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According to Dean et al. (2012), an effective teacher must set clear objectives and provide constructive feedback, reinforce effort and provide recognition, and facilitate cooperative learning to establish a successful learning environment. The strategies that teachers can utilize to support student academic achievement are cues, questions and advance organizers, nonlinguistic representations, summarizing and note taking, assigning homework, and providing practice.
For the purpose of reflecting on how these best instructional strategies might look in practice, I am analyzing a video of a 3rd grade teacher instructing a lesson on adjectives. The teacher begins to the lesson by stating the clear simple objective of learning more about adjectives, and inviting students to share what they know about the subject. When a student volunteers that an adjective comes before a noun, she presses for the purpose of an adjective. The teacher has established a clear learning target, and cued the students to share prior learning to start the lesson. She writes student responses on white board at the front of the room
Following the introduction, the teacher invites students to share a list, via raising their hands, of adjectives to ascribe to the beach. The teacher divides the list into five categories, corresponding with the five senses. Then she prompts the class to share a few a few descriptive terms for each category. When this task has been completed, an advance organizer, or "senses web", is introduced with the directive that they will work together to assign adjectives to an Oreo cookie for each of the five senses. The students repeat the procedure of raising their hands to individually share descriptive terms that are recorded by the teacher on the whiteboard at the front of the classroom. The students have the added task of writing adjectives on their senses web. A high point of the lesson occurs when the students are allowed to take a bite of their cookie and describe its taste. The teacher closes the lesson by restating the lesson's objective of learning more about adjectives.
I think the teacher sets a clear objective for the lesson and provides a predictable, accessible structure for students to achieve that objective. However, I feel this lesson is lacking in many ways; a learning target that communicates expectations for higher thinking, presence of nonlinguistic representations, reinforcement of effort that is non-attributive and promotes deeper thinking, and (in my opinion most importantly) cooperative learning.
According to Pitler and Stone (2012), an effective objective is rigorous and age appropriate. Considering that this class has prior working knowledge of adjectives and their job in literature, I think it would be more rewarding and engaging to ask students to think of interesting or unique descriptive words. The objective, "learn more about adjectives" is clear, yet general and sets the bar for learning low. Second, the lesson is lacking in nonlinguistic representations. Nonlinguistic representations tap into a specialized brain function, and natural tendency for visual image processing that supports long term acquisition of knowledge (Medina, 2008; Pitler & Stone, 2012, and Dean et al.). The teacher could have had students include representative drawings on the senses web, drawn representative images on the whiteboard, displayed images as prompts, and/or close their eyes to visualize descriptors. Next, the teacher did a fine job of calling on everyone in the class, but utilized a single, teacher-centered style of student engagement. She provided acknowledgement of effort by using general words like, "good." She did prompt a couple of students to think deeper by asking them be more specific. However, I feel that she could have challenged students deepen their thinking and volunteer more interesting adjectives to describe the beach and an Oreo cookie. To be honest, I was bored and I think the students were as well.
According to Dean et al. (2012), effective reinforcement of effort asks students to track their own effort and achievement. I think the teacher was too quick too accept predictable descriptive words, and she could have cultivated a playfully challenging effort by having the students elaborate on one another's contributions. For example, when one student volunteered that the beach smelled "fishy", then another student called out, "gross!" She could have acknowledged that the adjective gross is another adjective that could be used in place of fishy and asked students for other ways to say fishy or gross. Another way she could have reinforced effort is by simply allowing more wait time to hear student's thinking. She maintains a lively pace at the expense of not allowing time for students to share their thinking.
Finally, I think there is great opportunity for cooperative learning in this lesson that is not capitalized on effectively. Cooperative learning promotes positive interdependence, individual accountability, develops interpersonal and group skills, and promotes self- efficacy (Pitler &Stone, 2012). The teacher could have had students work in small groups to create posters for how to describe an Oreo cookie, and then present their work to one another. Other possible strategies for implementing cooperative learning into this lesson are having students think-pair-share, come up to the whiteboard to write or draw adjectives, or having students act out various adjectives.
Overall, this lesson was clear and well structured but, in my opinion, failed to implement engaging strategies that have the potential to spark student's imagination to grow socially and academically. One of the most valuable pieces of feedback my internship coordinator gave me was to slow down a bit, and plan many opportunities for students to engage directly with the learning and one another. I would pass this advice on to the teacher who delivered this lesson. I think teachers often get hyper-focused on delivering all the prescribed elements of an effective lesson, with best intention, and lose sight of hearing what students have to say about the learning.
Dean, C.B. Hubbell, E.R., Pitler, H., & Stone, B. J. (2012). Classroom instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement. Alexandria, VA. ASCD.
Pitler, H., & Stone, B.J. (2012). A handbook for classroom instruction that works.Alexandria, VA. ACSD.


