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Thanks to your yoga mat donations Janine is able to lead kid's yoga classes for grieving children at the not for profit organisation Camp Magic.
Camp Magic is a camp for grieving children that require ongoing support in developing strategies to cope with and move forward with their lives following a significant loss. The camp is for children aged 7-17 years who have lost a parent/s, sibling or legal guardian. Camp Magic follows a structured program of therapeutic sessions, in addition to fun physical activities and resilience building challenges.
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A young man identified by the "Justice for Mike Brown" Facebook page as Chris Schaefer was severely beaten last night when fellow protestors...
Guns N Hoses charity event cancelled due to continued unrest in Ferguson, blow hits hardest the families of fallen first responders.
Two overnight shootings in Ferguson area stir up anti-police sentiment - although police officers are the victims in both cases.
Today I spoke with James Knowles, Mayor of Ferguson, and Chris Arps, co-founder of Move On Up and a member of Project 21. Knowles said that his...
Justice would be citizens who could once again trust that America is a nation of laws, not a series of barely contained episodes of lawlessness.
You have encouraged a culture that will demonize my twelve year old son for no reason other than the fact that he was born a white male in America.
Nixon's Ferguson Commission turns into a slush fund for consultants.
I had a number of Ferguson residents call into my program today frustrated with the behavior of some out-of-state rabble-rousers.
If the evidence didn't exist for Holder to charge Wilson with a civil rights violation, why make a similar, unofficial claim towards the department?
Holder sent a reported 40 FBI agents to exhaustively investigate in Ferguson. No mention of the findings.
Missouri Lawmakers have not ruled out having security physically compel Governor Nixon to attend Ferguson hearings if he ignores subpoenas.
Kinder wondered if the National Guard troops were not deployed because Nixon was taking orders from the Obama/Holder DOJ.

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To proselytize Islam, as one of most powerful influences, and providers of content on Islam in U.S. public school textbooks. Pioneered public school "teaching standards" on "religion" (i.e., chiefly Islam), and established "training" materials for public school teachers to instruct on "religion," mainly in taxpayer-funded schools. Opposes public school religious instruction from "secular" voices. Attempts to hide its genuine goals by claiming it merely "consults."
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Around New York City in 100 Miles
50 Runners to Attempt Great New York 100 Mile Running Exposition
Here's another way to see New York City: Run 100 miles through its streets.
That's what about 50 runners will attempt early Saturday morning when they take on the second annual Great New York 100 Mile Running Exposition, an under-the-radar endurance event that can take more than 24 hours to complete. One of the only urban 100-mile races in the country, the race featured only 14 finishers last year.


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Stonebwoy Declares: "I'm Done With Shatta Wale's Gimmicks"
Dancehall warrior, Stonebwoy has revealed in an interview that he is no more going to pay attention to Shatta Wale's gimmicks.
Shatta had earlier disclosed in an interview that he has managed to strike a $15,000 deal with Coke Studio Africa instead of an initial $4,000 offer. He also revealed that other Ghanaian artists including Stonebwoy, Efya and E.L were offered only $4000 by Coke Studio Africa.
"They were paid $ 4,000 each. That's how they see Ghanaian artistes. They cannot stand for the right thing," he complained.
But in an interview with Accra-based Pluzz FM, Stonebwoy said Shatta Wale can only speak for himself and not others.
"He can only disclose figures for himself but not for others since contractually, he doesn't know what goes on in other people's camp.
I don't think it's professional that much for people to talk their business publicly. We all know Shatta, talk money, talk this and that about his brand. Which is good for him but I think it's a low blow for him to talk about my business and contract".
The Bhim Nation president also said Shatta Wale's gimmick is not a new thing to him, adding that "it's all cool for me, am not offended."
"Can I feel offended, no, because it's not a new thing. We all know how an artiste and probably how he (Shatta Wale) say something in a smart way to discredit other peoples and credit himself. But am long gone, am done with all that gimmicks. So it's all cool for me, am not offended.
When Stonebwoy was asked how much he was paid to be on the show, the "Problem" singer rather chose to remain discreet.
"I can't mention figures, at least He (Shatta Wale) has mentioned his figure and might as well show you his contract agreement. But I will not do that".
The Coke Studio Africa is a music show seeking to bring together and showcase the diversity of African musical talent. The show's core value is to bring together artistes from different genres, eras and countries on the continent to create a modern and authentic sound through music.
Ghanaian artists who have already been selected to appear on the show include Efya, Stonebwoy, E.L and Feli Nuna .
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It really has been a long time since i wrote an entry. I have had the urge to write for the last week or so but just haven't managed to put time aside for it. So much has happened since i last sat down to write, maybe that's one of the reasons i haven't tried, i honestly wouldn't know where to start. So I've decided not to try and bridge the gap and pretty much focus on the moment and current thoughts.
I recently purchased a book by Katie Piper called 'Start your day with Katie'. Anybody that knows me knows the importance of positivity in my life. I find it hard to hold on to positive energy for many reasons but try to do so as much as i can. In the last few weeks my anxiety has been.. bad. Right now i don't want to say more about that. Well, i bought this book as it consists of a positive quote for every day of the year. I love the idea of starting your day with a new positive quote. I love quotes! Lol
Anyway, the quote for the 3rd April is one of my favourites so far;
"Let others see in you the things you love most about yourself"
It really got me thinking! What do i love most about myself? For me generally, unfortunately it's quite easy to focus on and highlight what i don't like about myself. But the good things? I kind of found it hard at first but then i realised it's because some of my 'good' qualities, i don't necessarily see as good to possess. I hope I'm making some sort of sense lol. These are what i got from thinking about this quote through the day.
I have a good heart.. This is something I've been told numerous times by people close to me but it is also a fact i have hated at points in my life. When i was younger i was almost fragile, i would describe myself as one of those people that felt everything a little too much (very annoying). I felt pain that wasn't even my own. Over the years and as I've matured i have built a shell around my heart as it has too many bruises already. I would like to think i don't love easily, although in truth this is a little untrue. I guess as I've got older my love comes hand in hand with respect. If i don't respect you then i can't love you. It's as simple as that. It goes for all my relationships, not only romantic ones.
I'm not judgemental.. I don't care about where you come from, what you've done in your life or who you know. How much money you make is irrelevant. The only thing that really does matter to me is your heart. Where you're coming from with your actions? I know people that have done stupid things, but if i get where your heart and intention is coming from then who the hell am i to judge you? I'm not god!
I give my all to people i love.. Again this is something i have struggled with over the years. There have been times that people have taken advantage of this fact, especially the younger me. Maybe they done that without realising? Let's be real, people treat you the way you allow them to in the majority of circumstances. The older me is most defiantly not scared to say no. I try to put myself first, although i have to fight a lot of the time to do so. I've been told I'm selfish, that's ok if anyone wants to think that, all i will say is don't judge unless you've walked my journey.
I have strong morals.. My beliefs about what is right and wrong are pretty strong. I don't impose these on others because that's not me, but you will probably never see me stray from my morals. Things like, love and respect your parents, don't steal, don't neglect or inflict pain on animals or children, help the elderly, be polite etc
I see the best in people.. In my life there are people that have wronged me. Although perhaps not straight away because i have a fiery temper that is louder than malicious, but eventually i almost always try to understand where someone's thoughts and intentions are that led to a specific action. Unfortunately some people are just dickheads! Others, i may not like the action but i get the intention/ thought process.
I give honest, selfless advice or none at all.. I've never understood people that manipulate to benefit themselves. I've found the worst kind of manipulators are those that come in the form of a concerned friend that is trying to advise you the right way. Fuck these people! I could never be like that! I say it how it is, what could possibly be wrong with helping someone avoid a situation by giving them what you have learnt. I always try to give real advice and leave it up to the person to take it or leave it.
Feel much better after putting that down on paper lol i forgot how good this feels!
Have a great day people 🙂


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For the sport of weightlifting the field of play relates to the area of competition which contains:
Two types of platforms are authorised for use by the IWF—Competition and training/warmup platforms. Both types of platforms must meet the authorised specifications.
The platform is a 4m square and made of wood, plastic or any solid material and covered with a non‑slip material.
The height of the platform is between 50mm and 150mm.
If the floor surrounding the platform is the same or similar colour, the top edge of the platform must have a different coloured 150mm line.
A clear one metre area surrounding the platform is compulsory. This area must be flat and free from any obstacles.
If the platform is above ground level, a restraining bar at least the width of the platform must be fixed to the stage, at least one metre in front of the platform.
The warm‑up platform is 3m wide and 2.5‑3m long.
The jury table is situated 10m from the centre of the platform, between the centre and the side referee's tables and located on the side of the athlete's point of entry.
The centre referee is located 4m from the middle of the competition platform. The side referees are seated on the same line as and parallel with the centre referee, 3m‑4m from the centre referee.
Reserve referees are in a designated area on the field of play.
The doctor on duty is located near the athletes point of entry to competition platform.
Competition and management tables are placed on the side of the athletes point of entry to the competition platform.
Loaders and decontamination attendants have a designated area on the opposite side of the athletes' point of entry to the competition platform.
Athletes are provided with a warm‑up area located in close proximity to the competition platform/stage relative to the venue layout.
International Weightlifting Federation Technical and Competition Rules and Regulations. IWF Congress - Baku.www.awf.com.au/technical/docs/IWF%20Technical%20Rules.pdf
The information in this guide is general in nature and cannot be relied upon as professional advice concerning the design of, or marking out for, sporting facilities and playing areas. No assurance is given as to the accuracy of any information contained in this guide and readers should not rely on its accuracy. Readers should obtain their own independent and professional advice in relation to their proposed sporting activity.


