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On August 4, 2016-7, sponsored by the international exhibition center, in collaboration with the xinhua net, net lending institutions such as the home of "the 2nd China international Internet + financial fair" was held in Beijing, fusion expo to promote development and win-win, pratt &whitney financial and life "as the theme, aims to lead the healthy development of the Internet financial industry in our country, promote the financial industry to road safety, standard, stable.
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The working group to interact with the audience
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Mike Trout Jersey
Mike Trout Jersey
Mike Trout is one of the top players in Major League Baseball and his name always seems to come up when discussing the league's most valuable player. A Mike Trout jersey is a quality jersey of one of today's greats. Trout is an incredible athlete and brings consistency to the field each and every day. Kids all across the nation look up to this ballplayer and strive to be like him one day. Click HERE to get your favorite Mike Trout jersey!
Growing Up Around The Game
The game of baseball ran in the Trout family. Mike Trout grew up around the game as his dad had played the game at the professional level. His dad had played in the Minnesota Twins organization. You know what they say…like father like son. Mike would end up following his father's footsteps in playing the game of baseball. He began playing at a young age and fell in love with the sport. Mike was quite good at it and mainly played shortstop as a child. His favorite player was Derek Jeter and Mike wore the same number, number two, for a while. Trout was born and raised in the state of New Jersey and this is where he would attend middle school and high school.
High School Ball
Mike Trout went to Millville Senior High School and played two sports while he was there. Mike ended up playing baseball and basketball while he went to school there. He was quite the athlete, but he excelled at the game of baseball. Trout would end up playing shortstop, just like his favorite player, all the way up until his senior year. During his senior year he was moved to the outfield and proved he could play there. Mike could run down the outfield and was quite good at that position. While at Millville, he ended up setting a New Jersey record for the most home runs hit in one season at the high school level. Mike hit 18. That is a lot of home runs and Millville was glad to have him on their team.
Summer Events
During his summers, Trout continued to play and compete in the game of baseball. He would compete against some of the best players in the country during these summer months and would go to different camps and prospect events while also playing on his summer team. He performed well at many of these events and games and got notice from college recruiters. East Carolina University ended up offering Mike the opportunity to continue his baseball career and to play with them. Trout was planning on joining the Pirates of East Carolina, but there was something else in store for him. Along with the notice from colleges for his skills and abilities, he also got notice from scouts at the professional level. The childhood dream of having your name called on draft day was soon to come for Mike Trout.
Minor Leagues
Mike Trout got drafted in the first round of the 2009 MLB Draft with the 25th overall selection. The Los Angeles Angels picked this young super star. Mike has the speed and strength to be successful and the Angels organization saw that in him. They were happy to have Trout on their side. He started out in the Angels minor league system and had to work his way up to the professional level. Mike was in the minor leagues for about 2 years prior to making his big league debut. He put up some great numbers while in the minor leagues and he ended up receiving the Minor League Player of the Year in 2010. Trout was the youngest player to receive this award. He was just 19 years old. Mike showed what he was capable of achieving and how great he truly was.
Big League Breakout
In July 2011, The Angels called up Mike Trout to make his big league debut. He would end up moving back and forth between the minor leagues and the majors for about a year. He was then called up to play with the Angels in April 2012 and this is when he started to break out. Mike began to go off at the plate and started to hit really well. He was hitting baseballs all over the yard and ended up hitting with a batting average over .300 with 30 home runs and 45 stolen bases. Talk about having an incredible rookie season at the big league level. With these great stats as a rookie, Trout ended up winning the Rookie of the Year award with a unanimous vote. Along with this award, he was also considered for the American Leagues Most Valuable Player.
Competing For The MVP
Mike Trout was in running for the American League MVP award in his rookie season with the Angels. There was only one problem…he was going up against Miguel Cabrera that year. Miguel Cabrera was having a legendary season and ended up winning the Triple Crown. The Triple Crown is when you lead the league in the three major hitting categories of batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. Cabrera was the first player to achieve the Triple Crown since 1967 and needless to say Mike Trout did not end up winning the AL MVP. That still doesn't take away from the great season that Trout had. What a start to a career.
Awards and Accomplishments
Over the years, Mike Trout has continued to shine and be one of the top players in the game of baseball. Along with the Rookie of the Year Award that he received, Trout has also been a 7-time All-Star and a 5-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. He has won 2 American Leagues Most Valuable Player Awards in 2014 and 2016. Mike won the Hank Aaron Award in 2014 and was the runs batted in leader in that same year as well. Trout has not won a World Series Championship yet, but it will be fun to see if he will be able to add that great accomplishment to his list as well.
Love Life
Mike Trout is a married man and has been since December 2017. Mike is married to his wife, Jessica, who he met while still in high school. They have been together since then and she has always been there to support him through the game of baseball. Jessica is an elementary school teacher who also loves to participate at charity events. Jessica and Mike seem quite happy together and it is good to see that they love and support each other.
Where Will His Career Take Him?
Mike Trout is one of the best players in the league today and seems to have a very supportive wife at home. He has had some great years and a solid career so far. It will be interesting to see where the rest of Trout's career takes him and where he will rank among the legends of the game. A Mike Trout jersey will be a great one to have.
Click HERE to get your favorite Mike Trout jersey!

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Extended School Year Overview
Extended School Year (ESY) services shall be provided for each student who has exceptional needs and requires special education and related services in excess of the general academic year. Such students shall have handicaps, which are likely to continue indefinitely or for a prolonged period, and interruption of his/her educational programming may cause regression, when coupled with limited capacity to regain skills lost, which renders it impossible or unlikely that he/she will attain the level of self-sufficiency and independence that would otherwise be expected in view of the handicapping condition (CCR Title 5 Article 4 Section 3043).
ESY eligibility is reviewed yearly. If you have any questions about ESY, including if your child is eligible, please contact your student's case manager. If your child is eligible, you will need to fill out an enrollment form each April in order to attend, which you can access through your case manager.
ESY vs. General Education Summer School:
"Extended School Year" and "General Education Summer School" are not synonymous terms. Extended School Year is a continuation of necessary special education programs and services outlined in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) and is designed to maintain student progress. It is not an additional or substantially new program. While the accommodations and modifications outlined in an IEP may be implemented in a general education class during the summer, General Education Summer school is not a special education program or service and is not included on an IEP. It is unlikely that we will have General Education Summer school at this point that is not specifically for intervention.
Extended School Year (ESY) is:
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Good news for our students! We are happy to announce that we are taking part in Student Discount Card initiatve. Student Discount Card is a package of discount coupons for attractions in Warsaw. We are one of them! Student Discount Card holders receive a special discount of 30 zł for one of our six games! It is valid from Monday to Thursday from 9:30 – 18:00.
How can one get this discount card? It is simple – you can find it in Gazeta Studencka Info Student. It will also be available at the premises of local universities in Warsaw. You can expect paper version of the card on October 10, and its mobile version will be launched on 6 October here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.altconnect.android.skr


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Rigor, Responsibility and Respect - Personalized Learning by Design
Support the Sleepy Hollow Middle and High School music students by attending the Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Boosters "Breakfast with Santa!" Come to the Sleepy Hollow High School Cafeteria for either the 9:00 AM or 10:00 AM seating. A pancake breakfast will be served. Adults are $10 each, children $5 each and under 2 free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis, but there is plenty of room for all! (No reservations necessary).
