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Father of boys who lives a very long way away is getting married. Boys are being kitted out and this involves a call on an early sunny evening from a lovely young man, the boys' cousin. We have not spoken since he was little and came on summer holidays with his Dad. Having sorted smallish boy's shoes and chest size we get into chat about life. We realise that we know more about each other as we both use social media and then he confesses that his Mum and him have always read my blog. How funny. I write my blog on and off whenever I feel I need to document something about my life I am never really sure who reads. However, it feels nice that two people that were part of my boys and my lives when they were small have had that connection to us somehow. It feels affectionate and makes me smile.
So, I am feeling at a bit of a loose end. So, it made me think time for a little rambling update. I am sat here very relaxed in our summerhouse. Our water feature is on and the birds are singing. It is the first day when the world starts to give you a glimpse of summer and hopeful of hot sunny days to come.
Earlier on today I was on step Nana duty as I helped prepare and serve food for my lovely man's grand children's party. It was a pool party. I felt very nostalgic about all the party's I held for Big boy over the years:
- Super Heroes – party games in a very small house inside and me with a very very small boy, and when I spent ours lovingly baking a batman cake for the children to follow the lead of one small Spiderman who declared it yucky!
- The obstacle course –amazed myself using every bamboo and small tent thing going and kept over competitive boys on the go until they decided climbing on the shed was a good post food sugar rush activity
- The Treasure Hunt – wonderful time had by all running through the woods for clues and building dens, veggie dogs in flasks ably supported as a single Mum by lovely friends
- Mythical creatures and super heroes- Close friends working together to offer a story of witches, goblins and finding treasure for our children and the whole class! – to this day I can remember the children's faces when they found a chest of treasure hidden in the Fairy Queen's garden
We had pool parties and wacky warehouses too but nothing brings back such a smile of the effort involved in undertaking the party at home! Preparing party food to be eaten by grownups later, thinking up of activities only to discover that great game you thought would use twenty minutes over and done with in five! The making up of party bags to come in at under a £1 but looked amazing, and of course dealing with the crying, left out, quirky and sometimes damn rude child!
A friend once said to me you create experiences for children to give them happy and joyful memories in later life. Funny at the time hosting children's' parties seemed such a challenging ordeal and now I look back with rose tinted glasses ha-ha! I also need to remember the hoo haa smallish boy used to create about his birthday parties. Yes, as Mum I tried so hard to give him the same experience of parties and then realised he was the absent guest hiding under the table at every one! For him a happy birthday was cake and new Lego! Even now he really is not keen, a few cards and presents and a cake and he is happy.
I hope though for both boy's birthdays memories mark a happy childhood. Certainly, now no longer having to host another party it has given me lovely memories of bringing up boys!
Large boy is a year on from university next month and is working and living his life in Devon. No long holidays for him to come home now and use up all our WIFI data. He has well and truly flown the nest. I am not sure if I am relieved, chuffed and or proud that he finally has himself a girlfriend. He is not a player is our big boy and being in love with a girl I think will be good for him. Of course, I am terribly embarrassing by telling the world but I am really excited for him. He has gone to her home this weekend and today I realised that I will no longer be the number one person in his life. My boy has well and truly flown the nest.
Smallish boy is seventeen this month and he has turned. I have now lost him into feral teen land. He is now out and about and I no longer have any control over who what or where he is or is with. I am not a cool Mum. When I give lifts, I have stop down the road or pull over in a shady place in case he may be seen with me. We are rarely in public together but when we are I am destined to walk alone whilst he follows behind me. Now I could complain but I can remember doing the same thing to my lovely Mum when I was that age!
Not so smallish boy has always been into mirrors. This last year he now postures and parades in front of mirror, to consider his fine physique, new hair cut or the success on his war on spots. But recently this has stepped up a notch and we are into clothes, needing to look "mighty fine". The obsession with the gym has gone. Not so mall boy has a new occupation; Girls! He is now out and about across the town and indeed county in pursuit of girls! He referenced this activity as "making out", I muttered the safe stuff and realized my little boy has now gone. To be frank not so small boy has gone feral and returned as smallish and enthusiastic wanna be Man! Now I would say we should raise a glass to this rite of passage as I sit here I suspect he is probably raising several cans in pursuit of finding manliness!
As a Mum I fret about doing the right thing. If I let him go feral I am bad mother? I cannot lock him in. What can I do? I text at regular hours of the day and ensure he has money. If I get a chance to give him a lift I take it. This ensures he is locked in small space with me for twenty minutes and I offer sage advice. This absolves my guilt, thought secretly he will do whatever he sees fit. Smallish boy has always controlled his own destiny, he will continue to do so as smallish determined young man.
So, two days have passed since I wrote the above. Not so smallish boy has just returned. He popped home, showered changed clothes and I dropped him off on his next adventure yesterday. I am sat in my summer house and he invades my quiet contentment with his teen bravado, brandishing cheap smelly chips (I am enjoying the aroma of my new jasmine plant), and talks to me like I am one of his mates! Unconditional love does not stretch this far, I have sent him off for a shower!
I have now gardened and my garden looks lovely. Another rite of passage methinks, this time for me. I used to be like not so smallish boy out and about seeking the next party but now I am happy with my garden, my lovely man and glass or two of wine. Now this is so not true! Let me get this right. We have danced and drummed and partied our way through the last couple of months. This coupled with visits to my lovely Mum means we have rarely a weekend at home. So, contentment this weekend is a recharge of the batteries, and a touch base with each other over shared garden, pottering and hanging out together. We have a summer of planned weekends of all sorts of exciting things, so for now time to top up the wine glass and chill. Well at least until not so smallish boy comes out of shower at least! Yes I can still smell my new jasmine plant, in a while I shall plant it in the new shiny red pot I have have for it and place it in just the right spot.I think I am doodling with plants!


