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Appearing in "When Superman's Identity Is Exposed"Edit
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- Veril Mob
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Synopsis for "When Superman's Identity Is Exposed"Edit
Clark Kent returns from covering an electronics exhibition to find that wherever he goes there are notes, signs, and public announcements outing him as Superman. Concerned over this endangering his secret identity, Superman builds a giant spot light to summon Batman and Robin from Gotham City to help him figure out who is trying to compromise his secret identity. Batman and Robin would take a leave on their mission to capture the Veril Mob to help Superman out.
As Superman accomplishes various super-feats, the Dynamic Duo attempts to figure out who's trying to expose Clark's identity by investigating the various sources. As Superman diverts a flood of water from Rivertown, Batman and Robin track down and examine a blimp outing Clark Kent for clues. Learning that it's made of junk rubber and having no finger prints, the lead turns out false.
While they are continuing their investigation Lois Lane points Batman and Robin out to a news story that tells of Batman still being active in Gotham City. Reading this, Batman presumes that it's Commissioner Gordon's work to make the criminals in Gotham City unaware that Batman is absent from the city. When Batman and Clark Kent question Lois to see if she is responsible for this wave of messages, she denies it. They suddenly notice that the ticker sign outside the Daily Planet is playing message also outing Clark as Superman. Going to investigate leads them nowhere but makes them also suspect Perry White as a likely suspect.
When the person writing these messages challenges both Clark Kent and Superman to appear at the Metropolis aquarium to prove his claims wrong, Batman disguises himself as Clark Kent so that they can pull off this hoax. Before going "Clark" hears from Lois that Batman was once more reported as being active in Gotham City, making Batman realize that someone is impersonating him while he is gone.When both "Clark Kent" and Superman appear at the opening of the new museum (which Superman personally installs under the ocean and digs a tunnel for people to enter from), everyone in Metropolis is convinced that Clark Kent is not Superman. Batman meanwhile has deduced who has been impersonating him in Gotham City and rushes back there. He gets a tip where the Veril Mob his hiding out. This turns out to be a trap that the mob has put in place in an attempt to gas Batman and pull off his mask so that they can learn his secret identity. When they think they've succeeded, they pull off "Batman's" mask to reveal that he is really Superman in disguise. Superman easily rounds up the Veril Mob, just as Batman and Robin arrive on the scene to capture the crooks. They soon find out that Superman himself was behind the whole charade, knowing that the Veril Mob was planning on murdering Batman and so he created the ruse to of some villain exposing his secret identity to keep Batman busy in Metropolis while Superman (posing as Batman) would learn the location of the Veril Mob and capture them before they could harm his friend.
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Appearing in "The Frontier Peacemakers"Edit
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- This issue of World's Finest is considered by some comic indexers to be the last issue to regularly feature the Green Arrow of Earth-Two. Other indexers place the dividing line between Earth-Two and Earth-One elsewhere. The DC Comics Database has selected this issue.
- When Superman's Identity is Exposed is reprinted in World's Finest Comics Archives, Volume 1.
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- Write your own review of this comic!
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- Cover gallery for the World's Finest series
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Miliani Brilliant Shine Lipglosses in Bare Secret, Mai Tai, Red My Lips, Berry Tempting, Mauve Fetish
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LipMonthly reached out to me to see if I wanted to review one of their subscription boxes, and since I love accumulating lipglosses like they're never going to be made again, and LipMonthly has been in Cosmo, Self and Glamour magazines, I couldn't wait for my first box to arrive.
We're thrilled to share that this March, Laura Mercier will launch 13 new bright and bold Lip Glacé shades. Our Lip Glacé is famous in the beauty industry (not to mention a fan favorite) for its non-sticky formula that glides on evenly while creating the appearance of fuller lips.
Laura Mercier Lip Glacé
$25.00 for 0.159 oz
13 New Shades. 26 Shades Total. A high-shine, perfectly pigmented lip gloss with rich, long-lasting colour and brilliant shine that creates the appearance of fuller lips. Any skin tone is virtually enhanced by creating a subtle contrast in texture.
While this isn't a strictly seasonal or limited edition launch, I'm SUPER EXCITED that Laura Mercier is doubling the number of shades available for their Lip Glace! I love that these smell like vanilla, more so than previous ones I've tried. Cosmic is a clear gloss with shimmer, Garnet is a brick red in the tube, but looks different on your lips depending on how much you apply! They're both really great shades to have in your makeup stash. I was actually surprised by how much I loved Garnet--it's a really good basic shade, a nice but not too bold step up from "my lips but better." Both shades have a lovely glossy shine to them. While they are a little bit more expensive at $25 a pop, these are good quality lipglosses that hydrate a little, aren't too sticky, aren't too thin, don't smell too strong, and have nice substantial packaging. As with previous Lip Glaces, these come with a standard doe foot applicator.
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December BeautyBox5
Let's take a look at this month's BeautyBox5!
The foot buffer is basically am oversized nail buffer. I have zero interest in buffing my feet--when you're a runner, those callouses are there for a reason! Besides, it's the middle of winter--I've been wearing and will continue to wear boots for months :p The good news is that I will totally use to buff my fingernails. Smoothing out the ridges in my nails really makes my mani look a thousand times better! Yes, I'll use it; no, I don't think it's worth $5; no, I'm not using it the way it was intended. It's a tissue.
This lotion smells great, absorbs quickly and does a great job moisturizing. But I feel like the price is a bit high for the amount of product. If I'm paying that, I would expect fancier packaging. In any case, you can never have too many travel sized lotions for your purse or actual travel! This is definitely one BB5 item that's going to get used!
The lip stain is interesting. It does slightly stain my lips but I didn't feel that it's plumping at all. Also, the formula is thick to a fault--I love tacky glosses but this is actually hard to squeeze out of the tube. The color is alright and the length of wear is alright... it's just not worth the effort. And for $13 I feel like I could get a much better product.
The NYX Love in Rio palette looks pretty and fun in the case. But it kind of looked like a train wreck on my lids. I'm usually pretty adventurous with my eye shadow but this looked bad enough that I covered it up with other eyeshadow after taking photos. The shadows are really sheer and powdery/chalky, even with a good primer. While this does come in other color combos, I've tested some of them and was also pretty underwhelmed. Unfortunately, I don't think it's even worth the couple of bucks, and I definitely won't be using it.
This Clean & Clear moisturizer was the total dark horse of this box! I don't always use moisturizer because my skin is really oily and acne-prone, so I'm pretty picky. But after using a cleanser that made my face extremely dry and tender after one use, I was so happy that this gel moisturizer soothed my skin without turning my face into a shiny mess. It's affordable and gentle but effective. Definitely a winner!
So, out of this month's five product: 1 amazing product that will probably become repurchased, 2 good products that I'll get some use out of, and 2 items that were duds. Three outta five ain't bad.
Have you tried any of these products? What did you think?
