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Halloween is for Kids, Right?
A dozen years ago, when my sons were younger, I had a lesson to learn about All Hallow's Eve. Up till then, I really thought I could construct the perfect trick-or-treat night. On that October 31st, I stepped into the night, ready to lead my brood through one of childhood's greatest experiences – an evening of stockpiling candy and pretending to be a favorite character. For me, it was a chance to have as much fun as they did.
I even dressed up as Luke Skywalker, wearing a robe and carrying a toy lightsaber, though I didn't look as adorable as my kids. Jacob (then 4 years old) dressed as Harry Potter. Benjamin (then 7) went for the medieval 'dark warrior' look. Ari (then 11 months) was stuffed in a puffy lion's costume for his Halloween premiere.
As I watched my older sons ring doorbells and say thank you in voices as sweet as the treats they received, it was perfectly enchanting – for all of 15 minutes.
A car blaring bass-driven music slowed in front of us. A teenager in a Scream mask yelled out, "Happy Halloween!" then chucked an egg that smacked my pant leg.
My children thought it was hysterical.
"Daddy got hit with an egg! Can we go get some eggs, too?"
"No," I shouted, before realizing I was cracking myself. "It's only funny once."
As we moved along, my wife commented, "The real Luke would've dodged that egg."
I glared at her, then spied Jacob returning from a house, his mouth bulging with chocolate, ready to open a king-size Snickers.
"Only five candies while we walk," I warned him.
That's when my little Harry Potter quick-changed from British schoolboy to spoiled brat: "I don't LIKE you!" he cried, dropping to the sidewalk.
I controlled my temper, firmly telling Jacob, "I can take you home right now."
Apparently this worked because he hugged me, saying, "I'll share some of the SweeTarts with you later, Daddy. I know you love them."
With order restored, I pushed Ari along in the stroller, smiling as he pointed at the festive decorations of flying witches, fluttering ghosts – bloody body parts strewn over someone's lawn.
Then, Benjamin whined, "I'm bored."
I tried to ignore him, thinking, what could be better than going house-to-house with your family, collecting treats Charlie Brown only dreamed about?
"This is really boring," Benjamin repeated.
"Look, guys, this house has a hundred cool pumpkins!" I said like a cheerleader. "This one is mean, this one is silly, and this one looks like Mommy without her makeup."
Neither my wife nor my eldest son appreciated that one.
"Not funny, Daddy. I'm still bored," Benjamin grumbled. "Can I go to Jeff's haunted house to help scare people?"
I looked at my wife, dejectedly. "This is supposed to be a family night."
"Let him go play," my wife said.
Benjamin ran off and we visited more houses, but I kept feeling let down without him. Then I realized Jacob had slipped away, too. I ran up and down the block before spotting him hiding behind a bush, about to eat an unwrapped popcorn ball.
"Don't — eat — that!" I shouted as I swatted away the sticky clump like it was some kind of grenade.
Jacob wailed in shock while I explained, "Didn't we tell you not to eat anything that isn't in a package?"
I leaned down to hug away his tears just as Ari, no longer content to be a live-action Simba the Lion King, pulled off his cloth mane for the seventh time and howled crankily.
"I'll take him home," Wendy said.
Seeing my perfect Halloween unravel, I sulked like one of my children, "But I want to trick-or-treat TOGETHER!"
My wife placed her hand on my cheek: "You need to grow up."
Later, my family reconvened at home, munching on more candies and answering the door for other trick-or-treaters. My childish desire to be one of the kids slowly faded, especially in light of seeing Jacob handing out sweets to the visitors.
"Here's one for you Cinderella, one for you Spider-Man," he said before a much larger person came up, clearly an adult in a grotesque mask. Without a beat, Jacob said, "And here's three candies for you, Scary-Face Man."
Imagine, a grown-up trying to steal some of the fun on a kids' night. Well, there's always next year.
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CAMP VERDE – Recycling bins at the Heritage Pool and Outpost Mall in Camp Verde will be removed effective June 1, according to a May 1 certified letter from Sedona Recycles Executive Director Jill McCutcheon to Town Manager Russ Martin.
"We appreciate our long relationship with the town of Camp Verde and we are very proud of what we have been able to accomplish over the last 19 years," McCutcheon's letter states.
A prior story incorrectly stated Sedona Recycles gave notice that Camp Verde, Clarkdale and Cornville drop-off recycling bins will be removed on June 1. Only the Camp Verde recycling bins will be removed June 1, and Sedona Recycles signed a new contract to continue service for another year in Clarkdale in March. This story has been corrected to reflect those inaccuracies.
She continued, "We can no longer afford the increasing expense of hauling with aging equipment while at the same time experiencing a drastic prolonged drop in material prices and increased material specifications."
McCutcheon said in order to keep Sedona Recycles strong and viable, the non-profit has "made the difficult decision to no longer haul materials from outside the Sedona/Big Park area with the exception of business recycling."
The decision in Camp Verde comes on the heels of Sedona Recycling signing a new one-year contract with Clarkdale, said Town Manager Gayle Mabery. The Clarkdale contract, said Mabery, runs April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019, for $425 a month.
"They service one drop-off site in Clarkdale, which is on Clarkdale-Jerome School property on upper Main Street. It is a very well used site in Clarkdale," said Mabery.
Tuesday, Yavapai County Supervisor Randy Garrison said Yavapai County Public Works received a call from Sedona Recycles requesting a 30-day notice to cancel the non-profit's recycling services in the unincorporated areas of the Verde Valley.
Sedona Recycles has not had a drop-off site in Cottonwood since 2015, after the city discontinued funding for the non-profit, said City Manager Doug Bartosh.
