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Mueller, Helen M.Visitation:Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Time: 5:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. Visitation Location:Mahn Funeral Home, DeSoto ChapelService: Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Time: 10:00a.m. Service Location:Mahn Funeral Home, DeSoto ChapelInterment:DeSoto City Cemetery
Memorials/DonationsHope United Church of Christ, 3rd & Easton, DeSoto, MO
ObituaryHelen M. (Theil) Mueller, 89, of DeSoto passed away on April 4, 2010 in Crystal City. Born April 26, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Emil and Elizabeth (nee Woppel) Theil. Her husband, Roscoe P. Mueller preceded her in death.Mrs. Mueller was co-owner of Mueller Motors for 33 years. She was a member of The Eastern Star and lifetime member of Hope United Church of Christ; she loved traveling, playing pinochle and bowling.Dear mother of David (Joyce) Mueller of DeSoto and Glenn (Shirley) Mueller of Owensville, MO; dear sister of Walter Theil and Fred Theil; beloved grandmother of Gary, Tracy, William, John and Carla; dear great-grandmother of Alison, Madeline, Sylvia, Issac, Lillyan, Cody, Destiny and Cheyenne. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Mueller and a sister, Rosemary Neesen.Pastor Sharon Maddox will be officiating the funeral service.
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I managed to complete another layout on my long list to finish up by the end of the year. I started with 26 layouts and have added a few since totalling 31, which is about 3 layouts a week!! (Wish me luck)
This layout has photos of my daughter and husband playing mini golf at Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando, FL. I took so many pictures of them that I really had a hard time narrowing it down. My favorite is the one where she is upset that the ball doesn't seem to want to go where it should.
I used the Golf Bears-Girls svg file from KaDoodle Bug Designs. (This file also comes with a golf cart, clubs and another bear)
I apologize in advance for the picture quality isn't the best. We have had very humid, rainy, and foggy weather around here in WI and since I do not have the greatest lighting inside my house it makes for crummy photos :-(
(I'm hoping to have my husband build me a wooden photo box)
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The enigmatic thylacine has long been a source of great intrigue, ever since the last captive individual, known as Benjamin, passed away in 1936. The New York Times recently featured an interesting article by Sean B. Carroll, a biologist from the University of Wisconsin, about his quest to rediscover evidence of the thylacine's existence in the form of an ancient rock painting in Kakadu National Park in Australia, so here at the ARKive office we decided to take a closer look at this unusual creature.
The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger after the distinct brown stripes that ran from its upper back to its tail, once ranged throughout Tasmania, mainland Australia and Papua New Guinea, although it may have been lost from the latter two locations more than 2,000 years ago. While the reasons for its disappearance from Australia and Papua New Guinea remain unclear, many people speculate that it was due to competition with a newly introduced species of Asian dog, the dingo.
In Tasmania however, without the pressure of competition from dingos, the thylacine was still widespread at the time of European colonisation. Sadly, by the middle of the 20th Century the species had been persecuted to extinction by a long-running eradication campaign, with the last recorded killing of a wild individual in 1930. Thylacines were the first to be blamed for killing sheep and the hunting of them was actively encouraged, with the Tasmanian government paying bounties for thylacine skins between 1888 and 1909.
The extinction of the thylacine was particularly sad as it was such a distinctive and remarkable species. Despite its dog-like appearance, the thylacine was actually a marsupial, a type of mammal that gives birth to relatively undeveloped young which then continue their development inside the mother's pouch. Standing at roughly the size of a Doberman, the thylacine was the world's largest marsupial carnivore and fed on a diet including small rodents, birds, and even kangaroos. Perhaps the most surprising feature of the thylacine was its ability to open its jaw incredibly wide; on some accounts up to 180°! Whilst it is highly unlikely that its yawn was quite that wide, the gape was still the widest of any mammal, and is surpassed only by that of the snake.
ARKive hosts the only footage of the last thylacine, generously donated by the Archives Office of Tasmania.
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As an antioxidant, vitamin A prevents cell damage caused by free radials and may be helpful in preventing some types of cancer. It is believed that vitamin A may help protect against lung cancer. Vitamin A has also played a part in helping heal and prevent acne. The potent acne medication, Accutane (isotretinoin), is a derivative of vitamin A.
Good sources of the retinol form of vitamin A in the diet include the following:
Egg yolks
Fortified whole milk
Retinol plays many important roles in the body. It prevents night blindness and is essential for good eye health. Without retinol, cell division and cell growth cannot proceed normally. Bones and teeth need the proper amounts of vitamin A in order to develop properly. Other parts of the body, such as the tissue that lines intestines and airways also require retinol.
Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin that exists in multiple forms. Retinol, retinoic acid, and retinyl esters are stand-alone forms. This means that they are readily available in foods in their current form, and do not need to be combined with other minerals in order to be effective. The two types of vitamin a are retinols and beta carotene. Most of the time Vitamin A is referred to interchangeably with either of these terms. Vitamin A in the diet comes from two main sources: animal products and plants. Retinols are obtained from animal products, whereas the form beta carotene comes from plants such as yellow and orange vegetables.
Beta carotene is abundant in the following plant sources:
Yellow squash
Healthy adults only need 800-1000 micrograms of vitamin A on a daily basis. Too much vitamin A can cause headaches and vision problems, joint aches, loss of appetite, and skin problems. Women who are pregnant should not take vitamin A supplements, since excessive amounts of retinol have been linked to birth defects.


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She is the envy of sailors around the world.
Her modern exterior and state-of-the-art technologies have turned heads ever since she entered Sydney Harbour for the International Fleet Review.
Now the public has the chance to enter the belly of the Royal Navy's HMS Daring.
The $1.6 billion defence destroyer is one of the United Kingdom's most advanced warships having been commissioned only in 2009.
About 230 personnel are halfway through a nine-month deployment and are currently anchored at Barangaroo, much to the delight of 50,000 people who have bought tickets to tour the vessel on Sunday and Monday.
The tour has proven to be extremely popular as all the tickets have sold out.
The ship's commanding officer Commander Angus Essenhigh said the Type 45 destroyer's job was to sit close to high value ships and provide blanket security.
"So defending them from planes and missiles and the like," he said.
"It's a $1.6 billion ship so its quite expensive and not something you want to crash.
"I think the other navies look to it and say well that's the next step."
Twenty-seven-year-old fighter controller Lieutenant Duncan Stradling has the heavy task of driving the 8000-tonne ship.
He and five other controllers and captains rotate on four hour shifts, 24 hours a day.
Laughing off a suggestion the task is akin to driving a bus through honey, Lt Stradling said HMS Daring was actually quite nimble.
"Warships are designed to be less stable than commercial ships which is why essentially you might get a bit more sea sick but that means they do manoeuver very quickly," he said.
Inside the ship's maze of manholes and control rooms lies a vital organ - the kitchen.
Loaded up with 960 shopping trolley's worth of food, the kitchen can satisfy the contingent of hungry sailors for 45 days.
And it's not all canned soup and baked beans.
"Last night we had steak and sweet corn and potatoes so its just as you would expect," Cmdr Essenhigh said.
"We also have pet favourites the ship company like to eat so on Friday it's fish and chips, Wednesday we have curry night, so its a pretty diverse menu.
"Although as you get further away from land things like fresh milk run out a little bit.
"But it's nice to get back on the harbour and get some fresh and crunchy vegetables."
Working away in the ship's control room on Sunday was 22-year-old communication information and systems specialist Kirsty Truesdale.