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Trouble in the Garden is touching festival audiences in Canada and abroad. With 2 Best Picture nominations, and 1 acting win, critics and viewers agree; This powerful family drama about the 60's Scoop is bringing truth, long denied, to light.
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An electrifying performance by Cara Gee. Give Trouble in the Garden 4 kernels of popcorn out of 5
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This is a devastating defense of those stolen children and a well-crafted, beautifully acted, heartbreaking film
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Raven, a radical eco-activist, is jailed for protesting development on disputed Indigenous land. Long estranged from her adoptive family, she never imagined her brother Colin would be the one to bail her out. Compelled to stay at his suburban home, she discovers he's in real estate - pre-selling houses on the very land she's trying to save. Adopted, disowned, and now under house arrest, this is a story of reckoning with betrayal – of love, land, and blood.
Raven Sinclair: Executive Producer and key collaborator, she is a recognized national expert on the 60's Scoop, leading activist for Scoop survivors and Indigenous child welfare and a scoop survivor.
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One million Form Ones to join secondary schools
Schools have created more than one million Form One places in readiness for a massive enrolment in January.
The slots in both public and private secondary schools will be more than enough for the 993,000 candidates who sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education this year and have been specifically created to support the free day secondary school programme which will begin in January.
The government will roll out the programme on Monday and will begin with slotting in all the candidates, hoping to achieve a 100 per cent transition rate from primary to secondary school.
Previously, all schools have been enrolling between 500,000 and 600,000 students leaving out about 250,000.
Government sources said public and private schools in the country have reported a total of 1,054,000 places in Form One, meaning there is a surplus for all KCPE exam candidates.
However, the exact breakdown of slots in public schools and those in private schools will be known today at the launch of Form One selection.
The government mid this year gave more than 2,000 day schools about Sh6 billion to expand their facilities in readiness for the intake.
Elite national schools, which will receive their enrolment lists today at the Kenya Institute Of Curriculum Development (KICD) Nairobi are Alliance Boys, Alliance Girls, Mang'u High, Maseno, Starehe Boys, Starehe Girls, Nairobi School, Lenana School, Kenya High School, Moi Forces Lanet, Moi Forces Academy, Utumishi Academy, Moi Girls Eldoret, Nakuru Boys, Nakuru Girls, Maryhill Girls, Loreto Limuru and Limuru Girls.
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i will preside over the selection to hand lists containing candidates picked to join the 105 national schools on January 9.
Sunday evening, Dr Matiang'i and the Basic Education principal secretary, Dr Belio Kipsang', were holding a meeting with senior ministry officials to put the final touches to the selection results.
The Nation learnt that Dr Matiang'i will use the occasion to make far-reaching policy changes in education, including a new order that books will be supplied to schools directly from January. He will also spell out measures to implement the Free Day Secondary learning programme.
Those invited include principals of the more than 100 national schools, officials of the secondary school heads association and county directors of education.
Officials of the ministries of Education and ICT spent last week in Naivasha, where they placed all the candidates to the top schools.
Today's event is, therefore, simply an occasion at which principals are provided with lists of the candidates they will admit to their schools. The selection is done using a computer programme based on a candidate's choices.
While releasing the 2018 KCPE results recently, Dr Matiang'i said the selection will be fair and quick.
"Selection of candidates into public secondary schools will be based on merit, quotas, equity, affirmative action and student choice," he said. "Efforts will also be made to ensure that children from disadvantaged backgrounds continue with their education," he said.
Letters of Form One selection are posted on the ministry's website and schools can print them out.
A circular to all principals from Dr Kipsang' said candidates joining boarding schools will get their admission details on the ministry's website.
Of the candidates to be selected, 498,775 are boys and 494,943 girls. All candidates who scored 400 marks and above will be admitted to national schools, irrespective of whether they were in private or public schools.
Recently, Dr Matiang'i said parents would not go through the annual nightmare of hunting for schools since all pupils will get places.
Some 9,848 candidates scored more than 400 marks, while 217,307 candidates scored between 301 and 400 marks.
A further, 529,897 scored between 201 and 300 marks, against last year's 501,552, while 234,308 got 101 to 200 marks compared with 221,438 last year.
Only 2,360 candidates scored less than 100 marks, compared with last year's 6,747.
But while the stakeholders support the rollout of the free secondary education, they have questioned the ministry's preparedness for the initiative for which Sh56 billion has been set aside.
The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) and Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association (Kepsha) asked the government to employ more teachers and improve the infrastructure in schools. Statistics indicate that there are about 88,000 post-primary teachers in the country, with a shortage of about 50,000.
Kuppet chairman Omboko Milemba called for the creation of extra streams to cater for the increased enrolment.
"This is one of the issues we will discuss during our annual delegates conference this December. It would be improper for us to discourage the free secondary education as it is the way to go now. But there are certain minimums that must be achieved because we might end up emphasising on quantity as opposed to quality," Mr Milemba said on the telephone.
Kepsha chairman Shem Ndolo also waded into the matter, saying the upgrading of infrastructure is critical.
For the programme to be successful, he said, schools must be ready with adequate classrooms, desks, chairs, laboratories and teachers.
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"The infrastructure is still inadequate. We need to understand how this infrastructure upgrade will be put in place and supply of enough books as well," he said.
Mr Ndolo spoke at the Sheikh Zayed Children Welfare Centre in Bombolulu, Mombasa, the venue of this year's Kepsha delegates conference which starts today.
In the free day programme, every student has been allocated Sh22,244 annually up from the current Sh12,870, to cater for tuition costs.
The capitation will be disbursed in the ratio of 50:30:20 in first, second and third term.
For day scholars, the money will cater for all their expenses and they will only be required to buy uniforms and lunch. Previously, they paid Sh9,374 a year per student.
In a previous interview, Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association chairman Kahi Indimuli said several schools had received funding to improve their infrastructure ahead of the free secondary education rollout.
He, however, admitted that there will be congestion in schools unless the infrastructure is put in place on time.
In an executive directive last Tuesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered that all candidates who sat the KCPE this year should know their new schools by Christmas.
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The four candidates offer their qualifications at forum; Nehls and Brady trade snarky comments
By LeaAnne Klentzman
In a candidate's forum hosted by the Needville Chamber of Commerce last week, all four Sheriff's candidates were present and accounted for.
Because there is no incumbent in the race for sheriff, the candidates spoke alphabetically. First was the current chief deputy, Craig Brady. He packed the house with his administrative personnel and family, thanking them for all their hard work.
In his prepared remarks he talked about crime rates. Brady advertises that he is "uniquely qualified to continue to run the Sheriff's Office " which has misrepresented crime solve rates to the state and federal government for at least 10 years.
That fact was brought to the public's attention by candidate Troy Nehls. Once the abysmal crime solve rate was put in the public purview, Brady immediately pulled a group of detectives and a sergeant from their regular duties and reassigned them to fix the crime solve numbers and send new reports to the state and federal government.
While it gives the current administration better numbers to talk about, no one knows what the true numbers are.
Were they not reported correctly the first time, or is the Sheriff's administration just that incompetent?
Is candidate Nehls correct when he says Fort Bend County sheriff's office has never solved more than 4% of the burglaries in the last 10 years, based on the numbers they, themselves, reported to the FBI? Or, is the abysmal crime solve rate a collection of reporting errors as the chief deputy has intimated?
At first the chief deputy said the abysmal solve rate was a computer problem linked to a software update two years ago. In a previous forum he called it a glitch. Then when it was brought to his attention that the last 10 years were also that abysmal, at this forum he said the problem was resolved and had been caused by one employee who was improperly "hand" reporting all the crime solve numbers. He said that too has been corrected.
Brady also said that the millions of dollars that the Sheriff's office spends in overtime each year is only 1% of the budget which would be 1% of a 50+ million dollar budget for the last several years. Then in closing Brady repeated Nehls' closing statement of "If I don't have a better crime solve rate at the end of the first 4 years in office, I will fire myself," Brady scoffed then said, "Well that will be the third place he will have been fired from," as he walked off the stage.
That aside comment made sense after the forum was over as one of his employee's family members were handing out flyers with a copy of a Richmond police department termination memo.
The next speaker was candidate John Minchew. In his allotted 5 minutes he discussed his background in police work and his business experience. Minchew said he is the CEO of two private investigation and security businesses both in Houston and in the Valley. Prior to that he was VP for the Wackenhut Corporation directly responsible for 2,700 employees and a budget 90 million dollars.
Minchew said he has the knowledge and experience to "rub two quarters together and make a dollar." He said he has been a success in business after serving in law enforcement, and now wants to give back to his community.
Minchew also pondered out loud why candidate Brady would spend over $300,000 campaigning for a job that will pay him $100,000.
Minchew also identified current mismanagement when he discussed the fleet of 2011 Sheriff's patrol cars that have been sitting on a parking lot for over a year and have never been outfitted or put in service. He said with those vehicles still sitting there, the Sheriff's administration ordered another 38+ 2012 cars and all those are sitting waiting for the proper equipment.
Candidate Troy Nehls was the next to speak. He said he was honored to serve the citizens of Fort Bend County as the twice elected Constable of Precinct 4 and wants to be elected the next Sheriff. Nehls said he is the only candidate in the race with advanced education; he recently earned his Master's Degree from the University of Houston Downtown and has long held a Bachelor's Degree from Liberty University.
Nehls briefly discussed his military background and said that it made him the man he is today. He retired in 2009 as a Major in the Army Reserve. During his service Nehls was deployed to Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Nehls said he was motivated to seek the office of Sheriff after being "shocked" at the crime solve rates. He listed the solve rate of robbery as 18%, theft 5%, Sex Crimes 33%, burglary 5%. He said those solve rates are the result of poor management and lack of leadership. Nehls told candidate Brady, "These numbers are yours. You own them, whether you like them or not."
Nehls identified his plan to address the crime solve rate by changing the working hours and shifts of detectives. Detectives have been working four 10 hour days per week. They are all off either on the weekend or half are off on Monday and the other half on Friday. Crimes that need a detective's attention over the weekend are handled by the on-call detective which rotates each week.
Nehls also said he would implement an evening shift for detectives. When Nehls acknowledged his wife in the audience, he bragged on her for being a highly respected and knowledgeable principal at an LCISD elementary school who earned her position herself; saying "and I didn't promote her." That comment was a swipe at the recent promotion of the chief deputy's wife to a position that was newly created, not posted for eligibility or interest within the agency, nor follow existing policy or guidelines for promotion.
Billy Frank Teague was the last, and most experienced candidate to stand before the crowd. Teague is a 45 year Texas Lawman. He has served in city, county and state law enforcement.
Teague and his wife Joan, a retired Sheriff's Office detective sergeant, have lived and worked in Fort Bend since 1974.
After arriving in Fort Bend from Arlington police department, Teague served the citizens as a patrol deputy, detective, and detective sergeant at the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office under Sheriffs Tiny Gaston and Ervin Hurta.
Teague left the Fort Bend Sheriff's Office to become a Texas Highway Trooper. After 20 years Teague retired from the Highway Patrol and became a Commander at the Richmond police department.
He identified the problems facing the Sheriff's Office as budget constraints, manpower allocations, the tediousness of running a large scale jail operation, and addressing the mental health issues that impact law enforcement from first responder to detention facilities.
Teague said he will lead the Sheriff's Office with integrity, an obligation to service, leadership, and vision.
After all the candidates spoke, they mingled with the crowd as Brady supporters passed out flyers on Nehls. It was reminiscent of four years ago when Billy Frank Teague ran against Sheriff Milton Wright and his supporters, Craig Brady and company, went around passing out a (since paid) tax lien against Teague. Teague was a single digit percentage point from beating Wright back them.
It will be interesting to see if the voters are interested in qualifications of the candidates or just the bully pulpits.


