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- What I Love About My Small Home:
- Since it's western oriented, sunny afternoons are really beautiful in my home, giving it a nice warm feel. The view from the little balcony and the window extends over the city, reaching to the surrounding hills. Instead of smallness, I feel the openness of the outer world! I also love the clear division of functions, even though there is only one interior door. All the main surfaces and big furniture are of neutral colors, so I can play with colorful details and change the overall feel. There are so many nooks to arrange and rearrange, and different ambiance that cannot be grasped all at once, which I think makes the space more interesting and complex. There is a lot of room for my favorite inspiration or travel knick-knacks, yet the space does not feel cramped. All in all, my favorite thing about my home is, that despite the constraints set by its size, it has a lot of potential for playfulness and change.
- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- I wanted a real bed, which consumed much space and determined positions of all other furniture. After a lot of analysis, I had the "L" shaped wall built, creating the bed nook and the library, which was the decisive intervention for the creation of the ambiance. Being on a tight budget, I combined custom made and inexpensive IKEA furniture. To avoid a messy feel, I try to be organized and live by the rule that less is more. I often use a ladder, as the kitchen cabinets had to go up high. Since the kitchen is custom made, the countertop surface is higher than standard, and a decent fridge fits beneath. I work from home a lot, so having a home office was one of the priorities. I also like receiving guests, so the desk doubles as a dining table. It can be easily taken out from the office nook and positioned in the center of the room. Otherwise I use the pull-out table. The sofa converts into a comfy bed, and the folding chairs also come in very handy when guests are over.


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Mushkin HP3 10666 DDR3 Memory Review
Price: TBA
Moore's Law states that process improvements will happen roughly every eighteen to twenty four months for electronic components. Well, it's that time again! With DDR2 on the way out, DDR3 is going to be used on the next wave of motherboards. To ride that wave, Mushkin has jumped into the waters with its new HP3-10666 modules that feature enhanced latencies of 6-7-6-18, operation at 1.6 volts and Frostbyte technology to cool the modules. This memory kit consists of two 1 gigabyte modules as a matched set with the signature blue heatspreaders of Mushkin's HP line of modules. The modules are specified to run at a speed of 1333MHz. Let's see if the increased memory speeds positively impact system performance.
"Founded in 1994, Mushkin is best known for producing "Enhanced" memory modules. Located at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Denver, Colorado Mushkin provides performance enhanced computer products to users worldwide. Exceptional quality, enhanced performance and unparalleled customer support are what make Mushkin products the best in the industry."
Closer Look:
The memory comes shipped to the consumer in a clamshell enclosure. The modules are indexed into the enclosure and are held tightly in place to prevent any damage during shipment. Inside the enclosure are the two modules as well as the Mushkin product card. The product card shows the company logo on the front and installation and troubleshooting tips on the rear.
These new modules feature reduced latencies of 6-7-6-18. 1.6v to 1.7v is the voltage required by these modules to operate at the frequency specified. The blue heatspreaders identify these modules as the HP series of modules.
These modules feature Mushkin's patented Frostbyte technology to keep the RAM cool. The heatspreaders are kept in contact with the memory modules by thermal tape. The tape does not appear to have come loose from any of the modules. Something I have seen on lower grade modules, but not on these.
Now that you have seen the modules, the next logical step is to get them installed!

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GateHouse News ServiceAside from the water activities and peacefulness within the five miles of Lake Placid in upstate New York, there are two things that impressed me most: the arts-and-crafts architectural and interior design of Lake Placid Lodge, and dining al fresco.
Choose to dine at Maggie�s Pub (try the tomato risotto), named after the Lake Placid Lodge�s four-legged strawberry blonde mascot, or grab a kitchen-prepared picnic basket and one of two on-site Lexus electric vehicles and head out for a hike up Whiteface Mountain, or dress up for the more upscale Artisan�s Restaurant.
But know this: Warm summer evenings and cool fall nights (wrap blankets are provided at each table) on either restaurant�s deck are best spent watching the golden sunset along the lake�s edge and Whiteface Mountain, seated in an artisan�s creation of an ergonomically correct wooden carved chair. At Artisan�s, the prixe fixe tasting/wine-pairing menu begins with salmon mousse topped with glistening pink caviar. First things first, though.
The wine list is extraordinary, with pages upon pages of world-class wines, from Chateau LaFite Rothschild to Duckhorn, Silver Oak and ports and dessert wines. In fact, there is a wine cellar that may be reserved for special dinners at an extra cost.
First course is a warm corn soup, which is really a fabulous foam accompanied by a spicy cheese stick, paired with a South African chenin blanc. Next is potato gnocchi with asparagus, and for added smoky flavors: a drizzle of white truffle oil over morel mushrooms and a topping of shaved Parmesan cheese.
Fortunately, the plates are small enough to avoid feeling gluttonous, so when the Rohan duck breast with roasted Brussels sprouts is served with onion jam and house-smoked bacon, I am ready to indulge. If I didn�t know this was duck, I�d swear it was steak, and paired with a Pinot Noir from Arroyo Valley, Calif., this course is perfection. An intermezzo of lemon sorbet and I�m ready for the next course of venison with smoked potato and baby spinach with mustard seed demi-glace, paired with a glass of shiraz.
Now I am getting full, but a cheese course offers a Saratoga County Truffle Falls cheese that is worth the added calories, as is the house made jam and Marcona almonds. The dinner menu ends with a glass of Porto and a chocolate mousse with many components: port-glazed cherries, lemon coffee crumb and toasted meringue.
Chef Nathan Rich shines at Artisan�s, and he�s also available, by appointment only, in the Teaching Kitchen, where he�ll demonstrate how to cook lobster gazpacho and lamb. Below is Chef Nathan�s recipe for lobster gazpacho, a perfect summer dish.
Lobster Gazpacho
Courtesy of Chef Nathan Rich, Lake Placid Lodge
Note: Alter amount of ingredients to suit servings and taste
Lobster pieces
Roma (or beefsteak) tomatoes
Red pepper
Spanish onion
Champagne vinegar
Kosher salt
Fleur de sel
Olive oil
Keep all the cut vegetables and herbs, other than the tomato, in water until you are ready to use them.
Criss-cross tomatoes, cut off tops and blanche in boiling water for one minute in order to be able to peel off the skins. Cut pieces of one tomato and set aside to use as a garnish. Cut the ends off the fennel and into pieces before adding to the blender. Slice a cucumber in long thin slices (use a mandolin, but carefully) and set aside. Do the same with a small amount of carrots and red pepper. Slice radishes and Spanish onion and put into the blender, with some carrots, red pepper and a little sugar and a splash of Champagne vinegar.
Blend chopped ingredients in an electric blender for 30 seconds and set aside.
In a plate, add the cucumber slices, carrots, red pepper and tomato pieces before adding the lobster pieces on top. Sprinkle fleur de sel over the plate. Dribble some olive oil over the plate and then pour the gazpacho over half the plate.
This collision of fresh-picked produce pairs well with Taittenger Grand Cru Champagne.Charlene Peters is Editor of Special Features at GateHouse Media New England. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Taste of Travel: Blend with nature at Lake Placid in New York
GateHouse News ServiceAside from the water activities and peacefulness within the five miles of Lake Placid in upstate New York, there are two things that impressed me most: the arts-and-crafts architectural and interior design of Lake Placid Lodge, and dining al fresco.


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-A Pair Of Baby Shoes Of Your Choice (ends 2/4)
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Director Wes Craven, who went on to fame as the force behind blockbuster horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, departed from his favorite genre to film this unique cult classic -- a spoof on the mad scientist movies of the 1950s. Adrienne Barbeau stars as Alice Cable, a government agent sent to replace a man who has disappeared while guarding a secret experimental lab in the middle of the Louisiana bayous. Dressed in heels and a skirt, Cable professes unease at her strange new surroundings, but she is soon wooed by Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise). Holland is working on a concoction that combines plant and animal cells. Arcane (Louis Jourdan) is the criminal mastermind who is trying to steal the secret recipe for the potion. When Arcane and his mercenaries break into the government camp, they kill Holland's sister Linda (Nannette Brown) and the scientist is accidentally doused with his own formula and bursts into flames, then dives into the swamp. Arcane's men pursue Cable, but she is rescued by a mysterious green man. It takes several rescues for her to understand that the Swamp Thing (Dick Durock) is Dr. Holland, transformed by his own formula.~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Wes Craven, Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson
Producer: Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan
Cast: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, Don Knight, Al Ruban, Dick Durock, Ben Bates and Nannette Brown
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Call me a romantic, but shooting your engagement session where you said "yes" is just as adorable as it gets. And when that adorableness is captured by Dabble Me This with the stunning Chicago skyline peeking through all the pretty? Consider me one happy blogger. Because this is gallery is filled to the brim with sweet shots of this newly engaged couple, and that, my loves, is sooo up my alley. See it all here.
From Dabble Me This...Jessica and Joey are the epitome of adorable! Starting off as friends their love for each other grew into something a little more. And they could not think of a better way to celebrate their engagement then to go back to the very spot where Joey got down on one knee. How romantic is that?!?! Of course I asked Joey to reenact the moment (wink, wink). I simply adore the soft colors and how natural these two were. You could tell they are truly head over heels for each other. To top it off we ended the shoot at the Kenzie Street bridge, seriously one of my favorites in Chicago! I couldn't of asked for a better night with a better couple.
Photography: Dabble Me This | Locations: Theater on the Lake, Lincoln Park, Kinzie Street Bridge
Photography: Dabble Me This | Locations: Theater on the Lake, Lincoln Park, Kinzie Street Bridge


