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Upcoming Show: Acre 121, Saturday October 6th, 9pm to 1am
Thanks to everyone's support at the band showcase in July, we have been invited back to Acre 121 to play a full set! We've been working hard to bring you only the best in musical entertainment, so you can expect a lot of surprises for this one.
Come join us for another night of magic, mystery, and amazing BBQ at Acre 121!

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Rising sea levels and land sinkage are proving to be a double-whammy in the Mekong Delta, where residents are constantly forced to raise their homes to remain above water.
Residents in Dat Mui Commune, Ngoc Hien District, in the southernmost province of Ca Mau said tides flood the area twice a month for three days at a time.
The Ca Mau Province Irrigation Bureau said the sea level has gradually risen by 70 centimeters since 2007-08. As a result, high tides, which peaked at 1.5 meters in 2007, rose to 2.1 meters last year.
Around 20,000 hectares of farmland are submerged during high tide now, twice the 2007 level.
Locals, whose houses are regularly flooded, have no option but to raise their homes.
Vo Cong Truong, deputy chairman of the Dat Mui People's Committee, said commune authorities are planning to build a new administrative office on stilts since the existing office is often flooded.
Scientists also fear that sinkage of land in many places in the delta and severe erosion of river banks and coastal lands are worsening the flooding in the Mekong Delta.
Le Anh Tuan of the Can Tho University said a study found that the Ca Mau peninsula had sunk by 45 millimeters in just eight months from June 2011, but that it had nothing to do with construction works.
"It means the Mekong Delta is facing danger caused by rising sea levels combined with depression," he said.
Le Xuan Thuyen of the University of Natural Sciences said he and other partners are working on a climate change project, and early results showed signs of sinkage in the delta.
This could be caused by many factors, he said. It could be a natural phenomenon since the delta's land surface is weak, but it could also be due to over-exploitation of groundwater and changes in the quantity of alluvium, he added.


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On January 16, 2008, Scott Guthrie, General Manager within the Microsoft Developer Division, announced on his blog that the .NET Framework Reference Source will be updated from the standard Microsoft Reference License to the .NET Framework Reference License. This change was based on community feedback about potential impacts of viewing the source with non-Windows operating systems. The .NET Reference Source License working on products similar to the .NET Framework for non-Windows operating systems.
For more information, visit Scott's blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/16/net-framework-library-source-code-now-available.aspx


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The Smarter Public Safety group began today by putting the finishing touches on their prototypes for creating safer schools. Kids came up with ways to stop theft, stop bullying, and stop dangerous weapons and outsiders from getting in the building. While creating safer schools is an incredibly important task, a lot of the issues were hard to solve. Bullying is a huge issue in the schools right now, and there doesn't seem to be a magic solution.
With no field trips today, we had the whole time for the creative process to play out.
Creating safer transportation was the main task of today. Students researched problems in transportation on the iPads before choosing a topic. One group was discussing how their parents won't let them sit in the front seat because they aren't 5′ tall yet. They thought they would find tons of data supporting how big of a problem this was, but in fact found out that through technological advancements and education for parents, this really isn't really a problem anymore.
In the end, groups decided to focus on solving drunk driving, safer airbags, airbags for kids, and texting while driving. Students had time to come up with ideas and almost enough time finish prototypes. Tomorrow they will have time to finish their prototypes and focus on a challenge about helping police predict and prevent crime.
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Sasha Sorokina is a Ukrainian, Memphis based photographer. A graduating senior from Memphis College of Art, she enjoys exploring all avenues of image making, from analogue and alternative processes to digital. Her work varies in content, style, and theme.
Sasha's fine art work is a more concentrated series. The images explore expectations placed on children in competitive environments. Children are conditioned to act older, forcing them to have a higher level of maturity. Growing up with a gymnastics background and strict discipline, she experienced first hand the need to push herself to the limit. The subjects in her images capture her story through theirs.


