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Just how safe and smart are you when it comes to determining lighting for home safety?
Lighting plays a vital role in the overall security plan for your home! Keep in mind the key word is plan, for lighting is just a piece of your home security system plan. Let's talk about lights when to turn on, when to leave on, when to turn off!
Should you leave your porch light on? When to leave your porch light on? Burglars pay attention to homes; they stake them out and notice your routines.
When to turn porch lights on-
- When you are home at night
- When you are coming home late at night
- When you are out and your children are at home
- When you are expecting guest or a delivery
A true safety measure would be to install a motion sensor to shed light on any unexpected late night or early morning activity at your home. Motion sensors can lose effectiveness so; over time it is important to test them occasionally. You should consider setting your lights to a timer so they will come on automatically at dark. Keep a normal porch light schedule, if you turn porch lights off each night at 11pm, set your timer to reflect this. If you leave them on later, a burglar will receive the message you are out late tonight- Safe to always use a timer!
When to turn porch lights off?
- When on vacation- a constantly lit house says we aren't' home! Remember to use that timer!
- When you go to bed- use the motion lights to alert you to activity (and startling a would be burglar)
- When you are anxious about being alone or vulnerable- remember burglars study your habits- something out of the normal sends a message of we aren't home. Somebody stalking your house when your spouse is out of town will notice a home security pattern change.
- When you are using a different entryway- an intruder will notice a backdoor light left on, this indicates you will be using this door. A back porch light left on during the day tells potential intruders what your intent is for the night!
- When you are coming home after dark- Never leave a light on all day!
- When you leave in a rural area- intruders can't see in the dark, so don't help them out by leaving lights on. This is when motion lights will work the motion light alerts you and alarms the intruder!
A few additional tips~
- Indoor lights help with safety. A blue light bulb set to a random timer looks like a television being turned on and off inside your home
- Set timers for lights, television, and radio to mimic activity.
- Get to know your neighbors-they will notice unusual activity
- Start a neighborhood watch
- Get a loud barking dog- FBI statistics show 34% convicted burglars are deterred by loud barking dogs
- Keep garage door closed
- Keep your car door locked
- Never leave your keys in your car
- Trim bushes around your windows
- Charge cell phone on a bedside table so it is within reach
- Never post on social media that you are not home
- Lights left on for 24 hours equals a Burglar Beacon Call, Lights on. Blinds closed. Open invitation to a burglar
Home security provides us with comfort and peace of mind. Lights play a vital role in our home security; however, the best protection is a security system plan. You can start with lights; add cameras, front door Ring, automation hubs, smart locks, driveway alarms and much more. The FBI estimates that 1.5 million homes are burglarized a year~ Be Smart- Be Safe- Don't be next~
Confuse your burglars~ when the lights are on are we home, or are we not? Don't even Think About entering our Home Uninvited!

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Sample essay on Reuyan, Sean: The conflict begins and ends
Reuyan Sean's draft on 'The Conflict begins and ends', provides a reliable understanding on the human ego and its effects as culminated in an individuals instinct. According to the book A New Earth, human ego entails the core wants and values through which an individual aims to achieve and be satisfied. As such, in order to be satisfied with our endeavors we must appreciate the ego we possess. The diversified nature of human being implies that individuals' ego are different and can be articulated to sense of belonging and understanding. For co-existence to be harmonic, we must be able to understand one's ego and well-being. The idea here being to purport for awareness of one's intuition which will impede the ego from taking over the individuals character. Contrary to this, the essay provides that we should be more concerned and able to appreciate our self-instinct and ego. This will induce egocentric nature to an individual's character, thus, the whole of his/her undertakings will be based on self-satisfaction; without regard to the impacts on the environment and the individuals therein (Karl 89).The main idea from the essay's context is to provide the reader with more understanding and an appreciation of his/her ego. Ego is an inborn intuition, therefore it is part of an individual self-instinct. We cannot deny its existence in our daily undertakings and how we analyze the situations at hand. Furthermore, an individual's awareness of his/her weaknesses will enable them to easily figure out the extent of his/her egocentric nature and devise ways of preventing its unethical implications. These ideas are explicitly stated in the essay and as such, provide an inherent way of acquiring and retaining knowhow on egoism by the reader.
In my opinion, the writer should provide a detailed explanation when he states that one cannot define his/her self being through the use of words. For instance, an analogy of his past life experience and how peoples' perception of his endeavors negates the 'real' them, will have been of critical importance when expounding on it. The life of an individual cannot be defined by analyzing his/her ego only, but the real character one possess. Consequently, in order to provide a more realistic and interesting individual's ego sensation, the use of imagery will be of importance (Bates 207). For example, when describing the loss of his parents, the imagery in use will be "......the taste of their death was bitter indeed".
The sentences constructed by the writer varies depending on the context and the reactiveness of the subject matter to be relayed. Throughout the write-up, most sentences interchange, and do not follow the subject/verb format, in a row, when starting sentences. In addition, the length of sentences varies from short ones like 'Every morning a new arrival' to long sentences like '...Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crow of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably.' The nature of the sentences provided in the essay implies that the reader will not have to read monotonous sentences embodied in the essay. The combination of both the short and long sentences instigates a sense of enjoyment when reading the content of the essay. From this, the reader can come up with conclusive deductions without straining. Moreover, the tense of the verb is well used and in essence, the use of past tense is seen when the writer uses the descriptive technique to show the nature of his past life. Future implications of over-reliance on one's ego is analyzed by the use of future tense. In overall, the use of tense in the essay is consistent.
The transition of the work from one paragraph to another is logical. The ideas flow smoothly without any inconsistency. The writer introduces the topic with a detailed analysis of the main theme of the book: A New Earth. The body of the essay includes the description of his past life in order to invigorates readers' understanding on the subject matter. The conclusion gives the views of the writer according to the theme discussed. Unfortunately, the paragraphing of the essay is not according to the MLA format as the paragraph should be indented. The in-text citation is not provided as the views in the essay are personal and not derived or taken from another author.
The third and last paragraph needs to be tighten a bit as it includes what had already been stated in the introductory paragraph. The description of his past life should be brief. The reader needs to understand the concept of ego and awareness of one's instinct, therefore, it does not primarily imply that two-thirds of the essay should be based on past life description. The title of the essay 'The Conflict begins and ends' probes the readers' feelings and impose a desire to want to know what kind of conflicts is coming to an end and how it begins. The conclusion of the essay provides a logical explanation and the feeling the writer has towards ego. He provides a relevant conclusion on how the understanding of the book has ensured that he changes the way of living, the perception he has towards life and not to focus on the future but rely on the present deeds.
The writer aims at inducing emotional/psychological sense into the human nature. The way we value our egocentric nature will have a negative impact on the co-existence with other individuals in the society. Individuals must be rational and able to analyze the effect ones' action will have to the environment and the overall populace.
Work cited
Karl, Terryberry. Writing for psychology professions. New York: Cengage Learning, 2005. Print.
Bates, Linda. Transitions Instructor's Manual: An Interactive Reading, Writing, and Grammar Text. New York: Cambridge university Press, 2007. Print.
Sartre, Jean-Paul. The transcendence of the ego: an existentialist theory of consciousness. New York: Guilford, 2003. Print.
