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I'm sure most of you are familiar with Nick at Nite: this block of programming plays reruns of sitcoms that were popular in past decades. While most of us may look to these shows for entertainment, we can also gain fashion inspiration from the main characters.
How is this possible? As our mothers often say, fashion is cyclical. This means that trends that were popular in the past will often resurface in the future. In this post, I will use inspiration from three retro Sitcoms to create looks that are popular today. Don't believe it's possible? Read on…
The Nanny, Fran Fine
The Nanny was a Sitcom based on a fashionable nanny, Fran Fine, who works for a Broadway producer. The character Fran Fine will be our focus for this outfit.
Fran Fine's costuming incorporates the bodycon trend regularly. Fran wears tight pencil skirts with corresponding blazers in just about every episode. Fran's costumes often include patterned or solid tights and timeless accessories, such as quilted handbags and simple jewelry. Additionally, this character is always wearing heels. These are all aspects we can incorporate into an outfit today:
Product Info: Subtle Edge Blazer: Forver21.com. Pleat Seam Skirt: Forever21.com. V-Neck Tee: Forever21.com. Erin Bejewled Pump: Forever21.com. Supple Buckle Shoulder Bag: Forever21.com. Floral Intermix Tights: UrbanOutfitters.com. Wrapped Metal Heart Earrings: Forever21.com. Miranda Mixed Bangle Set: Forever21.com.
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Will
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air is a great sitcom. The main character, Will, was removed from his home in West Philly to live with his rich uncle and aunt in Bel Air. This sitcom follows the mishaps that take place as Will tries to get used to the upscale Bel Air lifestyle, while trying to keep the flavor he acquired during his years in West Philly.
Will's costumes are very early 90s. With neons, bold prints, and mismatched garments,Will's outfits are very similar to those trends that seem to pop up in the spring for those who like to follow the urban chic trend.
Product Info: Knit Tiger Bodysuit: Forever21.com. Rainbow Striped Athletic Sweater: Forever21.com. Sandy Denim Short: Forever21.com. Nike Mesh Blazer Mid: Urban Outfitters.com. Metallic Reptile Bangle: Forever21.com. Fresh Necklace: Girlprops.com. Baggage Claim Tote: Modcloth.com
Family Matters, Steve Urkel
Family Matters is a sitcom that focuses on the life lessons that our families teach us. The character that we'll be focusing on in this section is, of course, Steve Urkel. Steve is the nerdy next door neighbor that visits the family every day, often uninvited. Steve teaches the family about patience and acceptance, as Steve often messes things up and uses the phrase, "Did I do that?" Since Steve is a braniac, he also has the wardrobe to match.
Cardigans, stripes, and oxfords are the staples of Steve's outfits. Steve's costuming is very much in line with the geek-chic trend that is popular now.
Product Info: Yale Cardigan: Forever21.com. Gingham Check Pant: Forever21.com. Pintucked Slub Top: Forever21.com. Ms. Frizzle Glasses: Modcloth.com. Where Ballerina Oxford: UrbanOutfitters.com. Ice Cream Bag: Modcloth.com. Floutingle Formal Necklace: Modcloth.com.
Let's hear it!
Do you feel I captured the essence of these characters accurately? Do you get inspiration for these sitcom characters? Have you ever thought to look to them for inspiration? Do you wear any of these trends? Let me know by leaving a comment.


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Wonder Rock Pictograph Boulder/
Trek Date: April 4, 2015
I wonder what's under that rock?
Have you ever said that to yourself and then thought, "probably a nest of rattlesnakes, or a hive of killer bees, maybe a mutant scorpion. I'd better not get too close." Or does the kid who lives inside you surface and say, "don't be a scaredy-pants, crawl under there and let's see what we can find!"
With me, the kid usually wins (as long as the old body can do it).
Crawl under Wonder Rock and see for yourself.
Once inside the boulder, I could stand up without hitting my head on the rock ceiling, there is plently of space inside the rock. Several pictographs in red paint are located above the jagged entrance. At the very top of the enclosure is an image of the sun with rays. I spotted one petroglyph towards the back of the little room. This is one of the coolest spots I've visited in J Tree. And being so protected from the elements, the red color used to create the pictographs is very bold.
So next time you wonder.....
Every hike in J Tree has some surprises in store, here are a couple things I ran across on this trip.
I had to include a picture of this Joshua Tree. It's one of the branchiest (not sure if that's a real word, kind of doubt it) Joshua trees I've seen in the park.
The MBC (Mylar Balloon Count) was extremely low on this trip; I only found one. Sometimes it's as high as 3.
I love finding dams from the cattle ranching days. Sometimes they're small like this one, sometimes they're pretty big, like THIS one. Feel free to email me about cool places you've found at Joshua Tree National Park.

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10th Annual TSR Movie Awards
Film Nominations
One Flew Over the Cuckcoo's Nest Rocky The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Departed A Few Good Men Beauty and the Beast Se7en Psycho Citizen Kane Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Films already in the TSR Movie Awards Hall of Fame
American Beauty When Harry Met Sally Dead Poets Society Usual Suspects Fight Club The Princess Bride Pulp Fiction The Graduate Shawshank Redemption Star Wars The Godfather Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Casablanca Silence of the Lambs Braveheart Toy Story The Matrix The Empire Strikes Back Moulin Rouge!
This is just one of the categories in the 10th Annual TSR Movie Awards. Categories range from the typical (Best Overall Cast, Best Actor, Best Film) to the atypical (Best Ending, Best Quote, Funniest).
If you have seen two movies or 200, it doesn't matter. You only vote for the films you have seen.
- CLICK HERE and "like" The Scorecard Review on Facebook. That way you'll make sure to get all of the updates and results of the 10th Annual TSR Movie Awards.


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Deep dark ruby in colour with a medium+ intense nose.
Burly & powerful, a meal on its own
Positives: This wine features cedar, Christmas cake, dried herbs, blackberry, licorice, mulberry, dark cherry, tar, espresso, leather, arugula, white pepper, spinach & leather. Full body with medium+ tannins, good acidity, a long length & the alcohol is well integrated considering its 14.5%.
Negatives: None
Drink now or over the next 5 years on its own or pair it with T-Bone steak.
Tasted: 15 January 2014
Score: 8.5+/10, Value: 8.5+/10 Total: 17.5/20
Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine: 3.5+
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Now we know who his audience was and the reason (the Jews were under immense trials, tribulation and were in pain) why this Epistle was penned in the first place. James was the half-brother of our Lord Jesus; he joined the other disciples as he responded to the Gospel after the Almighty raised Jesus from the dead. We understood that he was one of the three disciples that Apostle Paul met when he went to the Jerusalem council for the great debate.
We are also aware of the fact that the book of James was one of the early Epistles written in the New Testament before the Pauline Epistles. By this, one would expect that there would be some kind of difference especially as we relate it to the message(s) to the Church. The earlier Apostles believed in the Gospel of Works; they believed the finished work at Calvary was insufficient and needed something (works) added in order to be completely saved. In light of this doctrine of Works, James wrote his Epistle coupled with the fact that the Jerusalem council meeting had to take place to iron things out about the Gentiles, circumcision and the Law.
In accordance with the doctrine of Faith, Apostle Paul's message bordered on the fact that we are saved ONLY by believing in Jesus, the Son of God and the finished work at Calvary (that is, the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus). Through the resurrection of the dead, we can therefore draw close and be accepted by God as His children. This was the only way prescribed in his doctrine. Therefore, adding works to faith completely nullifies FAITH.
Apostle Paul posits that just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life. One man (Adam) said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man (Jesus) said yes to God and put many in the right.
In his defense of FAITH and WORKS, he further went on to say, "If you're a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don't call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it's something only God can do and you trust him to do it, you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked; well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift."
Apostle Paul told them in Galatia that anyone who preaches the Goodnews plus WORKS isn't preaching the Gospel or are described as preaching another "gospel" aside that which was taught by the Apostle. He was so strong on this in his Epistle to the church at Galatia. In the same Book, he mentions his trip to Jerusalem to discuss and debate on how WORKS has no place in the message and the doctrine of FAITH.
He further threw a question to his Roman counterparts saying, "Do you think for a minute that this blessing is only pronounced over those of us who keep our religious ways and are circumcised? Or do you think it possible that the blessing could be given to those who never even heard of our ways, who were never brought up in the discipline of God? We all agree, don't we, that it was by embracing what God did for him that Abraham was declared fit before God?"
Luther had little use for this Epistle because it contained almost no doctrinal teaching, especially that of FAITH which he (Luther) defended with passion. Some of his hostility to this book stemmed from the Roman Catholic opponents misuse of the second Chapter to defend justification by WORKS.
WORKS gives a connotation that, there must be something I must do to accomplish the blessings of God and that if we don't add these works to our Salvation, we might miss out and miss Him on that day of rapture. It sounds like a good statement BUT this is not the Gospel that Jesus came to profess. Like Paul said, it is not of WORKS; and he also said, "It's God's gift from start to finish! We don't play the major role. If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing."
Therefore, as we study this Epistle, we would endeavor to remind ourselves and to have in hindsight the purpose of this book, the reason it was written and more importantly the time it was written. We intend to remind our readers about this as we continue to exegete the text.
Other than that, there is a lot to glean in this Epistle of James; there is a lot we can learn and especially from the unparalleled words of encouragement even as we go through the challenges that life throws at us.
We would like to conclude by this quote from C.H Spurgeon to encourage some of us who are going through a form of pain, trial or persecution. He said, "Look upward, and you will perceive no seat of fiery wrath to shoot devouring flame. Look downward and you discover no hell, for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. Look back, and sin is blotted out. Look around, and all things work together for good to them that love God. Look beyond, and glory shines through the veil of the future, like the sun through a morning's mist. Look outward and the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field, are at peace with us. Look inward, and the peace of God, which passes all understanding, keeps our hearts and minds by Christ Jesus."
Keep it right here and be encouraged!