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And with that magic power, she is able to turn a ribbon for a backwards roll on a balance beam into an Olympic gold medal.
If You're Going to Be the Worst Parent Ever, Make Sure You Have a the Best Co-parent Ever
The Tooth Fairy didn't make it to our house last night. This is a huge problem.
In the decade that she and I have had to work together to manage the extraction of baby teeth from out of little faces and under little pillows, she's not been able to complete her end of the deal a only a handful of times. There are numerous reasons why the tooth fairy has missed picking up a tooth - usually, it's simply that the tooth was dirty. Everyone knows the tooth fairy doesn't take dirty teeth. This is why you have to brush twice a day every single day, because you never know when one's going to fall out. Once she had the stomach flu (no one is immune from that BS), and once or twice she's embarrassed to admit she's been a little drunk. What? Tooth fairies have parties, too. Who's going to be the DD for the freaking tooth fairy? You want her to drink and fly? Didn't think so. She very responsibly stayed home, feels terrible about the entire thing today, and won't be making that mistake again for a very long time.
But last night, conditions were perfect. It was Thursday night, a work night and hardly a night for revelry. We waited until every single one of us was home from work and school to go out back and call the tooth fairy, making a wish on the brightest, firstest star we saw that night - and we all made really good, sincere wishes out loud that she'd come and take 3of3's tooth. The tooth itself was carefully tucked under the perfect spot on the pillow - not so deep that she wouldn't be able to reach it, not so close to the edge that it might fall out onto the floor if 3of3 had a restless night's sleep.
We did everything exactly right, and still the tooth fairy didn't come. Needless to say, 3of3 was devastated.
When she handed her tooth to me in the kitchen this morning, I looked closely at it. "It was probably dirty, honey. You know she doe...." "No mom, I brushed it extra last night before i went to be to be sure it was super clean."
Oh shit.
"Well maybe she...maybe we...um..."
"She just didn't COME, mom. She just FORGOT about me."
My 15 year old walked in, and I asked him, "Hey, why did the tooth fairy miss you when you were little?" He grumbled something very tired and 15 back at me. I tried to find a silver lining. "But didn't she always leave you extra when she missed a night?" He glared at me and said, "I don't remember. I just remember her not coming."
I went over to 3of3, offered her a baggie for her tooth, and gave her a hug. Jim came into the kitchen and asked what was up. We told her the tooth fairy hadn't come, and 3of3 was just so sad about it, and he said, "Well of course she didn't come. Didn't you read the news?"
3of3 looked up. So did I. So did the 15 year old trying to not be a part of any of this.
"Polar vortex," he said, while he brewed his coffee. "Reuters had a whole article about it. Public service crews are all jammed up, up and down the eastern seaboard. The tooth fairy was grounded, like my plane was the other day coming home from my trip to New York. She didn't get to a single kid last night."
"OOOOOH," 3of3 said.
"I'll print the article out for you today while you're at school," he said back to her.
She smiled, and went back to eating her oatmeal. I offered to put her tooth back under her pillow, in case the tooth fairy spent some school hours catching up on pickups, but she said she didn't think that was very likely.
She went off to school, and I went upstairs and got to work. I was on a conference call when Jim left for work, but I found the news article on my desk for her, printed out just like he promised. Apparently, she's so backed up FedEx has stepped in to help her out, and they're expecting possible delays of up to two days.
Thank goodness someone in this house knows how to read the news in the morning. Also, Photoshop.
Offered with very little comment, my daughter seems to have passed right over her fear of losing teeth, collected $5, advanced directly to 'rip them out of my face the moment they come loose.'
She's also figured out we can talk selfies on my laptop - selfies of the teeth she's just yanked out.
This is what year nine of blogging looks like, friends.
Eight years ago, on the day you were born, I hardly saw you at all. I don't even remember much of that day; you came into this world and there was a problem (it wasn't serious) (but we didn't know that at the time) (and when you are one minute old, every problem is serious) and just as soon as they laid you on my chest, they took you away.
I spent your first day waiting, wondering, worrying. I ran my fingers across the smears of blood and fluids left across my chest in your absence and dreamed of what it was going to be like to smell you, to hold you, to listen to you breath. You spent your first day asleep under a plastic pie lid, and I like to imagine you were waiting for me, dreaming, too.
I didn't know your lung had collapsed. I didn't know you weren't responding to sounds. I didn't know you have conjoined toes on one foot. I didn't know anything at all about your first day, except the pieces of information strangers would drop on the floor around me while I waited to be able to bridge the distance from the places you and I were separately confined.
Your father was by your side though all of this, of course - by kid three the romance of childrearing is dead, and the paternal instincts are at their peak. You were the daughter he'd waited 34 years and 11 months to the day for, and no amount of NICU walls were about to keep him from you.
When I was finally able to come see you, once I had feeling in my legs again and all the bleeding had stopped and the pain was a distant memory, they let me come see you. You laid pink and wriggly in your plastic bed, covered with things that go beep, and though you were only 1-1/2" of sterilized plastic away from me, it felt as though I were trying to reach across the ocean to touch you. I felt your tiny, new, curly fingers through the veil of plastic sheeting, and for as comforting as it was to feel the shape of you, it was almost more difficult this way. Mothers are not meant to feel distances from their children, especially not on the first day of their lives out of the joint.
This year, eight years after the day you were born, I hardly saw you, either, and when I did it was again through sheets of plastic. This year, though, you didn't look like the daily dessert special under a heat lamp - you were across a canyon from me, again with your father, and I got to spend your birthday with you through voodoo they call Facetime.
You came home to me two weeks later a new person, a girl, an eight year old. I got to meet the new you new - you seemed taller, you spoke clearer, that freaking loose front tooth dangling from your gums like old an old grape, taunting me to pick it. The desperation you've carried on your shoulders since we moved away from Arizona - from your father and the friend you made who I am sure will be with you for the rest of your life - seemed to have lifted off you. You have this shit. You came home a little bit older, but not too old. You came home eight, and that's just enough.
(Shitty mom's note: Her birthday is the 1st. Today is the 19th. Stop judging me.)
42 Ways to Write a 309-Word Freudian Slip
Every day in my social media streams I see a handful of 15 reasons to ____ or 7 way to ____ and it is driving me crazy because I'm in marketing, I see what you're doing there, but also because I have been doing this for nine years which means I am an overbearing preachy know it all who had to code her own sidebar content boxes that weren't even called widgets yet uphill both ways in blogspot and do you even know what FTP is? Get off my CSS.
But thankfully, my dear friend Denise Tanton reminded me - with her signature graceful eloquence - that there are multitudes of opinions about how we write blog posts, which work together to create a vast and diverse blogosphere, and each viewpoint is as valuable and important as the others.
@mrlady exactly. Fuck mr lady lol #lesbianapproved lol— Denise Tanton (@dtanton) August 23, 2013
And she even went so far as to demonstrate her point for me. Read it here. And that got me thinking about all the great (read: not pseudo-marketing formulaic SEO click bait pointlessly numbered) list-posts I've read over the years, and the few I'd even written myself (there are a few here, here, and here) before I decided no one should write them anymore, and that somehow turned into a group of us co-chairing The Sigmund and Freud Cross-Dressing Six Flags Sexy Sexy Safari Tours, or something like that.
I'm not entirely sure.
The internet moves fast.
Keeping up is hard.
Awesomely enough, this random post I was writing so I could keep avoiding the giant herd of elephants in this here room on the internet has somehow brought me around to that giant herd of elephants in this here room of the internet, comprised of everything I haven't found a way to publish yet, for one reason or another.
The human psyche is a dick.
Bygones. I needed a segue into the rest of my life, because really, two months of dodging elephants is exhausting. Also, not as good for the glutes as you'd guess.
And so partly to let Denise know that I heard her, and hopefully avoid getting thrown into the lesbian tiger pit (though if it's the lesbian cougar pit, SIGN MY SHIT UP) and more-partly because I now have more posts in draft than I do published, I thought I would write a list post of my own, wherein I gloss over a whole lot of pretty important information* that really should go into a series of long, deep, meaningful posts, or, you know, MY BOOK, but you know.
Things ain't nobody got time for:
- That.
HOLY DIGRESSION. I think it's time to just list out everything I'm not writing, and then maybe start publishing all the posts I have in draft line item number by line item number.
Color by numbers blogging. And I bitch about the list-makers.
- I moved.
- To Northern California.
- And to Busy Dad.
- Over the first week of July, which was in-between BlogHer Food and BlogHer 13. Which is the perfect time to move.
- If you hate yourself.
- But I hate Arizona, and love Busy Dad, more. So I moved.
- And here is where I have to give my kids' father massive props for letting us go, because really, he totally could have said no and then we would have been stuck in that god-awful place for like ever and really, i would rather not-quite-die but you know what I mean than stay there one more day.
- Of course, he has been nothing short of a
- Chump ass
- Crying in his beer
- Breast-feeding
- Motherfucker
- To me ever since we moved, but he let me move. There am I happy.
- And I know he's reading this, which is a lot of why I can't write anything anymore, because try having your ex of 20 years read your diary as you write it, but I found and read some of his journals, too, so quid pro quo, bitches.
- And of course my daughter started having massive panic attacks the day before I left for BlogHer '13.
- And her fish died the morning I left.
- Because GAH.
- But my teenage son stopped talking about killing himself.
- No, I am not telling you which one. That's his business.
- But you should watch this video from VOTY or read the post here on Adrienne Jones' blog No Points for Style, because we have to be talking more about our kids' mental health as a community and I for one have no idea how or where to start, so I am eternally grateful that she started for us.
- Also, I got to spend, like, quality time with
- Queen
- Motherfucking
- Latifah
- at VOTY.
- There isn't one single picture of us together.
- But man does she say Mistah Laydee just riiiiiight.
- And now BlogHer is over and I am at the doctor kind of a lot with my daughter, who seemed to turn a really large corner a few weeks ago and is even putting herself to sleep at night again.
- Baby steps on the bus.
- And then I learned exactly how fun it feels to have your child tell you he hates you
- And mean it
- And have reasoning and facts backing up why
- And not being able to do a thing about it, because being the sober parent means you get to take the punches and keep wobbling back up and being the consistent, even, rational, not-emotionally-outbursty one and just hope he remembers it on the other side.
- Which I think/hope he will, because holy SHIT do I love him
- Even if I never even wrote a post for him on his 15th birthday which was 4 1/2 months ago
- Best. Blogger. Ever.
- But I'm getting much better at Facebook
- Which really isn't something I ever wanted to brag about, but here I am, checking Facebook alone in the dark and getting busted by my step-son who makes really funny faces at you when you get busted checking Facebook alone in the dark
- But not as funny as this face
- Nothing is as funny as that face
- Except maybe watching BusyDad load up a grocery belt
- But that is a story for another day.
And hopefully now I can start writing it.
*For me. It's possible that maybe it isn't as important for you.


