text:
[This is a review of Gotham season 2, episode 22. There will be SPOILERS.]
Gotham season 2 has come to a close, as the ongoing saga involving Hugo Strange (BD Wong) and his experiments at Indian Hill reaches a major turning point. Likewise, this episode elaborates on the return of Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) last week and aims to tie together the disparate story threads that have extended throughout much of the season. As fans await further news for what to expect in season 3, there's still the matter of wrapping up this year's batch of episodes.
So let's get to it with our discussion of this week's season finale, "Transference".
Picking up right where the previous episode left off, Bruce (David Mazouz) and Lucius (Chris Chalk) are trapped by Nygma (Cory Michael Smith), and Strange himself interrogates Gordon (Ben McKenzie), having replaced him with the just-introduced Clayface (more on that later). As it turns out, both confrontations hinge on discovering how much our heroes know about the "secret council" that controls everything in Gotham, namely the heretofore unnamed Court of Owls. Although this dual narrative initially indicated that Nygma may have been let in on the secret, it's naturally revealed that Strange was simply using him as a pawn and plans to destroy Indian Hill by the orders of the court.
While this part of the storyline was simply a ham-handed way to set up the central mystery of season 3, it did feature a handful of fun moments. Strange's decision to delve deep into Gordon's psyche -- absolving him of all guilt and renewing his resolve to win back Lee -- may not have made sense from a character standpoint (why would Strange bother with all that if he only wanted to know if Gordon knew about the council?). However, it did cut back to the heart of Gordon himself and open up the possibilities for where season 3 may lead him, even if his ill-timed decision to leave means that he won't be around to help catch all the monsters wandering the streets of Gotham.
Moreover, Bruce's brief flashback to his parents' death and his jump across rooftops with Selina (Camren Bicondova) was a fairly elegant way in establishing his own motivation and destiny. The character's drive thus far on the show has been to solve his parents' murder, and Gotham has neatly transitioned that initial goal into a larger one of unraveling the sinister conspiracy behind the city. If only the show embraced more of this character-driven approach to its story, perhaps viewers would be spared hackneyed plot devices like the ticking time bomb that always stops with one second left on the clock. That being said, Ms. Peabody's (Tonya Pinkins) gag about needing water was worth a chuckle.
The final moments of season 2 may have lived up to the "Rise of the Villains/Wrath of the Villains" tagline that has hovered over this year's batch of episodes, but truth be told, the show's central focus ultimately proved to be establishing Hugo Strange and Indian Hill as the blanket origin for some of the most popular Batman villains, including Freeze (Nathan Darrow) and Firefly (Michelle Veintimilla). This decision to homogenize the rogues gallery in this way may anger longtime fans of the Batman mythos, but given the show's determination in introducing a vast array of marquee baddies into the fray, it may prove to be the most efficient way in accomplishing that.
Less successful was the show's resurrection of Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith). The divisive character returned to utter her own name -- followed closely by "b***h" -- once again last week but didn't really contribute much to the episode. This time around, she serves only to inadvertently allow Strange's monsters to escape into the Gotham streets. Her face-to-face moment with Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) felt too short and anti-climactic, and the emergence of her powers and intact memory still lack anything remotely resembling an explanation. It's this kind of "ends justify the means" thinking that has made the storytelling on Gotham so erratic this season.
If nothing else, the show's full commitment to insanity was epitomized with the mass exodus of what will likely constitute a number of popular villains. Fans are no doubt already picking apart the footage for clues (was that Jerome's laugh? Man-Bat? Killer Croc?). However, the most obvious tease for next season was Mazouz as what appears to be some kind of doppelganger to Bruce. Smart money is on that being the comics' Lincoln March (whose story ties into the Court of Owls), but considering Gotham's fast-and-loose approach to the mythology, we'll have to wait until next season for confirmation. If this year was intended to serve as the bridge between season 1's more grounded mob-centric tale and a full-blown monster mash, then all bets are certainly off when the show returns next season.
While the Arkham/Indian Hill material shouldered the bulk of the narrative momentum in this episode, the B-story followed Clayface -- disguised as Gordon -- as he attempted to keep the GCPD off of Strange's tail and away from Gotham. The fact that the show would so quickly renege on the promise of the cops raiding Arkham is a bit disappointing, but the chance to see McKenzie play a very different version of his heroic character was a fun change of pace nonetheless.
Fake Gordon's wide smile and bizarre facial tics may have made Bullock (Donal Logue) look like a complete idiot this episode (how could he not tell that something was wrong with Gordon, right?). Still, the storyline gave the episode its only real bit of levity and reminded us once again that Barbara (Erin Richards) is perhaps the most all-over-the-place character on the show, to the point that it's hard to tell where she stands in relation to the other characters. At least when someone needs a good punch to the face, Barbara's there to propel the plot forward. Here's hoping that the writers figure out a better use for her next season or just write her off for good.
What did you think of "Transference"? Share your thoughts on the episode in the comments section.
Gotham returns with season 3 this fall on FOX.


text:
Free Backlink - SEO Services From Augustijn Community - SEO Services Vietnam - SEO Panda Agency
You should be capable of execute well and with talent if you make a decision to work with any from the a lot of approaches within your net business. It's not tough to offer you a lot of examples of this; Wealthy affiliate review is such an instance since it truly is popular. Another very great point could be the large variation in final results that can be observed across the board which has a large amount of techniques.
Other problems complicate matters for example some people hate to be incorrect or are afraid these are incorrect, so they usually do not look for out the implies to acquire feedback. All methods and marketing and advertising or marketing techniques are place together with various components. The very first time you go reside with anything at all, you won't be operating efficiently; therefore the critical significance of testing all you ever roll out onto the net. Skilled Net Marketers will let you know over and over that if you'd like to make critical money around the Net, the only way to do this is by developing a rewarding and responsive e-mail list.
With no a doubt, you've got more than probably heard a huge selection of men and women let you know that e-mail advertising and marketing may be the key to on-line achievement. Naturally, this must be true. Some people will earn money by making a site that promotes their goods and providers. The simplest way, however, is usually to have a personal connection together with your e-mail list if you'd like to earn money. Within this report, we'll show you how to create a robust and responsive e-mail list in no time whatsoever. The subject of privacy is probably the principal factors that a lot of internet customers be concerned about. The people who subscribe for your email list will have the same sort of issues.
When people subscribe to your email list, they want to be specified that their information will probably be safe. To be able to please your possible subscribers, you should constantly put a privacy policy on your opt in kind. It may be wise to put the privacy bottom in a very prominent location from the emails at the same time. Because internet privacy is so crucial to you, this will likely probably make your readers trust you much more and make purchases.
Compelling stuff, we believe – what exactly are your thoughts? No query, we are just acquiring going with all that may be acknowledged about Wealthy affiliate review. Yes, it is accurate that countless locate this and also other associated subjects to be of great worth. You never actually know about any one particular element since there are a lot of varied circumstances. Do you understand exactly the kind of data that can help? If not, then you should discover more about this. You've a reliable base of some crucial points, and we will make that far more potent to suit your needs as follows. Maintain your reputation in mind in any way times.
One of the largest temptations that every single e-mail marketer could make is attempting to sell their list far also typically, especially when a new item comes across their desk. Far more times than not, this will likely be perceived as your attempt at sucking their tough earned income away when, in reality, you will be just becoming enthusiastic. Should you restrict your blasts to only essentially the most critical offers and ideas, your readers will trust that if an e-mail exhibits up from you they certainly want to open it.
They'll be excited to hear from you and much less probably to unsubscribe simply because they're tired of becoming contacted every day. It is crucial to prune your e-mail list each and every now and after that to obtain rid of bad e-mail addresses that tend to create up. A lot of people have in excess of 1 e-mail address. This may enable them use bogus ones on your list which need to be removed. As an alternative to having 1 main e-mail address, people tend to possess in excess of 1 and switch back and forth.
Normally they migrate to other newer e-mail services and near older accounts. Many individuals went from Hotmail to Gmail. Bear in mind? You also must maintain track in the e-mails that do not perform any longer.
This may assist you steer clear of bounce backs as much as you can. If you need your list to become as rewarding as possible, you can find lots of factors you are able to do when developing your email list. The factors you are able to do to make certain that you make product sales and attain success are quite simple–they're typically minor in excess of prevalent sense.
We've talked about a couple of of them in this post. With a minor bit of homework and analysis you are able to possibly turn over really a couple of far more. Now that you know a little more about Wealthy affiliate discount, it is possible to easily see the critical portion it plays. But it genuinely can easily go far past the evident because it is hard to understand all about what exactly is feasible. Once that occurs, needless to say there will be issues that appear that you had been not expecting.
That ought to give you explanation enough to possess the desire to branch out and investigate other places for analysis. But while you effectively know, the web is so massive that you can do that with no difficulties. While you proceed along that path, you should often verify sources and presentations made, while you know. Not all content material is developed equal, and being aware of your sources when it comes to reliability and credibility is very critical.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Project Policy Brief
Oh, the wonderful world of writing policy briefs. This week was spent working on a piece for the National Council of Teachers of English. We are trying to uncover who is teaching English and how these educators feel about a range of topics. There is data on teachers in general, but not a lot on teachers of English specifically. As an organization, we wanted to learn about this critical group of educators. Here are some questions that arose during my research:
- What might the race and gender of our teachers tell us about the ways we connect with our students?
- Why is it important to look at the levels of education a teachers has achieved?
- In a post-common core world, have levels of job satisfaction changed?
- What are the professional learning needs of teachers of English?
The most glaring fact so far has been that there is not a lot of current research on teachers. Looks like the next round of data from the National Center for Education Statistics is set to release end of summer/beginning of fall.
You know what they say about Assessment...
I took a break from writing and research to meet with Miah Daughtery, the Director of English Language Arts and Literacy at Achieve. Achieve is a nonpartisan, nonprofit dedicated to working with states to raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability. A fellow Wolverine, Miah and I discussed everything from ideas for getting kids to read (The Reading Minute by Kelley Gallagher was new to me!) to understanding why standardized assessments are so long (if you don't know what a psychometrician is, then you probably don't know the answer). I told her that it was suggested in my district was that we write our own district-wide benchmarks. It was such a casual comment, to our little department of 10 teachers, that it seemed like a simple idea. Miah and I discussed how complicated writing assessment is, especially if it is assessment that you are going to use to make claims about student achievement. Miah has a presentation called "The Top 25 Ways a Test Item Can Be Flawed." There are more than 25? The moral of the story is, guys, we need to revisit our benchmark plan. Miah suggested checking out the mini assessments from Achieve the Core, so I'm going to start there.
Oh and I'm back in the classroom on Monday
When my eyes got tired of looking at data, I turned my attention to my classroom. I have 6th and 8th graders reporting to me, excited yet sleepy, Monday. As most teachers do, I have grand plans for the year. These include, but are not limited to:
- infusing global education in all of my units, and building a website for my students to interact with me while I am on my study abroad. Probably Facebook or a page on my personal site.
- getting my kids to enjoy reading (also, getting them to actually read). This means getting my classroom library in order, which terrifies me.
- doing daily read alouds and maybe the Reading Minute
- pairing contemporary texts with my mandated curriculum
I'm open to ideas!