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Try On These 14 Comics For Ugly Christmas Sweater Dayby The GoComics Team
It's Ugly Christmas Sweater Day, and we've got just the thing for those of you who don't necessarily want to be seen in the holiday season's most garish garb. Not only have we knit together all of Richard Thompson's heartwarming Cul de Sac comics on the subject, we've threaded in some jolly Garfield strips and reinforced everything with two Adam@Home gags. You can't necessarily wear these comics (barring some experimentation in print-out patchwork), but they'll light up your day and save you the embarrassment (and potential itch factor) of donning such seasonal apparel.
Read on for 14 funny Ugly Christmas Sweater Day comics!
Cul de Sac By Richard Thompson Dec 12, 2015
Garfield By Jim Davis Dec 15, 2017
Cul de Sac By Richard Thompson Dec 14, 2016
Garfield By Jim Davis Dec 26, 1984
Cul de Sac By Richard Thompson Dec 12, 2014
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3 Guatemalan indigenous leaders killed in separate incidents
GUATEMALA CITY – Three Guatemalan indigenous leaders have been killed in separate incidents over the past week.
The Altiplano Farmworker Committee said Monday the most recent victim was Mateo Chaman Paau, a leader of that organization.
The group's statement said that Chaman Paau was killed Sunday night in the township of Coban, north of the capital. It said he had received threats related to his work.
Another member of the organization, Jose Can Xol, was killed Thursday in the Alta Verapaz area. The group said gunmen had come to the community to intimidate residents.
A day earlier, Luis Marroquin, a leader of the Farmworker Development Committee was killed in a bookstore in the Jalapa department.
Marroquin's group accused President Jimmy Morales of stirring a violent response against them. Morales had blamed one of the group's protests for the death of a boy. Morales' spokesman Heinz Heimann denied Morales had sparked attacks on the group.
Both groups have historically fought mining and hydroelectric projects that threaten their areas. They also fight for land rights and have accused powerful forces of pushing indigenous farmers off their lands.
Vitoria Tauli, who is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People, expressed concern last week about the vulnerability of Guatemala's indigenous.
Julia Barrera, spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, said all three cases were under investigation.


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Lauryn Griffith
Client Experience Manager
Ms. Griffith is a Client Experience Manager at HawsGoodwin.
Prior to joining HawsGoodwin, Ms. Griffith was a Reporting Coordinator/Licensing Administrator with SESAC where she processed music licensing for business entities, corresponding with consultants and establishment owners in reference to licensing structure, fees and formats.
From August 2011 until November 2013, Ms. Griffith worked as a Retail Operation Support Specialist with Franklin American Mortgage. She also served as a VA/FHA Government Underwriter Specialist for Franklin American.
Ms. Griffith received her undergraduate degree in Music Business from Belmont University.
On a personal note:
Lauryn definitely keeps busy outside of the office from watching her sister sing at the honky tonks on Broadway to volunteering on the Guest Experience Team at Crosspoint Community Church. She enjoys playing tennis, horseback riding, music, traveling, spending time with her family, and trying new restaurants in Nashville. Lauryn's family lives here in Franklin, so you may spot her walking around Downtown Franklin with their dog, Maddie.


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I personally am one of the people that finds booth babes insulting, for one thing as a high spender on consumer and industry hardware I am often ignored by booth staff for the crime of being a woman. Even assuming that this weren't true often marketing staff at trade shows are hired for their attractiveness rather than their knowledge of the product that they're representing. It's antiquated sexist and all in all lazy marketing and I'd like to see less of it.
Events like the Penny Arcade Expo have put the question to its attendees directly in the past and now have a ban on Booth Babes. Marketers fight for attention through other means - competitions, giveaways, high tech installations and interactive displays and no one is worse off for it.
CEA president Karen Chupka offered the following
"What does the concept of the Booth Babe say about women? It says that women's place at any tech-related event can only be as an attractive decoration to sweeten the event for the men," former Eurogamer.net writer Florence noted. "It says that women aren't truly welcome in that world, because the moment you objectify something it isn't part of anything. It's just there. It's just something else to be consumed. Fundamentally, it depicts a woman as a product.
"What does the concept of the Booth Babe say about men? It says that we objectify women to such an extent that we will think nothing of attractive women just "being there" while we watch. It says that we are exactly what a corporate entity believes us to be. It makes us a predictable, easily defined and easily manipulated stick-man on a company whiteboard. It cheapens us. It cheapens all of us. It cheapens the event, and everyone at it, male or female."
I will not lie this started a heated discussion on the #pax IRC channel but what I find positive is the number of men that feel as strongly about this as the women. What do you think? Sign the petition on Change.org if you'd like to see less booth babes at CES and start the conversation about removing them as a necessary part of trade shows.
Sign the petition to enforce a dress policy at CES on Change.org
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Consumer Electronics Association petitioning to adopt an anti "booth babe" dress policy at CES
Posted by Amaya at 12:26 PM
Labels: career geek, gamer geek, girl power, women in technology
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- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2018 at 1:14 AM
To consider that a woman is inferior to a man in our time is stupid. Now there are a lot of good specialists on both sides. Everything depends on the qualification, not on the gender of the person. I know that app marketing for android is my cup of tea but I also know that there are many women who are experts in this field.ReplyDelete
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Anything. Literally anything. Peanut sauce is my jam. I say that a lot...that things are my jam. But it's true and it mostly involves food. The other night when I went over to Christine's house and we made the deconstructed egg roll bowls (those were tasty!) we were chatting about how great it would taste with some peanut sauce thrown in and how that would be our next adventure. Little did Christine know but I had a peanut sauce meal planned for this week and I couldn't wait to make it.
Tonight after I got home from the best yoga class (I say that after every class) I got cracking on this dinner. I vaguely followed the recipe for soba noodles with chicken and peanut sauce in my Runners World Cookbook (Sayago, 2013). I follow recipes for sauces, but what I mix in is never straightforward. Side note, I also had the hardest time finding soba noodles in the store, but now that I have found them I will be using them again! They took 90 seconds in the microwave to cook! Winner.
Try this recipe! And feel free to choose whichever protein/meat and vegetables that you want to use. All you absolutely need is the peanut sauce (duh), peanuts (another duh), soba noodles (do NOT substitute spaghetti or other noodles), and scallions.
These bowls are so full of protein from the tofu, peanut butter in the sauce, peanuts, and the edamame! The combination of flavors and textures is dreamy too! Let me know what you think if you try it :)
Peanutty Protein Noodle Bowl
(I hate putting servings because sometimes you're body needs more than the serving size - listen to your body)
- Peanut sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil*
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter (add a little more if you're a peanut butter fan)
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 14 ounces soba noodles
- 1 bell pepper, color of your choice
- 1/2 onion
- 1 small bag frozen edamame
- extra firm tofu**
- peanuts
- 3 scallions
- Dice the pepper and onion. Add to a skillet with about 1-2 tablespoons of sesame oil. I had a generous pour since I knew it was all going to be stirred into the sauce.
- Cook your soba noodles according to the package directions. The box told me to pierce the plastic a few times and cook for 90 minutes.
- Mix together the ingredients for the peanut sauce. Whisk to combine.
- Once the noodles are done cooking toss with the peanut sauce.
- Add the sautéed peppers and onions.
- Steam the edamame once the soba noodles are no longer preoccupying the microwave. I cooked for about 4 minutes. Mix into the bowl of goodness.
- Cut the scallions and mix into the bowl.
- Dice the tofu into small squares.
- Scoop however much of the peanutty noodles/veggies/edamame you'd like into a bowl and top with the tofu and a handful of peanuts.
*Find this for cheaper in the international section. The flavor is essential for this dish!
** Use whatever protein you'd like. Chicken would also be great and a rotisserie chicken would be very easy!
Sayago Golub J. The runner's world cookbook. New York, New York: Rodale, 2013. Print.