Leopold, David. The ego and its own. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Print
Metzinger, Thomas. The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self. New York: Basic Books Inc. 2010. Print.


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Beef and Broccoli RollVIEW RECIPE DETAILS
Delicious but instructions not clearThis dish is delicious however the instructions are not clear and therefore mine didn't hold. In step 3 it says to make sauce but in the ingredients there is no title for the sauce. According to the picture I assume the tomato paste, lemon juice, water, tomato suace and sugar is the sauce.


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Trams in Montpellier
Montpellier now has four tramlines, plus plans for a fifth, which link its expanding suburbs to each other and the old town. The trams are fairly clean, reliable, and affordable but can, on occasion, confuse the uninitiated. Here we present a quick guide to avoiding the pitfalls and the places that await once you start riding the trams in Montpellier.
Tram lines one + two = three days out in Montpellier - Montpellier now has four tram lines, plus plans for a fifth, but until 2012 managed with just two. Lines one and two link the city centre with some excellent days out on the outskirts of town. Here we look at three of the best day trips in Montpellier on lines one and two.


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Here's one of them:
I bet you're right, but it's still sad.
And no, HDB, "Zombie" hasn't surfaced yet.
Thanks, Madrigal! I haven't seen that yet! It sounds good, I like it.
So what the hell would happen if they decide to not release the album?? What kind of bullshit that would be..
Like, if they don't even want to release it, what was the point in even signing her? Ugh.
That's so pointless in fact. But maybe the label is just being a bitch by not investing in her or anything and delaying the album because that costs a damn load of money, so they'd rather give the money and attention to someone who's being more successful at the moment. It's unquestionable that Neon has been having label problems considering people have been waiting for the album since 2009 and it never came out.
It's sad that she "needed" the release a free EP with someone who worked with her for free too, at least it's good.


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I was doing my day and got that call. You know the one, when you are in the middle of your day and you see your child's school's number on your phone and the thoughts start to run through your mind, what happened? Are they alright? Do you have to pick them up? Did an ambulance? Can it be solved with this phone call? I picked up the phone fully concerned and I heard the voice of 6. Mommy he said, my tooth fell out. Really?! I said, my first worry was that it was knocked out, by itself I asked? Yes he said. Oh wow that's wonderful did you save it? Yes he said, alright then I answered, when you get home I will put it away for you, and then came the answer that has me smiling to this moment, so mom you are the one that leaves the money right?…I had to smile yes 6 I said and we got off of the phone. Later when I saw him he happily came to me with a big smile I no longer recognized, with his tooth in a zip lock bag in hand. Look mommy he said, and handed me the bag. My baby has lost his first tooth, he has been waiting patiently at times and at others not patiently for it to fall out. Every day coming and showing me how much it is shaking, carefully monitoring its progress. But now it had come out and he is now front toothless. Well on side front toothless, but still a candidate for the popular Christmas song. And now I will do as I always do wait for him to fall asleep and put money under his pillow for him. There is a difference though between my tradition and others. Today when my son arrived home, I have his favourite dishes ready for dinner and we celebrate the fact that he has lost his first tooth, but when he goes to sleep he knows that some little fairy isn't coming in to his room and taking his tooth away replacing it with money. I have never told my children such things. My children are/were the children in your child's classrooms that told them look Santa is not real, no there is no Easter bunny, and what!? The tooth fairy yea… she's not real all of them are just your parents. And had your child coming home in tears as they could not comprehend that that was true in any way. But I have a belief that we teach our children not to lie to us, so we cannot lie to them either, lying to them about Santa, the Easter bunny, the tooth fairy, and the like is not conducive to the do not lie to me lesson that we try to teach them. Now I know many say this lie adds to their imagination but we have stories for that and truly children's imaginations are wonderful things and don't need lies as fodder in order for them to be fostered properly. So today when my son arrived home I took his zip lock bag and he was happy in the thought that it was safe in my hands, the real tooth fairy and tonight when he goes to sleep I will still give him the moment, we will put it under his pillow and he will fall asleep and when he awakes the bag will be replaced by a crisp $5 dollar bill (inflation effects the "tooth fairy" too LOL) and he will come to me and thank me and we will move on, no need for lies but still a milestone in his life and so very noted. Pictures and moments we have done it and preserved this milestone, but no lies, hey this is what I do, how I do it, I will not apologise for who and what I am I am just telling you all something, so just another day in 7th heaven, tomorrow is another day. Until Next time, be well
Today 2 took 7 to Army Cadets with him. (2 is a Master Corporal in the army cadets only Cadet in his core to get 3 promotions in 6 months, "Mother proud moment" *smile*) And so we all spent the night without 7, well without both of them but we are used to spending these nights without 2 and while we miss him we have adapted somewhat but 7 doesn't go anywhere without us as he is only 4. And his lack of presence was truly missed. 6 missing his partner in just about everything he does except school was noticeably forlorn but me I missed my baby. 7 is truly a live wire, if I were to liken him to a cartoon character I would say he is…..like the Tasmanian devil from the looney toons or animal from the muppet babies. Insanely cute but utterly insane. LOL. He runs into a room and takes it over with his joy and happiness. He is always smiling, always happy, when he walks into a room he commands the energy to conform to him, (just like I suggested in a post last week) and it does. So his lack of presence in the house was felt. Not that it wasn't happy it was just that…..he was missing. As soon as he returned the energy change could be felt, he came into the door announcing "guys! I'm home!, and then proceeded to find everyone to give them a hug and hello and that is 7 just a bright light in my home so always….cheerful and ready to share it with everyone else. Many may ask how can you miss one when there are so many but I do. One missing is still one missing just as if you have 2, 3, 4 or whatever one missing is still one missing. The nest is still missing one and so I feel it, don't know what will happen when my nest starts to empty and when it is truly empty but that is not a worry for today and a topic for a future post so today, I missed my baby 7 and now he's back and I am happy for it. Just another day in 7th heaven, tomorrow is another day. Until Next time, be well
Last week I saw a news report about parents walking out of a Miley Cyrus concert because the content was inappropriate for their children, they were in an uproar it was reported. As I watched that I was in an uproar as to what the hell they were in an uproar about! First of all her tour is called Bangerz, now I am not sure about you but there is no way that my 8 year old has anything in common with a tour named bangerz and that of course is just the first issue because we are talking about Miley Cyrus! Have these parents not watched any media lately?! Miley Cyrus has made it perfectly clear that her Disney persona is over, even to go so far as to say that she murdered Hannah Montana but did we really need that statement? Miley has shown the public in many instances that maybe your 8 year old shouldn't be at her concerts. The protest was sexually explicit scenes, umm…have you seen Miley lately, from her dance with Robin Thicke to her tweet with her breasts bared to her recent photo spread and truly parents, to her album cover! You needed what!? You really thought that her concert would be PG? Those parents needed to use their heads, I am not going to comment on Miley as an artist she is for who she is for, but for parents to uproar at her concert surprised? I have to say that they should have taken their heads out of the sand right before they left for the concerts and maybe possibly start paying attention to who their 8 years olds are listening to because Miley is no longer for our Disney children, she has graduated to a place I don't even wish to comment on. But her behaviour has been obvious for some time and the shock and outrage these parents are exhibiting is ridiculous. I usually do not like to knock other parents because we are all doing the best that we can but in this case I am calling you out. If you are outraged that you went to the Miley Cyrus concert and experienced sexually explicit scenes and inappropriate behaviours you have not done your true diligence as a parent because Miley has made it so very crystal clear that your elementary school child should not be subject to her. Period. This is your faux pas not hers. And my final note on this subject which I will probably address again because it is close to my heart. Parents I understand that children like to idoiloze celebritites but when that celebrity does wrong we have no right to judge them. Truthfully our children should not be idolizing fictional characters. They are no more real than snow white and Cinderella, these people are not real for our children and in our lives. We see snap shots in their lives and they are created for us. We need to teach our children to appreciate the entertainment but the person? No, more should be given to them to emulate, more for them to want to become other then the stars that we see daily. A role model needs to give us more information than a news reel on a entertainment news station don't we want more for our children? Well that is just my opinion and so there it is. So as far as I have seen the Miley Cyrus concert may not be where we want to bring our 16 and unders. It is apparently sexually explicit and very remnant of Miley's recent behaviours, shocking to some I know but obvious to others either way it is what it is and now we are all better informed. And I would just like to put a side note to this conversation, I am not telling parents to take their children by any means but Miley has "thick" women as her dancers and while Miley is clearly and obviously questionable I must commend her for having these women as dancers in her tour. It is very rare that our children, our female children have the opportunity to see that and I wish that Miley had made her tour more PG so that young women could see this because it promotes a new image of the dancer, a new image that women can take on and as we all know every woman could use that. Well that's just another day in 7th heaven, tomorrow is another day. Until Next time, be well.
