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One of the blogs I follow has recently been posting these 30 Days of Truth writing prompts. (See list here: http://hope.gr/30-days-of-truth/ ) I thought, what a great idea!
The reason you believe youre still alive today
I have to say that this subject scares the bejeezus out of me to answer. I have to say that Ive actually thought about this prior to seeing this prompt.
Back in 1995, after having a cesarean section to deliver my son, I almost did die from a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung). They believe that it may have traveled from my leg while I was pregnant.
I was rushed back to the hospital the day I came home with my newborn son. I ran an incredibly high fever and lost 6 weeks of my life.
During the course of the time that I was admitted, the doctors ran all sorts of tests. They first diagnosed me with leukemia, and then, with antiphosolipid antibody syndrome (which in my case, is related to SLE lupus). Also, during the course of the 6 weeks that I was admitted, my husband (at the time) was told that I would probably not make it. (I wont go into what behavior my now ex pulled during this time, but his actions led to our breakup)
Despite everything, I am thankful for this event.
First, it led to me being FINALLY properly diagnosed with lupus, as well as the blood clotting problems I had. Because of this, I was properly treated for issues with my health I was having and would have, and that is the reason I believe Im still alive today.

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Andrew Frisina '11 Credits Career Success to Diverse Education
August 6, 2014Frisina, who majored in Psychology and minored in Biology at SU, is now a clinical research manager in Florida. He says that he is most thankful for the attentive and creative educators who helped him to find his career aspirations and helped him to pave a path to achieve them. READ MORE


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Speers Point RSL club sells at auction for over $1 million
THE debt stricken former Speers Point RSL Club went under the hammer yesterday, selling for more than $1million at a Sydney auction.
It is understood the Five Islands Recreation Club, owned by the RSL club, and parking lot will be demolished by the buyer.
The club went into voluntary administration after losing a court battle with Boolaroo-Speers Point RSL Sub Branch over land used for car parking.
The Speers Point RSL Club and the Boolaroo-Speers Point RSL Sub Branch are separate entities.
The club was in dispute with the RSL sub branch over a land title.
With the sale of the club, sub branch president Lyle Dalton said he hoped his club would finally see the $322,000 it had been awarded by the Supreme Court two years ago.
''It's a sad day to see the demise of the club but they brought it on themselves ... they were hellbent on running to the Supreme Court,'' Mr Dalton said.
The resulting legal costs ran the sub branch down to its last few thousand dollars, he said.
''Last Anzac Day we had to cut right back because we couldn't afford our usual services.''
The sub branch, which was forced to sell the land at the centre of the fight to pay for costs, let go of its final plot in a private sale before the auction on Tuesday morning.
Mr Dalton said the sub branch, which now operates from a shop front in Boolaroo, planned to open a drop-in centre for its members with the funds.
Speers Point RSL Club is one of more than 40 licensed clubs in the Hunter to close or amalgamate in the last two decades.
Adamstown RSL will close its doors at the end of October due to crippling debt. It follows recent closures of RSL clubs at New Lambton, Merewether and Hamilton.
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Government Announces Mental Health Funding Boost
The Turnbull government has announced a significant funding boost for mental health services in Australia, pledging $34 million to Lifeline and $4 million for tailored mental health support for Australians from multicultural backgrounds. Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday that the government would provide $33.8 million to Lifeline, to allow the telephone crisis service…Read More
8 Simple Steps to Mindfulness
Do you find it impossible to stop thinking about people, events, and even work when you are supposed to be relaxing or trying to get to sleep? Do find your mind continually dwells on the past? If so, you are not alone. Finding peace in a frenetic, fast-paced world can be difficult. Most of us…Read More


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Divine Compensation
I know many of you may read this and not agree with me. But I know in my own life, this is what works for me. I refuse to walk around with bitterness, anger, or negativity of any kind.
It is easier, in my humble opinion, to bless someone than to harm them....if someone betrays you, pray for them....you want to change it, pray for them...pray for 5 minutes for their happiness for 30 days...because this is what alchemy is , this is what it is... any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value. Basically what... (more)
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The Great Mystery of Life and Death
I don't understand what happened in that room, but I know what happened in my own spirit. It was made known to me by these two babies, one dying, one with new promise of health, that somehow this all resides together in the hands and the heart of God, the Creator. That the line between life and death, which had seemed so rock solid, was in fact very thin, very porous. That life and death are twins, enriching each other, bearing truth, communicating the complete nature of God.
Somehow, this has made it easier to live in a less divided way. We can fear a little less, rest a... (more)
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Out Beyond Forever
How do you know someone you never met Find a connection that passes any distance With no other purpose than divine Intervention guiding your soul and essence ...
I remember your fingerprints From eons passed in another lifetime When life was pure simplicity and innocence Touching only with white grace an unknown place...
In this enchanted benevolence Where the stars shone brighter Than any existence I have ever known Trust and knowing were given birth to...
Deep desire transcended Beyond time and space Touching our instinct Grounded in trust....
Years passed and... (more)
...that there was instinctive force which could make my halt almost at the edge of the cliff…one step more I could have fall thousands feet down … I looked towards the side and in the twilight of the day I caught the breath taking sight of the hut at the edge of the cliff…I sensed the life exist at the edges too… I followed the distinctive trail, as if the trail waited for years to lead me to that hut… I reached there...Door was open with most welcoming gesture…The darkness around and the light from the hut indulges my mind to an effusive wonder of darkness and light… I... (more)
When Life Is Gray
Life is a funny thing…there are times when a person feels great about themselves; their self-esteem is at an all-time high, everything in the world looks and feels as beautiful as a cool, crisp autumn day…nothing can be better.
Then come the "down times" in life; the moments in life when an individual feels as if they are beaten, battered, and worthless. It seems as though nobody cares about what they say (or do), their self-confidence is gone and life just seems to be going nowhere.
It is during these rough times that two kinds of people are made; those who dwell on the... (more)
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I Will Always Hold You In My Heart
...with me
My heart not able
To let you go...
I want to call you
Talking for hours
About everything
And nothing
I want to hear you laugh
Listen while you tell me
What I am doing wrong
You never bite your tongue...
We saw life so differently
You being you
Me being me
Still we learned
Met in the middle
Complimented each other
Respected without
Needing to be right...
I want to be happy
Knowing you no longer suffer
My heart does not want
To let... (more)
Finding Healing
Today I wake with a hunger
to search the valley
A place where birth lingers
with it's sacred memories
Instead I find voices of condemnation
wounds which left me bleeding, sticks and stones
Still I look for healing, grace, truth, reality beyond
the narrow confines of intolerance and judgement.....
Finding none...
I climbed the mountain summit
Where I had placed my hopes and dreams
Breathless with perseverance
Resolution and persistence my tools
Embracing only the shadow of what had been
once upon... (more)
The China Earthquake: "You Must Remember That I Love You"
This is a true story of a Mother's Sacrifice during the China Earthquake.
After the Earthquake had subsided, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman's house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshiping; her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supported by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.
With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescue team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman's body. He was hoping... (more)
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A Death Note
It's been fun drifting through the uncharted terrains of life even if it was for a short while. This might be my last note to this beautiful world, the last trace of my existence that I wish may last long enough for someone to read and realize that I did exist. The devil that's been behind me from the very moment life touched the shapeless lump of me in my mother's womb has caught up to me now. I can feel its frozen breath over my shoulders and its long fingers around my neck; it chokes me by sucking out the last ounce of hope.
The road in front has shrunk into a fine thread, so fine... (more)
Don't Be A Crab!
I decided to share a little bit of my life with you and tell you a short story of a lesson that I learned when I was a kid and still practice it to this day!
I am a born and bred "clam digger", a "shore boy", a plain and simple man that grew up and lived at the beach. There was nothing better than going fishing with my brother and dad on the rock jetties by the local inlet trying to catch Fluke, Flounder or some other tasty fish or sitting along the docks of the local boatyards attempting to haul in baby Bluefish.
Fishing wasn't the only thing that we loved to do. If we... (more)
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Stanczyk, welcomes you to the third part of this multi-part Alegata As Time Machine series. As the title suggests this is the third part.
Parts 1 & 2 can be reviewed below:
There have been some prior alegata articles (in case you are binging):
- 1878 Marriage – Russian Empire bride + Austrian Empire groom
- Another Alegata Article
- Clever Use Of Alegata
Today's article is we are going to dissect a typical article and see what we can expect to find. In the fourth part we will look at many sample portions to see the type we might encounter.
