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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced a change in its policy under the new "national detainer guidance." In terms of the focus of who will be subject to removal, or deportation, the agency will now focus primarily upon serious criminal offenders.
Mother goes from removal proceedings to legal permanent resident
Imagine being told that you have a certain amount of time left with your children before you will be forced out of the country. Tragically, this is an extremely common situation and one that happens to families in Lancaster quite frequently. When a parent is not a citizen and the children are, there is always the risk that the parent could be deported before he or she has a chance to naturalize and become a citizen, too.
Uniting American Families Act seeks changes to family immigration
Most people in York recognize that when an American marries someone from another country, the American spouse can sponsor his or her foreign spouse to immigrate to the United States. Husbands have brought wives and wives have brought husbands to this country, allowing them to bypass the visa system and shorten the amount of time they have to wait before they can naturalize as American citizens. This is a great benefit for different-sex binational couples, but it is one that has yet to be expanded to Americans in same-sex relationships with people who are not American citizens.
School creates scholarships for undocumented immigrant students
Every high school senior in Lancaster County dreads the question, "What will you be doing next year?" but it is one that is particularly frustrating for teenagers who were brought to this country illegally as children. They may believe college is out of reach because they cannot access federal financial aid and, in only a few states, can they receive in-state funding. The prospect of paying full tuition, even if they can receive in-state tuition in Pennsylvania, may be too much for many undocumented immigrants. One school, however, has recently set up a million-dollar scholarship fund specifically for undocumented immigrants.
Philadelphia woman allowed to stay in US to pursue education
It is heartwarming when the federal government doesn't stand in the way of someone trying to pursue his or her dream. For the undocumented immigrants who came to this country with their parents, that has not always been the case, but a few weeks ago we covered the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides immigrants who came here illegally as children two more years to stay in the country. A recent report lists a South Philadelphia college student as the first person in the area to receive the reprieve.

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'Supergirl' Post-Show Analysis: Season 1 Episode 14: 'Truth, Justice, And The American Way'
Welcome back to Supergirl Guys, our regular feature breaking down the highs and lows of CBS's Supergirl TV show starring Melissa Benoist. Your travelling companions on this journey are Superman super-fan Chris Haley, and Flash recap veteran Dylan Todd.
This week, Supergirl faces the triple threat of an ethical dilemma, a usurper at work, and a prison guard… from space! "Truth, Justice, and The American Way" was directed by Lexi Alexander from a script by Yahlin Chang, Caitlin Parrish, and Michael Grassi.
Chris: This week's episode was really trying to juggle a lot of balls at once, and that usually leads to a… well, let's call it a struggle for quality. What'd you think of the episode in general?
Dylan: Honestly? I felt like it worked a lot better than it has in the past. We got the brunt of the focus on the "villain of the week" in the Master Jailer, while also advancing a handful of B-plots: Kara being mad at J'onn, James explaining ethics to Kara, and a new, rival Catco assistant in the form of Siobhan, The She-Demon. Oh, and also I guess James wanting to let Lucy into the Friends of Supergirl Club. While that sounds like a lot to juggle, they managed to focus mainly on the villain and the ethics plots, so I felt like it didn't fall all over itself. Do you agree? Disagree?
Chris: Well, there was something I didn't like about this episode, but I'm having a hard time putting my finger on it, and my first thought was that perhaps there was too much going on.
Dylan: Was it that Kara was mainly mopey and pouty and un-heroic and generally wrong about everything and also Alex had to come in and save her once again at the end?
Chris: Now that you mention those things, they certainly didn't help, but I don't think that was it entirely. I think the script just felt weak, which is a shame because I was looking forward to this episode since Lexi Alexander was directing and she's certainly got a dynamic visual style. I mean, you know how much I like and want to like this show, so if something didn't click for me, it's not for lack of trying.
The episode started with Astra's funeral, and the handy notion that the evil Kryptonians won't bother Kara for two weeks so she can worry about Master Jailer and Silver Banshee. I appreciated them coming up with a reason that they weren't going to be dealing with Non for a few episodes, instead of just, you know, not dealing with him for a few episodes, but it put me in a weird place from the get-go.
Dylan: Oh yeah, that was the most ploty, BS thing, but at least it gave them plausible deniability when somebody asked why the army of alien superpersons wasn't wrecking National City the very next day. It's dumb, but it's understandable, I guess. I tweeted out that we were barely five minutes into the episode and Kara was already crying, which didn't bode well at all. Obviously, I didn't dislike the episode as much as you did, but I definitely felt like it was missing a lot of the fun stuff that has saved earlier episodes. What else bugged you?
Chris: I can't remember if I was talking about this here, or if I was talking about it with Matt over in the Arrow reviews, but I'd be fine with a moratorium on the good guys having secret jails in these superhero shows. The fact that I have a hard time remembering which show I was complaining about it during is frustrating in and of itself.
I know it's the kind of moral debate that's easy to use here, and it's an easy way to get rid of villains without killing them when they know all the hero's secrets, but when I'm watching Supergirl, I wouldn't mind not having to hear the word "Guantanamo," and being able to escape from the ethical grayness of the real world for an hour.
Also, James lecturing Kara about keeping Maxwell Lord there as though he hadn't gleefully (and illegally) broken into Lord's compound and been beaten and interrogated while tied to a chair makes me feel like this show either isn't paying enough attention to itself or thinks the audience has no attention span for what's happened previously.
Dylan: I honestly can't believe the show addressed the whole secret prison thing, as it's become such a staple of these DC shows. I'm looking forward to it not being a thing we have to live with every week like it's an okay thing. Holding aliens captive is one thing. Holding a tech billionaire hostage is another thing entirely. I do wish they'd acknowledged that if anybody has a motive for keeping Lord locked away, it's James, but I also really appreciated that they actually had The Talk and that we won't be (basically) kidnapping American citizens and holding them without due process of any sort. At least not until next season.
Chris: Exactly. It also bugged me that James was lecturing Kara about it as though she was holding Lord in the Fortress of Solitude, and not that the DEO was the one holding him. Alex was the one who "arrested" him. I know Supergirl is working with them, but she's not the boss, and I doubt it's up to her if prisoners get released. And after they have her win the moral battle by getting him released, they negate the point of her doing so by having Alex tell him if he spills the beans about Supergirl/the DEO, they'll let the normal, non-secret keeping areas of the law know about all of his "crimes".
Dylan: It was all very hand-wave-ey, but I'm willing to accept a little bit of that if it means a better show overall. It felt like a course correction more than an actual plot contrivance.
Speaking of plot contrivances, what did you think of the inter-office stuff, with Cat Grant bringing a rival assistant to compete for Kara's job?
Chris: Well, you know how I'm always saying that what this show needs is more characters. If I didn't know [potential spoiler redacted; click here for details], it would have bothered me more.
Dylan: Oh, I had no idea about that. That's… something at least? I did think it was weird that she was shown sort-of-kind-of eavesdropping on James and Lucy and all of the sudden, James is like, "Don't trust her, Kara!", as if that was something we should be worried about, as Kara has pretty much hater since Day One. which is also like this very same day.
Chris: Everyone on this show is way too cavalier with when and where they discuss all these huge secrets that should never be discussed where anyone could ever possibly hear. I think I complain about this every week, but I will continue to complain until they stop or it stops bothering me.
Dylan: I can suspend disbelief when it comes to this sort of thing, but I can see what you mean. Let's talk about the Master Jailer, AKA, "Runner-up in the Dead Space cosplay competition." I know almost zero about the Master Jailer, other than he is apparently good at jails, but maybe you can give us a rundown on this dude.
Chris: Hahaha, thank you! It's been driving me crazy trying to remember what video game he reminded me of, but for some reason my brain was blanking on Dead Space. Unfortunately, another Draper (he works in advertising) was all that came to mind when I heard this guy's name, since it's decidedly less memorable than "Siobhan", so I didn't realize he was going to be Master Jailer as I was watching. Have a look at how neat they could have made him look if they hadn't gone with "generic" for all his costuming decisions:
Just imagine how much more intimidating this version would be in real life! In the comics, Carl Draper was from Smallville (not space) and a classmate of Clark Kent who was into Lana Lang and grew to resent Superboy. He was probably the Winn of their circle of friends. He came in at the tail end of the Silver Age, and like most of Superboy's childhood acquaintances, he also grew up and moved to Metropolis to become a Superman villain.
Dylan: As one does.
Chris: Also, he got plastic surgery to be more handsome and his nickname in Smallville was "Moosie". Go forth and do well with this worthless trivial knowledge I've forced upon you.