Harmony, happiness, and joy
Mothers are often seen just as mothers, maybe we are seen as nurturers, care givers, but no one really considers the many jobs that we actually do each and every day. Nurse, counsellor, housekeeper, maid (yes those are two completely different categories), chef, life coach, organizer, dry cleaner, private investigator (to find everything they have once again misplaced), chauffeur, event planner, meal planner, manager, representative, personal shopper, entertainer, drill sergeant, negotiator, referee, girl Friday, sister, daughter, wife, lover, friend, and that's just a few cause we all know that there are so many more. Today or rather this morning I got to fulfill my negotiator and referee job duties. Not to mention all the other jobs the morning routine requires. It all unfolded quite innocently, 5 was getting ready for school and as per usual got her uniform (4 and 5 wear Catholic style uniforms to school every day meaning navy blue skirts or dresses even though they attend public school, they are able to choose their own tights and shirts, why? That's a conversation for another day) and her tights. When she got her tights 4 protested those are mine get your own! And so it began….I had to remind them that there were many pairs and no one belonged to anyone person. Then 5 decided that she would not give her sister the tights and so the first battle began. I gave 5 a pair of tights and 4 a pair believing that I had eliminated the problem and went back to getting 6 and 7 ready. But that was far from the truth. 5 got dressed and decided that she would go to 3 and start an issue. 3 is always 5's go to person when she has angst to release, he always is ready to take on any foolishness that she brings on and her requirement for conflict will be fulfilled. So as it has been in the past, it was this morning and next thing I hear is 3's voice yelling 5! And so I, knowing how this all works put on my referee hat and went to the two of them. Only to find out the argument actually had nothing to do with 3 but he of course had to intervene when 5 was involved. I removed 5 from the issue and took her upstairs and put on my negotiator/counsellor hat and began…..5 you need to learn how to not take your angst out on people that truly have nothing to do with the issue. You're upset about the tights alright but there is no need to take it out on those who have nothing to do with it was the gist of our conversation. Then with the same hat I went to 3 and had a similar conversation with a few variants. I told him he needs be aware of when his sister comes into his space with an energy that is negative, that is trying to bait him, trying to pull him from his space into hers, he must be aware and stop it and as I told him this I considered that as mom I have to do this every day, well not just as a mom but a woman, a person every day. I know 5 and I know that she likes to pull others into her space when she is upset and desires energy from others. And I have learned to deal with her and how to diffuse her. This is a lesson I believe that not only my children we need to learn but all of us do. We must always ensure that we do not allow others to pull us into their world but that we pull them into ours. Now of course if we all do this then we will always be tugging each other but I am referring to negativity not positivity. Positivity does not compete, positivity from various sources can always exist in the same space but negativity tries to overtake a positive space and this is what I am referring to here. When someone is negative and we know that is how they are we must walk into that space with an energy that refuses to allow that energy to overtake our own. We must overtake their energy, we must take that negative and create a positive just as I told my son. He knows his sister and he knows that when she is upset she is going to come for him so he must not give in but treat her with kindness, happiness, and joy and he must not let her change who and what he is for her own purposes. And I can hear him right now, but she's so annoying!! And my response, I understand that but you have to resist that and stand your ground and you will see that in the future she will come to you to make herself feel better instead of helping her to feel worse. We can all be victims to emotional vampires (yes I did just call my child an emotional vampire, harsh? Maybe…. but we all fall victim to that role at times, it is not who she is but it is a role she likes to play sometimes not a slight to her but a mother's required truthful honesty about her child), people who come to suck your emotional energy out of you for their own gain, but we must find a way to handle it and the only way is to own the spaces that you enter. When we walk into a space that we know will have negative energy in it we must walk into it with the understanding that that is the case and also with our own positive energy firmly in place. We must stand tall and with confidence in the understanding that we will not allow that energy to take over this space as we have already filled it with our energy and there is no longer any room for that negativity. That we have already decided what will live here and as time moves we will see that that negative energy will do one of two things, conform to the energy in the room or it will find another place to reside. In both scenarios you have rid yourself of that energy. Living in the negative is not healthy for anyone and allowing someone else to force you to live in the negative isn't either. So we must try to maintain harmony, joy, and happiness and yes I know I sound like a hallmark card or something but it is truly the truth. And personally when I relate this to my own household, I have 7 children! If I do not promote joy, happiness, and harmony between all of them I will have true chaos in my home and my life and I will be writing these posts from a mental institution LOL. So in the interest of my mental sanity and household harmony I stand by all I have said here even if I have ran the risk of sounding like an idealist, life isn't perfect I know but it is perfectly suited for seeking perfection so why not? Just another day in 7th heaven, tomorrow is another day. Until Next time, be well.