Ms Truesdale rallied off a seemingly endless list of countries she had seen through her five year stint with the Navy.
But one place stood out for her.
"I would say Sydney (was the highlight). I have to say that haven't I?"
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I realize so much, yet find I'm unable to express it. I frustrate myself.
I'm pretty much done. Yup. :]In other news, I'm having girls night tonight. Lots of V's, and I don't mean vagina. Whaaaaat? I guess the world may never know.
If our fathers are our models for God then my name is Blasphemy. My name is Faithless, Bastard, Harlot & Eternally Damned. Bore from your self-righteousness , I am everything you have ever loved, & everything you will come to hate. I am the Creation surpassing the Master. I Am.
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Mike Quackenbush talks about the travails of parenting. He explores the daily struggles that confront new parents. New parents looking for great information about the parenting process should look no further.
Episode: #79 "Waxy, Shiny Fruit Snacks"
Description: Top stories this week - a study on snoring, all the junk in fruit snacks, Snooki is preggo, a dad jailed over a kid's drawing, a new book on "Childism" and a lot more! We cull the best posts from parenting blogs, plus some product reviews and then some Little Victories! We thank show sponsors Powermat, Gazelle.com and Cobra iRadar!


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FTM (first time mom) here. I got approved for the Medela, Spectra S1Plus and Spectra S2Plus pumps.
Which one do you mamas like best and why?
Getting overwhelmed reading all about these!
FTM (first time mom) here. I got approved for the Medela, Spectra S1Plus and Spectra S2Plus pumps.
Which one do you mamas like best and why?
Getting overwhelmed reading all about these!
I just got the spectra s2. I read lots of reviews and seemed to find the spectra to be the better pump. It seemed stronger, also had a timer on it which everyone said was importance. It's also a closed system so you dont have to worry about cleaning so much tubing etc. I only had a choice between spectra s2 or medela pr like 3 others, not the spectra s2. But my understanding is the s1 is the same as s2 but had the ability to pump off battery life rather than be plugged in. My s2 is white and pink, I think the s2 is white and blue- if that matters lol.
Someone has bought a Medela hand pump for me. Is it important that my electric pump also be Medela? I will be using the Kiinde system for bottles and storage, so I'll have adapters that will work with a variety of pumps. I was interested in the Spectra S2.
Married to DH since April 2012
Baby #1 - boy born 8/29/18
The lactation specialist and nurse that taught our breastfeeding class recommended that we get a double breast electric pump. The Spectra S2 was recommended to me by the women who consulted with me once I ordered through insurance. If you haven't taken a breastfeeding class I highly recommend it. We learned a lot of things, including that a lot of women give up on pumping and breastfeeding because they don't know how to make the baby latch correctly.
I'm not a FTM (first time mom) but I will be pumping/breastfeeding for the first time and I had a mommy friend suggest I go with the Spectra s2 - she is a veteran bf'er and pumper and had a medela before this one. She said the Spectra seems to "take a little longer" but you she gets way more milk out of each session.
Not 100% sure but I trusted her judgement enough to also go with a Spectra s2.
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Surprise Rainbow - It's a GIRL! - RCS 7/31/18
Following. I used the spectra last time and LOVED it. I'm curious about Medela but afraid to try something new
Watch YouTube Videos! I got the S2
Amy &Abe married for 21 yrs, Mom to Makayla 7/99, Avery 9/05, Bryce 10/07 & Eli 9/6/12 Wyatt 8/2/18
I used the medela first time around it and am going with the spectra. I don't recommend the medela
My insurance covers the s2 100% but there's an upgrade charge for the s1. I talked to a friend who breast fed for about 18 months while working full time and she recommended me to get the s1 because of the built in battery. She said that there may be times that I want to pump in the car, or that I might forget the wall charger at work and still need to pump at home that evening.


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February 11, 2016
Super Chix Looking to Expand Fast Casual
Fast casual has been the "it" segment in foodservice for a few years now. With so many restaurants in this one space, it's no surprise that some emerging concepts continue to find ways to appeal to customers that more established fast-casual restaurants may miss. One of these is Super Chix, a Dallas-based operation that describes itself as "a classed up chicken joint."
Pizza Patrón Resumes Franchising
Mexican-themed pizza chain Pizza Patrón announced that it is resuming franchising after shutting down franchise sales in 2013. The company decided to suspend its franchising operations to get a better handle on "the standards of operation, the quality of the products and service."
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Renovated 2011
Guest Rooms 217
Suites 11
King Rooms 200
Room Rates High $189-299 Low $149-189
Check in 3:00 PM
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Smoking rooms No
Pets allowed No
Self parking $18
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Resort Fee N/A
Room Tax 10
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Philadelphia International Airport
20 min 19 miles (31 km)
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The Executive Conference Center is a self-contained meeting center with five separate spaces. It can accommodate groups up to 80 people and has a full range of audio-visual equipment.
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Husband 'brought wife her tea in mornings to hide €43k arrears post'
A deserted mother-of-two has told a judge she believed her husband bringing her a cup of tea every morning was his way of keeping her away from the postman - and news that their finances were on the rocks.
Karen Jepson said in the Circuit Civil Court yesterday that it was only after her husband Ian went missing that she found out their mortgage repayments were €43,000 in the red and he had a gambling problem.
"It was a shock to me... that he hadn't paid a penny off the mortgage since 2015," a tearful Ms Jepson told Judge Jacqueline Linnane as she pleaded with her to overturn a possession order on her home.
Gary Hayes, for KBC Bank Ireland, said the lender had obtained the order early last year on the couple's home at Kelly's Bay Tower, Skerries, Co Dublin, after having taken all appropriate legal steps.
Mr Hayes said the court had given the couple a three-month stay on repossession of their home but no proper appeal had been lodged or application made to vacate the order until now.
Ms Jepson, who represented herself, had belatedly asked the court to vacate the 2016 possession order as her husband had kept her ignorant of all proposed legal proceedings or registered mail deliveries regarding mounting arrears and the threat of losing their home.
"I can only surmise now that the reason he kept bringing me cups of tea in the morning was to keep me away from the postman," she said.
"He would give me post relating to ordinary matters. I did not know he was throwing away other letters without opening them."
Ms Jepson said she had gone to the bank about her predicament after her husband disappeared. He had gone missing and was presumed dead until being traced in February last year to "somewhere in the United Kingdom".
Judge Linnane heard that, prior to his turning up in the UK, gardai had carried out searches of the docks for his body after his phone had been traced to the Clontarf area of Dublin. They had even searched the attic of their home while she and their children remained downstairs.
Ms Jepson, who said she was now on social welfare of €237 a week, told the judge she believed her husband had gone to his mother's home in Ireland but was not in touch with her.
Judge Linnane said the bank had dealt appropriately with the situation and had engaged with Ms Jepson, advising her about what legal steps were open to her and that she should go to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service.
She had allowed her brother-in-law to negotiate with the bank but had not been kept fully informed by him.
She told Ms Jepson the outstanding balance on the mortgage was just over €230,000 and repayments from a social welfare allowance was unsustainable.
The judge said that, as similar houses nearby were selling for about €350,000, she should put her home up for sale.
Judge Linnane granted Jepson a stay of three months against the bank taking any further steps providing she put the house on the market.


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A teenager suffered a serious head injury after being attacked with a hammer outside a convenience shop in Leeds.
The 18-year-old was with friends outside the McDonald's on Easterly Road, Oakwood, when a VW Golf car was driven at them aggressively at about 6.45pm on Monday.
