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When considering a whole child approach to learning, it is important to not only look at the academic deficits, but underlying factors as well. These include problems with sensory and motor systems such as balance, coordination, and poor fine- motor skills; problems with cognition, such as visual and auditory processing as well as memory; and physical problems connected to poor nutrition or food intolerances.
As we can see in the visual to the right, learning develops in steps or phases, and academic knowledge is the culmination at the top. Successful learning in school is dependent upon strongly developed underlying processes. Although each of the processes, or rungs, are not learned in isolation, they do build on one another and weaknesses in the lower part of the ladder effect all the rungs above. Therefore, when trying to address issues in the higher levels, it is important to look more closely at the steps below to determine where more hidden weaknesses lie. Addressing these areas will support the development of the upper rungs, sometimes without ever directly doing interventions in those areas. This means that there should not simply be one approach when helping your child. The school's typical response, especially in this day and age of high stakes testing, is to remediate by providing more instructional opportunities.
Everything starts in the brain. When the brain is not wired up correctly it becomes functionally disconnected and different parts cannot communicate efficiently and may grow or connect at different rates, such as the brainstem and pre-frontal cortex, as well as the left and right hemispheres. All disorders on the attentional-behavioral continuum seem to involve immaturities in the thalamus, basal ganglia, and cerebellum and weak connections to higher thinking parts of the brain.
The left and right hemispheres have different jobs and, in a healthy individual, work together to complete tasks such as reading and mathematics. However, if one hemisphere is developing at a different rate than the other, the communication between the two may be jeopardized. See the image on the right to see some of the responsibilities of the different hemispheres.
Right weak, left strong
Left weak, right strong
Weakness in right
Weakness in left
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are two branches of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). When the ANS is functioning appropriately, we have the capacity to move effortlessly from one branch to another in response to our environment and internal stress.
When the body is responding to either external or internal stress, it is in a sympathetic state. In this state, the pupils dilate, heartbeat is increased, and glucose is released in preparation to fight or flee (moro reflex). In this state, digestion is stopped, the body is unable to detoxify, and the immune system is depressed.
The parasympathetic system, stimulated by the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X), which is connected to the heart, lungs, and all other visceral organs, is in control of detoxification, the immune system and digestion. It is also the foundation of social engagement. These are common areas of concern among our ASD children, who are in a constant sympathetic and adrenal state. Therefore, when a child has low vagal tone, these and other systems are highly compromised, resulting in an overactive mid-brain and chronic sympathetic state. A child in this state may:
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Discussion in 'Transformers Movie Discussion' started by Lazerwave, Jan 2, 2009.
Show the new Robots Already!!!
Make me!
I second the motion!
*Hands Lazerwave a lollipop.* Here, occupy yourself with this.
Werd. Props to Bay and co. for being able to keep most things under wraps but I'd like to see stuff now
LOL! That just cracked me up!
If you know where to look then you would have seen a few things by now...
Aren't they 'Robots in Disguise'?
Why do you want to spoil the movie?
Because some cars have spoilers on them!
(ok chessy joke)
Well they showed the robots in the first movie a year ahead, but the new movie is 6 months away and they haven't shown one picture of any new Autobots or Decepticons yet. The tension is killing me.
so far we've seen
one of the constructicons
the orange/redish chevy
the r8
the new corvette
from the new movie, so what are you talking about
methinks he's after something more official
That's not good enough,
We need to know more, like we've seen the cars now we need more details like robot pictures or names of the other cars.
pa·tient (pā'shənt) Pronunciation Key
1. Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.
2. Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
3. Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.
4. Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.
5. Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.
6. Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: "My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries" (Laurence Sterne).
You want to see robots?
Stop the madness!!!
Show the robots!!!
Stop the madness!!!
Show the robots!!!
Stop the madness!!!
Show the robots!!!
Hum, I wonder.... if someone decided to web cam a fake suicide by like nightfall if bay would release the images, im surprised some crazy ass hasent tried it yet, all you have to do is edit up a clip cg it and BAM! Hey people sent Bay death threats, im surprised somone hasent done it yet LOL!
Like for real, mellow out.
He's gonna need more than just one *Shoves a truck load in his mouth*
*Takes one lollipop off Lazerwave* I need to occupy myself self too.
*Tips a bucket full of lollipops over everyone in the Movie Disscusion* ....Just incase everyone else wants one
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In October's meeting, we were visited by several members of the Gigayeast team, tasted fifteen delicious homebrews, and met a new member of the Sudzer community. Thanks to everyone who showed up, and see you next month!
– Derek distributed t-shirts to all paid 2016 Sudzers club members that signed up on the Google spreadsheet. Anyone who still hasn't picked up their preordered shirt(s) should make arrangements directly with Derek before October 15, or they will become part of the club inventory.
– Tim has put together a schedule for a public-transit pub-crawl in San Francisco on October 15th. Details available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/14yxRF8Ioj7l3XOEKFfEcoiCNmLWbt_Kqe7wuJjO0c6g/edit.
– Dark Matter Brew Day will be held on October 29th at David Fortune's house. Details with time and address to come.
– The end of the year is approaching, which means the Sudzers Christmas Party, and the most important of election of 2016 (the Sudzer Officer Election) are upon us. Details to come.
– Derek mentioned trading beer tours with the MadZ's. Details to come.
– Cassie, Amelia, Matt, and their "assorted entourage" joined us from Gigayeast to gather notes and taste beers made with an experimental yeast they gave out roughly five months ago. I think we can all agree that this is a highly attenuative, easy-to-use, characterful Saison yeast. Thanks for coming by, and we hope to see you at future meetings!
– Please e-mail any fermentation or tasting notes for your Gigayeast Saison to Amelia at firstname.lastname@example.com.
– Thirsty Third Thursday will be held at Harry's Hofbrau in San Jose on October 20th.
In all, we had fifteen brews:
BREWER BEER IBUs ABV Derek W. Citra Saison 35 7% Charles Sauvon Saison 22 7.3% Adam C. Saison - 7.5% Jim W. Saison J 35 7.6% Robert C. Sour Saison 30 6% Joanna N-120 Bohemian Pils - 5.25% David J. Hefeweizen - 6.1% David J. Blueberry Hefeweizen - 6.3% Danny Wet Hop IPA 85 5% Marc-Andre Earl Grey Session IPA 100 5.2% Robert C. Belgian Not So Strong 25 7.3% Derek W. Coconut Porter 35 6% Steve & Derek H. Rye Barrel Porter - 8.5% Justin V. Imperial Porter 75 10.09% David J. Belgian Quad 80 9.7%
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up. See you next month!


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Interactive Media
At the frontier of digital learning fun and fur rule.
In 1969, Sesame Street pioneered a new role for mass media: using television to prepare kids for school and life. In the decades since, our bold experiment has grown in step with the exploding media landscape. Online, on mobile devices, and on gaming screens, Sesame now makes virtually every digital interaction a fun and fur-filled opportunity to learn.
Today's preschoolers take for granted a media menu unimaginable 30 years ago. 1 in 3 children under 5 now plays with a gaming device on a weekly basis, while even more use a computer, mobile phone, or tablet. And more small hands are grasping mobile devices each year, up 27% just since 2011.1
To help turn all these media moments into learning time, there's Sesame Street. At Sesamestreet.org, preschoolers join the Muppets to explore math, healthy eating, the letter C, and so much more. Named one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites and a 2012 Parent's Choice Award-winner, the site's all-free content builds on lessons from our show—like a Super Grover game where kids play with pulleys and levers as an extension of Sesame Street's science and technology curriculum (STEM).
We've optimized the site for little learners with big, bold buttons and a star-shaped cursor—a more age-appropriate way to navigate than the standard arrow. And the site gets grownups involved, too, based on the insight that kids learn even more when they share the experience with an adult. Our family-style approach has won rave reviews, including a 2010 Webby for "Best Family/Parenting Website" and an Emmy in 2009.
The site has proven irresistible to its young audience, the site is receiving over 2.6 million visits monthly.2 In addition, we make our content accessible everywhere else kids watch online, from PBSKids.org to Netflix. On YouTube Sesame Street videos are getting around 35 million views each month3, and on our dedicated channel on YouTube families can view 1,000+ Sesame videos in a kid-safe environment.
It's all part of an educational ecosystem that teaches across media. Like our top-rated podcasts: playful short videos that reinforce lessons from the show each week. Then there are our mobile apps, which engage kids as only interactive media can. The phenomenally popular "The Monster at the End of This Book" app series turns Grover's beloved storybook into a launchpad for reading skills and talking about common fears. With a #1 ranking in its category on iTunes, the app has become a new family classic. And it's just one of scores of Sesame mobile apps, several also available in Mandarin, Hindi and many other languages, bringing these remarkable experiences to half the planet.