Camp Verde had been paying about $2,000 a month for the recycling bins. Town Manager Russ Martin said he had budgeted for a slight increase in the service for the coming year.
"I believe the loads, or the distance, became too much for them," said Martin. "I empathize with the decision Jill and board had to make, and I have to respect that decision."
Martin said the discontinuance of service in Camp Verde "had not been on our radar for discussion," but he said he is not really surprised by the decision. "This was probably one of their better options," said Martin.
The town manager said the immediate solution in Camp Verde is to allow commercial haulers to provide curbside service, for which he said the "cost is not too prohibitive."
Beyond that, "Right now, we have nowhere to go," said Martin. "Maybe in the future we can figure out an alternative."
As for Sedona Recycles' contract renewal in Clarkdale, Martin said, "That is news to me."
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Bridling Problems (3 year old quarter horse)
Years ago I rode and showed horses. It has been years since I owned a horse, but last week I had my mare delivered. We have had her about a week, and the first couple of times I bridled her, she was fine. I purchased a broken bit, similar to the previous owner's, and never was tough on her on or off the ground. Then a couple days went by and I did not ride her, and when I tried to bridle her... It was a nightmare! She threw her head, resisted terribly and I patiently tried on several occasions, and finally gave up rather than losing my temper. And then tonight, I and a close friend both had to eventually use a lip twist technique to bridle her. And then we decided... She was able to eat and drink with the bridle in, so I left it in for several hours without the reins.
I am trying my best to be gentle, to establish a relationship with her, and pet her, brush her, and talk to her. Truthfully, she is a honey and rides like a baby. She handles well, even with children. It has become a huge ordeal, though just trying to bridle her. Please give me your advice, and I realize it could be the shock of new ownership and a different handler, but I think the previous person must have had problems as well. Believe me I want to have the least resistance and have a positive experience with riding once again.
Sincerely, Steven
Hello Steven,
Thank you for your email and question. I have helped numerous people with a similar problem to yours that they had for years (in one case having to take the bridle apart to put it on the horse). It is a shame you have used a twitch to put it on her. That is abuse and I know you didn't want to do that. The problem is not the horse unless there is some medical/dental problem (have the horse's mouth checked by a veterinarian). It is you, my friend. You may think you know how to properly put a bridle on a horse, but I assure you, by the results you have described, you definitely do not. The last time a person came to me with this problem it had lasted 12 years and one of the household was even a Junior Olympics rider. I had no problem bridling the horse and the owner and his family were flabbergasted and couldn't believe their eyes. You need the help of a professional trainer who specializes in 'starting' horses. That person will have the skill to show you how to stand. where to stand, how to hold the bridle properly, how to reassure the horse continuously, how to hold the bit, how to encourage the horse to lower his head, how to properly ask the horse to open his mouth, how to properly position the bit and bridle on the horse's head and take it over the horse's ears and quite a few additional items about bridling a horse I know you do not know. You may have been a good rider and won ribbons, but you have had little education in training horses or certain proper techniques for horse handling. Please DO NOT TAKE OFFENCE to my comments. Judge your abilities by the results of your handling techniques. Please, please, do not force this on your horse with a twitch or any other restraint, aid, apparatus or drug. This is not what your horse needs. You need a basic lesson or two from a real trainer. You don't think you need this. You think it is the horse. This is not about the horse. Can you accept that?
This is very hard for most people who are good riders and have owned horses many years to believe, until they see someone like me bridle their horse quickly without a problem. They can't understand that their horse is not being stubborn, willful, arrogant, stupid or outright mean. They are all blaming the horse for their lack of knowledge, skill and expertise. Try talking to the previous owner and perhaps they can help you. Don't assume you have been lied to or deceived by the previous owner. They probably did not have this problem. If they say they do not want to come right over and help then perhaps there may be cause for doubt. Don't say you want to return the horse, just ask for help. But either way, it is still not the horse's fault and not about the horse.
For me to describe the process in detail would take very lengthily, detailed instructions and then you may not get it. It is the kind of thing you have to see up close to understand and get. Check around at various stables and barns and see if there is a gentle horse trainer who doesn't use restraint for basic training such as bridling a horse or anything else. I only use restraint in the fewest most extreme cases and then with great care and sensitivity. It is just so unnecessary to do what you are doing. I know you are frustrated. But your horse scared. That is the truth. He is not being handled properly. Consider this; I know you want a "positive riding experience". But how about having a positive horse experience and consider the horse first. Just for the first little while, let go of your agenda of riding the horse and have the horse's comfort and confidence be your goal. If this is the case you will seek and find the proper help and quickly. I give you my most sincere promise that if you take this advice you will have the most incredible relationship, riding partner, dance partner and friend in your horse that you could ever imagine. You will also find out if, for any reason, this is not the horse for you. Rather you find out quickly than have time go by when you get more frustrated and angry and lay that on the horse also. Please do not make your horse suffer any more than he already has. Become his sanctuary, his place of peace, like a good friend is. Your rewards will be beyond your imagination at this point. I know I am being rather strong in my response to you. But this is big for you and your horse. Are you going to go for 'control' no matter what? Or will you rather seek understanding and cooperation. This is an intelligent, feeling, sentient creature. It is an empathetic being much more sensitive than you are giving it credit for. Perhaps this is not what you bargained for when you got this horse. Maybe you just wanted a no-brainer riding horse. That horse would be, maybe, tolerating what you are doing more than this horse. But there is definitely a problem with how you are going about this task. There is more to having a relationship with a horse than petting and brushing and even feeding. There is something called real understanding and the development of mutual trust and respect through a common language based on empathy and compassion.
