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Almost everyone knows that junk food is bad for health. Despite that, people keep on buying it. This is the reason why fast food brands are still flourishing. However, it isn't just our health that these foods are damaging. Apart from that, they also prove a huge threat to the environment. Cooking and transportation of these foods require a huge amount of energy. Furthermore, a large part of them ends up in the dustbin. Don't believe us? Check out these 5 ways eating junk food threatens the environment.
5 Ways eating junk food threatens the environment
Americans are hooked to fast food and junk food and the craze for eating junk food and fast food is widespread among people of all ages. These processed foods have fat and sugar, and they have enormous negative effects on our health. We have developed a habit of consuming fast and junk foods while performing routine tasks despite knowing that they are not good for our health. The consumption of junk foods is not only bad for our health, but they also affect our environment. Following are the harmful effects of junk food on the environment.
1. Fuel consumption
In the US around 19 percent of total energy consumed in the country is used for producing food and supplying them to different places. Currently, most of this energy comes from nonrenewable sources of energy. This makes it much more important for us to look for the ways we can use to reduce fuel consumption. Research shows that we can redue this energy consumption by around 50 percent by the adoption of traditional farming and following a healthier diet pattern. The energy one needs to produce junk and processed foods is much more than what one needs to produce staple foods. If the Americans reduce their junk food consumption then it would affect the fuel consumption in a major way. Furthermore, this would also help in improving their health condition.
2. Packaging waste
In the US, packaging symbolizes waste with around one-third of municipal waste in the United States is contributed by packaging. There is no denying the fact that the use of modern packaging methods has played an important role in making our life easier because they make the process of food preparation and storage easy. Proper packaging increases the shelf life of food products. It is, however, unfortunate that packaging also harms the environment. Every year around 3.2 million tones of waste are added due to packaging. Junk foods are usually served in packets and the materials used for packing junk foods are contributing considerable amount of waste. Paper and plastic are used as packing material and the US government is yet to take any major step to recycle these waste materials.
3. Fast food waste
We have often seen that foods go unused in many restaurants. Furthermore, they are not very active in donating this food to people. A survey found in 1995 that many restaurants prefer not to donate food due to liability issue. Most of them were afraid ofwhat will happen if people fall sick after eating the food donated by them. In the last couple of years, the restaurant owners have been benefited by the expansion of curbside pickup programs. They pick unused foods from restaurants and then use them to manufacture profitable compost. According to a report published by the North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance, only 6.7 percent of the solid waste used for producing compost consists of unused food.
4. Greenhouse gases
Some studies have confirmed that chips and candy are more harmful to the environment than slice of bread or apples. We know that the reduction of red meat consumption would reduce our carbon footprint, but recent studies have shown that reduction of the intake of junk food will also serve same purpose. A study done by Swedish researchers found that some candies are as much harmful for the environment as pork meat. A study published in February found that around 2.2 kilos of greenhouse gas is produced during the production of one kilogram of chips.
5. Emission of VOCs
According to research, the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOC) that generate when a fast food joint cooks four normal sized hamburgers is equal to the amount that a current model car generates after driving 1000 miles. In New Jersey, 2226 tons of particulates released by 16,000 restaurants are more than the amount of particulates released by all the diesel-powered vehicles in the state.
How to switch to eco-friendly foods
One great way of doing good both to your health and to the environment is by switching to eco-friendly foods. These foods aren't just good for the environment. Moreover, they also prevent harmful chemicals from going down in our body system. However, one must keep in mind a few pointers when buying eco-friendly foods. There are many spurious claims from brands about the eco-friendliness of their food products.
How to read the label on an eco-friendly food item
Before shelling out your hard earned cash on eco-friendly foods, you need to carefully read the labels on their covers. Authentic eco-friendly food is one, which has been certified by the U.S Department of Agriculture also known as USDA. According to them, foods grown or processed without using any kind of pesticides, insecticides, bioengineering methods or ionizing radiation methods are termed as eco-friendly.
Also, check the food pack for a '100% organic label. This means that the food item contains only organic ingredients. But, if the label reads just plain 'organic', the percentage of organic contents is not clear and therefore the food should be avoided.
Do sustainable and organic mean the same thing?
Sustainable foods and organic foods are slightly different from each other. They don't always mean the same thing. If the label reads sustainable it means that the animals required for the food were raised with kindness.
Organic, on the other hand, refers to the method of growing and processing a specific food item without the use of harmful chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Sustainable foods can always be organic, but the other way round may not always be true.
What do bird-friendly or cage-free mean?
If the food item reads 'bird friendly', it means that the food item has been grown and produced underneath a canopy of trees, which acts as a sanctuary for birds.
Whereas, if the food item reads "cage-free", it means that the animals and birds from which the foods have been obtained were not literally confined in cages, but kept in open barns and warehouses.
What do grass fed or open pasture mean?
If the food item reads 'grass fed', it implies that animals might or might not mean that animals were raised in pastures.
If the label reads 'open pasture', this means that the animals didn't have to go through cruelty. They could roam free, graze and feed in the open pastures.
What does marine stewardship council mean?
If your seafood or fish package have this label, it means they have been procured without harming the local ecosystem. It also means that the fish or the seafood you have bought was procured without endangering other sea creatures.
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University of Rajasthan Recruitment 2017 – Apply Online for 217 Teaching & Non Teaching Positions: University of Rajasthan, Jaipur has announced notification for the recruitment of 217 Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Librarian, Dy.Librarian, Assistant Librarian & Assistant Director vacancies. Eligible candidates can apply online from 24-05-2017 to 23-06-2017 till 11:59 PM & Send the hard copy on or before 30-06-2017 till 02:00 PM. Other details like post names, application fee and how to apply are given below…
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Name of the Post:
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2. Librarian: 01 post
3. Associate Professor: 61 posts
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Selection Process: Selection will be on the basis of Interview.
Application Fee: Candidates have to pay Rs.1000/- for General & BC (Creamy layer), Rs.500/- for SC/ ST/ BC (Non Creamy layer) candidates of Rajasthan, Rs.100/- for PH candidates, Fee can be pay through Online payment Gateway.
How to Apply: Eligible candidates can apply online through the website www.uniraj.ac.in from 24-05-2017 to 23-06-2017 till 11:59 PM. After the completion of Online Application send the hard copy (Printed) along with important documents with self attested educational, experience & other necessary documents to Room No.205, Sardar Patel Bhawan, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur on or before 30-06-2017 till 02:00 PM.
Instructions for Online Applicants:
1. Logon to the website "www.uniraj.ac.in—–>"Recruitment" tab and open the link".
2. Go to Recruitments-Teaching Post & Click on the "Apply Online" link of applying post.
4. Then Click on "Register for Teaching Post" if not registered.
5. If the candidate is already register then Click on the "Login to Fill Application Form".
6. Fill in the online application form.
7. Click on "Submit" button.
8. Now take a print of your application form for future use.
Important Dates:
Starting Date for Online Registration: 24-05-2017.
Last Date for Online Registration: 23-06-2017 till 11:59 PM.
Last Date for Receipt of Hard copy & Other necessary documents: 30-06-2017 till 02:00 PM.
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City Commission to Experience Mobility Challenges to Bring Awareness to Developmental Disabilities Month
LAKELAND, FL (March 13, 2019) | Lakeland City Commissioners have been challenged by the Lakeland Alliance for Accessibility and the City Accessibility Liaison group to experience the mobility challenges that those in wheelchairs face when doing everyday tasks. On Monday, March 18th at 2 p.m. members from the Lakeland City Commission will be provided wheelchairs in the Iowa Avenue Parking Garage. Commissioners will travel from the parking garage to their meeting in City Hall.