Stop and smell the roses
Today was a hectic day, felt like Monday even though it was Tuesday and truly the only bright side is that this week will end sooner than later so only three days left of the morning and afternoon routines. This week already feels so long and tedious and its only been one day…..Smh. This is one thing about life that gets to me sometimes, the fact that we spend to-day thinking about and planning for to-morrow and as a result we fail to enjoy the present moment. Sure we get to take a breath and enjoy that cute moment or word but as an almost general rule, as parents, as mothers we are always planning for tomorrow and living today as the day we planned in a past yesterday but never ever living the tomorrow that we planned for. Yesterday was family day and I spent the day relaxing with my children and at one point we decided to settle ourselves and watch Mulan and I was reminded of when 1 and 2 were younger and every Sunday morning before church was our movie time. We, meaning myself, 1 and 2, and their father would sit and watch at least two movies of their respective choice as we got ourselves ready. In those moments we were there, present, even though we were getting ready to go somewhere we enjoyed those moments, we lived in those moments and today I look back at those yesterday's fondly as moments where I was actually there, actually present. But today those days seem so distant, yesterday I was present but on a regular day, I don't think that I am present enough, but how am I able? In the midst of morning routines and trying to thankfully get through it, then getting to my day and squishing all I have to do into the time I have available before the afternoon run and then the evening routine, my whole day is planned out when I open my eyes at 5am that morning. And on other days I planned the whole week on Sunday night to ensure it all goes smoothly. As a mother we are always executing, never actually able to embrace even the notion of not having a plan. We have a plan A, B, and C at all times because we must. But wouldn't it be wonderful to just be present, yes plan because we must but to just be there, to take a moment to stop and reflect on this decadent and beautiful moment. Not the moment right before I fall asleep after a long day but truly enjoy the moments on this journey that I am taking called life. Most days before I go to sleep I go to each of my children as they are sleeping. I kiss them and tell them I love you and take them in as they sleep, those moments are my most present in my day. Today I vow to do that more often, to take a moment to be present, to take in the right now. To remember to stop and smell the roses because the days go by so slowly but the years go by so quickly and in the words of Ferris Bueller, life moves pretty fast if you don't stop and look around every once in a while you just might miss it. When it comes to life do you really want to stop one day and look back and say hey! Wait a second did I miss it? Not anyone's ideal so that's my vow, my new life affirmation if you will. So in the midst of lunches, morning routines, laundry, dishes, afternoon routines, homework, housework, extra curricular activities, and night time routines I am gonna start to take a moment to be present. Not to spend all of those moments planning the next hour but just taking a moment to experience this minute, this hour and eventually I think that I will learn better to plan for tomorrow while living in this today, enjoying the fruits of my labour and taking the time to enjoy and live the to-day that I took my time to plan so perfectly yesterday. Well, that was just another day in 7th heaven, tomorrow is another day. Until Next time, be well.
Happy Valentine's day Mommy
As anticipated I am swarmed by Valentine's day cards and Valentine's candies but they are so happy about it all that the mess I know they will create is so very worth it. The winter Olympics event that their school had for Valentine's day coupled with Valentine's day parties had 3,4,5,6 arriving home bursting with excitement about their Valentine's day. I listened to their excited accounts and congratulated them on their victories and admired their favourite Valentine's. And gave them permission to have one oh alright two candies but that's it. My priceless moment was when 6 came to me and gave me his valentine and said it was for me, but baby I said that is for you and he said no Mommy its for you, your my valentine. To which 7 ran into the conversation like a whirlwind this is for you mommy you are my valentine and he gave me a heart shaped lollipop. Both gestures just melting my heart I gave them both a hug and put my gifts on the night table. Then 6 said to me but mommy you don't like candy so I am just gonna take this one and he took back the candy he just gave me and left the card. 7 was a little more "stealth" about it, he looked at me and thought he was sneaking by me and took back the lollipop and ran out of the room. They are correct I wouldn't eat the candy anyway and so in the end it's the thought that counts and my two little men decided that I was their valentine and I am good with that. (smile)
Most people like to celebrate TGIF and I truly get it but I rather TGIS, Thank God It's Saturday, see on Friday I still have my morning run, my afternoon run, lunches, etc but on TGIS I can wake up at my usual 5am and I don't have to actually get up, and I can just lay there and enjoy the fact that it's Saturday, so I am here thanking God it's Friday only because tomorrow's Saturday and there are no runs, well there are but no school runs so! Enjoy the long weekend everyone, hopefully wonderful things/events are planned for this Family day long week and I will see you here again on Tuesday. That was just another day in 7th heaven, tomorrow is another day. Until Next time, be well.
Happy Valentine's day eve
Its Valentine's day eve and I barely have the time to write this. Lost in crepe paper, construction paper, tape, glue, markers, crayons, Hershey's kisses, pre made cards, and class lists. Every year I tell myself that I am not going to indulge in this holiday anymore and teach my children to let it go but then the lists come and my children's requests to have cards for their friends overwhelm me and I forget that it makes no sense to buy cards for Valentine's day that children are only going to bring home so that parents can throw them away as quickly as they possibly can in order to avoid having to deal with the mess they create but in the end I conceded and I bought them and so here I am lost in Valentine's day madness. 4 and 5 want to be creative and make their own cards hence the reason for crepe paper, construction paper, tape, glue, markers, and crayons. 3 and 4 are content with store bought cards as long as Hershey's kisses are attached because "my friends like chocolate" and 7 doesn't even know what is going on he just wants to make something LOL, so he is writing the names of his friends on the store bought cards as well as the special ones he is making himself. And 1 and 2 well they are teenagers so they are thankfully anti Valentine's day. Personally I don't really care about Valentine's day. I indulge my children and buy the cards or the supplies required to make them. And then spend Valentine's eve making them and filling out the To's and From's but in the end it's all about my children. When it comes to me…..I don't really care. When I had a "Valentine" I used to say that I don't want anything for Valentine's day because I would rather you buy me flowers and tell?show me that you love me the other, 364 days of the year, beyond the fact that I am trading one day for the other 364, it's cheaper and less crowded so we can skip Valentine's day. And it was so very convenient for my old "Valentine" and so he used that rational to do absolutely nothing. But what woman wouldn't want to be surprised on Valentine's day with a beautifully romantic evening that she didn't have to plan in order for it to happen? So in the end here I sit in the midst of crepe paper, construction paper, tape, glue, markers, crayons, Hershey's kisses, pre made cards, and class lists. Preparing my children for Valentine's day and events. Happy to be 6 and 7's Valentine and ready to accept the surprise Valentine's day gifts that they have already told me that they made for me at school and day care respectively and maybe…..possibly wishing that one day I will have a romantic evening that I didn't have to plan myself. But hey just another day in 7th heaven, tomorrow is another day. Oh but I forgot I gotta do clean up LOL. Until Next time, be well.