SHHS/SHMS holiday "elves" will serve you. Your child will be able to write their letter to Santa and mail it. Santa will be available for pictures with your child throughout the hour.
The High School Cafeteria entrance is on the left side of the building as you come from Broadway. Just follow the candy cane trail!


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You'll Notice some changes around here
Ok, so, you may be noticing some changes to the blog soon if you haven't already.
I have gone to a "private" setting so I can better mod things on here. (People seem to think I'm a "dbag" and an "ahole." (My gut response is to say **** you haters, but…well, I'm trying to make money here, lol.)
- If you like the changes, let me know.
- If you don't…let me know. *grits teeth*
- I have all the things linked. If a link is broken, TELL ME!
- If anything at all doesn't work (a video, a stream, a telekinetically thrown goat, etc. etc. etc.)… LET ME KNOW!
- Don't be a dbag to me or others on here.
- I have the final say in who is a douche and who isn't…MWHAHAHAHA. This isn't a democracy, this isn't a "cheerocracy" (as Chuck Wendig put it *wink wink nudge nudge*), this is a Pagan Republic.
- All that being said…
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Alternate Ending Creation by Malkov0
I'm REALLY excited about this boys and girls and other creatures of the universe!
If you're on steam (and even if you aren't, lol) you should go check this out and DEFINITELY upvote the post, it deserves a CRAP ton of hits.
Posted in Activism, Gaming, Life is Strange
Tags: 2015, Adam King, gaming, Pennsylvania, Steam Community
I Return
If anyone noticed my absence, I apologize for said disappearance. I am back with every intention of sticking around.
I've been busy being too lazy to write. Yes, that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Seriously, though, I simply haven't felt like writing. I wouldn't really call it "writer's block" as I don't believe in that particular boogeyman. Still, its been hard for me to think of anything I feel is worth saying. My readership here is yet fairly small, but it still bothers me to come on and ramble about nothing as I am doing now.
In any event, I always feel much better about things when I am writing actively, so here I am. Currently I am looking for a job. So, if anyone knows of some openings in the Mechanicsburg area of PA…let me know please! Haha. "Good luck" right?
Still, I've not lost hope that soon I might be paid to write. Hopefully, I'll find something that allows me to exercise my creativity at the very least. If I cannot find a writing job (freelance or something, perhaps) I suppose I'll have to be happy stumping through yet another minimum wage part time job.
Back to the topic of writing: Camp NaNoWriMo is fast approaching. I'm considering what my goal might be for it and I'm thinking it will be to actually get some editing done on my first novel. I've been putting off the editing for far to long and I don't even know why. So, wish me luck in getting that manuscript edited and ready for either submission to some publishing house or self-publication!
Thanks for reading and have an unbelievable day!
In Earnest,
King Pollux ~ Adam Kristofer Walkingstick King
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Tags: 2014, Adam King, author, book, editing, FUBAR, hope, NaNoWriMo, PenMonkey, Pennsylvania, procrastination, revising, writer, writing
Family History Research
So, I've always been intrigued by genealogy and family histories.
I recently got a membership for Ancestry.com where I'd only had trials before and I'm finding some epic family history.
Little Background:
My mother's maiden name is Walkingstick. My full name, as my profile states, is Adam Kristofer Walkingstick King.
I am descended from this man directly, and am DAMN proud of the fact.
My ancestors (being Cherokee) fought the Eastern Creeks alongside Andrew Jackson before he was president. Then, upon returning home, they found their homeland ravaged, their women raped, and their children kidnapped or killed.
Anyone question why I am so violently and addictively Anarcho-collectivist now?
In Earnest,
Adam Kristofer Walkingstick King
AKA King Pollux, Lost Prince of the Old East Cherokee Nation
P.S. Anyone know how to get a Dawe's Roll number quickly and simply?
Also, in case you were unable to see the content of the link above because you are not a member at Ancestry.com, here is the story (NOTE: I did not write this, it is the property of the users at ancestry.com)
Udalvnusti "U-Da-Lv-Nu-Sti", is translated from the native Cherokee language to English as Walkingstick.The Walkingstick family ancestry is traced from the Eastern to Western Cherokee Nations. The earliest records originating during the destruction of Keowe, including several other South Carolina Cherokee settlements in the late 1700's.
Walkingstick was still a boy when he came to the south side waters of Hightower in northeast Georgia. He was raised on Crawfish Creek about 15 miles from the old Hightower Town settlement in Forsyth County, Georgia. Walkingstick was a contemporary of the noted Cherokee leader White Path, and the two lived very near each other and engaged in similar campaigns for the Cherokee people.
When General John Sevier marched an Army into the Cherokee Nation in 1792, Walkingstick was one of a party of about 100 Cherokees who embodied to meet General Sevier and engage him in battle to save the Keowe villages in South Carolina, but they arrived too late.
General Sevier and 700 militiamen from Tennessee destroyed the villages along the Etowah River, and won a battle against the Cherokees there. Many of the women and children were killed, as most of the warriors were away engaging other white encroachments on Cherokee land.
The Cherokee and the Creek tribes had long been bitter enemies. When the Creeks sided with the French in the War of 1812, the Cherokees' services were sought by the United States to aid in defeating the French and their allies. The Cherokees were only too willing to go against the Creeks and gain favor with the U.S. Government. This in turn began the Red Stick War. The climatic battle that ended the war occurred at Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa river in present day Alabama. On March 1814, the Creeks held out against overwhelming forces at the Horseshoe Bend. Despite constant bombardment and fire their defenses could not be breached. Suddenly, a turkey gobble was heard, the Cherokee war cry then filled the air, the Cherokees had managed to swim the river and outflank the Creeks. The battle raged for hours as the Cherokees had turned the tide against the Creeks. The proud Creeks would give no quarter and asked for none in return. They were killed to the last man. Walkingstick was one of the Cherokees that fought at the battle of Horseshoe Bend in aiding Andrew Jackson quell the Creek uprising. In the aftermath, 557 Creek warriors lay dead. The Americans lost 32 with 99 wounded, and the Cherokees had lost 18 and 36 wounded. Moreover, one of the dead is listed to be the son of Walkingstick. Upon the conclusion of the battle, Walkingstick and the other Cherokees were discharged from the service of the U.S. armed forces. When returning home they found their country ravaged, pilfered and destroyed by the returning militia they had so willingly fought alongside. They found their homes and families had suffered much more from the hands of their white allies than from their enemies the Creeks. It's hard to imagine the returning warrior Walkingstick bringing his dead son home to his wife only to find the soldiers pilfered their homes, stole their horses, etc. Unfortunately, this great victory propelled Andrew Jackson into the national spotlight and furthered his political career to the highest office in the land. Little were the Cherokee to know then the scheming treachery Jackson was capable of in his tenure as president, for Jackson turned a deaf ear to the Cherokees petitions to stay in their native lands. One of the Cherokee leaders said of him, "If I had known then (what treachery he was capable of) I would have killed him myself that day at Horseshoe Bend. At the end of the Creek War, Walkingstick increased his land holdings and became proficient in the ways of agriculture and business under the ever increasing white population. Note: In 1819, an unknown Walkingstick signed up for removal to the Western Cherokee Nation in Eastern Arkansas and Missouri. He later recanted his decision and remained in the Eastern Cherokee Nation. In the year 1821, Walkingstick settled on Sweetwater Creek about 10 miles from Buzzards Roost in what is now the western edge of Dalton, Georgia. In 1822, Walkingstick is a listed member and official for the Cherokee Republican Government representing the village of Hickory Log under Chief Path Killer. Elitsayi "E-li-tsa-yi" or Elijay was a larger traditional trading settlement in the old Cherokee Nation in what is now north Georgia. Walkingstick held an immense prestige in the area of Elitsayi, and he ranked high in the councils of his people as a diplomat between the Cherokee and the white man's government. By the time of the removal to Oklahoma Territory in 1838, Walkingstick was the headman of the village of Elitsayi. Walkingstick along with a son are buried in the old family cemetery one mile south of Eluay. The grave plot today is in the Gold Kist Poultry Company parking lot. There are no stones to mark their graves. Only some old cedar trees are left to mark where the old warrior and statesman lies.