Mayor Mutz will read a proclamation at the Commission Meeting for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Eddie Hall representing the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council and Mickie Brown representing Noah's Landing will receive the proclamation.
Eddie Hall said, "This event creates awareness for those that face mobility issues due to disabilities. Let's move Lakeland forward by making it more accessible for all." Mickie Brown added, "The City of Lakeland cares about all people and continues to improve the City to be the best it can be to be more user friendly for anyone with a disability."
The Monday March 18th Lakeland City Commission meeting will start at 3 p.m. with the Wheelchair Challenge starting at 2 p.m. Mayor Bill Mutz said, "Even though we will be in a wheelchair for a short time, this is a wonderful opportunity for our City Commission to experience just a small piece of what it may be like to navigate simple tasks for those that are mobility challenged. I do believe it will be an eye-opening experience and solidify our drive for ADA compliancy."
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About Lakeland
The City of Lakeland was incorporated January 1885 and has grown to become one of the largest inland communities in Florida. With a current population over 100,000 Lakeland continues to grow. It has been designated a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area by the US Census Bureau for over 30 years. With tourist attractions and gulf beaches only an hour away, Lakeland continues to capitalize on its ideal central Florida location along the I-4 corridor. The City owns and operates Lakeland Electric, the third largest publicly owned utility in Florida and it was one of the first to offer power in the Sunshine State over 110 years ago.
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The Big Difference Between Webinars and Seminars
Contemporary businesses are thriving in the Digital Age, with new media platforms – such as the webinar – creating unlimited scope for internationalising their client and contact lists. The way businesses communicate and engage with clients, colleagues and corporate members has changed unequivocally in recent years; but is it necessarily for the best? In regards to webinars and seminars, has quality been compromised for quantity?
To help you understand the functionality of these two events, Wikipedia has defined them individually:
- A seminar is 'a meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.'
- A webinar is 'an interactive seminar conducted via the World Wide Web. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through chatting, video-chatting, file-sharing, or asking questions with a microphone.'
Networking is a business building essential in the corporate world, and seminars have offered the ideal setting for such an opportunity for decades. However recently, particularly in the last decade, a growing number of event hosts are opting to host webinars for their cost efficiency and potential for a larger – and even global – audience. While in layman's terms webinars seem to offer hosts an incredible ease and timeliness not usually associated with event planning, the quality of the 'event' rarely compares to the event-goers' 'in person' seminar experience. This, here, is where a lapse between a webinar's simplicity and a seminar's complexity occurs.
The ease and convenience of a webinar is certainly indisputable, however, it does not offer the networking opportunities for attendees that a seminar does. B2B companies and associations, especially, prefer seminars, as their very specific networking and marketing requirements are catered for. Seminars are not only an industry information event for attendees, but also an important platform for building potential client profiles and expanding their contact list.
Similar opportunities for networking in a webinar environment are often minimal at best. The webinar's online platform does not, and cannot facilitate the one-to-one engagement and network forming pivotal in the seminar setting. Seminars are therefore more interactive and engaging, as they encourage and facilitate mass participation. Oftentimes this makes them more memorable for attendees, making the overall satisfaction of a seminar higher than that of a webinar. Audience engagement is furthermore compromised by the webinar's format due in large part to the ease of accessibility to distractions, something rarely of concern at seminars – save for the occasional mobile phone not switched to silent.
However, webinars are not necessarily always inferior in quality of experience for participants. Hosts need to duly consider the purpose of their workshop when determining whether a webinar or seminar would be more appropriate. Webinars are an excellent option for training purposes, or other information sessions as part of a 'series'. Seminars tend to only have a useful impact as a one-off event, whereas webinars are structured to appear less repetitive and accommodate for weekly, fortnightly or monthly sessions.
Also, webinars, unlike seminars, are of particular use for their data collection and processing capabilities. Hosts can check with the click of a button the attendance record, how long individual attendees viewed the presentation, and exactly when they checked out – all of which are extremely useful for event management and business development. However, you can achieve similar information gathering with event management technologies such as EventBank. Determining and evaluating the success and shortcomings of your seminar event can now be just as easy with EventBank's all-in-one engagement platform. EventBank's technology also enables hosts to compile a complete attendee engagement history, which enables you to better cater for, and shape future events to their liking.
So, when planning your next event keep in mind your own objective as well as your attendees' objectives to determine the suitability of a webinar or seminar, and the use of an event management software such as EventBank. Webinars are certainly useful and more convenient when a wider attendee reach is required; however, when the location and numbers permit, a seminar is never a bad decision – and is now even easier thanks to EventBank.
Happy New Year, and happy hosting!
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Keep Your Mouth Shut! (And Other Things I Can't Do)
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Written By: Annie Korzen
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Publisher: Listen & Live Audio
Date: April 2009
Duration: 1 hours 16 minutes
Keep Your Mouth Shut! (And Other Things I Can't Do) is an evening of comedy and music from entertainer, Annie Korzen, the creator of Yenta: Unplugged. The Santa Monica Daily Press said of Annie: "You might call her Joan Rivers with Class. Plus, she plays the piano, singing her own insightful lyrics. I'd advise you to hurry and see her!"


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The FTSE 100 plunged at the opening bell in London today, putting the UK stock market on track for its fourth-straight day of losses. It comes as Donald Trump brings his tariff war to European shores. The Trump administration announced tariffs on $7.5 billion ($6.1 billion) worth of European goods including aircraft, French wine, Scotch […]Continue Reading


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NOTE: Attached map shows some other well known riding areas (and not so well known, i.e. a whole series of former dirt-biker gravity bowls that ride one to another, see "dips", on map), and Razorback, another trail in the area. If you do visit, stay on the trails, close all gates, stay off private land. All these trails are not on private land, but, some riders are "curious" and seek out spurs off trail. Don't do it, or this area is toast.
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It's been exactly one year since the grand opening of my old food trailer, Munchies. Anyone who's opened a business and then later let go I'm sure can relate – it's hard for me to write about this. I have so many mixed feelings about the whole experience. Part of me wishes I had dismissed my crazy idea and just moved on with my life. But part of me smiles at the memories through the tears.
In the summer of 2016, my husband and kids and I were in downtown Schenectady, NY. I was excited to show my husband a metaphysical store there I had just discovered, Crossroads. But he was more interested in a sign out front that I had completely ignored.
The sign said that they had a commercial kitchen in back and were seeking someone interested in opening their own vegan restaurant to start up a business in their store. My husband went up to the owner's daughter and volunteered me, without asking me what I thought of it. I was so mad!
But of course it got me to thinking. What if? It wasn't the world's worst idea ever. I loved to prepare vegan, gluten free food. Over the past 6 months it had become my passion. And I was in love with that store.
I thought about it. I wrote about it. I meditated about it. And the universe kept saying "YES!" In fact I believed that this was something I was being called to do.
It started to sound fun. Then it started to sound amazing. Unbidden, my brain started dreaming up all of the delicious snacks I could make and sell. Then one night I had an incredible brainstorm.