This relentless innovation wouldn't be possible without world-class partners. Enter Microsoft, one of the global technology greats and our collaborator on Kinect Sesame Street TV. This first-of-its-kind interactive TV program launches to an estimated 20 million Xbox users in fall 2012. Using the Kinect camera, kids get placed right in the middle of their favorite television street to move, stomp and play alongside their Muppet friends—such as throwing and counting coconuts with Grover, or trying to hold perfectly still while The Count counts to eleven (harder than you think!).
Studies show this kind of physical engagement, or "embodied learning," helps children better grasp new concepts. That's a crucial piece of Sesame's accomplishment: not just widening the menu of media, but maximizing the potential of each platform to enhance learning.
Take our work with mobile leader Qualcomm that's placing fun-filled lessons at families' finger tips in fresh new ways. In India we are bringing Galli Galli Sim Sim, the local version of Sesame Street, to mobile phone users with limited access to any other form of radio or television. The initiative is made possible through funding from Qualcomm's Wireless Reach program. Here at home we're exploring augmented reality through the marriage of Sesame content and Qualcomm technology. In one joint experiment, Bert and Ernie are real, movable dolls that come to life when viewed through your tablet screen—able to talk, walk and absorb children in vivid learning experiences. "We've explored augmented reality before, but not until we partnered with Qualcomm were we able to build something robust and stable enough," says Miles Ludwig, head of Sesame Street's Content Innovation Lab.
How else can media help children learn? Our colleagues at Sesame's Content Innovation Lab and at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center are always seeking new answers to that question. Maybe it's intergenerational games that let a preschooler in Seattle practice letters with a grandparent in Miami. Or math puzzles that give mom immediate feedback about her child's progress. From smarter games to innovation competitions, like one led by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center in 2012, we're forging breakthrough connections between digital media and children's learning every year.
Tossing virtual coconuts with Grover. Solving puzzles with a walking, talking Ernie. Here at the digital frontier, Sesame's approach finds its ultimate expression: delighting children so completely, they never imagine how much they're learning.
2 Sesame Workshop. (July 2011-June 2012). Average monthly visits. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/analytics
3 Sesame Workshop. (July 2011-June 2012). Average monthly views of all legally-claimed videos. Retrieved from http://cms.youtube.com.
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Beyonce + Jay-Z vs. Mariah Carey + Nick Cannon: Who's the Cutest Power Couple? – Readers Poll
When it comes to pop power couples, there are few in existence bigger than Beyonce and her rapper husband Jay-Z, and Mariah Carey and her multimedia hubby Nick Cannon. Both of the married couples have beauty, style, talent and millions of dollars to spend on whatever they please... but what really makes them so special is that they are so incredibly in love. Who gets your vote for the cutest couple? Beyonce and Jay-Z, or Mariah and Nick?
For almost as long we can remember, Beyonce and Jay-Z have been an item. The couple dated for six years before tying the knot in April 2008, and they're clearly as blissfully happy as the were during the first few months of their relationship. They are very serious about their careers, but when we get rare glimpses into their personal lives, they seem to do nothing but laugh and smile when they're together. And in January 2012, the Carter family grew by one when Beyonce gave birth to their first child, a beautiful baby girl named Blue Ivy.
Then, on the other hand, we've got Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, two people who are so crazy about each other you can hardly believe love like that exists. Like Bey and Jay, Mariah and Nick were married in April 2008, but the pair had only been dating a couple months when they decided to jet down to the Bahamas for a secret wedding. Everyone thought it was another short-lived Hollywood romance that would end in divorce, but it's the exact opposite with these two. They fell for each other hard and fast, so why not make it official? The pair recently renewed their vows in Paris, right after Mariah gave birth to their twin babies, Roc and Roe.
Now that you've gotten a little background information, which couple do you think is the cutest? Vote for Bey and Jay or Mariah and Nick below!


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As you know, Websites cost money, require time, and come with their own set of headaches. In fact, at times, they are just one big headache!
If you think of the internet like a freeway where drivers are free to choose which lane they want to be in, likewise, individuals will choose the Websites that best serve and appeal to them.
Either your Website will be wide open and accessible with fresh asphalt, newly painted stripes and well-designed, clearly marked signs or it will be a scary [insert favorite horror slasher flick here], back woods, gravel country road in the middle of nowhere that makes people nervous. You decide.
The Internet has a mind of it's own and it rewards those who play by its rules. It's downright persnickety. Essentially, it gives you brownie points when you follow it's preferences.
Pay attention to its preferences and it will reward you handsomely. Neglect it and you will regret it. Here are a few ways to give the Internet attention so you can "feel the love."
To build a stellar website that not only helps those you serve but that Google also values, intentionality is the name of the game.
What did we leave off? What did we get wrong? What would you add to this list?


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File Types and Links
Numerous functions are available for learning various details about files and links (or file pointers) found on a file system. Those functions are introduced in this section.
string filetype (string filename)
The filetype() function determines and returns the file type of filename. Eight values are possible:
- block: A block device such as a floppy disk drive or CD-ROM.
- char: A character device, which is responsible for a nonbuffered exchange of data between the operating system and a device such as a terminal or printer.
- dir: A directory.
- fifo: A named pipe, which is commonly used to facilitate the passage of information from one process to another.
- file: A hard link, which serves as a pointer to a file inode. This type is produced for anything you would consider to be a file, such as a text document or executable.
- link: A symbolic link, which is a pointer to the pointer of a file.
- socket: A socket resource. At the time of writing, this value is undocumented.
- unknown: The type is unknown.
Let's consider three examples. In the first example, you determine the type of a CD-ROM drive:
echo filetype("/mnt/cdrom"); // char
Next, you determine the type of a Linux partition:
echo filetype("/dev/sda6"); // block
Finally, you determine the type of a regular old HTML file:
echo filetype("/home/www/htdocs/index.html"); // file
int link (string target, string link)
The link() function creates a hard link, link, to target, returning TRUE on success and FALSE otherwise. Note that because PHP scripts typically execute under the guise of the server daemon process owner, this function will fail unless that user has write permissions within the directory in which link is to reside.
int linkinfo (string path)
The lstat() function is used to return useful information about a symbolic link, including items such as the size, time of last modification, and the owner's user ID. The linkinfo() function returns one particular item offered by the lstat() function, used to determine whether the symbolic link specified by path really exists. This function isn't available for the Windows platform.
array lstat (string symlink)
The lstat() function returns numerous items of useful information regarding the symbolic link referenced by symlink. See the following section on fstat() for a complete accounting of the returned array.
array fstat (resource filepointer)
The fstat() function retrieves an array of useful information pertinent to a file referenced by a file pointer, filepointer. This array can be accessed either numerically or via associative indices, each of which is listed in its numerically indexed position:
- dev (0): The device number upon which the file resides.
- ino (1): The file's inode number. The inode number is the unique numerical identifier associated with each file name and is used to reference the associated entry in the inode table that contains information about the file's size, type, location, and other key characteristics.
- mode (2): The file's inode protection mode. This value determines the access and modification privileges assigned to the file.
- nlink (3): The number of hard links associated with the file.
- uid (4): The file owner's user ID (UID).
- gid (5): The file group's group ID (GID).
- rdev (6): The device type, if the inode device is available. Note that this element is not available for the Windows platform.
- size (7): The file size, in bytes.
- atime (8): The time of the file's last access, in Unix timestamp format.
- mtime (9): The time of the file's last modification, in Unix timestamp format.
- ctime (10): The time of the file's last change, in Unix timestamp format.
- blksize (11): The file system's block size. Note that this element is not available on the Windows platform.
- blocks (12): The number of blocks allocated to the file.
Consider the example shown in Listing 10-1.
Listing 10-1. Retrieving Key File Information
/* Convert timestamp to desired format. */
function tstamp_to_date($tstamp) {
return date("m-d-y g:i:sa", $tstamp);
$file = "/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/book/chapter10/stat.php";
/* Open the file */
$fh = fopen($file, "r");
/* Retrieve file information */
$fileinfo = fstat($fh);
/* Output some juicy information about the file. */
echo "Filename: ".basename($file)."
";
echo "Filesize: ".round(($fileinfo["size"]/1024), 2)." kb
";
echo "Last accessed: ".tstamp_to_date($fileinfo["atime"])."
";
echo "Last modified: ".tstamp_to_date($fileinfo["mtime"])."
";
This code returns:
——————————————–Filename: stat.php
Filesize: 2.16 kb
Last accessed: 06-09-05 12:03:00pm
Last modified: 06-09-05 12:02:59pm
array stat (string filename)
The stat() function returns an array of useful information about the file specified by filename, or FALSE if it fails. This function operates exactly like fstat(), returning all of the same array elements; the only difference is that stat() requires an actual file name and path rather than a resource handle.
