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A beautiful new adaptation of John Steinbeck's iconic novel asks if it is possible to escape the mistakes of previous generations and choose your own course.
East of Eden resets the story of Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel at the beginning of the twentieth century, through the intertwining stories of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons. It is an American epic, grand in scope yet deeply personal.
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Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, used to tell his players, "Chase perfection and you may catch excellence."
What is excellence? It may be difficult to define, but my good friend and fellow coach, Jack Hermanski, may have an insight. We tried to give our basketball players credit for Effort Points in practices and games. When we tried to define just what Effort Points were, Jack probably had the very best definition when he said, "I don't know what they are; but I do know them when I see them."
The same may be said for excellence. Given the above, I thought I might share some excellence that I have seen in people I have known. These observations may lead to an understanding, if not a definition, of excellence.
Christian Brother Paul French was the best teacher I had in my collegiate years at Lewis College, now Lewis University. He was also the toughest, most demanding professor I ever had at any level of academic work. I think what may have separated him from other teachers I had was his extensive preparation. I had him for Shakespeare's comedy and history plays and his preparation for each class was impeccable.
Gordie Gillespie was an outstanding coach in football, basketball, and baseball. I did have the opportunity to work with the likes of Bob Knight, John Wooden, and Dean Smith at basketball clinics. Gordie would not take a back-seat to any of them. His preparation for high school football at Joliet Catholic was so thorough that when darkness came, people would shine their car lights onto the practice field so he could complete his preparation.
Bishop Roger Kaffer was the best priest I have ever known. His work ethic never ceased to amaze me. It was not unusual for him to work well after midnight. In fact, this was the norm when he served as our principal at Providence Catholic High School. Despite working so late, he always began the day saying daily mass at 7 a.m.
One of the Bishop's favorite sayings was, "People are more important than things." And that was how he lived his life. He always dropped what he was doing to help a person in need. He would complete the work later, but serve the person now.
I was fortunate to coach some all-conference, all-state, and All-American players at the University of St. Francis. I do not remember any player who achieved these accolades who was not a great worker at practice. To a man, when they tied up their shoes and walked across that line for practice, they were the same every day. They had the ability and the attitude to consistently give their best effort. It was no secret why they excelled. They deserved every honor they received because of their work ethic.
I can't define excellence but I think I have known it when I have seen it. It seems to begin and end with preparation and work.
As a leader, you may want to reflect on your preparation and your work ethic.


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We all know the feeling. We step into the lift and no one else is in there. Except for the CEO. We're seated around the boardroom table and out of left field, we're asked to address the entire room. We answer the phone and we're met with an international conference call that we're supposed to be hosting. And it's not even 9am. In a split second we need to be considered credible, in control and commanding.
There's no 'faking it til you make it' in these moments. But don't be paralysed. Be prepared. See if the following a simple framework helps you organise your thoughts so you can step into any situation with confidence and control.
'Headline news' the opening line
In one line, what is the REAL headline here -- Not the headline that is most relevant to YOU, but most important to your audience? Be firm, be bold. Declare an opinion. You're the expert. Having an opinion I hope is what you're getting paid for.
Back it up with two strong facts
Find your facts -- fall back on evidence that your work has produced. For example, if you've introduced a new initiative that has generated a 60% increase in sales this quarter, then say so. Use statistics and hard data to reinforce your point. Keep one idea to one sentence. If you have three different sets of data, then give them one line each.
What obstacles or opportunities does your info present?
What do you want the audience to do about this information right now? What challenges or opportunities does it reveal? Have you brought them a breakthrough in some form and if so, what do you need them to act on in the next 24 hours? What's likely to happen in the market if you DON'T act? Be specific about what you need and give the audience a sense of urgency if you can. Wrap it up with a firm recommendation. No trailing off on a thought bubble and no tangents.
Even if you need to scramble for the facts, you'll still sound like there is order to your thought process. My advice is to practice this framework in everyday exchanges, so when you do happen to be ambushed, you'll respond without hesitation. You may even look forward to being put on the spot.
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This week Miami is overflowing with passionate design-lover with Art Basel, Miami Art Week and Design Miami/ bringing together architects, artists and designers from around the world for inspiration.
The two events present the best and latest must-see art installations, exhibitions, talks, and creative programming, take over the sunny city.
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This art installation was presented before during Salone del Mobile in Milan, Studio Swine and COS' innovative blossoming sculpture that will be showcased at the temple house as an official satellite of Design Miami/.
Loewe In the Miami Design District
LOEWE foundation and Jonathan Anderson presents an exhibition series that bring together artists from various disciplines in order to explore surprising conversations. Anderson has chosen the works of three artists, presenting their works in ceramic, fabric sculpture and photography at the LOEWE Miami Design District store.
Scientist and artist Carsten höller highlight Miami Art Basel week in a three-night-only collaboration with Milan-based arts institution, Fondazione Prada. "The Prada double club Miami'" the piece based in a set of a 1920s film studio complex, once an ice factory, and includes an internal club and an outdoor tropical garden.
Nuage By Ronan &Erwan Bouroullec
"Nuage" is an organic pergola designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec covering the PasPontinti in the Miami Design District. Sun passes through the steel and colored glass structure that simulates cloud openings, forming graphic shadows that vibrate with blues and greens.


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The following letter to members forms part of a three page document on Procedural Audits. The full document can be downloaded here.
Dear BESS Member
This document is in response to the request of some members and the BOA's request that the Speciality Societies provide some audit recommendations to their members.
The BESS Research Committee and BESS Council suggest that members consider the following audit recommendations called BPA's (BESS Procedure Audits).
While the collection of audit data may become centrally mandated in the future, at present, surgeons will likely be required to provide audit data for their future revalidation. There is however NO central funding resource available to collect non-arthroplasty patient outcomes. It will therefore be up to individual surgeons to collect their own data or negotiate this process and any support with their individual Trusts.
The BOA is exploring the use, costs and function of non-arthroplasty registries. BESS will engage as opportunities arise and explore ways it may be able to help members collect PROMS data. The Oxford Scores are recommended due to their acceptance by the National PROMS programme, NJR and the advantage their high postal return rates offer.
BESS would recommend considering at least one audit per annum.
Yours sincerely,
BESS Council and BESS Research Committee