Arguably the world's most popular restaurant, McDonald's, sells burgers and fries and soda and shakes. Many of their close competitors have become equally profitable restaurant tycoons. Wendy's, Arby's Burger King. I would open a restaurant just like theirs. Fast food. We would sell organic, vegan, gluten-free veggie burgers, sweet potato fries, coconut milk milkshakes, and drinks 1,000 times healthier than soda. We'd call it Burger Queen.
By this time we had decided to move to Colorado Springs. It felt like the perfect place to launch a healthy restaurant chain.
When a friend sent me this article about the expansion of plant-based "burger joint" Amy's, I said, "They stole my idea!" But it only added more fuel to the fire that was my faith that this idea was going to knock the socks off the whole world.
For exactly 9 months after conceiving of the idea, we were Burger Queen. I created a secret group on Facebook of my closest friends and advisors. It was called BQ Brain Trust, and remains a memoir and an archive of my journey to this day.
All of my friends were so excited for me, and so supportive. It was my favorite place to be for a long time. In September I had decided to begin a year-long Health Coach Training program through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. So every day I was studying my IIN coursework, and also working on making the BQ dream a reality. In November, I created a vision board on the wall in our kitchen.
By January, we had decided that we were going to sell Beyond Burgers on Outside the Breadbox buns with Vital Eats ketchup and we had three shake recipes finalized. The only think that would continue to stump us for the next 6 months (and never get resolved) were the sweet potato fries.
The chocolate shake (aka All Over My Banana):
1 can of full-fat coconut milk, chilled
1 frozen banana
1 T raw cacao powder
1 tsp local honey
The vanilla shake recipe:
1 can of full-fat coconut milk, chilled
1 frozen banana
1 T coconut nectar
1 tsp vanilla extract
It was the winter of 2017. I was having a blast with R&D, going to business classes, reading books, and talking to anyone I could about their experience in the restaurant business.
As my IIN coursework progressed, many of my ideas evolved. I went from planning a fully-fledged (though small) drive-through building to a food truck. Since food trucks were so much more expensive than trailers, and trailer windows were at a much better height to accommodate being a drive-through, I decided on trailer.
Originally, I had experimented with vegetable juices mixed with sparkling water as an alternative to soda. Then one day I picked up a kombucha while I was grocery shopping for myself as a treat, and realized how dumb I'd been not to consider kombucha. It was brilliant.
We tested several local brands and decided that our favorite was High Country Kombucha. I talked to the owner Steve, bought a used commercial kegerator in Denver, and worked out a plan to start selling kombucha on tap.
On February 28th, I drove 2 hours southwest to Cotopaxi where I saw for the first time what would become the Munchies food trailer.
A few weeks later I drove to Aurora, CO and bought a white Ford SUV that would be our tow vehicle. Funny story, I've always hated white cars because whenever one is driving behind me I start freaking out that it's a cop car. When I saw The Ford and saw that it was white, part of me wanted to look at other vehicles, but I told myself that that was silly, that this was the best option on the market for us right now.
Ironically, weeks after we bought The Ford we realized that it had all the telltale signs (automatic window buttons removed in the backseat, cut out in the top of the driver's door) of having been a cop car. I don't believe in manifesting anymore, but back then when I did I was so sure I had called The Ford to me because of how much I told the Universe I hated it.
Over the next few months I continued to research and plan. Of course we had to get all our business licenses in order. That was a huge project in an of itself. In April I spent hours developing a menu that would eventually be almost entirely scrapped.
The next few months, mostly May and June, would be a difficult, chaotic time for our family, as we were forced to move the trailer three times (we weren't allowed to park it at our apartment complex). We moved out of "the shithole," my endearing term for the apartment we lived in. We bought a beautiful house and moved in, relieved finally that "Queenie" had a place to be home.
And so did we. We had nothing holding us back now from opening this business once and for all.
It really wasn't until early July, after our children left for 5 weeks to Grandma and Grandpa Summer Camp, that we made the switch from being Burger Queen to being Munchies. When babies come out they're always a little bit different than we were expecting, and this brainchild was no exception. I know it sounds crazy to make such a drastic business plan move just days before opening, but trust me, crazier things happen in this business every day.
We had to do it. We still couldn't figure out a way of making sweet potato fries that we really liked, and I just wasn't thrilled about our burgers either. Something about the whole menu wasn't right. José and I talked and decided to stick with the menu items we were MOST excited about: the shakes, kombucha, waffles, and salads.
We had joked about naming the business Munchies before, but hadn't taken the idea seriously. Since we planned to park outside of cannabis clubs instead of breweries, it felt apropos.
Now that we had to get serious about who we were, it was time to bite the bullet, er, waffle, and make an official name change. I went on the Secretary of State website and paid $10 for a name change. Munchies on Wheels, LLC dba Munchies was born.
I remember how excited I was the day we cleaned the trailer. Installed the kegerator. Painted the chalkboard on the outside. We joined a commissary and stocked our shelves inside and outside the walk-in fridge with all the supplies and food I thought we'd need.
After doing countless hours of price comparison and calculations, I ordered a lot from nuts.com, but got most of the rest of the food we needed with bulk discounts from Wholefoods. Shockingly, it was way cheaper than UNFI.
I had ordered a lot of supplies from Webstaurant (curse them!) 3 weeks prior that still hadn't arrived. It was the night before our first gig, and I was tracking the order as I had been for the past week. And I was freaking out. It was in Denver, with no guarantee that it'd be in Colorado Springs where we needed it tomorrow. So I drove an hour and 50 minutes north to pick up my order.
After battling Denver traffic for an hour, I finally arrived at the warehouse where my order was located, butt numb and throat sore. I had been on the phone yelling at Webstaurant half the drive up until they finally granted me permission to pick up my own order.
I had to wait 45 minutes for them to dig it out from all the other boxes around it. When they did, I realized that there was no way it was going to fit in the Jeep. So I sorted through and took about 2/3 of it. Everything I could stuff into the Jeep and everything I really needed for tomorrow. I drove home starving, exhausted, and triumphant.
Our first gig was scheduled for 7/10 at The Lazy Lion. For those who don't know why 7/10 is cause for celebration in Colorado, here is a definition: "Just like 420, 710 is a stoner term used to celebrate dabs and cannabis concentrates on the 10th of July. The number 710 spells oil when placed backward; a word used to describe potent concentrations of marijuana like hash oil, honey oil, wax, shatter etc."
As we drove to our first venue, happiness rose up in me like the bubbles in our kombucha on tap. I played Best Day of my Life by American Authors and squirmed in the bumpy seat of The Ford.
There were plenty of hiccups on our first day in business. At first, the waffle iron wouldn't even work! Then the kegerator wasn't working. It was one thing after another. And of course we had lots of problems while we navigated the learning curve of our beautiful new Revel POS.
But there's always a learning curve, and over the next few months we got better and better about avoiding the mistakes we'd made in the past. The most challenging things for me were being on time and not double booking, but I got better at those too.
I'll never forget how much we had to pack into the refrigerator in the trailer.
And I'll never forget the day we drove across town in pouring rain, in a mad rush to get to our second-venue ever on time, only to open the trailer door and find this:
When we got home that night, I wrote about what had happened.