Posted in Family History/Genealogy, Real Life
Tags: 2014, activism, Adam King, advocate, anarchy, author, California, Cherokee, Cherokee Nation, Creek, family history, genealogy, King Pollux, native american, PenMonkey, Pennsylvania, punk, radical, recovery, revolution, Skywalker, Walkingstick, writer, writing
Men vs Women | Crossing the Divide
Ohhhhh that I could send an owl!
Its hilarious because my twin sis and I sat here and read OM's post and both had very similar or identical reactions to yours! Lmao.
GREAT POST Vic! Four thumbs up! 😀 Reblogging and sharing now!
In Earnest,
King Pollux ~ Adam Kristofer Walkingstick King
Let's Talk Opinion in conversation with OM
I was rather surprised to discover today that I am not a woman after all. I may look like one, but try as I much as I may, I was unable to identify with the "typical" female behaviour described by OM in his recent post about Those things women do… Perhaps it is a matter of perspective or perhaps I've been too busy juggling the daily challenges of existence to find time to fit into the required mould. Or perhaps… it was an accident of birth and I was allocated the wrong gender? This will not do.
Now… I know that OM's posts are often tongue-in-cheek, so my reply ought to be allowed to be in kind. What do women do exactly? Here are OM's findings:
They "Ask where something is before actually looking for it first."
Yep. My grandpa used to do this a…
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On Being a Misfit, an Outsider, a Lone Wolf
I saw this post on "vic briggs | a writer adrift" and it inspired me to write on the topic too. I saw that daily prompt (from yesterday the ninth) but didn't really feel moved to post on the topic with how I was feeling that day. Frankly, yesterday (Thursday, Jan 9th) was just a shit day in most aspects.
In any event, I felt that it would be great to post a sort of personal response to Vic Briggs' post explaining how I feel about being a writer and a weirdo ("weirdo" is my own addition and shouldn't be misconstrued as calling all writers "weirdos"… though many are, 😛 neener-neener).
I'll begin with a bit of a cliche. I always felt different.
In my case, however, that feeling different felt normal and I never felt as if I did not "fit in" as a child. That may not make a whole lot of sense to you presently, but, please, hear me out and I can explain.
You know that feeling, in the summer, when you go inside from the screeching heat? That feeling of complete and utter relief? When the thermostat may be turned up to a mere couple degrees below the outdoor temperature and it doesn't fucking matter, you still feel relief?
That's kind of how "feeling different" from all the other kids felt like when I was young.
I accepted the fact that I was different and also the fact that I could still fit into the social groups I was expected to fit in with. I could still "succeed" by the standards of my parents and teachers while remaining true to the fact that I was unique. Yea, even at a young age I could get a little grandiose and overly cocky.
Once, in the Third Grade, another boy and I made a game of prank calling the police from the pay phone (sorry, kids, many of you younger folks probably haven't even seen one of those 😛 ) just outside the office. It was a blast! We knew deep below the surface that what we were doing was wrong. We knew this was forbidden. Someone had taught us this lesson already: calling the police when there is no danger is dangerous for other people. That was the FUN part about the game!
J.J. and I got away with prank calling for a few days just fine. The office personnel were always inside or far from the office during recesses. We figured as long as no one caught us in the act, it would be fine. Of course that meant I had to go off on my own and push the envelope just a hair too far and get caught in the act. (I usually knew/know when to call something quits, but in that case I completely misjudged the location of the stopping line.)
That was embarrassing! That single event, I'm sure, is the reason I tried so hard in the years stretching from then to now to do whatever I wanted without getting caught doing the things authorities looked poorly upon. I managed to cute-ify* and manipulate my way out of the prank calling incident and if I could do that I figured I could do it again in other situations.
See, from a very young age I was a rebel. A punk. A misfit prince of thieves and deception. Even as a toddler I was 95% pure mischief. Its that outer 5% of cuteness, innocence, and wit that kept me from ever getting into serious trouble.
I always had a relatively large group of friends and never had any trouble getting along with anyone, adult or child. My mother supposes that my learning to talk and read at a young age coupled with her own propensity to speak to me as if I were an adult while I was still in my crib helped me to learn excellent social skills in general. I am grateful (more than I can ever say) for my parents both, for their encouragement and nurturing. It sure wasn't expected that I'd do anything other than what I wanted within the household. They just did their best to teach me how to want and like the things that would kill me, harm me, and do neither of those things to others.
Upon reaching junior year in High School (I believe it is generally also called "secondary school", for non-American readers) I met her. That girl that I thought I would marry in my youth and naivete. Yea, well… dedicating everything of myself to anyone at that age and in the ensuing years was a major mistake.
So, it happened, that at the times I wanted to rebel the most I wound up with someone who opened my eyes to many truths I'd never had to face before. We were so different and so bull-headed and determined that somehow the relationship worked for us. Sadly, it didn't work for any of my large family or enormous friend base.
Now, just over 8 years later, my life is only just beginning to regain some semblance of togetherness and health.
During those 8 years running from 11th grade to November of 2011 I went through the soul crushing experience of morphing from a confident and independent young man into a groveling, lying, thieving, wretched, crack addict. I had no friends. My family had all but given up on me (except my parents, they, of course, always held out hope). I was that lone wolf I always thought I wanted to be. I chose the Wolf and the Wolf chose me.
Moving from conservative Christianity to anti-Christianity to vague neo-paganism to Hellenismos was a hard process alone. I've been a Hellenic polytheist since late 2007. (Which happens to be the year I graduated High School and began attending California State University, Fresno and living, for the first time, out of my parent's home and on campus.) I only just got the courage and fortitude to tell my parents mere weeks ago.
I've been a Misfit. I've been that Outsider of which true artists and vainglorious frauds speak. I am the Lone Wolf.
The only reason I've survived thus far? I also happen to have a pack.
I don't walk alone as much as I felt I did for so long and as much as I thought I wanted to. Sure, it's a marvelous feeling to "go your own way," but humans are social creatures and no amount of lying to yourself will change that. The only way to survive for long as a "misfit," "outsider," or "lone wolf" is to find a "pack" of other outliers that you fit in well with.
That's how I survived when multiple situations should have found me dead or in prison upon reaching their ending.
