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A piece of work that caught my attention was this piece of cloth, known in Africa as "bazin", which is made predominately by women. Looking at it in a picture, it just looks like a 2D picture or painting, but after seeing it in person, I noticed the specific hand-dyed colors in the cotton material, and learned about the history behind this kind of textile. The intricate, detailed patterns and beautiful colors stuck out to me the most and after reading that they were hand-dyed and hand-thread, I was able to fully appreciate the artwork. The intricacy and hard work behind this piece of cotton cloth made me feel a sense of pride, as it was something that's specifically made by women and I'm a woman. It also made me feel proud to be a woman because in an agricultural society, woman usually participate in solely the social work, but this is a physical project of importance.
Throughout the entire museum, I noticed that almost every wall was bland and white. When I saw this bright blue wall with a painting of Frida Kahlo on it, it caught my attention right away. Since Frida Kahlo is notorious for flashy colors and flamboyant fashion, this type of exhibit is perfect to portray her in. There was also an intense, direct light on Frida's face which drew great attention to her serene expression and gives her beauty the attention it deserves.
As a born and raised New Yorker, this painting of Manhattan caught my eye right away. New York City is a city that's all too familiar to me and I take for granted how close I live to one of the greatest cities in the world. Living in Gainesville, Florida, which to me is the middle of nowhere, has made me miss and appreciate home more than ever before. This painting really instilled both happiness and desire into me as it made me miss home, and desire to go back. Seeing little bits of home makes me happy though and has helped me to realize how fortunate I was to grow up where I did and experience all that I've been exposed to by living right outside the big apple.
This advertisement on how much more money men make than women depicts an important Good Life theme to me. In order to attain the Good Life, equality between the sexes is very important to society as a whole. As a woman, I especially want to fight for equality of the sexes and help/protect woman in the workforce. This picture helped me see a very common injustice and inspired my thoughts on the topic. I'm not overly feminist, but this picture provoked something inside of me that noticed how unfair this statement is. Living in the 21st century, women are just as common in the workforce as men and should be treated as so!

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In short, yes. It feels like you are playing a regular Fire Emblem game, but you get to romp through hordes of enemies.
It's like prancing through a field of dandelions and hacking away at the weeds.
Having the Dynasty Warriors gameplay of tackling forts and fighting droves of enemies adds an amazing layer of awesome-sauce. Of course, it also caters to the Fire Emblem games mechanics. Taking the bond system to empower your followers helps cement the game further. They even went as far as to add a permadeath mode where fallen allies will not return.
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St. Mary's College will send its 30-year-old adult-education program out with a bang next week.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will speak at the School of Extended Education's June 2 commencement ceremony, the final such event for the financially troubled program. About 280 people will graduate with degrees or certificates in law studies, management, leadership and dance.
Although a Schwarzenegger spokesman said the governor wants to show his support for continuing education, which focuses on working adults, the governor also has another reason for attending the Moraga event: His chief of staff, Susan Kennedy, will graduate with a bachelor's degree in management.
St. Mary's administrators decided to go all out for the extended-education school's final hurrah, said Robert Henderson, the school's operations director.
"We extended an offer to the governor's office, and he accepted," Henderson said. "This is such a big occasion for us that we thought he would be a good choice."
Grand though it may be, the event will be bittersweet for St. Mary's.
The school, which offered classes online and at sites across Northern California, increasingly fell short in competition with other colleges aimed at working adults, such as the for-profit University of Phoenix. Administrators said they were not able to spend as much on marketing as their competitors, and faculty members worried the school was draining money away from traditional St. Mary's programs.
About 1,000 students were enrolled when St. Mary's trustees voted in 2005 to gradually shut down the program, but class sizes had dropped so much that it became difficult to afford teaching and classroom costs, college leaders said. The 2005 decision came shortly after a Denver-based school, Regis University, declined to take over management of the St. Mary's program.
A handful of students who have a few classes remaining will be allowed to finish their degrees, Henderson said. Most of the approximately 50 employees have left or have been transferred to other college positions or laid off. Two programs — offering a master's degree in leadership and a bachelor's degree in dance — are transferring elsewhere in the college.
The governor will make the rare commencement speech because continuing education is near and dear to him, said his spokesman, Aaron McLear.
"The governor actually went through these types of programs" in Austria, Wisconsin and Santa Monica, McLear said. His St. Mary's appearance "speaks highly of the college and for his affinity for these programs."
College leaders are hoping Schwarzenegger receives a better reception at St. Mary's than at his last commencement address, in 2005 at his alma mater, Santa Monica College. Several students and professors booed the governor at that ceremony.
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Susie is hosting a fabulous party at her place and she asked us some probing holiday questions.
Favourite holiday recipes-
Ok. I am in an enviable position where I don't do any cooking at all for Christmas. My mom does it all. I think this is a combination of the fact that I am single, I haven't had much of a kitchen let alone a dining room for several years and that I am a lousy cook. I cannot even fathom organizing a food extravaganza on the level that my mom does every Christmas season. Honestly I can hardly manage to feed myself the rest of the year. Being vegetarian I have no clue how to cook meat. While I enjoy Christmas dinner I would be just as happy with a pizza or sandwich. (Don't kill me mom!) Anyway, so I just show up and eat and leave.
Special Traditions-
Once again I have to be the party pooper and say that my family doesn't really have any hard and fast traditions. Some come and some go over time. Here are a few things that have been traditions in the past or are still going on for now-
-My mom rarely cooks a turkey for Christmas. We have beef. Or everybody else has beef. I don't eat meat. It might be a roast or a
-I'd say over the last decade my mom has made rumballs and Christmas cake. I love the rumballs and usually eat more than my fair share but hate the cake. This is good for my dad as it is his favourite and he doesn't have to share.
-Probably the only one real tradition I can think of is that my dad gets Christmas pudding with hard sauce for Christmas dessert. It is a British thing. And every year the rest of us have a different dessert of some kind because we think pudding and hard sauce is nasty.
-For several years I used a bowling trophy for a tree topper. I was poor and it seemed sparkly and festive so up it went. I now have a smaller fake tree and the trophy is too big. I still have it just in case I go 'big tree' again.
-My parents used to give my brother and me a giant Toblerone bar in our stocking. We have asked to end that tradition as we no longer have youthful metabolisms to process such a vast amount of chocolate.
-As kids my brother and I never really left cookies and milk for Santa because we lived in an apartment and didn't have a fireplace for stockings etc. My dad used to say Santa came in through the key hole.
-We open our gifts Christmas morning and as kids my brother and I were allowed to open our stocking first (usually at the crack of dawn) while my parents woke up and got coffee ready. Then we would open gifts together as a family.
-My brother and parents often go for a walk after breakfast and gift opening. I stay behind and have a nap.
-I am so boring you (and myself) with these totally lame so-called traditions….
Favourite Gift to Give-
-once again I have to be the bah humbugger. Over the last several years the giving of family gifts has been fairly lacking in total surprise as we give each other lists of what we need. We try to give gifts that are useful and needed. As a result there are not a lot of fanciful or extraneous presents. For me, I love giving a gift that was very desperately wanted. Whatever that might be any given year.
