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2018-2019 Dolphin Swim Team
A competitive swim team for boys and girls ages 6 - 18. The major emphasis is on stroke development, team work and the development of the YMCA's four core values of respect, responsibility, caring and honesty. Swimmers must be YMCA members and must be able to swim one length of the pool with stopping, using crawl stroke. Of in doubt as to what level your swimmer is, contact Dani Mostachetti, Aquatic Coordinator/YMCA Dolphin Swim Team Head Coach, to have them tested. Our team consists of approximately 75 members from all over Warren County. Season runs from September through March. They compete in the following age categories:
• 8 & under (novice)
• 9 & 10 (cadet)
• 11 & 12 (prep)
• 13 & 14 (junior)
• 15 & up (senior)
Age categories are based upon birth date as of Nov. 30.
Registration for 2018-19 Swim Team begins August 8, 2018. Registration is ONLY available in-house due to required waivers/medical information. Parent must sign. Please bring insurance information.
Cost for 2018-19 season: (Due by October 5, 2018)
$145 YMCA Members
$ 80 Each additional child in family
$ 80 WAHS Swimmers (Grade 9-12)
Note: Above fee includes Sectional, District and State meet fees.
Practices 2018:
1st week: Monday, September 24th thru Thursday, September 27th:
New swimmers: 4:30-5:00 pm
Novice & Cadet: 5:00-6:00 pm
Prep, Junior, Senior - 6:00-7:00 pm
*No practice Friday, September 28th
After the 1st week: Begins Monday, October 1st:
Novice: Monday-Thursday 4:00-5:00 pm / (No Friday)
Cadet: Monday-Thursday 5:00-6:00 pm / Friday 4:00-5:00 pm
Prep: Monday-Thursday 5:30-7:00 pm / Friday 4:00-5:00 pm
Junior&Senior: Monday-Thursday 5:30-7:00 pm / Friday 4:00-5:00 pm
Home swim meets will begin at 11:00 am. Swimmers need to be on deck for warm-ups at 10:00 am.
Away meet details will be provided prior to meet date.
*For swimmers riding to/from meets with parents, a note must be provided to Coach Dani in advance.
Parent Info:
ALL parents are expected to help during each home swim meet. Jobs consist of: set-up, timing, scoring, selling 50/50, concessions, lining up swimmers, providing judges and referees. Please check the swim team bulleting board (outside of Dani's office) for meet information and/or concession donations during season.
Parent Meetings:
Thursday, October 4, 2018: Season informational meeting. Time: 6:00 pm for new swimmer parents / 6:30 pm for returning
Thursday, October 25, 2018: This is a mandatory meeting for all parents for the November Invitational meet. Time: 6:00 pm
Saturday, November 10, 2018: Annual Invitational Meet. ALL swimmers will need to sign-up to swim this meet. ALL parents are required to work the meet.
Upcoming Events/programs
Teen Competitive Swm Skills with WAHS Swim Coach Russ Beyer -Saturdays during the summer
WAHS Swim Coach Russ Beyer will lead a skills class to develop and work on competitive swim skills for ages 13-18. Condition, improve swim techniques and get ready for the 2018-19 swim season. Sign up for the summer and attend as often as possible. Registration now open.
Date: Saturdays - June 2nd thru August 18, 2018
Time: 7:15 am - 8:25 am
Ages: 13-18
Cost: $25.00 YMCA Members / $35.00 Non-members
Registration: Currently open
Summer Swim Training League
YMCA Head Coach, Dani Mostachetti will be holding a 6-week summer swim training league for ages 6-18. Swimmers must have attained a YMCA Minnow patch or Stage 4 of YMCA Progressive Swim level.(or be tested) Emphasis will be on stroke techniques. Included will be work on starts and turns. This is a great opportunity to try swim team training and/or condition for the swim season before the Dolphin Swim Team begins in September. League rund Monday, July 9th through Thursday, August 16, 2018.
Dates: July 9th through August 16th
Days: Monday thru Thursdays
Time: 8:00-9:00 am
Ages: Minnow Patch/Stage 4/or test out
Cost: $40 members / $100 non members
Registration: Begins May 1st
Summer Diving Class - Learn to Dive
This 5-week program will run Tuesday & Thursday evening from July 17th through August 16, 2018 for youth ages 11-18. Participants must have attained a YMCA Minnow patch or Stage 4 of YMCA Progressive Swim level. This class is recommended for those who have gymnastics and/or dance experience, or a strong desire to learn how to dive. Emily Frederick will lead this program
Dates: July 17th through August 16th
Days: Tuesday/Thursday
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm
Ages: 11-18
Cost: $30 members / $60 non members
Registration: Begins May 1st
Intro to Swim Team & Conditioning
Prior to the start of the 2018-19 Dolphin Swim Team season, the swim team coaches will hold conditioning practices to prepare swimmers for the upcoming Dolphin Swim Team season. Swimmers can attend 1 practice or all four! These sessions are also open to any interested swimmers who would like to experience what it is like to be a part of swim team. All swimmers must have experience as a Level 4 Stroke Introduction in the YMCA Progressive Swim Lessons program. Email email@example.com with any questions.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Time: 5:30-6:30 pm
Cost: $5.00 members / $10.00 non-members
Registration: Now Open
Coaches' Bios:
Dani Mostachetti
I have been the Head Coach and YMCA Aquatics Coordinator for two years. I grew up just outside of Pittsburgh. My passion for swimming started at a young age when I would lap swim with my mom and pretend I was in the Olympics. Although I never swam competitively in school, my aquatics passion never went away. I was a lifeguard, swim instructor, and camp counselor every summer in high school and college. I graduated from Slippery Rock University with a degree in Physical Education and a minor in Aquatics. I also ran for their Cross Country and Track/Field program. Since then I have been a teacher and coach in Miami, FL and Cleveland, OH. My coaching experience includes being the assistant coach for the schools' cross country, track and field, swimming, and youth soccer teams. Sports have always been a big part of my life and have shaped who I am today. I want to help children grow and become best athlete and person they can be through the lessons and excitement of sports participation.
