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Rethinking the Mobile Workplace with BYOD
Providing the Freedom Employees Need, Without Compromises
BYOD continues to get headlines, as organizations look for ways to help users work the way they want, when and where they want—with the device they choose. Ultimately, mobility is more than BYOD. At Cisco, we believe work is a verb, not a place you go to – we provide the flexibility for our employees to work remote.
Sheila Jordan (@CiscoSheila), Cisco's Senior Vice President of IT Collaboration, pointed out in this piece in Computerworld that cost savings are important, but the real benefits are "fostering collaboration, building employee morale, and creating an environment that is attractive to millennials."
A few other articles address how BYOD is just the latest example of how mobility is changing the way people work, play and live. Collaborating and communicating should be rich interactions not bound by a physical place – benefiting the user and the business. And, embracing this new mobility mindset translates to thinking ahead and beyond merely connecting devices to include security policies, collaboration tools and a network provider and foundation that can adapt and scale.
To think that this is all happening as we look back on the fortieth anniversary of the first cell phone call is fascinating. What do you think? We'd love to hear how mobility and BYOD are affecting your workplace and here are a few questions to think about:
- How many times a day/week do you use your own mobile device for work – to read company email, perform company-related tasks?
- Would you rather spend your own money to use the mobile device of choice, or use your company mobile device?
- How much are you willing to spend in a data plan to avoid using a company-owned device?
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Rodrigo Monteiro
I keep advocating that time and again. Used mobile device, first of the Blackberry ones for 6 years until newer devices appeared like iOS and Android based ones got more useful for other day to day life tasks. I have saw people using 2 devices, including myself for awhile, and eventually I gave up Blackberry and carried only a personal one. Since there no other enterprise feature deployed other than mail/calendar/contact, loss of function was acceptable. If there were more features available like single number reach, chat, I could be keeping device longer.
So what I learned was not only paying for a device to employees is enough, but making it useful to employees is a must. Choice is important, as well allowing personal choices (like Mac friendly companies such as Cisco). Security policy needs a real world checking to be good enough to protect company assets but not make mobile device usage so difficult or impractical people will give up devices. For some companies, apps like Good will be a fit for separation and management of company data, for others, native VPN support and native communications (Jabber), calendar and contacts will do the trick. Maybe securing one's To-Do list with 10 digit password each time needed to check it is not valuable enough and people revert to Post-its. Companies to be aware of this an avoid that as making this mistake will surely drag away talents.
Not only having practical tools make more productive by reducing time to use a tool, but will help attracting the best talents, the ones worried about using the tool as an accelerator to the task.
Well for some employees, I believe and I see lots of them with two devices yet, Blackberry company provided but carrying personal iPhone and Android. If they have choice of Good on personal device, they would give up Blackberry right away, because having 2 mobile phones is too much (and two numbers to reach and be reached).
As data plan, combined with unlimited voice for intracompany calls, $50 is the limit, something like 100 minutes off net calls with 1Giga of data usage, national roaming included.


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AnalySAR – Building detection in urban areas by fusion of optical and SAR imagery of very high resolution (2012)
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A growing number of optical sensors (IKONOS, Quickbird, Worldview) and radar sensors (TerraSAR-X, CosmoSkyMed), which acquire images using the "Synthetic Aperture Radar" technique (SAR), provide imagery of very high geometrical resolution. Due to the different spectral bands of both sensor principles, complementary object properties may be used for the detection of, for example, buildings.
Optical sensors acquire very high resolution imagery covering the entire visible spectrum. Optical images also correspond to human eye perception thus facilitating interpretation. However, since optical sensors acquire the sun light that is reflected at the earth's surface, they fail at night time and if clouds are covering the region of interest. SAR sensors are not subject to these restrictions because they actively emit a microwave signal, whose reflection at the earth's surface is recorded. Hence, it is possible to map objects regardless of sun illumination and dense cloud coverage. Nevertheless, one drawback is that SAR sensors do not capture colour information. Additionally, SAR specific effects occur due to the slant range geometry and the small angular resolution of the sensors. These effects complicate image interpretation particularly in urban areas (compare SAR image in Fig.1 and optical image in Fig. 2 ).
Fig.1: SAR image of airborne sensor Aes-1 overlaid with extracted lines, which occur due to multiple reflections of the radar signal at building walls and the ground
Fig. 2: Optical aerial image of the same area as in shown in the SAR image in Fig. 1, overlaid with the lines extracted from the SAR image
Fig. 3: Optical aerial image overlaid with building detection result based merely on building hints of the optical image
|Fig. 4: Optical aerial image overlaid with building detection result based on building hints of both the optical image and the SAR image
In order to combine the advantages of both sensor types, new approaches for combined optical/SAR image analyses are developed. In a first step, building hints are extracted in the SAR image (red lines in Fig. 1) and in the optical image. Next, such hints are geometrically registered and used as input to a semi-supervised learning based probabilistic classification framework. We focus especially on the integration of context information into the probabilistic classification approach. A first building detection result using hints of both sensors is shown in Fig. 4. Future applications based on the developed algorithms could for example be automatically derived change maps that are needed after natural disasters like floods and land slides.
This project is part of the bundle project "AnalySAR", which is carried out in cooperation with researchers at the TU Berlin and the TU Munich. It is funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG).
Wegner, J.D.; Soergel, U. (2008): Registration of SAR Optical Images Containing Bridges over Land: EARSel Workshop Remote Sensing - New Challenges of High Resolution. Bochum, 2008, 8 S., CD | file |
Wegner, J.D.; Soergel, U. (2008): Bridge height estimation from combined high-resolution optical and SAR imagery: IntArchPhRS. Band XXXVII, Teil B7-3. Peking, 2008, S. 1071-1076 | file |
Wegner, J.D.; Inglada,J.; Tison,C. (2008): Automatic Fusion of SAR and Optical Imagery based on Line Features: 7th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar. Band 4. Friedrichshafen, 2008, S. 171-174 | file |
Wegner, J.D.; Auer, S.; Soergel, U. (2009): Analyse urbaner Gebiete mit optischen Bildern und SAR-Bildern sehr hoher Auflösung: DGPF Jahrestagung. Band 18. Jena, 2009, S. 387-398 | file |
Wegner, J.D.; Thiele, A.; Soergel, U. (2009): Building extraction in urban scenes from high-resolution InSAR data and optical imagery: 5th IEEE/GRSS/ISPRS Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event, Shanghai, 2009, 6 S., CD | file |
Wegner, J.D.; Auer, S.; Soergel, U. (2009): Accuracy assessment of building height estimation from a high resolution optical image combined with a simulated SAR image: IntArchPhRS (38), Part 1-4-7/WS, Hannover, 6 S., CD | file |
Wegner, J.D.; Auer, S.; Thiele, A.; Soergel, U. (2009): Analysis of urban areas combining high-resolution optical and SAR imagery: 29th EARSeL Symposium - Imaging Europe, Chania, 2009, 8 S., CD | file |
Wegner, J.D.; Thiele, A.; Soergel, U.; 2009 (2009): Fusion of optical and InSAR features for building recognition in urban areas: IntArchPhRS, Vol. XXXVIII, Part 3/W4, pp.169-174 | file |
Wegner, J.D; Auer, S.; Soergel, U.; 2010 (2010): Extraction and Geometrical Accuracy of Double-bounce Lines in High Resolution SAR Images: Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, vol. 76(9), pp. 1071-1080 more
Wegner, J.D.; Ok, A.O.; Thiele, A.; Rottensteiner, F.; Soergel, U. (2010): Urban building detection from optical and InSAR features exploiting context, In: Proceedings of Photogrammetric Computer Vision and Image Analysis Conference, IntArchPhRS vol. XXXVIII, part 3A, Paris, 2010, pp. 239-244 | file |
Wegner, J.D.; Hänsch, R.; Thiele, A.; Soergel, U. (2011): Building Detection From One Orthophoto and High-Resolution InSAR Data Using Conditional Random Fields: IEEE Journal of selected topics in applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 4(1), pp. 83-91. more


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Series evened as Roadrunners suffer 6-3 loss to San Jose
By: Alexander Kinkopf
April 21, 2018 9:51 PM
The Roadrunners fell to the San Jose Barracuda by a 6-3 count in the second game of the teams' Pacific Division semi-final series Saturday night at the SAP Center.