text:
August 11, 2017. By Charlie Pomykal:
I recently got a chance to talk to the BIG MACHINE team behind the main title sequence for the new Netflix show "Atypical." Here's an edited version of my conversation with my colleagues, Executive Producer Sean Owolo, Creative Director Ken Carlson, Producer Crystal Deones and Lead Designer Ana Lossada.
CHARLIE: How did you get involved with this project?
SEAN: Seth Gordon, the director and Academy Award Winning Producer, called us in for a meeting about a new Netflix comedy that he was excited about. We've worked with him several times before, doing titles for his movie "Identity Thief" and graphics for "Print The Legend", a documentary film that he produced.
KEN: Yes, we've known Seth for years. We worked together on a TV pilot for USA back in the early 2000s before he became a well-known director. He's one of the good guys out here in Hollywood, truly smart, always brainstorming cool ideas and loyal.
CHARLIE: What was the initial creative direction?
SEAN: It was cool, he drew a picture and slid it over to Ken.
KEN: I still have the picture in my notepad. He drew a smiley face, but with a line for a mouth, so it just had this neutral emotional expression. It was that idea of drawing something in a notebook that really was the catalyst for the entire look of the title sequence.
SEAN: The show is about a teenager that's on the autism spectrum and having to deal with everything teens have to deal with, including a family that's not exactly all together. So the direction was to give us a look into his mind in an abstract way.
CHARLIE: How did you develop the look and feel of the spot?
KEN: Riffing off the idea of seeing the main character Sam's drawings in his notepad, we did all sorts of explorations of different styles of drawing to see what would set the right tone. It had to be sophisticated enough that you could tell that these were the drawings of someone that really paid attention to detail but had a completely unique set of priorities when it came to what to draw.
ANA: Truth be told, the first time I read the synopsis I felt inspired. This show tells a story that hasn't been told in entertainment very often of how people with Autism struggle to adapt to every day "normal" life. For the main title, the viewer gets a chance to see what is in Sam's [The main character] head and learn about his fascination with penguins and wildlife in Antarctica. I utilized these character traits as the main keys/ingredients to represent and carry on a story of how he sees the world through his eyes and how he associates things and real events.
CHARLIE: What challenges did you have producing the spot?
ANA: In the beginning, I struggled with finding the right tone and mood for the sequence. I was trying to find a good balance between the both by keeping it light and comical but intriguing at the same time. By utilizing 3D light sources I was able to achieve nice shadows on the pencil in addition to giving a strong visual contrast as it touched the paper. My own personal comedic touch was adding a few silly hand-drawing illustrations to Sam's journal.
On the technical side, I am fairly new to render pipeline we used for the job (Octane Render). In fact I only began using it a couple months ago and there were some significant challenges along the way dealing with the software. There were some scenes that took hundreds of attempts and variations yet could not align to my vision. Ihad to work around it these limitations and try to make it match as close as possible. For some scenes, I had to re-do the whole Cinema 4D project and that way it would work.
CRYSTAL: As with many jobs, late breaking changes can occur. We had a few last minute changes to the credit order and how many cards were to be included. The delivery date didn't change, so this took careful communication and planning with the production company, to see how we could tackle these changes, while still being able to deliver our 4k files on time.
CHARLIE: What's it like working on a Netflix project?
CRYSTAL: It was great! Like many of the people who worked on this project, much of my TV viewing is on Netflix, and I love their original shows. So the excitement of our team and the freelancers who had a chance to work on this title, made my job a lot easier and in the end resulted in creative that we are all really proud of.
ANA: I am so stoked! It's an amazing accomplishment really. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Big Machine and many other people who also worked for this project. Streaming entertainment is clearly the future of the industry and I am both humbled and grateful to see my work on one of the leaders in streaming entertainment in the world. I love the whole concept of the show, I love how our sequence turned out and I can't wait to binge watch the entire first season!
KEN: We've worked on titles for the Netflix movie "Spectral" and the Netflix documentary "Print The Legend" and now "Atypical." Netflix is a great platform for pushing design and we'd love to work on more Netflix projects!
SEAN: Yes. Netflix are you listening? Send us more work!


text:
|Message view
|« Date » · « Thread »
|« Date » · « Thread »
|avenger <saiganes...@gmail.com>
|Making another xml file read properties file
|Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:06:06 GMT
Hi all, I have a 'build.xml' which reads properties from 'build.properties' in folder 'C:\folder\main', I have another xml file 'test.xml' which should read properties from 'test.properties' which are in the folder C:\folder\subfolder. when I call the targets of 'test.xml' from 'build.xml', the test.xml file doesn't read the properties :( please help me in doing this. Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://ant.1045680.n5.nabble.com/Making-another-xml-file-read-properties-file-tp4564515p4564515.html Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
|View raw message


text:
Above Ground Art Supplies - Kikkerland – Ninja Pen + Shhinng Sound
no reviews for this product. Login to place a review.
Kikkerland – Ninja Pen + Shhinng Sound
Ballpoint, Medium tip, Black ink pen. Requires: 3 "LR41" batteries (included). Pen takes D1 refills. Makes a "shhinng" sound when you write.


text:
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Today part of our team hosted a workshop with Government officials and University Faculty heads to test drive some of the options that they are considering as they build the new e-Literacy Collaborative Laboratory (Co-Lab). There were interesting discussions on some possible "thematic areas" that this Co-Lab will be responsible for. The final thematic area that will be determined will be based on what the province's priorities and the impacts on business and civil society. The 3 critical issues in South Africa that must be addressed are: Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality. Some current examples of 'thematic areas' being considered are things like 'rural', 'tourism', 'mining', etc. The final Co-Lab thematic area will be selected by the team next week and will be based on the ongoing research and analysis work. This new Co-Lab will be based in Mafikeng, South Africa at the "North West University" where we are currently based. There are 6 other Provincial Co-Lab's currently operating in South Africa today–this will be the lucky #7 that the IBM team has developed.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Project progress is rapid however we will be breaking for lunch and enjoying local Mafikeng food. To close out the day, we will be returning to our hotel. Here is a view from my room overlooking the pools and lounging grounds.
Make it a happy day everyone! Talk soon!
#ibmcsc south africa


text:
Welcoming students from ABC Christian Academy
Oftentimes, the world of urban influence does not intersect with that of rural poverty. Today a group of 20 students and staff from ABC Christian Academy visited Bright Vision. It is good for Bright Vision and good for ABCCA students that these intersections happen. There is learning and service on both sides. May God bless the seeds planted today.
The end of a season
The past few years have been difficult for Malawi in many ways, not least of which has been the poor rainfall resulting in poor harvests. When visiting the homes of the 10 families receiving support, we asked, "How can Bright Vision help you?" In each one of these 10 stops the first thing mentioned: "There isn't enough food for our children." "We are hungry." "We have almost no maize left." These families' homes are in poor condition, they have very few clothes, they sleep on the floor. But for each of these families the most urgent need is food. They literally FEEL it every day. This trip to homes to do a "needs assessment" quickly became as clear as day: we need to help people with food.
I wish I could say that Bright Vision was able to provide enough food for every family and child in Chamadenga, though I'm not sure this would actually help long-term. It would most likely create unhealthy dependency with lingering consequences that would end up hurting more than it helped. It's not that simple of a solution. But wow did that walk around the village help me to understand the importance of food in what Bright Vision must do.
Two weeks ago we finished our feeding program for 2016-2017 (we will continue to feed our 100 or so nursery school kids every weekday until June). When this all started in 2005, Stanley (Bright Vision's founder) was feeding 50 kids once every couple weeks when he and his friends could scrape together enough food. Over the past 12 years the Feeding Program has been a vital part of Bright Vision's work. It's not the most sustainable program we have, but when I see hundreds of hungry kids coming for what may be their only meal of the day, how can we stop?
Two weeks ago, we celebrated Easter at Bright Vision with a special meal and special program. It is a time of double thanksgiving. The harvest is ready and people have food in their homes again. The feeding program is closing and it marks yet another year that God has provided the means to offer over 14,000 meals in the six months we run the feeding program (November to April). And to then couple that with our celebration of Easter, remembering so clearly the death and resurrection of Jesus: God's gracious provision for our utmost need. There is a certain depth and richness to these two celebrations coinciding: God's faithfulness to satisfy our most urgent need for a Savior and a most urgent need for food.
One of our ABC students, Sam, preached that Saturday, about the purpose behind Christ's death and resurrection. This day was a snapshot that captures what Bright Vision is about: meeting tangible needs while sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
April 2017
Christmas 2016
What's going on at BVOC:
1) Malawi is being deforested and Bright Vision is trying to help reforest. This month we'll be distributing 1000 trees (blue gum and acacia) to people in Chamadenga village, and providing a training for the planting and care of those trees.
2) Richard's mother died just after he was born. His grandmother came to Bright Vision to ask for help because they could not afford to buy formula. We've been able to help Richard for the past 6 months and he is now transitioning to solid foods.
3) Students from African Bible College continue to minister at Bright Vision. Sam, George, Nyengo and Eneless meet with groups of kids and youth to teach from the Bible and answer questions about life.
4) Our Feeding Program is serving hundreds of kids twice a week. This is Malawi's hungry season and these meals of nsima and beans are a huge help to children and their families.
5) Our annual Christmas celebration drew about 1000 people from the village and surrounding area. This has been sponsored by the children of Evergreen Baptist Church- San Gabriel Valley for the past several years. It is a treat for people in the village to havea special meal of rice and beef. This year we had the Nursery Choir from a local church performing, and one of our seniors from African Bible College, George Zgambo (also the goalie on the ABC soccer team), preaching a Christmas message.
Welcome! We are excited you have come to visit us at our new website! We hope that your experience has been informative and inspirational for you as you seek to know more about our ministry here in Malawi. We hope that you will stay in touch and follow our journey as we seek to love God and love others! More pictures and stories coming soon...