Anyway, I'll stop beating you up now and ask where you are and invite you to call me (I am at the Colorado number) and perhaps I can talk to you more about the techniques involved. The best time to reach me is between 7 & 8 AM Rocky Mountain Time. I am at a ranch in Aspen, Colorado. I am free to travel and do so a lot to teach and train horses. Perhaps I could come there. Please let me know and I really want you to call. I hope I have not put you off. That was not my intention. It's just that, as a professional trainer, I can really promise you, THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE HORSE.
Sincerest Blessings to you and Aloha, Franklin


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There's a light, Spring-like rain falling today, and the greenery in our little garden is particularly bright and fresh looking. Pale pink and pure white Hellebores, yellow Primroses, and purple Crocuses are in bloom, while the lovely, white Snowdrops are bravely hanging on.
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The young entrepreneur Serkan Sağsöz, who graduated from Yaşar University, turned his passion for coffee into a business. On this path which he set off on four months ago, Sağsöz attained success in his business life in a very short period of time. Pursuing his passion for the third wave coffee, Sağsöz became the Coffee Roasting Champion of Turkey at the event organized by the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE).
Serkan Sağsöz, who graduated from Yaşar University's Department of Foreign Trade, decided to turn his passion and love for coffee into a business two years ago. After the training he had received in Turkey and abroad for two years, Serkan Sağsöz stepped into the sector four months ago with his brand Roast and Found which produces third wave coffee. Noting that the spirit of innovative entrepreneurship, which was ingrained during his university education, paved his way for developing various innovative ideas, Sağsöz also expressed, "The most important among these ideas may be the tower which I developed to get 18 liters of coffee in total out of 6 different varieties of beans, which is quite different from the traditional single-chamber cold brew towers. Furthermore, I have modified my roasting machine in various ways on my way to the roasting championship. These modifications I invented allowed me to roast with a computer controlled system, which consequently produced coffee beans of the same quality with no exception. So, I have become the coffee roasting champion thanks to this."
"From the very first day to this date, innovation has been vital for us both in practical and administrative means. Our objective is to become a brand aware of the significance of the sector as a scientific and reputable one contrary to the common view which slights coffee as well as to improve ourselves as a promising brand in this sector. Within this context, you can see works and collection products which you cannot normally see at most other coffee shops. The comic books and the figurines we have at our store are examples of that," said Sağsöz who also highlighted that success in the modern business world is bound up with committment and respect.


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Finding God at Dartmouth
By Eric Waters
Eric Waters graduated from Dartmouth as the Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Scholar before working in Siberia and later attending Yale Divinity School. He is now Pastor of Upper Arlington Lutheran Church in Columbus, Ohio, and married to his Dartmouth sweetheart, Michelle, also an accomplished student and writer. Eric and Michelle are raising five children.
I had no intention of looking at Dartmouth College. I'd heard it was a "jock school," and Brown University sounded much more appealing to a theater boy like me. But Dartmouth was on the way to Rhode Island, so my parents made me stop and take a look. I still remember the day: it was raining cats and dogs when we drove up the hill and into Hanover. We parked the car, I got out and walked onto the Green in the pouring rain, looked around, and said to myself, "This is the place." I applied and was accepted early decision.
I started Dartmouth in the Fall of 1991 and felt I had to prove I belonged. I'd get up early, go to class, stay at the library till late at night, and do it all again the next day, and all that work paid off. My first semester I came home with a 4.0 GPA. I joined the Dartmouth Glee Club and landed the role of Sergeant in Pirates of Penzance. I was accepted into the Dartmouth Dodecaphonics, a co-ed a cappella group that sang on campus, visited other schools, and even traveled to the Puerto Vallarta Club Med! I felt I'd "made it:" not only was I good enough for Dartmouth, I flourished.
Then I started looking beyond graduation. I assumed the Ivy League was the easy road to the Good Life, not realizing that the Good Life comes at a steep price. At nineteen it dawned on me that I was on a course to work even harder, put in even longer hours, and be under even more pressure for the rest of my life – and for what? So that 45 years down the road, I could look back from retirement and wonder where all the time went? For the first time in my life, it occurred to me that achievement was not the goal of life.
So what was, I wondered? I tried partying, but a few hangovers put an end to that. I tried romance, but a few heartbreaks put an end to that. I even tried Buddhism and Taoism, but after a semester of getting up before dawn to trudge across campus and meditate, I was no closer to enlightenment, just tired. Finally, almost out of sheer frustration, I tried Christianity.
I'd sung enough requiems and masses to know that anything which could inspire men to write music that still moved people centuries later, in a foreign language, had to have power. But whatever it was about Christianity, I didn't think it was for me. "I'm too smart to be Christian," I thought. "Christianity is for old ladies with scarves on their heads, drawling Southerners with big hair. It's not for an Ivy Leaguer like me."
But I gave it a try anyway. My senior year I signed up for a course called "A Survey of Christian Thought," and it blew me away. Here I'd thought I was the only one who'd ever had questions about the Christian faith, and come to find that people far more intelligent than I can ever hope to be had been asking the same questions for centuries – and had come up with some good answers! For the first time, Christianity began to seem credible.
That's when I met Michelle. She was the first Christian I'd ever really known. Here she was, 1200 miles from home, yet she still went to church on Sundays (and Tuesdays!), and read her Bible daily, and said her prayers; plus she was smart, and pretty, and funny…I didn't know Christians could be like that! She began sharing her faith and her story with me, answering some of my questions and deflecting some of my accusations. She stole my heart.
By the time I graduated in 1995, I had come to the point where I wanted to believe, but knew that I didn't, and knew that I couldn't make myself. So I asked Michelle what to do. She and her friends started praying for me and told me to pray for myself. I remember saying my first prayer, feeling for all the world like a fool talking out loud to the ceiling. Yet I kept praying, asking God, "If you're real, let me know." And a few months later, on the other side of the world, he did.