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The First Thursday Bus is a free bus tour that you can take on, unsurprisingly enough, the first Thursday of the month. It has been running a while now and it is part of the much broader First Thursday initiative by which East London galleries stay open late and often hold not so very private views the same evening. The bus tour departs from Whitechapel Gallery and takes you to a selection of participating galleries.
I was instructed to arrive at 6.45 in order to pick up my ticket. Upon arrival I found the front desk besieged with hipsters as there was another event taking place in the gallery that evening and people were picking up tickets. The staff were ticking off names, answering the phone, handing out different coloured stickers for the various events and answering the inevitable random questions. There was also a 'meet-up group' trying to form amongst those standing around but nobody seemed to know who was and was not part of that group so it was slow to happen and more than a little self-conscious. Next to this there were book stalls and some people selling raffle tickets for a youth project. It was proper London art bustle.
The tickets for the tour were not all collected so someone from the gallery went around checking to see who was on the waiting list, handing out yellow stickers accordingly. Because it is free to enter into the ticket lottery to go on the tour (you apply a few days in advance) there must routinely be quite a number of people who do not collect their tickets. If you really want to do this tour then, it is probably quite possible to get on it simply by arriving in advance at around 6.30 and adding your name to the waiting list. Nothing beats actually being there.
I don't how it happened but the map of the tour on the official website is wrong. As well as having no number 1, Gallery SO is actually located on Brick Lane and not north of Bethnal Green as shown above. The rules dictating the shape of the tour, as far as I understand them, are 1) it starts at 7PM 2) visits 3 galleries in the East End and 3) returns to Aldgate East at around 9PM or shortly after. This time frame is set so that it works with the timing of the private views most of which are winding down by 9. It is interesting to note that there is another First Thursday tour also available from the gallery and that one is a walking tour which obviously covers a shorter distance. Common to both are these bold red lines which connect one gallery to the next like a teleporter zapping you from opening to opening. For those pounding the pavements they must therefore decide for themselves how to make their way from one point to the next as the precise walking route is not specified. Some roads might present themselves as the obvious path but there is an element of active choice here as it is not always obvious. While at first I thought this an oversight I now see potential in deliberate ambiguity and will have to file this thought away in order to retrieve it at a later point when I need to direct people somewhere but not direct them too precisely.
The bus was waiting for us outside the gallery. It was a nice comfortable Mercedes.
The 20-odd seat bus filled slowly and there were quite a number of empty seats. It was perhaps a little over half full and I had the whole back row to myself. We left Whitechapel 10 minutes behind schedule, probably the result of the ticketing being so complicated and hoping a few latecomers would arrive to bolster numbers.
First stop was SO Gallery which I was excited to enter because it had already featured in the Sound Map Tour I had taken barely a week before. This overlapping of spaces is what happens when working with several tours that cross a more restricted geographical space. It invited me to speculate whether there was a connection between the Jewish heritage referenced in the previous tour and the art of the current one.
After the gallery's curator said a few words we then got an introduction to the exhibition from Leo Fitzmaurice, the artist whose work filled the space for his solo show Post Match. He talked about his inspiration and process but generally avoided trying to define the meaning of the work too firmly. The exhibition comprised of the tops of cigarette packets that had been unfolded and modified in order to look like footballer's tops. It was a simple idea that was well realised and which allowed for many connections to be made between the worlds of smoking and football. To me at least, it invited a semiotic reading of these two fields that had been unified in the artwork, and the subsequent rubbing of tangential orders of symbols (eg. the Bundesliga vrs cigarette brand design) against one another to produce new meanings. Thinking about this further the CH N KATZ. sign above the window is not so different, or at the very least, has the potential to create a similar crossover of symbols.
When I stepped out of the gallery I saw someone I know, Hydar Dewachi, being dragged into a disagreement with a man on the street. It seemed to be about the right to take photographs and the man on the left appeared to be angry and looking for someone to shout at. I was about to jump in and come to Hydar's defence but the tour bus was waiting for me (I was last person to leave the gallery) and my intervention would probably have only escalated the tension. I later heard that thankfully things resolved themselves OK. It was for me a moment that popped me out of the First Thursday Tour and into a very different situation. I guess most conventional tours function like worlds unto themselves and such events do not happen though I did notice that on the Winterthur Tour people taking it bumped into friends of theirs who happened to be passing in the street, so this is not unprecedented.
Developing this idea, it amuses me to imagine tours that encourage this fluidity more, either by deliberately going to places connected to the individuals on the tour or going to public meeting spots where such things happen as a matter of course. This First Thursday Tour did already have something of that quality as First Thursdays is, for people connected to the London art world, a significant monthly socialising event. I did in fact bump into another person I knew while waiting at Whitechapel Gallery and met him again later in the evening on the street outside. This happened because I was in a context I have a place within. As for general public meeting spaces, those are few in number in London as the city is large and anonymous. In smaller cities these function better, such as the pedestrianised cafe zone in the centre of Zagreb. Even there though, it is not a hub for everyone but it does function far more effectively as a random meeting zone to the extent that if you are in a hurry it is a place best avoided.