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- As part of PPL's support for wildlife habitat around Lake Wallenpaupack, Kipp Island will be unavailable for recreational activities through the end of July to protect a bald eagle nesting area.
- As part of PPL's support for wildlife habitat around Lake Wallenpaupack, Kipp Island will be unavailable for recreational activities through the end of July to protect a bald eagle nesting area.
"For the past several years, bald eagles have successfully raised eaglets at Kipp Island, and this spring we've received several reports of eagles on the island," said Paul Canevari, PPL's community relations director for the Pocono region.
"We're committed to supporting endangered and threatened species and all wildlife here at Lake Wallenpaupack," he said. "Closing Kipp Island to protect the eagle nesting area is in accordance with federal regulations for this threatened species and a key action to ensure that our national bird continues to nest here. It's a source of pride for the entire lake community."
The Kipp Island nest is just one of the nests established by bald eagles and other threatened birds of prey in the Lake Wallenpaupack area.
"These active nesting areas are a direct result of the clean water and natural habitat promoted by PPL's Lake Wallenpaupack management policies and the community support of those policies," Canevari said. "We're hopeful that majestic eagles will continue to return to Kipp Island year after year to nest."
Kipp Island, the second-largest on the lake, will reopen for public recreation Aug. 1, when the nesting season for eagles has ended.
The 5,700-acre Lake Wallenpaupack provides water for the Wallenpaupack hydroelectric plant, a 44-megawatt plant near Hawley that has been generating clean, renewable electricity since 1926.
PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), with annual revenue of more than $12 billion, is one of the largest companies in the U.S. utility sector. The PPL family of companies delivers electricity and natural gas to about 10 million customers in the United States and the United Kingdom, owns more than 18,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States and sells energy in key U.S. markets. More information is available at www.pplweb.com.


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- This poster features six individual cartoon panels illustrating the identification of various poisonous gases, including lewisite, mustard, tear, phosgene and clorpicrin. The text is printed in red and black. The cartoons are gray and black line drawings with selective fill of pink and red.
- So he can fight!
- On the left side of poster is a large, orange, image of a combat soldier carrying a rifle. In much smaller scale in the foreground is a gray image of the back of a WAAC, waving at the soldier. In the center of the poster is text describing the contributions of women in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. On the right side and bottom center are black & white photographs showing WAAC's performing various tasks. In the lower right corner is an unsigned cartoon showing a line of combat soldiers fording a river with their rifles held over their heads. The last soldier in line is a WAAC carrying her typewriter over her head.


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What—us, worry?
My grandparents need hearing aids. Will I?
—Carin Gorrell, 34, deputy health director
The hang-up As a singer in a loud and lively country band who has hearing loss in her family, Gorrell (who also loves her iPod) thought she'd get an earful from the audiologist who tested her hearing. Happily, her audiogram results came back just fine, but she could be setting herself up for problems down the road, warns Michelle L. Kraskin, audiologist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
Change your fate Typically, hearing loss doesn't appear until your 50s, explains Tricia Dabrowski, audiologist and director of the Pennsylvania Ear Institute at Salus University in Elkins Park. But during your 20s and 30s, repeated exposure to high noise levels can damage or kill the hair-cell fibers that send sound signals to the brain. Gorrell should get custom-fit earplugs (try Westone.com); concertgoers can wear foam inserts from a drugstore. And iPod loudness should never exceed three quarters of the volume bar. More sound advice: Visit an audiologist in your 20s for a baseline hearing test.
I had no idea I was short on vitamin D. How can I get more safely?
—Sara Austin, 39, features director, news & health
The hang-up The sunshine vitamin wasn't a source of anxiety for Austin—until a physical showed she was deficient (more than 30 nanograms/milliliter is ideal; Austin's was 19 ng/ml). Obtained from sun exposure and a few foods, D is essential for calcium absorption, bone growth and osteoporosis prevention, says Robert Simpson, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. Studies also link D deficiency to heart disease, breast cancer and more. The fair-skinned editor concedes to limiting sun time: "I always sit in the shade and wear sunscreen and a hat."
Change your fate Adult women should aim for 800 international units of D daily, so Austin (and you) should seek low-mercury seafood such as wild salmon (360 IU per 3 1/2 ounces) and canned light tuna (200 IU per 3 oz); ask a doc about D3 supplements if you think you're short. Keep using sunscreen, which will let a little D get through.
I'm not ready for kids, but when I am, will my body be?
—Sheila Monaghan, 28, fitness editor
The hang-up With seven (count 'em!) siblings—and seven nieces and nephews—Monaghan assumes her genes have plenty of procreating prowess. But she's not hearing her own biological clock quite yet. (She adds, "Sorry, Mom.") Enter over-the-counter ovarian-reserve tests: They are designed to measure your egg quantity and quality by calculating levels of follicle-stimulating hormone, which is responsible for ovulation. As the number of viable eggs goes down, FSH levels begin to rise, says William Gibbons, M.D., director of reproductive medicine and infertility at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Change your fate The pink line on Monaghan's OTC First Response Fertility Test did appear, indicating her FSH levels were normal. But she still may not have a full picture of her baby-making potential. Talk to a doc if you're having trouble conceiving. "Without measuring estradiol [an ovulation hormone] levels and doing an antral follicle count by ultrasound, you won't get a complete survey of your ovarian reserve," says Leslie Miller, M.D., an ob/gyn in Seattle. Meanwhile, practicing safe sex can prevent pregnancy and protect your fertility.
Heart trouble is in my DNA—am I doomed?
—Kelly Mickle, 28, assistant editor
The hang-up Mickle admits to having a weakness for eggs Benedict. But as a soccer player and nonsmoker, she has a ticker that's in top shape. Her worry: family history. "My dad takes meds to lower his cholesterol and blood pressure, and his father died of heart disease at 62," she says. "There's cardiovascular disease on my mom's side, too, so it seems inevitable."
Change your fate A simple blood test proved that Mickle's heart health is stellar: Her total cholesterol was 117, putting her safely below the 200 milligrams/deciliter limit; her LDL ("bad") cholesterol was 26, much lower than the recommended max of 130 mg/dl. The lifetime risk for heart disease is greater than 50 percent, so all women—especially those with a family history—should monitor their cholesterol and blood pressure (shoot for 120/80 or lower), says Clyde W. Yancy, M.D., of Dallas, president of the American Heart Association. Commit today to having a strong heart for life: Nix the cigs, exercise regularly, eat right, know your family history—and throw stress to the wind!
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Among other topics, Republican Mike Huckabee was asked about the war in Iraq. He said if elected, he would immediately call a summit of Persian Gulf nations, to demand that they ante up their multi-billion dollar pledge to help the U.S. rebuild Iraq.
Huckabee also warned the Baghdad government that under his watch, America won't let its infrastructure continue to crumble while we're rebuilding Iraq.
"We're financing a war for your benefit and you're not even helping pay for it. We're paying not just with dollars, but with the blood of American men and women and that day has got to come to an end and the day you're going to start paying for it starts on my first day as president," said Huckabee.
A Code Pink protestor who tried to interrupt Huckabee was hustled out of the auditorium, but Huckabee defended her right to free speech.
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LEE, N.H. — Recently, Stephen and Caroline Purdy, of Dover, experienced the death of their loved ones. The family pets, Jake and Jesse.
Jake passed away suddenly at home and Jesse, two weeks later died of cancer.
The Purdys followed one of the usual paths after the loss of a dog by contacting a local veterinarian, who then followed his usual path, asking that the pet be dropped off at his office. They followed instructions, did so with barely a goodbye and about two weeks later received the pet's ashes. Jesse's ashes were dropped off by UPS.
"It was at this time, I realized something huge was missing," said Purdy, a fourth generation Dover funeral director.
"In my business, as a funeral director, we assist people with their grief and help them with closure. My wife Caroline and I, as well as our three children, experienced a substantial amount of grief over the loss of Jake and Jesse, for, as with many people and families, our dogs were a members of our family.
We started doing research on proper ways around here to say goodbye to one's animal and found almost nothing." Caroline agreed. "People were doing the same thing we did, taking their animals somewhere to be sent off to some stranger to be cremated, no chance to say goodbye, no closure and two weeks later their pet's ashes would come from somewhere with no identification as to whether it was even their pet. No knowledge as to how it was handled and cremated. It was agonizing for us and we knew it was as agonizing for people in this area."
"We saw a need for real change, and asked how can we do it differently and properly — this was the beginning of Pet Passages," Stephen explained.
Pet Passages by Purdy Funeral Service is a new building, designed specifically to handle the needs of the pet owning public. It is the area's premier memorial center and pet crematory servicing New Hampshire, southern Maine and northern Massachusetts.
"Those in need will be dealing directly with a firm that is licensed in death care," explained Stephen. "Instead of calling the vet and being told to bring the animal in, people call us directly and we respond immediately. We are available 24 hours a day. We also provide same day service to your veterinarian's office, not days or a week later like the industry norm. Upon receiving a call we will travel to their home or animal hospital in a specially designed van for personal pick up.
We are trained to assist people in making tough decisions in times of need. People who are grief-stricken and don't know what to do. We at Pet Passages bring our experience with a regulatory Code of Conduct to something that is now not regulated."
"We bring compassion to their grief," said Caroline.
Pet Passages memorial center and pet crematory, located in Lee, has a variety of ways in which to say goodbye to a faithful companion.
There is a private viewing room where an individual or family can say goodbye to their loved one, and the body will be handled with care and dignity. Families also have the option of pet funerals as well.
"We treat this as a very important point in people's lives," explained Stephen Purdy. "Some agencies that perform a similar service in effect do not offer a timeline as to how your pet will be handled. We, on the other hand, identify your pet immediately, from that moment of pick up and you will be able to follow the entire process. This brings our clients a sense of security, and a 100 percent guarantee that they will be getting their own pet's ashes back."
"I still remember how shocked I was when we discovered Jesse's ashes on the doorstep, delivered by UPS, like it was a sweater in a box," said Caroline.
"All we want to do is provide a needed service to both the animals and their owners, giving them a chance to say goodbye in a dignified, tranquil manner. Families now have a choice of who handles their beloved pet regardless of who your veterinarian may be partnered with."
"If only we knew the questions to ask. Like, Where is the crematory? When will my pet be picked up? Can I inspect the facility or witness the cremation? What guarantee can I have that my pet is returned to me? When will the cremation be done? Because some cremation providers are over 100 miles away they can only service vet clinics every so often, leaving pets to be frozen until pick up. That also means quite a delay on returning an urn back to the family. You may also be surprised to find out that some providers do not allow witnessed cremations and that there is no paperwork trail or identification system linked to your animal. In funeral service this required by law."
Pet Passages by Purdy Funeral Service offers same-day service, a secure passages ID tracking system and a 72-hour guarantee return of your pet's ashes or the services are free. They are prepared to handle all pets up to 500 pounds and have a fee schedule starting at $75. They can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 603-868-2100. You can also learn more online at www.purdyfuneralservice.com and click on "pet services."
The community is invited to visit Pet Passages at 2 Concord Road (Route 4), in Lee. There will be an open house on Sunday, Feb. 17, from 1-4 p.m. There will be a blessing of the pets at 2 p.m., so participants are invited to bring their pets along.