I look forward to coaching the YMCA Dolphins Swim Team and meeting all the great families involved in the program.
Lindsey Vavala
This is my third season as a swim coach. I have worked for the YMCA in the aquatics department as a swim instructor, lifeguard, and a coach for 11 years. I have a bachelor's degree in secondary education from Edinboro University. I work full time for Beacon Light Behavioral Health Systems as a Blended Case Manager. I started swimming for the Dolphins when I was 9 years old and continued through high school. What keeps me connected to the swim team is my love for swimming and the ability that I am able to share that passion with swimmers and fellow coaches. I enjoy working with the swimmers and to watch them grow and achieve their goals. The YMCA and the swim program have always been a constant in my life and I consider it a second "home." I am looking forward to seeing what this upcoming season has in store for us all.
Susan Wilson
My name is Susan Wilson. I am a special education teacher for the Warren County School District. I'm going into my 12th year. I am a Long Distance Running and Walking coach for the Warren County Special Olympics. I have always been a lover of swimming. I worked my way through the swim system with earning all the patches and finally then branching out to join the high school swim team. I loved the thrill of being a team member and the sheer excitement of the meet atmosphere. Long distance swim events were by far where my heart loved being. I continued to swim through college. Even though I did not swim competitively for Clarion University of Pennsylvania, I did coach Special Olympics swimming for Clarion County. Thanks goes to Dr. Brooks for getting me back to my roots of swimming.
Phil Hampson
My swimming career started at age 7 with the Warren Y swim team. I swam for the Y and the Warren High School team through grade twelve. The pool took me to Allegheny College for several years until I transferred to West Virginia University. Upon graduation from WVU, I returned to Warren and helped coach the High School team for a year under head coach Mike Phillips. Mike was my coach from age 7 through high school. It was an honor to return and join him on the deck. The twists and turns of life took me in several different directions. My parents and my wonderful wife Becky are very understanding. I am a Professional Land Surveyor, and I have a B.S. in Secondary Education. Currently I am the Operations Manager of an oil company, I do a little surveying on the side, and my partner and I have our own oil company.
Eight years ago, our daughter Callie and our son Ben said they would like to join the swim team. The head coach at that time was Chris Snyder. The kids joined and I asked Chris if he needed any help. That was the start of my second round of coaching. It was a wonderful opportunity to take a break from work, have some kid time, and possibly help some kids navigate their way through life, as Mike Phillips did for me. "Swim Team Therapy" has helped me through many long cold winters. My thanks to the kids and their parents for their help and support.
Jeff Nelson
Jeff Nelson was born and raised in Warren, PA and a 1997 graduate of WAHS. He started swimming competitively as a Cadet for the summer swim team and continued swimming on the YMCA teams as well as High School. His main events were the freestyle and backstroke sprints and occasionally Coach Phillips and Coach Bimber were able to convince him to swim the 200 IM. Jeff moved back to Warren in 2012 having previously lived in various locations for his former employer, such as Vancouver, Brazil, Los Angeles and Miami. He is enjoying being able to volunteer more of his time now and along with being a coach for the YMCA swim team, he is also an active member in his church.


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Celebrated peado and glam rock pioneer Gary Glitter (the people's paedophile) is finally coming home to the land that loves him so well.
Gary (real name Paul Gadd) has been incarcerated in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for what seems like an eternity - and all for having sex with a few children.
You know what it's like - they say they're 10, but they look at least 12, so naturally you conduct "obscene acts" with them (against their will if need be), and the next thing you know you're behind bars in a tropical climate.
What a savage, savage land.
Anyway, Glitter apparently didn't want to come home, and I've no idea why, because it's high time he had a come-back and I haven't looked at the papers today but I'm sure the people of Great Britain are more than happy to welcome him back into their lives. He has, after all, served his sentence and was let out early for good behaviour.
Here's to many more years of good behaviour, and great music, from Gary, and if a few children have to get molested along the way, well - surely that's a small price to pay?

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That's some narcissism, you must be thinking. Well, when I thought of K, the first thing that came to mind was my own nick-name, so why not spend some well deserved space on it.
Kavity is not a childhood nickname of mine. In fact, my childhood nickname is quite silly, like how most nicknames go, and is actually sillier than Kavity. Booju is what my mom, and my then neighbors used to call me. My cousin used to call me Moti (because I have always been quite mota). Kavity is a name I got well after my adolescence, thanks to a bosom friend I met during B-School days.
