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I'm a woman without a phone
by Christie Browning
I shared in my last post that my cellphone quit working Monday. It was a day like any other... I was out and about running errands, Musha (my fluffy puppy and sidekick) was in the passenger's seat and we were enjoying the unseasonably warm day.
And then it happened. It was like someone had blown my house down, kicked me in the gut and ran off with my dog... I felt sick. My phone had stopped working. I was so upset and I responded out of panic. I went to the local phone retailer and was rather snippy with the little gal behind the counter. BUT MY PHONE HAD STOPPED WORKING! I was cut off from the world... what did she expect! When there were no solutions offered, I went from frustrated, to panicked, to depressed. So I took Musha and myself home to pout.
Yes, I was a bit over dramatic about the whole day. But it had been a rough day to start. The cellphone quitting was salt in the wound. And much like Scarlet O'Hara, the southern damsel from "Gone With The Wind," I chose to think about it tomorrow.
Tuesday, I drove to Fort Wayne to take care of the errands I was just to upset to deal with the day before. However, added to my list was a trip to the Verizon store. As I started that way, I literally prayed out loud:
"God, I seriously need you to work a miracle here. I have no idea how we can pay to replace this phone and I don't know how we will function without one."
Walking into the store, I had cooled down and was able to even smile at the guy sporting his red Verizon shirt and holding his gadget-y tablet thing at the door. It was a 5 minute visit. In those brief minutes, he ordered me a replacement phone, no charge. I didn't even have to beg... I was prepared to. Thankfully, my miracle came through and a phone is traveling to my door as I type.
Looking back on this week, here's a few lessons I had to learn:
There are greater problems in the world than a non-working cellphone.
Yes. I know. It's true. Although it seemed like my world came to an end Monday, it was nothing compared to the mass shootings, poverty, human trafficking, job loss and death many faced on that Monday. A phone is the least of their concerns... and it should be mine.
I'm thankful God provided, but really?
"God, please provide me a cellphone," was the desperate plea I chose to make to the Father? Again, with all the real tragedies in the world... it's my nonworking cellphone that makes me cry out? Like a child running to her father to fix her broken dolly... I chose to bang on the Throne Room doors and stomp up to the King, begging for him to fix it all. Really? Does that seem somewhat childish and naive to anyone else? But thankfully God is big enough to care about all of our concerns no matter how they compare and measure up.
I feel blessed, but do I even know what that truly means?
I wanted to cry when that college kid told me he was ordering me a replacement phone. I felt blessed. But when we look at the Bible, God's definition of "blessings" is not all miracles and wonder-working wish granting. In fact, when Jesus speaks the Beatitudes (Matthew 5 and Luke 6) He says it's the ones who are impoverished, sad, meek, and persecuted who are blessed. To me, that feels like the opposite of being blessed. But blessing comes in the promise of Kingdom gifts. Those who mourn receive comfort, those who are persecuted receive the kingdom, and so on.
Attitude is connected to our perspective. If our perspective is not focused on earthly conveniences and trivial matters, our joy - or positive attitude - is a whole lot easier to achieve. Whether we feel blessed or not depends on our perspective and choosing to live God's way, appreciating his long-term, eternal gifts.


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10 laps around Albuquerque Academy
- Friday, September 6th, 2019 at 8:00 PM
- https://www.facebook.com/events/2794543713909047/
AA50K is an endurance get-together that consists of ten laps around Albuquerque Academy. It is open to anyone, although it may be particularly attractive to beginning ultra-runners who want to get some experience doing a night run in familiar territory.
People who want to do less than ten laps are welcome. Although ten laps is a 50K, eight laps is a marathon. One lap is a 5K and two laps is a 10K.
Walkers are welcome. Relay teams are also welcome.
The event begins and ends at the corner of Harper and Ventura. The first, and all odd laps will run clockwise as viewed from above (i.e., you will start running south on the path that parallels Ventura). The second, and all even laps will run counter-clockwise. There will be a clipboard so that you can keep track of your laps.
This is a "fat-ass" event, meaning it is self-supported. There will be no aid stations and there are no porta-potties. The McDonalds used to be open until 12:30am (and may still be), so you may want to bring some cash so you can buy something and relieve yourself before they close.
Please bring a flashlight or headlamp.
Park in the Hoffmantown Church parking lot near the start/finish. You'll be able to visit your car once per loop to refuel, or rehydrate.
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July 24, 2016 at 9:05 pm
Hi, Kelly. I'm going to miss this year's AA 50K; Mary and I will be out of the country that weekend. Best wishes for another great, well organized event.

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I've got quite a few books going at the moment, and today, I have to choose which one I will prop on my chest while I doze off into a nap.
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, which I'm really enjoying because it's multiple perspectives and great characterization.
Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller. I'm reminded here that relationship is better than right.
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. It took me quite a while to get into this one, but I'm fascinated by the history and setting now.
I expect I'll go with Harkness . . . vampires and lazy afternoons seem to go, ironically, well together.
What are you reading?


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Board of Trustees
Gregory 'Sandy' Sanderson, candidate for Penn State board of trustees
About Sanderson:
• CEO, CollClubSports
• 2000, mechanical engineering and business logistics
• From Pittsburgh
My daily interactions with universities throughout North America have reinforced my opinion, that Penn State is world class. My exposure to the successes and shortcomings of other institutions has me eager to bring this knowledge to the board in order to circumvent obstacles and achieve advancement in shaping Penn State.
Through my professional experiences in business, athletics, government and engineering, I now view Penn State as a prestigious corporation of higher learning. Our university has many products to offer its "customers" whether that is an education, research opportunities, state of the art facilities, athletic offerings, or the familyesque community environment where young students can mature into ethical contributors to society.
It is my intention not to maintain the status quo, but to demand that each of these aspects be cutting edge leaders in their offerings not just domestically but globally.
Many speak of Penn State as a brand. It is a brand of education, athletics, and character maturation. Brand loyalty is why we have the largest alumni association, donate to the university, frame our diplomas, don the blue and white, and why Thon breaks records. Loyalty is what has driven us to success in the past, and is a quintessential part of our future.
I am committed to making Penn State the highest regarded institution in the world and ask for your support so that I may bring my passion, energy, and experience to the board to achieve that goal. ... So that "We are," and always will be, Penn State.
Learn more: www.facebook.com/groups/SandySanderson


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Today was extremely disheartening at the Capitol. Even though we were able to kill SB238 which would delay enacting the medical marijuana program, too many bills got through the committees. All of these bills will be up for vote in both the Senate and House tomorrow, (Thursday March 2)
In the Senate,
- SB357 which would ban smoking of cannabis
- SB333 which would ban edibles
- HB1451 which would deny active military and Arkansas National Guard not only having a license, but also deny them the ability to be a caregiver even to a family member. All 3 passed and will go to the Senate floor to be voted on.
In the House,
- HB1580, which would add an additional specialty tax on each level (Cultivation Center, Dispensary and then to consumer). It would basically add 12% specialty tax on top of the county, city & state sales tax making patients pay unreasonable prices for their MEDICINE. This bill will now go to the House floor for a vote.
We are fighting as hard as we can to beat these bills, but our voice is not enough. We need each and every one of you to call your Senator & Representative & tell them NO on these very bad bills.
Representative House has asked everyone to CALL their legislators. It is much more effective than emailing. The in-session # for your representative is 501-682-6211, your Senator at 501-682-6107 or 501-682-2902 . Here is a list of all Legislatures & their contact info:
Here is a sample for a call:
Hello Senator/Representative_________, I am a constituent in your district and I am asking you to please vote NO on these bills.
- SB357 would ban smoking of cannabis
- SB333 would ban edibles
- HB1451 would deny active military or National guard from even being a care giver which would in no way effect their ability to perform their duties
- HB1580 which would put an unfair additional tax on cannabis patient's medicine.
I thank you for you time and hope that you will honor my request by voting no on these bills. The patients in Arkansas voted for medical marijuana and expect our legislators to respect our wishes.
Please make these calls ASAP. It is critical for them to hear our voices. I am sure they will try to get these voted on before too many people contact their legislators, so time is critical