Doing it my way – The intro
Day two of my blog….the intro post…yes I know that should have been yesterday's post but I have been meaning to start this blog for so long and yesterday I got inspired to write that post and so the "first" is the second and the second is the first but….really it's indicative of the tone of what my posts will be like. I do things as I wish to. Motherhood has so many "rules", advice present in every corner of every conversation, in every nook and cranny but in the end its about how you are gonna do things. How you choose to raise your children, taking in the advice, the direction and opinions of others incorporating it into your own advice, opinions and then taking the direction that you chose. And of course listening to the at least one voice that tells you that you aren't doing it right, cause sometimes we are our own worst enemies. But in the end we are raising these little beings and always and forever doing the best we can, they say that every parent screws their children up in some way so I guess we are all trying to mess them up the least? I am not sure I like that statement I would like to believe that I am not trying to clean up messes but creating stable, confident, happy, intelligent and a whole other adjectives children, that I am creating individuals that can be put out into the world whole and happy and contributing. That as birds do, that I have taught my children what they need to know in order to fly out of my nest and soar. But I have digressed…..back to the point of this post, me, an introduction to me….alright well here we go then I am the single mother of 7 children, ages 17 (F), 15 (M), 10(M), 8(F), 7(F), 5(M), 4(M). And yes they all have the same father, that seems to be a question many people think and assume the answer to so let's just get that answer out the way. 4 boys and 3 girls. After a tremulous, abusive, and violent marriage I am thankful to report that I am newly and thankfully "divorced." I am now in the stage in my life where I have picked up the pieces and am figuring out and navigating how I wish my life to look. So here I am, an aspiring writer, playwright, blogger as I navigate my role as mother and most importantly myself. Because without me being happy, stable, and alright I am useless to my children. We have all been through what you could say was hell and back but we are here, I am here and I would like to share what I have learned on this journey thus far, assist and speak to those who can relate and understand my journey thus far and to share what this journey is teaching me now, to share my daily happinesses, struggles, triumphs, holy shits!, and wows! Cause motherhood is some journey, not every day is a joy I won't lie and anyone who says that it is needs to be committed, a good glass of Cabernet Sauvignon (maybe two LOL) is needed some days but in the end motherhood is a wonderful journey the good with the bad and always ends up being the best, the moments where your 4 year old comes to you and throws his arms around your neck and says You're the best mommy in the world, or when your 10 year old pauses his game on the Xbox to come and give you a hug and say I love you mommy, it is those moments that make you forget that just about 30 min prior you were almost yelling pick up your shoes they don't go there and why is your jacket on the floor and why can't you ever remember to take your lunch bag out of your backpack. In the end I am here and enjoying it all, most days *smile*. I am not really sure what else to say to introduce myself so I suppose as I post more I will be more and more revealed and that is not a bad thing I don't think. So have a question? Ask it. I have been through it all and having children in almost every age stage I think I can impart some understanding. Have a story to share, share it. We can create a community of support. Have something to just share, need…whatever it may be let's do it. Together. In the end all I really would love is that you come with me on this journey, we can learn, share, enjoy and experience this journey called motherhood together and in the process enjoy ourselves along the way. So that's just another day in 7th heaven, tomorrow is another day. Until Next time, be well.
It's not who you see, it's who sees you
Today I got out of bed so frustrated with my current situation, well….that's not true. I woke up and did my usual meditations to rid myself of my frustration and so got out of bed somewhat peaceful, hoping that this day would be on the upward climb. And then I began my day, it went as usual, usual frustrations and then the first blow of the day to my mama ego, there was nothing for lunch. Once again they had eaten the lunch I put aside for today last night and so I was so upset, I looked at the time, it was 815 am too late to start a new lunch but it had to be done and so I started to almost panic. Wondering, now what? I can't buy them a subway lunch that's just not in this week's budget but I don't have a choice because what can I do not give them any lunch? And then how do I get this bought lunch? That makes my morning run about an hour longer than usual which gets 7 to daycare too late to get breakfast and he misses his morning relaxation that he likes to have before being forced to go to his mandatory outside time. And so again the panic begins to rise. Today of all days I just wanted the morning run to happen and end and now it was going to be extended, I was so dismayed and still did not have a plan for lunch and time was ticking away as our usual departure time of 830 was quickly approaching. Thank God for 1 and 2, they as usual are my best supporters and the best teenagers a mother could ask for. 2 quickly finished getting himself ready and went to the grocery store with my lunch list in hand and returned home with my items and armed with lunch money, went to school. 1 took 7 to daycare and also armed with lunch money, went to school. I took 3,4,5,6 to school, returned home, made the lunches and did a lunch run back to the school. It all really made my day start later, an hour later and my ego was shot in the process of it all. Once again questioning me as a mother, why hadn't I checked the fridge earlier, why was my reaction to sit and hold my head, why didn't I have a back-up plan? It was just disheartening I was truly having a mommy moment. Looking around at the housework I didn't get to this weekend and wondering how I was going to tackle it all again questioning myself as a mother. I took a deep breath and started to clear up and do the housework I failed to do this weekend and thankfully made it through the day to the afternoon run. And this is where the title of this post comes in. Because it was the afternoon run that showed me that through all of the days where the chaos overtakes you, you are doing a great job and it shows. As I was walking home doing my usual afternoon run, we were all walking happily with thankfully only minor issues and a neighbourhood mother saw me walking, I thought it was going to be our usual hello as we passed each other but today was different as she approached I saw that she was taking out her headphones and so I did the same. She stopped to say hello and then she told me she needed to know my secret: How did I get all of my children to walk so nicely down the road, how was I able to have all of them walking in a nice organized line/group she wished that she could get her two to do it because they are always jumping around, doing flips and in no way looked as calm and organized as my children as they walked down the road, she went on to tell me how impressed she was by it and inform me that they always walked so nicely. I said thank you and that I don't know how I do it, I wouldn't have it any other way, they just have to. And that was the end of our interaction. I proceeded to praise my children for the compliment that they received and we shared high fives and a Yea Team Hamilton! We continued our walk home but as we did I thought about the compliment. The first thought, wow! as I walk down the road I am always so critical of how my children walk down the road, that they are being to loud, too wild, not polite enough to other people walking down the road but clearly I am too hard on myself and I suppose them because others don't see it as I do and secondly as mothers, we make it through some easy days and some hard days, we judge ourselves as mothers by such a harsh ruler sometimes. I need to stop, you need to stop, we need to stop. So what? There was no lunch in the morning….did my children go lunchless? No! They had lunches and they were fine. One simple error in a morning wasn't dire, wasn't the end of the world, didn't mean I was a terrible mother. Didn't remove all the other days where lunch was ready and taken to school as it should be. Didn't mean that I deserved the thrashing I gave myself, so next time I decide to not tear myself down by a simple act, I will remind myself of the good things, there was no lunches because my children ate it and are therefore well fed, that I was able to simply remake the lunches and my children didn't have to go hungry, that I was able to provide what they required and in the end, sometimes when my own encouragement isn't enough, isn't what I need for that particular day, sometimes it could be a random statement made by another that can be the spark of encouragement that shows you that it's not who you see but who sees you. Just another day in 7th day, tomorrow is another day! Until next time, be well.


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Book Signing 101 (Paperback)
An Author's Guide: The Do's, Don'ts & Expectations in Professional Book Signing
Ocean View Press, 9780976191612, 138pp.
Publication Date: March 19, 2018
Are you an author? Do you have a new book that you're looking to promote to potential new fans? Have you considered venturing out into the book signing circuit? Maybe you've thought about it for a while but haven't been sure how to go about it. Perhaps you're reluctant because you don't know what to expect. Book Signing 101: An Author's Guide gives you a simple and straightforward breakdown of everything involved in book signing events, from where to hold your event, what to have with you, what to avoid, how to save money, how to carry yourself like a professional author and much more.


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Elasticsearch Client Programming - Perl
Since creating a log management system for the OSSEC HIDS with Elasticsearch, I have been busy applying this useful search technology in other projects. Elasticsearch is a marvelous system for ingesting streaming data that gets indexed on the fly and quickly searching your data.
The Elasticsearch community provides client libraries that expose their search API in several popular languages, including Perl and Python. This article is the first of a two part series where I show you how to write an Elasticsearch search client application in both of these languages, starting with Perl.
