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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Forty-eight hours in which the only bathroom needs I was concerned with were my own
It was hard to close the car door and walk away when Charlie's lower lip started quivering on Friday after we sprang the news on him. Ryan said they both cried almost all the way home from the airport. That made me a little sad until I called them from here:
to learn that they were eating waffles for dinner having just come home from a late bike ride. Everybody wins!
We stayed at the restaraunt until we were the only ones there and then we went to Godmother's house, put on our jammies, and watched some really classy reality TV. In a word: Perfect.
I took Blue Bear along at the last minute, thinking it might be a fun way for Charlie to learn about our nation's capitol when I returned home. I got some strange looks taking these pictures all over town, but it was so much fun to show them to Charlie today.
Blue Bear says "I don't know about public options and town hall meetings, I just hope that if my arm comes off again I'll be able to see a qualified physician in a timely manner!"
Break time!
There are more pictures, but Flickr is acting kind of funky. We covered a lot of ground on foot--from the Starbucks on 5th and C to the Capitol to the Washington Monument to the World War II Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial and then to a convenient taxi that took us back to the car. Heh.
Godmother took us to a neat section of town for pizza and book shopping after we'd had all the sightseeing we could handle. I don't think I was actually cool enough to be in this bookstore so I headed for the coffeeshop, ordered the coffee of the day, and pretended to be a brooding intellectual as I perused the Bargain Kids section.
From the bookstore we realized we were just a few miles from the house I lived in from ages zero to three, so we punched the address into the GPS and found it looking exactly as I remembered it except much, much smaller. After getting followed briefly by a bright purple Cadillac and encountering a friendly neighborhood man wielding a half-full bottle of Wild Turkey we quickly headed back to the suburbs. I tried to explain our experience gently to my dad, because I didn't want him to be disappointed that the old neighborhood had gotten a little rough around the edges, but he said fondly "Hasn't changed a bit!"
Then it was time for college football and Chinese food back at Godmother's place. Perfect!
And when I got home today everyone was still dressed nicely in their church clothes, the house was beautifully clean, and Ryan had GOTTEN PEOPLE TO COME FIX THE GARAGE DOOR AND SPRAY FOR DEADLY STINGING INSECTS. I think I'll marry him again. Twice!
8 comments:
- sarah said...
I'm so glad you had a great time!!! Where was that first picture taken?! I feel like I recognize it (but am probably full of it).
- October 4, 2009 at 8:41 PM
- Sarah said...
Dude, you ARE a brooding intellectual. Just saying.
What an awesome trip :) And a fantastic homecoming it sounds like! Love the picture of you and Blue Bear taking a break-- what a good idea!
- October 5, 2009 at 5:38 AM
- Andrea said...
Please, you can name White House appointees and rank them by hottness... P&P was practically made for you.
So glad you came!
- October 5, 2009 at 6:05 AM
- AJU5's Mom said...
First, Ryan is awesome! Getting the house cleaned and taking care of the boys is a job well done. And I am glad you had a good time away.
- October 5, 2009 at 6:40 AM
- Alyssa said...
Sounds like you had a wonderful time, and a wonderful husband too!
- October 5, 2009 at 6:58 AM
- Amy said...
The coming home to a fixed garage door and clean house was probably more exciting than anything on the actual trip! Glad you had fun.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Rima said...
That looks blissful! And I love the Blue Bear shots.
- October 5, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- Kyla said...
Sounds awesome!
- October 6, 2009 at 4:52 AM


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Everyone sleeps, so it's natural that people have a lot to say about it. And we're talking thousands of years worth of quotes. We've compiled some of our favorite quotes about sleep that you can use in your everyday conversations, papers, or even social media bios.
"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep." Lord George Gordon Byron
"Sleep is the best meditation." –Dalai Lama
"Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together." -Thomas Dekker
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book." –Irish Proverb
"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" -Ernest Hemingway
"True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment, and refreshment." William Penn
"It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it." –John Steinbeck
"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn." –Mahatma Gandhi
"Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first; plan later." –Walter Reisch
"Sleep is an investment in the energy you need to be effective tomorrow." –Tom Roth
"I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed." David Benioff, City of Thieves
"Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be." –Stephen Chbosky, Perks of Being a Wallflower
"Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world." –Heraclitus, Fragments
"Sleep, those little slices of death—how I loathe them." –Edgar Allan Poe
"There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep." –Homer, The Odyssey
"People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.' If you didn't know what sleep was, and you had only seen it in a science fiction movie, you would think it was weird and tell all your friends about the movie you'd seen. They had these people, you know? And they would walk around all day and be OK? And then, once a day, usually after dark, they would lie down on these special platforms and become unconscious. They would stop functioning almost completely, except deep in their minds they would have adventures and experiences that were completely impossible in real life. As they lay there, completely vulnerable to their enemies, their only movements were to occasionally shift from one position to another; or, if one of the 'mind adventures' got too real, they would sit up and scream and be glad they weren't unconscious anymore. Then they would drink a lot of coffee.' So, next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself." George Carlin, Brain Droppings
"There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it." –Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone." –Anthony Burgess
"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one." –Leo J. Burke
"Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds." –JoJo Jensen
"The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, you must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life." Francesca Annis
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon." –Charles M. Schulz
"Your future depends on your dreams, so go to sleep." –Mesut Barazany
"Man is a genius when he is dreaming." –Akira Kurosawa
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Online ad revenue surpasses print
By Christine Dobby, Financial Post; Postmedia News
August 3, 2011
In the age of the iPad, online ad revenue exceeded $2.2 billion and outstripped print ads in Canada for the first time in 2010.
Although it took a while to catch on - online ads brought in just $86 million in 2001 - it seems advertisers are now banking on attracting attention through page views and click-throughs.
In a report released Tuesday, the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada found revenues from advertising online increased 23 per cent from 2009 to 2010 and overtook daily newspapers, which raised $2.1 billion in ad revenues last year. Television ads retained the top spot - with revenues of $3.4 billion - but grew at a rate of just nine per cent from the year before.
"Surpassing the $2-billion mark for online ad revenues and moving into second place in terms of overall ad spend in Canada is without a doubt a watershed moment for the digital community in Canada," IAB president Paula Gignac said in a statement.
This is in line with an expansion of the mobile advertising market, which - though still relatively small at $31.9 million in Canada in 2009 - grew at a rate of 169 per cent year over year, according to an April IAB report. With the love for smartphones showing no sign of slowing down, mobile ad revenue is projected to hit $51 million in 2010.
The Internet now accounts for 16 per cent of overall ad revenue compared with 24 per cent for television and edging out daily newspapers' 15 per cent share, according to Tuesday's report.
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I just couldn't go past these super cute travel photos with a twist. This delightful couple have captured everywhere they have been with a unique photo idea... a photo of their feet on location! Their locations include Argentina, Switzerland, Austria, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia and Bolivia.
and with a little addition in London, England and Portugal.
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Collecting the New Naturalists.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. New Naturalist. The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 100 volumes published in over 60 years. Being a numbered series, with a very low print run..... More


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Think twice before moving journalism school from Kigali
Saturday April 21 2018
In a surprising move, the University of Rwanda is planning to relocate the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) from Kigali to Huye.
The school was relocated to Kigali in 2011 following a Cabinet decision and after agreeing that the move was "in national interest" as the Cabinet paper that introduced the request stated.