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Recent reports suggest a potentially dangerous security flaw in iOS firmware has been unearthed by jailbreakers. The loophole is expected to provide hackers with a backdoor to access a victim's private information.
The primary aim behind adding limitations, restrictions and firewalls into mainstream products, as far as Apple is concerned, is to counter the threat of hackers; this is another major reason why the company warns its customers against using pirated third-party software and jailbreaks.
With so much at stake, cyber security and law enforcement authorities have often issued notices to the Cupertino company to strengthen security levels across its products and block all primary exploits hackers use to infiltrate malware. The latest hacker exploit involves the Unique Device Identifier (UDID), which is a series of numbers and letters used by Apple and developers to uniquely identify your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, according to JBU (iPhoneIslam translation). In fact, Apple's warning to users comes in the wake of hackers exploiting iUser's private data through their UDID that gives away confidential information.
For instance, when you first purchase an iDevice or an iPhone, you register your name as the owner of the device. Thus your name becomes your iPhone's name. Normally, you would have registered your device with your name and then added your number in your contact's list with your name to ensure you don't forget it. Though, it may seem pretty simple and harmless, you might be lending a secret backdoor key to the hackers' fingertips. The hacker then has to just gain access inside your iPhone using a normal application, access your contact's list, your number and also your name. Besides, your personal information is compromised using the device's registered name.
In case your device ports Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant, you'll have to be extra cautious since Siri holds all your personal information that you accidentally feed into it. For instance, if you're looking for Adam's birthday and you asked her to get it for you, she might ask you:"What's Adam's number?" and once you enter your friend's/relatives number, it gets saved in Siri's database, thus, becomes another baseline for hackers to fiddle with.
For those interested to know the exact sequence hackers might use to access their private iPhone data using the device's registered name, read the steps below:
1) Getting your device's registered name
2) Accessing your contact's list
3) Searching in your contact's list for your name (that was registered in the device) and hence access your number and the rest of your personal info with it
4) Repeating the above steps with the rest of the phone numbers in the contact list and all through that specific app that is installed on your iDevice and which is controlled by the hacker
5) Hack into numbers of many other personnel and gain third-party contacts as well, for instance, if you have your uncle saved in your contact's list as "My Uncle", the hacker will have pretty much a better chance to know your relations with other contact names they got.
Providing a hacker with such enormity of details could lead to potentially dangerous consequences, as this leaves you vulnerable to the hacker's new exploits with info of your iDevice. However, there is a way by which you can get yourself out of this mess by just changing your iPhone's name through either of two ways:
1-Change your device's name from your device and this can only be done in iOS 5 firmware by following these steps:
- Go to Settings > General > Information> About
- Now change your name into any other
2-You can also change your name from the iTunes:
- Click on your device in the "Devices" section
- Now you can find an 'Edit' icon from which you can change your device's name
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Grinding to a Halt
I woke up yesterday (Tuesday) morning and weighed myself. I'm up nearly 5 pounds from 1.5 weeks ago when I finally hit normal. Hopefully at least some of that is lingering TTOTM weight, but I know it's not all that. For the day it furthered my crappy mood but by the time this morning rolled around I was seeing things with a little more clarity. What am I going to do? Put on 10 pounds and then dig myself out of that hole? Or am I done? Am I going to go back to eating crap and not exercising? No. I need to do whatever I can today to intervene. So I decided to eat light today for a couple of reasons, 1., to remind myself that I can, that I do have control when it comes to food and 2., to try and establish a bit of balance in my calorie intake this week. So I had my normal coffee, cereal/milk for breakfast. For lunch I had a Special K meal bar and fruit. I had a string cheese for an afternoon snack and for dinner I had a grilled chicken breast with quinoa and a 1/2 of an avocado. I just finished a hot cup of tea. And my mood is a bit better. I still don't know when I'm going to get back in the gym, maybe tomorrow. I know when I do I will start feeling better but I also know I'm not going to apply too much force at this early point. Now, if Monday rolls around and I still haven't exercised I will apply whatever force it takes to drag my ass into the gym.
But I am doing something, I have an appointment tomorrow with the doctor. I'm going to ask to have my iron checked and see what else she offers up. Oh! Another thing I've been noticing is I have a slight wheeze in the afternoons. It's very slight, I'm sure others can't hear it. I thought it was related to allergies but I still have it even if I take an allergy pill. Sometimes it gets worse when I exercise. So I'm also wondering about some lung issues, asthma (exercise induced or not), allergy stuff or who knows what else. So I'll be asking the doctor about this too. One good thing is, I'm pretty sure she's not going to tell me that I'm tired all the time because I need to lose weight. If she does, we might have a problem ;) If you've been overweight for a long time then you know that almost every medical issue can be, at least partially, attributed to needing to lose weight. Not this time, doc, not this time.
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Hang in there my friend! Hope you can get it all figured out at the doc. I am feeling down also. I have having some hip pain that has slowed me down. Going to have it checked out on Monday.ReplyDelete
Hang in there Michelle, do not give up. I know exactly how you are feeling. We went on a family vacation last week with five grandchildren and what I ate was not on the top of my list. After tending to the children and activites all day exercising was not an option. I choose to collapse on the couch or bed. I feel crappy also and I know it is because of all the junk food I have been eating. GOOD FOOD = GOOD MOOD!! I have decided to challenge myself to complete 100 miles either walking or riding from today to October 13th?? Come on you can turn it around! YOU GO GIRL!!
I love how real you are! I found your blog through a Google search for weight loss blogs and it is definitely my favorite so far.ReplyDelete
This is a great post and so encouraging! I also have blown it the past week and haven't eaten what I know I should. Today I am eating right and light! It's inspiring to see your thoughts and struggles reflect my own, and you move past them back on track!Replies
Thank you. These "real" posts are often the hardest to write. I feel like it's going to get old, like "why hasn't she got this figured out yet?!". But I'm glad they help, it's real, that's for sure. It's all part of the journey. If it were easy, everyone would do it, right? And if it were perfect, it's not sustainable. So we're doing great! Keep it up.Delete
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THE BATTLE was joined over U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's confirmation, which occurred in President Obama's first press conference since his reelection.
After being carved up in the press, starting on Fox News, Rice had been hung out until the question was asked today by ABC's Jonathan Karl. Obama clearly relished the moment to finally get Rice's back, whom he believes has been an exemplary representative of the Administration and this country, with all evidence supporting this judgment.
The fight flashed in Barack Obama's eyes as he delivered the salvo, in one of his finest moments of pure passion, purpose and offense, not defense, of Susan Rice, which should lift the spirits of everyone working for this President to make sure his second term succeeds, beginning with the moment he begins to redraw his cabinet.
"She made an appearance at the request of the White House in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. If Sen. McCain and Sen. (Lindsey) Graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. When they go after the U.N. ambassador apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me." – President Obama
Senator Graham, who has taken to playing a sort of mini me to John McCain, was quick to release a response:
"Mr. President, don't think for one minute I don't hold you ultimately responsible for Benghazi. I think you failed as Commander in Chief before, during, and after the attack," he said in a statement. "We owe it to the American people and the victims of this attack to have full, fair hearings and accountability be assigned where appropriate. Given what I know now, I have no intention of promoting anyone who is up to their eyeballs in the Benghazi debacle." [Fox News]
This comes after both McCain and Graham have called for "Watergate style" hearings in the Senate, which could freeze Obama's movement and bottle up his policy goals before he even gets started. But the real issue is Senator John McCain playing commander in chief from the sidelines, because he was denied the position by the American people. This waning warrior revved up to put it to the uppity White House civilian who never served, with Graham happy to play plebe.
Ed Henry of Fox News Channel, continued on Benghazi, though not with journalism as his guide.
"I wanted to ask about the families of these four Americans who were killed. Sean Smith's father Ray said he believes his son called 9-1-1 for help and they didn't get it. I know you said you grieve for the four Americans, that it is being investigated, but the families have been waiting for more than two months. So I would like for you to address the families, if you can: On 9/11, as Commander-in-Chief, did you issue any orders to try to protect their lives?"
The self-righteousness of this approach from a journalist, skirting a specific issue, but instead requesting the President to "address the families," hit Obama exactly as it did me. Arrogant and assuming to suggest that the Administration wouldn't immediately do everything it could at all levels to save Americans and keep them from harm whenever possible.
This has been the assumption on the right, dereliction of duty the obvious inference in Graham's statement.
As for other issues, nothing was asked at the presser about entitlements.
Tax rates were discussed, with news out of the presser that they seem negotiable. The wealthy will be asked to do more, but dealing with them specifically is currently negotiable. Obama firmly believes the math on the top 2% is with him and so are the American people, including those who didn't vote for him.
And alert the right, climate change is real, as is the pressure on Republicans to do something about immigration, with Congress and Obama's staff already in talks on multiple levels, the President said today.
The main message, President Obama presented himself as a hero of the middle class, with any mandate he has coming from his charge to protect working people who make up the heart of this country. Once again, it was Ed Henry who provoked the response:
"I've got one mandate. I've got a mandate to help middle class families and families that are working hard to try to get into the middle class. That's my mandate. That's what the American people said. They said, "˜Work really hard to help us. Don't worry about the politics of it. Don't worry about the party interests. Don't worry about the special interests. Just work really hard to see if you can help us get ahead because we're working really hard out here and we're still struggling a lot of us.' That's my mandate." – President Obama
However, all dimmed when compared to President Obama's almost gallant offense of an Administration official who is highly respected for her work at the U.N., loyal, as well as beloved.
In comparison to Graham's high pitched squeal from the bleachers, there was no comparison in class or pitch.
However, if Obama wants Rice at State, which all reporting suggests, what was difficult because of Benghazi just became a point of male ego on the Senate side.
Rice's nomination will require a campaign, which was helped by Obama's words today that can be used by allies to help make it happen. It will require women's groups and everyone wanting this woman at State to get involved, provided Obama decides he wants this fight.
Dramatic day.