What You Wear When You Don Your Gay Apparel-
-Oh jeeeez….we used to get dressed up for Christmas but now it is jeans and a shirt. Typically my parents are more dressed up than my brother and I.
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IFFL – Continuing their push into the Asian markets, the IFFL held their two-week championship in Tokyo, Japan this year, billing it as the Tokyo International Exposition and Championship, and the event was a huge successs. Featuring two of the farthest flung franchises in the International League, the Venice Killerwhales (7-4-0(1-2)) and the Perth Panthers (7-4-0(3-0)), each of the clubs also annual league powerhouses, and the two-week match featured some of the best football of the season. The two week Exposition drew a large contingent of fans traveling around the world to see their teams in the final, as well as a large cadre of the IFFL's growing Japanese fanbase.
Champions of the League's new Pacific Division (and Champions of the now defunct South Division last year), Coach C's Perth Panthers were well represented by their fans and were seen to have a bit of a homefield advantage in their first ever Championship appearance. After beating the expansion Hawaiian Beach Bums, 388-342 for the Division title in the IFFL's first ever Divisional Playoff Round, Perth went on to face the Europa Division Champions, the Scottish Claymores, who they beat, 439-389, in the Final Four, outscoring the Claymores by 98 points in a convincing second half performance to put the match away. Perth's opponent, Coach Blueshoes' Venice Killerwhales, overcame all odds to make it back to the Championship after winning it in 2015. The Whales started 2017 with a lackluster 1-3 record before starting to turn things around, and did not clinch their playoff appearance until the final week of the regular season. They lost the Europa Championship, 334-415, to Scotland, but were in the right position to take advantage of the IFFL's new playoff format and advanced to the Final Four as the Points Wild Card. Their, they got a stunning road victory, 451-420 over the juggernaut Los Angeles Dragons to put themselves into the Championship.
In the Week 16 first half of the Championship, the Panthers and Whales went punch for punch and yard for yard, the game separated by just a handful of points through the Saturday games and through the early part of Sunday. There were five lead changes as each club tried to gain some supremacy, but neither team could break any wide open points at any position. Venice's Raven defense put only 7 points on the scoreboard for them, and their receiver tandem of Adam Thielen and Jarvis Landry only managed a combined 75 yards and 4 points. The Killerwhales' QB1 turned in a disappointing 12 points, but the Panthers didn't fare any better in the passing game, with both of their quarterbacks totaling just 31 points, however they did get a solid performance from their lead receiver, Julio Jones, who turned in 149 yards for 23 points.
Perth had much more success on the ground, getting 19 and 24 points, respectively, from their halfbacks Mark Ingram and Ezekiel Elliot, they added another 33 points on the ground from flexbacks Kenyon Drake and Jordon Howard to post 242 yards and 3 toouchdowns in the rushing game. That was enough for them to hold onto the lead after the last lead change, and by the afternoon games, they had opened up just a little bit of breathing room for the first time in the game. Venice had more success on the ground then through the air, as well, 147 all-purpose yards from lead rusher LeSean McCoy and another 90 all-purpose from #2 back Alvin Kamara got them 24 and 18 points, and from the most unlikely of sources, their flexback Gio Bernard turned in 168 yards and a touchdown for 47 points to keep them within striking distance. Going into the Christmas Day games, Venice needed a strong performance from their other flexback, Marshawn Lynch, and from their QB2 Nick Foles to retake the lead. They got a respectable 95 yards from Lynch, who, despite giving up a turnover, put 14 points on the board for the Whales, closing the score back to within a handful of points, but their quarterback let them down, managing just 163 yards and a touchdown that was made irrelevant by an interception and finished with just a single point on the day. On the otherside of the ball, the Panthers' Eagle defense was dominant, charting 5 turnovers and a defensive score to blow up the lead with a 44 point performance, taking the Championship Game into the half with a 207-136 Perth lead.
Going into the second half of the Championship in Week 17, Venice needed to overcome a 71 point defecit, but they got started going in the wrong direction, their QB Foles posting another terrible day, this time putting up just 39 yards and throwing a pick, dinging the Whales with a -13 point outing. The Panthers had both of their signal callers going in the early game, and while their QB2, Kirk Cousins, treated them to a similar -4 point performance, their QB1, Matt Stafford, was electric this week. Stafford posted 323 yards for the Panthers, along with 3 touchdowns and a conversion to build on their lead with another 56 points. The rest of Perth's early game roster was not so spectacular, their flexback only adding 2 points along with 0 from their tight end who was held out of the game, and their Eagle defense that had been so dominant the week before, put just 9 points on the board in this half. It was Venice that stole the show on defense, playing their Steeler defense in this half, and getting 36 points from them to keep themselves in the game.
Perth had just enough firepower to hold on in the late games, led by Ezekiel Elliot's 103 yards rushing and 32 points. Venice got 147 yards and a touchdown for 33 points from their receiving duo in the late games, making a comeback seem possible. Again, they had most of their success on the ground, getting 42 points from Kamara at the RB2 position and a hundred yard performance and 30 points from Marshawn Lynch as their flexback. Gio Bernard, playing as the Whales' other flexback, came back down to earth, but still posted 17 points for the Whales. Venice managed to win the half, 182-162, when all was said and done, but it was late into the final quarter of the day by the time they moved ahead, and it wasn't enough to overcome the intitial defecit from Week 16. It was already 2018 in Tokyo when the final gun sounded, and the Panthers were able to hoist the League's Crystal Globe Trophy after winning with a final score of 369-318.
The 2017 IFFL Champion Perth Panthers have captured their first Crystal Globe Award to cap off a dominating season, and will head into 2018 looking to extend a 9 game win-streak. After finishing with a 4-9-0 record in last place in their 2015 inaugural season, the Western Australia Black Cats have won two Division Championships along with the League Championship, and have strung together a 19-9-0 record including playoff matches over the last two years and establishing themselves as the team to beat going into the IFFL's 5th season.


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Welcome to the latest installment of Nadia's Rants. Here, I rant about things that I just have to talk about and vent about. Usually, these kinds of posts make very little sense, and they're all over the place, filled with necessary (and yet totally necessary gifs). That all being said, I would like to talk about something that is a MAJOR problem today. Today, we are here to discuss a semi-new reveal on Veronica Roth's part. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!!!
Now, everyone, sit down.
Now that you are all seated, Veronica Roth has reveled that Four and Christina would fall in love 3 years after the epilogue.
As in Tris' one and only love, and her best friend. As in Tobias and Christina. As in this beauty:
And this other beauty.
This turns me into a wall of angry meat. "Why do you feel so strongly about this?" You are probably thinking. And let me tell you why. Oh, I'll tell you why. First, Tris and Tobias were supposed to be in love. Tris gave up literally EVERYTHING for Tobias and the rest of the world. She seriously DIED for the people she loved, and Tobias was really cut up about it. He had an amazing scene in Allegiant scattering Tris' ashes, and facing his fear. Then, he turns around and falls in love with her best friend. And only 3 years have passed. There's nothing stating how long someone has to grieve after the death of their alleged love, but 3 years just seems far too short.