"So this happened today… disaster. When we rushed over and arrived late at Yoga Studio Satya I opened the trailer to discover that the fridge had actually TIPPED OVER (this pic was after José righted it) and EVERYTHING had fallen out of the fridge. I forgot to lock the fridge door 😭 The worst part was that I had made a cake shake and put it in there to drink later and it was splattered over everything. We tried to clean the salad boxes off under running water and ended up getting water inside them. I have all the kale salads out on paper towels all over our kitchen right now drying and I'm going to drop them off as gifts to friends early in the morning. The peas are browning and the Bernie's lettuce is browning (thankfully there are only four of those left). Next time we won't prep so many salads. So anyway it took us about 45 minutes between the two of us to clean this up well enough to even open. It was raining the entire shift and the studio had put their old address on the FB event so the whole event was kind of an epic fail. We only made six sales, but we did get a great pic of one of our customers with her peanut butter cup shake- and she left us a five star review on our fb!! We learned a lot tonight. After salad deliveries I will be in the commissary with my love prepping fresh salads again for our long shift tomorrow. 3-7 farmer's market at Banning Lewis, an extremely huge affluent community here, and then their summer concert series afterwards 7-idk late. I know we have the potential to do very well tomorrow so I am excited and looking forward to another fresh day 🌈"
We discovered very early on, after having to eat way too many of them, that salads are not a smart thing to sell in a food truck. They are just too perishable.
A few days later at the Lazy Lion we receive the best tip we ever got.
I worked hard every day, basically never taking a break. There just wasn't time.
Queenie evolved as we did more and more gigs, honing our marketing and customer service skills.
I was so proud of all our menu offerings. The strawberry shortcake was by far our bestseller.
The rest of July was epically challenging and epically fun, as my husband and I traveled to the Jefferson County Fairground for Veg Fest Colorado and to Keensburg, CO for a Tiny House Festival.
From running out of product to our generator crapping out under intense heat and sun, to battling hoards of flies at the Keensburg Animal Sanctuary, we collected stories that we will never forget.
At the end of every day, I would come home, dump everything in my bag on the floor, and collapse in a fog of happy exhaustion.
It was a crazy time. Crazy in a bad way and crazy in a good way. Also, crazy in all the ways.
On July 21, 2017 I went to Great Storm Brewing for my first attempt at vending at a brewery. Even though we were only 2 weeks in, José had started to freak out that we were killing ourselves and were never going to make ends meet. So I'd booked at the last minute and went there on my own. I wanted to show him that we could work hard and make money and make this work. It way my first time navigating the trailer on my own. I made two sales, and when it was time to go home after 20 minutes of inching back and forth stupidly, I still couldn't back out of my spot, so I decided to try to go forward around the building.
Yep, that's a gas main, and yep, it was leaking. That was a disaster, and unlike the fridge tipping over, this one made me cry for the rest of the night. By some miracle, we didn't have to pay for it, but we didn't find that out until weeks later.
UPDATE: On August 2, 2018 I was mailed a letter via Certified Mail with a series of bills attached to it claiming that I owe $1,630 for the damages. I contacted my insurance agent to file a claim. I left her a voicemail and sent her an email with scans of all the pages I was mailed. I have not heard back from her at all and I have not heard anything from the property management company trying to extort me for this outrageous sum. I am hoping that the charge will just go away.
And then everything changed.
When our kids came back in August, everything changed. Suddenly, two crazy people couldn't run around the state of Colorado in a food truck doing festivals with no help. Things got a lot more difficult.
At first I tried to give the girls jobs, feed them waffles, and stock them up on snacks and toys, but they were still bored, annoyed, and annoying.
We hired our first and only employee, Ben. Ben was amazing. He'd worked in a food truck before and nothing phased him, a vital skill to have in any fast-paced food service environment.
Life was hard, but two things kept me going: my resolve, and all the customers who came up to our trailer every day and told us how awesome we were and how amazing our food was. So many customers were so, so grateful.
We did a lot of memorable gigs in August. We even had a visit from the ghostbusters!
I'll never forget the worst day of my life, Saturday September 2, 2017, when I arrived at Labor Day Liftoff at 5:15am, alone, with the Ford full of food I still had to unpack, and the entire trailer still to set up. At 5:30 I already had a line of 10 families waiting for breakfast, and by 5:45 the line had grown to 40 families. I was in WAY over my head and I knew it.
I consider that day nothing short of traumatizing. People can be nasty when they're hangry, trust me. But I received the best compliment I've ever received in my life. When Ben arrived 3 hours later (when I told him to show up, because I had no idea what the morning was going to be like), he was awesome. He jumped right in and helped me catch up. Later that day, he said to José, "Stacy is tough as nails."
It may have been the most traumatic day of my life, but it taught me a lot about who I am as a person. I don't take things personally, I suck it up and move on when I make mistakes, and I work really, really hard.
That night, still awake after 48 of prep work and serving and cleaning, still making waffles and serving shakes, 10 feet in front of our trailer window, hundreds of hot air balloons glowed into the night.
A month later, on October 1, 2017, we would vend for our very last time at the Denver Pagan Pride celebration at Cheesman park. We were 3 hours late because of a flat tire on the trailer, and on the way there Mia got sick. She spent the whole day curled in a little ball on the backset of the Ford, sleeping off a high fever, while we worked and took breaks we couldn't afford to check on her.
Lizzie was bored as heck without her sister and ran away pretty much immediately. A woman we didn't know at all ended up babysitting her almost the entire time for free. I'll never forget telling the next person who'd already waited 25 minutes in a line of 20 people that I had to stop taking orders for 5 minutes while I took my 5 year old to the porta potty.
I've had so many people ask me why we stopped doing Munchies, and we have so many reasons, I could never think of what to say. To this day I still ask myself that same question, and to this day I still can't sum it all up.
One of the biggest reasons is that I was sick. All of the time. We were pulling triple all-nighters for these festivals every weekend, and without fail on Monday I would be sick. It was never just a cold either. It was fevers and 2-day long headaches and illnesses that kept me in bed. And it was also colds. On top of those.
This made it extremely difficult to keep up with accounting and scheduling and ordering product and food. I was constantly falling behind, constantly stressed, and constantly blaming myself for not doing better.
Another of the reasons I would be remiss to omit is that José and just couldn't keep our shit together. He hadn't been too keen on the whole idea of my business from the beginning, and felt like he'd been dragged through the muck of it all summer. He hated it, and nagged me constantly that I needed to quit because I was always so sick. My response was always an appalled, "Quit?! Without even trying to fix the problems?"
So I thought long and hard about completely re-structuring my business. I had had a ton of women already tell me that they would love it if I could do a meal delivery service for their families. Fresh, organic, vegan, gluten-free dinners and desserts. It seemed like a smart business to do in the winter, when food trucking isn't exactly the most fun. The idea piqued my interest quite a bit, and to be honest I still dream about doing it.
But in the end I was tired. I was so tired that I couldn't think straight. I was still months behind on accounting, and I just needed to sleep for about a month. So I made the difficult decision to take a one month hiatus from Munchies.
Somehow that felt like the end, even though it was only supposed to be a break. I remember the way our commissary owners looked at each other when we told them we were going to take a break for a month. They didn't believe we'd come back. Throughout October I tried to focus on resting and having fun with Mia and Lizzie. They have two weeks off of school in October (district 49 is weird). So we went to some festivals, and glory be we did not vend at them! It felt so good.
But it also felt bad. José kept talking to me about real estate. I lost count of how many times throughout that summer he told me that we should have done real estate investing for a year in order to save money for this venture, instead of taking out a loan to do it. He really got under my skin. We have alway fought about money, but at that time our arguments were at a record high.