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Spicy cheese biscuits are also called cheese straws here in the south.
They are very common and almost any southern church cookbook you purchase will have several different recipes listed.
When they are called straws.it is because they are actually piped out long but a little wider than a typical drinking straw. Most of the ingredients are always the same though.
Dad started making my Grandma Smiths recipe for cheese biscuits many years back. He made them his own though but adding more cayenne pepper to kick up the heat level, and using a cookie press for the "Pretty Little Cookies" as he calls them pictured here. You can watch his video making spicy cheese biscuits his way on YouTube - Video link below.
I am going to be very honest with you. I was never a cheese straw fan, even grandmas.
It wasn't until I was forced to try one of Dads that I changed my opinion of cheese straws. I think the texture was what I really wasn't a fan of.
Using the cookie press really does seem to change up the texture on these, making them much thinner than the original straw shapes.
If you have never had a cheese straw before, I suggest you have a cold glass of Pepsi waiting to help wash them down. If you are a beer drinker (I am not) I have been told by many beer drinkers they go well with a ice cold beer.
Another thing that goes well with Spicy Cheese Biscuits are my Chili Beans recipe HERE
Jodies Kitchen Spicy Cheese Biscuits
1/2 lb. sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 lb. butter
1/4 cp. corn meal
2 1/2 cp. flour plain
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cayenne pepper- These are not spicy with this amount of cayenne,We now make ours with 1 tsp or more.
Mix cheese & butter together,sift together dry ingredients.Stir into cheese mixture and incorporate until all is mixed together well and a dough has formed.Form into small balls,flatten with fork.(may use cookie press as pic shows) Bake 325 10 to 15 minutes on un-greased cookie sheet.NOTE: IF YOU HAVE A COOKIE PRESS PLEASE USE IT WITH THIS RECIPE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.BUT IF YOU DON'T GRANNY'S WAY IS FINE.


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Rivers made his NBA debut on 31st October 2012 and scored 7 points. He scored career-high 27 points in a match against Minnesota Timberwolves. Rivers played regular seasons for Hornets until 2015. Later, on January 12, 2015, he was traded to Boston Celtics and after three days he joined Los Angeles Clippers.
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Rivers re-signed a three-year contract with Clippers on 8th July 2016. Due to the heel bruise, he missed 18 games between late December and early February during the 2017-2018 season. Rivers was traded to Washington Wizards in exchange of Marcin Gortat on 26th June 2018.
Austin Rivers is currently in a relationship with his long-term girlfriend Brittany Hotard. The couple is dating for long and is going strong in their relationship. Rivers and his partner Brittany engaged in November 2017.
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Currently, the professional basketball player Austin Rivers has an estimated net worth of $8 million. He earns a decent amount of money from his career. Rivers previously played for NBA teams including New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans, and Los Angeles Clippers.
Rivers currently plays for the Washington Wizards of NBA. On 8th July 2016, Rivers signed a three-year contract with Clippers worth $35,475,000. The contract included an average annual salary of $11,825,00 and the base salary of $12,650,000.
Aged 26, Austin Rivers stands the height of 1.93 m i.e. 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 91 kg which is 200 lb.


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Last week we dug into Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar's revenue update for the 2018-2019 state budget cycle. Compared to his January forecast, Comptroller Hegar now predicts more rapid economic growth. But the details of the revenue update show that
The Comptroller's just-released revenue update predicts that the Texas economy will continue to grow steadily in 2018 and 2019, as measured by total number of jobs, personal income, or Gross State Product. But that economic growth – now forecast
Texans are still reeling from the tragedy that Hurricane Harvey wrought on our state. We mourn the loss of over 60 lives, the disruption and anxiety for millions more, and the harm to people and property across the state.
This Saturday the Texas House will take up Senate Bill 1, a dangerous bill that would limit the ability of local governments to raise the revenue needed to pay for public safety, health care, parks, libraries and other services their
Recently we dove into why spending caps are horrible ideas if you want to keep local services running (think fire departments, police departments, electric utilities, etc.) while also being able to adapt to
With a few notable exceptions, the 85th Texas Legislative session was one of the ugliest and least productive in recent memory. The hateful words toward immigrants and the clashes we saw on the last day of the legislative session were
The Texas Senate and House of Representatives have agreed on a $217 billion 2018-2019 budget, officially named Senate Bill 1. Eva DeLuna Castro has a good overview of the whole budget. Let's take a closer look at the funding for
The Texas Senate and House of Representatives have agreed on a $217 billion 2018-2019 budget, officially named Senate Bill 1. Though the dollar amount is about the same as the 2016-2017 level of support for public and higher education, health
You may have been watching the Saturday Night Live season finale, but I was watching the real show – the Texas Senate and House budget conferees rolling out a state budget compromise. The conferees adopted the major decisions that will
Why talk about the 2020-21 Texas state budget when lawmakers are still deciding the 2018-19 budget? It's because the decisions our state leaders make now will have dramatic effects on the ability of the next Legislature to support health care, public