While the decision hasn't conclusively been taken, it's my view that it remains in national interest for the school to remain in Kigali as the reasons that justified its relocation are still valid today.
But before illustrating why it would be retrogressive to take the school back to Huye, suffice it to note that the relocation doesn't only affect journalism but the entire College of Law, Economics and Governance.
And the decision is based on recommendations from the taskforce set up by prime minister last year to study the university's rationalisation undertaken in 2017 leading to complaints from some of the affected.
While the reasons for relocating the college are plausible, including the need to contribute to the development of Huye as a Secondary City and optimally utilise university facilities there, keeping the school of journalism in Kigali is comparatively more beneficial to the nation.
My overall view then is that while the rest of the college should move, the school shouldn't. And here is why:
First, while the recommendation to move was triggered by recent institutional restructuring, there seems to be limited institutional memory to understand that the school's relocation in 2011 followed a deliberative process that included all stakeholders.
Specifically, the demand to relocate the school began after President Paul Kagame met journalists at a two-day closed door discussion at Village Urugwiro in mid-October 2007.
After the meeting, the president promised "to ensure the process to open a media training centre in Kigali as one of the efforts to build capacity in the media."
Following the meeting, Prof Laurent Nkusi, then Information Minister at the time and later, his successor, Hon Louise Mushikiwabo engaged the university leading to the creation of the Great Lakes Media Center under the school and subsequent school relocation.
Second, the Cabinet Paper that led to the relocation, which at that time was presented by the then minister for Education stated, in part, that "the SJC needs to be near the place where most practicing journalists are located" in order to address the "visible low writing skills on the part of practicing journalists, limited understanding of the basic principles of journalism and ethics as well as low intellectual capacity"
Further, the Cabinet was told that "there is an overwhelming demand from policymakers and media practitioners to move the SJC to Kigali to help train practicing journalists and improve their writing and reporting skills."
Finally, the paper noted that "moving the SJC to Kigali would both facilitate the NUR's policy of generating its own funds while facilitating the policy of cost-sharing by enabling students to get part time jobs in Kigali where most of the media houses are located"
Seven years later, there is evidence to show that the decision has a direct impact on media development.
For instance, while in 2008 the school had about 150 students with less than 0.1 per cent of them working as journalists, today, there are about 380 students and more than 50 per cent of them working as journalists and editors.
Moving the school back to Huye will not only mean loss of jobs for students, but probable decrease in the number of privately sponsored students as many might be unwilling to relocate.
Third, the move might undermine education policy. If the policy is for education to impact the industry, why relocate the school when it's already doing so?
Fourth, in discussing the move, its clear journalism education and practice is less understood as some policymakers posit that the reasons given to justify keeping the school in Kigali can also be given by anyone in any field, say law or economics!
Journalism is probably the only one where one can be allowed to practice before graduation.
For instance, while there is no undergraduate law student that can be allowed to be an attorney or a judge, most of our journalism students are already practising journalists! This is because journalism is an art; a practice not theory.
Christopher Kayumba, PhD. Senior Lecturer, School of Journalism and Communication, UR; Lead consultant, MGC Consult International Ltd. E-mail: [email protected]; twitter account: @Ckayumba Website:www.mgcconsult.com


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Maldives Police Service has arrested a man suspected of breaking the windows of the motorcycle store operated by Litus Maldives PLC in Hithadhoo, Addu City.
Talking to Sun Media, a Media Official of the Police said that a 23-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the crime.
The crime was reported last night around 12:38 a.m. last night according to the police and the case is under investigation.
An official of Litus said that the windows of their Hithadhoo store was broken by rocks being thrown at them. The official said that nothing inside the property was damaged.
While Litus Maldives opened a store in Hithadhoo last December, they also have a store in Feydhoo, Addu City, as well.
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Would you sell your customer something he/she asked for, even though you know he/she would be better off going to another company? BCIT alumnus Travis Stevenson wouldn't. And his dad didn't.
"My father was a corporate sales manager for BC Tel [now TELUS]," says Travis, recalling when his father faced making a choice between closing a sale and putting a customer first. "He sent the customer to another company and things worked out fine. A short while later, that same customer returned to my father, awarding him with significantly more work than in their first interaction. They ended up working together for years. And it was because my father made that customer a priority over the sale."
It may seem counter-intuitive. The goal of most businesses is to make money, after all. But Travis, founder and president of JTS Consulting, says the key to growing a successful business is to first focus on building relationships with people, who may become your customers, colleagues, mentors or friends. JTS Consulting helps utility companies around the world navigate technology to realize their business value.
"Utility companies face extraordinary challenges," Travis explains. "Infrastructure is aging, customer expectations are evolving and technologies—like solar connections, smart grid technology, electric vehicles, smart home innovation—are constantly emerging. In order to prepare them for the changes ahead, we need to first establish a trusting relationship with them."
BCIT's Marketing Management (Professional Sales) program helped him sharpen the relationship-building skills he uses today.
"At BCIT, you have so many priorities pulling at you," he says. "The tight timelines combined with a heavy workload and group projects mean you have to learn to build rapport and effectively communicate with people of different opinions and backgrounds if you want to succeed."
Since Travis founded his firm 14 years ago, he and his team have helped organizations including BC Hydro, Fortis BC, IBM, Microsoft and Capgemini. In 2013, Business in Vancouver recognized him for outstanding business leadership with a Top 40 under 40 Award.
While attracting big-name companies across the globe as clients and winning accolades from industry are sure signs of success, Travis says it all comes back to his father's story about the customer he sent away.
"For me, all of this is about genuinely connecting with people and doing the right thing by them," says Travis. "When you put relationships first, the success will come."
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hey ev'ry body!
sorry for the long absence. things are good, just been living in a vacuum. work. sleep. ride.
after the rainy lake loop, I enjoyed two trips on Dean's tarheel 200 to round out my brevets for the year. 1st time just before thanksgiving- foggy, fabulous, and in Byron's words: "we finished with the shades on!" it looked something like this
the fog left us dew'y and damp 'til the sun was out a bit. after the steadman control it was nothing short of a perfect ride. well, Tom rolled a tire and fell, but was fine and finished in good shape! I really couldn't wait to ride this route again..


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We had almost grown unaccustomed to it… snow! The last time there was substantial snow in the south of the Netherlands was in February 2013, almost 2 years ago. But … Continue reading
Rush hour in the dark
We are past the darkest time of the year again, the days are already slowly getting longer. But it will take a long time before we notice that it really … Continue reading
Happy Holidays
Now that the darkest time of the year is here, cities have brought out pretty lights to make all that darkness a bit more bearable. Streets around the world have … Continue reading
'Tis the season to be cycling
The December darkness is here again. With about 16 hours of darkness for every 24 hours in the Netherlands we all long for light! As is the case in many … Continue reading
Cycling to the dentist
In the Netherlands people cycle for all kinds of every day purposes and I am no exception. So when I need to go to the dentist I get on my … Continue reading
Clearing the streets of snow and ice
When I mentioned the city of 's-Hertogenbosch had forgotten to clear one new cycle route of snow in my post two weeks ago, the city quickly responded and the route … Continue reading
Dashing through the snow…
Most of The Netherlands is covered in a blanket of snow right now, but many municipalities have been working hard to clear all that snow from the streets and cycle … Continue reading
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December is the month the Dutch decorate their cities and towns with light ornaments. They call December 'the dark days before Christmas' and with good reason. In June there is … Continue reading
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Mortgage rates have been rising ever since Ben Bernanke let the cat out of the bag and suggested a tapering of mortgage-backed securities purchases could very well take place in the near future.