Then, there's the whole girl code thing. ya know, the whole I promise not to fall in love with your boyfriend. I get that Tris is dead, really. The code doesn't really count anymore, and it's kind of a moot point anyway, but just no... Christina and Four probably bonded over the fact that they each lost their one and only, but that doesn't make it any better. At the end of the day, Christina fell for her dead best friend's boyfriend.
Besides the whole right and wrong of the matter, Tobias and Christina don't fit. Christina is to enthusiastic and wild for Four. He's kind of a chill guy. A little intense, but kind of... mellow. Christina is prone to fly off the handle, and she's a wild child. A truth-telling, straight-laced girl gone bad. Also, I can't find any cute pictures of them together. So that proves everything I've been saying.
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I attended the coolest event on Monday night. It mostly involved many bites of delicious food, mingling with some of my favorite local bloggers and trying my best to get some decent photos along the way at the newest Whole Foods Market location in Denver, a few steps away from Union Station - one of my favorite spots in town!
The party started at 5pm and I met my friend Monica at just a few minutes past because we did not want to miss anything. As soon as we got checked in I could tell it was going to be a great night. There was live music, all sorts of local Colorado food companies giving out samples and the place was packed with fellow food bloggers. At one point the mayor and governor actually said a few words which I thought was fun.
The Union Station location is different than any other WFM I've been in before. The space is really modern and bright and there were various food sayings scattered throughout the aisles and sections. I loved this one:
Now as much as I love shopping at Whole Foods (more on that below), I think I might actually love eating there more. If you haven't been, the larger locations have all sorts of buffet options featuring various cuisines like Indian, Mexican, southern/comfort foods, a million soups and the BEST salad bar you will ever find.
In addition to some of their other stations, this store boasts the very first mac & cheese bar which was right up my alley. I tried the lobster mac and the roasted brussels and tomato option - both were excellent.
Moving on from the hot bar options there was also this fun Israeli counter - Tel Aviv Street Food - that was serving up innovative pita sandwiches, like the charred cauliflower one I grabbed. I wish I would have been able to get a photo of the beautiful display. There was a line, and I didn't want to be that person although it wouldn't have been out of the ordinary with this crowd.
One regret of the evening is not splitting a Birdcall chicken sandwich with some of my friends. Birdcall is a Colorado fast casual restaurant that takes pride in local ingredients of the highest quality (at an affordable price) and specializes in all sorts of fun chicken sandwiches such as my favorite, Nashville Hot. There was a slew of beers on tap and fun fountain drinks (including a cucumber basil variation). Oh and something that sets them apart: they use a fun and innovative technology for the ordering process. It's a kiosk where you enter your name and order, then you can watch your wait time on the wall. The Union Station store will be the third Birdcall in town and I will definitely come back for the sole purpose of trying this place out at some point.
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It's kind of funny, while I have always loved browsing Whole Foods for fun items here and there, I was adamantly against doing my routine shopping there in the past because of the price. Things have really come full circle though because ever since buying a new house and moving to a new part of town, Whole Foods is now of course my most convenient option so I have been doing my weekly shops there.
The Amazon acquisition has helped with some of the prices but also, once I learned to be a little bit more strategic (namely, not grabbing everything interesting thing I saw and impulse buying), I have found that I don't actually spend that much more each week. Not to mention, I love the experience because their stores are clean, organized, and they usually have every item I would ever need. I also love that their staff is so knowledgeable, specifically at the meat and seafood counter when I always have questions.
Anyways, I'm working on a post that outlines some non-traditional ways to save money on groceries, so more on this later! I just wanted to throw that out there in case any of you had similar same thoughts.


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These are our favorite books about Pond Life for Pre-K kids. I only list books my Pre-K students and I truly enjoy and find educational.
Visit the Pond Life Activities page for lots of Preschool & Pre-K lesson ideas.
Search for these at your library or click the book covers to go to Amazon. All book links are Amazon affiliate links. (Don't forget to look for used or paperback books to lower the price.)
In the Small, Small Pond
by Denise Fleming
It's Mine!
by Leo Lionni
Duckling Days
by DK Readers (Karen Wallace)
Nine Ducks Nine Big Book
by Sarah Hayes
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
by Beatrix Potter
Ducks Don't Get Wet
by Augusta Goldin
Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
Are You a Dragonfly?
by Judy Allen
Have You Seen My Duckling?
by Nancy Tafuri
An Extraordinary Egg
by Leo Lionni
Fish is Fish
by Leo Lionni
Tale of a Tadpole
by DK Readers (Karen Wallace)
All Night Near Water
by Jim Arnosky
The Wide-Mouthed Frog (A Pop-Up Book)
by Keith Faulkner
From Tadpole to Frog
by Wendy Pfeffer
Friend Frog
by Alma Flor Ada
Five Little Ducks (Raffi Songs to Read)
by Raffi
Make Way for Ducklings
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The Holidays are over and Lori has taken down the decorations. I've been busy with work and have been getting home pretty late in the evenings. For the past several days I've been putting together chrome shelving to help organize in the basement storage area and garage. We also bought garage shelving, which happened to come with a trillion screws (the number might be inflated, but it seemed to be close to the number of dollars in the national budget), and putting those together has occupied the last 2 weekends, in between watching football. Breaking down the boxes for recycle hasn't been a quick task either.
Lori decorated for the Holidays. Our outside lights are still in storage and we didn't get those up.
Lori put up a couple of trees, one in the great room and one downstairs in Mom's sitting room. I think she wants to leave that one up year round.
The mantle looked good and a couple of reindeer are up in the "art nooks".
If you look close at the foyer walls you can see we replaced the "light bulb fixtures" with new sconces. I'll need to get a close up. They look very rustic and fit well with the chandelier.
Mom's liking the kitchen again. She made some pecan goodies.
We all had a great time opening gifts, and the dogs joined in on the fun.
Aunt Mary sent us some cool ceramics. The eagle was my favorite.
All the excitement wore Mom out, but here she is back to her usual active self.
Lori's birthday comes quick after the holidays. Unfortunately, our favorite restaurant closed down. We found a new place closer for us, with sushi and chinese. Who could ask for more?
There's been plenty of wildlife around. The bird feeders and heated baths have been very popular.
There are 5 seed feeders and a caged suet feeder in various spots. Even then, occasionally there aren't enough open slots.
The birds hang out waiting for their chance to get in.
The bluejays don't usually wait, and just rush in and chase off the little guys.
She's not interested in these guys
Flickers like the baths, and will go for the suet usually on the colder days. We've heard them rattling on the spark arrestor above the fireplace chimney several times, unfortunately usually early morning.
Plenty of goldfinch, although they aren't as colorful this time of year.
This little falcon comes round once in awhile. His colors are great even in winter.
A flock of starlings will drop in now and then. I had to cage the suet feeder to keep them from devouring 2 cakes in half a day. They like to make it fun with a hot tub party.
This guy just likes to hang out in the study.
A couple mornings I was surprised to find the birdfeeders completely cleaned out even though they were filled the day before. One evening the dogs alerted me to what was going on. 3 deer were coming by for a snack and tounging the seed from the feeders. Lori caught this doe sneaking up.
Lori also found this neighborhood dog eating up the fallen bits from the feeder. Needless to say, Max wasn't happy about his visit.