I was a Russian major and planned to become a Russian professor, but I wanted to take a year off from academics first. An opportunity came to accompany a friend and fellow Russian major to Siberia. He had made some contacts with a forest ranger on one of our Dartmouth Foreign Study trips who invited us back to come and work with him. I figured it would help me perfect my language skills and give me a story that would make me stand out from all the other applicants to grad school.
We left soon after graduation, flying into Moscow and taking the train 85 hours to Irkutsk. From there we took a bus five hours into the forest to a town on the shore of Lake Baikal. Then it was an hour and a half on foot to the ranger's cabin in a meadow. I loved it! I had done a lot of backpacking at Dartmouth, but this was taking it to the next level: living deep in the woods, chopping wood, hauling water, cooking over an open fire. It was our very own Siberian Walden: "I went to the woods to live deliberately…"
I took with me a small library, but spent most of my time on The Brothers Karamazov and the Bible. Russian literature is famous for the russkaya dusha, the "Russian soul" with all its vibrancy and vitality and violent energy. I wanted a soul like that. As a Freshman I had always identified with the anarchists and nihilists who are almost stock characters in the literature, but as time went on I began to identify more and more with the monks and priests and religious peasants. I suppose going to Siberia was my version of the monk's life, an attempt to leave the world behind and draw closer to God. It worked.
Reading The Brothers Karamazov gave me a template for a soul searching for God. Reading the Bible gave me God's Word. I could hear him speaking to me, and I wanted to believe, but knew that I still didn't. So I kept praying that he would show me he's real. One rainy day, as I was stuck in the cabin, greasing my boots by the fire and not at all thinking about God, he gave me a vision in my mind's eye that read "I love Christ" and "Christ loves me." That was it. At that moment, I knew God was real and that my life belonged to him.
I dashed out into the rain and started running around the meadow, singing Amazing Grace. When I came to the second verse, I made up the words as best as I could and kept running. My soul had come to life at last!
I returned in October of 1996 and Michelle and I were engaged shortly after. Since she was a Lutheran from Minnesota, I became a Lutheran, too. I was confirmed at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Hanover, NH on Pentecost Day, 1996, at the age of 23. I started Yale Divinity School that Fall to become a Lutheran pastor; but that's another story…


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- Wikipedia - Distracted Driving
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I hope your Friday is going great! Divas I am super excited today! Fashion Columnist and personal shopper extraordinaire, Elana of Diary of a Personal Shopper, included Luxe Tips in her top stylish sites list! Only 15 blogs made the list and I was too thrilled. It is so nice to receive compliments. It really motivates me to do my best to keep bringing the best content! Check it out here!
Speaking of shopping finds for less, last week I purchased a LIKE NEW Misty Harbor Trench Coat from the Junior League's Nearly New thrift shop for only $11! I am beside myself with joy. A zip out wool lining is included! Hello! If you do not shop at thrift shops, then you must! Considering the current economic crisis, it is a great way to save TONS of money and still have those staple and trendy fashion items. I know it can be time consuming, but once you find a gem it is like hitting the lottery. You can also shop some thrift shops online. Check out the Goodwill online shop here.
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The blog this week was written by George Martin, President of The Arcadia Institute. When I began working as a professional Advocate in the mid-seventies on behalf of people with disabilities, the concept of Normalization was emerging as a guiding philosophy for the provision on services. The person most responsible for popularizing the term in this country was Wolf Wolfensberger.
Wolfensberger referred to techniques, or processes, used to provide services and support to individuals that were as close to those that the mainstream culture adopted as possible. So that, for instance, a person with an intellectual disability may not be able to perform the same tasks as a person without this kind of disability, but educational techniques were to be employed that were as similar to those used for others as possible. The standard, for example, for a typical day would be like most other people, beginning with breakfast, leading to work or school, coming home after those activities, eating dinner at a usual hour and retiring for bed, just as people considered normal would do.
The problem we encounter today has two facets. One is the difficulty in defining what is 'normal'. If you add up all the students in a community today who have some kind of label ('special education eligible', qualifying for 'free or reduced lunch', 'gifted and talented', 'at risk'), you might find that they outnumber the rest of the student population. We need to stop acting as if students who are different in one important way or another are the exception. They are becoming the rule.
The second difficulty with using what the mainstream culture does as the norm is that what the mainstream does is not necessarily what we want people to imitate. 'Mainstream' is all too often taking us in a direction we do not want people who look to us for guidance to follow.
The difficult challenge we have to face is to work with each person as a unique individual, with characteristics that differ from all other people, but we should know that it is not the difference that should set him or her apart from everyone else. The standard should no longer be 'what the mainstream culture considers to be normal'. It should be what each person needs in order to be able to take part in the common life shared by all. Differences should be respected and expected, and arrangements or accommodations should be provided that allow each person to participate.
We also need to accept the difficult reality that if the term 'normal' has any value, it has to be re-defined.


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Clark Kepler saw the beloved independent bookstore that bears his name nearly undone six years ago by Internet retailers who were able to offer lower prices because they do not collect sales tax.
Now that the state has passed a law requiring companies such as Amazon to collect the tax, the proprietor of Kepler's Books in Menlo Park is joining other Silicon Valley small business owners in an effort to ensure the newly leveled playing field stays that way.
"I am an independent business owner and as such compete with these giant online retailers — Amazon being the biggest gorilla of the group. I collect sales tax and Amazon has not and that gives them an unfair advantage," Kepler told The Daily News in an interview Tuesday.
"It's just time for Amazon to stop being a tax evader and step up and be a real corporate citizen."