They ran across the dual carriageway, but were pursued and a man got out of the car and hit the 18-year-old on the head with the hammer.
He took refuge in the Tesco Express store before being taken to hospital for treatment to a large cut.
Police are investigating. Anyone with information should call Det Insp Paul Hobson at Leeds CID on 101.


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The next Art of Community call for artists is on.
Artists have until Feb. 28 to complete applications and bids in a City of Hood River-funded project to place a permanent piece of art at the city's Bike Hub-Restroom facility at Third and State, built in 2014.
The project is open to all artists from the region. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines.
Contact Kristen Godkin, Art of Community, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 541-490-2451 for details or if you would like to meet at the site to discuss the project. All submittals must be received by 5 p.m. on Feb. 28.
Artists must submit artist's information, a resume, and 5-10 art samples of previously completed work, and/or a specific proposal for the Gorge Bike Hub site.
Images should be saved in JPG format (150 dpi at a minimum 5-by-7 - 2MB max) and titled: artist's last name — artwork's name.
Six communities along the Gorge have banded together to develop a system of Gorge Bike Hubs. The Bike Hubs are a network of welcome centers, information centers, trailheads and rest areas for travelers to encourage visitors to stage their trips from these communities' central business cores, boosting economic development. Each city has developed a bike hub design unique to their community, sharing a logo and look, with a wayfinding map.
Hood River's Gorge Bike Hub is located at the intersection of Third and State Street at the heart of a recently completed Urban Renewal project. To best reflect this unique place in the Gorge, the City of Hood River is commissioning an original Gorge Bike Hub art installation that captures the beauty, diversity and vibrancy of the community. A permanent piece of public art will further enhance the location creating a distinctive sense of place and memorable experience encouraging community dialogue and most importantly, accessible to everyone.
The budget of the project is $20,000, all inclusive, including but not limited to design, development, fabrication, delivery and installation as well as any necessary engineering. A plaque with details of the art, the artist, City of Hood River Urban Renewal Board and Art of Community will be included with the installation. The displayed work will be regionally promoted.
Responses to this "Call to Artists" will be managed and evaluated by a selection committee consisting of members of the Art of Community, a local public arts organization consisting of professional artists and administrators. Selection criteria to be used for consideration shall include, but not be limited to the following: artistic quality, context, compatibility with the site, appropriateness to the site, materials' suitability and safety, public safety, environmental impact, media, diversity, and feasibility.
The selection panel will select one artist, piece or proposal, which will be submitted to the City of Hood River Urban Renewal Agency for final review and approval.
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We don't really do back-to-school stuff anymore. Not that I don't want to, it's just a bit anti-climactic when you homeschool… The first day just sorta feels like just another day, but with a stack of new curriculum. If I were a planner, and the tiniest bit organized, I might do just back-to-school photos on the first day of the… Read More
more chicks in the garden
Towards the end of last summer, we took our then six-week-old chicks out on their first field trip. It wasn't very far which, for first-time chicken owners, was just right. From the coop, down the hill and across the drive… right into the garden. And they loved it. So, when Juniper's tiny brood turned six weeks, (or, er, seven weeks)… Read More
Something to Celebrate
It's been a big week around here. A *really* big week. Big enough to justify taking an entire weekday afternoon off just to celebrate. Specifically two of our kiddos – and the miracle of God weaving them into our family through adoption. So, at the request of one of the two being celebrated, we closed the schoolbooks early, packed the… Read More
Two Weeks
Last year on my birthday I got a hen house. And, subsequently, 15 chicks to eventually fill that hen house. Now we have 14 adult hens, happily living and laying eggs on the edge of our 13 acres. Since those chicks arrived to us at just 48 hours old, we did all the mama-ing… heat lamp, brooder box and basically… Read More
spring, band-aids and hatching eggs, oh my!
At last, spring has arrived. It's been a crazy winter-into-spring transition, with afternoons in February warm enough to cause leaves to pop, and yet enough freezing-at-night temperatures to keep us waiting to transplant our seedlings into the garden until yesterday. The kids have already gone through several boxes of bandaids and a tube of Neosporin with all the bicycling they've… Read More
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Christmas 2017
It was good. It was crazy. And, in many ways, it was crazy good. We missed Zach so much, who wasn't able to be here until after the New Year. (insert sad mama face here… I might have shed a few tears.) But, for the first time, we had Victoria's boyfriend Jon join us on Christmas morning. And his presence… Read More
Gingerbread houses. Kinda.
This Christmas season I wanted to be really purposeful in finding ways to make the season memorable – without either spending a small fortune or increasing my already-sufficiently-high level of holiday-induced anxiety. And, taking those two things into consideration, well… doesn't leave a whole lot of things. Even gingerbread houses. But these? With the already-built graham cracker sides? That require… Read More
The Nutcracker
It's the most wonderful time of the year. And we are finding a million ways that God is blessing us in this sweet season. One was an opportunity to go see the Alabama Ballet perform the Nutcracker. It was just mama and the girls, taking a little field trip to the Wright Center at Samford University. And, since our Clementine… Read More
Snow Day: Part Deux
Another day with the fluffy stuff – and this time, without commentary. Because we did all the snow things and had all the snow fun. And then came in and took hot baths and drank hot chocolate. And I did laundry for the next two days.
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Feeling it is already X'mas mood already. I hope you got your X'mas deco ready. Just in case your office table isn't ready to welcome Santa, here's a cute mini Christmas Tree to do its magic. Customisable, it comes with colourful baubles. But nobody is stopping you from adding more trinkets on your tree.
Just in case you are wondering where to get your very own mini Christmas Tree, please visit A Better Florist to you. The Mini Christmas Tree is a seasonal thing, so if you want a tree of your own, you may need to get it fast.
You may be curious, A Better Florist is local. Featured on Forbes, Huffingtonpost and Straits Times, it has grown tremendously over the course of one year as a start up. If you are one to support Singaporeans, do buy your annual blooms with them . Especially for same day delivery, this is one site you can visit. :D
Lastly, wishing you all a very blessed and merry Christmas! Have a fun time decorating your X'mas trees and ripping open all the beautiful presents. :D


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Sandy Island is a rare collection of 18 waterfront villas nestled within a tropical island oasis of privacy and calm. Designed by world celebrated architect Claudio Silvestrin in concert with multi-winning lanscape designer Jamie Durie, these exclusive villas are embedded in a lush rainforest setting, like precious jewels waiting to be discovered in the splendour of nature.
Being one of the YTL home owner myself, I am so proud of their ideas, designs and finishing. The lanscaping and design of their houses are fully well thought of. With their every new launches, I am so tempted to own another property by YTL again.


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Breckenridge Animal Clinic is a full-service small animal veterinary clinic located in Breckenridge, Colorado. We are locally owned and operated and have been serving local pets since 1990. As long-time locals, we understand the special concerns of animal ownership in the High Country. Our doctors take the time to get to know our clients personally and to provide veterinary care that is centered on the personal needs of each pet and their owner.
At BAC we are dedicated to continuing education for our staff and to maintaining a state-of-the art facility with the latest advances in veterinary technology. We offer routine preventative care as well as surgery services, orthopedic surgery (including TTA and TPLO surgeries), chiropractic care and emergency or after-hours care. We understand that a positive and supportive workplace is vital for the growth and stability of our practice. At Breckenridge Animal Clinic, we pride ourselves in providing the highest quality medical care and exceptional customer service.
Our team of committed and competent support staff allows our veterinarians to concentrate on providing superior medicine for our patients. We currently have two veterinarians, and are seeking a personable associate veterinarian to join our family. Primary duties will include preventative care, wellness exams, exams for sick pets, surgery and dental health care.