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marte needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 280 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
Martin Ramis (martinramis.com)
Hi everybody, I'm a 32 years old photographer based in beautiful island of Mallorca (Spain). Social photography is my business but it is also my life.
This is not about using a camera is about capturing beautiful moments and once in a lifetime events.
High end customers looking for high quality images, not only on the technical side, but also on the feelings that convey.
Women 18-35 year old, with good appreciation of beauty
Families seeking for outstanding portraits
I also work for small companies and I'd like your design to work on this side too.
Logo will be used on my website and promotional materials
Also as watermark when displaying images for clients
I prefer sans serif fonts whenever it's possible
I prefer simple vs complicated
A bit of brainstorming: professional, memorable, fresh, elegant, timeless but not classy
In your designs I'd like to see a symbol that can be used separately and identifies my work, without words needed
Some different ideas for a symbol (but non restrictive):
- My surname RAMIS means tree branch
- As I live in an island I love the Sea
- My initials are MR
Instead of using "photography" please use the spanish word "FOTOGRAFIA"
Release your creativity, all designs are welcome
Be free to choose colours, but your design should also work as greyscale
Both layered psd file and vector file required
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And it is a nightmare. It is one of the worst things I have ever been through in my life.
A bit of background. We could not latch at all except in a very certain position in the hospital that I could not replicate at home until she was about four months old (My breasts were huge, huge. We're talking H-J cup depending on the time of day etc) so I pumped the first 4 months and she was bottle fed. Then she grew enough to be able to latch and away we went. So she dropped bottles and now won't even take pumped breast milk out of a sippy cup (though she drinks everything else from them)
Now I have to go on topamax because I'm having severe, debilitating migraines. To put it in perspective, it's the seventeenth of March and I haven't had a pain free day since before American Thanksgiving in November.
She nurses in the morning, before two naps, and at bedtime. There is an occasional night nurse in there.
So I started by cutting out the napping feeds and she switched herself to taking one long nap in the afternoon after fussing about for about an hour...
Only now she's staying up, waking all night long to feed and I'm getting even less sleep which is making my migraines even worse. Today, I just let her nurse normally because I have to have some sleep tonight. I offer her all sorts of foods, water, watered down juice and cow's milk. Well she HATES cow's milk. I even bought her some of those pedia-sure type drinks and she won't take those either.
I'm already at my wits end with this. The only light in the tunnel is that I have a sleep study this Friday, if I have sleep apnea, they think it may be a major cause. If a c-pap fixes things, I wouldn't have to go on the medicine at all and don't have to wean. But if that doesn't happen, I can't live like this. Help?


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journalingWednesday, July 02, 2008
I don't think that I have ever mentioned it here, but I also like to needlepoint. Always in the summer. Mostly because it is one of those things that is easy to transport. And it just doesn't seem as hot as my yarn.
They are sold by AMH design, as kits (or not) and make it super easy because you have everything that you need put together for you. Two needles, a threader, scissors, the fibers, and the journal.
You can also buy just the journal, and choose your own colors, from your own stash. I recommend buying one kit first. Therefore you have a pattern to follow.
I purchased the canvas from a fabulous store, Pins and Needles. (They sell needlepoint AND yarn. How great is that?)
This is the one my sister made.
The one I made for Libby.
And the one I made for myself.
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creativity pours from your blog. thanks.ReplyDelete
happy july.
That is so cool! I love that - I should get two and have my niece and I work on that together. Thanks for the link!ReplyDelete
and if you haven't heard or seen the kits that Jennifer Pudney does check it out:
I've done two of these and that reminds me, I should do more. I really like the whimsical feel and bright colors.
(HEY, I just bought that grey Anthropology ruffled cardi you are wearing - don't you just love it!)
Those are beautiful. I love the colors. What a great idea for a portable summer project. I like to sew but I can only do it while my toddler is napping but this I can see myself doing while I "watch" him playing outside this summer.ReplyDelete
Found you via a little goodness.
Knitterella mentioned Jennifer Pudney. I have done two of her kits, they're great.
I have a bunch of needlepoint, but I have no idea what to do with it. Very cute.ReplyDelete
LOVE THIS!!! Thank you so much for sharing about it. Now I have something to make as "guy" presents for Christmas. I'm so excited!ReplyDelete
these journals are soooo great!ReplyDelete
They are fabulous, what a great idea. I will look out for them in the UK as I fear shipping will be a bit pricey! Thank you for discovering these for us :)ReplyDelete
Love! How much fun picking out the custom colors, too. Needlepoint is one craft I haven't tried. You've picqued my interest though:)ReplyDelete
I'm a fan of blank books, too. What a wonderful way to personalize a gift for yourself or a friend.ReplyDelete
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Leslie!!!!You are so creative. I would take one of those journals for myself. You have inspired me to do some needlepoint. I am yet to organise my embroidery floss into bobbins but maybe that's a start. Yes, summer is the perfect time, especially when you get some help from Libby!ReplyDelete
leslie, stop!! we can't keep up with your creative spirit. I LOVE your blog and am inspired by you each time I visit.ReplyDelete
Love what you did with the journals - what a great idea!ReplyDelete
Ah yes, I say slow down summer while secretly feeling anxious for Fall--my favorite! ;-)ReplyDelete
Your needlepoint is wonderful! It is something I have yet to try but I truly admire other's work. Those journals are a great way to dive right in!
I've been spending my hot days crocheting with hemp lately---anything but wool!Gasp!
I used to do a lot of cross-stitch before I got into knitting (I'm cold almost all the time, so knitting with wool in the summer isn't so bad for me).ReplyDelete
These are cute, and it combines two great loves: paper and stitching!


