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Thursday, May 21, 2009
What happened last night?
Needless to say, the Kings got jipped of their first round pick as they were predicted to get. They fell to the 5th pick with the Clippers (heaven help them) lucking out for first dibs.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
new moon
New Moon is due out in theaters 11/20/09. Same weekend as last year. Cine and I will be at the first showing again - Yes, even with all the screaming, annoying little teeny boppers. I will buy my tickets a month in advance as I did last year and we will have a blast again. Sulu will probably join us this year and whoever else is interested. I found the new poster for the movie on http://www.twilightmoms.com
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Like with anything else Samoan or Polynesian related I will definitely be watching this season just to get glimspes of "home".
Just thought I'd put that out there if you didn't already know!
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
rootin' for the underdog
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Sick Mother's Day Weekend
I woke up early Friday morning with the intent to go to the temple with my friend Peggy from work. I was really disappointed when my alarm went off and I could barely swallow because my throat hurt so bad. I sadly had to cancel our temple trip. I slept until about 12:30 that afternoon. I thought my luck was starting to change when April passed without a sinus infection or my allergies acting up. It was too good to be true. With the weather changing it was inevitable that I would get my yearly sinus infection.
Despite all that, Anthony still took me out for dinner and a movie on Saturday. We finally checked out the Joy Luck Restaurant down the street from our house. I think it was okay. I couldn't taste any of it besides knowing what dishes were sweet and which ones were spicy. It was kind of sad actually because anyone that knows me knows that ...I LOVE FOOD!!
We watched "Wolverine" and it was okay. I think Fua's rating of a 4 out of 10 was about right. The action I would have rated a little higher, but It was a little different than what I expected. I thought it was good though. My favorite part was when he jumped in to the waterfall....uh huh!
I got some roses and a cute new purse from fashion bug. I took mom and Sulu shopping for shoes. After church, we ended the weekend with dinner at Sizzler. (Mani tried to give me a guilt trip by saying...dining out on Sunday?...really? are you trying to be agelu since you moved to Missouri....just "sdop it", as Sina would say)
Despite the grogginess, the weekend was "sick" in all definitions of the word.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
I often wonder what people are thinking when they write a blog. For me, I think about Sina. I think - "wow, I should really write about this so that Sina can read it in a few years and know about things like: when we bought our first christmas tree or when grandma came to visit or when we went to Frisco. Hopefully, if the internet is around for the rest of our lives, she'll have much more to read about.
She'll also know that her mommy and daddy were once kids too and she'll be able to laught at the silly things we did - at least she'll know about MY childhood ( I like to reminisce about the good old days). Hopefully Anthony will jump on here and write something for her every now and then. Anyway, just thought I'd take this chance to leave a message for Sina . . .
When you read this, just know that your mom and dad love you so much. You are 2 yrs and 7 months old today. You probably won't read this for another 3 or 4 years, but when you do just know that you are the most loved little girl in the world . You're mom is an innate cheez ball and your dad is the silliest, most lovable guy in the world. He cries when he watches you sleep and smiles when say things like "daddy...go weenee?" (that means swing at the playground). You are talking and saying more words now that when you say something new like ..."ooh, awesome!" or "hello, how are you?" when you imitate me or your aunty sulu, we crack up laughing and are just amazed by how smart you are.
You love to play with other kids and will willingly give up your ice cream cone when another little kid wants it (almost every time). You love to dance and you know almost every Barney song ever made. You love your cousins Koleka and Heiress and Alo too. You rarely see Nora and Veni, but you love them too.
Your grandma loves you (and secretly favors you), probably because she raised you since you came home that first day from the hospital. You were only 2 days old and you drank a whole 4 oz. bottle...you're still amazing! :) You are growing up too fast and although you are not quite potty trained yet, you know the function of a toilet and you like to pretend your using it just to flush the water down.
As you grow up, you might think your mom is a stickler and outwardly I might not show much emotion, but just know that you are the biggest blessing in my life. I knew when I first saw you that you were meant to be ours. You are stuck with me and your daddy for eternity - hows that? So when you're a teenager and you think you want cooler parents, just know that you're stuck with us.....for life, and the next!
I hope you enjoy reading these blogs, posts, messages, whatever you want to call them. They are for you. Hopefully, they'll give you a little bit of insight to your folks and to how much you are loved!
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I love San Francisco
My cousin Nu'u got married to her long time boyfriend and we were fortunate to celebrate with them. The last time we were in San Francisco was back in 2006 when we visited Stockton for another *uh hum* wedding. That was when Mani and Becky lived in Stockton and we saw them often. We rarely see them now since they moved to Missouri.
This trip around, Nephi and his family drove up from San Diego and met us in the city. We stayed at the Sheraton four seasons right near the airport. We all crammed in to one room - it was awesome! Just like old times. We arrived there friday morning and then headed over to Caeser Chavez to meet with the old folks so we could take our si'i. We planned on going to fisherman's warf afterward, which is a long time tradition for our family whenever we are in Frisco, but as Samoan traditions go - you can never put a time frame as to when they will end. We didn't get out of there until almost 10. So we headed back to the hotel and crashed for the night with the intent of waking early Saturday. So we got up as early as we possibly could - 11am. haha...some things never change. After the showers and the screams to get the kids ready, we finally made it out the door.
We parked in our usual spot right in front of the clam chowder stands. We started at the chocolate shop where we all shared a huge rocky road candy apple!! Yeah - how many Samoans does it take to eat a candy apple? - that day it was 3 Samoans and a Mexican. We took Sina and Alo in to the infamous Rainforest cafe where Sina freaked out at the mechanical elephants and gorillas. Now, if we want her to listen, all we have to say is "the elephant is coming" and she comes running. Who knows how long that will work. Sina and Alo had a blast playing together. Luckily, Alo will have a playmate soon as Irais is due with their 2nd baby in December. Sina will have to hold out a little longer!