These guys have been hanging around for a few weeks. I shot this at sunrise while they were atop a ridge out back. They haven't been in our yard yet, and I hope the dogs are enough to keep them away. A neighbor had several new pines stripped out by these guys, and caught them red handed (hooved?) in the back yard at 4:30 one morning.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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It's the most wonderful time of the year. As 2017 is coming to a close, we celebrate Christmas, get together with family, remember the joys of 2017 and all in all, be merry. It's a time of joy and celebration, as long as you don't think back to January 2017. Because if you're anything like me, I'm sure you had resolutions at the beginning of the year that are just distant memories right now. And I'd even bet that when next month rolls around, you're going to be ready to take another stab at new year resolutions. I think that's a fantastic idea, but 2018 needs to be the year you stick to them. Why? Because you need to trust yourself.
In Stephen M.R. Covey's book The Speed of Trust, he dives into the idea that trust is the most important factor in making a team effective and capable of moving quickly. Throughout the book, Covey gives tips for how to build trust with others and as a team, but early on, he discusses the foundation to any type of trust: self trust.
If you want to build trust with others, you have to first be able to trust yourself.
Seems easy enough, right? I thought so, too, until I continued reading and Covey started asserting that building trust with yourself means keeping commitments you make to yourself like getting up early to exercise, reading daily or eating healthy. Sounds a whole lot like those New Year's resolutions are more important than maybe we thought.
Being able to trust yourself doesn't just matter in building trust with others, though. For me, whenever I keep my commitments to myself, I see a change in my daily life. If I commit to run three times a week and actually do it, I feel so much better about myself. I feel confidence in whatever else comes my way because I've stuck to my own commitments. If I know that whatever I put my mind to, I'll do, then I'll take that same attitude with me into my relationships, work or anything else life throws at me (excellent!). I see a snowball effect whenever I keep small commitments to myself, it makes my other commitments easier to take care of.
I currently work at Cross Point Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and our lead pastor, Kevin Queen, shared recently with our staff what he thinks is the "difference maker" in our lives: belief. He talked about the importance about what you believe about God, others, prayer, the Bible and others. But one of the most substantial notions that stuck with me was the importance of what you believe about yourself. Kevin asserted that what you believe about yourself will frame your whole outlook on your day, week, month and life.
If you believe you're a great leader, you'll attack things as a great leader.
If you believe you're a bad friend, you won't reach out to old friends to reconnect and will let friendships dwindle. If you believe that you're someone who sticks to their word, then you will follow through. And I think one of the easiest ways to make yourself believe in yourself is by earning trust with yourself through the daily commitments you follow through on. If you trust yourself, you'll believe in yourself.
So for 2018, I want my resolutions to stick. I want to keep my commitments to myself. I want to trust me. But how do we do that? How do we get to December 2018, look back over a cup of hot cocoa and cookies and say, "Great job me!"? Here are three super practical ways to stick to it in 2018.
1. Technology is your friend. Set a reminder.
A few years ago, I realized that I was really bad at reading consistently. I wanted to read on a more regular basis, so I set a reminder in my phone. Every night at 9:20 p.m., a reminder goes off that says "Read." I don't always read when that reminder goes off, but the daily "ding" from my phone puts reading at the front of my mind daily. It's made reading a rhythm of my life that my phone takes care of putting in place for me.
2. Get someone on your team.
Resolutions are scary, I think. Because to have a resolution, you need to admit that some area of your life needs improvement. Admitting that to yourself is one thing, but to tell someone else that you're failing in an area of your life and need to improve can be scary. However, I've only found success in trying to improve when I have someone else that knows I'm doing it. If I'm the only one that knows I'm trying to improve, no big deal if I quit. If someone else knows, though, they'll be able to check in on your progress, encourage you when you want to quit and be a teammate on your resolution journey.
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3. Set mini goals along the way.
Over the past couple of months at work, my boss has implemented something called "6×6." 6×6 stands for six goals in six weeks. So what our team does is come up with six achievable goals that we can knock out in six weeks. Those pair with our overall yearly goals that we set in our performance reviews. When you look at doing something big, it's often hard to even know where to start, but breaking down a lofty goal into six-week chunks makes it way more doable. So take your resolution and knock it out a couple of weeks at a time.
I hope these tips are helpful and that you're able to stick to your resolutions this year, and I'd love to know any tricks you've learned along the way. Let's stick to our goals for 2018 together!


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My thirteen year old son's progress report came in the mail today. I was sick to my stomach before I even opened it. I knew it wouldn't be good, he hasn't had a good one in years. My son, Aiden (he has the same name as my guy's son) was diagnosed with ADHD minus the hyperactivity (not just ADD then? I don't know) a few years ago. He has never been in any trouble at school, I've been told repeatedly by teachers and staff that he's a great kid. He just can't focus and has a hard time learning.
I knew he was different from my other two boys from the very beginning. As an infant, I swore he hated me. He would cry for hours on end and in turn, have me in tears as well. As a toddler, he never backed down from a tantrum. The methods that I used on my older son had no effect on him. Before starting school, I tried to teach him his letters and numbers beforehand, as I had with my older son. I could not get past the letter B. Repetition did nothing for him. I put him in a two year kinder class and hoped for the best. He was always a bit behind but socialized well and was making it through. Up until the fifth grade. I started getting alarming report cards. He was falling way behind. I started meeting with teachers, principals and counselors. I did all of the things that were suggested. It didn't help. At one of the meetings, the principal suggested that I take him to get screened for ADD. I had always suspected this but just really didn't want to make it a reality.
I took him to get evaluated by a psychologist and he was formally diagnosed with ADHD (minus the hyperactivity). It literally broke my heart sitting there reading those reports. I wanted him to "grow out of it". I wanted better for him. So I took what I had back to the school and we drew up a formal 504 plan. Personally, I feel that with a 504 plan, if you have the right teacher who truly understands and is there to help and accommodate the child with their disability, it does help. If you don't, it really doesn't. He had an excellent teacher in the sixth grade (still elementary school here) who really helped him out and he did better.
Now enter junior high with seven separate classes and seven separate teachers. Right away, the negative progress reports started rolling back in. I was told that the 504 plan would roll over to the junior high, it didn't, they didn't know about it. I called his teachers, I met with his counselor, we etched out a new 504 plan. It has not helped. However, I have not been taking accountability as his parent. I have not been double checking the online portal for missing assignments, I have been taking his word for it when he says he has no homework for the day. I have been letting him spend his time playing his PS4 for hours every day. I haven't been dealing with it like I know that I have to. I wanted to follow my own belief that at thirteen, he knows what he has to do and therefore, he will do it. Maybe I was still hoping that he would "grow out of it", denial is a beast. What I have found with Aiden though, is that he's easily overwhelmed when he doesn't understand and so he just acts like it doesn't exist. Sounds like me. I've been treating him the same way that I would treat my other two sons and as I should know by now, I CAN'T. He's different, he has a learning disability and he has given up.