First off, be aware that you can click on the images to see larger version of the images to see the fine details. Second, let me remind you, dear reader, that alegata are mostly found in Russian Poland partition but the general knowledge still holds, though the year and the partition may dictate a different language. In this series we will see Russian/Cyrillic, Polish (Latin alphabet), and Latin (the actual language) among the samples. In fact, you may see more than one language in an alegata.
Today's alegata is about the bride who was born outside the parish who is now living in the local parish (Biechów). So the bride is proving she was baptised to marry in the local church.
Let's look at the various pieces and derive their meaning in this common sample.
Number (1) — It is in Russian. Its meaning is, "Record (akt) # 121, RZEGOCIN". This margin note ties the data back the Ostrowce parish (in Kielce gubernia, Grotniki gmina). We will see the event type and the year of the remote record in a bit.
Number (2) — Do you see the light, pencilled, "12"? That is what the second bullet pertains to. This "12" indicates we are on the 12th page of alegata. The left side of the image is page 11 and the right side is page 12. The left side, is usually, the back of the prior page's text.
Number (3) — The top header text, relatively bold in ink is Russian text indicating this is an alegata for an 1878 marriage, the akt #, in the local parish's 1878 marriages. For the record we are looking Biechow parish (Kielce gubernia, Stopnica gmina), 1878 Alegata book on page 12 (this image).
Number (4) — The fourth part, we are calling out is the record # (akt #) that this alegata is for. In this case it is for Marriage Akt 15, in Biechow parish Marriages.
Number (5) — The fifth bullet is the top of the remote record. It indicates the event type from the remote parish that this alegata page is about. In this case we are looking at a birth record. In Russian/Cyrillic, "рождение" (birth).
Number (6) — The final bullet, (6), is about the birth record (in Polish) and more specifically, the year of that record, which in this case is 1861. Now this is fortuitous because, the online births end at 1859. So for birth years 1860 and forward you would normally have to write to the parish (Ostrowce, św.Jana Chrzciciela) to get this birth record. At the bottom of the record is the date:
Ostrowce, 4/16th day of August, 1878 (the date this record was extracted from that remote parish's books).
One final note. Did you notice that the birth was written in Polish (not Russian)? If the remote event record was before 1868 then it will be in Polish. Galicia records are in Latin.
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Our Top 3 Tips for Long Haul Flights
Long flights can sometimes drain your energy levels and leave you feeling sore and frustrated upon landing. But there are some things you can do to combat these problems. Over the years, Paul Landini has learned some tricks for making the best of these long flights and shares with us his Top 3 Tips for getting through them so you can spend less time stressing, and more time enjoying the experience:
The world is full of many beautiful places, and with today's advanced network of airline partnerships, getting to your dream destination is easier than ever before. But for many, the idea of sitting in a 767 for 10 hours plus is enough to keep them home. Long-haul plane travel can be tiring, expensive and, worst of all, exceptionally dull. However, with a little bit of pre-flight preparation, even a flight from Toronto to Sydney can pass by pleasantly.
1. Choose Your Airline Carefully
For many travellers, when choosing which airline to fly with, one simple criteria becomes the deciding factor: price. It's true that prices between carriers can vary dramatically, the cheapest isn't always the best. What you want to focus on is value, or who delivers the most bang for your buck. For example, Air Canada may sometimes be more expensive than some of the low-cost carriers, but what they deliver in terms of extra amenities is well worth the additional dollars. A few years ago I flew Air Canada to Shanghai via Vancouver; 23 hours of flight time total. Initially this schedule filled me with dread, but that changed once I boarded the plane in Vancouver. The seats were comfortable and roomy, and each one had its own personal television, complete with dozens of free movies, on-demand shows and music stations. Not only that, there was complimentary beverage service throughout the entire flight. I could have saved a few hundred dollars by choosing a different carrier, but Iwouldn't have had nearly as pleasant a flight. Keep this in mind when you're picking an airline, and remember: time flies faster when you're watching HBO marathons and sipping on a Sleeman.
2. Pack Wisely
Just about every single airline will allow passengers to carry on a personal bag as well as one to be stored in the overhead compartment. When traveling long distances, it's a good idea to use a portion of this allowance to pack creature comforts for the flight. Bring your own headphones for the movie, because the complimentary set provided by the airline will most likely be terrible. If you plan on sleeping, an inflatable neck pillow will spare your spine from painful cramps, and ear plugs will block out wails of any grumpy on-board babies. Toiletries – a toothbrush and toothpaste especially – are essential, as are snacks and books. Not a big reader? That's what magazines are for. You don't want to be stuck on a 12 hour flight with nothing to do but stare at the head rest in front of you (unless, of course, you followed the advice above and have a library of movies on your seat-front TV to keep you entertained).
3. Get Up!
Unless you've landed yourself a seat in business class, sitting stationary for the duration of your flight is never agood idea. Even the most ergonomically designed seat can leave your spine feeling twisted and your legs feeling numb. The best way to combat this is to simply get up and walk around. Obviously on a plane there aren't awhole lot of destinations to stroll to, but even a simple walk up and down the aisle from time to time helps. Also, there are many books and web sites that teach simple yoga-style stretches that can be performed easily in your seat. These are great for de-stressing, as well as getting the circulation flowing in your limbs.
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These are great tips! I know that after about 12+ hours on my flight to NZ, I was going a bit batty 🙂 Getting up and moving around makes a huge difference.
Thanks for the tips!
Stretching and moving- sure does make it more bearable 🙂 Thanks for reading!
Some great advice and advice I have used on my last few long trips. The only sad thing about the entertainment system is that if you are flying back in the same month, the selection is usually the same – bring a back up plan. For me it was loading a few movies on my iPad that helped me survive!
Good call on the ipad Gus! Another great travel accessory and a great way to lighten the load of carrying books/magazines
Any suggestion as for a cure to when your ear feels plugged, you know that feeling even after a short flight.
Hi there. Our best advice is to plug your nose, close your mouth and breathe with a bit of force causing pressure. If that doesn't pop your ears, try tilting your head side to side and open and close your jaw. But sometimes, it will take a good night's sleep for your body to equalize. Hope that helps!
Any suggestion as for a cure to when your ear feels plugged, you know that feeling even after a short flight.
Amen! Watching those in-flight movies and strolling about really got me through my 14hr adventure to Tokyo.
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|Silent but deadly. Never been prouder.
K.C. Under Construction is the sixth episode in Season 3 of K.C. Undercover and the fifty-seventh overall. It first aired on August 11, 2017 to 1.18 million viewers.[1].
Unbeknownst to K.C., Marisa is leaking classified information including her latest undercover assignment as a construction worker. Meanwhile, Judy's disagreement with Diane over the tooth fairy jeopardizes the sophisticated robot's disguise as an everyday 10-year-old.[2]
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- Zendaya as K.C. Cooper
- Veronica Dunne as Marisa Miller
- Kamil McFadden as Ernie Cooper
- Trinitee Stokes as Judy Cooper
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Guest Cast
- Lex Medlin as Roy
- Eris Baker as Diane
- Tara Karsian as Crystal
- Larry Poindexter as Foreman
- Yoshi Sudarso as Enemy Agent
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- The Organization now knows a third player in the spy world exists.
- Brady may be forming an attachment to Marisa.
- Brady displayed his true colors by ordering K.C. to be eliminated.
- Tara Karsian played Superintendent Kneebauer on Liv and Maddie.
- Larry Poindexter played Xander's father on Bunk'd.
- Roy called K.C. for "new guy" multiple times.
- Twelfth time Craig is absent.
- Eleventh time Kira is absent.
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Learning about packages is key to understanding how projects are scheduled and organized in your workspace. Let's talk about what packages are and why they play such an important role in managing your projects.
Packages serve two primary functions:
- Prioritize tasks – creating priority overrides for individual tasks to facilitate cross-project prioritization
- Organize projects – grouping and storing projects in the workspace
Packages are created from the Add Menu or the right-click menu on the Projects tab:
Packages can live at the root of your workspace or within other packages. To nest one package inside of another, drag and drop the intended sub-package into the intended parent package.