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How do I access the account of a person who is now deceased?
This article provides information on how to gain access to an account in the unfortunate circumstance that the account owner has passed away.
If you have access to the email address used as the primary contact for the account owner:
If are able to access the contact email address on file to be able to receive a password reset, you can follow the steps in the following articles to reset the login password, as well as issue a cancellation request if necessary.
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Just for fun, sharing a quick build of Flappy Bird on HTML5 that I have created over a weekend. It is pretty basic and the code is rather simple. You can play it on your Desktop/Laptop or Mobile Phone
There are actually many HTML5 flappy bird version out there. But this version uses only basic HTML5 so it should be easy to understand. I've made this game for fun and hope that I can inspire younger Singaporeans who do not know coding to start learn coding. Coding is not difficult. If anyone of you are interested, just leave a comment, I will passed you the code. Or you can simply view the source from the links given above.
Why learning coding is and will continue to be important
Learning how to code trains the mind to solve problems and will be an essential skills in the future. Even our Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, has coded his very own Sudoku Solver. Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan has also translated that code into javascript. To put things to perspective, the recent program that President Obama has written, drew squares on screen. Of course, we are not doing a comparison of whose leaders code better but rather how Singaporeans can take inspiration from our own leaders to start realising the importance of coding.
Improving productivity has always been the cornerstone of Singapore's labour workforce. And the enabler will have to be technology. Eventually, the winners will be those who can harness and leverage on the almost infinite capability of computers and robots. People who can give better instruction to computers or build better solution with technology will win the game. Think Google which built one of the arguably best search algorithm. Or Netflix, with its strong recommendation engine that keeps you glued to their service.
How to inspire our young to learn coding
To inspire the young, I believe that we would have to start with a change in the mindset.
Learning coding is not as difficult or geeky as one might imagine
Most codes are not as esoteric as what our PM Lee has written but are based on simple logic. In fact, one of the basic foundation of programming is the simple "IF…ELSE…" statement. "If the bird hits pipe, end the game, else continue with the game." Simple logic like that can be built into a program and not necessarily complex algorithm that may seem daunting to most beginner. Of course, more complex algorithm can be slowly picked up once the basic foundation is laid.
Learning coding can be fun
Yes! It can be fun! Coding is not like learning how to type which can get boring. Coding is about translating your ideas from your mind to something tangible that you can see and perhaps feel. It requires a creative process to first think about the problem and then the solution. The sense of achievement and euphoria that a programmer can experience can equal that to scoring a straight A's in your final exam. What's more, you can share your work with other people and for them to benefit from what you have created!
For starter, I would recommend building something that you would love to build. Don't follow some online tutorial to work on their sample projects. Think about an idea. It can be a game like my flappy bird, or a fun program like 'Love Calculator'. Building on such project will make it more enjoyable.
Learning coding helps you understand your school work
A typical Singaporean kids have to handle so many subjects in school. It is easy for them to see 'programming' as yet another subject. But for me, it is not. Programming helps to bring in what you have learned in Math, Science and even Art together. Take the example of Flappy Bird. In it, physics and math comes into play. Physics is needed to calculate how the bird will experience 'gravity' within the canvas (v=u+at, F=MA etc.). Math is needed to calculate the various co-ordinate to draw the birds and pipes (remember your geometry class?). If you don't like the bird, you can create your own flappy chicken using your own artistic talent as well! There are many examples of how you can put what you've learnt in classes to use in building an app.
Towards a Smart Nation
I am very encouraged by the Government's push towards a smart nation with emphasis on the need to learn coding. Being an engineer by training, I would love to see more successful engineers in Singapore building top notch app or solution for the world. For that to take roots, let us focus on our young and build a strong foundation for our Smart Nation.