I resolved to put aside my childish fantasies of following dreams into Hell, and get a real job in the real world. The days of making money with Munchies were so far in the future still, I couldn't even see them. When things are far away, they look much smaller. Sometimes they are so small we can't even see them yet.
I just wanted to make some money to shut up my husband and hold my own. For the first time in my life. It felt so possible. So much closer at hand.
In the end, it wasn't really because I was sick that I closed Munchies. That's what I told everyone, because the real answer would have taken 4,000 words for them to understand.
As November reared it's sad, gray head into our lives, it felt more like the end than ever, and a very real, bright part of me died. I lost my hope and my faith. I decided that dreams were demons and that I would never trust them again. I told José that I felt like I would never be happy again.
That was a very dark time in my life, and if you'd like to read more about it, you can read about it in Failure.
I hope this blog post has been both entertaining and enlightening. I'd love to hear about other major projects you've tackled in your life that didn't turn out the way you'd hoped either. Let's keep the conversation going.


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Belmont University held its December 2016 commencement ceremony for graduate and undergraduate students at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16 in the Curb Event Center. The University celebrated the graduation of 401 students. Conferred degrees included 339 bachelor's, 59 master's and 3 doctoral degrees.
Dr. Robert C. Fisher, president of the University, presided over the event. Dr. Marieta Velikova, associate professor of economics, presented the commencement address.
Velikova is the 2015-2016 Chaney Distinguished Professor recipient, a title awarded for each year to the faculty member who best represents the University's vision to be "a premier teaching institution."
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Chapter 611 – The Mirror of Judgement
Smoke gradually dissipated as the last Battle Stage put a closure to that intense battle.
Naturally, the outcome was certainly beyond everyone's expectations, since no one expected Wu Ling to lose. After all, amongst the eight Captains, in terms of fame, Wu Ling ranked third. But even so, he was still defeated, the cruel reality made many people inwardly sigh. The Great Spiritual Academy Tournament this time truly was too intense.
Every student of the Martial Spiritual Academy looked at one another as they felt a little depressed. The defeat of Wu Ling had a huge impact on their morale.
However, they all knew that Wu Ling was not to blame as he had already performed very well. After all, he even used the power of the Divine War Ape in the end, but who could have expected Xue Tianhe to have such similar powerful trump card hidden as well?
The Dean of the Martial Spiritual Academy had his brows furrowed in midair as he looked at Xue Tianhe's silhouette. He couldn't help letting out a cold snort, "Those from the clans are really detestable, wanting to stretch their hands to everything."
Looks like Wu Ling's defeat made this Wu Tianwang a little unhappy.
When the four other Deans by the side heard his words, they knew that he was unhappy. Thus, they kept their silence, since it was impossible for them to do something like removing the qualifications of Xue Tianhe. If they did, the Blood God Clan would definitely not let this matter rest so easily.
"Cough, since the Battle of the Best 8 has concluded, let's announce the next match." Dean Tiansheng of the Saint Spiritual Academy dryly coughed as he spoke with a faint laugh.
Although the strength displayed by Xue Tianhe truly was powerful, he had absolute confidence in Ji Xuan. Thus, he believed that their Saint Spiritual Academy could get the best results in this Great Spiritual Academy Tournament.
The four Deans nodded at his words.
Seeing their reaction, Dean Tain Sheng waved his hand as his robust voice spread out like thunder in the sky, "The Battle of the Best 8 has ended, those in the Best 4 are the four strongest teams!"
"They will be the protagonists of this Great Spiritual Academy Tournament!"
"Saint Spiritual Academy!"
Along with Dean Tiansheng's robust voice resounding, a brilliant pillar of light descends from the sky, enveloping Ji Xuan and his team under the countless gazes.
"Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy!"
Another pillar of light fell as Mu Chen's team of five quietly remained as the light shone onto their bodies, causing a light arc to appear on their bodies as the amount trembling and ocean-rolling cheers resounded. Amongst those cheers, the cheers from the students of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy were the craziest.
"Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy!"
Another pillar of light descended, Wen Qingxuan's left hand was tightly gripping her golden war spear with her hair draped down. Her right hand was on her slim waist, while the golden armour covered her voluptuous figure and wonderful curves. Her charming face had the similar pride of a phoenix and as her phoenix-like eyes moved, she emitted a startling charm.
Behind her, Pin'er, Le'er and the other two girls were all gorgeous flowers, attracting countless amounts of attention.
"Blood God Academy!"
The last pillar of light descended on the head of Xue Tianhe and his team with him standing at the front. He tugged both of his arms against his chest as he maintained a calm expression, except his cold gaze, which was constantly locked on Mu Chen.
The four pillars of light became the most focused of the entire heavens and earth. The four teams were undisputedly the strongest and no one would deny this point.
They had undergone half a year of the Elimination Round and in the Final Battle, they defeated opponents that were similarly powerful to stand in the position that they were in right now, receiving the earth-shattering cheers and admiring gazes.
"Since the Best 4 have emerged, the next confrontation will be even more fearsome. I wonder who will win."
"I'm guessing that Ji Xuan of the Saint Spiritual Academy has the highest chance. The strength of this person is deep and unfathomable."
"That's hard to say, Wen Qingxuan of the Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy is not an easy opponent. Don't look at how normal she was from her performance in her battle, even Ji Xuan doesn't dare to belittle her."
"Yeah, I've heard the Dean mention before that Wen Qingxuan is not simple."
"Then, is Mu Chen of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy simple? Even Liu Qingyun lost to him and based on Liu Qingyun's strength, he's probably comparable to Wu Ling."
"That Xue Tianhe as well. No one wouldn't fear someone that could defeat Wu Ling."
"This battle round for the Championship of the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament is probably the most intense in the last century…"
Whispers that filled the air burst out. The strength of the four teams was simply too powerful and without going through the final battle, no one was able to predict who would win.
As the heavens and earth were filled with the mountain-trembling and ocean-rolling cheers, the four teams stood on the four respective Battle Stages quietly as they welcomed countless heated gazes. Their expressions, however, were calm, without any ripples in their hearts.
Any of the teams that could come this far were the strongest amongst all the Spiritual Academies. Thus, their hearts were also the hardest to be shaken.
"I wonder how the next battle will be conduct." Shen Cangsheng looked at the three other teams as he spoke with a heavy expression. Every single one of those three teams was extremely powerful and any single one of them would probably be a tough battle for them.
"No matter who our next opponent is, we just have to do our best." Mu Chen said with a faint smile.
"Since we have you and Luo Li, our burden will be easier." Li Xuantong said with a smile as their team had two hearts, Mu Chen and Luo Li.
The two of them, one in the light, while the other stayed in the shadows. Perhaps many people were unaware, but this girl that had not shown any ability was actually a powerful figure that wasn't inferior to the four other Captains.
When Mu Chen heard his comment, he couldn't help staring at his team and just when he was about to speak, he suddenly felt something and he raised his head with his eyes narrowed.
At the same time, Luo Li, Ji Xuan, Wen Qingxuan and Xue Tianhe had also realised it as they raised their heads as well.
Their line-of-sights were directed at the horizon and up in the horizon, space suddenly started to violently distort as a colossal object that was roughly a few thousand meters in size exited from the distorted space.
When everyone saw that colossal object that broke out from the space, they couldn't refrain from sucking in a mouthful of air.
It was a bronze mirror that was roughly a few thousand meters. The rim of the bronze mirror was filled with extremely profound runes, ancient and obscure. The surface of the mirror was dark ash-grey as if it was covered in dust and could not be seen.