Install Eclipse for Perl
Even if you are an expert with Perl, I highly recommend writing your first Elasticsearch client using the Eclipse IDE, which has a Perl development plug-in that helps you not only step through your code but also see how Elasticsearch JSON is mapped to Perl data structures. If you don't have a Perl environment for Eclipse then follow the steps in this section to install one. I'm going to assume you have an Eclipse IDE and Perl itself installed on your system.
The Eclipse Perl Integration project produces a plug-in for Eclipse that provides assistance for Perl development. You can install the plug-in by following these steps.
- Select Help > Install New Software… from the Eclipse main menu.
- Click on Add button to add the
Eclipse Perl Integrationupdate site.
- Enter
Eclipse Perl Integration Updatesin the name field.
- Enter
hxxp://e-p-i-c.sf.net/updates/testingin the location field.
- Click on OK.
- Click on the check box next to EPIC Main Components.
- Click on the Finish button. Note the button in this illustration is greyed out since I have l already installed the EPIC plug-in on my system, but for first installations the
To add the Elasticsearch client library for Perl on either Linux or Mac OS, simply run cpan as follows on the command line:
If you are installing on Windows, just use the Perl Package Manager.
Connecting to Elasticsearch
Let's say we have an Elasticsearch cluster comprised of indices that contain data collected from Twitter's 1% sample feed. The tweets are collected in a new index each day. The format of the index name is
tweets-yyyy-mm-dd. The server nodes that are exposed to clients is
10.1.1.1 and
Now let's do some programming. First create a new Perl project and client application file.
- Select File > New > Other…
- Enter the project name on the Select Wizard panel. Let's call it
- Select Perl > Perl Project.
- Click on Finish.
- Right click on the Perl project in the Navigation panel then select New > Other…
- Select Perl > Perl File
- Enter the file name on the Select Wizard panel. Let's call it
- Click on Finish.
- Double click on
tweet_search.pl, then start by entering the following code.
use Search::Elasticsearch;
$| = 1; # Flush to stdout immediately
my $es = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
nodes => [
'10.1.1.1:9200', '10.1.1.2:9200'
Lines [1-2] Include the Elasticsearch client module then set stdout to flush immediately, which is necessary when running Perl scripts in Eclipse.
Lines [3-8] Create an Elasticsearch client object. Specify the IP addresses and default Elasticsearch ports of the nodes to which the client will attempt to connect.
Do an Elasticsearch Query
Tweets are structured in JSON format as specified in Twitter's documentation. The fields that will be retrieved from Elasticsearch include the Twitter user ID string, the date the tweet was created and the expanded URL – after unshortening – that was sent in the text of the tweet. Let's take a look how that data will appear in an index.
Here is a partial JSON structure that shows the placement of the tweet fields that will be included in each query response, namely the ID string of the user who sent the tweet, the date the tweet was created and the expanded URL that was sent in the text of the tweet.
Looking at this tweet snippet you can see that these fields are referenced by the JSON names as:
created_at and
The query in this example will involve two indices,
tweets-2014-04-12 and
tweets-2014-04-13, looking for any expanded URL that comes from a Russian hosted domain
*.ru. To do the Elasticsearch client
search() method is called as follows:
my $rs = $es->search(
index => ['tweets-2014-04-12','tweets-2014-04-13'],
scroll => '60s',
size => 100,
search_type => 'scan',
body => {
'fields' => ['user.id_str','created_at','entities.urls.expanded_url'],
'query' => {
'wildcard' => {
'entities.urls.expanded_url' => '*.ru'
[Lines 1-5] One or more indices are specified in the index field which is an array of strings. The inclusion of the
scroll and
size fields creates what amounts to a cursor that indicates how many seconds Elasticsearch should cache results to be scrolled through and how many results are returned by each scroll operation,
100 tweets at a time in this case. Specifying search_type as 'scan' disables sorting of search results to improve the efficiency of scrolling through result sets.
[Lines 6-10] The type of query and fields involved are specified in the body field. The fields array includes the tweet fields that we want in the query response. The query does a wildcard search for expanded URLs that contain the characters
Retrieve the Query Results
The query results are retrieved
100 tweets at a time by successive calls to
scroll() using the scroll ID returned from the original query.
my @tweets = ();
while (1) {
$rs = $es->scroll( scroll_id => $rs->{'_scroll_id'}, scroll => '60s' );
my $hits = $rs->{'hits'}{'hits'};
last unless scalar @$hits; # if no hits, we're finished
@tweets = (@tweets, @$hits);
[Lines 1-2] Create an array to hold all the retrieve tweets then retrieve successive sets of tweets in a while loop.
[Lines 3-4] Call
scroll() with the
_scroll_id field returned from search() to get a set of results. Elasticsearch returns query results in JSON object called
hits that contains an array, also called
hits, containing the search results. The
hits array is extracted to another array to simplify referencing individual tweets. If the returned hits is zero, then break out of the while loop.
[Line 6 – 8] If
scroll() returns 0 hits then break out of the loop. Otherwise add the current set of hits to the tweets retrieved so far and continue in the loop.
Display the Query Results
All that's left to do is display the entire set of tweets returned. For queries where certain fields are specified, Elasticsearch conveniently returns just the fields specified, placing them in a JSON section labeled
fields as shown here.
To display the tweet fields, just loop through the
@tweets array referencing the returned fields as shown here. Note that the strings are actually character arrays.
Using this client program you can experiment with other types of queries by simply changing the fields and body field contents.


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Driver Dan's Story Train - Special Friends
Children'sRepeatClosed Captions AvailableRated: G11 mins
6:50am Saturday, January 19 2013
Driver Dan's Story Train, Episode 09 - Special Friends
Series Synopsis
Everyone is welcome aboard the Story Train. The bright train carries new loveable characters and books led by the grown-up lion, Driver Dan.
Episode Synopsis
Episode 09 - Special Friends
Hip really misses Hop if they're not together, so when Hop is away Hip's friends show him how he can still have lots of fun.
Previous Episode Synopsis
Episode 08 - We're Not The Same
Hip and Hop, the funny bunny brother and sister who always like different things, want to find out about the differences between their Story Train friends.
Future Episodes
- 6:50am Tuesday, January 22 (R)
- 6:50am Wednesday, January 23 (R)
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- 6:50am Friday, January 25 (R)
- 6:50am Saturday, January 26 (R)
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IFRA Certificate of Compliance
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Step into a tropical floral paradise with this amazing scent. This fragrance oil by Natures Garden begins with top notes of lemon, orange, and tuberose, followed by middle notes of birds of paradise, gardenia, rose, and honeysuckle; all sitting on base notes of magnolia leaves and jasmine.
Top Notes: lemon, orange, tuberoseMid Notes: birds of paradise, gardenia, rose, honeysuckleBase Notes: magnolia leaves, jasmineDid you know? From the origins of South Africa, the Birds of Paradise is actually a tropical herb that is part of the banana family. It has beautiful blue and orange flowers that look very similar to that of an exotic bird in flight. The plant blooms from September to the end of May.