We finally made it over to the chowder stands where we downed fresh fish n' chips and clam chowder bread bowls. SO GOOD! We only stayed about an hour and a half because the wedding started at 3 that day. The fisherman's wharf was definitely a highlight of the trip, as it always is. We missed Mani and Sulu this time around, but hopefully we'll do it again soon.
Nuu's wedding was beautiful. Her dress was gorgeous and I later found out, when I finally got a chance to chat with her, that they had planned it for over a year. They had their reception at this nice hall on Berkely campus. She had white satin draping from each corner of the hall to the center of the room. The band was amazing, though I have no clue what their name was. They came up from L.A. and apparently they are the best Samoan band in SoCal. They sang my favorite Samoan song "Taute". Anthony is the best dancer so we had a blast. My mom's side of the family is full of 'single ladies' so Anthony was the designated dancer, as always! Gotta love that.
Seeing Nu'u get married made me realize how old I'm getting. Nu'u is just a few years younger than me. When I was a kid, we spent a lot of summers in Daly City and I used to spend that time in Serramonte with Nu'u and her sister Susana. They lived in this ghetto house, the kind you only see in movies, that have the liquor store on the corner and where you hear gun shots and police sirens through the night. I didn't think of it at the time, but I can't belive my parents let me stay with them. haha. We did some crazy stuff, like being 9 yrs old and stealing Nuu's dad's cigarettes and climbing up on their roof to smoke them. ***Mental note - Serramonte is off limits for Sina*** We were dumb kids, but they were the best cousins I had and I have such fond memories of them. Now look at us - old married farts!
The band at the reception was so good that we stayed until 12:30 am until we got kicked out of the hall. We made that band play until they couldn't sing or play their instruments anymore. They were that good. They even sang the best rendition of "Sosefina" I've ever heard. If we ever take another trip to SoCal we have vowed to hunt them down.
We headed back Sunday afternoon to try and make it over the mountains before nightfall. We made a stop in Elko and then in Wendover before making it home. We slept 12 hours straight after that so we could recoup for the rest of the week. What's next? St. George in June for Nathan's wedding... not as far, thanks goodness, but we're looking forward to spending time together again!
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- How To Identify Conclusions – Intuition
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- Sufficient Assumption Principle – Examples and Explanations
- Method of Argumentation – Examples and Explanations
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I thought I'd be blogging daily, but there's a good chance I'll go silent on the weekends. We're all together and I have less time to be online. It's a good trade-off.
This weekend there was a music festival in one of the bigger parks in town. I wanted to ride bikes with the bigger boys, but we'd be coming back after dark and we don't have headlamps. I had my husband drop us off on his way to take the middle kiddo to a birthday party, planning on having him pick us up when the concerts were over. I wanted to be energy efficient, but it seemed far, and there's a big hill between the park and our house that daunted me. So we drove.
The number of cars parked in and around the area was insane. Rather than have my husband try to navigate through the hundreds of cars swarming the streets we decided to walk out of the main area of congestion and then call him to pick us up. We started walking, gauging our level of tiredness, prepared to call when we were too tired to walk any further.
We made it all the way home. :)
After seven hours in the sun, we were still able to walk all the way home. I mapquested the distance and it turned out that is was less than a mile and a half. I wouldn't have planned to walk that distance, even if I had known the mileage. In my head, that would have seemed too far, especially with a twelve-year-old and a nine-year-old. But when we decided to try and see how far we could go, it was easy.
It's suddenly clear that we've been underestimating our abilities, and we've been lazy. There are a lot of stores and places to go close enough for us to walk to, and certainly close enough to bike to, should we have the little guys with us. We've become so dependent on our vehicle, we don't have confidence in our bodies. That's going to change.
My oldest son is growing like crazy and has outgrown his bike. I gave him mine (it's a men's mountain bike anyway, so he's happy) and now I'm out a bike. I'd like a big old cruiser with baskets to go to and from the store with. I checked out Boise Bike Project but there weren't any bikes that hit my fancy when we went. I'll keep checking back. I'm also watching craigslist for any deals. I don't want to spend a lot of money, and I know I can find something gently used (saving on manufacturing/shipping!). Hopefully I find something soon, so I can start going to the store without the minivan.


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The Alignment of Information Management, Knowledge Management and Records Management Sally Gonzalez, Director of Navigant Consulting
John Szerkes, Director of Knowledge Management-Business Systems of Cleary Gottlieb
Peter Krakaur, Chief Knowledge Office of Orrick, Herrrington & Sutcliffe LLP
@ KM Space
Péter Jacsó1, University of Hawaii -- The Endangered Database Species: Are the traditional *commercial* indexing/abstracting & full-text databases dead?
In a word -- no! Commercial A&I/F-T d/bs are not extinct ... yet.
Depends on habitat. LiveSerials: Survival of the fittest
I think Knowledge Management (KM), Information Management (IM), along with archives and record management must evolve some ways to converge as part of future planning. Following are some value added resources in this perspective:
Can library can work as KM center.I find some article that library in US use lotous notepad software.
REPLY: Denham Grey, @ KnowledgeBoard "Changing to a KM mindset is not about the software adopted. It requires a deep understanding of the differences between knowledge & information and a radical revision of traditional library dogma." Much more
"Libraries need to shift their thinking to have a different orientation and value associated with knowledge management. This shift will be used to obtain a competitive edge. It should be a key focus to expand the access of knowledge for their users." Full article, bibliography and much more
see also: Understanding knowledge management and information management: the need for an empirical perspective, by France Bouthillier and Kathleen Shearer, Information Research, Vol. 8 No. 1, October 2002
PUNCHLINE: Involving users and adapting newer knowledge sharing strategies:
David King (2006). Inviting Participation in Web 2.0. Quoted in The Changing Role Of Library Science
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Dershowitz: Comey Is 'Revenge-Driven,' Never Should Have Run FBI
Jake Baker · April 15, 2018 · Featured, Politics, Obama Regime, Left Wing Ideology, Leftist Bullies, Crime and justice, Corrupt Courts
By: IAN HANCHETT
On Friday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz stated former FBI Director James Comey "is revenge-driven," and never should have been in charge of the FBI.