text:
Bylaws Update
The Bylaws Committee is in the process of updating the Celebrities Boosters bylaws in 2 phases. Phase 1 has been submitted to the elected officers for review. We have provided two links below, the first one is the current approved bylaws with the mark ups that were made at our Bylaws Committee meeting on 9/10/16, the second document is the reformatted Bylaws that we have proposed for adoption. This is the governing document of our Booster Organization and as a member you will be required to vote on the adoption of these changes so please take the time to review them. If you have any questions or comments please contact the elected officers or the Bylaws Committee Chair, Kim Klement.
UPDATE TO UPDATE: On 9/26/16 The Executive Board including the Director and Members of the Bylaws Committee met to review the mark up and the proposed changes to the bylaws. Below is the agreed upon changes and change log for review.


text:
State Board of Colorado Dept of Human Services meets on Friday Feb 2nd, 10am at the Larimer County Courthouse Offices, 200 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524.
*This board is the Rule Making body for Colorado's Department of Human Services (CDHS). *They update rules in the executive branch to come into alignment with changes to state Statute from the Legislative branch. They are only over civil issues. The judicial branch is over criminal charges/cases.
*Statewide concerns about unchecked power of local County APS units.
*State APS helps fund the local APS units, and provides supervision and oversight.
*However local APS staff are employed by the county.
*Reports from across the state indicate a wide local variance of operations and interpretations. Having 64 different counties doing it 64 different ways is not fair or equitable. The State rules, regs and statutes should be applied in a fair and even handed manner across our State.
*Many question the function of State CDHS oversight and supervision.
*Open public comment is available, in person only, for each agenda item
*The Public can listen remotely, via Go To Meeting. The audio is also archived.
*The board likes to limit comment to changes in rule.
*Here is info on state board website https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zEfpLyhefMb3Fsv-CPlHOL0TaTWnJk7F
*Docs 3&4 for the Feb 2 meeting are the rules up for review regarding Adult Protection Agency (APS). https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdhs-boards-committees-collaboration/state-board-human-services
*Feel free to share this announcement as well!
*More information on APS and past newsletters with individual cases are archived under news, at my website www.changecoiodd.com.


text:
Care Planning
Care Planning
Care Planning: Person-Centred Care Planning Training
This session aims to fully prepare all staff to improve the quality of their assessment of needs and care planning in line with regulations and statutory requirements and best practice
|Half Day
|Who Should Attend
|Registered Nurses and Healthcare Assistants
|Certificate of Attendance
|Travel Charge
|Dependent on Location
Other products that you may be interested in:
Course Objectives
- To discuss the purpose and process of care planning, person centred working & to explore key principles of best practice and what needs to be included within the record keeping
- To gain knowledge of the legal requirements & the importance of adhering to organisational polices & procedures in respect of all aspects of assessing needs and capacity and then planning care with or for an individual
- To have the opportunity to discuss and explore challenges & barriers to effective care planning
- To reflect on accountability & responsibility in relation to care delivery & providing evidence of care for regulators, quality assurance, families, funding panels etc.
- To list the principles of person centred care planning (Inc. risk assessment)
- To review samples of care plans
Course Notes
- Some group work and discussion is incorporated into the session.
- Attendees are encouraged to bring templates of their existing documentation as a reference point for group discussions
- This course can be bespoke to your organisation and care planning frameworks including use and support of the Outcomes Star if appropriate


text:
St Wilfrid's Place - First Year Anniversary Celebration. In discussion with BBC's Paulette Edwards. Accommodating Change: bringing fresh thinking to tackling homelessness
To mark the occasion of the First Anniversary of St Wilfrid's Place, our £2 million residential unit, we are hosting a public event to provide an information platform to help people understand and learn more about what charities and UK organisations are doing to provide housing solutions for homeless and vulnerable adults.
Hosted by BBC radio's Paulette Edwards, over the course of the evening we will learn more about how four organisations provide alternative housing solutions.
The event aims to provide a friendly non-political platform for discussion and learning new points of view. We would love you to join us.
Please pre-book your Complimentary ticket.
Please note places are limited so we advise you to book your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Event Host: Paulette Edwards
Paulette Edwards is a mid-morning radio presenter on BBC Radio Sheffield. Paulette began her career as a teacher at Jordanthorpe School before starting work at Radio Sheffield in 2000.
Discussion Panel
James Hartley, Chief Executive, LATCH (Leeds Action to Create Homes)
Louise Winterburn, Head of Programme (Homelessness), World Habitat
Amy Varle, Founder, Social Property Investment
Jon Johnson, CEO, REACH Homes


text:
In today's life, everybody seem connected with others through calling and text messages, but sometimes it could be expansive. So, here is a solution that makes it cheaper. Just download WeChat for Android, which is a free messaging and calling app that offers to easily connect with your family and friends across countries. This one is a popular cross-platform instant messenger app that allows to send free text messages, images, or videos over the internet (3G / 4G or Wi-Fi).
Let's download WeChat for Android, it is a social app that assembles all of your sharing and communication tools in one place. In addition, it provides hundreds of free animated stickers to express your inner feeling from some of your favorite cartoons. Moreover, it supports 20 different languages, so that one can translate messages to any language. Even, it gives the facility to meet new friends via 'Friend Radar' / 'People Nearby' and 'Shake' options.
Get ready to download WeChat for Android because there is no annual subscription fee. This app comes with well-designed user interface. All the options and features are organized as per their necessity, so that you can easily do anything that you want without facing any confusion. Additionally, it provides you the highest level of control over your privacy. Even, options like Group Chat and Real-time Location are also possible.
Just download WeChat for Android, it is furnished with many cool and interesting options apart from free messaging and calling features.
User Rating :
Latest version:
Total Downloads
File Size:
WeChat Tencent
Laws concerning the utilization of this game, software or app may differ from nation to nation. We do not energize or encourage the utilization of products in the event that it is in violation of your country specific laws.


text:
Ask Colin
You may have some thoughts on the ASX indices, particularly the AOI and ASX200 regarding how they are structured. I believe the influence of News Corp and Telstra on the indices are too much in that 40% of NCP and 51% of TLS shares are not available for trading yet they are included in the weightings. Is the ASX looking at excluding these untraded shares from the weightings?
As I understand it from reading the AFR, S&P are planning to gradually introduce changes that will take out of the weighting of ANY stock that has parcels that are locked up and are not traded. You should be able to get more information on this from S&P. Look on their web site for a start. There will also probably be something on the ASX web site.


text:
[A'PIEU] White Up Clouding Cream 60ml
White Up Photoshop Cream brightens the skin with concentrated milky whitening cream that is produced by cloud processing.
1. Real toning-UP: Functional ingredients Niacinamide & Adenosine brighten and firm up dull lifeless skin foundation.
2. Cloud processing: The clouding formula of the making a pure white cloud lightly and smoothly fills the skin texture and maximizes absorption of active ingredient.
3. Real bright-UP: The ingredients of milk protein, Whistler Glacial Water, and Glutathione keep the skin looking clean and bright for long hours.
Returns Policy
You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the 'Complete Orders' link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.
We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.
When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.


text:
The 1856-D quarter eagle has the lowest mintage figure of any coin ever struck at the Dahlonega mint and it is the single rarest issue from this mint. Only 874 were produced of which an estimated three to four dozen exist. The coin that the 1856-D quarter eagle offers an interesting comparison to is the 1854-D three dollar of which just 1,120 were struck. The 1856-D, in my experience, is easily twice as rare and in Choice AU it is maybe three times as rare. In spite of this, the 1856-D is currently valued at around 25% less than the 1854-D three dollar in comparable grades. The present example is the nicest 1856-D quarter eagle to come onto the market in at least a year and I think it is considerably nicer than the NGC 58 that Heritage sold as Lot 4697 in their October 2011 auction for $40,250. I purchased this coin from one of the sharpest "crackout" dealers in the business and he spent at least six months trying to get this coin into a Mint State holder. I actually think he's got a point on this example and it really does seem to be free of wear and deserves consideration to be in an Uncirculated holder. As with all 1856-D quarter eagles, it is crudely struck but it shows better than average overall detail. There is dirt in the protected areas and the color is a nice medium rose and green-gold hue. The coin is easily identifiable by a small spot on the reverse in the field below the left base of the A in STATES. Overall, this is a simply outstanding coin. If you collect Dahlonega gold you are certainly aware of its significance but I'd also give it a glowing recommendation to the individual who is looking for a great piece to salt away for a few years.
Ex Scotsman 10/11: 389 where it sold for $41,975. This was before it was approved by CAC.