While it's no secret the Fed will eventually have to pull the trigger on MBS purchases, the Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac shows the "rate on 30-year fixed mortgages was up a full percentage point between the start of this year and the middle of May," according to a market update from Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft.
And despite higher interest rates expected throughout the year, Nothaft is not throwing in the towel – he thinks the housing recovery will survive elevating interest rates.
"Demand is strong, supply is limited, and for most families in most markets, housing affordability is still strong. But we do expect a substantial change in single-family originations as we transition from a refinance-dominated market to a much smaller purchase-money market by year-end," he wrote.
All the gloom and doom around rates is what Nothaft refers to as taper talk.
Rates are rising because the market believes the Fed will taper its acquisition of MBS in the near future. The natural outcome is rising rates — which some see as a significant challenge for the housing recovery.
While others see Bernanke's removal of the punch bowl (or MBS purchases) as a potential tragedy, Nothaft is more relaxed and wishing others would ease up a bit.
"So for those who like the punch bowl analogy around tapering, there's plenty of time to drink, but do us all a favor and drink responsibly, so the housing market can avoid the roller coaster ride with mortgage rates," Nothaft writes.


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Trump's campaign website currently states, "On day one of the Trump Administration, we will ask Congress to immediately deliver a full repeal of Obamacare."
His website said he plans to propose reforms to broaden health care access and make higher quality health care more affordable.
Jonathan Oberlander, a UNC professor in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, said there is little information about Trump's plans for health care beyond a few traditional Republican positions.
"He never released a full-fledged health plan during the campaign," Oberlander said. "So his health plan consisted of about a half a dozen bullet points and they were more slogans than policies."


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Crime and safety report - Point Loma and Ocean Beach report: Police investigate a stabbing; Sexual assault; List of incidents reported to San Diego Police
Stabbing outside bar in OB
A 21-year-old male, exiting Winston's Bar, 1900 Bacon St., at 12:10 a.m. Jan. 17, saw his friend in an altercation with an unknown white male in his 20s and stepped in to break up the fight. The suspect, then stabbed the male in the right arm and fled in an unknown direction. The victim was transported to the hospital with a non-life threatening injury. Western Division detectives are investigating.
Sexual assault on Bacon Street
On Jan. 20 at 2:10 a.m., a woman was walking on the sidewalk of 1800 Bacon Street, when a male came along the side of her from a nearby alley. He grabbed the victim by the arm, and pulled her about 30 feet into the alley. The suspect struck the victim on the face, threw her on the ground and sexually assaulted her. The suspect got up and ran in an unknown direction.
The victim described the suspect as a white male, age 25-35, 5'10" tall and very thin. He had short hair or was balding and had a well-trimmed, red beard. The suspect was wearing a dark sweatshirt and jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Sex Crimes Unit at (619) 531-2210 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477.
Teen injured on scooter, riding in Midway area
A 17-year-old male was riding a scooter southbound on the west sidewalk at 2700 Truxtun Road about 9:11 p.m. Feb. 1, as a 35-year-old female was driving her 2016 Landrover northbound. She made a left turn into a driveway when the scooter hit the passenger side of her SUV. The juvenile sustained an open fracture to his left tibia and fibula. He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Knife-wielding suspect attacks two men in parking lot
A 25-year-old male suspect was driving his car in a reckless manner through a business parking lot about 9:21 p.m. Feb. 2 at 3100 Sports Arena Blvd. Two men in their 40s were walking in the lot and were almost hit by the suspect. The suspect got out of his car with a machete and started to swing it at the victims. One victim was struck in the forehead by the machete and sustained a non-life threatening cut. The other victim was struck on the nose and sustained a minor cut.
The victims held the suspect down until police arrived to arrest him for assault with a deadly weapon and DUI. The victim, hit on the forehead, was taken to the hospital.
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Assaults: 18 incidents
Arson: 1 report
Drugs/Alcohol Violations: 55
DUI's Drugs/Alcohol: 8
Fraud: 6 reports
Weapons: 4 arrests
Sex Crimes: 1— 4600 block Brighton, 1 p.m. Jan. 20;
Rape: 1 — 3300 block Channel, 12:01 a.m. Jan. 28
Residential Burglary: 8 — 2700 block Worden, 12:01 a.m. Jan. 25; 4800 block Long Branch, 2 a.m. Jan. 29; 4300 block Rialto, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 31; 900 block Armada, 5:30 a.m. Feb. 3; 4200 block Point Loma , 2:30 p.m. Feb.2; 700 block Brighton, 5 p.m. Feb. 3; 3300 block Ullman, 2 p.m. Feb. 5; 4300 block West Point Loma, 6:50 a.m. Feb. 9
Commercial Burglary: 8 — 900 block West Mission Bay, 7:22 a.m. Jan. 28; 1900 block Quivira, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24; 2900 block Nimitz, 2 a.m. Jan. 25; 3600 block Midway, 1:31 a.m. Jan. 21; 3600 block Midway, 9 a.m. Jan. 12; 1900 block Quivira, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31; 3900 block Polack, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 5; 3600 block Midway, 7:45 a.m. Feb. 9
Street Robberies: 3 — 2100 block Spray, 10:30 p.m. Jan. 26; 3200 block Kemper, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 28; 3600 block Midway, 7:10 p.m. Jan. 20
Grand Theft (over $950): 8 reports
Petty Theft/Shoplifting: 21 reports
Vandalism: 6 incidents
Vehicle Break-ins: 18 reports
Stolen Vehicles: 10 reports
— Compiled by Savanah Duffy from San Diego Police Reports, Jan. 12-Feb. 15.


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English Toffee Bars are chocolaty and perfect - amazingly beautiful too. Just imagine biting into thicker layers of a classic favorite. It's impressive!
One of my mothers favorite candies was English Toffee and I found out about that when she bought it on Main Street in Disneyland. It was something we always made sure we bought after that.
When I was old enough to go without my mom I never came home without a bag from the Candy Palace. Just for her. It still holds special memories in my heart and this is what I was thinking about as I made these treats.
I thought I'd try to make it easier and as a big fat bar that would be easy to cut out of a pan. English Toffee Bars turned out to be layers of multiple goodies that still have the original flavors and crunch.
They are chocolaty and perfect. I was amazed at how beautiful they looked too.
Those Disneyland days were so much fun. We pretty much ran down Main Street to get to the rides. One exception was that there was a man in one of the windows making little glass animals with long rods of glass and a blow torch. That intrigued me to no end.
I remember one time we decided to take advantage of all the attractions that were always missed. So we took the horse drawn coach down Main Street. Then we went into the Lincoln exhibit and even sat in the theater over in Fantasyland and watched old cartoons.
That one isn't there anymore but back then, it turned out to be a good place to go when we were close to exhaustion.
Now that mom has passed I also have the memory of pushing her in her wheelchair around Disneyland. There was an additional generation of loved ones all around her. We bought English Toffee.