If filename is a symbolic link, then the information will be pertinent to the file the symbolic link points to, and not the symbolic link itself. To retrieve information about a symbolic link, use lstat(), introduced a bit earlier in this chapter.
string readlink (string path)
The readlink() function returns the target of the symbolic link specified by path, or FALSE if an error occurs. Therefore, if link test-link.txt is a symbolic link pointing to test.txt, the following will return the absolute pathname to the file:
echo readlink("/home/jason/test-link.txt");
// returns /home/jason/myfiles/test.txt
int symlink (string target, string link)
The symlink() function creates a symbolic link named link to the existing target, returning TRUE on success and FALSE otherwise. Note that because PHP scripts typically execute under the guise of the server daemon process owner, this function will fail unless that daemon owner has write permissions within the directory in which link is to reside. Consider this example, in which symbolic link "03" is pointed to the directory "2003":
$link = symlink("/www/htdocs/stats/2003", "/www/htdocs/stats/03");
{mospagebreak title=Calculating File, Directory, and Disk Sizes}
Calculating file, directory, and disk sizes is a common task in all sorts of applications. This section introduces a number of standard PHP functions suited to this task.
int filesize (string filename)
The filesize() function returns the size, in bytes, of filename. An example follows:
$file = "/www/htdocs/book/chapter1.pdf";
$bytes = filesize("$file"); // Returns 91815
echo "File ".basename($file)." is $bytes bytes, or
".round($bytes / 1024, 2)." kilobytes.";
This returns the following:
——————————————–File 852Chapter16R.rtf is 91815 bytes, or 89.66 kilobytes
float disk_free_space (string directory)
The disk_free_space() function returns the available space, in bytes, allocated to the disk partition housing the directory specified by directory. An example follows:
$drive = "/usr";
echo round((disk_free_space($drive) / 1048576), 2);
This returns:
Note that the returned number is in megabytes (MB), because the value returned from disk_free_space() was divided by 1,048,576, which is equivalent to 1MB.
float disk_total_space (string directory)
The disk_total_space() function returns the total size, in bytes, consumed by the disk partition housing the directory specified by directory. If you use this function in conjunction with disk_free_space(), it's easy to offer useful space allocation statistics:
$systempartitions = array("/", "/home","/usr", "/www");
foreach ($systempartitions as $partition) {
$totalSpace = disk_total_space($partition) / 1048576;
$usedSpace = $totalSpace – disk_free_space($partition) / 1048576;
echo "Partition: $partition (Allocated: $totalSpace MB.
Used: $usedSpace MB.)";
This returns:
——————————————–Partition: / (Allocated: 3099.292 MB. Used: 343.652 MB.)
Partition: /home (Allocated: 5510.664 MB. Used: 344.448 MB.)
Partition: /usr (Allocated: 4127.108 MB. Used: 1985.716 MB.) Partition: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs (Allocated: 4127.108 MB. Used: 1985.716 MB.)
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Sweet Daughter was explaining her future to me. First she's going to eat lots of food so she can be as tall as the sky. Then she's going to have her own house. It will have stairs and everything since she will have 9 kids (5 girls and 4 boys). She's going to be a Mama, someone who decorates things for other people, and she will drive everyone to the doctor. Her house is going to be pink, but the fence will be purple. Her car will start out regular, but she will decorate it pink with cotton balls. She will not have a driveway, but her garage will be yellow. Her house will be by ihop, but not near Sweet Son's house. Sweet Son will come visit her for Thanksgiving because she will make so much food. She is still debating over if her house will be made out of bricks or Lincoln logs - either way she will use hot glue to put it together.
Sweet Son will
have 3 kids (2 boys and 1 girl "for a dollar"). His house will be clean
if someone cleans it for him. He will work on a computer and not have to
talk to people. He will go to Sweet Daughter's house to eat every time she makes
food. His house will be close to the food, but he will have to drive to
the ocean.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Kids Cooking
My kids love pizza and when we have the time, I let them make it. It's a simple process (especially with premade crusts) and everyone is happy.
First they spread the sauce.
Then they put on the cheese.
Finally they arrange their pepperonis.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Travel and Spleen
Sweet Daughter informed me our travel plans for the next few months. In January we will go on a plane. In February we will go on a big boat. In March will will go on a rocket.
That's why we don't let the 3 year olds plan our vacations. haha
Sometimes my kids make me feel stupid. We are playing a new game they got for Christmas. Sweet Son says, "Mommy, what does a spleen do?" Uhhh... give me a minute to read the instructions. Seriously? He's 3 and I'm not quite prepared for these questions. (Wonderful Husband got the spleen and gallbladder mixed up, so I'm glad I did look up the right answer.)
That's why we don't let the 3 year olds plan our vacations. haha
Sometimes my kids make me feel stupid. We are playing a new game they got for Christmas. Sweet Son says, "Mommy, what does a spleen do?" Uhhh... give me a minute to read the instructions. Seriously? He's 3 and I'm not quite prepared for these questions. (Wonderful Husband got the spleen and gallbladder mixed up, so I'm glad I did look up the right answer.)
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Merry Christmas!
We spent Christmas day at home. It was a nice, quiet (well, as quiet as could be imagined with twin 3 year olds who have new toys), and relaxing.
We started by opening stockings. They each had a new puppet, a new boat to put together and take apart in the bathtub, and a couple of other small toys.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Christmas Snow
Last year we had snow on Christmas Day. (Remember this blog is a year behind.) It was a special treat since we didn't get any snow the year before.
Throwing snowballs at Daddy. This was my favorite part!
Laundry basket sledding.
Wonderful husband was raised in Canada, but down here we don't have much need for sleds.
The kids still get to have the fun of sledding even if it is in a laundry basket.
Snow angels
Mush Daddy!
Monday, December 23, 2013
Christmas with Papa
Round 2 for Christmas celebrations was with Papa T and extended family.
Sweet Daughter and Great Grandma playing a game with coasters.
(Yes, my kids are lucky enough to have two great grandma's.)
Sweet Son and Papa T in deep discussions of life.
The kids each got their own digital cameras and went around taking photos. It was essentially what everyone's knees looked like, but every once in awhile we would get a chin or neck. haha (If I ever figure out how to get the photos off their cameras I will share them on here.)
The whole group included Oma, Papa T, Great Grandma, and Uncle B.
(I figure you know the 4 of us by now!)
Friday, December 20, 2013
Christmas with Grandma
Like many families, we celebrate Christmas in waves.
This post is about how we celebrated with Grandma and family on that side.
We started with a Christmas program at Great Grandma's assisted living center. In addition to Grandma and Great Grandma (pictured here), we were with my kids Uncle, Great Uncle and Aunt, and um... their Great Grandmother's Sister - their Great, Great Aunt??? At some point labels just confuse me.
Sweet Son in the arms of his Uncle B.
The kids got to meet Santa (though they both noticed this one was female).
After the program we went back to Great Grandma's room to open presents.
The kids were spoiled, as usual, and had a great time.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Parachuting Santa
Our town has a tradition of a parachuting Santa each year before Christmas. We love going and seeing the graceful, and sometimes not so graceful, entrance.
Who is that way up there?
First in come the elves - this video only shows one, but there were two.
Finally, the main event, here comes Santa Claus!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
It's cold outside.
Sweet Daughter: "It's cold outside. Can we go out to play?"
Sweet Son: "I've got an idea. Why don't we sit on the couch and read?"
Clearly he takes after me and she takes after Wonderful Husband.
Sweet Son: "I've got an idea. Why don't we sit on the couch and read?"
Clearly he takes after me and she takes after Wonderful Husband.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Bass Pro Christmas
Another of our holiday traditions is a trip to Bass Pro. In case you have never been to one, it is a giant sporting/outdoor/boating store. They have a lot of activities for Christmas that are free and they give you a free photo with Santa.
After you get your time card for the Santa photos, there is plenty to do in the store while you wait. We started with the reindeer carousel.
Not exactly a Christmas activity, but who could resist looking into a shark's mouth?
The giant fish tank can take up a lot of time.
There are cute places for photo throughout the store.
They picked out their clothes for the photos. She has a snowman and a tree while he has a t-rex carrying a tree.
The kids each picked out a boat they wanted. (We do not own a boat, nor will we in the near future.)
Cactus covered in Christmas lights. That seems like a good place for a photo.
Here's the Santa photo! It has been the same Santa every year. (Last year)
Proof we were all there together.
Friday, December 13, 2013
The kids started a group music/piano class in August. Here is how far they have come in just under 4 months. Don't expect anything too impressive, they are only 3 years old.