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Sustainable Writing/Program/Administrators
CWPA 2015 Call for Proposals
Boise, Idaho
July 12-19, 2015
At the 2014 CWPA conference in Normal, Illinois, attendees considered the work of writing program administration, often returning to questions of workload, distribution of labor, and realistic expectations for ourselves and others. As our scholarship has shown time and time again, the work of writing program administration is difficult and labor-intensive, yet many invent strategies for approaching that work in ways that make it manageable and exceedingly rewarding. At this year's conference, we invite you to continue and expand that conversation by considering issues of sustainability in writing program administration from a variety of perspectives: the sustainability of the WPA, the sustainability of writing programs, and the sustainability of writing as we know it. In addition to other issues of concern to WPAs, we particularly invite papers, panels, conversation starters, and interactive workshops that explore possibilities and unsettle accepted practices related to the following questions:
- What are new visions for writing instruction in a wide range of institutions and programs – community colleges, tribal colleges, HBCUs, and colleges and universities of all kinds?
- What approaches to sustainable administration are practiced in writing programs, centers, and courses?
- How can we be more inclusive of voices that have been marginalized in conversations about writing instruction and writing program administration? How can the work of writing program administration be made more sustainable for a broad range of teacher-scholars?
- What is the future of writing? How might new technologies affect the sustainability of writing as we now know it? How might these changes impact writing instruction?
- How can partnerships at important transitional points help make post-secondary writing instruction sustainable? What might those partnerships look like?
- How can we make majors, concentrations, and newly-formed departments of writing more sustainable? What challenges do these programs face? How might we address them?
- How can writing instruction be supported by sustainable and ethical labor models? How do we make writing instruction a sustainable career for those who are often underpaid and overworked?
- How might we share effective practices across institutions?
- What are realistic expectations for WPA workload? How might we create and sustain reasonably happy, healthy lives and productive careers?
CWPA is eager to welcome the voices of those who participate in "writing program administration" writ large. This could include work with: writing centers; multiple sections or instructors of writing courses; community writing programs; WAC and WID programs; course and program assessment; or any other work that is related to writing instruction or program direction.
Planning is already well underway to make sure our time in Boise is thought-provoking, restoring, and challenging. We can look forward to learning from the following plenary speakers:
Plenary speakers:
- Cheryl Ball, West Virginia University
- Elizabeth H. Boquet, Fairfield University
- Seth Kahn, West Chester University
Proposal Types:
- 15-minute individual presentations--Presenters may submit individual paper or presentation proposals; these will be combined into panels/sessions of three or four speakers by the program committee.
- Full session panel of multiple presentations --These may take any form you choose. In the past, we've had success with the following:
- "Conversation Starters": panels in which a number of speakers give six-minute presentations on a particular topic and then open the floor to a conversation about that topic. Proposals should address (a) the question/topic you want to address or point you want to make; (b) the exigency for your question—why is this important/significant for WPAs? (c) the issues you'd like participants to take up in conversation. Plan to allow at least 30-45 minutes for conversation among the participants.
- Extended Discussions: 10-minute individual presentations which share ongoing research intended to lead to action. Proposals would summarize the presentations and include discussion strategies—how would you engage the audicnce in discussion after the presentations? (E.g., by posing 2-3 questions for them to address?) Plan to allow at least 30-45 minutes for discussion.
- Panel Sessions: These would consist three or four 15-minute individual presentations connected by a particular theme. Plan to allow at least 15-20 minutes for questions and discussion.
- Interactive workshop--A full session (75-minute) workshop designed to address a particular issue of relevance to WPAs.Workshops might address how to revise one's work for publication, how to put together a promotion and tenure dossier, how to prepare for a program review, how to lead as a new WPA, and so on. Due to space considerations, we will be able to accept very few double workshop sessions.--
At the 2015 CWPA conference, we will feature two strands of sessions on the program.
Mentoring Project Sessions
In response to the interest generated by the Mentoring Project sessions at past CWPA conferences, as well as feedback from the Mentoring Project Survey, a strand of sessions at the 2015 conference in Boise will again be devoted to professional development and mentoring issues.
If you are submitting a proposal in any format to talk about mentoring (broadly defined), please indicate so in the proposal; it will be directed to Joe Janangelo, chair of the CWPA Mentoring Project, for review. Also feel encouraged to email email@example.com to let him know that you have submitted a proposal intended for the mentoring strand. For more details, please visit the CWPA Mentoring Project on the CWPA website.
People of Color Caucus Sessions
To celebrate the beginning of and emphasize the importance of CWPA's People of Color Caucus, a strand of sessions at the 2015 conference in Boise will be devoted to race and ethnic diversity issues in writing administration related to scholars, teachers, students, and administrators of color.
If you are submitting a proposal in any format that relates to issues appropriate for this strand, please indicate so in the proposal; it will be directed to Genevieve Garcia de Mueller, chair of the CWPA POC Caucus, for review. Also feel encouraged to email email@example.com to let her know that you have submitted a proposal intended for the POC Caucus strand.
We will begin to receive submissions for the 2015 conference on November 15, 2015. Submission instructions will be available on that date. Visit http://wpacouncil.org/cwpa-2015-proposal-instructions to submit a proposal before March 15, 2015. If you would like expedited review, please submit your proposal by January 1, 2015.
We look forward to receiving a variety of lively, engaging submissions from a range of participants, and to a fantastic conference!
For local Boise, Idaho questions email: Heidi Estrem (email@example.com)
For proposal questions email: Susan Miller-Cochran (firstname.lastname@example.com)
For Mentoring Project Session questions email: Joe Janangelo (firstname.lastname@example.com)
For POC Caucus Session questions email: Genevieve Garcia de Mueller (email@example.com)


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Purchase North Wexford gVouchers and give someone a gift that can be be redeemed at any one of the participating shops, restaurants and hotels in Gorey. There are 51 businesses in Gorey accepting gVouchers and more are signing up daily.
After purchase on our website, gVouchers will be delivered by hand in Gorey urban area or by post, or available to collect at Gorey Visitor Centre, the next working day.


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Solinea partners with Hashicorp to drive hybrid cloud adoption and accelerate application delivery to the cloud
Solinea is delighted to be selected as a Hashicorp SI launch partner in conjunction with the new Hashicorp partner network
At Solinea, we partner with clients to enable their cloud adoption journey, from hybrid cloud infrastructure modernization to enabling ability with DevOps and accelerating application delivery to the cloud. Increasingly, we are seeing organizations adopting the Hashicorp product suite in an effort to modernize their approach and accelerate application delivery in a hybrid cloud world. Whether it's provisioning infrastructure with Terraform to create a foundation to run applications or modernizing security through better secrets management with Vault, the Hashicorp suite is perfectly suited for our clients digital transformation journey.
In September at Hashiconf 2017, Hashicorp released Sentinel, a policy as code framework that the company is embedding into its enterprise product suite to enable automated, fine-grained, logic-based policy decisions to control the many types of infrastructure supporting modern applications. At Solinea, we view this as an evolutionary step forward from infrastructure as code by codifying business and automating regulatory policies to ensure infrastructure changes meet regulatory requirements. With Sentinel, we now have the ability to accelerate organizations pace of cloud adoption while carefully managing the nuances of multi cloud environments to ensure infrastructure changes are within business and regulatory policy for each cloud infrastructure provider. By integrating Sentinel with each Hashicorp enterprise product, we see a broad range of possible uses, at multiple layers of an organization's infrastructure.
Solinea is delighted to be selected as a Hashicorp SI launch partner in conjunction with the new Hashicorp partner network. As a Member partner, we plan to expand our staff certifications around Hashicorp products as we modernize our clients' "cloud first" operations. Hashicorp has generously stepped up to offer access to essential training content that will enable Solinea and other partners to develop the necessary expertise to implement Hashicorp solutions into our client deployment scenarios. Through the Membership partner tier, we will have the ability to build lab environments for client POCs to evaluate Terraform, Vault, Nomad and Consul by applying client-specific use cases. We are excited about the next phase of our partnership and the benefits this will bring to our mutual clients.
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(I) Various physicists, working with cesium-filled chambers and the like, have reported results that, at least as reported in the press, seem supraluminal. Their technique is admirable; their results, at least as entertaining as that of the Euler disk; but they by no means dethrone the position of the speed of light in a vacuum, c, which still reigns at the center of physics. Their surprising lab results may be compared with the paradoxical distinctions of group-velocity vs. phase velocity, in wave phenomena, or unphysical illusions such as in the thought-experiment of flipping a flashlight left to right-- millions of years later, on the arc of heaven as it were, an illumination mimics that trajectory with distances multiplied by a zillion, so that the 'signal' moves supraluminally, though nothing is actually moving left to right. A curiosity. Einstein in heaven is not tearing his wild white hair.
(II) Various neuroscientists, sticking electrodes into hapless experimental subjects, detected electrical blips in the brain, as many as seven seconds before the fellow (responding to the prompting, "Coffee tea or milk?") at last says, "Tea please."
Neuroscientists -- an excitable lot -- froth over this. "We feel we choose, but we don't" enthuses one from the University College, London (whom I shall not name, so as not to defame; quotation from 1 Sept 2011 Nature). Furthermore (adds one of his henchmen, in the same issue):
It's possible that what are now correlations could at some point become causal connections between brain mechanisms and behaviours. If that were the case, then it would threaten free will, on any definition by any philosopher.
["… any … any…" : sic; sic.]
The only reason such illation might have any color of probability, is that the neuroscientists (whose characters were formed in the laboratory, pithing frogs) regularly choose actions too trivial to reflect our real humanity. In the case above -- I lied about the Stewardess Trilemma, really all the experiment was about was pushing some damned button, a button which moreover had no effect upon anything. Boring beyond belief. No doubt the experimental subjects were in a coma throughout the experiment, or Dreaming of Babylon; meanwhile the burblings of the subcortical tissues continued, much like the similar borborygmus of the bowels; until eventually a finger twitched: Ah what the heck, push now.
Not to knock it -- such results might even scale up. Thus, to take the creature dear to the Churchlands, the sea-slug: quite possibly its "choice" to slime-right or slime-left, at any given instant, owes its promptings largely to meteorological and other influences, with any accompanying mentation bearing but the faintest resemblance to the decision to enter the priesthood, or to see if cohomological algebra can yield insights into Yang-Mills theory. But it doesn't scale up to us -- at least, not to us at our best. Prior, say, to coming up with the Urysohn Metrization conjecture, and then coming up with its proof, there was plenty of unconscious ruminating, and well more than seven seconds' worth. No mathematician denies it; all proclaim it. (Poincaré stepping onto the bus.) But that doesn't mean that the truth of the Urysohn Metrization Theorem, or even the validity or coherence of our proofs thereof, are caused by, or bear any structural resemblance to, the sort of subcerebral singultus that so fascinates the guys in the lab. While button-pushing may be close enough to a reflex action, that you could imagine it might just fall out of biochemistry, without invoking mind or will at all, that really doesn't work to explain such mental palaces as the UMT.
After all: Free will, like the Cosmos itself, is a gift from our Maker, not just something we picked up at WalMart. Hence there is no a-priori reason why it should be intuitively understandable, or even analytically explicable (without millennia of hard work, and even then may lie beyond our poor powers), any more than is the Cosmos.