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Shop Merfolk, Battlemania.pl and General's War are happy to to invite you to the second edition Pruszkowska Massacre, where we will play the Age of Sigmar Master class tournament again. This time with the narrative background and in the pair format!
[updated 04/01/2019]
16-17 march
w Hotel ComfortBiznes
ul.Bolesława Prusa 1
05-800 Pruszków
I.Format :
1. The tournament is played in a pair format with a story background.
2. Rosters should be prepared for 2x1500 points with Vanguard rules - each army must be submitted according to these restrictions:
2 + Battleline, 1-4 Leaders, 0-2 Behemoths, 0-2 Artillery.
3. [option deleted]
4. We prepare the rosters using official applications and send them using online form by 9/03/2019 at the latest
5. Armies in the alliance can not repeat units among themselves (warscrolls - including endless
spells) - if a given army chose a unit, the other army can not have it, regardless of whether it would be chosen normally or, for example, as allies.
6. Armies can be paired if a description is available in AoS books or manuals where selected armies cooperated with each other. Also:
a) Fyreslayers - can be paired with any other army
b) Kharadron Overlord - can be paired with any other army except the army of Allegiance: Chaos
c) Beasts of Chaos - can be paired with any army from Allegiance: Destruction and Chaos
d) Legion of Azgorth - they can also be paired with any army other than armies with keywords: duardin
e) Free Peoples - can be paired with any other army
7. Armies in pair are neutral for each other, we throw one dice at start and set up two drops.
8. Trimuph - we throw one triumph for the whole alliance.
9. We play with Endless Spelle.
10. Realm arthefacts are available but can not be repeated in the alliance.
11. Only armies painted at 100% are allowed (at least on the minimum level -3 base colors, wash)
II. Scoring – 140p:
We use victory conditions in accordance with the rules of a given scenario. Extra 8 points Points for Hidden Agendas. In case of a draw
we also count points for the full enemy units killed. "Table" are counted as a full 2,000 points. According to the result
we use the following point values:
1. Major win – 20-0
2. Minor win – 13-7
3. Remis – 10-10
4. Minor loss – 7 punkty
5. Major loss – 0 punktów
6. Walkower (nie stawienie się na bitwę) – 13:0
7. Additionally, in each scenario, 2x hidden agendas will be selected (will be specified in the description of each scenario) for each of them the player receives 4 points (a total of 8 per battle)
III. Painting and preparation – 50p:
1. The whole army in the alliance is painted in at least 3 colors including made bases - 5 points per army (10 total)
2. The whole army in the alliance has a full WYSIWG together with describing how individual troops, heroes are different in rosters - 5 points per army (10 in total)
3. The entire army in the alliance and bases are painted in a coherent pattern color - 5 points for an army (10 in total)
4. Sending the rosters within the set time - 5 points
5. Possession of cubes, scoops, all rules used by the army / armies - 5 points
6. The narrative history of the army sent within set time. The story of the alliance, where it is described why the given alliance fights together. - 10 points
IV. Additional points - 30p:
Best painted alliance :
1. 1 place + 10 p
2. 2-3 place + 5 p
3. 4-5 place + 1 p
Best story
1. 1 place + 10 p
2. 2-3 places + 5 p
Best play
1. 5 votes BP + 10 p
2. 4 votes BP + 8 p
3. 3 votes BP + 5 p
4. 2 votes BP + 2 p
5. 1 votes BP + 1 p
Negative points – yellow cards
- they can be "awarded" by the judge and organizer in justified cases. Each reminder is -2p deducted from the general score.
Examples of behavior that can be punished are:
- intentionally playing for time
- intentionally moving the models beyond the permitted phases
- misleading about the rules of your army
V. Scenarios :
1. Total Committment: Invade, Attrition
2. The Better Prat of Valour: Defend, Ancient Heirloomms
3. Blood and Glory: Conserve, Secret Mission
4. Duality of Death: Terrify, Linebreaker
5. Starstrike: Slay, Secret Mission
Each game lasts 3h 15min
VI. Terrains:
We do not use Age of Sigmar terrain placement rules. Each table will have a map with the indicated location of the area as well as a description of what effect the area has. All to save game time. Players only throw for the selection of the side and start placing in accordance with general rules.
VII. Day schedule :
Saturday: to be announced!
1. Przygotowanie i rejestracja:
2. Pierwsza bitwa:
3. Druga bitwa:
4. Trzecia bitwa:
Sunday: to be announced!
1. Czwarta bitwa:
2. Piąta bitwa:
3. Podsumowanie, wręczenie nagród
VIII. House rules (in translation):
IX. Zapisy:
We accept applications via the google form. Please enter the email address of the contact person. Any changes to the rosters, and all organizational matters will be conducted through it. Rosters can be changed without penalty points until 9/03/2019.
Entry fees paid in advance, until 17/02/2019 in the amount of PLN 90 per person
title "GW + Imię + Nazwisko"
In this fee, we guarantee a delicious dinner on site in a hotel on Saturday.
After the given time: 100 pln.
Last minute application in days before event: 120 pln.
Returns: in case of resignation from participation in the tournament, refund of the full entry fee is possible until 23/02/2019. After this date, refunds in shop loans are possible, less the cost of catering. Cancellations 7 days before the tournament cannot be refunded.
X. Accommodations:
For the guests staying overnight at the venue, the ComfortBiznes hotel has prepared a special promotional price list:
Room for 2 - 170 PLN (extra fee for 3rd person possible +45)
Room for 1 - 150 PLN
The room cost includes a breakfast in hotel buffet.
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Verification: Required by the U.S. Department of Education, verification is the process of confirming information submitted on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for various Federal Title IV Funds, including the Federal Stafford Loan. Student applicants should be aware that this federal regulation requires them to submit tax transcripts and other requested information to the Office of Hawk Central before processing of student loan applications and/or the awarding of funds. Students must submit the required information to complete the verification process no later than 45 days after the first day of the student's enrollment. Tax documents should only be submitted if they are requested on your financial aid award letter.
Federal Work-Study Program: A federally supported employment program that enables students to work on or off campus to help them meet educational expenses. Money earned is paid directly to the student biweekly based on hours worked and should not be deducted from tuition.
*Disclaimer: Federal Work Study (FWS) jobs are not guaranteed. Eligible students may apply for jobs available through the Career Development Center. FWS awards are dependent on the availability of funding and may be withdrawn or subject to change depending on this availability. Any financial aid package could be adjusted at any time according to federal and institutional regulations. Please read carefully the "Conditions Governing Financial Aid Awards" for further information.
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I'm fortunate in having the opportunity to be currently working with over 20 MSPs. Lucky me as it's not only what I love to do as most MSPs service the small business space I get the added benefit of helping small businesses succeed which is a passion of mine.
Recently Cadence completed a survey to over 300 MSPs as well as 350 Small Businesses. We specifically selected small businesses that are self-service. The intent of the survey was twofold. First was to understand from the MSP's perspective what their biggest challenge are, and from the small business's perspective what's their perception of IT, trends, and their need for support. Both surveys were conducted confidentially and followed up with additional questions as appropriate. The surveys were designed to be both statistically valid as well as complimentary in being able to map gaps and opportunities across both MSPs and small businesses.
First of all it's important to note that over 80% of qualified small businesses in the US are self-service. Qualified small businesses as defined by 10-100 employees, greater than $2M in revenue, in business for 2 years or more, and across defined industries. Self-service can include anything from internal IT to a focal point IT person utilizing on-demand labor for project support. What we have are over a million self-service small businesses making decisions about technology strategy, utilizing cloud-based solutions, application selection, mobility standards, etc. based on information they gather and opinions.
A couple of key results of the survey and assessment are…
- MSP's don't compete with each other. They compete with the very business that represents their largest opportunity for growth – the small business end-user.
- The single largest challenge that keeps MSPs up at night is their inability to effectively grow their business. This was the largest by a large margin. As one MSP put it "I don't need help on recruiting, hiring and on-boarding if I can't grow my business and create the need to hire".
- Most "Business Development" programs available to MSPs focus more on the success of the drivers for growth (leads, education,…) and not the results (new deals closed). Sales education, marketing programs, lists of leads, etc. just don't work at the level required. As such referrals continue to represent the largest category of new customer business growth for MSPs.
- Small Businesses that are self-service would rather not be. Over 85% believe they don't have alternatives that are compelling enough to consider outsourcing.
- Small businesses believe that the gap between their requirements around IT and the capabilities of MSPs is getting bigger. This being driven by a number of things most notably cloud computing and mobility.
- Small Businesses believe most MSPs, as small businesses themselves, are not large enough and thus, lacking scale to support the new dimensions of IT.
- Small businesses are getting more confused and concerned over the rate of change in IT and their inability to align value back to their business goals.
The Opportunity…
- AS MSPs really don't compete with each other there is an opportunity for MSPs to strategically collaborate. With over an 80% opportunity base MSPs won't run out of opportunities and won't have to run into each other for a long time to come. Finding ways to bring more competencies to self-service small businesses is the primary objective.
- MSP revenue growth should be focused on new customer acquisition as well as growing revenues within existing customers. New services in areas that will save small businesses money or enable them to grow their revenues or margins are the quickest way increasing client spend. It's far less about selling technology and more about what the technology does.
- If the self-service small business is the competition as well as the opportunity the most effective way to reach them is to educate them on why they cannot close the gap between their needs and the ability for them to service those needs. In situations where the competitor is the opportunity, education and a strategy around enlightening the small businesess that they just might have problems they don't realize they have or problems they will have if they don't take action is the approach to take. Of course the action MSPs want small businesses to take is to outsource the strategy and management of their IT to a trusted competent advisor.
Not long ago the primary decision a small business had to make around IT support was around whether their resources were better than a small business service provider's. It typically came down to that and little more. Their IT infrastructure was onsite. Servers, applications, and PCs were local. It was easy to put your arms around the environment. This has been changing and will continue to at a high rate. The new server room is a combination of local and virtual, applications and data are, in part, hosted, storage is in the cloud and the movement to mobility technology and less secure, Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G is upon us. Small businesses need a strategy around adoption, deployment, and support that require significant knowledge of current and future technology trends.
There is a huge opportunity for MSPs to grow their business now. The smart MSPs will rally around this, look for collaboration partners, while building a business development strategy steeped in small business education creating leads from self-service small businesses that believe they are better served and protected by finding a competent partner.