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5 Things You Missed On Instagram Last Night: Ciara Slays In All White
You can only scroll through Instagram with one eye open like CBS for so long. Eventually you've gotta stop thumbing. Here's what you missed while you were catching Zzzs last night
Ciara looking fly in white Calvin Klein at the CFDA Fashion Awards
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Carl Sheldon had a mission Friday to boldly go where he has never has gone before: MegaCon.
A dedicated "Star Trek" fan for most of his life but a first-time MegaCon participant, Sheldon traveled from Vermont to join this weekend's festivities at the Orange County Convention Center.
As he walked through the show area, the white-haired, round-faced Sheldon was stopped to pose for pictures. Sheldon, 70, bears an uncanny resemblance to James Doohan, who played engineer Scotty on the original "Star Trek" series.
"I've reached the age where it's justified," Sheldon said.
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Sixteen female senators have sent a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell requesting that the NFL adopt a zero-tolerance policy against domestic violence.
Goodell recently instituted a policy with a six-game suspension for first-time domestic violence offenders and a lifetime ban with the possibility of reinstatement after a year for second offenses.
The letter to Goodell follows former Ravens running back Ray Rice being indefinitely suspended for his domestic violence incident, for which he was charged with felony aggravated assault. The Ravens terminated Rice's $35 million contract on Monday.
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This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine.
The hand is where the mind meets the world. We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts, to steer airplanes, to write, dig, remove tumors, pull a rabbit out of a hat. The human brain, with its open-ended creativity, may be the thing that makes our species unique. But without hands, all the grand ideas we concoct would come to nothing but a very long to-do list.
The reason we can use our hands for so many things is their extraordinary anatomy. Underneath the skin, hands are an exquisite integration of tissues. The thumb alone is controlled by nine separate muscles. Some are anchored to bones within the hand, while others snake their way to the arm. The wrist is a floating cluster of bones and ligaments threaded with blood vessels and nerves. The nerves send branches into each fingertip. The hand can generate fine forces or huge ones. A watchmaker can use his hands to set springs in place under a microscope. A pitcher can use the same anatomy to throw a ball at a hundred miles an hour.
The hand is so remarkable that the great Scottish surgeon Sir Charles Bell wrote an entire book in 1833 praising it, The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing Design. At the time, the notion that life evolved was beginning to circulate, but Bell thought a close look at the human hand would dispel such silly talk. "It presents the last and best proof of that principle of adaptation, which evinces design in the creation," he wrote.
There's just one problem with Bell's argument: It didn't explain why other species have hands too. No one would doubt that the five fingers at the end of an orangutan's arm are anything else. In other cases we have to look closer. A bat's wings may look like sheets of skin. But underneath, a bat has the same five fingers as an orangutan or a human, as well as a wrist connected to the same cluster of wrist bones connected to the same long bones of the arm.
When Charles Darwin wrote Origin of Species, he singled out this odd coincidence. "What can be more curious," he asked, "than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same pattern?"
For Darwin, there was a straightforward answer: We are cousins to bats and to all other animals with hands, and we all inherited our hands from a common ancestor.
In exploring how hands have evolved, researchers over the past 150 years have dug up fossils on every continent. They've compared the anatomy of hands in living animals. They've studied the genes that build hands. Again and again, they've found support for Darwin's contention.
Our hands began to evolve at least 380 million years ago from fins—not the flat, ridged fins of a goldfish but the muscular, stout fins of extinct relatives of today's lungfish. Inside these lobe fins were a few chunky bones corresponding to the bones in our arms. Over time the descendants of these animals also evolved smaller bones that correspond to our wrists and fingers. The digits later emerged and became separate, allowing the animals to grip underwater vegetation as they clambered through it.
Early hands were more exotic than any hand today. Some species had seven fingers. Others had eight. But by the time vertebrates were walking around on dry land 340 million years ago, the hand had been scaled back to only five fingers. It has never recaptured the original exuberance of fingers—for reasons scientists don't yet know.
Still, there is a great diversity of hands in living species, from dolphin flippers to eagle wings to the hanging hooks of sloths. By studying these living hands, scientists are beginning to understand the molecular changes that led to such dramatic variations—and to understand that despite the outward differences, all hands start out in much the same way. There is a network of many genes that builds a hand, and all hands are built by variations on that same network. Some sculpt the wrist; others lengthen the fingers. It takes only subtle shifts in these genes to make fingers longer, to make some of them disappear, to turn nails into claws.
The discovery of the molecular toolbox for hand building has given scientists a deeper understanding of Darwin's great insight. As different as a vulture's wing and a lion's paw may look from the outside, the difference between them may come down to tweaks—a little more of one protein here, a little less of another protein there. Darwin could recognize only the outward signs that hands had evolved from a common ancestor. Today scientists are uncovering the inward signs as well.


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LAUREL, Md. – School officials are investigating after an 11-year-old autistic boy was handcuffed by police officers on a Maryland school bus.
The Baltimore Sun (http://bsun.md/RJ1WLw ) reports the boy allegedly bit several people Wednesday afternoon. He was being driven home from Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute, which educates students with severe learning disabilities.
Howard County police say the boy's bus driver and an aide called 911 and said they and two students had been bitten. They told police the boy had become aggressive after escaping from his seat harness. No one was treated for injuries and no one was arrested.
The boy's mother, Judy Santelices of Columbia, says her son should have been treated differently.
Howard County schools spokeswoman Rebecca Amani-Dove says the driver and aide followed correct protocols.


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The ramblings & obsessions of a fisherman's wife! ~ a potpourri of history, genealogy and books. Also some general ramblings if they take my fancy!
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Weekend Cooking - Rock Cakes
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Are they like an easier version of scones? The name "rock cakes" is a bit unfortunate, but I like the sound of them!ReplyDeleteReplies
They are fairly easy. Once you have the mixture you get a dollop of it onto a baking sheet, they are to be irregular shapes like rocks. They are best eaten soon after baking - that day or the day after.
Oh I haven't had rock cakes since I was last in the UK (in the last century!). Now I think I'm going to have to bake a batch this month.ReplyDeleteReplies
Me too Beth and I live here! lolDelete
My dad makes great rock cakes. Thanks for the reminder that I haven't had one for years and I need to get him to make a batch when I go to stay with him for a visit in a couple of weeks time.ReplyDelete
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As winter wears on, we've been bowling with the dudes and dudettes.
Forgot that bowling ails the winter stiffs.
Wolfe emailed over some photos of a new spot in the city... maybe not that new, but I haven't known about it.
Skate or DIE
Board slide or die
Forgot about that
and from that guy.
Speaking of the skateboard action... See you Saturday.
Keegan Sauder (as seen above) will be the judge.
A GAME OF F.E.C.A.L. IS SET FOR SAT JAN 23RD <-- and is being sponsored by Skate Mental & Liquor Store Run... If you don't know and/ or missed our previous year's contest of skateboarding dork-a-tood, it's a game of s.k.a.t.e. where all tricks count (handplants/ boneless/ switch triple 360 flips) and nothing is all that serious... Get those old legs oiled up. --> Sat Jan 23rd 1pm Wallenberg... What's a game of s.k.a.t.e. you ask?
I went through a transformation...
Had a few too many with the fellas at Zietgiest... Winter months are the best times.
So you may have seen this up in the news, but last week while working away a potential shot out took place out front the gallery.
After a tense 5 or so minutes they rushed the car to arrest the 3 or 4 people in the truck... Check the machine gun action.
Turns out you don't wanna tail gate an armored truck for too long and for too many times in one day.
Or else the whole SFPD will take you out... guess they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time... After 45 minutes it was clear they had no intention to rob the truck and were free to leave...
Winter sailing = cold and wet.
It's actual quite beautiful really... Super strong tides and stormy conditions.
We drank around it. We partied around it. We put presents under it... Now beat it.
Buy a huge umbrella and spend the day walking around the city drinking beer from corner stores.
Clint Eastwood is filming HereAfter in San Francisco.
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The time had come for me to visit the locations and towns that I had been first introduced to by my Aunt Miriam's notes back in about 1986. It was not until 1999 that I finally started the search for my family history. I started with the McDonald's in all its various spellings.
The goal for May 21st was to tour Renfrew County, Ontario and Pontiac County, Quebec. It was Victoria Day in Canada so a lot of places would be closed. It was sunny and muggy.
These two counties share the Ottawa River. Renfrew is on the western side and Pontiac is on the eastern. Here are the tourism websites for these two counties and they are very different in approach and information. You are going to have to dig to find what you want on these websites.
I headed up Hwy 17 and took a detour onto to Sutherland Road. I was curious about the McDonald Burying Grounds. There is not much there according to online sources, probably about 4 stones left. I didn't find it. Well I was to learn it was on the western side of Hwy 17 up Sutherland road to the hill so don't turn right if you are heading toward Pembroke.
One of the volunteers at the Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group is working to clean it up of the poison ivy and to get a memorial plaque and stone placed there. There is a McDonald family buried there but they are Presbyterian not Roman Catholic something to keep in mind when you are researching. They are Scottish not Irish origin another factor. In preparing for this trip I learned that a great many Irish came to this area and that includes Irish McDonnells. If you want to learn more about this cemetery contact the Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group for information. (See side bar link to the right under Ontario links.
I was not going to dither in Pembroke long because I had a lot of ground to cover. I would be back later in the week. I took the Greenwood Road into Pembroke so I could get a feel for the city.
Albert Street is in the heart of the town and I turned right toward the river. They have a park and a marina at this location. It was my first introduction to the Ottawa River. I had only caught glimpses of it as I drove up Hwy 17.
Off in the distance was Allumette Island. According to my Aunt Miriam, Ronald her father and my grandfather grew up there. So this was going to be great to finally see this island.