San Jose struck for three unanswered goals in the third period.
"It was tough to get a groove going," Head Coach Mike Van Ryn said. "We've got to get a little firmer in some of these battles, a little stronger in some of these battles, and that would eliminate a lot [of our troubles] right now."
The series, now tied 1-1, shifts back to Tucson Arena for the duration, with game three scheduled for Wednesday night at 7:05 PM.
Just over a minute into Saturday's affair, the Barracuda opened the scoring, Rudolfs Balcers giving the Barracuda a 1-0 lead – San Jose's first of the series.
Dylan Strome responded with a pair of markers in a 1:58 span to give the Roadrunners a 2-1 lead, scoring his second and third playoff goals.
Strome's first tally of the night was initiated by a turnover created from pressure put on by Conor Garland in the offensive zone. Strome, after jumping on a loose puck, entered the slot and beat Antoine Bibeau high to the glove side.
Less than two minutes later, Strome let go of a shot that deflected off of a Barracuda defender and past Bibeau for his second tally of the evening.
"I felt good out there," Strome noted in recollect. "Obviously it was nice to get a goal early, I thought [Kempe] had a great game, he's easy to play with, and [Garland] was creating turnovers like he usually does."
The Barracuda, following Strome's outburst, countered with another two goals, taking a 3-2 lead into the first intermission.
With just over 13 minutes left to play in the second, Mario Kempe tied the game 3-3, burying a Carter Camper feed to net his first goal of the postseason.
The Roadrunners entered the third period tied; they posted a 15-4-3-0 record during the regular season when deadlocked after 40 minutes.
San Jose took a 4-3 lead 3:45 into the third, and added two more goals, including an empty-netter, to secure a 6-3 victory. Rudolfs Balcers finished the night with four points (2G, 2A) for the Barracuda.
The Roadrunners took a combined 32 minutes of penalties in the loss.
"A big part of playing in the playoffs is keeping your emotions in check and sticking to the game plan, and I don't really think we've done our best at doing that," Van Ryn added.
The teams will meet for Game 3 on Wednesday night at Tucson Arena, where the puck is scheduled to drop just after 7:05 PM.


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When Joey was 15 months old, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a double mastectomy took 2 months of recovery time (I wasn't allowed to lift/hold Joey for 8 weeks) and 4 months of chemotherapy, both my husband (who was on double parent duty when I was sick) and I were so exhausted that sleep for us became a priority, so that I could get better.
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But I knew how important it is to learn to self soothe and that if he didn't lose the night time bottle he wouldn't have good sleep habits that would follow him into adulthood and also that he was at risk for cavities with all the extra calories at night. I knew no matter what this did to our bond it was the right thing to do, but I was too scared to start it on my own so I got out my computer and started googling sleep specialists in Canada.
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Competition (economics), in economics, conditions that are present in markets where buyers and sellers interact to establish prices and exchange goods and services. Economic competition is the means whereby the self-interest of buyers and sellers acts to serve the needs of society as well as those of individual market participants. Society is served when the maximum number of goods is produced at the lowest possible prices.
The theoretical ideal developed by economists to establish the conditions under which competition would achieve maximum effectiveness is known as "perfect" competition. Although rarely possible, perfect competition, as a concept, provides a useful benchmark for evaluating performance in actual markets. Perfect competition exists when (1) an industry has a large number of business firms as well as buyers; (2) the firms on the average are small, and (3) buyers and sellers have complete knowledge of all transactions within the market. The practical significance of a large number of small firms and many buyers is that the power to influence the behaviour of the participants in the market is thoroughly dispersed. In other words, no single person or business has the power to dictate the terms on which the exchange of goods and services takes place (unlike the situation in a monopoly or oligopoly). Market results then are truly impersonal. Under conditions of perfect competition, economists contend, goods and services would be produced as efficiently as possible—that is, at the lowest possible price and cost—and consumers would get the maximum amount of the goods and services they desire.
The absence of perfect competition in most markets led to a search for a more realistic alternative to evaluate performance in specific instances. In practice, the number of firms tends to be limited, and one firm may exercise undue influence on the market. Participants also rarely have complete knowledge of market conditions. But if the situation is not bad enough to justify state intervention, the level of competition is deemed "workable". Competition may be workable in the sense that the results achieved are roughly comparable to what is supposed to happen under the theoretical ideal of perfect competition. The chief drawback to the workable-competition concept is its vagueness; no precise criteria have been developed to determine when workable competition actually exists.


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I made my own texture paste using your recipe and it turned out great. I used heat to help it dry quicker and it still buckled the paper a bit. I'm wondering if there's a way to avoid this? And also when you paint on the paper cause I love how that looks. Thanks.
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January 8, 2018 - Posted in Education by Brandie Perron
Teacher shortages are a nationwide concern. On October 24, education leaders met at USC College of Education's Center for Innovation in Higher Education for a discussion titled "Addressing Talent Management in our Education System: A Case for Teacher Recruitment and Retention."
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The vast majority of France's politicians are not amused – former judge and Green presidential candidate Eva Joly (pictured) wants the annual military parade on July 14 to stop, and for "children and pensioners" to march instead.
A charismatic Green politician has done a rare thing and united the entire political spectrum against her – for daring to suggest the annual "Bastille Day" military parade should be scrapped.
Every year the French celebrate their national day - or "Fête Nationale" - on July 14 by watching soldiers, sailors and airmen trooping down the Champs Elysées in Paris.