English Toffee Bars
- For the Base:
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup dairy-free butter
- For the Topping:
- 1/2 cup dairy-free butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups pecan and almond - mixed, chopped
- 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 350° to bake your graham cracker base.
- Lightly oil a 13" x 9" x 2" pan.
- To make the base:
- I was taught in high school, the way to make crumbs was to put the graham crackers in a big baggie, seal and then roll with a rolling pin. Works great and I still do it but you can use the food processor if you prefer.
- Mix the graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and melted butter together.
- Press evenly into your prepared pan.
- Bake at 350° for 8 minutes.
- While this is baking make the topping because you want to add the top as soon as you take the base out of the oven.
- To make the topping:
- In a saucepan melt the butter and add the brown sugar.
- Bring to a slow boil and boil 1 minute. Stirring.
- Add the nuts and boil another minute.
- Spread the sugar and nut mixture over the hot baked base.
- Bake 15 more minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top.
- The chips will melt a bit, automatically, into the base..
- Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Cut into bars and let cool about 10 more minutes before removing from the bar.
- Cool completely on wire rack.


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Festive bird finger puppets
Lyn from Molly Chicken sent us this great craft idea
A fun project to do with children of any age, if they are to young to sew – use glue instead.
You will need:
White card
Black, white, brown and scraps of yellow and red felt.
Needle and threads or craft glue.
Stick-on googly eyes.
Get the kids to draw around their finger, onto the white card for the basic birdy body shape. The kids I work with always enjoy this bit, and you get some really 'interesting' shaped birds. Alternatively use the template provided. Add a large hem allowance for gluing or stitching together, and cut out.
Pin the template to two layers of your felt, and cut out. Now cut the beaks, wings and breasts and if you are making a dove you will need a little red heart.
Stitch/glue the breast or heart and the beak to one of the body pieces.
And then stitch the two body pieces together, sewing your wings into place at the same time.
Stick on the googly eyes and you're done.
[ These can also be adapted to make the most fabulous ornaments — see Lyn's post from last year – Ed.]


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If you feel some will do black magic giving you or you think someone is doing it. for almost all cases of black magic and pertaining to future protection far too. Please do the next always. No one will ever manage to harm you by means of black magic. No black magic works on you. For protection of whole family make sure you after reading it perform dam (blow) on a glass of water and give it to anyone everyday to ingest.
After fajr and also Maghrib Salah
Draood/Salavat the moment
Ya Qabid0 (Allahs Name) 21 years of age times
Darood/ Salavat the moment
Wazifa For defense from magic
If you feel someone has completed black magic giving you or you believe someone will work it in long term. Indications of magic are you see bad ambitions or see wildlife in dreams make sure you read Ya Mumeet-o ……………. Allahs name….. 72 times after each maghrib salah. The magic is not going to work on a person.
Please read Salavat / darood 9 occasions before and immediately after


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Families love this house, they score it with a 9.8!Mas Ros, ideal for families
Maximum capacity: 22 people, of which 3 are accommodated in an extra bed.
The house is in a small neighborhood.
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Big 2150 m2 garden with barbecue. And also a 120 m2 terrace and another 70 m2 covered terrace .
Enjoy the warmth of the fireplace.
For the little ones, we have 2 cots and that we can prepare for free.
Dogs are welcome and have a 30 € supplement per animal and stay. We support a maximum of two.
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Outdoors designed to enjoy them: Swimming pool , safety pool fence, 2150 m2 garden, house totally fenced, barbecue , 10 sunbeds.
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A few weeks before Christmas I spent a most exhausting but very enjoyable day marbling with children at a local heritage field day. I belong to the Ray Park Heritage Group, formed to celebrate and preserve the old farming memories, knowledge and photographs of a part of Sydney now very suburban. Each year we hold a themed open day, the latest one being on Farming and Orcharding. We had many agricultural activities as well as old fashioned crafts for children to enjoy and I volunteered to set up a marbling table. I also volunteered my friend Nerida, who knew nothing about marbling in the morning but by the end of the day could answer any question put to her.
I normally marble on carragheen (or carrageenan) but some years ago I did a workshop with Marianne Peter, a Belgian marbler who had us marbling on guar gum. I decided to use the guar gum with the children and found it easy to prepare and it worked reasonably well. I used acrylic paints thinned with water and with a drop of ox gall to make them spread. I alumed 80 sheets of cartridge paper the day before and prepared the gum and the paints on the day. As we were marbling in the Boy Scout Hall there were many restrictions and I had sheets of protective plastic for metres around the work table in case of splashes; just as well because the children loved spattering the paint with the whisks.
Most of the children were aged between 4 and 10 but there were a few 3 year olds and a few mothers who couldn't resist having a go. We started at 9am, finished at 5pm and had a 30 minute break in the middle of the day. There was such a constant queue of children that Nerida and I didn't get outside to see any other activities; in fact we didn't have time to eat.
Because we were so busy helping the children to marble their sheets of paper neither Nerida nor I managed to take any photos of the children's work. I feel rather sad about this because there were some really lovely papers and it's a shame no one took a photo of the colourful hanging racks. I know the children were delighted with their efforts and after hanging them to dry they very proudly took them home. The next day when we were cleaning up (and what a huge clean up it was) children were coming in to ask when could they marble again. Maybe next year, though I rather think I'd like to make books with them next time.
Certainly I wouldn't have been able to get through the day without Nerida and my willing helpers for setting up and cleaning up, Jacqui and Rosemary.
I do have two pieces of marbling I produced at Marianne's workshop, illustrated here. These were done on guar gum, with printer's inks and onto shiny white paper. Marianne is a stunning marbler and her workshop was an eye opener for me, being used to water colour marbling. As I've said before, I'm only a dabbler when it comes to marbling, so it was a great thrill to produce these two pieces.
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We all know that we are supposed to exercise, but knowing you are supposed to do something doesn't make you do. Another thing, telling people what bad things can happen will not scare them into not doing something or doing something, thus the reason we still have smokers. But healthcare website, health bloggers, and doctors all agree that the best way to lose weight is to exercise.
But how can one exercise when they don't like to do it? I have come to the conclusion that I don't like to exercise, and when I get started for a few weeks, I never finish. It's not the type of exercise either, I just don't find any form of it enjoyable.
But that still doesn't answer what to do when you don't like it? Well, do what people do when they hate something, do it anyway. But when you do something you dread, a lot of times we do it halfway just to get it done and that brings us not benefit.
Here's the answer to the question. although it isn't grand. You change your mindset. A lot of times, your mindset will cause you to not think of the positives that could come out of doing something we hate.
I am a hundred percent guilty of this and avoid exercise because I do not want to do it. My other excuses are not wanting to shower again, and being too tired. And my last excuse it about now wanting to be hungry because that always happens after a workout.
If I had it my way I would eat what I want and gain no weight, but life doesn't work that way, but if it did oh the fun I would have. I sometimes envy my younger brother and cousin because they have high metabolisms and just eat what they feel like. But they complain about different things because being stick skinny isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
My cousin used to ask me when did I get thick, but I have never been extremely skinny. I do remember when I was a teenager, gym literally was my exercise along with soccer, but I am not being graded for performance anymore.