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Hi! I'm really really excited to share with you today an interview with a really really amazing artist/painter, Vanessa Lee from Reset Reality. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the vibrant watercolor and gouache surrealistic paintings she has in her shop. If you're looking for some vibrant and unique original art for your home or office space, you're in for a treat!
Q. What is the first craft project you remember making?
A. All little kids have fond memories of working on fun craft projects growing up. I believe my very first project involved making a placemat for lunch time, with construction paper cut-outs of flowers, watering cans, and shovels. My teacher also bought me a set of crayons shaped like cars… so perhaps in the grand scheme of things, this whole art-making process has been fostered in me for the longest time. I think the difference is that as we grow older, not to stop working on some sort of creative practice.
Q. What inspires you?
A. I love figures, faces, costumes, animals, current events, history and color. I find myself going back to these themes when I make new drawing and paintings. Also, I have no shame hunkering down and copying drawings of Old Masters and doing studies to improve my skills… because, one can never stop getting better at what they do, and why not learn from the best? Knowing that I stand on the backs of the many heavy hitters in the art world before, I feel liberated that I can work my way up there too.
Q. Can you describe some of your creative processes?
A. I work primarily with gouache, which is a form of watercolor. The great thing about watercolor is that it requires both a willingness to be flexible and open to mistakes and accidents, and a precision and sharpness in decision making to counter the chaos that can potentially ensue and cause a piece to be problematic. By successfully executing this delicate balancing act, I create my best work. It forces me to be present in a world surrounded by endless distractions… it sounds Zen, and I appreciate my practice for that.
Q. What is your most prized handmade possession?
A. I own a small collection of bangles made by the talented artist Malili Otoya Hand-painted & made of wood, I receive compliments for them any time I wear them, and always refer people to her work. The bright colors remind me of my own paintings.
Q. What was the hardest thing about starting your Etsy shop?
A. Starting out, I had these grandiose ideas that within a month, I would become an overnight success, find myself with thousands of views, featured on the front page, etc, etc and I quickly realized I am just one small fish, in a gigantic ocean full of other very talented fish. I opened my shop officially in the Spring of 2012, and I'm happy to say, despite numerous moments of discouragement, that my shop is still open for business and improving every day. Eventually, I would love to call my Etsy shop my day job, but like all creative endeavors, it takes time, long-term commitment, patience, and willingness to keep at it. I think also the initial start-up costs… and potential expansion costs as one grows their business. For me, my next step would be to invest in a high-end inkjet printer to make prints to sell! It's on my radar.
Q. What's the BEST thing about running your Etsy shop?
A. Knowing that my work brings somebody joy in their life every time they see it on their wall, hands down. My Etsy shop exists to give my paintings a chance to be seen and loved by others. Appreciation is a great feeling that all artists enjoy.
Q. How do your customers find out about your products?
A. That's another thing I struggle with. My shop only averages about 400 views a month, which is a weak point I want to address. I've increased my social media presence, tweaked my Etsy search ads and SEO, and recently bought a Fish Indie ad subscription (www.fishindie.com/) which has significantly helped boost my visibility. July has brought me 181 views… it feels like a boost considering last month, I only had 288 the entire month! I am hoping to spread the word of my work through the blogging community too, as well as launch a blog of my own. I have plans to go out into NYC this summer and set up an impromptu shop in Central Park, Times Square or something… a la Bansky style (untappedcities.com/2013/10/14/banksy-day-13-spray-art-for-sale-ignored-s...)
Q. What are a few of your favorite items in your shop?
Q. If you could give one piece of advice to a new Etsy seller, what would it be?
A. Go big & never give up. Simple, easy to remember, and man, do I try to live by that.
Q. Where can we find you (etsy, facebook, twitter, etc.)
Etsy: resetreality.etsy.com
Twitter: twitter.com/resetreality
Facebook: facebook.com/resetreality
Web: resetreality.net
Pinterest: pinterest.com/resetreality
Behance: behance.net/resetreality
Q. Finally, tell us 3 fun facts about you!
A. I learned how to ride a bicycle at 24, so it's never too late to learn something.
I enjoy nonfiction literature, Sailor Moon, baseball (I'm a Boston Red Sox fan living in New York City… eep!), and the Blues.
And my favorite flavor of ice cream is Cherry Garcia
Thanks sooooo much, Vanessa, for sharing a little bit about you and your shop with us! I admire that you paint in watercolor and gouache-- I tried them and they were too "free" for me. I jealously admire artists who have mastered that media!!!! Also, I think your etsy shop advice is one of the best I've heard-- "go big & never give up." YES! I TOTALLY needed to hear that today. (I need to print that out and tape it on my computer. )
I hope you enjoyed this interview and a little insight into another fellow artist. Please stop by her shop, Reset Reality, and show Vanessa some love and maybe pick up a unique painting for your space.
If you are a handmade artist and would like to be featured, or you know know a killer artist that I should feature, send me an email at email@example.com or leave a comment in the section below!