BostonMints naturally refreshing lip gloss
$15.50 for full-sized (0.25 oz)
$6.50 for purse-sized (0.125 oz)
Introducing BostonMints™-- a long-lasting sheer lipgloss in 12 shades. Developed by a Boston-area make-up artist, BostonMints offers a burst of lush color loaded with moisture and shine to complete everyday looks. The secret is its vitamin C and E, aloe vera and its refreshing spearmint flavor that gives the affect of a plumper lip. BostonMints offers the perfect texture to stay on longer, yet it is not sticky or tacky. Each shade is warmly named after a special landmark or location that is close to Bostonians' hearts like T Party and Swan Boat. BostonMints are available in Full and Purse sizes. They are perfect for gift giving.
Product description: Scarlet Letter is a reddish-orange with a bit of coral shimmer. Newberry St. is a very sheer plum. P-Town Pink is a shimmery fuschia. Go Sox! is a cool blue based sheer red. Bean Towne is a shimmery copper/taupe. All of the glosses have a nice spearmint scent.
Pigmentation: The pigmentation varies, as you can see in the swatches. Also, they can be sheered out or built up for more color.
Texture: These are nice and smooth, but not sticky. They have a nice bit of thickness/viscosity to them though.
Application: Easy to apply, with the doe foot applicator.
Length of Wear: Decent length of wear. My lips felt great and moisturized while the product was on, but as soon as it wore off, my lips felt more dry than they had prior to application. As long as you keep some product on your lips by reapplying regularly, it's not a problem.
Packaging: Simple but I appreciate that it's not bulky.
Value: You get a decent amount of product for the price. The minis are actually a better value than the full sized ones!
Love it or leave it? Love them... but wish my lips weren't so dry when the product completely wore off!
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NARS Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in New Lover
$24.00 for 0.09 oz
This innovative lip pencil coats lips in stunning, glossy color with moisturizing ingredients vitamin E, hyaluronic spheres, and phytosterol esthers. Ultra rich color in a creamy formula that perfectly defines the lips while preventing lipstick from bleeding and feathering. Available in color-coordinated shades that correspond with NARS lipstick hues. Richly pigmented. Smooth application.
A few months ago, I received a deluxe sized sample of NARS Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in New Lover as a 100 point Sephora Beauty Insider perk. Although I dislike the scent and texture of NARS lipglosses, I have been interested in trying other NARS lip products, especially when it's a freebie!
NARS Velvet Gloss Lip Pencils come in ten shades. New Lover is described as a "gold infused strawberry pink." It's a gorgeous semi-sheer color with medium pigmentation, shimmer, and a nice shine to it. It's the next step up from my lips but better--it's an easy to wear shade that isn't too subtle, but not too tween-sparkle-overly glossy either. The texture is nice and smooth, even with the sparkles. The Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil felt nice on my lips--not too heavy, not too slick, not sticky. If I were Goldilocks, I would say that it's JUUUUST RIIIIGHT. I found it to be decently moisturizing and it wore for about 3 hours on me, which is good. Unlike NARS lipglosses, there wasn't any plasticky scent or taste (thank goodness). I didn't notice any scent or flavor at all, which I liked.
I'm a huge fan of this product, and I like everything about it...except the price and packaging. While the black matte pencil looks really nice and sharpens easily, I would prefer an automatic/twist up crayon. Compared to other NARS lip products, you're getting much less product for the same price, especially since you'll lose some product during sharpening (a lipstick is 0.12 oz, a lipgloss is 0.19-0.28 oz, and a lip lacquer is 0.14 oz). While I know that those are different product types, the Velvet Gloss lip pencils could have kept the same fabulous formula, but shaped into twist up crayons (like Tarte's Lip Tints and Lip Lustres, $24 for 0.1 oz, or Clinique's Chubby Sticks, only $16.00 for 0.1 oz!!). Or, they could have packaged it in a lipstick or lip balm tube. Still, I'm really fond of this product and might actually see myself shelling out the money to replace it when my deluxe sample is gone.
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I'm loving this new limited edition collection from Laura Mercier!
Laura's inspiration for 2012 draws from her background as a fine art painter and focuses on the mood and attitude of women through different art periods. For the holiday season, Laura was inspired by the decorative architecture, style and mood of the Art Deco period in Paris in the mid-1920's, most notably the beautiful paintings of the artist Tamara de Lempicka... Laura created rich makeup shades of gold, red and black to beautifully contrast each other and add sharp definition that is geometrical, powerful and beautifully ornamental.
The Inspiration:
For the holiday season, Laura was inspired by the decorative architecture, style and mood of the Art Deco period in Paris in the mid-1920's, most notably the beautiful paintings of the artist Tamara de Lempicka.
The Look:
Laura created rich makeup shades of gilded golds, glamorous reds and striking blacks to beautifully contrast each other to achieve a beautifully ornamental look. Play up eyes with Illuminating Eye Colour in Gilded Moonlight, as seen on Marchesa's Fall/Winter 2012 runway; Makeup artist Talia Shobrook used this eye colour to create glamorous gold-rimmed eyes. Golds and bronzes are paired with high-shine reds and deep blacks. Eyes are sharply designed and defined – lined in black, with gilded shimmer eye colours as a beautiful golden background. Lips wear super-shiny red lacquer.


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"What do I do with this now that I'm done?" Do you hear this constantly? One of the most important things you can do in order to stay on top of papers in the classroom is to have a consistent procedure for students to turn in their completed assignments. You won't hear that question again when you have a consistent routine in place. There are many systems to choose from and you need to find what works best for you. Are you unsure of where to start? Read below!
This blog post will…
- offer ideas for containers for collecting student assignments
- share a free resource to improve your classroom organization
Before we begin:
Container Ideas
- You need a designated spot for each subject area. This will be the one central area that all completed assignments get turned in. Because students will know this is the procedure in our classroom, they will be able to quickly turn in their work and move onto the next activity and not waste time standing around waiting to ask, "What do I do with this now that I'm done?"
- Use a different color bucket for each subject area with color-coordinated folders.
- Use an ELA bucket as opposed to a reading bucket, a word study bucket, and a writing bucket.
- I alternate teaching a social studies unit and a science unit, I put those two labels on opposite sides of the same bucket. I'll just rotate it around to reflect which subject we teach.
- At designated times during the day (snack, dismissal) I have students sort the work in to piles by assignment and then arrange them in numerical order using the number in the corner and clip them together with a number sheet on top. By doing so I am able to quickly see who has not turned in an assignment.
- I use the cover sheet to track the assignments and if it is being graded I will record the grades directly onto these sheets. Because I log grades in once a week, this lets me return the graded work quicker and makes it easy for me to record grades when I do sit down to do that.
- You may find that your district requires you to hold on to certain assessments. It is helpful to set up a box, file drawer or plastic tub in advance for this purpose. I have a box designated for this purpose. At the end of each marking period I staple together any assignments that serve as support for a student's grade and house them in this same box. Typically I don't need to revisit these documents, but they are handy to have if a parent questions a report card grade or I decide to bring a child up for testing.
Ways to Stick Laminated Labels on the Containers
- Tape
- Glue
- Tied with string/yarn
- Hot glue and a hot glue gun
- Modge Podge (and a bunch of foam brushes) ← My favorite option!