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The Importance of Multiple Fuels in Your SHTF Cooking Plans
In our household, we have a Sun Oven and a Solavore, SilverFire and StoveTec rocket stoves, and a dual-fuel Coleman stove, which uses both unleaded gasoline and Coleman fuel. I have the supplies for putting together an improvised cement block rocket stove, and a backyard full of trees, pinecones, and leaves. We purposely chose a gas stove for our home in order to have the ability to cook in a power outage.
In the emergency cooking department, we have numerous bases covered. Looking at these different types of stoves, it's not enough to just have alternative cooking methods. You also need to make sure each one uses different types of fuels.…Read More...
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16 Brick Rocket Stove
For a while now my wife has wanted to try some new methods of outdoor cooking. So yesterday, I built her a 16 brick rocket stove. It is simple and easy to build. The stove was quite efficient and able to bring water to a boil quickly while consuming a small amount of wood. The stove works quite well on twigs and small scraps of wood you would normally ignore if you were building a campfire.
With dry wood, the stove produced very little smoke and reminded me of a Dakota Hole. My wife is now going to do some cooking on it and we will publish the results in the near future.…Read More...
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How are You Going to Cook After the Grid Goes Down?
Different methods of cooking.
Something I have wanted to write about for a while is ways to cook when the power is out and you are dependent on what you have stored. The following is an over view of several methods for cooking at your BOL I wish to discuss in depth in the future.
Campfires – The first method that most people think of is a campfire. Personally, this would be very low on my choices. Campfires are difficult to cook on, are highly visible and give off smoke. Food odors can also be a problem. They also are inefficient in their consumption of wood. …Read More...
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Rocket Stove
Something else that I have built is a Rocket stove. They are easy to make and quite efficient. The big advantage to them is that they will burn twigs, dried brush, and other small debris that you normally would not use for fuel. If you are faced with a shortage of fuel, this would be a great stove to own.
I made mine out of a five-gallon can and some scrap 4-inch pipe and a old piece of grill. It works very well. You get a surprising amount of heat out of small twigs and branches. You can make stoves from almost any size of a can and old pipe. …Read More...
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There has been some controversy in the last 24 hours about the early release by Amazon of the much anticipated Grand Theft Auto V. In a less newsworthy, but personally more exciting, way I also seem to have been the beneficiary of a premature dispatch by the online retailer. Yesterday I received a pre-ordered copy of New Dimensions of Doctor Who: Adventures in Space, Time and Television: Exploring Space, Time and Television even though it is not officially released until the end of the month.
The book includes a chapter The Cybermen and Human.2 written with my former research assistant Bonnie Green. The first version of the chapter was written some while back, so I am delighted that it has finally seen the light of day. In the chapter we reflect on the Cybermen as upgraded versions of humans, and therefore how, within this speculative fiction, they can serve as examples for consideration with regard to the views of transhumanists who are in favour of directed evolution of Homo sapiens beyond our natural capabilities.


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Increased emphasis on safer sports turf has evolved greatly over the past years. About 20 years ago, two-thirds of reported sports injuries occurred on practice fields. Those fields were less maintained than game fields.
"Good turf can reduce some sport injuries. This is the best reason for establishing and maintaining quality fields in all sports," says LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Tom Koske.
Historically, parents of young athletes have assumed that it was the roughness of the game and not the playing surface that was responsible for all injuries. Spectators who enjoy the all-out physical contact between athletes consider injuries part of the game – whether at the school or pro level. An injury, however, can ruin an athletic career or more.
Koske credits families of athletes, their lawyers and turfgrass specialists for being the major forces for change in the movement to provide competitors of every age with safer playing fields. Coaches and field managers who have a substantial maintenance program documented will have an excellent rebuttal to those who say that field injuries could have been prevented with better turf maintenance.
High-quality, live turf is almost always preferred by athletes to artificial turf, Koske points out, adding that the challenge for the future lies in creating turf that will hold live grass so that the optimum playing surface can be achieved. A new level of artificial turf is now available, but the cost greatly limits its use.
More on proper turf maintenance can be learned in Extension publication #1989, Turf Maintenance for Athletic Fields. Contact your parish Extension Service agent for a free copy or see it and other sports turf topics online at the LSU AgCenter Web site, www.lsuagcenter.com. Click lawn&garden and then commercial horticulture's turfgrass.
Koske adds that late spring through summer is the most critical time to grow a bermudagrass sports field for early fall use. However, even spring baseball or winter soccer is played on a bermuda turf base that is grown during this period.
On the Internet: LSU AgCenter: www.lsuagcenter.com/
Source: Tom Koske (225) 578-2222, or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Recently, my therapist told me that I need to make sure that I have outlets for my processing of my various health issues. As a writer and a blogger, I have decided to channel my current (substantial) amount of angst into a weekly series. Or at least I am going to attempt to do so. We shall see!
(drumroll please)
I give you: Chronic Illness Wednesday because….I have a chronic illness, my favorite day of the week is Wednesday and this is my blog and I do what I want. 😀
Aside from raising awareness about the particular brand of chronic illness that I live with, I want to use this platform as a way to process things about my life that have changed since being diagnosed and a way to share ideas and coping mechanisms with the greater community of people living with autoimmune disorders and chronic illness.
So. Grab a cup of whatever makes you happy and join me for this adventure!
Let's start with diagnosis: I have…Chronic Idiopathic Uritcaria, a substantial amunt of Anxiety, Panic Disorder, ADHD, and Chronic Migraines.
I have been living with the migraines, ADHD, anxiety and panic disorder for most of my late teenage/adult life. The hives have been a new development as of this summer. I work full time with an additional part time side hustle, I am a parent of one, I live with my partner and my child, and our little family is joined by a cat and a gerbil who have learned to mostly coexist.
Life is good when I look at everything I have in my life.
Life is hard when I look at the health issues that prevent me from enjoying my life fully.
Which brings me to…..
This Week's Chronic Illness Topic: Constant Fatigue & Exhaustion.
They say the average adult needs a minimum of 7 hours of sleep a night to function well. If that is the case, I have pretty much never functioned well during my time as an adult. But in all seriousness, the level of tired that I live with right now far exceeds the tired that comes from a one-off of missing a couple hours of sleep. It feels like my very soul is tired. It's the first time in my life that I have truly and completely understood the term: bone-weary. And it sucks.
Aside from the hives that cover my body and the migraines that split my skull, this constant, unshakeable, bone-weary level of fatigue that lurks in the background of my life is probably the single most frustrating symptom that I live with. It's unpredictable and it is getting markedly worse as I try to navigate the medicine cocktail that I am taking to manage my other symptoms.
There are days where it feels like I am trying desperately to exist through brain fog and yet all I can manage is somehow a limp swim through my life relying solely on rote memory. Other days, it feels like I am about to come down with a horrible case of flu and my body is achy and I can feel the tired pour onto me. Then there are the days where my muscles hurt like I just did an epic leg day at the gym, but really? All I have been doing is sitting on the couch and try to micromanage my life using technology. I never feel rested anymore. I sleep but I don't feel refreshed. And that? That, my friends, does something to you over the long term. It's bad for your body, it takes a toll on your mental health, it affects every aspect of your life and it impacts the people you share your life with..
On a bad day, when I shop at the grocery–I find myself leaning on the cart like I am dependent on it to keep me up. I kind of am. I get so tired walking around the store and my kid is reduced to the person who fetches things so I don't have to walk another aisle looking for wherever the moved the PopTarts. Just the other day, my partner gave up part of his day off from work to drive me to an appointment that I would normally be extremely capable of getting myself to because I was so tired I felt light headed.
Fatigue really freaking messes with you.
Don't get me wrong, I have good days too. I have days where I can almost get a glimpse of the self I used to be. Days where my work day driving a desk for 8.5hrs doesn't completely wear me out. Where I can run in the park with my kid after work and I can come home and still have energy to make dinner and interact with my family. But lately, those days feel few and far between.
The pharmacist instructed me to avoid the gym to save my immune system from opportunistic infections, but truthfully? I don't have the energy to run on a treadmill in the first place.
Friends invite me out and 9 times out of 10, I cancel. Not because I don't want to see them or because I am a flake, it's because I am legitimately THAT TIRED. It's not that I am just a little sleepy, it's that every pore in my body and what's left of my soul feels tired. It aches from exhaustion. I force myself to get through as many things as I can each week, for the sake of my job and my child and my partner, but I have never, ever been this exhausted in my life. And I resent the hell out if it. I resent the isolation and yet there's not a whole lot I can do about it.
I resent the fact that I am in my early-thirties and sometimes, I barely have the energy to bring groceries up to my apartment.
I resent the fact that my illnesses require rest to help prevent a flare up yet the medications needed to manage my symptoms cause horrific insomnia.
I resent the fact that I can do nothing for an entire day and at the end of it, I still feel bone-weary.
The itch and burn of my hives are horrible sometimes, but I can mind-over-matter distract myself.
The pain of my migraines are extreme but I can usually function through the minor ones.
Yet the fatigue? The fatigue is utterly debilitating.
Medication doesn't touch fatigue.
Resting on the couch doesn't make it go away.
Eating more kale or less gluten or some sort of dairy-alternative doesn't make it better.
Fatigue makes my self-care borderline impossible. It makes me cancel on people repeatedly. It interferes with my ability to stay on top of my day-to-day life. It interferes with my ability to parent, to spend time with my partner, to be a good friend and good advocate. It makes my work 10x harder than it needs to be.
Fatigue is my nemesis and my ever-present companion.
So, friends that I have cancelled on recently: I am sorry. Please don't ever think it's you, it's really not, it's the fact that I am exhausted to a level that I don't even fully understand. I'm doing the best I can, but to use the spoon analogy? I am so out of spoons right now, I don't even know where the spoon drawer is.
YOUR TURN: How does fatigue affect your life? Do you have any strategies that have been successful for you? Tell me in the comments!
In Exhaustion,