Using Packages to Prioritize Tasks
Watch a video demonstration of this concept here: Scheduling Multiple Projects
By default, LiquidPlanner schedules your projects in top to bottom priority order so tasks in projects listed higher up in the plan hierarchy will be scheduled before tasks in projects lower down. Packages allow you to override that behavior, and essentially act as a "to do" list where you can place high-priority tasks from multiple concurrent projects to reflect the order in which you'll actually complete them.
Let's look at a simple example. In the image below, all work is assigned to one person to emphasize the default scheduling behavior.
Plan with default scheduling:
In our starting plan above, tasks are scheduled (as always) in the order in which they're listed. You can see that the Brochure Project starts and finishes before the Website Project can begin. The problem is that many people don't have the luxury of working one project at a time (start to finish) in sequential fashion like that. The reality is that you're probably working on tasks from different projects all the time.
Let's say Brian needs to start the Write site copy task from the Website Project as soon as possible. Since the Website Project sits at a lower priority position, however, he isn't scheduled for the task until all of his higher priority work from the Brochure Project is completed. In order for the Write site copy task to schedule sooner, we'll need to move it to a higher priority position in the plan – this is where priority packages come into play.
Plan with priority overrides:
In the plan above, the priority package being used is titled ASAP and the Write site copy task has been dragged from the Website Project and prioritized up into the ASAP package. This establishes a priority override for the task and Brian is now scheduled to start the Write site copy task first, since it's sitting in the top priority position. You'll notice that the task will also remain in its original position in the project folder as a placeholder. This does not mean that there are two versions of the task — just that the same task is being shown in two locations.
As more tasks are prioritized into ASAP, the package will reflect the order in which Brian plans to execute tasks from different projects:
Brian will first be scheduled for tasks that have been prioritized into the ASAP package – these tasks all have priority overrides. Then, he'll be scheduled for tasks that do not have priority overrides (tasks that have not been moved into ASAP) – these tasks will be scheduled in the order they are listed in the project folders.
Visit Multi-Project Scheduling to learn more about cross-project prioritization.
Using Packages to Organize Projects
Packages can also be used to group projects together. If you have a list of 50 projects, it can be nice to put some organizational structure around them. For example, you might organize projects by status with packages for Active Projects, Pending Projects, Product Backlog or Templates as shown in the example below.
Regardless of what organizational packages are added to your workspace, projects and tasks should all be listed in general priority order as best they can. For some workspaces this might mean listing projects in order of deadline date.
Package Structure Options
Status Model Package Structure
The Status Model is the most common package configuration because it provides quick visibility into active vs. pending projects. Get full details on this structure in our Setting Up the Workspace article.
Time-Based Package Structure
To plan out long term priorities, use a time-based package structure for the upcoming months and prioritize the tasks you want to complete by the end of each month. Set deadlines on your monthly packages to be alerted on tasks extending past the end-of-month deadline, and Delay Until dates if you want to prevent work from being scheduled prior to the beginning of that month. If needed, you can create time-based packages to prioritize by week.
Sprint Package Structure
If you're an Agile team, you can configure your workspace using our sprint package structure.
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As our trip winds to a close I am still processing the gender realities here in Morocco. One of the most noticeable things has been the gendered use of public space. So often we have moved through what appears to be male public spaces. The cafes are particularly noticeable as male spaces. It can be quite an odd and disconcerting feeling to walk into a café where all the patrons are men. I do not know what they are thinking, but it is clear they notice us as we take our seats. But it is more than just the cafés. There are times when walking the streets in various cities and towns that the men far outnumber the women, and I get a feeling that the public spaces are defined as male. Even the lounge at the university where we took our Arabic lessons was almost always filled with only men: teachers, staff, etc. The Moroccan wedding we attended was a great example of male space as well. In a large public hall there were tables set up and the women and men often sat together. But then many men went outside to drink alcohol. We as foreign women could join them but it was still a decidedly male space. If their wives had joined them I assume it would be quite scandalous. The work world is a public space of sorts too. The heads of organizations, the administrators, the school officials, and the politicians that we met were all men. Men gave all the lectures we attended as well, except predictably, the gender lecture. To be fair, many of the teachers we met were women. And some of these things are not that different in the States. Positions of power, public officials are often men, or mostly men. The Senate and the House of Representatives are good examples. What I believe is different is the use of public space. It is definitely more homosocial in Morocco than in the US where there are more opportunities for the mixing of men and women. I think I need a caveat here. I don't buy the various dichotomy of modern versus traditional, or that women in the Moslem world are oppressed and women in the West are free. That is a whole other discussion. In this blog I want to talk about a female space that I finally experienced at the end of the trip.
So here is the story. On our last night before heading to Casablanca we visited the hometown of Youness and Azeddine. The whole day was simply fantastic and I'm sure it will be covered well in other blogs. This one is about gendered public spaces. A soccer game was planned for the evening between the Moroccans and the Fulbrighters. It was marvelously fun and a very special bonding moment between our group and our hosts. But it was quite gendered. The men were going to play and the women watch, and perhaps cheer them on. The guys even joked that the women might have to cook while the men played. We didn't have to cook but other women did, and there were few of the wives at the game. Again this is not so different from the US. Imagine a Thanksgiving where the men sit around and watch sports on TV and the women work in the kitchen. Ah, but let's stick to Morocco and this trip. I did have great time at the game, but I had an even better time afterwards. I was finally able to be in a women's public space! After the game the men went to a hammam, the traditional bath. But the women also got to go to their own hammam. It was really the only time I have been in a women's public space. Luckily we had a Moroccan friend to tell us what to do. We sat in what were essentially cavernous sauna rooms, lathered on black soap, washed our hair, poured water buckets over ourselves, and then got a scrub down and light massage from the women workers. There are few similar types of public baths for women in the States. You have spas for women or hot tubs and saunas, but rarely do you see the age range at the hammam. There were even little babies there when we first arrived. Beyond that, there was much more of a family or communal feel. It was a relaxing and a much needed break from the unrelenting male public spaces.


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I love cooking with lentils. They are a cheap and easy way to bulk up meals, and are a great protein alternative to meat. But did you know that lentils are also one of the top fertility foods? According to Medical News Today just one cup of lentils provides up to 90% of your recommended daily intake of folic acid. Great news for anyone trying to conceive!
Those who are TTC will, I'm sure, be aware that you are recommended to take folic acid supplements before you start trying to get pregnant as it supports the healthy growth of your foetus. It can also help to regulate your menstrual cycle and improve sperm quality. Whilst I don't suggest that you ditch the supplements, it can't hurt to add a few lentils to your diet every now and then.
I've become a big fan of this vegetarian cottage pie recipe (I think I actually make it more than the meat-filled version now). The sweet potato topping is a nice alternative as well. You can serve this up with whatever veggies you prefer, or if you're feeling really greedy try it between two slices of buttered bread (seriously it's delicious!).
Serves 6
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 325g mixed mushrooms (Shiitake, Swiss Brown), sliced
- 2 carrots, peeled and diced
- 150g green lentils
- 1kg sweet potato, peeled and cut in to 1" cubes
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 1tbsp sundried tomato paste (or normal tomato puree)
- 200ml vegetable stock (or chicken stock is fine if you're not making this for vegetarians)
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves picked
- 2tbsp olive oil
- 2 knobs butter
- Splash of Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp paprika
- Salt and pepper to taste
Steam the sweet potato for about 15 minutes then mash with the butter and set aside.
Whilst the sweet potato is cooking, get started on the filling. Rinse the lentils and drain. Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium flame and fry the onion for 3-4 minutes until soft and translucent. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute.
Add the carrots and mushrooms and cook for another 6 minutes, stirring every now and then. Add the lentils, tomato paste, chopped tomatoes, rosemary leaves, Worcestershire sauce and paprika. Cover with a lid and cook for 2 minutes on low until the tomatoes have broken down slightly. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the vegetable stock and simmer on a low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally so the ingredients don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
Heat the oven to 180°C. When the lentils are just soft, transfer the contents of the pan to an ovenproof dish and flatten into an even layer. Spoon on the sweet potato mash and using the back of a fork, spread it out until the mash reaches all edges, taking care not to disrupt the lentil mixture. Make a criss-cross pattern on the mash with the fork. If you like scatter over a handful of grated cheese and garnish with a couple of pieces of fresh rosemary.