Many of my friends have forever been calling me Kavity, and my mother finds it hard to reconcile to this name even today, after many years.
While many people have grappled between Cavity and Kavity in addressing me, not really understanding why anyone will hold a nickname that isn't very palatable, my friend's 4 year old went a step ahead. The first time I met him, along with a group of boisterous old-time friends from B-school, everyone kept addressing me by my nickname. This little fellow went up to his dad and whispered silently, but loud enough for everyone to hear - "Do you guys call her cavity because she has bad teeth with lot of cavities?"
Well! Kids these days! And, for the record, no, I do not have bad teeth with lot of cavities!
P. S. This post is the eleventh in the A-Z blogging challenge series for April.


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Mitt andra bidrag till CSI som Special Deputy i januari.
"Scheme: All colours used
Evidence: Stripes, Snowflakes, Silver metal, Numbers, 3 of something, Stars, Loopy font, Rhinestones, Scallops, Ribbon
Testimony: I documented my boys second birthday. It says in Swedish
"Milles second birthday was spent at home in Gottne. Cake, presents and
balloons made the day perfect.""


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Serge Gainsbourg wrote it, directed it, stars in it and cast his daughter, Charlotte, as his movie daughter in Charlotte For Ever. It's a family affair that crosses into an uncomfortable realm of implied incest that Serge often exploited/explored in his art. The PC police may get their knickers in a twist but fuck 'em. One of the functions of art, and a healthy one at that, is confronting taboos and shedding light on how humans behave in the dark places. Gainsbourg's lack of artifice and Cassavetes-like blurring of the line between drama and reality makes Charlotte For Ever almost unbearably intimate. Gainsbourg took chances in unloading a shitload of his id into his creations and the pleasure principle was the carburetor that fueled his engine. His cri de coeur is often muddled by the blurting of his cock.
Gainsbourg wasn't the only modern French director to explore incest. Louis Malle, Bertrand Blier, Christophe Honore and Leos Carax have all gone there. In Malles' Murmur Of The Heart a mother introduces her son to sex and somehow it seems almost wholesome. Maybe it's a French thing?
Charlotte For Ever was released in 1986. French audiences were repelled and it promptly disappeared. The story of a suicidal alcoholic writer desperately looking for a link to redemption through his beautiful young daughter was too dark, too disturbingly erotic, for even the arthouse crowd. Or maybe it's just too damned pretentious. I'm divided. As a fan of both Serge and Charlotte, I admire the chances taken and the commitment made to a project that required profound sensitivity and trust. How much is autobiographical I don't know. But like the films of Cassavetes it doesn't really matter. What matters is the fact that there are artists who see film not merely as a storytelling medium, but as a kind of scalpel that can peel back the hidden parts of what makes us human. And that can be painful… and exhilarating.
As for those of you who might worry for the young Charlotte Gainsbourg, I wouldn't. She seems to have survived her father's inspired madness with her head firmly intact. In fact, she's continued in the Gainsbourgian tradition of dropping turds in the punchbowl with the films she's done with Lars Von Trier and her uncle Andrew Birkin. La pomme doesn't fall far from the tree.


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Day 9 | Phoenix to Joshua Tree to Palm Springs
We're back in California and enjoying the desert! We left Phoenix and it's disappointing attractions and drove a straight line west to Palm Springs. Our initial itinerary had been to head south for another night, but we've decided we're just a little too vanilla for some areas of America - and that maybe some areas of America aren't ready for our outfits. I never would have thought my mustard coloured tights or Joshua's pale blue pants would draw such attention. A stop in at Joshua Tree National Park made it clear that we only just scratched the surface, an hour in the morning sun left us overheated and grappling for the water bottle. We might head to the north of the park sometime over the next day or so, with a full water bottle and lots of sunscreen!


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Thompson began his IBM career in Canada as a systems engineer in 1966. He held a variety of management jobs, before being elected Chief Executive Officer of IBM Canada in 1986. In January 1991, he moved to the USA, charged with developing IBM's strategy for entering the services business. Subsequently, Thompson ran IBM's worldwide computer hardware business and IBM's software operations before being elected Vice Chairman of the Board.
He is a graduate of Western University with a degree in Engineering Science. He also completed executive management programs at Western and the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws at Western in 1994.
Thompson has served as Chairman of the Board of TD Bank Financial Group since April 2003 and is a director of Thomson Reuters Corporation and Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Philips Electronics NV. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of the Hospital for Sick Children and a director of the Atlantic Salmon Federation. He was named Chancellor of Western in April, 2008.
Thompson is a previous director of the Conference Board of Canada and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. He served on past Premier of Ontario's Councils for education reform, human resources reform and industrial policy. In 2013, he was appointed as an Officer to the Order of Canada.
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Welcome to Gun Lake!
Our History
Gun Lake Community Church was planted in a very unique way. During August 1985, twelve people approached the RCA church-planning director about the possibility of planting an RCA ministry within the Yankee Springs area. The people were encouraged to pursue this possibility. This was unique because normally RCA churches are planted by the synods or classis in areas which have been thoroughly surveyed. After several discussions and meeting all Classis qualifications, the Classis of South Grand Rapids approved the new ministry in January 1986.