DIY Classroom Storage Containers
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TwoThree is a math minigame! Hooray! Shoot the numbers that fall with the numbers 2 and 3, to subtract them down to zero. Survive as long as you can as the numbers get bigger and bigger! Instructions Use the 2 and 3 keys on the keyboard to shoot the corresponding numbers. Aim with the mouse. […]


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Why Are So Many Young Voters Falling for Old Socialists? (Sarah Leonard)
«At 68, Jeremy Corbyn has been on the Labour Party's left flank longer than many of his most enthusiastic supporters — the ones who nearly propelled him to an upset victory in this month's British general election — have been alive. Bernie Sanders, who won more votes from young people in the 2016 primaries than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined, is 75, and has a demeanor that, honestly, reminds me of my Jewish grandfather. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the Communist-backed candidate who, thanks to support from young people, surged in the polls ahead of the first round of France's presidential election, is a sprightly 65.».


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In the wake of news that Sen. Lindsey Graham is threatening to block the nominations of Hagel and Brennan, there's a whole new conspiracy theory bubbling up on the right. From ground zero of Obama era conspiracy theories comes the conspiracy theory to top them all: that CIA nominee John Brennan is himself a Muslim.The claim originates with longtime TPM favorite, ex-FBI agent and anti-Islam activist John Guandolo. Guandolo left the FBI after sleeping with a witness in the investigation of disgraced Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana. But he subsequently landed on his feet as part of the anti-Islam circuit.
Yesterday Guandolo went on Tom Trento's radio show — a little known but prolific center of anti-Muslim and 'defend us against the Muslim hordes' commentary — to make his claim.
You can watch the key portion here …
From Trento's show it jumped to WND.com which blasted the story to readers this afternoon …
"Mr. Brennan did convert to Islam when he served in an official capacity on the behalf of the United States in Saudi Arabia," Guandolo told interviewer and radio host Tom Trento.
"That fact alone is not what is most disturbing," Guandolo continued. "His conversion to Islam was the culmination of a counterintelligence operation against him to recruit him. The fact that foreign intelligence service operatives recruited Mr. Brennan when he was in a very sensitive and senior U.S. government position in a foreign country means that he either a traitor … [or] he has the inability to discern and understand how to walk in those kinds of environments, which makes him completely unfit to the be the director of Central Intelligence."
Brennan did indeed serve as CIA station chief in Riyadh in the 1990s and today holds the official title of Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. On Jan. 7, Obama nominated Brennan as the next director of the CIA, though he has yet to be confirmed.
"Are you kidding me?" Trento balked at Guandolo's allegations. "The head of the CIA is a Muslim? For real? … Are you sure?"
"Yes I am," Guandolo asserted. "The facts of the matter are confirmed by U.S. government officials who were also in Saudi Arabia at the time that John Brennan was serving there and have direct knowledge. These are men who work in very trusted positions, they were direct witnesses to his growing relationship with the individuals who worked for the Saudi government and others and they witnessed his conversion to Islam."
And yes, it also occurred to me that someone may have been watching too many episodes of Homeland.
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text: Line of Durin Posted on January 21, 2014 by Rose in Uncategorized | Leave a comment | Almost sold out of my Rohan patches (!!!) so I put in an order to get some more printed and used that as an excuse to test out a new patch design! Wanted more of a shipping label/baseball kinda feel with this Durin one.


text: Category: CityLiving Group Blog In Response… A reader left this comment on my most recent post: "When I purchased a pre-construction unit over a year ago, developers were not negotiating on price. It was pay this or you don't get it. From what I understand now is that a lot of other new developments are taking offers. Is this because of a hurting market or have they finally realized that the market may not support their prices? It's hard to say with everything being speculation and not many developments being completed. Also, I wonder how many buyers would choose to lose their initial deposits and walk away if a developer chooses not to negotiate prices now." Written by Callie Hughes August 27, 2007 2 Comments Under $200,000 Market HOT! There is plenty of talk about the Nashville market, and slowing sales. Since Village is more urban then most, our market is strong, and we had our best month ever in July. We offered through our e-newsletter an Under $200K Tour, and invited folks to join us to see lofts and condos in the attainable price ranges on a Sunday afternoon. Written by Callie Hughes August 15, 2007 1 Comment Under Construction: Rhythm at Music Row Rhythm at Music Row is now becoming more tangible. Demolition of the existing building is complete, and we are starting site work and construction. We had a groundbreaking party at the end of July. It was really fun, and I think some 200 people attended the event. Written by Callie Hughes August 15, 2007 1 Comment Nashville's Next Mayor Who do you want to be our mayor? And why? I've aligned with Briley, who has been a politician in Council for years - one of the strong members. He is green, progressive, young, and intelligent. Written by Callie Hughes July 23, 2007 1 Comment The Urban Mural Check out the mural across from Werthan Lofts. For the last three to four months, a landmark neighborhood project on 8th Ave N in Germantown has been taking place. Created by artists, painted by neighbors, volunteers, children from the community, Werthan residents, the list goes on... If you look at it up close, it resembles a child's paint-by-numbers, with paint sloshing outside the lines. Look at it with just a little distance, it looks like art. Look at it through a social lens, and it is truly artistic, because of the community which created. Written by Callie Hughes June 29, 2007 No Comments I Feel Good About Nashville On Friday, a reader posted this comment in response to the Velocity blog: "I bought a unit at Velocity in the Gulch. I was really looking forward to the project. But now I am concerned. After buying parking and upgrading to glass windows, my rate is $343 per sqft. The project is going to be ready 2 years from now. I am wondering if prices would be able to hold till then, let alone any appreciation. By that time we may already have 10 more velocities in nashville. Due to over supply of condos, prices are going to suffer. Do you have any thoughts on this topic?" Written by Callie Hughes June 4, 2007 3 Comments Velocity Has Momentum Velocity had a strong launch, selling 85 homes in the first day. The 53 TIF units, for affordable purchasers, were not released but will come soon. Buyers who make up to $34,500 should take notice, and buy at this project. The Gulch is getting stronger, and as retail fills in, the neighborhood activates. I for one like to see a neighborhood emerging where there was none. Funny, we only have two homes left at more then $300,000, and there are 265 in the project. The buyers bought from top down. Written by Callie Hughes May 29, 2007 1 Comment Get Your Greenways On Nashville is finally embracing its finest natural resource, the Cumberland River, which runs through our city. I am excited about the Riverfront Plan which has emerged over the past year. 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Quad Cities' Republican State Representative Rich Morthland met Monday with local education leaders to discuss Governor Quinn's plan on pension reform.
"Because the governor wants to press and push to have pension costs pushed down to local school districts," Morthland says. "Would that happen, that would be horrible for local tax payers because they would have to pick up that bill."
Morthland says the governor's reorganization is based on inflated numbers and reserves and says the incorrect math will come back to haunt local taxpayers and our school districts.
"Potentially if the schools can't raise the additional property taxes there might be more teacher layoffs, more classroom closures."
Rockridge School District Superintendent, Chester Lien told news that Illinois' ongoing budget issues have hurt his district and new cuts that forcing them to dip into their reserves could hurt even more.
"We want to create the best education environment for students as possible," Lien says. "It's becoming very difficult to do that."
No decisions have been officially made with the pension reform issue. The governor signed the state's budget over the weekend.


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MUNICIPAL CAMPING – Park Robaina
Nothing comparable to the adventure of a weekend of camping. Camping Municipal Park Robaina is an incomparable place for a pleasant rest to the shores of the historical river Saint Lucia Boy.