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Arizona pension trust grants another raise amid scrutiny
On the same day that public-safety pension trust chairman Brian Tobin apologized and promised to rescind five controversial raises, now-departing administrator Jim Hacking gave a $7,178 raise to his deputy, records obtained by The Arizona Republic show.
Tobin on Wednesday said he was unaware of the latest raise. While Tobin said it did not require board approval — Hacking had the authority to grant it — he also said he was "trying to understand the timing."
The raise to Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Deputy Administrator Jared Smout was given the day after Gov. Jan Brewer expressed outrage over the illegal raises at the trust. Brewer, who appointed all seven PSPRS board members, had called for "further transparency and accountability" at the pension system for Arizona police officers, firefighters, elected officials and prison guards.
RELATED: 2 pension execs may hold on to improper raises
Despite Brewer's concerns, Hacking signed an amended employment contract giving Smout a 4.5 percent raise, according to a copy of the document obtained under the Arizona Public Records Law.
That amendment lifted Smout's annual pay to $166,650. A PSPRS spokesman said the timing was coincidental.
Brewer said through her spokesman that she was dismayed.
"Gov. Brewer has expressed vehement concern over the raises being improperly handed out by (and to) officials at PSPRS," Andrew Wilder, Brewer's spokesman, wrote in an e-mail. "Each new revelation simply underscores that something is wrong at PSPRS — and affirms the governor's belief that there must be a complete, upfront accounting of the situation at PSPRS and its officials need to act with full transparency."
While Brewer appoints the PSPRS board, she does not have authority to hire or fire staff.
The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation of the $7.9 billion pension system based on allegations by ex-employees that it overvalued real-estate investments to improve the bottom line and trigger staff bonuses. Hacking has denied the allegations.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Administration is conducting a workplace investigation of PSPRS that includes allegations of sexual harassment within the agency.
The trust's board on Friday started the process to terminate Hacking after TheRepublic disclosed the investment-staff raises, which were given without Arizona Department of Administration approval as required by law.
Hacking and Tobin have acknowledged they were given without ADOA approval.
Previously acquired public records show Smout in December authorized a PSPRS accountant to process raises for four investment staffers that were retroactive to July 1, 2013. In total, five investment staffers received annual raises ranging from 7.5 to 26.7 percent.
Neither Smout nor Hacking returned calls Wednesday seeking comment. Wednesday was Hacking's last day in office before starting a board-imposed administrative leave.
Hacking and the board are negotiating a settlement to buy out his $234,00 annual contract. Hacking also is expected to receive a lifetime annual state pension, though PSPRS has refused to release documents that would allow the newspaper to calculate his pension.
Brewer pushed through personnel reforms in 2012 that gave ADOA power to approve salary increases for state employees. The law also required state agencies to consult with ADOA on employment contracts, though ADOA does not have authority to outright reject a contract.
Brian McNeil, ADOA's director, said he was unaware that Hacking had authorized last week'sraise for Smout until informed about the contract by The Republic.
As that raise was being approved, McNeil and Tobin were in negotiations over the illegal investment-staff pay raises and discussinghow PSPRS would take steps to correct the problem so it didn't happen again. The trust also is trying to clarify the terms of contracts that gave raises to two other PSPRS executives.
Amid the negotiations, Tobin wrote a letter to McNeil apologizing for "mistakes that have been made in implementing the salary rate adjustments."
McNeil said he had no additional comment on Smout's raise.
Steve Meissner, a PSPRS spokesman, said the increase was approved as part of the agency's budget process in May and June and did not require ADOA approval. He said the contract was amended July 9 because staff payroll was being processed, and it was a reminder that the pay increase for Smout needed to be approved.
"Having it happen the same day as Mr. Tobin's letter was purely coincidental," Meissner said.
Meissner said Hacking had legal authority to amend Smout's 10-year-contract. That's because it was first signed in April 2012, a month prior to Brewer signing personnel-reform legislation.
"Mr. Hacking felt Mr. Smout's performance over the past year warranted that increase," Meissner said.
Levi Bolton, executive director of the 14,000-member Arizona Police Association, said the timing makes him scratch his head.
"I would think that a huge exercise of caution and restraint would go on right now," Bolton said. "Given the climate, you have to ask yourself, 'What is the thought process, to do things as business as usual?' There should be a moratorium on any economic business (for staff) until their house is in order."


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I am becoming more aware of changing my perspective.
Looking back, a lot of my blogging was about challenging issues such as terminal illness, bereavement, redundancy, parenting issues and depression.
I tried to be open and honest for my own therapy and apparently people found that inspiring. I even got nominated for awards for being so miserable!
I have always said that when I wrote my first Grooving Mums post way back when it was more about trying to find out if I was mad or if there was anybody else who felt the way I did. I did not know that I was opening the floodgates and that actually I was not as mad or as different as I thought.
I hated myself for being fat and ugly.
I have taken charge of my weight and the truth that I now see that I have my own individual beauty.
I was isolated and had no close friends.
I now have many friends and in fact find it a challenge to keep up with them all. That is a big change and it is good to not only have online friends but people I get to see in the real world too.
I thought I would never work again.
I got that one wrong too! I just needed to reinvent myself career wise as many mums do as they try to juggle it all.
I thought it was my fault when my partner looked at dating sites.
I now realise that when someone is a twit, it is all about them. Nothing to do with me at all – I am an attractive, intelligent, feisty, witty, creative and caring woman. In fact if I joined a dating site I would probably be inundated with offers. My husband is a lovely man but just like me and probably you, he gets it badly wrong sometimes.
I thought getting into debt as a student and other financial issues would give me a poor credit history for life. I know about such matters so this was ridiculous of me. I looked at my credit file this week and got the great news that I am creditworthy.
I found housework overwhelming so the house was too often a tip.
These days I keep on top of things enough and if the house is a mess it usually means I have made the choice to focus on fundamentally more life-affirming stuff. My late Mum said her only regret in life was that she had done too much cleaning.
I asked for some particular assistance this week and not one person came forward. Years ago, a friend told me that I had a very good heart and I celebrate that. I would always do my utmost to help where I could and that makes me a very special soul.
Am I bigging myself up? Isn't it about time?!
So yes I am changing my perspective and I think that is one big reason to be cheerful.


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Alison Redford resigns as premier of Alberta
Karolyn Coorsh, CTVNews.ca
Published Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:07PM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:47PM EDT
Alison Redford is stepping down as premier of Alberta, effective this Sunday.
Redford announced her resignation as leader of Alberta's ruling Progressive Conservative party Wednesday evening, following weeks of intense criticism that she was abusing her political power as head of government.
Without addressing specifics, Redford called the turmoil within government in recent weeks "a distraction" that is getting in the way of her party's mandate, and that it's been "weighing heavily" on her mind.
"Quite simply, I am not prepared to allow party and caucus infighting to get in the way of building a better future for our province and for all Albertans," Redford said in a brief speech. "And that is why I am announcing today that with a profound optimism for Alberta's future, I am resigning as premier of Alberta, effective this Sunday."
To loud applause, an emotional Redford said she has given her "heart and soul to this province" every day for the last two years.
She touted her government's record, saying they've kept taxes low while implementing social programs and improving infrastructure.
The embattled premier has been facing down critics since early this year, when she expensed about $45,000 for a trip overseas for Nelson Mandela's funeral.
For weeks, Redford ignored calls to refund the money, which many called an extravagant and unnecessary use of public funds.
In mid-March, Redford apologized and repaid the costs associated with the trip, but it appeared the damage was already done.
Critics lambasted Redford for what they called a sense of entitlement as more revelations of questionable spending were brought to light, including allegations that Redford had flown on her own government plane while Progressive Conservative MLAs took half-empty flights to the same destinations.
Backlash reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, when backbencher Len Webber quit the Progressive Conservatives to sit as an Independent last Thursday, claiming Redford was a "bully."
And then Steve Robson, president of the PC association in the northeast Edmonton, called on Redford to step down, calling her an "arrogant" leader who doesn't listen to her caucus.
Donna Kennedy-Glans, associate minister for electricity, also quit Redford's caucus to sit as an Independent, criticizing what she called the government's culture of entitlement.
Shortly after Redford's announcement, Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith said that her resignation indicates the PC party's problems "run far too deep for one leader to change."
Smith said that Redford was elected as an "outsider" who would "fundamentally change" what it meant to be a Progressive Conservative.
"I have no doubt that she intended to be that leader, I have no doubt that Albertans had high hopes that she would be that leader, but what we've witnessed during her short, 29 months as premier is the clearest indication yet that the PC party simply can't be fixed," Smith said.
She added that the business of governing Alberta will now "once again take a backseat" to the internal politics of the PC party as they look for a new leader.
However, Smith said Redford "gave everything she had" to her job as premier "and for that, she should be proud and for that, we should be thankful."
In a statement, Stephen Harper thanked Redford for her years of service and her "commitment to the people of Alberta and to Canada."
"We wish her the best in whatever comes next," Harper said.
In a tweet, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird called Redford a "smart and classy woman" and also wished her all the best.
Redford's resignation comes as her approval rating plummeted to 18 per cent, the lowest of all Alberta party leaders. The poll, released Wednesday, show Redford's approval rating dropped 40 points in the last year and a half.
Redford was elected premier in 2011.