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Robert Ryerson
Certified Financial Planner/President
Robert "Bob" Ryerson entered the financial industry in 1984 when he went through training to be a "stockbroker" as they were then called, for Shearson Lehman American Express in the World Trade Center. He broadened his efforts in the field by becoming a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) in 1991. More recently, he became concerned about the epidemic of identity theft, and became a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist (CITRMS), and wrote the just released book "What's the Deal With Identity Theft-A plain English Look at Our Fastest Growing Crime," which is available as an e-book and paperback on Amazon. Bob also co-authored the 2013 book, "What You Don't Know About Retirement Will Hurt You .'' which discussed the risks of health care costs which are often underestimated by retirees.
Bob is a notary public, and holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University. He is a frequent online instructor of continuing education classes for CPAs, as well as a public speaker at various locations on retirement planning issues. In particular, Mr. Ryerson is a keynote speaker at dinner seminars on the often confusing issue of "Required Minimum Distributions" from retirement plans. He and Mr. Terrero are ,in fact, writing a book on this subject, with Michael Mangini, a Freehold=-based estate planning attorney, which is due out this fall.
Bob's focus is on retirement distribution planning, identity theft, and market and economic trends research, but he also works on making time for family, and travel and reading and writing.
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Yesterday, I announced the roll-out of the Amazing Stories Calendar of Events. (Which you can visit right here.)
It represents a tremendous amount of work on the part of Kermit Woodall, our long-time webmaster and Art Director for the magazine. (Kermit has so many hats, he even sent me one, a steampunk top hat, complete with goggles and a digital display that is currently programmed to display "Ask Me About Amazing Stories".)
We wanted to have a calendar of events for conventions (and other things like significant holidays – Science Fiction Day is January 2nd, for example (Asimov's Birthday; I think it ought to be some day in March, probably the 15th or so, the day when Amazing Stories first went on the racks in 1926, but that's a discussion for another time) pretty much since we launched the website in 2012. We've made a couple of runs at it since then but haven't been happy with the results, until now.
Why has it been so hard?
Well, for one thing, most events – from mega cons to tiny relaxacons – don't make their information available in an easily obtained format.
None of them do. We've seen websites for conventions that make you hunt to find the dates of the event. Ones with no easily accessible contact information or, perhaps more complicating, contact information that is confusing (which of these hundreds of email addresses do I write to?) or, perhaps the most frustrating, contact forms that only provide the convention with contact info (for you).
Even flyers distributed at conventions are often difficult to read, don't contain comprehensive information, make you hunt for pertinent details.
These are problems for those wanting to gather up the information, but they are also problems for the convention that wants to have attendees.
I was always taught that in a "sales setting" (which is what convention promotion is – you're trying to get people to spend money to come to your event), you're supposed to place as few obstacles between the customer and them handing over dollars as is possible. A convention website that buries its dates, location, hotel information and registration function behind a menu, one that makes a potential customer wade through multiple pages, clicking on menu headings that may or may not reference what they are looking for is like making the customer run an obstacle course, one they're paying for the privilege of running.
Of course, getting customers to your event is a different activity than making your information easily accessible for someone else who wants to gather it in and help you promote your event (see more on this below), but a well designed website/facebook page, etc. can arrange itself in a way that satisfies both objectives.
Cons should have a prominent SIGN UP HERE link right on their front page. It should be labeled and displayed in a manner that is designed to cause the least confusion. For example – a LOT of potential con-goers are only familiar with big media events. "Buy Your Membership Here", does not mean to them what it does to a seasoned Fan. I've run into people who've complained that they can't find out how to "buy a ticket" to a particular con, because "membership" means something else entirely to them.
Cons need to display their DATES and their LOCATION prominently. And when I say location, I don't mean a link to a hotel's website listed on a separate page referenced as "accomodations" or some such that offers multiple options – and especially a link that takes you off the convention's webpage with no easily obvious return.
Do NOT Make People HUNT For Information. Display the location, its contact info AND address right on your front page. If there are housing options other than the main venue, provide access to that info, but label them as being other than the convention venue.
Don't forget to make sure that your dates are accurate. Goes without saying, really, but I've seen at least one con listing the correct day and month, but failing to update the year on their permanent page.
My suggestion would be a page that gathers all of the basic information into one place, a link to that page again, prominently displayed on the front page, labeled in an easily understood manner: "Sign Up & Important Info Here".
That important info should contain, at the least – convention's name, convention's operating organization, tax-exempt status if any, dates, fees (with a link to purchasing), a contact button for questions that is NOT a form, but an actual email address, the type of convention, list of guests, location of event, name of event venue, address and phone number for the event venue, link to other available accomodations, links to detailed info for mobility access, links to detail pages for other specialty concerns or needs, a downloadable copy of the event's logo, link to programming, link to site seeing and restaurant guides and maybe a little promotional hype.
All in one place. All written and displayed as if it were being used to appeal to an alien visitor who has little knowledge of earthian languages, no prior experience of conventions or fandom, and may, we suspect, have some cognitive issues. In other words, this is the page where you appeal to and write for the least common denominator. Someone ought to be able to print that page out and use it as a flyer for your convention, and get sign-ups at a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Here's where we address the other side of the coin.
There are several websites out there with "comprehensive calendar of events" on them. Most, if not all of them limit to certain types of convention, or only provide limited slices of their captured info, or make you sign up to get complete info (like the convention's website address), or don't offer an easy way to transfer their information from their site to your tools.
I suspect that they do this for two reasons: first, to prevent others from easily copying that information and using it in some "competitive" fashion. But doesn't that defeat the purpose? Distrbution of the information over as wide an area as possible is what a convention is after. Ahhh, but if everyone has and displays that information, doing so can't really command all that high a price now, can it? Why sign up and perhaps pay a fee when the same information is available elsewhere for free?
Second, really just an aspect of the first reason. Traffic. The more time you spend on a site, the more clicks you have to make to get the info you are looking for, the better it is for that website's bottom line.
We believe that the basic information should be freely and easily accessible and not monetized. Monetize some other aspect of it. Stick an ad for your T-shirts next to the calendar. But don't stand between fans and their conventions.
Our Events Calendar can be found here. Anyone can Submit an event here. You enter the information, we get notified of the add, double check the info and then approve it (so there might be a short delay between listing it and seeing it on the calendar). It's not instant because we need to vet the events. A political rally is not a genre-related convention.
If you want to test your event website's efficacy, click on Submit an Event and then use your website to gather the information needed for the form. You'll quickly learn whether or not your basic information is easily accessible and visible. (And, hint: purchasing a membership or a 'ticket' should be no more than one click away from the front page.)
We've got 23 different 'types' of convention (you can tick boxes for as many apply); if your type of event isn't on the list, let us know, we'll add it.
And, please, if your event isn't listed, go ahead and add it!


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Poême Body Paint - Butter Caramel
$ 20.00
With Poême Body Paint - Butter Caramel, love's sweetest words arise from the aroma of sugar melted into delicious caramel. Write them down and be ready for the response.
Body painting with melting texture and exquisite aroma that is meant for savoring with kisses and enjoyed with all five senses.
Content: Butter Caramel Flavor Body Paint and Plume (50 g)


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|All Sorts Indoor Sports Centre
|Alternate uses
|Futsal (2), Indoor Soccer (2), Netball (2)
All Sorts Indoor Sports Centre is a 3,000sqm multi-function sports complex, and is home to local teams playing futsal, basketball and netball. The centre also offers training sessions for cricket, softball, soccer, volleyball and more.
To access the centre, enter the Sydney Corporate Park via 184 Bourke Rd, take the second exit at the rounndabout and continue on along the canal. All Sorts Indoor Sports Centre is opposite the Pre-Loved Roots nursery.
This site has been put up for the use of prospective clients of the www.sportscourts.com.au website.
You can use this site's functionality to the extent that the log in created for you by Sports Courts staff will give you access.
Once you have logged in you may be taken straight away to the Admininistration Interface, what we sometimes call the backend or dashboard. From here, again subject to the log in you have been given, you will be able to trial all of the features of the Sports Courts Administration Interface


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Plague in Progress: Bless me, father…
I mentioned in my previous post a charismatic preacher that would have taken the wayward flock of inmates of the mining facility under his wing… it seemed only fitting to me that such a figure would take the discovery of something sinister in the deep as a sign, and insist on being the first to see it.
Hence, the Deacon was born. I like to think that in his head he is cleansing and healing the galaxy as a messianic figure in this new form; hence the beatific pose.
I drew on a lot of inspiration from my favourite monsters and villains here, particularly in the resculpt of the face and tendrils. I also tried to add an extra sweeping plate to the hood of his bony armour to make it reminiscent of a bishop's mitre.


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This card is my very first shaker card ever! I've been meaning to try for a while, but just never really had an idea of where to start and what to do.
This week at Simon Says Monday Challenge the theme was About a Face. BAM! Idea flooded.
I just received this Spellbinders Bird Stand die this past week and it worked perfectly for my Shaker Card project!
All the papers I've used are from My Mind's Eye.
Simon Says – About a Face
The Pink Elephant – Interactive Cards
Simon Says – Lets be Clear
Deep Ocean – Lots of Layers
Inky Chicks – Christmas in July
Crafty Sentiments – Christmas in July
Cute Card Thursday – Pretty Papers
Stamplorations – Stamp and Glitter


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Hello guys! I'm Brazilian and I have always dreamt of living in another country, learning the language, getting to know other cultures, places and people.
I took an English course for two years and now I study English alone using websites including News in Levels. I practice listening and speaking because I read aloud. I have a notebook where I write the new words to increase my vocabulary. I like listening to music and reading the lyrics. I'm also practising a little bit with my brother. We get together every day to write ten questions for each other and so we practise talking. I'm also watching some interviews and lectures with English subtitles and I am trying to understand.
So, that's it guys! This is how I'm trying to improve my English until the day I can live in another country and get totally immersed in this world.
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text: Homecoming week is here! I am excited to see the school and community spirit as we enter into one of the best weeks of the year at FHS. Homecoming in Farmington is a weeklong celebration for students, school, and community. FHS students, along with district and building staff, work to create a schedule of fun, safe, and exciting events targeted at providing opportunities for students, parents and community members alike to show their "Tiger Pride." This year, we start the week with the FHS cheerleaders decorating windows in downtown Farmington on Saturday, September 16th. We then end the week with Friday's football game on September 21st vs. Rosemount, and our Homecoming Dance the following evening from 8-11pm. In between, we have a whole slate of activities, all of which are detailed on the attachment here: FHS 2018 Homecoming Calendar of Events