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Style # 198767
AVAILABILITY: Unavailable for immediate shipment.
Ruched mesh fabric, sexy nude lining and an exposed metal zipper make this bebe cocktail dress a feminine new-season statement. Accessorize with a pair of metallic heels and an embellished minaudiere for a perfectly polished evening outfit.
- 95% nylon, 5% elastane
- Center back to hem: 28" (71 cm)
- Mesh lining
- Exposed zipper
- Hand wash according to care label
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Off Shoulder Shirred Mesh Dress is rated out of 5 by 22.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kduffie from A Very Special Dress! This dress is so special. Let me start by stating that I'm a 38DDD and this dress in my opinion does not give that part of my body a "bad look". I read that is some of the other reviews... to me--I look the same as the model. I think it's just the material and it's going to gather around the bust area unless you're totally flat there. So--don't let that deter you from this dress. It's very soft and generous. Since I am a thicker woman--then my mid-section is not so flat--but I'm going to use my compression garment to help out that situation. I love the heavy zipper--it's something about the heavy outside zipper that adds something unique to the overall look. I really dislike those weak-hard to zip thin nylon zippers. The sleeves of this dress feel so nice and long. This is a dramatic dress and I'm wearing it to a red carpet type of event.
Date published: 2015-02-07
Rated 4 out of 5 by 9millimeter from as shown fits true to size (5'2", 110lbs, XS), comfortable... but see how the model seems to have a "pooch"?... Yeah, the ruche-ing amplifies ALL curves. Make sure you hit the gym before wearing this.
Date published: 2015-01-30
Rated 2 out of 5 by Quana from Sexy & Fab Fits great. Nice dress for a girls night out. Love it!!!❤
Date published: 2014-09-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by PetraB from Super hot So much to love about this dress. The ruching is so generous and cloaks imperfections sooooo well. The sleeves are just draped in the stuff, hate my arms, love the mesh :). You can wear pretty structured shapewear without any tell tales, and while the hem is a sexy height, you can sit down without making a show of yourself. Be careful if you are bigger than a c cup, because like the reviews say the ruching just exposes the girls. This works on me, but I can see that this dress might be a little too eye catching on a full figure. I lurked here forever waiting for this dress. So glad I found it.
Date published: 2014-03-24
Rated 2 out of 5 by Sheabens from Returned it It's a very cute dress with a great fit, BUT the mesh accumulates above and below your breasts and the dress looks awkward. If you are small chested this might not be an issue. You can see in bebe's photo what I am referring to.
Date published: 2013-12-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by AshC from Ruched sexiness! I purchased this dress a couple weeks ago and it fit stellar right off the rack. The ruched design accentuates a woman's curves like none other. It's very work Christmas party appropriate with the correct amount of vavavoom. My party is in 3 days and I'm so glad this little black dress came back in stock!
Date published: 2013-12-17
Rated 4 out of 5 by Mags09 from Great Fit with Sexy Curves Im a mom of 2 lil kids . This dress inhances all my curves & makes me feel sexy with out trying to hard .
Date published: 2013-02-02
Rated 3 out of 5 by Sunshine7Special from Small breasts only!!! I went to my local Bebe with the intention of buying this dress. When I selected it to try on, the sales girl warned me that even though my figure will look amazing in it, the dress is not the most flattering on fuller breasts. I gave it a shot anyway. The sales people know their stuff, because even though the dress was HOTT, I hated the way it bunched above and below my boobs. It really ruined it for me. I ended up purchasing the cutout bandage sweater dress instead. I would still recommend this dress if you have a nice shape, yet belong to the IBTC (look it up if you are unsure what that means ;o)
Date published: 2013-01-31


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By Master Sgt. Dave Larsen, 1st Cavalry Division Public AffairsApril 25, 2007
CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq (American Forces Press Service, April 24, 2007) - Efforts by Iraqi security forces and the coalition to reduce the violence in Baghdad continue as Operation Law and Order enters its ninth week.
"Progress is measured neighborhood by neighborhood in an attempt to rid the capital city of extremists who are intent on terrorizing the population and undermining the elected government here," said Army Brig. Gen. John F. Campbell, the deputy commanding general for maneuver with Multinational Division Baghdad and the 1st Cavalry Division.
He said joint security stations manned by coalition and Iraqi forces continue to stand up throughout the city and improve the overall security situation by maintaining a permanent presence in troubled neighborhoods.
"Threatened by the success of joint security stations across Baghdad, al Qaeda in Iraq continues to attack them with a combination of mortars, small-arms fire and car bombs," Brig. Gen. Campbell said.
On April 16, at a security station along the main highway out of northern Baghdad, Soldiers on guard noticed a dump truck advancing erratically toward the compound. When they engaged the vehicle, the driver attempted to evade and tipped the truck over, spilling its contents and failing to detonate.
Checkpoints also have been successful and are working to prevent additional civilian deaths, Brig. Gen. Campbell said. He pointed out that Iraqi national police running a checkpoint outside of Sadr City on April 21, stopped a vehicle for inspection and prevented it from detonating inside Sadr City.
Another initiative to improve security is the placement of temporary concrete barriers around Baghdad neighborhoods that have experienced high levels of violence, Brig. Gen. Campbell said.
"The barriers are not meant to keep people out or shut people in," Brig. Gen. Campbell explained. "What they allow Iraqi and coalition forces to do is to closely monitor the traffic in and out of the area though and help ensure the safety of the residents."
Clearing operations and cordon-and-search operations continue throughout the multinational Division Baghdad area of operations. Two recent security operations -- one on Baghdad's west side and the other in Diwaniyah, Iraq, a city south of the Iraqi capital -- have been very successful.
Operation Arrowhead Strike 9 began April 2 in the Mansour district, Brig. Gen. Campbell said. Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 49 suspects and found 23 caches, demonstrating to the Iraqi people the commitment to secure the city by targeting insurgents, he said.
Operation Black Eagle, which continues in Diwaniyah, began April 6 with the intention to disrupt illegally armed militia activity in that city. Brig. Gen. Campbell said more than 100 suspects have been detained there, 10 weapons caches have been uncovered and 11 explosively formed projectiles were found in two separate caches.
Successes also are occurring regularly inside Baghdad, as Iraqi security forces and their coalition partners aim to disrupt insurgent networks through precision intelligence-driven targeting. Some of that intelligence is coming from the local populace.
In one such instance, Shiia militia elements loyal to the rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi leader known as Abu Dura launched multiple rockets into Baghdad's heavily fortified International Zone on April 21, Brig. Gen. Campbell explained, as a response to the recent detention of several key leaders in this criminal group.
"In a sign that average Iraqis increasingly trust their security forces, a resident tipped off the national police to a second rocket launch site," he said. "The national police responded and disrupted the planned attack. Ten rockets were recovered before they could be fired. The police disabled the firing mechanism and removed the rockets for exploitation."
To date, more than 200,000 patrols have been conducted in support of Operation Law and Order. More than 300 caches have been uncovered and more than 800 improvised explosive devices have been found. The Iraqi army, police and national police continue to lead the security effort in support of the operation, Brig. Gen. Campbell said.
The number of attacks against the civilian population of Baghdad has declined over the last six months, Brig. Gen. Campbell said. In November 2006, 41 percent of all attacks reported in the city were directed against civilians, he noted. During the month of April, 20 percent of attacks targeted the civilian population.
Brig. Gen. Campbell said that while attacks have continued to decline over the first nine weeks of the new security plan, some attacks have been very lethal in nature, noting the four car bomb detonations within the Multinational Division Baghdad footprint April 18.
"Al Qaeda in Iraq indiscriminately targets civilians across Baghdad, intent only on causing chaos to undermine the government of Iraq and dishearten the Iraqi people," Brig. Gen. Campbell said.
Shiia militia members also have brought their own brand of lethality to Iraq, in the form of explosively formed projectiles. Since Jan. 1, Brig. Gen. Campbell said, 54 EFPs have detonated within his division's area of operation, killing 19 servicemembers and wounding 84 more.
Despite the bombings, the level of sectarian violence in the Iraqi capital also has decreased, Brig. Gen. Campbell said. There has been a sharp decline in the number of murders in Baghdad security districts.
"The April daily rate for murder victims is the lowest in the past six months," Brig. Gen. Campbell said.
He said there has been a 27 percent reduction in murders compared to last month and a 65 percent decline compared to November 2006.
"The bottom line is that we are in a very tough fight with our Iraqi security force brothers and the government of Iraq," Brig. Gen. Campbell said. "We remain committed to them and the Iraqi people."