- I've overdosed on cough syrup (just robo-tripping) and wound up in the hospital on saline IV drips twice then was 5150'd and brought to the Community Behavioral Health Center in east Fresno where I was 5250'd and only released ten days later because my parents signed me out on my own recognizance in their care at my begging and pleading
- I've had guns in the hands of those more than willing to shoot aimed at my car
- I've had people threaten to beat me up or kill me
- I've been surrounded by gang bangers, cutthroats, and dope addicts who might have attacked or murdered me for little more than a sideways glance at the wrong moment
- I've been addicted to opiates (mostly stolen hydrocodone pills, but sometimes oxy if I could get it free) as well as crack cocaine (sometimes using them both within a brief time frame)
- I've been on the verge of murdering other men on more than one occasion (by on the verge I mean "so pissed or otherwise upset that I actually had plans for killing them in cold blood and getting away with it and came very close at least three or four times to actually acting out the plan")
- I've been handcuffed and arrested (then released) by Clovis PD for having smoking paraphernalia (a little glass crack stem) in my pocket while one of the brake lights in my brother's jeep was out [NOTE: If you are on or coming down from powerful stimulants, have some drugs or paraphernalia in the car, get pulled over, and have never had to face the police while in such a state before… you're probably screwed. Sorry, that's just the way it goes. Those guys are trained to recognize the symptoms.]
I won't go on here, this post is long enough. Still, if you've read this far: Thank you very much.
You few that read this and take something from it…I'd like the message you take from it to be whatever message you need to hear from such a topic at this stage of your life.
In the end, people cannot survive for long or very happily without other people. Even if you never associate with anyone in "mainstream" society somehow and cast yourself out as a misfit/loner/outsider/reject/lone wolf… you need socialization. Sure, you could survive for a while on the company of animals or imaginary friends, but you won't thrive.
Surviving. is. NOT. living.
So, thanks for reading! I hope you take something out of this even if that one something is the conclusion that I am completely insane! ^_^ I AM!
DING-DING-DING-DING!! We've got a winner folks! Give this guy-girl/girl-guy/person (because honestly who can tell these days anyway and why does it really matter in the end when gender is more cultural myth than physical status?) the booby prize for recognizing the obvious!
😛 I learned a few years ago that claiming insanity actually means I'm not crazy. (Run that one through the old noodle and see what shakes out. Bahahahahahahahaha!)
Have an unbelievable day!
In Earnest,
King Pollux ~ Adam Kristofer Walkingstick King
King of Delusional Grandeur,
Prince of Thieves on Earth,
Demi-god Son of Zeus and Leda,
did the scribe list "King of Delusional Grandeur"?
Oh…so he did…good
ta-ta for now folks!
*Derp* Here's the daily prompt!
Posted in Real Life, Uncategorized
Tags: 2014, addiction, author, awesome, beauty, California, crack, crazy, daily prompt, Fresno, hope, love, peace, PenMonkey, Pennsylvania, punk, radical, real life, recovery, story time, writer, writing
Nominated for the Sunshine Award – Thank You Afsheen!
شكرا جزيلا
Thank you very much for selecting my blog as one of your ten nominations. That is amazing for me after only 7 days on WordPress. It means a lot. 😀
Everyone should go look at her blog and her art! She has a big heart and great passion.
So, here is how the award works:
- Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
- List 11 facts about YOU!
- Nominate 10 other blogs to receive the award.
- Announce the nominations to the nominees.
Facts about me:
- I am a writer, poet, novelist, blogger (well d'uh, right?), and freelance writer (I am fairly inexperienced at commission/freelance work but I have samples of my fiction and non-fiction available if anyone is interested in future.)
- I am a musician/vocalist
- I am a Hellenic Polytheist with Reconstructionist tendencies. If you have no clue what I'm talking about there, check out the Wiki article on it, it isn't perfect, but its a good overview. Otherwise, if you are more interested, you could check out the Neokoroi, of which I am a member
- I have been called an "old soul"
- I am an unlicensed Information Systems technician/computer repair tech and amateur web designer
- I am a recovering addict (addicted to crack/cocaine but I would have used anything I could get my hands on)
- I am Irish, Scottish, Native American, Welsh, British, Norwegian, Mexican, and all manner of other nationalities/ethnicities so I usually identify (affectionately) as a "mutt"
- I can see beauty in just about anything and anyone
- I do not believe in "good" and "evil" by any conventional or traditional standard and I do not believe in "sin"
- I go by so many names/nicknames I've forgotten some (seriously, though: Adam, George, Lykeios, Lyke, Pollux, Georgie Porgie, King, Aam {the way I used to pronounce my name as a baby and, consequently, the way my mom sometimes refers to me to my chagrin}, White Chocolate, Doofus, Spazz, moron, and, recently: Faggot, Asshole, Crackhead, Whore, Man-Whore, and so forth)
- I truly adore all the people I've met on WordPress thus far and am still blown away by the support and encouragement I have received. At 30 followers, this is the most readership I've had for any blog I've ever made! You guys are awesome, thank you so much! If it wasn't for you…I wouldn't be writing nearly as much as I am. So, as gaeilge: Go raibh míle maith agat!
My Nominations:
- SFoxWriting – Good poetry, awesome writing, and, he helps his sister get her photography out there. Check it out, Steven deserves a click!
- I Love Painting – Amazing paintings, good writing, and all around blogging excellence!
- Let's Reach Success – I adore this blog as well. Lidiya is kind-hearted and driven and her work is fun to read.
- Gotta Find a Home – Another very good blog on a topic that is near and dear to me. Give Dennis some more clicks, people! 🙂
- Writings of a Mrs – More awesome poetry and just plain good writing. Jennifer certainly has a way with words as well. Also, thanks for the re-blogs and the advice on getting more of a readership built up! 😀
- Megan's Musings – Yet another epic blog. I enjoy it and she writes so well about difficult topics.
- Lightning Droplets – Very pretty blog with pretty words and pretty pictures. I'm loving this one too, so she can have one of my nomination spots, its well earned.
- The Vintage Postcard – Awesome pictures and writing from all over the world! Great information for anyone interested in traveling on a working salary. Can't wait to read more.
- Margot's Blog – Still another blog filled with epicness. Each day I look forward to seeing Margot's pick for the word and pic of the day.
- Live Simply, Travel Lightly, Love Passionately & Don't Forget To Breathe – Definitely in my personal Top 3 of Travel Blogs. Elena is inspiring to me and her blog is just plain made of awesome. Живи Россия!
Again, thank you so much for the nomination, Afsheen!
Also, thanks are deserved by all of my followers and readers. You are all the best and biggest audience I've ever reached in blog format. Keep looking here for some little rewards. I plan, now that a working computer is on the way from eBay, on cranking out some music and art for you all. Love to all of you beautiful, amazing people!
Stay Frosty, my friends! Oh, and, as always, have an unbelievable day!
In Earnest,
King Pollux ~ Adam Kristofer Walkingstick King
P.S. To anyone I didn't choose to nominate this time:
I'm sorry! I follow so many amazing blogs through Word Press that it was hard to decide which to nominate. However, if I didn't choose to nominate you…I still love your blogs! 🙂 Much Love to everyone, here! No hard feelings, huh? 😉
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Daily Prompt: Beyond the Pale
Well, today's prompt asked about the last time I did something NEW and out of my "element." That…is a topic I can sink my teeth into.
Last time I did something NEW? November 25th found me on a plane to Phoenix, Arizona so I could catch another flight to Philadelphia. See, I moved to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania JUST before Thanksgiving.
Little background:
I am 24 years old (born September 6th, 1989) and was raised in Clovis, California. Before now, the longest I ever spent out of the state was about 10 days for vacations and such. I'd been with a young woman for almost eight years and was engaged to marry her for nigh on six.
This past November (2013), I did my first (official) NaNoWriMo novel, which was also my second novel ever (the first having been completed in rough draft form on October 9th, 2013). Through http://www.nanowrimo.org I met a bunch of crazy awesome writers obsessed with smashing through the 50,000 word minimum. The OverAchievers. In that group I met HER. My twin flame. My Better two-thirds. My sister. The cheese to my macaroni.