Kepler and other business owners will gather at Palo Alto Bicycles today to call on Amazon and other online retailers to abandon a multimillion-dollar effort to repeal the law and start collecting sales tax.
"We just want to communicate how important it is to be on an even playing field," said Becky Warren, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento-based Alliance for Main Street Fairness, which is organizing the gathering in downtown Palo Alto and others like it across the state.
Amazon did not immediately respond to an email for comment Tuesday.
Lawmakers in June passed a measure to expand collection of sales tax to more Internet retailers, estimating it would generate at least $200 million a year.
Instead of collecting the tax, Amazon has poured $3 million into a referendum to repeal the law, which backers claim is illegal and will burden California's consumers, businesses and economy.
"This law would hurt consumers at a time they can't afford to send more tax dollars to Sacramento, and kill jobs when we need them for our economic recovery," the More Jobs Not Taxes campaign said in a statement Monday.
Small business owners like Faith Bell, owner of Bell's Books in Palo Alto, say the failure of Internet retailers to collect sales tax actually hurts local communities that could use the funds for roads and other vital infrastructure. In addition, brick-and-mortar stores, which have no choice but to collect the tax, are left at a competitive disadvantage, she said.
"When you see the brick-and-mortar group as a testing ground for Amazon … and Amazon benefits without collecting any taxes to keep California's infrastructure going, we've got a problem," she said. "We all have to pull our share."
Kepler said he was forced to close his own business in 2005 because he couldn't match the deals offered by Internet retailers. An outpouring of support from community members upset over the loss of their corner bookstore was all that allowed him to reopen, he said.
"Customers kept saying the same three things: 'I'm so glad you're back.' 'I'm sorry I put you out of business.' 'I'll never shop Amazon again,' " said Kepler, adding that he did not expect them to stop doing business altogether with the company. "What was important for me was to sustain that awareness. I just needed them to change their behavior enough to keep shopping with me."
That the state intends to go after online retailers for sales tax is a good start as far as altering the habits of consumers, said Jeff Selzer, owner of Palo Alto Bicycles and another participant in today's gathering of local businesses.
"People by and large want to deal with reputable firms," Selzer said. "Whether that tax is collected or not, this is going to encourage more people to buy locally rather than trying to find the best deal on the Internet."
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Here are some more Christmas cards I made and I must say I really had alot of fun making them. The first two cards are using the same elements and shows how it changes the look of the card by putting the elements on an angle. I embossed the red mittens though it may be hard to see in these pictures.
Actually I used the ice blue brads on this second card and not on the first card.
As you can tell I was really into using my embossing inks. I like the simplicity of this white embossed tree card. I was a bit disappointed that the white embossing ink isn't more pronounced, maybe it's because I used clear instead of white powder to emboss with?
To make the white flower on the lower right hand side of the tree, I stamped the tree in red ink on white cs and cut it out. I applied it with a glue dot since it had to adhere to the white embossed ink. I used white half pearl for the center of the flower and the smaller half pearls around each ticket punched corner. To put the bow at the tree trunk I used an x-acto knife to cut two slits, one on either side so the white ribbon slides right through to tie it. I did practice this before I did it on this card, I wanted to make sure it would work like I thought.
I like cards that are simple to make, you can make quite a few in a short amount of time. I love this mitten background paper, it's so colorful.
This is one of my favorite cards from this batch I made and it's very easy too. Using olive green ink I used the French Script stamp on vanilla cs and then stamped the tree using mahogany ink. I put a clear brad at the top of the tree and inked the edges with the mahogany ink.
I've had the mitten stamp for a year or so and have always wanted to use embossing ink and powder for a card. I used the small and large tag punches and a silver eyelet at the top of the tag punch so I could put ribbon through it.
Here is a closer picture of the mitten tags, hopefully you can see the embossing better.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
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Very pretty cards! Just so you know, Judikins makes a really great white embossing powder with silver glitter in it that would work really well for Christmas cards. I do use it a lot when I make snow type cards. And yes, a white ink with white ep would make it more white. LOL ;)ReplyDelete
Mel - Thanks for the info about the embossing and where to get it. I thought you would know :o)ReplyDelete
I could have swore I posted to this but it must have been to the ones on facebook.ReplyDelete
You have done such awesome work on your cards, Kristen! Just love them!
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In every business, quality of service of product is an important factor for its success. You consequently, have to ensure that you think about this, in your company. When you handle your quality to a given benchmark, you will have the ability to attract and keep your customers. However, maintaining quality should not come at the cost of losing your money. You need to have a risk management program also, so it is possible to maintain quality and manage the risks associated in performing this. This will ensure that your business flourish and meet its target audience without causing damage to your business. However, if you do not own a quality and risk management strategy in inside your company, it is best that you get it from a professional service. But this can be challenging. Below are some of the tips that you can use when locating the highest quality and risk management agency to hire.
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• • "Mae West: A Visionary in Satin and Lace" was written by movie buff Linda Sandahl. In case you missed this delightful analysis, it will be excerpted here. This is Part 3.
• • A chance to atone • •
• • Linda Sandahl wrote: Mae befriends a society lady. She's always willing to give people a chance to atone for their mistakes and start over. She never holds a grudge, and is always willing to forgive and forget. She gives Slick (Ralf Harolde), her former boyfriend who is now an ex-con, money to help him get a new start in "I'm No Angel;" she's happy to reminisce over old times with Joe (George Raft) in "Night After Night," but she doesn't begrudge him a new love affair.
• • Linda Sandahl wrote: Friends and those in need can rely on her generosity; the frightened, suicidal "ruined" girl (Rochelle Hudson) in "She Done Him Wrong," her friend Thelma (Dorothy Peterson) in the carnival in "I'm No Angel," Annie the missionary, who Mae (as Rose Carlton) cares for when she becomes ill, and indeed the whole city of New York in "Every Day's a Holiday," are all recipients of her benevolence.