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Zack Peterson
We recently spoke with the man behind Lanona, Ben Ransom, about seeking inspiration, personal hobbies, and how wanting one pair of custom shoes turned into the creation of many shoes for his very own company.
How was Lanona founded?
Ben: Our brand first started when I went on a search for a custom pair of shoes. I found a shoemaker in the US that had been hand-stitching shoes for over 30 years and recently setup a small operation out of his garage. Through the process of working with him, adjusting designs and observing what a quality shoemaking process looked like, it sparked my interested to start a footwear brand. I continued to work with this shoemaker for over two years before our brand was launched. In addition to product development, I've been lucky to partner with @ocupop for our brand identity and overall design, they've been instrumental in telling our story and connecting the dots with where we want to go as a brand.
Were you always interested in starting your own business?
B: I was. I studied Entrepreneurship in college and have family members that ran their own businesses. After school, I focused a lot on experience and sought out diverse opportunities to build a broad range of skills like - marketing and sales for a manufacturing company, field work - installing towers for wind energy farms, and selling vintage gadgets to name a few.
How did you learn the trade of boot making?
B: I don't personally construct each boot from start to finish and don't want to take away from the talented craftsmen and women we work with on a daily basis. But all of my knowledge within the industry has been self-taught. I can attribute most of where I'm at now to - getting out there, not being afraid to ask questions, being humble, and building a network of people you can trust and rely on.
How do your hobbies influence what you make?
B: I enjoy sailing, we have a sailboat on Lake Superior. The Spaulding boat shoe is a direct inspiration from being on the water. It's definitely my go-to shoe while sailing. Our Harrier outsole is super lightweight and gives surprisingly excellent grip on the boat and dock.
How do you get ideas for new products and photo shoots?
B: A lot of ideas come from vintage footwear. Gokey was a footwear manufacturer based in Minnesota that offered a wide variety of styles and I'm always scanning eBay and other sources for interesting designs they had. As for ideas that are finally produced, we try to envision the customer and how each style will be used on a daily basis. With that in mind, we work towards structuring a photo that would resonate with that vision. Additionally. we've been lucky to partner with some really great brand ambassadors who naturally work well with our existing styles and we give them freedom to be creative with our products in the field.
What's been your biggest challenge?
B: Our biggest challenge has been getting our brand in front of people. Lanona is a true bootstrapped operation and we don't have investors or a trust fund to dip into to put towards a sizable marketing and advertisement budget. We have to rely on word of mouth, and let our products speak for themselves. This is a slow growth approach, but we believe that operating lean now, will pay off down the road.
What are your inspirations?
B: A big part of my inspiration for Lanona is weather related. Having a home base in Minnesota, the elements can get pretty harsh, especially in the winter. Our products need to accommodate for that fluctuation in temperatures and weather conditions. Another inspiration is the focus on sourcing and producing all of our products in the US. Working closely with everyone involved with our production of our brand is inspirational and motivation to continue to grow our business and be competitive within a global market.
What's been your best advice you've been given?
B: As we continue to grow as a brand, I like to keep this saying in mind, which was given to me from @leatherworksmn - "little pigs get bigger, big pigs get slaughtered"
What has been your biggest lesson?
B: Don't bite off more than you can chew. Focus on what products or services resonate best with your company and build off of that. Don't compromise quality to accommodate growth.
What's your favorite thing about sharing Lanona with others?
B: The favorite thing is seeing our product out on the streets. It's great to see what was originally a concept/design/sample, turn into a boot that someone wears around town.
For more on Ben and the story of Lanona, visit www.lanona.co


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The second in our new series of art prints, this cheerful bouquet will brighten up any room. A bouquet for (almost) every week of the year, this series focuses on bold colors, interesting forms and beautifully made vases.
Archive printed with 100 year inks on an uncoated archival presentation-quality artist paper.
Packaged with a cardboard backing inside a clear sleeve with a label.
Shipped safely in a non-bend envelope.
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Each fall members of the community gather to celebrate individuals and corporations that support our Y and all it does in the community. Every dollar raised goes directly to financial assistance for those who need the Y the most.
For more information about the Gala click here.
The Montclair Run is a cornerstone of the community. It's held the first Sunday in June. The event brings together first-time runners and seasoned runners of all ages from Montclair and the surrounding towns. Many families participate in the 2 mile fun run and the 10K race.
All proceeds from the run are applied to financial assistance programs available for children, adults and active older adults at the YMCA of Montclair and at the Montclair Recreation Department.
For more information about the Montclair Run click here.


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Cooler Master Storm Scout 2 Mid-Tower Chassis Review (Page 7)
The Build and Final Product
As I was doing my final check after the build I realized I hadn't added the optical drive yet. It is a good thing that none of the wiring is connected to the front bezel as I had that all tied up as well. At this point I just picked a bay cover to remove, and slid the drive in latching it with just the clip on the left.
With the bezel back in place I found the ODD spacing is perfect and really makes it so that there aren't any odd spaces - the finish is flat and level. Even breaking up the mesh on the front, the drive looks at home all snug in the chassis.
Since my ATX build is tied up with water cooling, I figured it was a good time to show the old Micro ATX system off. Everything went in well, the wiring went to everything it needed to, and you can see there is plenty of room for longer cards to the right of those 460s.
No surprises in the back, either. The dust shield went in pretty easy, there weren't issues with the cards aligning or mounting, and the PSU went in smooth as well, even though it negates the 120mm fan mount in front of it.
As you can see the finished wiring is really clean and there was no problems getting it this way, just a lot of zip-ties. I also made sure to pack the wires right on the left edge of the motherboard tray, where the room is least. Even so with the doors allowance and the room here, the panel went on as if there was nothing there.
As I always do, I like to step back and appreciate the competed build before I add the power and get to the testing.
I also thought you might like to see the view given to you through the window. You can't see everything, but there is a great view of the CPU cooler and the top video card in my build. I am pleased with the view given here.
Once powered up, there isn't the brilliance that most images portray of the Scout 2, but rather just a hint of LED lighting. The rear exhaust fan has four LEDs in the corners to give the inside a touch of ambiance. On the outside, all there is to see is the glow of the strip under the front I/O panel. It will glow red on the left when it's powered, and flicker on the right to the HDD activity.
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Birth Becomes You - December 2017
Along with our public FB page, Birth Becomes Her has a private FB group, where birth photographers from around the world share and learn together. We're consistently floored by the images these photographers post. Birth is BEAUTIFUL and ripe with artistic possibility.
Below are images that received over 70 likes in our group this November. We'll be sharing these #birthbecomesyou images with the public each month. If you're a birth photographer and would like to join our group, we'd love to have you! If you're not a birth photographer but want to learn how to take images like these...please consider signing up for our next Online Birth Photography Course.