We are open Monday-Friday from 8:00am to 6:00pm and only open on Saturdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm. We are closed on Sundays! We do rotate on call shifts with 4 other hospitals in the county.
Benefits: •Group Medical Insurance and $400/month towards your policy •Retirement Plan with Employer Match •Paid Vacation Time •State License, AVMA Dues, CVMA Dues, and Liability/ Malpractice Insurance Paid •VIN Membership Paid •$1500 CE allowance •Discount Prescription Diets and Vet Services for Personal Pets •4 pairs of scrubs/ year •4 day work week •You will live very close to many ski resorts and enjoy the benefits of living in a small mountain town!
We pride ourselves on making sure our team is happy and comfortable with their work-life balance. We spend most of our time together, so we strive to make our hospital a fun and enjoyable work environment. We also strive to make visits stress free and pleasant experiences for our patients!
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Washington County Board of Education member Wayne Ridenour said he abstained from voting on personnel changes Tuesday night because he didn't think the School Board should have an attorney on staff.
Ridenour was asked after the School Board's meeting why he abstained from voting on staff changes.
The staff changes included appointing an assistant to the School Board's chief legal counsel, according to a School Board document.
The position is a support position to the School Board's staff attorney, Ridenour said.
Ridenour stressed that his opposition was to the position, not the person.
Ridenour said he thinks it would be more cost-effective for the School Board to hire an attorney as needed rather than have an attorney, and support staff for the attorney, on staff.
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Patients being discharged abruptly as Guru Nanak Hospital strike continues
"Doctors have discharged my mother though she still needs treatment. Where should I take her?" asks Sarabjit Singh, a Rayaa resident, whose mother was admitted to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital a few days back.punjab Updated: Jul 17, 2016 15:53 IST
"Doctors have discharged my mother though she still needs treatment. Where should I take her?" asks Sarabjit Singh, a Rayaa resident, whose mother was admitted to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital a few days back.
This is not an isolated case as many other patients have been discharged abruptly as junior resident doctors and paramedics continued their strike for the third consecutive day in protest against the beating up of their colleagues on Thursday.
Medical superintendent Dr Ram Sarup Sharma said, "I am aware of the situation, but there is staff shortage. What else can be done?"
The hospital authorities said they had accepted the demands of the doctors, such as introducing pass system for visitors to the hospital. The proposal is to issue a pass to a person wishing to see a patient admitted to the emergency ward, against a refundable security deposit of Rs 100.
After assurance from college principal Dr BS Bal and medical superintendent Dr Ram Sarup at a meeting, the resident doctors were not convinced, saying assurances are seldom fulfilled. The doctors were assured of not to deploy them as emergency medical officer and register for their attendance.
Dr Gagan Deep Shergill of Resident Doctors' Association said, "The protest will continue till the authorities implement whatever has been assured. They have told us that things will be implemented by Monday. We will wait till then."
Though the services have not been stopped at the hospital, but staff shortage is affecting the functioning. Around 400 paramedics and doctors are sitting on protest. On Friday, protesting doctors took out a candle march and also walked towards the residence of minister Anil Joshi.
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Conan O'Brien is the greatest late night talk show host in the history of the universe. And here are the Top 10 Conan characters...unless there just so happens to be a Black Unicorn Prostitute on tomorrow night's show.
A Porche GT3 RS drawn in Microsoft Paint. This is simply amazing. Now will somebody buy me a freaking Porsche already!
The ultimate compilation of UFC knockouts.
Here's a funny spoof movie trailer for Gay Harry Potter. It would not surprise me if it was true!
Girls showing off some sexy dance moves by the campfire for this commercial for Moosehead Light in Canada.
Stupid cats are so stupid that they manage to get themselves caught on video while doing stupid stuff. Yet another reason why dogs rule and cats drool.
Awesome motorcycle tricks mashed together in one awesome compilation. Soon I'll post some motorcycle tricks gone wrong.
Emo haircuts are turning into a serious epidemic. It's time to put an end to this and stop emo haircuts once and for all!!
Lower back tatoos are all the rage these days. But what about when you get old and flabby? The Lower Back Tatoo Remover is the solution.
How white are you? Take this quiz to find out if you're black or white. Note - it's not intended to be racist at all, so just take it and find out just how white you are!
Here's the Top 10 Greatest David Beckham Goals in one video clip that you can watch on repeat while he is sitting on the bench for the LA Galaxy.
Kicking footballs into cars is the best sport ever! It's a 96!
The all-time best YouTube videos mashed into one super compilation.
I think this guy takes the cake for being the dumbest person ever on the Price is Right.
Here's the biggest mouth ever. I don't know what to think.
Learn how to flip out your friends by learning these sweet moves taught by Carlton Banks of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Here's the very first Apple iPod television commercial from way back six years ago. Do you remember it?
The tiny hotel rooms over in Japan remind me very much of a city morgue... not a place I want to visit just yet.
From the producer of "40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up", Judd Apatow's next sure-to-be-blockbuster comedy "Superbad" looks absolutely hilarious. The trailers on TV don't do it justice, so here's the unedited version. (NSFW - adult language)
Urban Sprinting is the hottest sport to hit your local shopping mall in years. Watch, take notes, and do it yourself!
Next time you're bored at work, gather up some office chairs with wheels, building material to make a ramp, and interns to lay on the ground. That's all you need to kick some ass at office chair jumping!
And now presenting the Amazing Spider-Cat! Watch this cat crawl up the side of a building as if he was Tobey Maguire in flaming red spandex.
Gotta love trick plays in sports. This one is perfectly executed by a high school football team. Just too SWEEEEET!
I can't really tell what was going through this kid's head when he decided to try skateboard off the roof.
A simple girl street fight at the beach results in an all out massive brawl in this video clip.
OK this video is pretty awesome, a couple guys paddle out on a lake and shoot at a flaming propane tank. They were expecting an explosion and they got much more. Incredible!
This kid have developed some crazy ultrasound skills. He can recognize everything.
Another classic from Chappelle - Black Bush, the full skit.
This guy visits all 171 Starbucks Coffee locations in Manhattan in one day and orders drinks at each.
I guarantee that you will laugh at least once during this compilation of funny clips. If not, you have no soul.
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Paper creations made by me! I love making cards, 3-D projects and more! I love sharing my passion for creativity!
Monday, December 11, 2017
Merry Monday #269 {Season's Greetings}
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- Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...
Stunning lantern, Kelly, and I just love all the greens at the top!! So gorgeous with the blue wash and snowflakes!
- December 11, 2017 at 7:17 AM
- Colleen said...
Kelly, you never stop amazing me with your creations. this is just stunning, I love the snowflakes in the background, subtle yet the sparkle shines through! Fantastic card!
- December 11, 2017 at 8:03 AM
- Donna Schnees said...
I checked out the sugar cuts site and I am in love. TFS!
- December 11, 2017 at 7:36 PM
- Donna Ellis said...
Such a gorgeous card, Kelly, with the prettiest blue color surrounding your lantern! Most people showcase lanterns at night - but I love that you have shown yours in the daylight hours! hugs, de
- December 12, 2017 at 6:56 AM
- JoAnn said...
Love your red lantern with the greenery and acorns. The background is lovely.
- December 12, 2017 at 11:14 AM
- Notes by Nina said...
Another stunning card Kelly, I love all your beautiful details.
- December 12, 2017 at 12:57 PM
- JD/ Jill said...