Back to the progress report today, he is failing almost all of his classes so far, including PE. This was the big eye opener for me today as he is very athletic and has no reason to fail PE. This tells me that he has given up trying. I have always told him that I won't be upset as long as I know and can tell that he's trying his best. He is not trying at all. I have to immediately A) hold him accountable and B) help him. I hate micromanaging and I have to accept that at least for now, this child needs the micromanagement. I took the PS4 from the room and won't be giving it back until each grade goes up and I will help him to do this however I can while checking myself to make sure that I'm helping him and not enabling him.


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text: Perth - Polish world number five Agnieszka Radwanska said on Monday she hopes her new partnership with women's tennis great Martina Navratilova can finally bring the maiden Grand Slam title she craves.Radwanska recently joined forces with the 18-time Grand Slam singles winner to prepare for 2015 in a bid to end her frustrating run in the majors.Although the 25-year-old has been ranked as high as second in the world, she has only reached one Grand Slam final, at Wimbledon in 2012 when she was beaten by Serena Williams.Last year she appeared to be on target to break through when she reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open as leading contenders fell by the wayside, only to be upset by Dominika Cibulkova.Speaking in Perth as she opened her preparation for the upcoming Australian Open with an impressive win over world number 29 Casey Dellacqua at the Hopman Cup, Radwanska said the union was already paying dividends after a week on the practice court together in Miami.Although Navratilova is not in Perth, Radwanska said she would arrive in Australia next week, with the Pole rounding out her Australian Open preparation in Sydney."I am very happy she is a member of the team and I was in Miami before here so we practise together," Radwanska said."She is coming to Sydney and Melbourne of course, so far so good and we will see how it is going to be."Grand Slams - I didn't make it yet - so I'm trying everything to win those slams.... With that I think she can help me out a lot."We are going to try everything."Radwanska said she was fully fit for the start of the new season.By appointing the former champion as her coach, Radwanska follows a recent trend in men's tennis, with Andy Murray hiring Ivan Lendl to help end his own Grand Slam drought.Swiss great Roger Federer has been working with former Swedish star Stefan Edberg since last year.


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Secret Santa 2015
So like most years now I've been taking part in the Reverse Thieves Secret Santa project and the Anime Planet one. It really is always fun to take part in these to see just what people will recommend someone else to watch. This year I gotta say I truly only enjoyed 1 of my 6 titles, was meh towards 1, hated 2, and didn't watch 2. The 2 I didn't watch I do plan on watching one of them still over the holidays and the other I plan on doing a giant watch with it since it is part of a big franchise.
I'll start off with the Anime Planet one that I'm most indifferent to first.
Devil May Cry I honestly do not have much to say about it. It exists I guess. It will likely make you want to play the game instead of watching this 12 episode TV series which pretty much has an episodic tone to it while you watch Dante mow down monsters in a monster of the week fashion. I know I wanted to play instead of watch while I was viewing this that's for sure. The action wasn't very interesting. There wasn't really a story. Characters were pretty bland except for Dante himself and the dude that gave him jobs. An annoying child showed up in the first episode and never left. Her alone made the dub pretty terrible to sit through but the series its self would have been worse to sit through if I didn't watch the dub...
* Story 6/10
* Animation 6/10
* Sound 6/10
* Characters 6/10
* Overall 6/10
The next Anime Planet series was worse than I thought it was going to be... I thought it was going to be boring but passable... Instead it just made me rage by the end of viewing it.
Trinity Blood is one of those shows that actually has a LOT of potential but fails in EVERY aspect. Shows are always taking a risk when they mix two genres together like Science Fiction and Supernatural. Except sadly in this case it was way more supernatural with hints of sci-fi thrown in and had a heavy religious tone to it. Honestly if the show focused on the sci-fi aspect of the show more than the supernatural crap it would have been a million times better. But instead we get to sit through the main character chasing after monsters and meeting a lot of new and crappy people along the way. Most of which we never see again.
I mean seriously they got old bad-ass tech left over from the Armageddon that occurred making things look super steampunk and cool like that but we rarely get to see any of it. I honestly really wish they went into greater detail about the past and how shit got the way it was. It really REALLY would have made for a better story!!
I will give the main character dude credit though... That scythe of his was BADASS!
* Story 2/10
* Animation 6/10
* Sound 5/10
* Characters 5/10
* Overall 3/10
The first show I watched from my Reverse Thieves Batch I went into with great caution...
Princess Nine gets all kinds of praise for girl power and fighting the man within the baseball realm. Which was probably the only real interesting part of the show yet it was BARELY covered. I think there were 2 really good rara women can do anything a man can do episodes in the entire show and maybe a handful of moments randomly in other episodes. What this show was really about was a lot of shitty romance followed with the all the drama that comes attached to poopy love triangles and lost loves of the past.
I'm not sure why people like this show honestly. I thought the characters sucked (except for the stereotypical drunk coach since I enjoy drunk characters), the story sucked (for something billed as a baseball anime it sure did have very few baseball moments), the looks and sounds of the show were terrible. I mean look at those uniforms in that picture... Talk about cut and paste fill in the colours with paint!!
Anyway I did have a whole lot more to complain about in great detail but I honestly do not feel like giving this show anymore time than I already have... :\
* Story 1/10
* Animation 1/10
* Sound 1/10
* Characters 1/10
* Overall 1/10
And finally my favourite show of the bunch that I watched.
Future Boy Conan is one of those older shows I had been meaning to get around to for ages. There's still a handful of these kinds that I'm really looking forward to and I generally get around to one each year. Mostly thanks to these santa projects.
I honestly dunno what more to say about this show. I enjoyed it for what it was and considering its age it looks amazing. Fun characters and a pretty darn good story. This is a good example of a show that was knocked back into the stone age that has future technology that actually doesn't ignore either of those factors and makes things really interesting.
* Story 8/10
* Animation 6/10
* Sound 6/10
* Characters 9/10
* Overall 7/10
Thanks Secret Santa people!! Till next year~
Secret Santa 2014
Going to do one huge post since I don't have much to say about any of my Secret Santa shows this year.... I live tweeted each show while I watched them but still didn't have much to say so yeah... Not a good secret santa year for me!
Overman King Gainer
So I start off with the one I disliked the most... Which is odd since I had hopes for this one actually being good. I generally enjoy a good/bad mecha show too. But when people on twitter were saying things like "I have a soft spot in my heart for this show" I knew I was either going to love it or hate it. Basically I can see why someone would enjoy this show since it really reminded me a lot of Turn A Gundam and not many people like that show either. But unlike Turn A Gundam which I love, I really couldn't get into King Gainer mainly because of the characters. I couldn't get invested in any of them. I didn't care about any of them at all so that alone made the show doomed for me. The character and mecha designs were hideous as hell too which doesn't normally bother me but wowow.
* Story 5/10
* Animation 4/10
* Sound 5/10
* Characters 5/10
* Overall 5/10
Romeo x Juliet
So I've never been a huge fan of Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet isn't one I'd consider great or interesting to me at all because I'm not overly a fan of romance. Tragedy I am a fan of though so at least there is that. Sadly the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet just didn't do it for me in this version. It doesn't help that the 2 lead characters that the show is about were the worst lead characters I've seen in quite a while. If it wasn't for the super strong secondary cast my score would have been much lower. I am also glad the show ended the way it did otherwise this little blurb I'm writing would have been written right after I viewed the show and would be full of much ranting and hatred. But SAVED!