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Versuri Evereve - K.M. (Most Terrible God)
Album: Evereve - E-Mania
Seconds come and seconds go
In decay's silent flow
Don't you ever question me or...
You will reveal my vanity
Used as a bait for mercy
I am undignified
Why don't you dare to show me
The White Light
Kill me -
come for me, come...
Kill me!
Get me out of here... Get me out!
I am nothing more but dirt
The curse upon us all
There is no time left for piety
When the SAVIOUR takes his toll
I have never had my chance
I was never meant to be
Why don't you dare to show me
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ICE says it won't make immigration sweeps at courthouses
Federal immigration officials, criticized for authorizing arrests at courthouses, say their agents will enter court buildings to seize specific immigrants but will not conduct sweeps in search of anyone else who is undocumented.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement "will not make civil immigration arrests inside courthouses indiscriminately," the agency said in a policy statement distributed Wednesday. "ICE officers and agents should generally avoid enforcement actions in courthouses, or areas within courthouses that are dedicated to non-criminal (i.e. family court, small claims court) proceedings."
Agents can go to courthouses to arrest immigrants who are wanted for crimes, are members of gangs, have ignored deportation orders or are "public safety threats," the agency said, but others encountered in the courthouse, such as the immigrant's relatives and friends, will not be picked up unless they pose a threat to public safety or interfere with the agents.
Opponents of the agency's practices since President Trump took office differed sharply on whether the new policy statement was an improvement or merely a self-justification.
The most prominent of the previous critics, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, said ICE appeared to be responding in an encouraging way.
"If followed correctly, this written directive is a good start," she said in a statement. "It's essential that we protect the integrity of our state court justice system and the people who use it."
But San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said the agency was wrongly defending a policy of continued courthouse arrests.
"As a career law enforcement professional," said the former police chief, "I know it to be a fundamental truth that our neighborhoods are safer when people from all communities can work with law enforcement and come to our courthouses without fear that their immigration status will be used against them."
In the same vein, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said, in response to ICE's policy statement, "All of us are put in danger when victims and witnesses grow too afraid to come to court, or even report crimes."
Cesar Cuauhtémoc Garcia Hernández, a University of Denver law professor, was even more critical.
"ICE's courthouse arrest policy sticks to its past practice of viewing courthouses as suitable locations for arrests" without "any meaningful limits," he said. And he added that the agency is unfairly blaming local governments for their reluctance to deliver jailed immigrants to federal agents, "while ignoring the impact on witnesses, victims, and people who have not been convicted of any crime."
He was referring to a portion of the policy statement that defended courthouse arrests.
"Courthouse arrests are often necessitated by the unwillingness of (state and local) jurisdictions to cooperate with ICE in the transfer of custody of aliens from their prisons and jails," the agency said. "Further, many of the aliens ICE is targeting have taken affirmative measures to avoid detection by ICE officers. ... Civil immigration enforcement actions taken inside courthouses can reduce safety risks to the public, targeted alien(s), and ICE officers and agents."
But ICE said it would refrain from making wholesale immigration arrests at courthouses. Before any enforcement action in civil areas of a courthouse, such as family court, an agent will need approval from a supervisor or office director, ICE said.
The issue was first spotlighted in March when Cantil-Sakauye, a former prosecutor, sent a letter to the federal agency after reports from California and four other states that ICE agents had shown up at courthouses to arrest immigrants for deportation, saying agents should stop "stalking courthouses."
Later that month, in her annual speech to a joint session of the Legislature, she said immigration arrests, and the fear of such arrests, "will trickle down into communities, churches, schools and families, and I worry that people will no longer cooperate, or come to court to press their rights, or to seek protection because they will see the court as a bad place."
California lawmakers have also responded. The state Senate this week approved SB183 by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens (Los Angeles County), which would require immigration agents to get a warrant from a judge, naming a specific individual, before conducting arrests, interrogations or surveillance at a courthouse or any other state building. The bill now moves to the Assembly.
Bob Egelko and Hamed Aleaziz are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: email@example.com, email@example.com Twitter: @BobEgelko, @haleaziz


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2 Catholic parishes in Providence to merge next month
WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — The Catholic Diocese of Providence is merging two of its parishes.
WJAR-TV reports that St. Mary Parish and SS John and James Parish of West Warwick will merge on July 1.
The diocese said in a press release Monday that a decline in attendance and key retirements played a role in the decision.
The diocese says St. Mary Parish is serving 150 people, a smaller number than a viable parish should have. St. Mary has also seen a decline in sacramental practices like weddings, baptisms and First Holy Communions, and the current pastor is retiring soon.
St. Mary Parish was built in 1850 and is the oldest Catholic church building in use in the diocese. It will remain open for daily Mass and other liturgical celebrations.
Information from: WJAR-TV, http://www.turnto10.com


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Oil ran up to $135 a barrel increasing in price nearly daily. This despite drastic drops in US driving over the past year. Oil may be ready to crash as prices have dropped by $10 a barrel in the past week. Whether this week or next year, prices will crash eventually.
This is the third time in the last 15 years that we have seen this scenario. It seems to me that there is a tremendous supply of dollars chasing the next big thing. In the 90's the stock market marched to new highs due to "irrational exuberance", companies like Enron and WorldComm created new accounting to rack up "profits". When the curtain was pulled back and everyone realized the people pulling the strings didn't have the fundamentals, the bottom fell out.
In the early part of this decade the same scenario played out in real estate. The Wall Street gurus found new hedge founds to sell sub-prime loans and run up housing prices to irrational levels. The greater fool theory kept people buying until some started defaulting. Suddenly the curtain was pulled back again and look at the mess the real estate market is in.
I have no doubt that something similar is afoot in the commodities market. Oil prices are in the irrational range based on my years of working in oil research. Will we find new "funny" structures that traders have created? Possibly. Then Congress will hold some hearings and the money men will move on to some other way to find a way to invest all these excess dollars.
What that will be, I have no idea, but I'd bet money that it will happen. The world is awash with dollars.
Update: An interesting article I found several days later predicting $50-$70 per barrel oil in our near future. Also comparisons with housing bubble.
Friday, May 30, 2008
the latest bubble bursting and what's next?
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CAHSGA 2016 Conference
CAHSGA 2016 ConferenceWHEN: Sunday 23rd October, 2016 @ 9am
VENUE: Royal Children's Hospital, Ella Latham Lecture Theatre. Parkville, Melbourne
COSTING: Family Ticket = 2 adults (up to 4 children under 18 yrs are free) for $30, a Single Adult Ticket for $20 - to process this you will need to enter "singleticket" into the promotional code box.
If you are not currently a member of the CAHSGA Support Group, this admission fee includes a free 1 year family membership subscription, which includes access to our private facebook page, quarterly newsletters and access to a wide range of support material.
The purpose of the conference is to provide education and improve understanding of CAH in an informal environment. Our aim is to present you with helpful education and a question & answer time at the end of each session.
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Led by fast-rising imports of cherries, China is claiming a greater share of Chilean stone fruit exports.
Chile's cherry acreage has grown at a 10% annual rate over the past five years, and a new U.S. Department of Agriculture report said cherry production and exports also are headed higher fast — with most of that volume destined for China.
The USDA report on Chile's stone fruit outlook said cherry acreage reached 91,500 acres in 2018-19, up from about 32,000 acres in 2010-11.
Chilean cherry growers sent 87% of their total 180,000 metric tons in exports to China in 2018-19, according to the report. The U.S. was the second-biggest export destination, but only accounted for 2.7% of total Chilean cherry exports.
As more cherry trees mature, the USDA projects cherry exports in 2019-20 will increase by 15%, rising to 207,000 metric tons.
The USDA report said Chilean exports to China will continue to increase in response to rising demand.
On the other hand, Chilean cherry exports to the U.S. dropped by 36% in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18, according to the USDA. Chilean exports to the U.S. in 2018-19 totaled 4,852 metric tons.
The third-ranked export market for Chilean cherries is South Korea, which imported 4,147 metric tons in 2018-19, up 56% from the previous year.
Other fruit
Chilean fresh peach and nectarine acreage was estimated at 18,350 acres in 2018-19, according to the report.
Chilean nectarine exports have shifted rapidly from the U.S. to China after gaining market access in 2016. For 2019-20, the USDA said planted area of peaches and nectarines will remain steady, while exports will increase 1% to 98,300 metric tons.
The report said the top market for Chilean peaches and nectarines is the U.S., but that may soon change. Chilean exports to the U.S. totaled 34,847 metric tons in 2018-19, but that was down 8% compared with the previous season.
On the other hand, Chilean peach and nectarine exports to China surged 30% in 2018-19, totaling 20,000 metric tons, according to the report.


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Reel World
Cinematic Experience
Described as both a "serialized cinematic experience" and an "experimental fictional drama," Cariños is the work of local filmmaker Christopher Michael Roybal. This "visionary auteur" (his words, we're assuming) has directed a number of short films and documentaries over the years. (He's also running for governor.) Cariños follows a group of New Mexicans as they "collide in unconventional and unexpected ways, all while trying to both uncover and keep secrets that could change their life." Originally shown as 53 weekly episodes online, the story has finally been compiled into one narrative and is premiering this Thursday, Feb. 8, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Bank of America Theatre (1701 Fourth Street SW). The screening starts at 7pm. Donations will be collected in lieu of tickets. All donations go to the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation.