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Reduce, Recycle, Reuse
Are you thinking of entering the SDC International Design Competition 2017? The theme for 2017 is 'design for a circular economy'. As always, the focus is on colour and its use in the design process, and you will need to analyse and justify the resources used. This includes the dyes, chemicals, materials and processes used to commercially produce your product within a circular economy.
One of the key concepts you'll need to consider is 'Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.' In this blog we take a look at what this means.


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About Church of the Redeemer
A little bit of the story God has written through our church.
Church of the Redeemer is a multicultural, multi-generational, multilingual community of faith. We are a family of people that seek to develop the whole person through worship experiences, biblical preaching and teaching, age and gender appropriate groups, and community engagement. We come from many nations and cultures yet seek a unity of spirit only brought through forgiveness and love of Jesus Christ. It is our desire to be socially relevant and connected to the culture in order to bring hope and healing to those in need. We seek to fulfill the great commission and the cultural commission of loving God by loving others.
If you would like to learn more about our cherished history download the document below.
Salvation Through Jesus Christ
Salvation is deliverance from spiritual death and enslavement by sin. God provides salvation for all who believe and accept His free offer of forgiveness. Mankind's only hope of redemption from the fallen sinful state is through the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son–blood that was shed as Jesus died on the cross. [The account of the crucifixion of Jesus is recounted by four of His contemporaries: Matthew (chapter 27), Mark (chapter 15), Luke (chapter 23), and John (chapter 19).] (Luke 24:47; John 3:3,16,17; Rom. 8:16; 10:13-15; Ephesians 2:8,9; 4:24; Titus 2:11-12; 3:5-7)
Divine Healing
Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers. (Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:16,17; James 5:14-16)
Baptism in the Holy Spirit
All believers are entitled to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and therefore should expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all believers in the early Christian church. With the experience comes the provision of power for victorious Christian living and productive service. It also provides believers with specific spiritual gifts for more effective ministry. The baptism of Christians in the Holy Spirit is accompanied by the initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues (unlearned languages) as the Spirit of God gives them audible expression. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; 2:4; 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9; 1 Cor. 12:1-31)
The Second Coming of Christ
All Christians who have died will one day rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air. Christians who have not yet died will be raptured or caught up with them, to be with the Lord. Then Christians of all ages will live with God forever. The scriptural truth of the Lord's soon return is "the blessed hope". (Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Titus 2:13)


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During the opening credits of the episode "Drop Dead" (Episode 4, Season 2) of Alias, you'll hear a familiar song. The Innocence Mission track "Oh Do Not Fly Away" appears prominently. This song was licensed through Royal Standard Music in 2001.
You can view the opening credits by clicking the image to the left below.
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"Shop less and better" is one way to support sustainable fashion. But, keeping yourself in check is not easy. Especially when you follow so many fashion bloggers, when you receive daily email advertisements from your favorite online shopping sites, and when your girlfriends always wear the latest trendy clothes, it's hard not to feel the need to fit in and purchase clothes that may not be sustainable. If you are experiencing the same struggle, don't worry – here are 10 ways to resist shopping temptations:
- Unsubscribe from shopping mailing lists. Out of sight, out of mind. If you see less ads, you will feel less tempted to shop. Try apps like Unlistr or Unroll.Me to unsubscribe from retailer emails.
- Block out clothing advertisements. Install apps such as Adblock Plus to your browser to resist shopping temptations.
- Use productivity apps. Adblock apps do not work on social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Instead, try productivity apps such as StayFocused to limit the time you spend on these sites.
- Use a buddy system. Find a friend who shares the same fashion taste as you. When you need help resist shopping temptations, she/he can back you up during those moments of weakness.
- Develop a strong sense of fashion style. Developing a fashion style takes more than a few days to accomplish. But you can discover your fashion style by asking these simple questions before making a clothing purchase – Does it fit your style? Does it fit your body type? Can you see yourself in it next year? Answering these questions before buying can help you strategize your clothing purchases. This will in turn eliminate the need to buy clothes that do not fit you and help you stay sustainable. I created a simple cheat sheet with questions that you can ask yourself before making a purchase! If you are interested, please go to the bottom of this post for free download! 🙂
- Consider the end results of your clothing purchases. First of all, buying excess clothes is a waste of money. Second, having too many clothes can jam up your closet, making it harder to decide what to wear. Lastly, having too many clothes is totally not sustainable and bad for the environment. Every year, over 11 tons of clothing waste get sent to landfills and release toxic gas to the environment.
- Look for role models that reflect your belief and sense of style. I follow many minimalist and sustainable fashion bloggers,. My current favorites are The Minimalists and Into Mind. When I read their blogs on sustainable fashion, I immediately drop any desire to shop. I was even inspired by them and decided to declutter my closet. If you are inspired to clean your closet too, read Style Advice: 19 Different Ways to Sell, Recycle, and Donate Old Clothes
- Borrow clothes from your girlfriends. For special occasions such as Christmas parties or Halloween parties, it's natural to feel the need to shop for new clothes and look different in pictures. In this case, instead of buying, you can borrow clothes from your girlfriends! Not only is borrowing clothes sustainable, but it also has zero impact on your bank account. Lastly, keep in mind that everything is "give and take". If you want to borrow clothes, offer to lend your clothes first!
- Find ways to restyle your clothes! You will be surprised by how many different outfits you can come up with using the clothes that you already own. Instead of buying more, look for creative ways to restyle and repair. Do a capsule wardrobe challenge or a 10×10 challenge. After all, there are many ways to support sustainable fashion. If you need inspirations, you can also read my 'Restyling Ideas' posts for ideas, such as Restyling Ideas: White Halter Tank Top with Floral Shorts
- Switch up your look with a new hairstyle or a new makeup look. Sometimes, it's impossible not to feel left out when all your girlfriends own the same trendy tops while you are trying to stick with the basics and the classics. If you feel this way, instead of giving in to shop more, try a new hair style or makeup look to switch things up!
After cleaning out my closet last year, I was determined to build a more minimalist and sustainable wardrobe. I don't think we need to buy from sustainable fashion brands all the time to be sustainable, as long as we are more intentional with our clothing purchases. But from time to time, I still feel the urge to buy trendy clothes that won't last more than two seasons. One of the fashion trends I am trying very hard not to fall for right now is off-shoulder tops.
Currently, I am sticking to classic styles – a chambray shirt, a beige trench coat, a pair of brown booties and blue jeans. If you are looking for ethically-made/sustainably-made jeans, there are actually plenty of options available. One denim brand I love is DL 1961, and it is available on Amazon Prime. Here are some of my favorite styles:
DL1961 Women's Margaux Instascuplt Ankle Skinny Jeans
DL1961 Women's Florence Instasculpt Skinny Jeans
DL1961 Women's Emma Power Legging Jeans
DL1961 Women's Margaux Instascuplt Ankle Skinny Jeans
So tell me, what challenges do you face when trying to resist shopping temptations and support sustainable fashion? Got more tips to add to this list? What fashion trends are you trying to resist from buying? I hope to hear from you.
Hope you find this post helpful!
Smile and style on!
Outfit Information
Trench Coat :: Burberry
Chambray Shirt :: Madewell
Jeans :: 7 For All Mankind (Sustainable Option: DL1961)
Boots :: TODS (Sold out) Similar: See By Chloe!


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Very special son. Loving and caring. Enjoyed each and every day as if tomorrow would never come. It's a shame he could not enjoy more years of life. He has left a very large empty space in our lives.
Kevin loved football, hunting, camping, and fishing. He had no enemies. He loved everyone. Our lives will never be the same without him. Kevin has one sister. She did the writing on the quilt square.


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Butternut Squash Smoothie
3 cups of raw butternut squash
1-2 cups of mango
almond milk (to blend)
cinnamon (to taste)
honey or coconut sugar (to taste)
I am a diabetic and since returning from Sukkot, figured I'd try eating a heavily raw (not 100%) vegan diet again to see if I can get wean off my insulin. After drinking this smoothie, my blood sugars actually lowered enough to half my daily insulin requirements! Praise Yah! We shall see how the weeks continue to progress...