Dershowitz stated Comey never been FBI Director in the first place, adding, "This is a man who is revenge-driven, who was prepared to leak through a law professor at Columbia, who was prepared to disclose confidential conversations he had with the president-elect and the president of the United States.
He's exactly the wrong person to have headed the most important law enforcement agency in the United States. ... I now have only very strong negative feelings about him, and he just enhances the suspicion that, I think so many Americans now have of law enforcement, and we ought to be trusting law enforcement. And nobody today would trust Comey with secrets or confidences."
Dershowitz also characterized Comey's book as "the worst possible book, at the worst possible time, for the worst possible reasons."
Article source: http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/04/14/dershowitz-comey-is-revenge-driven-nev...Alan Dershowitz, James Comey, Tucker Carlson, FBI, Revenge Driven, Unfit


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For as long as I can remember, I've heard the phrase, "Happiness is a choice". That if I felt upset or emotionally flat it was because I was making a choice to feel that way. Like why didn't I just opt for Door #2 where glitter fairies and unicorns lived?! I mean, come on, it's so simple! {sigh} And if I had a dollar for every "Choose Happy" Instagram photo that's crawled across my screen, I'd be a millionaire. No shit. But it turns out these catchy happiness memes and over-simplified one-liners of advice are only that… catchy and over-simplified.
Thanks to some nifty research in the field, we now know that happiness is not just a choice. In fact, it is our very own DNA, our genetics, that greatly determine our unique "happiness set point" – the level of happiness to which we will habitually return to and reside at.
You can imagine that happiness is an elevator that is in motion throughout the day. When you're ecstatic, you're skyrocketed to Floor 160 of the Burj Khalifa. When in despair, you're sunk to the depths of a parking garage that's been dug impossibly deep. But at some point, your elevator is recalled to its regular station and you return to your happiness set point, whether that's flat-lined, kinda/sorta happy, down in the dumps, obnoxiously upbeat, or anywhere in between.
This set point was discovered as an outcome of a famous study that tracked people who had won the lottery – what many people think of as the ticket to the eternal kingdom of joy. Within a year, however, these lucky winners returned to approximately the same level of happiness they'd experienced before their windfall. Surprisingly, the same was true for people who became paraplegic. Within a year or so of being disabled, they also returned to their original, genetically determined set point.
What is Your Happiness Set Point?
While the study focused on some pretty impactful and rare events, it's easy to see this play out in smaller, more macro ways, during run-of-the-mill, day-to-day of life.
See if you can relate to one of these scenarios:
Let's say you're hanging out on the familiar floor of "Meh" – the happiness set point so graciously gifted from your DNA – but then along comes some good news. Maybe it's a job promotion, a kudo from your boss, or an email from your ex stating you were right all along, it was his fault, and he'll never love as big as when he was with you. You feel a rush of electricity course through your veins and you wonder, as joy explodes from every cell in your body, if your feet are actually touching the ground.
For a short time, you float on the bubble that has lifted you to the top echelons of happiness. And during this time, you imagine that you have finally "arrived." That your birthright – this level of bliss – is yours for the keeping. But it's not. Because after a few days (or minutes!) you find yourself drifting back down to the familiar feeling of "meh" until the next shot in the arm comes along to goose your joy.
Or perhaps you're someone who makes their home further up the scale where happiness is a constant companion. No matter what life throws at you, you bounce back with relative ease and with the usual pep in your step. We describe these people as "resilient", "optimistic", "happy go-lucky" or as having a "sunny disposition". In my more cynical moments I have secretly suspected these folks were the result of partial lobotomies. But turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. It's baked in; we are born this way.
This is good news or not-so-good news depending on what your particular set point is. If your set point is on the higher end, then odds are you have less of a struggle with experiencing joy and life is generally enjoyable. On the other hand, if you are predisposed to a lower set point, then happiness is likely a struggle. So what can we do, if anything?
Is Your Set Point Fixed?
The good news is that research has shown there's a bit of wiggle room. As Gretchen Rubin explains in her book, "The Happiness Project":
"According to current research in the determination of a person's level of happiness, genetics accounts for about 50 percent; life circumstances such as age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, income, health, occupation, and religious affiliation, account for about 10 to 20 percent; and the remainder is a product of how a person thinks and acts."
Okay. So if you're a "half glass empty" kind of person then you'll view this as being screwed since 60-70% of our happiness set point is determined by things difficult to control. But if you're a "half glass full" or hopeful type, then this extra 30-40% represents a HUGE opportunity for raising the elevator on where your happiness rests.
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough." — Meister Eckhart
How to Raise Your Happiness Set Point
You can think of your happiness set point as a muscle. If you want it to build, then consistent training is required. Whereas we will atrophy and give our set point back over to genetics should laziness ensue. When I look at these two options I prefer the first, with intentionality and consistency being the key.
Here are 3 proven ways we can work our happiness up:
1) GIVING: In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland discovered that even thinking about doing something generous has real mood-boosting benefits in the brain. In the study, researchers told 50 people they'd be receiving about $100 over a few weeks. Half of the people were asked to commit to spending the money only on themselves, while the other half were asked to spend it on someone else.
The result? Those who agreed to spend money on other people made more generous decisions throughout the experiment compared to those who spent the money on themselves. They also reported higher levels of happiness after the experiment was over and MRI scans performed during the experiment, showed higher activity in the parts of the brain associated with happiness.