The instant the bronze mirror appeared, the space in this region showed signs of disorder, as if an incredibly powerful object that it could not withstand had appeared.
The bronze mirror quietly hovered in the sky. The surface of the mirror that was covered in dust gave off a feeling as if it could reflect anything that was in the Great Thousand World.
Shock was revealed in Mu Chen's eyes as he felt that the Great Meru Demonic Pillar within his body have fine trembles. Furthermore, he was even more stunned when there were slight ripples from the "Immortal Page".
"That's the Divine Artifact of the Five Great Spiritual Academies… the Mirror of Judgement."
Sword lights also uncontrollably surged out of Luo Li's hand as a sword cry rang out as if it was trying to struggle free from her hand to compete with the mysterious bronze mirror.
"The Mirror of Judgement?"
Hearing this name, everyone felt startled and even Mu Chen's gaze was complicated. Generally speaking, the Mirror of Judgement more or less had something to do with the fact that he could enter the Spiritual Road and meet Luo Li, since the Mirror of Judgement that was before him selected the people that were qualified for the Spiritual Road.
"What rank of Divine Artifact is it?" Mu Chen looked at Luo Li as he asked with a soft voice.
"Probably above High Rank." Luo Li said after a brief ponder.
Mu Chen inhaled a mouthful of air again. Above High-Rank Divine Artifact? Probably only those ancient clans with powerful foundations could possess such a powerful Divine Artifact, he never expected for it to appear in the Five Great Academies.
"Legend has it that this Mirror of Judgement has been handed down since the ancient times. The light ray from it could penetrate the barrier of any plane. When it shines onto a Lower Plane… no one can hide from its light." Luo Li continued explaining.
"It is said that in the ancient times, the light of this Mirror of Judgement could even reduce Sovereign Realm experts to dust."
"So dreadful?" Mu Chen's heart shook. If that was the case, didn't it mean that he could use this Mirror of Judgement to locate his mother?
However, the thought flashed for only a moment before it was dispelled. His mother had gone through so much effort in order to keep him hidden, if he went poking his nose around, it might be sensed by that mysterious clan. At the current moment, Mu Chen didn't think that he had the qualifications to confront that clan.
"It's just a legend… but this Mirror of Judgement seems to have undergone a tribulation during the ancient times and thus, it was damaged. It shouldn't have any dreadful power anymore." Luo Li spoke as she smiled.
"I wonder what the Five Great Deans are planning by suddenly summoning the Mirror of Judgement." Su Xuan was a little confused as she spoke her doubts.
The Mirror of Judgement did not belong to any of the Spiritual Academies but shared amongst the five. It could only be summoned with the Five Great Deans acting at the same time.
"Is it for the Battle of the Best 4 next?" Shen Cangsheng spoke in astonishment.
"That should be the case." Mu Chen and Luo Li exchanged looks as only this reason would explain it. Otherwise, the Five Great Deans would definitely not take this Divine Artifact out so easily.
Just when everyone was lost in their guessing and doubts, Dean Tiansheng of the Saint Spiritual Academy in midair revealed a light smile as he pointed towards the Mirror of Judgement as his robust voice rang out within everyone's ears.
"All of your guesses are correct, the Battle of the Best 4 will be started by the Mirror of Judgement.
As he spoke, mountain-trembling and ocean-rolling cheers rang out in an instant, even Mu Chen and his team had shock in their eyes as they exchanged looks.
The Battle of the Best 4 seemed to be more and more interesting.


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See an example of a completed tick chart 1
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A simple tick chart can give you a handy overview of when you leak. This can be useful:
When discusing your bowel leakage with your health care professional
During treatment to assess changes in number and times of incontinent episodes and stool consistency
To predict when leaks are likely to occur and use the toilet beforehand
To identify when and in what circumstances you need containment products.
Place a tick in the shaded column each time you pass stool in the toilet. Place a cross in the clear column each time you have a bowel leak.
Keep a tick chart for 3 to 7 days to get an idea of frequency and leakage patterns. However, remember that it is not always possible to see any obvious regularity to leakage and individual experiences can vary widely.
You can repeat the chart if your leakage changes e.g. if you have been ill.
You can record bladder and bowel patterns on a single chart but if there is too much information on the chart it can be harder to see leakage patterns.
Date / time – this will allow you to think about the frequency of your leakage and if there is any pattern to it
Estimation of amount – here you can record the amount you leak. This is harder to do accurately than with bladder leakage. Try describing the leakage as 'a little', 'a lot'; alternatively you could use symbols, for example, + or ++ or +++.
What you drink and when
What you were doing when you leaked (such as coughing or standing up)
How well your product contained the leakage
If there were soiled patches on your underwear.
Recording frequency
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Sue Grimm fills a void.
The Finksburg resident heads up a soccer program for homeschooled students who otherwise, would be on the outside looking in when it comes to competitive high school sports.
Grimm and a group of volunteers around her operate the Christian Home Educators United Soccer program which opens that window to homeschooled children.
Hers is one of several area volunteer groups that provide an opportunity for homeschoolers to enjoy high school sports. Others offer football and volleyball.
The Carroll County-based CHE is an offshoot of a similar group that once operated in Frederick County. Grimm's daughter played soccer there. But that group disbanded five years ago, and Grimm and others set up a new organization here.
It offers soccer via co-ed teams for children ages under-8 through under-14 and also under-19 teams for men and women.The latter compete against area Christian high school teams.
The boys team plays in the fall and the girls, in the spring. Both teams continue to practice in their offseasons.
CHE has filled a continuing need since it began operation in 2013. Turnout averages abut 80, and sometimes reaches 100.
"We grew until last season when it dropped off a little. But for the most part, it has grown every season," Grimm said.
CHE also allows public-school students to play in its program. Oftentimes, these are kids who couldn't make their school teams and find CHE a welcome outlet.
Its teams play christian schools in Carroll County and elsewhere. Some of its opponents have been the Westminster-based Carroll Christian School, Montgomery-based Living Grace, and two Frederick institutions, New Life and the Frederick Christian Academy. Others lie out-of-state.
The schools it plays are far apart, and that entails a lot of driving for parents who must transport the players to their games. That said, the group limits the number of games to two per week. Even so, there is a lot to it.
"On game days we have to line the fields and get everyone to games," Grimm said. "It gets pretty intense for us."
The older teams usually play from between eight and 15 games each season depending on what can be scheduled.
Each year's schedule is filled out as CHE organizers find opponents to play. CHE is not part of any league because of the time commitment and money that meeting a league schedule would entail, Grimm explained.
While it's not publicly-funded, CHE does have a couple of angels on its shoulder, the chief one being the Central Carroll Recreation Council.
Grimm coached youth soccer for many years in CCRC. Now, it's helping her homeschoolers soccer program by letting its teams use Deer Park and the Sandymount Elementary School fields which lie under council control.
Getting fields through the rec council saves vast amounts of money. Without the huge discount for field use available through the council, CHE could not operate.
The other big helper is the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, through which the organization purchases the crucial, reasonably-priced insurance that allows it to function. CHE is run entirely by volunteers who must take time off from work to make it to games.
Teams practice only once a week which means that the players must work out on their own to really improve.
Many do.
The girls' teams have done well over the years, partially because of the work they put in at home.
"The first year, we tied one game and won the rest. The second year, we lost only one game," Grimm said.
