bad performance. They had just better not dig themselves deeper into the cave.
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Favorite code4lib tidbits
I've been meaning to post my favorite bits from code4lib but arrived home only to get the flu. Finally, feeling well enough to edit and post this today.
Freebasing for Fun and Enhancement – Sean Hannan
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/djatoka/
- JPEG2000 server
- Has an API
- Can work with Javascript libraries
Blacklight – Bess Sadler
Findability for your whole collection.
How are we going to replace the serendipity of physical browsing?
RSS Feeds
New books
New Music
Blacklight drops out MARC records
No single interface is going to do a good job for everyone. We need to give up on this!
Music search interface unique and specialized
Musical instrument
Specialized behavior for specialized objects
Bring in data from other sources like digital repositories
Image specific behavior (lightbox)
Digitized Book (page turning)
- https://biblios.net/
- Has a neat API for adding, editing metadata records
- http://chriscatalfo.com/biblios – nifty ways to extend Biblios.et
- http://freecite.library.brown.edu/
- Pass it a citation
- Gives back either XML OpenURL Context object or JSON response
- User interface extensions componentized with JavascriptGoogle Book Search
- Can be used in any system OPAC, Course Reserves, etc
- Ratings from LibraryThing
- Tags from LibraryThing
- Can embed GoogleBook Search API
- Can pull in lots of other types of content (video, chat box, etc)
- Links out or can show it in context via an iFrame or a popup lightbox
- http://juice-project.code.google.com
- WordPress plugin – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/scriblio/
- Now has a metadata editor
- Includes source for each pieces of metadata
- Asynchronous enrichment of metadata
enjoysthin.gs – http://enjoysthin.gs
- express your like for stuff on the web
- quote text in context
- show videos in context
- photos or photosets
- BagIt file package format – way to transfer records
- Library of Congress transfer tools


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