Dave Roberts, of Dave Roberts Foundation was our tour guide. He gave a brief introduction at the start of the trip and said a few words about each space, like he is doing here, before we arrived at them and the coach emptied. The coach was in fact very well equipped for guided tours, there was even a microphone just to his right that he could have used in order to look and sound like a proper tour guide. He was never going to go there however.
Beach, the next gallery we stopped at, was smaller and much more crowded. They were showing the work of an artist usually associated with street art who had recently moved into making ceramic 3D works. There was also another event taking place simultaneously in the gallery and a woman was handing out bottle after bottle at the entrance. I was less excited about the work, indeed there was less of it on display, this place was more about meeting people and taking advantage of the drinks. On leaving I took one for the bus ride.
By the time we were back on the bus and moving agin we were running late and our last stop was still a little bit of a drive away and the traffic was inching along Brick Lane. By this time a few people had dropped out of the tour and a new couple had joined us as there was plenty of space. There was in general a more informal atmosphere on the bus with the drinks flowing and people chatting to one another who an hour and a half ago had been strangers. Drawing close to our destination Chisenhale Gallery, we were given another short introduction as to the sort of gallery it is, namely a publicly funded space that typically offers rising artists their first major solo show in London.
We entered and were immediately asked to take our shoes off before proceeding any further. I have heard of performances at which the audience is required to be fully nude, fortunately this was a more modest request but one which changed our relationship to the space nonetheless.
We entered the gallery proper and sat on the carpeted floor in front of the screen and watched the video. Unlike the other galleries there were no drinks and there was no scene, in fact we were the only people in the gallery. We watched a video work of Jordan Wolfson that was a mix of animation and exterior shots mostly taken around SoHo in the artist's native NYC. The work was OK and reminded me of when I briefly worked for a SoHo gallery in the 90s but I found myself drifting off and asking myself how this piece of work ended up in front of me. I came to the conclusion that this is a two part question the first part of which is how I ended up on the First Thursday Tour: how the tour came into existence and how Chisenhale Gallery ended up on this tour. The other side of the question is how did this video end up being shown in this gallery and that is also a rather complicated issue, particularly as this was not the work's first showing and Chisenhale usually commissions. Both these questions are basically questions about the mechanics of the London (and global) art world where private and public money mix and different interests are served. A woman from the gallery talked a little about the work and why it was here when we were back outside but I felt there was a lot more to this encounter that was left unsaid. To really get inside of a seemingly simple question such as "how did I end up looking at this?" could easily be a PhD study in itself so I will not go any further here as I've probably already said enough.
The evening ended when the bus dropped us off at Aldgate East a three-minute walk from Whitechapel Gallery. My over-riding impression of it is this is the sort of tour that does not feed you that much information but instead is rather open-ended and you can make of it what you like, depending on what you bring to it in the first place. Someone who hates art and thinks it pretentious will most likely come away thinking it was evening spent amongst tossers while someone interested in contemporary art and the edgy fashion of the London art scene will be right in their element and return bringing their friends next time round.


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The Father says today, the ache in your heart is the prophecy over your life. I am all about highest heart's desire – greatest dream fulfilled. I am the God that causes your heart to desire the very thing I intend to bring about in your life. Give Me some cooperation says the Father – I will give you some change. Align yourself inwardly with My Spirit, and your life will spontaneously come to blessing and benefit. I am bringing your destiny in the kingdom into manifestation. At this season of your life, I will synchronize your destiny in the kingdom, and activate your ministry portion. This is My anointed process to add My blessing to you that you have enquired after. As you speak my words and represent my character, the assignments of Satan against you will be disannulled and dismissed in the court of heaven.
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The eye can be taken a look at with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A practical assessment includes the ability to relocate the orbit and the response of the student to light and accommodation.
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With just a little over a week until the 2012 Credit Union Christmas Pageant, the team at Stardust Castle has been busy putting the finishing touches on the third new float revealed ahead of the BIG day on Saturday 10 November 2012.
Brian Gilbertson, Creative Director and Event Manager, Credit Union Christmas Pageant was on hand at the unveiling, along with renowned Pageant Artist, David Blight to show off the latest offering.
"We are really excited to be unveiling Mulga Bill's Bicycle Club float this morning for the first time. With six new floats the production time has been tight and artist David Blight is still working on this one. As with all of David's works this float will become a firm family favourite this year with some colourful characters and choreographed movement. It will be a lot of fun," said Brian Gilbertson.
Pageant and cycling enthusiasts alike, will love the Mulga Bill's Bicycle Club float, which is based on Banjo Paterson's famous poem, Mulga Bill's Bicycle. The poem describes an over confident man who buys a bike when they're first introduced as a form of transport but who ends up in the local swimming hole after the bike gets the better of him.