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Holiday park of the officials of OSE (those tourists not associates can manage his revenue in the central offices of OSE Montevideo, 3er. Severino trod on Office of Step).
MUNICIPAL CAMPING – Juan Chazot walked
Park with beaches, much woodland, mouth of the creek of the Virgin in the Saint Lucia.
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This tourist stay (where don Alberto Gallinal lived) account with 2 accesses, one Route 6 km 143 and other for Route 7 km 142 (It closed Colorado). It is one of the bigger helmets of stay of the country
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How to Craft Stories to Take Advantage of the Changing Landscape
The struggling economy continues to take its toll on all forms of media outlets, with radio bearing a healthy brunt. Large ownership groups, such as Clear Channel, have laid off thousands of employees and sold off chunks of their holdings. Other groups, such as Metro Networks/Westwood One, one of the nation's largest radio networks, has been forced to consolidate its operation by shuttering some local news bureaus, in order to focus more on regional news coverage.
Even venerable outlets like Associated Press have been forced to alter the way they conduct interviews and dispense their news. These moves have changed the landscape of radio and therefore, have changed the way that stories must be pitched to these outlets.
Although change is inevitable, there are some events that set about a more rapid evolution. To address these developments, one must be willing to adapt along with them. As large national networks streamline their operations, stories must be crafted to take advantage of this change. For national networks, the best solution is to provide a strong, well-prepared national spokesperson – a person who is versed on local statistics and events, but also has the cache to attract interest on a national level. read more…
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Syftet med denna avhandling är att studera svenska och sydafrikanska elevers föreställningar om kroppens byggnad och funktion, samt hur dessa föreställningar påverkar närliggande frågeställningar. Datainsamling har skett genom att flera olika typer av enkäter samt intervjuer använts. Samtliga elever som deltog gick i årskurs nio. Det var 88 elever i den svenska och 166 i den Sydafrikanska datainsamlingen.
Resultaten visar att elever har en god förmåga att beskriva matspjälkningssystemet då de beskriver en smörgås väg genom kroppen, och de visar även god förmåga att koppla samman blodsystemet till matspjälkningsorganen för detta scenario. Däremot har eleverna svårigheter att överföra denna kunskap till ett nytt sammanhang då de skulle beskriva en värktabletts väg genom kroppen. Eleverna hade inte fått undervisning om värktablettens väg genom kroppen, så detta var ett nytt sammanhang för dem. Det visade sig vara än svårare för eleverna att koppla samman ytterligare ett organsystem, det vill säga urinorganen, när de skulle beskriva vattnets väg genom kroppen. Trots att urinorganen finns beskrivna i läroboken och eleverna hade fått undervisning om dessa. Det fanns också elever som visade icke vetenskapligt vedertagna modeller och beskrev vattnets väg genom kroppen genom att rita ett rör direkt från halsen till njuren. Dessa elever kunde inte beskriva njuren främsta funktion som är att rena blodet. En liknande studie genomfördes i fem Sydafrikanska skolor och det visade sig att den i Sverige, och i andra europeiska studier, vanliga icke vetenskapliga förklaringen med en direktkoppling mellan matspjälkningsorganen och njurarna var mycket ovanlig bland dessa elever. Nästan hälften av de sydafrikanska eleverna visade istället en föreställning om att vattnet passerar lungorna på sin väg till magsäcken. Det fanns även mindre mängd elever som även ansåg att maten skulle passera lungorna innan magsäcken. När det gäller vattenfrågan har en djupare analys gjorts på 5 av de svenska elevernas enkät- och intervjusvar. Det visade sig att elevernas föreställningar antingen var desamma eller förändrades till en mindre sofistikerad förklaringsmodell mellan enkät och intervjusvar då det gällde vattnets väg genom kroppen, detta skiljer sig från frågeställningen med smörgåsen där intervjun visade på liknande eller bättre resultat.
The purpose of this thesis is to study Swedish and South African students' beliefs about the body and its functions, and how these ideas correlated with answers to associated questions. Data was obtained from several different types of surveys and interviews. All the students who participated in the studies were in grade nine. There were 88 students in the Swedish data collection and 166 in the South African data collection.
The results show that students have the ability to describe the digestive system when they describe a sandwich pathway through the body, and also the ability to link the circulatory system to the digestive system. However, students have difficulties to transfer this knowledge to a new context when they were asked to describe a painkiller's pathway through the body. The painkiller pathway through the body had not been taught in school. But it was even more difficult for students to connect three organ systems, namely the excretory system, as was the case when they were asked to describe the pathway of water through the body. Although the excretory system is described in the textbook and the students had been taught about the same. There were also students using non-scientific ideas and drew a pipe directly from the throat to the kidney. These students found it more difficult to understand the function of the kidneys. A similar study was conducted in five South African schools where it was found, contrary to Sweden and other European studies, students describing that water is passing through the lungs on its way to the stomach, some students also said that the food would pass through the lungs before the stomach. Some of the students clarified that water and for that matter, the food, passes the lungs to purify it. A deeper analysis has been done regarding the water on five Swedish students' questionnaire and interview responses. It turned out that students' ides were either the same or changed to a less sophisticated explanation in the interview responses compared to the answer in the questionnaires when it came to the pathway of water through the body, this is different from the question of the sandwich where the interview showed similar or more sophisticated results.
Analyses of students' ideas about the organ system in the human body and how these relate to their thoughts about living a healthy life are presented. The study concerns 9th grade students (15/16 years) in Sweden. The empirical data consists of drawings and answers to written questions, both open and multiple-choice, and interviews with students and teachers. Comparing explanations of a well known scenario (eating a sandwich) to other that are less often discussed (taking a painkiller and drinking water) we report that it is difficult for the students to transfer knowledge of pathways in the digestive system shown in explanations of the sandwich-scenario to the other scenarios. Most difficulties are shown for explanations of the drinking of water, since these explanations require connection of three different organ systems . More than half of the interviewed students believed that there is nutritious substance in water, but most of them were unable to specify what it would be. The students with the most developed understanding of the painkiller pathway were satisfied with taking medical substances to elude pain, and were not interested in other alternatives. © 2012, European Journal of Health and Biology Education
It has earlier been shown on a group level that it is difficult for 9th grade students (15-16 years old) in a Swedish school to understand how water is transported in the human body. The detailed analysis of five Swedish students in the 9th and final year of compulsory school concerning their ideas about water transportation is presented here. The empirical data consists of drawings, answers to a questionnaire with both open ended and multiple-choice questions, and student interviews. The analysis shows that all the students struggle to produce explanations involving the three organ systems: digestive, blood and excretion systems and they seem to use a variety of explanatory models as basis for their reasoning. Possible ways of understanding this are discussed together with implications for future teaching
In both Sweden and South Africa, the science curriculum for the secondary level emphasizes learning about the functioning of the human body. Both curricula also emphasize the importance of living a healthy life. In this paper the focus is on how students' ideas about the human body are constituted in explanations of three different scenarios, and in what way the students are transferring explanations between these scenarios. The study surveyed 161 9th grade students in five different schools in South Africa, and discusses the results in perspective of a previous study involving 88 students in Sweden. In both countries issues about body and health are discussed in several different subjects in school. The same data collection methods were used in both countries: drawings, written questions (open-ended and multiple-choice items), and interviews with selected students. The questions emerge from three scenarios: what happens in the body when you eat an open sandwich, drink water, and swallow a painkiller. We report that it is difficult for the students to horizontally transfer knowledge of the digestive system to other less well-known scenarios. In comparing the use of three systems in the painkiller-scenario to the horizontal transfer between the sandwichand the painkiller-scenarios we see that the difference is much less pronounced in South African results compared to the Swedish study. There are more similarities than differences between the results of this South Africa study and results obtained in Europe, but there are also differences especially with regard to non-scientific ideas about the human body.