The takeaway: Give often and in small ways but avoid creating an expectation associated with the act. Do it just to do it.
2) GRATITUDE. In his book, "Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier", psychologist Robert Emmons analyzed several studies on gratitude and found that practicing gratitude can increase happiness levels by around 25%. This is massive considering the portion of the happiness set point we can control is between 20 and 30 percent!
There are many ways to practice gratitude, but the most common is keeping a gratitude journal. Every day write 3-10 things you are grateful for and why. And don't just practice gratitude when good things happen. Find it in the dark days when it's harder to locate and, in doing so, you'll become more and more attuned to locating and sustaining positivity.
The takeaway: Make gratitude a 365 day practice. No. Matter. What.
3) MINDFULNESS. Much of our dis-ease – or lack of sustainable joy – is a result of our compulsion to look for what's missing. If I were to name the greatest thief of joy, it would be the "if only" mindset. Instead of remaining present to what we have, we focus on what we lack. We believe we would be happy "If only… I was smarter, felt more loved, had more time off, lost ten pounds, etc."
Research has shown that even a short-term daily practice of mindfulness increases our base level of happiness long term. Connecting to and remaining present with what is occurring right now trains the brain to rest in contentment, instead of scanning for threats.
The takeaway: Commit to a daily mindfulness practice for at least 4 weeks. If you have time to read this, you have time to meditate.
The Thing About Happiness
One phrase you can count on when it comes to happiness is that "Happiness is an inside job." Yes, our DNA and a handful of other determining factors set our base, but we can greatly influence this by practicing gratitude, generosity, and mindfulness. You can take it from me.
I have been through some pretty monumental shit storms in my life. My therapist started calling me "The Buoy" because of how I could right myself and find positivity within short order. That was only because I was deep into all of these practices. When I'm not practicing and life hurls more crap my way, believe me, "the buoy" morphs into an anchor. But this much is my choice. So while happiness isn't just a choice, you do have one very powerful choice.
How do you raise your happiness set point?
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Group action has been identified as a veritable means of empowering rural folks, especially rural women, who constitute about 50% of the rural population. Studies have shown that Nigerian rural women are socially, politically and economically more disadvantaged than their male counterparts. This study was carried out to evaluate the perception and socio-demographic determinant of membership of self-help groups among rural women in Kaduna state. A multistage sampling procedure was used to randomly select 204 respondents from 20 wards in two local government areas of the state. The respondents were interviewed using a pretested structured questionnaire. Two set of statements based on a 5-point Likert type scale were used to evaluate perception while simple correlation analysis was run to determine variables influencing membership of SHGs. The results showed high mean scores of the Likert test indicative of positive perception towards SHGs. The correlation analysis showed that only two variables Age and Education significantly influenced membership of the SHGs (p<0.06); the others being statistically insignificant. Constraints mitigating membership of SHGs were identified and recommendations are proffered aimed at sensitizing the women folk and enhancing their pro-active involvement in SHGs.
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20th Annual Canadian Arts Summit Opens to Letters of Interest/
The following information is excerpted from the Canadian Arts Summit's call for participation, which can be found here.
From May 12-14, 2017, on the occasion of Canada's 150th anniversary, the 20th annual Canadian Arts Summit CultureNEXT will bring together 150 extraordinary arts leaders from across the country to imagine the future of Canada's creative life. As Canada looks forward to the next 50 years, issues around cultural diversity and inclusion, evolving digital technologies, cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary intersections, and reconciliation with our Indigenous people are emerging as major drivers of cultural transformation.
CultureNEXT will invite a diverse, multi-generational complement of delegates, speakers and special guests, including the artistic directors, executive directors and volunteer board chairs of Canada's 70+ largest arts institutions. Organized by Business for the Arts, in partnership with the Banff Centre and the Confederation Centre, the Canadian Arts Summit is the only national, cross-disciplinary gathering of arts leaders in the country.
Invited Summit guests will have the opportunity to participate in plenary sessions, share perspectives during round table discussions and exchange ideas on current issues with Summit members, as well as enjoy networking opportunities with important leaders in the arts, culture and business sectors. Attendees will be chosen through a formal selection process led by members of the CAS Steering Committee.
Interested participants who wish to attend the Arts Summit should submit a brief letter of interest outlining the following:
- Your professional background.
- A description of how your participation would enrich the CAS discussions around leadership.
- A description of how you would benefit from this experience as a current or emerging leader.
Deadline: Monday, January 16, 2017
Invitations to selected individuals will be made no later than Monday, February 13, 2017
Please address your letter of interest to:
Robert Foster, Chair
20th Annual Canadian Arts Summit
For more information and for past program details click here. 2017 program details will be announced in early February.
Financial Assistance:
Invited guests may be provided with a financial subsidy to underwrite some of the costs associated with attendance, based on financial need and limited available funds. Should financial support be required to participate in the Summit, please submit the Financial Assistance Request Form found here.


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Trial Profile
A 6-month open-label extension study of the long-term safety of DVS SR [desvenlafaxine succinate sustained-release] in outpatients with fibromyalgia syndrome
Phase of Trial: Phase II/III
Latest Information Update: 15 Mar 2017
At a glance
- Drugs Desvenlafaxine (Primary)
- Indications Fibromyalgia
- Focus Adverse reactions
- Sponsors Wyeth
- 15 Mar 2017 Status changed from completed to discontinued according to results published in the Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development.
- 05 Dec 2007 Status change from in progress to completed.
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Topic: 1 Samuel 1:1-18
Before a child ever hears about the Lord at church, he or she witnesses a parent's example of faith. For this reason, all children share the common need for a godly mother.
Love toward God multiplies and spills out from believers onto others, including sons and daughters. God's care is pure and unselfish, much different than what the world offers. When we experience His concern, provision, and protection, it's easier for our children to grow up loving God.