He didn't like being on camera, but this is what we were able to get him to "perform".
She starts on the wrong note, but does self correct. This is the "Do, Do, Do" Song.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Inside Gross Motor
We are always looking for new and unique ways to wear our kids out. They have way too much energy. Here are some of our ideas that worked for us.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Easy Teacher Gift
I'm always looking for cute and cheap Christmas gifts for my kids' teachers. I give the teachers something small every month so I don't feel the need to do something huge for Christmas. I would rather spend a little extra in the months teachers are feeling the least appreciated than during December and May when everyone is telling them they are wonderful. (They really are wonderful, but it's best to know that more than twice a year.)
I saw this idea somewhere and loved it. I bought whisks and filled them with kisses. I attached a card that said, "We Whisk You a Merry Kissmas". The teachers all complimented them and a few even commented that they needed a new whisk. So it was even somewhat practical.
I saw this idea somewhere and loved it. I bought whisks and filled them with kisses. I attached a card that said, "We Whisk You a Merry Kissmas". The teachers all complimented them and a few even commented that they needed a new whisk. So it was even somewhat practical.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Gingerbread Train
Every year we decorate gingerbread houses. This year I found a kit that was a gingerbread train. This was perfect for us!
We had to assemble the train cars and Wonderful Husband put the base layer of icing on, but the kids decorated them without any help.
They both immediately put the peppermints as the wheels. Sweet Daughter lined up her candies in perfect lines while Sweet Son went with more of a random assortment.
Of course the best part was trying to figure out what to do with the extra icing...
Friday, December 6, 2013
Christmas Photos
There are a few places we go to take Christmas photos with great backgrounds. These were all taken at the same location - a large hotel about 30 minutes away from us.
That's a real gingerbread house. The entire thing is made of food and candy. Yes, the house has a mosaic of a gingerbread man on the side. Impressive.
This is inside. It's warm, sunny, and my kids loved the boat. I think this is the photo we ended up using for our Christmas cards.
Sweet Daughter wanted nothing to do with this photo. She didn't want her picture taken at all.
Sweet Son was thrilled to climb on top of the giant presents and pose.
Once again, Sweet Son is smiling and Sweet Daughter is refusing. That is a giant rocking carousel horse. Awesome.
There are my two kids. This time she's smiling and he's faking a smile, but at least they are both there. All it takes is a giant pile of shiny balls.
After typing that last sentence I'm wondering what is going to happen to my search results...
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Car Wash
I've posted photos of my kids washing the car before. However, this post is just a bit different.
She's wearing shorts. In December. It's warm enough to wash the car.
It's not normally this warm in December here, so this was a nice treat.
Somehow the icicle lights just don't make a lot of sense with the rest of the photo though.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
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Charlotte Dawson – Not Sure She Is The Expert On Twitter Etiquette
It is ironic that Charlotte Dawson took such exception to a tweet someone made to her that she rang up their employer to expose them, possibly with the motivation of getting them fired when she herself is not such a cleanskin on Twitter.
The Australian Next Top Model judge took exception to this tweet "excuse me @MsCharlotteD on behalf of NZ we would like you to please GO HANG YOURSELF!!!" Charlotte retweeted it to her followers to shame her.
As the news.com.au story states:
CHARLOTTE Dawson has exposed the vile Twitter ravings of a Monash University staffer after she urged the TV presenter and one of her followers to "go hang yourself".
Taking Twitter trolls head on, the Australia's Next Top Model judge sent a 'please explain' email to the woman and her boss after Dawson's loyal follower was set upon for revealing she had lost her own partner to suicide.
Dawson's practice of re-tweeting abusive messages as a form of broadly shaming the trolls drew the widow into defending the former model against a tweet which read: "excuse me @MsCharlotteD on behalf of NZ we would like you to please GO HANG YOURSELF!!!"
The follower leaped in, admonishing the dangerous remarks, posting: "my fiance hanged himself HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING".
The Monash staffer replied: "If I was your fiance I'd hang myself too #gohangyourself."
This tweet occurred after a story was published where Ms Dawson slammed New Zealand in an interview when she was publicising the upcoming release of her memoir. She said: "New Zealand is small, nasty and vindictive. It's a tiny, little village … a tiny country at the end of the earth."
For the record I think that tweet to Ms Dawson and her follower was completely unacceptable.
However Charlotte Dawson has also made some slurs on Twitter herself including one which asked that someone kill the now America's Next Top Model judge fashion blogger Bryan Boy. At the time of her tweet it was not known that Bryan Boy was going to be a judge on the iconic reality show.
When this turned into a mainstream media furore Ms Dawson went on Sunrise to say her tweet was to be taken in humour, but is it? If a teenage girl aimed that at another teen girl it would be seen as cyber bullying. In fact Charlotte is a spokesperson for Community Brave a great organisation whose aim is to eradicate online bullying and homophobia. Is this tweet that Ms Dawson wrote acceptable for an ambassador for this charity to write?
She also claimed on Sunrise that Bryan Boy and Patty Huntington were "obsessed" with her. A quick google of both their blogs had me wonder where this persecution complex came from as it revealed no mention of her on Bryan Boy's blog, and on Patty Huntington's Frockwriter (who I collaborated with on UNCUT) she has been mentioned her four times. The last mention was two years ago.
Though it should be noted the animosity appears to stem from a story on Frockwriter reported here about comments she made about the then seventeen year old Cassi Van Den Dungen on social media site Facebook. A Sunday Telegraph columnist called this Facebook diatribe bullying at the time and the same article raised the issue that the person was a minor.
@canofwormstv Charlotte Dawson is a bully, she influenced her followers to attack me telling me to kill myself/get an eating disorder etc
— CLAIRE (@claaIiyah) August 27, 2012
@canofwormstv Hi, Charlotte Dawson will be on your show next week. Earlier, she publicly harassed me & condoned bullying from her fans
— Matty (@MJP0) August 27, 2012
Maybe Charlotte Dawson is not the most appropriate person to be talking about what is or is not appropriate on Twitter or cyberbullying.
Also was she contacting Monash University, the person's employer, to try to get this person sacked? I am sure she would not like Bryan Boy talking to the creator of Next Top Model Tyra Banks about her inappropriate tweet about him, as I am sure she would not like to lose her judges position on Australia's Next Top Model for a cyberspace indiscretion.
Just for full probity earlier this year there was a fracas between Ms Dawson and myself on Twitter. However I will leave the last tweet to her.
Good point Charlotte something that has crossed my mind after receiving several vitriolic messages myself….
UPDATE: The girl from Monash University has now been suspended with pay.
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- 1 anonymous { 02.24.14 at 3:19 am }
It's 'you're the one'.
And despicable not dispicable.
- 2 brain dead dave { 02.24.14 at 3:21 am }
Make that "you're", Pops@ 200, if you're giving literacy lectures. You really can't troll to save your own life,can you?
- 3 anonymous { 02.24.14 at 3:26 am }
I thought we were all being called anonymous tonight.
It might get confusing 😉
- 4 Georgie { 02.24.14 at 7:57 am }
Here we go with the 'Charlotte stick phenomenon'.
Nicole #197, it's you who've missed the point. This post went up 18 months ago and was in relation to a reality tv personality's very public profile on twitter at the time. The personality took her beef to the media herself, to maximise the coverage, which in itself rendered the topic 'a real world issue' did it not? Also, I don't think Charlotte was declaring her mental illness at the time this post went up, so you're superimposing more recent knowledge over old conversations.
As for the comments in response to the blog post – with respect of course – you obviously haven't read them. If you had, you'd know that a largely hearty, intelligent and topical debate, on a 'real world issue', resulted.
- 5 Littlepetal { 02.24.14 at 8:37 am }
Well said, Georgie. So we can't make any negative comments about an issue, topic or person. Why are there so many nasty things said about the government, past and present? Can't we have an opinion?
- 6 Andrea { 02.24.14 at 8:46 am }
Interesting this morning to wake up and re read these old comments.
I made one @148 which I still stand by today, I always felt sorry for Charlotte, she was a tortured soul.
- 7 Paul { 02.24.14 at 1:47 pm }
Dawson seems to have been a fairly tragic figure, racked with internal demons. She made a lot of bad choices and backed them up with worse choices.
I agree that she was an absolute bully, and a hypocrite to the core. But I find myself feeling sorry for her rather than anything else.
There is no way that she should have been in the position of being an anti-bullying campaigner.
Now most people would agree that it was a hypocritical position for her to be in and that undermined the validity of any points she tried to make. Whatever gains she made, by raising awareness, she undid by controversy and visciousness. She legitamised bullying while claiming to fight it.