"This adds another iconic Australian float to the Pageant collection, representing Australian characters and the sense of tradition. A fitting sentiment as we celebrate 80 years of Pageant tradition this year."
The characters accompanying this float will be dressed in costumes of the day (late 1800s), including swimming costumes.
Mulga Bill's Bicycle Club has been designed by David Blight, one of the Pageant's most experienced designers.
The Credit Union Christmas Pageant is owned and managed by the South Australian Tourism Commission on behalf of the South Australian Government. The naming rights sponsors comprise four leading SA credit unions – People's Choice Credit Union, Community CPS Australia, Credit Union SA and Police Credit Union.
The 2012 Credit Union Christmas Pageant will be held on Saturday 10 November 2012, celebrating the milestone of 80 Years Young.
Visit www.cupageant.com.au for more information.
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While driving around the town of Blue Ridge Georgia we discovered this drive-in movie.We were a little early for the show but found a great parking place right next to the snack bar! There did seem to be something missing though,that little box with the one volume dial.
My mom (Sis) and I (Lisa) have challenged ourselves to each take a picture a day in 2010 starting January 4th. We will write journal style what inspires us to take the shots we do each day; along with anything else on our minds throughout the year. We are recently relocated from Northern California to the Atlanta, GA area. We hope you find our project interesting and maybe a bit entertaining. ;>
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Connie Denesiuk has been re-elected as the chair of the Okanagan College Board of Governors. Chris Derickson has also been re-elected to the position of Vice Chair.
Denesiuk has served on the College Board since 2012, and has an extensive background in serving the province's K-12 system as a school district board chair, as a trustee and as president of the B.C. School Trustees Association. She was also a director of the Canada School Board Association.
"It's a real honour to be entrusted by my colleagues with the responsibilities of this position and to serve a great institution in this role," says Denesiuk. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Leadership degree at Royal Roads University.
Derickson's tenure with the College Board of Governors began in 2014. He is a councillor with the Westbank First Nation. He holds a degree in law from UBC, and is currently completing a Masters of Business Administration in Aboriginal and Business Leadership at Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business.
The terms for the two positions run until Jan. 31, 2018.
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Do you want to make a difference in the arts this year? Then arts council is for you! Come to our first arts council meeting this Friday after school in the art room (room 109). Everyone is welcome to join, even if you aren't taking an arts course.
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You Deserve One of These...
We have always made body armour.
It's a long time ago now and he doesn't always like to be reminded but our founder and Managing Director Geoff Travell started this in 1981.
Geoff was a young determined motorcycle racer who had some serious crashes which put him out of races and into the hospital.
Geoff, driven by his passion for racing, wanted to get back riding as soon as possible and at that time he worked in furniture design. He designed the first back protector so he could protect himself and this lead to making protection for other racers.
We still have this important first piece in our archive collection. The rest, as they say, is history. We still make protection systems today and it remains a large part of a changing and growing collection. What doesn't change is the same determination. We keep looking forward and designing even better products that work.
How armour works
There are many ideas and concepts of "armour" but at Knox we refer to armour exclusively as Impact Protection. By this, we mean the type of impacts that typically occur when falling over or off of a Motorcycle, Bicycle, Snowboard, or Horse. These are just examples.
When you fall the mass of your body creates a certain amount of impact energy. The amount of impact energy created is dependent on your weight, speed and the height from which you fall. These 3 variables have a dramatic effect on the total amount of energy that the body receives from an impact.
It may seem obvious that the point of wearing armour is to reduce the amount of impact force your body has to cope with and reducing the likelihood of injury; not all armour is the same.
It is highly unlikely that any armour will completely eliminate the impact force with exception to very low impact. However, good quality armour can significantly reduce the force the body feels.
Under controlled laboratory conditions, it is easy to measure the impact force. A protector is placed between 2 blocks of metal; an anvil and an impactor. As an example, the anvil is 10kg and the impactor 5kg. Both have specifically shaped faces. When the impactor is dropped from 1 meter onto the anvil it creates a known amount of energy, in this case, 50J (Joules).
By knowing the amount of energy going into the impact, with no object between the faces you will receive a reading showing a 100% energy transfer.
For armour to work effectively it needs to limit or reduce the amount of energy transferred, to the user's body. In techy speak, we call this transmitted force. We use this term because it is very difficult to prove how much energy a given product absorbs. With good protectors, there should be a difference between what goes into the protector and what comes out. We can accurately measure what comes out and this transmitted force is measured in kN (kilo Newtons).
This system forms the basis of the European CE impact tests where specific requirements are given to prove levels of transmitted force. For example EN1621-1:2012 requires an impact energy of 50J, which is effectively 5kg in free fall from 1m. To pass Level 1 of this test the transmitted force must be below 35kN which means the product must absorb or dissipate 30% of the impact energy.