This is really lovely! A great design!
- December 12, 2017 at 3:24 PM
- Linda said...
Kelly what a beautiful lantern card you have created. Love the colors. Fabulous card. Have a great weekend.
- December 15, 2017 at 1:23 PM
- Debbie Henderson said...
I just love everything about your card, so elegant and the layers are all so pretty!
- December 15, 2017 at 1:46 PM
- Marcia HIll said...
LOVE the colors you chose Kelly...they truly fit this vintage feeling card with the lovely red lantern and all the beautiful greenery! LOVE it!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! :0)
- December 16, 2017 at 7:03 AM
- Susan Joyce said...
Love you lamp die cut and all of your design elements Kelly. Fabulous Christmas card.
- December 16, 2017 at 7:28 AM
- Nora N. said...
This is gorgeous!! I LOVE that lantern and your layering of the die cuts is perfection!!
- December 16, 2017 at 9:32 AM
- Deanne @ Three Trees said...
Every card of yours just gets prettier! GORGEOUS!
- December 17, 2017 at 5:34 PM
Your card composition is wonderful. Love the coffe card too.
- January 2, 2018 at 6:38 AM


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When renowned film director Péter Gárdos wrote the story, he intended it as a film script, but eventually he made it into a novel. "Fever at Dawn," the love story of two Holocaust survivors―the author's parents―has ever since sold in more than 20 territories.
Ádám Nádasdy – teacher, translator and poet (to name a few of his professions) – celebrated his 70th birthday on 15 February. To join in the festivities we held an interview with him, looking back at his life and achievements.


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November 19, 2007
The Board of Education of the Salem School District #30, state of Arkansas, met in regular session on Monday, November 19, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the boardroom on the high school campus. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Yarnell.
Present: Yarnell, Falco, Koelling, Innis, and Coffman
Absent: None
The Chairman declared a quorum present and opened the meeting for business.
The minutes from the October 15, 2007 regular meeting were reviewed. Innis made the motion, second by Falco to approve the minutes as written. Passed.
Superintendent Ken Rich informed the board that the district had received an E-Rate grant in the amount of $8,025 for the 2007-08 school year. He also informed the board of several items that would be included in the 2008-09 E-Rate application.
Superintendent Rich informed the board of a software program that would allow the district to immediately contact parents by phone, text, or email. The program could be used in emergencies, inclement weather, to give updates on scheduled events, or provide notice of student absence. The board agreed that this type of program would benefit the district. Rich told the board that the program could be in place by next semester.
Superintendent Rich presented two vouchers that had been received from Microsoft. The vouchers will allow the district to purchase and be reimbursed for $15,750.51 of computer hardware and an additional $15,750.51 of computer software. The district has until April 15, 2011 to use the vouchers.
Superintendent Rich presented a quote from Yourwebpress.com to develop and host a new website for the school district. Yourwebpress estimated that they could complete this project for $1,800. Rich informed the board that he would work with representatives from Yourwebpress to have the new website up and running during the next school semester.
Superintendent Rich reported that the school district had been monitored recently by the Special Education Division of the Arkansas Department of Education. He informed the board that there were no major violations. The report included one item that must be addressed by the district in writing. Rich told the board that LEA Supervisor, Velma Sanderson, would appeal the requirement that the district send in the written documentation.
The board reviewed the 10-year master facility plan project list. Superintendent Rich informed the board that the master plan update must be submitted to the Department of Education by February 1, 2008. He also informed the board that the district would host a public hearing to allow for public comment on the facilities plan prior to the February 1st deadline.
The financial reports were reviewed.
Mr. Rich informed the board that the cross-country teams had competed in the State Meet recently and the Sr. Boys team finished eighth in the state. Courtney Falco and Forrest Rose were named All-State in cross-country based on their performance at the state meet.
Innis made the motion to adjourn with a second by Koelling. Passed.
The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
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It is true that we need something that we don't have. Thus, I've searched about rugs on my favorite Search Engine – Google. The first time I've searched it in Google Images, unfortunately images don't tell me about quality and price. So I managed to search again. Finally I found a website which sells cheap rugs.
I said "Oh my God, am I landing on the right page?" The website is very simple, but when I searched on that website I found many beautiful rugs that may fulfill my need. The prices may vary, there are $19.99-$1,899.99 rugs. I think the prices are depending on rugs size. I am new in this rugs part, so I don't know about rugs at all, but I want to learn it more.
There are three types of rugs shapes rectangular area rugs, round area rugs, and runner area rugs. I can conclude those three types are area rugs. Most of those area rugs made from wool, but there are also silk rugs.
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Rock The Night Away In Your Rocking Chair Cushions
A good rocking chair cushion can add a load of extra comfort to your favorite rocking chair. The gentle rocking motion meant to calm the restless mind and body is enhanced by a cushion which will take some of the hardness of the wood away. You can purchase cushions which are simple tie back chair pads, since they will tie onto the back support bars of the rocking chair, or you can experiment with some of the cushions which are made specifically for them.
The beauty of buying one of the specially made rocking chair cushions is that they often come with a back, too. Instead of just having a nice rest on the lower half of the body, the torso and back can relax as well. Pick one out that is as fancy, frilly or plain as you like. A flower-patterned fabric trimmed with graceful ruffles can enhance the natural curvature of your rocking chair. An nice velvet cushion. Or, get a plain or neutral shade so anyone feels invite
to have a nice rock. There are many available patterns, colors and themes for any room.
If you find that you enjoy your specially crafted rocking chair cushion, then you might want to consider buying several more in different colors. This will let you change them out with different moods, holidays and seasons. Make sure that you can wash the whole thing, too. Being able to get the cushion clean and fresh will only add to your enjoyment.
There are also rocking chair cushions that come with durable and washable removable covers. This will keep you from having to store several cushions and from wondering if you might warp your cushion in the washing machine. Removable rocking chair cushion covers should come with an easy access zipper for convenient removal.
There are other features to look for in your rocking chair cushions, as well. Be sure to check what kind of padding they use on the inside. Look for resilient latex foam or plush latex foam cushion fillings which are as thick as you need them to be. Some of the velvet cushion covers will include a fabric wrap-over for the tops and sides of your rocking chair. This is a nice feature for creating a very cozy and homey feel. Tufted cotton gives cushions a breathable, patterned texture. Some thicker cushions will be made with a springy latex foam and come in a durable, but soft corduroy cover. Also, consider velvet rocking chair cushions for a touch of lavishness. These will also work wonderfully if one is trying to fit a rocking chair into a more formal living area.
The only thing to look out for besides the quality of the cushion and fabric cover is whether you are ordering the right size. Some cushions are specially designed for larger styles of rocking chairs. Once you know that you have picked out the right size and thickness of a cushion, you can do the fun part of picking out which pattern, color or theme you want for your room or patio.
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Gosport & Fareham must address their woeful away form if they are to avoid a relegation dogfight in London two south west.
And it is the Gosport Park side's defence which has got to improve, according to head coach Barry Bridgman.
If they don't get it right at fellow strugglers Old Tonbridgians at Richmond Park tomorrow, they will slide into the bottom two.
Bridgman remains optimistic, though, despite his troops suffering their heaviest defeat of the season at the hands of leaders Camberley last weekend.
He said: 'We were beaten by the better side but we scored three very good tries.
'It was a pity we didn't go on and earn a bonus point.
'Our defence is letting us down at the moment.
'We have good spells of playing rugby but then fall away.'
Gosport & Fareham have lost Danny Gamblin to injury.