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I recently spent a very pleasant day bike riding amid the sculptures at the Storm King Art Center in Cornwall, NY. It is an extraordinary place that is so big you can rent bicycles to help you get around. Storm King is definitely worth a visit.
The featured artist this year is Lynda Benglis. In the garden are her very large metal fountains and inside the gallery are Benglis' smaller ceramic works. I enjoyed seeing the way she played the mediums of clay and metal off of each other. The metal was very claylike with its dripped organic structures and the extruded ceramics sculptures had a metal rigidity to them.
Benglis recalls that she became interested in playing with mounds of sand, clay, water, and moss as a child visiting her grandfather in Petal, Mississippi. The surface of her ceramic pieces show the impression of her hands as she rolls, squeezes, rips, pinches and folds the extruded clay forms.
Benglis says, " When I do ceramics, I feel a need to kind of wrestle with the material and be integrated with the form and surface. I continue to work with the sculptural aspects of clay and pushing it around. I tend to work categorically and try to push the materials as far as it can go."
I strongly relate to Benglis' need to experiment with form and surface when creating my clay sculptures


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By John Melloy, CNBC.com
Recent housing data shows that the few home buyers that are out there are trading down to houses that cost under $200,000, a trend that may mean an even longer downturn for the so-called McMansions costing above $750,000 that the middle class aspired to own by any means during the housing bubble.
February new home sales plunged 17 percent to a 250,000 unit annual rate, the lowest on record, according to data released Wednesday. Every price category of home showed declines except one: $150,000 to $199,999. According to Census Bureau data, 6,000 homes in that category sold last month, double the amount sold in January.
"What is very clear from both this week's resale and new homes sales data is that 'trading down' has become a key and rather deflationary feature of the residential real estate market," said David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist for Gluskin Sheff, who flagged the outlier in his client note Thursday.
Digging further into the new homes data, one can see that 48 percent of all sales were for new homes costing under $200,000 last month. In July 2007, at about the very top of the housing market, this group accounted for just 37 percent of sales. Only 1 percent of sales last month were for homes that sold for more than $750,000.
"With higher down payments required, prices are subject to a 'de-multiplier' effect," said Stephen Weiss of Short Hills Capital. "Ten percent down on a $500,000 home required $50,000, but now 30 percent down on a $250,000 home requires $75,000."
The average price for a home is back to May 2004 levels, after reaching a peak in 2007, according to the latest data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
If the 'McMansion' market is in for a longer decline than the rest of the market, the builder that could take the biggest hit is Toll Brothers, which bills itself as "America's Luxury Home Builder." The stock was on the cusp of breaking a key price level at $20 Thursday, according to Steve Cortes of Veracruz LLC. The shares are down 4 percent over the last three days amid the bearish new home sales and existing home sales data released this week.
"New home sales only accounted for a mere six percent share of total single family sales, versus around 20 percent in the cycle peak in 2005," wrote Rosenberg. "No wonder the S&P 500 homebuilding stocks can't seem to recover! Dead money."


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parent forum
The Exning Primary School Parent Forum is a group of parents that meet each half term with the deputy headteacher to discuss various issues and policies within school. There are usually two or three parent representatives from each class across the school. Every year we have new Robins' parents join us and every two years we open the forum to new parents wishing to take part.
We work together to ensure a strong partnership between parents and the school and give parents the opportunity to become involved with some of the policies and decisions that are made and affect their children.
Here are a few examples of how we have listened to parents to make improvements to our school:
- Implementation of a house reward system and amendments to our Behaviour Policy
- Change of times for celebration assemblies to suit working parents
- Birthday table in the canteen was causing children upset so we shared with the school council and decided it was time to change the way we celebrated birthdays; we now have a birthday assembly
- Changes to the way we deal with behaviour incidents at lunch time
- Rollout of a Home-School Agreement
We are continually looking for ways to develop the forum and our relationships with parents.
If you have ideas to share then please do speak to your class representative.
Summary of Minutes
Minutes available from the office on request.


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Music from the Heart
The Heartbeat of America
McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga
Sunday, October 4, 2015, 3:00 PM
Featuring Steve Sánchez, clarinet
From imported classics to home-grown jazz and hip hop, American music has always echoed the pulse of her people — their hopes and dreams, their trials and triumphs. SJWS kicks off the season with a special multimedia concert, featuring all-American works by Morton Gould, William Schuman and Ira Hearshen. Our guest artist is San Francisco's own Steve Sánchez, performing Scott McAllister's Black Dog.
The Heart of the West
McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga
Sunday, December 6, 2015, 3:00 PM
Featuring Patrick Sheridan, tuba
No era of American history has captured our hearts and imaginations quite like the wild, wild West. Relive the days of cowboys, sheriffs and outlaws as SJWS performs western themes from TV and the movies, as well as sagebrush standards like Morton Gould's Santa Fe Saga and Ron Nelson's Aspen Jubilee. Our very special guest for the afternoon is Patrick Sheridan, one of the world's great tuba virtuosos.
SJWS ♥ Opera
McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga
Sunday, February 28, 2016, 3:00 PM
Featuring Layna Chianakas, mezzo soprano
Opera speaks directly to the heart and soul, through a sublime combination of music, singing, poetry, drama, stagecraft and dance. Journey through a whirlwind of emotions as the Wind Symphony presents timeless melodies from Carmen, William Tell, Tosca, Aida and more. Our special guest artist is mezzo soprano Layna Chianakas from Opera San Jose, performing arias by Verdi and Wagner.
Sousa in the SOuth Bay
McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga
Sunday, May 15, 2016, 3:00 PM
Featuring Keith Brion as John Philip Sousa
You won't want to miss this one: a Sousa concert conducted by Mr. Sousa himself! Keith Brion returns with his internationally renowned portrayal of John Philip Sousa, as SJWS recreates a typical Sousa performance from the 1920s. Sousa was the preeminent bandleader of his era, touching heartstrings worldwide. In Sousa's own words, "To reach every heart by simple stirring music… this was my mission."
Fantastic Fourth: Take Heart, America!
Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos
Monday, July 4, 2016, 1:15 PM
Featuring Virginia Mayhew, tenor saxophone
Walter M. Mayes, narrator
Our traditional 4th of July concert will be a star-spangled spectacular! In addition to the usual marches and patriotic tunes, New York jazz saxophonist Virginia Mayhew stops by to perform Stella by Starlight and SJWS chimes in with Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust. The concert is free, so come early with blankets, chairs and sunscreen. Sponsored by the Town of Los Gatos and the Los Gatos Recreation Department.


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With all six 2016-17 ISU Grand Prix of # Figure Skating preliminary events formally in the books as of Nov. According to an article in the December 2016 Worldwide Determine Skating Journal, Cha doesn't have any idols however he does train with Brian Orser, which bodes nicely for his jumps and skating abilities. That includes a foreword by CBS' Verne Lundquist, Skating on Air traces the published historical past of determine skating with the help of over 30 skaters, broadcasters, community executives and more!
And the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports activities Group's dwell streaming product for desktops, cellular gadgets, tablets, and connected TVs – will stream this weekend's determine skating coverage. Weir competes within the Males's Free Skate Program Final throughout Day 6 of the Turin Winter Olympic Video games on February 16, 2006. Apart from world silver medalist Denis Ten (KAZ), Alexander Majorov (SWE), Michal Brezina (CZE), Peter Liebers (GER), and world bronze medalist Javier Fernandez (ESP), all other entries come from one of the six Grand Prix stops (USA, Canada, China, Japan, France, and Russia).
The primary event of the sequence this yr is the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow (RUS), October 20 to 22. World and Olympic Champion Yuzuru Hanyu will begin his season there and will face 4 Continents Champion Nathan Chen (USA). Why: This extremely controversial pair (they were two of many Chinese language skaters under scrutiny in a potential age-falsifying scandal) gained two occasions on the Junior Grand Prix this yr (and a medal on the Grand Prix Remaining last year!). Read More