To pass Level 2 of this test the transmitted force must be below 20kN which means the product must absorb or dissipate 60% of the impact energy.
Generally, Knox limb armour reduces the impact energy by between 50 – 80%.
Knox back protectors can reduce the impact energy by as much as 94%
Back protectors have come a long way since they first appeared in the race paddocks during the early 1980s and the latest Micro-Lock Back protector from Knox shows just how far they have come.
The challenge for manufacturers is to design a product that's stronger without becoming heavy or bulky and the new Micro-Lock back protector shows what can be achieved with the application of modern technology and materials.
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I haven't seen many college football games this year, so I can't say much about all the other teams currently playing this season, but I have seen a lot of football over the years and I definitely have some thoughts on this one.
First of all, during the overtime, when the TV cameras were showing Alabama fans in tears because their team had blown a field goal attempt and they knew that LSU was probably going to score and win, there was one unmistakable fact about all of them.
They were all super drunk.
Then again, this is Alabama we're talking about, one of the biggest party schools in the nation, so that should be no surprise to anyone. I was just surprised that the network chose to show it, and not just once but over and over again. I think they must have thought it was funny. I know I did.
Anyway, the second thing I wanted to say is, after all the hype and all the talk about how great both teams are, I was shocked at what I saw.
Sure, both teams have killer defenses. Sure, both teams have great running games and strong offensive lines.
But one thing I have never seen in a national championship-winning team is a weak quarterback. And let's face it, Alabama's current quarterback throws fluffy balloons instead of passes. Those suckers just float up there and leave his receivers exposed way too long to get any yards after a catch.
Last year, Auburn had a quarterback with an arm that could rocket those passes to his receivers. They won the national championship on the strength of that arm, which was complimented by his running ability and the whole team's overall strength. But his arm was crucial. And even with all that, Oregon almost beat them.
The year before, Alabama had a quarterback who could throw passes like a laserbeam. He threw like Drew Breeze. They won the national championship because of that arm, along with a great running game and overall great team. But that arm was critical.
LSU is only marginally better than Alabama this year. At least LSU tried to throw, even if it did cost them 2 interceptions. But those interceptions indicated something about LSU's throwing quarterback. He isn't that great. And his arm isn't that much stronger than Alabama's weak-armed QB. Worse still, he isn't their only quarterback. They have 2, so neither one gets as much playing time as he needs to really develop out there. That just won't cut it.
I'm going out on a limb here and predict that LSU isn't going to end its season undefeated. Someone is going to frustrate their running game and eat their weak passes for lunch. I don't know who that someone is going to be, but I'd be shocked if there isn't anyone out there better than what I saw tonight.
Yeah, I'm sorry that Alabama lost tonight. It a was every bit as tough a game as predicted. But both teams were less impressive than I expected. I don't think either team, if they don't improve quickly, could make it through this season undefeated and win the national championship.
Sorry, if this upsets anyone, but it's true.
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West Kingston ZOSO breached! - Two killed in separate incidents within Denham Town zone
The police's Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) has confirmed that two persons were fatally shot in separate incidents within the zone of special operations (ZOSO) in Denham Town yesterday.
The identities of the dead men have not been revealed.
However, CCU head, Inspector Dahlia Garrick, said the early-morning shootings, which took place on Oxford Street and Pink Lane, were gang related.
Yesterday's killings come days after 21-year-old Dillan Martin of Golden Heights, Kingston 14, was gunned down on Wednesday night within the zone.
Martin received several gunshots to the head and was pronounced dead at hospital. A second man, who was shot in his right foot, was admitted in stable condition.
"We're always concerned about any incident of crime, especially violent crime, which includes murder, but we are committed to the task at hand," said Garrick.
"Yes, there have been some challenges, but we're committed to curtailing the activities of criminality and to bringing under control this gang feud that is happening in the area," she added.
Denham Town was declared the second ZOSO by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on October 17, last year, in a bid to rid the area of what he described as rampant criminality and ongoing gang warfare.
The House of Representatives approved a 60-day extension for the zone on February 14.
ZOSO in Denham Town has transitioned into its build phase where members of the Jamaica Defence Force have reportedly pulled out of the community.


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Sadly I have had no response to my appeal for help with access to the Commissioners for Irish Lights. They owned the vessel from 1878 until Belfast bought her in 1942. Surely there must be some records of this period similar to the treasures I found in Belfast? About 500 people a week are viewing this story on the four forums (fora?). Are none of you from the Dublin area?
Meanwhile, back on the ship, Simon does have time to relax and enjoy the weather and the views. (Photo) Actually, that is not Simon, it's his girlfriend Laura. I knew those ventilation cowls would come in handy.
Busy as ever, Simon has applied three coats of varnish to his 'clinker' boat – on the outside at least (Photo).