I was wrong. That other girl I spent all those years with in love and anguish…she wasn't who I was really meant for after all. (Really, we went through hell together multiple times…and, there I was, breaking the engagement off with her after we barely began recovering from my addiction. I won't bitch about the many reasons the relationship was toxic…but, it was actually best that I moved away.)
So. After knowing "Freddy" (AKA Cansas AKA Castor) for only three weeks or so…we came up with a radical idea: I should move in with her and her parents in Mechanicsburg: a monumental proposition for someone who'd never so much as BEEN to Pennsylvania, much less lived outside of California.
Oh, and did I mention I am a recovering crack addict? (7 months clean as of December 14th or so.) Well, really it was never about the rock, I am just an addict. Also, I am a punk, an anarchist, an artist, a writer, a poet, a musician, a singer, a daydreamer, a misfit, a crazy motherfucker that once overdosed on cough syrup and spent ten days in a behavioral health unit (Yea, I was in the nuthouse on a medical 5150 AND 5250. Most people don't even know 5250s exist, but they do. It's a 14 day hold…5150 is 72 hours. Oh, and they suck. Don't ever overdose or go bonkers. Those places are terrifying.). I always dreamed of doing something radical like moving across the country with nothing but the clothes on my back and a backpack filled with a laptop and notebooks. Now, I finally had the guts to do it. Thanks to Cansas, my soul-twin sister…I can live and breathe again.
So, yea, I've done some new things recently.
Cheers to 2014!
Now is all we have. Orizontas Forever!
In Earnest,
Adam King ~ King Pollux
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You only have to look at Cristiano Ronaldo to see the value of hard work.
The Portuguese superstar was blessed with natural talent but as a teenager at Sporting CP in the early 2000s he was considered a slightly less promising prospect than Ricardo Quaresma.
Fast forward to 2017 and Ronaldo has to buy enough polish to keep four Ballon d'Or awards shiny.
Not a problem for Quaresma has to contend with.
Ronaldo is well-known for his superhuman drive to improve and his impressive record is the product of years of intense training and self-motivation.
It's no wonder then that the next generation have been inspired by Ronaldo's success.
A picture has spread across the internet that is said to show Martin Odegaard's training regime from when he was 13-years-old.
The Norwegian wonderkid signed for Real Madrid from Stromsgodset as a 16-year-old in 2015 and became as household name overnight.
While many thought Odegaard had won the jackpot but if this schedule is anything to go by, he had been working his socks off for years at that point…
It's not that clear so here's a different layout…
MONDAY: 2 hours of independent training, 90 minutes with his club
TUESDAY: 2 hours of independent training, 45 minutes in the gym, 90 minutes with his club
WEDNESDAY: 90 minutes of matches with his club
THURSDAY: 1 hour independent training, 2 hours with his club
FRIDAY: 2 hours of independent training, 45 minutes in the gym, 90 minutes with his club
SATURDAY: 2 hours of independent training, 2 hours with his club
SUNDAY: 2 hours of independent training, unspecified time with club
That adds up to a minimum of 22 and a half hours of training/playing a week.
Odegaard is currently on loan at Heerenveen.
The 18-year-old has impressed in the Eredivisie with many in the Netherlands praising his creativity and influence.
Zinedine Zidane remains an admirer of Odegaard's talents and is reportedly looking forward to having him back in his squad for the start of next season.
Hard work pays off.
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1 day Introduction to Digital Marketing course
The Introduction to Digital Marketing course is aimed at those who are new to online marketing. Maybe you have more traditional marketing skills and have found the whole digital marketing revolution overwhelming (your not alone), or maybe you are completely new to the marketing role. Either way our 1 day introduction course explains the basics of the internet marketing landscape, options available and how to make the most of them.
Make no mistake digital marketing can be awesome, and most industries will need to use it to some degree just to survive in todays economy. Even small companies can hit not just millions, but billions of users instantly, measure what users are looking at, for how long, what they click and much more. Unfortunately it can go wrong and whilst many of the tools and resources used are free or low cost, there can be a significant time requirement.
Our one day introduction to digital marketing course helps you avoid many of the pitfalls, identify the best tools and understand where to put your effort for the best return.
Our one day introduction to digital marketing course covers a wide range of areas that fall under the online marketing category, including topics like:
Digital Marketing Intro
The Digital Marketing Landscape
- What is Digital Marketing?
- Digital v Traditional marketing
- The overlap
- Clicks and Mortar
Your Website
- Why it's important
- How are people using it?
- How are people finding it?
- How can you improve it?
- How do you know the above?
- Why you should care?
What is Search Engine Optimisation
- What does it affect?
- Onsite versus Offsite SEO
- Quick Wins - where to start!
- Quick Fails - Don't do these, no really, DON'T
- How do you know it's working
- Some tools to help
What is Email Marketing
- Welcome to digital direct mail
- Building your list
- Frequency
- Key success factors
- Measuring and Testing
- Useful Resources and Stats
What is Social Media
- Awesome branding tools
- Where, when and how
- Influencing but not controlling the message
- Developing a social marketing plan
- Opportunities and threats
- Are you listening to your clients?
- Measuring, automating (or not), and building
Paid Search and Paid Social
- Should I throw money at this
- If I do how do I know it's working
- Paid Search - Adwords etc..
- Paid Social - Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc..
- Measuring them
- "Did you say BILLIONS of people!!!"
- Web Analytics
- What it tells you - What it costs (or not) - What to look for
- Social Analytics
- What's working - What's not - Save some time
- Email Analytics
- What are people opening - What are they clicking
- Useful tools for measuring this
- Why bother
- What to talk about
- How frequently?
- How do people find it
- What's the benefit
General Discussion / Q&A
The Introduction to Digital Marketing course will leave you with a good overall understanding of the different aspects of Digital Marketing using the latest technologies..
You will understand
- The costs involved
- What is working
- What isn't working
- What time is needed
- What to focus attention on
- How to create a basic Digital Marketing Plan
- What resources you need
- The risks of badly implemented digital marketing
- How clients expectation have changed
Who should attend this course
The Introduction to Digital Marketing course is aimed at those who are new to digital marketing and want a better overall understanding of areas such as email marketing, search engine marketing, social media, analytics. Many of these are vast subjects and a one day course won't make you an expert at everything, but what it will give you is a better understanding of what will work best for you, how to measure it, and what resources are needed.
Upon completion of the Intro to Digital Marketing course we have a wide range of other courses which may be of interest. These include:
This course is a beginners course. You should however be comfortable using a computer to perform functions such as copy and paste, and opening applications and files. You should also be comfortable using the internet, for example for browsing and interacting with websites.


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Ep.31 - RSFeedback! - Joomla! feedback component - frontend presentation
RSFeedback! allows you to listen, track and gather in one place your audience suggestions and ideas. In this episode, we will present the most important RSFeedback! frontend features
- Public and registered users can submit their feedbacks, vote for them, add new categories and feedbacks. Admins can allow anonymous voting and feedbacks.
- Admins can set a maximum number of votes for registered users and guests.
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It's been awhile since I've posted, so I wanted to add a piece on what we've been doing the last few months. While we don't do the Paul Project full time, we do try to be available for people when they need us. Most recently, we've been working with a young man who is facing 15+ years in prison for distribution of child pornography. He accepts responsibility for his crime and understands that he will definitely be doing time. My heart breaks for him and his family as they face this reality. It also breaks for the children who were victimized and exploited to produce the porography that was collected, viewed and shared.