Dylan: I feel so enlightened! But this dude is way more generic. A former prison guard at Fort Rozz, he's now taken space-law into his own space-hands, dealing out alien executions by night while going about his day-to-day disguised as a National City cop.
His next target on the escapee list includes a former interstellar drug dealer-turned-Professor played by a guy who looked like a blonde John Ritter, who seems like a nice enough guy. This blind adherence to justice is supposed to be the catalyst for Kara reconsidering her stance on holding Maxwell Lord in the DEO prison, but I'm not sure the two dots are ever connected in any meaningful way. He's a decent enough villain for a one-off appearance, but again, I'm getting a little tired of Alex having to save Kara every episode. "Deus ex Alex," only works so may times before it gets old.
Aside from obviously not being a fan of his outfit, what did you think of Ol' Master Jailer, Chris?
Chris: He was fine. I was ragging on his costume for fun's sake, but I really didn't think it was a bad looking design. Generic, but not bad. I'm a little at a loss for why he was able to go toe-to-toe with Supergirl earlier in the episode, but somehow Alex was able to successfully knock him around a few times when she showed up at the end. I think this show keeps wanting to make sure everyone has something to do, but I wish it would stay a little more focused on letting Supergirl do things.
Dylan: Well, Chris, the guy did have chains. I mean, come on. Those are hard to break out of.
As I also mentioned earlier, James wants Lucy jumped into Team Supergirl, meaning we're going to be seeing a lot more of her as the season progresses. While this also felt a lot like a course correction from the Writer's Room, it does make sense to include her in the circle if she's going to be hanging around Catco every day. But dang, Olsen folds quick, huh? One time having to not tell her about the DEO and he's coming to Kara all, "My girlfriend need to come to our meetings now." How's you feel about this development, Chris?
Chris: This may come as a surprise with my feelings about the rest of the episode, but I didn't like it. These people have secret identities for a reason, and if you can't find a way to make that work on your show, then maybe you shouldn't be doing a show about someone with a secret identity. I know it's easier (on the writing staff) if you just let all your regulars in on everything, but it really takes away some of what makes doing superhero stories different from just writing for.. I don't know, NCIS or something.
Dylan: Well, it also has to do with Jenna Dewan Tatum wanting more to do on the show than stand around and say quasi-legal mumbo jumbo now and then, which means making her one of the core characters. I did feel like the ending of the episode made it seem like the DEO stuff would take a back set for the next little bit at least, which I am kind of okay with.
Chris: Yeah, I'm not particularly a fan of hers either, so I'd just as soon that not happen. I think these last couple of episodes have really started to sour me on James, honestly. Also, Lucy knows James is friends with Supergirl and really good friends with Kara. Does he really think letting her know it's the same person is going to make her feel better about their relationship?
Dylan: Also, just as a logic thing, why did she immediately jump to James knowing about the DEO from Supergirl and not, say, Superman, who is literally James' pal and would also have had some interaction with them?
Chris: That's exactly what I thought! I mean, I know Lucy knows that Supergirl is working with the DEO, but James was doing super-pal stuff with Superman for much longer than he's even known Kara. This is bumming me out.
What'd you think of that little nod they made to Lobo? Would you want to see him show up?
Dylan: Wait… whaaaaat?!
Chris: When they're first discussing Master Jailer abducting that guy at DEO HQ, someone says they might be dealing with some kind of bounty hunter, and Alex says, "You don't think it's…" and Hank/J'onn says, "No no no, if it was him, we'd know." Then he looks straight into the camera and says, "Get it? Get it??" and then winks real big.
Dylan: Oh, they meant Dengar. From Star Wars. You know, the guy who looks like a dumpy space mummy. I'm 99% sure of this.
Chris: Is it true Dengar and Bossk were best friends?
Dylan. It is. And I have the fan fiction to prove it. I'll email it to you right now. And while that sends, what can we expect from next week's episode?
Chris: Well, Kara's going to make her first trip to the Fortress of Solitude, which I'm sure will not be the size of one room (j/k I've seen the set photos and they look adorably cheap), and Smallville's Supergirl, Laura Vandervoort, will be playing the villain of the week!
Dylan: Solitude and stunt-casting. My two favorite things!


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One of today's most prominent science fiction authors, Orson Scott Card writes a "parallel novel," in which a secondary character from his blockbuster ENDER'S GAME is the central protagonist. We see new aspects of the original action, with former background material rising to life and illuminating the main story. Fantastic Audio employs its usual ensemble approach: Various narrators take the characters' dialogue, while Michael Gross reads the narrative in between. Because the readers are well chosen--William Windom and Juliet Mills among them--the technique works well, except that the mastermind of the series (Stefan Rudnicki) often speaks too softly, and traffic noise drowns him out. Still, the program is nicely done. D.R.W. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 02/ JAN 03]
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Julia Pastrana was born in 1834 Sinaloa, Mexico in a poor family. She started to work in her early years to support the family. Unfortunately, the condition in which she was born could not help her. She had Hypertrichosis, a disorder that causes an abnormal amount of hair growth in the face, chest, and limbs. She was also diagnosed with gingival hyperplasia, which increases the size of the gums that produces visual effect of a protruding jaw. During her time, the problems she encountered was very rare and hence nobody knew how to deal with it.
For a few years she worked as a domestic servant for a governor in Sinaloa, but she was removed from the job as they though her presence would hamper the business and investment opportunities in the state. These events coincided with the heyday of circuses and freak shows. Since there were no scientific explanations for these physical ailments, audiences where intrigued by people with out of the common appearances.
Since Julia was one of a kind, two businessmen from America hired her to exhibit her in their shows. She would be presented as "the ugliest woman in the world," the "bearded woman," or the "bear woman." Being only 20 years old, her life changed radically due to these events.
She made her first freak show appearance at the Gothic Hall, in New York City. She was referred to as the 'link between mankind and the orangutan.' She was humiliated and that was the main attraction of the show, but people thronged to see her. She was seen as a monster, an unmistakable icon of ugliness. She made a couple of tours in the United States and then met her future husband and manager, circus impresario Theodore Lent
She started to make regular appearance at fair shows. In 1857, Lent married her so he could control her and keep all the earnings for himself. They both toured Europe and appeared in shows across England, Germany, Poland, and Russia. She drew admiration, curiosity and disgust wherever she went. Some newspapers and books described her appearance as: "gorilla-like" or "revolting in the extreme." Yet, there were people who noticed other qualities behind her mask.
Francis Buckland, a British natural historian, highlighted in his book that she had a sweet singing voice, a great taste in music and dancing, spoke three languages and was also very charitable.
Julia was pregnant by Lent in 1859 while touring. However, the child inherited her hypertrichosis and died hours after his birth in Moscow. Julia too died after five days because of the complications.
Meanwhile, Lent's greed had no limit. He decided to exhibit the bodies of his son and his wife. He later found a bearded woman in Germany whom he married and presented as Julia's sister. He would make his new wife perform alongside the bodies.
While Charles Darwin never saw any of Julia's shows while she was touring London, he did write about her. Eight years after her death, he included a description of her in his The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (1868), which reads as follows:
"Julia Pastrana, a Spanish dancer, was a remarkably fine woman, but she had a thick masculine beard and a hairy forehead; she was photographed, and her stuffed skin was exhibited as a show; but what concerns us is, that she had in both the upper and lower jaw an irregular double set of teeth […] From the redundancy of the teeth her mouth projected, and her face had a gorilla-like appearance"
After Lent passed away, Julia's body was exhibited by a Norwegian fairground operator in the early 1970s. The bodies of Julia and her son were stolen in 1976. At last her remains were found inside a bin, with a dismembered arm, while the child's body was damaged beyond repair.
It was presumed that the bodies were dissected. The police transferred her body to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Oslo, where she was placed in storage, and later on moved to a climate-controlled room of anatomical specimens at the university's Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
A few years after her origins were confirmed, her body was sent back to Mexico in 2013, so she could be buried in her homeland. She received a proper burial as an attempt to give her the humane and dignified treatment she never received, and thus end a story of exploitation and abuse.


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The following came from Coca-Cola Company's website, on their page of frequently asked questions (http://www2.coca-cola.com/contactus/faq/environment.html#2).
Nine states have adopted laws mandating that soft drinks, beer and other carbonated beverages carry a refundable deposit. The last such law was passed in New York in 1982. A tenth state, California, has a related law establishing a redemption value on carbonated beverage containers. Most of these laws were passed in the 1970s in response to concerns about litter from discarded beverage containers.
In the 1980s, many states passed broader solid waste management laws, seeking to promote the diversion of recyclable and reusable material from the waste stream. After this more comprehensive approach to solid waste management became widespread, no state has adopted a Forced Deposit bill.