The prop dislocated a finger and is likely to be out for up to eight weeks.
In Hampshire one, Fareham Heathens are forced to take a weakened squad to the Isle Of Wight.
Director of rugby Bernie Rhodes said: 'Once again we find ourselves impacted by availability problems.
'We have been successful against the Isle of Wight for the past few seasons.
'They are always tough and generally high-scoring affairs as they generally find a way to score.
'We will have to be at our best – even with our depleted squad – to come away with the points.'
Cam Guthrie returns to the Heathens having been on a sabbatical to Australia and Thailand for the last 18 months.
Back-row Matt Smith is available after missing the win over Alresford last week.
The normal midfield of Tom Baxter and Rob Impey are out, though.
Right-wing Steve Devon is unavailable, so Fijian Ted Mata returns after impressing for the seconds.
Head coach and skipper Dave Wheaton said: 'We know what to expect and the availability disruption is not ideal.
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"Scalia-gesture you, Bubba."
A. Nonymouse, a fellow comboxer at CAEI, came up with this phrase. I think that it's far too good to allow it to languish, so I'm adding it to my lexicon, and obviously hoping it will spread further:
"Scalia-gesture you, Bubba."
My nomination for the St. Blog's™ Official Insult©. For when you just can't keep it inside, but you don't want to sin against charity any more than necessary. Especially if you're part-Southern-Italian, or, like me, half-Irish and all red-head. Perhaps to be accompanied with a teeny flick of the index finger from the chin, instead of the entire back of the hand.
Of course, the Justice said that gesture doesn't totally mean what everyone thinks it means (and cast members of "The Sopranos" are not experts on Italian hand gestures simply by virtue of being cast members of "The Sopranos"!) . . . I dunno about that but I think I'll trust him over a Boston newspaperwoman.


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There are some more portraits at portraits.
Here's some of the food I've had this past month:
Tuna pasta with alfredo sauce and garlic bread.
Fuzio's pasta, salad, and flatbread at work.
Mexican pizza at Nova.
French Toast at Nova.
Coffee Flan at Colibri.
Tropical Punch Kool-Aid Cookies.
Pasta with spinach marinara sauce, with broccoli and carrots.
Sushi at work.
Steak with a side of garlicky sauteed spinach and mushrooms.
Garlicky mushrooms.
Toasted bread with brie and salami.
Tortilla Espanola (Spanish omelette with fried potatoes and onion and roasted bell pepper).
Also, here's Zeke making awesome Spanish Tapas last night:
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4th Circuit Remands Staffing Literacy Case
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) – The 4th Circuit remanded a discrimination case filed against Randstad, reversing an earlier ruling in favor of the staffing company accused of not placing workers if they cannot read or write English.
The case, filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2007, stems from a complaint filed by Kevin Morrison, a Jamaican-born Maryland resident said Randstad fired him due to his inability to read or write English, a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
Two years later Morrison filed an amended complaint with the EEOC to include an additional discrimination charge after it was discovered he had a learning disability.
Randstad admitted that it fired Morrison because he could not read, but denied that the firing was the result of national origin or disability discrimination.
Rather, the company said, it had an "unwritten policy against hiring people who cannot read because virtually all of the assignments Randstad is called upon to fill require ready and/or writing skills."
However, Randstad conceded it did place Morrison in at least four positions with various companies before firing him despite his inability to read.
The EEOC filed a petition seeking various statistics from the company and stated that Randstad's literacy requirement "may have a disparate impact on Jamaicans and others who are not fluent in English due to their national origin."
Randstad argued the numbers the EEOC requested were a burden to put together and would potentially cost them over $330,000 due to the structure of their computer systems.
Randstad also argued that Morrison's amended charge was "untimely on its face" because it alleged a "new theory of recovery" and therefore did not relate back to the date of his original charge.
District Judge Richard Bennett of Maryland originally denied the petition, saying that Randstad's policy "relates to the matter of reading and writing ability, not national origin."
He also noted that "Jamaica is an English speaking island" and felt that none of the information requested in the subpoena would be relevant to national origin discrimination.
But a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit disagreed, finding that the Commission is entitled to an order enforcing its' subpoena because "to establish its authority to investigate, the EEOC need only present an 'arguable' basis for jurisdiction."
Writing for the panel, Judge Mark Davis also dismissed Randstad's claims about the amended complaint, stating that the new charges of disability discrimination "clarifies and amplifies allegations made in a prior charge."
Davis notes that once the EEOC has authority to investigate a particular charge of discrimination, it may access "any evidence of any person being investigated or proceeded against that relates to unlawful employment practices covered by this subchapter and is relevant to the charge under investigation."
Citing a 2002 ruling against Delta Airlines, Davis says that the EEOC's authority to investigate "is not negated simply because the party under investigation may have a valid defense to a later suit." He continues; "If it turns out Randstad's assertion that all of its positions require literacy is unsupported by the requested materials, then those materials might turn out to constitute evidence of unlawful discrimination. Accordingly, information on at least some positions other than those held by Morrison is relevant to the EEOC's investigation."


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Update: At 5 PM EDT Thursday, ISAAC was downgraded to a Tropical Depession. It was centered 35 miles west northwest of Monroe, LA. It was moving towards the north northwest at 9 mph with winds down to 35 mnph.
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CDE themed competition webinar: autonomy in hazardous scene assessment
A webinar for this Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) £1.5 million phase-1 research funding competition was held on 3 October 2016.
Recording now available. You'll need to sign in with your name, email and company details. This link is active until 19 October 2016.
The webinar took place from 2pm to 3pm online.
It's an easy way for you to get more information about this £1.5 million (phase 1) themed competition, for those who couldn't make it to the main networking event on Thursday 22 September 2016.
You'll hear a summary of the challenges and have the opportunity to submit questions to technical experts for this autonomy in hazardous scene assessment themed competition.
Proposals for this competition must be submitted to CDE online and received by Thursday 10 November at 5pm.
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- Recording now available. Link is active until 19 October 2016.
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Pregnancy and Feed the children infomercials DO NOT MIX! I was nearly bawling when I saw the little Nigerian boy Alex trying to take care of this 3 younger brothers all alone. They were eating something wheat-based out of a silver basin, and Alex didnt eat at all because he was feeding his brothers. I need a nap before I become any more emotional.
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Extends Deal With Cumulus/WWO
Benztown Extends 8-Year Partnership With Cumulus Media And Westwood One
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The Easiest Way to Tint Mason Jars Blue
Do I have a BIG treat for you today!!! Starring 'Spring in a Mason Jar'! I'm sharing lots of Spring Mason Jar goodness today, starting with a decorating tip: The Easiest Way to Tint Mason Jars Blue! There's loads more Spring Mason Jar crafts, DIY and decor ideas and recipes to see too! With the first day of Spring less than two … [Read more...]
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You may have noticed, or been told by your excited children, that we have installed MinecraftEdu on a standalone server at school and will be running two Minecraft after-school clubs this term. In doing so we are something of a pioneer and there has been noticeable interest from other schools across Essex who like the idea but haven't yet, like us, made the move to introduce Minecraft at school.
You may or may not know much about Minecraft, but here are some answers to questions you may have:
What is Minecraft?
In their words:
Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative things.
It can also be about adventuring with friends or watching the sun rise over a blocky ocean. It's pretty. Brave players battle terrible things in The Nether, which is more scary than pretty. You can also visit a land of mushrooms if it sounds more like your cup of tea.
I've highlighted the bits that we're going to be focusing on. How can we be so focused? Here's how:
What is MinecraftEdu?