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Imagine the World Cup and the football you watch is often subject to betting syndicates. Results are dictated by the flow of money from big gambling rackets in Russia and The Far East.
Imagine the money is so vast, it's influence is bigger than anything visible like federations, leagues, managers, television and sponsorship.
Imagine that four of the twenty-two players are bunged to effect the game's outcome. But also imagine that the referee is the most important person to get at.
|Sue me, you discredited, cheating, bent bellend
FIFA boss Sepp Blatter claims football should be subject to human error and played on exactly the same basis at Soccer City in Johannesburg as it is on Hackney Marshes. There's no video replays there and so none should be used in a World Cup tie either.
It's easy to imagine therefore, that video would take significant control away from the referee and severely curtail the syndicates control over the game.
And it's easier still to imagine that while goal line technology will one day be a part of football, it could only ever happen after Blatter steps down.
Now imagine the stories of corruption in football that would surface once Blatter does go.
Sometimes fact is stranger than fantasy?


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Pearl Beerhorst made this film last year when Brenda and I worked Live Coverage at UICA together. Live coverage is the biggest fund raiser of the year. It brings out a lot of local artist to make work on the spot in a group environment. Making art while people watch is performance. It is a very different vibe than being alone in your studio making work. I find that I work differently and create a different kind of work which in itself is pretty interesting.
Live Coverage is happening again today and Brenda and I are going to be working on a painting together again. We will be using paint and combining it with hand pulled wood cuts and old pieces of paper from our vast collection of cool ephemera to create an orginal piece together. It will be a true artist collaboration you will not want to miss.
It happens today at the Steelcase Town Hall in Kentwood from 6:30-11:00PM, general admission is $75, $65 for UICA members. I know that may sound like a lot of money to get in but remember these resources go to a vital orginization that is all about keeping innovation and creativity embeded in our local culture. In other words this will be money well spent.


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April 6, 1988, Section B, Page 11Buy Reprints
He is 34 years old. His knuckles and his knees are scarred. His lower lip is freshly split, and after he makes one last, inspired dash for a fifth Stanley Cup this spring, he would like to go off and become as good a businessman as he has been a hockey player.
After 15 seasons of unconditional hard labor, Denis Potvin has chosen to retire. Characteristically, he made that decision without asking the Islanders if they were prepared to let him go. In his own mind, after breaking every National Hockey League scoring record for defensemen and noticing he is closer in age to being a father than a peer to most of his teammates, he has already moved on.
''For the last few years I didn't have a plan, and I can't live that way,'' Potvin said recently. ''I could look back at past accomplishments and imperfections, but the future was a void, especially when it came to hockey. I want to control my destiny; I want it packaged. Now that it's decided that I'm retiring, I can almost relax.''
Potvin whose every youthful marriage - be it to team, spouse, or self-prescribed ideals - has been stormy, is leaving the Islanders for a different set of challenges, as a broker in the somewhat cutthroat arena of commercial real estate.
''Without a challenge, Denis wouldn't exist,'' said Potvin's older brother, Jean, ''and for him, this is a great one.'' 'A Little Bit of Irony'
He's entering a world about which he's slightly apprehensive, but the sport that made Potvin rich, famous, and at times infamous is intolerant of elder statesmen.
''There's a little bit of irony to this business,'' he said, glancing across a hallway to an Islander dressing room pulsating with music and shouts from players, some of whom have never spent a spring in the N.H.L. playoffs.
''In most any other profession, if you stay in it 15 years, you're probably a kingpin, but here, you're almost made to feel like you don't belong. You've got to work so much harder just to be at the same physical level as these kids, and no matter what you've done in the past, you're looked at as being on the way out. Your teammates don't see you as being part of their future.''
In the past, Potvin's need to be needed by his team was rivaled only by his tendency to behave as if he didn't need his team.
''There were times when he was regarded as, and probably to a large extent was, selfish,'' said Jean Potvin, who acted as a buffer between the young star and his teammates in the Islanders' early years. ''I was always trying to iron things out with guys who didn't understand that just because Denis wanted to be successful, it didn't mean he wasn't dedicated to his team.''
Spurred by ego, Potvin chased and achieved impressive goals. He won the Calder Trophy as the N.H.L.'s best rookie in 1974, and the Norris, as the best defensemen, three times. He outshone Bobby Orr in the 1976 Canada Cup series, and in his sixth season, in the midst of marital turbulence off the ice, he stunned the league by amassing 101 points.
He made other players jealous; he made himself occasionally miserable and often lonely. ''He's had himself to contend with, and that hasn't been a simple matter,'' said Jean Potvin. ''You wouldn't know it from his hockey career, but there have been a lot of downs in his life.'' Leaning on Confidence
Denis Potvin's first marriage ended in a bitter, highly publicized courtroom battle, and not long afterward, his father, Armand, died after a two-year battle with cancer. But he has since remarried, and he and his wife, Valerie, have two daughters.
''Confidence was always something I had to lean on,'' Potvin said, ''because I knew my performance stemmed from how confident I felt. Ego and self-confidence seem to be interpreted quite differently, but to me, they're the same thing: you take away my ego and I'm a marshmallow.''
On the ice, where his confidence rarely failed him, Potvin exhibited a valuable mean streak. ''No one ever made you pay the price in front of the net more than he did,'' recalled Phil Esposito, who insists that a Potvin cross-check from the spring of 1979 that still pains him. ''He was the meanest, and no one, not even Bobby Orr, had a better snap shot. Orr is the best I ever saw play, but Potvin's in the top five.''
The pre-existence of Orr always rankled Potvin, for whom it was a crusade to be heralded as the best.
''Whatever it is that drives a person to succeed rather than just be a member of a team, that's what goes on inside of me,'' Potvin said. ''Some guys will happily play golf all their lives with a 12 handicap; I'll try to improve and be a scratch player until the day I can no longer swing a club.'' Career of Accomplishment
In hockey, Potvin accomplished every task that obsessed him. After the Calder and Norris awards came four Stanley Cups and a successful self-transformation from star to bona fide team player, one who held the Islander captaincy for seven years. He broke Orr's records for goals and points, became the only defenseman to score 300 goals, and last year passed Brad Park's record for defensemen of 683 assists.
Potvin came to the Islanders flush with the renown that stems from being the top pick in the N.H.L. draft and the obvious cornerstone of his team.
''He kind of strutted into camp,'' said Al Arbour, the coach who took it upon himself to humble the player without diminishing the ego that motivated him. ''I had to blend a very strong-willed individual into a team concept, but it's no secret that we built our team around Denis. We were a shiny new car and he was the gas that made it run.''
Potvin was immediately intent on proving himself a flawless addition to the Islanders.
''I remember very vividly the first time I found out who Denis was,'' said the former goalie Chico Resch, who was in the 1973 training camp. ''It was the day before camp actually began, and all the guys were skating around in sweatsuits, scrimmaging, all except for this one guy who was buzzing around like a madman.
''I went out to play the puck, he came at me backwards, fell over me, and got mad. I was thinking, 'Who is this jerk who just about killed himself and just about killed me?' And it turned out to be Denis. He was a product of the Derek Sanderson, Joe Namath era, where being a great player meant being a great individual.'' Seeking a Balance
Arbour sought to strike a balance between the individual and his team responsibilities, and that caused turbulence. ''He'd make me so mad before games that I'd play like a wild boar, just tear up the other team,'' said Potvin.
Aggrieved at the time, Potvin took years to realize the method behind Arbour's manipulations. ''I lived pretty much on the edge back then,'' he said. ''My emotions were on a tightrope, and Al saw that and capitalized on it, which in retrospect seems like a very good thing for my career. He made me perform like a madman.''
Off the ice, Potvin's convoluted personal life was in dark contrast to his spotlight rewards as an Islander.
''He was all by himself inside his head, and I think he used the game of hockey as a place to hide himself during the bad years,'' said Jean Potvin. ''I think of Denny in that period and I'm reminded of what was said about Elvis Presley: that he was happiest, and at peace from his troubles, when he was performing.
''Now I see Denis at the end of his career, but the happiest he's ever been; he knows he's ready now to leave the game and go out and face the real world.''