You can make this in advance and then heat in the oven when you're ready. Heat in the oven for 15 minutes. You can finish under the grill to get a nice crisp top. Serve with veggies of your choice.


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It was back to work and back to reality last week so I tried to get back into my usual routine. The temperatures outside dropped significantly too, so I missed out on running outside which was a bit of a bummer.
I did get to take a CXWORX class this week, which is part of my 2016 goals (to focus more on my core). I was glad to find a time that I believe I can consistently attend, since it is right after work. The class is only 30 minutes too, so there's really no excuse. After my run on Sunday my husband was just starting to do the P90X Ab Ripper so I made him pause it so I could join! Two points for my core this week!
I didn't do any GRIT this week because its the Plyo format and with Bermuda just around the corner it's not worth the risk of tweaking something right before the races. I'll be back to GRIT as soon as I'm back from Bermuda. 🙂
Monday – BodyAttack in the AM
Tuesday – BodyPump in the AM, 2 miles running hills on the treadmill in the PM
Wednesday – 30 minute BodyAttack + CXWORX in the PM
Thursday – BodyPump in the AM, 3 miles with strides in the PM on the treadmill
Friday – Rest
Saturday – 3 easy treadmill miles
Sunday – 6 easy treadmill miles + Ab Ripper
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No science-fiction fan should restrict his hobby to the screen. The best stories in science-fiction remain in novels. Whenever I can find the time I read another science-fiction novel in search of a great story. This time it was Isaac Asimov's Foundation's Edge. Written in 1982, this novel continues the epic Foundation trilogy that Asimov wrote in the 50's. Thirty years later the fans' desire for a continuation of the epic was successful in coaxing Asimov's publisher to demand a continuation.
Asimov deserves credit for being a pioneer and one of the big minds of science-fiction. The ideas he has brought to his stories earned him the honor of Grand Master of Science-Fiction. However, I do not feel compelled on any level to acknowledge Asimov as a great author. Although his style changed quite a bit from the 50's to the 80's, his stories remain dry and simple-minded. This is a shame as it detracts much from the brilliant ideas he built his stories around.
Foundation's Edge is more than a continuation of the Foundation story, however. Asimov took a look at what other science-fiction authors were doing and decided to hitch a ride on the same train. Other authors of the 80's, most notably Larry Niven, were creating detailed settings and placing many (or even all) of their stories there. In the early days of science-fiction (when Asimov was writing) authors made a new setting for every novel and short story they told. The setting was created to serve the premise of the story. Starting with Foundation's Edge Asimov created a "Grand Asimov Universe" that linked the Robot stories with the Foundation stories. It's worth mentioning here that the Foundation Universe Asimov created in the 50's was the setting for not only the Foundation Trilogy but also the three Empire Novels. However those 6 books worked well in that setting. The new Grand Asimov Universe welded together two or three science-fiction universes that didn't belong together. The resulting mishmash of Robot story material and Foundation story material didn't sit well with me at all. The Foundation epic could have been continued quite nicely without rolling all the other stuff into it.
On its own the novel wasn't terrible but I wouldn't recommend it to other science-fiction fans. The leaps of logic that Asimov's characters find unavoidable seem simplistic. The Second Foundation that was so thoroughly exposed at the end of the original trilogy hides itself again too easily and then is exposed again too easily. The hive mind of planet Gaia is an interesting idea but the way it synthesizes the Laws of Robotics (which Asimov himself saw as full of holes in his later career) and then acts to change the destiny of the galaxy seems flimsy and hard to swallow. Also, the plot device of finding a person with super-rare intuition and then Gaia's hive mind basing its decision on his unknowable insight seems ludicrous. Even more ludicrous when you consider Gaia based its playbook on ultra logical robots!
Asimov's early novels and short stories, while a bit dry and simplistic, are worthwhile reading for science-fiction fans. However, his later stories just don't seem to have as much going for them. Foundation's Edge may be worth your while but don't blame me if you don't like it. You were warned.


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The Sensations - Lonely World - Way-Out60s SoulPosted by Martin Wed, May 19, 2010 16:10:25
The second installment in Soultreats! special northern Soul week, to celebrate our upcoming club night this Friday (21/5) with guest DJ Andreas Dienel.
Way-Out records was a local Cleveland Ohio label that released mainly soul recordings beteween 1964 and ´73. The label did not get any big hits but some of its releases got some local attention. The Sensations were problably not a Cleveland group but came there to record, and was in fact one of Way-Out´s most prolific artists. The group consisted of Roosevelt Simmons, John Washington, Joe Kelly and Chester Florence. The group is not to be confused with others by the same name (notably Yvonne Baker and The Sensations on Argo records), this incarnation only recorded for Way-Out and had one release on De-Lite as The Realistics. The Sensations had six releases on Way-Out between ´66-´69, most of them sank without a trace. this is problably their best seller, as the other side "Find Myself Another Girl" warnered some radio-play with is very motownesque beat and harmonies. I´ve opted for "Lonely World" today simply because its slightly more frantic approach, which suits this week´s theme. Enjoy!
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Forms, are one the most boring things that people are required to fill. Many people try to avoid ways to actually fill out a form. The main reason is that people believe that they are wasting some of their precious minutes and would prefer that they use it to surf more or do some other thing but fill forms. There are many software and other programs that actually make forms interesting. Below are five ways that can make it easier for you to actually have your forms fulfilled. The strategies that you can adopt are:
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- Decrease the number of clicks that actually take the user to the end of the form:
This is necessary because of the consumers feel that they have to keep clicking and clicking to reach the end of the form, they try to avoid filling such forms. They feel it is a wasteful act that is of no use to them. The forms should be made interesting enough for them to feel engaged enough to fill them out. It should be in easy step forms that require as few clicks as possible. When the number of clicks of your forms are less, consumers feel that they did not have to utilize a lot of their cognitive skills and hence they feel it is as an easy task. Using clickable images, can impose upon the users that the form filling is an easy task.
- Motivation and the charm of a fruitful outcome:
People do not like to do anything for free and the same exists for forms. Whenever a reward is attached with the end result, people are willing to fill the form. Make sure that you have such similar offer for the form filling customers.
- Appease the visitor with the first look.
There is a saying that first impression is the last impression. This is indeed true when you want forms filled. People prefer filling forms that attract them or have a pleasing look.
- Increasing the visual appeal:
The forms should have a visual appeal as this will help in make it more engaging for the consumers and they will enjoy the entire process of filling the form. Picturesque icons make it interesting.
- Play with their biases:
This is not a manipulative technique, all you need to do is make their progress on the form visual to them and group the questions in three steps, when each group of questions are answered, the progress can be shown, this would make the consumer feel happy.
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The MD1620B can test sequences, such as standby, location registration, call initiated/call present, channel handover, disconnection by the network end, and disconnection by the mobile station. It also provides many measurement and test functions, such as time alignment and handover time measuring function, real-time display of information reported from the mobile station during communications with the base station, and controls to the mobile station. The MD1620B is the best choice for connection tests at the last stage of production lines and for function tests at the development stage.


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ASL is the culmination of many frustrations experienced by Chris Batten when working with various businesses and people. Early on it became clear that there was a need to understand more about each individuals work-style, emotional intelligence, strengths and weaknesses and how to develop them. Typically profiling is used by few businesses, mainly for recruitment. There are the forward thinkers and innovators who go further than anyone else, for example, Virgin Money. ASL is on a mission to widen the use of these exceptionally valuable tools into more than recruitment, executive assessment, and selection. The broader uses that offer significant value to businesses include; sales skills development, leadership coaching, development, review, stress management, error projections and risk assessment and many more HR projects.
The power of work-style profiling, testing for those all important soft skills that combined are called emotional intelligence, and sales and leadership skills, can and does make a significant difference to any business or team. Profiling was first introduced to me during one of the biggest change management projects I have ever worked on. That was in late 2003. Since then profiling has been a constant feature of all my business projects, and now it is my mission to give all businesses not familiar with the advantages the same opportunity I had in 2003.
The design and building of ASL were, to be frank, inevitable. I was using the processes and tools in my business projects but was too close to see the potential of rolling the expertise and experience I had gained, out to other businesses.
That happened much later, it happened when I finally gave myself room to think about the full potential, coupled with my desire and passion for assisting other businesses to excel. The development of ASL was my "A-ha" moment and the result was a system that truly can benefit many businesses and business people serious about their human element.