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Welcome to the Lowy Biorepository
Tumour tissue banks are vital for cancer research.
The Lowy Biorepository is a purpose-built, state of the art biorepository facility for the reception and processing of human biospecimens. The Lowy Biorepository contains biospecimens, including blood and tissue samples, taken with consent from both healthy individuals and patients diagnosed with cancer. Clinical information from the donors is also collected and linked to the specimens via a secure, web-accessible database.
The Lowy Biorepository aims to provide translational cancer researchers with high quality biospecimens and related clinical data, in order to facilitate discoveries that will lead to improvements in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
We are housed in the Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia.
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The Health Science Alliance (HSA) Biobank is an initiative of the Translational Cancer Research Network that commenced specimen collection in April 2012 and is housed within the Lowy Biorepository. The HSA Biobank is collecting and storing biospecimens and associated information from consenting participants undergoing surgery or other procedures at hospitals within the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD). It is a unique and varied collection of biospecimens and associated data that is available to all researchers undertaking HREC-approved studies.
Researchers can apply for access to this large and ongoing resource through the Lowy Biorepository.
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Plate and Frame heat exchangers use a combination of chevron-style heat transfer plates sequenced between a frame plate and pressure plate. The heat transfer plates have holes at the four corners forming a header that distribute the respective flows to the opposite sides of each plate when the plates align. Semi-welded designs available in 4″, 6″, 8″ and 12″ connection sizes.
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Have you ever looked over a letter, thought it was perfect, and then gave it to someone else who found some obvious mistakes? That's what can happen when you get too close to a process — it's difficult to see it with an objective eye. Value Stream Mapping (VSM) gives you the tools to stand back and identify the waste in your business and the methodology to get rid of the waste while streamlining your processes. Think of it as your personal magnifying glass and your source for solutions to eliminate that waste. Statistics show that as much as:
With Value Stream Mapping, you scrutinize business processes from beginning to end and draw a visual representation of every process involved in the material and information flows. Then you draw a future state map to show how things should work for your best competitive advantage.
Course Description
In this workshop you'll learn how Value Stream Mapping works with a real business case-study
as a model. You'll see first-hand how redirecting information and workflow can make all the difference in shortening cycle time and improving productivity and communication. The impact gained by
moving from the current state to an improved future state described in this case-study model will prove to you how other businesses such as yours are making it happen. This workshop teaches the
participants practical ways to see and eliminate process waste in their value streams. We will use both in-class and practical on-the-floor exercises to help the student practice what they are
learning, as they learn it. This is one of the critical first steps in implementing a Lean strategy.
Objectives of this workshop are to introduce Value Stream Mapping in a hands-on manner and develop the ability to "see the flow" and create future state value streams. Participants will learn the fundamentals of identifying and managing the value stream. We can assist you in the classroom, in the office, in service enviroments or on the shop floor.
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Upon completion of this training, participants learn how to:
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by Emma Glassman-Hughes
A stand-up show at a Boston marketing conference is not the first place a grown woman should hear someone talk about vaginal discharge in public, but that's how it happened for me.
In front of thousands of young, tightly wound, business-caj' (I just spent a shameful amount of time googling the correct spelling of this abbreviation; thank you, Internet) professionals, comedian Amy Schumer got on stage and tore into her routine. Through the screams of adoring fans (me), Schumez pulled from her classic categories: excessive drinking, chronic UTIs, getting annoyed at men who have lots of sex (like her) but aren't criticized for it (not like her), and vaginal discharge. Wait--the last one??? Did she just say...???
"Tonight, I had one goal. To take my underwear off at the end of the night and not make it look like I blew my nose on it."
I was in brief disbelief--but in that moment, years of solitarily and shamefully examining my underwear at the end of a long day; years of not knowing how to answer questions from gynecologists about "normal" discharge because I didn't know what "normal" looked like; years of subtly balling up and kicking away my undies so my hook-up buddy couldn't sneak a glimpse; years of quiet humiliation melted away like a tub of cream cheese in a microwave (Obvious Child anyone?). My experience was validated, and my underwear was moist. A recipe for success.
I laughed through the rest of her impeccable show, but found the laughter stopped shortly afterward. Thinking about taboos of women's health tends to kill the mood.
Why was Amy Schumer--queen of comedy, sure, but no medical professional--the first human I'd ever publicly heard not only hint at the idea of vaginal discharge, but accurately describe its appearance and consistency? This is something we all experience, but it's something none of us are expected to acknowledge. And if we wanna get funky with someone else? We're expected to "fix" the funky in our pants--AKA pretend it doesn't exist and change underwear every 30 seconds.
Fine, you're right. That's a little extreme. But I've always had a hard time with the discharge on my underwear because I'd never talked about it with anyone else, I didn't hear about it from adults or doctors, and the only underwear I ever saw in TV or movies was pristine and untarnished by lady cheese (I just made myself gag, FYI). If a sexual partner ever commented on my discharge, I would freeze up and not know what to say, paralyzed by embarrassment. The shame surrounding the natural functions of my vagina was overwhelming, and unnecessary. The Schume-sicle helped me realize that the discharge coming from my body is normal and common, and not something to hide at all costs.
Thanks for the visit, shame, but you've been discharged.
For those of you who, like me, want to solve the mystery of the mysterious gunk, we've included a handy guide on what you should know:
By Emma Glassman-Hughes & Kelsey Duchesne
Discharge, also known as cervical fluid, is kinda like a cervix cocktail (sry for the visual). It is made up of different substances from glands near your cervix, and serves as a protector to your uterus. It affects your reproductive abilities (it's a major decider on how long sperm can survive and their journey through the reproductive tract).
The quality and quantity of your cervical fluid change throughout your cycle. Ya know: ebb, flow, etc. These changes occur in response to the hormonal transitions that prepare your body for ovulation. Tracking the changes in your cervical fluid can be helpful to determine if ovulation has occurred. This method is an essential component of Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs. And not the Kanye West kind). Think of this as kind of a DIY birth control method--but maybe a little less Pinterest-friendly.
Familiarity with how your cervical fluid changes during your cycle will also allow you to recognize when something about your reproductive health is unusual, like an infection. *foreboding music plays*
Luckily for us, there are several FAMs that teach how to identify cervical fluid. Each method has its own set of rules, but the common denominator is assessing a combination of:
- consistency (e.g., slippery, sticky or pasty, and stretchy)
- sensation (e.g., wet or dry)
- amount
- color
Each individual has a unique cervical fluid pattern (#KnowYourFlow is forever, y'all), but the general trend is that cervical fluid increases in quantity and wetness in the days before ovulation. Cervical fluid is at the height of fertility on the day of ovulation, and may look a lil wet & stretchy. It's defined as being the most fertile, and is called "fertile type" (an improved nickname from her playground days as 'Fertile Myrtle'). Fertile-type cervical fluid got this rep' because it's the most receptive to sperm, even helping sperm reach the egg released during ovulation.
Buuuuut, checking after sexual activity may be misleading, because semen or the fluid you produce from being sexually aroused can look v. similar.
If your discharge is bloody, a surprising color (i.e. not in the white/beige family)or causes any pain or uncomfortable side effects like itching, burning swelling, go pay your doc a visit. If you experience abdominal pain along with tenderness or dizziness, please go ASAP!
Egg white -- (rly, that's what it's called. It's stretchy, slippery, wet, translucent).
Egg white is typically the most fertile type of cervical fluid, and it occurs leading up to and including the day of ovulation. Still stick to the real stuff for your omelets, though.
Sticky -- Gummy, rubbery but not wet
Progesterone is the dominant hormone in the second half of the cycle from ovulation to the beginning of your next period (also called the 'luteal phase'). In contrast to estrogen, which makes cervical fluid feel wetter, progesterone makes cervical fluid gummy. In contrast to the slippery cervical fluid more typical around ovulation, sticky cervical fluid is not hospitable to sperm. (I.N.D.E.P.E.N.D.E.N.T., do you know what that means??) You may also notice sticky or dry cervical fluid in the days right after your period. Discharge: because the fun never ends.
Creamy -- Smooth like hand lotion, may be watery or thin
Creamy is often used to describe fluid like, right before it becomes fertile-type. You may observe creamy cervical fluid a few days after your period and leading up to the time before ovulation (the middle of the follicular phase). Estrogen levels increase during this part of the cycle, and estrogen increases the water content of cervical fluid. Kinda like off-brand Neutrogena.
Atypical -- Something unusual or unexpected
Atypical cervical fluid is anything outside of your characteristic pattern. Atypical fluid observations may be due to things like medication, infection or allergies. Variations in fluid may range in texture (e..g, chunky, foamy), smell (e.g., foul, fishy) or color (e.g., green). We encourage you to take mental (or physical!) notes about the consistency and characteristics of your own discharge each day. Instead of just ignoring it and pretending like it doesn't exist because we've been conditioned to think it's gross, weird, or even unhealthy, discharge can be a really useful tool for monitoring our own health and taking care of ourselves.
SOOO the question to ask yourself (& maybe if you're comfortable, ask others??): what does your discharge look like? We once again reached out to our coworkers at Team THINX and pushed office boundaries to get the white milky truth, just for you.
Team THINX Discharge Descriptions:
"Sometimes it looks like a smear of tapioca pudding. Like, I've somehow encountered some tapioca throughout the day and I look down at my sleeve and I wonder how it got there. Except it's not my sleeve, it's my underwear, and I have no desire to lick it off."
"My discharge is always a surprise and delight. Like Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates, when I pull down my underwear to use the bathroom, I never know what I'm going to get. Sometimes it is clear and sticky, other times it is opaque, white and slightly chunky (kinda like my body! *hehe* ). Seeing discharge is one of those gross things that I secretly enjoy. It reminds me that my body is a living, ever-changing ecosystem that is doing its own thing regardless of what minute human concerns are swirling through my head."
"It kinda looks like Neosporin that I put on my knee after any scrapes- like looks greasy, but it doesn't feel greasy."
"Whipped cream that has been sitting out in the sun at a 4th of July picnic."
"Gelatin. Like, straight up jello!"
"Milky, but a bit thicker. A milkshake?"
"A lil drop of tasti D-lite. :)"
"It looks like today."
"Snail trail."
Another pro-tip from Team THINX? For daily discharge, wear the Cheeky.