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Seeing Double
Last week, I was inspired by a share from fellow photographer and friend Andrew Ferguson.
The shared post is published on The Players Tribune by photographer Cooper Neill, and it highlights the multiple exposure photographs he's created during 'mop-up time' in sports.
As sports photographers, we are often subject to 102-70 basketball games, 35-7 football beatings and 4-0 shutouts in hockey, soccer, etc. While those finishing minutes can be moments to get a head start on filing, sending, publishing your work, it's a LOT more fun (and brain-flexing) to get creative and do some work you don't normally get the opportunity to.
For Cooper Neill, he spent that time pulling out a 35mm body and shooting these multiple exposures on film.
The process is exciting (and it helps that it's an ethical way to use creativity in publishable photography), and can give you a look at subjects in a more immersive, contextual or completely juxtaposed manner.
To create a multiple exposure in a digital camera is easy, but I actually find it harder to create compelling images with it. With film, it's very organic. There is no digital decision being determined by your camera on where and how to overlay the additional exposures; you shoot a photo, rewind your film and expose again over top of the created image (newer film cameras have multiple exposure settings which don't advance the film roll until a said number of exposures are created on a frame).
I've created multiple exposures before. It's actually how I got started in photography. I used to shoot up to seven exposures on one frame of a skateboarding or snowboarding trick to capture the entire sequence on a single photo. BUT, that's a long time ago (2000-2004 to be exact), and things are a lot different now.
So, 12 years out of practice, I threw my camera into multiple exposure mode several times during the No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineers win over Kansas State on Tuesday in Morgantown, W.Va.
These are the results from this experiment, and I look forward to continuing down this road and watching how I progress.


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"Are you coming back out?" I heard our neighbor (who we had not met) say to Pete as he was reentering our camper.
Pete apprehensively: "Uh...... I'll be coming and going"
Neighbor: "Well good! Because I want to know what the hell you guys are doing!"
We are camped at an RV park filled with mostly year long residents, having found one of the only sites that doesn't contain a permanent structure. "Oh no".... I think to myself. These will be our first unfriendly neighbors, so of course I hide inside and let Pete deal with it. After several minutes of trying to eves drop I realize that I must eventually get this meeting over with since we are only separated by a 5 foot wooden wall.
As I exit the camper I see Pete standing with a gray bearded man and a sweet looking woman. "Let me tell you what these idiots are doing!" I hear the man say to his wife. As soon as I hear this and see the expression on his face I realize this guy's not unfriendly, he's got a brusk straight forward sense of humor and I instantly like him. Turns out, Sherry and Ron, Coloradans who winter in Loreto, will be the highlight of our stop here.
Loreto was lovely. More touristy than the rest of the Baja Peninsula we had visited, but we didn't mind. Touristy meant coffee shops with flaky pastries, the best fish tacos yet and an immaculate malecón and beach.
The small town square was filled with precisely pruned trees, a 300 year old misión, a variety of restaurants, stores selling brightly colored souvenirs, street musicians and probably our favorite, a brewery that made a tasty IPA.
The square was surrounded by beautiful Spanish Colonial style homes with wooden windows. All within a 5 minute walk of our camper.
Over the next few days Ron, Sherry and Marsha (another resident) would give us the down low on all the social happenings and best restaurants in town. They would take us to a clam buffet with live Cuban music and two football games showing on a big screen (probably the highlight of Pete's week).
The conversation was easy and enjoyable as if we had know each other for a while. Even though we invaded their home and space, they were incredibly welcoming; even patiently enduring the spats Malta and Carly (their labrador) had.
Thanks Ron and Sherry. We had a blast. You two are cool cats. We miss you and hope to see you again in Colorado, Tennessee or better yet Loreto!


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Obama hides behind a veil of good. He promises the promised land. A land where there is no work involved to get what you want. It just comes to you because you are entitled. Maybe the secret to his popularity is that he works off of our less desirable traits. Like being lazy, procrastination, lack of drive, or generally acting like an adolescent that won't get out of the bed until you turn the bed upside down. We all feel that way at times, life is a bitch. And all Obama does is bitch.
I wonder if Obama is as smart as they say he is? Would not a smart man know that you cant change mans heart by legislation. His words are not uplifting. All he does is rehash all the bad things that have happened. He picks at our wounds till they bleed.
Have you ever driven down a neighborhood that you didn't live in and say "WOW look at those houses" How did you feel? Jealous? Angry? Did it make you more driven? Did you bitch all the way home? Did it ruin your day? Come on I didn't hit it yet? Well however you felt, that mouth dropping neighborhood is what we all want.
Along with the Porsche or Ferrari that just wizzed by your oil guzzling, stalling, old car that you wish you weren't driving.
Now when you go to work, do you work hard or hardly work? Is your boss a f*ck or is he just pushing you to do your job?
Now follow me on this I am making a point, about our desires, compared to what we want to do to get them. We want to do squat!
We as a whole are lazy and really would prefer that our parents can just give us everything in life.
But that is not the case. Hopefully you are in your early 20's or younger and you get what I am saying. THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH!
What we need is those lucky or very hard working people to enjoy the fruits of their labors for all of us to see. To motivate us, not to look for a way to get what they have without doing something. This is what Obama is trying to do with the HUD program. That basically allows low income housing into wealthier neighborhoods. Obama waves his socialist freak flag high.
HUD the Department of Housing and Urban Development was created in 1965. The 2016 budget includes $49.3 billion, a $4 billion (8.7% increase) over present levels.
They propose that this will end segregation in communities for our nation. Nothing like putting people in your neighborhood who didn't earn it. They didn't have to struggle through school, not take vacations for years to have that down payment for the house. Lets not mention the second job, or that your wife also works, and your usual vacation is spent mowing your lawn and fixing stuff around the house, because you really can't afford to pay anyone. And of course it's even more dramatic when you figure in the kids, the people you did this for. You wanted them to have a better life than you. This is why when the boss said get it done tonight, you did.
And when you worked at McDonalds only the manager got $15. an hour. But you served everyone with a smile. Unlike the latest Obama graduate, this is what you did to the young people you said you are going to help.
But Obama feels that all will be ok, when everyone lives together, time to wake up BO, we're not there yet, but we were closer than ever, before you came on board.
Part of Obama's 2016 budget is $748 million Housing and Urban Development or HUD. HUD's 16th secretary sworn in on July 28, 2014 is Julian Castro Greater. This is just for Native American Indians
Remember how your mouth dropped when you saw the taxes you have to pay for living in your neighborhood?
Oh and remember the real estate person who was right that your house is now worth twice what you paid for it. Well it will be reversing real soon. You struggled all these years so that your children can have a better chance in life, well according to Obama forget it. The King has spoken.
No one can tell me that a poor neighborhood can't improve. Harlem NY and others have been revised. It is up to the community to get back their homes. Stop the drugs, educate your children on the proper way to handle any situation with the police. Teach them. Love them. Don't abandon them. How much does it cost for a parent to read to their kid, from a book taken out of the library. Does it cost a lot for the parent to help explain things to their kid, like what is wrong and right? These are all things that are so needed in lower income areas. Yes, life is tough! Unfortunately your President may have a degree, but he is not using it to improve your life, because believe it or not he really doesn't have a vision for the future, only the very near future, HIS.
But you see these are tough things to ask of people, many will not do it because they themselves have not been taught, many may have good intentions but their partner has left them alone and now the wife has to figure out how she can pay her rent. This is Obama's solution, throw money at it!
Obama has made reference to these items, however I feel deep down he knows he can never change the foundation of the families. So he asks for the money as a temporary fix, the way Democrats have done in Baltimore and every other city they rule.
People need a kick in the a$$. Imagine telling your kid, dont worry about your grades, you can live anywhere you want. Imagine your kid telling you, why should I worry about school, I can live in a great neighborhood. We would just be happy idiots. And if you think the rest of the world is doing better in their grades now. Just wait for Obama's utopia to become a reality.
The appeal of Obama stuff is its initial puff of magic, wow you can do that for us. After the fairy dust has settled they don't think anymore.
They just sit and dream about it, not questioning can this be sustainable? For blogging out loud))look at Greece, Puerto Rico, all of Europe soon, socialism's history.
We have all fallen down and sometimes hard, so its polite to help someone up, so they can continue their life.
I think the real problem with any of these programs is that they have to be renewed over and over, money still thrown there, but why?
Why aren't low income housing a shining example of our country helping people out. Why is there crime?, Drugs?, Single mothers?, murders?
It is up to the people who live there to get their stuff together. If you stop asking for help everyone will look at this differently.
Give a man a fish, he eats for one day. Teach him to fish, he eats his whole life.))
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Adult Education
Too often we think of faith formation in terms of religious education and specifically for children. Yet children are presented the faith in developmentally appropriate ways. Only as adults, are we finally able to penetrate the meanings and implications of the mystery of God's love and incarnation. Only as adults, can we connect the teachings and practice of our faith with spirituality and the movements of our daily lives. The journey of faith formation can not end with grade school or even high school. It is truly lifelong, just as our journey of relationship with God is lifelong.
The term "Adult Faith Formation" necessarily covers a lot of ground. Adults come to the Church with a many different desires, backgrounds, education and needs. Our bishops have said to us that Adult Faith Formation is to be the heart of the catechetical vision and practice. (Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us, no 6). It is our hope that you will find something here to help you on your journey with God through study, fellowship, prayer and sacraments.
Bible study and a variety of other religious topics.
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Cheesy Skillet Taco Dip
The Perfect Game Day Dip!
Taco Night is my favorite night of the week. This year I wanted to make a game day snack that included my favorite flavor of Tacos. This is a cheesy dish that any taco lover will go crazy for.
You will need:
2 packages of cream cheese
1 container of sour cream
1 package of taco seasoning
16 oz shredded pepper jack cheese
Lettuce, tomatoes , corn chips
Preheat oven to 350. In a mixer blend together sour cream and cream cheese, Add in taco seasoning. Mix in pepper jack cheese. Spread out in a cast iron pan. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove and top with shredded lettuce and tomatoes. Serve with corn chips.