The history of ASL, in the days before it was given its working title nearly, a full year was spent researching the market to ascertain the validity of my assessment that there is a need for this type of clean, clear and competitive profiling, a need that I had visualised as being key to all businesses.
In mid-2016, we completed the testing phase to ensure accuracy and relevance to the actual needs of the wider business c.ommunity
That phase is now well and truly completed and all that is left to do is to continue to market via a series of educational resources the ASL proposition to the business community at large, assisting those who have never considered profiling to allow us to introduce it and for those familiar with it to review our offering for suitability to their own needs.
In reality, our story has only just begun and it promises to be an exciting one. We have only just begun to scratch the surface of this useful science-based proposition. There is certainly more to learn, more to create and many innovative solutions to come. The journey and story continue…
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Ghost In The Shell is nearing its March 31st release, so that means a lot of mini clips and TV spots for promotional purposes.
While we have seen quite a lot of cool scenery in the recent Ghost In The Shell trailers, this new Ghost In The Shell teaser is what is set to debut on the Falcons Vs. Patriots Superbowl.
Check out the Ghost In The Shell Teaser below, and enjoy a new glimpse at what is to come on March 31st.
Watch the new Ghost In The Shell Teaser:
While the Superbowl footage is expected to only be the first 30 seconds on the trailer above, this Youtube creator did a solid of making a supercut of all of the Ghost In The Shell footage together.
Ghost In The Shell is expected to bring back some of the connection and story of the original anime, but has been said to sway somewhat from the source material as you can see from the trailer footage above.
Regardless of any of that, Ghost In The Shell looks like another version of Lucy (one of my favorite movies) so I cannot wait to see what Scarlett Johansson has in store for this aesthetic, philosophical, live action debut of the Ghost In The Shell.


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Micah Stanek's transdisciplinary landscape architecture practice explores how landscapes constitute social and environmental infrastructures, while looking for the ways landscapes conceal their political dimension. He examines urban ecology in the absence of human intervention and also works with vacant urban lots to enfranchise repressed social possibilities and multiply reduced ecological interactions. Stanek's walking tours encourage St. Louisans to see through the aesthetics of growth and entropy, to interrogate the conditions of the legacy city. His vacant lot projects focus on social engagement strategies and in-situ ecological processes, testing an extensive model of landscape investment for disinvested spaces.
In the classroom and in the field, Stanek encourages attention to adaptation and situated knowledge. His teaching encourages 1:1 prototyping, engagement with sites, and contingency planning. In an ongoing research project, Micah compares small town landscape infrastructures across northern India in search of adaptive landscapes that link culture, infrastructure, and changing environmental conditions.
Stanek began designing for film and theater at Northwestern University. He developed an interest in landscape research after working as a docent and farmhand at Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm in northern India. He has also worked with SCAPE/Landscape Architecture in New York and MU Architecture in Paris.
As a lecturer in Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, Stanek teaches foundational design studios in architecture and landscape architecture. He teaches a history/theory course on the discipline of landscape architecture as well as research methods and practices.
The Production of Ecology, collage (1). Missouri tallgrass prairie has been shaped by fire for thousands of years. A single controlled burn per year gives natives in a prairie reconstruction a chance against invasive species.
The Production of Ecology, collage (2). Landscape architecture is positioned to deal with overlapping, interlocking ecological processes. A public space could address complexity by offering shelter to humans and non-humans alike.
Approximating Memory, exhibition. Landscape architecture, like archaeology, engages history and memory through remnants and representations.
Approximating Memory, axonometric. Stanek developed a process for gleaning disturbed earth and remnants from historically turbulent sites, casting markers to be paired with history in a pamphlet itinerary.
Growth & Removal, collage (1). The Metropolitan Sewer District removed 25 houses in a floodplain and began mowing the newly classified "open space." The drawing proposes that the mowing is reduced to the footprints of the former homes only. The rest of the site grows up into some kind of grassland, savanna, or woodland.
Growth & Removal, collage (2). Over time, fallow urban land undergoes succession, increasing in plant diversity, but with no determinate end.
A Timber Park for North St. Louis, collage. Over time, an emergent urban woodland on a highly disturbed site could be leaned toward native biodiversity and forestry management. On the site of the former Pruitt-Igoe homes in St. Louis, found materials and found ecology inspire new social and ecological amenities.
A Timber Park for North St. Louis, plan. Over time, an emergent urban woodland on a highly disturbed site could be leaned toward native biodiversity and forestry management. On the site of the former Pruitt-Igoe homes in St. Louis, found materials and found ecology inspire new social and ecological amenities.
Participatory Ecology, photo (1). Stanek marked a site of interest in a mundane lawn landscape.
Participatory Ecology, photo (2). The site Stanek marked in a mundane lawn landscape altered the (unwitting) maintenance crew's treatment of the lawn.


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You will be responsible of the implementation of these modules in our projects and support presales activities.
You are flexible to take up missions in Flanders, Belgium.
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- You have at least 5 years of experience with SAP BI solutions, with both BW and BO4.
- You are motivated to grow in competences on the new technologies (BO cloud, S4Hana…)
- You have a functional knowledge of some of the ECC modules like FI/CO, MM, SD, PM, HR.
- You are able to set up complete BI flows either in SAP BW (including ABAP skills), either in BO4 and ideally you also manage the integration between BW & BO.
- Native French or Dutch speaker, you are fluent in English.
- You are flexible to take up missions in Flanders, Belgium.


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Events are a way to connect with your consumers and clients. As we continue into the age where technology and online spaces rule, these types of spaces to connect with your sphere physically are becoming more and more essential. Done correctly, events for your clients or community can be done at no cost, can bring in additional business, can aide in your company's story telling and can create traditions that become a part of your company's personality and character.
When we opened our office in Downtown Fargo, we decided we needed a space to help our clients throw events for clients and customers. So, we did. Attached to our office is a beautiful, open space of more than 1,600 square feet. With white walls and a polished concrete floor, it's a blank canvas that you can turn into any experience you want. We'll work with you to create experiences that your customers or team members won't forget. We can work with you and do everything for you, specific pieces or simply book the space and do whatever you want with it!
Hatch Coaching's Mastermind Summit is great illustration of how we brought a company and its clients together. We worked with them to brand the event with a logo and theme; we worked with caterers to provide a curated menu and food; we helped create memorable spaces and we helped them connect with their out-of-state clients who they do not normally meet face-to-face.


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5 Health & Wellness Job Opportunities After Receptionist Training
Career Path : Healthcare
The other day, I had to take my ageing cat to the veterinarian for a much needed checkup. At the door, I was pleased to be ushered in by a friendly receptionist who used her soothing voice to quickly put my cat at ease. This experience reminded me that even in an era of automated telephone answering systems, there are certain industries which will always depend on graduates of receptionist training from business colleges.
Whereas graduates of receptionist training in the past may have anticipated working in office settings, todayâs graduates may find more opportunities in the health and wellness sector.
1. Yoga Studios
Many of todayâs yoga studios combine online booking with the warmth of a human receptionist who:
- answers the phone
- signs up new members
- accepts payments
- gives tours of the studio
- rents out mats
- sells yoga props
- tidies studios after classes
- refreshes flower arrangements
2. Body Work Clinics
Multidisciplinary health and wellness clinics are popping up in neighbourhoods across Canada, presenting an interesting job opportunity for students currently enrolled in business colleges.
One of the first goals of these clinics is to find a graduate of receptionist training who can help field questions from prospective customers.
Duties for graduates of receptionist training may also resemble those of medical receptionists, who may, for example, be asked to prepare treatment rooms for the next patient.
3. Orthodontist Clinics
Orthodontist clinics continue to hire graduates of receptionist training earned at business colleges.
A lot of orthodontistsâ offices work hard to establish a personality or âflavourâ. Graduates of receptionist training can be a major contributor to the personality of an office, by:
- helping to organize promotional gifts (one orthodontist office I recently visited gives away personalized lip balm)
- helping to organize charitable endeavours (the same office offers a reward system for conscientious adolescent patients that rewards good dental hygiene practices with a donation to a childrenâs hospital)
4. Dental Clinics
The reputation of a dental clinic depends almost as much on the rapport patients have with the receptionist as it does on the rapport patients have with the dentist. Graduates of receptionist training from business colleges can find employment in dental offices, where they will help with such tasks as:
- scheduling appointments
- answering the phone
- processing insurance claims
- placing orders with suppliers
5. Veterinary Clinics
The graduates of receptionist training at business colleges who work in veterinarian offices must have an extra talent: an affinity for animals.