And while they haven't reached that level since, the girls have continued to be tough opponents.
"They are incredibly competitive," Grimm said. "We had a game last season with only 10 players. We out-ran the other team even though they were subbing players in and out the whole time. We were in better condition.
"In another game, we were losing by six or seven goals, yet we came back to win. They just won't quit."
It has tougher to assemble competitive boys teams. But CHE's high school boys did win some games this year and may be on the way up.
Grimm is proud of her team's accomplishments because they face opponents that play 20 or more games in a season and practice five times a week. She is also proud of her kids' demeanor on the field.
"They are unfailingly kind to each other and to the other team even though they are incredibly competitive," Grimm said. "Many times the referees come to us after games and congratulate our players on their attitude."
Because homeschooling is here to stay, the need for programs such as CHE is also here to stay. For this reason, Sue Grimm and those around her aren't 't likely to quit anytime soon.
But that's not the main reason she sticks with the program.
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KNKX will present Election 2018: The Big Picture, a special report from NPR on the national context for the primaries in a highly polarized midterm election year. Listen on Tuesday June 5 at 6 p.m. on 88.5 KNKX.
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Voters are choosing official major party candidates for national offices such as the United States Senate and House of Representatives, as well as governors and other statewide offices and local leadership roles.
By Tuesday night, more than a third of states will have held primary elections and there will be less than six months to go before the midterm elections in the fall.


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England round-up: Malthouse urged to drop permitted development for high street; Cash approved for East Mids Development Corporation
A round-up of planning news in England: 2 March-8 March, 2019
Malthouse urged to drop permitted development for high streets
The RTPI has urged housing and planning minister Kit Malthouse to scrap proposals that would see commercial buildings on high streets converted into homes without planning permission.
The Planner
Government signs off offshore wind sector deal
A government-industry sector deal for offshore wind has been signed off by energy secretary Greg Clark. It could see the number of related jobs triple to 27,000 by 2030.
The Planner
Cash approved for East Mids Development Corporation
The government has signed off £2 million in funds to go towards establishing an East Midlands Development Corporation.
The Planner
Warehouse space must increase to support government housing target
Warehouse space across England must increase to support growing communities if the government is to realise its target to deliver 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.
The Planner
3,000 homes approved in East London
The Section 106 agreement for a 3,000-home development in East London has been signed off and the development can now go ahead.
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Avison Young submits Orchard Street planning application
Avison Young has lodged a planning application on behalf of Connell Property Partnership and Shea Investments to build 469 homes on an 8.39-hectare site at Orchard Street in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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Warwick council approves Gallows Hill scheme
Warwick District Council has approved plans for a new residential and community development submitted by L&Q for a 20.9-hectare site land south of Gallows Hill.
The Planner
WMCA pumps in nearly £20m to revive town centres
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has approved nearly £20 million of funding to help accelerate local authority plans to revitalise town centres.
The Planner
High Court: Government's fracking policy is 'unlawful'
The government's planning guidance on fracking is 'unlawful', the High Court ruled earlier this week.
The Planner
Deal struck for supported housing sites
Supported housing sites across the North West, South East, Midlands and the South have been acquired by the Triple Point Social Housing REIT.
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Red tape slashed for investors and builders on the railway
Network Rail has begun to embed the enabling processes of its industry-wide Open for Business programme, which aims to make it easier for other organisations – including the private sector – to invest in and build on the railway.
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A school that will become the 'heart' of one of Oxfordshire's biggest new housing estates has secured planning permission.
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Six new bungalows approved in Redditch
Redditch Borough Council has approved a number of planning applications this week, including one for six two-bed bungalows.
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Parking firm applies for permission after installing system
Hospital chiefs and a parking firm have come under fire after it was discovered they don't have planning permission to install automatic number plate recognition cameras at Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital.
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Progress made on £150m renewable energy plant
Plans for a huge renewable energy facility to be built near Ellesmere Port – which would create more than 500 jobs and represent an investment of £150 million – have taken a major step forward.
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Government overturns council's challenge against ecological work around HS2 Colne Valley Viaduct
Transport secretary Chris Grayling and housing secretary James Brokenshire have overruled a council's decision to reject HS2's application to build one of its ecological mitigation sites around the Colne Valley Viaduct.
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Councillor says Wellington Mills CIC is misleading the public
A community group that hopes to restore a historically important building has been accused of 'scamming' the public. Councillor John Thorne said the Wellington Mills Community Interest Group is 'misleading' the public into thinking anything can be achieved.
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Northumberland fire station approved
Plans for a new fire station and training facility in Ponteland have been given the green light.
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Campaigners' joy after new homes are turned down
Blockley villagers have successful fought off the latest attempt at unwanted development in their village, but the developer is considering appealing against the decision.
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Concern over Lewisham enforcement action on planning breaches
Lewisham councillors have raised concerns about formal action taken against those who breach planning permission and build on their homes or land unlawfully.
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This Monday, February 3, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. voters in Florida's 13th Congressional District will have an unfettered view of the three candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives during a "Conversation with the Candidates" being broadcast locally by Bay 9 News and nationally by C-Span. Co-Sponsored by the AARP, the debate will include Libertarian Lucas Overby, Republican David Jolly and Democrat Alex Sink.
The trio are running in a special election after the seat was vacated by the death of Republican Bill Young. The live, hour long debate will be hosted on the SPC Seminole campus by the Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions. Voters in Florida's 13th Congressional District will decide the winner on March 11, 2014.
"We believe this debate will not only inform the voters of District 13 but will air issues of great importance to the people of the entire Tampa Bay region," said Times Editor Neil Brown. "A congressional seat has high stakes for all of us."
The trend of voters favors Overby as they leave the Democratic and Republican parties in favor of registering NPA (No Party Affiliation) or with smaller political parties such as Overby's Libertarian Party. The Libertarian Party of Florida membership and voter registration has increased dramatically in the last few years as voters realize they are more libertarian on the issues than they once realized.
Overby and Sink have their work cut out for them however as the district has only had Republicans in office since 1983. No Democrat, or other candidate, has to date been able to beat a Republican in the district. Although voters in the district did go with Barack Obama in a tight presidential run – Obama received 50% of the vote and Romney 49%.
Overby has worked with GSA, GLAAD, SOAR, NORML, PUFMM, the Libertarian Party of Florida and the Libertarian Party and has been political active since 2003. In 2009, the birth of his daughter, Raegan, inspired him to create the voter education group "Take a District" with the intent of promoting a multi-partisan dialogue on issues of concern in local districts.
Jolly is a Republican insider, being Young's general counsel and the vice president of Boston Finance Group, a private equity company. He is on the Board of Advisors for the Elder Law program at Stetson University School of Law in St. Petersburg, the Tampa Bay Veterans Alliance, the Town of Indian Shores Public Services Committee and Board of Adjustment and the Boys & Girls Club of Suncoast.
Sink was Florida's Chief Financial Officer and has worked with the United Way Worldwide Advisory Board, Florida Tax Watch, Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay, Healthy Kids, Take Stock in Children and the Florida Wildlife Federation.