Every child needs a mother who trusts God. A perfect mother is unrealistic. And she wouldn't be good for her kids in the long run. Witnessing Mom's trust during trials and heartbreaks is the way children learn to place their faith in God. Teaching little ones to trust ensures that they'll always know the heavenly Father is close, even when parents aren't.
Every child needs a mother who knows how to pray. A wise mom teaches her children how to access almighty God. Dr. Stanley still recalls his mother's voice as she knelt next to his bed each night. Thanks to her, he understood very early that God was always listening and willing to respond to his prayers.
A mother serves many people, including her spouse, children, extended family, and friends. But she must serve God first. When she accepts God's love, practices trust, and keeps a daily discipline of prayer and Bible reading, she'll find the strength to fulfill all of His requirements.


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Another outfit with a skater dress! This one is special because of the rose print and lace panel on the waist.
I paired it with suede over the knee boots because I love the look of flowy dresses and really tall boots. I first saw this dress on Nina Dobrev/Katherine Pierce on Vampire Diaries a long time ago and I had to have it for myself haha. (I have yet to finish the series though.. Maybe I'll watch it again 🙂 )
Outfit Details:
Rose Skater Dress || Free People
Over the Knee Boots || Steve Madden
Mini MAC Bag || Rebecca Minkoff


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In this recent time, the internet porn addiction is growing among the people. Any ages of people can watch pornographic videos and become an addicted person. Generally, people start watching pornographic videos for sexual enjoyment, but slowly it becomes a habit. They get involved with the sexual activities, hire the escort service, ask help from the prostitution service, and more. Read more
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A place for soundtrack reviews
If you're interested in soundtracks, you might find this site useful. They review a lot of soundtracks, and they even give out their own awards each year. For a bunch of prolific composers they have a list of all the soundtracks they've done. I might not agree with everything the reviewers say, but they're very articulate and informative.


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Portland Dahlia Society Program Topics and Events for 2017
Main Topic(s)
Secondary Activities
February 14, 2017
Tuber storage check
Soil testing contact
Slug control
Slideshow of New Introductions for 2017
Suggestions for bulk purchases through club.
Tuber Silent Auction
March 14, 2017
Starting Tubers & Seeds, Taking Cuttings
Cuttings Demo & Hands-On
Discussion of tubers difficult to store/start
Free mixed dahlia seed – bring blooms to October Meeting
for display & competition.
Tuber Silent Auction
April 11, 2017
Tuber Sale
Flower of the Year is Parkland Rave
Tuber Auction limit 55 min
May 6-7
Annual Spring Garden Fair in Canby
PDS sells tubers in Space F25
May 9, 2017
Planting, Staking & Tying
Fertilizer Discussion
Tuber & Plant Silent Auction
June 13, 2017
Watering Dahlias, Mulching & Shading
Pest, Weed & Disease Control Panel
Plant Sale Silent Auction
July 8
Judges' Training - 8:30-4:00
Georgetown Realty, Portland
July 11, 2017
Saving Seeds & Breeding Dahlias
Dahlias as Cut Flowers – Good Varieties for Cutting
Conditioning Cut Dahlias
How to Enter a Photo Competition
Container exchange – Bring your extras
Floral foam available
August 8, 2017
Dahlia Shows & Staging
Arranging Prize-Winning Baskets
Beginners' Class – How to Stage, Choosing Containers,
Transporting Show Blooms, How to Enter a Show
Mini-Show, open to all, cash prizes
Other shows in the PNW to be publicized
August 26-27
Portland Dahlia Society Annual Show
At Oaks Park Dance Pavilion
September 12, 2017
Potluck at Swan Island Dahlias
Arranging Demonstration by Gordon Jackman
Presentation & Q&A by Nick Gitts Jr.
Judging in the Trial Garden – class before potluck
October 10, 2017
Digging, Dividing & Storing
Demonstration & Hands-On - How to Divide
Discussion of Tubers Difficult to Store
BYO clumps for experts to divide
Adjust for results of soil test, cover crop
Slug control now to reduce numbers
Seedling Competition – cash prizes – any seedling 1st
through 3rd year not in ADS Book
Special Seedling Competition – cash prizes – from Seeds
given out at March meeting
Flower of the Year for 2018 Hollyhill Black Beauty
Elect Flower of the Year for 2019
Tuber Clump Silent Auction
November 14, 2017
Digging, Dividing & Storing
Demonstration & Hands-On - How to Divide
BYO clumps for experts to divide
Photo Contest
Tuber Clump Silent Auction
December 12, 2017
Holiday Potluck Dinner


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Cinema, Music, and the Sorrows and Joys of Everyday Life
The Final Ascension of Wm. M. Berger
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Justice or just-ass?
Good to be back in Castle environs, after a week abroad in the alternately sunny / foggy, hot-cold embrace of San Francisco, my home away from home. Happy also to share my many music-shopping "scores" on last night's program as well, and be assured that we have only scratched the surface of my blackened haul from Amoeba Music and aQuarius Records.
Want to say straightaway that I did catch one impressive live set, by Franco Falsini / Sensations' Fix, the loopy Italian prog artist, some of whose works have been thoughtfully reissued by the great, Bay-Area-based Superior Viaduct label. Franco is going it solo this time, making his way East, with a show in Columbus, OH, tomorrow night, Philly and NY shows to follow, though that info seems a bit difficult to scare up, so maybe someone can fill in those blanks for me. The set I saw in Oakland was largely beat-based (though not entirely), though with the Sensations' Fix characteristic vibe thoroughly intact; with hypnotic, ever-shifting synth groundwork, and Franco's melodic and processed guitar overlays. Totally worth it, for those like myself who eat this stuff up!