Other tasks may include:
- selling pet food
- sweeping pet fur


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AmCham Shanghai's Business Council for Social Responsibility is pleased to present a CSR workshop on tackling environmental problems using design thinking methodology. Dr. Wolfie Yu, an expert on creative thinking and innovative theories, will introduce the design thinking methodology and facilitate the discussion. The workshop will take place from 2:00 to 5:00 PM on August 20 at the AmCham Shanghai Conference Center.
Dr. Yu will introduce the basics of design thinking methodology and demonstrate how design thinking and innovative design methodologies can help companies better engage the internal stakeholders and support CSR work. Michael Rosenthal, Chair of the Environmental Committee will present on the issue of take-out food containers waste. By doing a case study on this issue, Dr. Yu will help the participants practice solving problems using the design thinking tools.
The event will be conducted in English. For more information, please contact Christine Zhao at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6, June, 2007
One of the many things I have learned since becoming involved with lineage organizations such as the SCV and SAR is that every one thinks that their ancestor is the most important individual in history. As far as the SCV goes, not everyone can be as fortunate as to be descended from Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart or James Longstreet. However, in an ideal family historian's world, each individual would have his or her just recognition in the historical spotlight. As your commander and total controller of this column, I have refrained from writing about my ancestors who I believe deserve their own chapters in America's history books. Currently there are four other Cowardins in our camp besides me who should find this month's "commander's comments" interesting. I hope the rest of you will find it interesting as well. Several months ago we were graced with the presence of Dr. Bob Kenzer from the University of Richmond. His topic was the "Richmond Dispatch Project" which has posted all of the issues of the Richmond Daily Dispatch published during the War of Northern Aggression on the Internet for everyone to see. During the war, the Dispatch was one of the most important newspapers in the country. Its circulation was the largest in Richmond and was rivaled by only one other newspaper in the south, that being in New Orleans. The Confederate government and military units used the publication regularly for announcements and public notices. Yankee spies smuggled the paper into the hands of Union army commanders particularly U.S. Grant who found the information in the paper quite useful. After the war, and a brief suspension of publication (due to the destruction of the printing offices and prohibition imposed by the occupying Federal forces) the Dispatch returned to is former glory as one of the best, if not the premier newspaper, of the south and the country. This month's commander's comments will concentrate on James Andrew Cowardin, the Dispatch's founder and one of the men who I rightly believe (as his descendant) deserves a more prominent place in our nation's history books. James was born in Bath County, Virginia on October 6, 1811. The family's homestead was located only a few miles from the Homestead Resort. The house in which he was born still stands today although it has been added to and modified several times since the family lived there in the early 1800s. Besides local lore and tradition, the only remaining evidence of our family's presence is a stream that originates on the old family property. To this day it is known as Cowardin Run and it flows into the Jackson River that in turn flows into the ancient Cowpasture River. James' father was a stonemason and his mother was a schoolteacher. Due to his father's occupation, the family moved around from county to county so he could work on masonry projects (a genealogist's nightmare). In 1813, just two years after James' birth the family was living in Amelia County. That year his father left the family for several months to fight in the county's militia defending Norfolk during the War of 1812. Just about all of James' siblings were born in different counties. There is no doubt that young James owed his success in life to his mother. A devout Baptist, she instilled in him a strong work ethic, and the love of learning, particularly reading and writing. There is evidence that the family struggled financially and at the age of 13, he was sent to work as an apprentice at the Roanoke Sentinel in Danville. He immediately fell in love with the newspaper business and evidently was good at it. At 16, he went to Lynchburg to work as the foreman for the Jeffersonian Republican, a staunch advocate of states rights and nullification. In 1832, the paper moved to Richmond and James followed,although the paper soon ceased publication. Out of work, James became the chief clerk to Thomas Ritchie, publisher of the Enquirer and one of the best newspapermen of the era. Ritchie became very fond of young Cowardin and did much to advance the young man's career. At the age of 19, James decided to put his experience to work by buying an interest in the Compiler, an ailing newspaper that was barely staying afloat but at the same time had the distinction of being the oldest daily newspaper at the time. He and his partner William H. Davis constantly struggled to keep the presses going but after 10 years they both realized that the paper just couldn't make it and they sold their interests. During this ten year period James met and married Anna Maria Purcell, the daughter of John B. Purcell, a successful Richmond druggist and co-owner of Purcell and Ladd, Co. Anna and James would go on to have seven children, three of whom would fight for the South during the war. Anna, being from a proud Irish Catholic family, made sure all here children were raised as good Catholics. One of their sons, William, would fight in the "Boy's Company" of the city guard and helped catch Dahlgren and prevent his infamous raid. After the war he became a Jesuit Priest and Cowardin Chapel at Georgetown University is named in his honor. James did not convert to Catholicism until his last days, allowing his son to perform the ceremonies. After selling his interest in the fledgling paper, James decided to try a new business. He entered into the world of banking with his brother-in-law, Charles Purcell. As his obituary stated: "Never was there a man more unsuited for the part." James was said to be too trusting and lacked the capacity to say "No" when it came to lending money. Seeing that he was not doing well in this line of work he began to look again at the newspaper business. The old saying "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" definitely rings true for James. In 1850, he and his old partner W. H. Davis decided to start a new paper, a paper that was different from all the rest, a newspaper called the Richmond Daily Dispatch. This paper was to be independent and dedicated strictly to news instead of politics and editorial rants. One of the greatest differences of this new paper from the rest in Richmond was that each issue would only cost a penny. This was the first penny paper to ever be published south of Baltimore. At first the paper struggled. The news world was just as politically charged then as it is now. Democrats subscribed to and advertised in the democratically slanted paper and the Whigs subscribed to and advertised in their designated paper. After a few months Davis lost hope and sold his interest to James. There was really no large demand for a neutral paper. This soon changed as the Dispatch got its foot in the door with good editorials and as the "penny paper" concept caught on. Soon its circulation grew to rival its competitors and before the war it surpassed those competitors and reached levels that rivaled those in larger cities like New Orleans, Washington D.C. and New York. In 1852, James was elected as a Whig to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent Richmond. This was as far as James went politically except in 1869 when he went to Washington to lobby for the end of Reconstruction in Virginia. In 1854, he helped organize the Virginia Mechanic's Institute which provided apprentice programs for the less fortunate citizens of the city. He was also a strong defender of slavery advocating the benefits of mixing slave and wage labor to build and improve the industries in Richmond. One time, wage workers at the Dispatch threatened to strike if they were made to work on Sundays. James retaliated with a threat to fire them all and replace them with slaves. This diffused the threat immediately. The Dispatch became pro-Confederate with the secession of South Carolina. Its editorials blasted Lincoln calling him "His Sable Excellency" and a "vulgar tycoon." As soon as Virginia seceded, it became one of the Confederate Government's most loyal supporters. The ravages of war did not spare the Dispatch as paper and ink became more and more scarce and expensive. The paper shrunk in size over the war years and the quality deteriorated. James did not serve in the military during the war. At the age of 50, he could do more damage with his pen than his sword. He was an honorary member of the Richmond Ambulance Corps using his contacts to arrange assistance in the form of food, clothing and money for wounded and captured Confederates in the North. He also accepted provisions from the North to give to Yankee prisoners. The Dispatch ceased publication in March of 1865 due to the fact that all its workers were impressed into the Confederate Army. When Richmond burned, the offices and presses of the Dispatch went with it. James took the Amnesty oath on July 1, 1865 and received a presidential pardon on July 13th. The paper resumed publication on December 9th 1865. From this point on, James never looked back. A diehard conservative Democrat, he and his paper fought against Radical Reconstruction and those who were involved with the federally imposed government. In 1869, he and eight other prominent individuals, a group known as the Committee of Nine, went to Washington to meet with officials to try and end reconstruction in Virginia and achieve a compromise on the new state constitution. In 1874, James helped to form the Virginia Press Association. He was elected president in 1876 and served two consecutive terms. In 1879 he suffered a stroke and was prevented from