The Gun Lake Snowmobile Club was available for lease and monthly worship services began on June 22, 1986. There were 55 people at the first worship service. Over 100 people worshiped together as weekly services began on September 7, 1986.
Seventeen acres of property then became available to GLCC and during September 1988, 150 people attended a joyful, outdoor worship service held on the newly purchased property. A groundbreaking service was held one cold, snowy morning in February 1989, as the new multi-purpose worship center began to take form.
Two expansion projects have taken place since 1989 and in the summer of 2000 a third building phase was completed.
The years since 1998 have been a time of focus for GLCC. The church has been going through a process of discovering what God's purpose is for the church and joining Him in His work here. We sense that God is calling the church to be a mission outpost in this area, seeking to meet those who don't have a relationship with Christ and helping them accept Christ as their Lord and Savior, and grow in this relationship. Transitioning to this purpose revitalized the church and brought with it growth in a number of different areas. More people started using their gifts for ministry, new people came to church and accepted Christ as their Lord, more children started attending our Children's Ministries, and our weekly worship attendance increased.
In order to better minister to our growing numbers as well as increase our witness to the surrounding community, GLCC transitioned to a new administrative structure in the summer of 2002. Once again, this transition brought excitement to the church as it continues to meet people where they are at and invite them to become devoted followers of Christ.
To help reach the community, our church took a close look at the people to find out what makes them tick. We learned their needs, their likes, dislikes, and generally everything we could about the people in the area. We also learned that the area is a relatively young community that is unchurched.
A vision continues to be cast to the congregation to be a church for those who desire to learn more about how they can follow God through a relationship with Jesus. One of the ways the church accomplishes this is through our multiple weekly worship services.
In the Gun Lake area, many of the people are looking for a contemporary church that offers children's programs, more up-to-date music, and a service where people are excited to be there. The church has developed multiple services to impact different segments of the community.
Sermons are focused on issues that are relevant to the community. We might preach a sermon about marriage, and on another Sunday we might talk about stress. Though most of the community is unchurched, the Leadership Team at GLCC believes the community is open to spiritual issues and is searching for something to fill their lives with. We invest our lives in people who do not know Jesus and invite them to worship.
GLCC uses its style to reach out to anyone within a sixteen to twenty-mile radius. Inside that radius are 17,000 people who do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ. The question is often asked, "Seventeen thousand people; what's up with that?" Intentionally reaching the 17,000 people requires sacrifice and in the spring of 2005 the church sent away ten percent of its members to help launch another church. Though the church will lose some of its strongest members, following God requires faith, and GLCC is looking forward to seeing God do great things through this opportunity.
The reason we are here is to build a bridge with the community - meeting people right where they are at and inviting them to become devoted followers of Jesus Christ.


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Riddle Stories
Audiences of all ages love the challenge of a riddle, or a tough question which the hero must answer (remember Chaucer's the Wife of Bath's Tale - what is it the women most desire?)
Need the answer? Slide down!
Tip for Telling
Before telling I assign each child something from the story to draw (school, castle, tunnel, King, golden ball etc).
As I tell the story, when their object is introduced, they come and place it on the floor, forming a map of the story.
When the story ends, the class re-tells the story, using the pictures to guide them.
Where are you?
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The Thomas stuff has been given its own page. This page will be dedicated to prototype British locomotives (Mostly)Comments can be sent toe-mail
Hogwart's Express
Hogwart's Express, Harry Potter and all related insignia are Copyright Warner Brothers - All Rights Reserved
|Hogwart's Express 'Hogwart's Castle' "Hall" Class 4-6-0 - Original drawings by Dan MacKellar ©2002
|Hogwart's Express coaches - Corridor coach and corridor brake coach - Original drawings by Dan MacKellar ©2002
Prototype British Locomotives - Steam and Diesel
|London & North Eastern Railway A4 4-6-2 - Blue - Original drawing by Dan MacKellar ©2002
|British Rail Class 55 "Deltic" Green and Blue - Original drawing by Dan MacKellar ©2002
Comments, Questions, Suggestions, e-mail me. All images are ©2002 Dan MacKellar unless otherwise noted.


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Thermal stability of Friedel's salt from metakaolin origin by DSC and HTXRD techniques
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Friedel's salt, 3CaO·Al2O3·CaCl2·10H2O, is a compound formed in Portland cement (PC)-based conglomerates with pozzolans exposed to chlorides presence from the thaw salts or marine environments. The constituents that chemically bond chlorides are tricalcium aluminate, 3CaO·Al2O3, of PC and reactive alumina, Al2O 3 r− , of pozzolan. In this research, thermal stability of Friedel's salt from the metakaolin origin (Guadalajara, Spain) is studied by DSC up to 1000 °C and HTXRD technique at 25, 35, 50 and 75 °C. The course of the structural transition between its two crystalline modifications: monoclinic (space group C2/c of low temperature α-form, < 35 °C) and rhombohedral (space group R-3c of high temperature β-form, > 35 °C), is verified. Both DSC signals and HTXRD patterns confirm the absence of the monoclinic form; instead, the rhombohedral structure of the compound is modified in the function of temperature. In return, the cell parameters of the precipitated rhombohedral Friedel's salt crystals undergo insignificant modifications that result in a decrease in the unit cell volume (a total of 0.5%, from 25 to 75 °C). Importance of the results is essential for the active mineral additions as metakaolin, and both mechanical strength and chemical durability against the sea spray and de-icing salts (chlorides strikes the reinforced steel concrete causing them electrochemical corrosion by "bite") attack that may suffer its resultant PC-pozzolan-based binder products.