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Steam cleaning, on the other hand, is more traditional. Apart from the waiting times to dry the carpet, you can benefit from low costs, milder cleaning, and better smells from your carpet. Steam cleaning involves using steam, coupled with some detergent to dilute and break up the grime on your carpet, and then finally wash it off using steam (instead of water).
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My family's name was (is) Sichel, we moved from Chicago in '63, I believe. My father was with Hoffman LaRoche and was transferred to NJ. The house had only been lived in by the original owners, and the last family member was a woman who had grown too old to live by herself – unfortunately I don't know their names. I don't know if the house was haunted or not, but it always had this rather pleasant, mysterious quality, many others noticed it as well.
Spoke to my mother and she said they had paid $27,000 for it. My family moved to Colorado, my father opened a drugstore in Boulder, sold it several years later. I do marketing communications and documentary video on the side, living in Iowa but plotting an escape.
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This is what I have so far for the month of March. If you know of anything else that I can add, please leave a comment here or on the River Region Family Facebook page.
Saturday 3/7/15
9am-Noon Home Depot Kids Workshop- Kids can build Bookends FREE
Register online in advance.
Saturday 3/14/15
10 am Lowe's Build and Grow-Kids can build a Monster Jam monster truck FREE
Must register online in advance.
Tuesday 3/17/15
6-8 pm Chick Fil A Eastchase Kids Night
Green crafts and treat bags for St. Patrick's Day
Saturday 3/21/15
11 am Easter Bunny's Arrival- Ice Palace at Eastdale Mall
1-4 pm Michael's Fun Family Craft Time- Easter Bunny Shirts $10 per shirt, includes supplies
Sunday 3/22/15
2-4 pm Jazz Jams & Family Art Affair at Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts FREE
Be inspired by the works of art in the exhibition History Refused to
Die: Alabama's African American Self-Taught Artists in Context, listen
to the rhythmic sounds of jazz, and add your own creation to the civil
rights community quilt. The completed quilt will be displayed in the
Wednesday 3/25/15
10:30-11 am Tales For Tots at Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts FREE
Saturday 3/28/15
11 am Eastdale Mall Easter Egg Hunt $5 per child
Hippity Hip! Eastdale Mall invites you to an EGGTASTIC EASTER EGG HUNT
featuring a bounce house, DJ with family friendly music, cookie
decorating from Great American Cookies and Easter Activities with the
Easter Bunny! The Easter Egg Hunt, for ages 10 and under, will begin
promptly at 11 am, so come prepared with your Easter basket! This event
will be held outside of Eastdale Mall closest to Chuck E Cheese's.
Admission is $5 per child and proceeds benefit the Family Sunshine
Center. For more information, contact the Eastdale Mall Marketing Office
at 334.277.2380 or visit www.eastdale-mall.com
9 am-5 pm Fountain City Arts Festival Pratt Park
12-2 pm Toys R Us LEGO Build FREE
Tuesday 3/31/15
6-8 pm Chick Fil A Eastchase Kids Night
Crafts with the Home Depot Crew
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Less than one week after one million students walked out of their schools in unison to protest gun violence, the nation has been hit once again with another school shooting.
Tuesday, at Great Mills High School in St. Mary's County, Maryland, a male student opened fire in a hallway with a handgun. He later died at the hospital to which he and two other students were transported.
Sheriff Tim Cameron reported at a news conference the shooter and school resource officer, Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill, exchanged fire, but it is unknown if it was that fire that ultimately killed the suspect.
Cameron said:
"When the shooting took place, our school resource officer, who was stationed inside the school, was alerted to the event and the shots being fired. He pursued the shooter and engaged the shooter, during which that engagement he fired a round at the shooter.
"Simultaneously the shooter fired a round as well. So, in the hours to come, in the days to come, through a detailed investigation, we will be able to determine if our SRO's round struck the shooter."
The Baltimore Sun reported the incident began just before 8:00 a.m., and there is an "indication that a prior relationship existed between the shooter and the female victim."
The St. Mary's County sheriff's office reported last month it arrested two teenage boys for "threats of mass violence," and a 39-year-old man for related charges, after the teens threatened a shooting at nearby Leonardtown High School. During a search, police found semi-automatic rifles, handguns, and other weapons.
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Car Service Plan
Do I Have To Have My Car Serviced At A Dealership For The Manufacture Warranty To Be Valid?
A lot of people believe that you have to have your car serviced at the dealership for the manufacture warranty to be valid. The truth is you do not have to have your car serviced at the dealership to validate the manufacture warranty. The dealership will do any warranty work that you need to have done. However, general maintenance does not have to be done at a dealership to keep your manufacture warranty current and valid.
In fact, there are a few myths surrounding automobile warranties that we are going to clear up for you in the following article once and for all.
The Federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act which was passed in 1975, is a federal law put in place to protect consumers while purchasing a warranty. Through this act, the manufacturer is required to word the warranty's contract so that car buyers can easily understand each condition of their vehicle's warranty.
It is a good idea to completely read through and understand your warranty. Learn the length of time and the number of miles the warranty covers. Become familiar with which major parts of the engine will be covered when you get your car serviced, which ones won't be covered?
You are able to use quality parts other than the manufacturers when repairing your vehicle. Some dealerships will tell you that this voids your warranty but it is not necessarily true. If there is a dispute, it will be the dealership's responsibility to prove that it was another brand of part that caused the damage.
If you use a part from a brand other than your manufacturer to have your car serviced, clearly write on the receipt the make and model of your vehicle, along with the VIN number, odometer reading and the date you had your car serviced. Keep this for future reference if needed.
One other myth: Any cosmetic work done to your vehicle other than through the dealership voids your warranty. And, this also is not true. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act you have the right to have cosmetic repairs done at a repair shop of your choice and still use your warranty.
However, your warranty could be considered void under certain circumstances. Following are reasons your warranty could be considered void.
You must keep up on the preventative maintenance recommended by the manufacture. If you miss oil changes and down the road your engine blows up due to this neglect, your repairs will not be covered under the warranty and you will be forced to pay the expenses of the repair.
Avoid inappropriate use of your vehicle. If you decide to take your Nissan Sentra out for an off-road excursion in the mountains, and the muffler falls off, your warranty will not pay for the replacement.
If the vehicle is considered totaled by an insurance company, the warranty becomes void. This is true, even if you should decide to fix the vehicle yourself.
If there is any evidence that the vehicle has been flooded, the warranty will become void.
Read your owners manual from the manufacture if you have any other questions regarding the coverage of your warranty.
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My Favourite Flower
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If they would grow down here I'd grow them too, I think they are wonderful, happy looking little flowers. They do look great with all the other flowers blooming in your gardens. Enjoy.ReplyDelete
This is your garden already! Beautiful.ReplyDelete
You did it again Grace!!ReplyDelete
Boy that brought back memories. My old home in Niagara was filled with forget-me-nots and I loved them! Actually I have "forgotten" about them until now! They are a lovely flower and offer hope that warm weather is on its way!
I love taking flower pics! These are very pretty!ReplyDelete
Oh, lovely!ReplyDelete
I aspire to lighting that beautiful.
Beautiful flowers. I especially love the blue flowers!ReplyDelete
Beautiful flower photos! The blue is especially lovely! My flowers are one of my favorite things photograph. Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving your wonderful comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Very pretty! Blue flowers are some of my favourites.ReplyDelete
I miss having forget me nots in my garden. I've tried planting the seeds a few times but they didn't take. I had no problem at my previous house and they did spread like crazy. I should try it again!! Love your pix!ReplyDelete
I love forget me nots! They grow wild in my parents yard!ReplyDelete
Kat :)
Gosh, they're all so gorgeous! I'm struggling to find some still half decent flowers in our garden with the chill starting to set in..I've currently got some beautiful apricot roses in the kitchen, but tulips like yours are my favourite..RxxReplyDelete