I think that if I saw the results of exercising immediately I would keep going, but with everything in life, some things take time. But the real question is are you, I, willing to work for it. A lot of times, the answer is no, but I want this time to be different. I don't want to give up.
So this will be different. I will make to get the best results. I will get in shape.


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A #plan9 sort of day.
Gathering a bunch of examples, I want to learn to make little graphical apps.
Figured out the basics for drawing stuff I think. The docs are pretty great.
Also, I'm becoming a freaking ACME magician, I love the chords scheme thingy.
I think I will make a #plan9 cookbook with a bunch of examples files like I did for Think Pascal and 6502 Assembly.
Making menus in #plan9 is so simple.
Managed to compile asm6 with pcc and resume my 6502 work, only this time, in #plan9.
Dreams do come true.
Implemented bresenham line.
Left is #plan9's line() and right is bresenham.
AWYEAH, that's it.
I know I told myself I wouldn't waste time doing this but the #plan9 babyblue was NOT calming me down, at all.
Teaching myself how to mod rio. Added wallpapers support from scratch today. Plan9 is amazing, it's everything I was promised, it's now my main daily driver.
@neauoire By daily driver, do you mean for e.g. email and web browsing also?
@tty Yeah :) I've got it setup so I can do both of these things right now. Email is a bit tricky since our company email is a gmail, but I'm trying to sort that out now. It still works, but it throws a ton of errors that makes it hard to read anything properly.
@neauoire Also, omigosh, you can cat /dev/screen to get the pixels? That's.. just.. so beautiful.
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It gets an Useless Use of Cat Award tho
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FRONTLOADER TOOLS V188.8.131.52 for FS 17
Originaly from Kock und Sohn for the klink loader, this fork was edited for the newer euro attacher.
Price: 250-450€
Weight: 120 KG
After the modification of the fork, this shovel was bought too.
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Game Farming Simulator 17
Manufacturer Lizard | Kock und Sohn
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Author Bremi456
Size 5.55 MB
Version 22.214.171.124
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Northern Rhodesian African Mineworkers' Union
|Full name
|Northern Rhodesian African Mineworkers' Union
|Date dissolved
|Merged into
|Mineworkers' Union of Zambia
|Key people
|Lawrence Katilungu, President; Matthew Nkoloma, General Secretary
|Northern Rhodesia
The Northern Rhodesian African Mineworkers' Union (A.M.U.) was a trade union in Northern Rhodesia which represented black African miners in the Copperbelt. The AMU was formed in 1949, and campaigned actively to improve working conditions and wages for African miners, as well as opposing racial discrimination in hiring. The union amalgamated with several other mining unions in 1967 to form the Mineworkers' Union of Zambia.
Trade union organisation among African mineworkers was first initiated in 1935, when workers spontaneously struck over an increase in the native tax levied on Africans living in urban areas.[1] In 1940 following a successful strike by European mine employees, violent clashes occurred in which 17 African miners were killed and 69 injured.[2] The Forster Commission was established to address problems in the working conditions of African miners in response to the incident. In 1945 the new British Labour government decided to encourage the establishment of African trade unions in the British African colonies, and advisors from the British Trade Union Congress were sent to Northern Rhodesia to facilitate the process of establishing the unions.[3] In 1947 the existing union representing European miners, the Northern Rhodesia Mine Workers' Union (NRMU), suggested that the African workers join, but this was rejected by the African miners.[4] In 1947 and 1948 unions were formed at all four major copper mines in Northern Rhodesia, and these merged to form the African Mineworkers' Union in 1949, receiving recognition from the mining companies in the same year.[4][5]
The Industrial Colour Bar
The primary issue during the early years of the union was the practice of reserving skilled jobs for white employees, known as the industrial colour bar. In 1947 the British government had established the Dalgleish Commission to investigate the colour bar, and the Commission recommended the gradual replacement of European workers with Africans, initially in low-skilled occupations, but gradually filling other positions after training. The Dalgliesh Commission recommended that positions be filled with African workers only when vacant, so that no European workers were displaced. The NRMU strongly resisted any attempt to transfer jobs to the African workers, relying on a clause in their agreement with the companies that prevented jobs being filled by workers not covered by the existing contract.[6] In 1951 the NRMU signed an agreement with the AMU that any African worker replacing a white worker must be paid and housed to the same standard as the European employee. This effectively delayed the transfer of jobs to African workers, as the employers were not prepared to fulfil this condition.[2]
Industrial Conflict
In 1952 the AMU launched a major strike, halting copper production for three weeks.[5] This was followed by the provision of significantly improved wages in the Guillebaud Award of January 1953. By 1954 in excess of 75% of African miners were members of the AMU, giving them a strong bargaining position.[2]
In the 1950s the major mining companies, with the support of the Colonial Office, began attempting to replace the skilled European mineworkers with African workers.[7] Ronald Prain, the Chairman of the Rhodesian Selection Trust, announced they would break the industrial colour bar in 1953, and end the equal pay condition imposed by the unions. In February 1955 Anglo American also announced plans to replace white workers with Africans. In September 1955 a formal agreement was reached, with 24 job classes transferred to African workers, with further advancement of African miners to be reviewed.[2]
The AMU continued to press for the improvement of the position of African miners, with numerous strikes throughout 1955 and 1956.[8] Contrary to the expectations of the Northern Rhodesian Government and mining companies, the AMU sought increases in wages for all mineworkers, rather than focussing solely on further breaking down the colour bar. This was the aim of a major strike in January 1955, in which 28,885 out of 34,000 African workers took part.[9] The strike lasted until March, costing ₤2,000,000 in lost production. The African miners returned to work without achieving their initial aim of an increase in wages of ten shillings and eightpence per shift, however a smaller increase was awarded some time later.[10]
The strength and militancy of the AMU led the government and mining companies to support the establishment of a rival union for skilled African workers in 1953, the Mines African Staff Association (MASA).[2][9] This was opposed by the AMU who felt that the new union was designed to undermine the AMU by depriving them of members and splitting the African workforce.[10] In response to a series of strikes throughout the Copperbelt during 1956 the government declared a state of emergency, arresting and banishing the leaders of the AMU from the region. An inquiry, known as the Branigan Report, was established to investigate possible links between African nationalist groups and the AMU.[9]
The AMU was active at the same time as the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress was agitating politically for improved rights for Africans, however the union's president, Lawrence Katilungu, did not support the AMU becoming involved in politics.[10] The union declined to participate in a planned strike by the Congress in 1953 to protest the establishment of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.[11] The AMU was involved in a dispute with other Northern Rhodesian unions in the late 1950s when they attempted to dismiss Lawrence Katilungu from the leadership of the Northern Rhodesian Trade Union Congress (NRTUC). Katilungu responded by expelling all unions in arrears with their fees, leaving only three mining unions as affiliates of the NRTUC. The other unions responded by establishing a rival body, the Reformed Trade Union Congress (RTUC) in February 1960. The NRTUC and RTUC later merged in 1961 after Katilungu had been dismissed from the presidency of the AMU.[4]
Following national independence in 1964 the AMU changed its name to the Zambian Mineworkers' Union (ZMU).[12] In April 1967 the ZMU amalgamated with the Mines Local Staff Association and the Mines Police Association to form the Mineworkers' Union of Zambia (MUZ).[3] The amalgamation had the support of the government, as it brought an end to the conflict between the ZMU and the ruling party, the United National Independence Party.[12]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Wills 1967, p. 296–297.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 3738: attempt to index field 'punct_skip' (a nil value).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mulenga 2011, p. 3–19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 McIntyre 2008, p. 8.