However, what I am getting at is how her position was bad for her. It was psychologically a terrible burden for her. She was a woman struggling with demons, and her circular and destructive attempt to bully the bullies just fed those demons and made them stronger. Ultimately to the point where she lost that struggle. Anti-bullying is a very worthwhile cause but it was a cause she was never able to champion. Those who cheered her efforts did so without comprehending the cycle of conflict that they were supporting, backing someone who was ill equipped for the battle, and encouraging them to keep fighting.
Bad choices and worse choices from a troubled woman, enabled and cheered on by people who lack true empathy.
I wouldn't wish her fate on anyone.
- 8 Jackii { 02.24.14 at 4:04 pm }
BDD You obviously don't realize that more than one person can use the same ISP on another computer. Many of my family are connected to mine and can see my accounts, emails, etc. You assume you know it all. You are a smart arse. Regards.
- 9 brain dead dave { 02.24.14 at 5:54 pm }
- 10 daisy { 02.24.14 at 6:11 pm }
BDD, she didn't say dumbass. So I'd call it a compliment.
- 11 Littlepetal { 02.24.14 at 6:22 pm }
If you have a password in your account, it will remain private. You are only to blame if you don't have a password.
- 12 brain dead dave { 02.24.14 at 6:45 pm }
It's a troll, daisy.it's Pops.
- 13 brain dead dave { 02.24.14 at 6:51 pm }
By the way, Paul, I know we've had tumultuous history here.Just saying that #207 was a great read and well done.
- 14 ANON { 02.24.14 at 7:22 pm }
Littlepetal I don't want to use a password This is how it is set-up. Many people do this, for various reasons. DUH
- 15 daisy { 02.24.14 at 7:27 pm }
Yeah Paul, I was impressed too. Good job.
- 16 Nicole Humphries { 02.24.14 at 8:24 pm }
Thank you everyone for your input to my comment #197. Daisy #198 I appreciate your empathy and yes, you are right I was commenting on a post created many months ago, I guess that is what happens when I don't say enough is enough research at 3am and put the computer away. I get intregued with what I am researching. I do stand by my comments that I read quite a few posts that were purely contemptuous, once again showing you are right that I live by the rule of harm none and most others do not. I don't expect that only nice things are said about people, however, I have hope (although I really don't like that word) that people would show more empathy. Brain Dead Dave #199 Thank you for your comments, I have taken them all on board and believe that if I work hard and apply your recommendations to my life one day I may be a better person. I could keep you posted on my progress if you wish?
Paul #207 Your post was a well balanced, well constructed post.
I still do not understand the attraction of reading about celebrities lives and yes, BDD I do prefer to talk about enviromental and social issues (no, I do not consider what is written about celebrities in blogs or magazines social issues, BDD) however, I respect others choices in doing so. Little Petal #205 Absolutely, comment away as the day you do not have your own opinion you become a drone and that is something I would not want to see happen to anyone. Although having an opinon about the government is a little bit different to having an opinion about a celebrity you do not know or have not met. Everyday decisions made by our government affect our lives, CD being a bully towards others really doesn't unless you give it the power to do so. BDD #199 I do have a blog and two FB pages linked to twitter and Instagram. The first is aimed at showing people that living well doesn't need to be hard and unobtainable, by offering health tips, DIY projects and my own original posts and quotes that I hope will open up minds to different ways of thinking. The second is an environmental page that attracts alot of people not dissimilar to yourself. You know, the ones that find it inexplicably impossible to write their point of view without abuse, name calling and swearing. Maybe you should subscribe to my first page and we can have a meaninful co-existance of helping each other?
- 17 daisy { 02.24.14 at 8:29 pm }
Nicole, thankyou so much for expressing your views with genuine respect for others. It is truly appreciated.
- 18 Nicole Humphries { 02.24.14 at 9:00 pm }
Thanks Daisy #217 You can have respect and a point of view. I think we have proven that…
- 20 Nicole Humphries { 02.24.14 at 11:12 pm }
I appreciate and respect that Reality Raver, as I said – each to their own.
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Good for you Nicole Humphries. I agree.
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Sometimes I see someone and say to myself, that person is unique. This happened again a few weeks ago, I observed this man in the bar we (me and my wife) visit in summer and said, well that's an interesting face. Sometimes… miracles happen, he is leaving and looks at my Fuji X Pro1 which clearly looks very old with all the signs of use. He invites us for another drink and we start to talk about the weather and other things… it is time to pick up that good old camera and capture some impressions…
Normally I just press one or two times the button. I found out that this is more than enough, here I pressed 8 times and show my selection of four.
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After the drinks we've shared I promised him to bring some prints next days, they still are here… till today I did not see him again.


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After watching Friday night's BBC4 documentary Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity, which depicts the band's most recent and disastrous, farcical reunion attempt, I decided to revisit the excellent biopic, Worried About The Boy, from BBC2's 80s season back in 2010.
The boy in question is young George O'Dowd, a boy from a working class Irish family who, with his penchant for cross dressing and showing off, almost inadvertently helped shape the New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s before taking the pop world by storm with his band Culture Club, and the film explores these early days up until the band's disintegration.
It's a big role for any actor, but Douglas Booth steps up to the plate ably, delivering a veritable tour de force that befits such a larger than life character full of flair, caustic wit and ambiguous sex appeal. Quite rightfully, it's a performance that secured much plaudits and marked Booth immediately down as 'one to watch'.
Naturally the film explores the curious, complex and difficult relationships George shared in his private life at this time, including his sexual affairs with two ostensibly straight contemporaries; Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny's Kirk Brandon (when this affair was subsequently recorded in Boy George's autobiography, Brandon attempted to prove him a liar and fantasist in court and that his version of events could greatly hinder Brandon's career, with people believing him to be ''a peroxide poof'' - a somewhat homophobic bid which ultimately failed) played by future Game of Thrones star Richard Madden, and most crucially his affair with Culture Club's drummer Jon Moss; an affair which continues to create ripples to this very day.
Gavin and Stacey's Mathew Horne delivers an accomplished performance as Moss, a down to earth professional musician who is ultimately bewitched by the wholly original, unique George, leading to an ill fated, hesitant, stormy and somewhat adolescent crush-like love affair. It's such a shame that Horne's more unshowy, subtle career has been largely eclipsed by the arrogant posturing of his Gavin and Stacey co-star and show creator the noxious James Corden as, from his straight roles (no pun intended by the way!), Horne shows much promise.
But it's not just George's sexual relationships that take centre stage and there's a touching and tender exploration of the relationship with his somewhat bewildered but in no doubt devoted father played by Irish actor Francis Magee (it's worth pointing out that, in real life, George's father did not have the Irish brogue) It's perhaps this relationship that gives the production a satisfying and surprising sensitivity and depth, living up to its title and telling us a heartfelt story of fathers and sons.
There's also some gems in the cast including Mark Gatiss as punk Svengali Malcolm McLaren, all bubble perm and high pitched intonations, Freddie Fox as Marilyn and a scene stealing tongue in cheek Marc Warren as Steve Strange, who sadly died last month, strutting across his domain, The Blitz Club.


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Monday, July 22, 2013
Shoe-lacing paracord bracelets...
'Laces' from amazon.com, and applied one of the lacing variation patterns in his book to a paracord bracelet.
For the example I show here, I followed a 10 eyelet lattice lacing pattern, and used the spaces on each side of a basic Solomon bar/Portuguese sinnet/cobra stitch bracelet as improvised 'eyelets'. I worked the orange 0.9mm cord, using a pair of small Perma-Lok lacing needles, to go over, under, and around an already tied olive drab paracord bracelet to make the design.
Ian's Shoelace Site has been in my blog's links list for a long time, and for many, tying shoelaces may have been their first introduction to knot work, so I've found the site to be worth a visit. ;)
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On Sept. 14, the S&P 500 reached its 2012 peak and is down 3 percent since then.
One stock that has not been dragged down with the broad market is Whirlpool . In fact, the home appliance giant is up 20 percent since Sept. 14 and 111 percent year-to-date.
On Thursday, we saw heavy call buying in the stock, suggesting that option traders believe Whirlpool's rally is not over yet. In total, 1491 December 100-strike calls were bought Thursday for $4.50 each. These buyers are betting that WHR will be above $104.50, or 4 percent higher, at December expiration, which is 49 days away.
So why the bullishness?
Whirlpool's stock has been on a tear lately, due to better-than-expected earnings. The company reported third quarter earnings on Oct. 23 that blew away market expectations, and the company also raised guidance for full year earnings.
(Read More: What's the Winning Formula This Earnings Season?)