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Stephen Amell on playing Arrow's superhero (with video)
Stephen Amell is from Toronto, but that doesn't stop passersby in Vancouver from recognizing him as "that superhero guy from the TV show," and asking him for street directions.
"I never have any idea," Amell said simply, "because I leave when Arrow stops and I come back when it starts."
Amell is about to start a third season and the actor who earned Gemini plaudits for roles in ReGenesis and Rent-a-Goalie is readying himself for the rigours of another 10-month location shoot.
"We shoot from July through April, so we get every single piece of Vancouver weather there is," he said in Toronto. "We get the long days, the short days. We get the beautiful sun; we get the wind, the rain, the snow."
Here's the part most people don't get, though.
"Rain and sleet and snow and rain look great onscreen," Amell said.
Vancouver has a pliable look, as well. Last season featured long scenes based in Russia; the new season will open in Hong Kong.
Arrow hovers between 119th and 128th in the weekly U.S. Nielsen ratings, but those numbers are misleading, Amell says.
Arrow airs on The CW, which has fewer affiliate stations than the more established U.S. networks.
Instead, Arrow airs around the world — on CTV in Canada, and in South Africa, India, Ireland, the U.K. and Australia, among other countries.
The question is not whether Arrow can survive but for how long, Amell says.
"I've learned this from doing two seasons now: This is a global show. It's one of the biggest shows on television around the world.
"I think this show can go quite literally as long as the people in charge of it, the cast and the crew keep wanting to make it.
"It could be five seasons; it could go as long as Supernatural."
Supernatural, another Warner Bros. series filming in Vancouver, has lasted 10 seasons.
That's a long commitment for any actor.
Amell is close friends with Supernatural's Jared Padalecki.
They live near each other, but the peculiarities of 16-hour shooting days mean they run into each other at strange times.
"Every once in a while we'll run into each other in the parking lot of our building late at night," Amell said. "You see your friends typically on a weekend."
Amell's credits read like a highlight list of Canadian television, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Queer as Folk, Rent-a-Goalie, ReGenesis, Heartland, 'Da Kink in My Hair and Flashpoint.
He's broken into the U.S. scene with roles in CSI, The Vampire Diaries, NCIS: Los Angeles and New Girl.
"I go where the best roles and best writing are. I actually thought I was going to work over this hiatus, but the movie business being what it is, I had two jobs that fell apart and fell out of my very narrow window of availability."
The new season will focus more on Amell's dual character — billionaire Oliver Queen by day, crime-fighting superhero Green Arrow by night — and less on establishing Arrow's futuristic milieu and ensemble of villains and would-be heroes.
Amell has had his share of disappointments. Rent-a-Goalie, a cult comedy about a rag-tag pickup hockey-goalie service run out of a street-corner café in Toronto's Little Italy, deserved a better ending, Amell says. Rent-a-Goalie aired its last episode in 2008.
"Unfortunately, it's a little bit of a Canadian thing to have happen. I think there was a stretch of time there, two or three years in a row, when the best comedy winner at the Geminis was cancelled.
"That shouldn't happen. We should celebrate successes here.
"I cut my teeth on Rent-a-Goalie. I owe it a lot. I'm in a good place now with Arrow, and a lot of that is because of what I learned on Goalie.
"I just wish I could take what I know now and go back.
"It really was about a group of guys who were passionate about what they were doing, and stuck it out to the end.
"To get that on the air, and do such a wonderful job with it, was a real joy for me."


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Although the lifestyle of celebrities differs from other ordinary people, this does not mean that they are free from some strange habits as a result of anxiety and tension. Hollywood beauties have a share of those habits monitored by a report on the site, "APR" Russian and Hollywood magazine.
Hollywood stars
Spears and Wild .. Biting nails.
Global pop singer Britney Spears and actress Olivia Wilde share a habit of biting nails. They had already admitted to practicing this bad habit and had tried to get rid of it in vain.
Parker and Perry .. Biting the cheeks
Sarah Jessica Parker suffers from a habit of biting the cheeks. Although they cause a lot of pain and discomfort, they can not control themselves. The film actress Halle Berry constantly licks her lips, making them use some products like lip balm to prevent herself from practicing the habit.
Rihanna and Giner .. Internet addiction
The famous singer Rihanna is getting into social networking sites and can not imagine her life without Internet. By following their actions, psychologists have found that the pop singer is afraid of losing her popularity, which makes her always present on those sites.
Kylie Jenner also helped stop some sedatives. She has acknowledged on many occasions that networking is important to her.
Streisand and Kunis
Barbara Streisand suffers from binge eating and prefers to eat donuts and cereal without stopping, which sometimes leads to about 14 kg in a few weeks.
Mila Kunis admits that she keeps her beauty only when she is filming and then returns to her favorite fast food, like hamburgers and Chinese food.
Del Rey and Heigl .. Cigarette addiction
Katharine Heigl smokes cigarettes despite her multiple attempts to quit smoking. The same is true for singer Lana Del Rey, who can not start smoking without a cigarette and drinking a cup of coffee, but this habit did not affect her voice.
Simpson and Adele .. Nicotine Gum
Adele is known for chewing gum between her singing connections during concerts. Jessica Simpson is also considered a celebrity addicted to nicotine gum although she does not smoke.
Knightley and Mirren .. Cursing
Helen Mirren does not hide her emotions, and always reveals what she thinks even if it is negative. It is a habit of constantly cursing during the speech from the incomprehensible habits of actress Keira Knightley.
Lopez and Vergara .. Coffee addiction
Coffee addiction is one of the bad habits of Jennifer Lopez and Sophia Vergara, where these two stars can not start their day without a cup of coffee.
Beckham and Aguilera .. waste
Victoria Beckham and Christina Aguilera share a wasteful habit of spending too much money shopping. Beckham admitted that she spends about $ 150,000 a year buying only clothes, and does not hesitate to buy the same piece in different colors and sizes.
Diaz and Peri .. and mosquito cleanliness
Cameron Diaz is obsessed with cleanliness, particularly when she is in public places where she avoids touching the door handles with her hands and opening them with her elbow. Katy Perry has about 20 toothbrushes and she cleans her teeth six times a day.