A day after this year's festivities, Eva Joly, a Green politician and contender in the 2012 presidential election, said she wanted the annual show of military strength scrapped in favour of a "citizen's parade".
Joly, a diminutive Norwegian-born anti-corruption campaigner and former investigating magistrate, told BFM TV: "This parade is something from the past. I want to see children, students and seniors parading together."
But to make that statement in the week that six French soldiers were killed in Afghanistan – the single-biggest loss of life for the French army since 2008 – was ill-timed and controversial. The condemnation was immediate.
On the extreme right, National Front (FN) leader Marine le Pen told RTL radio that Joly, who came to France in the 1960's as an au pair and later obtained citizenship, "failed completely to understand the strong link that exists between the French people and their armed forces."
Even politicians of less extreme political orientations made reference to the fact that she had not been born in France.
"It's time for her to go back to Norway!"
Lionel Tardy, Haute-Savoie Member of Parliament for the ruling (centre-right) UMP party tweeted on Thursday night: "Eva Joly wants to scrap the July 14 parade – it's time for her to go back to Norway!"
Henri Guiano, a top aide to President Nicolas Sarkozy, of remarked on Europe 1: "I find it pathetic... it is a deep insult to those who have died for our country over the centuries."
On Friday Prime Minister Francois Fillon added to the chorus of disapproval by stating that she, "does not have a very long personal background of French culture."
On the left, Socialist Party presidential hopeful Segolene Royal, herself the daughter of an army officer, said it was "a very bad idea to challenge our traditions".
Former French Prime Minster Laurent Fabius also a Socialist, told Europe 1 the annual parade "is useful to show that we need a national defence force and that our military act for us."
Eva Joly made a name for herself as an investigating judge and tireless anti-corruption campaigner in France.
She left the country in 2002 to work as an international envoy for Norway.
She came back to France in 2008, convinced that only by entering politics could she continue the fight against corruption.
"I was a magistrate for 20 years, a diplomat for Norway for seven more and I have learned a lot," Joly told FRANCE 24 in February 2010 on the eve of local elections in France.
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Denver - For the second year in a row, Colorado environmental leaders were delighted to learn that green issues were one of the central themes of Governor Bill Ritter's State of the State Address. Considering that the Governor, as well as both houses of the legislature are held by the Democrats, my guess is that he will get most or all of his environmental agenda passed.
In addition to covering renewable energy, natural resources, energy efficiency and carbon proposals, the Governor also announced the winners of the first ever Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. I was very happy to see that one of Fort Collins' hometown heroes, New Belgium Brewery brought home the prize in the large business category. (If a brewery can make you feel good about yourself for buying a beer, they might just have a customer for life 🙂
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"In 2007, we saw nearly 650 megawatts of wind farms built on Colorado's Eastern Plains -- enough energy to power nearly 250,000 homes.""Vestas Blades picked Colorado for its first North American wind blade manufacturing plant. This means hundreds of new jobs for Colorado. Thanks to companies like Vestas, Ascent Solar and Abengoa, thanks to world-class research institutions, the next generation of new-energy technology is being developed right here in Colorado." Summary of Governor Ritter's latest proposals for Colorado's New Energy Economy Pass a net-metering law would allow homeowners and businesses to earn credits on their energy bill by selling power back to the grid.Initiate a "Go Solar" program would require utilities to give homeowners a rebate when they purchase solar power equipment.Create a Colorado Carbon Fund that would assist with the financing of various GHG emission reduction efforts. The fund would be financed with voluntary contributions.Complete text of speech
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Happy Halloween everybody! I took these pictures on the morning of Halloween, before I went to my job. I got ready very early so I would be able to drive to the location, and capture the images before work. It was quite a tight squeeze timing-wise, but luckily it all worked out in the end! I adore these floral lace cat ears, as they're very different to any other cat headbands I've seen. I bought them weeks before Halloween from Claire's, as I always look forward to Halloween and was thinking ahead to the kind of look I wanted to create for the blog. Wearing them with my black furry coat seemed very fitting, and made the outfit a little more cat-like. I added my Celtic trinity knot stud earrings, for a slightly mystical feel.
I also have a new burgundy cross body bag, which I'm wearing on the shoulder here. I work in a library with books and move around a lot each day, and I always find I need items from my main handbag while I'm working. So I got this smaller bag to transfer my essentials into. Now I can keep my hands free while handling books, and have a little survival kit on hand, containing my tissues, lip balm, a compact mirror, my work ID and keys, etc.
My other exciting news is that I just got my hair coloured for the first time in my life, at the Glasshouse Salon in London's East End. It was all done using one hundred per cent organic hair dye, which they're known for. I had a softening treatment beforehand, then the colour was applied, and the stylist finished with a blow-dry which gave my hair lots of body. I bought the chemical-free shampoo and conditioner from the salon, along with the all-natural treatment product which was used by the stylist. My hair was ultra-soft by the end of this visit, and given my naturally unruly hair texture, I was amazed that was even possible! My hair is one shade darker now, and I love it. I thought the darkness was particularly well-suited to a Halloween-themed look.
I wasn't able to attend any Halloween parties. However, I got into the Halloween spirit by watching The Simpsons' Halloween special, which I loved, and other Halloween-themed episodes of my favourite shows.
I hope you like my Halloween look! Please comment below and let me know. Did you don a costume for Halloween, or opt for a low-key look? Did you do anything special to mark the day? I would love to hear about it!
Thanks for dropping by and see you soon. Lots of love Saba xx
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Discover more about the choreographic process as Royal Ballet dancers explore and experiment with their choreographic ideas.
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46 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DA
This event is part of the Winter 2017/18 season.
Change of venue
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Bee Biodiversity Gives Farmers More Blueberries
Farmers often rely on honeybees to help their crops grow. And scientists have been concerned about the decline of honeybees in recent years. But a new study shows that honeybees are not the only important pollinators out there.
A recent study published by North Carolina State University was conducted on bees and blueberries. Dr. David Tarpy, a professor of entomology at the university and co-author of the research paper, says having different bee species pollinating a blueberry crop can give the farmer more pounds of blueberries per acre.
"There are also many native bee species that are just naturally occurring in the environment and help compliment and augment that pollination. These are all really critical for helping kind of fill in the gap to complete the pollination within those fields," says Tarpy.
There are five different bee species in North Carolina. The study found that farmers can have both larger blueberries and more of them if they have all five species pollinating their crop.
For example, Tarpy says the study indicates that if you have two bee species pollinating your blueberry crops, a farmer could yield $300 per acre. But if you have three species, the amount could be around $600 per acre.
Chris Wiley owns a blueberry farm just outside of Charlotte. In the past, he has tried renting honeybees from bee keepers. But this year he noticed more bumblebees pollinating his crops. He has seen the impact of having more than one bee pollinator on his farm. "After a few years, I started to notice that the honeybees will bypass the blueberries and go for the Bradford pears," he says. "But the pollinator is the bumblebee. Thousands of bumblebees will be pollinating those blueberry blooms."