And, true to his principle of waste not want not, the rubber 'bin' that used to protect the hole in the roof from where the mainmast emerged, is no longer needed now that the roof has been properly covered and so it has been put to another use – growing potatoes! (Photos)
However, there is a very big task which must be tackled very soon – insulating the deck. Simon will have to make the most of any good weather we have this summer. There is a mountain of work to be done below deck, but this cannot really start until the deck is done and the condensation stops.
Since immersing myself in the history of Simon's lightship, I have discovered the pleasures of research. Both large and small discoveries more than compensate for all the painstaking work in between. I must avoid becoming an 'anorak', but I am enjoying it. For instance the long arm of coincidence manifested itself this week. In 1916 the German submarine U-53 was causing consternation along the US eastern seaboard and British merchant vessels were forbidden to leave port until the menace was dealt with. The U-boat had been reported by the Nantucket lightship and who was commanding that lightship? Captain David Dudley. No it wasn't me – I may be old, but not that old!


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Sidewalk sale
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Cherry Lane Keepsakes was having a sidewalk sale over the weekend; I got an adorable knitted head wrap for $3. I guess if it keeps snowing like it has been, I may get to use it before I pack all my winter stuff away.
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There is a new hotel in 2019 at the banks of the Douro
It's called Pestana Douro Hotel and is expected to be completed in 2019. The investment of 20 million euros at the banks of the Douro River is in charge of the Pestana Hotel Group.
The new hotel results from the rehabilitation of the old Fábrica Floral (Floral Factory), in the area of Gondomar. This will be the third hotel of the group at the banks of the Douro, counting already with Pestana Palácio do Freixo and Pestana Vintage Porto.
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The Pestana Douro Hotel, which will have 165 rooms and an outdoor swimming pool, will make the border line between Gondomar and Porto and will be totally contiguous to Pestana Palácio do Freixo.
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Currently, Pestana Hotel Group operates with four brands: Pestana Hotels & Resorts, Pestana Collection Hotels, Pestana Pousadas de Portugal and Pestana CR7 Lifestyle Hotels.


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This is also from Mable's book. I looked her up and she does have a lot of cookbooks available. I do like these recipes - easy and yummy sounding.
Readers here know candy-making and I do not agree, usually. But I have been looking up pralines for a show I'm doing based on The Help in a few weeks - Vintage Southern Treats. I need a good pralines recipe. I came across this candy recipe in Mable's book and I think I'll include it with some praline recipe - it certainly looks good and it is easy.
Butter-Nut Crunch
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 (6 oz.) pkg. semisweet chocolate pieces
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Butter a 15x10 cookie sheet; set aside. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, salt, butter or margarine and water. Cook until mixture reaches soft-crack stage or 270F on a candy thermometer. (Provided you haven't melted yours like I did...) Stir in 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. Pour onto prepared cookie sheet. If necessary, spread to about 1/4 inch thickness. Cool. Melt chocolate; spread over cooled candy. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. When cool, break into irregular chunks. Makes 35 - 40 pieces.


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HEA unveils the cover of contemporary Western romance Caught Up in a Cowboy (Cowboys of Creedence book one) by Jennie Marts, arriving May 1, 2018. We have an excerpt, too!
About the book:
This cowboy plays to win
Rockford James was raised as a tried-and-true cowboy in a town crazy about ice hockey. As hot on the ice as he is on a horse, the NHL snapped him up. Now, injuries have permanently benched him. Body and pride wounded, he returns to his hometown ranch to find that a lot has changed. The one thing that hasn't? His feelings for high school sweetheart and girl-next-door Quinn Rivers.
Quinn had no choice but to get over Rock after he left. Teenaged and heartbroken, she had a rebound one night stand that ended in single motherhood. Now that Rock's back—and clamoring for a second chance—Quinn will do anything to avoid getting caught up in this oh-so-tempting cowboy…
Bits of gravel flew behind the tires of the convertible, and Rockford James swore as he turned onto the dirt road leading to the Triple J Ranch. Normally he enjoyed coming home for a visit, especially in the late spring when everything was turning green and the wildflowers were in bloom, but not this spring—not when he was coming home with both his pride and his body badly injured.
His spirits lifted and the corners of his mouth tugged up in a grin as he drew even with what appeared to be a pirate riding a child's bicycle along the shoulder of the road. A gorgeous female pirate—one with long blond hair and great legs.
Legs he recognized.
Legs that belonged to the only woman who had ever stolen his heart.
Nine years ago, Quinn Rivers had given him her heart as well. Too bad he'd broken it. Not exactly broken—more like smashed, crushed, and shattered it into a million tiny pieces. According to her anyway.
He slowed the car, calling out as he drew alongside her. Her outfit consisted of a flimsy little top that bared her shoulders under a snug corset vest and a short, frilly striped skirt. She wore some kind of sheer white knee socks, and one of them had fallen and pooled loosely around her ankle. "Ahoy there Matey—you lose your ship?"