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Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says it will unleash its biggest, most aggressive campaign yet against the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean this summer.
Sea Shepherd will send four ships and 120 crew on the mission with one of the ships, Bob Barker, leaving Sydney on Saturday, the ABC reports.
Speaking in Hobart, the vessel's captain Peter Hammarstedt said a new ship would also be used in the fight but its identity and location were being kept under wraps.
He said drones would be used for the first time to locate the fleet.
"It's the same kind of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) technology that's used by military organisations across the world with their reconnaissance efforts," he said.
"So what the UAVs will do is allow us to find the Japanese whaling fleet earlier than ever before, we'll be able to find them undetected...thereby shutting them down earlier than ever before".


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Guidance for the Cycles of Your Life
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have a theory to share with you about a hidden relationship between Astrology and the Tarot. I am surprised to find that this concept is unique with me; however, amongst the plethora of Tarot books in my library, as well as my search on the Internet for a similar perspective of the Tarot, I have yet to find anything like what I am about to propose. Albeit, like other views of the Tarot, the concept my proposal most nearly resembles is that of mythologist Joseph Campbell's "The Hero's Journey".
It is my belief that the Major Arcana of the Tarot is meant to be understood as an exact depiction of
the ages of our lives
—from birth to death, but in a different manner from what we typically read in books about the Tarot. My hypothesis recognizes that each of the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana has an astrological ruler, and that in astrology there are
twelve signs of the zodiac
ten planets
—which also equals
I am convinced that ancient visionaries wanted us to understand the Tarot as a disguise for astrology, a subject which, during the dark ages, was under rigorous attack by the Church. Furthermore, I believe there is ample evidence to suggest that they intended to protect and perpetuate in a hidden device—the Tarot—the valuable information that
astrological cycles
guide us through life.
Let's begin with the hypothesis that our hero's journey through life begins with the Fool card in the Tarot, which is ruled by Uranus—the Great Awakener. That sounds like birth, doesn't it? The cycle of Uranus lasts for 84 years. Aha! What if we divide those 84 years of Uranus's cycle by the 22 cards in the Major Arcana? We get four. Now let's break down the 22 phases of our life into segments of four years each and observe whether we find ourselves in agreement with what we personally experience at those ages, as symbolized by the Major Arcana, as we move through life. Here is the chart:
So there is my theory: twenty-two phases of our life are described by the Tarot—a hidden codex for astrological cycles. It's quite easy to identify with each of the twenty-two steps in our spiritual development as it has been surreptitiously hidden in the Tarot.
As we test the validity of this connection between the Tarot and astrology, however, we must also remember that other planetary cycles affect us all along the way, such as the
Jupiter Return
every twelve years and the
Saturn Return
every 28 years.
I was especially interested to notice the correspondence of the
Death and Resurrection
card with the 52nd year of life. We've heard repeatedly that the age of 52 is one of the most significant years of our life. I also loved noticing that the
card in the Tarot corresponds to age sixty-eight. The Star is said to bring happiness, and at that age I first became a grandmother—indeed a time of unparalleled joy.
Obviously, not everyone dies at the age of eighty-four. What to do with the 84-year formula? I suggest that we start all over again with the Fool card—the Great Awakener (Uranus), at the age of eight-eight, which certainly can represent a rebirth. Not only that, at age 88 one is approaching the third
Saturn Return
—another symbolic rebirth.
I'm thrilled to share my theory about the hidden relationship between the Tarot and astrology with you. I feel certain that you will observe correspondences in your own life to confirm its validity.
May the Sun, Moon and Stars shelter you and energize you with love and peace,
(Astrological Ruler)
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With members of the electoral college exercising their constitutional duty to vote and their constitutional prerogative of voting for any candidate their conscience tells them to, those hinting that they may not vote for Trump are being branded as "Faithless."
Resurrecting a ploy from their election playbook where they effectively ridiculed "Little Marco" and near slandered "Crooked Hillary," let's look at just how powerful this latest name is.
Faithless appeals to the base of church-going folk who may be tolerant of other religions but are arguably intolerant of any one without faith of any kind.
It resonates with the others in his constituency who bought the rigged election story. The revised narrative goes like this: just when you started to believe in the system, just when you have renewed faith in America, in democracy, in the election process, the Faithless undermine you yet again.
Secondarily, it is repellant to everybody else. Even Clinton supporters are hard pressed to get behind Faithless people. Compare Faithless to say, something less evocative but more accurate, Conscientious Objectors. Anybody can understand someone following their conscience even if they don't support them but they may be hard pressed to explain away some one who is a heathen.
No descriptive term will ever carry the weight of an emotional one. And maybe here, captured in a single in a word, is the explanation of why the (far) right is ascending and the left and center is on the defensive. Emotion trumps rationality almost every time.