• • The roots of this tolerance and respect • • . . .
• • This was Part 3 of a longer piece. Part 4 will appear tomorrow.
• • Source: http://www.lindajsandahl.net; posted on Tuesday, 26 April 2016.
• • On Monday, 26 April 1926 on Broadway • •
• • Written by "Jane Mast" and starring Mae West as Margy LaMont, "Sex" opened in April — — on Monday, 26 April 1926. The Broadway debut occurred a few blocks north of Columbus Circle at Daly's 63rd Street Theatre, the only playhouse available at the time. "Mae West played a Canadian woman," noted Playbill, "with no time for those Mounties."
• • The N.Y. Daily News sent a reviewer who wrote: "Most of the 'Sex' appeal falls to the talents of Mae West, a vaudeville actress who somewhat resembles Texas Guinan."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West was one of the greatest comedians in American culture. She was larger than life, a myth, who managed to be so controversial that both critics and audiences can hardly agree on what and who she was exactly. Everybody can only be certain that she was an iconic figure who made a difference.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I believe in censorship. Why? Because I made a fortune out of it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The United Press mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West Impatient as 'Marriages' List Grows • •
• • Hollywood, April 24 (By United Press) — — Mae West, curvesome lady of the screen, today called for a showdown to settle the somewhat confusing question of her spinsterhood. "I've got a sense of humor," she said. "Nobody can say I haven't. But this thing is going too far."
• • Patience Is Worn Thin • •
• • Mae's patience became a little worn when she was interrupted while saying "no" to reports of her marriage to one Frank Wallace and asked to explain, if she could, a report that a Mae West married one R. A. Bud Burmester in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1924.
• • "It's a lousy publicity gag, that's what it is," said Miss West, "and I'm not getting anything out of it. If this thing goes any further, I'll call for a real showdown." . . .
• • Source: United Press; published on Wednesday, 24 April 1935
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 13th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past thirteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,800 blog posts. Wow!• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started thirteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3946th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1926 • •
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I'm Joana Pinto Coelho. I was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal.
ponto.espaço photography is my photographic portfolio.
ponto.espaço literally means point space. I'll never really ditch my architecture academic background—there's a quite spatial feel about photography. Some* might say it only allows you to partially translate a space; usually, the same who say you can only see a fraction of a second of someone's life in a portrait.
I think the interesting parts lay, most of the times, in the details**.
I started taking pictures while walking around in Lisbon. Architecture, living in Portugal, living in Turkey and living in China led me to architecture photography.
* Like Bruno Zevi in his "Saper vedere l'architettura". It dates all the way back to '48 in Torino, but I reckon you'll find a translated copy in a good bookstore nearby.
** Detail, to me, is the portrait of what someone's been doing while they're away for a moment; a textured wall of a historic city; it's something so simple as taking the camera to look at what you look at when you arrive in somewhere new, sit down and drink a cup of coffee. This applies to street photography, architecture photography or documentary; I always deal with natural light and no scenarios. I've come to realize that details are many times the perfect way to tell a story.


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There was a very light rain filtering through the forest's leafy network as I made my way down the Old River Trail not far outside of the Steel Creek Campground. The Buffalo River was never too far away and was forded numerous times before my final resting point beneath the imposing rock walls of Big Bluff. Fog thwarted my efforts to view the upper reaches of the towering combination of gray interspersed with green. As the clouds slowly lifted, more of the exposed mountain was revealed. An occasional buzzard floated by on the slight breeze above the trees and just to the left of the crag. The river was low, but not terribly. Its modest volume of water continued the path downstream in a peaceful fashion. The combination of all these natural elements provided the sense of leisure and relaxation I sought on this particular morning. With an unwavering temperature of 75° and ongoing overcast skies, I returned to the path that brought me to this scene of tranquility. The woods were entered at 5:00 a.m. and exited at 8:45. Miles of distance totaled 4.4. My exposed anatomy was almost viewed by a passing motorist as I replaced my damp apparel. Superior dressing skills learned over many years of practice avoided this embarrassment. The crowds assembling around my parking spot were immediately left behind, but not before strategically placing skunks in the area for their viewing pleasure. The drive home was pleasant and uneventful.
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Calmness in her voice brightens the worst moods,
And so apologetic even when she is misunderstood,
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Always has open arms no matter where you from,
She mends a broken heart,
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Everything about her is as good as it seems,
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Visual Basic Database Tutorial - Part 4
Previously, weve accessed databases solely through the Data control. But this time were doing it in code, using objects.
Just as you "Dim XYZ as String", were going to do the same with a collection of special objects that allow us to play with our database. For example, you might write "Dim XYZ as Recordset" - which is an object that holds a set of records - then later say "XYZ.Delete", to delete one particular record.
I remember back in the golden olden days of my programming life, when I first saw database access code. Argh! I mean, whod want to write all that code when you have the Data controls?
After a bit of use, it becomes clear that those Data controls arent particularly cool. After all, you often want just one little bit of information from the database - and then youre finished with it. Without code, youll have a clunky Data control constantly loitering on one of your forms. With code, you can simply tell Visual Basic, "access the database, get me that information, close the database"... the end.
In brief, accessing databases via code is amazingly flexible. Oh, and its something else to brag about at the next Visual Basic group meeting.
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It's illegal to push snow onto roadways
Depositing snow from one's driveway or sidewalk onto a highway, or pushing snow from your driveway across the highway and into piles along the shoulder, results in unexpected obstructions for plow operators and the traveling public. Snowplows have been damaged and thrown off roads when hitting these compacted and frozen snow piles. Additional snow drifting also results from this practice, adding to the hazards of winter driving.