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I started out using the Sonic Duo on my hardwood floors, since most of my flooring is hardwood I know this would be a good test! I was really happy with the way the Sonic Duo moves. It has a great swivel that gets into tight spots and around objects easily. It was super easy to use as all it takes is a little squeeze of the trigger to spray the solution approx half a foot in front of you as you glide back and forth with the Sonic Duo. With its smooth motion the Sonic Duo does all the work, and all you have to do is point it in the right direction!
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Welcome to Inspire Me Monday Linky Party!! I'm glad you stopped over, please link up your posts, and stop over to check out some of the other great posts linked up too. Make sure to include the #InspireMeLink hash tag when sharing your posts on social media through out the week. I will be watching the hashtag and re-sharing the posts on my social media.
Lately In Our Life
Last week was a normal busy week for us. Dustin was able to get his drivers permit and can now chauffeur us around town while he gets in his 50 hours of driving before taking session 2 of drivers training. That means he now has to pay car insurance. The price of car insurance for teenagers is really ridiculous, they have to work and pay close to a weeks worth of pay just to cover car insurance 😯 !
My niece was able to stay with us for a couple days last week and the boys had such a great time with her. They spent quite a bit of time in the pool, had a bonfire, caught fireflies, and got to play on the equipment at gymnastics while the older kids were in class.
Sunday we spent the day at Lake Michigan in Ludington. They have a huge area along the lake with private beaches, and anyone can enjoy them. We used to go here when we were little kids but haven't gone to spend the day there in years. The kids had a blast in the sand, water, and sun we all had sandwiches with a hint of sand to them and made lots of memories!!
My Posts From The Last Week
I did manage to get a couple posts done last week. They were,
- Inspire Me Monday #91 ~ Last weeks Inspire Me Monday post, with 2 of my favorite posts and the most popular of the week. Stop over to see if you were featured!!
- All About Beavers ~ The boys had a ton of fun learning all about beavers, here is a look at some of the fun hands on learning ideas we did during our beaver theme in our Mother Goose Time Curriculum!!
- Ducks, Fish, and Alligators ~ A look at some of the fun activities we did while learning about ducks, fish and alligators for our Mother Goose time curriculum.
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- #351 ~ Moscato Strawberry Lemonade ~ These sand dollar cookies look great. They are the perfect cookies to have at a summer party, or beach/ocean homeschool unit.
My Favorite Posts Of the Week:
- #302 ~ 40 Healthy Summer Recipes ~ Since we have access to farmers markets in the summer I know we make healthier food choices then we do during the winter time. The fresh fruits and veggies just aren't the same as the one's you find in the store. this post with 40 healthy summer recipes is perfect for your summer meals, she shares main dishes, sides, salads, and even healthy desserts!!
- #365 ~ Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins~ As I have shared before in my 50+ muffin and bread round up post we love muffins. They are perfect for breakfast, as a side with lunch or dinner, and even for snack ideas. This recipe looks delicious and we will have to add it to our muffin recipe ideas to try!
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Ow. Ow. My ears are bleeding. Make it stop. I'm sure John Stewart is going to do a much better job with this than I am, but let me take a few stabs at it right now.
Sarah Palin: "(Some completely nonsensical platitudes about how everything's fine.)"2:04:
Katie Couric: "(Factual information that entirely contradicts the above statement.)"
Sarah: Long pause... "Again, my understanding is that, uh, uh, (Repeats platitude with no indication that she just heard what was said)"
Sarah: "Americans are waiting to see what John McCain will do about this. They are not waiting to see what Barack Obama will do. Because everybody knows John McCain has the track record and the leadership."Yeah! We mavericks don't think about silly things like "polls!" We just SAY what the American people think, and we're always right!
Katie (dumbfounded): "Yeah, but polls show that Obama has gotten a boost from this news, because more Americans trust him to handle this correctly."
Sarah: "Ya know, I'm not lookin' at poll numbers. I just think Americans think like me."
Christ. It's one thing to pretend that you don't care what popular opinion says. Quite another thing to actually say that popular opinion is lying about what they really think.
Katie: "You've said John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business, but in 20 years he's almost always sided with people who want LESS regulation, not more."
Sarah: (gears grinding) "He's also known as 'THE maverick,' though, takin' shots from his own party. "
Katie: "I'm sorry, answer the damn question, can you give me one example of him pushing for more regulation EVER?"
Sarah: "I'll try ta find some and I'll bring 'em to ya!"


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Hey there! I'm back! Okay, so maybe you noticed… or maybe you didn't, but I took a week off from the blog posts. Let's just call it my Spring Break, umkay? I took some time to do some things I really wanted to do and to get started on some projects around the house. You'll soon be seeing them unfold right here, not to worry. 🙂
So, let's just kick this thing back off with a blog tip post for my fellow bloggers out there. 🙂 Part 5: How to Add a Blog Signature – Blogging Tips for Beginners.
Okay, I know you've seen the signature there at the bottom of the post on all your favorite blogs. (um, did I mention that includes Creatively Southern??) 🙂 But seriously, it's great to be able to personalize your blog posts with your own signature.
There's several ways you can do this. You can create a .png image of the signature you want to use in photoshop or whatever photo editing software you prefer. Then upload it to an image hosting site like photobucket, and copy the code for the image at the bottom of every post. (more on how to do this below.)
Now, if you aren't into creating the whole signature image from scratch, then let me show you how I did mine. 🙂
Go to My Live Signature. I used the free signature creation wizard. Next, enter the name you want to use.
Step 1. Enter the name
Enter a name, initials or a nickname for creating the signature.
Choose the size of your signature, and the color of the font and the background.
Here's another tip for you. Here's a html color code tool to help you find the right colors and codes for your blog.
Next, you can choose to put a slant on your signature if you want. Then, tada! You have just created your very own blog signature image. 🙂
Now, just right click on the finished image in My Live Signature and save it. You can then upload it to photobucket or any image hosting site you prefer. Copy the html code given for your image and insert it into your blog.
Okay, how do we do that??
If you're using blogger, there is a great tutorial that walks you step by step over at The Cutest Blog On The Block. Definitely the clearest and easiest way I've seen it explained.
If you're a WordPress user, then there's a plug-in for that. 😉 Install the plug-in Add Signature and activate it. Once activated, look under settings in your dashboard for MVP Add Signature. You can put up to 7 fancy little signatures into your blog with this plug-in!! Wowsa!!
Copy the html code for your signature from the image hosting site and paste it into the first box for the primary signature. At the bottom, select where and how you want it displayed. For me, I chose to display on posts only. Then click update and you should have just added your very own personalized signature to your blog!