* Story 4/10
* Animation 6/10
* Sound 6/10
* Characters 6/10
* Overall 6/10
Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran
And now the best show I watched from the bunch but that's saying a lot since.. well... It was still pretty meh. I generally like samurai shows and this was honestly no exception. My biggest issue with this show was her annoying sidekick that roamed the country side with her. This samurai slice of life show is what Kenshin would have been without the plot and a female lead instead of a dude of course. I didn't hate it, didn't love it. I can't say more since most of it was pretty forgettable except for her roaming from town to town in search of sake to drink. I'd enjoy having a few bottles with her and listening to some of her stories if she were a real person. Drinking is what we have in common after all.
* Story 7/10
* Animation 6/10
* Sound 6/10
* Characters 7/10
* Overall 7/10
El Cazador de la Bruja was also on my Secret Santa list but having gone through 3 meh anime already I didn't want to sit through another one that I KNEW was going to me meh or worse because I really didn't enjoy Noir (the 'best' of the girls with guns trilogy) or Madlax... The bf has to watch Bruja with me anyway and he had like no time and still has no time to watch shows with me. SAVED!
Finally Yugo The Negotiator is my Anime-Planet Secret Santa's choice but I'm only one episode into it at the moment so I don't have much to say about it yet. It has a dub so I'm watching that for the possibility of finishing it before tomorrow evening but the dub is pretty terrible I don't know if I'll be able to do that for much longer... but if I keep up with my drinking it will have to do. 😛 We'll see! I'll edit in my review for it later if I manage to finish it. I'm expecting it to be ok but not as good as say Flag which is what it really reminds me of.
Happy Holidays to all~
chii's Anime Snack of the Week: Secret Santa! Ippatsu Hicchuu!! Devander
For one of my Anime-Planet Secret Santa anime choices I was given this lovely strange ova treat. I'm pretty impressed with my Santa for finding this "gem" that I haven't seen yet... Not too sure if I'm happy I saw this though...
Positive Points
- Very random
- Makes fun of mecha series
- Onii-chan can do it dance
- Mecha horse
- Space cows
Negative Points
- Very random
- Ugly as sin character designs
- Scary "normal" horse
- Pulls random shit out of no where
- Goes no where
Why chii thinks you should watch it
This OVA was created in commemoration of Tatsunoko Productions 50th anniversary. Clearly to make fun of all the other mecha series they have done. If like me, you like strange random ova's that are short this is for you. Cow aliens coming to Earth for who knows what reason should be good enough to draw you in but I'll tell you a little more. A boy of course is the only one that can save the Earth, so says a Gundam Haro like ball with a mecha HORSE! Luck is the best way to defeat these cows and powers the horse. This of course is done by using one of those ball machines that we always see in anime where if you get a gold ball or any colour other than white you win a cruise or a trip to a hot spring or something fun! If all that wasn't WTF enough for you the boy gets to wear a power suit while he goes for the gold but he must stay positive or else the suit will disappear and he will be butt naked... It happens a lot... When a loosing ball comes out these strange little beings emerge and fight but don't do so well. They are like pawns I guess? The winning ball beings aren't much better looks wise but at least they are powerful and can defeat the cow foes! Will those pesky cows try to invade again?? Maybe we'll find out in another 50 years...
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Year 4
haha how can I even be making this post now when I haven't done squat since April right? Well the answer is that I plan on returning to blogging about anime. I doubt I'll be posting more than I usually did but it won't be a huge 6 months of nothing in between posts either. This year since April has honestly been quite busy for me that I'll be laying out more in detail when 12 Days comes rolling around so look forward to that if you remotely care about what I've been up to all year. 😛
December Madness:
- 12 Days of Christmas - Always super fun to write these and read everyone's too! Posts start December 14-25
- Not so Secret Santa - 7 lucky people were chosen at random yet again this year! Was it you? Reviews posted December 19-25
- Reverse Thieves Secret Santa - Hopefully I'll get 3 I haven't seen and no GITS! Reviews posted December 23-25
- Anime-Planet's Secret Santa - Why not have one more anime to watch?! Review posted December 25
- 2012 Anime - 4 posts of all anime that aired this year. Posts start December 28-31 If I can manage to watch everything still that is... I have like 50 shows to get through 😐
That's the list of the upcoming things I plan on doing for sure this year listed above. My plans for next year include:
- Bringing back the 365 Days Project?
- Catching up with Chibi Devi LOL
- More Wooser!
- More Cooking posts! I hope to have a few done for this holiday season too 🙂
- Keeping up with Pokemon Workout! I workout but I'm so bad at getting these episodic posts up!
- Blog Redesign!!!
- More independent thoughts on anime posts
Regarding the 365 Days Project. I'm still having a hard time figuring out what I want it to be for next year. I was thinking of going back to anime characters since I was actually more interested in posting those than that stupid uniform idea of mine haha. But someone suggested I do Anime Mascots as well. I've been toying around with the idea and I just can't choose. If there's one in particular you'd like to see I'd love to hear from you in the comments! If you have an even better suggestion I'm all ears too. I've thought up doing Gundam Characters, Mecha of Anime, Pretty Cure Baddies, Cliche Anime Episodes, Awesome Anime Chicks, Awesome Anime Dudes (though these 2 can honestly go under being plain old anime characters if I choose), OP's/ED's, Magical Girls, and that's about as far as my brainstorming takes me at the moment.
So yeah dunno what else to really say here.... 4 years hahahahahh....
Good to be back from my little break~
Secret Santa Part 1: Rental Magica
Here's the first review for The Reverse Thieves Secret Santa project. I was going to watch all 3 but I really didn't want to review GITS for the holiday season... And that's a lot of anime to get through too so I did 2 out of the 3. Here's the first one being Rental Magica.
Rental Magica is about Astral, a magic company that of course has magic welders as the employees. They exist to rid the existence of annoying magical spirits and creatures and to try and beat their rival company, Goetia. The company use to be run by Itsuki's father but has mysteriously gone missing so Itsuki must take the reins of the company and the magic users under him. He of course has little to no magical powers so it is hard for him to gain the respect of several employees. His one power is in his right eye and it just happens to be very powerful but very painful to use as well so he barely uses it. His power is called Glam Sight which allows him to see magic and its weakness. Which is cool I guess... All the other magic welders are far more interesting in the magical powers department.
Honestly this a pretty generic magic show. One group of magic people battling with another while going after "monsters of the week". There's a few interesting stories in there but that's to be expected with an episodic formula. Too bad most of the stories were just boring in my opinion. I'm not sure why a lot of these magic heavy shows try to bounce between serious and funny all the time. It just doesn't work! Doesn't help that the look of the show wasn't really good either. It felt really grainy when magic was being used. It just looked like flashes of coloured blobs. I'm not sure why magic shows are hard to get right for animators honestly (not all of course but a lot of them). Shakugan no Shana gave me the same feeling along with 11eyes, which also has a main character boy with an eye-patch. I hate most characters with eye-patches btw 😛
I'm generally not a fan of Engrish OP's but this one manages to get stuck in your head really fast. I got sucked into listening to it more times than I'd care to admit. The ED is in Japanese and sung by a dude. It's too bland for me to really care about though.