running the day-to-day operations of the paper due to the loss of feeling on his right side including his right hand. His wife, Anna, had died the year before from tuberculosis. Shortly after his stroke he traveled to Arkansas to the healing springs in hopes of finding relief. At first he showed signs of relief but they were only temporary. The last years of his life were spent at the healing springs in his native Bath County; waters which he believed from an early age (As a child he was cured from a serious illness by those same waters.) could perform miracles. He always loved the mountains of Bath and those were his some of the last sights he saw of this earth. He suffered another stroke in 1882 and was totally incapacitated. He was brought back to Richmond where he died on November 21, 1882 at his son, Charles' house. This house was on the block that is now occupied by the Media General building across the street from today's Richmond-Times Dispatch. James is buried in Hollywood Cemetery along with his wife and children. James was very well liked. He was one of the most widely known newspapermen of the time. A talented fiddler, quick witted and an excellent conversationalist, James was known for his warm personality and ability to throw a great party. Even in his older years he seemed to still be young at heart. Accounts from young newspapermen saying how their expectations of a strait-laced, old-fashioned Virginia Gentleman were shattered on their first meetings are numerous. Upon his death, tributes to James ran in newspapers all over the country. James' youngest son, Charles, took over the paper after his father's death and no doubt would have made his father proud. He continued to build the paper and expand its influence and circulation until his death in 1890. He also served as Chief of Staff to six Virginia Governors. After Charles' death the paper was merged with the Times and was from then on known as the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Hope to see you at the next meeting! Taylor
We welcome our newest member Will Akers, whose ancestor Sergeant Milton Hervey Vivion served in the 11th Kentucky "Chenault's" Cavalry. We plan to induct Will at our June 19 meeting. We extend get well wishes to Robert Mahone, who has been hospitalized recently. Our congratulations to Richard Campbell, who was sworn in as a Judge in Richmond's Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on May 10. Many thanks to Clint Cowardin, Lee Crenshaw, Ray Crews,, Gene Golden, Andy Keller, Lewis Mills, and Wally Scott for cleaning up the Longstreet Camp section of Studley Road (Route 606), Hanover County, near Enon Church. Particular thanks to Lewis who supervises this effort and to Lee for providing several pickup sticks, which prevent aching backs. Thanks also go to our May speaker Ed Harris, who donated his raffle winnings to our Buck Hurtt Scholarship Fund. We're scheduled to present a check on June 12 to the outstanding senior history student at Douglas S. Freeman High School as selected by the faculty. William H. "Buck" Hurtt, a private in the 26th Virginia Infantry who died in prison at the notorious Yankee prison camp at Elmira, New York, was the great grandfather of our late Camp Commander Chuck Walton. This scholarship award was Chuck's idea, and he made the first presentation in June 2003. Chuck died of a heart attack one month later, and we named the award after his Confederate ancestor in honor of both of them. Buck's surname is spelled with one "t" in the regimental history. When I challenged Chuck on his two "t" spelling, he said that his mother spelled it that way, and he wasn't going to contradict her. Not wishing to be haunted by Chuck's ghost, I now spell Hurtt with two t's. John Thompson, Sr. and his three sons have transferred their memberships to Captain Abner S. Boone Camp # 2094, of Tennessee. We wish them well in their new home camp. Several Camp members attended the Jefferson Davis Memorial Service June 2 at Hollywood Cemetery, where keynote speaker Bud Robertson gave a fine talk entitled "The Abiding Qualities of Jefferson Davis." Next year will be the 200th anniversary of Davis's birth. At the Davis ceremony Compatriot Keith Morris reported that the Virginia Division is only 65 applications shy of the number needed to have a Virginia license plate honoring Robert E. Lee. Keith handed out applications at the ceremony and received several completed applications with fees. Unlike the SCV plate, which is restricted to SCV members, anyone can apply for the Lee plate. Instructions are on the Virginia Division web site. I plan to bring some applications to our June 19 meeting for those Camp members not connected to the Internet who wish to apply for a Lee license plate. Please apply today to honor one of our greatest American heroes. If you applied previously and paid the fee, you do not need to apply again. A friend with a brilliant son once told me that the bright lad had one big problem, he believed everything that he read in a book. How dangerous! I'm currently reading an otherwise interesting book about the founding of the U. S. Navy entitled Six Frigates. The author states that DNA evidence proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Thomas Jefferson was the father of Sally Hemings's children. The author obviously never read The Jefferson-Hemings Myth: An American Travesty, edited by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr. and published by The Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society. The author further states that James Madison was tutored at home (Montpelier, Orange County) by a Scottish tutor. According to Barbara Beigun Kaplan's Land and Heritage in the Virginia Tidewater: A History of King and Queen County, Madison's Scottish teacher, Donald Robertson, operated a fine private school near Newtown, King and Queen County, from 1758 until 1773. James Madison was a student at that school from 1758 until 1763. Madison once said of Robertson, "All that I have been in life, I owe largely to that man." James Madison was a grandson of John Madison and James Taylor, both of King and Queen. Several Longstreet Camp members have ancestors from King and Queen who served in the 26th Virginia Infantry, which had soldiers from Gloucester, Mathews, and King and Queen counties. Walter
Our speaker for this month is Fred Ray, author of Shock Troops of the Confederacy. Fred will present a program on sharpshooters in the War and their impact upon the waging of war. This is a subject that, to our knowledge, has not been covered before by any of our speakers and it should be prove to be very interesting. Be sure not to miss this program!
ED HARRIS Ed Harris of the Latane Camp opened his talk by asking us to name the eight full generals in the Confederate Army. Lee came immediately to mind. Ed helped us by naming Samuel Cooper as the least known. Camp members rattled off two Johnstons, Kirby Smith, and John Bell Hood. The last named were Beauregard and Bragg. Ed then told us that Hood's assignment to the Army of Northern Virginia wa a surprise to him, and that his Texas Brigade wanted to prove themselves worthy. The opportunity came June 27, 1862 at Gaines's Mill. The Confederates made several advances during the day without much success. In the afternoon Hood's Texas Brigade broke the Union line and led to a withdrawal by the Yankees. This battlefield success made "the gallant" Hood a popular figure in Richmond after the Seven Days Campaign. The next major action for Hood's Texans was Second Manassas August 1862. Hood's brigade went against the 5th New York and reduced that regiment from 550 to 90 men. At Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862 Hood's Division of 2,000 men knocked Yankee Joe Hooker's corps out of the battle. Hood's career as a Confederate general was at its zenith after this bloody fight. The next major action for Hood was Gettysburg. On July 2, 1963 Hood's repeated requests to Longstreet to change the direction of his attack to sweep behind the Round Tops were denied. Longstreet sent a messenger to Hood to tell him to attack as General Lee had ordered. As Hood's Division became engaged, an exploding shell above Hood sent fragments ranging through his left hand, forearm, elbow, and biceps. The wounded Hood rode in an ambulance with South Carolinian Wade Hampton. After several weeks in Staunton, Hood arrived in Richmond in early September. During this time Hood's infatuation with Sally "Buck" Preston, whom he had met previously, blazed. Mary Chesnut described Buck as the most beautiful lady in the South. Hood was sent to Chickamauga to serve with Longstreet. There he was shot in the leg, which had to be amputated. He received an artificial leg. In February 1864, Hood was sent to the Army of Tennessee, in which he became a corps commander under Joseph E. Johnston. On July 17 Jefferson Davis ordered Hood to replace Johnston as Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee. Hood felt that the way to defeat Sherman was to lead his Army into Tennessee, where the Yankees had two armies under John M. Schofield and Virginian George H. Thomas. Hood's attacks against Schofield at Franklin and against Thomas at Nashville were disasters. Hood led his battered army to Mississippi. On January 23, 1865, his resignation was accepted by General Beauregard. On the way to Richmond, he stopped in Columbia, South Carolina for a visit with the Prestons and a reunion with Sally. Nothing came of this. After writing his report in Richmond, Hood was ordered to proceed to Texas. He surrendeded to Yankee authorities May 31, 1865 in Natchez. After The War, he settled in New Orleans. After an unsuccessful venture in the cotton business, he entered the insurance business. That fared no better. He married Anna Maria Hennen, and they had eleven children in ten years. For those of you doing the math, there were three sets of twins. In August 1879, Anna died of yellow fever, followed by Hood six days later. Their oldest daughter died five hours after John Bell Hood. The ten orphaned children were adopted by seven different families. Sam Watkins, author of Company Aytch, described Hood as a good man. Hood's autobiography is entitled Advance and Retreat. Reporter's note: Advance and Retreat is in the Library of Virginia in book form and in the Henrico County Library as an E book. Also in the Henrico Library are The Gallant Hood (321 pp.), by John P. Dyer and John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence (203 pp.), by Richard M. McMurry. Numbers of pages do not include footnotes.