Deposit laws require that beverage bottlers and distributors charge a refundable deposit on beverage containers. Retailers pay the deposit to the bottler or distributor and, in turn, collect a deposit from consumers. When consumers return empty beverage containers, they receive a refund from the retailer or other redemption operation. Finally, the bottler or distributor reimburses the retailer for deposit refunds paid to the consumer.
In many of these states, returned beverage containers are counted, sorted and stored at the retail or redemption location. Because bottling and distribution companies refund deposits only for containers they sell, empty containers also must be counted and sorted by company. The company typically arranges for its containers to be picked up, transported and processed for sale as scrap material; the company may perform any or all of these services itself, or it may contract them out to a third party.
Implementing a deposit/return system has a profound impact on bottlers' operations and on their customers:
HIGH OPERATING COSTS. Developing the capability to handle and process empty beverage containers requires significant capital investment as well as substantial labor expenses and operating costs.
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. Bottlers must invest in additional warehouse space to store, sort and process material and must purchase and install equipment such as conveyors, balers and crushers. Because delivery vehicle space must be set aside for empty containers, more delivery trucks are required to ship the same amount of product. In addition, bottlers may purchase new vehicles dedicated to hauling empty containers.
LABOR. Bottlers must also hire additional route drivers. Since drivers may spend 20 percent of their time handling empties, more drivers are necessary to maintain the current level of service for customers. Additional labor is required to sort and handle empty containers at warehouses, to operate processing equipment, and to perform auditing and oversight functions including the initiation and refund of deposits.
SUBSIDIES. In some Forced Deposit bill states, bottlers also are required to pay a surcharge to retailers or other redemption operations for each container returned. These "handling fees" are meant to offset costs incurred by the retailer or redemption center.
CUSTOMER INCONVENIENCE. Forced Deposit bills also impose significant burdens on retailers and consumers. Retailers must designate space and staff to count, sort and store empty bottles and cans. This may mean acquiring new equipment, adding space onto stores, redesigning existing space, hiring new staff and incurring extra costs for sanitation and insect and rodent control. Consumers must separate deposit containers from their existing recyclables and bring the bottles and cans with them to the store, rather than leaving them with other recyclables at the curb or taking them to a drop-off location for recycling.
KEY FACTS. Deposit-refund programs run counter to the comprehensive solid waste programs advocated by the soft-drink industry. Establishing a duplicate recycling system for beverage containers alongside existing community recycling programs is an economic and a strategic mistake. A deposit-refund system is a much less efficient way to handle recyclables than a comprehensive recycling program accepting many materials. The cost per ton of material recycled is typically three times higher in a deposit system than in a comprehensive curbside program. Further, a deposit system pulls the most valuable material (aluminum, glass and plastics) out of the community program, adversely affecting the economics of the existing system. From a strategic standpoint, deposits divert attention from the existing curbside or drop-off program by subdividing the recyclable stream and focusing disproportionate attention on containers that account for less than three percent of the waste stream.
With regard to litter control, deposit laws are poor substitutes for comprehensive litter control programs. Broader programs provide a more efficient and effective mechanism for controlling all litter, not just the small fraction accounted for by beverage containers. In the end, comprehensive solutions to recycling and litter control promise much greater efficiency and effectiveness than deposits. Forced Deposit bills create an expensive, cumbersome system to manage a very small portion of the total waste stream. Forced Deposit bills also hurt existing recycling systems by diverting the most valuable commodities.
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Dark crimson color, an inviting nose of crushed red berries and blackberry compote layered with oak spices and leather. Flavors replicate the aromatics and provide an incredibly complex wine for the price. – Derek Brammer
Start with red currant and dried savory herb, then add fudge and finish with menthol – that is just the aromatics. Classic Washington Cabernet flavor profile with dense red fruit layered in with dusty spices. A mouth coating, completely satisfying wine. – Noelle Starr
A classic nose. I pick up red berry and herbal, dried tea leaves. The mouthfeel of this wine plays perfectly with the fruit and hints of oak (18 months aged). A balanced acidity and subtle, but present fine-grained tannins will make you sit up and take notice of the wine in your glass. – Drew Fuller
This has great Cabernet varietal character – solid dark currant fruit, some herbal backbone, medium structure and just the right touch of tannin. A perfect companion to aged Cheddar cheese. – Bill McCleary
As Washington wines become a serious presence in our aisles, I continue to be impressed at the quality and complexity that these wines deliver. This 100% Cabernet has the aromatics, structure, and depth of a wine easily two times its price. I suspect this wine will show even more as it ages a bit. But, by all means, drink some of this now! -Roger Clark
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It is tempting, if you are a member of the upper class, to look down on people who lineup for Black Friday in order to try to score discounted electronic appliances and what not. But, judge not lest you be judged.
6 thoughts on "Don't Judge Black Friday"
Even poor people can't avoid taking advantage of poor people.
When one is hungry even the thought of cannibalism becomes appetizing.
Jesus said Take, eat; this is my body.
And his pappy said, "… thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee …"
Deuteronomy 28:53
" 'Eat Me!' Said Alice…"
There's a fair amount cannibalism in Teh Holey Babble, it's even more prevalent than human sacrifice.
Well said, Glenn.
Shopping at WalMart for instance.
Was it wrong? Yes.
Did I do it? Yes.
More so the tragedy because it doesn't have to be this way.
We live in a world built to our own design.
If we want a tree there; there will be a tree.
If we want a mountain there; there will be a mountain.
If we want to move the mountain, we can do that too.
Maybe put up a few dozen Chinese skyscrapers.
Just as long as you keep in mind that Chinese are bad and Russians are worse. Problems in the United States are always the fault of outsiders….
I fear, alas, that I lack the «religious gene», but Matthew 7:1-5 applies to us all….
On Thanksgiving Day, we clean the house and prepare to make Thanksgiving Dinner.
On YoureWelcomeGiving Day ("Friday") we make turkey and all the fixin's for our extended family.
Less stress, easier workload & there's no freakin' way we're going anywhere near the mall.
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Travis Scott is back with his latest melodic smash entitled Butterfly Effect. The 25 year old Houston rapper is famed for his melodies and is in the top bracket in that field currently. Travis has a collaboration album with Quavo dropping soon. Butterfly Effect was produced by Canadian Producer MurdaBeatz whose stock is rising in Hip Hop. Murda has produced for many premier acts noticeably Drizzy on More Life
In just under one month since the official video was published, Butterfly Effect has 17 million views. The melody is undeniable as the vibe is created instantly.
Travis Scott sings he cannot change!
Is he wildin' with his girlfriend Kylie Jenner like this?
Hidden Hills
Los Angeles is home to the Hidden Hills, located next to Calabassas where celebrities hang. Notably, the Kardashian-Jenner clan, Kanye, Jamie Foxx and Drake.
Kylie Jenner's new crib in the Hidden Hills
Butterfly Effect Official Audio and Video
Being high on narcotics may enable you to visualise the video to Butterfly Effect in a different dimension. Regardless, it is funkadelic with a lot of trippy scenes. A mountainous region is the setting for Travis to glide off the side of his Lamborghini. La Flame is iced out and is fully embracing his bull-shit.
Celebrity chicks, Drugs and Expensive vehicles!
What is a Butterfly Effect?
The term refers to the concept that small causes can have a large effect. It is also a trash 2004 movie starring my guy Ashton Kutcher. Travis Scott being a rapper puts the spin of a 'double entendre' on the Butterfly Effect. It also refers to the doors of the Lamborghini that Travis owns and is sporting in the video.
It is pretty explanatory as Travis Scott is going to stay true to himself and embrace his imperfections. This is a good message to send if your current life is promoting positivity and progress. If it is not ticking those two boxes maybe you need to change!
For this life, I cannot change
Hidden Hills, deep off in the main
M&M's, sweet like candy cane
Drop the top, pop it, let it bang (pop it, pop it)
For this life, I cannot change
Hidden Hills, deep off in the main
M&M's, sweet like candy cane
Drop the top, pop it, let it bang (pop it, pop it)
I have been replaying this one all afternoon. Butterfly Effect is another wavy tune, which is adding to the notion that 2017 was a great year for Hip Hop.
Now, I certainly do not agree with the underlying message of designer drug use as cited in the chorus. However, Hip Hop is not an ethical playhouse. It's just rap.
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Welcome to Week 3 where we will be looking at the theme of Connecting Up.
There are many professional networking platforms out there at the moment but one of the more established players is LinkedIn. While LinkedIn has sometimes become a source of humour with its incessant invites and reminder emails, it does have a lot of value especially when it comes to having one place to show off yourself and your skills, as well as connecting with interesting new people.