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What is clear is that staff and students at Brookhaven High School will be reassigned next school year.
What is clear is that staff and students at Brookhaven High School will be reassigned next school year.
What is to become of the building, however, is up in the air and might not be decided for years.
The Columbus City Schools Board of Education March 4 voted to close five schools, including Brookhaven.
That means most students will be reassigned to either Mifflin High School on the Northeast Side or Whetstone High School in Clintonville, while others could choose lottery schools or schools closer to their homes.
According to information from the school district, 273 Brookhaven students in grades 9-11 will be reassigned to Mifflin.
Another 142 -- 53 living in the Como Elementary School attendance area and 89 students attending Brookhaven through the lottery system -- will be reassigned to Whetstone.
Those figures could be reduced for a number of reasons, including Brookhaven students who choose to enroll in their home school, students who apply through the lottery to other schools and others who attend career centers and college courses off-site during the day.
School officials have been discussing the necessity of closures in recent months, the result of a failed 9.01-mill operating levy in November. The closures are estimated to reduce district expenses by $10 million, as officials seek $50 million in cuts overall.
A schools consolidation team took into account many factors when closing the schools, such as projected future enrollment, capacity and academic performance.
Brookhaven has a building capacity of 1,145, meaning it is 48.5 percent occupied.
Jacqueline Gills' daughter, Brandee, is among the students reassigned to Mifflin.
A junior at Brookhaven, Brandee has friends and good teachers, and doesn't want to start all over again, her mother said.
"I feel like they let Brookhaven down," Gills said of the school board.
The March 4 vote came after two raucous public meetings, at which several hundred parents, staff and students pleaded with district officials not to close their schools.
The school board did reconsider closing two schools -- Independence High School and Siebert Elementary School.
However, Brookhaven, Monroe Middle School and Arlington Park, Maybury and Fifth Avenue International elementary schools will be shuttered.
State law requires any district building that has been vacant for two years be offered for sale or lease to all charter schools at a price no more than their market value, according to Jeff Warner, spokesman for the district.
As for buildings that have been vacant less than two years, the district could elect to hold onto them for future district use, reopen them for district use, or offer them for sale or lease, Warner said.
Alesia Gillison, executive director of school leadership development at Columbus City Schools, spoke at the March 4 meeting.
She said the district would soon begin working with parents and students on their transitions to other schools.
As for students who would have to use public transportation, the district couldn't begin discussing route realignments with the Central Ohio Transit Authority until the board made its decision, Gillison said.


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It makes for a good story (one that my other children don't always appreciate), but the truth is that it was easy precisely because Natasha wasn't the first we'd trained -- she was the fourth. And by then, I had well over a decade of experience as a pediatrician. (I should be able to train my 7-month-old, Liam, in my sleep when the time comes!)
When my eldest, Michaela, was a toddler, I was new to parenting and doctoring. But I'd been taught about potty training during my residency in pediatrics, I'd read books and magazines, and it all seemed straightforward enough -- until I actually tried it. I discovered quickly that potty training isn't one-diaper-fits-all.
Not that it's impossible -- it's certainly challenging, more so with some children than others, but potty training does happen eventually (as a look around the average preschool classroom will prove). It's just a far more individual process than people realize, one that depends on your child's personality, and even on what's happening in your own life at the time. Learning to tailor your potty-training strategy to your child's temperament -- and your family's -- will save you a lot of stress in the long run.
Claire McCarthy, M.D., is a Parenting contributing editor.
Is he ready?Before you give potty training a try, I was taught, your child must show signs of readiness. He should, for example:
Have words for "urine," "stool," and "potty" or "toilet." ("Pee-pee," "poop," or other slang is fine.)
Be at least somewhat bothered by being (or have some sense that he is) wet or soiled.
Have an interest in using the potty -- he should be open to sitting on it, and might follow people into the bathroom to see what they're doing in there.
Have some awareness of when he is about to urinate or have a bowel movement.
Pretty clear, right? The first two are, and they're crucial, because if your child is happy to live in a poopy diaper, or has no way of telling you otherwise, you're not going to get very far.
But the other signs can be murkier. Zack, our second child, had the right words, showed some desire to be changed, and was enchanted by the potty, but he never produced anything there. When we took his diaper off, he blithely made puddles everywhere. (He wound up using one of those seats you put on your toilet so your kid won't fall into it.)
To figure out when your child is ready, you'll ultimately have to guess. Most pediatricians suggest starting to look for the signs around age 2, but some kids are ready even earlier -- and many won't be for a year or more after that. The best you can do is give it a shot when you notice some of the signals. If it turns out that your child wasn't so ready after all, you can simply try again later.
Are you ready?
Potty training takes energy and patience. It requires countless bathroom visits, not to mention the laundry and puddle cleaning. All of which you're expected to do with an encouraging smile. I don't know about you, but there have definitely been periods in my life when I couldn't have pulled that off, certainly not with a smile. A new job, a new baby, marital stress -- some things simply don't mix with potty training. You shouldn't feel bad about postponing; it will be far easier if you wait until the time's right for you.
It's important that everyone who looks after your child be on the same page, so talk with your caregiver to be sure she's ready, too. If your child goes to a daycare center, check to see whether it has any toilet-training routines or policies. You may be able to coordinate your efforts and find a solution that's convenient for them, you, and your toddler.
What's he like?
Okay. Everybody's ready and you want to get started. When I began to train Michaela, the process seemed so simple:
- Buy a potty.
- Introduce the potty to your child and let her sit on it clothed.
- Have her sit on it unclothed at times when kids usually wet or soil their diapers (like first thing in the morning or after meals), and give her lots of applause and praise.
- Buy her fun underwear that she likes.
- Be patient and upbeat.
Except that with Michaela, this took nearly a year. In retrospect, it was a personality thing. Michaela, now 15, has never liked to be rushed into anything -- not walking, not talking, and definitely not potty training. And because she took her time, I assumed it wasn't working and stopped several times to try again later.
I realize now that she would likely have been trained much sooner if I hadn't kept quitting! Michaela was simply going at her own pace, as she always does.
Though it never occurred to me to consider personality in toilet training, it's the key to making it work. Think about how your child has approached milestones like walking, trying new foods, and socializing. The way he approaches giving up diapers is likely to be the same. Is he bold and adventurous, or more tentative? If he's brave, presenting potty training as something new and exciting may work well, and he may have no problem going cold turkey and ditching diapers completely. If you have a cautious kid, like Michaela, "new and exciting" might be plain scary. Read potty-training stories together and talk up the subject before buying a potty. Proceed gradually: You can have your child wear underwear while at home, even just for an hour or two at a time, and then go back to diapers. Many kids are somewhere in between bold and tentative and may need an approach that's in between.
If your child is clearly upset by what's going on -- he's tearfully refusing to sit on the potty or clingy all of a sudden -- or if accidents are far outnumbering successes, you really should stop and try again later. (Keep in mind that most children will need diapers at night for a while after they are trained during the day. Wait until your child's diapers are dry in the morning before having him wear underwear to bed, and make sure you've got a plastic cover on the mattress: Nighttime accidents are common through age 6.)
But sometimes struggles are part of the process. Elsa, who's 8 now, has always hated change -- all change. By 3, she didn't like being in dirty diapers but refused even to discuss wearing panties. And she hates to be the center of attention. When she once used the potty by accident (she had agreed to sit on it in the living room clearly just to humor me and ended up pooping while distracted by a TV show), my husband and I applauded and cheered. She was furious. "Don't be happy at me!" she yelled, and refused to sit on the potty again for weeks.
Finally, when months went by with no progress, I took her diapers away. She'd glare at me when she couldn't hold it in any longer and had to go sit on the potty. We did this for about four days, and just when I was about to give in because I felt like the Evilest Mommy (and was beginning to worry about medical trouble -- click on Problems to Watch For
Standoffs should be a last resort, and stopped if your child is upset. But if your child is a standoff kind of kid -- Elsa certainly is -- toilet training may not be much different.
What's it worth?Most kids, unlike Elsa, do like praise, and that's where all that smiling and encouraging come in. Try not to scold your child for accidents -- they're totally normal, and you don't want your child to feel pressured or shamed.
Clapping and cheering, though, may motivate a child only so much. Incentives are an important part of potty training. I'm not advocating that you buy your child something every time she sits on the potty, but hey, we're all more interested in doing something if it's worth our while. You can use small rewards, like stickers or an extra bedtime story, for little successes, or bigger ones -- like a much-wanted toy or a special outing -- when the diapers are gone (or when the end is in sight).
Sometimes the best motivation won't come from you. We enrolled Zack in a summer program just before his third birthday. The program had a pool -- but you couldn't go into it if you were still in diapers. Zack took one look at that pool and was trained within days.
Peer pressure can work for you, too. Preschoolers want to do what their pals are doing, and that includes being potty trained. The cool underwear or wanting to be like older siblings has helped others.
Back to Natasha (now 5). She seemed ready by 2½, but I saw two problems. First, she always needs to be in charge. Second, we weren't ready. It was September, and with three kids starting school, we were way too busy to take on potty training.
So we put it off. We talked about doing it, and she characteristically said no. Of course not now, we told her. When you're 3. We took her to see the preschool she was going to attend the following year, which absolutely fascinated her, and we pointed out that the children there weren't wearing diapers. "But I don't want to use the potty," she said. Of course not now, we told her. When you're 3. We went to the store and she picked out pretty panties. You can't wear them now, we told her. You have to wait until you're 3. She looked at the panties a bit wistfully and, little by little, began to talk about using the potty when she turned 3.
Finally, her third birthday arrived. We got the potty out of the attic, took the panties out of the package, and told her it was time. "Okay," she said. After my years of frustrating moments, cleaning up puddles, and trying idea upon idea, she was toilet trained.