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Tag Archives: roof
Tragedy of Human Existence
This man who lies
Here today
On the staircase,
His face
covered, half dead, half alive,
A victim of years
Of abuse,
Neglect and addiction to drugs,
Temporarily unburdened of pain,
Why is he here?
Why isn't he where he ought to be,
With his family,
On a bed, under a roof ?
I asked myself these questions today,
As if I, a helpless
victim of circumstances herself,
Had the answers to them,
Or the power to change things.
—Jasbir Chatterjee
20 August 2016
Lucky Dog
Unlike so many other stray dogs, he has a roof over his head…
Going, Going, Gone…
Jangal Me Mor Nacha…(A Peacock Danced in the Jungle)
In 1969, a Bollywood film 'Shatranj' with Waheeda Rahman as the heroine was released. It went on to become a hit film. It had a dance sequence performed by Waheeda Rahman based on the song 'Jangal me mor nacha kisne dekha.' Literally, this line means "A peacock danced in the jungle; who has seen it?" When you see this video on Youtube, you would find yourself mesmerized by the beauty, grace, and elegance of Waheeda Rahman dancing exactly like a peacock in gay abandon…
That was 1969. In 2015, one can spot peahens and peacocks very easily in Vikaspuri, New Delhi, living out their lives in public just like other common birds, pigeons, bulbuls, and mynahs, and this includes singing and dancing in the rain as well!
Before you jump to conclusions, let me clarify that Vikaspuri is not a forest area. It is, in fact, just any other residential colony of Delhi with independent houses and apartments. But yes, it has been very lucky, ecologically speaking, and now it has a couple of tall trees and a few green parks developed by the government. These trees now provide homes to the various birds we manage to see everyday hopping around on our terraces, balconies, and verandahs.
The sight of these gorgeous birds walking on the roofs on their tiptoes, balancing themselves and stopping themselves from tripping, just like ballerinas, fills me with a strange kind of thrill. It gives me butterflies in my stomach. But this feeling soon gives way to one of sadness, dejection, and humiliation.
A peacock is, after all, our national bird and deserves a certain amount of dignity. It really shouldn't be seen traipsing around on terraces of city dwellers, drinking water from their overhead tanks, and eating bajra and corn seeds doled out by kind-hearted people.
The forests are all gone and these birds have nowhere to go. They struggle like refugees for survival, just like everybody else….
See the pics below and you will understand what I mean…
Poised like a ballerina…
Feeling thirsty…
Now it's the ladies' turn…
Beating a retreat…
See how she flies…
Here is a video of a peahen in motion…Just click on the link below.
Dancing peacock with a peahen as audience (a bit disinterested…)
Here is a video of a dancing peacock. It was made today, 16 May 2015.