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Jensen Motley Crew Designs has a cute new kit which is great for scrapping layouts of your vacation pictures! It's called Have Fun, Will Travel and is currently on sale for 50% off! A really fab deal for which you get 9 cardstock, 15 papers and 44 unique elements!
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The City stopper has also said he is fully focused on making sure he has the No.1 spot next season...
Coventry City goalkeeper Lee Burge has revealed he is relishing the challenge of playing against AS Roma B and Italian Serie A side Chievo Verona on the Italian pre-season tour.
The Sky Blues stopper completed 45 minutes for City against Nuneaton Town before the game was abandoned in the second half when a thunderstorm caused a waterlogged pitch at Liberty Way, with the home side leading 1-0.
City's next pre-season will be on Monday as they prepare to face AS Roma B and give the squad some valuable minutes on the pitch.
The City Academy graduate believes the tour will be a good chance for the squad to work on the system and believes the level of opposition will improve Steven Pressley's side.
Burge said: "I saw the teams we are playing yesterday and I'm relishing the challenge really. You want to play against the best sides in football.
"We have to make sure we can stand up to the level and even though it is only pre-season, play at our best.
"The heat difference will definitely help us get into shape. I think the tour will get us in the right shape ahead of the new season."
Nuneaton skipper Gaz Dean had put the Boro ahead at the break after his initial header was well-saved by Burge but the skipper followed up to head home.
The City keeper was happy with his performance and says he is fully focused on making the No.1 spot is his when the 2014/15 season begins.
He added: "I didn't really have much to do. I don't think we were well organised for their goal but other than that, I thought I did well.
"It was good to be back on the pitch playing. It is definitely different to the training matches we've been doing as there is an extra intensity to it.
"I want the No.1 spot this year, everyone knows that. It is going to be a tough fight for it as Ryan Allsop is a very good keeper.
"It is good competition and we're going to push each other all the way."


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In this post I compare GISS LOTAs during 5 El Nino – La Nina cycles (2010, 1998, 19883, 1973 and 1970).
El Nino – La Nina Cycles
In a previous post I showed the Nino 34 SSTA cycles for 2010, 1998, 1983, 1973 and 1970 here. In this post, I want to see how GISS Land Ocean Temperature Anomalies (LOTA) vary over El Nino – La Nina cycles. Here is my RClimate chart showing GISS anomalies for 6 months prior to cycle year,the cycle year and the 12 months after cycle year (30 month period).
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While the 2010 cycle is only partially complete, there are a number of interesting aspects in this chart. The average temperatures during the cycles have clearly risen with the latest cycle showing the highest maximum anomaly. All 5 cycles all have similar patterns, with a buildup in 6 months prior to cycle year. The maximum – minimum range for the 5 cycles are comparable, ranging from 0.45 (2010) to 0.60 (1998).
Here is a data summary of the 5 cycles.
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Easter has become a time of overindulgence with stores having shelves and shelves of Easter treat options. We all know we can have the occasional treat but that we shouldn't overdo it, so why do we keep falling into the trap of buying too many treats and overindulging? The supermarkets want to make sales, so they display their goodies to entice you. Avoiding the display is only possible if you don't need to do any shopping!
How about going back to basics and making some enjoyable homemade Easter treats. Here are some delicious ideas.
Bunny bread
Start by making a bread dough.
· 135g bread flour
· 15g cake flour
· 2.5g instant dry yeast
· 110g fat free or low fat milk (adjust accordingly)
· 1g salt
· 15g granulated sugar
· 10g unsalted butter, softened
1. Prepare dough by kneading all ingredients together (except butter) until it is soft and pliable
2. Incorporate butter and knead
3. Allow the dough to stand until it has doubled in size
4. After dough has doubled in size, punch it down and divide into 5 equal portions
5. Allow it to sit for another 10 minutes
6. Shape the bunnies
7. Allow them to rise for another 30-40 minutes
8. Bake the bunnies for 13 minutes at 170 ͦC
Frozen yoghurt eggs
You will need a silicone mini cake pan, either in the shape of eggs of bunnies.
· ¾ cup low fat vanilla yoghurt
· ½-¾ frozen or fresh fruit
1. Place the yoghurt and fruit in a blender and blend
2. Pour into the cake pan
3. Freeze for about 2 hours
4. Pop out of the mould and enjoy
Jelly eggs
· Egg Moulds
· 1½ cups boiling water or fruit juice
· 1 packet sugar free jelly
1. Use a paper towel to wipe the insides and along the rims of both sides of the egg mould with vegetable oil or spray and cook. Close the moulds and place them 'fill side up' on a tray
2. Add the water or fruit juice to the jelly mix and stir for 3 minutes until completely dissolved
3. Pour the jelly into the mould through the fill-holes until the eggs are filled just to the top
4. Place in the fridge for 3 hours until firm
5. Use a dull knife to gently pry open the egg halves, turn the mould over and gently shake to release the eggs
6. Keep the eggs refrigerated until needed
Fun fruit
Cut up fruit into small cubes and decorate on a plate to look like a bunny J
Carrot dip
Make a dip and place it in the middle of the plate in the shape of a carrot.
Grate some carrot and cover the dip.
Place some parsley leaves at the top.
Place crackers or crudité around the 'carrot' and serve
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8-Hour Short Story Writing Challenge7
My sister and I decided to engage in a 8-hour long writing challenge, where we both had to write a complete short story in a tiny 480 minutes. But lo and behold, after starting at 3pm and writing till 11pm, we finished our stories and read them to our brother and his sister-in-law.
I'm quite proud of my 14-page, 8,129-word story, which chronicles the disaster the befalls of a peaceful Kingdom that's "somewhere in the far reaches of the earth, but closer than you could imagine" filled with "mostly-happy people," and the great Quest of Valor to solve "the mystery of the broken sky" and in doing so win the hand of the beautiful Princess.
Humanity (and Six College Credits)3
Hello, all! Just letting you know that I have passed my first CLEP – that is, College Level Examination Program test. I took the Humanities exam. This means I have six (6) credit hours to my name, completely transferable to whichever college I decide upon attending!
Isn't this just awesome? It took me a few months of preparation to be ready for the test, most of which wasn't really studying. Alright, since I've confused you, let me give you the whole low-down on what I did:
- First, my sister decided that she wanted to take the Humanities test next, since it was on her list of CLEPs she needed to take. And since I didn't end up taking Natural Sciences with her, I decided to have a go at this CLEP, too. Thankfully, I ended up taking the exam this time.
- Next, she bought a study guide, the official CLEP review book on Humanities. Man, was that book helpful. It provided us with two practice examination tests.
- Then we crammed. We were expecting to take it back in April, but we didn't feel prepared. So we waited.
- Then it rolled around to last week, and my sister wanted to take the test. Fair enough, but when it came time for it, I still wasn't ready. So we delayed till this week. She took it on Wednesday, but once again, I did not feel ready.
- So, I took it today. And passed!
One final thing you should know: right before a test, I would cram, cram, cram, using Wikipedia primarily. I searched up so many different authors, poets, playwrights, operas, movements – wow. I can definitely say I learned a lot. Thing is, I probably won't remember a bit of it in a few months. But at least I can say I can cram.
After all, that's all colleges want us to do, right? Get an A?
>Sigh< Well, I really did learn a lot from this preparing for this test. I'm glad for the learning, the college credit, and the personal macho-feeling it gives you. Even if the educational system is off-kilter, one can still choose to learn. Life is a journey, and no matter what, new adventures and places to discover will appear on the horizon.
Let us learn together!
P.S. And oh, BTW! I got a great score on the test: 72! You see, 20 points is the lowest you can get, and 80 points is the very highest, whereas 50 points is passing. So I did well, and I'm thankful. A great, big thanks to all my friends who thought of me, encouraged me, and prayed for me. Praise God!