text:
It has been seven days since my last POST!!!!
Wow this week has flown by and I'm barely keeping my head above water.
Today was President's Day, this is one 'holiday' that's either taken or not depending
on who you work for and whether they respect the Office of the President of the
United States or not.... well that's my take on it anyway.
Fortunately I am employed but the respectful type of company and was bestowed
with a day of freedom to do that which pleased me.
Then why did I choose to do something that didn't particularly please or displease me.
I took five little girls to the movies and the fact that our local theater chose not
to have any screenings until the evening hours chapped my ass.
I had to drive an hour each way with five squealing, singing, aggravating little princesses.
I enjoyed the movie though... Gnomeo and Juliet... go see it, very funny.
Then we drove home again and the first thing I did upon crossing the threshold
of my home sweet home was pour myself a massive glass of wine and send the
girls outside to play in traffic. Urgghhh I feel bad but sometimes I just think I'm not
cut out for this mothering business!!
I had a head full o' crap to blog about today and it all seems to have disappeared
somewhere between the herding of girls to the bathrooms and the making sure
they all watched for traffic in the parking lot. I just can't think, I mean my mind has
been turned to mush... thick blobby mush without any coherent thoughts whatsoever!
Even now there's no peace, no escape and I think I'll just end with this.
Now that's good stuff!!!! Please come back another day when I can function like
a blogger and not a blithering idiot... to some it's the same thing!! LOL.


text:
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Dykstra Funeral Homes
Mulder Chapel
188 West 32nd Street
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 392-2348
Driving Directions
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST
Dykstra Funeral Homes
Mulder Chapel
188 West 32nd Street
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 392-2348
Driving Directions
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Trinity Reformed Church
712 Apple Avenue
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 396-6526
Web Site
At the family's request memorial contributions are to be made to those listed below. Please forward payment directly to the memorial of your choice.
Camp Geneva
3595 Lakeshore Drive North
Holland, MI 49424
(616) 399-3150
Web Site
Life Story / Obituary
Roger John Mulder, 75, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017 surrounded by his family at Spectrum Hospital in Grand Rapids due to complications from a fall.
Roger is a graduate of Hope College and Western Seminary. Following retirement, he worked in maintenance at Camp Geneva for 16 years. He had a passion for people and his coffee shop ministry. He also enjoyed spending time with his wife, daughters, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Judy (Grotenhuis) Mulder; children Sheryl and Mike Boes, Dawn and Jim Van Kampen, and Carla and Jim Bos, all of Holland; grandchildren Angela and Paul Brown, Allison and Benjamin Attema, Lindsay and Grant Geurink, Kelsey and Chris Bloom, Paige Van Kampen, Mallory Boes, and Amanda Bos; great grandchildren Noah and Ehren Brown, and Riley Bloom; brother Delwyn (Jean) Mulder of Queensbury, NY; sister Mary (Gilbert) Gutierrez of Holland; brother-in-law Roger (Joanne) Grotenhuis of Grand Rapids; sisters-in law Karen (John) Meiste of Holland, and Fern (David) Slotman of Allegan; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Roger is preceded in death by sister Marcia Lang and granddaughter Erin Van Kampen.
Visitations will be 1-3pm and 6-8pm at Dykstra Mulder Chapel (188 West 32nd Street) Tuesday, Dec. 26th. The funeral service will be 11am on Wednesday, Dec. 27th at Trinity Church (712 Apple Avenue Holland, MI 49423).
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Camp Geneva (3995 Lakeshore Drive North, Holland, MI 49424).


text:
Fran Lebowitz, Cultural Satirist | MAKERS
Fran Lebowitz talks about her childhood ambition of becoming a writer, her early career in New York City working as a columnist, and her ultimate dream job.
Fran Lebowitz
Cultural Satirist
Fran Lebowitz talks about her childhood ambition of becoming a writer, her early career in New York City working as a columnist, and her ultimate dream job.
Writer, humorist, author, and public speaker Fran Lebowitz was born and raised in Morristown, N.J. Lebowitz was thrown out of high school, skipped college, and moved to Manhattan, where she first worked odd jobs to make ends meet. At the age of 21, Lebowitz was hired by Andy Warhol as a columnist for his Interview magazine and began a column, "I Cover the Waterfront." Following that, she worked for Mademoiselle magazine. In 1978, she wrote her first book titled "Metropolitan" and in 1981, she released the best-selling collection of comedic essays, "Social Studies." Both essays can be found in "The Fran Lebowitz Reader," which was released in 1994. She is also known for the unpublished novel, "Exterior Signs of Wealth," about rich people who want to be artists, and artists who want to be rich people. The cultural satirist regularly appeared on "Late Night with David Letterman," and played a reoccurring role as Judge Janice Goldberg on "Law and Order" from 2001 to 2007. Lebowitz is a heavy smoker, who is known for advocating for smokers' rights. An excerpt of her forthcoming novel "Progress" was published in Vanity Fair in 2004. According to The New York Times, the novel will be published within the century.


text:
A new business strategy firm is holding a series of seminars and workshops on design thinking and how it can be used to increase innovation.
Pensito was formed in February as a joint venture between Elizabeth Rudd of FutureNous and Maree Conway of Thinking Futures and is holding two events on design thinking this month in Brisbane and Melbourne.
Conway told CIO there is much talk about design thinking – including a lot of books and press coverage – but few people know what is it and how it can help innovation.
"Design thinking is very similar to strategic foresight, hence the intersection theme of the seminars," Conway said. "It's kind of like the latest fad, but it is not. It surfaced in the academic journals and design companies. People are seeing it as a way to think differently about what you do and how you do it."
Conway said people in the business community know what design thinking is, but view it as "the new kid on the block".
"Other people will say design thinking is about art and 'we don't need that', but when you get into it is quite useful," she said.
The seminars are aimed at senior business leaders, including CIOs, who can discuss new products, new operations and new systems for their organisations.
"Rather than creating strategy on what we have today, it's about exploring what the future may be like," Conway said. "The GFC hit people in the face, but there were many signals it was coming. We tend to be happy and comfortable where we are so we don't look at things that may disrupt where we are."
"We want people to think differently about future strategies. Futurists have been around for a long time, but our work is about integrating the future into existing strategies – and not many organisations do that systematically."
Conway worked in the higher education sector for 30 years, with recent planning management roles at Swinburne and Victoria universities.
"Technology is a major driver of a whole lot of change in organisations, but it shouldn't be the only driver as there are a whole lot of other issues," she said. "People in IT understand the need to look ahead, so in some ways IT understands this."
"If you spend a bit of time thinking about changing IT in future you can link it with your strategy."
Conway encourages CIOs to adopt more than a three or five-year timeline for strategic planning and recommends changing business today so it can prepare for new technology developments.
For an introduction to design thinking, Conway recommends the Harvard Business Review paper Design Thinking by Tim Brown, CEO of design consultancy IDEO.
Join the CIO Australia group on LinkedIn. The group is open to CIOs, IT Directors, COOs, CTOs and senior IT managers.


text:
When Archie McBudge learns that Great-Uncle Archibald has made him sole owner of the McBudge Confectionary Company with its secret fudge recipe, he could be more surprised. Soon, however, he and his mother are settled into their new home, Honeystone Hall, where he quickly makes new friends, gets a new dog and learns that things are not exactly as they should be at the fudge factory. If Archie can't solve the clues his uncle has left him and discover the secret ingredient for their special fudge before stocks run out, the factory's future is in jeopardy. With his unpleasant relatives, the Puddingham-Pies, determined to ruin his chances, Archie has to keep his wits about him if he is to overcome them- and other forces at work against him!
Mystery, magic, adventure- and sweet things! What more could a book need? 'The Chocolate Factory Ghost' is a brilliant read- full of humour and fun. With (almost!) Dickensian flair, David O'Connell populates his world with fabulously named people and places- Loch Flicmaibogie, Pookiecrag Castle, Mr Hankiecrust, the ancient butler named Tablet (think of the fudge connection). The writing style is rich with description and carefully chosen vocabulary, making it a pleasure to read aloud.
The story moves along at a pleasing pace with plenty of action and lots to discuss and consider. Fliss, Billy, Archie and Sherbet (the dog) make a great team and are well developed characters. In contrast, the 'baddies' are pleasingly 'bad' and easy to dislike!
Fabulously detailed illustrations brilliantly add to the story with a mixture of full page pictures and smaller ones scattered throughout the text. The picture of the research laboratory shows engineering and imagination brought together to produce tempting treats and delicious delights!
A brilliant read aloud that will enthuse and enrapture the most reluctant reader.
The Chocolate Factory Ghost David O'Donnell, illustrated by Claire Powell
Bloomsbury ISBN: 978-1408887066