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Free Time
I have a secret. We still haven't "officially" begun school. We're reading aloud, reading alone, working on projects, having lively discussions about history and current events, and doing some bookwork, but it's all very unofficial. Whatever that means.
Actually, the reason we haven't officially begun has to do with the past ten weeks of morning sickness and my inability to function, which means I still have a few planning odds and ends to tie up. So we'll get really going around the first of October. And does it really matter? We educate at home because we believe in education, not schooling. Believe me, lots of education occurs around here every day.
But this post is about free time. I was sitting down this morning making a list of all of the acceptable activities my children can do in their free time, when it occured to me that I ought to share it with you because I'd love more ideas. If you have a good idea that isn't on the list, would you please post it?
Our list is a compilation of several lists made over the years, but I still think we could be doing other meaningful things with our free time.
· Ask Pop Pop or Grammy if they have jobs you can do to serve them
· Practice piano or guitar
· Practice Medieval Martial Arts
· Read
· Swim laps to improve strokes (breast, back, freestyle- 10 laps per stroke)
· Run 10 laps around the circle, increasing to 20 by a certain date (you choose)
· Typing program (30 minutes)
· Write a letter on the following rotation-
1. Grandpa Bee
2. Adams
3. Aunt Cynthia
4. Eric, Ian, Hudson, and/or Corrie
5. Carson, Dan, and/or Josh
6. Elise
7. Ethan and Ben
8. Toni Kumar
9. President Bush, our congressmen, senators, governor
· Knitting
· Puzzle (ask Mom the best place to begin this. Only begin what you'll work diligently on)
· Origami
· Carve wood
· Nature Notebook
· Organize a cupboard (ask Mom)
· Memorize Scripture
· Draw (we have lots of drawing books)
· Drawing class video
· Ballet class video
· Jump on the tramp
· Ride bikes
· Skateboard
· Roller skate
· Sidewalk chalk
· Play a board game
· Research a subject you've wanted to learn more about and begin a notebook page on it
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Ask those killed by the French army's suppression of the Paris Commune (the subject of yesterday's Almanac entry) or the Iraqis whose lives are still upended by the US invasion of 2003 (the twelfth anniversary of which we'll observe tomorrow) whether time heals all wounds, but the politicization of the Daylight Saving Law, passed by Congress ninety-six years ago today, does seem to have somewhat abated in the intervening century. The Nation supported the law, but one of its readers a few years later adamantly did not. Speaking for the many farmers who opposed the law (and tried to repeal it in 1919) because it messed with their schedules, Lillian Beardsley of Connecticut sent the following letter to the editor:
To the Editor of The Nation:
Sir: I have read with regret your editorial reference to the Daylight Saving Law. I am accustomed to the one-sided view which the daily newspapers take of this law, but while my acquaintance with The Nation is not of many months' standing, I am surprised to find it championing this most vicious and class-discriminatory piece of legislation. The law is vicious, in the first place, because it inflicts hardship and financial loss on the farmer, and the farmers are the hardest-working and poorest paid (according to capital invested) of any class. Agriculture is the basic industry upon which all others depend, and even though the farmers are a minority they should have first consideration in such a matter as this, and their decision should be final. In the second place, the law discriminates against the great mass of long-hour laborers, because their lighting and heating bills are increased. I know, because I live in a ten hour town.
Lillian R. Beardsley; New Britain, Connecticut
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|915 Yesterday
Yesterdays edition of Long Ride Wednesday almost did not happen. Or at least cut short.
With the temp hovering around 24 degrees I knew the beach was going to be good. But the sun was out and I knew that was to be short lived so I did not waste any time and was on the road by 830am. I grabbed the Trucker on off I went.However just a few miles in the front of the bike felt weird and it was not long before I realized I had a tire going down. Thats a bummer. You all know that time frame when you feel something is wrong but you just pretend its not happening. This just cant be happening. Not now. Im only 15 minutes into the ride. Its 24 flippin degrees.
Yes. That just happened.
The tire is just low. I'll keep riding and it will stop leaking. Yeah. And Im going to win the Powerball tonite too.
I pull off the road. I have everything I need. I take off my gloves. Its cold. Its the front so the wheel is off the bike and I have a seat in the ditch to do the job at hand. As I expected, this tire\rim combo is not the best for quick tube changes. If I didn't have a lever, the tire would not have came off. I found the culprit, small strand of metal of something. Thinner than a pin.
With numb fingers it was hard to get it out of the tire, then I struggled getting the tire back on the rim, all this while sitting in a ditch, getting colder by the minute.
I swear and fight the tire back on the rim, not using the tool, cuz I almost always pinch a MTB tube doing that and that would mean a walk back to the store.
Its back on the bike and Im ready to air it up. Its been about 10 minutes now, Im shivering. I look in my bag, one CO2. That just about seals the deal on this ride. Will only fill the tire half way. Will just ride back on a very low tire I guess.
Then, BMatter rolls past just as Im ready to get out of the ditch and mentions I can roll over to his house. The garage door was open and use his floor pump.
The ride is saved. I was less than a mile away. Brian said he was off to do intervals and I noticed he seemed way too happy about that. Pro riders are weird.
Anyhoo, I swung past his place and topped off the tire, then made a bee line to the beach, assuming it was too late and it was not rideable.
I was pleasantly surprised to find it in great riding shape. Still froze solid. Check the pic above. I was barely leaving a print riding my 2.0's
I then proceeded to ride about 20 or so miles along the lake. I say this a lot, but its just a awesome feeling doing this.
And being a big fan of the lake, for me is a bigger treat than most people.
I did always have the fact that I was without spare tube on my mind. A potentially long walk back. But if its to be, no better place than the shores of the lake.
2 hours long is still not a real long ride but I spent way too long on the flat to add any more ride time.
Last nite was a pretty sweet full moon. Check out the pic I took with my phone. If you look close you see a dot just above the moon. That's Jupiter.
I am still amazed on the pics my Galaxy 3 takes......
I was set to ride again this more but called it off as I need to get my 9zero7 fatbike built before the weekend. And Im running out of time.
So its bike build today... ride it tomorrow? I say yes. What say you?


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Earlier this week the Washington Post published a list of "The 10 D.C. Guys We've All Dated." It included "the chill Republican dude" who wears shirts with whales on them, "the organic kale guy" who makes homemade quiche and "the Clarendon guy" who downs shots of Fireball and never misses brunch. While I'm sure there are chill black Republicans with whale shirts, black guys who enjoy organic greens and those who never miss Sunday brunch, the list read as if it were made for a certain population -- namely the yuppie 20- and 30-something transplants who have taken over the city -- and some black readers just didn't get it or weren't feeling it.
"What a biased list," wrote one commenter, who created her own (hilarious) list of black "types" one may encounter in the nation's capital. "It's sad stories like this [that] overlook the people who have been living in this city for generations. HELLO! We are still here and we read the paper too."
Well, we at The Root heard you loud and clear, and we've created our own, more inclusive list of "The 10 Guys Black Women From Anywhere May Actually Have Dated" -- hopefully only briefly.
1. The God
At 35 he has two degrees, a six-figure income, no kids and a mortgage. And yes, he's straight. On paper, he sounds ideal. How is he single? Because in person he's a nightmare. He's convinced himself that his presence is a present, and he reminds you of that (and his "accomplishments") at every opportunity.
2. The 'Single' Husband
Of course you didn't know he was married, or you never would have given him your number. But he conveniently left out that tidbit of info when he approached at happy hour.
You're on the phone with him one late evening and hear a woman's voice in the background. "Who's that?" you ask.
"Oh, that's just my wife," he says casually, as if he's explaining that the dog was barking. "Is that a problem for you?" he inquires.
You don't understand what type of relationship he and his wife have, but the point is they have one, and you are out. Click.
3. The Conspiracy TheoristEverything boils down to someone trying to keep a brother, well, down. A fictitious TV heroine dating a white guy? The white man devaluing black love. He gets cut off in traffic? The white man trying to make him late for work. Valentine's Day? Another way the white man gets the black man to spend money to keep a brother broke.
4. The Brother Who Doesn't Really Like Black People
- If you published the transcript to any of his rants on what's wrong with black people, it would read like the minutes from a KKK meeting. According to him, the sum of black culture is baby daddies, piss-poor morality, consumerism and fried chicken. In defense of black people you mention jazz music, red-velvet cake and Jesus, who had hair like lamb's wool. You remind this brother that he is actually black. He promptly lists all his nonblack ancestors to distance himself from the race.
5. The Drunk
He doesn't think he has a drinking problem because he consumes top-shelf booze from a crystal tumbler. This is supposed to separate him from the college student drinking mystery punch from a red cup. But it doesn't matter how or what he drinks if he gets frat-boy wasted all the same. With a few pours in his system, this otherwise mild-mannered and emotionally conservative man is prone to instigating a fight at the club or doing his best Drake impression from "Marvin's Room". Of course, he remembers none of it the next day.
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Kindle, as you can tell from the ad above, wants to be held and read, fondled and listened to, caressed and loved. And it has gotten what it wants. Last week, Amazon announced that the Kindle is now the thing that it has sold the most of, surpassing Harry Potter No. 7—news followed quickly by Barnes & Noble's announcement that the Nook is now their top-selling thing. The news made me feel like I'm not up to the challenges technology poses. Am I supposed to understand the desire of the Kindle to be held and read? Or the humans who prefer them to books? When I read a book all the way through to the end, I want the evidence stuffed and mounted on my bookshelf. My suspicion is that people who prefer e-readers use them primarily to read Harlan Coben, and are happy to be able to delete the physical evidence.
Searching for answers, I picked up "What Technology Wants," the new book by Kevin Kelly, the former editor of Wired magazine, which presents a theory of technology, or "the technium," as "a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies." He has little to say about the Kindle specifically, but I did find passages that helped to explain my lack of interest in e-readers. Technology is evolving (at the speed of human invention), and two things it is evolving toward are ubiquity and specialization. Eventually, Kelly writes, all technologies will "share the universal intelligence of the network"—a process which has begun in the Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc.—but they will be much more suited to individual needs:
As display and battery technology catches up to chips, the interface to ubiquitous intelligenation will diverge and specialize. Soldiers and other athletes who use their full body want large-scale, enveloping screens, while mobile road warriors will want small ones. Gamers want minimal latency; readers want maximum legibility; hikers want waterproofing; kids want indestructibility…. With the advent of rapid fabrication (machines that can fabricate things on demand in quantities of one) specialization will leap ahead so that any tool can be customized to an individual's personal needs or desires.
This makes me happy, because what I as a reader need and desire is a technology with pages and a cover and heft that can be marked up and placed on a bookshelf and kept forever. I wonder if technology will ever evolve itself into something like that?
There is one thing about the current tech revolution that I am enjoying: some of the technoliteratur that's been published recently. I wouldn't necessarily read a "straight" info or policy book about the Internet and its attending technologies, but I love books like Kelly's (and Jaron Lanier's and William Powers's) that give explanations of these things in dreamy, slightly unhinged language, providing visions of what tech could become and how we might respond to it and what it says about us. I like these books even when I don't agree with them entirely, because they are literary and inspiring and sometimes a bit spooky (like good sci-fi). People always talk about the usefulness of certain technologies—to me, a technology is useful if you can make good literature out of it. These recent books are surprising—it's almost as if tech writing were evolving, like technology itself, to suit my personal needs and desires.
Further reading: Technology Liberation Front's ten most important info-tech books of 2010.