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13 Urban Water Quality Demonstration Projects Selected to Receive Funding
DES MOINES -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced 13 urban conservation water quality initiative demonstration projects have been selected to receive $978,149 in funding. In addition to the state funds, the 13 projects will provide over $2.59 million in matching funds to support water quality improvement efforts as well as other in-kind contributions.
The communities participating in the projects are: Amana, Ankeny, Arnolds Park, Bloomfield, Cedar Rapids (2 locations), Davenport, Des Moines (2 locations), Lake View, Sioux City, Storm Lake and West Des Moines.
"We continue to be encouraged by the response we are seeing both in rural and urban areas to the Iowa Water Quality Initiative. Iowans are very engaged and these 13 new urban projects, along with the 32 demonstration projects already in place, will allow us to continue to expand the effort and get new water quality practices installed," Northey said.
Projects will focus on conservation measures that capture and allow stormwater to be absorbed into the ground and reduce a property's contribution to water quality degradation, stream flows and flooding. They also include strong partnerships and outreach/education components to disseminate information to promote increased awareness and adoption of available practices and technologies for achieving reductions in nutrient loads to surface waters.
Practices which will be installed as part of these projects include bioretention cells, bioswales, native landscaping, permeable pavement, rain gardens, sedimentation basins, soil quality restoration, wetlands and other practices. A bioreactor and saturated buffer system will also be installed to demonstrate potential nutrient reduction benefits in an urban stormwater runoff environment. More information about these and other urban water quality practices can be found at www.cleanwateriowa.org/residential-practices.aspx.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship received 32 pre-applications for this funding after it was announced last fall and fifteen projects were invited to submit full proposals. Thirteen projects were selected to receive funding through the Water Quality Initiative.
Northey created the Urban Conservation program in 2008 and has four urban conservationists that work with communities, businesses, developers and homeowners on practices that can be used in urban areas to reduce runoff.
This is the second time that urban conservation projects have been funded through the Water Quality Initiative and there are currently nine urban demonstration projects in place. The state awarded these initial nine projects $655,194 in funding and partners and landowners participating in the projects are providing $2.43 million to support these urban conservation efforts.
A short summary of each of the new projects follows here.
Price Creek–Amana Colonies Urban Conservation and Water Quality Education – Amana Historical Sites Foundation Grant award: $92,000 Total project: $193,000 Description: The project represents the initial steps toward implementation of a large scale best management practice demonstration and education site in the Amana Colonies and within the Price Creek Watershed. This initial phase of the project includes installation of permeable pavement and bioretention cells to treat stormwater runoff at the Amana Colonies' Visitor's Center Complex parking lot.
NE 36th Street Sedimentation Basin and Stormwater Wetland Project – City of Ankeny Grant award: $52,437 Total project: $104,875
Description: The project is located at an urban and rural boundary, which will provide benefits to residents throughout watershed. This project will utilize a pre-treatment sedimentation basin and a stormwater wetland to address sediment and nutrients in stormwater runoff that would otherwise flow untreated into Fourmile Creek.
Monument Drive Pervious Paver System – City of Arnolds Park Grant award: $100,000 Total project: $300,000
Description: This project will capture and infiltrate stormwater runoff by converting an existing impervious road which currently drains to West Okoboji Lake to a permeable street. The lake is classified as high quality recreational water that also serves as the primary drinking water source for local communities. This project is located in a highly visible area and will provide a demonstration site for future community and water quality improvement efforts.
Bloomfield Green Streets Water Quality Project – City of Bloomfield Grant award: $100,000 Total project: $1,105,000
Description: This project will build on existing partnerships to focus on revitalizing its historic downtown area utilizing sustainable infrastructure and practices including bio-retention areas and permeable pavers. The project is supported by a diverse coalition of stakeholders with the goal of positioning the City of Bloomfield as a leader in ecologically-based design by demonstrating the implementation of a wide range of innovative technologies.
Pilot Projects to Assist Future Larger Scale Implementation of Best Management Practices across the City's Public Infrastructure – City of Cedar Rapids Grant award: $99,237 Total project: $241,944
Description: This project utilizes area schools and local watershed improvement organizations to implement bio-swales and permeable pavers in four locations that will provide stormwater infiltration in highly visible areas. The project is designed to act as a catalyst for future incorporation of stormwater best management practices into infrastructure by demonstrating them as sustainable and cost-effective options.
Permeable Parking Demonstration at Coe College – Coe College (City of Cedar Rapids) Grant award: $80,000 Total project: $221,000
Description: This project will incorporate permeable pavers as part of campus improvements to reduce runoff, which currently drains directly to adjacent Cedar Lake. This project builds on larger scale efforts and partnerships which are working towards incorporation of additional area stormwater best management practices in alignment with the goals of improving Cedar Lake water quality and restoration efforts in the Cedar Rapids area.
Agriculture Practices in an Urban Landscape: Bioreactors and Saturated Buffers in Davenport – Scott County Soil and Water Conservation District Grant award: $31,875 Total project: $68,250
Description: Grant funds will be utilized to install a bioreactor and saturated buffer system to capture and treat runoff from an urban watershed which drains into Duck Creek. The City of Davenport and partners will be utilizing local resources to contribute to the design, construction and monitoring efforts to assess the effectiveness of these practices in an urban landscape. The goal of this demonstration project is provide the information needed to expand similar installations at the city, county and state level.
Easter Lake Watershed Project Sediment Forebay and Stormwater Wetland – Polk Soil and Water Conservation District (Des Moines) Grant award: $72,500 Total project: $145,000
Description: This project will coincide with the implementation of the Easter Lake Watershed Management Plan to improve water quality and includes two major components, a sediment basin forebay and a stormwater wetland. These practices will work together to reduce sediment and stormwater pollutants from entering Easter Lake, in the Des Moines River Watershed, where a primarily urban drainage area has contributed to lake sedimentation and nutrient levels.
Black Hawk Lake Urban Watershed Project – City of Lake View Grant award: $72,100 Total project: $149,200
Description: This project targets stormwater runoff priority areas in two locations in the northern reaches of the Black Hawk Lake watershed. Practices will include installation of a wetland, bioswale and rain garden, which were selected to address nutrient and other water quality concerns. This project and associated partnerships will build on existing water quality efforts targeted toward lake improvement and focus on the importance of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.
Sustainable Iowa State Fair – Polk County Agricultural Extension District/Polk County Master Gardeners Grant award: $32,500 Total project: $69,412
Description: This project will support a tremendous local partnership which is leading the renovation efforts of the Iowa State Fair Discovery Garden by incorporation of urban conservation and educational components. This project will include installation of a permeable surface material along with education signage, outreach and demonstration components in a highly visible area to support local urban water quality improvement efforts.
Promenade Green Infrastructure Improvements – City of Sioux City Grant award: $80,000 Total project: $302,025
Description: This project will incorporate a bioretention cell, native turf, bioswale and tree trenches into the promenade public gathering space as a demonstration of incorporating water quality practices into the city's infrastructure. This project and planned outreach events will help build community awareness of these practices and associated water quality benefits.
Restoring Storm Lake Water – City of Storm Lake Grant award: $100,000 Total project: $450,000
Description: Two urban nutrient reduction projects will be implemented to demonstrate different technologies including a wetland detention area retrofit and pervious pavers, which will connect two existing stormwater management projects. Both projects are targeted in highly visible areas and are designed to complement existing efforts towards water quality improvement projects in both Storm Lake and the surrounding watershed.
Woodland Hills Park Water Quality Improvements – City of West Des Moines Grant award: $65,500 Total project: $219,000
Description: This project will incorporate bioretention cells, soil quality restoration, permeable pavement and native seeding into the Woodland Hills Park area with the goal of enhancing water quality within the Sugar Creek Watershed. The Park area will serve as a demonstration and education model for the surrounding Woodland Hills Greenway development project, which will continue to incorporate many of these practices as part of the development plan.
Background on Iowa Water Quality Initiative
The Iowa Water Quality Initiative was established in 2013 to help implement the Nutrient Reduction Strategy, which is a science and technology based approach to achieving a 45 percent reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus losses to our waters. The strategy brings together both point sources, such as municipal wastewater treatment plants and industrial facilities, and nonpoint sources, including farm fields and urban stormwater runoff, to address these issues.
The initiative seeks to harness the collective ability of both private and public resources and organizations to deliver a clear and consistent message to stakeholders to reduce nutrient loss and improve water quality.
In addition to these 13 new projects, 32 existing demonstration projects are currently located across the state to help implement and demonstrate water quality practices. This includes 16 targeted watershed projects, 7 projects focused on expanding the use and innovative delivery of water quality practices and 9 existing urban water quality demonstration projects. More than 100 organizations are participating in these projects. These partners will provide $19.31 million dollars to go with over $12 million in state funding going to these projects.
More than $325 million in state and federal funds have been directed to programs with water quality benefits in Iowa last year. This total does not include the cost share amount that farmers pay to match state and federal programs and funds spent to build practices built without government assistance.