Meanwhile, Wiley says he will plant next season's blueberries in staggered rows, so he can encourage more cross-pollination and more bee activity. He is also considering adding more plants that will attract different bee species.
Dr. Tarpy worked with Shelley Rogers and Dr. Hannah Burrack on this study. Shelly Rogers is an undergraduate student at NC State University, and Dr. Burrack is an associate professor of entomology at the university.
*Celia Spell is an intern at WFDD and a senior at Wake Forest University.


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The Women's Ministries program is designed to produce a graduate who has developed her understanding of the all sufficiency of Christ for Christian ministry, their spiritual gifts and their abilities for ministry to women within the local church and other Christian para-church settings. The program is designed to prepare the graduate to understand and communicate the scriptures within the world around her, particularly in a ministry context, in a manner that demonstrates the glory of Christ and dependence upon the Spirit to live for, and enjoy, Christ.
Program Outcomes:
Upon completion of the Women's Ministries program, the graduate will:
- Skillfully communicate the glories of Christ from the scriptures in a clear and compelling manner.
- Interpret women's ministry in light of the dynamics and life responsibilities of marriage and motherhood.
- Be able to articulate in writing, and operate upon the basis of, a clear Christ-centered, Spirit dependent, and scriptural philosophy of ministry to women within the church.
- Be able to discern the needs of women at various stages of life and offer practical biblical counsel for those needs.
- Be able to structure and organize a ministry to women in all stages of life within a local church setting.
Future Ministry Possibilities:
Graduates of the women's ministry program will serve within local church and/or Para-church organizations, whether volunteer, or occupational ministry positions, such as director of women's ministry, campus staff workers, or crisis ministry.
Program Course Requirements:
- Biblical Interpretation III (3)
- The Exegetical Process (3)
- Theology and Philosophy of Women's Ministry (4)
- Message Preparation for Teaching Women (3)
- Women's Ministry, Marriage and Motherhood (3)
- Women Counseling Women (4)
- Contemporary Strategies for Ministry to Women (3)
- Event Planning (2)
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Safety campaigners are calling for action on a steep road that is breaking up and causing hazardous conditions for lorries and buses.
Brighouse Road Safety Committee discussed the problems of the road surface on Brookfoot Lane, Brighouse, and ward councillors attending the meeting in February were informed that the road surface is breaking up.
Chairman Ann Rutherford said: "Heavy goods vehicles using the lane have difficulty in maintaining traction whilst ascending and descending the lane and this is a matter for concern for Marshalls plc.
"Buses using the lane have to travel away from the trees and wing mirrors have been damaged as a result of overhanging trees.
"A request was made at a recent cabinet meeting for the lane to be examined. However, the officer who was requested to examine the lane has been allocated work on the forthcoming Tour de Yorkshire."
Committee member Pat Oates raised the issue at Calderdale Council's Cabinet meeting in December and said then: "After a meeting with Marshalls they expressed deep concerns with regard to the road surface as wagons are having problems with the traction and they stated that they are worried that there could be a serious accident.
"They do their utmost to keep the road clean but because of the greasy surface there is a fear of a wagon unable to go forward could possibly slide back.
"They, like us, are extremely concerned that sooner rather than later there will be a serious accident.
"I have lived at the top of Brookfoot Hill more than 60 years and it is the worst condition I have ever seen."
She also told cabinet members that motorists are complaining to the Brighouse Road Safety Committee that they are experiencing problems with wheel spin on the corner of the road by Neptune Cottages because of the greasy surface.
Responding to the concerns, Cabinet Member for Economy Coun Peter Caffrey said: "As advised in responses to previous questions, resurfacing of the lower section of Brookfoot Lane has been included in the Highway Capital Maintenance Programme for 2014/15 and is scheduled to be completed during the current financial year.
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SILVERTHORNE, Colo. – Driving a Tesla electric car just got much easier in the I-70 corridor of Colorado. Tesla is installing eight fast-charging stations at the Outlets at Silverthorne, located 113 kilometres from downtown Denver.
From Silverthorne, it's another 48 kilometres to Vail, 145 kilometres to Steamboat Springs, and 161+ kilometres to Aspen, depending upon the season.
In 30 minutes, the charging stations can deliver electricity sufficient for 322 kilometres of driving.
"Just like in California, where Tesla began in the major metro areas and then provided charging stations at incremental locations while expanding outwards, a Silverthorne charging station will get Denver metro residents to Steamboat, Vail Valley and the Aspen area and back," explains Kevin Batchelder, town manager of Silverthorne.
In May, Tesla announced plans for a network of 200 fast-charging stations that will connect most of the major population centers in the United States and Canada, providing free electricity at the dispensers.
"The expansion of the network will mean that Model S drivers can take the ultimate road trip — whether that's L.A. to New York, Vancouver to San Diego, or Montreal to Miami — without spending a cent on fuel," said Tesla in its May announcement.
Only Tesla Model S cars can be charged. They run about $70,000 but have a much bigger battery pack than other electric cars. A Nissan Leaf, for example, has a theoretical battery range of 125 kilometres. Because of the limited range, the standard advice in mountain towns is that it's best to buy a hybrid, with an electric component and a gasoline engine.
But why should this be good news for other electric car owners? A correspondent in Oregon for KATU asked that question of Phil Barnhart, a state representative from Eugene.
"The first cellphone was a brick," he answered. "It weighed like a brick. It cost $10,000. If somebody didn't buy the thing, we wouldn't have this," he said, pulling his iPhone out of his pocket. "You've got to have early adopters."
In Silverthorne, the town government lined up Tesla with the Canada-based owners of the factory-outlet complex. Tesla doesn't demand prime real estate, but it does require use of four or five parking spaces plus 200 to 600 square feet for the charging equipment.
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WHITEFISH, Mont. — The Whitefish Pilot managed a trifecta in its headline: "Dog survives bear attack on Lion Mountain." And none of it was a stretch.
A nine-year-old weimaraner named Daisy raced around the house that is located on Lion Mountain, located about three kilometres from Whitefish, to confront an invader, a sow bear. Protecting its two cubs that had climbed a tree, the sow swiped into Daisy twice with great success.
Daisy's human companions rushed the dog to a veterinarian, who managed to save the dog's life, but just barely. They tell the Pilot that they realize they are in "bear-adise," what with all the berries and apple trees, but have made a point of picking up the fruit to make their home less attractive to bears.
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Update Bolton landscape project November 21st
With winter rains now truly arrived this site has to be one of the wettest and muddiest i have worked on. With the site located as the lowest point in a quarter of a mile drop the water quite literally comes at a constant flow. This requires land drains everywhere and as you will see from the pictures below it does not take long for them to fill. Over the coming 2 weeks the retaining walls to create the upper terrace will go in, along with the curved staircase from upper level to summer house, than the site will close down for the winter with the balance of the build and planting to be undertaken March 2015.
The landscape plans for Bolton project. Further works on instillation of this project had to be postponed until march 2015 due to heavy rains.