Check out this video for a quick overview of the basics of LinkedIn.
Video transcript
Here's a helpful LinkedIn overview handout too.
By maintaining a professional looking LinkedIn profile, you not only have a handy place for people to find you if they Google you but you also increase your chances of someone finding you and your research and reaching out to collaborate on a project or…
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Lexus sales up double-digits
Search Driven for vehicles for sale
Lexus New Zealand is progressively shaking up the luxury car market with a combination of aggressive styling, optional hybrid powertrain and original brand initiatives commanding consideration.
From the conceptual hoverboard and sports yacht through to the incredibly futuristic SkyJet that will feature in Luc Besson's new motion picture, Lexus has been gradually building a reputation as a supporter of exciting design ideas.
In New Zealand sales rose 12 per cent last year to 720 and are more than 50 percent up on five years ago, mirroring an increase in sales for all major markets.
Steve Prangnell, Toyota New Zealand General Manager of Sales, says that the 2016 figure is a new record for Lexus in New Zealand, and demonstrates the strength and growing appeal of the new product that's been brought into the country since 2012.
"Kiwis are identifying with the brand shift that Lexus has made over the past few years, and their judicious spend is reflective of that. They appreciate the leading-edge look they get with a Lexus."
"The new sharp lines, spindle grille, arrowhead headlamps and precise proportions are bold yet simple and that is a very appealing design aesthetic to many luxury consumers."
"Sales of hybrids, and in the SUV luxury crossover range (NX and RX and powerful LX luxury utility vehicles), are stronger than ever."
Prangnell says that Lexus has just launched the facelift IS sports sedan and the 'halo' Lexus LC 500 luxury sport coupé is expected to land after July.
"There is a lot of anticipation around that one," he smiles.
"The discerning local market is definitely moving our way, and we are well-positioned for growth in 2017," says Prangnell.
The hybrid range extending to 12 models (CT 200h, NX 300h, RX 450h, ES 300h, GS 300h, LS 600h), blends fuel efficiency and instant power with the trademark Lexus luxury, made up 40% of total sales for 2016 with more New Zealanders than ever before pairing desirability with growing environmental awareness.


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The holidays are quickly approaching and everyone needs a quick, savory, overnight breakfast casserole recipe. Thrown together in minutes, this Never Fail Sausage and Egg Casserole can serve a crowd the next day. {gluten free}
The last thing anyone wants to do is wake up Thanksgiving or Christmas morning and have to slave over the stove making a hot breakfast for all your house guests. No worries; this is your answer. This recipe has been around forever. I can remember my mom making a variation of this when we had company for Thanksgiving. After all, what tastes better than eggs, sausage and cheese together? It's the perfect hangover breakfast. Not that you would ever need that 😜.
The maple sausage is salty and sweet at the same time and gets nicely browned when cooked in a skillet. The bread cubes soak up all the milk and egg goodness. I have made this with both Udi's Gluten Free and regular bread. Either is delicious.
I always use maple breakfast sausage and this brings a nice sweetness to the dish that I like. You could also use hot or regular breakfast sausage depending on your taste preference. For a lighter version, try turkey sausage.
If you want some color, add some chopped spinach or kale to the sausage when you cook it. The greens will get nicely wilted and add some awesome color. Any type of shredded cheese will do, but I used sharp cheddar. I only sprinkled 1/2 cup over the top. This Never Fail Sausage and Egg Casserole is so good, you don't need much cheese.
So put this on the menu for Thanksgiving or Christmas. You'll be so happy when you wake up and find this baby ready to go in the fridge!
Never Fail Sausage and Egg Casserole
- 1 lb breakfast sausage
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 whole yellow pepper, diced
- 1 whole red pepper, diced
- 5 whole eggs
- 5 egg whites
- 1 1/2 cup almond or regular milk
- 1 tsp ground mustard
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 6 slices gluten free bread, cubed (I use Udi's)
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar
- Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 13 x 9-inch casserole dish with cooking spray. Cook the sausage in a skillet until browned, crumbling as you go. Remove from pan. Add onions and peppers and saute until tender.
- In a bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, and spices.
- Put the bread cubes in the bottom of the casserole dish. Place sausage and pepper mixture on top. Pour the egg mixture over top of that. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the fridge in the morning and let it come to room temperature for about 20 minutes. Bake for 30-40 minutes until set in the middle. Serve warm.
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Asafoetida is a gum exuded from the taproot of the Ferula herb which grows in Kashmir. In Sanskrit it is called Hingu, in Sinhalese Perumkayam. It is also imported from Iran and Afghanistan. Asafoetida though acrid and bitter in taste is extensively used for flavoring curries and pickles.
Asafoetida Benefits
Asafoetida is a carminative and a stimulant which helps digestion; asafoetida also acts as a sedative and a diuretic. It is commonly used in indigenous medicine for dyspepsia, flatulence, colic and diseases of the nervous system. It is also an ingredient in several medicinal oils.
Asafoetida gives relief in cases of asthma, hysteria, whooping cough. In spasmodic disorders of the bowels it is used as a suppository in constipation, or for lack of tension or muscular power of the bowel and also in partial paralysis. Recent studies have shown that it has more sedative properties and is used in diseases of the heart. In Sri Lanka in ancient times it was used as a disinfectant and was tied on the hand specially of infants.
There is a famous Ayurvedic Chumanamed "Hingusgrashtaka". This is composed of Asafoetida, ginger, long pepper, omum or asamodagam, cummin seeds and rock salt. Take equal parts, reduce to powder and mix well. Dose: 20 grams to be taken with the first mouthful of rice with butter at breakfast. This is administered to produce an appetite and increase the digestive powers and cure flatulence. It may be taken with lime juice in the form of a pill.


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Nine Eggs and Getting Excited!
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My donor had nine eggs retrieved. How wonderful. She was crying when I walked in to see her in recovery. I instantly thought something was wrong when I saw her red eyes. She went to great lengths to pacify me and convince me they were tears of joy. I believed her after a couple of minutes – it is quite an ordeal.
She did such a great job. Really. She recovered really quickly and was in such a good mood in the car on the way home; saying how good she felt.
Then tragedy struck. She got a phone call on the way home that one of her precious little dogs had died (her two dogs are like her children; she loves them so much). A heavy table had fallen on this poor little dog in wild winds and crushed it. It had to be taken to the vet to get put to sleep. Well, I felt just awful. Just awful. You can imagine … the only reason her dogs were at her friend's house was because she was in Melbourne with me for the week – donating her eggs. My goodness. What could be done? Needless to say there were many, many tears.
I'll get two embryos transferred tomorrow (two day transfer) and the rest will be frozen. When I go in for the transfer I'll be told what the fertility rate was. Let's see how the donor sperm likes my niece's eggs! I'm sure the little embryos will be sooo cute!
I'm going to do home pregnancy tests because there is no way I can wait until the blood test without some kind of indication. My chance of pregnancy is high and my chance of twins is also high … eek! (secretly hoping for happy healthy twins please God).
I am in such a happy/anxious/grateful mood ☼ yay ☼
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Hi my dear – sorry to hear about yr nieces dog – what a blow.
But great news about the magic number nine.
Did you guys rule out letting them go to blast – I know Melb IVF are much more happy with day 2? Fingers crossed you have lots of frozen ones too.
I hope your niece does okay – my sis says about 10 days after pick up – she has been hit with huge hormone drop and felt very blue both times.
Really hoping this is your time.
If I had nine embryos – I would be pushing for at least a three day transfer – and that way they can be picking two really good eight cell compacting embryos. At day two – they all are pretty much the same and it is harder for them to pick the best of what is no doubt a very good lot.
When my sis was having her pick up – she heard a doctor telling the woman in the next bed – that Melb IVF is starting to lean towards a three day transfer.
And when i asked for day 3 – they didn't kick up much fuss.
I would be ringing tomorrow morning and asking before you go in for transfer – but then again – that is just me.
Good luck my dear.
Oh dear, the poor little puppy. What a terrible accident!
Congrats on the transfer today. I'm hoping the 2ww goes quickly for you, and the excitement continues for a long time yet!
Nine eggs is fantastic – congratulations! Wishing you a great fertilisation rate and 2 beautiful day 2 embies to transfer. I have found MIVF to slowly evolve over the past year or so. My FS is the one who pushed me to go to blast and even before that my MIVF Dandenong Satelitte cCinic Nurse suggested I try this next which indicates that it must be becoming a more common occurance? Sorry I am rambling now…
I am so sorry about the puppy 😦
I just read your post, so you have probably had the transfer by now! I am just so excited for you, and I can't wait for the next update. My husband and I went to an adoption seminar this weekend and we have previously met with a DE counselor. We have had a long talk about our options. I think we are going try DE and will likely start the process next month! I have so much appreciated your blog. Thank you. Keep the postings coming 🙂
I hope your niece is doing well. What a wonderful person! I am very sorry to hear about her dog–terrible news.