In their words:
MinecraftEdu is the collaboration of a small team of educators and programmers from the United States and Finland. We are working with Mojang AB of Sweden, the creators of Minecraft, to make the game affordable and accessible to schools everywhere. We have also created a suite of tools that make it easy to unlock the power of Minecraft in the classroom.
MinecraftEdu is just like the Minecraft that you may have bought for yourselves or your children, but contains a Custom Mod that allows us as teachers to control and extend whichever aspects of Minecraft we choose. By doing this we can make the playing experience as educational as possible whilst still being loads of fun. So, there'll be no monsters or killing, but there will be building, problem solving, surviving, team building and much more.
Why MinecraftEdu?
In their words:
Every day, more and more teachers are using the world-building game Minecraft to engage and educate. The game is a true phenomenon and gamers young and old are using it in countless creative ways. Practitioners of Games Based Education have realized the potential and have embraced Minecraft in classrooms around the world.
Minecraft is designed from the ground up to be open-ended and modifiable, allowing it to be tailored for any curriculum. Minecraft can support your goals whether you are teaching to Core Standards, allowing your students to an opportunity for creative expression, or anything in between.
The game is being used to teach more than just computer skills. It easily lends itself to science, technology, engineering and math explorations (STEM). But beyond that, language teachers are strengthening communication skills, civics teachers are exploring how societies function, and history teachers are having their students recreate ancient civilizations. It is not an exaggeration to say that the only limit is imagination!
We are very excited about the introduction of MinecraftEdu to Holy Trinity and can't wait to get started! There are going to be trial runs with staff and then Team Tabecat next week before after schol clubs start the following week.
Initially we are running two clubs, one for Years 3/4 and one for Years 5/6, each hosting 24 children. Access will be via the same form as the other clubs. We expect them to be over-subscribed. If we can do more in the future (for more children and other year groups) we will, but every extra club offered by the school requires an extra member of staff and an extra room and there are lots of other clubs that need them! We will also be looking at ways to incorporate MinecraftEdu into curriculum in places we feel it will enhance the children's learning. Some of the children were asking this week if they would be able to access our MinecraftEdu server at home. This is something we are looking into with the intention of making possible, but we want to get it up and running at school first.
Before I sign off I'd like to say thank you to Lewis Taylor, the onsite support technician from our technical partner Joskos. A Minecraft player himself he has done a brilliant job of setting up MinecraftEdu at Holy Trinity, and whilst it would have been possible without his help it wouldn't have been anywhere near as easy. He will be helping out in some of the MinecraftEdu clubs and is at least as excited about it as the children are!
If you have any questions about the introduction of MinecraftEdu please contact me at school. For more information about MinecraftEdu you can visit the website, and/or watch the YouTube videos below featuring the co-creator of MinecraftEdu explaining a little more about what's in store.
Karl Handy
Computing Teacher/Subject Leader
Note: We cannot control content on YouTube. It is recommended that you watch the above videos via this page rather than going to the YouTube site.


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09/01/2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmFree
This seminar is a continuation from Grant Seeking/Grant Writing 101. Business owners will refine and further develop strategies to submit successful grant proposals. Examination of specific grant components and concepts helps to achieve proficiency.
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While The Middle Spaces has only had a handful of guest/co-written posts, we hope to use the blog as a platform for more writers looking to explore comics, music or other forms of popular culture. Please consult our Submission Guidelines, if you think you might be interested in contributing.
Jennifer DeRoss
Jennifer DeRoss is an Instructional Specialist, mother of two boys, and all around geek. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a Master's in English and a focus on Comic Studies. She has forthcoming pieces on Swamp Thing, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Wonder Woman, and Orphan Black. She is currently working on a biography of Gardner Fox for Pulp Hero Press and writing reviews for Comic Crusaders. Follow her on Twitter at @JenniferDeRoss.
Eric Gershik
Eric G. is a native New Yorker who earned a BA in History from Brooklyn College. A passionate vegan who ran his restaurant Foodswings until it closed in 2014, he is seeking a suitable focus for the next chapter of his life. After about a 30-year gap in reading comics, he is again reading recent comics recommended by friends with a mix of great pleasure and concern. Eric also serves as The Middle Spaces' copy editor.
- Days of Future Then: Reflections on X-Men Comics & "Days of Future Past" (Part One of Two)
- Days of Future Now: Reflections on X-Men Comics & "Days of Future Past" (Part Two of Two)
Grace D. Gipson
Grace D. Gipson is a Visiting Lecturer in African American Studies at Georgia State University and a doctoral candidate in the African American Studies program with a designated emphasis in New Media at the University of California Berkeley. Grace's area of research interest centers on Black popular culture, digital humanities, representations of race and gender within comic books and graphic novels, and Afrofuturism. Her current dissertation project interrogates the formation of a Black female superhero identity within comics and graphic novels through African queer love, disability as empowerment, coloring utopias/dystopias, promoting Black Girl Magic in STEM, and creating a new media legacy for Black female voices. Grace's work has been featured in various publications such as Huffington Post, NPR.org, and Black Perspectives. Outside of the classroom, you can find Grace as one-fourth of the #BlackComicsChat twitter podcast crew and a contributor for the website Black Girl Nerds.
Sean Guynes-Vishniac
Sean Guynes-Vishniac is a PhD candidate in English at Michigan State University. He is editor of Punking Science Fiction (a special issue of Deletion, May 2018), co-editor of Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics (Ohio State UP, forthcoming) and Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling (Amsterdam UP, 2017), editor of The SFRA Review, and book reviews editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction. He can be found online at www.seanguynes.com or on Twitter @guynesvishniac.
Alejandro Jimenez
Alejandro Jimenez is an engineer currently living and working in Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 2014 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. His childhood love of Dragon Ball Z grew into an adult love of comics and manga. He tries to tweet @ashejandro.
Robert Jones, Jr.
Robert Jones, Jr. is a writer from Brooklyn, N.Y. He earned both his B.F.A. in creative writing and M.F.A. in fiction from Brooklyn College. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Gawker, The Grio, and the Feminist Wire. He is the creator of the social justice social media community, Son of Baldwin, which can be found on Facebook, Google Plus, Instagram, Medium, Tumblr, and Twitter. His first novel is in the revision stage and he's currently working on the second.
- Humanity Not Included: DC's Cyborg and the Mechanization of the Black Body
- Bumbling: DC Super Hero Girls and the White Racial Imagination
- Hip Hop Levels Up: Sammus & Pieces in Space
Francesca Lyn
Francesca Lyn is currently a doctoral candidate in Media, Art & Text at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Her dissertation "Graphic Intimacies: Identity, Humor, and Trauma in Autobiographical Comics by Women of Color" examines autobiographical comics created by women of color. She is interested in how autobiographical comics offer a new framework for exploring transgenerational trauma through the complex and intersecting themes of race and gender. She created and teaches the interdisciplinary courses "Gender, Race and Comics" and "Gender in Comics." In these courses students learn how to do comics research with special emphasis on utilizing VCU's Comic Arts Collection. In her free time she enjoys performing stand-up comedy and creating her own comics.
Orion Martin
Orion Martin is a writer and Chinese translator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes about comics, art, and the ways that new understandings of comics can make them more meaningful to our lives. His work has been featured on Hyperallergic, The Comics Journal, and The Hooded Utilitarian. You can find him at comics.rorionmartin.com.