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After a decade, Cheryl Buggy steps down from running Express FM/
After 10 years as Station Director of the station, Cheryl Buggy is stepping down from her role running Express FM, one of the longest running community stations in the UK.
Cheryl was one of the founding members of Express when it applied for its licence 11 years ago.
"I had a desire to combine my love and experience in radio, with that of having written a number of personal development programmes aimed at improving people's communication and employability skills, and confidence. The opportunity to establish a new concept in radio stations in Portsmouth came along, and Express FM was born. I also thought the city deserved its very own dedicated radio station, that could let people know about all the great things happening in the city."
Taking over the reins is Miles Henson. For the past eight years, Miles has been presenting the business show on Express, fitting it around his very successful international consultancy, the People Academy. Clients include Team USA for the next Olympics and BMW UK.
"I love radio, and people are at the heart of all the work I do," Miles said.
"So this job is a perfect combination of the two. Express is in great shape, but with plenty of untapped potential going forward so I am raring to go!
"The focus of loving all things local will continue to be at the heart of what we broadcast, and I want to ensure Express is the station of choice for everybody in Portsmouth and the wider Portsmouth Harbour area."
"I've had a very happy 10 years running the station, but with a new 5-year licence, and a new home in purpose built studios at the University of Portsmouth's Eldon Building, it seemed a good time to step back and take some time for myself." Says Cheryl "and I am delighted that the station will be in such creative hands going forward."
You can tune into Express on the 93.7 FM frequency, on digital radio, and online, and they intend to add video to the offer. The station broadcasts 45 shows every week, most presented by volunteers.


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Start to finish—including labor, materials, equipment, & everything else.
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This demo video below, shows how quickly potholes can be patched using Elements XS3. Separate records are created for each pot hole while labor, material, and equipment usage is equally distributed amongst the work orders based on the number of pot holes and the time duration entered by the user.
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At school I found spherical trigonometry quite difficult, which is why my career as a Napoleonic Era Naval Captain never really took off. Working with flat surfaces was OK, which instead explains my affinity for chess.
So I assume that I would do quite poorly on the chess board highlighted here. It is a spherical chess board, where the pieces are held in place by magnets. It sits in a frame, and I assume has mechanisms to to rotate the globe so as to provide access to all the pieces and squares.
I'm not sure what the rules for playing on it are, but I assume it is akin to Cylinder Chess (where pieces can leave the board on one side and reenter on the other.). I'm also assuming that pieces cannot cross the 'poles' although it might be a more interesting game if they could.
The set seems to be a one off creation, but the designer (Ben Myers) has posted instructions on how he made it, so if you are interested, you may be able to build one yourself.
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A company making pork products used RDP support to purchase new equipment that allowed it to increase production capacity and end product quality.
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RDP support helped a family farm to generate added value by applying a sustainable model of production through biodynamic agriculture.
An initiative to promote young farmers participation entrepreneurship and innovation
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Acquisition of a wood chipper that produces chips for cogeneration more efficiently, thus reducing the cost of tools and consumables per unit of finished product.
The project supported the construction of a water supply network in the village of Reka, ensuring that all inhabitants have adequate access to water.
A project to support demining of agricultural land in war-affected areas of Croatia.
RDP support helped a farmer to acquire the necessary equipment and infrastructure to continue expanding his organic beef cattle herd.
Maintaining natural and semi-natural meadows and wetlands to ensure suitable nesting conditions for an endangered bird species: the Aquatic Warbler.
RDP support helped a young entrepreneur to acquire the necessary equipment in order to start his own wood construction business in an area of high unemployment.
A farm used RDP support to acquire new machinery in order to improve its strawberry production and increase its profitability.