And investors have been attracted to the stock based on its valuation: It has reasonable debt levels, a P/E below the S&P 500's, offers a 2 percent dividend yield, and generates a 11.6 percent return on equity.
However, let's also present the other side here.
The stock may not have too much more upside before it becomes fully valued. If the stock trades up to $104.50 like this option trade predicts, its P/E ratio will be exactly in-line with the S&P 500's. Also, investors should note that while quarterly earnings have been beating market expectations, growth is slowing.
I like the relative strength this stock has shown in recent weeks, but would be cautious about buying the stock here.
Instead, call options make the most sense for gaining exposure to this name, because they keep risk limited while offering the opportunity to profit if the momentum behind this stock continues to drive it upward.
Brian Stutland is the President of Stutland Equities and a contributor to CNBC's "Options Action."
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text: On Oct 23, 2013, at 6:29 PM, Josh Lavin <josh at perusion.com> wrote: > At the Ecommerce Innovations conference, I gave a talk about Perusion's > new template for Interchange: "Strap." > > The current "Standard" template is quite outdated, with table tags for > layout, inline Javascript, and a non-mobile friendly layout. > > We set out to fix this, by basing a new template on the mobile-friendly > Bootstrap Framework, with divs for layout, CSS, etc. It has a lot of new > features, as well. > > All the code is GPL'd and available on Github: > > https://github.com/perusion/strap > Great work Josh!


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The majority of indie releases come through digital aggregators with short-term distribution deals and limited marketing budgets. How then do producers utilize windowing, marketing, publicity, and audience engagement to maximize revenue over a short period? In case studies that demystify the process, the teams behind Middle of Nowhere and BONES BRIGADE present their release models, outlining their strategy and supplying the data to back it up, while our panel of executives debates the results.
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I spent much of last week at NWF's annual meeting in Houston, Texas, with affiliated organizations from 46 different states and Washington, D.C. While national issues like climate change took up most of the agenda, guess what caused the biggest stir? That's right, Asian carp.
Everybody had heard about these huge flying fish, they knew the crisis facing the Great Lakes, and they wanted to know how to help.
They found a way. Several of our affiliates, led by Illinois' Prairie Rivers Network and NWF Board member Clark Bullard (also from Illinois), proposed a resolution calling for hydrological separation of the Mississippi River system and the Great Lakes basin, to be done as rapidly as possible. That resolution went through committee last week and was voted on by the all of the NWF affiliates.
The result? Unanimous approval.
Check out this television news segment and article from Chicago's Fox News on NWF's carp resolution.
Wildlife Federation Wants Drastic Anti-Carp Measures
Chicago – The National Wildlife Federation is calling for drastic steps to protect the Great Lakes from Asian Carp. The plan, approved unanimously at the federation's national meeting in Houston, calls for setting up a barrier to separate Lake Michigan from the Mississippi River Basin.
The plan would once again reverse the flow of the Chicago River so it would empty into Lake Michigan.
The barrier could be set up out near Romeoville or Joliet, according to Clark Bullard, one of the Illinois representatives. Electric barriers now in place in the shipping canal currently serve as the barrier to keep the carp from migrating into Lake Michigan.


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As you are already aware your membership in MPI makes you part of a global community of meeting and event professionals that connects you to the worldwide support, industry knowledge and business opportunities you need to be successful. Our local Chapters provide an education and networking link between members in a specific locality.
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Affiliate members pay a small fee (a fraction of the membership dues direct to the chapter of their choice). The Philadelphia Area Chapter Affiliate membership fee is $125 per year and is valid for one year based on the day that your membership starts.
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The lawyer one chooses when he files for bankruptcy affects the success of his case. A bankruptcy attorney in Chicago has to be familiar with the local codes to avoid putting his client's assets at risk. Residents of Chicago have to be very careful when choosing their bankruptcy lawyers. This is to simplify legal proceedings and save time which happens to be a valuable asset in every business venture. The number of people filing for bankruptcy has been on the rise since 2006 to date. It is important to realize that not every lawyer is specially trained in this particular type of cases concerning finance. Some of them may easily dupe a client into believing that they can handle their cases without any difficulty. For this reason, knowledge on how to choose a bankruptcy attorney in Chicago will come in handy.
Despite the fact that federal laws are applicable to bankruptcy cases, each district follows its own rules formulated locally. For instance, those applying for Chapter 7 in Chicago have got to attend debtor education and credit counseling classes. A lawyer well vast with bankruptcy laws in Chicago ought to help his client make tremendous progress in his case with minimal number of problems. It is not advisable to seek advice on how these laws function from friends and family. This is because they are not trained in this particular field hence their advice could be misleading. If one seeks advice from a reputable attorney, he will avoid many stumbling blocks and eventually win his case.
A good number of people may be attracted to law firms which provide bankruptcy attorneys at a very low cost. This calls for extra caution as the reason why such firms are charging exceedingly low fess could be because their lawyers have little or no experience. Lawyers receive payment according to the difficulty of the case he will deal with and the chapter of the code his client is applying under. This means that even if it seems quite costly to hire a certain attorney, the high cost is nothing compared to the amount of money and investment being salvaged by that attorney. However, Chapter 13 often puts a limit to the amount the lawyers can charge their clients. It is vital to always acquire quote for the legal fees before proceeding with the case concerning bankruptcy.
In Chapter 13, bankruptcy filings for debtors who are self employed are generally more intricate than filings in chapter 7 by jobless debtors who have no assets. In addition, minorities in Chicago are allowed to file ten times as many cases in Chapter 13 as their white counterparts. These minorities require excellent legal representation as they may end up putting a lot more in danger. It is the duty of every client to seek as much information as possible from his lawyer concerning the available types of filing. This will help him weigh the pros and cons associated with choosing one kind of filing over the other.
In cases where a debtor is experiencing further financial constraints, a Chapter 13 plan may either undergo amendment or be converted into a bankruptcy filing catered for in Chapter 7. It is of essence to hire a legal representative who is competent enough to finish up the required paperwork for the person in question.
The task of how to choose a bankruptcy attorney in Chicago will be an easy one once a person considers the above information. A person residing in Chicago will obviously want a lawyer who pays close attention to his needs. The attorney hired should fully understand the local stems of Chicago to avoid making any gross errors while proceeding with the case.


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Comparison of invertebrate abundances in four bays of the northeastern United States : two bays with sparse quahogs and two bays with abundant quahogs
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Description:"Northern quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria, have been harvested in eastern North America for centuries (MacKenzie and Burrell, 1997). The bays from Rhode Island through New Jersey have been principal harvesting areas (Figure 1). In the 1960s and 1970s, Great South Bay in Long Island, New York, accounted for around half the total U. S. production of quahogs, as many as 700,000 bushels a year (Anonymous, 1987). In 1879, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, produced 150,000 bushels of quahogs (Ingersoll, 1887), and as late as the early 1970s it yielded as many as 100,000 bushels (Ford, 1997). Since then, quahog landings in Great South Bay and Barnegat Bay have fallen sharply, and in 2000 Great South Bay produced about 3% (20,000 bushels of quahogs) of peak harvests in the 1960s and 1970s (D. Barnes1), and Barnegat Bay produced 0.6% (600 bushels) of the harvest in the early 1970s (P. Lauer2). In contrast, quahog harvests/fisherman from Point Judith Pond, RI, have been large because the pond has large stocks of quahogs, and in the 1990s and through 2002, quahog landings from Raritan Bay, NY and NJ, actually rose to about 150,000 bushels/year (MacKenzie and Pikanowski, 1999; MacKenzie et al., In Press; and recent data). The quahogs in Point Judith Pond (12-15 fishermen year-round) and Raritan Bay (180 fishermen) have been heavily harvested"--Introduction.