Shoveling snow from driveways and sidewalks onto public roads and streets is against the law and may be punishable as a misdemeanor (Minnesota statutes 169.42 and 160.2715). The person responsible for depositing snow on the road may be liable in a civil lawsuit if damages or injuries occur as a result of their actions.
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Source: Keith Parker
A profound and rich poem, which juxtaposes natural realism with how our comfortable lives exist because of trade with less affluent countries. The last two lines in the last stanza is a gentle evocative barb against Xenophobia.
Thank you Keith Parker for the type of poetry I enjoy reading first thing while drinking my first cup of tea.
I sit in my garden reading,
It is the hottest day of the year.
The bells of the cathedral faint in the distance.
They toll for a `Saints Day` I can`t quite remember.
A woodpigeon beats its evening prayer as I pour some wine,
take in the scent of rose and buddleia and lilac,
poppy and astrantia flicker on the edge of vision.
Above me swallows and swifts plough the air for insects,
while blackbirds squabble in the apple tree.
The hot wind I enjoy on this English evening
has come from Spain and France passed on from Africa.
The cathedral was designed by Frenchmen using
Roman and Arabic designs. The woodpigeon sits
in the apple tree, first cultivated in Kazakhstan.
A man passes in a T shirt made in Hong Kong.
That`s why the blackbird who has recently flown in
from Russia is squawking, as he sits on my
trellised fence made in Poland. I watch him, amused,
sitting in my German chair, sipping my Italian
pinot grigio, recalling that this is indeed
the feast day of St Barnabus the Apostle, a Cypriot Jew.
I breath in again the scent of flowers Roses from Asia,
Buddleia from the Caribbean, lilacs from the Balkans.
I close my book, second hand from a District Library in Michigan.
The swallows and swifts drift away above me in the cooling air
migrants from south of the Sahara who have come here to breed
©Keith Parker


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The cause of death was stab wounds and blunt force injuries, according to an autopsy.
Nathan A. Henson, 33, of 305 E. Elm St., Waverly, is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a charge of murder. Morgan County Sheriff Randy Duvendack said Jessie Henson was found at the residence after 911 call at 7:23 p.m. Tuesday.


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"I commend President Trump and the National Space Council for reaching yet another important milestone as we work to ensure U.S. commercial leadership in space," said Secretary Ross. "I look forward to working closely with DoD and other departments and agencies as we meet the challenge of increased commercial and civil space traffic."


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|Pulmonary TB or COPD?
Aug 28, 2001
Hello Doctor. It's been a while since I've been here, but you all answer some very serious questions that some of our doctors refuse to, or just don't take the time to. Thanks to all of you for (sometimes) lessening our anxieties. Here's my question to you...
I've be told that I have COPD, but I was previously diagnosed with the exposure to TB. I was on the INH and a supplement (it escapes my mind right now). I took these on two separate occasions, because at the beginning I wasn't fully aware of the ramifications of not finishing the entire theray.
It's been sooo long since I've had an x-ray (my doc says that I don't need one). Meanwhile my breathing is getting worst. It's a sheer nightmare for me. I feel that I may be nearing my death.
Could my so-called COPD really be Pulmonary TB, and exactly what is Pulm. TB anyway. I couldn't find a concrete definition of it on this site.
Also, when I was first diagnosed with TB, the doctor that I had then, was kind enough to show me my x-ray and point out a spot that was on my lung.
I'm HIV+, since 1993. Never been put on meds (just for 5 days though). That'a a different story. Last cd4 563. vl 18,ooo.
Please tell me whats the difference between COPD and Pul. TB. And is not taking meds (doctor's choice) enabling me to suffer more from my respiratory ailment. I know all that talk about the numbers being okay and waiting, but can't one wait too long.
Sorry my question/s is a bit long, but I stay depressed often times, and suspicious of what's going on with my health care.
Thank you for your good work.
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It sounds like you were diagnosed as having been exposed to (infected with) TB, but not of having active tuberculous disease of the lung. The difference between the infected and diseased states is kind of like the difference between having HIV infection and AIDS: HIV is the infected state, and AIDS is the disease state where the HIV infection has done serious damage to your immune system. The infected-but-not-yet-diseased-state is called being "PPD+"; PPD is the name of the skin test that is used to diagnose TB infection. If you had had active pulmonary TB in the past, you would have received several drugs at once, just like we use combination therapy for HIV. Instead, what you got (INH plus vitamin B6) was preventive therapy to control the amount of TB germs in your lungs so that you would not get TB in the future.
If you are having breathing difficulties now, it may well be the COPD. In addition to a chest X-ray to make sure that there is no active infection in your lungs, you may need "pulmonary function tests" to define the extent of your COPD and what medicines might work best for improving your breathing. Good luck!
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The 3 Most Beneficial Limits I've Set for Myself
As an on-the-go mom and a lover of projects, it is easy to neglect myself. I spend most of my day taking care of our four kids, Sonny, and our home. In the past, I would forget to give back to myself – to feed my own soul.
I had to examine times I felt exhaustion and resentment. What was the root cause of that? I needed to make choices between some of my competing passions. As the kids grow and change, my schedule needs to compensate. Some of my habits weren't serving me or my family. In this post, I share the 3 most beneficial limits I've set for myself.
The 3 Most Beneficial Limits I've Set for Myself
As a more seasoned mother, woman, and wife, what I've realized is that I need some personal boundaries to take better care of myself. Self-prescribed limits keep me healthy and regulate my self care. If I can't flourish as a person, I won't be any good to my family either. It's like what the flight attendants tell us, we need to put the mask on ourselves first before we help others.