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Finding potential buyers for your listings is one of the most important aspects of a real estate agent's job — and marketing is essential to their success with this task. As an assistant, your role will be to use marketing to attract and secure new customers for your agent's business, and once engaged with a client, you'll use marketing to sell properties.
In this blog post, we'll focus on three things every real estate assistant needs to know about marketing their agent's listings.
The first place you'll want to put a listing is in the MLS, or Multiple Listing Service. This central database of listings allows home sellers a centralized location to post details on the properties they have for sale and is an industry standard.
Accuracy in preparing a listing cannot be overstated. Not only is the MLS the central location for your listing, but listing sheets are generated directly from the system and sent to agents and buyers. Also, websites that are accessible to any potential home buyer, such as Trulia, Zillow and Realtor.com, use the data directly from the MLS. So remember to check and double-check that the specifications and descriptions for the site are exactly as you want them.
Besides the standard form data, which includes details on the home such as square footage and the number of rooms, you'll have an opportunity to provide a 1,000-character description. This description will appear on the listing sheet and on any websites that pick up MLS data. It's important that this copy sells the home, and should be treated like any other marketing material.
Photography is one of the most important parts of your marketing plan and should be handled with care. You may consider outsourcing the photographs to a professional photography company like VHT Studios. Along with ensuring that your photographs are of the best quality, there are a number of other concerns when preparing your photos to upload. Use this checklist to make sure your photos are ready for the market.
- Photos should be beautifully lit, color-corrected, cropped properly and show off your property's best qualities.
- Individual photos can be no larger than 10 megabytes.
- The image size can be no larger than 2880 x 2880 pixels.
Most MLS allow a limit of 25 photos, but don't confuse quantity with quality. A photo of the exterior of the home is standard, and a good strategy for the other photos is to have at least one photo per each feature mentioned in your description. For example, a description that mentions an attached garage, a bay window and high ceilings should have photographs that show each of these features.
Social Media
The most popular social media used in real estate are Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. Your agent might use one, some or all of these. Each platform comes with its own set of analytics, so you can easily see if your postings are effective in driving engagement and, ultimately, sales. Facebook and Twitter allow you to schedule posts, but if you're using more than one platform, a dashboard like Hootsuite allows you to generate all your posts from a central location. Depending on your subscription level, you can easily replicate posts across platforms and receive great analytics to help you determine how well your posts are performing.
There are four general pillars to consider when using social media across all platforms.
- Accuracy. The Internet is unforgiving of typos, broken links and other inaccuracies, any of which can also cost your brand credibility and trust. When a posting about one of your listings contains errors, it can negatively affect your chances of a sale. When posting about your business or brokerage, it can damage the perception of your brand. Check and double-check before you post content online.
- Relevancy. Social media is a crowded landscape with a significant amount of content competing for an audience. The more relevant your content is, the more likely it is to drive engagement. Engagement can help your business even if it doesn't directly lead to a sale. Make sure that each and everything you post has some value to your reader.
- Positivity. Never engage in negativity online. Avoid controversial topics like politics or religion, and never disparage one of your clients or competitors. Bring value to your audience by staying upbeat and sharing more positive content. If it's a beautiful day in a neighborhood where you have a property, share a photo with your audience. If you're involved in a community fundraiser or charity event in support of a favorite cause, invite others to attend as well.
- Personality. Social media is an opportunity to share your unique personality. An Instagram photo of your agency serving meals to the homeless shows that you're compassionate; a Facebook post about your team attending a baseball game shows that you're fun. These are qualities that a client wants in a real estate agent, and social media is a great way to show them off.
A marketing plan can have multiple other pieces, including brochures, floor plans and open houses. To learn more about an assistant's role in marketing real estate listings, view the full course here: https://bit.ly/2HHxLRq
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The average American produces 4.5 pounds of trash everyday. However Bea Johnson can fit the amount of the trash she produces from an entire year into a glass jar. Her family has downsized to a home half the size of their previous one, and got rid of 80% of their belongings. It's been a gradual journey for the Johnson's and the result is truly inspiring. Living with less has made their life more full, and I'm excited to take Bea's tips and implement them in my own life. I hope that you are inspired as well!
Show Notes
00:46 What sparked the start of Zero Waste Home for Bea
01:39 By living with less they had much more time to do things they enjoyed
02:00 Moved to a home half the size of their previous home and got rid of 80% of their items
02:25 The future of the world that their kids will live in spurs them on
02:52 Tackling the waste in their home slowly
03:22 Refusing things they don't need: freebies, junk mail, sawg bags
03:40 Reduce what they do need: letting go of things they don't really need
04:00 Reuse: shopping second hand, replacing disposables with reusables
04:28 Recycle
04:33 Compost
04:48 On average Americans produce about 4.5 pounds of trash everyday
05:10 One step we can all take right now to move towards less waste
07:17 How zero waste has changed the lives of Bea and her family
08:00 Saving about 40% overall compared to their pre-zero waste life
08:50 Buying in bulk to save money and reduce waste
09:30 How Bea's children have responded
11:08 What the skeptics think and common misconceptions
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One of the closest campgrounds to Fukuoka City, Yamanaka Campground lies on the south side of the mountains that separate Saga and Fukuoka Prefectures. The site offers an escape from the city of 1.5 million but the short hike from there up Mt. Kana also overlooks the metropolis from the southeast. It's a peaceful vision to see such a large city as a whole but hear nothing but the sounds of nature.
The camping ground is about a kilometer off of Rt. 263 halfway between Saga and Fukuoka cities. It's in the rice-field-lined village of Mitsuse in a quiet forest of Japanese cedars. It's very basic in its facilities, with six family-sized log cabins for rent and a zone for tents. There are restrooms and cooking areas, but no showers. Staff and other campers, however, can point you toward a nearby onsen, which with its natural waters and more aesthetic bathing experience, is more relaxing anyway. A small stream flows along the edge of the campsite, and an open field as well as an attractive shrine enhance the location. This photo story shows some natural things you can find here.
Whether you are camping or not, you can begin your climb up Mt. Kana (moderate-to-easy, 70 minutes) and beyond if you like to the other peaks of the area. Parking is free. If you prefer to skip the hike up the mountain, the woods are a nice place for a stroll. One option is to walk up the path from the campground toward the mountain until reaching the paved access road after about 10 minutes (video). From there, cross the street and begin your ascent, turn back to the campsite, or turn right and follow the road for about 15 minutes until finding the path on the right that offers another short hike through forest and rice fields of about 15 minutes to the log cabin oasis, Café Notch. From there, a shorter walk through the village takes you back to the campground.
This is an inexpensive campground, with cabins starting at 3,000 yen. You can pitch your tent here for 500 yen. Both prices are subject to an additional a cooperative cleanup fee of 200 yen per adult and 100 yen per child. Check in after 12 pm and check out by 10 am. Inquiries and reservations for camping can be made at Café Notch.
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I'm also known as Faer Out. I love learning about people and nature. I've traveled around the world and throughout Japan, and I hope to continue seeing and experiencing the wonder of this planet as long as I live.Based in Japan for nearly two decades, I'm the Regional Partner here for Fukuoka and Saga Prefectures. In addition to my work at JapanTravel, I have a language school called Rainbow Bridges English Academy in Fukuoka and am very interested in teaching, languages, communication, and photography, among other things. Recently, I've been a guest host on NHK World's J-Trip Plan for Caving Adventures in Western Japan as well as Exploration for Black Gold.I love heading downtown to meet up with friends for a night out as well as being able to hop on my motorcycle and be riding through forest-covered mountains or to sandy beaches in 20 minutes. This area is very photogenic and even after years of exploration, there are still plenty of places to discover each weekend! My photographs are available for purchase on iStock, Shutterstock, and Dreamstime or by contacting me.Please contact me if you have any questions about travel in Japan. I'd also be grateful for any follows on social media!


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Cairo, Egypt 11 April 2017 –I am following closely with deep concern the alarming humanitarian situation of an estimated 300,000-350,000 civilians currently trapped in the ongoing military operations to retake the West side of the city of Mosul in Iraq. I am particularly concerned for the protection and health of pregnant women and adolescent girls, whose access to lifesaving basic sexual and reproductive health services usually falls behind other urgent needs, like food and shelter.
Among the 345,000 individuals who are currently displaced since the beginning of the military operations in October 2016, an estimated 86,000 are women and girls of reproductive age, including about 14,000 who are pregnant or about to give birth. Another 12,000 -14,000 pregnant women are expected to be in the Western part of Mosul city which is yet to be re-taken.
UNFPA is leading the provision of the reproductive health services inside West Mosul, including in collaborating with WHO on the opening of a maternity wing in the field hospital in Athba area. The establishment of a second field hospital in Hammam Al Aliel with a maternity wing, also in close collaboration with WHO, is already near completion.
While UNFPA has 109 Women Safe Spaces including two centres providing specialized services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, the needs are immense in view of the reports by the population fleeing Western Mosul.
UNFPA is committed to responding to the needs of women and girls by providing services that protect and assist them.
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, delivers a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
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Sloth Spotting and a Little Research/
A Sloth! Yes, A sloth! Crossing our driveway. It was looking for a new tree to climb. It was only 2 feet away from us, and we could easily see it's long body as it stretched itself to climb. Along with the white-faced monkey shenanigans, this is one of our favorite memories of Costa Rica.
The following day, Ela, on her own initiative, started her own sloth research and poster.
Here are 6 things she learned about sloths:
1. All Sloth have 3 toes.
2. Rigor mortis impacts sloths.
3. The Feces Fact
4. Sloths are not slow everywhere.
5. Sloths are not known for smelling good.
6. Sloths and their Babies
Sometimes I feel like we're slacking on the homeschool front. Then, Ela does something like this, and I feel like it's working. I'm proud of her efforts. She taught me more than I knew about sloths, and hopefully you learned something too.
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We have sunshine this afternoon and I decided to go outside for some fresh air. It is very fresh air, as the temperature is still thirteen below zero fahrenheit. The glass in our storm door has completely frosted over so note it is on the left of this photo.
The frost was thick and pretty on the door. Designs and sparkles.
Farmer Fred was out in the yard moving snow, a nearly never ending job recently.
Butler perked up when he saw me walking by.
He raced over
To help manage the operation.
Farmer Fred had used the tractor to pile snow around the hydrant. We don't use it in the winter and the extra snow will keep pipes warmer underneath.
Jim had cleared a trail to the livestock pens.
I don't know for sure, but it seemed that birds had been eating from seed pods left on the lilac bush.
When I returned to the door, I had to stop and put baby footprints in the frost on the door. Did you ever do that on a school bus? Use the side of your clenched fist for the body of the foot and finger tips for toes. I left a cute little piece of art in the frost. My friends and I used to make walking trails of baby feet, jumping from window to window on a frosty school bus during the long ago winters in GriggsDakota. In the interest of keeping this important technique alive, I taught it to many students during bus rides as a substitute teacher in GriggsDakota. (No babies were chilled in the making of this post.)