Keeping her eyes focused on the road, she stuck out her hand and offered him a gesture unbecoming of a lady—pirate or otherwise. Then her feet stilled on the pedals as she must have registered his voice. "Ho-ly crap. You have got to be freaking kidding me."
Bracing her feet on the ground, she turned her head, brown eyes flashing with anger. "And here I thought my day couldn't get any worse. What the hell are you doing here, Rock?"
He stopped the car next to her, then draped his arm over the steering wheel, trying to appear cool. Even though his heart pounded against his chest from the fact that he was seeing her again. She had this way of getting under his skin—she was just so damn beautiful. Even wearing a pirate outfit. "Hey now—is that any way to speak to an old friend?"
"I don't know. I'll let you know when I run into one."
Ouch. He'd hoped she wasn't still that bitter about their breakup. They'd been kids, barely out of high school. But they'd been together since they were fourteen, his conscience reminded him, and they'd made plans to spend their future together.
But that was before he got the full ride scholarship and the NHL started scouting him.
And he had tried.
Yeah, keep telling yourself that, buddy.
Okay, he probably hadn't tried hard enough. But he'd been young and dumb, and swept up in the fever and glory of finally having his dreams of pursuing a professional hockey career coming true.
With that glory came attention and fame and lots of travel with the team where cute puck bunnies were ready and willing to show their favorite players a good time.
He hadn't cheated on Quinn, but he came home less often and didn't make the time for texts and calls. He'd gone to college first while she finished her senior year, and by the time he did come home the next summer, he'd felt like he'd outgrown their relationship, and her, and had suggested they take a mini-break.
Which turned into an actual break, of both their relationship and Quinn's heart.
But it had been almost nine years since he'd left—they'd been kids, and that kind of stuff happened all the time. Since then, he didn't make it home a lot, and had only run into her a handful of times. In fact, he probably hadn't seen her in over a year.
But he'd thought of her. Often. And repeatedly wondered if he'd made the right choice by picking the fame and celebrity of the career and letting go of her.
Sometimes, those summer days spent with Quinn seemed like yesterday, but really so much had happened—in both of their lives—that it felt like a lifetime ago.
Surely she'd softened a little toward him in all that time. "Let me offer you a lift." The dirt road they were on led to both of their family's neighboring ranches.
"No thanks. I'd rather pedal this bike until the moon comes up than take a ride from you."
Yep. Still mad, all right.
Nothing he could do if she wanted to keep the grudge fest going. Except he was tired of the grudge. Tired of them being enemies. She'd been the best friend he'd ever had. And right now he felt like he could use a friend.
His pride had already been wounded, what was one more hit? At least he could say he tried.
Although he didn't want it to seem like he was trying too hard. He did still have a little pride left, dammit.
"Okay. Suit yourself. It's not that hot out here." He squinted up at the bright Colorado sun then eased off the brake, letting the car coast forward.
"Wait." She shifted from one booted foot to the other, the plastic pirate sword bouncing against her curvy hip. "Fine. I'll take a ride. But only because I'm desperate."
"You? Desperate? I doubt it," he said with a chuckle. Putting the car in park, he left the engine running, and made his way around the back of the car. He reached for the bike, but she was already fitting it into the back seat of the convertible.
"I've got it." Her gaze traveled along the length of his body, coming to rest on his face, and her expression softened for the first time. "I heard about the fight and your injury."
He froze, heat rushing to his cheeks and anger building in his gut. Of course she'd heard about the fight. It had made the nightly news, for pete's sake. He was sure the whole town of Creedence had heard about it.
Nothing flowed faster than a good piece of gossip in a small town. Especially when it's bad news—or news about the fall of the hometown hero. Or the guy who thought he was better than everyone else and bigger than his small town roots, depending on who you talked to and which camp they fell into. Or what day of the week it was.
You could always count on a small town to be loyal.
Until you let them down.
About Jennie
Jennie Marts is the USA TODAY bestselling author of award-winning books filled with love, laughter and always a happily ever after. She's addicted to Diet Coke, adores Cheetos and believes you can't have too many books, shoes or friends. She is living her own happily ever after in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, two dogs and a parakeet that loves to tweet to the oldies.
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PHILADELPHIA — Heading into Tuesday night's game against the Houston Astros, the Phillies had three streaks they wanted to see end.
The first was a 21-inning scoreless stretch they carried into the evening. The other two were Ryan Howard's 0-for-14 stretch at the plate and Utley's 0-for-16.
All three were taken care of and one of Howard's hits helped the Phillies earn a 2-1 walk-off win over Astros in 15 innings. It was the 10th game-ending hit of Howard's career.


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Navy and tan are two of my favorite colours and I love them together. These photos were taken on a windy day next to this windmill, we'd stopped to take photographs of the windmill and I got my sister to snap these before we drove off. The day had started of raining and cold but we were lucky to get a break in the rain long enough to take photographs along the river and of the windmills.