3D images for new landscape plans
View from upper terrace to summer house. Curved rendered staircase will go here.
Retaining wall with drainage layer filling quickly with water.
Block set out ready for next phase of retaining walls.
Update Bolton landscape project October 29th
The build on this project is now underway and as can be witnessed from pictures below its a mammoth task, but in a spectacular location.
New 1 acre project for David Keegan Garden Design in Bolton North West UK.
I am delighted to have been asked to create a set of landscape designs for this private project located at the end of a hidden driveway and giving way onto one of the most secluded and wonderful aspects i have yet encountered. It is one of the very few homes in the Landscape of the United Kingdom, in what is a very crowded country, not to be overlooked, or indeed visible, to any other properties or houses. The real challenge here from a design point of view will be the terrain as the site is set on a very steep slope. Although the clients have to some extent reshaped the gradient into more flat areas there are still very dramatic level changes that will need to be dealt with. These level changes can be clearly seen from the topographic survey included in the pictures below. This will be a complex but exciting design challenge, and i am looking forward to getting started over the coming month. I include a couple of pictures below which give some indication of the true beauty of the location, with the house set atop a small valley location. It doesn't get much more natural or serene than this. I will update this post as the project progresses.
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- an independent charity addressing health inequalities across Great Britain.
KS2 Bath is delighted to announce that we been awarded a grant by People's Health Trust from money raised by 51 community interest companies through The Health Lottery. This funding means that we will be better able to provide the help and support that carers need.
KS2 Bath is also very grateful for the kind donations over the years from St Mungos and the B&NES Carers' Centre.
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Latest news of upcoming and past events........
On the 13th October, there was a Music in Mind event in Bath. Music in Mind is a special evening, raising awareness and funds for mental health charities for World Mental Health Day. A single called "More than That" was released this year to raise mental health awareness and reduce stigma. The More Than That single is on sale from Bandcamp and iTunes and costs 79p to download. You can also watch the video on YouTube here.
We are very privileged to be one of the recipients this year of funds raised by the single and event, and we would like to thank everyone who took part in the event. We were very kindly presented with £250, all of which will go towards helping carers.
Lee Rawlings came to talk about the relaunch of the AWP Carers' Charter and also the Carers' Charter Explained document that KS2 Bath wrote 🙂
Also, on the 18th of November, Mary appeared on Radio Bristol and did a really good interview to promote both of these documents, as we are hoping to get as many carers as possible to know about the charter.
You can listen to the radio interview here and links to the Carers' Charter and the Carers' Charter Explained are here and here.
Please spread the word, as empowering carers is paramount to improving the way the AWP works with carers.
Kate Morton from Bath MIND came to talk about what they offer to people with mental health difficulties. Really good talk.
We also had a check-in of course, and refreshments.
A great get-together. Many thanks to Anne-Marie for coming and offering shoulder and neck massages. People really enjoyed them.
A monumental day for carers, as commissioners for mental health services in BANES came to talk to carers for input into the mental health review of services in BANES. I would like to think KS2Bath were instrumental in making this happen. Carers gave their experiences of services offered to their loved ones, where they felt there were gaps and ideas on how to give better support. Many thanks to Basil and Daisy for taking the time to come and talk directly with carers.
Of course coffee, cake and "catch up"!
The mental health services in BANES are now under review, so now is the
opportunity to input your views of services. Follow the link to fill out the
form. If you can mention KS2Bath please do so as we are the only peer support
group involved and want to get a strong response from carers.
The survey can be accessed here:
A good meeting with Val from Talking Therapies giving a talk on her service, which is open to anyone to self-refer.
Of course we had coffee, cake and "catch up"!
A big thanks must be given to Tanya who makes cakes for each of our meetings, and very nice they are too!
We had a BBQ in Mulberry House for carers and service users, with lots of burgers, sausages and salad.
A lovely event in a beautiful garden with the sun shining, 35 people came. Many thanks to Lee, Ralph and Mark for all the help setting up and cooking the food.
Ian Reid, a Senior practitioner from the AWP, came to talk about his role within the AWP, particularly with complaints, and to introduce himself as the person who will be working with KS2Bath in the future.
A sad goodbye to Gina who is retiring and leaving KS2Bath! Wishing her well with many thanks for all the work she has done for carers and for our group.
Another social event as our intended speaker was unable to attend.
Good discussions again about future events and involvement, and of course coffee, cake and "catch up"!
A social event with a lot of discussion about training for carers, as we are in the process of setting this up and want input for content.
Of course coffee, cake and "catch up" too!
Back in the newly refurbished Carers Centre. Lee Rawlings, AWP Involvement Co-ordinator for BANES, came to talk about carer involvement with AWP in BANES.
Of course we had coffe, cake and "catch up"
Anyone who cares for someone who is involved with AWP and is interested in getting involved themselves, let me know and I can pass on Lee's contact details.
We had a social evening at The Bubble in Bath for Valentines day. Food for Thought did some delicious food for what was a lovely relaxing event.
Julie very kindly provided a raffle which raised £25 for the group.
Many thanks to Food for Thought and Julie in setting up a great event!
Post Christmas meeting at The Bubble in Bath as Carers centre was closed. Many thanks to all who ventured out in the cold.
Very good to have a catch up of course with coffee and cake!
Our AGM took place and all committee members re-elected for another year. We went through our achievments from getting funding, to The Carers Charter.
We finished off with a Christmas party with lots of lovely food and general chit chat.
Here is hoping for a lovely Christmas and peaceful New Year!
You can view our AGM report here.
A meeting for carers to input into future events for KS2Bath and input into training for carers that KS2Bath want to set up. A very lively discussion with lots of valuable input, many thanks to all who took part.
Of course we had our "check in" and coffee and cake!
A busy meeting! The new constitution for KS2 Bath was unanimously voted in by the 14 people that attended. Part of the new constitution states that members must the new code of conduct and confidentiality forms. If you haven't yet signed, let me know and I will get the forms to you.
Anne-Marie drew the raffle that she has been doing to raise money for KS2 Bath. Anne-Marie worked extremely hard and raised nearly £200, and we would like to say a big "thank you" to her for all her hard work!
Dan Badman, the new Head of Quality for the AWP in BANES, also came to listen to, and talk to, carers. Many thanks to him!
Liz Richards, managing director of the BANES AWP came along to talk to carers and listen to any issues that carers have. Liz talked about the changes in BANES Community Services in light of Virgin winning the bid in BANES for Community Services. KS2 Bath will be meeting Virgin soon to discuss carers' issues with them.
Many thanks to Liz for coming.
We also had the usual coffee, cake and chat!
We had a social evening tonight, with food, coffee and chat. Many thanks to everyone who bought food. Phoebe played the ukulele and we had a sing-song too!
25 people came and we all had a great time!
Linda Hutchinson, the carer experience lead for the AWP, and a member from the research team of the AWP came to our group to meet carers and ask for our input into some research they are doing. Our group gave some great feedback, and I think we gave them some insight into carers' issues.