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wreck at Blanton FLgreenspun.com : LUSENET : ACL and SAL Railroads Historical Society : One Thread
The ICC reports index shows file 1302 is an ACL wreck at Blanton FL 10/28/1926. The file 1302 is misfiled, what opens is file 1502, a Reading wreck in 1929. Does anyone know anything about this ACL wreck?
-- Larry E. Shankles (email@example.com), January 23, 2002
Ron: It's hard to condense a seven page report into a few sentences, but to answer your questions: 1. A "work" order is indeed a train order. The dispatcher and operators refer to a train order authorizing a work extra as a "work" order. A "work" order can get lengthy and to let the operator know that he must copy close, the dispatcher will state that he's going to transmit a "work" order. It's operator/dispatcher lingo.
2. You are correct -- the Conductor on Extra 815 South thought the order applied to his train when in fact Work Extra 273 had already cleared for No. 40 and Extra 915 at Blanton. In report- ing for orders at Trilby, the dispatcher transmitted a message to the Conductor of Extra 815 South that he would have to pro- tect against Work Extra 273, but the Conductor denied having received the message. The Conductor, riding the engine, did not compare orders with the Engineer until the train had left Trilby. Neither the Fireman nor the Brakeman were allowed to see the order.
Would Work Extra 273 stay in the clear for Extra 815 even if Extra 915 passed first ? No. Train order NO. 20 authorized Work Extra 273 to move in either direction between Trilby and Tarpon Springs protecting (flagging) ONLY for extra 915 South (after 8:30 am) and Extra 905 North (after 1215 pm) . Once these two extras approached the work limits, the flagman would have instructions on how they were to proceed and arrangements would be made to clear the main track. A work extra MUST clear the time of scheduled trains
Where did No. 96 come from ? St. Petersburg. No. 96 was the PINELLAS SPECIAL. Being a scheduled train, the work extra had to be clear of the main track, on most railroads it's five minutes before the time shown in the timetable, or protect in accordance with Rule 99 (the flagging rule).
-- Harry Bundy (firstname.lastname@example.com), January 23, 2002.
I guess I can;t read train orders well enough to know exactly what went wrong. Did the ballast train arrive too early, before 815 am?
>The work train received the following "work" order Do the quotes around "work" mean the order was suspect or just that it is a "work" order, as compared to say a "train" order?
>"Eng 273 work 601 am to 601 pm between Trilby and Tarpon Springs protecting against extra 915 (note eng. no.) south after 830 am against extra 906 north after 1215 pm not against other extras and not pass extra 283 south." The ballast train had eng 815.
So one problem was the engine number was wrong? In such a case what was the procedure. I mean, wouldn't 273 stay in the siding until a train with engine 815 went by, even if a train with engine 915 went by first?
Does the "protecting" section of this order translate to "After 830 am get in a siding until you see extra 915 headed south go by, then you can return to work until 1215 pm, when you should get out of the way of 906 north and other than that there are no more extras to look out for."
What does "not pass extra 283 south" mean, that the work train was following extra 283 south and was not authorized to pass it?
>On instructions from the conductor, the ballast train left Trilby to clear No. 96 at Blanton and collided with Work Extra 273 between 25 and 30 MPH. Where did 96 come from, the schedule? And does this mean the ballast train intended to get in the siding at Blanton before 96 showed up, but instead collided with the work extra?
-- Ron. Wright (firstname.lastname@example.com), January 23, 2002.
This was a head-end collision between a ballast train and a work extra resulting in the death of one employee and the injury of six employees. The work train received the following "work" order "Eng 273 work 601 am to 601 pm between Trilby and Tarpon Springs protecting against extra 915 (note eng. no.) south after 830 am against extra 906 north after 1215 pm not against other extras and not pass extra 283 south." The ballast train had eng 815. On instructions from the conductor, the ballast train left Trilby to clear No. 96 at Blanton and collided with Work Extra 273 between 25 and 30 MPH.
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Sunday 11:30 am - Lauren stumbled backwards into the fire pit's hot ashes, burning her hand and wrist. We dunked her hand in ice water and immediately jumped in the car and headed to the hospital. On the way down the hill leaving the campground, Eric spotted a fire station and quickly pulled in. A fireman poured solution on the burn and wrapped it for us while they told us where the closest hospital was. We drove to North Austin Medical Center where they cleaned the burn, removed the loose skin, applied silverdene cream and wrapped it up in a bandage. They told us to change the dressing twice a day and see our pediatrician in 4 to 5 days.
We were fortunate the fire station was a mile from our campsite and they were able to quickly care for the burn so it stayed clean and was protected. It's amazing that we did not have to wait in the emergency room and were seen right away.
Thursday 10:00 - Lauren had her scheduled 2 year check up with our wonderful pediatrician. After speaking with him about the burn, he quickly left the room and grabbed the plastic surgeon standing right outside the exam room. The plastic surgeon examined her burn and lets us know that she has 2nd degree and possibly 3rd degree burns that may require a skin graft and physical therapy so she doesn't lose mobility in her right hand.
How amazing is it that a plastic surgeon just happened to be standing right outside our room and was able to access the severity of the burn! It was obvious to us that God was watching out for us.
Monday 10:30 - The plastic surgeon called Eric directly and recommended that we take Lauren to see his friend who is a plastic surgeon for the Wound Care Center at Dell Children's Hospital. We quickly scheduled an appointment for the next day.
The plastic surgeon saw the wound care plastic surgeon at a social event and after they discussed our case, they decided Lauren would be better suited at Dell Children's Hospital. We were able to get an appointment for the very next day with the wound care center.
Tuesday 9:15 - Lauren's hand is examined by the Wound Care nurses and the plastic surgeon's nurse practitioner and we are instructed to clean it once a day and apply Aquaphor to the healing skin, Bacitracin to her thumb area and Collagenase to the white areas that need the most healing. We were scheduled to go back Thursday to meet the doctor who would determine if Lauren's burn would require a skin graft.
The nurses were wonderful and very informative. Lauren watched Elmo while she was examined, played with a special toy and the nurse blew bubbles for her. The new treatment allows her to move her hand more easily and should allow the burn to heal faster.
Thursday 8:00 - Lauren's hand is examined by the plastic surgeon and he determines the burn is healing well on it's own and does not require a skin graft. We are to continue caring for the burn and scheduled to go back Tuesday to see the wound care nurses and Thursday to see the plastic surgeon again.
We are so thankful God lead us to receive the best possible care for Lauren. With such good care, we are hopeful Lauren will have minimal scarring and full mobility in her hand. We still have a long road ahead of us, but her hand is healing more and more each day.
The white areas on her hand need the most healing. The pink areas are already healing and have new skin.
God's hand was with us in the accident and continues with us in the recovery of our sweet baby girl.
Fear not, for I am with you;be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
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This past weekend, as part of my research for an upcoming magazine article on direct sales, I was invited to attend Silpada's National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. For those of you unfamiliar with Silpada, it is a direct sales company that specializes in sterling silver jewelry sold at home parties. Every year they have a conference for their sales reps, with workshops, awards, inspirational speeches, and more. Along with fellow journalist and friend, Andrea Atkins, I got to experience it all.
On Friday morning at the opening general session, Silpada sales rep Jill Mapstead spoke about her experiences as a businesswoman and parent of a special needs child. I was so inspired and moved by her words, that I thought I'd repeat her "pearls" of wisdom here, since they apply to all mompreneurs.
•Treat your business like a business. Block out the hours that you will work, and set goals for yourself. "If you don't, you're cheating the boss," said Jill, who referred to herself as a "complete carrot-chaser." Goals are your "mile posts." Setting short-term and long-term goals keeps you on course.
•Work on your business a little bit each day. Even if distractions or unexpected events (like a sick kid or a snow day) blow your to-do list to bits, do one business-related thing. E-mail a potential client. Research a store you'd like to be in. Check out your competition online.
•The business is all in your head. Keeping future-focused helps you survive the inevitable bumps, obstacles and setbacks along the way.
•Play up in this game. Surround yourself with people who have skills you admire; and learn from them.
•Be a balcony person, not a basement person. Cheer on the people you work with, rather than dragging them down. As Pat and I have always said, "Confidence is contagious. When you have it, others will want to be around you, so they can have it too."