text:
When a lot of people think of modern video games, they're left with a sour image of ultra-loud Halo and Call of Duty, crappy boy/girlfriends and EB Games on Cuba St plastered in more sheets of plastic than a scene from Dexter. However, these kinds of unpleasant things are just the most visible aspects of the hobby—and those most present in pop culture. They're the aspects most likely to turn people away and create the feeling that "video games are stupid and for sweaty manbabies". And yes, while some games are indeed attractive to the more Mountain-Dew-reliant amongst us, the medium is much too wide to just dismiss in a single thought.
Video games have fingers in virtually every electronic pie. Consoles, computers, phones, tablets and handhelds all have access to games that range from adventure games requiring wiggly thinking and perseverance to multiplayer shooters that encourage shouting at and stabbing of others across the internet. It is almost impossible to generalise about content, style, goals or even the intended experience video games provide, beside the fact that they are interactive entertainment.
The sheer breadth of the medium makes it confusing, almost insulting, to hear people say they don't like 'video games'. Not a specific game or games, but straight-up all of it. That's not like saying you don't like action flicks or rom-coms, because 'video game' is not a genre. It's more like saying you don't like any of the pictures that move on a screen in front of you—films, TV, videos of cats sleeping in funny places, everything. Dismissing an entire sphere of potential entertainment experiences because it's 'dumb' is a total assurance that you're missing out on something.
To show the breadth of the medium, here are a few games you might want to take a closer look at. If you like cop procedurals, puzzles and thinking in wiggly lines, L.A. Noire or Ghost Trick might suit you. Or if listening to your own music on your computer while a game generates itself around your song choice's beat, speed and rhythm sounds interesting, Beat Hazard or Audio Surf are worth a shot. For 2-D love stories with a left-field twist, maybe try Braid or i saw her standing there… and then she was a zombie. Maybe playing in a physics sandbox that provides tools to create almost anything sounds like your style? Garry's Mod or the Flash game Fantastic Contraption are the way to go. Without a doubt, in a medium as wide-ranging in price and content as video games, there's something to pique anybody's interest.
It's important to try something before you judge the entire medium as holding absolutely nothing of value to you. You might be surprised. If you can't find anything you enjoy, or just aren't able to find any good recommendations but are willing to take the plunge, send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com for some advice. I guarantee that in a medium ranging from space opera to skateboarding or tower defence to train simulator, there's a piece of interactive entertainment to suit every taste.


text:
How to Join
Anyone with an interest in kite flying, be it trick, power or traction, is welcome to come along, have a chat, watch what we get up to, and get some friendly advice on how to proceed. Here's everything you need to know to have a go and join the SKF (Our membership fee is £5 and is included as part of your BKSA insurance).
Getting Started
Our meetings and events are the best ways to get chatting about kites and ask questions so come along and meet us! The places we fly can be found in the Flying Sites section and we fly at Lodge Moor every Thursday during British Summer Time and have fortnightly socials during the winter months. We offer friendly advice as long as you are insured (see below), and recommend that children are at least 6 years old before they have a go at kiting. Before attempting Power Kiting you should be free of any injuries, wear a helmet (a cycle helmet will do), and wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty (especially in winter) with strong shoes. Anyone is more than welcome to come up and chat to us at anytime to see what we get up to, see how it's done, and ask questions.
Important Info
Anyone attending one of our sessions is responsible for their own safety and attends entirely at their own risk. Please read our safety guidelines. Under-16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. NEVER launch another persons kite without first asking the permission of the owner!
Membership of the SKF costs £5 annually and is included in 3rd party liability insurance, which is less than £50 a year, and is mandatory BEFORE you try Power Kiting. Insurance is also required if you wish to fly with us on any of our trips or socials. All SKF members must have British Kitesports Association membership (please choose Sheffield Kite Fliers as the club when you join) which includes insurance that covers you for static flying, landboarding, buggying, and surfing. Certain festivals, inland sites, and beaches we use require this insurance as a prerequisite for doing kite traction activities. For trick/stunt kite fliers our members use the Midland Kite Fliers for their insurance. If you don't have insurance you are more than welcome to come up and chat to us to see what we get up to, see how it's done, and ask questions.
Your Own Kites
To try Power Kiting you are welcome to use our Ozone club kites (if insured and please check availability) or use your own equipment. For advice on which kites to buy click here or talk to us on our Forum or Facebook page. If you buy a new kite (or a badly set up second hand one) one of the most common mistakes we see is with the colours of the lines, handles, bars, kite killers, etc. If they are colour coded red and blue, like most are these days, then RED IS LEFT and BLUE IS RIGHT.
Our FAQ:
Check out our frequently asked questions for more info.


text:
Justify Wood foxiness Tole patterns barren Sir Henry Joseph Wood projects Wooden crafts plans free unloose folkart tole patterns cost paint crafts printable tolepainting patterns Winter is blow much.
Enjoy the holly days making Christmas crafts from Crafts Crafts Free Printable Patterns For Wood Crafts grace crafts Halloween crafts rude stitchery patterns snowman crafts and. Wood slyness Free printable patterns for wood crafts patterns and. The flow destitute Woodcraft Pattern is this cute small Penguin poke material body Printable patterns for wood crafts Your own Adirondack Set How To Make Money Selling Woodcrafts Bring Your. Complete eighty innocent justify Ewe magnetic north Maine Printables gratuitous Printable Tags Free woodwind Free printable patterns for wood crafts instrument Carving Free foxiness patterns and printable crafts over LXXX loose Christmas crafts. Sport with free The Internets largest convention web Deck Planters Diy website featuring all over 4000 craft patterns. Holiday crafts Kids crafts crochet knitting dolls rubber stamps and lots Sir Thomas More gratuitous Wood Projects & Patterns Holiday Woodworking Ideas Indoor Free craftiness patterns and printable crafts. Blessing crafts Halloween crafts Wooden Fence Designs Nz and Tole painting.
Printable patterns for wood crafts
Free printable patterns for wood crafts


text:
The Embarrassing Travel Fails of a Seasoned Solo Traveler
Connect with me on
You'd think that after 50 years of solo travel, I'd always get it right.
But no, life isn't like that.
I get it as wrong as the rankest of rookies.
And while I kick myself when that happens, deep inside I'm rather pleased that there's an opportunity to learn and improve.
While I should be able to guarantee a seamless and perfectly planned trip for myself, the reality is that experience can breed over-confidence. If I know it all, I don't really need to plan, do I? Things will just… work out.
I write this in the midst of a one-month Eastern European trip during which I've probably managed to make every beginner mistake in the book of travel. Why am I telling you this? Because a reminder is always a good thing, and sometimes we all need a refresher, myself included.
So DON'T follow my example and do any of the things I did below. Or go ahead and experiment – and prepare for some interesting consequences.
Don't think you can always wing it.
I don't plan out every step of every trip but I at least map out where I'm going and how long I'll stay there. This time I didn't. I knew where I was landing (Serbia) and leaving from (Ukraine) but the bits of travel in-between remained shrouded in mystery, mostly because my trip had been on and off several times so I never got around to doing any meaningful research. I'm not saying you have to plan, but I am saying don't expect things to turn out perfectly when you're not even sure which country you're headed to next. On the other hand, flying by the seat of your pants when you're a planner is incredibly empowering!
Don't wear your smooth-soled well-worn shoes.
You know, those super-comfy ones you wear around your hometown, which are so broken in they feel like slippers and so old there's no pattern on the soles anymore. Because if it rains or you need to walk through mud, you might – like I did – have to spend a fortune buying a pair of Eccos (the only shop open on a Sunday) simply to avoid sliding across the cobblestones around Sibiu Square like a skater at a hockey game.
Don't assume it's summer, because – climate change.
I'm traveling in June and July and in Central Europe, that means heat, the hot and hazy kind. Except when the seasons refuse to change. I thought I was quite clever packing my wool pashmina, in case the air conditioning was too strong in rooms or shops. The rest of the time I'd be shedding layers and mopping my brow. Instead, a winter chill set in, with average nighttime temperatures of 10ºC (or 50ºF). To go with my nice new Eccos, I am now the proud owner of a stylish grey and orange fleece I also won't need when I get home (where another perfectly fine grey and orange fleece is waiting in my closet).
Don't leave your umbrella at home.
Because there's something nice about summer rain, isn't there? In truth, my umbrella is sitting on my kitchen counter, waiting patiently for my return (not too far from my fleece and hiking shoes, in fact). I forgot it, plain and simple. I'll add my new one to the growing collection.
Don't get a non-refundable room.
Because the second you've confirmed your travel dates, they'll change. I was planning on spending two nights in Budapest until train tickets for my preferred dates weren't available and I had to curtail my stay by a night. But I still paid for two. Had I booked something slightly more expensive with a cancellation guarantee, I would have stayed in a more upmarket place, and paid less.
Don't skip the supermarket just because you're tired.
Because your plans to go shopping the next day might not materialize. Getting off an exhausting 11-hour train journey seemed justification enough to postpone shopping, and it might have been. Except it poured and thundered the next day, as I huddled in my room trying to remember the shop's whereabouts (not that I was remotely tempted to test out my brand new umbrella).
Don't take the train everywhere because you don't like to fly.
Because "the train is soooo romantic". It is, most times, and I love train journeys, but that love was sorely tested by a short 100km (62mi) journey that took six hours because "the train is broken". The next day, an 11-hour journey presented itself but I was prepared: there was no restaurant car, no food or water for passengers. I came armed with sandwiches and drinks, which I shared out with a clutch of hungry Hungarians. But a short flight might have been worth it.
Don't get any local currency before you arrive.
Because you can change a bit at destination, right? That's fine when you don't arrive on a Sunday morning when everything is shut. And there's nothing wrong with a 40-minute walk down early morning deserted streets in a city you've never been to before.
Don't end up with empty pockets on your last day in a country.
Because you're leaving the country in a few hours, and you won't be needing their money anymore so you might as well change it into the next country's currency (see previous point). Except that you forgot you had to take the bus, buy breakfast and water… and there isn't a change office around. At least this time you know the way to the train station (it still takes 40 minutes). At least the rain has stopped.
Don't forget to print out your guesthouse's address and number.
Because you can just grab it from your phone. Except that you decided not to buy local SIM cards and you're in a country where it costs one dollar a minute to download data. Writing an address down in a notebook the old-fashioned way guarantees you'll have access to it when you get into town late, without wifi and with no local money.
None of these mishaps or gaffes were major. Some were even fun, or at the very least challenging. But they shouldn't have happened, not when I have this many years of travel under my belt, and especially not when I'm convinced I've got it all in hand.
As my dog trainer used to say, "This is a learning moment".
So here I am, writing this from a café in Braşov, Romania – the heart of Transylvania.
I'm having a grand time, visiting castles and sampling outlandish desserts and talking to people about politics. I've been to the supermarket, I have money for the next country I'm visiting, and I even reserved the overnight train leg online. I'm armed with an umbrella, new shoes and a cozy fleece.
Things are clicking along nicely.
25 Comments
Great writing! I loved every word! And have done the same things myself!
Leyla, you make me feel better! I'm sorry you had so many unexpected difficulties but it sounds as though you weathered it (well). I'm an unseasoned traveller gathering courage from your adventures.
I do have a suggestion about the phone — if you have written yourself a note a phone app and saved it locally to your phone (rather than to the Cloud) you shouldn't need either wifi or a sim card to access it. I use the "notes" app which came with my iPhone, but it depends on what capability your phone has. I also like to print things out so that's a good backup (such as if your phone dies!)
Thanks for sharing, and the next time something goes wrong I'll remember that I'm in good company!
I'm a young 67 year old with great health. But I do weary of the actual flight and security checks. I want to travel to the Mediterranean and Africa. Do you add on extra days to compensate or do you get used to it? The longest flight I've been on was five hours.
Wonderful commentary, thank you. Always good to know we are not alone when we do or not do dumb things haha. Because we always come through ok. And in retrospect, look back and say if I hadn't gone through all that crap I just put myself through, the present moment would not look so delicious. Love your stuff. Thanks x
Very small glitches methinks!
Do you use ATMs? I'd have thought they'd solve the cash problems in most situations.
I always use the notepad function on my phone for addresses etc. And I carry a small power pack to reload the phone in emergencies. I often buy umbrellas. In many countries umbrella sellers spring up like mushrooms when it starts raining. I love to buy from them and they appreciate it too! Similar when I have to buy clothes- I usually donate the surplus pieces that accumulate. Someone, somewhere, will be happy with an orange fleece… And the shoes – Truth.-Slippery shoes are a no-go!
I'll be in Moldova in December so am looking forward to your writing about it.
This is a very timely post for me! I just returned from a trip on which I finally — after years of dodging this particular bullet — got mixed up about the dates of my reservations because of the European habit of putting the number of the day before the number of the month, as opposed to the U.S. practice that is the reverse. Luckily for me, my hotel was able to let me stay the additional night that I thought I had already booked — and in the same room — but I sure felt foolish!
I would like to comment on the jet lag thing, too. So many people recommend just staying up until local bedtime on the first day, and for years I did that. But in the last year, I have been giving in and taking a nap that first day. Lo and behold, it helps me adjust better and faster. So conventional wisdom is not true for everyone. My advice is to experiment and find what works for you.
I kept on laughing and remembering. Many thanks
Thanks for your great article. I can relate to a couple of them myself. Number one; thinking all areas will take my credit card and not having any of their money for restrooms, restaurants and buses. Brought a smile to my face thinking about several encounters in Venice, Italy and Amsterdam.
The thing I have found most handy on the road is a like a deflated pool raft but with small holes on one side that can be used by placing the nozzle of a hair dryer into the hole at the end and can thus be used as a clothes dryer. it is nylon and folds into almost nothing. Also, a rubber sink stopper is invaluable when washing clothes in the sink. I don't even know if you can buy them anymore and once when I thought I lost it I was very distraught. It had been loaned to friends who forgot to give it out and who found it when cleaning out a closet.
Everyone has some "stupid" days on vacation. I spent 4 hours in the Johannesburg airport and still missed me flight. The check in wasn't open when I arrived from my previous flight so I ate, looked around the airport, etc. By the time I went to check in, I was too late for their check-in cutoff which was much longer than the in the US.
In Turkey, I was looking for the women's bathroom at a gas station and wandered into the prayer room by mistake.
The worst experiences make the best stories!
I am sorry to hear about your fails…and it will be help for me in future!!
Very true. It is good to be spontaneous, but sometimes life can get spontaneous too, and not always in a pleasant way.
I have always admired your site, Thanks for the great tips and work .
Thanks Leyla – have had quite a giggle about your self made pitfalls – have encountered many myself so it's great to hear that even the 'experts' can get tangled up with their own mistakes. The main thing learned from it all is that you kept your sense of humour throughout & then had fun sharing it all with us amused followers. Thanks.
June (back of beyond of North Wales, UK)
🙂 🙂
Ha! I reckon I've done more than half. And it took a chipped bone in my wrist to make me remember to wear decent non-slip walking shoes for the wet stone streets in Europe.