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Wine Bottle Mosaic - Slumped Wine Bottle & GlassNovember 24th, 2011 in member junk
When a friend of mine was replacing the windows in her 80 year-old home, she asked me if I wanted the old windows. I gladly accepted and used one as a frame for this mosaic piece.
An actual wine bottle and glasses were flattened in a kiln and mounted to the window glass. The wine labels were sealed between two pieces of glass before they were grouted. I used a combination of purple and white iridescent glass to serve as the background. Purple glass nuggets made up the grapes.
As a final touch, an antique corkscrew was added to the bottom of the frame. I had a lot of fun with this project!
Pattern or design used: My own design
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Get to know the partners [from the archives]
Champions play to win. There is not a single world-class champion, person or team, that got there by playing not to lose.
Playing not to lose is similar to building the minimum functionality for a particular feature. Playing to win is building an Oh-My-Gosh feature.
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'Survivor: Worlds Apart' Deleted Scenes for Season Finale (VIDEO)
Survivor: Worlds Apart has come to an end, following an explosive two-hour finale in which the Sole Survivor was finally crowned. It was actually a far more suspenseful finale than I ever would have expected it to be, considering that it seemed obvious the only two people with a realistic shot at winning were Mike and Carolyn. I don't think I would have believed you a week ago if you'd told me they'd BOTH make the final three. In short, it was an outstanding final episode, packed with high drama and subtly moving character moments, as we got to see more of who these people really are beneath the facade of their respective game faces. Few things were as touching as Mike getting to hang out with his mom, or Mike fighting back tears when Shirin told him how much his actions meant to her during Final Tribal Council. Hell, even Rodney and Will got some touching moments: Rodney getting closure over his sister's death and bonding with his father, and Will realizing how far he's come after the final immunity challenge, and placing the necklace around Mike's neck in a show of respect. I still don't think this was a particularly good season, but the finale helped tie it all together for a satisfying conclusion. And, ultimately, I think the right person won.
But what did the contestants think about the game after it was all over? What did the jury think about the final three contestants? And what didn't we see in the finale and reunion special?
It's another great collection of videos. We've got deleted scenes, confessionals, episode highlights, secret scenes, challenge videos, a recap of the tribal council voting, reunion videos, and red carpet interviews with the castaways at the reunion, conducted by Survivor fan favorite Malcolm Freberg. It's all pretty awesome stuff for any diehard Survivor fanatic, and it should help somewhat with the serious Survivor hangover. Check out the scenes below:
If you missed the episode, check it out on CBS All-Access!
Or you can read our full recap and review of the episode.
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J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Mar;65(3):592-597. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14717. Epub 2016 Dec 23.
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Chair Yoga on Pain and Physical Function Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Lower Extremity Osteoarthritis.
Park J1, McCaffrey R2, Newman D3, Liehr P3, Ouslander JG4.
I read this article recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. The title is quite a mouthful.
"A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Chair Yoga on Pain and Physical Function Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Lower Extremity Osteoarthritis."
Click the title above to go to the article.
And click HERE to see the conclusions summarized.
My takeaway:
The study demonstrates that older adults in a chair yoga class, led by an instructor, had physical improvements not reported in the control group. However, the benefits were largely not sustained after the end of the eight week study. Most participants did not continue to practice on their own.
My conclusion, community matters. Networks sustain us. Social interaction is beneficial for all, and especially for folks who may be more isolated. The practice of yoga can be a solitary experience. The practice does encourage turning inward, becoming mindful of your self. But yoga class is an opportunity to meet friends and share experiences Classes are very helpful. A teacher provides instruction and support and students work together. The instruction in class frames the experience and encourages the experience.
Practice yoga anywhere, any time. Practice as you wait for the traffic light to change (but keep your eyes open!) Practice as you push away, for a moment, from the computer. Practice on your mat, in your kitchen. But also, find others with whom to practice.
Find support in community.


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A Night to Remember
The inaugural Guts and Grace Gala was held on March 7, 2015 at the home of Jeannine Rivet and Warren Herreid. More than 100 guests came to raise money for the Mezin-Koats Colon Cancer Research fund.
The evening's festivities included a Silent Auction with over 30 items – ranging from a deluxe suite at the Gophers football game to dinner at noteworthy local restaurants and original artwork.
A Live Auction during the banquet's dinner featured six premier experiences, including n a VIP-style day at a Minnesota Twins game, a deluxe countertop makeover courtesy of Cambria, and a private dinner party with a celebrated chef.
Over $100,000 was raised during an evening filled with love, hope and a desire to change the future for people battling this disease.


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The Green Goals
"The only way to prevent global ecological collapse and thus ensure the survival of humanity is to rid the world of Industrial Civilization… [p. 249]
"Unloading essentially means the removal of an existing burden: for instance, removing grazing domesticated animals, razing cities to the ground, blowing up dams and switching off the greenhouse gas emissions machine." [p. 226]
"A Matter Of Scale" by Keith Farnish, environmental writer, philosopher and activist.
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Play free business simulation games online and get ready for real life. Learn to make hard decision and deal with the results. Act under pressure ,work hard and make profits. Get the success you deserve.
Business simulation games put you in the process of real business management. Different games deal with businesses in different fields and sizes. Some games focus on small local businesses like: pizza place or coffee shop. Others deal with big corporations, enterprises, technological start-ups or gem trade centers.
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Business simulation games teach you to deal with challenges and risk. The main goal of every business game is to attract customers and make profits. Profitable and stable business is not made on risky and emotional decisions. You will learn how to make logical decisions, calculate the risks and make strategic choices.


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Thailand's recovering from late last yr's floods. GDP up 11% Q on Q. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18141171.
But inflation is a problem that the govmin is trying hard to solve, not make sick jokes* like our finance and trade ministers (also governor and deputy governor of central bank). But then if Thais get angry, they riot, not juz bitch anonymous online abt it.
(BTW, the int'l manufacturing hub hard disk drive industry is now in Thailand http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17299249. It was once here.)
Money will pour into Burma but the country is ill-prepared to cope with the resulting floods http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2012/05/18/myanmar-must-brace-for-post-sanctions-cash-deluge/
*Because more than half of the headline inflation rate of 5.2% came from higher COEs for cars and the effect of higher market rent on houses, most S'poreans would not be affected by inflation. The vast majority of Singaporeans who already own their homes and are not buying new cars would not feel the effects of these sharp increases. And the increase in prices of daily necessities and essential services such as food and clothing have actually been much more moderate at 3% or lower.


text: Part 1 of "In Three Days" shows how each life is like a book with new pages added daily. Pastor Kevin explains how only Jesus can unseal the "book" of your life so that others may read the story and be blessed. Will you let Jesus do this? Someone needs to read YOUR story!


text: On the 22nd of February Durban businessman, Vivian Reddy, celebrated his 61st birthday party the best way possible. Vivian has a dream to spark 10,000 smiles on his birthday each year. This year this dream was achieved by covering the Moses Mabhida Stadium's People's Park with a large variety of inflatable rides. Over 10,000 kids were invited from underprivileged communities, as well as from special needs schools. There was an art competition, which came with many big prizes. There were also some celebrity appearances made on the day. Winnie Modise, from TV soapie Generations, joined some of the other celebrities on the day, to make the kids feel loved and valued.