•If you don't like something, change it. And if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
•Be consistent. No matter what business you're in, be consistent in your efforts. For Jill, that meant having 4 to 7 jewelry parties a month. For me, it means continuing to pitch stories to editors, even while I'm working on finishing up big articles. Consistency is what keeps the work (and the dollars) coming in!
Thank you Jill Mapstead for those inspirational words!
When Ellen and I started working from home, we were so concerned with maintaining a professional image that we always made phone calls when our kids were either at school or with a babysitter to keep them quiet or out of the house. We felt it was important that there be no crying, requests for a snack or calls to go potty overheard by those on the other end of the call.
I realize that times have changed and working from home is much more acceptable as a "real career" these days. But the other day I was on a 4-way conference call with some business associates and one of the guys (who works out of his house) had babysitting duties because the kids were between school and camp. His 3-year old and 6-year old were in his home office obviously doing an arts and crafts project because we heard repeated demands for "more glitter" and "colored markers" in the background. Now I find it challenging to participate in conference calls to begin with…especially when someone is on a cell phone. But the kids voices were really distracting. I didn't say a word, but finally, his superior said "I'm finding it really hard to hear what you're saying with the kids' voices in the background…can you do something?" She was half kidding, but I know she would have preferred them out of the room (she has no children.) He explained that the babysitter didn't show and then found a quieter room to finish the call from.
My feeling is that work-at-home dads still get away with more than work-at-home moms. I know the "rules" are more relaxed now. But most of the mom entrepreneurs I know would still feel it necessary to project a more professional image and would schedule conference calls when they know they have child care coverage or can at least have a chunk of quiet time. Maybe I'm wrong. What are your "rules?" Does it depend on the business you're conducting and the person you're talking to? Please share!
It's not often that I get the chance to trade in my boring yogurt-at-my-desk lunch for a 3-course meal at Abigail Kirsh's Tappan Hill Restaurant in Tarrytown, New York. But last Friday, I shared amazing food with some amazing women at WEDC's annual spring luncheon and microenterprise fair. For those of you unfamiliar with WEDC (which stands for Women's Enterprise Development Center), its mission is to encourage entrepreneurship in and around Westchester County, New York, through training programs, support services and microenterprise funding opportunities. I am lucky enough to be a WEDC trainer, and I teach their 15-week Entrepreneurial Training Program in the spring and fall.
The luncheon is always the highlight of the season, offering an opportunity to network with other business women, hear inspirational advice from the featured speakers, and catch up with former students (like Tsahai Martin-Wright of Shima & Sahai and Kim Jones of Urban Tranquility, who both exhibited their products at the microenterprise fair beforehand.
But this year's WEDC event was extra-special because it included the inaugural presentation of the LEAP Awards, micro grants made possible by local philanthropist Patricia Lanza. They were awarded to qualifying women entrepreneurs who have completed WEDC training; and I was thrilled to learn that two of the LEAP award winners were from my current class! I was a proud mama as I gathered with other students to cheer on these inspirational ladies.
Margie Nugent, of Making Faces Parties, had to rebuild her life after arriving in a domestic violence shelter with 2 little boys and just $20 in her pocket. She always dreamed of owning a business that tapped into her artistic abilities and degrees from FIT. In 2009, she launched Making Faces Parties, an entertainment company offering a variety of body art services. The business—run on nights and weekends—supplements her fulltime job working in a school, and was profitable in its first year. Margie will use her grant money to purchase more equipment, get additional training, and exhibit at body painting competitions to broaden her exposure.
Jenifer Ross, of W@tercooler, spotted the emerging trend of co-working, and is capitalizing on it. W@tercooler is a collaborative office space in historic Tarrytown, New York, available for part-time or fulltime rental to entrepreneurs, freelancers, and other mobile workers. But this is no ordinary office suite rental place. Jenifer's space is unique because members work side by side in a shared loft-like setting, gaining a sense of community and a place to exchange ideas. The open floor plan has a variety of options—private desks, shared desks or tables, and a lounge area—with access to a shared kitchen, a private phone booth, and a state of the art conference room. All members enjoy complimentary WiFi, faxing, printing, and coffee. And (in a move that I think is sheer genius), clerical help is available through the intern program Jenifer has established with her local high school. If you're in the Westchester area and need an alternative to working in your lonely home office, come check it out. You may just see me there! (Look for me with my laptop on that cool settee)! Jenifer is using her grant money to build a deck overlooking the Hudson River, providing members with yet another scenic and collaborative place to work.
Other LEAP award winners included:
•Cary and Meryl Gabeler, a mom-daughter team who run Anjolie Ayurveda, organic soaps imported from India.
•Beatriz Messina, of BM Consulting of New York, a proposal writing and project management firm
•Juana Pinyol, who launched Details Custom Cleaning Services, a residential cleaning service which uses green products.
•Beverly Turner, of Casaco, Inc., which provides financial literacy and home ownership counseling.
•Maria Valente, of Chocolations, a chocolate shop and café (and the only chocolate factory in Westchester County, NY!)
Congratulations all!
If you're in the Westchester, NY area, check WEDC out. If you're not, research the women's business development groups or other SBA-funded organizations in your community. Organizations like these are a great resource for support, networking, and training. And sometimes they even provide a nice alternative to eating lunch at your desk!
Ten years ago, Jeanette Baysa and Katherine Patton ditched careers in corporate America (they had both worked in project management in Honolulu) for a slower paced, rural lifestyle and more rewarding work on Hawaii's Big Island. Since then, they've been running Hilo Coffee Mill on the island's eastern side, where they now cultivate their own crops and process, package and market coffee grown by local farmers. No batch is too small. "Our primary goal is to support the small family farm and find a market for these artisanal coffees both locally and abroad," says Jeanette.
While everyone associates Hawaii with Kona coffee (grown on the western end), the Big Island's wetter, cooler eastern side produces some of the richest beans in the world. In fact, in the 1800s over 6,000 acres of coffee trees flourished there, until sugar took over as the state's more profitable crop. Now that sugar production has declined, East Hawaii coffee is making a comeback. And Katherine and Jeanette are on a mission to help small, family-run plantations prosper once again.
Here's how the coffee lovers brewed their business idea.
A vision percolates: Though they lived in the midst of "coffee heaven," Katherine and Jeanette couldn't find any good local coffee being served. They opened a small espresso cafe in a Hilo shopping center, but were sourcing the beans from the mainland. "Local farmers often asked us to buy their coffee," says Katherine. "We really wanted to, cause it was delicious, but with coffee being our main business, we couldn't rely on the farmer for our only supply." Then they hit upon a solution, deciding to start Hilo Coffee Mill in February 2001, a business that could buy direct from farmers and also import coffee from many different countries, ensuring a consistent supply. They'd process and package local farmers' custom coffees and market them to island restaurants, and globally as well.
Start-up steps: They leased a small storefront/warehouse space in an industrial park in Kea'au, and initially took the green coffee to a company in Kona—3 hours away—where it was roasted. But the trip was tiring and time-consuming, and when a friend's sister in Washington State had a roaster for sale, they jumped at the chance to buy it. They started with one farmer, who is still with them today, and rounded up restaurant partners simply by approaching local places that served coffee. "Our first client was a restaurant we dined at often," says Jeanette. "That restaurant, Don's Grill, is still with us after all these years!" Jeanette and Katherine became known as the "coffee ladies." They ran the business out of Kea'au for 4 years, during which time they acquired more equipment and warehouse space, funded by loans from relatives, friends and shareholders who believed in their dream. "We knew that we eventually wanted to move to a site on the highway, visible to tourists and locals, where we could have a small visitor center and grow a little coffee of our own," says Jeanette.
How business grew: Katherine began investigating some vacant old sugarcane land and found that a 400-acre parcel in Mountain View, right along Volcano Highway on the way to the national park, was being subdivided into smaller lots. They were able to purchase 24 acres. It took 3 bulldozers and 6 months to prepare the land that Hilo Coffee Mill now occupies. The enterprise has morphed into a full-service coffee mill and plantation, with a retail shop, Latte Da coffee and tea bar, catering and marketing services, and a Saturday farmer's market featuring eggs from their own chickens and other locally grown items. There are also educational tours showcasing the coffee production process—from plant to cup. They started with 500 seedlings, and now have 6,000 trees, this year yielding about 4,000 pounds of roasted coffee. And today the "coffee ladies" buy from over 15 farmers on Hawaii Island, plus many from Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Molokai. "The business has definitely taken on a life of its own," says Katherine. "But our core mission is the same: Offering fresh roasted Hawaiian grown coffee, supporting our local farmers, and providing a great place for our local community to work, gather and have fun."