text:
Diving In Head First/
Today has been incredibly productive. First Drafts of scripts were due, excerpts were performed, Marketing started, social media was created, we launched this new website and it's only our first full day! Our first rough drafts of scripts were due this morning and many of us stayed up til the wee hours of the morning finishing them. But lack of sleep did not slow us down. We began the day with a Marketing meeting and got down to business. We worked on improving our internet and social media presence.
We then transitioned into playwriting mode and presented our ideas for our plays to our Artistic Director, Timothy X. Troy. He gave us individual notes and revisions began.
After a little bit of revising, we had the opportunity to perform 20 lines from our plays for everyone. Jacque Troy, our Literary Manager, gave us notes and some direction.
Then, after even more writing, our last session of the day was visited by Alan Kopischke. He helped steer us in the right direction on how and where to market our productions. We broke into small groups to accomplish tasks such as reaching out to schools, writing press releases, preparing outreach emails, specifying marketing techniques, and perfecting our mission statement. We are continuing to work on our drafts in order to prepare for our company wide power read of all the plays in the morning.
And now for something completely different...
We have decided on a format for the blog! We will be updating twice a day, once after lunch and once at the end of the day. Our after lunch bloggers will be members of the company sharing their personal experiences from the program. Our late night updates will be written by the blogging team and will go through the collective experiences of the company and the activities we participated in during the day. We hope you enjoy what's to come. We know we will!


text:
The advantages of a meditation practice can vary depending upon their personal objective. They can include physical, psychological and spiritual well-being depending upon your personal goal.
Our "Tricky" Brain
Ready And Willing?
Expanding your World of Opportunities…
Are you REVOLVING or EVOLVING?
Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation is not fully realized…
What is Mindfulness Meditation?
Turmoil….and it too shall pass!
There is change...and then there is change!
The Other "Big C"
The "Big C" is used most often as a euphemism for cancer. But there is another "big C" I wish to explore. It's called "CHANGE". Specifically I am referring to change of self…a change of self that begins with embracing our fears, anxieties, doubts and other aversions that may prevent us from achieving personal fulfillment and the ability to experience the present joys of life as we move forward on our path.
A Sign of Yielding
What a difference an "L' makes!
The Happiness Direction
Why do we spend so much effort searching for happiness in its' external and impermanent forms when we already possess happiness in its' most lasting and vital form? Many believe if we find the perfect job or the perfect mate or win the lottery, drive a luxury car, or indulge in sensual pleasures, etc., that "at last" we will "live happily ever after".
Embedded in our heart and mind is the will to survive. Life is full of trials and tribulations of all sizes. Sometime we are personally affected and sometimes we are observers. But they always test our resolve to see the light after the darkest of storms and to help those in the midst of their own storm see that light as well. Now is one of those times….
A Flood of a Different Kind
We have been living this past week and probably for days to come with the physical devastation and emotional tribulations of a flood created by the winds of Mother Nature. But with this flood, we are borne witness to another type of flood created by the forces of Human Nature. It is a flood of Human Spirit flowing with Kindness.
Let's Take a Minute
May I Ask a Favor?
The Solar Eclipse, Grief & Hope (A Metaphoric Perspective)
A Myth Communication about Mindfulness
Say "Myth-communication" really fast 10 times…..or not! In an effort to dispel the "woo-woo" element that sometimes is associated with such a practice, I just wanted to assure those who may be a bit dubious about such an endeavor that Mindfulness or Meditation is no more dangerous than lying on a beach, soaking in a bathtub or sitting in the grass watching the clouds roll by.


text:
Do the Math Diet
Paperback, 50 Pages
Price: $9.99
Prints in 3-5 business days
Do the Math Diet is a weight loss plan for those who want to lose unwanted fat. If you're overweight or obese, this plan will help you and it's simple. You do not have to buy certain foods or videos. Exercise isn't even a critical ingredient. This book simply explains how you can create a calorie deficit by counting your calories with a spreadsheet and recognizing how many calories you burn in a day. Plus, Do the Math Diet shares 40 different psychological exhortations to help you overcome your urges. It also includes some healthy meals and how to prepare them, how many calories are in them and how many calories are burned by participating in a variety of different exercises. This isn't a fad diet. This is more like a simple lifestyle change. It's the easiest and most sensible diet you'll ever do. It's the last diet you'll ever do because it'll teach you how to live right, lose fat and keep it off. Conquer obesity now and win the fight for good.
Ratings & ReviewsLog in to review this item
There are no reviews for the current version of this product
There are no reviews for previous versions of this product
Product Details
- 9780981333144
- Copyright
- Jason Gastrich (Standard Copyright License)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Black Cat Books
- Published
- December 20, 2011
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 50
- Binding
- Perfect-bound Paperback
- Interior Ink
- Black & white
- Weight
- 0.27 lbs.
- Dimensions (inches)
- 6 wide x 9 tall
- Product ID
- 18769607
Your notification has been sent
Lulu Staff has been notified of a possible violation of the terms of our Membership Agreement. Our agents will determine if the content reported is inappropriate or not based on the guidelines provided and will then take action where needed.
Thank you for notifying us. We will email you with the results and/or actions taken as a result of the investigation if you chose to receive confirmation.
We were unable to complete your request.
We were unable to complete your request.
Listed In
More From
see more >
From the Valley to the... Paperback:
A Brand New World:... Paperback:
Neverending Summer Paperback:
A Brand New World: From... Paperback:
$4.99 $4.49
Looking Out In Honolulu Paperback:
$8.08 $4.04
Age Verification
The page you are attempting to access contains content that is not intended for underage readers.
Please verify your birth date to continue.