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B+G ingeniører tilbyr tekniske takster såkalt teknisk bakgrunnssjekk «due diligence» (TDD) for investorer, eiendomsutviklere og eiendomstransaksjoner. Målet med TDD er å få god kunnskap om en tomt eller eiendom og å være oppmerksom på skjulte potensialer og risiko. Vi utsteder teknisk due diligence takster for kontor og boligbygg, kommersielle sentere, logistikk bygninger, hoteller, næringsbygg og industriparker.
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Våre tjenester er alt i fra personlige rådgiving i innledende fase av evaluering og vurdering av bygningen, til juridisk evaluering av tomter, til en konkret anbefaling iht eventuell kjøp. Vår TDD veiledning tilpasses til hvert prosjekt og kan utvides etter behov.
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15 November 2018
DAB Jahreskongress 2018: How do we build in the future?On this year's annual congress of the DAB, Olivier Vassard (Executive Director, ArcelorMittal) and Manfred Grohmann talk about the topic "think in new ways about construction: Steligence - smart innovations with steel" and present current examples derived from daily practice.
Time: 15th November 2018, 10.10 am
Venue: Fabrik 23, Gerichtstraße 23, 13347 Berlin
18 October 2018, 10.15 am
Workflows - BIM als Paradigmenwechsel in der TragwerksplanungAt this year's Autodesk University in Darmstadt, Torsten Künzler and Alexander Hofbeck will give a presentation about the BIM Development of Bollinger+Grohmann and our office philosophy as part of the series of lectures on the theme "Experience the Future of Making Things".
October 2018
«Sunt og pluss – det går an!»I artikkelen «Sunt og pluss – det går an!» for Cultura bank sitt magasin «pengevirke», argumenterer sivilarkitekt Michael Lommertz fra Oslo kontoret, for mulighetene for sunne hus innenfor dagens rammeverk.
14 October 2018
Torroja Medal for Manfred GrohmannWe are pleased to announce, that Manfred Grohmann will receive the Torroja Medal 2019 of the IASS. The engraved medal represents the highest individual recognition given by the Association to members or nonmembers of the Association in recognition of outstanding and distinguished contributions to design, construction or research of shell and/or spatial structures. It is conferred upon those who embody the ideals and accomplishments of Eduardo Torroja, the founding president of the IASS.
12 Oktober 2018
Gjenoppfinne byerGjennom den internasjonale konkurransen «Reinventing Cities» skal fremtidens bygg realiseres på Stovner og Furuset. Bollinger + Grohmann ingeniører Oslo ble sammen med "The urban village team" utvalgt til å delta i neste fase av konkurransen.
October 2018
First prize: "Equipment Sportif Saint Sauveur" in LilleThe sports hall "Equipment Sportif Saint Sauveur" in Lille, designed by the architects from Face B together with Bollinger+Grohmann, has been awarded the first prize.
The building features a striking timber roof structure with concave curbes and will be made of precast concrete elements. Bollinger+Grohmann Paris worked on the structural design.
11 October 2018
Bauhaus Museum Dessau: structural works completedThe structural works of the Bauhaus Museum in Dessau are completed. The bridge structure will house the collection and is floating as a closed volume above the public
space, which is used for temporary exhibitions, events and workshops. The span between the cores is 50 m, the cantilever is 21 m.
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Structural and Façade Engineering, Building Physics and structural fire protection: Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure
10 October 2018
Opening of the Frankfurt PavilionFederal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will attend the 70th Frankfurter Buchmesse (10 - 14 October): In a festive ceremony, he will open the Frankfurt Pavilion, the new, iconic event venue at the book fair.
4 October 2018
"Trophées Eiffel 2018": Award for the project Quai de la Moselle, Salle de SportThe Bollinger + Grohmann Paris office in collaboration with Bureaux faceB has won the 'Trophees Eiffel 2018' for the sports hall Quai de la Moselle in Calais in the DIVERTIR category. The prize is awarded to buildings built entirely or partially in steel and are located in France.
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Best of the Best: Deutsche Bank Campus awarded with the ICONIC AWARDWe are happy about the "Best of the Best" award from the international design awards for the new Deutsche Bank Campus building in Frankfurt, which KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten received in the »Architecture« category.
Bollinger und Grohmann have implemented the design of the new building for the structural and façade engineering.
The transparent new building forms an ensemble together with an office building, also by KSP in cooperation with B+G which was completed in 2003.
28 September 2018
Sculpture "Die Große Illusion"Short movie clip in yesterday's edition of the news show Hessenschau on the nine-meter-long and 1.8-ton temporary exterior sculpture "The Great Illusion" by the artist duo Winter / Hoerbelt at the Frankfurter Kunstverein.
September 2018
Won: Competition "WOHNENPLUS NKL 16" IN DÜSSELDORFfor the architects Lengfeld & Wilisch for the new development of the Niederkasseler Lohweg 16 in Düsseldorf. Bollinger + Grohmann Frankfurt was involved in the area of building physis to support the architects on the topics of sound immission protection and sound insulation against external noise for the design of the building with commercial, office and residential use.
7 September 2018
Mulighetsstudie: Modernisering av OBOS hovedkontorSammen med Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter har vi fått gleden av å jobbe med OBOS, en av de største boligbyggerne i Norge. OBOS ønsker å modernisere hovedkontoret deres, et bygningskompleks fra 1960-tallet lokalisert i hjertet av Oslo.
6 September 2018
Competition won: MedUni Campus ViennaCongratulations to the team of Delugan Meissl Associated Architects & Architektur Consult who won the two-stage competition. Bollinger + Grohmann Vienna worked on the structural design.
August 2018
ESO Supernova in Garching - in detail structure 03/18The latest edition of detail structure presents the special formwork of the geometrically highly complex new planetarium and visitor center near Munich. As part of an interdisciplinary team, Bollinger + Grohmann were responsible for the development and calculation of the load-bearing structure of the solid construction.
31 August 2018
«tødd life» vant på NotoddenDyrvik Arkitekter AS, SLA Landskabsarkitekter og Bollinger + Grohmann Ingeniøre ble kåret av juryen til vinner av to konkurranser på Jernverkstomten på Notodden. Notodden kommune utlyste i oktober 2017 en begrenset todelt plan- og designkonkurranse om tilrettelagte leiligheter og idékonkurranse om utforming av boligbebyggelse på Jernverkstomten i Notodden.
30 August 2018
La Vrillette"La Vrillette" is the winner of the inter-student competition organized within the course "Sculpture tectonique" taught at ENSA-Paris-La-Villette.
27 August 2018
Inauguration of MHK CampusThe 112 m long building is characterized by a spectacular, 32 m long cantilever. It forms the canopy for the entrance area of the building. The cantilever is realized by two four-storey steel trusses, which are connected back to the solid part of the building.
Bollinger + Grohmann was in charge of the structural design.
23 July 2018
AEC Hackathon Berlin: First prize for the best Dynamo ProjectAfter three exciting days in Berlin, the AEC Hackathon is over. It was a pleasure for the team of B+G to meet so many enthusiastic and interesting developers, architects and engineers.
Furthermore, we are very honoured to have won the first prize for the best Dynamo Project. The task of our team was to develop an algorithm to clean up analytical models in Revit for future projects. First it will be used for a big high-rise project in Frankfurt, which is currently in the design phase.
21 June 2018
Won: competition Castle Clemenswerth and Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-MuseumWe are pleased to announce that the team of architects STUDIOBORNHEIM won together with hutterreimann Landschaftsarchitekten from Berlin in collaboration with Bollinger + Grohmann the 1st prize in the competition for the new vistor's centre in the Castle Clemenswerth in Sögel, Germany.
18. June 2018
Deutscher Ingenieurbaupreis 2018: recognitionfor the project "Kraftwerk Lausward":
We are very happy about the decision of the jury to award the Lausward Power Plant with a recognition. The project is a collaboration with kadawittfeldarchitektur from Aachen and has already received several awards.
June 2018
Won: bridge competition in Liègefor the team of the architects from AgwA and B+G in the architecture competition for a 100 m long footbridge, with a central span of 25m over a railroad, near Liège in Belgium. B+G were responsible for the structural engineering.
23 May 2018
Biskop Gunnerus Gate 14B ComplexBygget i Biskop Gunnerus Gate 14B i umiddelbar nærhet til sentralstasjonen er designet av C.F.Møller, Kristin Jarmund og Rodeo Arkitekter og er omtalt i CTBUHs Globale Nyheter (Council on Tall Buildings og Urban Habitat). CTBUH er en kilde til globale nyheter om høyhus og byutvikling. Bollinger+Grohmann i Oslo fikk oppdrag om å gjøre mulighetsstudien.
9 May 2018
Merck Campus on baunetz.deThe recently completed Innovation Centre in Darmstadt is presented in detail on baunetz.de.
Bollinger und Grohmann was in charge of the structural design.
08 May 2018
Award for the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center at Al AinWe are happy to announce that we've been awarded with the "Austrian Green Planet Building Award" for our contribution as structural engineers of one of the most energy efficient buildings in the Gulf region, the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center in Al Ain, UAE.
28 April 2018
Opening of ESO SupernovaThe cutting-edge astronomy centre, hosting the largest titled planetarium in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, will open its doors to the public on the 28th of April. The centre is a public educational facility with an interactive exhibition that will engage the visitors to discover and understand the universe around us. Bollinger + Grohmann was in charge of the structural engineering.
13 April 2018
Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure now also in StuttgartBollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure is since this week also located with a branch in Stuttgart besides the offices in Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Rome, Paris, Oslo and Melbourne.
The current company EFA Ingenieure GmbH (formerly RFR Stuttgart) joins us with all employees, their know-how and current projects as a new branch.