Nicholas E. Miller
Nicholas E. Miller (@uncannydazzler) is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Hollins University, where he teaches multicultural American literature, gender and sexuality studies, and comics studies. His essay, "Asexuality and Its Discontents: Making the 'Invisible Orientation' Visible in Comics," was recently published in Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, and he has a new essay, "Transmedial Feminisms from Archie to Riverdale" that is forthcoming in Feminist Media Histories.
- Bound By Law: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part two)
- "Is There Anything Left to be Shattered?": Reading Dazzler in the #MeToo Moment
Ashanti Mills
Ashanti Mills received his B.A. in English from Howard University in 2015, and currently lives right outside of Washington, D.C. His research interests include trauma, music theory, semiotics, and genre. He tweets @DakotaCityRag.
Nicole Pizarro
Nicole Pizarro is a PhD student in The Ohio State University's English department. Her scholarship focuses on the ways narrative is influenced by film adaptations as mediums of entertainment and cultural conversation. She is a graduate teaching associate teaching in the subjects of masculinity studies, adaptation, popular culture and rhetoric. Currently, she is working on an article about how black female bodies are mediated in film adaptations of African American historical figures. She is originally from Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
Joshua Plencner
Joshua Plencner is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Union College. His research explores the intersection of American visual culture and the politics of identity, with specializations in the study of racial formation in popular culture, affect theory, comics studies, and American Political Development. His recent scholarly and popular essays have been featured in New Political Science, Black Perspectives, Encyclopedia of Black Comics, and Artists Against Police Brutality. He has contributed two guest posts on The Middle Spaces.
- "Guns in the Valley" – a Review of Logan
- Caged and Enraged: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part one)
Mike Plugh
Mike Plugh is a lecturer in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. He serves on the Board of Directors of the New York State Communication Association and the Media Ecology Association. His research interests include technology and sociocultural change, education, community, and collective identity. You can find him at his eponymous blog, or on Twitter @mikeplugh. Mike believes that teachers teach and do the world good, while kings just rule and most are never understood…
Jeanette Roan
Jeanette Roan is an Associate Professor in the Visual Studies Program and the Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies at California College of the Arts. She is the author of Envisioning Asia: On Location, Travel, and the Cinematic Geography of U.S. Orientalism (University of Michigan Press, 2010). Her most recent publication is "Tasting is Knowing: The Aesthetics and Politics of Disgust in John Layman's and Rob Guillory's Chew" in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.
Charles A. Stephens, Jr.
Charles A. Stephens Jr. attends Texas A&M University-Commerce, where he's finishing up his doctoral work in literature, with a focus on film and graphic narrative, while teaching argument and rhetoric to impressionable freshmen. His dissertation analyzes the British Wave of comic book creators, led by Alan Moore, and their influence on American comics, via literary historical analysis of the title Hellblazer and the character, John Constantine. A diehard Grant Morrison fan and devotee of the Brit Wave, he loves almost all genres of music, beef jerky, metafiction, and bad cheerleader/dance movies. He is accompanied almost everywhere by his sidekick Flash the beagle. Check out more of his musings (and nag him to write more!) at http://cstephensjr.tumblr.com/.
Paul Thomas
P. L. Thomas, Associate Professor of Education (Furman University), taught high school English in South Carolina before moving to teacher education. He is currently a column editor for English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English) and author of Beware the Roadbuilders (Garn Press). Follow his work at http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/ or @plthomasEdD on Twitter.
Maite Urcaregui
Maite Urcaregui studies twentieth century American culture and literature through a transdisciplinary perspective that draws from cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, and critical race studies. Her research explores the relationship among form, aesthetics, and agency as well as the possibilities for activism and resistance within popular culture, specifically within genre fiction, zines, and comics. Here most recent research has investigated intersectional feminism in Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro's Bitch Planet and it's fan community.
Rebecca Wanzo
Rebecca Wanzo is associate professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and associate director of the Center for the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of The Suffering Will Not Be Televised: African American Women and Sentimental Political Storytelling (2009) and numerous essays on comics, feminist media studies, and African American literature and culture. This blog is excerpted from her book manuscript, The Content of Our Caricature: African American Citizenship and Graphic Storytelling, under contract with New York University Press.
Qiana Whitted
Qiana Whitted is Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina. Her publications include the edited collection, Comics and the U.S. South (Mississippi, 2012) and essays that explore race, genre, and comics in representations of historical figures such as Nat Turner, Stagger Lee, and Emmett Till. She is an Associate Editor of INKS: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society and Chair of the International Comic Arts Forum. Her forthcoming book on race and social protest in 1950s EC comics will be published by Rutgers University Press in early 2019. She can be found on Twitter @QianaWhitted and on the web at qianawhitted.com.
- Caged and Enraged: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part one)
- Bound By Law: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part two)
- Hard Women, Hard Time: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part three)
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams earned an M.F.A in Studio Art and a Ph.D. in Art Education from Florida State University. She is an Associate Professor at The University of Iowa in the Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies (GWSS) Department and in the School of Art and Art History. Currently she is the Department Executive Officer of GWSS. Her scholarship related to incarcerated women, comics, qualitative research, and visual art has been published in the Journal of Arts Law and Management, Visual Arts Research, Studies in Art Education, Southern Cultures, the International Journal of Comics Art, the Journal of Art Education, and the Journal of Poetry Therapy. She has received funding for her work in the arts and humanities from the National Art Education Association, the Roy J. Carver Foundation, the Iowa Arts Council, The Hull House Museum in Chicago, The National Czech and Slovak Museum, and Humanities Iowa.


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The Year of The Flood
There was a close-up of her dead face, looking more gentle and peaceful than I'd ever seen her look in life. Maybe that was the real Bernice, I thought — kind and innocent. Maybe she was truly like that inside, and all the fighting we used to do and all her sharp and unpleasant edges — that was her way of struggling to get out of the hard skin she'd grown all over herself like a beetle shell. But no matter how she hit out and raged, she'd been stuck in there. That thought made me feel so sorry for her that I cried.
Margaret Atwood, The Year of The Flood


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Sometimes I get so wrapped up in my responsibilities as an adult, I forget to be a parent! My family went on a vacation last week, so I spent the week prior tying up loose ends. This week is my week to play catch up, both at home and at work. It's hard to awaken on time, do the laundry and get back into my routines. It really didn't hit me to "slow down" until last night. I said something which made my husband and I both laugh and sent my daughter into meltdown mode. She didn't think it was funny. She thought we were intentionally poking fun at her. As her sobbing got louder, I apologized and told her to come and lie down next to me on the couch so I could kiss her forehead, wipe the tears away and just snuggle with her. She eased into comfort after a couple of reassuring minutes and then went upstairs to get ready for bed. Case closed. Now I can relax, I thought.
Or not. Shortly after she had gone to bed, I went upstairs to tuck her in and say prayers. When I went to leave she grabbed my sleeve, book in hand, saying, "Mommy, let's read." Read? But I was in the middle of Dancing with the Stars. Can't you just read to yourself, I thought? Did we really have to read tonight? It turns out we did, and I'm glad for it.
She climbed into her bed and wrapped up with her blankets and stuffed animals. She held one of my hands as I flipped pages with the other and read aloud one chapter. What a pleasure it turned out to be for each of us. It was a special, quiet, alone time. Time to relax and regroup. Time to reflect on all of those moments she had curled up in my lap as I read to her as a baby. I asked her this morning what makes reading with mommy so enjoyable, and she said, "It calms me."
Reading aloud isn't just for young children who can't read yet. It's a personal gift a parent can give to a child at any age. Mine just happens to be twelve.
– Debbie