If you have questions or trouble, please feel free to post it in your comments here! And if you found this post helpful, take a second or two and share it with others who might can use it! 🙂 Do you use a signature on your blog?
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Marcia opened Shri Yoga Center in October, 2011 with the intention of creating the kind of studio in which she herself would like to practice—one with the best teachers, a beautiful, clean, new space, and lots of positive energy. In her classes, Marcia likes to focus on developing deep core strength, toning and strengthening the lower body, increasing flexibility and stability, and improving alignment. Marcia wants each student to feel energized, uplifted, strong, and relaxed after her classes. To help keep her classes fun and exciting, Marcia arranges a new upbeat playlist and new creative core strength sequence every week.
After graduating from Northwestern University, where she studied art history, Marcia became a certified personal trainer. Her passion for health soon led her to yoga and to become a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with the Yoga Alliance—an accreditation she has held for 20 years. Through a combination of completing three 200-hour yoga teacher training programs, yoga workshops, and committed daily practice, Marcia has come to understand and to appreciate a wide variety of approaches to yoga, which helps her to better serve the individual needs of each of her students. She describes the style of yoga she teaches as a challenging flow that is still accessible for most practitioners.
Marcia leads the Shri Yoga Center 200 hour Teacher Training.
Marcia has taken the Level 1 and Level 2 Inferno Hot pilates Teacher Training with Gabriella Walters. Prepare to be inspired, to sweat, to work hard — and of course, to feel great.
Using Pilates principles, Inferno Hot Pilates is a challenging, full body, low impact, high intensity workout. It is performed on a yoga mat in a room heated to 95 degrees and 40% humidity. Hot Pilates strengthens muscles and burns fat — all without the pounding of a high impact workout. It is designed for all fitness levels.
- Shri Yoga Studio Founder and Owner
- More than 1,000 Hours Teaching Experience
- Completed 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training Courses with Moksha and 8 Limbs Yoga
- Shri Teacher Training Instructor
- Studied with Daren Friesen, Shiva Rhea, Anton Mackey, John Salisbury, Dave and Cheryl Oliver, Daylene Christensen, Sadie Nardini, David Swensen
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- Blends the Physical and Spiritual
- Challenging, Uplifting, and Approachable Classes
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Roots Magic is a genealogy computer program that is similar in its objectives to PAF and Family Tree Maker, but which also has its own particular approach to the job of managing genealogy data.
By popular request we have formed a users group to explore the "ins and outs" of using the program. We first met near the end of 2008 and agreed to pick up again after the holidays. So there will be a meeting of that group on Saturday, 24 Jan in the Local History Room of the Largo Library at 10 AM. This is not a class, but instead is a forum at which to ask questions, get answers, and share knowledge. Users of the program as well as those who may be considering buying the program, will find this session valuable. So bring your questions and/or problems to the Local History Room at 10 AM on Saturday, 24 Jan. and we will work through them together.


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Sadly, the air duct cleaning industry is full of tricksters, scammers and some doggone dirt bags. Here is a list of three common tricks companies are using followed by a little more detail on each:
- Unrealistically Low Pricing ($49, $89, even $199)
- Offering Furnace Cleaning As An Additional Charge (Not included.)
- Annual Air Duct Cleaning Recommendation
Unrealistically Low Pricing ($49, $89, even $199): There is no way around it, companies offering these unrealistically low prices are operating "Bait & Switch" scams. They use the low introductory pricing to get their foot in your door only to begin beating you up (figuratively in most cases) with their aggressive sales tactics. When the dust settles and you haven't found the courage to kick these bums out, the "duct cleaning" you'll receive is shoddy at best. These companies which start with "$89 Whole House Specials" have only one goal and that is to get as much money out of you as possible. Avoid these companies at all cost!
Offering Furnace Cleaning As An Additional Charge: This sounds like a good idea if you're looking to save a couple of bucks on your air duct cleaning. In reality though all you are doing is decreasing the value of your duct cleaning. By excluding your furnace from the cleaning process you will most likely quickly recontaminate your cleaned air ducts with the dust build up inside your furnace. After all your furnace was the original driving force that caused your air ducts needing to be cleaned in the first place. That said, there is that rare occasion when you are performing the air duct cleaning as a company is replacing your furnace on the same day, then excluding a furnace cleaning for the work makes sense.
Annual Air Duct Cleaning Recommendation: If only that were true. As an air duct cleaning company we would love to schedule your duct cleaning on a yearly basis. The truth is, when done properly, your duct cleaning should last anywhere between three and five year. Three years if you have kids or pets with a lot of in/out activity. Five years if you are low key without a lot of activity in and out of your home. Of course, if any major remodel or dust event occurs inside your home before the recommended time, air duct cleaning is a good idea.


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Island Safari
Island Safari offers a unique jeep safari experience on our 4X4 zebra striped, specially designed Land Rovers and Toyota Land Cruisers. Climb on board and relax in our comfortably designed cab capable of holding 8 or 10 seat belted passengers in specialized seating. Our outgoing team promises that your "safari" will be one of the highlights of your vacation.
Our Adventure Safari is a non-stop-fun expedition taking you to the Eastern and Northeastern side of the island. Relax as our entertaining drivers skillfully navigate you on and off-road to some of the least-seen but most magnificent locations in Barbados. On this safari 4×4 tour we visit Edge Cliff, Bathsheba, Joe's River Forest and much more – including two stops by the beach and an opportunity to experience some of the best photo opportunities of Barbados' magical coastline. Lunch is a traditional island style meal served with a drink and of course, our famous Jungle Juice (Rum Punch), juice, diet drinks and snacks are served along the way.
Tour benefits include:
- Friendly, fun & professional tour guide drivers to make your experience one to remember
- Specially designed Land Rover Defenders & Toyota Land Cruisers
- Specialized comfortable seats, seatbelts & padded roll bars for passenger safety
- Fully insured vehicles from a company that follows the FTO Best Practices.
- Covered open cabs with easy 360˚ viewing for spectacular vistas.
- Vehicles equipped with seatbelts and padded role bars for passenger safety.
- Installed P.A. systems on board.
- Ability to accommodate children from 5years old.
- First aid kits on board.
- Ability to handle up to 200 passenger groups.
We offer a wide range of tours including half and whole day adventures around the island or you may plan your own itinerary for groups. No matter your choice, we will show you what the others leave out, highlighting the most scenic locations on the island while traveling on and off the beaten track. It will be a day to remember!
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Author Profile
Ralph Seliger
Ralph Seliger specializes in writing about Israel and Jewish cultural and political issues. He was the final editor of Israel Horizons, the recently expired quarterly publication of Meretz USA, now known as Partners for Progressive Israel, for which he is blog co-administrator, and also blogs for Tikkun Daily.
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Nazis vs. Nature
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Jews on J Street
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The Piston Cave is a series of tunnels on Alinos in Metroid Prime Hunters, which is only accessible by the Morph Ball.
As its name suggests, the Piston Cave contains nothing but pistons that threaten to crush or push the Morph Ball off the edge into the lava.