- ↑ Berg and Butler 1964, p. 353.
- ↑ Murphy 2005, p. VIII.
- ↑ Berg and Butler 1964, p. 374.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Murphy 2005, p. IX.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Wood 1983, p. 432.
- ↑ Wills 1967, p. 319–320.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Daniel 1979, p. 139.
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I mentioned in a previous post that I signed up for the Biking for Breakfast Challenge, a one-day bike ride across all of this glorious province with all its rolling hills, potholes, and roadkill. I signed up for this with the intention of perhaps doing a relay with a couple of other people or just doing 150-200km. Although, once you already do 200km, what's another 85km? Now I feel pressure to do the whole thing. Pressure from no one in particular, perhaps just the altitude from being waaaay up on the third floor at work.
How to Bike Really Far in One Day
- Weather: Pray to the weather Gods and Goddesses everyday until the event occurs. Such prayers include humidity levels, precipitation amounts, UV index, and, most critically wind direction and speed. In this case, I *think* but have not decided for certain, that winds from the southwest are best. That way the headwinds are done with early in the day.
- Conveyor belt: I will spend the next 1.5 months constructing a conveyor belt in key locations. The belt with go from Borden to Clyde River area. Since round-abouts seem to be "in" this season, in Crapaud I will design a complicated round-about and sell doughnuts to commemorate the event.
- Attachable child's wagon: I will arrange for a fellow rider to attach one of the kiddie-pull wagons to his/her bike. When I tire or wish to take a nap, I will go in the wagon and let the other cyclist pull me along.
- Motor: Some kids passed me on his bike the other day because it had a loud motor that sounded like a motorcycle. I will borrow his bike. for the interior 220km. The first 35km I will do on my own bike, along with the last 30km. No one will ever suspect.
- Hydration: I will link my bike up with a complicated hydration system. It will be linked through a CamelBack/Pack/whatever they are called and offer a variety of drinks. Critical will be: cherry slushy, Coke Light (not Diet Coke - entirely different), a lighter beer - preferably Brahma, water (I guess...), and jagerbombs. It will be heavy to lug this around on my back all day, but it will be worth it.
- Entertainment/Safety: Ideally, children will follow me the whole way blowing bubbles at me and singing songs of encouragement. Two of the children would be riding llamas. One will be crying from having recently been stung by a bee. This child works to attract the bees to herself, instead of me.
- Clothing: I will cleverly arrange in advance for someone to have dry clothing for me at the halfway point. Depending on the temperature, I tend to get a little cold when I take breaks but am in sweaty clothes. Possible solution is to bike in bathing suit, but then threats of chaffing loom.
- Time machine: This may not work as well as I originally thought, as based on the time travel concepts displayed in Back to the Future, you will move through time, but remain in the same locations. X and Y coordinates of displacement = 0. Only 4th dimension coordinates change. In this scenario...
- Displacement machine/Matter transporter: This would take care of the actual changing of location. I would use it to cheat the whole way... just a few select hills or roads with a crappy shoulder would be skipped.
- Protective bubble: this protective bubble would be weightless, extremely aerodynamic, waterproof, windproof, AND a beautiful colour. It would also protect from road debris and the threat of being wiped off the road by a wavering car.
These, and more finely crafted plans, should ensure I don't die.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Incredibly Realistic Strategy for Biking 285km in One Day
6 comments:
- Kathleen said...
I love that you based the feasibility of time travel on what happened in Back to the Future! When is the impending Bike of Doom?
- 24 June, 2010 10:18
- Kathleen said...
PS You can do it! Just imagine that a baby elephant is waiting for you at the end . . .
- 24 June, 2010 10:19
- Jen said...
I figure Back to the Future is basically like a literature review of all other time travel research; thus, I believe it to be accurate. Ride is Aug 7!
- 24 June, 2010 12:45
- Vanessa said...
I was thinking of doing a 100km bike ride here, but that seems like nothing now! Let me know how it goes.
- 24 June, 2010 17:36
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- 26 June, 2010 05:57
- Kathleen said...
Awww, I just miss it! But, at least you can tell me all about it when I get back, and, if need be, I can visit you in hospital while you recover . . . I kid! You will do it!
- 26 June, 2010 05:58
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An eclectic mix of parties and other ways to ring in 2006 is planned by local establishments and entertainers, diminishing the need to travel any distance in search of New Year's fun.
MARINA FIREWORKS — The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors' annual New Year's tradition is to shoot off fireworks over the main channel, off the south jetty, in Marina del Rey.
It's the second fireworks display this month in the Marina, just weeks after the fireworks show at the Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade. The annual New Year's Eve fireworks display will start at the 30-second countdown to midnight on Saturday, December 31st.
The display will be viewable throughout the Marina area, but prime viewing locations are at Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way; and Fisherman's Village, at the end of Fiji Way in Marina del Rey, county officials say. There is no charge to view the fireworks from these locations.
Fireworks this year are presented by Zambelli Fireworks Internationale, a company that originated in Italy more than 100 years ago.
Information, (310) 305-9548.
SING SHOLOM ALEICHEM — A New Year's Eve cabaret featuring the most requested songs from Santa Monica Playhouse's repertoire of Jewish musicals based on the writings of authors Sholom Aleichem, Israel Zangwill and Sholom Asch, is scheduled to be performed at 6 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, December 31st, at the Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 Fourth St., Santa Monica. The cabaret will include a buffet supper, champagne and New Year's accouterments.
The program will be performed by the Actors' Repertory Theatre and will feature songs with words and music by Playhouse co-artistic director Evelyn Rudie, multiple gold album composer Ben Weisman, Emery Bernauer and Matt Wrather.
Tickets are $39.50 for the 6 p.m. show and $49.50 for the 9:30 p.m. performance.
Reservations, (310) 394-9779 ext. 1.
NEW YEAR'S BUSH BASH — Activists and others who want their dissatisfaction with the Bush administration to seep into their New Year's Eve party plans can join longtime Santa Monica peace activist Jerry Rubin as he hosts "The New Year's Eve Comedy Bush Bash and Dance Party for Peace."
The New Year's Eve party, which is a yearly fundraiser for Rubin's Alliance for Survival peace and environmental group, starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, December 31st, at The Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St., Santa Monica.
The entertainment lineup includes comedians Rick Overton, Charlie Hill, Denise Munro-Robb and David Zasloff; live rock with activist band Playing in Traffic; acoustic folk music with "singer-songfighter" Ross Altman; and performance poetry by Linda Albertano.
The event includes a midnight peace ceremony, a buffet dinner and champagne.
Admission is $30, or $20 for low-income individuals.
Information, (310) 399-1000.
PRE-NEW YEAR'S EVE JAZZ — For those looking to rush into 2006 two nights early, the Billy Mitchell Trio has just the solution. The group will perform at a pre-New Year's Eve jazz party complete with party hats, streamers and champagne and even culminates with a mock countdown at 10 p.m.
The jazz show starts at 6 p.m.Thursday, December 29th, at The Crowne Plaza, 5985 Century Blvd., Westchester. Tickets are $10.