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text: I discovered this girl last week in Austin during SXSW and they had me 100% floored!!! I can't believe I hadn't heard about them yet... No wonder Beyonce signed them to her label... Can't wait to see what super cool shit these two do with their career! Instant supporter! <3


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I have an obsession with shadows and sunsets...
From light objects appear clearly.
Though overexposure translates as flat and one dimensional,
Shadows give depth and purpose.
When I think of shadows, I think more of the light being pulled out of it.
Such as in life.
No matter how dark, there is always a bit of light and reason.
Theres a bit of modesty and subtleness in shadows.
They don't strive for attention, but still have a way of drawing you in.
Theres mystery in the idea of light being blocked
And being able to see the beauty that it creates.
For me, sunsets are the Universe's friendly reminder that all things must come to an end.
As the light fades, I'm taking in the last bit of life the sun has to offer.
I think about my day and how well I treated it.
Who was I today? Did I make a difference?
Those last few minutes before the moon takes over
Are my daily therapy sessions with the Universe.
Those orange, blue, and pink skies are like flames that are steadily being muffled by the night.
The vibrant glow seduces my soul
And calms my vibrant spirit.
I have an obsession with shadows and sunsets...
They connect me spiritually
And remind me of the life I have to look forward to.


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Dr Herbert West writes "20 years ago today, id software released Wolfenstein 3D, inspired by the classic Apple II game, Castle Wolfenstein. To celebrate, Bethesda Softworks on Wednesday released a free, browser-based version of the iconic first-person shooter. Users can pick which level they wish to play in the browser version, even the secret levels."
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What worked for me (and what didn't): I have a weakness for m/m/m romance. I'm not quite sure why that is. But, much of what I have read has been firmly in the realm of fantasy (no matter that the label said contemporary) because there is often very little discussion on how the relationship is going to work. What I liked about this one is that it was clear from early on that Evan and Rai was in the habit of talking over things explicitly in their relationship. Josh is very shy and finds it difficult to talk about his feelings or his desires but Evan and Rai just won't put up with it. They require (in a kind way) Josh to participate actively, to answer questions and ask for what he wants himself and, over the course of the book, he finds it comes easier and easier to him and he sees for himself how much easier it is in the long run to have open and clear communication.
For all that communication is big with these guys, there were a couple of conversations I would have liked to have seen on page. Rai and Evan decide that they want to have a long term relationship with Josh (and I don't think it was inappropriate for them to have that talk just the two of them) and plan on talking to Josh about it. I felt like we got half the conversation but I would have liked a little more of it.
There was also a place where Evan and Josh are getting started while waiting for Rai (with his encouragement) and Josh lets slip something stupid inviting a comparison between Rai and himself. Evan just will not compare. I loved that about Evan. He really was straight up and down - what you see is what you get, and a man of true integrity and I liked that he didn't want to get into any silly games which would only lead to tension. But what was missing was the conversation with all three of them about it - not to shame Josh but, maybe to set out some further ground rules. One of the things which happens a number of times as the triad relationship emerges is that they have to make more rules because what was initially expected to be a fling, with the prime relationship staying Evan and Rai, becomes something more. I liked that Evan and Rai were quick to identify when things were moving beyond expectations and bring things up (by the end, I thought Josh would do that too, but for most of the book he was unsure of his place and so I didn't expect him to lead the process).
I wondered if they moved to the no condoms a bit too quickly - would they not actually exchange test results? However, I'm glad they talked about it and at least some effort was made to deal with the sexual health issue.
The story was told from Josh's 1st person POV so the view of Evan and Rai was somewhat limited. I did think there was enough of the both of them though to get a fairly clear picture of them, separately and together and I liked that both Evan and Rai made an effort to spend time with Josh alone too.
The book was humorous and quirky, from Rai's obsession with 70's kitsch and his owl fetish and Evan's love of Kerplunk and B horror movies. There were also positive female roles in the book - something which is always welcome, with Josh having a strong friendship with Denise, his downstairs neighbour and friend and fellow tenant Stella the little old lady with the open and somewhat dirty mind who needs help because of her arthritis.
Josh's glass blowing job was interesting too and it was nice to see him become more confident in himself professionally as well as on the personal front over the course of the book. I wonder if we might not see Dylan in a future story?
The sex was smoking and there was no pronoun abuse - I always knew who was doing what and saying what - something that can be problematic for me in m/m and which can be magnified in m/m/m. It says something about the strong characterisations that Evan and Rai came off the page so distinctly.
I also enjoyed the Bath setting and the authentic English vernacular (although I now have to go look up "gert lush" means).
I'd love to catch up with Josh, Rai and Evan in a future story -maybe a Christmas short (hint hint) or something because these guys were fun and sexy and a joy to spend time with.
Before reading this book, I'd only read Pole Star (a free short) from this author. I'm glad I have 2 others on my TBR because this was great.