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Important Fragrance Specifics: Birds of Paradise Wholesale Fragrance Oil:
CA Prop 65 Reportable Ingredients: Diethyl hexyl phthalate
Fragrance Testing -Performance in Various Applications- Birds of Paradise Wholesale Fragrance Oil: Note: Our testing notes should never take the place of your own personal testing. Always test fragrance in all applications. We do not take responsibility for our test results differing from your test results. Natures Garden is not responsible for any finished products made with our raw ingredients. Cold process soap testing was done by our staff using strict controls. Stick blenders can help to incorporate fragrance back into the soap in the event that it rices during the mixing process. Soaping at room temperature can help to reduce the likelihood of accelerated trace. Fragrances containing vanilla ingredients may discolor soap. Vanilla White Color stabilizer may help prevent discoloration due to vanilla. However, there are more than 40 ingredients used in fragrance manufacturing that may contribute to discoloration of products.
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from Guadalajara, Mexico 10/07/19
I'm not a viewer, I'm your customer, I order with an address in the US.
Soaping for me is a relaxing activityf, well, not with this fragrance.
I read all the reviews before formulating, I reduce as much as I could the hard oils, room temperature, my design was going to be beautiful , ready to start soaping.
As soon as I added the fragrance, my mix started to harden, trying to incorporate was difficult, no time to swirl at all, I ended up spooning all my colors one over the other. The only thing about birds of paradise will be the fragrance and the colors. I can't wait to unfold the soap to see how it came out, I hope not ugly, the fragrance is delicious!
I'm pretty sure this fragrance will be very nice for lotions ans scrubs but definitely, NOT for CP soap!
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from California 05/25/19
This scent smells wonderful, but did not behave in cp soap making. I used a slow to trace recipe and it pretty much made soap on a stick.
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from GA 04/17/19
This fragrance riced terribly and accelerated (which I was expecting), the Ricing took me by surprise though. It was impossible to blend it because of the amount of acceleration, I didn't want it to seize because it smells so great. I just plopped it into the mold and hoped for the best. So far it hasn't heated up which I was expecting because it's so similar to the magnolia fo. It's one if my favorite florals though, I'll try it in body butter or candles.
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from Aiken, South Carolina 03/06/19
Smells great, but riced my cold process soap. Disappointed.
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from Florida 02/28/19
Love the fragrance but not for CP. Not only does it accelerate but it also rices. Soaped at room temp with mostly liquid oils. Starts out like things are going to be ok but very fast it is riced completely and very thick. It also heats up and will have glycerin rivers. Keep it for candles. This is the first time I have every had a FO from natures garden I couldn't make work.
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from North Myrtle Beach, SC 01/30/19
If you love tuberose, you will love birds of paradise. A hint of tropical a lot of floral (wish it were more on the citrus notes as described). I love it and hope my wax tart melt customers do too! May be a runner up for joy wax candles also for me.
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from Franklin, ID 03/22/17
Birds of paradise fragrance oil is a strong floral scent in soy candles. It also smells great in bath bombs.
from shreveport la 11/27/16
love this in my soaps, and bubble bath bombs
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from Charleston, SC 09/08/16
Birds of Paradise has got to be my favorite Natures Garden scent in my pillar candles. I made palm wax candles and they look and smell awesome. Both the hot and cold scent throw is out of this world!
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from Oakland, CA 08/06/16
Natures Garden birds of paradise is very unique and strong. I absolutely love it in my homemade lotion recipe.


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Welcome to the newly refurbished AACP Sefton Treatment Room. Ideally located close to Peterborough city centre, with complimentary parking for the practitioner and fully furnished including brand new Affinity Sports Pro Electric Couch.
Location: The practice room is located on the ground floor of the AACP building Sefton House at Newark Road, Peterborough PE1 5PP which is fully licensed by Peterborough Local Authority for use with a medical purpose.
Availability: The practice room is currently available to book in hourly slots* between 09:00 - 17:00 on weekdays (Monday to Friday). Click here to view availability and book now.
Price per hour:
AACP member: £10
Non-AACP member: £15
Parking: One parking space for the practitioner will be made available in front of Sefton House. Ample parking is available on Newark Road for patients, within a minute's walk to the room.
How can I book the room?
All bookings are completed online via the booking calendar. Simply select the time slot(s) that you would like to book and proceed to checkout. At this point you should check your basket (provisional bookings will be held in your basket for 30 minutes, after 30 minutes the bookings will be released) and, if happy with the chosen slot(s), select "Checkout". You will then be prompted to sign in (or create an account if you do not already have an account). All payments must be completed online at the time of booking to secure your slot. Use of the online booking system is subject to AACP's general terms and conditions.
What is provided within the room?
AACP will provide the following items for the practitioner to use free of charge:
-treatment couch
-couch roll
-paper towels, bin
-desk, cupboard
We don't provide any fabric towels, pillows, blankets etc. There will be no stationery or computer.
Who can use the room?
The practice room is suitable for the following health professionals:
To read the full terms and conditions, click here.
*Time slot bookings made are to be respected strictly to ensure proper and timely availability for another user of the room. The room is to be vacated at least 10 minutes before the slot finishing time to allow for the subsequent STR user's arrival or cleaning.


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We promise to provide you and your pet with the most compassionate and comprehensive care.
Dr. Lauren Blood
Veterinary Medical Doctor
Dr. Lauren Blood is a native of Pittsburgh and a proud graduate of Sewickley Academy. She attended Syracuse University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, and she earned her veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where she won the student surgery award for outstanding surgical skills. Along with a well-rounded repertoire of medical skills, Dr. Blood has a passion for small animal (cats and dogs) soft tissue surgery and continues to improve and broaden her skills to take on a larger variety of surgical requirements. At home, she enjoys outdoor activities including horseback riding, biking, hiking, and staying active. She snuggles up with her two rescue cats, Vivian and Audrey. Dr. Blood looks forward to providing the highest quality care for the furry family members of the Cranberry and surrounding area communities.
Dr. James Iafe
Veterinary Medical Doctor
Originally from New York, Dr.Iafe graduated from New York University and received his veterinary medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He was elected into membership of the Phi Zeta Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. Dr.Iafe has been licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Delaware, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He has chosen Western Pennsylvania to call his home and has been a resident of Cranberry Township for the better part of 17 years. Dr.Iafe has held the office of President of the Western Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association (WPVMA) and during his tenure helped the WPVMA develop an interactive website to better serve its members and the public. Dr.Iafe's interests in veterinary medicine include internal medicine, endocrinology, dentistry and dermatology. In his spare time he enjoys golfing, biking and running.
Dr. Carly Schueler
Veterinary Medical Doctor
Dr. Carly Schueler is a Pittsburgh native and a graduate of Shaler Area High School. She was a four year student athlete on the University of Oklahoma women's rowing team and was named to the Big 12 All-Conference team both junior and senior year. Dr. Schueler attended Oklahoma State University's Center for Veterinary Health Sciences where she was elected into the Phi Zeta Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine in 2018. While in veterinary school, Dr. Schueler enjoyed volunteering at Operation Catnip, a spay and neuter program for feral and community cats. A few of Dr. Schueler's veterinary passions include hematology, cytology, and feline medicine. In her free time she enjoys reading, swimming, rowing, and spending time with her rescue cat named Kona. Dr. Schueler is honored to be joining the CVH family and excited to begin her career caring for pets in the northern Pittsburgh area.