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We all know that the work doesn't end when someone becomes a customer; yet, many businesses are not organized to bring the best experiences to their customers. Our client, John Zimmerer at Top Down Systems, recently wrote a series of blog posts analyzing how businesses can avoid pitfalls in the way of a great customer experience.
He takes a look at several industry reports and analyses, and discusses how businesses can move from a siloed customer experience approach, which is rather common, to one where the customer experience fits into the very fabric of an organization.
Not a Project, A Process
To be sure, integrating customer experience into an organization is not something that can be achieved with a project approach. A project is a finite method in which specific results are achieved by a group of people. By its very nature, a project approach is incongruent with being able to weave the customer experience into the company's DNA. This must be done as an iterative process that requires time, people, and budget.
The good news is that many of us are already familiar with such an iterative process that is testable and brings actionable results: Agile. In this approach, it's best to constantly evaluate and re-evaluate your customers' journeys.
Make Technology Investments Count
There are so many ways to understand what your customers need. In Secrets to Customer Experience Success, Part 2: Prioritizing Tactics, Zimmerer explains that a common trap businesses fall into is purchasing technology without having an overarching plan as to how this technology will result in benefits for the customer and the business. Doing so results in a significant expenditure that can cause more harm than good.
In analyzing your various sources of customer data, such as analytics and feedback on social media, you gain insights into who your customers are and have a better understanding of what they need. You can also determine how you can address those needs while also considering your business needs. Zimmerer provides a quadrant diagram from Forrester that illustrates this approach.
Show Value in the Long Term Process
Making this shift from a siloed approach to an integrated approach can take up to 5 years, according to Forrester, as described in Secrets to Customer Experience Success, Part 3: Sharing the Investment. That timeframe alone can discourage executives and investors alike; so, it's important that you're able to show value in the small process changes over time, which will lead to credibility and buy-in.
Finding the Right Cloud Solution
Zimmerer points out in Secrets to Customer Experience Success, Part 4: Integrating Cloud Apps, that many believe that any cloud solution is a good solution. However, there are many types of solutions, each with its drawback. Ultimately, the best solution is one that integrates at the user experience level, as it creates a seamless experience for customers, while at the same time, integrating business processes and workflows.
Developing a customer experience strategy that is integrated into your entire business puts your customers top of mind for everyone in your organization--they should not be siloed under Marketing, UX, and Customer Service.
We've worked with several clients over the years on these cloud service integrations, and creating cohesive customer experiences. Contact us to learn more.


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Bayside! The Musical! is the hilarious and unauthorized musical parody of TV's Saved by the Bell!
Will Zack and Kelly break up?!
Will Slater quit wrestling forever?!
Who will develop an incurable caffeine addiction?!
Will Screech die?!
Find out this and much, much, much more at Bayside! The Musical!
It's Tacky! It's Wacky! It's Totally Zacky!
"A hell of a lot of ribald fun." - The New York Times
"Saved by the Bell meets Book of Mormon" - Julie Chang, Fox5 News


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Launched in 2008, the TaylorMade Tour Preferred Irons are a fairly recent addition to the golf iron market. They are stylish, nice looking clubs, aimed mostly at mid to low handicap golfers.
Despite the target group the clubs are mainly aimed at though, they are designed to be irons that are quite easy to hit.
The club heads are designed with the aim of giving the iron impressive reliability and forgiveness, along with solid stability at impact. While also giving a player full control of the golf ball when attempting to shape their shots.
Various shaft options are available to select from. The Tour Preferred irons that we tested were equipped with the True Temper Dynamic Gold steel shafts in regular flex.
If you would like to know more about the shafts available, and the specifications of the Tour Burner irons, then you can find out more at the TaylorMade website.
The clubs are overall a reasonable weight, you don't really notice them being any heavier or lighter than most other irons. Along with that they also set up quite well behind the golf ball, and look pretty good at address. They have a relatively thin top line and quite a short length at the sole from heel to toe.
The Tour Preferred irons certainly did not take long to get used to, after about 8-10 shots you do begin to get a pretty feel for the clubs. As mentioned they were designed to be quite easy to hit, and they achieve that from what we saw.
Whether it's a slower or a faster swing that you make, hitting the sweet spot shouldn't be too difficult for most golfers, not just the target range of mid to low.
Admittedly a few miss-hits can be there to be seen, but the punishment is never too severe with these TaylorMade Tour Preferred irons, due to the reliable forgiveness.
In fact these clubs are a lot more forgiving than most people would assume with the target market being mid to low handicappers. Higher handicap players should definitely not overlook these clubs in our opinion.
The forgiveness is there all the way through the set, even the longer irons are pretty consistent, and not far off being even as reliable as the more lofted irons in that respect.
Another good thing is that no distance what so ever is given up in order to deliver the forgiveness. Whether it was a pure strike or a miss-hit, these irons always seemed to carry a shot impressively far.
It's probably not an exaggeration to say that the TaylorMade Tour Preferred irons are probably one of the longest irons on the market just now.
The ball flight is just so penetrating, if you're playing in a heavy wind, then these are possibly the perfect irons that you would want in your bag. They really rocket through the air on well struck shots.
Despite offering decent forgiveness, working the golf ball was surprisingly quite easy with these clubs. With some irons it can be easier to draw or to fade than the other, but both can be achieved in equal ease with the TaylorMade Tour Preferred irons.
It doesn't take a huge amount of effort to manipulate the flight of the golf ball. And good capable golfers should certainly be able to achieve some good results.
For a blade-like iron that is seemingly even more forgiving than some cavity back irons at times. The TaylorMade Tour Preferred Irons are clubs that are hard to beat.
We would recommend these clubs to higher handicappers as well as mid to low, even they could benefit from the TaylorMade Tour Preferred irons from what we saw.
At present in 2012, these clubs are not too expensive in comparison to many other sets of irons. Brand new they usually cost around £250 or $400 for steel shaft models, and around £300 or $480 for graphite shaft versions.
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How to Build an Ethnic Pantry: Halal/
Hidden between two stores on 74th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights is a halal market that carries a number of products that attract Muslim customers daily. The place seems sparse at first look, but a close observation reveals a shelf lined with unique spices and a small fridge filled with different kinds of raw meat.
Halal food has become a mainstay in New York cuisine, and markets such as Yusuf Mohammad's are taking advantage of its popularity. In fact, people of various backgrounds have visited his market. Mohammad, a Bangladeshi who works the store's cash register, said that Bangladeshi, Indian, Chinese and American visitors have purchased goods, and he was more than eager to share the kinds of ingredients that should be found in every Muslim pantry:
- Tumeric
- Chili Powder
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Onions
Mohammad stressed that spices make up an important part of halal food and added that many of the ones he listed are commonly found in some popular halal dishes, including chicken, beef and fish curry. Some of the spices can also be found in Bengali Khichuri, a comfort food composed of rice and lentils.
Still, what makes halal food ultimately stand out, Mohammad maintained, is its freshness.
"Customers buy halal food because they know it's clean," he said. "It's a lot better than haraam food [food forbidden by Islamic law]."
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Wild Alaskan Pink Salmon 6oz can
Size: Six 6oz cans
Pink isn't just for girls. Everyone will enjoy the mild, light taste of our canned pink salmon, sustainably harvested from the pure, icy cold waters of Alaska.
• Kosher (OU)
• Skinless/Boneless
• Easy-open pop-top
• Sustainably harvested
Also known as "humpies" by virtue of the hump on their backs, pink salmon are packed with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, protein, antioxidants, and Vitamin D.
Because pinks are relatively plentiful, we can offer this product at a great value. Even more so because it's in a can, with all the flavor and nutrition of this popular wild salmon perfectly preserved and ready to eat when you're ready to serve.
Just pop the top and make a healthy salmon salad for sandwiches, or spread on crackers for a tantalizing appetizer. Toss into salads or add to pastas.
It's a simple and super convenient way to get your omega-3s while solving the age-old question of "what's there to eat?"
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These incredible sets from Buki have taken the toy industry by storm. The Buki mission is to offer scientific, culinary, and ever more creative and fun games and toys and they have certainly reached this.
These wonderful set perfect for birthday and Christmas presents include adventure making, beauty, cooking and more. Such wonderful product for the growing boy or girl wanting to take toys to the next level.
Cupcakes and Whoopies Maker£34.99
Chocolate Lab
Regular Price: £34.99
Special Price £29.99
Mug Cakes£29.99
Ice Cream Maker£29.99
Pop Cakes
Regular Price: £34.99
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Soccer-Reaction to death of Leicester City chairman
Oct 28 (Reuters) - Reaction to the death of Leicester City chairman and King Power owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash outside the Premier League club's ground on Saturday:
English Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore in a statement:
"Vichai was a gentleman who graced the game with his civility and charm and we will miss him enormously. His impact on Leicester - the football club and city - will be remembered forever."
Leicester City captain Wes Morgan tweeted:
"Absolutely heartbroken and devastated regarding the news of our chairman. A man that was loved and adored... . "
Leicester City and Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel:
"You changed football. Forever! You gave hope to everyone that the impossible was possible, not just to our fans but to fans all over the world in any sport!"
Leicester City's Austria defender Christian Fuchs tweeted a photo of himself with a smiling Vichai and the words "THANK YOU".
Leicester City and England defender Ben Chilwell:
"I can't believe it. I'm heartbroken to hear that no-one survived the crash yesterday. Vichai was one of the best people you could wish to meet, making you happy made him happy, he was always smiling and laughing. What he did for not just this football club but for Leicester as a city is incredible. He bought us all together."
Leicester City's England defender Harry Maguire:
"Words can't describe how I feel. A truly great, kind loving man who will missed so much by everyone."
Leicester and England Under-21 midfielder James Maddison:
"Devastated and heartbroken at the news that no one survived the helicopter crash yesterday. Life isn't fair sometimes. A wonderful thoughtful man who lived and breathed Leicester City Football Club. Rest in Peace Boss".
Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah:
"A truly sad day for football."
Leicester's opponents on Saturday West Ham United:
"We would like to send our sincere condolences to the family of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha at this sad and tragic time. His immense contribution to Leicester City FC, the city of Leicester and English football will never be forgotten. Our condolences also go to the other families affected by the tragedy." (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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Podcast: Wharton Faculty on President Trump's First 100 Days
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Doctors, economists and ethicists deliver a potent mix of intelligent and provocative discussion around how best to deliver health care.
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Combining a digital sales process with an in-store experience could a game changer on the high street, according to the boss of Carphone Warehouse.
Graham Stapleton said mixing the online and the physical buying process with Pin Point, Carphone's price comparison-style tablet, is big news for the high street.
He told Metro the firm's £20 million investment, bringing in tablets to allow customers to compare up to 92,000 tarriff combinations with the help of an expert in-store, will change the way complicated products are sold.
'I think any business with a need for a very complex and effective assisted sale, this is the way they will do it in the future,' said Mr Stapleton, who carries two phones at any one time, but 'couldn't possibly say which two'.
'I genuinely think this is that big. Customers using this with us really see the experience has improved and they're telling others about it.
'I think there's been a lot of understandable discussion about the death of the hig street.
'What we're trying to do is make it more exciting and engaging than ever before.'
Mr Stapleton recognised the fact savvy customers could do these searches at home alone, but said the two-year long contracts are a 'big decision', adding that people can be overwhelmed by choice and like to see the phone in-store before they sign up.
'It's also got what I call some 'magic moments',' he said. 'We can put your postcode in at home and at work and we can tell you the network coverage in those areas so you get the best possible coverage.
'We also do data 'future-proofing' so we take information about an average day – how many texts, downloads, etc and put it into our tool to make sure you'll be on the right contract. 'It's a very collaborative process and we are helping the customer to build their own solution.'
When asked whether moving tablets in-store would lead to store closures he said that there is a 'need for retail stores and a shopping experience in the mobile space,' but admitted there are 'no guarantees' in business.
Carphone revealed last month it was in talks with Dixons over a potential £3.5billion merger, but Mr Stapleton said it's too early to say and any potential merger is 'just a conversation at the moment'.