text: We stepped into Where the Buffalo Roam Saloon on Main Street in Canmore last night so I could try my very first Eggnog and were delighted to see it all decked out for Christmas with lights, candy canes, and ornaments hanging from every surface and the best of classic Christmas music playing amongst the sounds of friends and family laughing and catching up. It felt so cozy and festive. There were kids eating grilled cheese sandwiches and parents sipping eggnog and friends sharing drinks over scotch eggs. We sat down at the bar and I ordered my eggnog and watched in fascination as the bartender made my egg nog from scratch...no carton of pre-made eggnog here! From our seats we could peek into the kitchen window and see the Chefs busy at the grill with Santa hats atop of their heads. The owner brought in bags filled to the brim with more sparkly Christmas decorations to add to the atmosphere. I was told this week-end that they are doing a Christmas Cocktail pop-up with different Christmas inspired cocktails to try every day. My eggnog was incredible and I was so pleased that I chose the Canmore saloon to try my first. I can't wait to stop in over the holidays for drinks and catch-ups in the cutest Christmas spirit saloon.


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Do you like baseball and do you also like a challenge. Do you also like to play a free sport game online? The this is the free online game you are looking for. You have got some challenges to complete in this online Baseball game. Hit home-runs, specific sections of the field and even the pitcher himself. Have Fun!
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Use the mouse to aim, and left click to swing your bat when you play the Baseball Challenge web game.
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players who take turns batting and fielding. The offense attempts to score more runs than its opponents by hitting a ball thrown by the pitcher with a bat and moving counter-clockwise around a series of four bases: first, second, third and home plate. A run is scored when the runner advances around the bases and returns to home plate. Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance on a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for both teams, beginning with the visiting team, constitutes an inning, and nine innings a game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins. Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball is now popular in North America and parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, East Asia and Europe.
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8568, Clayton Place.
An early and very rare passenger turn for 8568 to begin with. 5315 was replaced after failing at Hawick on the Waverly route, 8568 worked forward on the 0706 Edinburgh - Carlisle on 090367. 8568 being on position as Hawick pilot. Otherwise 8568's main duties were freight turns througout the Central belt of Scotland
My first encounter with 8568 was dumped with many of her
classmates in 2 long lines at Polmadie in March 72. At this time there were
magazine reports of 8568's involvement in a fatal collision on Beattock. 8568
and 5100 a few months earlier were working 8Z26
Dalzell New Yard - Carlisle down Beattock in the early hours when the rear of
the 17/24's freight was hit by a runaway 47 (1838) and freight on 6V26 at high
speed resulting in fatal injury's to 8Z26's guard. 8568 was undamaged.
In late 1973 rumours from the local "top men" persisted that a Clayton was now based at the Hemlite factory on the old Harpenden – Hemel branch (closed to passengers 160647 and leased by Hemlite from 290468). After much doubting and fearing I was about to be well withered, me and a mate cycled the 11 miles or so from Dunstable to Cupid Green in rural Hertfordshire. Any doubts re the gen were silenced at Cupid Green's main roundabout where high on an embankment was the unmistakable profile of a green Clayton.
We passed under the line's underbridge and into the works which was busy making breeze blocks. The line had a small shunter and Drewry 04's (D 2203) to cop but it was the Scottish beast we wanted a close look at. Unchallenged , we parked our bikes by the depot wall and a then we heard a whine, chug and pulse of unfamiliar nose as 8568 burst into life. The secondman then looked out of the huge cab and invited us aboard, superb or what. The driver then turned up and he told us to stay "on board for the ride", could it get better. We then purred off and coupled to 5 or six empty mineral trucks and propelled them along the 5 mile branch through Redbourn in the warm late afternoon sun in a wooded cutting near Harpenden Jn we left the trucks.
We were told these would be picked up by the local Luton-Cricklewood trip freight which would also drop off loaded trucks during the night. We then returned light engine. The loaded trucks (with fly ash) would be picked up in the morning we were also told. On the way back the driver also advised how he had driven her on the delivery run form Scotland via the S and C (this we later found out included 80mph down Sharnbrook!!) and admitted the engine had more power than his favoured Drewry. 2 very happy young enthusiasts then leapt off back at Cupid Green and cycled home in high spirits, an unforgettable afternoon thanks to the kindness of the Hemlite staff.
A few years later in Jan 1977 I returned to the Hemlite works on a quiet Sunday afternoon. The works and locos were silent, the Drewry was locked up in the shed but the Clayton looked good parked up on the headshunt, possibly out of use. The branch had begun to make the news as a dispute over costs in providing the Harpenden North crossovers serving the branch as electrification pruning progressed. Hemlite leased the line from BR and the crossover costs issue perhaps tilted the balance in favour of road and sadly rail traffic ceased shorty after my visit.
8568 was eventually sold to Ribble Cement, Clitheroe arriving there in June 77 working as a "super shunter", in "Ribble Cement" grey branded livery.With railborne cement traffic declining from the works, 8568 was sold 6 years later to preservation at the NYMR.
Back in BR green she was rake in for mileage up Grosmont bank in April 89. She left the NYMR in August 91 turning up at various open days and even Sudbury engine sidings! and WN depot (for tyre turning) before arriving at Chinnor in April 92.
Nedding around at the end of Chinnor's short platform in Sep 96, I again was invited aboard this machine 20 years after I had last done so at Cupid Green. Then front coach seats again saw her sounds experienced again and thanks to the efforts of the DTG 8568 was hauling trains on the Chinnor branch again in April 29/30 2011.
8568's running day phots 290411 and beyond
8568 heads for the sidings at Chinnor to run round after working the first trip of the running day
With an appropriate royal headcode 8568 brings the stock for the 1115 departure into Chinnor, note the new housing on the ex cement works site
With the front engine clagging nicely 8568 approaches Horsenden crossing
"Thunderbird 37" to the rescue, 37116 approaches, prior to both locos thrashing back to Chinnor, thanks to Robin morel for the phot.
8568 then performed faultlessly for the rest of the day and is seen here approaching Horsenden on the last turn of a hugely enjoyable and nostalgic day
8568 comes off the Chinnor stabling sidings for an entertaining running day on 030514
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★★★★ Koolura and the Mayans is the third entry in author Michael Thal's young adult series about a girl named Koolura with mystical powers. Koolura and her friend Leila are on vacation in Mexico City, where Koolura's father is getting re-married, when the girls unwittingly stumble upon a derelict relic in an old Mayan tomb that whisks them thousands of years into the past. There's just one problem: she doesn't know how to get back! Now, stranded in history with her best friend, Koolura must hide her abilities from an alien race known as the Aquari, who have subjugated the native population for nefarious reasons. This Mayan mishap could end up costing Koolura much more than a few extra days in Mexico!
A unique hybrid of science fiction, folklore, and pure fantasy, Koolura and the Mayans is a fun romp through time and space. Readers do not have to have read the first two books in the series in order to keep pace with the plot, but if you enjoy Thal's tale here, take comfort in knowing there are two more books about Koolura to devour. As with any story this brief, readers might find themselves wishing there was a bit more meat to occupy their appetites, especially during one short journey which finds Koolura jetting off to an unknown planet in search of a device that could help the Aquari leave Earth. Still, it must be said that Koolura is a charming and unpredictable protagonist. The result is that readers will simply have no idea where the story will take them next—and that feeling is utterly magical.
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The Grolier Club hosts two types of exhibitions:
- Public Exhibitions, which are mounted in our first floor gallery; and
- Members' Exhibitions, in our second floor gallery, where Grolier Club members have the opportunity to develop exhibitions from their personal collections.
All of our exhibitions are open to the public, free of charge, from 10-5 Monday through Saturday. We are closed for the month of August, and please check our website (www.grolierclub.org) for any other holiday closings.
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