Many thanks to both.
Coffee and chat was also had.
Judith from Food For Thought, a MIND group, came and gave a talk.
Food For Thought is a group for anyone affected by mental health issues. They prepare and cook food to share together, and they also produce amazing food for events!
I am working with Judith to set up an event for carers and service users to prepare and share a meal together, so watch this space!
Many thanks to Judith for the talk and the amazing crumble she brought with her!
We also had coffee and chat tonight.
A great evening. The mayor of Bath, Will Sandry, came to talk to us!
During his tenure he has been focusing on mental health issues, and he came and talked to carers and service users.
Will is a lovely man who talks openly about his personal situation to help de-stigmatise mental health and improve services.
Many thanks to Will for an interesting night.
Ursula James from Talking Therapies did a talk on CBT tonight, and gave a lot of insight into the different therapies offered by them.
Ursula has given a lot of time to our group, coming and talking individually with carers. She will soon be moving on to a different job, and I would like to say a big thank you for all she has done for our group, and wish her well for the future.
Members of KS2, New Hope and AWP involvees came together for a post Xmas meal. The food provided by Food for Thought was delicious and we had 34 people attend.
What a great social event , really enjoyable. Many thanks to all who made this a great evening especially Julie who provided a raffle and raised £50 for our group- many thanks to her!
Many thanks to all who came tonight in this terrible weather.
A great meeting lots of chat and ideas for AWP carers pack and things to do for the year.
Of course we had coffee,cake and catch up!
Happy New Year to you all.
A great meeting with really good turnout for such a cold day. Kate Morton from Bath MIND came to talk about their 5 year plan and there was a lively discussion. MIND have a lot of things going on over the next few years developing peer support, advocacy to name a few.
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We hope you are considering a trip to LA this April for Georgetown's John Carroll Weekend - the university's annual celebration and a trademark of the Georgetown University Alumni Association since 1952. The four day weekend will be packed with social, cultural and intellectual engagement. As always, there will be behind-the-scenes tours, elegant signature events and one-of-a-kind outings, as you allow Georgetown be your guide to this exciting Southern California metropolis. Explore world-renowned cultural and dining activities as distinguished speakers, well-known faculty members and alumni from all schools return to the "City of Angels" in celebration of John Carroll Weekend.
This year, the Georgetown GEA will be heading to LA to host a panel celebrating Georgetown entrepreneurship. Georgetown alumni have undoubtedly become a major force as entrepreneurs, launching successful businesses and nonprofits and playing influential roles in the venture capital community. Hear from Peter Mellen (C'89, MBA'98), president of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Alliance, and Jeff Reid, founding director of the StartupHoyas on campus initiative, along with a diverse panel of alumni entrepreneurs representing influential businesses such as Maker Studies and Realty Mogul, as they discuss their individual stories of successes and failures and the importance of social entrepreneurship. Panelists will outline what they look for in an early-stage company, provide advice to budding entrepreneurs and explore the impact Georgetown has had on their respective careers. The panel will be moderated by accomplished entrepreneur and business leader Alan Gould (F'83), CEO of uSamp and founder and former co-CEO of IAG Research. Additional panelists include Chris Kelly (C'91), founder of Kelly Investments and former general counsel and chief privacy officer of Facebook; Sonal Shah, executive director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University; Ellen Wheeler (C'04), principal at Greycroft Partners; and Zane Vella (F'91), CEO at Watchwith. The panel will take place the Saturday afternoon of John Carroll Weekend and details can be found at http://jcw.georgetown.edu/2015/schedule.html.
Other hoyapreneurs featured during the weekend include Sam Bakhshandehpour (B'97), president and chief executive officer of SBE Entertainment and Amy Baer (C'88), President/Owner of Gidden Media.
Don't miss this opportunity to re-connect with Georgetown, fellow alumni, and fellow hoyapreneurs!


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Come see what The Crave Bar is all about on WCIU The U! Click here
The thrill of the chase, the small window of opportunity and the satisfaction of securing a delicious meal. It's an experience that can only happen with a food truck, and we're on a mission this spring and summer to eat at every last one. Join us as we take a bite out of the burgeoning scene, one truck at a time, every week until we either run out of trucks or the snow returns. Read more
June is National Dairy Month, so Dairy Foods has selected five favorite new dairy products to highlight from several dairy categories. Read the full article from North Shore Weekend here
Kim and Scott Holstein of Wilmette are the creators of Crave Bar. Q: How did you start Crave Bar? Kim: Scott and I had a pretzel company for 17 years. A couple of years ago, he was obsessed with the idea of putting ice cream on a chocolate-caramel pretzel stick as a novelty ice cream bar. One thing led to another…Read the full article from North Shore Weekend here
Kim and Scott Holstein, the founders of Kim & Scott's Gourmet Pretzels, stopped by the MIB office with samples of their new product, the Crave Bar…http://makeitbetter.net/dining/deep-dish-north-shore/6023-deep-dish-north-shore-april-2
Scott Holstein, president of Kim & Scott's Gourmet Pretzels, Inc., has set up at Ravinia to sell his new product, Crave Bars…Go to the Crains article to read more
Wilmette couple Kim and Scott Holstein are marrying salty and sweet in the Crave Bar, an ice-cream bar on a chocolate covered pretzel stick that is then dipped in dark chocolate and pretzel pieces…Read more here
WILMETTE — When Kim Oster Holstein and her husband, Scott, sold their Kim & Scott's Gourmet Pretzels company to a New Jersey-based snack food company last year, the two were already heavily into their next venture…Read more here
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Clinton deletes email containing Russia's shortlist of candidates for NSC director
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rightwing political pundits went into overdrive Wednesday as the White House confirmed that President Hillary Rodham Clinton had deleted another email, this time a message from the Kremlin with a list of people they suggest Clinton appoint to the National Security Council.
The Russians' message was conveyed to the White House via the personal email account of former Goldman Sachs partner Steve Bannon.
Clinton's defiant move aggravated Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, who allegedly slapped his lead intelligence officers multiple times for "failing to hoist our oompa loompa piss-loving comrade Trump into office."
Putin's puppet candidate, failed GOP candidate Donald Trump, lost the election to Clinton in a 3 million vote landslide last November.
As the story about Clinton deleting Putin's email ricocheted around the Internet, some key Republican players seemed crippled by unpleasant flashbacks to the 2016 presidential campaign.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee had to be kicked off an interview on Faux News after repeating the same word over and over again, much like a short-circuiting machine: "Emails Emails Emails Emails Emails Emails…"
Meanwhile, failed presidential candidate Donald Trump also spoke out, tweeting: "Unbelievable, just unbelievable. Putin is a great man. That nasty woman couldn't even RESPOND to the email? Rude & SAD! What is she trying to hide from Kremlin?"
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said Clinton's rejection of Russia's NSC director shortlist seems consistent with the Clinton administration's "thoughtful, clear, and America-centric foreign policy."