So the question begging to be asked is, does this young man "deserve" the mandatory minimum of 15+ years, or based on his acceptance, repentance and contrition, does he merit mercy? I know most folks will say, "throw the book at him!" But I would argue that it is better for him, society and the community to reduce his sentence.
1. He has accepted full responsibility and is participating in counseling to address the issues that led to his porn addiction and interest in child pornography.
2. He passed a polygraph test that included questions about any hands on offenses.
3. He has a strong support and accountability system that includes his parents, family, friends, pastors, counselors and others invested in his recovery.
4. In addition to his time, he will be on the sex offender registry for at least 10 years and will likely have 10 years or more of supervision that includes semi-annual polygraph tests.
I hope you'll pray for this young man, also named David, his family and the children who were exploited through the images that were involved


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Welcome to the 48 Report, a full working database including 48 of our favorite 2019 Draft Prospects. The key, however, is that we focus specifically on their ability to translate as fantasy football players. All players in the database have been/will be scored by 3 writers, and this is their article; explaining their aggregate score, as well as the score of their writer.
All categories are scored on a 1-5 scale; with 5 being the highest score a prospect can receive. The highest aggregate average scores a player can receive is 25. Articles will be posted January-April, all the way up to the draft. Ratings will be adjusted after the combine, based on measurables and after the draft, because as we all know: landing spot matters.
Tyree Jackson (6'7", 245) Quarterback, Buffalo
16 Aggregate Score (3 Star Prospect)
My score was the highest on Tyree (17) and it's because I became smitten with his game, measurables and potential. When I see Tyree and his size, it's hard not to think about Big Ben. It's kind of funny too because he plays in the MAC just like Ben did and he has two really good receivers reminiscent of Antonio Brown and Juju.
I heard of the hype train on this kid during the season, but now that I've had time to break down his tape, I'm starting to understand.
College Production
Before his knee injury, Tyree had his best season as a rusher as a redshirt freshman with 99 attempts for 399 yards in 9 starts. After the injury in his sophomore year, he rushed a lot less because of the hesitancy that comes with any knee injury, but began getting comfortable again in his junior season along with becoming a better passer.
He had his best season as a passer in his junior season where he was 28th in passing yards, throwing for 3,131 yards. Even still, his production doesn't make up for his exciting play when you actually see him on film.
Arm Strength: Aggregate Score: 4.3 (Personal Score: 5)
I was the highest rater of his arm strength because, the way he launches it is just ridiculous. There's so much power and velocity on it, I don't see how receivers actually manage to catch these throws.
Accuracy: Aggregate Score: 2.6 (Personal Score: 3)
It's not good and it's not bad either, so that's why I rated him middle of the road when it came to landing it on target. Some plays it looked like a professional back there dropping dimes left and right. Other times it was not fun to watch how off the mark he was capable of being.
Decision Making: Aggregate Score: 2 (Personal Score: 2)
This metric is the basis for the previous two. This is part of the reason why I think his potential is high. I think he has the accuracy and arm strength to be really good. It's his decision making that gets him into trouble.
Instead of putting touch on the ball in short yardage situations, he mostly threw it too hard. In times where he needed to use touch, he overthrew it. I didn't see him under throw it which is good, it means he isn't inconsistent he just needs to have a regulator coached into that rocket arm.
Athleticism: Aggregate Score: 3.6 (Personal Score: 3)
I may come higher on this score, it just doesn't seem like he has above average athleticism. It could be a case of him not really trusting his legs fully yet, so we'll see.
Mechanics: Aggregate Score: 3.3 (Personal Score: 4)
This is another part of his game I was really high on. He looks great in the pocket and his throwing motion from there is fluid. He has times where he throws across his body/on the run that look bad, but even those look good at times. Another aspect of his game I just expect big time growth.
Conclusion: Mid 3rd-Early 4th Round
Location, location, location. That landing spot is going to matter a lot going forward. Is he going to a QB needy team? Is he going to a confidence killing coach? Is he going to sit behind a good QB with good habit? All questions that will determine his success (as with anyone else) and growth. If he ends up in the right place, I see his potential making him a top 3 QB in this class down the road, just not right now. He'll definitely go when the QB run inevitably happens. If you miss out on guys like Grier, Kyler, Lock or Haskins, you can't go wrong with him. You may have to wait, but it'll be worth it.


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Since archives of tabulas isn't good and the themes of the latter two weren't that good either, I just have to make a new one. So what's this for?
Reviews. Lately, I've been rummaging the net for reviews of certain items (mostly Skinfood and Etude House) since I was on the "must get their membership cards!" move. I've noticed that there weren't much reviews on certain products, and if there were any, not the products I was searching for. I didn't know "I bought this product blah-blah, and will use it later" was a review. LOL! Then after that, the blogger didn't write anything bout it.
So did I get the membership cards? Why yes! I'm just waiting of my SF one though. It's been personalized, and apparenlty there is a lead time for it. I might get it by this weekend or next Tuesday (when I drop by Megamall).


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McFarlane - Cooperstown Series 1 - Nolan Ryan
$ 24.95
Nolan Ryan, Texas Rangers, pitcher, No. 34, sculpted in his classic pre-delivery pose, leg kicked high and getting ready to unleash some ungodly heat toward the plate. Beautifully detailed figure is dressed in a period-specific uniform and equipment, and includes a pitcher's mound base.


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tl;dr Very interesting in a professional content of building products + attended a nice meetup!
You know what? I love digital products! 😍 Okay, if you're reading my content only slightly regularly, you already know that. I'm just fascinated by crafting things out of nowhere and I think the digital world is just amazing for this purpose. 🚀 In the past, I've just started stuff and didn't thought about it (well, sometimes you should not overthink stuff and just kick ass! 💯) But at the moment I'm very interested in all this product design and product management world. I'm doing some lectures at University right now about this and the theoretical background is actually really nice! 📚 BUT of course, it is really important to DO THINGS 💪. That's why I'm trying a lot of stuff from the theoretical side with my new side project, at what should I say? Until now, things are going quite good!
I also went to a meetup this week about product development at the wonderful office of getsafe (btw: amazing and fresh insurance product, you should CHECK IT OUT! ). It is always nice to talk to some people in a relaxed atmosphere and speak about your experiences. 🙌 So TIL: Try going to more meetups! (Huge thanks to the getsafe team! ) I'm very excited how the things with my side project are going to develop in the near future. 🚀 And of course, I'll keep you up to date.
Keep creating. Peace ✌
Copyright whenever. This isopen source.
Read the imprint.


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The True Housewives of Atlanta have a lot of atttude, but do they have a lot of cash? In spite of the vehicles, houses, and the seemingly endless bragging about designer labels, it turns out that some of the Real Housewives of Atlanta are not exactly on simple street. Discover out below who can justify the 'tude, and who can not.
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Livejournal : I really feel like I have to give a shout out to Livejournal since it is exactly where my personal blog has been on the web considering that 2002. Even even though I invest a lot of time on Blogger now, I nevertheless appreciate a lot of functions on Livejournal more. There is a fair amount of Etsy and basic crafting presence there as well as a stronger overall neighborhood than Blogger so it is not a undesirable location to get into the crafty blogging scene.