Information, (310) 642-7500.
MOR BAR DJ/DANCE PARTY — A New Year's Eve dance party with DJ Stardom spinning hip-hop, funk, house, '80s pop, rock and R&B, is planned for Saturday, December 31st, at the Mor Bar, 2941 Main St., Santa Monica. A full dinner menu is available until 11 p.m., and then the party turns to the dance floor until 2 a.m.
Tickets are $50 at the door or $35 in advance.
Information, (310) 455-6720.
BREAKESTRA NEW YEAR'S — Hip-hop funk group Breakestra was created by bassist/guitarist/upright cellist/producer Miles Tackett based on the his love of the dusty drum breaks and funky samples he heard in the late 1980s coming from producers such as Paul C., Pete Rock, Large Professor and DJ Premiere. Tackett and Breakestra will lead Santa Monica fans into 2006 with a New Year's Eve performance on Saturday, December 31st, at the Temple Bar, 1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica.
Breakestra seeks to bring its listeners those "fantastic breakdowns and classic funk grooves that you can only find while getting your fingers dirty from searching through record bins."
DJ J-Rocc will also be on board for the Temple Bar New Year's Eve show.
Information, (310) 393-6611.
RESOLUTION FESTIVAL — Resolution Festival will include a string of fitness and motivational events planned throughout New Year's Day, Sunday, January 1st, on the Santa Monica Pier, ocean end of Colorado Avenue, and the surrounding area in Santa Monica.
The festival will include a 10,000 Steps Walk, Soft Sand Run and Polar Bear Swim leading up the the New Year/New You Expo, which will feature lectures, demonstrations and product information booths.
Festivities begin at 9 a.m. with a ceremony on the Pier's main stage recognizing athletes from the Challenged Athletes Foundation. Lectures and demonstration will take place on the stage throughout the remainder of the day.
Johnny G, noted for his contributions to the exercise activity "spinning" and named one of the top ten fitness icons by Men's Fitness, will be a featured motivational speaker. Johnny G is expected to speak about his cardiac rehabilitation following surgery after a virus had taken root in his heart.
At 10 a.m., the 5k soft sand run, led by John Ball on behalf of Team Parkinson, will begin. Ball became a marathon runner after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Running on the beach sand increases the difficulty of the run.
At 10:30 a.m., the 10,000 Steps Walk will begin on Santa Monica Beach south of the pier. The walk is meant to be a family-friendly non-competitive event. It will be led by 92-year-old Ernie Van Leeuwen, who for the past ten years has been the oldest participant in the 26.2 mile Los Angeles Marathon.
The Polar Bear Swim begins at 11:30 a.m. and will be led by the Challenged Athletes Foundation.
At the close of the day participants will write their New Year's Resolution in the sand.
Entry fees are $35 for the 10,000 Steps Walk; $45 for the Soft Sand Run; and $65 for the Polar Bear Swim; or $85 for the swim and run or walk.
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- Reference: BCT/19/116213
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If so, you may be interested in an exciting opportunity to join the Birmingham and Solihull Family Drug and Alcohol Court Team (FDAC). The FDAC team will be delivering a new DfE funded programme across Birmingham and Solihull.
The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) help families where children are put at risk by parental substance misuse. FDAC is a problem-solving court where the same judge reviews the case every fortnight and is supported by an independent multi-disciplinary intervention team. FDAC work focuses on the parents while keeping the child central. Parents are given 'a trial for change' that provides them with the best possible chance to overcome their problems. At the same time FDAC tests whether the family can make enough change in a timescale compatible with the children's needs.
FDAC achieved significantly better outcomes than normal proceedings in an independent evaluation led by Lancaster University:
- More parents addressed their problems by the end of the proceedings.
- 40% of FDAC mothers were no longer misusing substances, compared to 25% of the comparison mothers.
- 25% of FDAC fathers were no longer misusing substances, compared to 5% of the comparison fathers.
- More children remained with or returned to their parents at the end of proceedings. 35% of FDAC mothers stopped misusing and were reunited with their children, compared to 19% of the comparison mothers.
To deliver this, we are looking for a FDAC Team Manager to join our team across Birmingham and Solihull. You will be part of the exciting journey of innovation and the development of FDAC.
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According to Minister Jorge Gattini, these expenses "will go towards the betterment of technological equipments, cutting edge innovation tools in the rural areas, including a vast system of irrigation, construction of greenhouses as well as provide a sustainable system of production for Summer time. Another important objective is the improvement of soil quality and its output. This visionary project has the support of multilateral organizations as well as the national public – private associations, it will also receive funding from the national treasure."
According to Minister Gattini, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock will begin to develop irrigation systems for 30 thousand acres in the next five years, and will build 5,000 greenhouses in order to secure a constant agricultural production throughout the year; this will have a great impact towards maintaining a more stable price in the markets of agricultural products and increase domestic consumption in national markets as well as encourage exports in the neighboring countries.
Soybean Production Will Break Another Record in 2014
According to the soybean production levels of 2013 and positive prospects for this year, Paraguay is expected to remain one of the largest food producing nations in the world. Under the leadership of President Horacio Cartes, Paraguay's organic agricultural products will increase their presence in the international markets and expectations are high as the potential income generated by exports will help lower the poverty levels and improve the living standards at home. In the same token, the Republic of Turkey will continue to expand its commercial ties with Paraguay as well as increase the level of imported agricultural products from the landlocked country, primarily organic sugar, soybean and its derivatives.
Soybean production has earned a special place in the list of Paraguayan commodities – in addition to organic sugar, manioc starch, corn, rise and high quality beef – which are traditionally exported abroad, the plantation fields for this highly demanded crop have doubled in the last few years and production levels have multiplied seven times in less than a decade, thanks to the application of a cutting edge technology which requires substantial and long term investments from producers.
During the current year, the prospects for soy bean production are very promising, it is estimated to reach over 10 million tons, a mile stone that will be another record in Paraguay's list of accomplishments in addition to recovering its global status of being considered as the world's bread basket.
In the first Forum of Agriculture of South America, held in November 22, 2013, in Foz de Iguazu, Paraguayan soybean production received special attention, thanks to its high quality and growing demand in international markets. Paraguay has the potential to produce more than 9 million tons of soybeans in a surface of more the 3.2 million acres. According to Benjamin Fernandez Bogado of Diario 5 Dias in Asuncion, "growth and cultivation efficiency have ranked Paraguay as the sixth largest exporter of soybeans and oil seed products in the world. Only last year it has generated a revenue that reaches US$ 4.9 billion equivalent to more than 9 million tons of production." Agriculture in Paraguay represents over 18 percent of the Gross Domestic Product as well as soybean exports have reached more than 50 percent of the foreign currency that has entered the country.
In 2014 are expected similar conditions, price of commodities will have a slight decrease even though a large factory of soy processing is built in Paraguay and that will bring an added value to nation in order to reach suitable prices, while reaching a higher revenue than 2013.
Soybean production in the other South American Countries will continue to increase, it is expected to reach 160 million tons. From this amount 90 million tons of soy will be produced by Brazil, this represents an increase of 8 million tons. On the other hand 77 million tons of corn are expected to be exported by Brazil during this year. Good weather conditions favor a regional cultivation of soy which is estimated to exceed 160 million tons.