Characters are the shows strong point which is kinda funny because most of them are super generic. Especially the male lead. If it wasn't for his eye-patch people would have a hard time telling him apart from every other harem male lead ever. He of course ends up with 2 girls chasing him which are cookie cutter girls as well. These 3 were mainly what the show was revolving around but when the other side characters showed up they brought fun, drama, and interest to the story for me. My favourites were of course Manami, a ghost member and Ren, the Onmyoudou expert member who has 4 Shikineko; Seiryu, Byakko, Suzaku, and Genbu! I just can't help but to love a man who loves cats! There were a few others hanging around too but I didn't find them to be good or bad. Just there hanging around.
And because tis the season, here's a lovely song they sang for the holidays.
If you like magic shows that are interesting enough but don't quite go the distance this one is for you! At least it kinda ends.
Thanks Secret Santa! If it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't have watched and immediately forgotten I watched this show! 😛
* Story 6/10
* Animation 6/10
* Sound 6/10
* Characters 7/10
* Overall 6/10


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The authentic spiritual quest is marked not by certainties but by questions and doubt. Mark Vernon who was a priest, and left an atheist explores the wonder of science, the ups and downs of being 'spiritual but not religious', the insights of ancient philosophy, and God the biggest question.
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46% Of Millennials Plan On Paying The Full Cost Of College For Their Children… How?
Unbelievably, some 46% of Millennials plan on paying the full cost of college for their children. This is the same generation with millions of members who do not have the financial means to move out of their parents homes, who are paying for a Social Security tax which will never benefit them, and crippling student loan debt. These young Americans who are all too aware of the cost of paying back college tuition somehow have faith that they will be able to pay off their children's college education in full.
Samantha Sharf gives us some insight in an article on Forbes.com:
Let's start with some good news: The percent of parents saving for college is rising. In a new survey Fidelity Investments found that 69% of people with children under 18 were saving; that's up from 64% last year. Another smart move? More than half of the savers are using tax-advantaged 529 accounts.
Millennial parents, which Fidelity is defining as those born between 1981 and 1997, turn out to be the most aggressive with 74% reporting that they are saving for their kids' college. Plus, 46% of them say they plan to cover the full cost of college for their children, compared to 35% of the broader group surveyed.
It makes sense that this generation has an above-average desire to shield their offspring from the cost of college. Many of them have student debt themselves, including 56% of the 642 surveyed by Fidelity. This generation has been a part of, and even leaders of, a nationwide conversation about the downsides of indebtedness. In fact, a debate continues about whether student debt is causing delayed marriage, delayed home buying and delayed parenthood among young Americans.
Let's put that debate to rest. I've covered delayed home buying on this blog yesterday. Delayed marriage and family formation among Millennials are well documented. While changes in attitude and expectations may explain some of the shift, the bottom line is that Generation Y is financially strapped. It is tough to get a job when wages are slumping. It is more difficult when you owe tens of thousands in student loans to the federal government. All of these financial hurdles, along with changes in social trends, causing Millennials to delay marriage, family formation and the purchase of a home.
While Millennials may be more realistic about the drawbacks of debt, they may be less realistic about their ability to save. Two key questions: Is it delusional for parents in their 20s and early 30s to think they can save enough to cover the cost of college? And, even if they can, should they?
First let's look at the question of delusion.
Currently many elite colleges cost over $60,000 per year, or about $240,000 for four years. Earlier this year FORBES' contributor Troy Onink wrote a headline declaring: In 18 Years A FORBES Top College Will Cost You Over $500,000, referring to our annual ranking of America's Top Colleges. He got there by adding 4% to the cost of college each year, which is the roughly the speed with which college costs have been increasing. Onink quipped, "With a headline like that, who needs birth control."
With a 4% average annual rate of investment return, Onink figures, you would need to save $1,584 a month in a tax-advantaged account for 18 years to cover the projected cost of college. That's a lot. The median household income for a married-couple is $81,000 in this country (let's assume our sample Millennial parents are married since couples earn the most and it makes the math slightly less sad). So $1,584 would eat up more than 20% of pre-tax income.
That's 20% of pre-tax income before the cost of a home, cars, insurance, and child services.
You might be thinking that if college costs are going up so fast, wages must be growing too. Not so fast. They are increasing a little, but not enough. Average hourly earnings have grown by about 2% since 2014, that's well below the norm for periods of economic expansion (which technically we've been in for awhile). Some economists argue wages will eventually go up since jobs are being created. The idea is that with a smaller pool of candidates job seekers gain negotiating power compared to when the unemployment rate was 10%, nearly double the current rate. Others warn slow wage growth may be the new normal.
Slow wage growth has been the "new normal" for decades. Few realize that this is the case.
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August marked the release of my first e-book "How Are You Not Angry Yet: How Social Security is Destroying the Futures, Finances and Hopes of Generations X,Y and Z and How We Can Put and End to it," which takes on Social Security from the perspective of young America in a visceral and humorous way. "Angry Yet" breaks down the complex topic of Social Security into a way that most Americans can easily understand and find entertaining and is available here.
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Across the country, driving with a .08 BAC or higher is per se illegal and considered driving under the influence. In Pennsylvania you can also be charged with DUI if you are intoxicated to the point that you are incapable of safe driving, so long as your BAC is at least .05 OR you refused the test. Prior to 2004 the limit in Pennsylvania and many other states was .10. Going back to the early 1980's, the requirement was even more relaxed: many states then required a BAC of .15 to prove intoxication. Groups like the beer and restaurant industries have historically been against these regulations, but stricter BAC limits have proven to be life saving. The number of yearly alcohol-related deaths fell from 20,000 in 1980 to 9,878 in 2011, and the percentage of highway deaths attributed to alcohol has dropped from 48% in 1982 to 31% in 2011.
Now, there is a very real possibility that the BAC limit of .08 that we are all familiar with might be reduced even further. Earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a recommendation that all states reduce their BAC cutoffs for DUI from .08 to .05, which they predict will save between 500 to 800 lives annually. This recommendation was one of almost 20 recommendations that the NTSB made, with other recommendations including increasing the use of ignition interlock devices to stop intoxicated people from starting their cars, and police using passive alcohol sensors that can detect the odor of alcohol about a person without blowing into a breathalyzer. Although the NTSB has no enforcement power of its own, Congress in the past has tied states' adoption of their recommendations to federal highway funds in order to compel states to comply. This technique was successful in forcing all 50 states to adopt the .08 threshold by 2004.
Despite the rather convincing statistics, not everyone has jumped on the .05 bandwagon. Not surprisingly, the American Beverage Institute (ABI) argues against .05. The ABI says that lawmakers and regulators should focus on repeat DUI offenders and drivers who are highly intoxicated, rather than those who are merely "buzzed." They call the recommendation "ludicrous", saying it will "criminalize perfectly responsible behavior." According to a BAC calculator provided by the University of Oklahoma, a 180-pound male will typically reach .08 after four drinks over an hour, and will reach .05 after two to three drinks over an hour. From our practice it is relatively clear that a small woman can easily hit .05 by drinking just one of the large margaritas or martinis served at many of our local establishments. Be careful!