Highlights from our weekly horrorcast™ included a split-tape selection from New Hampshire's mighty Ramlord, who'll be bringing their gutsy blackened-crust to Lucky 13 Saloon in Brooklyn on July 26, along with outstanding black metal from Dumal (from PA, tapes on Vanguard Productions) and headliner Kult ov Azazel.
Was pleased to find a copy of the 2010 full-length, Reaper Subconscious Guide, by Norway's eccentric Furze (there's been another full CD since, in 2012) and give a song from the same its WFMU debut. Another debut was the title piece from Pig Destroyer's Mass & Volume, a newly-issued coupling of tracks left off 2007's outstanding Phantom Limb (along with Terrifyer, my personal-favorite arc in the enduring grindcore-doom project's history.) Also, in the past weeks, been leaning heavily on the great, new Anasazi album, Nasty Witch Rock.
New releases on Profound Lore Records also shone, with a selection from the GREAT new full-length by Bosse-de-Nage, and tracks from Menace Ruine & the new Full of Hell / Merzbow 2CD opus. Ferocious songs from Order of The White Hand and Peste Noire were also clear standouts on our playlist.
And speaking of playlist—to bask in a full, live night of Castleness, come out tomorrow to Lucky 13 Saloon, 644 Sackett St. in Gowanus, Brooklyn, where I'll be DJ'ing, in what will hopefully become a regular, bi-weekly stint. Say hello, buy me a pop, watch the dancers, and we can wallow in the blackness together.
Click on our weekly film capture, from Michele Soavi's The Church, perhaps one of my favorite horror films of all time, wherein the freshly demonized Evan claims another initiate in the name of the quite-damned titular house of worship.
and prepare yourselves...NEXT WEEK on My Castle of Quiet: LIVE MUSIC FROM VORDE!!!
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Last night I slept instead of stitching :-) After working all day, mad rush to Ju Jitsu, home for supper at 7:30pm, kids in bed, dishes done - well - I was pretty well done too! So I just headed off to bed. But before the weekend is done I'm determined to have this happy dance.
Friday, January 23, 2009
No Happy Dance Yet....
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You are allowed to sleep every now and again you know!
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Low Carb Orange Kissed Cookies. Who doesn't like the taste of an orange. I can no longer use oranges to cook or make anything, and O.J. is not good for you anyway, but I do use a lot of extracts and this little cookie is a good example.
As I am a Type II diabetic, all recipes on this website are low carb and diabetic friendly.
Orange Kissed Cookies
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- 2 C Almond Flour
- ¼ C Arrowroot
- 1½ t Baking Powder
- 2 T Orange Extract
- 1 t Vanilla Extract
- ½ C Sugar Free Maple Syrup
- ½ C Melted Butter
- 8 Drops Liquid Sucralose
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine dry ingredients.
- In separate bowl, combine liquid ingredients.
- Add to dry ingredients, mix until smooth and let sit for 10 minutes until thickened as in a soft cookie dough.
- Mix again and place by the spoonful (I use a scoop for uniformity) onto a Silpat or parchment lined baking sheet and bake 15-20 minutes or until browning begins at the edges. Cookies will spread and be relatively flat.
- Small
- 62 Calories, 1.4g Protein, 2.3g Carbs, .7g Fiber, 1.6g Net Carbs
- Large
- 186 Calories 4.1g Protein, 7.0g Carbs, 2.1g Fiber, 4.9g Net Carbs
- I made them large with a #24 (3T) scoop and got exactly 12 cookies and with a #70 scoop (1T) I got exactly 36 so…3 smalls equal 1 large and you are probably less likely to eat 6 smalls than 2 large.
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In early 2005, an obscure video burst onto the Internet, garnering millions of views. One of the first YouTube viral music hits had been born, and for Numa Numa guy—19-year-old American Gary Brolsma—life would never be the same. His quirky and energetic lip-syncing of "Dragostea Din Tei" by a Moldovan Romanian pop group called O-Zone had spread like wildfire, and by February of 2005, Numa Numa "crossed over" into main stream media with both The Today Show and The New York Times running stories about Numa Numa and the media shy Gary Brolsma.
Of course, all of this had been carefully orchestrated by the O-Zone's media manager, who had been looking for a way to break into the US market. After holding online tryouts, he picked Brolsma out of the pack, and began promoting him like crazy….Stop. Wrong. Sorry. That's not what happened at all! In fact, O-Zone singer Dan Balan got a call while in New York to turn on The Today Show. The band was as surprised as anyone else about this unexpected success!
So, in a world where unpredictable connections can quickly propel products, people, ideas, candidates, and even obscure Moldovan bands into the limelight, how do we do strategic planning? Can we stack the deck in our favor to create our own Numa Numa moments?
In The Click Moment, Frans Johansson persuasively lays out a four-part recipe for increasing those seemingly random moments of serendipity.
1. Take Your Eye Off the Ball
Sometimes our schedules are so full that there is not a single moment in the day for a new idea to even occur. This is why it's so important to take time and stray "off task." Howard Schultz was in Milan for a housewares and brewing equipment convention, but made time in his day to visit some of the local coffee shops. It was sitting there, far from the convention floor, that the idea of Starbucks was born! Although it seems counterintuitive, taking your eye off the ball every so often can actually make you much more productive.
2. Use Intersectional Thinking
Intersectional thinking arises when two seemingly unrelated ideas are combined to create something totally unexpected. Such was the case when aerobics instructor Beto Perez who showed up to class one night in Cali, Columbia, but forgot to bring his usual music tape. Faced with the prospect of cancelling class, he searched his duffle bag and decided to go ahead using a mixed tape of salsa and merengue songs. This was the surprising start of the Zumba dance craze, today the world's largest fitness movement.