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well -- we're a bit late coming into the baby name game, but, we're joining now -- trying to catch up from the 1st one --- sorry it took us a while. Your aunt has her own guesses, though, just those that popped into her mind ---- one emailed to you last month.....good seeing you guys again then. love you lots, aunt pami and uncle rick
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Film Voyagers: Juanita Jones/
Sunday, April 14th, 2:00pm
Film Voyagers
A program of films for younger children age 3 to 7 and their caregivers: films from around the world --most animation -- geared toward a young audience. $8 Suggested Donation
Juanito Jones
2002, 53 min, Spain
Juanito uses his imagination to travel on fantastic adventures and confronts all sorts of dangerous situations and always remembers never to use violence. Instead, he uses wit, skill, intelligence and help from his friend Sombra, a loveable teddy bear.
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about us
Thank you for visiting our website. Hans began working in masonry over 37 years ago. He started his apprenticeship in 1980 working in the Tri Valley area. The Hans Thiering Masonry business became licensed and insured in the year 1990. Since then, Hans and Trudi Thiering have tackled numerous projects throughout the years. From simple, custom patios and walkways on residences, to working on the illustrious UC Berkeley campus,
Prescott Hotel, lavish San Francisco homes, restorations of historic buildings, and more; the partnership can take on any project that lays ahead. As a small, family owned business, Hans takes pride in his work and has outstanding customer satisfaction. With the amount of skill and honest craftsmanship poured into his work, this ensures a solid result each occasion


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Until recently, addressing the mental health concerns in soldiers has not been a priority for our country.
Finally, these important veteran's issues of traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain issues and depression are becoming increasingly important.
According to a 2011 Straits-Troster study, almost 40% of our returning troops suffer from depression, anxiety and PTSD. Not only do these poor mental health conditions negatively impact the lives of the veterans and their families, they can also increase the likelihood of unemployment, poverty, domestic violence, homelessness, and suicide.
In evaluating the need and benefits of Equine Therapy and Learning for these groups, Founder and Executive Director Shannon Knapp points to a pilot study at Fort Carson, CO. The study showed that equine therapy and learning reduced the risk of violence by veterans by 24%. Even more remarkable, the rate of suicide was reduced by 62%. Through the work of Heart of Horse Sense, Knapp is seeking the same level of dramatic results as the Fort Carson Pilot Study.
In order to never have to say "No" to a veteran who has made the effort to ask for help, our annual veteran service budget goal is approximately $55,000. Currently Heart of Horse Sense (HOHS) supports Veterans in the following ways:
Individual Therapy
Since 2014, HOHS has funded more than 25 veterans & their families. Each veteran receives a series of therapy sessions. We aim to support 6-10 veterans a year in individual therapy.
Over 1800 WNC veterans have received equine services underwritten by HOHS to date.
On average, there is demand for one 2-hour group almost every week, addressing PTSD, Military Sexual Trauma, Homeless Vets, Moral Injury and more.
Groups come from the VA, ABCCM VRQ, and Steadfast House among others, with hope that the money will be there when the group shows. Veterans also "walk-on" from the community for monthly "Fall-In Fridays", an open door event usually the first Friday of the month from 10-12.
Immersions and Day-long Retreats:
To date we've supported almost 10 Immersions (4 day/3 night onsite immersions) & 12+ Day-long Retreats, for Combat Vets, Women Vets, Veteran Couples, Caregivers, and LGBTQ Veterans.
We Can Help
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) are life-changing injuries affecting so many of our veterans from their work defending our country.
- About 300,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffer from PTSD or major depression, and about 320,000 may have experienced at least a mild concussion or TBI in combat. - RAND Corp. study released in 2008.
- In 2008, one in four veterans were diagnosed with PTSD, and some experts believe this could increase to one in two by 2011 years end. - PTSD Foundation of America
- 11-20% of Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; as many as 10% of Gulf War; and about 30% of Vietnam Veterans have PTSD. - Dept of Veterans Affairs
- Untreated mental health problems among returning troops will cost the nation up to $6.2 billion over two years in medical costs, lost productivity, and lives lost to suicide. - A RAND Corporation survey, Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery
- While there is no cure for PTSD, early identification and treatment of PTSD symptoms may lessen the severity of the condition and improve the overall quality of life for veterans suffering from this condition. - Veteran's Newsroom Statistics
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Equine Assisted Psychotherapy & Learning have been shown to help veterans deal with the effects of PTSD and other military-service-related injuries.
- Equine Therapy / Animal-assisted Therapy has shown to be effective in treating patients, including combat veterans, with PTSD, depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorders and other chronic mental illnesses. - Journal of the American Medical Association
- More than 30 VA Medical Centers are participating in Equine Assisted Activities (EAA) programs all around the US. - Supervisory Recreation Therapist Department of Veterans Affairs.
Horses are highly reactive and mimic human emotions - requiring calm and non-reactive communications which promotes emotional awareness, emotion regulation, self-control, and impulse modulation. Working with horses in a therapeutic setting offers instant and constant feedback to participants, requires physical strength and balance, and is highly motivational – combining to make an exceptionally effective rehabilitation environment.


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ASBMB report delivered to Congress
Today, Unlimited Potential, Vanishing Opportunity is being delivered to the offices of every representative and senator in the U.S. House and Senate. This report was originally released in late August by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 15 partner organizations. Unlimited Potential, Vanishing Opportunity is a report summarizing a survey of 3,700 scientists from all scientific disciplines from all over the U.S. chronicling the effects of federal budget cuts on individual scientists.
The data in this report paint a grim picture for scientists conducting federally funded research. 80 percent of survey respondents report spending more time writing grants now than in 2010, but 67 percent of respondents are receiving less grant money than in 2010. Nearly half of all respondents have laid off researchers or expect to soon. The report also features quotes from scientists discussing how federally funded research produces technological benefits, creates high-paying jobs, protects federal investments and maintains U.S. global research leadership.
The distribution of this report to Congress was strategically timed to coincide with the current negotiations regarding sequestration and appropriations. Sending Unlimited Potential, Vanishing Opportunity to Capitol Hill will remind every member of Congress as to the importance of scientific research for our nation's health, economy and global leadership. Follow the ASBMB Policy Blotter to stay up to date with our advocacy efforts!


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Wayne Buck, Mt. Olivet and Patricia Morrison, Pleasureville announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Buck to Dylan Miskell, son of Denise and Lorry Hansen, New Castle and the late Dean and Cathey Miskell.
The bride-elect is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University majoring in child and family studies with a concentration in birth to six-year-old teaching.
The groom is a graduate from Eastern Kentucky University majoring in physical education with a concentration in P-12 teaching.
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We offer the freshest, handcrafted food and beer made right here.
We take reservations for parties of 5 or more by phone at (413) 528-8282. For larger groups, please contact our banquet hall, Crissey Farm, 413-528-4844 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Cancellation policy:
Reservations must be cancelled at least 24 hours prior to reservation. No exceptions.
Credit Card required to hold a reservation:
If reservation is not cancelled within the time limit allowed or the party does not show up for the reservation, the credit card given at time of reservation will be charged $10 for each person expected. The reserving party will be issued this dollar amount in the form of a gift certificate to be used on a subsequent visit. (Example: If a party of 5 does not show up for their reservation, a $50 gift certificate will be issued to the card holder.) Gift certificates are not redeemable for cash.
Your table will be held for 15 minutes after your reservation time. If you are later than that, we reserve the right to cancel your reservation and charge the credit card gift certificate minimum stated above.
Crissey Farm - 426 Stockbridge Road
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Last weekend, we turned our clocks back for daylight savings and the dark evenings have put me in hibernation mode. We had two glorious weeks of sunshine, blue skies, crisp air, and colorful leaves swirling on the ground at the end of October. And then November came, along with the rain and darkness, and suddenly it feels like we're on the fast track to winter.
Cue the oven for endless baking and roasting.
These roasted red peppers remind me of a summer I spent in Rome. One of my roommates made stuffed mushrooms, and then later a variation with peppers. They were incredible. Vibrant and flavorful, and - maybe most impressive - whipped together with the random ingredients we had on hand. I love watching people cook like that, their imagination lighting up as they peek into the corners of a cupboard. A little of this, a little of that. Et voilà, no shopping trip required.
The same can be true for stuffed vegetables, a mix and match game tailored to the season. I love the vibrancy that red peppers add to the table, but a stuffed winter squash would be a delicious alternative. Topped with a generous handful of parmesan and Wonderful Pistachios, naturally.
What are your favorite hibernation activities? In addition to spending more time in the kitchen, I've been reading a lot more the past month. I just finished This is How You Lose Her, both by Junot Díaz, and recently re-read The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, also by Díaz and Isabel Allende's Island Beneath the Sea. Let me know if you have any recommendations!
Stuffed Red Pepper with Pistachios, Zucchini, and Parmesan
Serves 6
Recipe created by Brenna Wilson
3 red peppers, halved
1 cup of Roasted & Salted Wonderful Pistachios, shelled and chopped
1 medium zucchini, diced
½ cup onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
6-8 small red and yellow potatoes, peeled
4 oz. cremini mushrooms, sliced
3-4 kale leaves, thinly sliced
olive oil
½ cup Italian parsley, chopped
½ cup breadcrumb (optional)
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
sausage (optional sub for mushrooms)
Preheat oven to 425°F. While oven is heating, cut the red peppers in half through the steam and remove the seeds. Brush all the cut peppers with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
Bake red peppers cut side down for 7-10 minutes until cooked through. Flip over peppers cut side up and set aside. Turn oven heat down to 375°F.
While the peppers roast, cut the potatoes into a small dice. In a medium pan, sauté zucchini and onions in olive oil on medium-low until the onions are translucent then add the minced garlic. Cook for another 1-2 min. Sprinkle with salt and set aside in a bowl.
Sauté potatoes in pan with olive oil and salt. Make sure to let the potatoes sit for a few minutes so that one of the sides gets golden in color. Stir potatoes and finish cooking them completely. Sauté mushrooms in olive oil until golden on both sides. (Make sure the mushrooms are spread out so they have room to release water and crisp up). Toss mushrooms with a sprinkle of salt and parsley. Finally, sauté kale in a little olive oil and salt until just barely cooked through.
Mix zucchini, onions, potatoes, mushrooms, and kale together in bowl. Add in chopped pistachios and Parmesan to the bowl. Mix well then salt and pepper to taste. Fill the peppers. Sprinkle with pistachios, breadcrumbs, parsley, and more Parmesan (if needed). Bake peppers until heated through for about 4-7 minutes. Remove from oven and enjoy!
This post was created in partnership with The Wonderful Co. Thank you for reading!