From farm to table: One of the most challenging parts of the business is getting people to know what it stands for, admits Jeanette. "We support local agriculture, and those who have made the hard choice to grow our food responsibly. We live on an island, so it's important to be in business not only for ourselves, but for our community. We depend on the small farmer, and they depend on us." She adds that many people forget that Hawaiian coffee is a domestic product, the consumption of which affects a US farmer. "Our goal is to enlighten consumers to get as close to the producers of their food as possible. If they can see the environment where the food comes from, the more likely they are to support those enterprises. We hope to teach that sustainability is achievable, even in small ways."
Finding your own piece of paradise: Katherine and Jeanette urge aspiring entrepreneurs to "dream big." Do what you love and do it with passion, they say. But also plan it out first and make every step count. "Don't start something that you aren't ready to completely handle," Katherine cautions. And have fun. "When you love what you do, it almost doesn't feel like 'work.' Paradise is what you make of where you are."
So now that turkey day is gone, and the last of the leftover stuffing has been consumed, I really need to get serious about figuring out what to give my clients. Decisions, decisions. In my last blog post, I mentioned things that have worked for me in the past. Here's what I'm considering this year.
**A ready-to-plant amaryllis bulb in a festive pot
**Funky business card holders (either for the purse or desk)
**Super cute desk/office supplies (I love the ones from seejanework.com)
**Dancing Deer cookies (dancingdeer.com). I love the ones in the shape of the house… they benefit the homeless too!
**Gourmet hot chocolate. I've given this before, but this year I'm thinking of including homemade gourmet marshmallows and some artisanal chocolates from the woman-owned shop in my neighborhood.
**I'm also contemplating donating on my editors' behalf to my new favorite charity, kiva.org. Your donation actually becomes a micro-loan to assist a disadvantaged entrepreneur in the U.S. or around the world.
I'll keep you posted on my decision. In the meantime, I'm going out this week to pick out the perfect card. My PictureIt Postage stamps have arrived. Check out how cute they are.
If you order using the coupon code MOTHERHOOD, you'll get $4 off an order of custom stamps and be entered to win a $500 prize http://pictureitpostage.com/
Rules are detailed here http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/483184
I'll let you know when I make my decision, and send you a pic when I've got everything "wrapped up."
Happy gift-giving!
Every year around this time, I try to find new and creative ways to show my appreciation to the editors who keep me so busy writing all year long. Though I don't give gifts to everyone I've ever worked with, I do send something to the special people who hire me consistently throughout the year. These are usually editors with whom I've built solid relationships with over time. The rest of my business contacts get holiday cards, and I admit spending WAY too much time picking out just the right design that will make people remember me!
I've been doing the holiday card and gift thing for over 20 years as a homebased writer/mompreneur. Here are some of the festive tricks I've learned along the way.
Don't Go Overboard on Gifts. I recently heard one of my favorite editors say that she thinks it's weird if writers give her something extravagant. And if someone she's only worked with occasionally sends something, she thinks they're sucking up. The moral? It's not necessary to shower everyone you've ever worked with (or want to work with) with presents. But do be sure to show your appreciation to clients that hire you most often.
Keep Gifts Small and Sweet. Boxes of artisanal chocolates, brownies, cookies, or small fruit baskets will always be greatly appreciated. It's even better if the treat benefits some kind of good cause (check out cookiesforkidscancer.org). I also try to pay attention to what clients like when we're out for lunch or coffee. For example, I once bought my tea-loving editor a gourmet sampler tied to a handmade tea caddy. She loved it! I gave handmade floral notecards to another editor who had mentioned she missed letter writing. They were a big hit.
Slip Something in the Card. If you've got a lot of gifts to send, you might try slipping a Starbucks or Sephora gift card into the envelope (I still have the very cool eye liner bought with the gift certificate my iVillage editor sent me years ago!) Sure you could email these, but there's still something wonderful about actually getting a mailed card to open—especially in this high-tech, impersonal age. I've also received many cards where the sender has made a contribution to a charity in my name—a great way to have your gift do some good!
Personalize Your Postage. Did you know that you can actually make postage stamps with your company logo? The PictureItPostage peeps just gave me the chance to try it out for free, and I have to tell you…it's very very cool! It works like this: Go to http://pictureitpostage.com/business/ and design a stamp using a jpeg logo from your photo file. I used a picture of our red-headed Mompreneur character from the homepage, and then adjusted the postage part of the stamp to match the teal background. Pretty cute! I'm going to go make one with her in her Santa hat too! The .44 stamps are 18.95 for a package of 20; and PictureItPostage is offering our community a coupon to get $4 off your order. Go to http://pictureitpostage.com/business/ and use Coupon Code: MOTHERHOOD .
Thought you might get some tips out of my latest article on Social Media Tools. Thanks! Diana
Social Media Tools For You – Business Just Got a Whole Lot Better
Social media is definitely hot now as a means to get clients and more exposure for your business. But understanding it all can be a challenge. Not anymore. This week we are going to break it down and show you the different social media tools and just what they can be used for in your business.
First the granddaddy of them all, Facebook. No need to tell you what Facebook is, but let's concentrate on how it can drive sales to your business. It's important to use your Facebook page itself as marketing tool by providing information on your business and a means to connect to you on there. It allows you to brand your business, drive more traffic to your site, post events, etc. I've also discovered that the advertising feature of Facebook ads works well too.
Twitter next – I for one am definitely a Twitter addict. I love it. Not only because I can connect with my friends and associates, but because it drives people to my site and the events that I host. For example, I'm doing a PR class now, and being able to tweet about it gives me more signs-ups. You just can't beat that added exposure.
YouTube – There is no denying the power of videos. People love to feel more connected with you personally online and this is a means to do it. We recommend not only doing a single video about your business, but developing a whole series on tips that show your expertise. Just make sure these add value and aren't just an advertisement.
TubeMogul – For video uploads and syndication, this allows you to upload a single video to dozens of video sites including YouTube. Oh yes, it's that easy!
Flickr – This allows you to download photos and easily add them to your blogs and presentations. This is especially beneficial for real estate agents, wedding planners, event companies, etc. When you can show what you can do for clients and have done previously, it entices people to want to know more.
There are so many more, but this should get you started. Isn't it amazing what's out there today. Until next time, happy marketing!
Diana Ennen is the President of Virtual Word Publishing, http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com where she specializes in PR and marketing and business startups. Contact her at email@example.com or @dianaennen
We were thrilled to be quoted in Forbes this week. You have to scroll through the video. It's an article on when to logg off and on over the holidays.
Here's my quote!
It's best to keep your BlackBerry far from reach on the holiday itself, shares Diana Ennen, author of So You Want to Be a Work-At-Home Mom. One bad piece of news on Christmas morning can derail even the happiest of holidays. "Once I got an e-mail from a client stating that they would no longer need my services because of financial problems. It was a long-term client and a hard blow for my business. I couldn't shake it all day." Her holiday was spoiled by that e-mail, even though the client returned.
Thank goodness for Profnet and HARO. It's so great that you can connect directly with reporters who are looking for quotes. Since I do PR, one thing too is that it's not just getting quoted, but also letting others know that you were quoted. With Social Bookmarketing that's easier. For example, you can share that link with places like ping.fm, Digg, StumbleUpon, Your Twitter, Facebook, etc. I'm just fully finding out about these sites, but it's really amazing.
Diana Ennen / Virtual Word Publishing / www.virtualwordpublishing.com
Technology is so awesome. We finally figured out how to add a video of a TV interview to our website. Please do take a look.
Jill Hart and I were interviewed on HomeKeepers for our latest book. So You Want to Be a Work at Home Mom. So many mompreneurs were included in this book. Ellen and Pat, Lesley, Cher, Julie, etc. We are so thrilled with their help!
We are also going to appear on November 4th on Cornerstone TV. Another opportunity to meet Jill. I can't wait.
Diana Ennen / VirtualWordPublishing.com / Virtual Assistant Mom
Hi All –
How about if we start a post of sharing some of our best business tips?
Why don't we tell a little bit about ourselves and our businesses?
Good way to start and get to know each other!!
I'll start –
My name is Stephanie Hay and I live in Massachusetts. I have been in direct sales for over 20 years. I started with Tupperware in the mid 80s, BeautiControl in the early 90s, PartyLite, Creative Memories and NuSkin. I am currently with Tastefully Simple and have been with them for over 6 years.
One of my tips is to talk to everyone and to always keep catalogs with you. I have a catalog bag with a clear pocket on the outside that I carry with me at most times — great way to advertise your business. I also have commercial plates and have advertising on my windows. I get a decent amount of calls from my window decals.
I also leave business cards under my rear window wiper and find that people take my business cards from there also. I have had a magnet holding business cards in the past and that worked also.