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The organisation, which distributes cash raised by the National Lottery, is backing The Sunday Telegraph's campaign to ensure the nation's memorials are well cared for and in good condition by the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War in 2014.
The fund is to set up a "War Memorials Action Group" to examine how the monuments can be better protected.
It will also increase the amount of money available for monuments next year, and plans to make it easier for small groups of volunteers to apply for grants to renovate their local memorial.
Dame Jenny Abramsky, chairman of the HLF, said: "The Sunday Telegraph has successfully galvanised interest in war memorials and the need to keep them in good condition.
"We will continue to do our part and will work with all the heritage bodies responsible for funding the restoration of war memorials to improve access to funding.
"We plan to work together to help ensure that we can all be proud of our memorials in time for the centenary of the First World War.
"More money will be available from the Heritage Lottery Fund next year and we want to hear from organisations who are seeking funding."
The action group will begin work early in the New Year and will start by reviewing the funding available, to ensure there are no barriers stopping volunteers from applying for small grants to renovate local memorials.
Under the current system, such projects can find it hard to gain funding from the HLF, whose rules prevent it offering grants of less than £3,000 or paying for "open-ended" maintenance, while requiring that restoration projects include an extra "education element".
A spokesman for the HLF said the action group would "review the situation facing the protection and restoration of war memorials to identify what further work is needed".
He added: "The group will address funding needs, awareness-raising and the availability of information about war memorials.
"The group will comprise funders, heritage organisations and representatives of the local and voluntary sectors. We expect the group to agree a joint action plan and a timetable for further work."
The HLF is drawing up plans to simplify its application process for grants of less than £10,000, in a move which would help many local groups seeking to restore memorials.
It also intends to offer such groups "mentors" to help them meet the requirement to provide an "education element" to their project – which could be as simple as school visits or a heritage trail.
The developments are a major step forward for our campaign, which was launched last month and has attracted the support of former defence secretaries, war veterans and senior military figures.
The campaign is also calling for stronger protection for memorials against developers; tighter laws on scrap metal dealers; the prosecution of everyone caught damaging a war memorial and stiffer sentences for those convicted.
In another boost last week, a senior minister indicated that the Government would ban cash payments at scrap metal yards as early as next spring, making it easier for police to catch offenders.
Campaigners warn that a growing number of the monuments are under increasing threat from neglect, as well as from developers, vandals and thieves. Charities are receiving 300 reports a month of war memorials that require repairs.
Among the many decaying memorials which could benefit from the changes being announced by the HLF is one in Epping Forest, its stonework chipped and worn after decades of decay.
The monument, on Epping village green, commemorates 114 servicemen including Sgt George Crabb and his brother Pte William Crabb, who were posted to the Gallipoli peninsula with the 1st/4th Battalion, the Essex Regiment, landing at Suvla Bay on Aug 12, 1915.
Sgt George Crabb was taken ill with enteric fever and dysentery eight weeks into the campaign and was sent home but died on the hospital ship Neuralia, just as it docked in Southampton, on Nov 27, 1915. He was 29.
Pte William Crabb survived Gallipoli and was later part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. He was killed near Gaza on March 26, 1917, aged 23.
The monument was erected in 1921, and was later updated with names of servicemen killed in the Second World War. Among them are friends Alfred Turner, 23, and Leslie Hammond, 22, both drivers who were killed in a shell attack in northern France in June 1940.
A third friend, Ernie Flack, with whom they were known in Epping as the "Three Musketeers" was wounded and captured by the Germans but escaped to Spain.
The three men were all friends from school who joined the fire brigade together before signing up to the Royal Army Service Corps on the outbreak of war.
Also named on the monument is Flying Officer Ion Rhys Jones, who died alongside seven crew members and a ground staff airman, who had gone along for the ride, when his aircraft, a Mk1 Lancaster, broke up during a training flight in Lincolnshire in February 1943.
He had joined the RAF in 1940, a year later marrying actress Patricia Hicks, who after his death married actor Jack Watling.
Epping Town Council - which has recently repaired some of the stonework at a cost of around £1,000, of which £477 came from the War Memorials Trust - said it had enough money to carry out minor repairs but would welcome more Lottery funding.
Campaigners want to see further work including the erection of barriers to prevent damage from vehicles.
John Duffell, chairman of Epping Royal British Legion, said: "Anything which makes it easier for us to get money from the Lottery is to be welcomed."
* If you know of a war memorial in your area which is in need of repair, please let us know by emailing email@example.com or writing to Lest We Forget Campaign, The Sunday Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT


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As the New Year begins I am going to really try to get back into crafting and blogging. It seems like 2009 was just the craziest, most hectic & fastest year ever. Hopefully, 2010 will be a bit slower and I can get everything I have to do done & find more playtime.
This is the birthday card I made for Alison's 30th birthday. I saw a similar idea somewhere...sorry I can't remember where or when, but here's my take on it.
Thanks for stopping by.....
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Day 2: Cupcake Birthday Card
Posted by Deb M. at 8:00 AM
Labels: Cupcakes, Kaisercraft Paper, Paper Crimper, Stickles, SU Felt Ribbon
5 comments:
- Diane said...
OMGosh, Deb. A cupcake card. I love it. One of my favorite things, lol. You did a fantastic job on this. Hugz, Diane
- January 5, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Beth said...
Gorgeous GF love that sweet sweet cupcake makes me want to go find something yummy to eat.
- January 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- Alison said...
Awww look at my birthday card. It is even better in person. I love it. Now I can share it on my blogg. I have been waiting. Love you and thanks again!
- January 5, 2010 at 6:34 PM
- Nora said...
SWEEEEET! Love the cupcake, the colors, all that yummy BLING!
Looks great & can I say that I'm SO GLAD you're back!
- January 5, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- BlueRose said...