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Speech delivered at Sheffield Cutler's Hall on 11/02/19
Welcome to Sheffield. Welcome to South Yorkshire.
I am delighted that Transport for the North opted for Sheffield as the location for its inaugural conference.
And it is fitting that they have.
Because communities across our region have made a significant contribution to the world of transport.
Sheffield steel was used to erect bridges and lay railway lines right across the world.
Barnsley has a rich history in railways that were instrumental to the functioning of the town's many collieries.
Doncaster is the birthplace of some of the most famous locomotive steam trains in the world – including the Flying Scotsman and Mallard.
Continuing that tradition, Doncaster is now the home of the National College for High Speed Rail.
And just last year, we launched the UK's first tram-train service between Sheffield and Rotherham, which incorporates ground-breaking technology that could pave the way for similar projects across the UK.
I was proud to be joined by the then Transport Minister Joe Johnson and together we launched the first service right on schedule at 8am.
But by 3.30pm, a lorry had crashed into the tram.
It just goes to show that there are some things you just can't schedule for!
I also want to say how pleased I am that you could all get here today.
There's a great irony in the fact that just last week, as Transport for the North agreed it's Strategic Transport Plan,
the Sheffield City Region's offices were half empty.
Half the staff were stuck on trains that had come to a complete standstill outside the city centre.
You couldn't make it up.
So the fact that we are having this discussion now is timely – and we must make progress.
Because we all know that persistent issues and poor connectivity across the North has a real impact on our people and on our businesses.
It impacts on our residents living in semi-rural areas, who struggle to access the major sites of employment.
It constrains the reach of our businesses and is a drag on productivity.
It feeds into the very real sense across many Northern communities that they are cut off from the major centres of growth.
This stifles our competitiveness.
And it wastes the skills and talents of our workforce.
And when our residents do travel to the bigger cities, they often find themselves either sat in traffic jams, or on late and overcrowded trains.
The people stuck on those trains last week were frustrated.
They were frustrated that they were not able get to work on time;
They were anxious that they were going to miss connecting trains;
They were angry that they were let down by a transport system that is not fit for the 21st century.
Commuters and residents across the North face similar experiences every day.
They are looking to us to get it sorted.
And sort it we must.
In rising to this challenge, we should be guided by a simple principle:
That we connect our people to the places that they want to go.
For work;
For leisure;
And for business.
In December, I launched my Transport Vision for the
Sheffield City Region – which has that principle at its heart.
As part of that vision:
We will reduce travel times by investing in our existing infrastructure;
We will take a long-term look at where we need to invest resources to support new infrastructure development.
We will take a joined-up approach to integrating our motorway and road networks.
We are also looking at how we can improve public transport so that it is better integrated and better serves local communities.
In the coming weeks, I will be launching a major review of
bus services to explore how we can do this.
And we are promoting more active means of transport.
I know Andy Burnham has been a passionate advocate for active travel in Greater Manchester.
And Chris Boardman has been doing a sterling job as walking and cycling commissioner.
I am also looking to build on the legacy of the Tour de Yorkshire – which is why I am currently in the process of appointing the
Sheffield City Region's own Active Travel Commissioner, to take a lead on this work.
This is not about telling residents that they should ditch their cars or public transport.
It is about giving them the option to lead healthier, more active lives, by investing in infrastructure to encourage walking and cycling,
and maybe even running – we'll see how that goes!
And to drive forward this vision, our local authority leaders have agreed a Transport Strategy.
I think it is well known that we don't always agree on everything in South Yorkshire.
But on this we've worked closely and constructively together to come up with an ambitious plan to transform our region.
This is the first time in South Yorkshire's history that we have a plan that aligns with a wider pan-northern strategy to improve our transport networks.
And that strategy shows how projects on the ground can deliver results.
Because here in the Sheffield City Region, we know what we can achieve with investment.
Take the Great Yorkshire Way project as an example:
With an initial £56m investment, we were able to link Doncaster Sheffield Airport with the M18.
The last mile of Great Yorkshire Way is just about the most significant mile of road in the Sheffield City Region for decades.
And from that initial investment – and because of both the public and private sectors working together:
- our region unlocked £1.8bn worth of investment;
- it created 1,200 jobs;
- it supported national airport capacity by delivering airport growth.
- It aided the development of iPort – one of the UK's largest logistics developments – which now has its own rail freight terminal.
This development is a central element of our plans for a
Global Innovation Corridor – which will connect our region's advanced manufacturing companies with the global opportunities out there.
And all of this was achieved whilst regenerating a former colliery community.
Working together.
Learning from each other.
That's how we achieve things.
Which is why I warmly welcome the Transport for the North's Strategic Transport Plan.
Because it gives us the framework to work together.
And we are taking steps forward.
Only last week, we agreed our plan for Northern Powerhouse Rail – which will better connect Sheffield, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Hull, Newcastle and Manchester airport.
But most of all, the Strategic Transport Plan reminds us that,
if we can say with one voice where we want to be,
and if we can show how we can get there,
we can unleash our full potential.
We can develop:
- A transport network that fully integrates all parts of the North.
- A transport network that connects our people and our businesses with opportunities both within and beyond our great towns and cities.
- A transport network that transforms our economy – so that it works better for the 15 million residents of the North.
This conference is an important step in that direction:
- It is the start of a process in which the North
takes ownership over our own destiny.
- It is a chance for us to gain a greater say and greater control over the transport investments that will shape our future.
- And it has the potential to bring together all the efforts across the North to build a transport network that is fit for the 21st
If we get this right – we can transform our economy for generations to come:
- We can rebalance the decades of underinvestment we've seen in our communities – many of which are still suffering the historic legacies of de-industrialisation.
- We could potentially unlock £100 billion in economic growth for the North's economy.
- And we could create 850,000 additional jobs in the process.
That is the transformative change that we aspire to.
That is our ambition.
But we need Government to play its part with us.
The gap between London and the South East and the North is particularly stark when it comes to transport spending.
The government's own figures show that in 2017-18, for every £1 spent on transport in Yorkshire and the Humber, £3.20 was spent on London's transport networks.
This cannot go on.
Since being elected Mayor of the Sheffield City Region, I have been leveraging my position as an MP to help make the voice of the North heard.
And I have been making the case to Government that the North needs to see a greater level and a fairer share of national infrastructure investment.
We need to realise the potential benefits that investment across the North can bring for both our communities and for our national economy.
Because as we face the future, we need all parts of our country firing on all cylinders.
Communities across the North need change.
And we can deliver that change.
Because I know all of us in this room subscribe to that simple idea that
no community across the North should feel cut off from growth and economic opportunity.
The Strategic Transport Plan shows what can be achieved through political collaboration around that common objective.
It shows that we are confident;
It shows that we know what we want;
And it shows that we have a plan to get there.
But we can only achieve this if we work together:
- Public and private sector;
- Local, regional and national Government;
- Working with communities to deliver the transformative change that our people deserve and expect.
So today, our message to Government is clear:
We want you to work with us.
Because we have before us a unique opportunity to transform the North's economy for generations to come.
So back us.
Get behind us.
Give us the powers.
Give us the funding.
And together, we will get the job done.
Thank you.
– Mayor Dan Jarvis