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A good nickname is like a calling card. It says who you are and quickly sets you apart from other people with the same name. Whether you are looking to adopt a new moniker for practical reasons or just for fun, here is how to choose a nickname based on your own name and make it stick.
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1Look at your name. Think about shorter names that might be hidden inside it. For example, the name Steven contains the shorter name Steve. The name Alfred contains Al, Alf, Fred, and Red. Those names in turn might also have nicknames, such as Alfie (for Alf). Many people choose a nickname based on their own first name because it is easy for themselves and others to remember.
- Last names can also be a good source of nicknames. For example, people whose last names begin with Mc- or Mac-, as in John McClane, sometimes choose to go by the nickname Mac. A last name itself can also be a nickname.
- Consider letter combinations in your name that might not be regular names, but which are easy to say. Someone named Steven might think about going by Te or Ven.
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- It is unlikely you will ever completely convince your parents to call you by your new nickname all the time. They raised you from an infant and, as such, will always call you by whichever of your names they feel like using. There is not a lot to be done about this fact, so it is best to not worry about it.
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- If your friends already have a nickname for you, it may be very difficult to change it. If it is a mean or hurtful nickname, speak to them about how it makes you feel first, instead of just trying to overlay it with a new one.
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Sangatte's enduring appeal
Under a deal reached this summer the French Government agreed to close Sangatte in exchange for London enacting tougher asylum legislation designed to make the UK less attractive to asylum seekers.
The centre has long been used as a springboard for illegal immigrants and asylum seekers trying to reach the UK.
The British legislation has already been passed; and earlier this month Sangatte was closed to new entrants.
Outside the Sangatte centre, I had this exchange.
"Are you going to England now?" I was asked by an eager young man. "Do you have a car?"
When I replied that we were travelling by taxi, he lost interest, melting back into the group milling around outside the high wire perimeter fence in the gathering darkness.
Nightly ritual
It was 1720 on a dark, windy late November evening.
Many of Sangatte's inhabitants were gearing up for what's become a nightly ritual - heading off to the port of Calais five kilometres away.
Most of Sangatte's residents are intent on crossing the English Channel illegally by sneaking onto lorries, ferries or trains.
This was also the case when I first visited two years ago. What's different is the numbers involved now that Sangatte's fame has spread.
I asked one of the residents, a Palestinian called Ahmed, how he'd heard about it.
He laughed uproariously. "Everyone in the world has heard of Sangatte."
Ahmed had been sent there by smugglers. He'd paid them about $7,000 to get this far.
But now he'd run out of money and was trying to get to England and then on to Canada under his own steam.
"It has got harder recently," he said. "Security has been stepped up."
So how many times had he tried?
About 20, he told me. Once he was caught in the boot of a car. But we will cross, he giggled, even if we have to swim.
Home to thousands
Sangatte is home to almost 2,000 people from more than 40 different countries.
Nowadays, the huge echoing warehouse has rows of beds set out in the open alongside the original temporary buildings and tents.
It now boasts a mosque and makeshift food stalls. An Iraqi barber plies his trade in a corner.
A young African boy sleeps on his bed in a cabin, surrounded by a family of talkative Afghans. His Mickey Mouse toy sits jauntily beside him on his pillow.
Facilities are extremely basic. There are just 14 showers and it takes more than an hour to queue for a meal.
The inhabitants complain of dirt, of mice, of the bitter cold. But it's somewhere to lay their heads in between their trips to the port.
I was told not to speak English in the centre itself. With Sangatte due to close people are jumpy and anxious to know about their fate.
I was told that a visiting group of British students had been besieged by hundreds of people wanting to lodge asylum claims. They'd been mistaken for British government officials.
But we were able to talk quietly with people outside the main warehouse.
The majority of them told tales of persecution - perhaps not surprisingly, given that the people smugglers coach their clients on what to say to gain asylum.
They said they'd fled conscription in Sudan, they were persecuted for their political views in Iran or Afghanistan, they were deserters from the Iraqi army, or Kurdish victims of Saddam Hussein.
Only a few admitted to being economic migrants, in search of a job, a house, a better education.
Myth and reality
The misconceptions are huge. An Iraqi Kurd told me confidently that England - and only England - is open to all Iraqi refugees, citing the British Government's strong opposition to President Saddam Hussein.
Others appeared to believe - incorrectly - that you couldn't claim political asylum in France.
The UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, says such stories are often sown by the smugglers, who get paid more the further people travel.
Some people have now started applying for asylum in France, but most are biding their time.
As for the repatriation grant being offered to Afghans, an Afghan teacher told us scathingly that this would only cover a fraction of the money he'd spent being smuggled this far.
Others are waiting to see what happens when the centre finally closes; hoping that somehow they'll be taken in by Britain, long regarded as having a more generous asylum system.
Great risks
But many are not willing to wait. They continue to set out at night.
They're risking a lot. Some have died trying to jump trains or scale electric fences.
Those who are caught trying are brought back to Sangatte by the Calais police, and are free to try again.
In the past week more than 100 people have left Sangatte.
No-one knows if they've made it to Britain, or have simply moved along the coast to other ports where security is less tight.
I wonder if the young man who asked me for a lift was one of them.
Meanwhile others are still coming.
Refused entry to Sangatte, they're sleeping rough in the woods or old air raid shelters, being fed by local charities.
Do people setting out know the conditions they'll face?
One young man called Reza told us that he'd been stranded in Sangatte for four months.
He said he'd left Iran because he had no choice. But the experience had left him psychologically shattered.
"I want to tell other young people, if you don't really have a serious problem, coming here is just not worth it," he said.
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My name is Maegan. I am the creative director and founder of Simply Styled Home. I am a picture taking, Etsy shopping, home decorating, party planning, scrapbooking, essential oil obsessed, crafty mother of two amazing girls.
Simply Styled Home was created to share my designs with other crafty moms who want to host a beautiful event quickly and easily. With our printables and step-by-step instructions, you'll put together a memorable week in no time. Of course you'll find other things on the blog as well: the occasional party, craft projects, gardening, and scrapbooking. Simply Styled Home is my creative outlet. Enjoy!
Simply Styled Home was created out of necessity. When Angry Birds was first released my daughter was obsessed. (Our entire family was!) She desperately wanted an Angry Birds party, but there were no themed party supplies to be had. Instead I created my own printables and party games, complete with a life-sized version of the game for her party. The online response was overwhelming, and I opened up the Simply Styled Home Etsy shop so others could recreate the Angry Birds fun!