Wow! Deb, I just love everything about it. Great job♥ I'm so glad that I have lots of sweets left over from Christmas cause you just made me hungry.....LOL LOL
Huge Huggies
- January 6, 2010 at 10:27 AM
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Knowing and Not Knowing in Intimate Relationships
- Authors:
- Paul C. Rosenblatt, University of Minnesota
- Elizabeth Wieling, University of Minnesota
- Date Published: August 2015
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- isbn: 9781107562394
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In the extensive literature on couples and intimacy, little has been written about knowing and not knowing as people experience and understand them. Based on intensive interviews with thirty-seven adults, this book shows that knowing and not knowing are central to couple relationships. They are entangled in love, sexual attraction, trust, commitment, caring, empathy, decision making, conflict, and many other aspects of couple life. Often the entanglement is paradoxical. For example, many interviewees revealed that they hungered to be known and yet kept secrets from their partner. Many described working hard at knowing their partner well, and yet there were also things about their partner and their partner's past that they wanted not to know. This book's qualitative, phenomenological approach builds on and adds to the largely quantitative social psychological, communications and family field literature to offer a new and accessible insight into the experience of intimacy.Read more
- Demonstrates that much can be gained in the study of close relationships by using a qualitative, phenomenological approach
- Documents the wide ranges of processes people may use to know someone else and the strategies they may use to avoid being known in certain ways
- Contributes to the literature on gender differences and struggles in the area of knowing and not knowing
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'Rosenblatt and Wieling have produced the consummate book on how couples' processes of learning about and knowing one another, and revealing or not revealing knowledge affect their relationship. The book involves an extraordinary interweaving of conceptual ideas and respondents' narratives about the intimate details of their lives. In their insightful analyses of the too-little-explored terrain of phenomena such as knowing, understanding, having secrets, disclosing or not disclosing, the authors have provided a work that should be of vital importance to practitioners and scholars alike interested in the intellectual and emotional glue that holds together close relationships.' John Harvey, University of Iowa
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- Date Published: August 2015
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107562394
- length: 208 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
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1. Knowing and not knowing are central to intimacy
2. How couples build knowledge of one another
3. How well do you know each other? About 90%
4. Concerns about the other's potential reaction to something not yet revealed
5. What people cannot or would rather not know
6. Processes in being a judicious nondiscloser
7. Discovery of lies and secrets
8. Gender differences in intimate knowing
9. Family of origin
10. Is it good to know and be known extremely well?
11. Phenomenology of knowing and being known.
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Objects & Attachment: Experiencing Joy through Maitri
Last week I wrote about the need for space, and as I was writing, I was brought to my final point - that the ultimate way to "get" space is to create it by surrendering. To let go to allow room for the magic. I've been reading Pema Chodron's "When Things Fall Apart," and as I read the chapter on maitri this week, I had many "aha" moments. I love when the topics I'm exploring show up in many places - books, films, people's words, etc. It allows for the studying to become almost intoxicating.
Maitri is Sanskrit for loving-kindness. In our culture, sometimes loving-kindness is seen as this grand act of being overly sweet, yet in truth, there is a neutrality to maitri. In this except from the book, Pema explores the concept of maitri through surrender:
"What makes maitri such a different approach is that we are not trying to solve a problem. We are not striving to make pain go away or to become a better person. In fact, we are giving up control altogether and letting concepts and ideas fall apart.
Here's more of her beautiful writing:
"The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face to face. When we feel resentment because the room is too hot, we could meet the heat and feel its fieriness and its heaviness. When we feel resentment because the room is too cold, we could meet the cold and feel its iciness and its bite. When we want to complain about the rain, we would feel its wetness instead. When we worry because the wind is shaking our windows, we could meet the wind and hear its sound. Cutting our experiences for a cure is a gift we can give ourselves. There is no cure for hot and cold. They will go on forever. After we have died, the ebb and flow will still continue. Like the tides of the sea, like day and night — this is the nature of things. Being able to appreciate, being able to look closely, being able to open our minds — this is the core of maitri."
The core of maitri is also the core of this work. When we see our objects as symbols - they become just that, symbols. This creates disconnection - the exact opposite of what we are after. When we are searching for answers in our things, we are in a sense starving ourselves. Of freedom. Of joy. I write about this a lot. There is no cure for our dissatisfaction. The key is to meet whatever is there, and in this meeting, we leave room for the joy. We cry tears of joy because the feelings of overwhelming sadness and overwhelming joy are so similar. We can experience the joy by observing the pain. There is beauty in this meeting.
There is also beauty in the meeting of object and human. Without us, the tea mug is of what use? Part of the work is acknowledging that our objects just are. A mug is for drinking tea. A vase is for holding flowers. The purpose is straightforward. But what's our purpose? We get to decide that. We experience maitri by simply being. By pausing. By allowing our objects to serve us in order to practice mindfulness. And in this presence, we create space. And in this space, we can experience joy. In order to do this, we must detach from the symbol, and instead, meet the neutrality.
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For the past three years of my life, one of my most consistent meals has been Thai take out. Yup, once a week almost every week. Shortly after moving to Chicago, I found my local Thai restaurant. They happened to be a five minute walk from my apartment which was a nice perk. I was making my way through their menu, having gotten more than halfway through, but sadly we had to part ways when I moved to Brooklyn and now I'm still searching for my new place.
Surprisingly, I rarely order pad thai at restaurants. I always find the sauce to be too sweet or too sour, or the noodles to be too clumpy, so I started making my own a few years ago. It's not difficult at all, the most frustrating part is julienning the carrots, but that's because I'm just an impatient person with bad knife skills.
My favorite meat to use in pad thai is head-on shrimp; the sweet head juice imparts a flavor you can't get elsewise. Unfortunately they're a little hard to find outside of Chinatown. I got mine at a local fishmonger that only sold big head-on prawns at $20 a pound. They were huuuuuuge, 11 shrimp to a pound. If you can make your way to your nearest Asian supermarket you can get them for a lot cheaper (and a lot smaller in size too, but still tastes the same). I used to go to Super H Mart in Chicago where they were $6 a pound.
Adapted from Savory Sweet Life
You can double the sauce if you plan on making pad thai again within a month, then it's just one less step to take.
The key to a good pad thai is a really hot pan. I highly recommend getting a wok. I use a cast iron (over carbon steel) wok because it retains heat better. Most conventional American ranges don't have the BTU output to get a steel wok or skillet hot enough and maintain that searing hot temperature all the way through the cooking process. Regardless of what you're using, remember not to overcrowd the pan, you could even go as far as making one serving at a time if need be.
Serves 2.
1/4 cup tamarind concentrate
1/4 cup palm sugar
3 tbsp fish sauce
8 garlic cloves, minced, divided
4 oz thin rice noodles
1/4 cup canola or other high heat oil, divided
12 oz head on shrimp, shelled, deveined, with head and tail still attached
3 medium carrots, julienned
1 to 2 tsp red chili flakes (optional)
2 eggs
4 scallions, thinly sliced
2 cups bean sprouts
1/4 cup lightly salted roasted peanuts, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro
Combine tamarind concentrate, palm sugar, fish sauce, and half of the garlic in a small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil, turn down heat and simmer until sugar has dissolved. Set aside.
Heat up 3 to 4 quarts of water until just before boiling. Turn off heat, add noodles and soak for 15 minutes until very al dente, they should have a good bite. Drain and set aside.
On the highest heat setting, heat up 2 tbsp of oil in a wok and add the shrimp, toss gently (you don't want the heads to fall off from moving them around too much) to get a good sear on both sides, 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
Heat up remaining 2 tbsp of oil. Add garlic, carrots, and chili flakes if using and fry for 1 minute. Add noodles and pad thai sauce, toss to combine and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Push the noodle/carrot mixture to one side of the pan and add eggs, quickly scramble them around with your spatula until cooked through. Add scallions and bean sprouts and cook for an additional minute. Turn of heat and plate noodles immediately. Place half of the shrimp on each plate. Top with peanuts and cilantro.


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