Not only can ideas be combined, but it is important to create serendipitous meetings between people as well. When the Pixar headquarters was built, Steve Jobs deliberately created a giant atrium in the middle of building to make sure that people from different disciplines would run into each other. The coffee bar, cafeteria, and meeting rooms were all at the center of the atrium. As Johansson explains, "What Jobs realized was that when people run into each other, when they make eye contact, things happen."
3. Follow Your Curiosity
For Johansson, curiosity is another essential ingredient for driving click moments. "Why is curiosity so good creating click moments? Because curiosity is the way your intuition tells you that something interesting is going on. You are not exactly sure what that something is – so curiosity propels you to keep digging until you connect the pieces." However, the key to generating click moments is to not only be curious, but to keep following your curiosity until it bears fruit.
4. Reject the Predictable Path
Alexander the Great was able to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Gaugamela by attacking at dawn, precisely the opposite of what the opposing general had anticipated. Likewise, in our own lives, a key to generating click moments arises when we force ourselves off the predictable path. If we keep on familiar paths, the odds of anything new happening remain very low, but the moment we venture off into new routines or activities, the chances of having a click moment rise dramatically.
Conclusion: Click Moments in Action
According to Johansson, the final and most critical step to make click moments payoff is to take action. As Johansson explains, "A click moment represents a sudden opportunity, a turning point that can push us in a new, unpredictable, and random direction. These moments are powerful because they allow us to stumble upon ideas that are not obvious or logical – ideas that may enable us to outwit our competitors. But by themselves these moments don't mean all that much. In order to amount to anything they have to be followed up with some sort of action."
Ready to get started? Click here to watch an interview with Frans Johansson, as he discusses the potential impact of click moments.
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My new schedule liberated my mornings on Thursdays and Fridays. After having a long day on Thursday, I didn't have to worry about attending class until soccer class started at 12:30. But I still needed to talk to the program director about the switch to officially clear my move to level-three Spanish, and thus I was up and ready to head to campus at 9.
There was nothing to worry about, as she excitedly told me she had already heard the news. Smiling as wide as my host mom had the previous evening, she said there was nothing else I had to do except attend my classes and study as hard as she knew I would. Now I just needed to kill a couple of hours before soccer class actually started.
I ended up sitting in a café on Santa Fe between Dorrego and Italia, sipping café con leche and reading ahead for soccer class. The small establishment was warm, tastefully adorned with wooden accouterments throughout. Two or three of the other tables were occupied by similarly-minded people taking in coffee and medialunas before beginning the day in earnest.
Eventually I paid my tab and strolled slowly through the Plaza San Martín in the direction of the law building where soccer class was held every day. Nearing the end of my post-coffee cigarette, I stopped near the statue of the Argentine general after whom the park took its name and sat down on a bench. I pulled out my pack and grabbed another to find I had but three left. Lighting the smoke, I lifted myself back to my feet and headed in the direction of the kiosk across from the campus building to replenish my stores.
The downside of smoking in Argentina is that I can not find my preferred brand anywhere. The upside is that, regardless of what you do end up buying from the omnipresent kiosks, a pack of cigarettes is going to cost less than two dollars at even the least generous exchange rate possible. At that price I'm perfectly willing to forego the lack of Winstons and dabble in other options.
Handing over a 50-peso note, I grabbed my three packs and my change and headed back to the street. Crossing Córdoba, I entered the law building and headed slowly toward my classroom at the far end of the edifice. There the instructor was setting up a projector for the day's lecture, and I pulled out my notebook and started chatting before the official start of the session.
The subject matter was contemporary, a discussion on favelas and the impact of the ongoing World Cup on Brazilian communities. We discussed the selected chapters we had been assigned from Dave Zirin's book, Brazil's Dance with the Devil, and watched a couple of documentaries about the impact of the World Cup (as well as the 2016 Rio Olympics) on working-class populations in the country.
After the class I was hardly in the head space to commence my first Grammar 3 class. Mercifully, the class was canceled that afternoon, preempted by a walking tour to visit the Monumento Nacional de la Bandera. The various classes congregated at the home base for the AHA Programa Internacional, and our English-language tour guide fought the ineptitude of youth to wrangle us into a cohesive group. Eventually organized, we made our way back outside and headed toward Córdoba Street.
Our guide cracked jokes as our group slowly made its way toward the pedestrian corridor of Córdoba, explaining the various buildings and their past functions along the way. Sadly, our group was prone to wandering, and by the time we crossed Paraguay and entered the auto-free section of the strip our numbers had thinned in half. It ended up being their loss — I couldn't help but be fascinated by all the information we were being graced with on this stroll, the history major in me drinking in the stories.
Passing the oldest cathedral in the city, built in the 19th century on the foundations of an earlier 1731 structure, we came upon the Monumento de la Bandera that was to be our ultimate destination on the tour. We passed along a pathway between two reflecting pools, with reclaimed and restored statues by Argentine artist Lola Mora popping out of the water on either side.
The approach led us toward the monument from its rear, the propylaeum with its eternal flame burning inside to represent the organization of the nation after the adoption of the 1853 Constitution. Passing between the pillars, constructed entirely of marble quarried within Argentina, we emerged onto the sloping courtyard and approached the tower at the front of the monument.
Piercing 70 meters into the Rosario sky, the tower is representative of a ship's mast pointing out toward the Río Paraná. There, on one of the islands, Manuel Belgrano first hoisted the Argentine flag in 1812. From provincial roots the flag would become an indelible symbol of the independent nation, through all of its iterations over the past two centuries.
Finally we made our way to the shore of the river and bid goodbye to the guide. I strolled for a short while with a couple classmates before having to turn around. I had been instructed by my host mom to meet another classmate; her host mom was going to be out for the evening, and I was supposed to bring her over to my house for dinner.