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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge in Delaware has scheduled a hearing next week on a request by a Texas-based investment group to prevent a Montana tribe from backing out of a proposed $7 billion coal-to-liquid fuels project.
According to a lawsuit filed this week by Australian-American Energy Co., the Crow Tribe claims it is entitled to terminate the project agreement because AAEC has failed to make minimum annual expenditures.
AAEC says conditions needed to support its continued investment in the project, including the tribe's execution of a water rights lease, have not been met, and that the tribe had no grounds to send a termination notice. It wants a temporary injunction until an arbitrator is appointed.
Tribal leaders warned last year the proposed Montana reservation project could founder without more federal support.


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- Elena Passarello, author of Animals Strike Curious Poses, was interviewed and read excerpts of her essays on an NPR affiliated program in KLCC, Eugene, OR called The Takeaway on Tuesday, February 21st. They write:
"Author Elena Passarello has created a bestiary with her new book of essays, Animals Strike Curious Poses, exploring the lives of individual animals who've had enough impact on humanity to be named and widely remembered."
To listen to the podcast, click here.
- Mike Scalise, author of The Brand New Catastrophe, was featured on TK with James Scott, a podcast in which author James Scott interviews writers, editors, agents, and book lovers about their reading and writing processes. As an added bonus, our very own Ariel Lewiton, Director of Marketing and Publicity, was featured alongside Scalise. To listen to the transcript, click here.
- Paula Bohince, author of Swallows and Waves, was featured on Audio Saucepan, a podcast with Santa Fe Public Radio. Her poem, "Courtesan with Her Attendant," was read alongside other notable poems. To listen to the program, click here.


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Camping World Inc. announced it has partnered with GlobalShopex to enable international check-out and shipping on www.CampingWorld.com.
According to a press release, the move enables Camping World to support shipping to millions of customers throughout the globe, and is a key initiative in the company's overall expansion strategy.
GlobalShopex is the leading provider of international ecommerce solutions for U.S.-based online retail operators. Camping World will be able to enable international checkout on their websites and ship worldwide, without taking on the risk of fraud. GlobalShopex handles all international payment processing, customer service in multiple languages and international shipping on behalf of its retail clients.
"We were looking to accommodate the traffic we were seeing coming to our website from international locations, and found the GlobalShopex solution to be the most compelling, lowest cost, and fastest to implement solution in the marketplace," said Neal Scott, Camping World's vice president of ecommerce. "Our in-house team had GlobalShopex's international shopping cart solution up in less than two weeks from the time we started implementing. We started receiving international orders right away, and from places we didn't expect, like Chile, Norway, and Australia."


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Svante Arrhenius is credited with first elucidating the nature of acids and bases (he also gave us the Arrhenius Equation which factors into the use of increased temperature in formulation stability studies). His definition was a bit narrow and was later expanded on by two chemists for whom the current definition of acids and bases is named, Johannes Brønsted and James Lowry. By the Brønsted-Lowry definition, acids are proton donors and bases are proton acceptors.
The pH scale is a compact way to represent the acidity of a solution. The pH of a solution is the negative log of the hydronium ion (H3O+scale based on 10, the pH changes by 1 for every power of 10 change in hydronium ion concentration. A solution of pH 3 has 10 times the concentration a solution of pH 4 and 100 times that of a solution of pH 5. And because it is a negative log scale the pH decreases as hydronium ion concentration increases. The lower the pH of a solution, the more acidic it is. A pH of 7 is considered neutral and higher pHs are more basic.
One important thing to keep in mind is that measurement of pH is limited to aqueous solutions. Measurement of pH in alternate systems would require the development of new pH scales. Because of this, certain cosmetic formulations like water in oil creams do not have a pH but the pH of the water phase can be measured prior to emulsification or upon breaking the emulsion.
Why is pH Important for formulating Cosmetics?
The normal skin surface pH is slightly acidic and ranges between values from around pH 4 to pH 6. A study by Lambers et al. reported that the skin surface is close to an initial pH of 4.7, an average calculated from 330 subjects, showed virtually no change when the application of water or cosmetics was restricted for 24 hours. The skin surface pH can also vary by body site and can be changed significantly with the application of soaps, cosmetics or even rinsing with alkaline water.
Some of the most important anti-aging ingredients used in cosmetics treatments are alpha hydroxy acids. While the percentage of alpha hydroxy acid is important, the pH of the final product has a big impact on efficacy. Bringing a formulation to a more neutral pH decreases efficacy. However it can also be useful when formulating for sensitive skin types.
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Deep Water, New Waves: A Plea for Practicing Faith Honestly
Pardon me - I've been gone for a little while. While I was wandering – In a dream God came to me as a whale bursting through deep water.
Last year - I came out of a chaplaincy year that wrecked my idea of what I thought I wanted for my ministry.
But what do they say – make plans and God laughs.
God laughs and I get whiplash.
If you know me – you might know you can't touch my neck.
Don't come near me with that turtleneck bullshit.
It's a tricky mix of ticklishness and trauma that makes the front of my neck a no – go.
The idea of the collar – ministry's ultimate fashion accessory - seems a little too close, too tight.
As a chaplain – I got to walk with some amazing people and families. I was there for the worst days of people's lives and then again on the day after.
I was honored to see and share in moments that opened me to the very core of life.
But I also felt the pressure to be sweet, to give someone a prayer book and a blessing and think that was it, to tell them that everything was going to be alright, to smile pretty and go on my merry way, to somehow mention the 23rd Psalm.
I got used to the Disney eyes of people thinking my ministry was cute, the demands for prayers that strong armed God and the pleas that I keep my faith dull and muted and preferably over there in the corner.
Many nights when I would take off my itchy slacks – I felt like I was shedding a costume.
The longer the year went on – the harder it was to remember what parts of me were me and what parts were the role I was playing.
I was starting to believe all my white lies.
I have swum in too many formal and informal covens, gaggles, circles, and safe spaces that are
thick with the terror and shrapnel of living,
AND excited by the plot twists and secret passageways of our journeys
AND enthralled by the simple beauty of a kiss or a new life
to mess with the shallows of a thin faith.
Yet I forgot somehow and woke up thirsty.
My mother was the one who taught me to pray. Every night we would draw a giant
bubble around all the people and things we loved. We'd start with us and our house and move out – to the neighborhood, to the animals (especially dolphins) – drawing big bubbles of love with our fingers around them. This went on until after we had finally gotten to all the children in the world and then the world itself.
Prayer was for pajamas first and church clothes later.
This was the best gift I have ever been given. Snuggled next to my mother's chest, wrapped in her arms – making fake bubbles to send out real love and cast out fear and to know that this was prayer.
My mother speaks about God unashamedly. It was not always kind. It was always honest.
I went to church where women preached regularly or were pastors.
But even here – there was a whispering.
A performativity of niceness – a tap dance of respectability.
We didn't talk about the rapes that happened at parties.
We didn't talk about eating disorders.
We didn't talk about the prescriptions.
The realities of girlhood. We hid those for our therapists.
When I worked with the brave women that I wanted to be:
The rape crisis workers, the activists
The women who talked about everything.
laughed about everything
women who wore their hard earned power with pride.
I learned that
there we whispered about God.
There is a place between.
A realm of naked presence.
The grace of deep water.
The dark, fearful and tragic mixed with the joy, exploration and surrender that comes with learning how to breathe under water.
A grace that demands the bravery it provides.
Now, women are not especially equipped with this – but many of us have found it. Taking solace in the spaces that we have created out of
and want
and wanting more.
Representation is not enough. Women in the pulpit is a step but it is not the end of the road.
We have to take women's and girl's wisdom and weariness seriously.
We have to let women lead from their experiences and their dreams.
We have to let their leadership be vibrant and buzzing with integrity.
This third wave – this deep wave:
Our sermons are about sex
About bodies
About inexplicable loss
They gently approach ambiguity and anxiety.
Our prayers know panic.
They speak back to internalized oppressions.
They Hallelujah birth control and lament miscarriage.
They can balance ambition and anxiety.
They speak to suicide and autonomy.
They hold desire and addictions.
They cry for justice and challenge.
Our rituals crave tenderness.
They are poetry and pop.
They laugh at themselves. Loudly.
They aren't afraid to talk about money or systems.
Well. They may be afraid – but they admit it.
The church is changing – faith is changing – we don't need women to play old and tired roles.
Those costumes don't fit anymore. The collars are too tight.
I'm not here to perform faith leader. I only want to practice it.
In this last year – I took it all off – the names, the titles, the words about God that I said because they were the easiest to swallow.
I've been healing and walking and eating and exploring.
I'm coming back to the kid who isn't afraid to pray by painting bubbles, by snuggling close, by letting myself hold and be held.
But you will know my faith not from my collar
You will know my faith from my fins
That dive me deep and let myself be…well me.
This girl/woman/human/weirdo – where I first encountered the warmth of God is ultimately the same person who is supposed to talk about God and Her saving/surviving/surprising grace.
I am ticklish and traumatized.
I am distracted and devoted.
I am bawdy and beloved.
I am fearful and faithful.
My desire for God betrays and wrecks me – and this is my gift.
All of me - wrecked and ready - for all that is.
-Rachel Kinney
Rachel Kinney received her M.DIV from Vanderbilt Divinity School and currently serves as the Executive Director of Better Decisions - a non-profit working with women in prison. She lives in Nashville, TN and is not so secretly a lioness.