I also make my own business card magnets by laminating them and them trimming and putting on a business card magnet. I give everyone a business card magnet. I find that the laminating gives it a more professional look and wasn't very expensive when I bought the laminator. I paid about $30 or so for it a few years ago and has been a very good investment.
Looking forward to sharing info and getting to know each other.
Have a great weekend!!
Stephanie Hay


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When Ant and Dec signed a multi-million-pound golden handcuffs deal in 2016, ITV boss Kevin Lygo hit the nail on the head.
Lauding their "rare ability to connect with audiences of all ages", he added that their shows were "some of the biggest on British TV".
Two years on and little has changed.
The duo continue to present the channel's most successful shows in I'm a Celebrity, Britain's Got Talent and Saturday Night Takeaway.
In other words, they are big, big business.
So is it little wonder ITV has – yet again – placed a protective arm around Ant as he faces up to his personal demons.
Their statement yesterday backing the star in getting "the help that he needs" is an almost carbon copy of last years wishing him a "speedy recovery" after being admitted to rehab for the first time.
While ITV's unequivocal support for the star should be welcomed, some cynics may question whether other stars further down their talent roster would get the same treatment.
Perhaps they would.
But there is no question just how important Ant is to ITV and vice versa.


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Date: 07/25/2007
Writer: Allison Southworth
The Sierra County Historical Society will celebrate the life of pioneer Sadie Orchard and honor Sierra County's colorful and often tumultuous history during this year's Sadie Orchard Day celebration.
Festivities begin a 4 p.m. Aug. 18 with a skit eulogizing Sadie, followed by a gravesite tribute. This will be followed by several unusual games, including bed races, chamber pot relays, and a watermelon-seed-spitting contest. Barbecue and hot dogs will be for sale. There will be live music and a sarsaparilla bar. All events take place at or near Geronimo Springs Museum, 211 Main St., in Truth or Consequences.
Sadie first came to Kingston, about 25 miles west of Truth or Consequences, around 1885 and opened a brothel on Virtue Avenue. She and her girls collected money for a church to be built. In 1886 she moved her business to Hillsboro, the county seat of Sierra County a few miles to the east. She later married J.W. Orchard, owner of the Orchard stage lines.
Sadie was an astute businesswoman, running a boarding house and two hotels, as well as the stage coach line. The coach line ran passengers and freight between the railroad station at Lake Valley and the mining towns of Hillsboro and Kingston. She was known to handle the reins and drive the horses herself when occasion demanded.
When a new church was needed, Sadie raised money. When the new school needed books, Sadie was there to buy them. During the influenza epidemic of the early 1900s, Sadie nursed the sick, had coffins made for the babies who died and paid for the burials. The coffins were lined with silk from her petticoats.
Sadie took an interest in local politics, and when the voters elected to move the county seat to Hot Springs, Sadie, along with other Hillsboro business people, filed suit against the county commission for election fraud. They lost the case, but the trial transcript is said to be very entertaining reading.
Sadie's spirit of doing whatever was necessary in hard times to get by and helping her fellow human beings exemplifies the pioneering spirit.
In honor of Sadie Orchard Day, the Museum will waive admission charges all day on Aug. 18, and will remain open throughout the evening during the Sadie Orchard Day activities.
This event is promoted with the help of REDTT, Rural Economic Development Through Tourism. REDTT is part of New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. NMSU is committed to helping both educate and improve the lives of people across the state through continuing Extension efforts.
For more information on this event, contact Geronimo Springs Museum (505) 894-6600.
© 2013 New Mexico State University Board of Regents
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SURPRISE! France Is BUILDING A WALL Around The Eiffel Tower To Prevent Terror Attacks
Wall To Be Built To Keep Terrorists Out
According to a recent report by Bloomberg, Paris is planning to build a massive $22,000,000 wall around the Eiffel Tower to keep Islamic terrorists out.
Deputy Mayor Jean-François Martins said "Sadly, the risk of terrorism hasn't gone away," and stated that "It's not a wall, it's an aesthetic perimeter." In other words, it's a wall.
The new wall will be able to stop "bullets and vehicles," referring to the deadly Paris attacks back in November of 2015 which killed well over 100 people and the Nice Truck attack that killed 86. The wall is currently expected to be roughly 8 feet tall according to a report from Fox News.
The article goes on to state that fully armed soldiers on patrol is now a common sight in France and that this mayor believes its a sight that doesn't scare people but rather reassures them that they are more secure in a big government security state.
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I'm going camping in Acadia for a couple of days and am looking for some delicious but fairly simple recipes/ ideas for dinner to try! We'll have a propane two burner stove and plan to have a campfire as well. The more veggies the better as I tend to feel like a lack those when camping sometimes. Thanks in advance!
There's a book my father used for inspiration -- Roughing it Easy -- and my favorites were biscuits baked in hollowed out onions. Use diy or storebought biscuit mix and halved onions. Wrap in foil and bake at the edge of the campfire (turn and check to make sure they cook evenly and don't burn); and gingerbread cooked in a Dutch oven with dollops of applesauce tossed into the barely set batter. I liked tofu scramble or burritos, loaded with vegetables and flavor.
if you camp a lot and don't know it, have a look at Simple Foods for the Pack (now in third edition) which gives you wonderful recipes and tricks for carrying, prepping, making real food when your kitchen is in the wild.
and/or do the old trick of prepping at home a luxurious dinner (however you define it) and carrying it with you in a cooler or the like to cook first night. Add a bottle of something good to drink, a clear night, somehow, all is right with the world.
Simpler food for day 2 and after seems less onerous after a wonderful first night.
The last time I went camping, my donation to dinner were racks of Carolina Ribs. I cooked them in my slow cooker at home. Normally, I crisp them up on my grill before serving them. For camping, I cut them up, wrapped them in foil and we reheated them over the camp fire. Huge hit. Macaroni salad as a side (you could do a big marinated vegetable salad instead) and these or S'mores for dessert.
I know it's a bit warm but making ahead any kind of stew/soup and freezing it is super easy just to throw on the burner and wait for it to thaw.
I braise sausages at home the day before I leave...that way they only need to be kissed by the flames a bit to warm/crisp them up and I have the peace of mind to know they are cooked all the way through. I also lightly saute zucchini rounds with crushed red pepper and oil at home, then put the zucchini in a foil pack with a lemon wedge to also be warmed over the campfire along side the sausage. Have fun camping! :)
Just made these last weekend to take camping and they were a hit. I swapped out cilantro for the parsley, frozen hash browns for the parboiled potatoes,added a couple kinds of cheese, and added some sweet smoked paprika to the sausage and eggs while I cooked them. Pulled them from the cooler and tossed them on a grill balanced on rocks over the fire for breakfast. Big hit with our group. Pro tip: put your foil-wrapped Campurritos in a well-sealed gallon ziploc or other sealed container. We lost a full bag of them because I didn't get a ziploc sealed and sloshy ice water Croat in.
My husband and I always take 2" T bones and a bottle of bourbon. But since you have the stove and a cast iron pan (yes?), you can always do sweet potato/onion fry up. Mix up some corn in there too and you've got a great and hearty meal. Sometimes we'll throw somecut up andoille sausage in the mixture too. And melted cheese. And cholula. And best of all, throw an egg on it in the moring and, ta-da, you've got breakfast. Oh and pack Via. Lots and lots of via.
Cook a bunch of potatoes in tin foil in the campfire the first night (or one of the nights), have some with whatever else you're having, then make home fries the next morning!
We made cheese grits for a group the last time we went camping. Fantastic with bacon and eggs but the grits pot is hard to clean if you don't have access to a sink for dishwashing at some point :)
Hearty greens will keep well and you can braise them down for a while in a pot. Swiss chard, kale, collard greens, etc.
Also root vegetables wrapped in foil with some oil, seasoning and a touch of water thrown directly on the coals works great for me every time. If they char a little bit, it kind of adds to the whole camping experience.
We also bring pre-cooked ribs. I usually do a dry rub overnight, bake for a few hours in a low oven, then cut into 2-3 rib pieces and cook over the fire with lots of saucy slather. We usually cook asparagus or a salad and bring a baguette that has been sliced in half and pre-spread with butter, herbs and cheese to bake in foil over the heat. My mom always brought pancake fixins in two containers- one dry, one wet with one container big enough to mix it all. And, naturally, they are best cooked up in the bacon fat! We also often will marinate some boneless chicken thighs to cook for dinner and will bring an herbed mayo to mix into leftovers for sandwiches the next day. I second the sweet potato/onion idea too- goes great with any grilled protein. You can also bring some precooked grains that will mix up nicely with a fresh herb dressing. And bring cut up fruit and dried fruit for snacking.