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Our little man, our little Felix turns one today. And what a year it's been...
A year ago right now I was nearing the end of a difficult birth, the details of which I won't outline here. Let's just leave it at "difficult". At the same time we learned that he would be the first baby born in the newly constructed wing of a local hospital, which was followed by a surprising and slightly overwhelming bit of media attention. Now it's kind of nice though, his 15 minutes of (small) fame.
A year ago today I was lying in the hospital bed looking at my new baby, bruised like Robert DeNiro on the cover of "Raging Bull" (difficult birth remember), but my thoughts were back at home and with Sophie. She was a frail little bird then. Her regression had just run its course and she was (as we all were) quite shaken up. She lost all her words and her passion for life too it seemed. She spent most of her time curled up on my lap, me holding her close. And now we were going to bring a new baby into her life. To say I was worried would be an understatement. At that point we didn't have an official diagnosis yet (that would come a month later) but we knew something was very wrong. All those thoughts swarmed in my brain as I cuddled my new bundle and stroked his bruised little cheeks.
If I could send a note to that self sitting in that hospital room a year ago it would read something like this:
Hey- It will be ok. More okay than you can imagine now. Sophie will not be the same Sophie you remember, but she will get her spark back. You will find that there are many things she enjoys and many more things she can learn. She will show you that she wants to communicate and is very capable. And Felix? He will be fine. You know what I mean. He will develop in leaps and bounds and add his own mischievous spirit to the family. And while it will be hard and there will be moments you will feel like you are failing everything and everyone, the storm will pass and the sun will come out once again. You are strong and you will learn more about yourself in this next year than you probably have in your entire life before. There will be even more to learn of course. But I promise you, at the end of the year you will find your groove, and even have fun! (Most of the time ;))
I wish i had that note then.
Ok, enough with the heavy and onto the cake portion! Felix's a "man's man" and already showing an interest in all things with wheels, bonus points for size. I found some images of construction cakes and went from there. Now, this isn't a food blog and anyway, it really isn't rocket science. Here are the basic instructions, I trust you can figure it out.
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On July 23, LPK's Vice President, Managing Director, Trends Valerie Jacobs and I welcomed attendees of New Co Cincinnati (part of a larger global entrepreneurial series) to LPK for our presentation, "Thinking, Acting and Working Like a Startup."
We brought our startup mentality to our corporate reality and live-presented all of our slides via #NewCoLPK and Valerie's Twitter account. This way, anyone could have access to all of our insights and refer back to them via our hashtag for the presentation.
If you missed the live-tweet event and our commentary, I've provided all of our slides and notes below. Of course, you can also find it all at #NewCoLPK, @futureglimmer and @rollermt.
Everywhere we look, corporations are trying to inject the experimental and disruptive attitudes of the startup world into their businesses. Having spent the last couple years developing business innovations for LPK ranging from process hacks to game-changing spinoffs, we felt well-positioned to share some of what we've learned so far about bringing the startup mentality to the corporate reality at NewCo's Cincinnati event.
A fundamental difference between corporations and startups is their level of secrecy. While corporations legally protect their competitive advantages through IP and confidentiality agreements, startup culture is much more open-source. Consider the ways you inadvertently act secretively, and how you share more of your knowledge with your community.
No matter how creative or open-minded you think you are, there are lots of assumptions and fixed thinking that will prevent you from unlocking innovation. As you try to disrupt your business, consider new opportunities outside of your category where you won't be weighed down by past experience.
In the corporate world, established processes make it easy to delegate different parts of the work to teams. In a startup culture, you have to roll up your sleeves and do the prototyping yourself. No one else understands your (half-baked) idea better than you do. Only then can you start to get suction behind your ideas and pull more people into these projects.
Managers who shift from a traditional role in their company to one focused on experimentation need to be prepared for ambiguity and lost forms of feedback. With the satisfaction of winning new clients, meeting revenue projects, and delivering great service gone, innovators need to find other metrics to keep them motivated from day to day.
People in corporate roles usually have time for just one or two personal initiatives, and they end up forcing these pet projects into situations where they don't make sense. Instead, try to develop a portfolio of ideas so that you can stay open to which one provides the most value or helps you advance your career. This positions you as a person with lots of great ideas rather than someone pushing their agenda.
Once you understand which of your ideas have the biggest potential, you must ironically scale them way down to small, incremental experiments as you learn how to optimize them. This creates a unique challenge for measuring your progress against traditional metrics like sales or profit. By building additional metrics, you enable small experiments to be seen as more meaningful. Shout out to the Innovator's Hypothesis for providing the original insight behind this principle.
Most talks on innovation will polish up their most refined insights and anecdotes, leaving behind all of the leftover mysteries yet to be understood. We're here to say that we don't have all of the answers and that only through sharing as a community can we all grow.
We had a great conversation with our audience after the presentation, and a couple of new principles emerged. First, don't be afraid to be a cover band: sample the work of others that have already been published to work faster and get more done. Second, anyone with an idea needs to become a salesman (whether we know it or not). Every time you tell someone about your idea, it's an opportunity to hone your pitch and figure out what resonates.
What have you learned from an internal innovation project? Check out the #NewCoLPK hashtag or send a tweet to Valerie or myself and let us know if anything we shared could work for you.
LPK Vice President and Managing Creative Director of Trends Valerie Jacobs' trend work is grounded in a strategic approach that incorporates research, analysis and translation of data into actionable strategies for consumer brands with the nerve to keep up. Follow Val on Twitter at @futureglimmer or email her at email@example.com.
LPK Trends Director Michael Roller's commitment to creative work is guided by over 10 years of experience in the industry. An avid homebrewer, he uses socio-cultural ideas to narrate his beer recipes and label designs, taking a more holistic approach to create relevancy every day. Talk subconscious responses to design with him at @rollermt or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A man whose punch felled a man outside a bar in Leamington, causing him to suffer a fatal head injury, denied the blow was 'entirely without justification'.
Vijay Masih told a jury at Warwick Crown Court today (Tuesday, June 13) he did not hit out through aggression but 'in panic' because he thought Robert Bavington was about to hit him.
Masih, 31, of Brook Road, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, has pleaded not guilty at Warwick Crown Court to the manslaughter of the 28-year-old web designer from Rugby.
The tragic incident took place in the street near to the Moo Bar in Russell Street, Leamington, where the two men, who did not know each other, had been drinking in different groups.
There was an incident in the smoking area which led to a confrontation between Mr Bavington's girlfriend Lauren Paul and two of the young women in Masih's group and later, it was alleged, between Miss Paul and Masih.
Mr Bavington, who had been trying to calm things down, led Miss Paul away, but as they walked down the street away from the bar, Masih followed them, said prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith.
"The defendant punched Robert Bavington. Immediately he fell backwards and hit his head, and suffered fatal injuries."
Mr Bavington, who was managing director of a web design and digital marketing company called Fly Full Circle, based in Fargo Village, Coventry, died shortly after 6am that morning, having suffered a skull fracture and severe injuries to his brain.
Masih was asked why he had followed when Mr Bavington then walked Miss Paul away from the scene.
"I remember Lauren Paul walking away followed by Robert, and I thought if I had a word with them away from my cousins and everyone else, and try to calm things down.
"I spoke to Lauren. As I approached she turned to face me, and I said, 'Can you just forget the argument. Shake hands with my cousins, and let's go back inside'.
"She punched me to my chest with her left arm, followed straight away with the right hand which was more of a push to my chest.
"She was just lashing out and telling me to 'f*** off'.
"I took my hands out of my pockets and put my hands over hers and pushed them down.
"Robert just swore. He moved towards me, and his arms started to raise towards me. I thought he was going to hit me.
"I hit him. I hit him because I thought he was going to hit me. I panicked and hit him first."
Mr Butterfield asked: "Were you hitting him out of violent aggression or to protect yourself?" Masih replied: "To protect myself."
Questioned by Mr Grieves-Smith, Masih accepted Mr Bavington had not threatened him, hit him or touched him, and had not done anything aggressive outside the Moo bar, where he had acted 'as peacemaker,' or when Masih had caught up with him as he was leading Miss Paul away.
Asking why he had followed them, Mr Grieves-Smith said: "When she went, you had every prospect of continuing the night out, this argument having ended."
But Masih said: "I believed they would be returning because of the rest of their group being there."
Mr Grieves-Smith put to him: "Your punch was entirely without any justification at all, wasn't it?" Masih replied: "No."
Mr Grieves-Smith: "You punched him in anger, and not in self-defence." Again Masih answered: "No."
Giving evidence, Masih said he had driven to Leamington that night with his cousins Samina, Sabrina and Reena Masih, and a friend of his, in his Nissan Micra, while his partner travelled with others in a second car.
Questioned by his barrister John Butterfield QC, Masih said he had two brandy and Cokes in the Moo bar, and was still inside when the initial incident occurred in the smoking area.
"My partner Claire came in and told me that two of my cousins, Sabrina and Reena, were not being allowed back in."
The jury had heard that Miss Paul had gone back inside after her confrontation with them.
Masih said he went out, and was talking to the bouncer, trying to establish why his cousins weren't being allowed back in, when Miss Paul came back out and the argument flared up again.
"I just remember the girl coming from behind and words being exchanged between her and my cousins.
"At first I didn't do anything, but then the blonde-haired girl and my cousins went towards each-other.
"I went to position myself in front of my cousins.
"The girls were just going at each-other, being abusive over the railings.
"Myself, my cousins and the bouncer were at the bottom of the steps towards the road.
"The blonde girl positioned herself on the opposite side of the railings."
Mr Butterfield said Mr Bavington was there at that stage, and asked whether he was doing anything which caused him concern.
Masih replied: "The only thing he done was he had his arm on my cousin Reena to push her back.
"I said, 'Let's go, and I'll move my cousins back'.
"I just wanted to separate my cousins from the argument, and I tried to move my cousins away."
The trial continues.