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Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, the 8th Annual National Veterans Small Business Conference and Expo is just around the corner. As of this writing, it is slightly more than 2 months away. I am especially excited about attending the conference again this year as the organizers are projecting over 6,000 participants will attend. Detroit, here we come!
The National Veterans Conference continues to grow each year. That means that more and more Veterans are accepting the Vetrepreneur calling and starting and growing businesses. Many important topics will be discussed at this year's conference. I doubt any discussions will be more passionate than those around the SD/VOSB verification process and the Veterans First Contracting Program.
The Veteran Owned Business movement is gaining momentum and more and more people are supporting the Buy Veteran campaign. The country and big business are warming to the idea that Small Business in general and Veteran-Owned Small Business specifically is the economic engine that will drive our recovery.
The Obama administration has placed special emphasis on training programs aimed at teaching Veterans how to start, grow and run successful businesses. There are a number of Veteran Entrepreneurship Training programs around the country that provide quality training. One of the better programs is right here in Dallas – Momentum Texas, Inc.
There will be more information and discussion about the National Veterans Conference, as we get closer to the actual event. In the meantime, "keep your powder dry."
See you on the high ground!
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JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder: Chocolate for a New Age and a New You
Have you've ever started a new diet and thought you'd never be able to eat your favorite chocolate desserts again? Then don't stress, chocolate has come a long way since your childhood Hershey bars, and you'd be surprised at how healthful chocolate can be.
If you've just started a ketogenic diet or want to maintain ketosis, JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder is an excellent, sustainable choice for your next chocolate dessert. You'll be surprised at what you can create with high-quality cacao powder. Cakes, desserts, smoothies and raw treats are now within your grasp.JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder comes from a single source in the Dominican Republic. It is then processed by JoJo's in Idaho who is committed to supporting the communities from which they source their cacao powder. Through their Full Circle Exchange program, the women who work for JoJo's are assisted to be able to get on their way to supporting themselves and their families.
This all-organic, no filler cacao powder is a product you can feel good about buying, and in return, it will make you feel great about the things you make with it.
Why choose raw organic cacao powder over your average cocoa powder from the grocery store? Raw cacao powder is made by cold-pressing raw cocoa beans. In this way the live enzymes found in cocoa beans are maintained. Cocoa powder on the other hand is roasted at high temperatures resulting in most of the healthy enzymes being destroyed.
What makes JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder even more special is that it is Dutch-processed meaning that the acidity has been neutralized and the PH has been restored to 7. This result in a natural product with a smooth, mellow, but rich flavor.
The health benefits of raw cacao are numerous: enjoy high levels of antioxidants, iron, and magnesium as well as increased energy and positive moods and a decreased appetite.
With your purchase, JoJo's will send along a list of five recipes they love to use their organic cacao powder with.
Why settle for cocoa powders with extra fillers and little to no nutritional value, not to mention questionable sourcing?
JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder will add a richness and depth of flavor to your baked goods that very few conventional baking cocoas can deliver. Whether you're looking to make desserts that comply with a specific diet, like paleo or keto, or if you simply want to experiment with high-quality cacao from a reputable source, JoJo's is your new go-to.
- Single origin—from the Dominican Republic
- Dutch processed
- Delicious rich flavor
- No additives or fillers
- Helps women and communities through Full Circle Exchange program
- Recipes included with purchase
- Health benefits such as high levels of antioxidants and iron
- Natural supplement to weight loss programs
- Naturally elevates mood
- Expensive in comparison to conventional cocoa powders (Not that that is a fair comparison.)
If you're looking for everything and more in your cacao powder—from sustainable sourcing to amazing health benefits, JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder is your go-to cacao powder. Sourced from the Dominican Republic and committed to lifting up communities and the women who work within them through the unique Full Circle Exchange program, and processed right here in the United States in Boise, Idaho, JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder is not only delicious and healthy, but it is also trustworthy and sustainable.
Whether you're looking to make health-conscious choices in your paleo or ketogenic lifestyle, while still seeking to create delicious cakes, desserts, sauces and smoothies, JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder helps get you the results you want—both in the kitchen and at the gym.
Available in 1 and 2 ½ pound bags, this organic cacao powder is worth every penny—you'll be able to enjoy brownies, chocolate clusters and smoothies with health benefits like increased antioxidants and iron, and curb your appetite through natural means. JoJo's will also send along a few of their favorite recipes to get you started working it into your routine and inspire you to get creative in the kitchen.
To explore the world of cacao cocoa, there are many options to consider. In addition to JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder, there are several other powders one can find with a click of a button.
For example, Anthony's Organic Cocoa Powder is a great option. Anthony's Organic, Gluten Free, Non GMO Cocoa Powder is excellent in smoothies, for baking and delicious drinks.
Anthony's also offers several fun and delicious recipes for free—no need to purchase the cocoa powder in order to get the recipes. It is also a little less money for a two-pound bag if that is a concern. (It is a cocoa and not a raw cacao powder though.)
Another alternative is Kiva Raw Organic Cacao Powder—this one is not only organic, but raw, making the flavor a little more wild. The cacao in Kiva's Raw Organic Cacao powder is sourced from Ecuador and made from high-quality Criollo cacao beans.
Make any raw dessert you can dream up with Kiva's raw, non-genetically modified, gluten-free and vegan powder for a delicious treat or addition to your morning smoothie without the added sugar or questionable ingredients.
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In addition to their delicious organic cacao powder, JoJo's helps women in their source country—the Dominican Republic to create more sustainable livelihoods through a Full Circle Exchange program. If you're looking to incorporate cacao into your daily smoothie or if you need to find a way to make delicious, rich brownies without using a ton of sugar, JoJo's Organic Cacao Powder is perfect for achieving that balance of delicious and healthful.
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Turtles often symbolize patience and wisdom.Turtle is considered by some Native Americans to be one of their the oldest, most sacred symbols. In the Far East, turtle was carved and worn as a talisman for power over all forms of bad magic.
These beautiful creatures are frequently seen to represent: self-containment, creative source, longevity, protection and a shelter.
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Saetia 'Collected'
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SAETIA disbanded after only three years (1997-2000), but in that short amount of time they created music that would live on to be the forefront of the genre. Based out of NYC, the band made their home at CBGB's, ABC No Rio, and basements across the East Coast. Their style of melodic, abrasive, and emotive punk / hardcore still captures new audiences today. In their short time, Saetia released a demo cassette, two 7"s, and one LP with pressings of very small numbers. Obtaining these come with near impossible searches and deep pockets. This collection will finally make available the entire discography for vinyl lovers.
This 180Gram 2xLP comes with a glued in 15 page book that includes photos, flyers, lyrics, and newly written reflections by multiple members to celebrate the bands history.
Track Listing:
1. Notres Langues Nous Trompes
2. The Sweetness and The Light
3. An Open Letter
4. Woodwell
5. Corporeal
6. Ariadne's Thread
7. From The Firmament
8. Poslapsaria
9. Endymion
10. The Poet You Never Were
11. Roquentin
12. Some Natures Catch No Plagues
13. The Burden of Reflecting
14. Closed Hands
15. Venus and Bacchus
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Sam Vicari started out like most: idolizing bands and quietly recording bedroom demos onto cassette tapes. Growing up in Northwest Indiana made it fairly easy to retreat to Chicago on weekends to immerse himself in a city known for exceptional music. He excitedly attended dozens of shows, once accidentally catching a punch to the face from Mike Hard of the seminal noise-rock band God Bullies (don't worry, it was awesome and everyone was fine).
He went on to release his first proper full-length, Keep Careful, in 2010. Chicagoist called the record "an undiscovered gem" and even named it one of the best local releases of the year, despite his Indiana address (shhhh…). In 2012, Vicari finally DID move to Chicago and immediately began recording his second record. That record, Heart Explosion, was independently released in the summer of 2013, accompanied by weeks of national touring and airplay on Bagel Radio (San Francisco), WLUW (Chicago), KXSC (Los Angeles), KPSU (Portland), and many others. His third record, Giving Up, released in 2015, was featured on KEXP (Seattle), and was reviewed by The Big Takeover as "A winner...Vicari's effortless melodicism; punky, crunching guitars; and winsome vocals reminds us of Apples In Stereo...a fun-packed blast of pure power-pop energy."
Blunt, released in 2017 was recorded in Seattle by Hutch Harris of The Thermals. Impose Magazine reviewed it as "For anyone that has ever found themselves falling in love with some of the most evocative chords on the planet, Sam Vicari should be the top artists to check out on the top of all lists for lovers of the greatest and most powerful pop around."


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