Even groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and AAA are hesitant to endorse the .05 recommendation. Instead, MADD advocates for devices such as ignition interlock to physically prevent an intoxicated driver from getting behind the wheel and driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) does not officially endorse .05 either, but stated that it "will work with any state that chooses to implement a .05 BAC law to gather further information on that approach".
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|Ambassador G-ALZO is the only survivor and was restored by the Duxford Aviation Society at Duxford, near Cambridge, in the UK after seeing service with Dan-Air.
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Work on a prototype began in 1945 and the aircraft, G-AGUA, first flew on July 10, 1947, powered by two 2,600hp Bristol Centaurus 631 radial engines. The 28-50 seat aircraft had great passenger appeal, due to its high wing design giving it a quiet cabin for its day.
A second prototype, G-AKRD, followed with two static test machines and a pre-production machine, G-ALFR. This aircraft had the definitive Centaurus 661 engines and first flew in May 1950.
Twenty aircraft were built for British European Airways, the first of these flying in January 1951, and the type entered service as the Elizabethan in March 1952. The type remained in service on European routes until 1957 when the aircraft were passed on to other operators, including Butler Air Transport (3), The Royal Jordanian Air Force (2) and Globe Air of Switzerland (2).
The type continued in service into the 1960s with BKS, Dan-Air and other airlines and also served as a testbed for the Dart, Eland, Proteus and Tyne turboprop engines.
Dan-Air retired its last aircraft in 1971 and kept one at its Lasham base, which was eventually taken to Duxford for restoration and put on external display in 2013.
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"I'll make you a proper hat."
It's really a bison, not a buffalo.
Just today I said to myself, "Oh God, stop with the Idealism already."
So for a couple of years there, I carried a nineteen-thirty-five buffalo nickel around in the lovely little Saturncar with me. I don't exactly recall how I came across it, but it rode there in my console's cup holder steadily, patiently. As I marked the miles upon miles driving the back roads of various red dirt towns, that nickel was one constant companion in the sea of chaos and instability that my job was wrapped up in.
(Thou shalt not end a sentence with a preposition. I do it all the time because it's comforting, I guess: Ending a sentence with a preposition is like warm, hand-whipped-into-peaking-submission mashed potatoes on your grandmomma's table. You know what I'm talking about. You have a secret passion for marring the language with your own internal dialect, don't you?)
I know I talk about Luck here from time to time, but the truth is that I don't much cotton to the overall notion of it, not really. Despite my best efforts to the contrary, I came to think of that nickel as My Lucky Nineteen-Thirty-Five Buffalo Nickel. Sometimes, waiting on an errant client, or running to my car in the middle of a long docket day, I'd pick it up, holding it between the middle finger and thumb of my right hand, thumb ringing its surface in measured and thoughtful loops.
When I roughly kissed that tractor –it's in the archives, May of oh-five to be exact– just about everything made it out of that car. There were exactly three things, though, that did not:
+ a neatly-tied little circlet of pale blue ribbon strung through a dozen brightly-colored plastic beads –all heart-shaped– that Scout had given me a couple years earlier. She handed it to me while saying earnestly with her slight, elementary-schooler's lisp, "This is for you to carry while I'm not with you, for luck. For you to remember me." I looped it across my turn signal lever and there it remained….
+ my Peter Gabriel ceedee, So, which was in the player on impact. Kate Bush was helping him sing 'Don't Give Up'. I've yet to replace that album, I keep forgetting, and it pisses me off because it's one of my very favorites. Like, ever.
+ My Lucky Nineteen-Thirty-Five Buffalo Nickel
Sometime last fall I came to possess the updated version of that nickel, where both the Indian head and buffalo are larger and slightly different. The year on it, ironically enough, was two-thousand and five. Seventy years past the first nickel, and also the year of my accident. I saved that nickel in the center of my door's armrest, because the cupholders in the Magic Superior Stealth Vehicle are part of a collapsible, sliding mechanism and therefore not solid. Sometime just past the first of this year I was waiting in line at the bank and absent-mindedly picked up the coin, only with my left hand. In a sudden spate of melancholy, I remarked to myself that I was glad of this replacement, but that I sure did miss the original, the My Lucky Nineteen-Thirty-Five Buffalo Nickel.
Within two weeks I found myself in possession of another vintage buffalo nickel; would you care to guess the date it was struck? That's right: Nineteen-hundred and thirty-five. I remember thinking (and slightly sardonically) that I wish I had a head's up on which wishes were going to actually count, which ones would actually be weighted, so that I would better know how to dispense of them.
I digress. I was thankful for the nod from the universe. And I put that nickel with its updated cousin, right there in the driver's-side armrest.
Now I have two nickels, two buffaloes, where I used to have only one. That feels as if it has some meaning, but damned if I can decipher it as yet. I've no doubt it will sledgehammer me on some random Tuesday afternoon, because those Tuesday afternoons are good for that sort of thing.
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How to cook roast potatoes: Recipe for the perfect fluffy middle and crispy skin
How to cook roast potatoes: The best recipe for crispy skin and fluffy middles
HOW TO cook roast potatoes: Recipe for the crispiest potato skin and a fluffy white middle which is simple to achieve even in a busy kitchen and under the stress of Easter Sunday.
Easter Sundy is today, and one of the highlights of the meal are the roast potatoes.
Perfectly cooked roast potatoes don't have to be tricky, and there are three simple steps to achieving the best ones.
Maris Piper potatoes are widely accepted to be the best variety to choose for roasting.
But what should you do with the raw materials? There are three steps to the best roasties.
While large roast potatoes may look generous on the plate, they are more difficult to cook and get the desired result.
Too much middle could result in overcooked skin and an underdone centre.
Cut the potatoes relatively small to ensure optimal cooking of the skin and white middle.
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How to cook roast potatoes: Goose fat has become a popular choice to make roasties with
After boiling the potatoes for two minutes, they should be drained in a colander.
Add a sprinkling of flour - or semolina as Nigella Lawson suggests - season, and shake the colander.
This will roughen the edges of the potatoes to ensure delicious crispy skin.
How to cook roast potatoes: Dredge the par-boiled potatoes in flour
Goose fat has become one of the most popular choices for cooking roast potatoes in over the last few years.
Whatever fat you choose, it should be very hot before the potatoes are added to it. Choose a fat with a high smoking point to achieve this - goose fat being one example.
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Truth About Santa
LOVE, SANTA was so beautifully written and is the perfect way to tell your little one the truth about Santa. In the book, there are envelopes with letters that have been written by Lucy to Santa and by Santa to Lucy. I loved that interactive side of it because you didn't know what you were pulling out.
The feelings Lucy goes through is how we all feel when we get to the point of trying to decipher if Santa is real or not. The way the mom explains the truth to Lucy was so touching and inspirational that I couldn't have said it better. It truly is enchanting and I will be holding onto this book for when it's time to tell my daughter.
Final Verdict: I would recommend this book to parents who aren't sure how to tell their children the truth about Santa. It's also perfect for those that do because I admit I couldn't say it better than Martha Brockenbrough did.