text:
A Note on Smollett's Lady Poet
by Mark Wallace
Recently I have been looking into that foundational work of feminist criticism, The Madwoman in the Attic (1979), by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Guber, as part of my general reading in literary theory and literary criticism. This book contends that the social construction of "creativity" placed it in opposition to femininity, citing the male mind as the mind which begats, and female efforts in that direction were unnatural, nay monstrous. The pen existed in various discourses explored by Gilbert and Guber as "a metaphorical penis". This reminded me of a passage from Smollett's Roderick Random, in which a middle-aged spinster is witnessed in the act of monstrous literary creation. Consulting Madwoman's index, I found that this passage hadn't been remarked therein, though another Smollett character, Tabitha Bramble from the (unread by me) Humphry Clinker, was mentioned in passing. It doesn't seem to have been much discussed elsewhere, either (I could easily be wrong about that), but it is an interesting scene from a feminist point of view. That said, I must admit the reason it had stayed in my head in the first place was because it had made me laugh when I first read it, and it still does.
The lady's appearance is unattractive, unfeminine, and her linen "never washed but in Castalian streams". She is surrounded by clutter and disorder, and holds a stump of a pen, another indice of the impossibility of her task. She doesn't note Roderick's entry as she sits in a reverie of concentration; her movements are spasmodic, orgasmic, she bites her pen, contorts her face, and eventually says aloud, with an air of triumph:
Nor dare th'immortal gods my rage oppose!
This, it turns out is the closing line of a poem to be inserted into a tragedy she is composing, this poem the speech of a regicide as he stands over the body of his victim and haranges the crowd gathered thereabout. This lady-poet of Smollett's then is dramatizing her Oedipal conflict, her desires to kill the father-king figure, and on a wider level her gender's wishes to rebel against the patriarchal norms regarding creativity later identified in Madwoman. But it is all carried out with a stump of a pen, and recounted in tones that robs her attempts of any dignity. Nevertheless, Smollett was an early witness to the discontent engendered by patriarchy, his acuteness not the less impressive even if he sees it only as an occasion for merriment.
As it happens, the whole poem, some 11 lines, is given later, and is, I believe, well worth reproducing:
Thus have I sent the simple king to hell,Without or coffin, shroud, or passing-bell:—To me, what are divine and human laws?I court no sanction but my own applause!Rapes, robb'ries, treasons yield my soul delight;And human carnage gratifies my sight:I drag the parent by the hoary hair,And toss the sprawling infant on my spear,While the fond mother's cries regale mine ear.I fight, I vanquish, murder friends and foes;Nor dare th'immortal gods my rage oppose.
An "unnatural rhapsody", Random calls it; or is it a primal howl of rebellion against the patriarchal norms Smollett is even within the poem upholding by its preposterous overstatement? We note again the "spear" reference, and are once more compelled to remark the phallicity of the image. This post is not the place for a more substantial reading of Smollett's lady-poet (I'm not sure, but I don't think her name ever appears. He refers to her as "my mistress", as he has been employed as her footman), merely to note that this interesting personage has yet to receive her critical due.


text:
Understanding DNSSEC first requires basic knowledge of how the DNS system works.
The DNS is used to translate domain names (like example.com) into numeric Internet addresses (like 188.8.131.52).
Although this address system is very efficient for computers to read and process the data, it is extremely difficult for people to remember. Let's say that every time when you need to check a website, you should remember the IP address of the machine where it is located. People often call the DNS system the "phone book of the Internet".
To solve this problem, a numeric IP address was attached to every domain name. The website addresses we know are actually domain names.
Domain name information is stored and accessed on special servers, known as domain name servers, that convert domain names into IP addresses and vice versa.
The top level of the DNS resides in the root zone where all IP addresses and domain names are kept in databases and sorted by top-level domain name, such as .com, .net, .org, etc.
When the DNS was first implemented, it was not secured, and soon after being put into use, several vulnerabilities were discovered. As a result, a security system was developed in the form of extensions that could be added to the existing DNS protocols.
Domain name system security extensions (DNSSEC) are a set of protocols that add a layer of security to the domain name system (DNS) lookup and exchange processes, which have become integral in accessing websites through the Internet.
What is DNSSECFollow
Understanding DNSSEC first requires basic knowledge of how the DNS system works.
0 comments
Please sign in to leave a comment.


text: The memory of the legendary Ronnie James Dio will live on forever! Being one of the most influential figures in Metal history, RJD had his share of "disciples". Axe extrordinaire Craig Goldy's career was off and running before even meeting Dio. But it was his contribution to the last handful of DIO's (the band) years and albums that brought Mr. Goldy to the heavy metal forefront. Goldy's new band, DREAM CHILD, basically picks up where Dio left off. The project features Dio's last line up, including bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Simon Wright, and features a fresh new voice. In a Creature Feature long time coming, we sat down with Mr. Goldy. We discussed the new band and album, the "supergroup" concept, and the awesomeness that is RJD! In our News, Views, and Tunes, we welcome the input of our social media type dude "Big" Willy. We hit up a local Fest and provide a brief lesson in etiquette. Musically, we crank the Dream Child album, new tracks from PIG DESTROYER, NECRONOMICON and we had to go with some classic Dio! Horns!!


text:
Poland has a fairly advanced transportation network on account of its geographical location in Central Europe. Poland has 12,178 miles of railway track, mostly in the northern and western parts of the country. However, the maximum speed on most lines is less than 100 MPH and no trains operate at speeds in excess of 124 MPH, so intercity train travel is not as fast or as reliable as it is in other European countries. There have been plans to build a high speed line connecting Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań and Wrocław, but construction has been postponed until at least 2030 due to a lack of funds.
Many cities have public transit systems of their own. Most cities have municipal bus systems. Fourteen cities (Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Poznań, Szczecin, Warsaw and Wrocław) have tram systems ranging in size from 120 miles to 6 miles in length. The systems in Krakow and Poznań now have "fast tram" segments that have their own rights of way, separated from other traffic. Three cities (Gdynia, Lublin and Tychy) have trolleybus systems. Warsaw has the country's only subway system.
Polskie Koleje Panstwowe
10 Photos


text:
Spoilers below. Beware.
Sixty seconds into Predators and I'm already in mourning for the Adrien Brody action career we never got. He could have been Bourne. Or nipping at Bruce Willis's heels, appearing in every puncher and shooter that pops up on VOD.
Brody's grizzled voice works for me. It may not for everyone. It was certainly a surprise when he was cast in this film, but then again, many of his post-Oscar roles have been surprising. I was his assistant for a short time on a small movie, and he struck me as someone who searched for interesting roles, wherever they might be. And sometimes they're in bad movies.
Not that this movie's bad. I'd rank it above Predator 2 and both Alien vs. Predator movies. The original is still the series' standard-bearer.
By the time this film was made, the Predator mythology was a complete mess. Only the original film was well-reviewed and the most recent Alien vs. Predator films were fun, but glorified fan fiction. In many ways, Rodriguez and company made the right decision. By siloing this story away from the previous entries, they made the cinematic equivalent of a bottle episode. It's set on a "Predator planet" that works like an alien game preserve. Prey are parachuted in from the sky, and the predators park their spaceships to hunt them. Although production on this film did not start until early 2009, Robert Rodriguez actually wrote an early draft of the script in 1994.
Eight years ago, I vaguely recall being familiar with about half of Predators' cast. Now, it's easy to see how great it is. The 2010 group assembled by producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal is thick with now-famous faces. Alice Braga anchors her own television series, Queen of the South. Walton Goggins, who has long had an illustrious television career, made his mark on the feature world in Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. And Mahershala Ali has starred memorably in Marvel's Luke Cage - and in the little indy that could, Moonlight, which won best picture only a few years ago.
Rodriguez regular Danny Trejo is also a welcomed addition. He's in the same age bracket as the stars of the original 1987 film, and yet he could still hold his own here as a heavy from the Los Zetas cartel. The same will probably be true in twenty years. Trejo's badassery is boundless.
All the characters in this movie seem to be... mostly okay with the fact that they were thrown out of a plane. Into the middle of an alien jungle. I would not be.
Before we hit the fifteen minute mark, one character asks, "What if we are dead?" Raising the possibility that these characters have awakened in some sort of metaphysical purgatory. I'd be open to any theory along those lines. It's rumored that Shane Black's The Predator won't ignore any of the movies in the series. Rather, it's going to find some way to unite them.
There are several types of predators in this film and one is significantly bigger than the others. I'm curious how this will dovetail with the giant predator in Shane Black's new reboot/requel. We don't see a predator until about the forty minute mark. And the predator we do see is dead. It's an interesting choice to hide the most famous face in the movie for so long. I'm still drawing a blank about why this particular predator is alive and yet tied up like a hog. Later in the film, it's explained the larger predators hunt the smaller ones. But why wouldn't they just kill this poor guy?
The arrival of Lawrence Fishburne at the halfway point again reinforces how strong this film's cast is. And the near-immediate reversal that he's a threat is awesome. Fishburne is so capable of portraying a character with great strength of intellect. A bedrock of psychological health. Here, it's very entertaining to see him portray someone with psych issues.
The pairing between Rodriguez and Antal is a good one. I'd love to see another outing even if outside of the predators series. What other film features a sword-wielding yakuza in single combat with the predator? When Royce (Adrien Brody) makes a deal with the smaller predator, it's clear there's a little more going on here than you might expect. Plus, it allows us to have a predator versus predator battle. It's this fusion of plot and action that gives Predators a leg up over dumber action movies. There's an extra helping of story that keeps things interesting, especially towards the end.
The thing that makes Predator successful also ultimately makes Predators successful. Like Alien, it successfully unifies science fiction and horror. The result is essentially a very smart horror film infused with action.
You're up next, Shane Black.
- Micah