Practice Manager
Bedonna started working in veterinary medicine in 2007 and graduated from The Vet Tech Institute in 2008. Since graduating from tech school she has mostly worked with cats and dogs. She has a special interest in client education, in house laboratory procedures, and radiography.
Bedonna resides in Zelienople with her husband, their 2 children, a Boston Terrier, a Chocolate Labrador, and an orange tabby cat. When she is not working she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Her hobbies include camping, biking, and taking day trips to enjoy the outdoors.
Veterinary Technician
Corinne is originally from the Pocono Mountains where she began her career of 12 years as a technician. During that time, she enjoyed working with many species of animals including: cats, dogs, reptiles, rabbits, and birds. Her special interests are parasitology, dermatology, and of course playing with kittens and puppies.
Corinne currently lives local. She has many hobbies including: boxing, cross country skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, and playing guitar. In her spare time, she loves sampling all the great food Pittsburgh has to offer and then working it all off at her favorite gym.
Veterinary Technician
Went to Sanford Brown aka (Pittsburgh Career Institute), she graduated in 2014. Mostly work with dogs and cats. She loves educating people and drawing blood and doing lab work. Originally from Brookfield, Connecticut but now resides in Economy with her husband and 2 animals, a dog named Thor and a cat named Bubbles. Her love for animals has driven her to this path since childhood. When she isn't working she likes to spend time with family and friends, go hiking and playing softball.
Veterinary Technician
Andi Cloutier, after relocating from New Hampshire via Maryland, melded with the staff at Cranberry Veterinary Hospital in October of 2017. She has had several decades of experience working with many species of animals beyond dogs and cats, including among others; horses, goats, birds and pocket pets. Andi has many hobbies and interests but most beneficial for veterinary care is her passion for science-based dog behavior and training. In recent years, she has enjoyed teaching obedience, superintending and judging 4-H dog shows in both NH and MD.
At home, she has a wonderfully patient husband, Jeff. They have a beautiful and funny daughter named Izabel. Their four-legged children are Rhodesian Ridgebacks Griffin and Phoenix, and a little furry potato named Almond Joy (A.J.).
Certified Veterinary Technician
Heather is a proud Certified Veterinary Technician, graduated from the Vet Tech Institute of Pittsburgh in 2016. Following her heart from a young age, she made her dream come true and now gets to show her love for animals every day. She joined the Cranberry Veterinary Hospital team in May 2018. Heather has a passion for surgery and patient care. When she's not at work she loves to spend time with friends and family and enjoy the outdoors.
Certified Veterinary Technician
Madison is a Certified Veterinary Technician and recent graduate of Vet Tech Institute. She has always had a great love for animals big and small. Her special interests include lab work and specialty medicine. She joined our team in the summer of 2018. Outside of work she enjoys spending time outdoors, listening to music, spending time with friends and family, and loving her cat Scat.
Head Veterinary Technician
Melissa graduated from the Vet Tech Institute in December of 2009 after knowing from a little girl that she wanted to work with animals when she grew up. She likes blood drawing and snapping x-rays! She has an ever growing love for cats and especially loves small scruffy dogs and geriatric pets. Immediately after graduation, she started working alongside a feline master groomer that left an imprint on her heart that she still treasures to this day. A few years later, she started working as a veterinary technician and hasn't looked back.
She is a North Hills native who now lives in Harmony Township of Beaver Co. with her husband, John; their 2 rescue dogs, Abby and Brick; and their 4 rescue cats; Eugene, Francis, Zachary Binks, and most recently, Clyde.
In her free time she enjoys being with her family and cuddling up with her fur-kids at home, PlayStation and enjoying movies and music.
Veterinary Technician
Stacy has had a lifelong passion and love for animals. She has over a decade of experience working with and caring for horses, dogs, cats, pocket pets and even some aquatic life along the way. Some of her special interests in veterinary medicine include nutrition, behavior, and surgical procedures.
She is a native of Pittsburgh, now residing in the Shaler area with her husband and three cats Valentine, Lady and Bun Bun. Her interests outside of work include spending time with her husband, family and friends, loving on fur-kids, cooking, being outdoors and painting.


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For 2018, CLAAS LEXION 700 HYBRID and 600 straw-walker combines will be available with a new 12-inch touch screen version of the CEBIS MOBILE terminal, that can be used to control the unique CEMOS AUTOMATIC, CEMOS DAILOG and CRUISE PILOT automatic combine operating functions.
Available as an option on all LEXION 700 and 600 models, such are the benefits of CEMOS AUTOMATIC in terms of increased daily throughput and grain quality, that this is now specified on over 25% of all LEXION 700s sold.
On both the LEXION 700 and 600, when engaged CEMOS AUTO CLEANING works in conjunction with the GRAIN QUALITY CAMERA and will continuously automatically adjust the fan speed and the upper and lower sieves far more often than would be possible by the operator. This ensures that optimum grain quality is maintained at all times. Depending on the crop and the operator's requirements, there is the option of selecting four operating strategies – Maximum Throughput, Optimum Fuel Consumption, High Grain Quality or a balance of these three.
LEXION 700 HYBRID models can also be fitted with CEMOS AUTO SEPARATION, which will automatically adjust the speed of the rotors and the rotor cover plates, again depending on the operating strategy selected. Again, CEMOS AUTO SEPARATION reacts and changes the settings constantly, and over the length of a day will provide higher quality and throughput than would be humanly possible.
The new high-resolution colour touch screen incorporated into the new CEBIS MOBILE terminal makes it easy and quick to set-up and monitor both these automatic functions. A silhouette of the combine continuously displays the settings for all the main functional areas of the combine, such as rotor and fan speed, grain moisture and grain tank fill level. At the bottom of the screen, two slide controls allow the operator to alter the optimum balance between grain cleanliness, straw quality and throughput.
With CEMOS DIALOG, this function constantly monitors and analyses all the combine settings and throughput, and will display suggestions on the CEBIS MOBILE screen as to how the operator can further improve throughput or quality, which can be implemented by tapping the screen. Alternatively the operator can interrogate CEMOS DIALOG on ways to improve specific aspects, such as grain quality, which again can be accepted or rejected by tapping the screen.


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Cadillac DDA Models
The Cadillac DDA model is designed for the CTS and SRX with its unique roll-up/down display. diffrent product module designed for the new CUE
Specific features of this model:
- Switch to Navigation - pressing the NAV or DEST buttons.
- Switch back - pressing the RADIO or other buttons.
- Cameras - compatible with the original rear camera or with aftermarket rear and front cameras.
- Seamless Integration - remembering the last state when turning the car off, to completely 'hide' the original Cadillac navigation.
diffrent product module designed for the new CUE systems. (2013) SRX and ATS
additional featurs:
- touch buttons integration - when adjusting the volume or climet control, while on navigation mode, the screen shows the information for a few seconds.
- multi touch screen - enable to zoom in\out by two fingers.
- touch feed back - enable to use the original touch feedback on the navigation mode.


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