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Hoodie Allen
All American
First teaExplainm bitch
[Verse 1]
I got a fake ID and a checklist
It goes never meet a girl on Craigslist
And never spend your money on a necklace
3 square meals, homie gotta have breakfast
Real shit, she be payin' for the date
I be on my Will Smith, Enemy of State
Keep my friends close, keep my enemies away
Like they own repellent, uh, they so jealous
I'mma do shit that just piss them off
Say you never heard me, it's your loss
They bitin' all my freestyles
They told me make my money frontin' on that weed style
I tell 'em I be too old for it
And I gave my brother my ID
She independent, bet these bitches never find me
I hope they don't find him though
Cause they be knockin' on my door
Now they lookin' through my window
Tell me what you really want from me
Point blank, no discussion
Closed mouth, Closed mouth, ow
I'll give it to you, no interruption
And tell me one time that you want me
I promise that I won't say nothin'
Sh-shut it up sh-sh-shut it up
I'll give it to you, no interruption
In your home, in your home
On the phone, on the phone
All alone, all alone
I'll give it to you no interruption
In your house, in your house
On the couch, on the couch
Name the time and the place and the function
I'll give it to you, no interruption
[Verse 2]
Talkin' money, I don't really give an F man
I got power like a motherfuckin' X-Man
Married to the game, but I'd rather be the best man
You be on the same shit, all day, s-pin
Brand new kicks, why you shoppin' at a Payless
Do it on my first take, skippin' all the Bayless
See me, you could be me but I end up on the A-List
I'm chillin' with Rihanna in the K-K-Caymans
I'm just kiddin', I'm a white kid, hi kids
Anderson Silva, I hit him with the high kicks
Never been realer, you nothin' but a side kick
Oh you on MySpace? That used to be my shit
So who's killin' the game, who's the culprit
I be workin' like I'm Anders Holmvik
Now I got a bunch of new friends, and they all rich
Got blazers, Aldridge
I know it's hard to give you everything you want from me
When I'm running on empty
I know it's hard to be the type of dude you want to be
Cause your girlfriend wanted me
Where she want it though?
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Retirement Homes In Mississauga
Are you considering retirement homes in Mississauga for yourself or a loved one? Mississauga has a number of retirement communities to choose from for the appropriate level of care for yourself of a family member. Many independent living facilities in Mississauga are conveniently located near shopping and transportation services allowing residents the freedom to continue maintaining their independent lifestyles.
- Amica Retirement Community. Amica retirements homes in Mississauga offers a community of people who are self sufficient. A pub with a billiards table is only one of more than a dozen amenities. A library, beauty salon, barber shop, private dining room, lounges, and billiards tables are also included in the community. Rentals, short stays, assisted living or condominiums are all offered.
- Heritage House. Heritage House offers independent living, assisted living, or respite care depending on the client's specific needs. Transit, shopping and churches are nearby for those who choose to participate. This retirement home in Mississauga offers game time such as trivia and name that tune on a daily basis. Fitness classes are offered on week days.
- Cawthra Gardens Long Term Care. This retirement home in Mississauga has a barber shop/hair salon that provides weekly, bi-monthly or monthly service plus laundry service or a laundry room for family or residents to do their laundry. On site dental, pharmacy, registered nurses and various physician services and 24 hour medical on call service are available too.
- Wawel Villa. Independent and assisted living area's are available in furnished and unfurnished rooms. Laundry service, prepared meals, and care are provided. Shops, churches, public transportation and restaurants are minutes away. Scheduled trips and outings are available to residents of Wawel Villa retirement home in Mississauga.
- Turtle Creek Manor. Senior apartment residences with one or two bedrooms are available in this subsidized housing for independent residents. Meal prep, handyman services and short outings are all offered to residents in this retirement home in south Mississauga.
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The Baltimore Orioles have in the past been among the most competitive franchises in professional baseball, winning the World Series in 1966, 1970, and 1983. They also had one of the greatest players of the last half century, Cal Ripken, Jr., as the face of their franchise for the entirety of his career. But alas, it's been a while since 1983, and from the look of the current playoff series, it will be a while yet before the Orioles advance to the World Series again.
No, the Baltimore Orioles have too many games to win consecutively to advance to the World Series. They will need to win four straight games in a row. They have lost the first three games putting them in a precarious situation. The only other team to accomplish this feat was in 2004 by the Red Sox. Kansas City willl most likely be celebrating the win.
I live in Baltimore, so I grew up with the Orioles. They're a decent team, but our city in general doesn't have a lot of funding to offer because as a formerly industrial city we were hit hard by the recession and are far from recovering. What does that have to do with sports? As a city, we are not attractive enough to attract and keep the best players in baseball or football. Our teams are generally middle of the road and they generally finish in the middle. While it would be nice to have a fluke that takes us to the World Series, I wouldn't count on it just yet.
The Orioles will not advance to the World Series. This is because they have so much good competition out there, and also teams that might be hungrier for a win. The Orioles will probably come close to the the final but not be strong enough to get there. Some other team will probably beat them out.


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The compiled minutes from CYFYM Meeting for Worship for Business are now available over at the business section of quaker.ca. if you need the password.
To find the document, head over to quaker.ca/business, enter the password, and click through the Young Friends Yearly Meeting section.
We're working diligently to get past years docs up here as well.


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I enjoy paper crafting: scrapbooking, card making, etc. As this can be a product-intensive hobby, it's nice to have one's own space in which to create. One major benefit is not having to put everything away each time I'm finished, too.
Today I'm giving you a peek into my space. While not large, it works out pretty well. It's a little odd, because it's a loft space, above my bedroom, but only on two sides. So, it's an L-shaped loft with many windows and great views.
I'm slightly obsessed with organization; in fact, I spend more time with that than actual crafting! I'm hoping to change that, as I pretty much have permanent places for everything. If only I could be so organized in other rooms... I have hope.
Here's a couple of views of my space.


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Gymnastics is a sport divided into men's and women's competitions. Several men's events are performed on standandized equipment, including the horizontal bar, parallel bars, rings, pommel horse and vault. Men also compete in floor exercises.
Gymnastics is a high-skill sport characterized by physical artistry, strength and grace. Although Olympic gymnasts train for years to achieve prominence and recognition, the skills learned in recreational gymnastics training are easily transferred to everyday life. These skills include keeping one's body in good physical shape, keeping a positive mental attitude and consistently working toward a goal in spite of setbacks, all of which help the gymnast tackle challenges outside of the gym.


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Today, the use of drones is not just limited to the military but also to ordinary civilian life in different scenarios from capturing the weather to entertainment and to even businesses. However, getting hold of a drone is quite an expensive affair but not if you know where to get one for yourself. The price may vary depending on its specifications, use, and size.
Here are 3 drones that are under $2000, which makes it a possibility for you to buy one for yourself.
1. Parrot AR Drone 2.0
a. Is very popular around the world
b. Made in France
c. Can be controlled by either by an IOS or an Android device
d. Operates via the quadcopter power system
e. Carries its own camera system and a protective hull
f. Can fly for 12 minutes by charging it once up to a ceiling height of 185 feet
Uses: Monitoring purposes in schools, shopping malls, and almost all public places
Cost: $299
2. LanLan DJI S1000
a. Loads quickly
b. It is lightweight and weighs about 4kg with a takeoff weight of about 11kg
c. Smooth flying
Uses: For capturing quality pictures and videos
Cost: $1,500
3. DJI Mavic Pro
a. Makes use of two rangefinders that are ultrasonic in nature
b. Has an in-built vision sensor to detect and avoid obstacles
c. Has 5 cameras
d. Is very compact and easy to store and use due to its fold-ability
e. Can operate within a transmission range of 7km
Uses: Best suited to take a snapshot of aerial views
Cost: $1,900
There are more of these tech drones for sale. What is mentioned here is just a handful. I found the best drones on this site and I believe you can find the drone of your choice too here. Happy Shopping!…
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(Breaking out some (new) old posts here.)
Sorry for the wait on the record player! I know you've been sitting at the edge of your seat for months now. Haha. Actually, I'm sure you've forgotten but I haven't! The record player, unfortunately, does not have a home upstairs in the natural light because 1) we don't have a good space for it yet and 2) Ladybug has pulled the glass tubes out and we don't want them breaking! That has made it difficult to photograph - it's pretty dark in the basement!
Here is my last post about it. (Really? Over a year ago?)
Anyway. I had to pull off and sand a bunch of glued on veneer. The point has never been to refurbish the wood (as this would be too pricey and over my head) but rather, because of the water damage and 25 cent price tag) to paint it whatever color I wanted.
I sanded the whole thing down and then glued my own veneer pieces to
the sides. This brought the sides flush with the corner pieces (unlike the original) but I was okay with that.
Make sure you have enough clamps! I'd already glued it and then had to run (literally!) to the store before the glue set to buy more clamps.
Disaster averted.
Here is the BEFORE:
And the AFTER!
We brought it up to enjoy some old music with friends and family on the girl's birthday.
After it was glued and the holes filled with wood filler, I painted it in a flat Clark and Kensington "Yarrow Point" then aged it a bit with Annie Sloan's Dark Wax. Then we took an old door pull from this project and screwed it in with a new screw.
I kept the inside its beautiful dark wood and the record player mechanism looks like it did 60 years ago!
It's far from perfect - I would love to replace the speaker fabric under the face (but that would require disassembly, perhaps with a crowbar!) and the floor of the cupboard is damaged beyond sanding and painting - but it's ours and it's lovely.
Now if there was only a perfect home for it upstairs. Maybe someday!
Here's a little taste of its sound.