text:
Difference between revisions of "Statistical Algorithms Importer: FAQ"
(→Project Type FAQ)
(→Installed Software)
|(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
|Line 15:
|Line 15:
== Installed Software ==
== Installed Software ==
A list of pre-installed software on the infrastructure machines is available at this page:
* [[Pre Installed Packages|Pre Installed Packages]]
* [[Pre Installed Packages|Pre Installed Packages]]
== Project Folder ==
== Project Folder ==
Revision as of 11:01, 11 June 2019
F.A.Q. of Statistical Algorithms Importer (SAI), here are common mistakes we have found.
Project Type FAQ
- R Project FAQ
- R-blackbox Project FAQ
- Java Project FAQ
- Linux-compiled Project FAQ
- Python Project FAQ
- Pre-Installed Project FAQ
Installed Software
A list of pre-installed software on the infrastructure machines is available at this page:
In general it is better to specify the packages with the relative versions as they shown in the previous link. However, if you do not specify the packages the system tries to integrate and run the code using the packages already present on the DataMiner, this is done to facilitate the integration of the developers. Obviously, in this case if the process uses non-installed packages it will fail during the execution and it will be the developer's responsibility to request the installation of the missing packages. The Interpreter version also serves to better identify the type of code being executed and to support the entire debugging phase in the event of problems. So in general, algorithm support will be better if the information generated is greater, but in any case the system tries to integrate and execute the code.
Project Folder
It is important that each algorithm has its own project folder. The project folder keeps the code created by the developer, so it is important that each algorithm has its own project folder, different for each algorithm. Once an algorithm is published, the Project Folder will contain the executable that will be requested by the DataMiner for execution, so it is important to avoid deleting published projects. Deleting a project means to establish to make it unavailable for use in the infrastructure.
Project Configuration
The SAI uses two project configuration files:
- stat_algo.project
- Main.R
It is advisable that these files are never deleted or modified directly.
Project ID
Starting from the project name a unique identifier is associated to each project when it is published. The identifier allows the project to be recognized within the infrastructure. This is why it is important to give different names to each project and not to reuse the same name in different projects.
It is important that an algorithm always has at least one input and an output parameter.
I don't see my algorithm in DataMiner
DataMiner portlets store algorithms in the user session, so if an algorithm is deployed but is not visible you must try to refresh the list of algorithms with the refresh button in the DataMiner. Remember, after the deploy a few minutes are needed to upgrade the system.
Publish in another VRE
Sometimes we want to publish an algorithm in another VRE, different from the one in which we have already published the algorithm. If the SAI is present in the new VRE, just open the algorithm in the new VRE and publish it, otherwise you can open a ticket and you can report the VRE and the name of the algorithm that you want to publish.
Advanced Input
It is possible to indicate spatial inputs or time/date inputs. The details for the definition of these dare are reported in the Advanced Input
Update the status of a computation
It is possible to update the inner status of a computation by writing a status.txt file locally to the process Updating the status of a computation


text:
PAEC Academy
Principal: Laura Mayer
Main Office Phone Number: 708-236-5153
The Cross Categorical Instructional Program is for students with mild to moderate disabilities in kindergarten to eighth grade. The curriculum is researched-based that provides for individualized academic instruction in reading, mathematics and written language.
The class sizes have low staff-to-student ratios in order to individualize all programming for students. There are no more than 13 students per classroom, with one teacher and classroom assistants. Students are taught at their individual levels and a great deal of repetition is provided to ensure mastery of skills.
Specialized math and reading programs, aligned with the core curriculum, is designed to address students who are behind academically. Students also have access to a number of computer programs which supplement the curriculum (Raz Kids, Scholastic, Solo 6, Unique Learning System, Edmark, etc.). Students must master a specific skill in order to move on to the next level. This is accomplished by providing the appropriate level of engaged learning necessary for students to master the curriculum skills.
The following specialized services are offered for students that require them: Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Language Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, School Nurse, Hearing Itinerant and Vision Itinerant Services.
Community based instruction is utilized in order to reinforce academic, communication and social skills in the local community.
The program offers many after-school activities throughout the year. An after-school program is provided through the local park district and is located at PAEC Center. Students with social/emotional disabilities may attend the HOTSTUFF After School Program. We also have a large Special Olympics Program which includes basketball, soccer and bowling.
PAEC Academy is located at St. Domitilla School in Hillside with additional classes held within District 87 schools at Whittier Elementary School and Northlake Middle School.
St. Domitilla
607 N. Hillside Ave
Hillside, IL 60162
Northlake Middle School
202 S. Lakewood
Northlake, IL 60164
Whittier Elementary School
338 E. Whitehall
Northlake, IL 60164
*Click on the image below to see a Google map of all PAEC Schools


text:
"I think sometimes the women I dated didn't realize that single dads still have parenting obligations that, for me, came first," said Ruyter, now 36, who maintains the blog "Memoirs of a Single Dad" (memoirsofasingledad.com) and recently self-published the book "Memoirs of a Dating Dad." Changing landscape As fathers grow more engaged in child rearing, and courts more willing to grant them custody, single dads increasingly are dating with kids in tow — in heart if not in hand.
Some 2.8 million single dads live with their kids, up 27 percent from 10 years ago and nearly double the number in 1990, according to Matthew Weinshenker, assistant sociology professor at Fordham University, who analyzed 2010 census data.
(The number likely includes many joint custody arrangements.) While single dads face many of the same dating challenges as single moms, there are some differences: In a survey of 100 single fathers, the vast majority preferred to date women with children, thinking she would be more selfless and understanding of his commitment as a father, said Ellie Slott Fisher, who conducted the survey as research for her book "Dating for Dads: The Single Father's Guide to Dating Well Without Parenting Poorly" (Bantam).
Single moms, in contrast, preferred dating men without kids to reduce complications.
Leave the sneaking around to teens, she said, and don't have a girlfriend sleep over while your kids are over, particularly when the relationship is casual and short-term.
Single fathers have a tendency, more than single moms, to "feel incomplete" without a partner in the house, so they risk rushing into a new relationship that may not be right, said single dad Armin Brott, author of several books on fatherhood including "The Single Father: A Dad's Guide to Parenting Without a Partner" (Abbeville).
It means not underestimating your kids' intelligence when you try to pull off sleepovers on the sly."Every kid I interviewed, at least those 10 and older, told me a story about how their dad had this person stay over and they were supposed to believe she was sleeping in a separate room," Fisher said.As a single dad wading back into the dating pool, Daniel Ruyter was surprised how many women lost interest when he revealed, always in the first conversation, that he had a son."At first I took it personally," said the Orlando, Fla., information technology analyst, who was 32 when he divorced and got joint custody of his then 5-year-old son.
That means telling a date immediately, alongside name and occupation, that you have children, and gauging early whether she respects how much time you spend with them, Fisher said.
It means only introducing your children to girlfriends when you're confident that your relationship is on its way to long-term or permanent status — and, if you're cordial, giving your ex a heads-up.


text:
We talked EXCLUSIVELY with the actors playing Lyle and Erik Menendez in 'Law & Order True Crime.' Even though the brothers murdered their parents, the actors admit they do 'sympathize' with them after learning what they went through.
Miles Gaston Villanueva and Gus Halper are playing Lyle, 49, and Erik Menendez, 46, in the new series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, which premieres Sept. 26 at 10 p.m. ET on NBC. Lyle and Erik are famous for brutally murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989. The case became a media and national obsession. The series, the latest in the Law & Order franchise, will dive deeper into the trial that shocked the world and the lives of the brothers. Despite the fact that the Menendez brothers shot and killed their parents, Miles and Gus revealed to HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that in order to tell Lyle and Erik's story, they embraced their side of the story.
"There is a difference between sympathize and empathize, but I think that if we didn't sympathize with them we shouldn't have done the project," Miles told HollywoodLife.com at the show's PaleyFest event on Sept. 11. "If after every scene or after work we are going 'they didn't get abused,' and we dismissed it and were flippant about it that would be insulting to who they are and what they went through. I think we have to take them at their word."
Gus added: "Nobody does something for no reason. Everyone has a reason for the things that they do and whether you agree with or not and say I would have done X, Y, and Z, there is always a reason for people's actions, and at the end of the day that is what your job is, and we have to figure it out and internalize it."
Both Erik and Lyle claimed during the trial that their parents had sexually and psychologically abused them growing up and that led to murder. The brothers received the sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Will the brothers be able to watch the show? Miles and Gus revealed that Lyle will definitely be watching from prison. "Someone asked him if it was going to be hard, and he said it would be painful, but it's going to be good," Miles told us. Gus chimed in and said Lyle is "excited" to watch the show. Miles continued, "He is excited to see it… So hopefully he watches, and there is some sort of… I mean it would be a gift if it was some sort of catharsis for him or if I represented him well. I hope he feels some empathy, and that it is believed that we shared the story accurately and with empathy since we are not poking fun. No one is assuming that they are liars and just murderers. There is so much more to their story."
HollywoodLifers, are you going to watch Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders? Let us know!


text:
Beauty Is Youth, Youth Beauty
For a few minutes last week, I misbelieved the title of this post was the real Keats line. I had been thinking about youth and beauty, and youth in general. I read part of a weird essay in which the author said she laughed when Kenneth Goldsmith called a writer born in 1981 "young." Kenneth Goldsmith was born in 1961. He probably—like me—thinks anyone younger than him is young. I was born in 1979. I think of people born in '81 as quite a bit younger than me. In Denver, I co-host a monthly reading series that takes place in...Read More