Extreme precision and speed are required to evade the pistons, especially in the second half of the obstacle course, where the pistons will slam into walls or each other, ending Samus' life instantaneously. These make the maze incredibly difficult to complete, if not near-impossible. At the end of the cave there is a Shield Key, which unlocks the Artifact Shield of the Binary Subscripture that is also near the end.
Samus can skip the entire section of the Piston Cave by unmorphing at the Morph Ball tunnel in the Processor Core and performing "Missile Pushes" to blast herself into the tunnel that leads to the end of the cave.[1]
Connecting roomsEdit
- Processor Core (via two Blue Doors)
- Binary Subscripture
- At the end of the cave is the Shield Key. The artifact is nearby.
- ^ Speed Tricks: Piston Cave. Metroid2002.com. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.


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Monday, February 8, 2016
Lovely Kitchen Details
Posted by Content in a Cottage | 8:27 PM Labels: antiques, Inspiration, kitchens, Organizing
2 comments:
- Karen said...
If I'm not mistaken this is a Dan Carithers kitchen. It's been a favorite for years.
Happy Wednesday.
- February 10, 2016 at 8:27 AM
- Jaybird said...
I have a white kitchen with white ironstone...I never tire of it!!
These are some lovely pictures, thank you!
- February 12, 2016 at 1:57 PM
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Product FAQs
When I use GrabBee to record, I only get audio. What do I do?
If you are not getting video, the region settings are probably set incorrectly. For people in North America, some parts of South America, and some parts of Asia, the region setting must be changed to NTSC-M.
To change the region setting:
- Open GrabBee.
- Click the wrench icon (Options).
- Change the Video Format at the bottom of the window.
If this does not resolve your issue, try recording in another file type.
To record in another file type:
- Open GrabBee.
- Click the wrench icon (Options).
- Click the Encoder Property tab.
- Click the File Type drop-down menu and choose a file type.
Try two or three different file types. If the video works for some file types but not the one that you want, then it is likely a codec issue. You can download free codec packs online by searching for them in a search engine like Google.


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Why I'm Not Fired Up About Logan
Everybody is super excited for Logan, the third solo Wolverine movie that comes out later this year. They're excited for the R rating. They're excited for the gritting realism. They're excited for X-23. They're excited for the movie.
But I'm not.
The reason I am not excited is because I just don't have any more faith in the X-Men franchise, especially not the solo Wolverine movies. X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Wolverine have all been largely generic action movies. And all of the trailers for Logan, no matter how many slow, somber songs they put over them, look like they're promoting a generic action movie.
I would love a deep, somber, meaningful movie about Wolverine. Bring it on! But I'm pretty sure all these slow songs are just smoke and mirrors, and Logan is just going to be a movie about Wolverine and X-23 cutting through Reavers the whole time.
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A trending hashtag, which I promptly answered upon seeing it, got me to thinking about where I was ten years ago.
Looking back, I was lost and uninformed about so many different things. The younger generations that are growing up now, have the benefit of mass information at their fingertips, where I struggled to learn anything about my identity until I was well over 21. The internet of course had reached break neck speeds before I had crested the beginning of adulthood, but it was relatively new, and I was still getting the hang of the information super highway. Thankfully though, I did, because without it, I would not be where I am today.
Who I am, all of me, my sexual orientation, my gender, my neurodivergence, would have all been unknown to me in name, were it not for the internet. Likewise, I wouldn't have had the vocabulary to describe them. However, with the help of the internet, I learned about other people like me, and figured out that who I am was not some weirdo, but a person with multiple facets to them.
Furthermore, given the sort of toxic messages I had learned from those around me and specific forms of entertainment, such as movies, books, etc. I would have never grown as a person, and realized that the partner I had at the time was all of those terrible YA tropes, wrapped up into a person that I thought I had loved. Once I realized this, I gave myself the agency to leave them, and begin anew. To this day, I celebrate the day I did, as it is when I really began doing what was right for me, and those I care about. It's a personal holiday to me, honestly.
I say all of this to say that from fifteen to twenty-five, I grew, a lot. I still have a long way to go, but hashtags and reflections like this remind me of why it's okay to be nostalgic occasionally, or pat yourself on the back. However, it's also okay to look forward, knowing that you did the best with what you could. Also, I hope that as we continue on, that the generations after us will not have to struggle in that department, as they do have more likelihood of learning more so than previous ones before. How we all use that knowledge is to be determined.


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With this partnership, Domino's consumers will be able to share their address during checkout on its online ordering platform, Jubilant Food Works said in a statement.
The location management platform has developed an 8-character code called a 'Zippr' which replaces the four line address. Now, Domino's online customer will simply use a Zippr code while checking out after placing the order online, instead of entering a four-line address.
Domino's would start Zippr services initially for Delhi NCR users and the same would be rolled out in other cities in the next 15 days.
Domino's Pizza India Senior VP Marketing S M Narayanswamy said, "Delivery constitutes a significant part of our overall business and within that, the share of online ordering is growing fast.
"Realising that smart devices and laptop screens have become major touch points for our customers to reach us, we are investing heavily in technology and exploring all possibilities that enable us to offer better services".
"This is really exciting for us at Zippr, this partnership will enable our customers to use Zippr on Domino's checkout, solving the last mile logistics problems and saving costs," Zippr founder & CEO Aditya Vuchi said.


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Is it really so bad to be American?
"Faith in America's promise is at the heart of America's story".
There's not much evidence of that faith in Edward Luce's epic analysis of "America and the Spectre of Decline". But as the title has it, "Time to Start Thinking". Right now, Obama and the Republicans aren't thinking, but fighting over the looming fiscal cliff. Luce urges them to the long view. By 2020, China might overtake the USA as the world's biggest economy.
It's an excellent read: clear, crisp, packed full of original interviews. It matters, because as Luce quotes Samuel Huntingdon, America "can only be a disappointment because it is also a hope".
The book focusses on three key disappointments – in manufacturing, innovation, and education.
Luce is especially scathing about America's disregard of its manufacturing base. He gives us colourful insights. I like his account of a National Defence University brainstorming session where Pentagon high-flyers conclude to his surprise that military spending must be sharply cut, and the money reassigned to rebuilding America. He eats hotdogs with Admiral Mike Mullen who despairs that "we are borrowing money from China to build weapons to face down China. That's a broken strategy". He gets a rare interview with Jeff Immelt of General Electric who comments bitterly, "if you even whisper the phrase 'industrial policy' in Washington DC, today, then within 24 hours you'll be stoned to death".
He empathises with a middle class that's hollowing out. As the chief executive of temping agency Kelly Services puts it, "the era of secure employment is over. Welcome to the age of mass casualization." And he's right to draw attention to a key reason that US firms like General Electric take their production offshore: at home, they have to pay for healthcare. As one of the BBC's U.S. correspondents, I was shocked to realise what America's employer-funded system means in practice. You can pass your exams, pay your way through college, build a career, work all hours… and if you lose your job, you lose health care for your entire family. A severely ill child may mean a new mortgage. A battle with cancer can bankrupt. It makes a mockery of the national wisdom that The American Way rewards the strivers and the smart.