KeywordsFriedel's salt Thermal stability Metakaolin Portland cement Chlorides chemical attack Rietveld method
Research data obtained within the framework of the Ph.D. dissertation experimental scientific works of the author on: "Quantitative determination of reactive alumina content, natural and artificial, by thermogravimetry and Rietveld method," defended on January 30, 2014, at Technical University of Madrid in Spain (oa.upm.es/22743/) were financially supported by Technical University of Madrid (Spain), Ph.D. Grant No. RR01/2008. Research results dissemination was funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska Curie—Individual Fellowship research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 746830 (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016).
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Orlando Pirates striker Thabiso Kutumela will be hoping for more first team opportunities
Posted: 11 September 2017 Time: 11:20
The opening weekend of the MultiChoice Diski Challenge has given Orlando Pirates first team coach Milutin Sredojevic another attacking option in the form of Thabiso Kutumela.
The former Baroka FC striker, who joined the Buccaneers last season after winning the National First Division top scorer award, bagged a brace in Pirates' 2-1 victory over AmaZulu at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium on Saturday.
For someone who has been struggling to break into the first team at Pirates, Kutumela will no doubt be hoping that the goals he scored in the Diski Challenge on Saturday will convince 'Micho' to give him more first team opportunities this season.
Last season Kutumela made just six appearances and scored one goal in all competitions for Pirates, as Tendai Ndoro and Thamsanqa Gabuza were often preferred to play upfront.
Ndoro has left the Buccaneers and Kutumela could see himself enjoying more game-time and that could give him the confidence he needs to bag the goals, just as he did for Baroka in the First Division.
He is a different player to Gabuza, who has been used as the target man. Kutumela, who came on as a substitute in Pirates' 1-1 draw with Baroka in August, has pace and has the skill to dribble past opposition defenders. He can also take shots from range.
Baroka were keen on securing the services of Kutumela on a loan deal, but Pirates did not want to let him go, which shows that they have a plan for him this season.
Another option for Pirates upfront is former Free State Stars striker Ayanda Nkosi, who is eager to prove himself in the first team.
Lyle Foster, the 17-year-old striker who has been promoted by the Buccaneers, is tipped for success but he is not likely to be rushed into the starting line-up.
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Monday, 11 January 2010
New Nail Polish Storage
i have been looking for a new way to store my nails inc. nail polishes for a while now, and have finally found a way that i like. whilst having a massive clear out i came across an old jewellery box that i'd forgotten i owned. i took the drawers, and used them as part of my makeup storage and then used the rest of the jewellery box as a small shelf for my nail polishes.
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- Anonymous11 January 2010 at 18:18
Very pretty!!ReplyDelete
I love the way you store them! I'd love to store mine in a similar way, for now they're stored like this: http://thisiscaz.blogspot.com/2010/01/nail-polish-storage.htmlReplyDelete
Great way of storing them! I need to take a leaf out of your book, mine are just shoved in a box & completely unorganised. xoReplyDelete
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i've been looking for a way to store all my polishes so that i can still see the colours easily :)
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They look lovely in there! I keep mine in a large decorative box with the lid on. They all stand up nicely in the box and it lives in the wardrobe. xReplyDelete
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you did it so beautifully, great collection too.ReplyDelete
i own only one bottle [black satin] so i keep it with my makeup.
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I've used roughly fifteen time roaming around the huge world of Tamriel, leveling upwards Alison Brie the Wood Elf (of course, I'm a fanatic, I know) and achieving various tasks. There'ersus an insane amount of activities in?The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, but I've typically found myself asking yourself whether or not these projects I'm completing actually mean anything. Awarded, I often have to be able to remind myself that will, in the grand general scheme of things, nothing I do in a particular game truly matters, but that'ohydrates a large meta conversation for the next day. In this case, I've been pontificating as to whether any of the individual pieces of information in?The Elder Scrolls Online is actually consequential. Am I only running from Stage A to Point W over and over again, or am I actively involved in life?
In terms of the early video game stages, I feel that the former is, unfortunately, more correct.
Every pursuit that I've been subject to so far seems to involve the same basic approach: talk to someone, walk over to a point in the spotlight, interact with an object or person and return to reap the incentives. What's strange is I feel myself compelled to do all of this repeatedly, like there's some sort of invisible hook pulling me back into this specific grind. That's the weirdest part of Zenimax Online's controversial MMO: there feels like there's a lack of interesting content, but this doesn't stop participants (including myself) coming from wanting to complete all things sight. Maybe this is the Assassin's Creed?Effect, where basically populating an interesting entire world with activities will get players' completion-senses to kick in.?Sure, some tasks might have more battle than others, which is really nice considering?The Older Scrolls Online has surprisingly getting battles, but the common proceedings always experience identical. Basically, this is actually the type of game which eats hours and hours you have ever had before you finally will question: what the hell shall we be held doing with time? The fact that these brain is starting to pop straight into my head simply fifteen hours was something that doesn't talk well for the information quality here.