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The other day I realized how long it had been since I posted something and as I opened my blog I was immediately faced with a blog post that was about 90% written that I never published. It just needed an ending and a picture attached. That's it and yet I never got around to finishing it.
Do you have any unfinished posts sitting waiting to be finished? Or do you always complete the posts you start?


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Ep. 36: Jan van der Lande
Founder and CEO of design brand Kikkerland, Jan Van Der Lande, tells us that when he started the business 25 years ago his houseboat was HQ, and delivery happened via his bicycle. Born and raised in the Netherlands, it was a lack of farming opportunities that compelled him to pursue greener pastures in New York City. And even though his lackluster academic performance in youth was no indicator of his future success and entrepreneurial prowess, you still can't convince him that 1 + 1 = 2. Listen:
What is your earliest memory?
When I was 4 years old at every day end of when dismissed from kindergarten class we would all run out screaming together at the top of our lungs.
How do you feel about democratic design?
For Kikkerland our mission is to provide design with "Function, Story, and affordable." I always thought it was odd that "good" design was only for the elite. Good design should be easy to understand and easy to obtain.
What's the best advice that you've ever gotten?
From my father: 'if you're not worried there must be something wrong with you." There cannot be good solutions without obstacles and problems in your path. If everything is smooth in the process something is isn't right, or maybe we don't need a company like Kikkerland. For me excitement comes from solving problems.
How do you record your ideas?
In notebooks. One in my bag and one at my desk. I list everything and record in summarized form.
What's your current favorite tool or material to work with?
A pencil.
What book is on your nightstand?
Tinker Dabble Doodle Try by Srini Pillay
Why is authenticity in design important?
You want to design something that has not been done before. But you do have to do proper research and be well informed for your idea to be relevant.
Favorite restaurant in NYC?
What might we find on your desk right now?
A picture my friend gave me, it's of us standing on ice in the Hudson river in front of his boat from 1988.
Who do you look up to and why?
My father. It is about how to lead your life in a sensible and healthy way. Care about others and stay curious.
What's your favorite project that you've done and why?
Hard to say which one, but the design challenges we did in Mexico City were exciting. A Design Challenge is how we create new ideas and put them into the market by partnering with students, young designers and a major retailer. I enjoy working with young designers and helping guide them, and I enjoy our retail partners we collaborate with because they're all interesting industry people that make the ideas possible. Everyone was so enthusiastic and appreciative. It's always a lot of fun, and at the same time many of our best selling products come from these design challenges. Most people don't know that.
What are the last few songs you listened to?
Summertime - Brain Box
Hot Rats & Waka/Jawaka- Frank Zappa
The Soft Machine - Soft Machine
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Special thanks to Chris Modl of Yore Studio for editing this episode.
Music in this episode courtesy of El Ten Eleven—hear more on Bandcamp.
Shoutout to Jenny Rask for designing the Clever logo.


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Dorothy, where I come from you learn never to turn your back on family! NEVER! When your crazy cousin Nunzio started living with his pet goat, did the family turn their back on him? No. And after a couple of nights neither did the goat. -Sophie, The Golden Girls
Ok I'm actually posting this super late, but I loved the questions and I didn't want to miss out on all the fun! Here were are, it's time for another WWTKW!
brought to you by:
Mamarazzi, Janette, Impulsive Addict, and Seriously Shawn
1. Everyone seems to have a quirky family situation– what is something unique about your family dynamic?
Ok here's a fun fact. My Uncle's nephew is actually his son. His little sister can't have babies and adopted a child he had with his ex wife after they were divorced. So my cousin's cousins are actually his brothers, and his mom is his aunt. How's that for unique?!
2. What is the most stressful aspect to blogging (aside from the network going down)?
Since I have my own domain I just have to worry about my hosting site going down. Luckily this doesn't happen very often, but when it does I rage! I also count on my blog for a little income and when I don't get assignments it bums me out, but I don't stress.
3. We all end up on a blog at some point in our day, but name your top 3 favorite websites you flock to daily (non blog)! I hate to admit this but I'm addicted to facebook. It's such an easy time waster. I also log onto swagbucks.com every day to earn money. You could be a peach and sign up with my link you wanted. I also obsessively check our bank account, hoping that magically someone will have deposited lots of money for us. Hey, it could happen!
4. What's your sign? Believe in it or not, does any part ring true to you?
I'm a Virgo and it fits me to a T in so many ways. I'm organized, almost compulsively so, I pick things apart, I worry, and I'm very practical. I'm sometimes too blunt and it comes across as insensitive, but I'm a sensitive and caring creature. I'm just the type of person that is no bulls*it so if you are screwing up and want someone to complain to, I'm not going to coddle you, I'm going to tell you you're screwing up. It's the Virgo way! Love me or leave me.
5. IceCream!! ICECREAM!! We all scream for icecream! Name your favorite flavor/brand! (Its hot here, can't help it)
I'm a sucker for frozen yogurt with toffee bits in it. There's also cherry garcia soy ice cream from Trader Joe's that I love. For old fashioned ice cream, I love after dinner mint. They only seem to carry it in Oregon and I lurvvve it.
BONUS QUESTIONS if you dare..
A. Name the blog you credit for linking up with us today? The one and only fabulous Impulsive Addict.
B. Suggest a question you want to see in future WWTK's! That's a tough one. I'm amazed by the cool questions you gals come up with every week. How about, what is your biggest inconvenience about the place you're currently living?