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Merlot Red Skinny Tie with Woven Pattern
Don't let alcohol ruin your clothes, give it a reason to inspire your outfits. That's right, our second favorite way to wear red wine is on our shirts. Not literally of course, who needs that mess in their lives. We're talking about the Merlot Red Skinny Tie with Woven Pattern. This textured crimson piece consists of individually embroidered vintage emblems adding significant detail to the contemporary skinny width. Let the unique pattern do all the talking and simply pair it with a navy suit and crisp white dress shirt for a trendy and striking appeal.
Handwoven from pure silk.
100% Woven Silk | Length: 58", Narrow Width: 2.75"
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Mon, 11 November 2013
Episode 68 of the Steve and John Power Hour features the very talented folk-pop musician, Jordan Klassen!
We talk about videogames, growing up in BC and Calgary, the peak performance project and his new album 'Repentance'.
Listen to Repentance and check out tour dates @ http://jordanklassen.bandcamp.com/
It's Episode 68!
Direct download: Episode_68_-_The_Steve_and_John_Power_Hour_with_Jordan_Klassen.mp3
Category:comedy -- posted at: 8:35pm EDT


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It's a southern tradition to eat turnip greens and black-eye peas New Year's Day for good luck throughout the year. And, you can't have turnip greens without cornbread. So, I decided to combine the two with Creamy Sausage and Turnip Green Soup, an off-shoot of the popular Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana Soup, and black-eye pea cornbread.
In the original Zuppa Toscana Soup, the main ingredients are potatoes, kale, Italian sausage, and bacon. I substituted the kale with turnip greens, the sausage with Bratwurst, and the bacon with a ham hock.
The cornbread recipe is an take on one our family's favorites, "Charlie's Cornbread." But instead of a cup of cream-style corn, I used jalapeño black-eye peas.
Squeeze sausage out of casings and brown in a large pot over medium heat. Spoon cooked meat onto a plate to be added later.
Add a chopped onion and cooked until translucent.Add a minced clove of garlic and cook for one more minute.
Add four peeled and diced russet potatoes. Salt and pepper. Add six cups of chicken stock and a ham hock and bring to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes.
While this is boiling, wash one bunch of turnip greens. Scrape the greens off of the vein and then chop.Add the greens and sausage to the pot. Salt and pepper. Reduce to a simmer and simmer for 15 more minutes.
Add 1 cup whipping cream and stir. Mash some or all of the potatoes against the side of the pot to make it even creamier. It is now ready to serve.
Serve with the black-eye pea cornbread (recipe below).
Creamy Sausage and Turnip Green Soup Recipe:
(serves six)
1 pound Bratwurst, casings removed
1 onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 ham hock
1 bunch of turnip greens, veins removed and chopped
4 russet potatoes, peeled and diced
6 cups of chicken broth
1 cup whipping cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Brown Bratwurst over medium heat. Remove and add onion. Saute' until translucent. Add garlic and saute' one more minute. Add ham hock, potatoes, and broth and bring to boil. Salt and pepper. Boil for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes add sausage and greens. Reduce to a simmer and simmer for 15 more minutes. Salt and pepper. After 15 minutes, add cream and stir. Serve.
Black-eye Pea Cornbread Recipe:
(Serves 6)
1 cup self-rising cornmeal
1 cup sour cream
1 can jalapeño black-eye peas
2 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/8 tsp. salt
Pour half of the can of peas into a blender and puree. Gently combine pea puree with remaining peas. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. (I put my cast-iron skillet in the oven with butter to get it hot while oven is heating up). Whisk eggs in a bowl. Add cornmeal, sour cream, baking powder, oil, salt and 1 cup of the pea mixture. Pour into a hot cast-iron skillet and bake until done.
Wishing you good luck this year in all of your endeavors!
Bon Appetit!


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Air Force Pilot Flight Suit Bodysuit for Infant
This Air Force Pilot Flight Suit Bodysuit for Infant is the perfect baby gift. This onesie is in soft brushed cotton, military green color with dark trim. A flight suit outline with pockets, collar, and zipper is screen-printed with air force patches in blue and orange. This onesie from AZCAF will help that future pilot get started in the right direction early!
You're never too small or too young to celebrate and honor the Armed Forces. This flight suit bodysuit onesie is perfect for the tiniest future pilot who's ready to stand up and fly! Nicely decorated with 3 woven patches and screen-printed pockets and zippers.
Product details:
- Machine washable cold water
- 100% soft brushed cotton
- Military green color with dark trim, screen-printed flight suit pocket, collar, and zipper.
- "Future Pilot" blue and yellow chest patch and air force wings patch orange color
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Price: $25 (Upsale $10)
Overall Rating: 47/100
I joined the Email Processing System (EPS) about 3yrs. ago (it was the second program I joined as I was venturing out into the Internet Marketing World). Looking back, I should've did a some research before getting taken in by the "Get paid $25 per email processed" ad I seen on Facebook or else I probably would've joined another company, but I won't discredit EPS I did "process some emails" and I did make some money (so I wasn't at a total loss), but as I started becoming knowledgeable within the Internet Marketing World I then started having conflicted feelings about EPS.
Like most sketchy "make money online programs" there will be both positive and negative comments from people whose either in the program making money or from those who weren't as successful and didn't make any money (probably because they had a scandalous sponsor who only seen them as just a sale and never reached back out to them after they made their sale), and then their maybe some people like me who are stuck in between the question of whether or not this system is a scam? With that lets dig in…
What is Email Processing System (EPS)
EPS kind of falls in the MLM category it is a digital product and you don't go up in levels like in a pyramid. All you are doing is copying and pasting pre-written ads on Backpage, Classified Sites, Craigslist, and Social Media sites and is getting paid $25 per person who purchases the digital product and the process keeps getting repeated. If you are confused all you are doing is selling the same product you bought and earning $25 in the process…(literally). There is no real product, just an email you are sending out that is a welcome email where all you do is click on the link, download the software to your computer, after that you get your pre-written ads, some training, some information on where you can start placing ads, and that's it.
Products and Training
As I stated above, you won't be getting anything tangible, but a whole bunch of training and templates on how to promote the system on Craigslist, Classified Ad Sites, and social media sites.
There is a fee of $25 to get started, it pays for your back office which is the training.
Once the email has been process there are no refunds for two reasons:
- Because you will be giving the money directly to your up-line.
- Because there is no real product.
PayPal do have a strict policy for digital products, so if you really want to get your money back afterwards, all you have to do is put in a dispute and they will refund you your money. Just remember that once you file this dispute you can't run any promotions or try and make any sales.
The Up-sell
The up-sell is made when you purchase a Web Site for $10.
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Pro's and Con's
- Low start up
- With the right sponsor you can make a lot of money
- Its global
- The training you receive via email is informative
- Great way to get leads to build your list
- No REFUNDS
- No real product
- There are too many newbies in EPS thus making it hard to find a good sponsor
- Can't find any real information on the owners who run the company
- Too many complaints
The Recap
Name: Email Processing System
Website: www.emailprocessingsystem.com
Price: $25
Overall Rating: 47/100
My Honest Opinion…
This program doesn't offer much value. I mean it's good for making money here and there, but to make it your main source of income "NEGATIVE." Not discrediting the people who does use this program and is successful with it, it's just not a main source of income for me. I can say this, if you are looking to build your list this is definitely an awesome way to build it!