For many local experts Paraguayan economy will enjoy a robust growth of well above average during this year. Private companies and economists predict a splendid performance of Paraguayan economy, this is due to the growth of a labor friendly sector which will generate new employment and provide a more sustainable growth if compared to previous years.
Paraguay is positioning itself as a country with a greater political stability, robust financial and economic growth and is becoming a more inclusive society. At the same time Asuncion is starting to establish a reputation in the global markets, with its high quality agricultural products, as well as its admirable economic growth of over 13 per cent (in 2013). This country could emerge as an engine of development in the region and beyond.
According to Diario 5 Dias, a national daily newspaper focused on Paraguay's economy and its contribution and significant role in international markets: "the Public Private Alliance which combines public and private capital will further strengthen the banking sector, bring greater flexibility in monetary policy as well as avoid a heavy burden that affects the most vulnerable sectors of society. Agricultural production has generated a great level of trust towards foreign investors who are planning to establish their factories, invest large amounts of capital and start new corporations in various sectors. All these positive elements could bring a successful year ahead of us."
Th agricultural systems' modernization initiative is one of many projects that are taken by the government of President Horacio Cartes at the national level, in order to reduce poverty and increase the standards of living conditions throughout Paraguay. Under the leadership of President Cartes, another ambitious plan is taking place in the area of infrastructure and public works, which will allow agricultural producers to better commute with regional city – markets and provide better quality products.


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It can only be assumed that "Sal the Cat" is a proponent of "reduce, reuse, recycle": he's cutting paper costs and editors' time, with what may be the most recycled story yet. The cat's call for Boston jury duty story has even gone viral on Facebook -- but there's one flaw: Sal's rise to juror fame really occurred one year ago. But don't expect the American Bar Association Journal to have noticed on its own.
The real story of "Sal" Esposito, a family's pet cat who received a court summons to appear for jury duty service in Boston, Massachusetts, can be found at the attached link.
Sal's story seems to have all started (again) when a Huffington Post writer -- credited to the byline of Zoe Triska -- served up a story on Sal's legal duty and obligation for Boston area jury service. While the Esposito cat's story was posted by the Huffington Post writer January 13, 2011, Sal's jury duty saga actually occurred in January of 2010.
When the Huffington Post accidentally recycled Sal's story, more than one person wasn't paying attention. It seems that "Sal Esposito" became even more famous, his second time around, than during his initial "15 minutes" of fame in 2010. Outlets across the nation picked up the (year-old) news about "Sal". The media exposure even caused "Sal" to go viral on Facebook -- a status the cat never hoped to reach during the actual event.
Perhaps the funniest irony of all: while Sal Esposito couldn't gain the court's attention the first time around, to be rightfully excused from jury duty, the cat couldn't escape attention one year later: the American Bar Association's Online Journal picked up Sal's story -- to highlight, one year later, as a current event. For those that argue that the nation's legal system is desperately behind, your suspicion has been confirmed.
The American Bar Association Journal (kind of) made a "correction", but note the blame provided on the "ABAJournal" website in its (kind of) apology to readers:
"Corrected: The story was bound to generate a lot of buzz: Boston's jury commissioner had refused to release Sal the cat from jury duty after his owners sought to disqualify him on the ground he cannot speak English...There's just one problem with the story, CBS News reports. It's a year old. It was picked up in 2011 by the Huffington Post, followed by the Fox story, followed by ABAJournal.com. We linked to the Fox story as well as the year-old story, without noticing the 2010 dateline. More stories followed in the Toronto Star, the Daily Mail, the New York Daily News, a Washington Post blog and NPR, the CBS story says."
It's the 'we did it, but it wasn't really our fault because someone else did it, and we just linked to it...and, note, we're even less to blame because others did it after us' excuse.
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Loughborough, September 9–13, 2019
WORDS is a biannual international conference covering the mathematical theory of words (sequences of symbols) from all points of view: combinatorial, algebraic, algorithmic, as well as its applications to biology, linguistics, physics, and others.
The previous WORDS conferences have taken place in Rouen (1997, 1999), Palermo (2001), Turku (2003, 2013), Montreal (2005, 2017), Marseille (2007), Salerno (2009), Prague (2011), and Kiel (2015).
The 12th International Conference on Words, WORDS 2019 will take place on September 9-13 2019 at Loughborough University, UK (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/compsci/).
Co-chairs of this edition are Robert Mercaș and Daniel Reidenbach.
*Invited Speakers*
Florin Manea (Kiel)
Svetlana Puzynina (St. Petersburg)
Antonio Restivo (Palermo)
Gwenaël Richomme (Montpellier)
Aleksi Saarela (Turku)
Kristina Vuskovic (Leeds)
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Marie-Pierre Béal (Paris)
Srecko Brlek (Montreal)
Émilie Charlier (Liège)
Volker Diekert (Stuttgart)
Gabriele Fici (Palermo)
Anna Frid (Marseille)
Amy Glen (Murdoch)
Štěpán Holub (Prague)
Shunsuke Inenaga (Kyushu)
Robert Mercas (Loughborough) co-chair
Dirk Nowotka (Kiel)
Jarkko Peltomäki (Turku)
Edita Pelantová (Prague)
Narad Rampersad (Winnipeg)
Daniel Reidenbach (Loughborough) co-chair
Jeffrey Shallit (Waterloo)
Arseny Shur (Yekaterinburg)
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Submission deadline: April 12, 2019
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Conagra Brands (www.conagra.com)
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Conagra Brands has the most energized, highest-impact culture in food. Our people persistently challenge and disrupt marketplace/business conventions and we are respected for our great brands, great food, great margins and consistent results. Conagra Brands, be part of building something BIG.
Essential Job Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of this position is to work as a team with the Production Mixer to complete all daily production requirements in the time given.
Must be able to perform basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
Must be able to stand for extended periods of time
Report all equipment issues to supervisors, managers, and repair technicians
Operate all equipment safely and according to training as safety is paramount to the company's success. At Pinnacle foods we strive to be the best surrounding the safety of our employees.
Scale all ingredients for all doughs and batters to exact specifications and within the time given
Perform all assigned cleaning and preventative maintenance duties
Record/Log all production data accurately and within the time given
Ensure all products to meet Udi's Quality Standards
Comply with all Udi's policies, procedures, and practices
Must be able to work and succeed in a fast paced environment
Must be willing to submit to drug testing after any incident involving injury and/or equipment
Ability to adapt to change and high pressure situations.
Ability to lift up to 60 pounds, repeatedly
Mix all dough and batters to exact specifications and within the time given
Aware of food safety risks and escalates found risks to lead/supervisor.
Maintain baking records;
Cleans equipment;
Bakes product;
Racks Product;
Adheres to all GMP's;
Follows Safety and HR protocols policies and procedures;
Attend work as scheduled and be punctual;
Operate vacuum system
Detail oriented.
Good written and oral communication skills.
Maintain baking records;
Cleans equipment;
Bakes product;
Racks Product;
Adheres to all GMP's;
Follows Safety and HR protocols policies and procedures;
Attend work as scheduled and be punctual;
Must be able to work with limited supervision in operating the line at the optimum speed, with little or no downtime
Must be highly motivated, self-starter, who likes to assume responsibility and work independently
To have a working knowledge of times and temperatures of proof box and oven
Preforms other duties as assigned.
Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.