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http://www.jors.cc/ Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:30 am and 11:00 am
Spanish Mass: Sunday at 4:30 pm Reconciliation: Saturdays from 3:30-4:30 pm. Saint Paul the Apostle Parish161 North Dean Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302 (downtown Spartanburg just off Main Street.) Telephone 582-0674
http://www.st-paultheapostle.org/ Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm in the Parish Center Sunday: 8:00 am in the historic church Sunday: 9:30 am and 12:15 pm in the Parish Center Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00- 4:30 pm in the historic church. St. Mary's Catholic Church111 Hampton Ave Greenville, 29601 Telephone 864-271-8422 Father Jay Scott Newman, Pastor
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William Dawson and other legislators, In Washington D.C., immediately launched a campaign get subliminal messages banned from television and radio broadcasts. Dawson sternly warned that if subliminal messages were used as a political propaganda tool the results could be frightening as they could be used to serve and maintain a form of totalitarian government.
Even though there was no real hard evidence to substantiate any of Dawson's claims the huge and overwhelming public outcry was enough to force the Government into action. At the time, as is still true today, the majority of scientists had well-founded reservations about the effectiveness of subliminal messages; the majorty of people in the scientific community hold the belief that they are completely ineffective. Although the Government and the respected scientists of the day did not believe in the effectiveness of subliminal programming and held the view that they were ineffective, the general public were crying out for the banning of them!
This is the official reason behind the USA, British and Australian Governments decision to ban the use of subliminal advertising on television and radio? Now at the same time that the debate over banning subliminals was raging and the scientific community was officially denying that subliminal messages were effective another powerful group had decided to investigate the phenomenon for themselves. They had a very different reason for wanted to find out if subliminal messages could be used to influence the minds and behaviours of people!
During the raging debate over the effectiveness of subliminal advertising and the outcry for them to be banned the interest of a very powerful covert group was sparked. A group that did not have to answer to the public and that had immense, almost inexhaustible, resources at their disposal. This group decided, at this time, to start a full investigation. It is well known that The CIA have always had a keen interest in the research of anything that can influence the human mind and their development of mind altering drugs and therapies is well documented. It should be in no way shocked to discover that these same people were willing to use their power and finances to find out if subliminal technologies could be used as a form of control.
In recently released classified documents, now available under The Freedom Of Information Act, we see just how deeply involved and thorough the CIA were in researching the effectiveness of subliminal messages as a means of brain-washing.
Under intense pressure from investigative journalists and Congressional Investigators, the CIA were forced to release a wide variety of documents which included some previous year's copies of their internal journal "Studies in Intelligence". In a 1958 journal CIA investigators reported their initial findings into subliminal persuasion in a report frighteningly titled "The Operational Potential of Subliminal Perception".
In the excellent book by Martin A. Lee, a former agent with the CIA who remains unnamed tells of the CIA's commitment to investigate whether or not subliminal messages could be used to influence the outcome of a political campaign. They were especially interested in using of subliminals in this way on television and radio.
In a January 17th 1958 declassified document, the CIA stated that it might be possible to include a subliminal message such as 'Obey' in their subliminal projection and added that subliminal messages had achieved some success in commercial advertisements!
No-one can be sure if the CIA ever concluded their investigations into subliminal technology, if it continues to this day or if they found any other startling information that is, as yet, unavailable to us. As far as we are concerned subliminal messages can be extremely powerful for self change. As a self improvement tool they can be used to make changes in almost any area of your life. So, there must be something in it. Perhaps now you may think about giving one a go?
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ANDERS BREIVIK insists he's suffering just as much as the bereaved families of the 77 people he admitted killing in Norway.
The right-wing extremist said he lost contact with his friends and family after the attacks on July 22 last year.
Breivik showed no remorse as he continued his shocking evidence about his shooting spree at a political youth camp on Utoya island.
Calling the rampage "necessary", Breivik compared being shunned by those close to him to the grief of the bereaved, saying: "The only difference was that for my part it was a choice."
Breivik has confessed to the bombing and shooting rampage but rejects criminal guilt, saying the victims had betrayed their country by embracing immigration.
Even the defence admits there is no chance of an acquittal, so the key issue to be determined in the trial is whether Breivik is criminally insane.
The self-styled crusader apologised to the family of a pub owner who was among the eight people killed in the blast outside the government offices in Oslo, saying it was not his intention to kill "civilians."
Prosecutor Stein Holden asked him if he wanted to express a similar apology to the families of the other victims, including the 69 killed on the youth camp on Utoya island.
"No I don't," Breivik said. "Utoya is a political indoctrination camp."
Speaking calmly, Breivik said he used a handgun to kill victims if the distance was less than 10 metres. Otherwise he used his rifle.
Asked why he spared one man who survived the shooting spree, Breivik said he thought it was because the man's appearance made him look "right wing-oriented."
"When I looked at him I saw myself," Breivik said. "I think that was the reason that I didn't fire shots at him."


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Wine critic and author Robin Goldstein decided to test the legitimacy of the awards by creating a faux restaurant with website, menu, even on-line reviews. The stamp of approval (including gold plaque) that the winning restaurants receive from the now perhaps formerly respected magazine is used as a prominent marketing tool.
Goldstein explained, "I submitted the fee ($250), a cover letter, a copy of the restaurant's menu (a fun amalgamation of somewhat bumbling nouvelle-Italian recipes), and a wine list. . . The main wine list that I submitted was a perfectly decent selection from around Italy that met the magazine's basic criteria (about 250 wines, including whites, reds, and sparkling wines–some of which scored well in WS). However, Osteria L'Intrepido's high-priced 'reserve wine list' was largely chosen from among some of the lowest-scoring Italian wines in Wine Spectator over the past few decades." Indeed, most of the wines were utterly trashed in the magazine's previous reviews.
Goldstein exposed the true nature of his prize-winning restaurant entry on Friday, August 15th, at the meeting of the American Association of Wine Economists in Portland, Oregon, much to the chagrin of Wine Spectator magazine and the undoubted delight of some of the conference attendees.
The LA Times story on the bogus award comments:
"Getting the award, however, isn't exactly like winning an Olympic medal. This year, nearly 4,500 restaurants spent $250 each to apply or reapply for the Wine Spectator award, and all but 319 won the award of excellence or some greater kudos . . . That translates to more than $1 million in revenue."
Quite a tidy profit for the magazine, should we be so jaded as to think that there may be a desire for profit motivating the awards.
But I find that an observation Goldstein made about consumers in general is particularly noteworthy:
"He contends that people think wine tastes better when they know it is expensive, citing as evidence taste tests that show two-thirds of people preferred a $12 Domaine Ste. Michelle Brut, a Washington state sparkling wine, to a $150 Dom Perignon Champagne. "
Further proof that we, the consumers, are suckers. If we can be convinced through savvy marketing and advertising that a brand will provide what we want (in this case, taste but also elegance, sophistication and exclusivity), we open our pockets and pull out the required cash -- better make that credit.
Recently, one of my favorite bloggers, marketing guru Seth Godin, posted an insight about the purpose of advertising when trying to gain market share: it's to make us unhappy by making us want something. If we're unhappy, then we buy the thing that fulfills the want. Notice I said "want," not "need." So, if we want elegance, sophistication and exclusivity, we'd better pop for the expensive champagne because otherwise we'll be unhappy, even though the less expensive brand would make at least two-thirds of us quite content with what we're drinking.
Godin also frequently explains marketing as storytelling. If, for example, you define yourself as elegant and sophisticated, a product that tells its story in a way that appeals to that definition of yourself, i.e., the two stories are in alignment (they resonate), you will want that product. You'll pay $138 more for a bottle of champagne to keep your stories consistent.
Godin applies his observation to politics, too:
"It's essentially impossible to tell a story to an entire population and have it resonate with all of them. The global warming story, for example, has influenced some people a great deal and been dismissed out of hand by others. While most marketers spend their time telling stories about themselves, politicians spend a lot of time telling negative stories about the competition. It's illuminating, because it makes the resonance idea really clear."
I urge you to read Godin's entire post, but here's the part I find most important to remember during the continuing political campaign:
"Choose your story (or the competition's story) wisely, because you have to live with it for a long time, and if it's not authentic, if it doesn't hold up, you're left with nothing."
Or, more likely, you're left with trouble.
If we can be manipulated to buy a $150 bottle of champagne when a $12 bottle might very well do – and make no mistake, each of us can be manipulated about some things – then we owe it to ourselves and our country to make our best effort to find and connect with the authentic story of our candidates.
It's important to be thoughtful consumers, but it's more important to be thoughtful voters and not get swept away by the marketing noise of the campaign. That noise isn't just popping champagne corks; it's marketers trying to manipulate our future.
© 2008 Cynthia Friedlob