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Years ago there was a sappy song, "You Don't Send Me Flowers," very popular with moony-eyed wannabe lovers. Barbra and Neil moaned in harmony, while listeners shed a tear or two over the negligent suitor, who found, no doubt,that liquor was quicker than flowers, to paraphrase Ogden Nash. (The first line of his poem was, "Candy is dandy." He didn't mention flowers.)
I like flowers and flower gardens, the scents and colors are lovely to see and smell. I used to grow a nice little garden, and looked forward to enjoying whatever showed up in warm weather. I have friends who are terrific growers of all sorts of beautiful blooms. They are kind enough to share these with me.
Unfortunately, once these pretty things are put into a vase and set out to be seen, I have a tendency to forget about them, even if they are in front of me on the table where I eat. After a few days of neglect, or, actually, many days of my ignoring their existence, it suddenly occurs to me that they are quite dead, deceased, no longer vibrant, no longer pleasantly aromatic, and have morphed into garbage. They do notdeserve such a humiliating demise.
Of course I feel bad about this. They were meant to enhance my environment and give me pleasure, and I have turned them into the setting for Miss Miss Havesham's moldering wedding table.
On the rare occasions when I have received an ornate arrangement from a florist shop, the same thing happens. It is one thing to neglect posies shoved into a random vase, but quite unseemly to do the same to a bouquet accompanied by ribbons and a fancy container. The same dead floral fate ensues.
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CFE and Military Stability in Europe by John E. Peters
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Berlin born Lotte Betts-Dean is an established Australian lyric mezzo-soprano who has appeared as soloist with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, Australian National Academy of Music and La Compania.
She is a regular artist with Victorian Opera and enjoys an active concert schedule.
Winner of the Armstead Award, the RMP Aria, and the Robert Salzer Vocal Championship, Lotte was selected to attend the 2013 Si Parla Si Canta course in Italy and the 2013 Neil Semer Vocal Institute in Germany.


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Faces of the future
Automotive students studying at Auckland Unitec are provided with a state-of-the-art learning environment and an impressive array of tools, equipment and 'automotive emulation' technology teaching aids.
Students at the cutting edge
Today's auto technicians need to know as much about electronics and electrics as they do about the mechanical workings of a vehicle. The emulation technology is a mix of real vehicle parts, software and electronics that explain specific systems.
The head of the automotive studies programme, Academic Leader and lecturer Lee Baglow is determined to prepare his students for a 21st-century apprenticeship.
"Our aim is to make sure all students understand what technology is in use, or on the horizon, and how to learn independently."
He says, "Diagnostic technology and training is expensive and those using it are becoming increasingly specialised. These highly skilled jobs and well-equipped workshops are where the future lies. We are preparing our students for this environment."
Lee says much of the ongoing training of auto technicians is done online or using computer technology, so Unitec automotive students also use 'self-guided' learning programmes along with support from lecturers.
To expose the students to the latest tools and techniques, Unitec has invested heavily in its learning environment and technology.
"This includes an up-to-date range of scan tools, PicoScopes and other brands of oscilloscopes, as well as further electronic diagnostic equipment. But what really sets us apart is our emulation suite."
This large 'classroom' contains a range of emulation equipment, software and computer tools that reveal the electronic layout and electrical connections of various vehicle systems. The emulations use the same sensors and components found in current vehicles and respond to diagnostic tools and technology. One emulation is configured to show the different types of electric vehicle drive trains. Others teach the workings of data bus topology, passive and active safety systems, climate control and engine management (both CI and SI), to name but a few.
Lee says the emulation equipment allows students to work with a vehicle system without having to pull a vehicle apart.
Inside knowledge
Lee (above) says the emulation equipment like this one for an electric powertrain allows students to work with a vehicle system without having to pull a vehicle apart.
There's a particularly impressive front end of a VW Golf, which has been opened up to expose wiring and other componentry, allowing students to see and feel how it all fits together. This fully working model can also be used to practice diagnostic fault-finding and other technical skills.
"All the components operate as they should in a vehicle - the difference being that students can gain easy access to the components and circuitry, so they can focus their efforts on electrical and electronic diagnosis, depending on the topic for that session.
"We are looking into the future with the training we provide," says Lee. "Our equipment includes several gasoline injector services units, diesel common rail injector function tester, and several gas analysers. We are anticipating a time soon when exhaust emissions are regulated and tested as part of the WoF inspection. We like to anticipate what our students may need to know."
From left: Jeff Shearer, Poppy Bloomfield, Nikiden Busch and Malachi Harris are partway through their course and all have high hopes of one day owning their own businesses. Like others in their class, they either have an apprenticeship lined up or are fairly confident they'll have one shortly. Many of the guys have been tinkering with their own cars for some time, while it's the first time Poppy has had the opportunity to get under a hood. "I've always been interested in cars but not brave enough to take one apart."
Students spoken to by Radiator were all finding the huge open workshop and emulation suite a great learning environment. About halfway through their course they were excited about what they were being taught and felt the emulation tools really helped to build their understanding of how vehicle systems worked. Several had already taught themselves a lot of engine basics but as one said, "It's great to learn how to do things properly without using cable ties."
Around 150 students are taking this year's 32-week pre-trade automotive course. A further 80 are studying for a bachelor's degree in Applied Technology which includes high-level auto diagnostics. Unitec also offers block courses for apprentices and warrant of fitness inspector qualification courses.
A recent survey of 2017 graduates from Unitech's Vehicle Systems and Materials courses showed 81 percent of respondents were now working, with 20 percent progressing to further study. Lee says when his pre-trade students are ready to take up an apprenticeship, they are able to carry out many of the day-to-day jobs done in a workshop. "They can do basic maintenance involving vehicle suspension, brakes, steering, transmission, constant velocity joints, replace timing belts and so on. They are also taught compression testing, tyre changing with wheel balancing and take a car through a WoF lane."
The automotive workshops and emulation suite are part of a $70m investment in two new trade training buildings on the Unitec campus that were opened just over a year ago. Several million dollars were also invested in the equipment with partnerships and sponsorship from many large firms helping to provide some of the specialist gear.
Support from Giltrap Group, Volkswagen and Lucas Nuelle Training Systems (Pullman Group) has helped to set up the emulation suite, while Repco, Lincoln and John Bean were some of the international companies helping to set up the mechanical workshop.


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Homewood Contract Arborist and Leader of the Centennial Tree Project
By Sarah Campbell | Photo by Catherine Mayo
On the origins of the Centennial Tree Project (named for the 100th anniversary nationwide of the Garden Clubs of America) in 2009:
"I think it's important that as cities expand and we plant trees where we need trees, where development is inevitable, basically, we should plant trees that are of a local seed source so they are synchronized with the rest of the forest. The diversity of the forest translates also to the diversity of the insects and birds and all of the other animals too.
"If you think of the name 'Homewood,' it's named after the woods."
"In Homewood, we have harvested native trees from the Homewood Forest Preserve. When we do a planting, we try to plant back fairly close to where the trees were harvested as seed and then grown into seedlings. So we've planted a lot of trees along Shades Creek with the Homewood Environmental Commission and Samford University. This will be our fifth year. We've planted about 1,000 trees along Shades Creek. On the creek side, we plant to help control erosion, and on the other side, we plant more floodplain trees. We've had a 90% success rate [at that site].
"Urban trees provide a lot of services for the community. They help control erosion, they provide shade which reduces energy costs, and they're aesthetically pleasing. If you think of the name 'Homewood,' it's named after the woods."
Learn more and get involved with the Centennial Tree Project and the Homewood Environmental Commission.