How about the happy belief in America as a land of innovation? That doesn't happen in a vacuum, says Luce. "The goose that lays the golden eggs is not oblivious to what happens around her". And many of today's golden geese are Chinese and Indian, forced by increasingly restrictive visa rules to go home. If you only have time to dip into this book, I'd say go straight to chapter three for stories about what's really happening in Silicon Valley, and why the rest of the nation should take notice.
What chance then of a system overhaul? President Obama has proclaimed that the US should aim to "outeducate and outinnovate the rest of the world". But there's little cheer here, as Luce investigates the increasing polarization of US politics, and the increasing absorption of politicians by fundraising. More than ever, Washington diaries are written around the need to feed the machine. Obama himself – the great proclaimer of change – is now fundraiser in chief.
Will the politics change as America changes? There's an illuminating quote by Ron Brownstein of the "National Journal" on the demographics of 'the gray and the brown'. "The struggle is likely to be between an ageing population that appears increasingly resistant to taxes and dubious of public spending, and a minority population that overwhelmingly views government.. as the best ladder of opportunity for its children." But for now, this author's canvas of the American scene leaves us with the despair of W.B.Yeats, that "the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity".
By the end, this reader is really in need of reasons to be cheerful. But Luce doesn't offer prescriptions. He points to "America's rich tradition of pragmatism" as her best source of hope. But with all his research, the travel and the talk and the thought behind this book, I wanted him to offer more examples of best practice. I wanted to hear more about the imagination of entrepreneurs like Dean Kamen who's running a project to address the middle class skill shortage – a robot design contest that attracts 60,000 students a year.
Blame Tea Party intransigence, blame lacklustre political leadership, blame the short attention span of all our TV networks, but Obama's fine phrase about "the fierce urgency of now" appears as just that – just talk.
"Time to Start Thinking" left me better informed but saddened.
It's a book that boils down to a general "shame on you".
Luce argues that it's time Americans stopped simultaneously trashing DC and looking to it for answers. "Blaming politicians has turned into a lazy perennial of American political life".
He's deeply pessimistic about the character of America's economy, and the readiness of Americans to do what's needed to get back out in front.
I'd love to find a convincing antidote but I fear there may not be one.
Suggestions welcome.


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Japan Technical Council (JTC) is a community in IBM Japan where young technical talents collaborate to stay informed about industry insights and help each other remain relevant so as to remain essential to IBM's transformation. This community was established in 2001 and celebrated its 15th anniversary recently
In this interview, Hiromi Inoue, a Project Manager in IBM Japan, discusses the progress made by JTC so far and how it is equipping millennials obtain insights into the future of Information Technology.
Tell us how the JTC community operates.
The JTC community discusses various challenges faced by young technical professionals today, and makes proposals to become a more dynamic group. We were able to establish the framework to help multiple organizations work more proactively, get results quickly, and enhance IBM value.
Can you tell us about some JTC activities and how this is helping millennials?
We normally conduct activities such as Leadership Sessions, seminars, and organized brainstorming sessions where millennials recommend solutions for IBM. These events aims to provide young technical professionals with a better understanding of IBM and help them acquire global skills. Last June, the young employees of IBM Japan visited IBM sites overseas such as the US headquarters and met with executives based there.
Back here in Japan, JTC is a place where IBM millennials can get new awareness about opportunities to build a career by themselves. We held a seminar recently where a couple of people gave lectures and panel discussions. The theme of this seminar was "Take Action – let's challenge things!". Speakers of this seminar taught millennials to "Challenge actions and aim for Value Creation"
What about the brainstorming sessions, how are these conducted?
One such session was the Amagi intensive discussion. In order to realize customers' success and ensure we contribute to IBM's continuous transformation, young technical talents discussed interactively and suggested viable solutions for IBM.
We organized a team consisting of members across the company, and we proposed to executives the results of the hot debates held for about 3 months.
Can you tell us how JTC has contributed to improving the quality of work at IBM Japan?
Every year, we conduct surveys concerning work and careers targeted for young engineers. The results of these surveys have been relevant in helping department heads make informed decisions regarding planning and policy.
In terms of IoT, we've been holding classes outside IBM offices in order to get insights into the future of information Technology. We aim to develop students who can play active roles irrespective of the existing feeling of obligation to work through demonstrations, programming experiences and idea-thon making use of IoT in class rooms.
The various activities of JTC teaches our young professional about IBM's cutting edge researches and efforts and helps them create business ideas. We also learn about Lab research themes which we can experience only through customer projects. By deepening our knowledge about the most advanced technologies, we are able to provide solutions to IBM's clients, and get the support and guidance to generate business ideas.
To keep up to date with our career opportunities in Japan and other IBM news, connect with us on Facebook,Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn.
Discover what you can do at IBM. http://ibm.co/jobsjp


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DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Dan," and I are in our early 30s and have been married five years. He's bright, sweet, outgoing and very good-looking. He is in excellent shape and works out at the gym daily.
Dan has become friendly with a group of men at the gym. Like him, they are all good-looking and in tip-top shape. They are also gay. One guy in particular, "Harry," has become quite close to my husband. He often jokes about "recruiting" Dan and comments on Dan's popularity with "the boys."
My work requires that I travel frequently, and Dan has been going out with Harry to gay bars where he gets "hit on" often. I can tell he likes the attention. I should also mention that Dan seems to be considerably less interested in sex lately.
I hate to think of my husband alone and lonely while I'm away, but his going to gay bars every night is beginning to worry me. If I say anything to him about it, he guilt-trips me about my travel.
Is it normal for a straight man to seek out the company of gay men? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. -- GAY-FRIENDLY IN N.Y.C.
DEAR GAY-FRIENDLY: It is unusual for a straight man to frequent gay bars. But would you feel better if Dan was going to straight bars every night and being hit on by women while you're away?
Your greater concern, in my opinion, should be his change in pattern of behavior. If Dan is less interested in sex with you than he has been, then you need to find out why. I have always favored the direct approach. The person you should be discussing this with is your husband. When you do, be frank but not accusatory, and do not allow him to divert the conversation by making you feel guilty about your business travel.
DEAR ABBY: I'm moving soon from Florida to New York. I have a 16-year-old Chihuahua named Pedro who is not in good health. I'm torn about what to do. Should I take him with me, or have him put to sleep? I am an animal lover and have always had pets, but this is the first time I have ever had this problem.
I'm renting a truck and will be driving up to New York. Some say the stress will be too much for Pedro. He's a little fighter, but at his age, I don't know how he will handle cold weather. He has lived in Florida his whole life. What do you think? I'm asking everyone's opinion. -- LEAVING THE SUNSHINE STATE
DEAR LEAVING: You say Pedro is a fighter -- well, give him a fighting chance. He could surprise you and make it through next winter and several after that. However, although you are asking "everyone's" opinion, the one that should carry the most weight is Pedro's veterinarian.
DEAR ABBY: My family has been having a debate over the issue of how the name "Jeanne" is pronounced. They think it is pronounced "Jean-nee," while I am certain it's pronounced the same as "Jean." Could you please help us with the correct pronunciation? -- A DOVER, N.H., READER
DEAR READER: The name "Jeanne" can be pronounced either way, depending upon the Jeanne's preference. In my case, it has always been pronounced "Jean-nee."
However, if the name-caller is French, it might be pronounced "J'ahne," with a very soft "J" -- like Zsa-Zsa.
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