That certainly failed. I eventually made my way the 20 blocks and reached her apartment building. Ringing the bell to her apartment, there was no answer. I pulled out my tablet, wandering along the sidewalk until I found wi-fi signal. I sent one email, then another, pacing between the apartment entrance and the hotspot in vain. 90 fruitless minutes later, I finally gave up and retreated homeward.
As I walked through the door, the phone rang. Only now was my classmate getting in touch with my host mom to inform her that she had alternate plans for dinner. After wasting an hour and a half in the encroaching darkness, it meant far more empanadas for me.
I set down my bag in my room and took off my jacket before plopping onto the couch in the living room. Absentmindedly watching the news program on the television, my stomach grumbled in anticipation of the food to come. A platter of stuffed pastries eventually made its way in front of me, and we toasted with glasses of vino tinto before diving into the food. The richness of the beef and saltiness of the olives and perfectly-brown dough enveloping it all was exactly what I needed to satiate my hunger.
Around 10, one of my host mom's friends came over. They stepped out and returned with two liters of Brahma Chopp, and we sat around the table in the living room and joked around while sipping beer. Then the two ladies retreated into my host mom's bedroom, emerging after dressing for a night on the town. They invited me along, and just after midnight we made our way down the elevator and caught a cab toward a boliche. Little did I know what I was getting myself into…


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This book provides a concise review of essential radiology findings for interpreting multimodality images of the breast. It includes over 90 cases that present patient history, radiologic findings, common diagnoses, and discussion points, accompanied by over 360 high-quality digital images derived from mammography, ultrasound, MRI, and PET modalities. It also presents concise pearls covering the basics of interventional breast procedures; high-yield facts vital to the practice of breast imaging; and a quick reference to the fifth edition of the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) Atlas for mammography, ultrasound, and breast MRI. Breast Imaging Review: A Quick Guide to Essential Diagnoses, 2nd Edition, is a valuable resource for radiology residents preparing to take the core and certifying exams as well as for fellows and practicing radiologists interested in reviewing the basics of breast imaging interpretation and interventional procedures.
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Friday, March 7, 2008
Goodyear Makes Case for Transparency, Wins PR Week 2008 Campaign Award
Negotiations made public and Goodyear lands award.
Among the winners of the 2008 PR Campaign Awards announced by PR Week yesterday was Goodyear, in the category Crisis or Issues Management, for its handling of communications around their 2006 labour negotiations and resolution of a strike called by the United Steel Workers. In previous negotiations, management had agreed to a news blackout thereby allowing a small group of union officials to control the flow of information about negotiations to employees. This time around, Goodyear set up a fact based communications network focused on a website accessible to employees, the media, and the general public - http://www.goodyearnegotiations.com/index.html - and backed by regular interaction with plant community media.
The strategy was that of forced transparency. This is a great approach when the strategy driver believes that they have realistic and sensible positions on an in issue and either, other parties to a negotiation/issue are strong on influence and weak on substance, or the decision maker has an agenda it would prefer to be hidden. Critical to such a strategy is that the driver remain factual and credible in all its communications and avoid the temptation to turn such communications into advocacy pieces for its positions. The point is to let the facts speak for themselves and to diminish the ability of other players to manipulate or hide those facts.
USW hardly remained silent. They too spoke out on their excellent website and to the media. However, it appears that they were unable to adjust to Goodyear's change in approach and continued to communicate using confrontational language from yesteryear http://www.usw.org/usw/program/content/3633.php that may have masked the legitimacy of their negotiating positions even to their own members.
The Bloated Plutocrat is bemused. "Negotiations? Transparency? Communications campaigns? What a lot of rubbish. 'Get back to work or I'll call in the Pinkerton's is the only communication required in dealing with these Bolshevik labour types."
The Bleeding Heart is torn. "While one cannot argue with transparency, it seems that the aim of Goodyear's efforts was to exert undue pressure on union leadership hampering their abilities to negotiate in a robust manner."
Meanwhile, Your Genteel Moderator believes that the PR Week judges got it right. Well done to Goodyear for a relatively inexpensive and minimalist approach. It looks like the company believed its offer reasonable and appropriate, stuck to the facts, and dragged the issues into the light. USW and Goodyear reached an agreement in December 2006.
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Oval Mirror Living Room
Incorporating Oval Mirror Living Room in your decoration can make a major difference in the overall air of one's house. When utilized correctly, mirrors can add lighting to a room, create the illusion of space or simply add another additional decorative part. Since you look for the next mirror to get, keep in mind how critical aspects like measurement, shape, material, colour and positioning will alter or boost the expression of your present-day space.
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I think in blogging
its easy to make this space
a haven for venting.
We use the term "keeping it real"
to gripe and complain
about things...
and honestly, I try to not do that here.
You guys have enough going on in your own life...
you don't need to hear about my own drama
and honestly, it's a good mental exercise
for me to find a nice element of life
and savour it a little here.
I really believe that almost every single day has those moments.
In the midst of what has been a really hectic and not-so-awesome week
mixed with getting sick, work junk and spending last night in the hospital with a student,
I was starting to get dragged down into Snarkyville.
But all it took was spending the afternoon with people who are happy
and a surprise run-in with Tyler at the grocery store to get me back in stride.
Suddenly, life seems okay again.
Actually, it's better than okay.
It's really good.
|Our Christmas Card after moving into our first home, 2008.
I'm sitting here with a giant belly
half-full of babies & half-full of chinese food
while I watch 30 Rock
and nurse a bloody nose.
{Editor's note: Now that is keeping it real, folks.}
Life isn't always perfect...
but man, most days are pretty good, aren't they?
Here's to good normal days...
and the occasional glorious ones
captured in the moments below.
|5th Anniversary- NY, NY (Photo by: Victoria Wall Harris)
|2nd Anniversary- Victoria, B.C.
|4th Anniversary- Cortona, Italy
|Iceland, 2012