What I'm wearing –
Dress – Warehouse
Scarf & Belt – Vintage
Cardigan & Shoes – Topshop
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Monday, January 30, 2006
The Bob Woodruff Incident Will Push the Old Media Over the Edge
If you think the Liberal Media was anti-Iraq before Bob Woodruff was hurt, you haven't seen anything yet. This will rally the liberal radicals against America's effort to free Iraq because they see the effort as a complete failure and now they have their proof with one of there leaders or icons injured in the middle of Iraq. I hope Mr. Woodruff recover fully but it seem that this strory about Woodruff is becoming bigger than the Iraqi election that form the first democratic government in the Arab World.
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Are you ready for "An Adventure in Healing and Wholeness?" Come join us for this study on October 25 from 9 AM to 2:30 PM. We will have a blessed time together learning about healing ministry in the church today and Pastor Mark has even volunteered to serve us lunch.
Our time will be spent in discussion of readings and experiential learning. This class is required for anyone who wishes to join the healing ministry team although it is open to anyone interested in holistic health and healing.
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Oh, how cute! I love when babies stretch! She is getting sweeter and cuter every time I see her!
She looks like she is praising the Lord!!
Oh My! Too Cute!You guys were sure lucky to havesuch a good baby for traveling :-)Charlotte is simply the Best Baby!!!
She is the cutest when she stretches!
Those stretchies are the most precious! I always loved it when our kids did that.
Me too! I think it is the sweetest when they stretch like that....babies are the best!!Give Charlotte a big kiss from me!
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We recently dedicated a post to an update on DC's liquor scene, which over the last year have been significant and exciting for our small city. But DC's craft beer scene is even stronger and worthier of some blog time. And considering that we are approaching long summer months of (hopefully) beer garden sitting and stoop sippin', now is a great time for a little craft beer news, as well as a rundown on DC's upcoming beer fests.
While most of our local brewers are flourishing, we lost a comrade a few months ago: Chocolate City Brewing Company shut its doors at the end of 2014. Whether or not you enjoyed beers from CCB—a tiny operation that was, unfortunately, plagued with quality control issues—it's sad to say goodbye to one of the forerunners of the now booming scene.
Meanwhile, all the usual suspects—DC Brau, 3 Stars Brewing Co., Right Proper Brewing Company, Bluejacket and Atlas Brew Works—are busy expanding, distributing and launching summer concoctions (see: DC Brau's El Hefe returns).
For more craft beer news, visit DCBeer.com, a great website for DC's beer drinker. And be sure to check out their new podcast, just launched this month.
For information about upcoming beer fests, in order of appearance, read on…
DC Craft Beer Festival: May 9th
Taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the DC Craft Beer Festival is a chance to sample 150 seasonal summer craft beers, meads and ciders (from more than 75 local and national breweries), to eat good food, talk with industry experts and attend interactive and educational seminars. Tickets are now on sale. Click here for more information.
The Savor Craft Beer Festival: June 5th and 6th
SOLD OUT! Sorry folks—but you can read up on the event here and plan your attendance next year.
Summerfest DC: June 13th
Here's what you need to know: Unlimited pours of 175 hand-selected craft beers; unlimited pours of 20+ wines and ciders; more than a dozen food options; and tons of music and outdoor games—all taking place at The Fairgrounds, directly across from the Half Street exit of the Navy Yard Metro. It's either a recipe for disaster or the best day ever. Learn more here.
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival: June 19th and 20th
You can't go wrong with the tagline "60 beers, 40 bourbons + lots of BBQ." This festival takes place outside of the District, at the National Harbor in MD—a pretty nice, riverside location for some day drinking. For more information, click here.
Brew at the Zoo: July 23rd
Raise your glass to conservation! Sample 60 craft beers amidst live entertainment, lawn games, animal demonstrations (I have to say, I'm intrigued) and food trucks at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. And for once, you can feel good about boozing, ya' heathen: all proceeds benefit animal care and conservation at the Zoo. Learn more here.
DC Beer Week: August 17th-24th
Started in 2008, DC Beer Week enlists the help of hundreds of restaurants and bars, breweries and distributors, to host a week-long celebration of the local craft beer community. Dates and details have just been released, check here for more information.


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Shrugging off ridiculous rumors that she and boyfriend Ryan Reynolds are engaged, Scarlett Johansson told the Associated Press that her intentions lie with another famous fella — presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
"I'm engaged to Barack Obama," she joked in an interview following her return from Kuwait, where she'd been visiting U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East. "My heart belongs to Barack. That is who I am currently, finally, engaged to."
Earlier this week, Scarlett's rep spoke to OK! in an attempt to put a stop to the Ryan Reynolds rumors, saying there was "no truth" to a NY Daily News item claiming the couple were making plans to walk down the aisle.


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