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QuakeCon 2013 will open on August 1, 2013 with a keynote address given by John Carmack, co-founder and technical director of id Software.
Attendees will also be able to take in presentations of The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Evil Within, plus a panel featuring Dishonored's Raphael Colantonio, Ricardo Bare and Seth Shain.
The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Dishonored: Brigmore Witches will all be playable at the show.
QuakeCon 2013 runs August 1-4 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas, and is free for general admission attendees. Doors to the QuakeCon BYOC (Bring-Your-Own-Computer) LAN party and gaming festival will open on August 1 at 9am.
To pre-register for QuakeCon go to quakecon.org.
Carmack's keynotes always make pretty interesting viewing, but will the industry veteran use the time to speak about Doom 4? We can but hope. Failing that, something relating to what is possible on next-gen hardware would be good.
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LAKE FOREST – New head coach Marc Trestman had hoped that Rod Marinelli would return to the Bears as defensive coordinator for the 2013 season.
Instead, Marinelli decided that it was time for a fresh start.
The Bears now must seek a replacement at defensive coordinator along with several other coaching positions. Seven assistant coaches were dismissed Thursday, including ex-offensive coordinator Mike Tice, quarterbacks coach Jeremy Bates, linebackers coach Bob Babich, tight ends coach Mike DeBord, wide receivers coach Darryl Drake, offensive line coach Tim Holt and running backs coach Tim Spencer.
Bears general manager Phil Emery said he and Trestman hoped to fill out the rest of the coaching staff by the middle of next week. The Bears already have added two new assistants in Aaron Kromer (offensive coordinator and offensive line coach) and Joe DeCamillis (assistant coach and special-teams coordinator).
The biggest departure is that of Marinelli, who spent the past four seasons with the Bears and the past three seasons as defensive coordinator. Marinelli worked closely with Lovie Smith as the Bears led the NFL with 44 takeaways this season.
Trestman was asked whether he was open to converting to a 3-4 defensive scheme.
"I'm open to whatever it takes to stop football teams," Trestman said. "But I also know what this football team has done over a number of years. They have excellent football players and they've been well coached.
"I don't know the personnel on our football team right now, so to answer the question is premature. If you ask me three to four months from now, I'll be in a much better position to answer that question."
To be determined: Trestman offered high praise for Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher without committing to his future with the team.
Urlacher, 34, will become an unrestricted free agent when the new league year begins in March. He has said he wants to continue playing, but it's uncertain whether the Bears will re-sign the veteran or replace him with a younger player.
"No. 1, I've watched the man play for a lot of years," Trestman said. "He exemplifies what being a Chicago Bear is all about, and we all know that. When I step out of this room, we'll begin to study and I'll talk to Phil about where personnel fits on this football team and how it works. …
"I have a feeling that this guy has been a great player for this team. I recognize certainly what he's meant to this locker room and to the fan base of the Chicago Bears. When we get done here, we'll begin to try to answer some of those questions, and Phil will educate me to that."
Come on down: As Trestman continues to assemble his coaching staff, look for several of his colleagues from the Canadian Football League to join the Bears.
Although some differences existed between the CFL and the NFL, Trestman said, teaching proper fundamentals remained the same.
"Yes, there will be some guys coming down," Trestman said. "I've talked to them about it. But we haven't locked it up because they may have other opportunities or decide to move in a different direction. But I would expect we'd have a few guys from the staff come south."
Read option: Not only is Trestman a football coach, but he also is a published author.
In 2010, he wrote a book titled "Perseverance: Life Lessons on Leadership and Teamwork." The book is available on his website – coachmarctrestman.com – and Trestman is able to track its sales.
"I'm going to let [Roberto] Garza know that he bought one book at 2 o'clock in the morning on the day that I was hired," Trestman said with a grin as he named the Bears' starting center. "I've got 'Big Brother' out there on the books."


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I know that some teachers were worried about being too emotional when teaching the subject now; however, I think this is a good thing. It is good for the students to see their teachers upset about what happened because it shows them that what happened can't be ignored. This human experience is what needs to be taken into classrooms; it needs to affect the younger generations because they are the future.
One thought that really stuck with me was that the Holocaust didn't just happen to the Jews. It happened to the whole world. I think many people ignore the Holocaust because they feel disconnected to what happened. Because they aren't Jewish, the Holocaust doesn't affect them. But in reality more than just the Jews were targeted. While the Jews make up the majority of the people killed, so many others were hurt too. Catholics, gypsies, the mentally and physically disabled, and even certain poles were killed in death camps. So if i could bring back one idea, it would be that everyone was affected but the Holocaust, not just one specific group of people.
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Apache Kafka describes itself as a "distributed commit log" or an "event-stream", you can think of it as a list of chronological events broken up into multiple streams, known as "topics".
Your applications can connect into one or more topics, publish new events and/or consume the events sequentially. These events could be simple notifications of actions or they could carry state changes, allowing each service to maintain its own dataset.
There are a whole bunch of other benefits to using an event stream (like Kafka) that Heroku Developer Advocate, Chris Castle , and I covered in our talk at Dreamforce 2017 – check out the recording here.
The "big rewrite" is well-known to be something to be avoided if at all possible, so ultimately we need something far less risky.
We arrived at a process for extracting services progressively. This even allows evaluation of whether microservices are the right choice before fully committing because we don't remove the existing implementation or send production traffic until the final steps.
These are our eight steps:
It might surprise you but step 1 is actually adding more code to our monolith! You'll typically need access to data in your new service, so the first step is to push that into Kafka via a Kafka producer within the monolith.
Before we start extracting logic, we're going to prepare our data store, this will keep our service decoupled from the rest of our ecosystem. This new service is simply going to contain a consumer and the data store initially, allowing local access to state. Depending on your application you may need to backfill the historical data by performing a data migration.
Validate that your new service is processing the events without errors, and the consumer isn't getting too far behind on the event stream.
Kafka is designed to handle the consumers getting behind for a period of time – it persists events for a period of time (2-6 weeks on Heroku), so you don't need to worry about data loss, but it will mean your service has an out-of-date view of the data.
Kafka's ability to act as a buffer when your system is under high-load is one of it's great features, so it's worthwhile understanding and preparing for scenarios where your consumers get behind.
Extract the relevant code from your monolith into the above new application. Test that it works in isolation, by manually executing procedures / API calls. It should be reading from the new data store, without processing any production API calls.
Be wary of functionality that could trigger emails or have other unintended side-effects – you may need to disable some external calls.
Add a feature toggle to your monolith which will only send actionable events to the new service for a subset of accounts (obviously this will depend on how your application works, it could be based on users/teams/companies) and implement producers for these events.


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That's Thank Goodness it's Almost Time for the US Open, of course! We couldn't help but putting another shot of Street Tennis up from Toronto. It just looks SO COOL! Espesh from above, right?
TSF will be invading the Pilot Pen tomorrow in New Haven, and we're hoping for a great day of Connecticut weather for some big-time tennis! Don't forget to submit your questions for the stars so when we sit down in the interview room we don't look like total idiots – we need your help!
Okay, Short Balls… here we go:
Web star. Tour flop? Sania Mirza continues to be a presence on the WTA Tour, but the hope that the Indian beauty might one day be a Top Ten star has fizzled into oblivion the last couple of years. Her barrage of injuries almost compares with her off-court distractions, which includes fighting off a stalker, marrying a man with the last name of her and doing plenty of fashion shoots. So perfect timing for Mirza to reveal a new personal web site. We love it. So glam, so Sania. Now can she win some tennis matches, please?
Big splurge. Wanna guess what Serena's latest big-time purchase was? We bet not even the biggest of Williams fans could pull this one out. Think aquatic.
Tees for char-i-tee. Though her road has been rather bumpy on tour this year, Ana Ivanovic has continued to do her good-will work for UNICEF and the WTA. This week, the star revealed her collection of UNICEF tees. While we appreciate the gesture, this entire collection (seven shirts in all) is just messy all together. No fashion focus and just too much going on print wise.
Fashion first. Who cares that the top four men have advanced to the Cincy semis today, we're all excited about lady's fashion from last week! Just discovered this piece from the Cincinnati Enquirer about the colors alive on court last week. We agree, Janelle!
(street tennis image via wta tour web site; UNICEF shirt via tennis warehouse)