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The African Ecosystems and Societies Program in the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University has been awarded a $50,000 Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative planning grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development and Higher Education for Development in Washington, D.C.
CSU and the University of Nairobi, Kenya is one of 20 pairs selected for capacity-building partnerships between U.S. colleges and universities and higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan African nations.
"The African Ecosystems and Societies Program at CSU will use this grant as a stepping stone to increase our collaborative relationships with African university partners, and foster increased collaboration in dryland research, education and outreach among African universities," said Niall Hanan, senior researcher scientist from CSU's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory.
CSU's grant submission was selected out of nearly 300 applications.
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Since my original theme got quite complicated when my dream cot bumper wouldn't fit our cot I have spent a couple of weeks in denial trying to find a way to make it fit, I then moved onto searching for similar one – which didn't go overly well and nearly drove me to consider making one myself. For some of you this may not sound too crazy but for me this would inevitably turn into sewing carnage.
Then at the weekend we've made a bit of a random purchase – a Noah's Arc print by Alex Clark, only to find out my lovely mother in law bought us a wooden Noah's ark toy and before we knew it we had a bit of theme going. Even if my original colours went completely out of the window.
Rainbow bumper | Noah's Ark | Cloud mobile | Bohemian nursery | Confetti wall decor | Steiff teddy | Fitted sheet | Book shelf
The new scheme is little bit less matchy matchy and mainly based around random pops of primary colours which I hope will be much easier to achieve.
In other news our garden is slowly been turned up side down (this is true especially for the uprooted conifer trees) and I will share some quite worrying progress photos soon.


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"Her Story" Creator Announces Upcoming Game, "Telling Lies"
Sam Barlow, creator of the narrative game Her Story, today announced his latest project, Telling Lies. Published by Annapurna Interactive, Telling Lies will be an all-new narrative game that will expand upon the unique format of Her Story by delving into multiple characters, exploring the extent to which we can ever truly know those we love.
Drawing upon Annapurna Interactive's resources and relationships, Barlow will be able to raise production values for the new project and work with creatives and talent to suit the game's ambitions. Annapurna Interactive will directly handle and oversee all of the production tasks for the live-action video component of the game.


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I have three girls right in a row, each 2 1/2 years apart, but they couldn't be more different. This photo above I framed and hung up in our house because it depicts their personalities and I always want to remember. Monkey 1 in the photos is always trying to be obedient, and at the same time annoyed with monkey #3′s tendency to not want to obey. Monkey #2 is alway day dreaming, sweet and thoughtful. Monkey #3 can't sit still and is always being "forced" as you can see in every single situation.
In this photo monkey #3 is blurry because she just won't sit still!
Every day as I take them down to the bus stop this is the routine, Oldest Monkey get out serious faced, getting her things together and heads straight to the bus not saying a word. Monkey #2 before she hops out says her thanks, then an I love you. She shuts the door and walks to the bus but before she gets into the bus she turns around and has a last wave to me. Monkey #3 is out the door before I stop the car and is running to the bus her bags jiggling on her outstretched arms.
It is not only so cute for me as a mom to notice these differences but our neighbor who also drops her monkey off at the bus has noticed as well, telling me the same scenario I see. Monkey 1 straight to the bus, monkey 2 waving to her with a smile, and monkey 3 running to the bus like the bus is about to leave with all her bags not quite on her shoulder.
I love to looks at these pictures, it makes me smile to have such different personalities in my three girls.
I love them to pieces!
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"Aleta is able to relate to emerging artists in a helpful and personal way. Her studio is informal and nurturing, a fun place to be in. "
–Kathy C., student
"Open, honest, and welcoming, Aleta encouraged me to try new media and different artistic styles. She offered positive praise and guided me toward creative solutions that improved my work."
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Sometimes we need to listen to what some call — the inner voice. Or you might say the universe is trying to tell me something. I have not been listening for awhile.
I've told my students to paint/create from the heart. It's in us. Everything you need is already there. It's in all of us. Finding and listening to that inner voice or the universe can be difficult. We think we know it all. But if we were honest with ourselves we'd see we don't know it all. We have tendency to just leave things where they are. It's going along. No need to disturb a thing at rest. But where is the adventure?
I've been humming along with my business, 511 Art Studio for over ten years. The past six years I have had 511 Art Studio as a stand alone space for artists to come and create. People that wanted to learn a medium could come, create and enjoy making art. I've had lessons, classes, workshops, open studio time, and private lessons. I had up to six different teachers coming in and teaching at the studio. The studio is booming. As with all businesses there is paperwork. Taxes, keeping supplies on hand, keeping track of the other teachers as contractors, and attendance of students, plus scheduling every body and every class has been a full time job in itself. But I have done it all. I'm not trying to show off here. I just want you to see that running an art studio is a big job.