1. I limit the number of nights I stay up late.
Even before kids, I was a night owl. After kids, late nights gave me a chance to finally get things done. Left unchecked, I found normalcy in a 2am bedtime. Despite the thrill of productivity, I knew it wasn't good for me.
I came to realize I need to limit my late nights. Late nights are now a reward or an exception. Most nights I try to be in bed with my hubby by 11pm. I've learned to make it a habit. There's connection in winding down together. It's nice to end the day with a little late night TV and pillow talk.
2. I limit the number suppers we eat at restaurants.
As I've said before, for many years I didn't cook… I reheated. As an adult, I've easily eaten at least half of my meals in restaurants. That's not a badge of honor. I wish I would have learned how to cook a long, long, long time ago. The truth is I didn't like the how I felt about myself as a cook. I felt inept and mystified.
Two years ago, I went to my first cooking class and I started teaching myself how to cook. Initially, my goal was to make just one meal at home each week. Today, we generally eat only one supper out each week. And, we've made going out to eat as a family something special we do after church on Sundays.
3. I limit the number of days I go without showering.
It's crazy to think about not showering for more than three days. But if you're a mom, I think you can relate. There's really no such thing as a lazy morning around here. A planner needs signing, homework is missing, there's no bread for toast, the favorite shirt is in the wash, the dog needs to go out… it seldom goes according to plan. With kids, mornings are nuts and showers get skipped.
Still, I have to be gentle, yet firm, with myself; I deserve to shower at least every three days. I won't let myself slip into the ol' marathon grunge fest of my early years as a mom. Showering is just like every other aspect of self-care. It's easy to sacrifice, but that doesn't mean it's not important.
Honoring Limits
Limits are a form self respect. Setting limits for myself has been a way to gain control. I've learned that limits address imbalance. When I honor my limits, I am healthy. If I don't honor them, I am not healthy.
Here's a challenge to consider. What do you need to limit right now? What does a wise (not extreme) limit look like for you? Come up with a limit today that would benefit you. If you're having trouble defining an personal area that needs a limit, reflect on your health, your energy, and your relationships.
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Good for you Jennifer! Making it a point to honor what nurtures and nourishes you is hugely important and it sounds like you found some great things that help you keep balanced. For me one of the things that I need to figure some workable limits around is the amount of time I spend on emails.
I love your posts, Tall Mama. I am on the other spectrum. I have to make myself sleep in sometimes. If we were in the same house, we might pass each other in the hall getting up and going to bed! lol…
Terrific tips not only for a 6ft Mama but even us short ones! Why is it that we always do for everyone else first before taking care of ourselves? Love your comment about the Oxygen mask too- fits this perfectly!
A thoughtful post. For me, today, a limit on being in "healer mode" while I am spending some extra time with my family.
Excellent post, Jennifer! I have two weaknesses in the area of limitations. You nailed me on the late nights! Oops!
But most importantly, I especially need to guard my time making sure I am being fed spiritually. Spending time reading the Bible is usually the first thing to get pushed aside on the list…and for me, it needs to be on the top!
Thank you for an excellent direct post!
I love your limits! I have recently set a similar one for myself about staying up late. 2am has been my "norm" for some time but I have successfully shifted that so somewhere between midnight and 1am is the norm. Midnight is my preferred time now but I don't always make it there 🙂
Sleep is a beautiful thing. The old "I'll sleep when I'm dead" thing has worn pretty old for me. Sleeping is a great gift to give yourself.
Basic cooking skills can take you far. Watch cooking shows; it helps a lot. Especially basic ones.
This is a wonderful post! We don't always take care of things – and the analogy of putting on the air mask is one that I have used many times. It makes sense. And being a parent is about walking the walk (modeling) more so than talk the talk – We have to be the way to lead the way.
Thank you for this – I am posting to my FB page.


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|Mode : Multiplayer
|Players : 4
|Stone Heads : 5
|Vault of Knowledges : 0
|Alliances : N/A
|Difficulty : Depends
This is a common map played in multiplayer and is known for the lack of land there is on the map. Tree farming is popular on this level, since you have limited trees. There are islands which you can use to connect to your enemies islands, as well as a large island in the middle with a Stone Head that contains Volcano. The islands which you can connect to, to get to your enemy's islands have Stone Heads on them which contain either Erode or Firestorm.
The level has a fairly small amount of land and consits of mainly islands containing players or Stone Heads. There are four circular islands with a large pool of water in the middle. Your shamans will expand the land in the middle of the pool at the start of the level creating a skinny U shaped water strip. Each player has up to two small hills which can be used as advantages to defending your base. In the centre of the map is a large island in a shape of a volcano where a Stone Head lies granting you Volcano and setting off the volcano which lies next to it.
Each player island has a small area of land with Stone Heads on granting you Firestorm or Erode, these are commonly used to connect to enemies or allies.
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A useful tactic for this level is to farm, convert wildies, and build as much as you can. When you reach a certain amount of people (say 20) stop converting and charge landbridge. Some people convert less and some convert more. Landbridge over the water around your Reincarnation Site, that should give you some more building space. After doing that you should focus on getting to the islands so you can attack your enemy. Some people use a ramp from the large hill on your island, but if your enemy is on the other side there is a special tower location to get there in one landbridge. Until you learn it, just make more land until you reach. If you do not make a ramp, you can make more land behind that hill to connect to the mini island. After you've connected, you can connect to the larger island with the Stone Head granting you volcano. Get some firewarriors for defence and some earthquakes charged then start to attack your enemy.
It is possible to win very quickly if you make a Warrior Hut at the start, one lightning, a few landbridges and maybe an earthquake. If you connect to the hill and do not fill in your base, after that kill the enemy shaman, while connect to them and send in your warriors.