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Jeff Senterman on Hiking Safely — 5 Questions
The fourth of July is upon us. The weekend is long and its a fine time to get out into the woods. Of course, waterfalls are often best seen from slippery climbs and sometimes its hard to know how long a trail to attempt.
In order to wise up a bit, I put put five questions to Jeff Senterman (our Catskill Center Executive Director and half grizzly bear) on the topic. And he generously offered his thoughts:
Hey Jeff, what would you consider the three most important things to do in order to hike as safely as possible?
Pay attention, pay attention and pay attention! You need to watch where you are stepping, you need to be aware of your surroundings and you need to keep an eye on the people around you that you are hiking with. Awareness and attention go a long way to having a safe hike.
Is it safe to hike around waterfalls?
Waterfalls are inherently dangerous areas with steep slopes and large drop-offs and cliffs. Even at waterfalls where there are maintained trails, walking and hiking in these areas is not 100% safe. A misstep on a steep trail can send a hiker tumbling. Standing too close to the edge of a waterfall can result in an accidental fall over that edge. Unfortunately people die every year at waterfalls and in steep mountain cloves in the Catskills. Having the right hiking shoes, staying on marked and maintained trails and avoiding the edge of waterfalls can result in a safer experience, but experiencing nature in that way will never been 100% safe.
What about with kids? Or what age would you say is a safe age to start hiking?
It's never to young to start hiking with kids. Before I could even walk, my parents had me in a backpack carrier out on trails across the Catskills. As I grew up, the mountains and the trails were natural to me and became something I appreciated. There are plenty of guides about getting kids started with hiking and I think any effort we can make to connect our children to nature, to trails and to the outdoors is a positive development and should be embraced and encouraged!
Should you hike in sandals? What about tevas?
Some people swear by hiking sandals, but I am not one of them. I find the support and traction of a good pair of hiking boots to be something that I wouldn't want to go without on the trails.
Say you're a gym rat, but a novice hiker, how long a hike would you recommend?
With regular hiking, almost anyone can become a long distance hiker who can rack up the miles, but for those just starting, a 3-mile hike can often be a good starting point. It's long enough to get beyond just a walk, but not so long that it feels like a forced march. From there, start working up to longer and longer distances as you find what works with your body and your feet!
Thanks so much, Jeff! Such good stuff. Time to lace up, pack the snacks and get out there — see you at the fire towers!


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John McLaurin | Nov 05, 2012 10:35AM EST
Unlike former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin who could "…actually see Russia from land in Alaska," you won't be able to see the Port of Long Beach from the newly proposed Port of Long Beach Administration building. At least it will still be in the State of California.
The existing Port building predates the diaper wearing Gerald Desmond Bridge. It was built to seismic standards that date back to the Eisenhower Administration. Despite the threat the building poses to its workers, finding an alternative site, either through the purchase or construction of a new site, has been delayed as the process has become one that has been dominated by personal attacks and political preening by various port officials – all at the expense of the safety of those that work or conduct business in the building. It has, in short, been a shameful and embarrassing process for the city and Port.
Now the Port is proposing to buy a building away from the Port itself, its tenants and customers as a temporary measure before deciding on a final course of action. On the bright side, city officials can initiate a new marketing campaign, "Long Beach, California's Inland Port."


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By Alan Jackson
Midland Counties League
Following the disappointing conclusion to their Middleton Cup campaign a much changed side, for a variety of reasons, made the trip to Chester Road BC to face Worcestershire in the penultimate Midland Counties League games.
A good performance saw the Bears claim 18 points with a 123-89 victory.
Mark Smith (Avenue Leamington), Neil Brereton (Welford), Paul Finch (Kings Heath) and Alan Apsey (Welford) got off to a flying start on their way to a halfway 13-5 lead.
Both sides came close to doubling their tallies in the second half, Apsey and co winning 24-9.
Jordan Ward (Rugby), Mal Evans (Sherwood Park), Rob Robinson (Erdington Court) and Calvin Wells (Rugby) went from an early 5-1 lead to 13-8 with five ends to play.
Worcestershire scored a three to bring them within two but Wells' rink finished with a four, single and pair of doubles to win 22-11.
An excellent start saw Andy Prickett (Little Compton), Harry Billington (Whitnash), Neil Hancock and Dan Box (both Little Compton) leading 13-4 after 12 ends. Both sides exchanged shots for the remaining ends, giving Box and co an 18-11 victory.
Tom Wheeler (Grange), Lee Maughan (Rugby), Steve Smith (Nuneaton) and Brian Boardman (Rugby) trailed by four after ten ends.
The sides then exchanged fives, Boardman and co took the lead with four ends to play but dropped a treble the next end to trail by one. A double and brace of singles helped the Bears over the line, final score 23-20.
Martin Hammond (Three Spires), James Finch, Chris Barton (both Kings Heath) and Martin Timms (Welford) trailed by four after two ends but scored eighteen unanswered to hold a solid lead after ten ends.
Worcestershire started chipping away at the deficit, with one end to play the hosts were only a shot behind.
They completed the comeback with a last end double to win 22-21.
Adam Smith (Avenue Leamington), Alex Lewis (Sherwood Park), Andy Sparkes and Andy Smith (both Avenue Leamington) had to recover from a poor start to trail by a couple at the midway stage.
They eventually reached parity on the 20th end, leaving a winners take all final end. It was the hosts that took it to win 16-15.
County Finals
This season's County Finals take place on Sunday (July 30) at Wolvey BC.
In the Singles Phil Bale (Grange) will play Jordan Merrett (Avenue Coventry), Martin Timms (Welford) and Chris Barton (Kings Heath) face off in the Pairs while the Triples sees Robert Townsend (Kineton) and Craig Carter (Rugby) clash.
The Fours will be between Gary Langford (Solihull Municipal) and John Bale (Wolvey), Keith Wooding (Avenue Coventry) plays Chris Barton (Kings Heath) in the Two Wood Singles and John Pritchard (Erdington Court) contests the Unbadged Singles against Paul Vaughan (Erdington Court).
Andy Smith (Avenue Leamington) will play either Adam Smith (Avenue Leamington) or Jim Freeman (Kings Heath) in the Mixed Pairs, the new Senior Fours sees Mal Evans (Sherwood Park) play Greg Sampson (Avenue Coventry).
Rugby BC colleagues Craig Carter and Jordan Ward meet in the Junior Singles while Dan Ellicott (Lillington) and Mark Smith (Avenue Leamington) contest the inaugural Junior Pairs.
The Ivens Cup semi-finals and finals will also be played.
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X-Press Boat Club is a successful men's and women's rowing club, achieving great results in competitions.
There is a wonderful variety in what we do, and a fabulous ambiance for:
- adult beginners
- weekend crews
- experienced university graduate rowers
- national veteran champions.
Examples of our achievements can be found throughout this website for:
- pairs, fours and eights
- single and double sculls
- seniors to masters
- men and women
What can X-Press offer you?
- a wide range of crew outings and training times
- flexibility of on and off water training timetables
- high quality coaching
- support to everyone that helps to shape and evolve X-Press
- encouragement to those that want to put crews together
We sometimes participate abroad, generally through friendship links, and in adventurous competitions such as surf rowing.
To find out more or 'X-Press' your interest, please contact us.
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Thanks very much for coming. We were pleased to be able to provide good weather.
Results by time are here, by category below including VET adjustments.
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