My business sense come from working for Hallmark Cards for over ten years back in the 90's. Hallmark was the top at business and they would not accept anything less from their account reps or district trainers (my two jobs while I was there).
Things clicked with the studio and I just held on for the ride. I've met a lot of great people, have wonderful students and each time one of them won a ribbon or sold a piece I was a proud Mamma. I've seen children grow up and become artists in their own way. After teaching for over fifteen years and having the 511 Art Studio open for over six years, I'm listening to my inner voice. It's been a tapping on my shoulder. "It's time, go make your art again." For the last six months or so, friends and artist friends, have said I was doing too much. I was told if I don't slow down and refuel I won't create the art I want to create. And because this has been my goal, to help others be creative and make art, I need to follow my own words. Create every day, even if it is just a little sketch. Bring more art into the world. We need it. We need to create art because I believe that art makes the world a softer place. Even the wild, crazy, and emotionally jarring art makes us softer. So many people tell me that they are not creative and I've proved them wrong. It brings me so much pleasure when they say, "I didn't think I could do it."
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose…"
This is my time. My time to move 511 Art Studio back to my home. My time to create more. My time to have a more relaxed atmosphere for my students. I will still have classes, private lessons, and open studio time once I get my space set up to accommodate a group larger than four. Maybe once in awhile I'll have one day workshops.
Change is difficult. I know that and understand that some will have issues and challenges. But I will help them through that, just as I helped them learn to create, paint, and draw.
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The 2012 Josephson Institute survey on cheating in high schools found 51 percent of high school students admitted to cheating on a test. Another study found cheating to be common in highly competitive, economically well-off schools. In fact, where the pressure to achieve high scores is emphasized over mastery, students are more likely to cheat according to a 2018 study by Eric Anderman, et al. If you search for cheating scandals in the news, you can read about the many and varied ways students have found to cheat.
When I was in high school, the only students who felt the need to cheat on tests or assignments were academically disinclined students who were trying to pass a class. These students were either lazy and didn't want to do the work, or they weren't particularly gifted when it came to academic work and needed all the help they could get to graduate. The students on the other end of the spectrum, the academically inclined students, had no reason to cheat. They could do the work quite well on their own. They didn't worry about the need for a better than perfect GPA.
In the 1990s a long-fought lawsuit over college admissions procedures, Hopwood v. Texas, caused Texas public universities (and other states' universities as well) to re-examine and redefine their admissions processes. In Texas, from that re-examination of admissions procedures was born the Top 10 Percent Rule.
Enshrined in law by the legislature (Texas House Bill 588) in 1997, the Top 10 Percent Rule, provides that if a student is in the top 10 percent of a Texas high school's graduating class, the student will get automatic admission to a public university within the state. Over the years, this law had to be adjusted for the University of Texas at Austin, the flagship school of the UT system, because of the increasing number of applicants and how little room was left for admissions beyond the top 10 percent of students. Currently for the University of Texas at Austin, the standard is even more stringent. A student must be in the top 6 percent of a high school's graduating class to receive automatic admission there.
The intent of the Top 10 percent Law was to increase diversity in state universities and to increase opportunities for students from smaller school districts. While the law has mostly accomplished that goal, it has had unintended consequences for academic integrity. The people who passed the law didn't realize that the students seeking college admission would see being in the top ten percent as an absolute requirement, a goal to be achieved by any means necessary. As high achieving students fought to get into the top 10 percent of their graduating class, the upper limits of grade point averages were pushed higher and higher, until bonus points have become the norm and a 3.99 out of 4.0 GPA is no longer good enough. Students began to believe that nothing short of perfection would get them into the top 10 percent.
Parents got into the game, pushing their children to achieve those better than perfect grade point averages because automatic admission to the best in-state colleges depended on it. The pressure on students steadily increased. Suddenly, students were no longer cheating to pass classes. They were cheating to attain perfection: the perfect test score, the perfect grades, the better than perfect GPA. Every class and every test from freshman year to senior year of high school had to be perfect.
The pressure on the students in some highly competitive, high-performing schools can be unbearable. And while student mental health is suffering terribly, so is academic integrity. The drive to perfection has placed academic integrity on the chopping block. Plagiarism, group work to achieve perfect answers, trading of information on test questions, and various methods of discovering test answers ahead of time have become the norm in many schools. Use of electronic devices to cheat became widespread. The methods of cheating have become so prevalent that many students don't even recognize them as cheating. It's simply what everyone does to achieve perfection.
What harm is this doing to our society? When our highest scholastic achievers from our best schools, the kids who want to be doctors, lawyers, and engineers, have no sense of ethics or integrity, what kind of adults will they be? We need to return to an emphasis on learning and mastery of skills. We need to move away from a system that makes a numerical goal the only goal in the eyes of the students. Several studies by Dr. Anderman found students were much less likely to cheat in an atmosphere that emphasized learning, in classrooms where the teachers evaluated students on mastery of skills. We may not be able to eradicate cheating, but we can certainly make huge strides to reduce it.
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- Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) gained 4 percent after delivering a third-quarter earnings and sales beat.
- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) shares were up about 1 percent after reporting a third-quarter earnings and sales beat. Q3 adjusted EPS came in at $1.11, beating estimates by 12 cents. Sales were $21 million higher than estimates at $714 million.
- Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ: WB) shares were highly volatile in the after-hours session.
- Savara inc (NASDAQ: SVRA) dropped over 12 percent after announcing a proposed public offering of common stock.
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) dropped 11 percent despite a third-quarter earnings beat. While AMD beat both top and bottom line estimates, the company forecasts a 12-18 percent drop in sales in Q4.
- Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc (NYSE: CMG) plummeted 10 percent, after delivering third-quarter earnings far below estimates.
- Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) shares fell nearly 7 percent after posting earnings that fell in line with analyst estimates. The company forecasts fourth-quarter earnings well short of expectations.
- Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE: EW) shares fell 6 percent. Q3 sales came in $10 million short of estimates.
- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) shares of the telecom giant moved down nearly 2 percent, after missing third-quarter earnings estimates.
- Express Scripts Holding Co (NASDAQ: ESRX) shares were down about 1 percent following earnings.
- Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ: TXN) was down about 1.4 percent.
After-hours price action occurs in an environment where fewer traders are participating in price discovery. Amid this lack of activity and liquidity in certain stocks, experienced traders will sometimes attempt to manipulate sentiment by placing an order at a price markedly different than a stock's closing price or last price.
It's conceivable less savvy investors could see this price action, assume the sharply higher or lower indication is a signal of news, buy or sell the stock, and ask questions later. This is one reason after-hours price action can sometimes evaporate by the next day's morning trading session (i.e. there is no news -- just trading activity).
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Documents about sugar new procedures
(The taxonomy has been proposed proposed by Benjamin M. Schwartz)
What i really like about the naming is the biological and physics resemblances.
Sugar components
1 Sweet (the taste of sugar) : The abstract design of the interface: This is the design of the GUI with mockups in
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Designs, it's independent of any other Sugar code.
2 Glucose (the fundamental, simple sugar used by all life forms): The base Sugar environment
Glucose doesn't include any of the activities it's just the minimal dependencies or packages that must be added to any standard linux distribution in order to get activities working.for example
xorg-server, xulrunner, squeakvm, rainbow, etc.
3 Fructose (the main sugar in fruit, which is how we're supposed to get our sugar): A set of demonstration activities.
Fructose are the packages for making sugar demonstrations, more exactly a set of activities impressive enough for potential sugar users or clients.
4 Sucrose ("table sugar", the kind you buy in the store. It consists of glucose and fructose, combined): The interface, plus a set of demonstration activities.
Glucose + Fructose = complete example Sugar environment, ready to be installed through a package manager.(yum, apt...).
5 Ribose(the sugar used by all lifeforms to control their hardware, in the form of RNA. It's important, but not sweet):The base Linux distribution being used by Sugar
It includes the XO kernels, OHM, any init-script customizations, etc. In synthesis all components necessary to boot the system, enough to install Glucose if it has not yet been installed.
6 Starch(es)(starch is composed of multiple sugars bonded together): A complete disk image for Sugar
Complete disk images for Sugar, as an example "glycogen" could be a development a starch used to produce Glucose. and "cellulose", an extremely stable starch or stable build.
As a side note please see this..:):
Lead acetate: An implementation of Sweet on Windows
(often called sugar of lead(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_of_lead), lead acetate tastes better than sugar but isn't good for children)
"Lead acetate" is the proposed implementation of Sweet on Windows XP. Lead acetate may provide better performance than Glucose, but it is obsolete and toxic to young brains(http://www.healthychildrenproject.org/pdf/PPLEAD.pdf). It causes learning disability, behavioral tendencies toward violence, and even brain damage.
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Let's start with the Tudors, who are always fun to visit, even if you wouldn't want to live in their court in the real world. Philippa Gregory comes through again in her favorite era with the new book, Three Sisters, Three Queens, about Henry VIII's two sisters, Margaret and Mary, and his first wife (their sister-in-law) Katherine of Aragon. Margaret married the king of Scotland, Mary was sent to marry the king of France, and of course Katherine married first Arthur, Henry's older brother, and then, when Arthur died, Henry VIII himself. All of this is pretty well known (especially to people who are interested in this era and this court), but what Philippa Gregory brings to the table is her vast knowledge of the Tudor court and the world of that era, and her vast and in depth understanding of the people who lived in and around the court. The three women at the center of this book fight, each in her own way, against the limitations of their roles, the public perception of them as powerless pawns of the men in their lives. They see each other as rivals, allies, mirrors and always sisters, no matter where their public lives take them. If you think you know all there is to know about this era, rest assured that Philippa Gregory will show you something new and fascinating and bring this bygone world to life.
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The latest defeat took place when the Democratic Alliance (DA) won its application against the speaker on the removal of MPs from the assembly. This was during the president's State of the Nation address in February this year, when members of the Economic Freedom Fighters were forcibly removed by police.
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The speaker had summoned the police into the sanctity of Parliament on the basis of section 11 of the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, which provides that "a person who creates or takes part in any disturbance in the precincts while Parliament … is meeting may be arrested and removed from the precincts on the order of the speaker … by a staff member or a member of the security forces".
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Generic process for rare earth (NdFeB) sintered magnet
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Schematic of fluidized bed jet milling system
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Example of REassure™ template
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