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Alison has been a hairstylist since 2009 and feels that a hairstyle "is a way to say who you are without having to speak" (Rachel Zoe). She has continuously pushed to further her education and techniques in order to bring the newest and hottest styles to you.
Before becoming licensed as a cosmetologist, Alison attended Chico State University and earned her Bachelors degree in English Literature. She is a great listener, which enhances her ability to create the results her clients envision.
So far, Alison's favorite moment as a stylist was a simple cut and style for a teenage girl that came in for a trim and left smiling from ear to ear, amazed at how good her hair looked and felt. Seeing the pride in this girl's eyes made Alison realize that she could never stop being a hairstylist. That one moment is what she strives to recreate for each and every client.


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GP Negligence Reports
Having been founded by GP expert and Barrister Dr. Charlesworth-Jones, GP negligence is our specialty. The role of GPs has become more encompassing in some ways and more specialised in other ways, so our expertise has developed too. In our view it is essential for an expert to still be in regular practice if they are to be able to offer a contemporaneous understanding of care within an ever changing NHS.
We welcome all enquiries and we prefer to be involved at the early stages of a case so that our expert evidence can make a significant and continuing contribution to the case as it progresses to conclusion.
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You are welcome to contact us to discuss any case prior to formally instructing. A telephone or Skype consultation between solicitor and expert, typically organised within one week of initial contact, will often highlight areas in which early progress can be made in the case; to identify areas of further expert evidence and information to be obtained from the claimant or other parties.
Whilst we prefer bound paginated records we are able to sort, paginate, bind and summarise notes if necessary. We store records in accordance with current Data Protection requirements and return them by registered post or dispose of them securely.
These remain a confidential matter between parties but by way of guidance, a breach of duty GP negligence report will be in the region of £1,000+VAT for say, one lever arch file of medical records.
We charge on an hourly basis for addendum reports and conferences; there are day rates for attending court. As cost budgeting becomes increasingly important we can provide comprehensive breakdowns of costs going forward.
We respond to the instructions provided to us. In cases where our expert is unable to provide a supportive opinion you can either receive a full report or opt for a curtailed/abridged report which still provides the analysis of the medical records but which reduces the extent of the opinion provided – in such cases we are able to reduce our fees to keep costs as proportionate to the prospects of the case as possible.
We individualise our approach to every client given the nature and volume of the work instructed. We understand the commercial pressures of civil litigation and can, subject to status accept payment on settlement of case. In respect of screening reports we do insist that payment is made at the time of instruction.
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I have a large basket on my counter that I try to keep filled with apples, oranges and bananas. Occasionally I notice an orange at the bottom will go bad, or a banana becomes brown, before I can get it eaten. And once in a while, I'll bite into an apple that looks great on the outside, but is discolored and mealy on the inside. Yuck! No one likes rotten fruit!
The Apostle Paul knows all about rotten fruit. In Galatians 5, Paul talks about the fight going on in each of us. The fight between good and evil, between living according to our sinful natures and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide your life. According to Paul, "these two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions." (Gal. 5:17b) And when you give in to your sinful nature, all kinds of really nasty stuff happens…things like idolatry, hostility, envy, outbursts of anger, jealousy, division, quarreling, selfish ambition. That's what I call bad fruit. Attitudes, habits and behavior which make us look and sound pretty awful. But, the Holy Spirit produces the good stuff. The fruit of walking in the Spirit is (say it with me)…love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. That's a beautiful bowl of fruit!
Later on, in his letter to the Philippians, Paul gives us a "to-do" list for walking in the Spirit, for producing the kind of fruit I want to be known for – healthy, plump, beautiful fruit – which attracts others to you and to your life lived for Jesus. I love how The Message says Philippians 2:3: "If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand."
By choosing to walk in the Spirit, you'll constantly be producing gorgeous fruit and tossing out the bad stuff. I don't know about you but I don't want to be known for my rotten fruit.