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H2P I Hetzler Holzwarth Publications, Berlin 2018
Edition of 50 copies, plus 3 A.P., each with an original artwork
In 2017, the new shared project H2P I Hetzler Holzwarth Publications was inaugurated to produce special collector's editions of specific artist books. Two limited editions have been realized so far: a Zhang Wei monograph accompanied by a painted trowel or shovel blade, and an oversized portfolio by André Butzer.
An edition of 50, plus 3 AP, the portfolio includes 10 illustrations, and is accompanied by an original work on paper.
Publisher: H2P I Hetzler Holzwarth Publications, Berlin
Publication date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: Book: 64 x 64 cm
Dimensions Artwork: 22,4 x 14,8 cm; 23,9 x 16,9 cm or 14,8 x 22,4 cm
Pages: 24, 10 ill.
Edition: 50, plus 3 A.P., signed, numbered and dated, each with an original artwork
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André Butzer's (b. 1973) work is characterized by an intensive exploration of the limits and possibilities of the medium painting, while the artist develops a strong personal universe. André Butzer initially created expressive pictures of intense colours, marked by an artificially exaggerated reality; then an increasing abstraction prevailed, occasionally interspersed with figurative elements, while some of his recent paintings, the N-Bilder, concentrate on the energetic force of an elaborated contrast of maximum pictorial means. Apparently laid down in series, these works moreover manifest their own status of being non-transferable determinations."Butzer's latest pieces make abundantly clear, the object of his practice has never been to defang the power of painting. The very opposite is true. In the newest series we see that the line has finally transformed from the explosive chicken-scratch of some of the earlier works to the resonant, fully active fields that now swell and tilt before our eyes with an internal energy that feels real in the kind of way only a successful abstraction can deliver. We may never have seen these paintings before, but it feels as though we have, or, at least, as though we should have. For my part, I have always believed that you know you have done something good when it looks like it has always been around, like it is so obvious you wonder why nobody ever thought of it before."Daniel Mendel-Black, Mature Works in André Butzer, Galerie Max Hetzler, 2013
Artist page on maxhetzler.com
Recent Paintings and an Artist Book
Bleibtreustraße 45, Berlin
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Why Christians Rejected the Talmud
Greetings all! My last post showed the wisdom of the Talmud, but most Christians do not know what it was or who or when it was written. From my book:
The Talmud is second only to Torah as the most sacred and influential written work for Jews. Judaism considers studying Talmud full-time to be one of the most honorable occupations an individual can perform. Adin Steinsaltz de-scribes the Talmud as follows:
The Talmud has two main components: the Mish-nah, a book of law written in Hebrew; and commentary on the Mishnah, known as the Talmud (or Gemarah), in the limited sense of the word, a summary of discussions and elucidations of the Mishnah written in Aramaic-Hebrew jargon . . . The Talmud is the repository of thousands of years of Jewish wisdom, and the oral law, which is as ancient and significant as the written law (the Torah), finds expression therein.[6][1]
Author Morris Adler notes its complexity:
The Talmud is not a code though it contains cases laws and legal decisions. It is not history though it abounds in historical information and is so indispensable a source-book for the period it covers that those who have written of that era without adequate knowledge of the Talmud have been invariably betrayed into error. It is not a biographical dictionary though sages and scholars are cited in it . . . It is not an anthropological treatise, yet is a mine of folklore. It is not a theological tract though Rabbinic thought is a major element in the Jewish outlook. It does not present us with a philosophical system, yet perceptive students have found an organic unity underlying its rich diversity . . . It is not a book neither of religion nor of history nor of ethic nor of philosophy, yet each of these disciplines and others are embraced by it. Indeed, the Talmud is not a book at all. It may more appropriately be described as a literature.[7][2]
Orthodox Jews believe that the Torah, the Five Books of Moses, was handed down from God to Moses. For Jews, the Torah is the written Law of God. The Torah is also referred to as the Pentateuch, from the Greek word, penta- plus -teuch, meaning five books. According to some sources, during the third century BCE, a group of 72 Jewish scholars, six selected from each of the 12 tribes of Israel, translated the first part of the Hebrew Bible into Greek for the Hellenized Jews living in Egypt—a translation that was called the Septuagint. The Talmud, the other great book of Judaism, was also first spoken to Moses by God and, as I have noted, at first passed down orally.
6 Adin Steinsaltz, The Essential Talmud (New York: Basic Books, 1976), 4.
7 Adler Morris, The World of the Talmud (New York: Schocken Books, 1963), 16.
I have found many post and blogs on the web stating that the Talmud was written from 2 CE to 8 CE. That may be true, but it was based on much older Jewish oral traditions. Similar to ancient Native American narratives that were written down in the 1800s. The laws are very old, and most likely just as old as the Bible. The reason it was written down was because after the Roman rebellion, that lead to the destruction of the Temple, Jews realized they were about to be dispersed and may lose the wisdom of the Talmud. The result was a written version of the oral laws, including the integral idea and the belief in eclipses being bad signs. It also contains the commentary of the 2nd century Rabbis who wrote down the oral laws. Some of their comments were very hostile to Christians and Jesus. From The Essence of Perfection:
Over the next few centuries, some of the more unflattering suggestions made throughout the Talmud contributed to Christian negativity. According to James Parkes, the few references to the life of Christ mentioned included the following:
Jesus was the illegitimate child of a soldier called Panthera. He performed His miracles by Magic, which He had learnt in Egypt. After His death, which was a legal condemnation in which He was given every chance to prove His innocence, His body was stolen by His disciples in order to invent the story of the Resurrection. He was a 'deceiver of Israel' and His teaching was evil.[20][1]
Before the destruction of the Temple, there still remained a small amount of civility between Christians and Jews, but that was short-lived. Their separation most likely occurred sometime after the Gospel of Matthew was written. Matthew provides evidence that Jesus desired his followers to observe the Law of Moses. In Matthew 5:17–18, Jesus said,
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished."
Most scholars place the writing of Matthew after 70 CE and as late as 110. Perhaps its selection in the New Testament occurred during a time of struggle between the two religions. Whatever the case, the Torah would remain a staple of Christianity, while the Talmud was to become a more contentious issue. It must be remembered that the Talmud was just starting to be translated from oral to written around the time of, or soon after, Matthew.
According to Parkes, it was the non-Jews who created the rift: "Had the Judeo-Christians been the only members of the new faith, the breach between them and the Jews might have been healed, for they also desired to observe the Law."[21][Therefore it was the Gentile Christians who were ignoring the Law.
This relationship became even more strained by the second century, when most of the Christian leaders were Gentiles. It was no wonder that Christians had no desire for Jesus to be connected to Judaism, as attacks against Jesus mounted in the Talmud and other Jewish writings, and Jews would not even consider Jesus a Jewish prophet. To them, his life and death were just another magician's trick, and as Messiah he failed to end Roman rule.
20 James Parkes, The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue (Cleveland, Median Books, 1964), 109.
21 Ibid, 77.
Thus, even today many Christian refuse to have anything to do with the Talmud. We must remember that what was written by the Rabbis was done because they were human, and worried that Judaism may be destroyed by a Roman Empire under the control of the Christian Church. The Rabbis were under competition and later persecutions from Christians. When Christianity became the official, and only, religion of the Empire the Talmud was banned and burned. This was the same time the Integral Idea never became the significant philosophical concept it should have. Next week I will blog about two questions pertaining to the Nativity that I did further research on, and found some interesting facts. In the upcoming weeks I will explore the Nativity and provide a reasonable date that correspond with the Integral Idea. Until next week GO WITH GOD!
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14 years ago I became interested in the date that Jesus was born. This led to several years of research, I quickly realized that there was no valid information that provided any real answers to this question. Since this website is getting some interest I will post from time to time some of the information I learned during this quest.
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Kellie Haines
Friday, July 5 | 4:40 – 5:25pm
Saturday, July 6 | 10:15 – 11:00am, 1:10 – 1:55pm
Laughing out Loud
Ventriloquist and family entertainer Kellie Haines started talking to her puppets at the age of 8 and when they started talking back, she knew she had a show. Kellie has a BA in drama and is a multitalented entertainer with a background in theatre, clowning, singing and dance.
Kellie's music connects with audiences both young and old with her catchy tunes and playful puppets who also sing. Her musical ventriloquist shows combine witty repartee with songs you can dance to and bring important themes to kids such as believing in yourself, embracing diversity and celebrating nature. Kellie's Musical Vent shows are hilarious and full of spontaneity. She performs at festivals, schools and theatres across Canada and as a puppeteer for tv. Kellie's dream came true when she worked as a puppeteer for a Jim Henson TV show called Turkey Hollow.
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I brought my mum with me as a post Mother's Day celebration vacation trip!
|Old shoplots
|Famous Taugeh Chicken Rice
Was hungry so we had a pre-dinner of bean sprout chicken rice.
|Penang Tower
|Kueh Chap place
|Duck Kueh Chap
|Georgetown street
I love walking down the street doing street photography and Penang is so clean! I was homesick then so it reminds me of my hometown Kuching.
|This British building caught my eye
|Antique signboard
|Pretty dot ceiling at breakfast place
|Cha Koay Teow ,Cha Koay Kak and Penang White Coffee
We discovered this place by chance and coincidently few of my friends on Foursquare checked in this place before so here we are at Sin Seow Fong Lye Cafe.
|Lo Mee and Har Mee.
|Somebody is having their wedding photos taken here too.
|I love the many patterns on the floor of the Mansion
|The entrance
|Jewellery for sale here
|My fav shot from this visit! A working antique camera!
|Which Peranakan specs do you want?
|We went on the Trishaw to the Peranakan Mansion
|Old school car park machine
A night out with Penang Bloggers~
|The waitress has shaky hands - huhu
|Round mirrors
|Piknik Interior
|Fun times!
I absolutely love the clean and well conserved. Reminds me of old streets in Kuching (that I hope our State Government will conserve and not tear every old buildings down).
|on the right side of the street from Tune Hotel
|Very cool Mural of a woman smoking
|Mint outline of old building is so cute!
|Cute Building
|The shops are so old that the windows are slanted
|Yap Kongsi
|Ice cream shop
|Wired comics
|Bicycle Lane
|Poor dog
|Reaching Up - Reach for the window?
|Low fence just the good old days
|Antique shop!
|Unfinish Lion Dance
|The Little Children on a Bicycle Mural - Contrary to popular beliefs of long queue, I did not have to.
Located at Armenian Street.
|Boy on a Bike
|Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur
|Brother and Sister on a Swing
|Kids Playing Basketball
|Mural at Jetty
|Boats at Jetty
|A lot of movies shot here and some interesting signs
|Temple outside the Jetty
|While on the Trishaw
|View from the Trishaw
I will be back Penang! I have yet to try the famous Penang Laksa and desserts.


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I was really just passing time this week. I'm not sure when this project will start. I know the applique will be scrappy. I need to find a fun background fabric in my stash.
I'll be making the quilt titled Spool Quilt. This will be one of my new on-going RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge ~ there's a linky party every Saturday on Angela's blog, see link at the bottom of this post). Below is a picture of the quilt from Edyta's book. I will be making my spools
Note to self: You have scanned and saved this pattern from the library book onto the blue monkey tail zip drive. It is titled "Edyta Sitar's Spools Quilt from Friendship Strips & Scraps 1 of 6."
In other news, this is what our Ohio weather looked like this week. We went from having a dandelion in our yard one day to being snow covered the next. These photos were taken twelve hours apart. Welcome to beautiful Ohio!
This is my new RSC project as well. I'm also linking up at Angela's blog for ScrapHappy Saturday. Life has been super busy. I really miss my Scrappy Saturday friends! Hopefully I'll get more sewing machine time during the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. :)