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Gen Y came out of college exploring one job to another (to another). But when the recession hit, many said the days of job-hopping were over.
Yet there's no reason to be scared into longevity at your current position. Here are 10 reasons to keep job-hopping:
1. Job-hopping allows you to widen your choice of jobs, not narrow it
When you have more experience in a wide range of positions, you'll be able to increase your skill set. As long as you're comfortable and adept at describing your transferable skills, you can easily act as a chameleon and morph from your current position to your dream job.
However, if you don't know what transferable skills are, you may need to stay put.
2. No need to impress people you've never met
Many people, primarily HR managers, warn against job-hopping so you can theoretically impress another HR manager in the future—one you haven't met yet. Besides the fact that you probably won't be on the same career path a few years from now, let alone in the same industry, there's no reason to build your career around what HR managers want.
Instead, impress yourself. Keep your own commitments and promises, and you'll be fine.
3. Loyalty no longer exists
Your company is not loyal. Your boss is not loyal. Employees are never put first. More than ever, every job is unstable. It's now more secure to build your own unique career from scratch.
So don't show loyalty to a company that is not loyal to you. Now, that doesn't mean ignoring your work or being disrespectful to the people who put money in your bank account, but it does mean being realistic in your career planning.
4. Job-hopping is a precursor to the future of careers
Careers are no longer linear. Instead, you will piece together positions and opportunities to fully form your career puzzle. You'll have six to eight jobs before you're 30, and you certainly won't settle into the same company for the rest of your life after that.
As the idea of careers shift toward more contract work and portfolio careers, you can prepare by realizing results quickly and providing massive value.
5. Your network—not your resume—gets you jobs
When you job-hop, you expand your network tenfold. You meet more people: coworkers, managers, partners, influencers, leaders. And it's your network, not your list of positions, that will get you in the door at the next job.
While you can and should apply with your cover letter and resume, when your network can recommend you for a position, it is much easier to advance your career.
6. Get a substantial raise and title upgrade
It's better to find a new job that pays well and has a great title than to try and convince your existing company to give you a raise and a promotion. After all, you signed their contract. And it's cheaper for them to keep you in your place.
When you ask for a raise, you'll likely only receive a two to three percent increase. When you job-hop, the typical increase in income is 20 to 30 percent. Enough said.
7. You don't know what you like until you do it
A slim minority of us fall right away into careers that are representative of our dream jobs. Everyone else gets stuck in jobs we hate.
While you can try to journal and vision-board your way into a soul-enriching career, it's quicker and more effective to try several different positions until you discover what you truly enjoy. Action is quicker than thought—so don't guess; go out and do.
8. Companies don't move as fast as results
From startups to large corporations, every organization is fighting against some sort of barrier, whether it's lack of money or lots of bureaucracy.
You may bring stellar results in the first three to six months, but by the time a year rolls around, your plate is likely devoid of challenge and meaningful work. Job-hopping means you always have relevant tasks to work on and can continually create positive impact.
9. The recession is a great excuse for high-performers
Naysayers warn Gen Y not to job-hop since it supposedly looks bad. But when Negative Nancies hunker down, it's the perfect opportunity for high-performers to get out and fight. The recession is your excuse, as a high-performer in particular, to take risks and reap big rewards.
If it doesn't work out, well, it's been a bumpy ride for everyone. But the odds are in your favor.
10. Your talent is desperately needed
If you love your job, then for goodness sake, hold onto it with all your might.
But the truth is, the majority of Gen Y is disillusioned and dissatisfied with their careers. The longer you stay in a position that doesn't fulfill you, the longer you cheat the world of your unique talents and gifts.
So whether you love picking out an accent pillow or get pleasure from financial projections, go on: get after it!
Rebecca Thorman's blog Kontrary offers tips to create the career, bank account and life you love and is a popular destination for young professionals. Her goal is to help you find meaningful work, enjoy the heck out of it and earn more money.
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When me and my husband walked outside this day I said "why is it so cold?" and he had said "cause it's February". This was of course a very sensible response, but for some reason I am expecting it to be 70 degree's right now, which isn't very sensible at all. We have had such a mild winter I want it to just be getting warmer and warmer. Plus, when the sun is shining through the windows you assume it's warm..don't you, or is it just me? Anyway I reluctantly went inside to get my coat which would have looked great with this outfit since it was yellow, but then you would have missed these awesome sleeves which is why I bought this shirt in this first place. So there I was freezing outside, for you, just so you can take some pleasure in my awesome sleeves...hope you appreciate it!
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The 51-year-old father who raped his teenage step-daughter has been found guilty of the offences yesterday in the High Court in the Solomon Isalnds, the Solomon Islands Star reports..
Justice Francis Mwanesalua found the Temotu father guilty of three counts of the eight counts of rape charges laid against him.
Another two rape charges has been dismissed following a no case to answer submission lodged by his lawyer at the end of the prosecution case.
The rape incidents occurred between 2008 and 2012 at White River, West Honiara and Henderson in East Honiara.
Sentencing submissions and mitigation will be made in court on February 27.
Anderson Kesaka of Public Solicitor's Office represents the accused while Crown Prosecutor Nelson Dhita is representing the State.
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This is the official notification from Flameking regarding their recall of a select group of 1lb refillable cylinders. Some of these cylinders have been sold as inventory in our Little Kamper program. If you have a Little Kamper cylinder and you check the serial number that is stamped on the foot ring of the tank you can determine if your tank is subject to the recall. We will gladly replace any recall cylinder with a new Little Kamper at no charge at any Kamps Propane office.
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We all, in building our expertise enterprise, have a content path – the path we discover as we think through and develop our message. We evolve what we think about a subject as a process over time. Michael walks you through how to use your past content for a better future in your business.
Experience helps us help others.
Michael's moment of gratitude this week goes to Mark Schaefer, whose blog post this week kickstarted reflections on aging and recognizing the value you add by virtue of your experiences.
Use what you have that is important for where you are right now.
Sometimes we hold on to content for too long. Have you ever experienced a breakthrough moment in your understanding, then refused to move beyond the content you generated in that moment? Maybe it's time to move on from stories that are no longer serving your audience.
Do an inventory.
Make a list of every piece of content that you've created. Then go through and create a rating system of how relevant that content is to your message today, and whether it will help you attract your target audience.
Give yourself credit.
Even if you've moved on to change or refine your message, your content path is how you got where you are today. Celebrate how much you've done, and the path you've taken to get where you needed to go. Acknowledge how your message has changed because of the work you've put in.
Commit to doing work on the stuff that matters.
Your job isn't to overload people with information and ideas – it's to deliver a core message in a way that your audience will really absorb. Focus on the material that will help you make the difference that you're here to make. Get really clear on what your strongest, most resonant stories and content are, and clearly communicate that to your audience.
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We love bicycling! As a family, biking has always been a part of our life. Our boys are growing up thinking that it is completely normal to hop in the trailer instead of the car. I hope to keep it that way. This year, the Bustamante family has decided to bike more and drive less. This is our attempt at beginning to document that journey. If we didn't have another year on our Prius lease, we'd be car-free. Since that is not an option right now, we pledge to become "car-freer." My hope is that we are able to share with others the joy of using bikes as transportation, entertainment, and exercise. Most importantly, I just want to show that it is not only possible to choose pedaling over driving, but it's actually easier than most people think.


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Workshop: Content Design
This content design course is for people who want to learn an end-to-end, agile, user-centred way of producing content. This course is for people who have some experience in writing for the web but would like a complete grounding in producing user-centred, evidence-based content.
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Sarah spent 10 years working in the UK government, ending as head of content design for the Government Digital Service (GDS). There she created and developed content design as a discipline for the GOV.UK website and has authored Content Design, a book for anyone creating user-centred content.


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Valerie Green is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Ligado Networks, joining the company after more than seven years in the Obama Administration. Most recently, Valerie was at the White House as an Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel, where she led the Administration's efforts to recruit, develop, and retain talented candidates to serve as presidential appointees in agencies and departments across the government.
Prior to joining Presidential Personnel, Valerie was the general counsel at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). During her time at CNCS, Valerie provided strategic counsel to the federal agency that runs national service programs including AmeriCorps, VISTA, Senior Corps and the Social Innovation Fund. She helped CNCS develop and launch innovative partnerships to expand national service and advance policy priorities for other Federal agencies and local communities. Valerie helped to start FEMA Corps (focused on disaster relief and recovery) and justice AmeriCorps (providing legal aid for unaccompanied minors). Before CNCS, Valerie had several roles in the White House, including Deputy Special Counsel to the President and Special Assistant to the President.
Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Valerie was an attorney on Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign for President. Valerie started her career as a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore (in New York) and later practiced at Venable (in Baltimore) and Wiley, Rein (in Washington, DC). She has also worked in the non-profit sector as a Justice Harry A. Blackmun Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and at People for the American Way.
Valerie received a BA in Political Science from Barnard College and a JD from New York University School of Law. She lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her three children.
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The hit song by Maroon 5 'Won't go home without you' was performed by the pop rock band live on the David Letterman Late Show to a very appreciative audience.
Wont go home without you is the 3rd single from Maroon 5's 'It won't be soon before long' album, the follow up album to 10x platinum award winning 'Songs about Jane'. Inspirations for the Maroon 5 pop sound are among the likes of Micheal Jackson, Talking Heads and Prince. This latest album is a real good listen with more aggressive and upbeat songs recorded than maybe one has come to expect from Maroon 5 and they have certainly managed to capture emotions associated to the song lyrics with brilliance.
This popular group have captured fans from across the globe with their hooky songs, solid bass lines and Adam Levin's front man style and delivery. It is easy to see why they are growing into such a massively famous band and Maroon 5 won't go home without you is surely one of the singles that is helping them achieve this.


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2 Tough and Crazy people get together and consider life through the Oracle of the Animated Gif. They contemplate DISCOURAGEMENT. The heart taken right out of a person with the Sun Setting in an Anicent sky and the Cottage empty of Earthly youth. A carton of beer in the kitchen. We don't do that. We take good care of one another. So they say – but sometimes the Discouragement creeps into the Soul unbidden with Acedia. There are, at times, Autumn Afternoons in other places than the Month of May. Even in the Southern Hemisphere.
"The most essential factor is persistence — the determination never to
allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement
that must inevitably come."
– James Whitcomb Riley
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become
anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement
and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which
eventually leads to success.
– Brian Adams
Elbert Green Hubbard: When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that… the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
Discouragement is simply the despair
of wounded self-love
– Francois de Fenelon
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
~Dale Carnegie
After praying, we must look to God in anticipation of what He'll do. The Lord moved the king's heart to show favor toward Nehemiah. The king provided him with soldiers and supplies for rebuilding Jerusalem. Nehemiah accepted the help and moved forward.
God will move hearts and send people to help us in discouraging times. Will you look to the Lord and accept the assistance He sends?
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it at the bud.
author of this creativity quotations by Alex Osborn
The Lord responded compassionately, "My friend, when I asked you to
serve me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against
the rock with all your strength, which you have done. Never once did I
mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to me, with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed.
But, is that really so? Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled,
your back sinewy and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, and
your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you have grown
much and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet you
haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to
exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. This you have done. I, my friend,
will now move the rock."


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Welcome to Travel in Istanbul!
This is my blog on Istanbul, the city I love most in Europe.
Even though it's not my city, I was travelling round Turkey many times, so I thought it would be a good idea to open a blog with all the information and the pictures I collected, to keep it and share it with you all. I would really like if someone wants to be involved and share with me his information, tales, experiences and pictures about Istanbul, so…
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As you can see on the Sreenshoots there are two DVDS TV Sticks (PCTV, S960CI) running on a Synology DS416play. This is the secound time, that DVBlink does not use the PCTV Stick. DVBlink is pretenting as all Stick are occupied. But as you can see there is only one stick occupied. Last time I stopped the DVBLink package on Synology, pulled out and in the power cable of the stick, pulled out and in the usb cable of the stick without success. At last rebooting the Synology helped.
This time it is the same but also rebooting does not help. Do you have an idea?
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Frank Lehner is an executive coach, facilitator, educator, and designer with a long-standing interest in organizational effectiveness and individual engagement in life and work. His passion has focused on practical applications of storytelling, narrative, and creativity in business, educational, and non-profit settings.
He is the founder of Naridus™ and Principal at StoryPathing™ with the intersecting missions to apply narrative, storytelling, and identity development to support leadership, transitions, and individual and professional development; promote women's leadership; facilitate organizational change; and, most recently, guide young-adults as they make their ways through all levels of schooling to the workplace.
Frank's creative and application-oriented work history includes, in part, seven years with the human resources pioneer Development Dimensions International. Frank served as an international publishing consultant for Xerox, where he spent time in Germany and England.
In addition to his consultative work, Frank is a longtime teacher of master's and undergraduate classes in the School of Leadership and Professional Advancement at Duquesne University, and at the University of Pittsburgh, where his courses explore the changing relationships between the individual, work organizations, and society. Frank's teaching and facilitation style is energetic, engaging, animated, a bit unorthodox, and filled with wit and compassion.
For the past two years has been invited to conduct classes—Servant Leadership and Leader as Storyteller—for the Mandela Washington Fellowship, which is part of President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative.
He has a Master's Degree in Psychology from Duquesne University.
An award-winning book designer, a published poet, folk artist, and playwright, Frank is based in Pittsburgh, Pa. with his wife and their Border Collie/Husky mix, Mssr. Bârü.


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Happy New Year! I don't know about you all, but I needed a serious dose of healthy eats after all the wine and cheese I consumed over the holiday season. What the heck was I thinking? And then we came down with that nasty cold that everyone shared with each other over the holidays. I was in need of serious food therapy.
Shrimp stir fry is on my rotation of healthy eats when I need to hit the reset button. It's chock full of vegetables. And garlic, onions, and ginger. Just what a body needs this time of year.
Shrimp Stir Fry
Adapted from South Beach Diet, October 2010
4 tsp. of olive oil, divided
2 Tbsp. plus 1 1/2 tsp. soy sauce (can use low sodium), divided
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb. medium or large sized shrimp, deveined with tails removed
2 Tbsp. fresh ginger, minced
1 cup snow peas
1 cup sliced bell pepper (use what you have)
1 cup mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup baby carrots
1/2 cup celery
4 green onions, cut into 1-2 inch pieces
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
white or brown rice (cooked according to directions)
In a large bowl, whisk together 2 tsp. of olive oil, 1 1/2 tsp. soy sauce, and the garlic. Add the shrimp.
Spray a skillet or wok with cooking spray on high heat. Add the shrimp and cook until pink. Set aside on a plate.
In the same skillet, heat the remaining olive oil and add the ginger. Cook ginger for 30 seconds.
Add the snow peas, bell pepper, mushrooms, carrots, celery, and green onion. Saute until the vegetables are crisp yet tender (about 4-5 minutes).
Add the shrimp, remaining soy sauce, and red pepper flakes back to the skillet. Toss to combine stir fry.
Serve stir fry alone or on top of rice. I like to add a little more soy sauce and red pepper flakes on my plate.
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The Cleveland County Fairgrounds is located in the heart of Cleveland County - Norman, Oklahoma. Sitting on 20 acres, the fairgrounds is located just east of the intersection of Porter and Robinson.
The Cleveland County Fairgrounds has been home to the Creative Craft Festivals for over 33 years. These craft shows are filled with a wide variety of hand-crafted and market items from various vendors around the region.
The Norman Farm Market began in 1980 and has continued to grow into what it is today. From the variety of fruits and vegetables, to flowers and friendly faces here to greet you, this is a very convenient place for all to come out and enjoy.